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Pattullo Bridge closures kick in Traffic to be restricted over span until October

Drivers who use the Pattullo Bridge should get used to five months of delays now that TransLink has begun a scaled-down rehabilitation project to keep the aging bridge open. The first of a series of closures took place over the weekend, with the bridge closed completely April 30 to May 1 while crews set up to resurface the deck. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction on weekdays until early October and that’s expected to result in 20- to 40-minute delays in the morning rush and 10 to 30 minutes in the afternoon peak, with higher volumes on all feeder routes in Surrey and New Westminster. Complete bridge closures are expected two nights each week and one weekend a month. Cyclists and pedestrians will have access to the bridge at all times along the sidewalk. “People should be planning ahead for this work,” TransLink spokesperson Jennifer Morland said. “Think about

alternatives like transit or car pooling as those might be faster options.” She noted there will also be some overlap with the Pattullo work and New Westminster’s dismantling of its Front Street parkade, which is sending heavy trucks onto alternate routes through New West until July. The $10-million Pattullo project has been dramatically scaled down from what was originally intended to be a $100-million rehabilitation lasting 18 months. TransLink officials last fall rejected the seismic rehab work as too expensive – if it was even possible – and opted to minimize spending since it intends to replace the Pattullo with a new bridge as quickly as possible. TransLink says it has identified extra parking locations near New Westminster, Scott Road and Surrey Central stations for motorists opting to park and ride. For more details see translink.ca/pattullorehab. – Black Press

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A pair of parenting Mallard ducks nibble the grasses on shore as their new ducklings float nearby in the pond at Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre Park at 176 Street and 64 Avenue. Reporter reader Marlene Delcourt captured this image over the weekend. Got a photo to share? Email entries to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com. Be sure to include a brief description of your image.

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ciation for Reformed Political Action, who said she was happy to see Aldag come out of his office to speak with the group. “We need to make sure something like the sanctity of life is not stomped on,” she said. There would be fewer people with terminal illnesses seeking assisted deaths if modern palliative care were more available, according to Jansen. The forum coincided with a statement released by Conservative MP See WONDERFUL STEP / Page 3

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It’s a draw Team captains for the 2016 Rodeo Bowl pose after this year’s contest. A tradition since 2008, the annual rugby contest pits a boys and girls team from Clayton Heights Secondary against Lord Tweedsmuir. This year, CHS won the girls game, played on April 5, and the LTS boys won their April 15 game against CHS, resulting in a draw with one win each. Pictured from left: LTS captains Tyson Romer and Colton Zayshley; CHS girls captain Mackenzie Adam; and CHS boys captains Victor Belanger and Nick Thomas.

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‘Your beliefs do not trump my rights.’ - A man speaking at last week’s forum in Cloverdale on physician assisted suicide “It’s very limiting, even though I know it’s a wonderful step,” said Bonnie Stewart, adding that she was concerned about how the law wouldn’t apply to both herself and her 45-year-old mentally challenged daughter. Stewart said she wants the bill to include advanced directives which would allow her to establish what she would want to be done, in the case of her being incapable of making end-of-life decisions for herself. “If I drove home from here and I (was left in) a coma by a car accident, there’s nothing I can do about it. My doctor

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Shredding event shreds a lot Last weekend’s Shred it and Forget it event in Cloverdale hosted by Envision Financial saw more than 3,250 kgs (7,165 pounds) of confidential documents sliced and diced. More than 200 residents brought boxes by the hundreds to the shredder for secure, safe disposal at Envision Financial’s new branch at Brick Yard Station shopping plaza April 23. Donations were accepted in exchange for the shredding service, raising more than $2,300 in cash and another 180 kgs of food to be distributed to local food banks through the company’s community program, The Full Cupboard. “Identity theft continues to be a big concern and being proactive in shredding your financial documents before you discard them is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect yourself against identity theft,” said Jaime Lord, supervisor of corporate security at Envision Financial. “We are excited to have so many local residents out to shred their documents and are thankful for their generous contributions to The Full Cupboard. It was a record-breaking event for us on all fronts.” The mobile shredding services were donated to the event for the fifth year. Surrey RCMP also provided support, providing education and awareness of identity theft and fraud, and sharing steps residents can take to mitigate their risk.

