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Cooler conversation: There was plenty of star power at South Surrey Arena Saturday, as young skaters performed on-ice tributes to Hollywood stars and music icons. see page 11

Hogg to eye non-profits

Hope for her family

Falcon, Cadieux return to cabinet Alex Browne Staff Reporter

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Akiko Sugawara’s daughter, Anzu, watches a train pass behind her family’s rice farm in northeast Japan earlier this month. (Below) Sugawara took two-year-old Anzu and four-month-old Heiwa to visit her hometown, and left just days before last week’s earthquake struck.

Tragedy strikes South Surrey woman’s hometown Hannah Sutherland Staff Reporter

As Akiko Sugawara watched video footage of a tsunami sweep through farms, roadways and whole villages in her home country of Japan, she felt heartbreak. She thought of all her friends and family members in Sendai, the east coast city closest to the earthquake’s epicentre and where she called home for four years while attending college. She thought of her parents, sister and other relatives in nearby Osaki, where the rice-farming family has lived on the same land for 500 years. And she thought of the aquarium located on Sendai’s coast, where hundreds of bodies have since been found. Sugawara, 32, had taken her two young children to the exhibit during her most recent return trip home, just days before tragedy struck. She had been visiting family for three weeks with two-year-old Anzu and four-month-old Heiwa before returning home to South Surrey March 6. Four days later, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake

and subsequent tsunami struck the country’s northeast coast, killing thousands. “The scary thing is she usually goes there for a month, so she would’ve been potentially leaving the day it happened,” husband Daniel Pape said. Sugawara – who moved to B.C. from Japan eight years ago – was first alerted by a friend’s call Thursday evening, minutes after the quake. “She thought I was still in Japan and she wanted to let Daniel know what happened in Sendai. She was surprised because I picked up the phone. It was about 10 p.m.” Sugawara didn’t initially worry, as earthquakes are common in Japan. She experienced up to three quakes during her last visit alone, and she remembers feeling a six- or sevenmagnitude quake a couple of years ago.

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It was when she checked the news online that she realized this one was different. “I told my husband and he put on CNN. I started to call my parents but the phone didn’t go through. I tried and tried and tried. For six hours, I couldn’t get through.” Pape said those six hours were “hell.” It wasn’t until Sugawara’s sister sent a text message that the couple learned immediate family members were physically unharmed and Sugawara’s parents’ house – although still standing – was “smashed and destroyed” inside. When Sugawara was able to let her family know what was being reported, her mother was shocked, Pape said. “Because of the lack of communication, she see page 2

Two local MLAs are prominent in Premier Christy Clark’s new cabinet, and a third has been recognized with a parliamentary secretary post. Clark named former leadership rival Kevin Falcon (Surrey-Cloverdale) as Minister of Finance, and Stephanie Cadieux (Surrey-Panorama) to the newly created combined portfolio of Labour, Citizens Services and Open Government. And while Gordon Hogg (Surrey-White Rock) was not named a cabinet member in Monday’s announcement, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for NonProfit Partnerships to Cadieux’s ministry. Falcon vowed to do “an information job” rather than a “sales job” in advance of the planned referendum on the HST, which Falcon could come as early as June. Cadieux said she is looking forward to the challenge of her new portfolio – which, in effect, has her wearing four hats, including Cadieux the non-profit cabinet ministers partnership component. “I’m honoured to be there and have that faith put in me,” she said, adding that while she didn’t seek the posts specifically, she was aware she was being considered for them. see page 4

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Parents prefer not to know all from page 1 (was) certainly not in the know,” he said. “She mentioned if she knew that was happening all around her that she would be in a panic along with the other survivors in the area.” It took another two days before Sugawara reached her parents by phone. “I told them what happened and the U.S. army is coming, and (that) kind of information. They were so surprised – they didn’t have any information about that.” Sugawara learned her parents – who live about an hour from Sendai – still had no electricity, water or gas by Sunday. Temperatures were expected to dip below 0 degrees in the next few days. There were no stores open in the community, and a centre distributing food had hours-long lineups. Her sister drove hours inland from Miyagi Prefecture to Yamagata Prefecture Sunday for food, gas and water, and was able to get phone reception and call Sugawara. “I heard people are helping each other even though someone’s not organizing the situation. People are just patiently waiting for help and if somebody has extra stuff, people are just sharing. I think Japanese people are very strong and really proud.” Sugawara said she doesn’t know what condition her family’s farm is in. “It’s not really a priority right now. Thousands of people have been found dead – I think that’s most concerning.” And while her family still wasn’t aware of the extent of the tragedy around them, Sugawara said they prefer it that way. “They don’t want to know right now.” Sugawara has a cousin south of Miyagi Prefecture who she still hasn’t reached, and she has been looking for missing friends on Google’s people finder, but so far hasn’t found anyone she knows. “All I can do is pray,” she said. “Even though we didn’t have much time to talk with my parents, they said ‘I am so thankful to God that you are there and our grandchildren are there.’” Sugawara moved to B.C. when she was 24 to experience life in a foreign country for one year. She ended up staying after meeting Daniel and getting a job as a special-needs care worker. Now a stay-at-home mom, she and her family visit Japan once a year and

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Japan’s largest earthquake hit near Sendai. she speaks with her parents daily via Skype. While she lost regular contact with her parents in the days since the quake, Sugawara said she can still offer encouragement to the friends she is able to reach, and “just keep trying to cheer them up.” Despite feeling shocked and devastated, Sugawara said she has no doubt Japan – a country that rebuilt itself after the atomic bombings of the Second World War – will also make it through this catastrophe. “Earthquakes happen often, typhoons are coming every year and it is such a small island, but people are really strong, so I believe after this disaster, they’ll rebuild again.” This week, the country was still grappling with a nuclear emergency, attempting to cool three nuclear reactors at a quake-damaged power plant that had experienced multiple explosions since Friday and radioactive leaks. An evacuation zone has been declared within a 20-kilometre radius of the plant. Pape said the quake has also affected his brother, Matthew, a White Rock resident who met and lived with his wife, Mina Kikuya, for two years in Ishinomaki. “That’s the city that was wiped out, where the entire village is gone,” Pape said. “It’s obviously very tough for them because a lot of the people they were very close to in that city are either missing or there’s no details yet about whether they’re OK.” Pape plans to contribute to relief efforts with a fundraiser he is currently planning – a 24-hour relay in which people can skate, run, ride or walk. Details will be posted at www.colaboinnovations.com as they become available. To help support the effort, email customerservice@colabo.ca

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Surrey rethinks smoking ban at bus stops Kevin Diakiw Black Press

The City of Surrey is backing off its plan to outlaw smoking at bus stops, at least for now. Last month, city staff was preparing to recommend a no-smoking law for all transit stops in the city. Planners have dropped that plan and are going to test a ban at a stop in Clayton, where some families complained the bus stop was too close to their homes. As Peace Arch News reported last month, resident Sophia D’Amato

complained after the city put a bus stop within five metres of her home. Under the current smoking bylaw, people are not allowed to light up within 7.5 metres (24.6 feet) of any door, window or vent. Fines for a violation range from $100 to $2,000. Surrey’s manager of transportation Jaime Boan first said he would recommend to council a city-wide ban on smoking at bus stops. Several other cities have bylaws prohibiting smoking at bus

stops, including Richmond, North Vancouver, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. On Monday, Boan said the city will step back from the initial recommendation and see how it works at the one bus stop. The city will put up a sign at the bus stop outside D’Amato’s house in the 6700block of 194 Street and respond to calls for violations. That pilot site will continue for an “indeterminate period,” Boan said. “We’re going to see if we get complaints at other sites and then we will decide

on how best to proceed.” As it turns out, many bus stops in this city are already within the 7.5metre limit, so smoking is already forbidden. “That already covers off a lot of the city’s bus stops,” Boan said Monday. “If we got complaints at another site, then we could look to put up a sign.” The law prohibiting smoking within 7.5 metres of a door, window or vent also applies to people lighting up on their own property or the sidewalk in front of the

home. Those could turn out to be pretty hard to enforce, Boan said. “I don’t see it being practical for sidewalks, that’s something in future that could be reviewed, depending on feedback from the public,” Boan said.

Parks on deck Monday, council endorsed a report recommending a bylaw forbidding smoking within Surrey parks. That bylaw is expected to come forward in the coming weeks.

Harper drops in Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced renewed funding for anti-gang programs during a stop in Guildford Tuesday. The federal government is committing $37.5 million over five years to renew the Youth Gang Prevention Fund, which funds community-based programs that are intended to keep children and youth away from gangs. Prior to his announcement, Harper was briefed on one such initiative, the Wrap (Wraparound Surrey) program, during a stop at Surrey RCMP headquarters. He was told of some of the successes of the program, which provides longerterm services and support for gangassociated youth and their families, as well as resources for the education for the broader community. Partners include the City of Surrey, the Integrated Gang Task Force and Public Safety Canada. Media were given a limited amount of time to photograph the RCMP briefing before being escorted out. No questions were allowed.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and retiring MP Stockwell Day stopped by Surrey RCMP headquarters Tuesday for a briefing on a city program.

City offer agreed to ‘under duress’

White Rock’s ‘ultimatum’ gives rise to tree protest Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter

Two of three Royal Avenue trees are to be removed this week, a resident opposing the work has been told. Doug Ellerbeck, whose 15140 Royal Ave. property abuts the city land on which the trees sit, told Peace Arch News that he and his wife, Karen, acquiesced to the work after they were “basically given an ultimatum” by White Rock city staff Thursday. Ellerbeck said he was told if they accepted the offer by 4:30 p.m. Friday, workers would leave one of the trees in question and put in a hedge to help address privacy concerns. If they didn’t accept the offer, all three of the trees would be gone, with no promise of replacement, he said. They agreed “under duress,” Ellerbeck said. The trees – a flowering plum, a weeping cherry and a cedar – have been a source of neighbourhood contention for years, with some residents complaining their growth has all-but-obscured their views. Those residents sought permission last summer to have the

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Residents protest at tree site last Friday. trees removed at their own cost, a request that was initially denied because the Ellerbecks opposed it. The city’s tree bylaw stipulates a tree-removal application cannot be approved if any resident within 25 metres opposes it on the basis of an impact to their privacy, screening or shading of their property. City council, however, voted unanimously in January to accept an appeal by the petitioners. In making the decision, council agreed the city “has an obligation… to preserve what people had when they came here.” The Ellerbecks and others have repeatedly

spoken out about the matter during question period in the weeks since. Some believe the issue is connected to recent vandalism to Coun. Helen Fathers’ vehicles, as well as to tire damage discovered by a contractor hired to remove 24 hazardous trees in Maccaud Park. Friday, about a dozen people gathered outside the Ellerbecks’ home to protest the removal of the Royal Avenue trees. They carried placards, spoke to passing motorists and collected signatures. The effort at this point is more about getting the policy changed for the future, Ellerbeck said. “Now it’s (policy) 611 that we have to attack,” he said. “It shouldn’t happen to anybody else.” Neighbour Paul Wilkes – who, in 1998, joined the successful fight to save a decadesold tulip tree at Five Corners – agreed. Wilkes said he hopes Friday’s demonstration raises awareness “that this policy is favouring people who maybe want to sell their house.”

Martin Drive resident Sally Graham joined the protest out of fear of a similar situation. She lives near mature Douglas firs that stand on city land and are within 25 metres of a proposed two-home development. “I’m prepared for the worst to happen,” Graham said. “I’m quite willing to go any lengths to get petitions going. It’s going to impact me quite dramatically.” Ellerbeck said he is disappointed the city is proceeding with the work before concerns regarding the decision’s legality have been fully addressed. The expense of pursuing a court injunction to stop the work is “not feasible,” he added. City manager Peggy Clark said Monday that council received a legal opinion on the matter March 8. Clark would not discuss the opinion, but said the scheduled work is a result of council’s Jan. 24 decision. Editor’s note: At Peace Arch News deadline Tuesday, police were called to the site, as neighbours blocked tree cutters. For more, see www.peacearchnews.com and Friday’s paper.

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Cadieux says duties are a good fit from page 1 Cadieux said she doesn’t see any problems looming on the horizon for the labour component of her portfolio. “It’s important that we always make sure that people who work have a good circumstances for that,” she said. “Overall we have a good situation in B.C., but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for improvement.” Cadieux said she also looks forward to making it easier for the public to interact with the provincial government, an area in which she feels that Citizens Services – formerly a separate ministry – has already made strides. “It’s easy for any large organization to be very comfortable with the way it operates, and to forget that it’s different for somebody

Postings: New faces include Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake as environment minister, and Comox Valley MLA Don McRae entering cabinet as agriculture minister. Both are facing recall campaigns organized by former premier Bill Vander Zalm’s Fight HST group. Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong stays in cabinet as minister of community, sport and cultural development. Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Harry Bloy, the only MLA to support Clark’s leadership bid, was named minister of social development. Former finance minister Colin Hansen joined the backbench. Also left out of Clark’s new cabinet were former ministers Iain Black, Ben Stewart, Margaret MacDiarmid, Murray Coell, Kevin Krueger and Moira Stilwell. Clark said leaving leadership rival Stilwell out of cabinet was one of the difficult choices she made to reduce the size of cabinet, down to 18 ministers from 23.

on the outside who doesn’t know where to go. (People) have to get the right level of service when they need it.” Cadieux said the open government aspect of her new job is a good fit for her as a former member of the provincial government’s freedom of information and privacy committee. She said that she believes technological developments can lead to better ways of keeping the public informed about government decision-making, although high expectations and misunderstandings may always be part of the picture. “Part of the job is is to say what do we need, what does this mean and how do we move forward – what are the steps?” she said. “I think, realistically, there will always be some challenges when

it comes to the public’s understanding of how government operates – this won’t be the beall, end-all, but it can be a really good step in how we build an interaction.” Cadieux said she is also looking forward to working with Hogg on developing partnerships with non-profit organizations in the province. “I’m really excited I’ll be working with Gordie on that, because it follows a lot of the work he has already been doing in social innovation and entrepreneurship,” she said. “Non-profits throughout B.C. include a wide range of organizations and a lot of them operate as service providers – they either have contracts with government or they could have.” Falcon could not be reached for further comment at press time.

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A Federal NDP nomination meeting for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale was held Sunday at the Ocean Park Community Hall where Susan Keeping (right) was acclaimed as the new candidate.

