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Council supports demolition of Brow house

Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The City of New Westminster will demolish a Brow of the Hill house that’s been considered unsightly and unsafe for years.

In November 2017, the city directed the owner of 509 11th St. to remove the scaffolding that had been erected around the house, demolish the house and discard any materials from the property.

A report to council last month outlines actions that have occurred since that remedial action requirement (RAR) was imposed, including court appearances and attempts to inspect the property.

“The condition of the property has continued to deteriorate since the RAR was issued in November 2017,” said the Sept.

27 report. “It has been three-and-a-half years, and the property owner has not submitted application for permits to remediate or demolish the house and has made no attempt to improve the condition of the property despite agreeing to do so. …

All attempts to contact the owner and offer assistance in either effecting improvements on the property or proceeding with demolition have failed.”

According to the report, city staff and the solici-

tor considered several options, concluding the only option they could recommend was that the city hire contractors to remove the scaffolding and demolish the house.The city noted a pre-demolition inspection would be necessary to determine if remediation of hazardous materials in the house is needed.

“The cost of demolition will depend on the extent of hazardous material and access to the site,” said the staff report. “It is estimated the cost of demolition and removal of material to be in the range of $30,000 to $75,000.The cost of carrying out the work on the property is recoverable through property taxes.”

James William Richard Bell, who owns the property, also owns and lives in the neighbouring property at 507 11th St. He told council there’s a “certificate on the property” that’s making it difficult for him to get financing.

“It’s quite difficult to get financing, but I am still working on it. I want to repair it,” he told council Sept. 27. “I met some of the requirements. I am not going to go into detail what I’ve met, but I’ve met some of the requirements. I’ve spent thousands of dollars in materials to complete the rest of it. I want to say it will be devastating to lose my

Unsightly: This Brow of the Hill house is set to be torn down. PHOTO THERESA MCMANUS

property.”

Bell said he suffered a back injury in March, which has prevented him from working on the house.

“The property has been cleaned up,” he said. “I’ve had a fellow doing the landscaping and whatnot. It does look a lot better than it used to. I’m still working on getting it painted. I’d like to have it painted by the end of this year.”

Bell said the tenant who lives in the house “is quite upset” and doesn’t know what he will do if the house is demolished.

The staff report stated the tenant should be provided with reasonable no-

tice of the house’s demolition.

“The tenant has refused all attempts by staff and outreach workers to provide assistance and is resistant to relocating,” said the report.

In 2017, city officials identified numerous health and safety issues related to the outside and inside of the house, including stagnant water in the basement, black mould in the wood framing in the basement, broken windows, a collapsing ceiling in the hallway on the main floor, and openings in the house that allow “raccoons and other vermin” to get inside.They also noted scaffolding had surrounded

the house for years.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr questioned what work Bell had done to the property since November 2017 to try and mitigate some of the concerns that were raised by council at that time.

“We certainly have provided a lot of time,” he said. “I am trying to understand what complications you have experienced since 2017 to sort of only show a minimum of progress on this property.”

Since that time, Bell said he has fixed the windows, cleaned up the outside of the property, did some repairs, made some changes to the scaffold “so it’s not quite so offensive” and

bought roofing materials.

“I didn’t think it would be this tough, but it is tough,” he said.

In response to the property owner’s failure to fulfil the remedial action requirement imposed by council on Nov. 20, 2017, council authorized city staff and contractors to enter the property to remove the scaffolding, demolish the house and remove all waste from the property – at Bell’s expense.

Councillors Puchmayr and Jaimie McEvoy voted against the staff recommendation.

“These are always very difficult situations, but this has also been an incredibly longstanding matter at the council table,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote.

“We often struggle with properties that have not been properly maintained and pose significant challenges to neighbours and those potentially in there.”

Cote said the city has tried to take “a very patient approach” with this particular property, but it has continued to be a challenge.

“Certainly, I hope for the property owner that this process will lead to a better path forward, as it appears to be stuck,” he said.