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knows that I don’t want to live.” “For 30 years I have had lawyers [and] representative agreements. Everyone knows it; our doctor knows it; everybody that’s in our life, our circle of friends knows it, but if something happens… That’s all null and void,” she said. The majority of attendees airing their views at the forum had similar concerns that the legislation would not go far enough, including a man who said if he had a stroke, he didn’t want “be a vegetable.” A few spoke in opposition to the bill, citing their Christian faith. One woman said life must be respected and just because someone wants to die when they are sick, it doesn’t make it right for them to do so. “Canada will not be glorious and free if we allow anyone to do what they want,” she said. This led to the most heated moments of the evening. The man who expressed concern about having a stroke responded, saying, “Your beliefs do not trump my rights.” Aldag said he was thankful for the concerns brought to him by his constituents and indicated he would use at least some of them in writing a speech he will give concerning the bill in the House of Commons this week. “I want to be able to include in my comments [that] I have been out in my community and these are the types of things that I have been hearing.”

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only apply to “mentally competent adults” for now but could be expanded in the future. He said his party would re-assess the issue five years from now and look at the possibility of including allowances for “mature minors,” mental health patients and for advanced directives. “Let’s be cautious to start with,” he said, pointing out that there was some urgency to passing some kind of legislation before the June 6 deadline set by the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Residents of Cloverdale are being asked to roll up their sleeves and donate blood at their local clinic this Sunday. Canadian Blood Services says 200,000 blood donations are needed across Canada by July to keep up with the demand over the summer, when donations take a dip as people go on holiday. “We need about 100 donations in Cloverdale to help patients throughout the summer,” David Patterson, director of donor relations in B.C. and Yukon, says. “We have a greater need for donors with Type O blood, but all donors are encouraged to get involved.” There tends to be fewer blood donations during the summer, but unlike in previous years, there are new pressures on Canada’s blood supply – including new donation rules stemming from the Zika virus. There are also temporary deferrals associated with travel plans, and seasonal health conditions like the flu, adding up to missed appointments over the winter. The May 8 clinic runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Cloverdale Catholic Parish Centre, at 17475 59 Avenue. To participate, book an appointment or walk in. Visit blood.ca for more information.

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Surrey at its best Two trouble-free events that attracted hundreds of thousands prove what most Surreyites already know

urrey was at it again two weekends ago, living up to the reputation that comes with being the fastest-growing city in western Canada. No, we’re not talking about another shooting or home invasion. This time, those stereotypes can stay shut in the box of bad clichés. Surrey really showed its true colours on April 23 as nearly 400,000 people descended on Newton to take part in the city’s largest multicultural event – the annual Vaisakhi parade, a Sikh religious celebration that welcomes people of every faith and from all walks of life. Filled with fun, food and fellowship, Surrey’s Vaisakhi event is the largest outside of India. This year, records were smashed as RCMP estimate about 375,000 people packed the streets, up from 300,000 last year.

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Khalsa School students were among the many community groups participating in this year’s Vaisakhi Parade, a peaceful event, as was the Party for the Planet held the same day.

And the number of police incidents? A big fat zero. “This is probably the best one I’ve heard of, as far security,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann, adding the feat is extremely impressive for a

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These two trouble-free events are perfect examples of the bad apple principle in action. While not to minimize Surrey’s serious crime challenges – not least among them the more than 30 shootings that have occurred during the first four months of 2016 – it is true that a relatively small number of people are responsible for the majority of criminal activities. The news cycle being what it is, this bad element often eclipses the overwhelming good being done each and every day by kind, generous, ordinary citizens. Much more than fleeting “shots fired” headlines, this city is a youthful, growing, diverse, dynamic, affordable place in which to put down roots, prosper, and on occasion, live large. With these two events, Surrey demonstrated to everyone what nearly half-a-million residents already know.