Federal NDP picks Keeping The federal NDP has chosen a new South Surrey-White RockCloverdale candidate. Susan Keeping, a long-time White Rock resident and executive director of the Newton Advocacy Group Society, was acclaimed at a nomination convention held

Car-theft victim dies A Surrey man who was run over in his driveway by a car thief has died. Khammone Phommavong, 60, succumbed to injuries Friday, after he encountered the theft in progress March 6, police said. He was struck as his vehicle, an Acura MDX, was driven out of the driveway, located in the 5900-block of 168A Street. He suffered “substantial, lowerbody-crushing” injuries and was placed in an induced coma. Officers with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team have now taken the lead in the investigation. Sgt. Peter Thiessen said that while police believe Phommavong’s death was “directly linked” to his being run down, an autopsy is needed. Thiessen would not say if a suspect has been identified. Anyone with information may call the IHIT tip line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. – Tracy Holmes

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Tragic quake reminds us to be prepared

s the scope of last week’s catastrophe in Japan continues to unfold, we should pause to reflect upon two things – the tragic loss of life, and our own level of preparedness for such a natural disaster. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami may have occurred thousands of kilometres away, but its disastrous effects have been felt on the Semiahmoo Peninsula. South Surrey’s Akiko Sugawara, for instance, watched in horror last week as her hometown of Sendai – where she and her two children had visited earlier this month – was nearly destroyed by the tsunami. Though her parents were unharmed in the disaster, they – like millions of others in the hardest-hit areas in Japan’s northeast – will be dealing with the damage for decades to come. There are serious lessons to be learned from this most recent crisis, especially here on the B.C. coast, where experts have long been warning it’s not a matter of if – but when – a major earthquake will hit this area. For days following the Japanese disaster, people were searching for water and food. Clearly, thousands of households – including those that escaped damage – were simply not prepared to handle such an emergency with the most basic supplies and plans. Are we? The answer is, for the majority, no. The ramifications of a major quake will be the same here as they are in Japan. Stores will be damaged, and those that aren’t will be sold out of essential supplies in hours. Transportation will be severely interrupted. Telephone service and the Internet are likely to be down. Which begs the questions... do you have a survival kit in your home, with all family members familiar with its contents? Do you have a complete first aid kit, and sufficient knowledge to deal with basic trauma? Do you know how to turn off the gas in your home? Do you have alternate shelter in case your home is uninhabitable? Do you have a family plan as to what to do if a quake hits while you’re separated? Do you at least have enough water to last three days, for your entire family? Do you have enough food on hand to last that long, or longer? For those of us who have answered no to any of the questions above, the images of devastation in Japan should serve as a wake-up call. It is time to be prepared.

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Even some BC Hydro employees were his summer, BC Hydro starts surprised to hear that, with current installing 1.8 million smart meters to eventually upgrade every technology, the utility has no way of electricity customer in the province. knowing your power is out until you This is controversial for several reasons. phone them. And when line crews come First, they’re doing it now because former out to repair a local blackout, how do they determine if the repair is premier Gordon Campbell Tom Fletcher decreed it must be done by the complete? They drive up and end of 2012. Second, the smart down the road to see if people have lights on. If you use a grid is one of several major BC backup generator, they might Hydro projects the government miss you. exempted from having to undergo a cost-benefit review by Smart meters will have “last gasp, first breath” capability, the B.C. Utilities Commission. storing enough energy to send And, of course, there is the a signal that reports the power budgeted cost of $930 million, has gone out, and another signal coming at a time when BC Hydro is projecting rate increases when it is restored. As it stands, a repair truck approaching 50 per cent over the can be dispatched to a reported next five years. power failure, only to find that When I spoke with BC Hydro smart meter project executive the customer’s main breaker has Fiona Taylor last week, she naturally tripped. There is another concern, which is that had no comment on the politics. Smart meters are inevitable, she said, since the brief signals emitted every few hours to send readings to a central hub are mechanical meters are obsolete and eventually won’t be made any more. somehow a health hazard. Taylor insists the pending rate increases BC Hydro has retained former Vancouver medical health officer Dr. would be even higher without smart John Blatherwick to respond to this. meters. BC Hydro estimates the wireless meters will not only pay for themselves, He notes that smart meter signals they will produce a net saving of $500 are the equivalent of a three-minute million over the next 20 years. cell phone call once per day, at a much

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greater distance. These particular radio frequency s are similar to those used for digital T Such signals are also emitted by the plugs of a car, by lightning strikes, in fact all visible light and even the infr generated with your body heat. But there are people who insist the have a greater sensitivity, and there w probably be some generalized hyster and system-milking as we saw with squabble over a power line through Tsawwassen. The NDP is nurturing this flame o discontent as it campaigns against sm meters. It’s popular among the youn and no less an authority than Lady G is the poster girl to warn against wir Internet in schools. NDP leadership candidate John Ho is the party’s ranking power expert. mainly argues that BC Hydro doesn need to spend all this money on sma meters right now. But he is careful n to question the tinfoil hat perspectiv and risk alienating the ignorant and superstitious vote. This is a key constituency in parts of B.C. Blatherwick notes that “if you truly harmed by this level of radiation, yo can’t live in a major city.” I’ll say. The computer producing th column is on wireless, one of at least a dozen signals it can detect in my neighbourhood. Our modern comfort is fragile, as reminds us. It needs smart equipme and smart people. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Educational overload Editor: Re: Speaking up merits praise, March 9 editorial. Thank you for your editorial in support of the Lord Tweedsmuir and Earl Marriott secondary students who spoke out against the proposed split-timetable issue. As you said, they handled themselves beautifully and their actions were far more mature than those of many adults faced with the degradation of their work environment. With regards to those like letterwriter L. Diczki (There must be a better way, March 9) who wish they would be quiet and let their elders figure out what is right for them, how sad that they can’t applaud the students for standing up for themselves in such a proactive way. They must be the ones who shrug in dismay but take no action. Congratulations to the students for making your voices heard. You’ve done yourselves proud. D. Houghton, Surrey Q Extending the school day most likely will only make the students’ academic achievements harder. Extra curricular activities will diminish. Students that need to hold a part-time job may not be able to do so. Students who pick up younger siblings from elementary school – to cut costs for families paying daycare – will not be able to do this either. Who is going to care for these children when daycare centres get over crowded? And how will lower- and middle-class families pay for after-school care? When I read in the Peace Arch News March 2 that Surrey is building a new city hall in North Surrey at a cost of $50 million, I shook my head. Where are the government’s priorities? What about introducing junior high to the Surrey area? A. Fletcher, White Rock

Best defence built on truth Editor: Public Safety Canada was provided with a mandate enacted on March 23, 2005 by the Government of Canada to ensure Canadians are safe from a range of risks such as natural disasters, crime and terrorism. The department has stated that there is no more fundamental role for government than the protection of its citizens. As in the case of a series of domino pieces, it is not logical to discuss new events causally linked with preceding ones as though they were disparate. Whether it be increased airport and border security, changes in foreign policy and the role of CSIS, law enforcement, immigration, the lectures heard within the auditoriums of our universities, the

deployment of military ordnance and men abroad, debates on the procurement of war materials, they are all preceded with the tragic events of 9-11 that claimed thousands of lives, 24 of which were Canadian, and with lasting consequences for others. It is not unreasonable to reflect on them as a set of issues forming an arborescence and sharing this common root, or significant mutual event that preceded all of them. The influence has been undeniable. On Feb. 22, I wrote our minister of public safety regarding our government’s official disposition to the events of 9-11 and all derived matters predicated there upon. In the letter (you are invited to read is at www.thevertigo.com/html/9-11) I establish in detail with the aid of substantial evidence that the official account is wrong and what may well be among the greatest and most costly acts of fraud ever perpetrated in attested history. The minister has been tasked with a response specific to five points made. We are not free if we are not informed. Kip Warner, White Rock

Thankful they were there Editor: I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the staff at Peace Arch Hospital triage centre, the ambulance crew and Langley Memorial Hospital surgical and orthopedic centres for their excellent treatment when I injured my leg. Thanks to all these people who made my experience as comfortable as possible and no doubt a successful recovery. Gary Immelman, Surrey Q On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 1, this retired couple had the unanticipated need to put our “social safety net” to the test. In the cold, blustery afternoon, as we made our way home to Ocean Park on Highway 99 after spending a lovely day with friends in Vancouver, the front right tire blew out on our 2002 Passat. We pulled off the highway to

consider our options as everincreasing traffic rushed past. When we decided to call a tow truck, we discovered to our chagrin that we had left our cellphone carefully plugged into its charger at home. Fortunate in our misfortune, we thought we would be able to walk a short distance ‘cross-country’ to the Delta Fire Rescue/Emergency Services Training Station near the Ladner Trunk Road turnoff in the hope of using their telephone. Through the cold, wind and threatening rain we went to be greeted at the station by battalion Chief Ken Johnson who kindly took us in and assessed our problem. Imagine our surprise when he gained the assistance of Warren Tucker, captain of training division, and they sprang into action. Within 20 minutes, our spare was installed and we were on our way home. We would like to express our gratitude to these fine gentlemen and to commend them for their professional expertise in helping us out of our unexpected difficulty. Dr. D. Jewison & G. Roberts-Jewison, Surrey

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Welcome to a year of indecision Editor: Re: Fathers exits Citizens for Positive Renewal, March 11. This is why we need four-year terms for civic politicians instead of three: one less lame-duck year. With less than one year left until the civic election, the mayor and councillors will tend to sit on their hands – or make announcements distancing themselves from others – rather than actually get anything done. Citizens for Positive Renewal? Catchy, but look around… nothing has really changed in over two years. The rest of this year will be spent throwing straw in the air to see which way the wind blows. No decisions will be made by anyone in council that may harm their re-election chances, for fear of “offending” someone, much to the detriment of the city which is in dire need of some semblance of leadership. In a time when they are needed the most, they all tuck tail and hope they still receive a paycheque from White Rock at the end of November. Shame on them all. Graham Wood, White Rock

Eliminate politics for politics’ sake With regards to Jean Kromm’s comments that CPR is not a slate, I point out her organization assembled and endorsed political candidates to run in an election with a view to elect a group who shared the same views and would not vote contrary to positions endorsed by CPR. The point of a slate is to gain control over the city council, then elevating their priority to retaining political control and power. That’s not deceptive. Slates

are honest about handpicking people, and they’re honest about wanting to retain political power. So let’s be honest; when the majority of White Rock council is made up of CPR-“endorsed” members, you have a slate. Politics are politics. But the process we build for ourselves in a city like White Rock should not focus on solidarity, party politics and the status quo. Those are hallmarks of the same politics other cities and countries have turned away from. Governance should bring the ideas and colour those political arenas dearly lack. The best way to encourage open governance is to eliminate politics for politics’ sake and let councillors tell us how they really feel; we may be surprised at the results. When winning elections depends on your presence in a successful slate, it’s less important to articulate policies and issues you consider vital than to show loyalty to the slate in order to ensure you retain your endorsement. Despite Kromm’s assertion CPR as a slate officially ceased to exist after the last election, the mentality of necessary loyalty among its councillors doesn’t go away. There are many reasons to run for a position in civic government; first and foremost it should be a desire to promote policies you believe are good for the citizens you seek to represent. Sometimes, what works best for us means going against your fellow councillors or established wisdom – but that’s not necessarily unhealthy. Dissent and stability are not mutually exclusive. Bravo to Coun. Helen Fathers for declaring her voice as an independent thinker. White Rock desperately needs councillors who represent the people’s voice. Steven Hughes, White Rock

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Carrying placards and chanting “eight new schools” and “fund our children,” about 150 Surrey students, parents, teachers, politicians and residents gathered in Holland Park on Sunday to demand more schools for the rapidly growing school district. “Surrey needs its needs met. It needs new schools and it needs them today,” said Denise Moffatt, president of the Surrey Teachers’ Association addressing the crowd. “This must happen now – not tomorrow, not next week, not in a month, not in a year...” Moffatt noted that schools are more than simply classrooms, but are places where communities are built, where people make connections and where residents can get involved. “These are important community hubs,” she said. The rally was sparked by recent walkouts by students at Lord Tweedsmuir and Earl Marriott Secondary schools, which are considering extending the timetable in the fall in an effort to relieve overcrowded conditions and accommodate more students. The Surrey School District has not received provincial funding for new schools since 2005, leaving many elementary and secondary facilities over capacity and using multiple portables. This fall, the district is expecting another 1,000 students. The afternoon protest was co-ordinated by SFU student Paul Hillsdon, 21, who also organized an anti-gang rally two years ago. He’s been watching the capital funding problems in Surrey and decided public pressure needed to be applied to government. “There is nothing as elementary to our infrastructure as schools,” Hillsdon told Sunday’s crowd. “There is no way that we can build the economy of tomorrow, that we can improve the quality of life in this city or that we can improve the well-being of

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White Rock has joined the list of municipalities lending their support to Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy. Council voted unanimously last week to endorse the plan, following assurances from the city’s director of planning and development services that concerns expressed last fall had largely been addressed. Surrey had endorsed the accord the previous week. The Regional Growth Strategy is intended to help guide the region’s development – “from local and regional land use plans to infrastructure and transportation services” – through 2040, as Metro adds another 1.2 million residents. Several drafts have been produced over the past four years. A key concern for White Rock had been language in the September 2010 draft that designated the Grandview Corners area of South Surrey as a “local centre,” and the lack of language to ensure such centres do not adversely impact “town centres” by drawing retail and office uses away – as White Rock has already been seeing. The issue “did catch the attention of Metro,” Paul Stanton said, and the strategy has been revised to read “Local Centres are not intended to compete with or compromise the role of Urban Centres…” While the change may be a little late, “in the sense the Trojan Horse is already inside the gate,” it may assist in ensuring the Grandview Corners area

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Noting the statement refers to such things as changing land-use designation, Stanton said staff view it as “a necessary requirement to provide certainty to the plan and ensure the goals for reducing urban sprawl at a regional level can be obtained.” “Many of the economic issues facing White Rock today can be attributed to growth and expansion in neighbouring South Surrey” Stanton writes in his report. “This only serves to accentuate the need for regional planning, to minimize land use decisions which can adversely affect existing areas in a competitive environment.” The 60-day ratification period ends March 22, after which final adoption of the strategy will be recommended, Hoff said. The final vote by the Metro board is set for April 29. For maps and details of the growth strategy, see http://www. metrovancouver.org/planning/ development/strategy/

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Police seek inquiring driver Police are looking to speak with a dark-haired man wearing black, wire-framed sunglasses, in connection with a report of a suspicious man offering a ride to a teenager. White Rock RCMP Sgt. Roland Pierschke said police were called around 3 p.m. March 7, after a 17-year-old girl was approached by a man in a shiny brown car in the 14800-block of North Bluff Road as she walked home from school. The man offered the girl a ride home and asked her about her ethnic background, Pierschke said. She kept walking and the man took off after traffic started backing up behind him, he said. According to the police report, the man told the girl he was Iranian.