School trustees relieved to see K-3 mask mandate Julie MacLellan jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

Just when the New Westminster school board was ready to make masks mandatory for kindergarten-to-Grade 3 students, the province did it for them.

The New Westminster school board had called a special meeting for noon on Friday, Oct. 1 to reconsider the issue of extending the mask mandate to

younger students – an idea they had initially turned down at their Sept. 28 board meeting. But, before that happened, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside held a briefing that morning to announce that masks are now mandatory for all kindergarten-to-Grade 12 students in B.C. Both Henry andWhiteside stressed vaccination –

of parents, school staff and older children – as key to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in schools.

But Whiteside also noted the Delta variant has proven to be more transmissible, particularly in areas with lower vaccination rates.

“For those communities experiencing high levels of COVID, there is a greater level of concern,” she said.

“This additional step gives families and parents more

reassurance, I think, about the safety of the school environment.”

NewWestminster school trustees, at their Friday meeting, said they were happy to see the provincial direction on the matter.

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trict.”

Trustee Anita Ansari agreed, saying she had initially had concerns about stepping “out of sync” with other districts.

“I’m very pleased that this decision has come from the top, and I’m happy to walk in step and do what we can to control the situation that we’re in right now,” she said.

Superintendent Karim Hachlaf said the district will take a “supportive, ed-

ucational and inclusive approach” to the mask mandate.

“This is not about compliance or punishment.

We want to support our youngest learners,” he said.

The new mask regulations took effect Monday, Oct. 4 and will remain in place until at least the winter break. At that time, provincial health officials will determine whether to continue the order.

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For more information regarding the lease, please contact Manager of Community Arts and Theatre Todd Ayotte at 604-515-3822 or tayotte@newwestcity.ca.

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Copies of the bylaw amendment and a red-line version of the bylaw are available on the Public Notices page of City’s website beginning Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

Council will consider adoption of the changes to the bylaw at the City Council meeting on October 18.

Comments regarding this matter can be forwarded in writing to Legislative Services, by mail, fax (604-527-4594) or email (clerks@newwestcity.ca).

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Opinion MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

School policies change on the fly

As the K-12 school year progresses, do not be surprised if we see steady changes in COVID-19 health protocols.

We are less than one month into it, and already there have been three major changes from what the plan was at the start of the school year.

The first change was how, or even if, to notify parents if a COVID-19 exposure was detected in a school.

Dr. Bonnie Henry announced at the start of the year that an exposure case detected in a school would not result in a notification being sent out to all parents in that school.That is what happened last school year, but she said she had been informed that such a practice caused undue “anxiety” amongst parents and staff.

Sure enough, it did not take long to scrap this new policy. Just one week into the year, a group of parents of young kids who attend the Victoria Elementary approached me and said their kids and a handful more had suddenly all tested positive for COVID-19.

This raised some obvious questions.Were there more cases and shouldn’t parents be told about them? I brought their concerns to Health Minister Adrian Dix, and what do you know: a schoolwide notification letter was issued and Henry announced the new policy (school-wide notifications would return but would not be sent directly to parents but instead would be posted on the health authority web site).

The next change occurred when the mandatory mask-wearing rule was extended to include everyone in school, including kids in kindergarten through Grade 3.

The expansion of who had to wear a mask came as data showed the biggest

increase in COVID-19 infections in September has been occurring in children aged five to 11. Not only have they not been vaccinated (they are not eligible yet), but they were not required to wear masks, and the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has been ripping through unvaccinated people in this province.

The third change has to do with data reporting. Starting mid-month, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control will issue a monthly report not only showing how many cases have been detected in schools, but also how much transmission is occurring in schools rather than, say, home or the general community.

I have said since the beginning of the pandemic that, when it comes to health measures, never assume anything is set in stone and are always subject change and evolution.

It has been a good rule of thumb to follow.