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Overwaitea president grew up in Cloverdale and never forgot his roots

By Jennifer Lang According to The Overwaitea Story, pubHe was born during lished on the company’s the winter of 1929 at the 100th anniversary, Hepfamily farmhouse in Clopell and the other senior verdale and helped transmanagers used their form a modest, made-inexperience and commuB.C. grocery store chain nity connections to build into a retail icon across the business. western Canada. He was, according to Clarence Heppell, Jim Pattison, “The most who was president of enthusiastic person Overwaitea from 1971 to you’d ever hope to meet,” 1989, passed away March putting together a man9 from pancreatic cancer. agement team with his He’s being remembrother, Gary, and others bered as a talented and after he was offered the inspiring business leader, job of president of Overwinsome adventurer, bewaitea. loved father and friend. “These folks, under He was 87. Clarence’s leadership, Born and raised in really took on the world,” Cloverdale, Heppell’s caPattison said, speaking at reer with Overwaitea and Heppell’s celebration of Save-on-Foods spanned life, held April 1 at New40 years. lands Golf Course. It began as a junior “His small team and clerk as a high school enthusiasm started the student at Lord TweedsCONTRIBUTED PHOTO revitalization of the new, muir Secondary in the Clarence Heppell, who spent 40 years with Overwaitea and Save-on-Foods, got his start as a junior grocery clerk re-energized Overwaitea 1940s. as we know it today.” in Cloverdale. He died last month at the age of 87. He grew up on the When Pattison had family farm on 184 president, at some point doing trouble with personal and Street south of Highway 10, and just about everything at the corporate lines of credit in the enjoyed hunting and fishing as a company except advertising. 1970s, it dramatically affected youth. But according to family, At 24, he married his wife the company’s growth plan, he wasn’t destined to become Mary-Lou and they raised two which in turn, meant that Hepa farmer, showing instead a sons, Jim and Ken, who grew up pell’s plans as president had to be definite flair for business, renting in Coquitlam. put on hold. school supplies to other students In1971 he was appointed “He never at any time showed and promoting square dance company president, a position his disappointment and immeparties in town, among other he would hold for nearly two diately downsized his plans until schemes. decades. It was a crucial time I finally solved my bank probHe began working part-time for the company, which saw lems,” Pattison said. at 15 at the Cloverdale Overwait- significant growth and change, “Until adversity strikes, you ea before earning a wage at 18. launching the Save-on-Foods never can tell who your friends At 21, he became the company’s stores and introducing such youngest store manager, taking Canadian grocery store ‘firsts’ as are, but Clarence was there for me and the Jimmy Pattison charge of the Qualicum Beach bulk foods sections and pharGroup in spades when the grocery store. He went from macies – innovations that have store manger to buyer, district changed the way people shop for chips were down in my darkest See HEPPELL / Page 6 manager, general manager and their dinner.

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business days.” The company would become the largest, Western-based grocery chain in Canada. It had been a relatively small company with locations in dozens of communities from Nanaimo to Prince George, but lacked the capital to expand or enlarge its stores. Jimmy Pattison Group’s Neon Products Ltd. bought the company from founder R.C. Kidd’s two children and a limited number of employees in order to gain liquidity and grow the company. Kidd had given store managers the freedom to run their grocery stores as best they could, and had introduced profit sharing. It would go on to become a chain with the largest market share in Western Canada – a fact that president Jim Pattison credits in no small part to Clarence Heppell. Here’s a sample of his managerial advice: “Listen to your staff. Ask them, ‘How can we run this company better?’ Tap in to what they’re hearing from customers and what they’re telling you – and then do

