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Sunday market has new ‘upscale’ vision
Event raises $40K in Laura’s memory
Marisa BABIC
Tom ZYTARUK
Staff Reporter
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DELTA – Sunday’s Walk, Run and Roll event in memory of Laura Szendrei went so well, they’re planning to do it again. Local realtor Brian White, who spearheaded the five- and 10-kilometre walk, said it will become an annual event. “We’ve committed that to the family,” he said. White said the event was held largely because local youth wanted it as “part of the healing process.” The 15-year-old Burnsview Secondary student died in hospital a day after she was viciously beaten in broad daylight while walking along a path in the Mackie Park forest, in the 8200-block of 110th Street in North Delta this past September.
SURREY – An upscale farmers’ market modeled on Granville Island Public Market is set to open in Cloverdale in June. Shannon Claypool, president of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association, said staff and the board of directors is working with the City of Surrey to create a completely new vision for the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, one that doesn’t include the flea market. The new concept for the area includes fresh fruits and veggie stands, baked goods, and artisans selling their handcrafted pottery, paintings, jewelry and other crafts. “We want an upscale farmers’ market/public market. We want a Sunday morning destination for people,” Claypool said. Claypool said organizers are aiming for a Granville Island style experience on a “one-day-a-week scale” mixed with some new ideas. The new market, dubbed the Cloverdale Weekend Market until an official name is chosen, is slated to open June 5. Some vendors will be able to set up in Shannon Hall and the Alice McKay building and others will be under pop-up tents scattered on the grounds.
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Laura Szendrei’s parents, Rachael and Mike Szendrei, cross the finish line at the Run, Walk and Roll event on Sunday in North Delta. ❚ PHOTO/Michelle Kalyk
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