So will there be enhanced cleaning requirements or ventilation improvements? Will teachers and school staff be captured by the mandatory vaccination requirement as part of the terms of employment?

Will even students be required to show proof of vaccination to attend school? I rather doubt we will see that measure, but you never know.

The good news that will again lead to some changes is that it appears that kids aged five to 11 will likely be deemed eligible for vaccination later this fall or winter.That development will have far greater impact than the wearing of masks, so it will be a welcome one.

Change is constant in this pandemic. In schools, it is even more so.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Coun. Casey Cook urged city council to lobby the provincial government on behalf of Darcy and Muriel McPhee, a local couple who had sold the old New Westminster Gas Company Building on 12th Street to the province.They were forced to pay $600,000 out of the sale price to cover the cost of remediating the contaminated site, and Cook believed the cost would be “considerably lower.”The 1886 brick building was New Westminster’s oldest, and the city was applying to have it designated a provincial heritage site.

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Letters House flipping hits hard Editor: The house-flipping problem recently highlighted by the new MP for Vancouver Granville, and his history, is also an issue in New Westminster.

I was out for an evening walk recently, and I noticed a home was for sale again. When I first saw the home for sale last year, I assumed the property was going to be redeveloped as it was looking rundown.

A large family with young children lived in the home before the first sale, trampoline in the front yard and kids playing. I believe that they rented the home. After the first sale, the family moved out, trampoline and all. My son delivers papers to the house, and, as far we could tell, the house sat empty for the past year.

I checked the BC Assessment website, and the home sold for $1,190,300 in September 2020 – one year later, it is listed for sale for $1,388,000. It appears that some staging and painting have been done to make the house look more appealing. The home is being sold precisely one year later, I assume to avoid capital gains or other penalties.

I don’t know how that is possible since the home was not occupied. The new owners stand to make a gross profit of $197,700 if it sells for asking – not bad for one year.

I am all for a free market and people making money, but this type of speculation in the midst

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of a housing crisis is concerning. The property sat empty for a year; it was not a place to live for anyone. A family was displaced. Now it is being dressed up and sold for a considerably higher price – no wonder people can’t find affordable housing.

All levels of government continue to talk about the housing crisis, but nothing is done.

The provincial government will gain on two land transfer property taxes, the municipal government continues to bring in property tax, the real estate agents will make some good commissions, and the speculators may clear $200,000 in a year. Everyone wins except for the people who need a place to live.

A better solution might be for the city to expropriate the land, provide the speculator a more reasonable profit for the one year.

The city could redevelop properties like this.

Maintaining the heritage values while creating two or three suites to rent. The provincial and federal governments could kick in to pay for all the renovations on the understanding that the home remain rental housing managed and owned by the city.

Perhaps that is simplistic, but solutions need to be looked at. The free market system is not perfect, and it is clearly failing people that need housing. It is time to step in and provide some solutions.

Geoff Pomper, New Westminster

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People Remembering Susan Chew’s remarkable life The free-spirited founder of NewWestminster’s iconicWaffle House died Sept. 26 at the age of 94

Cornelia Naylor

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When the name appeared on my phone last week, I knew what was coming – and dreaded it.

The first time GraceYip called me four years ago it was to invite me to her sister’s 90th birthday party at NewWesminster’sWaffle House.

Souie “Susan” Chew had founded the iconic uptown eatery 60 years earlier as a single, free-spirited entrepreneur.

I didn’t know it at the time, but the invitation to her surprise birthday party would also be an invitation into an extraordinary life.

That life ended on Sept.

26.

Chew died at the age of 94 after a fall outside of Mount Saint Joseph’s Hospital two weeks earlier, according to her sister.

Chew was born on Feb. 1, 1927, the eighth of 11 children born to Chinese immigrant parents, who

owned a farm in Saanich.

It was after she left that farm at age 20 that she first took over the Handy Fruit Mart in NewWestminster and then opened theWaffle House at the corner of Sixth and Sixth in 1955.