something about it. It’s that simple. It’s the Overwaitea way.” He earned two presidents awards, the highest honour in the Jim Pattison Group of Companies, and the pair eventually became good friends. “We have lost one of our very best,” Pattison said. Heppell may have caught the travel bug as company president, travelling across B.C., opening new stores as the company’s fortunes rose. It was always exciting for the family when a new store opened. There were difficult times, too. On April 23, 1988, the rooftop parking lot caved in five minutes after the opening ceremonies for the Station Square Metrotown Save-On-Foods. Burnaby mayor Bill Copeland, a former firefighter, acted fast, guiding scores of customers out of the store in a speedy evacuation before the roof came down, sending 21 cars with it. More than a dozen people were hospitalized briefly, but there were no fatalities, The Overwaitea Story says. “We were as horrified and devastated as anyone by this tragic event,” Heppell said. The mall owners sus-

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pended construction, and a commissioner of inquiry was set up to identify the causes – found to be an undersized steel beam – and make recommendations. The structure was rebuilt over the next few months and the store re-opened later that year. When he retired in 1989 at the age of 60, Pattison gave Heppell an RV, setting

the stage for a proming new chapter. At 62, he began flying, taking to the skies across southern B.C. A memorable episode saw him landing a plane on 64 Avenue in Surrey, sticking his head out of the door to glide the plane when engine coolant spilled over, killing the engine and coating the windshield in goo. He safely touched down

in a trucking lane on the route. By coincidence, another pilot passing by helped him replace the missing screw that had caused the trouble. Heppell hopped back behind the controls and managed to take off again, returning the plane to the airport without any further problems. Mary Lou was the love of his life. She had a stroke soon after his retirement. She passed away in 2005. The pair had enjoyed taking cruises and visiting their winter home in Palm Springs, and so, although he was in his late 70s, Clarence started checking off his travel bucket list. He climbed aboard the trans Siberian railway, went on safari in Africa, and cruised up the Yangtze River in China, where he visited the Beijing Olympics. He set off for India on his own at the age of 83. In his retirement, he also took up bee-keeping as a hobby, sharing the honey he made with his close-knit extended family, and tended a vegetable garden.

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Filming in progress Cloverdale plays hosts to another TV production By Jennifer Lang Cloverdale was an outdoor office for a workforce of about 80 people recently, when the TV show Prison Break spent the day filming scenes in the historic heart of Surrey. Crews set up atop Firehall 8 at 57 Avenue and 175 Street for rooftop scenes April 19, with actors and production people ferried up and down in a large crane. Scenes were also shot inside local businesses, including 6 Technologies and Tricia’s Gems, both located in the 6500 block of 176 Street. The Cloverdale scenes are for the second episode of the new season of the show, a re-booted series based on the original Fox drama that ran from 2005 to 2009. The production’s appearance in Cloverdale is close on the heels of two other recent TV shoots in what is one of the busiest film and TV production seasons for B.C. in recent memory, thanks to the low Canadian dollar.

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TV movie A Wish For Christmas will be filming in Cloverdale for two days next week. The Hallmark holiday movie stars Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls, Party of Five). The production will be filming at night May 14 and 15, Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale BIA.

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‘Many older people think that all young people are bad, which isn’t so.’ - Kay Charter, now 104 seniors in Surrey. Youth aged 15-18, chosen by partners at the Surrey School District, will be strategically paired with a volunteer senior citizen who will share their story. The selected youth will be trained to write, direct, shoot and edit a three-minute video telling the story of the senior. Still accepting interviews with seniors for a few more weeks, Bansal has her spring and summer planned out for the project. The seniors and organizers will meet on June 3, she will get together with the students on July 11 and filming will take place on July 14 and 18 at Hazel-

nut Meadows Park in Newton. The movies will be shown at the What Generation Gap? project gala on July 23 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at the Surrey Arts Centre (13750 88 Ave.). The public is welcome to attend. Admission is free. Financial sponsorships are also welcome. For more information, email tellyourstoryproductions@gmail.com or visit www.whatgenerationgap.com

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Local connection Charter graduated from Lord Tweedsmuir High School (then called Surrey High) in 1927, and worked at the Bank of Montreal in Cloverdale from 1930 to 1940, and the Royal Bank here before that. She attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary’s 100th reunion in 2012.