She described him as 40 to 50 years old, and clean-shaven with dark facial hair and short black hair, Pierschke said. He was wearing a light-blue, longsleeved, collared shirt and a silver watch on his left wrist, and was driving a shiny, light-brown, four-door hatchback with a light-brown leather interior. The man made no attempt to grab the girl, Pierschke said, and there have been no similar reports since. Still, police want to speak with the driver, Pierschke said. “We’re still investigating. We’d like to, of course, interview this guy.” Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 778-593-3600. - Tracy Holmes

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Homeless count on 24-hour snapshot for proof Alex Browne Staff Reporter

The problem with the issue of homelessness in White Rock and South Surrey is that – aside from a few highprofile street people – it doesn’t appear to be that big of a problem. But Jean Macdonald of the Peninsula Homeless to Housing Round Table said that impression can be deceptive. And she and other members of the group are convinced from ❝Many think this anecdotal evidence is an overflow that the general public from the city but is only seeing the proverbial tip of the that hasn’t been iceberg locally. the case.❞ That’s why the fourth regional Jean Macdonald homeless count today homeless advocate (Wednesday) – in which the Round Table is participating with Sources (which is co-ordinating some 20 volunteers) and Options Society Outreach (which provides overall management) – is so important. “We’re hoping it will paint a clear picture of the numbers, because that’s what we can use to advocate for services,” Macdonald said. The Round Table is a coalition of social agencies and several of the faith communities who work day to day addressing homelessness issues, she said. “We work on educating ourselves and other people, on advocacy and taking a leadership position.” Macdonald said that people on the Peninsula need to realize there really are

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A White Rock orthodontic clinic is rallying the community to cast votes to help improve the smiles of children with facial deformities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having them fixed upâ&#x20AC;Ś for them, would be like the icing on the cake,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Dorothy Sonya of White Rock Orthodontic Centre, in explaining the difference a $100,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant could make. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope to be able to help a lot of kids with this.â&#x20AC;? Sonya is among a team of experts who volunteer at BC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cleft palate and craniofacial program, which treats children with defects including open-

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rom the demise of the typewriter and linotype machine to the cessation of smoking in the office, Leslie Hilts has witnessed many changes in the newsroom in the past 30 years. Kristyl Clark It was 1981 when the single mother of two young boys and recent breast-cancer survivor applied for a job at Peace Arch News’ production-department annex at 24 Avenue and King George Highway. Hilts admits she had little background in newspapers, but what the White Rock woman lacked in experience she made up for in determination. “I had been trying to get employment but had a real lack of skills, so when the opportunity came up to really apply myself I gave it my all,” said Hilts who was first hired at the age of 31 as a layout artist by PAN’s founding publisher/owner Roy Jelly, before advancing in just two short weeks to become one of Black Press’ last printing apprentices, and completing the fouryear apprenticeship in just three years. “It was very labour intensive – nothing was done on computers like it is today,” said Hilts matter-offactly. “It was a very physical job.” When the Mac computers were first introduced to the design department around 15 years ago, Hilts recalls it as a major turning point in the industry. “Learning the new technologies was really challenging – it was like science fiction to us. We got told this would be the way everything would be done in the future and I thought ‘sure, we’ll believe that when we see it.’” Computer design is now second nature to Hilts, who spends the majority of her day creating ads with the click of a mouse and an artful eye.

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“We’re creating better stuff than we possibly could have created back then – it’s just way more advanced.” Nowadays, the 61-year-old proud nanna of three doesn’t take the latter for granted. Having been diagnosed with breast cancer last April, followed by undergoing a double mastectomy two months later, her view on life has changed significantly. “I know it’s cliche, but now I don’t ever take anything for granted. I got off easy, but really I know I could have died if the cancer had gone undetected. Early detection is everything.” In this week’s edition of Local Flavours, Hilts shares her recipe for Lemony Banana Bread, a dessert she often shares with her grateful PAN co-workers.

Lemony Banana Bread Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter 2/3 cup sugar grated zest of 2-3 large lemons 1 egg pulp of 3-4 ripe bananas (leave a little texture) 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 4 - 5 fresh large pitted dates (I prefer whole Medjool and flour the bits if too sticky). pecan halves

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter, sugar and lemon zest in large bowl. Combine in egg, banana pulp. Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Add chopped dates to mixture and stir well for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour into buttered/floured bread pan and top with pecan halves. Bake for 40 - 50 minutes until browned on outside, golden on top.

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lifestyles Granting hope Dozens of Surrey and White Rock groups are among more than 1,700 in B.C. to share $32 million in gaming grants, officials with the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General have announced. Contributed photo The grants, announced March 9, support groups that Breast Cancer Peer Support Group facilitator “deliver programs that Twyla Hollett (left) accepts a donation from enhance and support Kiwanis Club of White Rock’s Georgina Rankin. services to children, youth and a variety of • Options: Services to its profile with the first British Columbians in Communities Society donation it has ever need.” ($86,000) received – a $2,000 In Surrey and White • Scouts Canada - 5th cheque delivered by Rock, 81 groups are Cloverdale ($2,300) the Kiwanis Club of to receive grants • Progressive White Rock earlier this ranging from$1,000 to Intercultural month. $100,000. • Community Services “We’re going to use it Recipients include: Society ($35,000) for printing posters to • Atira Women’s According to the make awareness of our Resource ministry, group, so those who Society the funds are battling cancer or ($100,000) are part looking for support can • White of $120 find out where we are,” Rock South million facilitator Twyla Hollett Surrey budgeted said. Hospice for The group meets Society community twice a month at ($82,000) editorial@peacearchnews.com gaming Crescent Gardens • B.C. grants in Retirement Community Association 2010-2011, supporting (1222 King George for People Who Stutter approximately 6,000 Blvd.), and has been ($21,300) organizations. running at least 18 • South Fraser Women’s - Staff Writer years, Hollett noted. Services Society “This is the first Group gets boost donation ($58,750) we’ve ever got • Royal Canadian The local Breast – we usually raise our Legion #240, Ladies Cancer Peer Support own money,” the South Auxiliary ($8,750) Group plans to raise Surrey resident said,

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Student makes her case Kristine Ramsbottom was nine Presentations run around 10 when she set about convincing minutes, and must be memoher parents to get a dog. rized. Since she was 17, RamsIt took about a year of persis- bottom has maintained a subtent negotiation and it ended scription to the prestigious in victory after the South Sur- Economist newsmagazine to stay rey student clinched her informed about potencase by pointing out a tial topics. puppy would help her The first time she ever overcome her fear of gave a speech about an animals. issue, Ramsbottom was Shelby, the Shelty in kindergarten, and her cross, arrived soon after. topic was why Pandas And the young Kristine were her favorite animal did indeed overcome (they reminded her of her nervousness around Winnie-the-Pooh). dogs. She was comfortable Kristine Now 18, Ramsbottom’s making her case before Ramsbottom talent for persuasion has an audience, and a desire won the Langley resident to get better at it led her a spot on the Canadian team at to the debate club at Southridge, the 2011 World Public Speaking and from there to competitive competition in Brisbane, Aus- public speaking. tralia next month (April 2-8) This year, she is talking about It will be the second trip to the the use of child slaves to harvest international event for Rams- cocoa beans in the West Afribottom, a senior at Southridge can republic of the Ivory Coast, School in South Surrey. beans that are used to make She placed fifth in her category the chocolate people consume in at the 2010 competition held in richer countries. Lithuania. She likes to get people to think Each year, competitors are about their consumer choices, expected to develop all-new she says, not by shouting and material that is fresh, meaning pounding a table, but through a topic or issue that hasn’t been reasoned, logical argument. raised before. She is the youngest of two, It takes about a year to develop, and she and her mother Manny write and refine new material, credit father Neil, a businessman Ramsbottom estimates. with strong negotiating skills,

for Kristine’s ability to make a case. “My dad is huge on discussion,” Ramsbottom says. She plans to go to university to become a lawyer. Ramsbottom was one of 172 competitors from across B.C. who competed at the Law Foundation Cup, the provincial speech and debate championship hosted by Walnut Grove Secondary school on March 4 and 5. She finished fourth overall. It was the first time the Langley school has hosted the provincial competition “It was a huge endeavuor” said teacher Tim Bonnar, one of the tournament organizers. There were as many as 43 debates going on simultaneously on Saturday. Four members of the Walnut Grove debate and speech club that Bonnar coaches were among them. Walnut Grove Grade 10 student Craig Andrews placed ninth among 60 competitors, while Andrews and debate partner Uyseok Lee placed 11th in team competitions. Andrews has been invited to attend a qualifying tournament for a place on the national debate team. - Black Press

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news Youth take home medals from regional competition

Surrey students have skills Surrey students collected plenty of precious medals at this year’s regional skills competition. More than half of the 180 students participating in the annual Lower Fraser Valley Skills Canada Regional Competition at Kwantlen Polytechnic University this month were from Surrey schools. Competing in 14 categories, local teens walks away with 26 medals. “We are extremely proud of all our student participants,” Susan Chow, the district’s career education principal, said in a release. “It was a wonderful learning experience for them to showcase their skills and be acknowledged for their achievements.” Surrey students earned six gold, seven silver and nine bronze medals in 12 categories. The results from the Virtual TV/Video Production and Virtual Website Development categories will be announced later this month. All gold medalists will advance to the provincial Skills Canada Competition in April, and winners from that event will compete in the national competition this June in Quebec. National winners advance to the WorldSkills international event in London in October. The goal of the regional event is to increase student awareness of – and interest in – the trades and technology fields as career paths.

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news Estate lifestyle comes at expense of food production

Region wants rules to block farm mega-houses Jeff Nagel Black Press

Metro Vancouver politicians are urging the province to intervene to slow the spread of huge mansions that are chewing up urban farmland needed to grow food. Victoria is weighing how best to tackle the issue and released a discussion paper that lays out a menu of possible options. At issue is the construction of huge estate homes – often on land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) – that make farming less efficient and put the property’s price out of reach for ordinary farmers. Reforms have been proposed in the past by individual municipalities but were beaten back by opposing groups of landowners and realtors. Both Pitt Meadows and Surrey shelved attempts to tighten regulation of farm manor homes in recent years after opposition. Metro agriculture committee chair Harold Steves said he and others on the committee want the province to enact minimum standards that would be enforced to restrict the size and location of homes built in the ALR. “They’re building 10,000- to 20,000-square-foot houses with swimming pools and tennis courts scattered throughout the agricultural area of the land,” Steves said. “It’s impossible to have crops and farm equipment when you have to work around a number of buildings. It

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Aerial view of a farm estate in Ladner. destroys the productive which case the limit is use of that land.” 100 metres. A provincially Richmond doesn’t mandated minimum limit the size of houses standard could allow but requires they be cities to go further and within 50 metres of the add stronger protections road or property line. if they wish, he added. That’s been If only some cities problematic, Steves said, tighten the rules, it’s because outbuildings feared the problem and other uses aren’t will simply be shifted covered, so secondary around the region or houses, garages, pools pushed east into the and the like sometimes Fraser Valley Regional cut much deeper into District. the property. In Richmond alone, Sometimes garages Steves estimates, and barns have second another 2,000 acres of floors built with rented farmland in the ALR secondary suites. stands to be lost to the Richmond had aimed construction of to extend big houses and ❝It destroys the 50-metre recreational the productive maximum amenities setback use of that to include unless the land.❞ trend is accessory stopped. buildings Harold Steves So far, Delta committee chair but ran into has taken community the toughest stand resistance. against the problem of “There’s a tremendous badly sited farmland amount of opposition,” mansions, he said. Steves said. “There’s a Delta limits house huge lobby, mainly from sizes and defines a realtors.” farm “homeplate” on When Richmond’s agricultural properties original bylaw was where houses and other drafted, Steves said, residential uses must be it never occurred to contained. They can’t anyone that farmers sprawl deeper than 60 would be building metres from the front swimming pools and property line, unless tennis courts on their there’s on-site migrant land. worker housing, in The problem is that in

most cases the owners aren’t serious farmers, but buyers who want an estate lifestyle in the Lower Mainland without having to pay the price to do so on urban residential land. Farmland is cheaper than large residentialzoned lots and may offer the potential of a future windfall if the land can someday be pulled out of the ALR and subdivided. Owners who are able to grow something may even qualify for the lower farm property tax rate, even if they grow just a tiny fraction of the land’s potential. That long-standing loophole should also be closed, said Surrey Coun. Linda Hepner, the vice-chair of the agriculture committee. “It’s no different than those who sit on acreages with a horse or a cow and say they’re gentlemen farmers and get a tax break,” she said. “It was never intended to be for estate homes.” Hepner also backs tough minimal protections set by the province. But she noted there are some special circumstances to be considered. In Surrey, she said, some of the large houses on farmland are simply occupied by large families and the land is being actively farmed. Much farmland is on floodplain where basements can’t be built, she said, so allowed house sizes should take that into account. Metro also suggests exceptions be allowed if it makes more sense to put a house on part of the property that isn’t

farmable – perhaps it’s rocky. The focus should be on the placement of the house, Hepner added. “A huge long driveway on a small parcel

makes the whole parcel unfarmable,” Hepner said. “So we have to take a serious look at (maximum) setbacks.” Some Metro directors want the province to

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Bottled water use slashed in half: survey Jeff Nagel Black Press

Metro Vancouver is declaring victory in its campaign to get more people to shun wasteful bottled water and drink tap water instead. A new survey has found roughly half as many people using bottled water as did in 2008, when the region set a goal of cutting bottled water use here by 20 per cent by 2010. The Mustel Group telephone survey found 11 per cent of respondents say they primarily use bottled water, compared to 21 per cent in 2008, while 85 per cent say they mainly use tap water, up from 74 per cent previously. “We actually got a 50 per cent

reduction so it was well beyond what we expected,” said Surrey Coun. Marvin Hunt, who sits on Metro’s water committee. The campaign, which used the slogan “Nature’s health drink – always on tap,” raised the hackles of bottled water sellers. But Metro politicians like Hunt maintain the campaign was worthwhile because of unacceptable numbers of plastic bottles in the landfill. One report estimated more than 23 million plastic bottles a year were instead ending up in Metro Vancouver landfills – and that even the ones being recycled still carried a heavy carbon footprint. “The issue was reduction of waste and reduction of the creation of

Metro considers water restrictions Jeff Nagel Black Press

Evening water sprinkling may be a thing of the past as Metro Vancouver mulls tighter restrictions to preserve its water supply on hot summer days. Metro is contemplating amendments to its Water Shortage Response Plan that would limit residential lawn sprinkling to just 4 to 9 a.m. in the mornings on three days a week – an increase of one from the current two-day limit during the summer sprinkling restriction period. Currently, lawn sprinkling from June 1 to Sept. 30 is allowed from 4 to 9 a.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. on two permitted days a week. Evennumbered addresses get Wednesdays and Saturdays, while odd addresses can sprinkle Thursdays and Sundays. Under the proposed change, residents would also get to sprinkle on either Saturday or Sunday mornings, giving them an overall

15-hour window each week to green up their lawns. Metro policy and planning department senior engineer Stan Woods estimates the new measures would cut the water use rate at peak hours by 12 per cent and by three per cent on peak days. Demand is lower in mornings than evenings and Woods said the change would spread lawn-sprinkling demand out more evenly over the week. Watering of gardens, trees, playing fields and golf courses wouldn’t be affected by the sprinkling rule change. The changes still must be approved by the Metro Vancouver board. And some directors are calling for a one-year delay before bringing in the new schedule. “It’s too late in the process,” Surrey Coun. Marvin Hunt said, adding most municipalities have already sent out their calendars and rules for sprinkling for the year. “Let’s let this be an education year.”

