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Broaden foreign worker ban: Sims NDP critic says ban on restaurant use doesn’t go far enough She also called for an independent By Jeff Nagel audit of the program, which she said The Conservative government should must be highly regulated and enforced to extend a new moratorium on the use of temporary foreign workers in restaurants ensure skilled Canadians can’t do work offered to foreigners who don’t come to all low-skilled entry-level jobs, achere through immigration channels. cording to the federal NDP. Enforcement of the TFW program Newton-North Delta is currently “non-existent” MP Jinny Sims, the Official and set to worsen with more Opposition’s employment scheduled federal governcritic, made the call May 2 at ment layoffs, she said. a student forum on the issue The issue has been promiin Cloverdale at Kwantlen nent in recent weeks after Polytechnic University. revelations some McDonalds “You would be amazed outlets in Victoria used temat where temporary foreign porary foreign workers from workers are being used,” the Phillipines instead of Sims told the audience of 60. available Canadian workers. “I’m not convinced we have The forum at the trades a labour shortage and if we and technology campus was do it’s very, very specific to organized by Kwantlen Polycertain areas.” Jinny Sims technic University’s trades Federal Employment students. Minister Jason Kenney last Welding student Dustynn Diack wormonth ordered the freeze on new hiring of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in ried employers are using the program to fill welding jobs in B.C., ahead of qualithe food services industry, citing serious fied local people who want the work. concerns from a government investiga“This is a potential threat to employtion into recent allegations of inapproment opportunities affecting myself and priate use of non-Canadians. my fellow tradespeople,” he said. Sims said a broader moratorium – With files from Jennifer Lang should not apply to agricultural workers or nannies.

Legacy to be unveiled Family, friends and colleagues of the late Bill Reid will be on hand in Cloverdale next week to honour his many contributions and service to the City of Surrey. A former MLA, cabinet minister, Rotarian and Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce executive director, and 2013 Citizen of

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a large outdoor venue in his honour – the Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre, which is where the ceremony will be held, starting at 2 p.m. Surrey is also looking at renaming a street and commissioning a statue in Reid’s honour. – Cloverdale Reporter

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Author serves up third helping of Chicken Soup A Cloverdale writer shares her experiences with other ‘Multitasking Moms’

By Jennifer Lang A Cloverdale mother of two is celebrating a recent writing success. This spring marks the third time one of Ritu Shannon’s stories has been published in an edition of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Her story, “Blurred Lines,” is included in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide, featuring 101 inspiring and amusing stories of mothers who do it all. Two other stories have been included in previous editions of the bestselling non-fiction series. A busy mom herself, Shannon works part-time as a sales representative, juggling her day job with writing – and family life, which serves as a rich source of material for her writing projects. Her husband encouraged her to submit the very first story she wrote – a poignant and funny story involving her children, daughter Priya and son, Keegan. “Big Sister” was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood, last year. It recently earned Shannon her very first piece of fan mail – from a reader in Saudi Arabia. “That was a huge surprise,” she says.

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Her latest story – once again drawn from real-life experiences as a parent – is included in the chapter, Juggling a Career. “Blurred Lines” recalls how she and her husband came to a decision on whether she would return to work. She felt torn between the desire to have a career but didn’t want to miss out on a single milestone in her son and daughter’s early years.

“Just One More Minute, Mommy,” is based around a bittersweet realization involving a bedtime ritual with her daughter, Priya, who starred in Shannon’s previous story. It appeared in Chicken Soup for the New Mom’s Soul. Since her first story was published, spurring her on to begin writing again, she has branched out. She blogs for the Beacon News, an independent online newspaper, where she writes about everything from current events to family and parenting issues. She’s also submitted more stories to the Chicken Soup publishing company in hopes of having more of her work picked up by the publishing juggernaut. “As well, I have finally put pen to paper and started working on a children’s book series,” she says. “That one is a long way from completion, but it’s always been a dream of mine.” The Chicken Soup books are mainly stories written by ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences. Since 1993, more than 100 million books in the series have been sold in Canada and the U.S., and have been sold in 100 countries in 40 languages.

