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MOTHER’S DAY CONTEST CONTEST,, READERS SENT IN PHOTOS OF THEM HAVING FUN WITH MOM. CHECK OUT THE ENTRIES ON PAGES 15 TO 22. THE WINNER, WHO WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN FRIDAY’S PAPER, RECEIVES A
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Naturalist and author Anne Murray addresses the crowd at last Saturday’s Peep-In, an annual event to highlight the western sandpiper migration through Roberts Bank and the impacts port expansion could have on the species and others.
Heritage value might not save house
Flick Residence could be seen as tear-down as last surviving cottage in Tsawwassen put on market SANDOR GYARMATI
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It’s one of Delta’s oldest homes, but its heritage value might not save it from demolition in today’s red hot real estate market. Realtors Stephanie Hunter and Shannon Kewley are trying
to organize a group interested in saving the Flick Residence at 5584-8A Ave. in Tsawwassen. Built in 1905 by Enos Flick as part of a larger farm property at the time, the updated 2,600-square-foot, wood-frame cottage is listed at $1.18 million. It sits on a 6,400-square-foot lot.
“The Flick Residence is valuable as the oldest and last surviving early settler’s cottage in Tsawwassen, and represents the original development of agricultural land in the Tsawwassen area, which was some of the richest farmland in the Lower Mainland,” according to Delta’s heritage register.
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Hunter, who is the listing agent, said she’s concerned the house will only be seen as a teardown. “There is already interest from offshore buyers who likely will demolish the home and gardens,” Hunter and Kewley warned in a news release last weekend just before an open
house was held. Saving the home from a potential wrecking ball is especially important for Kewley, who grew up in it. She told the Optimist that keeping the house at its current location or perhaps even moving it are options that should be explored. AWARENESS: see Page 3
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