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Barcelona bound Cloverdale soccer player, 8, will be playing for Canada in Spain
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By Jennifer Lang It’s not the exactly the FIFA world cup tournament, but for eight-year-old Sasha Ryga, a rising soccer player from Cloverdale, it’ll come pretty close. This March, he’ll be part of the Vancouver Football Club U10 team that’s heading to Barcelona, Spain, to compete against teams from 14 countries. Barcelona just happens to be home to the world’s premier football club, the star-studded FC Barcelona, He’ll get to tour Camp Nou, the home stadium of the club, as part of the experience – and hopefully meet a player from the Barcelona team. Sasha is crossing his fingers that it will be Lionel Messi or Naymar. Barcelona is known for developing home-grown players through its youth academy, something that may explain the Spanish club’s success. Barcelona is at the centre of Sasha’s universe. He proudly wears the red and blue Barça shirt. His passion for the sport goes back a couple of years, according to his mom, Paulina Pekova. When Sasha was six, he started playing with Surrey United Soccer Club (he’s currently playing on the U8 team, the Gunners). About six months in, something clicked; Sasha wanted to keep playing and practicing every chance he got. Off the field, he was drawn to the Barcelona football team. He’d be glued to YouTube, watching videos of his favourite players: Messi, Ronaldo, Ney-
mar, Puyol, Ineista, Maradona, Figo, Cruyff and Ronaldinho – deconstructing their moves so he could try to incorporate them into games. “All these players had one club in common – Barcelona,” Pekova says. In July, Sasha successfully tried out for the FCB Escola Vancouver program, which is implemented by FC Barcelona coaches from its youth academy in Barcelona. He received the exciting news just before Christmas that he will be part of the U10 team that will travel to Spain this spring. It will be a dream come true for Sasha, who is happiest when there’s a soccer ball at his feet – something that’s a big part of every day, rain or shine. Keen to practice on his own, he begs his mom to take him to Cloverdale Athletic Park so he can keeping working at his skills. “The coaches at Surrey United would often joke with Sasha that he was there more than they were,” she added. Sasha comes from an artistic background – his father is a multiple Juno-award winning musician and his grandfather is playwright George Ryga – but is excelling in sports. He plays piano and his older brother, Pavel, plays saxophone and has earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Sasha’s only other connection to Spain – apart from his love of soccer and his idol players – is an aunt who is a semi-professional Flamenco dancer who performs in Spain every year.
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This week, we gratefully remove our rey. It’s a small gesture that marks a retoque to the person who knitted the markable career arc. scarves keeping three Cloverdale’s statHepner started out as an executive assistant in the city manager’s office ues along 176 Street warm this winter. The trio, Moments in Time by Paul in 1985, eventually branching out to a Slipper, a stone sculptor, consists of variety of positions, including business granite statues reflecting Cloverdale’s development officer, manager of corhistory inspired by real-life models. porate administration and manager of economic development. One is resident Penny Smyth in a StetShe was elected as a city councillor son, reflecting the importance of the Cloverdale Rodeo, the second is an InJENNIFER LANG PHOTOS in 2005, a position she held until beterurban motorman modeled on the late Moments in Time on 176 Street consists of three granite sculp- coming mayor in 2014. Frank Horne, who can be seen checking tures by Paul Slipper. Each is modeled after a real person. Mike Jones, who hired her 30 years his watch, and the third is a casually-atago, wrote a letter commending guy in a ball cap. A “crazy knitter”, she lives tired guy in a baseball hat, T-shirt and Hepner for her “outstanding perforin Powell River, where she hatched a mances in a variety of roles.” jeans – a nod to the importance of plan to do something special for agriculture to Cloverdale. It’s testament to Hepner’s talent, dedicaCloverdale when she came to tion and abilities that she’s come so far. Her THE The scarves were neatly and H visit late last year. carefully wrapped around the journey from the executive assistant’s desk to OF “This is my brother,” she the centre seat in council chambers – at the statues some time by late Noreasoned, according to Nich- helm of Canada’s fastest-growing city – provember and have somehow olson. “I didn’t want them to vides a strong example to girls and women weathered the busy Christget cold.” mas shopping season in the across the county who might be mulling over historic downtown intact. a career in public service. According to Kathi NicholIt also speaks to the opportunities that are H T son, a former sales representaavailable at city hall for someone hoping to We’d like to acknowledge an im- advance. tive of the Cloverdale Reporter who portant milestone for Surrey Mayor now co-owns Retro Mod ConsignCongratulations, Your Worship. To both ment on 176 street, the scarves were knitted Linda Hepner. the mayor and the city: thank you for proAt the Jan. 11 council meeting, she was moting women and letting them dream. and donated by a friend – the sister of the presented with a service pin recognizing her model of one of the figures: Mike Burns, the – Jennifer Lang, editor three decades of service to the city of SurDIG
ONGOING PAJAMA STORYTIME Come in pajamas with your favourite cuddly for stories, songs, puppets and action rhymes. This is a perfect bedtime activity for the whole family. Drop in, Tuesdays, from 6:30-7 p.m. at the Cloverdale Library. Call 604-598-7320 for more information, or visit surreylibraries.ca. Located at 5642 176A Street, Surrey.