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Spinners get wild, woolly The Surrey Museum hosts its annual Sheep to Shawl competition this Saturday, when local teams will spin and weave wool into a completed shawl in under four hours. The May 10 event is modeled on a traditional “Sheep to Shawl” or “Sheep to Coat” contests, carried out in sheep-producing countries throughout the world. Teams prepare in advance, practicing spinning skills and studying the type of fleece they will use. This year, they’ll work from a Merino/ blue-faced Leicester cross sheep. The competition runs from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the winners will be announced at 4 p.m.

Visitors can watch sheep shearing demonstrations from 1-2:30 p.m. They can also check out the textile studio and Hoosier Textile Library to see spinning and weaving in action, and view samples and patterns. Visitors of all ages can try the museum’s spinning wheels, too. Admission by donation (admission in 2014 is sponsored by the Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society). The Surrey Museum is located at 17710 56A Avenue. For more information, call 604-592-6956 or visit surrey.ca/heritage. – Cloverdale Reporter

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CALENDAR Non-profit organizations and groups can email their special events to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com EVENTS ALL I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN Panthers Players Theatre Company presents its spring musical production May 6, 8, and 9 from 7-9 p.m. at Lord Tweedsmuir Theatre, 6151 180 Street, Surrey. Tickets $5 for adults, $3 for students.

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MOTHERS DAY TEA The Cloverdale United Church Annual Mother’s Day Tea is May 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17575 58A Avenue, Cloverdale. Lunch, flower baskets, bedding plants, bake table, books, and door prizes. Everyone welcome! CLAYTON COMMUNITY FESTIVAL Saturday, May 10 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at Fraser Hwy and 188 Street. Fun for the whole family. Samples, prizes, giveaways and more. Facepainting, BBQ, games, live music and bouncy castles. Presented by the merchants of Hillcrest Village Shopping Centre and Clayton Crossing Shopping Centre. CELTIC NIGHT Tartan Pride Highland Dance Team hosts a night of Celtic fun and entertainment. This year, we will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the team, from the Joan Murray School of Dance in Cloverdale. Saturday, May 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Cloverdale Catholic ParishHall, 17475 59 Avenue. All ages. Blackthorn and the Vancouver Police Pipe Band will be guest performers. Tickets at 604-576-1619 or tpride@ shaw.ca. SPRING CONCERT The Langley Community Chorus presents its 2014 Spring Concert, Songs from the Heart. Celebrate Mother’s Day by taking your mom to one of our two mid-afternoon concerts, featuring a selection of music mothers of all ages will enjoy. We will also salute Canada with several patriotic songs. May 11 at United Churches of Langley, 21562 Old Yale Road, Langley, 3 p.m. With special guest musicians Gary Mussatto (drums) and Steve Johnson (base guitar). Tickets $15 for adults, $10 students, and children 12 and under are free. Available at the door. www.langleychorus.org. RODEO PANCAKE BREAKFAST Cloverdale Canadian Reformed Church, 17473 60th Ave., starting at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 17. Fill up on good grub before heading to the Cloverdale Rodeo by stopping by our church for free pancakes, sausages, and eggs. Cowboy hats are welcome! CLUBS/GROUPS FOOD PROBLEM? Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges? Is your weight affecting your life? Overeaters Anonymous offers help. No fees, no dues, no weigh-ins, no diets. We are a fellowship. We meet every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cloverdale United Church basement, 1757558A Ave., Cloverdale. Everyone welcome.

The greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime M

y name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources. The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50

years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load. Some say that, with GPSbased navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not pre-