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Strike vote ups pressure on TransLink By Jeff Nagel Metro Vancouver bus drivers, SeaBus workers and support staff have voted to support strike action to bolster their union’s demands for a new contract. There is no imminent threat of transit service disruption by the 4,700 unionized workers represented by two Unifor locals following the widely expected 98 per cent vote last Thursday. More rounds of negotiations are scheduled May 9th and 24th with TransLink’s Coast Mountain Bus Co. arm. And union leaders wouldn’t issue 72-hour strike notice before late May at the earliest, depending on the outcome of talks. Negotiations had started Feb.

17 but broke off April 6 with the unions accusing TransLink of seeking unreasonable concessions. Working conditions are a key issue, according to Unifor leaders, who are also demanding undisclosed wage and benefit increases. Transit operating funding has been largely frozen for several years due to the funding impasse between the province and Metro mayors. Mayors refused to raise TransLink property taxes, the province first rejected other new funding sources, then insisted they go to a referendum, which failed last year. TransLink, in turn, has extracted savings where it could to deliver more service. Much of that has come through bus service “opti-

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mization” which has often left bus drivers with less time for bathroom and meal breaks during shifts and less buffer time to complete routes on schedule amid worsening traffic. “The system was already bursting at the seams before the plebiscite,” said Unifor B.C. director Gavin McGarrigle. “Nobody can say the congestion hasn’t gotten worse. There hasn’t been any net increase in service and we’e looking at 1,100 pass-ups per day.” He said bus drivers are under tighter time constraints running buses increasingly jammed with frustrated passengers, if they can get on board at all. TransLink has not offered a pay increase in line with what the provincial government gave all other

By Laura Baziuk TransLink has seen a sevenper-cent increase in revenue at Skytrain stations since the fare gates closed at the start of this month, CEO Kevin Desmond said Friday.

public sector workers, he said, adding Unifor members won’t accept less. TransLink issued a statement saying it expects no disruption at this time and remains committed to reaching an acceptable negotiated settlement. The previous contract had been due to expire in the middle of last year’s plebiscite campaign, but TransLink agreed to a one-year extension that provided a 1.75 per cent pay hike effective last April. SkyTrain staff are not part of the same bargaining unit, but Unifor local 111 president Nathan Woods did not rule out attempting to picket the rapid transit system as a brief tactic during a strike. Even a walkout limited to bus

The fare gates starting closing April 4. This is the first sign of fare evasion going down as part of the roll out of TransLink’s troubled Compass card program. “It’s going to take a while to see how everything fully settles

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KPU students honour fallen workers Campus marks 122 B.C. deaths last year were highest in construction, the wood and paper products industries, and in transportation and related services. The bricks were placed by 122 trades students across the various disciplines in what ended up becoming a tribute to workers whose lives were lost. Earlier last week, the campus hosted a speaker who was injured on the job, highlighting the issue of workplace safety to students. “It’s important for new workers entering trades to acknowledge that their health and safety must always been paramount,” said Brian Haugen, dean of KPU’s Trades Faculty.