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Cloverdale’s Udo Zirkwitz took this photo of Canada geese and a Great Blue Heron on the shores of Blackie Spit on New Year’s Day. The geese swam back and forth a few times before pausing for awhile to see what the heron was up to, he said.
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Not a fan of refugee plan How many millions will it cost when we have other problems? Regarding the Syrian refugee situation: I and many others that I know are strongly opposed to this proposal and for good reason. When I look around and listen to our own multitude of problems it would seem that we would be much better to solve some of them first. We have homeless people, welfare, unemployment, food banks, soup kitchens, mental health, hospital waiting lists, child welfare problems and even more. The media would have us to believe that all is well, but I don’t get much (if anything) in the way of opposition. How about some kind of a reasonable balance? The last poll that I heard indicated that 60 per cent of B.C.ers and 70 per cent of Albertans were opposed to the Syrian refugee proposal. I would venture to say that if a truly independent poll done by a truly random sample of residents that the figures would be higher today. How about a five-year moratorium on Canadian citizenship? I don’t know how many millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money this will cost, but I do know that there is only one taxpayer.
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Noye to retire Wayne Noye, the Surrey School District’s secretary-treasurer, plans to retire at the end of the school year. Noye, a Certified Management Accountant, was promoted to the position in 2005, moving up from assistant secretary-treasurer. Boyden Global Executive Search has been retained by the school district to conduct a national candidate search to fill the position. – Black Press
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Assessing tax bills To the editor; If property assessments take in a rise in property values, the mill rate from the previous year should be lowered or stay the same. This is not happening. What is happening is that when property assessments go up in value, municipal governments are raising the mill rate. That is wrong and taxpayers are paying too much on their property taxes. Property tax formula is assessment value
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‘Backbone’ of Surrey Rookie cop lauded Fire Service laid to rest for truck theft arrest By Kevin Diakiw Surrey firefighters are laying one of their own to rest this month after his line of duty death. Surrey Fire Capt. Randy Piticco died on Dec. 22 after a battle with presumptive lung cancer. Piticco had worked for the Surrey Fire Service for 32 years and retired in 2009. His passing is deemed a line of duty death, as it has been determined by WorkSafeBC to have been at-
tributed to carcinogens he was exposed to during his years in the fire service. Surrey Fire Chief Len Garis described Piticco as a crucial part of the Surrey Fire Service. “He was one of those backbone guys of the department,” Garis said. “He was involved in pre-fire planning. He wasn’t that conspicuous other than the work that he did and the dedication he gave to the department.” A funeral service will be
held Sunday, Jan. 24 at 3 p.m. at the Bell Performing Arts Centre. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made “in memory of Randy Piticco” to the Langley Community Support Groups Society –Hope After Stroke. For online donations, the Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society will accept donations and redirect them to Hope After Stroke:www.surreyfirefighters.com/donate/ – Black Press
A keen observation from a rookie RCMP officer led to the arrest of a wanted car thief and the return of a vehicle originally stolen from a South Surrey car dealership. According to police, an employee at the dealership was tricked on Dec. 19 into handing over a set of keys for a brand-new pickup truck to a man, who promptly drove off. The theft – along with surveillance photos – was reported to police. It was
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The truck suffered about $3,000 in damages. Cpl. Scotty Schumann described the arrest as “a real tribute to the tenacity and attention to detail displayed by one of our brandnew members.” “Anytime the Surrey RCMP can take a stolen vehicle off the road we’re improving the safety of our community and reducing the likelihood of other crimes being committed,” Schumann added. Langley resident Dean Williams, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000. He is due back in Surrey Provincial Court on Friday (Jan. 15).