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A negotiating delay means students at Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University will have to wait until September to join the reduced-rate transit U-Pass system. Students at both institutions recently voted to join the program and were promised they’d have their new transit passes for this spring semester. The provincially mandated U-Pass gives unlimited transit service for $30 a month to students at campuses that sign on, although Kwantlen students will pay $40 and receive various additional benefits arranged by their student association. But Kwantlen’s spring registration starts March 14 and Douglas students register March 21. And the master agreement governing the passes won’t be ready by either of those dates, according to Blaine Jensen, vicepresident of education services at Dougas. A final deal with TransLink would have to be vetted by lawyers and the administrators need several days to ensure systems are in place to charge students for their U-Pass when they pay other student fees. Jensen cited delays in finalizing the terms of the contract but would not elaborate on the reason. “TransLink and the province are well aware of our concerns and we’re waiting to hear how they will respond.” Vancouver Community College and Emily Carr University of Art and Design had previously signed an interim agreement with TransLink to ensure they’d be part of the U-Pass system for this spring. TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie said the same arrangement was offered to Douglas, which has campuses in New Westminster and Coquitlam, and Kwantlen, which serves Surrey, Langley and Richmond. “That was available,” Hardie said. “It was good enough for VCC

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Countries to come together for trade talk Lee Dorner Black Press

Several top Canadian and U.S. government officials will speak and answer questions about improving cross-border trade between the two countries at the Building Bridges to Prosperity symposium in Surrey on April 27. Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts and U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson will be among the officials speaking at the Sheraton Vancouver Guilford Hotel for the event. Canadian and American businesses – and any other interested members of the public – can learn

about trade and border policies the event. “We want to take away the theory from some of the policy-makers themselves. Attendees will that it’s too difficult, and open up those cross-boralso be able to ask questions of the speakers, and der markets.” participate in a visit to the Timm expects between 200-250 people to attend, Canadian Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs including some business representatives from the and Border Protection at the Pacific Highway BorU.S. He says this is a parder Crossing. ticularly important time for Canadian business “The objective of the symposium is to make it David Jacobson owners to understand boreasier for companies to U.S. Ambassador der and trade policies. do business across the “Being Canadians, we border,” said Greg Timm, have advantages right now. general manager of Pacific Cus- The strong Canadian dollar makes toms Brokers, the group hosting it cheaper for people to purchase

materials in the U.S., and it’s the largest economy in the world so we want more Canadians to be able to take advantage of that market,” Timm said. Topics that will be discussed at the event include pre-approval programs for commercial vehicles crossing the border, and a recently proposed security perimeter deal between Canada and the U.S. A limited amount of spots are available for the border visit portion of the day, and anyone who wishes to attend it must register by March 23. The visit will consist of 45 minutes each with border customs officials from the U.S. and

Canada. “Lots of businesses ship domestically, and then if they ship from Washington to B.C., in some cases they expect the preparation of paperwork to be same as it is for domestic shipping,” Timm said. “This visit is to give perspective on the fact that even though we have so many similarities, Canada and the U.S. are foreign countries to one another with different policies.” The registration deadline for the rest of the symposium is April 15, and the registration form can be downloaded off Pacific Custom Brokers’ website, www.pcb.ca.

Property taxes set to increase White Rock residents will see their property taxes jump 3.91 per cent this year, following adoption of the city’s 2011-2015 financial plan. Council voted unanimously in support of the plan last week. The increase was proposed to generate funds for the city’s $25.8-million general 2011 operating budget. The city’s financial services director explained in earlier meetings that the increase amounts to an extra $97 on the average homeowner’s next tax bill; for strata owners – who comprise approximately half of the city’s residents – the jump will average $42. The boost does not factor in increases to

drainage (amounting to about $25, from $252 to $277, for single detached homes and $7, from $69 to $76, for stratas) and sanitary sewer fees (two per cent, amounting to a $5 jump for both residential and commercial users). Those fees are described as the second-largest portion of the 2011 budgeted revenue after property taxes. Factors cited as contributing to the tax increase include a jump in labour costs and levies, and funds needed to operate the new Centre for Active Living. Council gave third reading to the bylaw Feb. 21, following a relatively uneventful public meeting the week before. - Tracy Holmes

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The latter decides to take the two hostage and blow up the theatre if demands for freeing his imprisoned comrades are not met. Adding to the quickly spiralling chaos is sword-swinging Comedie Francaise actor Coquelin (Brent Cross), who has become obsessed with his role as the heroic Cyrano de Bergerac; an elderly man Benoit (Ken Fynn) and an ingenue (Alexandra Wilson). Tickets go on sale March 22 at the theatre box office (604-536-7535) or visit www. whiterockplayers.ca

Blues events Powerful and energetic blues singer Dalannah Gail Bowen, and her band Straight Up, will be headliners at the next White Rock Blues Society show and dance this Saturday (March 19) at 8 p.m. at the Rhumba Room of the Pacific Inn, 1160 King George Blvd. Back to the top of her form after a threeyear hiatus, Bowen is riding the success of her most recent CD release, Mamma’s Got the Blues, which has been rewarded by positive critical feedback and international airplay. Her “timeless and contemporary” approach, according to one of those reviews, is typified by her new edge to such standards as Born Under A Bad Sign and Early In The Morning, and fresh originals such as My Blues Keep Bringing Me Home. Opening for Bowen will be popular Peninsula guitarist-vocalist Jason Buie. Tickets ($15) are available from Tapestry Music, Surfside Music, the Pacific Inn or Surrey Arts Centre, https//tickets.surrey.ca Next big event scheduled by the society is Harpdog Brown and the Bloodhounds, April 9 at the Rhumba Room during which the ace blues harpist and his band will revisit 21 years of music making. For more information, visit www. whiterockblues.com

Tim Williams Legendary blues singer-songwriterguitarist Tim Williams – presented locally last year by the White Rock Blues Society – will be back in White Rock for one night only, April 6 at 8 p.m. at the Sandpiper Pub. The intimate, up-close and personal, show will feature Williams’ colourful songs and stories of the road, including playing with the likes of B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal and ZZ Top. For more information, call 604-531-7746 or 604-542-6515.

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Three Visions A new show of photography, Three Visions, presents the work of Dwayne Lamb, Jevon Safarik and Bob Warick, until April 1 at Semiahmoo Arts’ gallery, 90 - 1959 152 St (Windsor Square). For more information, call 604-536-8333, or visit www.semiahmooarts.com

The Streels The Maritime and Celtic sound of multitalented Newfoundland musician Lorne Warr and his band, The Streels, will be highlighted in concert March 26 at 8 p.m. at White Rock Elks Hall, 1469 George St. Tickets are $15 (non members) and $12.50 (members). For more information, call 604-538-4016 or email whiterockelks431@shaw.ca

Ensemble Galilei A stellar group of U.S. musicians will make their only Canadian appearance during a west coast tour 8 p.m., Friday, April 1, at First United Church, White Rock. Ensemble Galilei brings together musicians from different worlds in an ongoing adventure that utilizes their renowned expertise and technique to create new dimensions of music. The ensemble features Ryan McKasson on Scottish fiddle, Jackie Moran on bodhran and tenor banjo, and Sue Richards on celtic harp, all versed in Scottish and Irish traditions, plus violinist Ginger Hildebrand and viola da gamba player Carolyn Surrick – both with decades of experience in Renaissance and Baroque music. The result is quite different from groups in either of the traditions, said Geoff Giffin, who is using the concert to launch his new production company, Peninsula Productions, which aims to bring different, high-quality concerts to the White Rock and South Surrey scene. “I first heard Ensemble Galilei play a few years ago when I was living in Maryland and promptly fell in love,” Giffin said. “When I found out they were doing a west coast tour I knew they would be perfect for Peninsula Productions’ first concert.” Tickets ($25) area available from Tapestry Music, First United Church, Surrey Arts Centre box office 604-501-5566, online at https://tickets.surrey.ca

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Back to blues Dalannah Gail Bowen and her band Straight Up, headline the next White Rock Blues Society show and dance this Saturday (March 19) at 8 p.m. at the Pacific Inn.

U Lounge music The U Lounge at Grandview Corners is offering live music every Thursday at 8 p.m. (no cover charge), presented by Magnetized Productions. Next up in the venue’s new Lucky 7 Thursday series will be Tay MacRae and Guest (March 17), Ben Sigston (March 24), Jacob Dryden (March 31), David Blair (April 7), and David Anthony (April 14).

Ladies of the Camellias What happens when the two pre-eminant divas of the stage in the 1890s – Sarah Berhardt and Eleanor Duse – are both to perform Lady of the Camellias, by Alexandre Dumas, in Paris, the same week and in the same theatre? That’s the premise of Lillian GarrettGroag’s farcical historical comedy Ladies of the Camellias, next presentation of the White Rock Players Club, in a production directed by Paul Kloegman (who helmed last season’s Humble Boy). The club’s entry in this year’s TheatreBC Vancouver Zone festival, it will play April 6 to 23 at the Coast Capital Playhouse, 1532 Johnston Rd. with Wednesday to Saturday performances at 8 p.m., plus a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee on April 17.

The production brings together members of the Kloegman stock company – previously seen to advantage in 20th Century in White Rock and Up And Coming at Vancouver’s Metro Theatre – including Lori Tych (as Duse) and Jason Dedrick (as actor GustaveHyppolite Worms), both of whom most recently starred in the thriller Earth and Sky in February at the Coast Capital Playhouse. Nancy Ebert plays Bernhardt, who has – for reasons best known Lori Tych to herself – extended actor the invitation to Duse to perform her touring version of the Lady of the Camellias, temporarily without venue, at the divine Sarah’s own theatre, even though she is herself portraying the role there. Like Worms, actor Flavio Ando (Ryan Johnston) is also caught up in the ensuing battle of the divas, which is complicated – but not interrupted – by the arrival of a Russian anarchist, Ivan (Stephen Benjamin Fowler).

White Rock author Marya Sopova’s novel for children (ages 9-13 and higher), The MouseTronaut, is now available at Kids Books or at the Semiahmoo Arts gallery in Windsor Square. The novel, and its accompanying volume, the Rocket of Fun workbook, traces the international – and outer space – adventures of an intrepid mouse trained as part of Russia’s space program. For more information, call 604-536-6749. Crescent Beach author Ben NuttallSmith’s historical novel Blood, Feathers and Holy Men, an adventure spanning both old world and new world cultures in the 10th century AD, is currently available through local bookstores. For more information on the book, published by busy South Surrey imprint Libros Libertad, visit www.bennuttallsmith.ca South Surrey author Sam Wharton’s latest Jonathan Hare novel, Ignorant Armies (Melrose Books, UK), is currently available at Angel Christian Supplies (104 - 2429 152 St.) and Black Bond Books, Semiahmoo Centre. Drawing on Wharton’s own experiences in the military and policies of recruitment for intelligence work, Ignorant Armies is the second installment in his saga of Hare, a young innocent abroad in a sea of political, social and personal intrigue in post-World War Two Britain.

Argentine tango It first appeared in the dance halls and brothels of Buenos Aires around 1880 – and it wasn’t even considered socially acceptable in Argentina until after it became a craze in Europe just before the First World War. But authentic Argentine tango – a distinctly different dance from the ballroom tango – has lost none of its passionate mystery and beauty. It’s also hotter than ever – thanks to exposure on such top-rated television shows as Dancing With The Stars. Now Portal a Tango Dance Entertainment offers White Rock residents the chance to learn to dance Argentine tango with an ongoing series of beginner and intermediate lessons at Ocean Park Hall, 1577 128 St. Owned and operated by husband and wife team Bobbi and Patricia Lusic, Portal a Tango “works to promote Argentine tango as a healthy means for individual expression, improving quality of life and experiencing joy through music and dance.” For more information, call 778-773-9904 or visit www.portalatango.com

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Bayside stays in premier Nick Greenizan Sports Reporter

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Surrey Eagles head coach Matt Erhart expresses his displeasure with referee Byron Ellingson during Sunday’s 7-5 loss to the Langley Chiefs. Below, Surrey forward Richard Vanderhoek – who has 10 goals in the post-season so far – misses an opportunity in front of the Chiefs’ net.

Captain scores twice in series-clinching win

Morley leads Eagles into Round 3 Nick Greenizan Sports Reporter

The Surrey Eagles are flying into the third round. Monday night at the Langley Events Centre, the Birds clawed back from an early 2-0 deficit to beat the Langley Chiefs 4-2, winning the hard-fought best-of-seven series in six games. They’ll face either the Victoria Grizzlies or Powell River Kings in BC Hockey League Conference finals. “We never expected to win this series in four games. Sure, you always hope you will, but against a really good team like Langley, we knew it’d be a tough battle,” said Eagles head coach Matt Erhart. Trailing 2-0 in the first period, Eagles defenceman Josh Monk scored on the power-play – rifling a shot past Langley goalie Wyatt Galley – and with less than three minutes left in the period, Surrey captain Tyler Morley scored his

first of two goals to tie the game. In the second, Morley struck again to put his team ahead and Robert Lindores added an insurance marker on a breakaway later in the middle period. Hayden Trupp assisted on both of Morley’s goals. Monday’s tilt was the last in a four-games-in-five-days stretch, with the Eagles winning Games

3 and 4 in Langley – the latter win coming when Jeff Vanderlugt scored in double overtime. Down 3-1 in the series heading into Game 5 Sunday, Langley’s Matt Ius pulled his team back from the brink of elimination with a fivepoint effort in a 7-5 win in South Surrey. Ius had two goals and three assists in the Chiefs’ victory.

“Both teams just happened to bury their chances. It wasn’t the prettiest game – neither team was sharp defensively – but you’re going to get that in a long series,” said Erhart. In Game 5 Sunday, the Chiefs were the better team out of the gate. Kit Sitterley and Ius scored less than a minute apart to give Langley a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes, and Sitterley tacked on another early in the second. Brandon Morley replied for the Eagles, and after goals from Daniel Gentzler and rookie blue-liner Tim Coish, the Eagles trailed just 5-3 heading into the third. However, a Langley goal – from captain Trevor Gerling – just 35 seconds into the third restored the Chiefs’ three-goal lead, and also chased Eagles’ goalie Karel St. Laurent from the game. Steve Koshey, on a shorthanded tally, and Scott Holm, brought the see page 33

They didn’t play their best rugby – offensively speaking, at least – until halfway through the second half, but the Bayside Sharks’ premier men’s team played well enough to edge Burnaby 15-5 Saturday. The win catapulted the Sharks into the premier division for the final month of the season; a loss would’ve dropped them to the first division. “It moved us along, so we really needed that one,” said a relieved David Benoit, head coach of the Sharks. “We played good defence – we held ‘em to five points – but really, it wasn’t until there was about 20 minutes left in game that we really ignited and got fired up, but it was enough this time.” With their premier hopes on the line, the Sharks opened the game – played in sloppy, rainy conditions – out of sync on offence, and failed to put much pressure on Burnaby in the opening minutes. Burnaby got on the board first, when they scored a try by moving the ball out wide, and though Bayside reversed the momentum after that, they had nothing to show for it, and trailed 5-0 at halftime. “We started to really dominate after that try, but just couldn’t do anything with (the momentum),” Benoit said. “We’d do something good, then we’d do something bad.” After the break, the Sharks got tries from Cass Conklin and Isimeli Sigarua, and Peter Clifford rounded out the scoring with a convert and a drop kick. The Sharks prep for the season’s final month, which is to begin Saturday, although on Monday Benoit still did not have a schedule. He does know, however, that his Sharks will face the four squads they haven’t yet played – James Bay, University of Victoria, Abbotsford and the UBC Old Boys Ravens. The top six teams in the eight-team premier league advance to playoffs. “It’s a short season, and now it’s just a sprint to the finish,” Benoit said.