vent hull fracture if the habitat destructhere is a collision at tion of conventional speed, only if there or synthetic crude is a gentle scrape. oil, or anywhere As for the GPS near the devastation claim, most marine caused by bitumen. accidents are caused The second part by human inattenof this OPED will tion, not by a lack run in the next issue. of knowledge about It will discuss the position. All ships enormous value-add carried systems to benefits and environindicate their locamental advantages David Black tion before GPS came of a modern green along. The Exxon Valdez refinery. The pipeline crew could have glanced at their from Alberta and the tanker fleet instruments to determine their to export the refined fuels will location but they didn’t, neither also be considered. did the crew on the Queen of the Let me declare my biases. I am North. Marine disasters regufor creating thousands of good larly occur and a quick search permanent jobs in B.C. I am for of the internet shows human creating billions of new tax dolerror is most often the problem. lars for government coffers. I am Undoubtedly there will be many for reducing the planet’s greenmore marine accidents in future. house gas emissions. I am for Our grandchildren will not building an oil pipeline that will thank us if we willingly risk the never leak. I am for building a destruction of the B.C. coast on modern tanker fleet that carries our watch. only refined fuels that float and Fortunately there is a soluevaporate if spilled. I am against tion that is beneficial for all shipping bitumen in tankers. concerned: all we have to do is If you agree that we should build a refinery at Kitimat. The not put bitumen in tankers refinery will convert the bitumen please contact your local MP to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and say so. The Canadian govwhich float and evaporate if they ernment makes a decision on are spilled. Often little or no spill this in May. remediation is required. These – David Black refined fuels simply do not cause

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SURREY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING The Surrey Historical Society meets Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the Surrey Archives Building, 17671 56 Avenue in Cloverdale. After the meeting Derek Hayes will give an overview charting the development of B.C., through historical maps of Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and beyond. For more information, call 604-576-9734.

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SHEEP TO SHAWL COMPETITION Cheer on local teams at the Surrey Museum as they magically spin and weave soft wool into beautiful shawls in just four hours. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Sheep shearing demonstration from 1-2:30 p.m. Admission by donation. The museum is located at 17710-56A Avenue. For more info call 604-592-6956.

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Shifting loyalties Getting a new guide dog doesn’t mean you stop loving the old one

By Jennifer Lang Monica Nelson is a long-time Cloverdale resident whose active schedule would keep anyone hopping. Ash (Ashlar) is a 22-monthold yellow lab – a sweetheart and kisser who makes his move when Monica bends down to tie her shoes. “That’s when you get the slobber!” she exclaims. Three weeks ago, they were strangers. Last week, they graduated as a team – the 106th match by B.C. Guide Dog Services in Ladner. “He’s just an excellent little worker and just raring to go,” Monica smiles proudly, nodding towards Ash, lying quietly at her feet. The pair spent 50 hours training in Cloverdale under the guidance of Nick Toni, a veteran mobility instructor and former RAF police dog handler with 21-plus years in the field. When Monica got her first guide dog in 1998, she could still see the lines of a crosswalk and discern the contrast of grass and sidewalk. Monica has RP, or Retinitis Pigmentosa, which leads to progressive loss of vision. Diagnosed in her 20s, she gradually lost her sight. A decade and a half ago, she was receiving mobility training at the CNIB when she was identified as a candidate for a guide dog. To qualify, Monica had to be mobile – able to get around on her own, using a cane – but her vision couldn’t be too good, otherwise she’d lead around any dog. After taking a successful “test drive” with a guide dog, she was put on a waiting list. A busy wife and mom – her sons were then aged 8 and 10 – Monica waited a year for a match. Monica and Anya, a yellow lab/ golden cross, became team number three for B.C. Guide Dog Services, a charity founded in 1996 that provides dogs at no cost to the recipient. The group runs breeding, puppy raising and training programs, and relies on donors for funding. The dogs reach retirement age when they’re about 10, after eight

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raising funds to build a breeding centre in Ladner to help close that gap. Finding the right match is essential. “You have to get the right dog who can cope with the routine and the variables. Ashlar may be very quiet, lying down at the moment, but when he gets into busy areas, where there’s a lot to do, that’s when he comes into his own,” Nick says. Ash will have his work cut out for him with Monica. Her boys now married and out of the house, she volunteers at her church, Zion Lutheran, and helps out at the Surrey Food Bank depot there every other week. And she commutes on foot across busy 176 Street at 60th Avenue. She takes the 320 bus from Cloverdale to her book club in Surrey Centre and rides the Skytrain to Vancouver, where she volunteers for the CNIB. She also belongs to several other support groups. Add shopping trips to stores and malls and you get the picture. The training trio has been learning all of Monica’s routes, walking the streets of Cloverdale and taking transit all over, Monica gradually taking control of the harness from trainer, Nick, while Ash learns to follow a new boss. “Up to this point, he’s taken his cues from Nick,” says Monica. “It’s different when I hold the harness. He has to learn to trust me. I have to learn to trust him, so we work together.” From finding escalators to locating the button controlling the crosswalk, Ash has performed “absolutely great” says Nick. Monica has had to re-learn instructions and cues, so they’re “by the book” – teams inevitably customize the way they communicate. “The pair of them have just matched perfectly,” Nick beams. He’s worked with about 140 qualified guide dog teams since he began in 1998.

