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PORT KELLS — When Mike Perkins thinks back to his childhood in Port Kells, he describes the area as a “rural playground.”

“It’s a retrospect of Surrey. It’s what a lot of Surrey was like. Areas like Tynehead, Fleetwood, South Surrey, were all like that,” he said. “Everybody lived on acreage. There were dairy farms, there was an egg farm, it was a whole community.

“It was a great place to grow up. It was safe,” he added.

Mike’s father Larry also grew up in Port Kells, and recalled working on a daffodil tulip farm or picking beans to make a few bucks.

“There was a red and white store on one corner, a blacksmith shop. I used to watch them putting shoes on the horses. It was very rural,” Larry said with a chuckle.

And it still has that feel today, to some extent.

“In a nutshell, we all enjoy a sense of community in a rural setting and that is probably what keeps us living here,” said Darlene Bowyer, president of the Port Kells Community Association. She’s lived in the area for nearly three decades.

The community association, which has been around for more than 100 years, was started with the goal of creating a community hall, fire hall and park, Bowyer explained.

“The elders say everything was completed with a $500 price tag and a lot of volunteer labour,” Bowyer said.

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Members of the Port Kells Community Association Darlene Bowyer, left, and Elsie Preedy sit in front of Port Kells Community Centre. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) In more recent years, the association has built a cenotaph and she said the community sees close to 500 people for its Remembrance Day ceremony each year.

And a story about Port Kells would be remiss not to mention the area’s mature industrial area.

When the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) officially opened in 1960, the industrial community began to develop.

While there had been sawmills on the river for generations, the area didn’t begin to thrive as industrial until some time after the freeway opened.

Today, the highway serves as a dividing line between the business and residential sides of the community.

And though the industrial side is starkly different from the community on the other side of the highway, sprinklings of Port Kells history can be found in between the businesses.

The St. Oswald’s Anglican Church, built in 1910, is still standing at 9566 190th Street.

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Then there’s the Baron von Mackensen House, originally built around 1900 in late Victorian Homestead style, located at 9568 192nd Street.

Around 1910 an east and west wing were added in Edwardian and Craftsman style with romantic elements such as a castellated tower. It also features two corbelled brick chimneys.

The site is protected by a Heritage Revitalization Agreement, and has been restored and transformed into The Baron’s Manor Pub. And a third historic site will soon be restored in Port Kells’ residential area.

Bulman’s Garage, located at 88th Avenue and Harvie Road, is being brought back to life and will serve as a gas station and convenience store to locals.

While Bowyer is pleased to see the garage being restored, she hopes to see the City of Surrey do more planning in the area.

Bowyer wants to see the city create a Neighbourhood Concept Plan (NCP) for the village area of Port Kells, in and around the Bulman’s Garage.

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She acknowledged that the city has done an NCP for the nearby South Port Kells Area 1 (Anniedale-Tynehead), and said it brought some developers to that area, but not always for the better.

“They bought up land and unfortunately some of them have not been very selective as to who they have rented their properties to,” Bowyer said. “We have had some fairly serious crime issues since then.”

Don Luymes, Surrey’s community planning manager, said the city believes it’s premature to develop an NCP for the village area, as that community is entirely dependent on water and sewer lines coming through Anniedale-Tynehead – lines that currently don’t exist.

“I would say it’s 20 years at least until development would be considered in this area. So in a way, the charm and character of the place will be left alone.”

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That was one wet weekend.

South Surrey and White Rock were deluged with rain, keeping city crews busy.

Rob Costanzo, Surrey’s director of operations, said the area saw 91.6 millimeters over the weekend, with 86.2 mm on Sunday.

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“It was a one-in-100-year event, the intensity of rain that hit,” Costanzo said.

The area hit the worst in terms of infrastructure was 16th Avenue, which was closed between 168th and 172nd Streets Sunday evening.

“We were kept busy mainly in that one sector.”

Costanzo said it was a perfect storm – a combination of heavy rain and high tide.

While there were reports of a mudslide,

Costanzo said there was a significant amount of debris and gravel covering the roads.

The city’s north end wasn’t impacted much at all by the downpour, he noted.

“The chaos is over, it’s just the clean up,” Costanzo said Monday morning. “It’s underway, we should be ready to rock soon,” he added, expecting 16th Avenue would reopen in the late morning or early afternoon.

Greg St. Louis, White Rock’s director of engineering and municipal operations, said 83 mm of rain fell on his city, flooding part of Marine Drive near the Semiahmoo First Nation Reserve.

He said extra equipment was brought in to pump the water into the Little Campbell River.