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Pickton book prompts ban on profits from crime By Tom Fletcher The B.C. government has proposed a law to stop murderers and others convicted of serious crimes from profiting through sales of books or memorabilia related

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and briefly marketed by Amazon. The U.S. publisher withdrew the book in February after a public outcry, and Premier Christy Clark promised a law to prevent

criminals from trying a similar way to make money. Morris said the legislation is similar to that of other provinces, including Saskatchewan, where a court challenge

over a book by former cabinet minister Colin Thatcher was not successful. Thatcher maintained he was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1983, but later agreed to turn over

profits from his book to the Saskatchewan government. Morris said the B.C. Profits of Criminal Notoriety Act is designed to recover any revenue made by anyone dealing with a convicted criminal, and distribute that money to victims of the crimes in question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any arrangement that any convicted criminal makes with anybody, through an agent or through a contract, for them to make a profit from their crime is covered under this act,â&#x20AC;? Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the individual who was involved [in the Pickton book] was down in the States,

we would be looking for reciprocal agreements that we have with other jurisdictions, not only in Canada but across North America to help us enforce that.â&#x20AC;? The legislation covers people convicted of crimes including murder, sexual offences, child exploitation, kidnapping, drug trafficking or trafficking in persons and is retroactive to verbal or written contracts made after Jan. 1, 2001. The constitution protects the ability of anyone to tell their story, but not to profit from it.

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and senior national championship tournaments, winning the Most Valuable Player award in all three competitions. But even with that record on his resume, there were limited opportunities. “I can only go so far with softball,” he said. “But coming here, it can go so many different ways. There’s colleges, and major

and minor leagues and stuff. There’s more opportunities here than there are back home. “After the softball championships at home, I thought why not give it a crack and see what I can do.” While most of his teammates are combining school with baseball

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Surrey pair make national softball squad Kyla Benz and Lauren Regula join ‘Hometown hero’ Sara Groenewegen on Team Canada as official roster unveiled By Nick Greenizan A pair of Surrey residents, plus a high-profile name that will be familiar to longtime softball fans on the Peninsula, will be donning Canadian colours when the 2016 Women’s World Softball Championships come to South Surrey this July. A week ago, the Canadian national team announced its official roster – and South Surrey pitcher Sara Groenewegen and Surrey’s Kyla Benz both made the cut. The roster unveiling also served as the official return of veteran left-handed pitcher Lauren Regula (formerly Bay), the sister of former Major League Baseball slugger Jason Bay who last pitched for Canada at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and was a regular presence at Softball City during previous Canada Cup tournaments. The final roster was determined following a camp in Tuscon, Ariz. earlier this year, according to a news release. While Regula’s addition to the team came as something of a surprise, the inclusion of Groenewegen was anything but.

at the NCAA level, world championships tournament chairman Greg Timm told Black Press last month. “She’s had lots of seasoning now, and lots of experience. We have a

local hometown hero here to watch, and that adds a really exciting aspect to this tournament.” Benz – an alum of both the White Rock Renegades and Surrey Storm – is also a familiar face with the national team, having made the cut for last summer’s team, too. “Proud to wear the Leaf!” Benz wrote on Twitter, a day after the team was announced. Two names that were missing from Team Canada’s roster were veterans Jenna Caira and Megan Timpf, both of whom have opted to retire from international competition. – Black Press

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Kyla Benz (wearing helmet) and Sara Groenewegen were named to the Canadian national women’s softball team. Upper right, Lauren Regula, who returns to the program after years away.

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Offense soars in game two From page 19

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in the fourth inning, then added another run in the fifth inning on a walk, an error and an infield out. North Deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone run came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Christopher Cook singled, stole second and scored on a base hit by Mackenzie Marquis. There was much more offense from both

teams in the second game. North Delta scored eight runs in the bottom of the second inning, then watched the Reds cut the gap to two runs before scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth for an 11-6 triumph. Marquis and Evans each had a pair of hits for North Delta, with Evans, Logan Newman

and Matt Poirier collecting two RBIs apiece. The Blue Jays planned to be in the provincial capital over the weekend, playing twice against the 2-8 (win-loss) Victoria Eagles Saturday before a double header Sunday with the 8-0 Victoria Mariners.

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Sight Testing FREE INCLUDES FREE FRAMES*

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