The restaurant is still around today, 66 years later, at 636 Sixth St. In the 1950s, it was a

She just was amazing; that’s all. regular hangout for local radio and newspaper reporters, and Chew herself became the subject of a national news story when she and a roommate were refused a suite at a new apartment building because she was Chinese.

(The Record retold that story in an award-winning two-part series in 2017.

Newsmaker: Clippings show some of the headlines Susie Chew made after she was refused a suite at a new apartment building in New Westminster because she was Chinese. PHOTO FILES

You can read both parts online: see www.tinyurl. com/NWSusieChew1 and www.tinyurl.com/ NWSusieChew2.)

During her lifetime, though, Chew was more than a restaurateur: she was a Cub Scout leader, world traveller, model, singer, professional hula dancer, painter, fashion boutique owner, travel agent, social columnist, Toastmaster, Realtor, disc jockey, creator of giant paper flowers, blogger, Mahjong enthusiast, movie extra and more.

I only learned this week that she had had a bit part in the 1983 classic holiday movie A Christmas Story.

Remember the racist Chinese restaurant scene?

That’s Chew bringing in the roast duck.

(Even into her 90s she was still getting yearly residual cheques for the role, according to her blog.)

A couple of other details Chew and I hadn’t managed to cover during our hours of conversation four years ago was that she was also responsible for introducing the mini-skirt to the city of Toronto in the 1960s, according to her sister, and was commissioned by the federal government to create 367 giant crepe paper flowers for the Canadian pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka Japan.

Chew left NewWest for Toronto in 1963. She retired inVancouver in 2009 to be closer to family.

She lived in her own Oakridge apartment until her death.

FULL LIFE: Waffle House founder Susan Chew was captured hard at work at her café in a Weekend Magazine photo for a 1958 feature story about her life in New Westminster and her brush with racism in the Royal City. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED When I was writing my story about Chew’s brush with racism in the Royal City, I asked her sister if it was normal in the 1940s – before the women’s rights movement of the 1960s or even the repeal of Canada’s infamous Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947 – for a young, single, Chinese-Canadian woman to launch her own independent business ventures.

“No, that was just Susie,”Yip had said with a laugh. “She did all these kind of things that regular people didn’t have the initiative to do.”

Chew was predeceased by five sisters and three brothers, and survived by two sisters and 115 nieces, nephews, great-nieces and

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Buying enough land to accommodate a new school can be a challenge in a fast-growing, geographically restricted city like New Westminster.

The New Westminster school district is asking the province for $50 million to address that problem as it revises its capital plan requests for 2022/23.

In June, the school board approved a capital plan request totalling $201 million. Over the summer, however, the district engaged a consultant to update its long-range facilities plan, and the school district undertook work with the city to identify potential future school sites.

Bettina Ketcham, the school district’s secre-

tary-treasurer, noted the district previously updated its long-range facilities plan in 2019, but New Westminster is changing rapidly.

“We can certainly see that rapid pace of development certainly taking off, and that has resulted in enrolment forecasts going up steadily and quite quickly,” she said.

The school board has approved a new capital planning request; the district is now asking the B.C. Ministry of Education for $222.6 million.

A big chunk of that money is being allocated to site acquisition.The district is looking for $25 million apiece for two new school sites: one for a new middle school in the Fraser River zone and one in Queensborough, to al-

low for an expansion of the existing middle school and to accommodate its growing secondary school-aged population.

Another $105.7 million is being earmarked for new school construction, including a new elementary school and a new middle school, both in the Fraser River zone (the central part of the city).

The district had previously proposed an expansion to the existing Fraser River Middle School but is now going “full-tilt” for an entirely new school, Ketcham noted.

STAY TUNED The issue of future school planning is scheduled to be discussed in more depth at the school board’s operations committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

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Community SPOTLIGHT ON: GRIEF & GRATITUDE WHAT’S HAPPENING: The New West Hospice Society is hosting an event to bring the community together (safely) in memory of people who have died and to thank those who have served. Grief & Gratitude – a pathway to healing is taking place on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St.

tively heal together,” said a notice about the event.