Despite this “major rain event,” as St. Louis called it, the subsequent flooding still paled in comparison to the aftermath of a freak hail storm on June 8, 1999, which resulted in some White Rock merchants being put out of business. areid@thenownewspaper.com tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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The Public Open House/Information Meeting will be held: Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks at 7:00 p.m.

Place: Surrey Sport and Leisure Centre (16555 Fraser Highway) Upper Floor, Arena Side The purpose of the Public Open House/Information Meeting is to obtain feedback from local residents on the Town Centre area of Fleetwood. Resident comments will provide input for the land use planning process and possible future amendments to the Fleetwood Town Centre Land Use Plan and Urban Design Concept. City staff will be on hand at the Open House to provide background information and describe the planning process.

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Public Hearing - May 13, 2014 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, on proposed Bylaws No. 7326 and 7327 pertaining to the North Delta Area Plan as follows: Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre, 11760 88 Avenue, Delta, BC V4C 3C5 Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the proposed bylaws shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on matters contained in the bylaws.

A speakers list will be available for the public to sign at the entrance to the Public Hearing venue 30 minutes prior to the start of the Public Hearing. Speakers will be asked to come forward in the order of the speakers list and will be allowed up to five minutes to address Council regarding the bylaws under consideration.

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council, The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: mayor-council@delta.ca Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing.

To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Office of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 13, 2014.

“The Corporation of Delta Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985 Amendment (North Delta Area Plan – P10-08) Bylaw No. 7326, 2014”.

Location: Lands within the North Delta Area Plan boundary as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 1 Applicant: The Corporation of Delta Proposal: The Corporation of Delta is proposing to amend Schedule A and Schedule C of “The Corporation of Delta Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985” in order to replace the existing North Delta Area Plan with a new North Delta Area Plan including land use designations and policies.

Highlights include: Schedule A: Amending the Single Family Residential designation to remove the lower figure of the density range, adding new North Delta specific land use designations including Infill Single Family Residential – North Delta, Medium Density Ground-Oriented Residential – North Delta, Medium Density Residential - North Delta, Medium Density Residential – Scott Road, Residential Ground-Oriented - North Delta, amending the Mixed-Use (North Delta) 1, Mixed-Use (North Delta) 2, Mixed-Use (North Delta) 3, Mixed-Use (North Delta) 4, Mixed-Use (North Delta) 5, and the Commercial (North Delta) designations, deleting the Townhouse Residential and the Strata House Residential designations, and updating Map 8 – Road Hierarchy.

Schedule C.1: Replacing the entire North Delta Area Plan with a new Plan which includes: • Increasing densities and building height limits in mixed-use medium and high density nodes MAP NO. 1 along the Scott Road Corridor to permit buildings up to 32 storeys in defined areas; • Adding new multiple-family land use designations along 72 and 84 Avenues to permit higher density housing forms including townhousing up to 3 storeys; • Expanding the area designated for mixed-use redevelopment to all commercial sites in the Nordel Social Heart in the area of 84 Avenue and 112 Street to permit buildings up to 4 storeys; • Designating the area located east of 112 Street between 72 Avenue and 90 Avenue and east of 116 Street between 90 Avenue and 96 Avenue as Infill Single Family Residential – North Delta to permit subdivision of larger lots; • Policies that speak to improved connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists between community facilities, neighborhoods and mixed-use centres; improved pedestrian environments on streets, focusing first on Scott Road, the Social Heart, 72 and 84 Avenues and 112 Street; a north-south bicycle route on separated paths through redeveloped areas and neighborhood streets; and • Additional policies that address transportation, infrastructure and utilities, housing, parks, recreation, schools, social institutions, arts, culture and heritage, the natural environment and sustainability.

“The Corporation of Delta Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985 Amendment (Scott Road and Community Corridor Development Permit Areas – P10-08) Bylaw No. 7327, 2014”.

Location: Lands within the Scott Road Corridor (SRC) and Community Corridors (CC) as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 2 Applicant: The Corporation of Delta Proposal: The Corporation of Delta is proposing to amend Schedule E of “The Corporation of Delta Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985”in order to incorporate Development Permit Area Guidelines based on the North Delta Area Plan review.

Highlights include: Replacing the current Scott Road Corridor Development Permit Area Guidelines with new guidelines for the general form and character of development and establishing the boundary of the Development Permit Area based on the new outline of land use designations established by the North Delta Area Plan.

Adding new Development Permit Area Guidelines for the general form and character of development within the 72 Avenue and 84 Avenue Community Corridors.

Adding new Sustainability Guidelines to promote energy and water conservation, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and other aspects of green building and site design within both the Scott Road Corridor and the 72 Avenue and 84 Avenue Community Corridors.