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sports Senior girls team ‘should be very proud of themselves’ says coach

Orcas ninth at provincials Nick Greenizan Sports Reporter

After an opening round loss to the Handsworth Royals, the Elgin Park Orcas finished ninth at 2011 B.C. High School AAA Girls championships, which wrapped up Saturday at Capilano University. The 70-63 loss to Handsworth last Wednesday bumped the Orcas into the consolation bracket of the provincial tournament. Elgin got off to a slow start against the Royals, and trailed by 17 at halftime, and though they made a strong second-half comeback, fell just short. “We had down to six and were running back and on our way, but just couldn’t get it,” said Elgin Park head coach Stu Graham, from the Langley Events Centre, where in advance of B.C. triple-A boys pro-

vincials his old high school team – the 1971 North Delta Huskies – was being honoured on the 40th anniversary of the team’s provincial title. After the opening-round loss, Elgin rebounded to win their next two, before losing 63-51 to Maple Ridge Saturday in the battle for sixth place. The loss dropped them to ninth overall in B.C. – one spot better than the team finished last year. “The girls battled so hard and had been on such a great playoff run – having to win four or five must-win games, having to play in a wild-card game to get to provincials... they should be very proud of themselves,” Graham said. As has been the case for much of the year, the Orcas were led at provincials by the duo of Stacey

Graham and Sandy Hsu. The pair alternated as the team’s leading scorer, with Hsu notching 30 – to go with six rebounds and four assists – in the Handsworth loss, Graham racking up 32 the following day, in a 72-42 win over Mount Baker, and Hsu again taking the reins of the offence, with 25 points, in a 70-61 victory over Heritage Park. “They’re our glue,” Stu Graham said of his two stars. In the team’s final game against Maple Ridge, Graham had 24 points. Hsu was named an honourable mention all-star. The provincial banner was won this year by Abbotsford’s W.J. Mouat Hawks, who beat Claremont 69-64 in the gold-medal game Saturday night.

Storm sixth for second straight year Nick Greenizan Sports Reporter

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Elgin Park’s Sandy Hsu drives to the basket against Handsworth.

For the second year in a row, the Southridge Storm senior boys have placed sixth in the province at B.C. AA Basketball Championships. Southridge opened the provincial tournament last week with a “disappointing” – the words of head coach Steve Anderson – 62-52 loss to Brentwood College, which immediately bounced the South Surrey squad into the consolation bracket of the 16-team tournament.

After the loss, however, the Storm reeled off three straight victories to finish sixth. The first win came against Vancouver’s David Thompson Secondary, 77-42, and that was followed up by an 80-68 win over College Heights Secondary, of Prince George. In the team’s final game of the season, the Storm edged Fraser Valley rivals G.W. Graham, 69-66, to finish sixth. Southridge’s Jacob Andreou was named a secondteam provincial all-star.

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sports Trinity Western squad upsets top-ranked UBC in semifinal

Spartans lose in CIS final Gary Ahuja Black Press

In the end, the glass slipper didn’t fit Cinderella. Playing in the national championship game, Trinity Western – student body population of 2,735 – was up against the Carleton Ravens, who boast an enrolment of more than 22,000 students and had won six of the past eight Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s basketball championships. But after a last-second 74-72 victory, with Kyle Coston hitting a three-pointer with 11.6 seconds remaining in Saturday’s semifinal over archrival UBC, the underdog Spartans were denied the gold medal, falling 82-59 to the Ravens. This was the Spartans first-ever appearance at nationals. The tournament was held at the Halifax Metro Centre. “We learned something about the intensity required to win a championship,” said Spartans coach Scott Allen, a South Surrey resident and former longtime head coach at White Rock Christian Academy. Sunday was also the last college basketball game for Tyrell Mara, who, along with younger brother, Eli, and Tonner Jackson, was one of three WRCA players on the silver-medal winning Trinity squad. A third South Surrey resident, Southridge grad Kurtis Osborne, was also on the squad.

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Trinity Western’s Tyrell Mara charges up court against Carleton. With Trinity Western concentrating on shutting down CIS player of the year and tournament MVP Tyson Hinz in the post, the Ravens responded with some deadly outside shooting. Carleton shot 16-for38 from beyond the arc. “They are so good in the post, we had to pick our poison and mix it up,” Allen said. “Full credit to (Carleton), they’re a machine.” The team was done in by some poor shooting, as they hit just 35.4 per cent of their field goals, down

from their season average of 47.2. The Ravens were ranked first in the country all season long, but a loss in the playoffs dropped them to the tournament’s second seed. The Spartans came in ranked fifth in the eight-team tournament. In their opener, they ousted the fourth-seed Lakehead 82-74 and faced top-ranked UBC in semifinals. Trinity Western erased a 16-point second quarter deficit to defeat the Thunderbirds by a single bucket.

Vanderlugt scores in OT from page 31 in the win, giving him 18 points in score to 6-5, but Ius sealed the win eight playoff games, just one point back of Ius for the league lead. with an empty-netter. In Game 3 Thursday night in While Sunday’s tilt was an offensive barn-burner – 12 total goals Langley – which gave the Eagles a and a combined 78 shots on net – 2-1 series lead – Vanderhoek again Game 4 at the Langley Events Cen- led the Eagles with two goals, keying a 4-3 victory, while Vanderlugt tre Friday was anything but. Eagles sniper Richard Vander- and McGowan also scored. Lindores, who has nine points hoek had both of Surrey’s goals in in 10 playoff games after tallying regulation. Surrey’s 2-0 lead lasted a little just 21 in 60 regular-season contests – added two assists, over a minute, when Langley’s Brandon Thompson ❝I thought we as did Colton Mackie. made it 2-1. The Chiefs had the better Like Lindores, Mackie has upped his playoff productied the game just a little over a minute into the chances in tion significantly; the Surovertime.❞ rey native has four points third, when Brad McBride thus far, after scoring just jammed a puck past Matt Erhart six in 51 games during the Surrey’s Karel St. LauEagles coach season. rent. In the first period, As could be expected from two teams who played the Vanderlugt and Vanderhoek scored night before, overtime was a slug- 29 seconds apart to stake the Birds gish, at times sloppy, affair, filled to a 2-1 by the 3:38 mark of the with plenty of neutral zone turn- first period, and McGowan scored with a minute to go in the frame overs by both squads. After a scoreless first overtime to extend the lead. In the second period, Vanderlugt sent his team period, Vanderhoek scored his sechome with the victory when he ond of the game with his team on a scooped up a rebound at the side of five-on-three power play, at which the Langley net – the original shot point the Chiefs mounted their from the point had clanged off the comeback attempt. Langley forward Josh Myers mask of Chiefs goalie Wyatt Galley – and wired a wrist shot under scored 2:19 after Vanderhoeks’ power-play tally, and in the third the crossbar. “I thought we had the better period, Gerling made it 4-2 at the chances in overtime, but it’s one 4:11 mark. With 11 minutes left, Myers of those things were anything can happen – one play and it’s over – so struck again, this time shortwe were happy to get out with the handed, to bridge the gap to 4-3, but the Eagles were able to hold on win,” Erhart said. Brad McGowan added two assists to the victory.

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With heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, aunt and friend on March 9, 2011. Survived and missed by kids Carol, Ellen (Bruce) & Bruce (Gerry); Grandkids Chris (Bob), Christie (Rob), Deana & Rowan (Marcie); Great Grandkids Cory, Courtney, Tara, Brooke, Bobby, Colin & Erika. Predeceased by husband Eric in 1989. Mom was the favorite aunt. She loved entertaining, baking, crafts, flower arranging, gardening and enjoyed her last four years at Concord by the Sea in White Rock. Mom and Dad spent many fun winters in Mesa, AZ. Service will be held at Sunnyside United Church, 15639 24th Avenue in South Surrey at 1:30 PM on Friday, March 18th, 2011 (limited parking). Cremation. New address: Heaven!!!

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SCHRAUWEN, Lorraine born October 26, 1928 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 11, 2011 in Surrey, B.C. She is lovingly remembered by her children Gale (Alfie) Heisler, Karen (Tim) Atkinson, Don, Peter (Hannah), Ken and Christa (Scott) Findlay; 8 grandchildren: Lena (Ryan), Mandy, Lenny, Christopher, Krystal, Nick, Sammy and Ella; her sister Pearl and brothers Fred, Ernie and Peter; nieces; nephews; many relatives and good friends. Predeceased by her loving husband Nick and her granddaughter Joah Atkinson. Lorraine was a mom of all moms and grandma of all grandmas and will be dearly missed by all. It brings us comfort, Mom, to know you’re re-united with Dad and Joah. A time of Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 9:00 am, followed by a Funeral Service at 10:00 am at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831-28 Ave, Surrey, BC. Burial at Gardens of Gethsemani. Special thanks to the loving staff at Morgan Place for their on-going kindness. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Condolences may be offered at www.victoryfuneralcentre.ca Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre 604-536-6522

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Need To Get Out Of The House, Talk To People & Create Extra Income? Try a part-time job 4-8 days a month as a Product Demonstrator! Great for Seniors, Retirees & Mature Adults! Do you enjoy talking to people & know how to do basic cooking? This job is for you and is perfect for men & women. Must be available on both Fri & Sat from 11-5 or 12-6 (& some Sun). Requirements: As a Freelance Contractor, you must be a gogetter able to work on your own, be able to carry medium weight equipment into stores & own a car. Must be well groomed, be bondable & fully fluent in English. Pay starts at $10/hr. All day training provided in N. Burnaby. Call JMP Marketing at 604-294-3424, local 30.

LEARN FROM HOME EARN FROM HOME CanScribe Career College offers online courses: Medical Transcription and Computers. Great work at-home opportunities. Enrol today! 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com info@canscribe.com

Optician Training *6-month course starts April 4th, 2011

BC College Of Optics

604.581.0101

JMP Marketing Services, BC’s most reliable demo company since 1979.

www.bccollegeofoptics.ca

FULL-TIME CERTIFIED Heavy Duty Mechanic required by Bailey Western Star & Freightliner. Experience in service & repair of trucks, trailers & equipment. Fax resume to 250-286-0753 or email:

FRANCHISE

YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN Proven turn key franchise opportunity Prime Lower Mainland Areas CALL NOW 778-549-2135

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operators. Currently looking for experienced Heavy Equipment Operators, Min 5 yrs exp. Type of Equipment: Excavator, Front End Loaders, Bulldozer, Back Hoe....Industrial/ Commercial Construction, Clean and Lubricate Equipment. Able to Drive / Load Equipment on flatbed trailer is a good asset, but not req’d. Email resume to yardman10@live.ca

HAIRCARE PROFESSIONALS

CITY LOOK SALON chair for rent $400. Nail tech space avail. $350. Laresa 604-536-3788 790-8848

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

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NOEL and Family is looking to hire a Live-in Caregiver (6474) in Mount Seymour, North Vancouver, BC, Perm. f/t, 40 hrs p/wk, $10.00 p/hr, ASAP. Exp. 1 year to 2 years, Must be fluent in English. Spanish an asset. Main Duties: Supervise & care for a 2 yr old child, dress, prepare for rest. Apply to noel.llewellyn@shaw.ca

Respite Caregivers PLEA Community Services Society is looking for individuals and families who can provide respite care in their homes for youth aged 12 to 18, who are attending a recovery program for alcohol and/or drug addiction. Qualified applicants must be available on weekends and have a home that can accommodate one to two youth and meet all safety requirements. Training and support is provided. If interested, please call a member of our Family Recruiting Team at:

604-708-2628

SHOWER DOOR INSTALLERS BC’s Leading Glass & Shower Door Company Rahul Glass Ltd. is looking for experienced FullTime Shower Door, Mirror and Shelves installers, Wood Closet Organizer Installers and Glass Cutters. Positions available in the Lower Mainland area. Very exciting packages will be offered according to previous experience. Contact 604-710-1581. Candidates can also fax their resume at 604-592-2690.

DREAMING... of a New Career?

www.plea.bc.ca

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

Employment and Career

EXP. SERVERS Required for Pelagos Restaurant. Apply in person with resume: 2728 O’Hara Lane. 604-538-6102.

Sections for information.

Front Desk & Marketing Agents

PERSONAL SERVICES

required for White Rock hotel. Must be available weekends & evenings. Previous exp. required. Please fax resume to: 604-542-0338 or email: wrhotel@hotmail.com

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ANGEL’S HEALTH CENTRE For Pain/Relax Acupressure 20521 Douglas Crescent, Langley Tel: 778-278-2298

Psychic Sephia Palm & Tarot Card Reader

LOG TRUCK mechanic for Kurt Leroy Trucking LTD. Welding an asset. Ben. inc. To start immed. Campbell River. Fax resume to 250-287-9914. MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees Needed! Hospitals & Dr’s Need Medical Office & Medical Admin staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Career Training & Job Placement also Available! 1-888-778-0459

Delivery Drivers & customer services reps req F/T & P/T. Flexible hrs eves & wknd. Call 778-862-4949 or email: gurkreet@hotmail.com

Not in School? Need a Job? Interested in the Environment? Must be 15-30 yrs old and available for F/T employment. Gain work experience and free skills training. Outdoor work. No exp. required. April start, 6 month prgm. $8 p/hr + completion bonus. Call LEPS 604.532.3518 www.leps.bc.ca

EXPERIENCED FINISH GRADER Operators required by Knelsen Sand & Gravel Ltd., a successful well established company. Send resume to: bernardw@knelsen.com or fax 780-928-3656

KIDS AND ADULTS NEEDED Papers are delivered right to your door. No need to insert ﬂyers either! Deliver 2x a week, after school, Wed. and Fri. Call the Circulation Department at 604 542 7430 or email us at circulation@peacearchnews.com Boundaries

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With min 3 yrs exp. Driver’s licence required. Call 604-250-8606

CLASS 1 DRIVER. Currently looking for 2 Class 1 drivers, Type of Equipment Flatbed & Dump Trailers. Industrial/Commercial Construction. Able to Load / Operate Heavy Equipment would be a good asset. But not req’d. Clean abstract, min 5 yrs experience Email resume: yardman10@live.ca

TRADES, TECHNICAL

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FLAT ROOFERS

Metro Roofing requires exp. Flat Roofers, BUR, torch, single ply (TPO & PVC). Commercial and Industrial Projects.

LABOURERS Also required.

Will tell your - Past Present-Future. She will not ask your problems She will tell-you-helps with depression-Family quarrels, removes Ja-doo-aura-cleansing. Tells your enemies by name. Couples trying to conceive. Reunites loved ones. Most problems solved in 24 hrs. 3 readings for $25: All readings private. Call today

(604)542-9881

Good Wages & Beneﬁts

Call: 604.888.4856 Serious Enquiries Only!