“We will create a memorial quilt to honour the losses and to remember that together, we can overcome.

It will serve as a symbol of our grief and the power of community.”

Attendees can bring their own square or create one at the event.

TELL ME MORE: Grief & Gratitude aims to give citizens an opportunity to share their grief for all the pandemic losses they’ve experienced.

“From COVID, opioids, racism, violence, residential school tragedies, suicide, fires, heat waves and more. Something has happened to us.We need to acknowledge it and collec-

DETAILS, PLEASE: Grief & Gratitude is free, but tickets are required. In response to COVID-19 protocols, 50 tickets will be available for each of the 30-minute time slots offered during the day, beginning at 10 a.m.You can get them at eventbrite.ca (search for Grief & Gratitude event).

WHAT IS THE NEW WEST HOSPICE SOCIETY? Founded in 2016, the society’s vision is to build a community where death is no longer hidden or whispered about; where people know what to say and do to be supportive; where residents can die with dignity; and family and friends can grieve well.

Do we give enough gratitude to those who sacrifice for us by doing the essential services? Store clerks, food servers, bus drivers, protective services?

Do we stop and think what it is like to clean up at Skytrain stations so everyone can have a safe, clean ride to work?

Do we realize how fortunate we are to live where we do?

Come and gather, however briefly, at this event to re-affirm that together we will survive this pandemic and this grief.

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Grief & Gratitude Event - a pathway to healing Saturday Oct 9th 10am - 3pm Anvil Centre

Our community strength is in our connectedness as we work together to make it through all the losses.

STAY TUNED: The society is working on plans to open a charity thrift shop in the coming months. In addition to donations, the shop will also be looking for volunteers to collect, sort, price, display and sell merchandise.

Free Tickets on Evenbrite or call 236-333-8411

MORE INFO? You can learn more about the New West Hospice Society and support the society at newwest hospice.ca. If you’d like to help or have any questions, email programs@newwest hospice.ca.

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Potential city-wide bylaw amendments to allow more rapid response on projects meeting specific criteria and addressing an identified emergency or crisis.

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Long-term affordable housing on City-owned land at 350-366 Fenton Street (Queensborough). The proposed project includes 58 units in a three-storey building with a mix of studio, one and two bedroom units.

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CRANKED Massey Theatre is presenting Michael P. Northey’s award-winning, one-person hip-hop play CRANKED, in a reimagined digital format, by livestream, with one more show tonight (Thursday, Oct. 7). Green Thumb Theatre’s newly updated production offers “a timely view into the rollercoaster of addiction and celebrity in an era of TikTok and 15-minute fame,” a show synopsis says.The show will be streamed live from Green Thumb Theatre studios at 7 p.m. tonight.

Tickets can be purchased at ticketsnw.ca/ event/cranked at a cost of $10 per device.

OFFERING Co. ERASGA created Offering in the summer of 2020 to honour and celebrate its 20th anniversary season. Since COVID-19 restrictions prevented it from performing to live audiences, it first livestreamed the performance from the Anvil Centre in November 2020. Now, the company is returning to the Anvil Centre – this time to perform for live audiences Oct. 15, 16 and 17.

Shows are on Oct. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. Buy tickets at www.ticketsnw. ca or call 604-515-3830.

Find more info online at companyerasgadance.ca.

NEW WEST CULTURAL CRAWL The 18th annual Cultural Crawl returns to New Westminster Oct. 16 and 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. It’s a family-friendly event that invites visitors to explore

Dance: Co. Erasga’s Offering is onstage at Anvil Centre. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

venues around the city at their own pace – checking out art and meeting a diverse array of artists, both emerging and professional, who live and work in New Westminster.

See all the details at www.newwestcultural crawl.com.

NEW WEST CRAFT The Arts Council of New Westminster’s popular artisan makers’ market is back indoors for the fall and winter season.