Staff Contact: Laura Ryan – 604-946-3395 Web Location: April 14, 2014 Council Meeting Agenda Item E.03

MAP NO. 2 Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff report, and any relevant documentation may be inspected until Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

Municipal Hall: Community Planning and Development Department Hours: 8:30 am to 4:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (except statutory holidays) 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Thursday Contact: Website: www.delta.ca Email: com-pln-dev@delta.ca Phone: 604-946-3380 Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project after the Public Hearing has concluded.

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In both cases, the women were picked up and taken to secluded areas.

Simranpreet Singh Dhillon has been charged with two counts of sex assault with a weapon, two counts of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of uttering threats of death or bodily harm, two counts of unlawful confinement, aggravated sexual assault and robbery times two.

Sukhraj Singh Chahal and Gurjinder Sodha have both been charged with sexual assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and robbery.

Police are concerned that there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to contact the Surrey RCMP Child Abuse and Sexual Offence (CASO) Unit at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Cpl. Bert Paquet, of the Surrey RCMP, said it’s not known what caused the blaze. He said the property was crowded with bikes, washers, dryers and other items “consistent with hoarding.”

No one was injured in the blaze, at Plaza Mobile Home and RV Park, at 8266 King George Boulevard.

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SURREY — Homicide detectives investigating the deaths of an elderly woman and her daughter in Bolivar Heights have yet to determine under what circumstances they met their end.

A family member found the bodies of 81-year-old Anne Shouchuk and Kathleen Maximuik, 61, inside a house at 13665 111A Ave. shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday.

Cpl. Dominic Duchesneau, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said police don’t believe the deaths resulted from a random act. Autopsies to be held today (Tuesday) will hopefully shed light on their deaths. “It’s likely going to take a few weeks” to process the tests, he said.

It’s not yet known when the women died.

Danica Baldwin, who lives a few doors down, delivered the Now newspaper to their household.

“We never really talked to them, like had a conversation with them, but they’d say thank you every once in a while for the papers, that’s about it,” she said Friday, the morning after the women’s bodies were found. “But we

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Baldwin said she hadn’t noticed anything strange at the household, save no movement, and that both cars had looked to be unused and were parked in the driveway for two or three weeks.

“The older one there, she had problems walking, but the younger one was more fit,” she said.

“It’s kind of scary, because they still won’t say what’s happening. We don’t know if it was a murder.

“It’s scary living right close to it. Last night was a little hard sleeping.”

Duchesneau said the house is not known to police.

“We do not believe that a third party is involved and we are yet to determine if foul play is a factor,” he said. Asked if police suspect this to be a murder-suicide, Duchesneau replied, “It’s a possibility.

Everything is a possibility at this point. That’s why we need to take our time, we don’t want to make any assumptions.”

Meantime, Surrey city councillor Barinder Rasode called on her fellow politicians to hire more police. “Public safety should be our top priority and our city needs additional police resources,” she stated.

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Car-sharing partnership deemed ‘win-win’ for Surrey Kyle Benning

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SURREY — The City of Surrey and Modo, a car co-op, have teamed up to bring more options for car-sharing to the city.

Modo, a Vancouver-based company that was founded in 1997, was the first English-speaking car-share company on the planet. Now, with more than 10,000 members, the grassroots non-profit started with 16 members and two vehicles in Vancouver’s West End. Partnering with the city allowed Modo to double its fleet in Surrey, bringing eight cars to the city centre at five locations. The cars are located at Surrey Central and Gateway SkyTrain stations, Quattro condominium, Surrey Eye Care Centre and North Surrey Recreation Centre.

Hilary Henegar, the marketing director at Modo, said that Modo members use public transit as well as other forms of transportation to reach destinations with Modo cars, which is why all their vehicles are located in the city centre.

“For someone to use car-sharing, essentially they don’t have to use their car on a regular basis,” Henegar said.

“Because Surrey doesn’t have public transit that’s adequate beyond the city centre, it’s virtually impossible to bring carsharing beyond that.”

DeLois Cook, manager of facilities and infrastructure at Pacific Community Resources Society, uses Modo vehicles for business and personal use. Her office is located across the street from the Surrey Central SkyTrain Station, and for DeLois, the service is perfect. “(It) allows me to do my job without having to own a vehicle. My husband and I made the choice to share a vehicle. I take transit to work and then I’m able to use the car co-op when I need it for work purposes,” Cook said.