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE Talking Meter and diabetic supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful finger pricking! Call 888449-1321

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VOLUNTEERS

PERSONAL SERVICES 175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics. Salary $25/hr. Req’d; 3-5 yrs.exp Duties: Read & interpret blueprints, install refrigeration or air conditioning, troubleshoot entire heating, ventilation, air handling, refrigeration, Repair for entire refrigeration. Fax resume: 604-530-3479 or email intercityref@gmail.com

LANDSCAPER & PRUNER

ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL Trainees Needed now! Large & Small Firms Seeking Certified A&P Staff Now. No Experience? Need Training? Career Training & Job Placement Available. 1-888-424-9417

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FLAGGERS NEEDED If not certified, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944

DGS CANADA

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Private Tutor for math, English and ESL. Middle school, High school, and university. In White Rock and South Surrey. Call Phyllis at 604 542 8842. STUDY ADVENTURE TOURISM! Train to be an adventure guide in just 9 months. Outdoor Recreation & Ecotourism Certificate. College of New Caledonia, Valemount, BC. 1888-690-4422; www.cnc.bc.ca/valemount

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

$500 LOAN, NO CREDIT REFUSED. Fast, Easy and Secure. 1877-776-1660 www.moneyprovider.com AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One affordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Canterbury Dr, Crosscreek Crt, Hampshire Crt, Lincoln Woods Crt 55

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156 St, 156A St, 34 Ave, 36 Ave, 36a Ave, 37 Ave, 37A Ave

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164 St, 164A St, 36A Ave, Canterbury Dr, High Park Ave

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159A St, 36A Ave, 37 Ave, 37A Ave, Delsey Pl, Humberside Ave, Morgan Creek Way 136 St,136B St, 137A St, 56 Ave, 56A Ave, 56B Ave, 57A Ave, 57B Ave, KG Blvd

ALL ACCOUNTING SERVICES

15+ years experience Bookkeeping, payroll, etc

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148 St, 148A St, 149 St, 149A St, 56A Ave, 56B Ave, 57 Ave

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145 St, 145A St, 145B St, 146 St, 60 Ave, 60A Ave, 61A Ave

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145A St, 145B St, 146 St, 146A St, 61A Ave, 62 Ave

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129A St, 130 St, 62 Ave, 64 Ave

SCOTGUARD ELECTRICAL LTD.

Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly Exc. Refs & Rates. Move In/Out. Carpet Cleaning, pressure wash, New Const., Res./Comm., offices Welcome! Lic., Bonded/Insured.

Call 778-883-4262 “ Not only for Rich & Famous. More Affordable than you Think ! We enjoy leaving your home bright & clean! “ DEE’S HOUSECLEANING All your cleaning needs. Specializing in move-outs. 604-560-3602 DETAILED

EUROPEAN

Please call 604.535.4520 email mklose@peacearchhospital.com or visit www.peacearchhospital.com

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E & M MAINTENANCE WINDOW WASHING D Windows Out & In D Gutters cleaned In & Out D Pressure Washing, Snrs Disc. D Serving W. Rock for over 25 yrs D Lic. & WCB insured. Free Est.

EXCAVATORS EX60 - EX300

BACKHOES

Eric 604-541-1743

4 X 4 C/W bracker & hoepack

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COMPUTER SERVICES

CATS 6 ways to wide blades

DUMP TRUCKS BOBCATS C/W attachments

FARM TRACTORS C/W attachments

(604)531-5935 269

CARING & STIMULATING SENIORS DAYCARE / RESPITE available in my one level home in White Rock. Please call (604)535-1345

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Saturday, April 30th 5:00 pm - 12 midnight

If you are interested in volunteering, or if you would like more information…

604-720-9244

VILLAGE LIGHTING Canadians say it’s is worth the cross border drive to see VILLAGE LIGHTING’S extensive collections of lighting & more! Come and see us 1616 N. State Street Bellingham 360-7343780 www.villagelightinginc.com YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

CLEANING.

Efficient, Reliable, Exc. Ref. 20% OFF on the 2nd and 4th cleaning.18 yrs exp. Ivet: 778-235-4070.

FENCING

6 FT FENCING, Retaining Walls, Blacktop/Concrete driveway’s, Reno’s, Roofing, Bobcat Service. Snow Removal. Gaary Landscaping (604)889-8957, 778-861-0220

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Volunteer support is required for a variety of roles April 28 - May 1 (daytime and evening) with event set-up, tear-down and event-night support.

Expert in electrical repairs & troubleshooting. Panel upgrades, Renovations Guart. work. Licensed/bonded BBB app. No job too small

HOME CARE

146 St, 148 St, 54 Ave, 55 Ave, 55A Ave, 56 Ave, Backerview Dr, Southview Dr

For all Your Cleaning Needs

Origin Home Financial Partners Matt Sadler - www.mattsadler.ca

154 St, 154A St, 155 St, 155A St, 156 St, 19 Ave, 20 Ave

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A MAID TO CLEEN

ELECTRICAL

Call 604-328-6409

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Get Mortgage Money Fast! Quick, Easy, Confidential No credit or income required 1st, 2nd, 3rd mortgages

142 St, 144 St, 59A Ave, 60 Ave

DRYWALL

C/W Trailers

128 St, Beckett Rd, Crescent Rd

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CONTRACTORS

All Aspects of Drywall + Flatten Popcorn & Textured Ceilings

Own A home? Need Money?

18103603

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604-777-5046

133A St, 134 St, 134B St, 135A st, 136 st, 16 Ave, 16A Ave, 17 Ave, 18 Ave, Amble Wood Dr

139 St, 140 St, 56A Ave, 57 Ave, 57A Ave, 58A Ave, 60 Ave, Bradford Pl, Halifax

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ONE CALL does it all Prime Kitchen & Bath. Tristan 604-836-0557 www.primekitchenbath.com

For a beautiful, clean, up to date flat ceiling. Lovely to look at, easy to clean. CALL FRIENDLY BENJAMIN 604-230-7928 or 604-538-3796

NEED CASH TODAY?

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damaged concrete. Ken 604-532-0662

#1 QUALITY WORK, Big or sm. Exp. Electrician avail. Reas.rates.604-773-0341. Lic#9902 ALL JOBS Big or Small. Panels, lighting, plugs, fans, hot tubs etc. Guaranteed work. 604-539-0708 Cell 604-537-1773 Lic. 26110 ALL JOBS welcome. Your trouble shooting expert. Tel/Cable incl. *Seniors Discount* Work guaranteed. Insured & Bonded. GWN Electric. 604-862-9650 Lic#99986

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CLEANING SERVICES

CONCRETE & PLACING

A PA R T M E N T / C O N D O M I N I U M MANAGERS (CRM) home study course. Many jobs registered with us across Canada! Thousands of grads working! Government certified. 30 years of success! www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

133A St, 133B St, 134 St, 134A St, 135A St, 136 St, 18A Ave, 19 Ave, 20 Ave

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SEMI-RETIRED contractor will do small concrete jobs. Patio’s, sidewalks, driveway’s. Re & re old or

PSB DRYWALL ★ All Boarding, Taping & Texture. Guaranteed work. Call Parm (604)762-4657

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CARPET CLEANING

~CHOICE CARPET CLEANING~ Free Estimates. Guaranteed Work! 604-897-6025 (24 hr) 788-688-0117

EDUCATION/TUTORING

King George Blvd, Trites Rd

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

148 St, 149 St, 150 St, 150A St, 20 Ave, 20A Ave, 21 Ave, 21A Ave

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CARPENTRY

Kristy 604.488.9161

18101405

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SAWMILLS - Band/Chainsaw SPRING SALE - Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext.400OT

VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers Needed

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

FENCING & DECKS Quality Work, Skilled Professional Free Est. Call (604)306-4255

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GARDENING

SUPREME HEDGES +++ WINTER GARDEN CLEAN-UP • TREE Pruning • Sculpting • Hedge Repair • Pro-Climber

Helen Petre CPB

604 - 897 - 5771 email: helenpetre@shaw.ca

PROMPT & AFFORDABLE *Seniors Disc. *Insured *23 yrs.

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604-513-8524

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

AAH ABOVE ALL APPLS REPAIR Quality work. Also appls for sale. Elect & plumb serv 604-588-2828 Allan Kivipato, Appliance Specialist Gas Lic, 604-726-0596 email: pkivipato@shaw.ca

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CONCRETE & PLACING

ALL Concrete Brick, Block & Stonework. Good job - Good price. Call Enzio (604)594-1960

Peace Arch Appliance Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Call Mark (604)536-9092

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 32 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

ALL BEST LANDSCAPING All Lawn Care ~ Free Est. Lawn Cut, Ride-on mower, Pwr Rake, Aerating, Weeding. Hedge Trim, Pruning, Reseed, Edging, Moss Killer, Bark Mulch, Pressure Wash., Gutter Clean. Roof Clean. Res/Comm. Reas. Rates, Fully insured. WCB.

Bill, 604-306-5540 or 604-589-5909 EVER - GRO LANDSCAPING Weekly - Bi-Weekly. ◆ Lawn / Garden Care ◆ Hedge Trimming ◆ Power Raking ◆ Moss Control. Exc. Rates! 604-780-6079

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 320

MOVING & STORAGE

MOVING?

HUDOLIN’S ON HOMES RENO’S

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

✔ Basement suites, decks ✔ Bathrooms,Kitchens ✔ Finishing work & moulding

• Small & Big Moves • Internals • Single Items • Packing Supplies

Free Est. hurenos@telus.net

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Call Dave: 604-862-9379

✶ 2011 Spring Special ✶ $95 includes: Aeration, Moss Control & Fertilization Now accepting NEW 10 day weekly lawn mowing customers. ✓Installation ✓ Maintenance ✓Renovations ✓Call a Profes.

Copy of Certificate for soil test available upon request

BARKMULCH SAND & GRAVEL BOULDERS

Crescent Garden Services ✦

Call 604-531-5935

Spring Services ✦

✦ Garden Clean ups ✦ Pruning ✦ Lawncare ✦ Fertilizing ✦ Aeration & Lime ✦ Landscaping ✦ Power Raking ✦ Power Washing ✦ Garden Consultation

604-782-4369 crescentgardenservices.com Fully Insured ISA, BCLNA, OPBA

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

COMPLETE HOME RENOVATIONS

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HOME REPAIRS

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SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

GRASSMASTER ALL YOUR LAWNCARE NEEDS TERRY PH. 604-597-3944

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ORBIT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

A Professional Painter Needs Work

*Lawn care *Mowing *Power rake *Aeration *Trimming *New turf *Flower beds *Pruning *Cedar Fencing *Landscape renovation *Gutter cleaning etc. Comm./Res. Monthly or Yearly Contracts Discounts for Senior’s and Regular Customers.

Interior, Exterior, Wall Covering, Ref’s, 10% Senior’s Discount OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE Bonded & Insured N/Smoking Husband/Wife team

Gur 604-724-9036 for Est.

WCB INSURED

Vincent 543-7776

CALL ROGER 604-

◆ Lawn Cutting ◆ Hedge Trimming ◆ Spring Clean-up ◆ Power Raking ◆ Black Bark Mulch 20 yrs exp F Hort. Grad BCIT

Mike 604-671-3312

604-727-1465

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS DEMOSSING. Gutter Cleaning. Repairs. Roofing. Power Washing, Jeff’’s House Ext. 604-802-6310

GROUND FX LANDSCAPING LTD. Providing 20 years of quality service in hedging, planting, yard clean-ups, landscape installation and renovations. Call 604-805-6155

JAPANESE YARDMAN We only use .... 100% Organic Soil & Fertilizer. * Garden & Lawn Maintenance * Trimming *Pruning *Clean- up * Power Washing *** No BST ***

Call: Kris 604-617-5561 JR Landscaping & Gardening Weekly & Bi-Weekly. Residential & Commercial Lawn Mowing, Power Racking, Tree Pruning, Hedging Trimming, Weeding, Power Washing, Cedar Fencing & Rubbish Removal Mike (604)202-4645

Top Soil, Sand, Gravel & Bark Mulch Delivery Free Estimates 100% Quality Workmanship Guaranteed, Since 1986 Kham 604-375-6877 LAWN MAINT & RUBBISH REMOVAL. Good Work. Low $ Price, Free Est. 778-686-2889.

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Residential/Commercial Window & Gutter Cleaning and Power Washing. Prompt, Friendly Professional service.

A FAST MOVING & CLEANING. Professional movers. *Garbage removal *Big/small. Insured, great rates. Free est. 778-888-9628 Affordable Sid’s 1ton Moving & Clean-up. 10% Srs disc. W.R. owned since 86. Sid 604-727-8864 APARTMENT MOVING PROS. We do more to save U money $... Seniors Discount, Mid mo. specials, & Gov’’t assistance moves welcome

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HANDYPERSONS

HANDYMAN. Very reliable. 20 yrs exp. Senior’s discount. Make a list. CAN DO IT ALL! 604-866-4977

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PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

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PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005 $38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

10% OFF

$40/hr & up. Call: (604)340-8846

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TILING

RUSSELL TILES No Job Too Small. 18 yrs on the Peninsula. All types of tile & laminate floors. Install & Repair. Free Est. Perry 604-538-6976

Honest, reliable, quality work at good prices. Fully insured. Bathroom repairs, reno’s, taps + sink, shower, tiling, flooring laminate. Painting, drywalling, basement reno’s, door & window trim, baseboard, back splashes, cabinets, range hoods, fence & deck repair + replace, pressure washing & more. Call Robert 778-227-7779

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AUTHORIZED

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PRESSURE WASHING POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

CONTRACTOR

Home, Garden & Design Solutions

FREE ESTIMATES

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Call Ian 604-724-6373

TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS #1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

Call Mark (604)536-9092 RANGERS OCEAN PARK APPLIANCE Appliances Wanted Cash for Some. Call (604)538-9600

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UNDER $100

50’S ERA Chesterfield Suite- in orange/brown on beige. Good cond. $75: for pickup only. 604-536-3823 GAS STOVE - 30” White, “Magic Chef” $99: Good cond. (604)5367148 LEATHER COUCH - Teal. $99: Good cond. (604)536-7148

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4 New Dining Room Chairs & Antique Oak Table. All for $145: Call (604)536-6343

All types of Rooﬁng Over 35 Years in Business “ Call Now for Free Estimate” Hayden Painting Solutions Ltd www.haydenpainting.ca

MESA PAINTING INTERIOR and EXTERIOR Quality work at reas rates.Free Estimates. Michael (cell) 604-724-7458 MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

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604-588-0833 SALES@PATTARGROUP.COM

WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM A to Z Roofing Ltd. Spec in re-roofing, asphalt, cedar, flat roof. Guar Wrk. WCB, BBB. 778-996-6479.

Get your trees or tree removal done NOW while they’re dormant

✓ Tree & Stump Removal ✓ Certiﬁed Arborists ✓ 20 yrs exp. 60’ bucket truck ✓ Crown reduction ✓ Spiral pruning ✓ Fully insured. Best Rates

“Georgie” award ﬁnalist-best kitchen 2008 & 2009 In-house design team and cabinet shop Let MPB make your renovation dreams come true!

www.mpbconstruction.com Showroom: Unit 62 - 15515 24th Ave. (at King George Blvd.) Tel: 604-538-9622

HOME IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZED

10% OFF with this AD

CONTRACTOR

FREE ESTIMATES

New Roofs, Re-Roof, Repairs. Free Est. Refs. * WCB * Fully Insured. 10% DISCOUNT !