“We live in such a complicated environment now,” he says. “We have busier lifestyles, traffic conditions, vehicles have changed. With hybrid cars, there’s no engine noise. They can be a real hazard – you can’t hear them. Things are just more complicated generally, not just for visually impaired people.” Graduation day (April 29) wasn’t a formal ceremony – it was a final run-through for dog and handler checking all the skills they’ll need to have mastered before the team is signed off, from climbing stairs to crossing intersections on a pre-determined walk. Only then could Monica pick up Ash’s harness on her own. The days of training behind them, Monica and Ash will be a team. She and Quinn, a black lab/golden cross, were team number 49. “Quinn, I mean, he’s part of the family,” she says of her retired sidekick. “You think: it’s hard shifting loyalties, because I have to, I have to bond with the new dog. But there’s still that bond to the old dog. You can’t just cut ties.” Fortunately, Quinn isn’t going anywhere – he’ll be a full-time family pet, the same as Ash when the harness comes off. Left at home while the others set off to train each morning, he’s had three weeks to adjust. “Up to this point, every time I took the harness up, it was his job,” says Monica. “It’s thrown him a curve ball: ‘Aww? How come you’re going out with the other dog? The first day, he was wondering what was going on.” Quinn, she acknowledges, is slowing down. “There comes a point with the old dogs, where they think, right, let the young whippersnapper do the work,” adds Nick. The two dogs, both males, have already become good friends. And Ash is already part of the family. “It’s funny, when I call one, they both come,” says Monica. “But they both get their loving – I’ve got two arms. I’ll have one under each arm.”

Life Lush, green spring is a wonderful time of year. Life flows into the trees, up from the garden beds, and even through the cracks in the concrete. Beauty blossoms in our backyards and along the roadways. Songbirds again form a choir, as we awake with the sun. Occasionally, the weather conjures up a rainbow, and it seems to exist merely as an ornament for us to gaze upon. The last time a rainbow graced the sky, my children and I and

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Grade 6 and 7 students from George Greenaway Elementary are on a school trip to Quebec this month. Vice principal Bobby Samra, upper left, hopes students will return with an appreciation of the benefits of living in a bilingual country with a diverse history.

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Surrey First mayoral race narrows as Coun. Tom Gill drops out, citing family By Kevin Diakiw And then there were two. The race for who will become the mayoral candidate for Surrey First is now down to two candidates. The job for Surrey’s mayor is opening this fall, as Mayor Dianne Watts has said she has no plans to run for the centre chair this time. Six elected members of Surrey First – Watts’ creation of a “coalition of independents” – will decide who the group’s next mayor will be. Initially, the three in the race were Couns. Tom Gill, Linda Hepner, and Bruce Hayne. However, Gill said Monday he has decided not to pursue the centre chair this election, saying he does not want to take any more time away from his young family. He also said he’ll be backing Hepner. Hayne said he is still considering running for mayor.

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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

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Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected ofﬁcials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board. That’s gotta tell you something. Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

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World’s top skaters return to Cloverdale for freestyle event ‘It’s like a reunion’ for many of the competitors, who also appreciate the audience

By Jennifer Lang Now in its third year, the little international skateboard competition that could has become a premier contest for freestyle skateboarding, attracting the world’s top pros and amateurs alike to Cloverdale. The World Freestyle Round-up Skateboarding Championships run May 16 to 19 at the Cloverdale Curling Club, presented once again during the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair. Performed on a short, skinny board – like the ones millions of kids convinced their parents to buy them in the late ‘70s – freestyle involves technical moves on flat surfaces. There’s no ramps, rails or stairs. A blend of artistry, athleticism and precision, the sport demands perfectionism, patience, and practice — lots of practice.