Four years ago, the city placed targets to reduce its corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 after the Community Energy and Emissions Inventory found GHG emissions reached an average of 4.9 tonnes per capita in a 2007 study. Of those 4.9 tonnes, 53.9 per cent was from transportation.

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John who?”

That question frames one of the more immediate challenges facing newly-installed NDP leader John Horgan.

Quite simply, most potential voters likely don’t even know who he is. Few politicians are household names, and the ones at the bottom of the name-recognition list are invariably members of the Opposition, not the government.

He may be well known among the 20,000-odd members of his own party and among the relatively small group of folks who religiously follow politics, but the fact is more than 1.5 million people vote in provincial elections in

this province, and the vast majority of them likely don’t know him or anything about him.

Of course, now that he has assumed the leadership helm from Adrian Dix, Horgan’s profile will begin to build. The job brings with it an automatic increase in media coverage (and scrutiny, so it can be a double-edged sword), which means he’ll get more television face-time.

However, I detect a continuing disconnect out there with the public when it comes to politics and much of the “insider baseball” issues that consume its culture. There remains a hangover created after what was essentially a marathon, non-stop campaign waged by Christy Clark and Dix since they won their party leadership jobs in 2011.

That will make it harder for Horgan to penetrate the public consciousness, at least for a while yet. But there are three years yet before the next provincial election, so time is on his side.

So how will Horgan proceed? Look for him to stress economic issues more

than social ones, as he tries to establish some credibility in that area for the NDP. A new Angus Reid poll – I know, I know, what use are polls these days? But this wasn’t a “horserace” poll – found that 62 per cent of people would more likely vote for the NDP if it strengthened its focus on economic issues, compared to just 48 per cent who said stronger environmental policies were more attractive.

But here’s where things may get sticky for Horgan.

The same Angus Reid poll found NDP voters (as opposed to all voters) were much more in favour of stronger environmental policies than having more support for natural resource industries (71 per

cent versus 48 per cent).

Further, about 20 per cent of those who vote NDP say they would be less likely to vote for the party if it was a stronger backer of those industries.

Horgan’s political DNA, when it comes to support for natural resource industries, is well-established (he worked for former NDP premier Dan Miller, arguably the strongest backer of industry in the NDP government of the 1990s).

He is not opposed to fracking, for example, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to nudge his party into being more supportive of mining and even the Site C dam.

But if he moves his party more to the political centre, and toward a stronger

backing of industry, he runs the risk of alienating, and possibly even losing, the support of NDP voters who value stronger environmental policies over pretty well anything else.

Of course, if Horgan can attract enough “soft” B.C. Liberal voters, or votes from folks who don’t vote, he can afford to shed that green wing of his party. Either way, it’s going to be a tough balancing act for the new NDP leader.

Premier Clark is fond of saying British Columbians want to find a way to say “yes” to all kinds of industrial projects, but the NDP’s own backers are much more ready to continue to say “no” more often than not.

The B.C. Liberals have

found the “sweet spot” on this issue and show no sign of losing ground. Horgan now has three years to find that sweet spot for his party, and it seems like a Herculean task right now.

But with the leadership monkey now off the party’s back, the NDP can finally begin to sort itself out.

Horgan will likely bring a focus, passion and energy to a party that lacks all three attributes at the moment.

And in doing so, he’ll gradually get most people stop asking “John who?” when they hear his name.

The next and more difficult trick will be getting folks to say “yes” when he asks for their vote.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC

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As mayor, Watts wasn’t perfect but she has earned our respect

Bob Maher, Surrey

Sadly, costly trip shocked nobody The Editor, So Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, the police chief, the fire chief, the city manager and a couple of hanger-on criminologists decided that they had to go to New York and then on to Puerto Rico for three nights in a fivestar hotel on a “fact-finding mission” regarding surveillance cameras.

Fifteen thousand bucks of Surrey taxpayers’ money later, they decided that they didn’t want the equipment in question.

No worries, I’m sure they all had a good time.

What we really need is surveillance on all these entitled city employees as they go about blowing our money.

This junket would be shocking if it were not so common nowadays.

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I want next mayor to support SkyTrain The Editor, Surrey’s departing Mayor Dianne Watts told reporters at city hall one of the things she regrets is that she couldn’t secure Light Rail Transit (LRT) for this city, which will probably do all of us very good.

It was three years ago when she announced her LRT ambitions on the basis that SkyTrain is too expensive and disruptive. But SkyTrain has spurred billions in real estate, building entire communities like Metrotown, Brentwood and downtown Richmond.

It’s building our city centre right now and is what’s responsible for making it a more vibrant area.