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

EARTH FRIENDLY RECYCLE-IT!

Haul Anything...

One Call Does It All, Follow us on

But Dead Bodies!!

www.mlgenterprises.ca

FURNITURE

BRAND NEW QUEEN SIZE PILLOW TOP MATTRESS SETS

Al’s Rubbish & Drywall Removal Phone: 604-531-4152 Cell: 604-783-5249 “We Can Do the Job”

EXTRA CHEAP

Rubbish Removal Almost for free! (778)997-5757, (604)587-5991

604.

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

bradsjunkremoval.com

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Artwork, Women’s clothing & shoes, sz 10-12, Housewares, Furn. etc.

MOVING SALE March 18, 19 & 20. 9am - 4pm RAIN OR SHINE

“Right Tree - Right Location”

Rob Kootnikoff 604-538-6278, 778-839-5034

PETS 477

PETS

BLUE Heeler cross, 8wks old cute, house trained $50 to good home. No shots (604)796-2706 Agassiz CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 Chocolate Labradoodle pups. Vet checked, dewormed. $750-$900. (250)392-1032 CKC Reg. soft coated Wheaten terrier pups, hypo-allergenic. Guarntd. Vet ✓ $1200. 604-533-8992 ENGLISH MASTIFF P/B PUPS Fawn & Bridle. CKC reg. Ready to go. $1500. 604-726-3934

GARAGE SALES

1544 - Fir St. White Rock Sat. March 19, 10am-1pm

ISA Certiﬁed Arbourist Fully Insured

www.recycle-it-now.com

WCB • Fully Insured • 20 Years

604-501-9290

S Pruning S Removals S Hedge Trimming

604.587.5865

WCB • Fully Insured • 20 Years

604-501-9290

Peninsula Tree Preservation

Simar 778-892-1266

One Call Does It All, Follow us on

B.C.’s Premier Full Service Home Renovation & Landscaping Company

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LARGE FURNITURE, Antiques Chandeliers, Bedroom suites. Open house, Sunday, March 20, 1pm - 5 pm 1108-161st. Street, South Surrey. Email for PDF of items to: dvpix@shaw.ca or call 604-5350117.

SAVE ON ROOFING

Kitchens • Bathrooms • Renovations • Additions Outdoor Living Spaces • Suites • Custom Homes Flooring • Hardwood • Tiles • Laminate • Sundecks Patios • Arbours • Pergolas • Railings • Pillars • Gates Driveways • Masonry Brick / Block • Retaining Walls Pavers Cultured Stone • Rooﬁng • Windows / Doors Framing Fencing • Complete Renovations • Handyman Services & More • Gardening • Landscaping (see our Gardening and Landscaping ad under section 281 Lawn & Garden)

B.C.’s Premier Full Service Home Renovation & Landscaping Company

UNDER $400

• Leftover from Hotel Order • 800 Coil 3’’ Pillowtop • Original Plastic • Only 14 left • 10 year warranty Retail $1,499! Liquidation $560 incls. tax. Call: 604.807.5864

JUNK REMOVAL

Home, G H Garden & Design Solutions

526

White Wicker for bdrm, fancy, Dbl, hb, fb no bed. dresser, night table, both glass tops. $380: 536-4266

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 Info: www.treeworksonline.ca

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Complete Garden / Landscape Designs & Makeovers New Homescapes • Outdoor Living Spaces • Gardening Brick / Block • Retaining Walls • Pavers • Cultured Stone Railings • Pillars • Gates • Driveways • Masonry Lighting / Sprinkler / Drainage Systems Lawn Installations • Pruning • Weeding • Clean-Ups Strata/Commercial/Residential Maintenace Programs Fencing • Landscape Products • Home Improvements (see our Home Improvement ad under section 287 Home Improvement)

www.mlgenterprises.ca

APPLIANCES

Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable.

This is The Team You Want! Call (604) 340-3004 dukesoftile@hotmail.com

Designing and renovating new kitchens, bathrooms, basements, house make-overs and additions since 1989

10% OFF

506

* Award Winning Work * Custom Tile Specialists * Design Specs Available * Waterprooﬁng * Interior / Exterior * 18 Years on the Peninsula COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL

“White Rock & South Surrey’s Leading Renovator since 1989”

Makingno e Home RCome s m a Dre True!

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Peace Arch Appliance

Handyman from Newfoundland

GARDENING • LANDSCAPING INGP SPR NUw A E CL ok No o B

SUPERIOR MOVING

373B

YELLOW LAB pups. 8 weeks old, ready to go. Vet checked, 1st. shots. Parents on site. $500. 604-852-6176 Abbts

WANT IT DONE RIGHT?

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

MOVING & STORAGE

604-957-9361

LITTLE LOAD SPECIALIST. Sand & gravel delivered. Small orders welcome. Topsoil available. Call (604) 532-0662 days/eves.

FINISH CARPENTER Finish Carpentry-Mouldings, sundecks, stairs, siding, painting, drywall. Refs. Rainer cel 604-613-1018

K.P. LANDSCAPING • Spring Clean-up • Hedge Trimming, Tree Topping or Removal • Pruning / Weeding • Lawn & Garden Maintenance • Landscaping Design • Sodding • Cedar Fencing & Retaining Wall

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JME MAINTENANCE

Call Jerad for free estimate 604-313-5298

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MISC SERVICES

ST. BERNARD pups, 3M/3F, born jan 14/11, $1000 each, gentle temperment. 1 (604)792-4022

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

PAINT SPECIAL 317

PB Blue Nose Pitbulls, Razor’s Edge bloodlines, Seal blue coats with blue eyes, 1st shots & dewormed. $900 778-877-5210

968-0367

3 rooms for $269, 2 coats Your go to company for all your landscaping needs Check our website www.freshstartlandscaping.ca

EXTRA CHEAP PRICES RELIABLE, SERVICE Seniors Discount

Running this ad for 7yrs

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

WHITE ROCK RUBBISH

Member of Better Business Bureau

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

.Greenwest Landscape Group (604)549-0084

PETS

www.renespainting.com

Jim/Jan 604-584-1209/ Cell 604-488-9218

EXPERT LAWN MANAGEMENT

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LAB Yellow X Golden Retriever pups. Family/farm raised. Vet ✓, shots, short hair, parents exc temper. $595. 604-835-0305. NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates

Pac-Man Movers 20 years exp ~ Reas rates. Call Kevin: (604)837-2744

LANDSCAPING

PETS

Rene’s Spray & Brush Painting cell 778-855-5361

604-537-4140

1 CALL ABOVE all Handyman Serv Elect,. Plumb, Appls, Gen Repairs, No job too small. Sell repair & install major appls. Also do kitchen, baths, bsmt, renos. 604-588-2828.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PAINTING

$45/Hr

Completehomerenovations@gmail.com

356

INTERIOR - EXTERIOR

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

Greg 604-818-0165

Planter mix or turf mix

604 - 961 - 8595

www.BBmoving.ca

Over 20 year experience

TOPSOIL Meets or exceeds BC Landscape Standard Spec.

FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1973

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

D Repainting - Houses, Condos, Ofﬁces D Renovations D Finishing D Ceilings & Crown Moulding’s D 32 yrs exp. D FREE Estimates

604-536-6620

• Free Estimates • Free Kitchen designs • A+ Rating

Member of BC Landscape and Nursery Association

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

B & B MOBILE SERVICES

KITCHEN & BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

Alpine Landscaping

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Tools, Dishes, Furniture 13264 - Crescent Rd. Surrey S.Surrey MOVING SALE

Fri & Sat, March 18/19, 8am-4pm 14440 19A Ave. Tools, Pictures, Home Decor, Futon, FishTank, ++.

560

MISC. FOR SALE

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Peace Arch News Wednesday, March 16, 2011 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

MISC. FOR SALE

A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1866-884-7464. DISCONNECTED PHONE? Phone Factory Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available. Call Phone Factory Today! 1-877-3362274. www.phonefactory.ca GARAGE DOOR REVOLUTION. The amazing rolling garage door is now available in Canada. Quiet. Safe. Attractive. Space Saving. And competitively priced. Check it out at garador.ca or call 1-877-765-2367. Mention “Community” and receive an automatic 10% off.

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REAL ESTATE 696

OTHER AREAS

BIG BEAUTIFUL AZ LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport Guaranteed Financing, No Credit Checks. Pre-recorded msg. (800) 631-8164 code 4057 www.sunsiteslandrush.com Land of Orchards, Vineyards & Tides in Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Live! Work! Bring Business! Free Brochure - Website: www.kingsrda.ca - Email: mmacdonald@kingsrda.ca - Toll-free: 1888-865-4647. OWN 20 ACRES Only $129/mo. ..$295/down near El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Money Back Guarantee, No Credit Checks, Owner Financing, Free map/pictures 1-800-343-9444 www.20acreranches.com

MISC. WANTED

RENTALS

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

WHITE ROCK Centrally Located Fir & Russell Adult Oriented Building

1 & 2 Bedrooms Includes heat, hot water and 1 parking space. n/p, n/s. Walk to Semiahmoo Mall & Amens.

To view call 604-531-9874

WHITE ROCK

RENTALS 736

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

750

CRESCENT BEACH. 2 min walk to ocean. 2 bdrms, 2 bathrms. Washer/dryer. 3 appls. Large deck & yard. N/S, pet friendly. Sep. cottage/studio. $1800. 604-802-1969. email: livewell1@shaw.ca CRESCENT BEACH rancher 3 bdrm 2 bath 5 appls NS/NP avail immed. $1800/mo 604-541-4797 CRESC. PK. 2/bdrm, reno’d kit, appl., dck, suit cple, n/s, n/p. $1500 incl gas. Mar 15. 604-535-2081 House for rent. Avail. Apr. 1st - 3 bedrooms 1 bath up, 3 rooms 1 bath down, hardwood floors upstairs, quiet location near 2 schools. $1600/mth +util. Call 604-856-9233

WANTED: Appraisals done - Top Prices Paid-

Please call Tom Douglas Phone/Fax: (604)595-0298 35 years exp.

706

Beautiful & Affordable Kiwanis Park Place

• Vehicles • Estates (complete hse. hld.) • Antiques • Bankruptcies • Damaged Freight • Tools • Anything Of Value 604-897-1605

For Adults 55 , rental apartments in a modern complex, right next to beautiful Crescent Park! On site maintenance & office staff Mon. through Friday. 1 bdrm units from $751 - $844 incls. heat, electricity and friendly reliable service.

REAL ESTATE

Call 604-538-9669 for information or to visit.

WE PAY CA$H

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STEEL BUILDING SALE... SPECIALS from $4 to $11/sq.ft. Great pricing on ABSOLUTELY every model, width & length. Example: 30x40x14 NOW $7995.00. End walls included, doors optional. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers 1-800668-5422. STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Holding 2010 steel prices on many models/sizes. Ask about FREE DELIVERY! CALL FOR QUICK SALE QUOTE and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

625

FOR SALE BY OWNER INVESTORS

White Rock across from PA hospital. Solid well maintained 2400 sq.ft. 4 bdrm house on potential 2.75 lots. 88 ft wide x 109 ft deep. 2 Pre-serviced lots. South facing backyard. Mature trees. 3 bdrms on main, 1 bdrm & shop in bsmt. 2 baths, jetted tub, gas F/P. Sep. garage. Great holding property. $709,500. 604-531-7052

627

HOMES WANTED WE BUY HOUSES

Older Home? Damaged Home? Need Repairs? Behind on Payments? Quick CASH! Call Us First! 604.657.9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. 877-976-3737 or 250814-3788 www.hbmodular.com

636

MORTGAGES

BANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renos, debt consolidation, foreclosure. Bank rates. Many alternative lending programs.Let Dave Fitzpatrick, your Mortgage Warrior, simplify the process!1-888-711-8818 dave@mountaincitymortgage.ca

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

GUILDFORD

GROSVENOR SQUARE Great location. Family complex. 1 & 2 bdrm units avail immed. Near schools, shop & bus. Security Card Access.

Call 604-589-5693

Call 604-538-5337 WHITE ROCK. Large 1 bdrm suite, adult bldg, nr shops, prkg. Min 1 yr Incl heat/h/w. Np/ns. 604-596-9977 WHITE ROCK Large 2 bdrm. $930 w/ Partial ocean view. n/s, n/p, adult oriented. Heat Hot Water & Parking Incls. Now! 604-538-7868 to view WHITE ROCK. Lrg 1 bdrm, quiet & clean. Nr beach & shops. $750. Avail April 1. N/S 604-951-8632 WHITE ROCK, nr. beach. Bach., f/p, pond, garden, all utils., w/d, cat OK. N/S. $825 mo. 604-536-0365 White Rock, oceanview 1bdrm 1100sf. partly furn. 5appls NS/NP. March 1. $1400mo 604-761-7431

1 Bdrm. suite newly painted From $750 - $825/mo. 3 Bdrm stes. Totally reno’d $1250/mo.

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SKYLINE APTS. WHITE ROCK 15321 Russell Ave Nice quiet building. 1 & 2 bdrm suites. Includes: Hot water, cable, underground parking, video surveillance. NO PETS CALL 604-536-8499 www.cycloneholdings.ca

S.SURREY large recently decorated ground floor condo. 2 Bdrms, 2 newly fitted bathrooms, den, patio, 2 u/ground parking bays, pet & children welcome. Avail March 15th. $1425/mo incl utils. Call Kathy 604-219-8179 or email: kathy.murphy1@yahoo.ca

White Rock ~1243 Best Street Bright, Sunny, South facing 1 Bedroom ~ $750/mo Top floor, hardwood floors New windows & balconies Strictly non-smoking building No Pets ~ Adult oriented

604-536-8428 White Rock ~1243 Best Street Bright, Sunny, South facing 1 Bdrm ~ $775/mo Main floor ~ No Stairs Corner unit ~ hardwood floors New windows & balconies Strictly non-smoking building No Pets ~ Adult oriented

604-536-8428

WHITE ROCK SUNSET VILLA. 2 suites available ~ 1 small & 1 large. F/p, d/w, large balcony, concrete bldg. $850 - $875. Block from Semiahmoo Mall. Call for appt to view: 604-541-6276

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

696

OTHER AREAS

Call Sheri M 604-535-8080 Plus! Full pictures & info. on our website www.croftagencies.com

Visit:

www. rentinfo.ca

14989 Roper Avenue & 1371 Blackwood St. QUALITY APARTMENT RENTALS IN WHITE ROCK These are condo-like building with breath taking views. This property is surrounded by impressive landscaping; Close to shopping and schools. Some suites with ocean views; Indoor & outdoor parking. Bach, one bedroom and two bedroom suites available. For more information and viewing

please call 604-531-9797 Professionally Managed By Gateway Property Management

707 APARTMENT FURNISHED WHITE ROCK: Short Term furn exec rental. 1 Bdrm, spac kitchen & liv/rm. Incl lndry/ph/internet & prkg. Lower than Hotel cost. $1500. Now. 604-536-8595, 778-881-4223

WANTED

Houses, Townhomes, Condo’s & Suites Serving White Rock, S. Surrey, Surrey, Langley, Delta, Ladner & Tsawwassen, Steveston, New West & Coquitlam Call Now! 604-536-0220 or email: info@rentinfo.ca WHITE ROCK, well kept 2 bdrm. rancher with den, 1 bath, single car garage, quiet street, 5 appl., great location. Close to shopping, schools, beach and hospital. $1645 mo. Avail. now. 604-614-5086

741

OFFICE/RETAIL

CENTRAL White Rock. 2 Ground Floor Offices in newly renovated building, 1425 sqft bright new office, Incl washroom and u/g pkg, gross rents. 604-536-5639.