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Adam Flood, Andy Anderson, Delta’s Ryan Brynelson, and two Surreyites: Andy Anderson, who’s been skating for 14 years, and Dillanger Kane, an 18-year-old who prefers complex tricks, like the no-footed handstand kick-flip. Most are paying outof-pocket to cover travel expenses, notes Little, a pioneer in broadening skateboarding’s appeal in the 1980s. He says a number of the competitors will be here for the second or third time in a row. “It’s almost like a skate camp,” he says of the World Round-up. “It’s like a reunion.” They skate for the love of the sport, and the opportunity to perform precision tricks in front of an appreciative audience. The past two competitions, also presented as part of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Coun-

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try Fair, have drawn standing-room-only crowds for four days of competition. There’s $10,000 in prize money up for grabs, along with prizes from sponsors for amateur skaters. The four-day event will see freestyle demos and contests using a battle format, to keep

things moving. All routines are performed in one minute, and judges must render their scores in 15 seconds. “It’s a contest, but we have to make it a show,” says Little. Freestyle skateboarding has been around

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A Chinese competitor’s visa originally denied Competition organizer and the skater had to write letters to the Canadian consulate and to Stephen Harper From previous page

It begs the question: what other sport could an 11-year-old dynamo and a seasoned veteran in his 50s be part of the same international competition? Other stars to watch out for include China’s

says in a bio. After a foray into competitive trail bike since the 1960s but, biking, he’s back to his thanks to competitions true love of freestyle. like the World RoundResident artist and up in Cloverdale, it condesigner at the Kemptinues to attract newinki hotel, Sheng spends comers to the sport like three to four hours a day Japan’s Isamu Yamamopracticing the sport. to, who started skatThe World ing when he was 8. Round-up is his first Now 11, Yamaskateboard contest. moto is on his way Imagine his disto Cloverdale from appointment when his hometown of his Canadian visa Otsu City, Japan, application was dewhere he’s stacked nied. Sheng and up a bunch of amaRound-up organizer teur titles, including Little wrote letters best kick. to the Canadian Bert Matheson is consulate in Beijing a 52-year-old U.S. then finally Prime pro who has been CONTRIBUTED Minister Stephen skating for 40 years. Enrique ‘Henry’ Candioti, pictured with “They don’t get his son, is being remembered with an Harper. “Finally, on April the injuries,” ex- award named in his honour. 18th at 5 p.m., I plains Little. received the good Freestyle isn’t as hard on the body as oth- Shen Dominick Meng, news that my second er disciplines, allowing who saw a movie about application had been someone like Matheson skateboarding when he accepted. “Canada, here I to remain competitive was 13, begged his parents to buy him a board, come, ” he says. in his 50s. New this year is the Quite a few of the and when they finally competitors coming to did (a year later), he had Henry Candioti SkateCloverdale this year are to teach himself all the 4-Fun Award, created moves. in memory of one of in their 30s and 40s. “Every trick that I the world’s top freestyle “So they’ve put in some serious practice have learned I have skateboarders. learned from watching Known for his dishours.” videos on websites,” he tinctive skating style,

Enrique “Henry” Candioti passed away from cancer in 2012. The award, along with $500, will be presented to the freestyle skater who best embodies skating with style. Henry’s wife, son and brother will be on hand to present the award and to honour his memory. There will also be static displays on the history of skateboarding, photographs by Jim Goodrich, one of freestyle’s top shooters, and a corporate display by

One of the manufacturers includes the makers of Cloverdale’s new youth skate park, which isn’t officially open but will be ready for skaters in time for the Rodeo. Since the skateboard competition is indoors, the World Round-up will go ahead, rain or shine, for all four days, making the event an audience favourite no matter what Mother Nature has in store for the Cloverdale Rodeo. Outside the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, look

“Canada, here I come.” - China’s Shen Dominick Meng, on his first skateboarding competition

skateboard park builders. “So when you come, there’s more things to do than just watch the contest,” Little says.

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The meeting is planned for May 14, 7 p.m. at the Surrey Centre Library, 103500 University Dr. Parents with a current or potential interest in French immersion are welcome and a few Surrey Board of Education members will also be in attendance.

The May camp serves as the part of the process to select the players who will be on the provincial under-16 or under-18 teams. Among those invited to the under-18 camp were a pair of Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers: defensive back Jonathan Chwaklinski and linebacker Caleb Abraham. Defensive back Josiah Ordough

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