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Exempt your child from the FSA
Dear parents, We work hard to give your children the best education possible. We celebrate with them when they master a new concept and help them think creatively when tackling a tricky problem. But standardized tests like the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) in Grades 4 and 7 take away from those wonderful moments of learning. The FSAs do not count for marks, create needless stress for students, are expensive, and the muchdelayed results do not actively support your child’s progress. The data is also misused to rank schools, which puts pressure on teachers to teach to the test, instead of to students’ interests and needs. That’s why teachers in Surrey recommend you send a letter to your school principal requesting that your child be exempted from the FSA.
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Joint review of placements shows most stays are short, but Alex Gervais spent close to 100 days in hotels while in ministry care By Jeff Nagel A new report shows 117 children and youth in care in B.C. were placed in hotels in a recent 12-month period despite government claims the practice was rare and repeated orders that it happen only in extreme situations. The joint review of hotel placements by Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and the Ministry of Children and Family Development came in response to a high-profile death last September. Alex Gervais, an 18-year-old in care, fell or jumped to his death from the fourth floor of an Abbotsford Super 8 hotel, where he had been housed by the ministry after his group home was shut down due to poor conditions. At that time, Children and Family Minister Stephanie Cadieux suggested just one or two youths were
thought to be in hotel placements. Turpel-Lafond suspected the number was closer to 50 and said the count of 117 children from November 2014 to October 2014 – more than double her estimate – shows how pervasive the problem remains. Some of those children were placed in hotels multiple times during the year, as a total of 131 placements were recorded. Most hotel stays are short – just a day or two – and Cadieux said it’s usually because of the need to urgently relocate youth until a conventional placement can be found, often on evenings or weekends. But Gervais was an extreme case. He spent 49 consecutive days in the Abbotsford hotel prior to his Sept. 18 death, the most recent of multiple hotel stays. “The best guess we have is that Mr. Gervais spent close to 100 days
in hotels over the period of his time in care,” Turpel-Lafond said. A further review of his case is underway and the ministry is required to report by March 31 or consent to an investigation by Turpel-Lafond’s office. “His death is a tragedy,” Cadieux said. “It’s a young life lost well too soon.” The South Fraser and North Fraser regions of the Lower Mainland recorded the highest use of hotels – 32 and 27 placements respectively – followed by 14 in Vancouver/ Richmond and 12 by the Fraser Valley Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society. The hotel placements make up two per cent of B.C. children in care, but that rose to six per cent in the North Fraser area. Turpel-Lafond characterized the recurring use of hotels in those areas as “a stop-gap in lieu of having
adequate placements.” But Cadieux said she believes better coordination of the placement options that exist could go far to reducing hotel use. Cadieux said hotel stays remain an option of last resort and while she doesn’t believe it’s good practice she would set no target date for ending it. Manitoba has banned all use of hotels but Cadieux said that comparison isn’t appropriate because that province was using them systemically. Turpel-Lafond said she would like to see a complete ban because of the harm hotel stays do but agreed it is not realistic. “The pressures on the staff are such that they are not able to find alternative placements to hotels at this time.” Ministry staff must now report to the representative’s office when
any child is kept in a hotel longer than three days. Social workers must get approval for hotel placements, which has been granted in all recent requests. Reports on hotel placements are to be made public every six months. Cadieux said she also intends to bring a budget request to cabinet to provide more residential resources for emergency placements, particularly in the Fraser areas. She indicated she may also propose increased remuneration or incentives to recruit or retain foster families. “We want to eliminate hotel placements entirely,” Cadieux said. “But government can’t achieve that alone. We need more people to step up, get trained and work with us to provide kids in care with the stable homes that they need and that they deserve.” – Black Press