746

WHITE ROCK

(604) 541-8857, 319-0615

S. Sry. #110, 2855-152nd. 2 bdrm, 2 bath h/w granite, grd floor. N/S. Cat ok. $1350. S. Sry. #205, 15368-17A. 2 bdrm, 2 bathrm. Lam. floors. N/S N/P. Avail now. $1400 S. Sry. #155, 16275-15th Ave. Lge bright 2 bdrm & den, 2.5 baths, basic cable incl. $1900. S. Sry. #8, 2603-162. Live at Vinterra, 4 bdrms, 4½ baths. N/S, N/P. Avail now. $2800.

White Rock Gardens & Bayview Chateau

Call Mike 604-535-7206

WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm $795 incl hw & heat. $200 move-in allowance. Avail now. N/P. (604)842-9581 WHITE ROCK 1 bdrm. furn. suite, 700 sq/. ft. Montery Bldg. nr. hospital $950 mo. To view call Wayne 778-883-7583 WHITE ROCK. 2 bdrm. Waterfront. $1200/mo. incl utils. Avail. April 1st. N/S. N/P. Call 604-536-3600.

Townhouses/Condos

MORGAN CREEK area. New large 2 bdrm. NS/NP. $1100/mo incl utils. Avail April 1. 604-531-5535. OCEAN PARK. Nice 2 bdrm grd floor unit in duplex. Fridge/stove, share W/D. N/S. N/P. Avail. April 1. $1,000/mo. incl utils. Call 604-8806012. OCEAN PARK. Pri. grd lvl. 1 bdrm suite. Full bath. W/D. Suitable for quiet mature adult. N/S. N/P. April 1. $800 utils incl. 604-538-0405. OCEAN PARK, reno sunny 1 bdrm., CDS, nr. bus, $900 incl. utils. Sep. ent. Patio/Garden, 4 appl. Avail. now 604-541-8338 S. SURREY, 1400 sq. ft., 2 bdrm. & den, all appl., sec. sytem, grnd. level entry. N/S N/P. April 1. $1400 mo. incl. utils. 604-657-6844 S.SURREY 150 St./34 Ave. 2 Bdrm bsmt suite with w/d. N/S, N/P. $1050/mo. 604-282-7868. S.SURREY 152nd St. Avail. April 1st - Well maint house has 1 bdrm, 840 sq ft, grd level suite, 1blk to bus Includes, private, secure driveway with covered parking & Own Entry. Gas Fire, fridge, stove, w/d, N/S, N/P. $925 incl utils. 604-536-2829 S. SURREY 2 bdrm suite, (2 Ave & 173 St) incl. utils/cable/wifi insuite laundry, dishwasher no smoking or pets. $1050 - Avail. April 1st Rick 604-595-1313 S.SURREY lrg bright 2 bdrm, pkng, NS/NP FIRM. $1200 all inclusive. April 15 or May 1st. 604-531-5813. S. Surrey / W. Rock - Furnished spac. suite. Incl. everything incl. linens, dishes, towels etc. Insuite w/d. All utils inc. except internet. $800/mo. Avail. now (778)896-7791 SURREY, near 168 St/Hwy 10. Clean 2 bdrm grnd lvl corner ste. Pri entry, pri drvwy for 1 car, street prkg for 2nd car, full bath, full kitch, gas f/p. $975 incls utils/internet/Bell satellite ready, new W/D, pri alarm. No smoking/pets/parties etc. Suit for tidy individuals/couple/students/ seniors. Ref’s req’d. 604-340-3899 WHITE ROCK 1 Bdr, laundry facils near Crescent Beach. Avail now. $600/mo. NS/NP. 604-880-1385. WHITE ROCK clean bright 1 bdrm bsmt ste in family home. Suit 1 quiet person. $700 incl utils Cls to bus NS/NP Mar 15. 604-538-7556

WHITE ROCK

2 Bdrms $1150/mo. Avail now. Spacious, close to beach, shops, buses, recent reno’d.

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

W. Rock, 15567 Paciﬁc View! 3 bdrms, den, 2 baths. N/S. N/P. $2500.

Very desirable 1 bdrm apt. in quiet well maintained building. Ideal for quiet Senior / Adults. $775/mo. incl. cable, heat, h/w. N/P, N/S. Call Manager 604-538-5085

1580 EVERALL ST.

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

Houses

White Rock

WHITE ROCK

1 Bdrm, 1 bath, hrdwd, $840. 3 Bdrm, 2 bath, recent renos, d/w, hrwd, $1350. Heat, h/w, prkg. Nr amenities. Adult inspired bldg, crime free multi-housing. N/S, N/P.

PROPERTY Rentals Have Qualified Tenants Need Homes

WHITE ROCK Quiet, well kept building. Hot water included. Close to shops, bus, hospital. N/P.

715

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

CLOVERDALE. 3 bdrm upper suite avail now. $1200/mo plus shared utilities. Close to schools, shopping, Kwantlen Campus. Shared laundry. N/S. No pets. 1-604-845-9573 or eg2216@telus.net to view

736

HOMES FOR RENT

3 BEDROOM & 2 Bath House Com ing Soon! In House Financing, no credit checks. 604.600.5791 4BR House w/Ocean view close to Semiahmoo High School & Bayridge Elementary. Avail May 1st $2400 Pls call (604) 250-8668

TOWNHOUSES

Morgan Creek T/H 3 bdrm, 2 bth, s/s app. w/d. 2 car garage. $1800/mo. Avail now 604-614-1773

757

WANTED TO RENT

QUIET PROF. woman N/S with quiet well mannered dog, seeks small cottage in Ocean Park/Crescent Hts. 604-604-538-2994.

TRANSPORTATION 810

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1995 HYUNDAI ACCENT, 4 dr, 5 spd, a/c, 1 owner since new, $1500 obo. Call: 604-866-3931 2006 HONDA CIVIC 2 door, 5 spd manual, 80K, red, $6000 firm. Call: 604-538-9257. 2007 NISSAN ULTIMA 2.5S, 1 owner, auto, just like new. Only 44,000kms. $15,850.(604)518-3037 2009 HONDA CIVIC, 4 dr, auto, 20,000 Km, burgundy, loaded, warr, fin. OAC. $13,300. 604-308-9624.

AUTO FINANCING

827

VEHICLES WANTED

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

604-538-9180

Concrete Hi-rise. 55+, NS/NP

Call 604-538-4599 PACIFIC VIEW Reno’d 2 bdr 2 bths View, 5 corners White Rock, 6 appli heat, h/w & gas incld, new h/w floors, 1 sec u/g prkg, walking dist. to beach & shops, avail immed. $1500/mo. Ph: Brad 604-377-3183 SENIOR’S HOUSING 55+ 1 bdrm for seniors couple, 8080 Yukon St, Vancouver. Self care. Income req. Must qualify. Call, 604531-9100 or email rentals@atira.ca

1 Bdrm suite, maple kitchen & floor, granite countertops, crown mouldings, sep entry, insuite lndry. Easy access to hwy. Np/ns. Suit single prof. $880/mo incl utils. Avail. Immed

752

TRANSPORTATION

1 & 2 BEDROOM

APARTMENT/CONDO

Apr 1. 1 Block to East Beach 1 bed clean, laundry new kitchen $1200 or $950 unfurnished. 778-686-9526

MORGAN CREEK AREA

Close to Semiahmoo Mall

Heat, hot water, & light included

Antiques & Collectable’s of all sorts.

SUITES, LOWER

1 bdrm suite inc hydro,cable , covered patio,sp entry,close to amenties,ph 778-999-8110 EAST BEACH SHORT TERM fully furn & equipped main flr suite. 2 bdrm. Patio, prkg. TV, net. 2 mins walk to beach & Hwy 99. N/S, pet neg. Avail now. $1350/mo. incl utils. Weekly $350. 604-541-1457.

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT

OCEAN PARK: Furn sgl bdrm. N/s, Ldry, cooking, wireless, cbl & prkg $450 + part util. Now. 604-535-5953 South Surrey/White Rock: 1 furnished room for rent. $600/mo all inclusive. Share kitchen & bathroom facilities. Avail. now. (778)896-7791 S SURREY: 152/24 Ave: $600/mo. Share kitchen, bath & lndy NS/NP. Avail now. 604-531-5210.

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION S.SURREY Priv room w/en-ste in newer home, nice view nr shops & bus, ns/np. $700 incld utils. 604531-8147 eve/wkends. WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm own entry, c/port & deck, sm.pet, 2 mins to all. $550 +util. Pref. fem. 604-542-4441

749

STORAGE

OCEAN PARK CARPORT, storage only, secure, off road, Height 88 inches, $50 mo. 604-535-5953

WHITE ROCK - East Beach 1 bdrm + large den, newly reno’d, ground level suite; suitable for prof., quiet single/couple; 15502 Victoria Ave. W/D, Cat OK with deposit; No dogs; Non-Smokers Only; $1100/mo (incl utils); 1 yr lease. Refs required. Avail. April 1st or May 1st. (604)816-5409 WHITE ROCK: lrg, bright studio ste. Priv entry/lndry, wifi/cble, walk to beach. $799 incl util. 778-908-0181 WHITE ROCK near beach, 1 bdrm bsmt ste, grnd lvl, own entry, prkg, w/d, gas f/p. NS/NP. $950 + 1/2 utils. May 1st. 604-469-9449. WHITE ROCK. Near ocean. Newly reno’d 1 bdrm. Priv patio & entr., insuite lndry, soaker tub. NS/NP. $800 incl hydro & gas. Ref’s req’d. Avail. April 1. (604)531-5942 WHITE ROCK New 2 bdrm sunny suite on ground level, with full bath, appliances, W/D. Located quite westside White Rock. Suitable for professionals. No pets, smokers. $1250 incl utilities 604-536-0866 WHITE ROCK ocean front living with spectacular ocean view. One bedroom ground level suite, fireplace, private backyard. Suits single. N/S, small pet negotiable. $820.00 + utils. Avail. April 1. Phone 604 531 9443. W. Rock, Columbia. 2 bdm, 2 bath, view suite. Walk to beach. Suits prof. $1300 incl heat, cable. N/S N/P. Avail now. 604-230 9193.

751

SUITES, UPPER

OCEAN PARK: Mature tenant. Bright, clean 2 bdrm. Quiet home. $750/mo + utils. N/P, N/S. Ref’s. Avail now. Phone 604-535-5953. WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm “FULLY furnished” in newer home. Priv entry, Suit 1 person. Good ref. NS/NP. Avail now $850/mo. 604-538-1446 WHITE ROCK - 2 bdrm suite, ocean view, right on the beach, w/d, n/p. Parking spot. $1150/mo. Avail. now. (604)813-2238 WHITE ROCK. Main Floor, 3 bdrm suite, cozy comfortable house. Nice backyard, great summer time deck. Great location. Close to schools, shops, beach, on bus route. Lower suite currently rented. Avail. March 15th. Drive by 13876 North Bluff Rd. $1500/mo. Utils not incl. Call to view 778-891-7870.

752

TOWNHOUSES

FLEETWOOD. 3 bdrmd + den, 2.5 baths, 3 level, 1500 sq.ft. townhouse. W/D, double garage. No pets/smoking. Nr bus/shops. $1475. 778-892-3244.

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 The Scrapper

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AUTO SERVICES

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Laredo 4L, good cond, New tires, New radiator, Aircare for 2 years asking $5000 (604)826-6256 Bill 2003 HONDA CRV EX, Well maint. auto, A/C, clean, N/S., no acc, 210kms. $11,500. (604)556-7674 2003 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT $8800 o.b.o. Silver, sunroof, p.w. key less entry, 4x4, 604-818-6460. 2006 HONDA PILOT, AWD, clean, very good cond. A/C, CD. $16,200. 604-607-4906. 2006 LAND ROVER LR3 SE, dark blue, 40K MLS/64K KMS, no accid, lady driven, new tires, batt & brakes, immaculate @ $27,900. 604-943-0210.

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COLIN PATON

SEMIAHMOO AUTOMOTIVE OUR GOAL IS YOUR SATISFACTION #23 - 15531 - 24 Ave. S. Sry

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CARS - DOMESTIC

1990 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD, 165K, Air Cared. Very clean. Loaded. $2250 obo 604-589-5950 1993 CHEV LUMINA, 4 dr, f/w, V6, 3.1 eng., 106 km, exc cond, 1 owner, $2,500 obo. (604) 576-6376. 1999 OLDS ALERO, 4 dr auto. Loaded. 138 kms. immac. cond. Private, certified. 604-593-5072. 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE V-6, air, tilt, cruise, & more. Exc. Condition Sry $1950 604.590.1661 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE grey, good condition. AirCared. $3200 obo. Call 604-328-9723 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, only 84K, clean, auto, Air Cared, $4750 obo. 604-589-5950 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT, convert, V8, 5 L, approx. 45 Km, full load, charcole/black leather, $15,000. Phone (604)302-4989. 2005 Malibu-52,000k. Loaded, new cond & econ. 36 mpg. Auto, 4dr. $7750. 604-313-4475 (W.Rock) 2006 FORD FOCUS, fully loaded, anti-theft alarm, exc condition $7000 obo. 604-828-9496 aft 11am

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1993 SUBARU LEGACY wagon, 141 Km, local, very clean, well maint. $3,500.Phone 778-868-9164

TRUCKS & VANS

1995 PROWLER 5TH WHEEL 25.ft, slide out, fully contained, with shed, large deck and holding tank at Lakeview RV site at Nicola Lake in Merrit BC $10,000 Phone (604)826-6256 Bill 1996 FORD Ranger, ext cab, auto, loaded, V6, runs good. $1950 obo. 778-836-4422 or 604-592-4422 2005 GMC Sierra, 6 cyl. 86K. White. New tires, longbox, alloy whls. $8750. 778-868-9173. 2005 KIA SEDONA SE, 7 pass. 6 cyl. p/w, p/l, backup sensor. 102,000 kms. Original owner. $5495. Dan 604-313-4058. 2006 FORD F250 super duty diesel, excellent cond, new tires, new brakes, tow pkg. Asking $20,000 Phone (604)826-6256 Bill

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF JOHN KORENS ALSO KNOWN AS J KORENS, DECEASED, Creditors and others having claims against the estate of JOHN KORENS ALSO KNOWN AS J KORENS are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executrix, Falicyia Reichling/BMO Trust Company c/o J. Lorne Ginther, Barrister & Solicitor, #101 - 15261 Russell Avenue, White Rock, British Columbia, V4B 2P7, on or before the 20th day of April, 2011, after which date the Executrix will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executrix then has notice.

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