The market is planning a gradual return to the indoor setting, kicking off with an intimate and curated market featuring 20 vendors.

You can check it out on Saturdays through the fall – Oct. 16, Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 4 and 18 – at River Market. Markets run 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NEW MEDIA GALLERY New Westminster’s New Media Gallery, on the third floor at Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St.), has opened a new exhibition. Assembly features the work of international artists exploring humanity’s innate desire to control a world in chaos.Visits are limited to 12 people per hour.You need to book a visit ahead at newmediagallery.ca.

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OBITUARIES McCOY, Roseann Lorraine Roseann Lorraine McCoy (nee Saunders) passed suddenly at home in Vancouver, BC, on September 18th at the age of 71. Roseann is survived by her husband of 49 years Wayne and their son Curtis and daughter in law, Laurie (nee Berg).

Robert Neal Tyldsley March 13, 1946 - October 11, 2020 It seems like yesterday when all was fine, I picked up the phone and we talked on the line.

No one knew, in just a few days, We would say farewell and part our ways.

We know our loss is heavens gain, But it still feels hard to numb this pain.

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, We were too bereaved to sing a song.

But despite this pain, my spirit soares, With the hope we meet on Heaven’s shores.

Eternity is in the hands of our Maker, So we lift our eyes to the Righteous Saviour.

by Joanne Wood, October 2020 A Celebration of Life is pending for a later date, when Covid restrictions allow.

Sadly missed by Darlene, Karen, Brent, Joanne and the Stoker Family.

OBITUARIES

Roseann was born July 7th, 1950, in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Richard and Lorraine Saunders.

After graduating from Saint John Vocational School, she married the love of her life in 1972 and moved to Vancouver where she began a 39 year career as a federal Civil servant with Revenue Canada. As a Mom, she took an active role with her son’s baseball league and Beaver, Cub troops, serving as a Beaver Leader for 5 years.

She volunteered at Massey Theatre, Bounty Co-op and various PCAC events.

Upon retirement, she found Century House in New Westminster, where she enjoyed exercise class and numerous social activities.

She was predeceased by her own parents and her husband’s parents, Doris and Buster Whiteneck and Manning McCoy as well as her brother, Douglas Saunders and niece and nephew Kylie and Patrick Aalund.

All are welcome to celebrate Roseann’s life on Friday, October 8th, 2021, at Kearney Columbia Bowell Chapel, 219 Sixth Street, New Westminster, at 10:00am visitation, followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00am.

Donations can be placed in memory of Roseann, at the BC Children’s Hospital. https://www.bcchf.ca/ Condolences for the family may be left at www.kearneyfs.com

ENGLUND, Ryan Calvin It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved Ryan on September 23, 2021, at the age of 42. Predeceased by his grandparents Englund and Benson and his uncle Mike Benson. Left to mourn are his Father Neil Englund, stepsiblings Stephen and Jamie Mara, Mother Sharon Gregus (Frank), and sister Kelsey Gregus. Also, special friends Jeanette, Larry and especially Aiden. Ryan also had a special group of life-long buddies who will miss him so much.

She will remain forever in our hearts.

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REPAIRER’S LIEN ACT Whereas, Casey Transport Ltd., Versacold Logistics Services GP Limited & 97 Express Ltd. is indebted to National Truck Centre Inc. dba Pacific Coast Heavy Truck Group for repairs on a 2013 Volvo VNL Tractor VIN: 4V4NC9EJXDN132473.

There is presently an amount due and owing of $29,623.39 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale.

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Ryan was a big man with a big heart, who loved and was loved by so many.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! October 7 -OPERATED 13, 2021.

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Turkey Gravy

449/lb

Gravy 397ml

Organic Fresh Cranberries

Roasts 539g & 737g

/100g

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149-249

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2/ 500

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199

449250ml

7kg – 9kg While Quantities Last.

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2/ 600

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