B.C. seeks relief for aging population costs By Tom Fletcher When people retire to B.C. from Alberta and other provinces, they bring the majority of their health care needs with them, but some of the federal health care money stays behind. That’s the message B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake is taking
Health minister to ask feds to restore former funding formula to the first meeting between provincial ministers and the new Liberal government in Vancouver next week. Lake said B.C.’s objection to the health care funding formula adopted by the former Conservative government in 2011 was
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Rental dispute fee doubles Tenants who take disputes with their landlords to the Residential Tenancy Branch now have to pay twice as much after the B.C. government approved fee increases in late December. The fee for a dispute resolution application filed by a renter doubled to $100 from $50. And an appeal review now costs $50, up from $25. Landlords must pay the fees if the branch finds in favour of the tenant. Critics predict the fee increases will deter some tenants from seeking recourse when landlords break the law. The province says it will use the extra fee revenue to hire new arbitrators, reducing the wait for urgent hearings. Fees have also been raised for landlords seeking to impose extraordinary rent increases. – Black Press
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By Jennifer Lang A curling team that includes a Cloverdale teen is headed for the BC Winter Games next month in Penticton. Team Drexel – representing Coquitlam, Cloverdale and Chilliwack – has qualified for the 2016 BC Winter Games, taking place Feb. 25-29. It’s the only girls curling team from Zone 3 to register for the playdowns, giving them automatic entry to this year’s championships. Coached by Peace Arch Curling Club’s Al Smith, the team consists of three veterans and one relative newcomer to the sport. Skip Heather Drexel of Coquitlam is 16 and has been curling for six years, as have third Everly Royea of Chilliwack, also 16, and second Bailey Burke, a 15-year-old from Cloverdale who’s in Grade 10 at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary. Lead Madeline Britz of Chilliwack, 14, is
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in her second year of curling. It’s Drexel’s third provincial event, and the second for Burke and Royea, who was on the team that won the BC Winter Games in 2014. Last year, Burke and Drexel were undefeated in the lead up to winning the B.C. Juvenile championships. Royea, Drexel and Burke also took part in the U18
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the difference to single digits the rest of the way. “It’s almost as if when we got to within 10, we started to relax,� said Thunder head coach John Sowerby. “And that’s what they did. There’s no way we should have gotten into that hole. We just stopped running.� The Panthers, who have placed in the top three five times previously at the Fire Fighters’ Classic, didn’t change their game plan
when the Thunder were cutting into their lead. Instead, they just picked up the pace. “We just stayed within our system and worked hard, we stuck with what we do well,� said McRae. “We preach it, no ‘hero basketball,’ we look for the best pass, the best play possible. And in turn, it will come back to you when you’re open.� Leading the way offensively for Lord Tweedsmuir were
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times in the second period and took a 4-3 lead into the final frame, but couldn’t hang on. Trevor Cox was the Vancouver goal scorer in the first period, which ended with the Cougars up 2-1. Cox then assisted on goals by Thomas Foster and Ty Ronning in the first minute of the second period to give the Giants their first lead of the game. After Prince George scored on the powerplay, Foster restored the Vancouver lead five minutes into the second period. Prince George tied the game three minutes into the third period, took the lead with a powerplay goal at the six-minute mark, then scored into the empty net in the final minute. Kubic was again in the Vancouver goal, stopping 33 of the 38 shots he faced. The Giants played a pair of U.S. Division teams earlier this week, visiting the Portland Winterhawks Monday night and the Tri-City Americans on Tuesday. They will play three home games next weekend, hosting the Medicine Hat Tigers Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Coliseum, before visiting the Victoria Royals for two games Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
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