Because of SkyTrain, Metro Vancouver’s transit system is leading in ridership attraction in North America – ranking third in transit trips per person per year, behind only New York and Toronto. We’re ahead of Montreal, Boston, and Washington D.C. – cities with full-size metro systems – and far ahead of cities with only LRT systems.

LRT has its own downsides. It’s slower, vulnerable to accidents, and we don’t get many transportation benefits.

A study suggested the monetary value

of LRT’s benefits will not recover costs.

There are other implications. The LRT or BRT plan to Guildford is very inconsiderate, removing two traffic lanes on 104th Avenue. Never mind the permanent effects – during construction, Guildford residents will be giving up quality transit altogether.

Commute times to Surrey Central will double or worsen as 96 B-Line buses must share that one lane of traffic or detour. Graduating students and Guildford’s many low-income residents won’t find the options they need to manage busy lives, access jobs and get to classes.

All this for several (four plus) years to save one minute using the LRT. SkyTrain can cost more money to build but will give us actually veritable benefits. Imagine this: vibrant communities and productive citizens.

Less traffic and safer roads. Newton to Guildford in 13 minutes.

Our high-quality, grade-separated rapid transit system gives us these benefits and more, and I want to see the next Surrey mayor pushing for SkyTrain.

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SURREY — Betty Zhao was strangely calm in the week leading up to the Kwantlen Polytechnic University grad fashion show, the highlight of the four-year program from which she is graduating.

The Show, put on by the Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design and held April 24 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond, is a chance for the soon-to-be fashion grads to showcase their designs to the public. It’s a huge annual event, sponsored by corporations such as Coca-Cola and Rogers, and it really is a make-or-break moment for the fashion students.

Zhao presented her line at this year’s show along with the rest of this year’s graduates. Her line, Chi, “provides work-friendly attire for women seeking a holistic approach to managing their chronic muscle aches as a result of prolonged computer usage or other injuries.”

But Chi isn’t inspired by the long hours that Zhao no doubt spent at a computer during her time at Kwantlen.

“After my third year, I got into a traumatic car accident,” she said.

Since then, Zhao has spent years dealing with both the physical and mental aftereffects of the accidents. Though she took two years off from her studies to heal, she admits she’s not sure she’s done healing.

“I don’t think anyone can ever recover 100 per cent from a car accident, it’s more like you just know how to deal with it and live

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Tired of irritating creams and wary of all the pills out on the market, Zhao decided to solve her problems her own way.

She knew she wanted something a little more holistic than what was already out there, but she also wanted to make sure that her solutions worked in the workplace.

“Obviously you can’t walk around with a heat pack, it’s just inappropriate,” she said, laughing.

For her line, she decided on a recently released Swiss fabric called Energear, which has been shown to decrease heart rate, increase blood circulation and facilitate lactic acid removal from the blood by reflecting infrared

light back into the body.

Combining the practical skills she learned in high school with all the new information she was exposed to at Kwantlen, Zhao was inspired by her prior work as a technical designer for local Vancouver athletic apparel brand, Karma Wear, to create a line of clothing that helped women recover from whatever aches and pains plagued them.

“As women, we’re just so prone to different sorts of aches,” she exclaimed, laughing. “When we have our periods, our whole bodies might ache from the hormones…. It doesn’t have to be from sitting in front of the computer, it doesn’t have to be a car accident, it’s just everyday life being a woman.”

She quiets.

“I found my drive and it really made me focus my path. My purpose and inspiration was that I found an alternate to dealing with what women go through on a daily basis, that we have to suffer and cannot really share.”

Zhao’s frustration comes in large part from how isolating these issues are.

“It’s like it’s part of being a woman, you just (have to) deal with it.”

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While her drive to design clothing that really speaks to women’s needs is apparent, Zhao’s career aspirations are a little different.

After graduating from Kwantlen with a Bachelor of Fashion design this spring, she plans to attend UBC to complete her Bachelor of Education.

“I plan to become a Home Ec teacher in high school because I think my passion really lies in sewing,” she said. “What really inspired me to go into fashion was my Home Ec teacher in high school and I want to inspire more people. It all really starts with the teacher.”

Unable to stay serious for long, Zhao smiles mischieviously.

“Who knows, maybe I’ll go back to Johnston High and teach because I know my old teacher is about to retire. You never know!”

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Family ties to new school Christopher Poon

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NEWTON — When Gayle MacDonald’s family first settled into the Newton area in the late 1890s, there wasn’t much of anything besides a bunch of trees and some berry bushes. Now, roughly 120 years later, the area is teeming with homes, industry and, finally, more classrooms.

In fact, MacDonald was on hand April 24 when the Ministry of Education officially opened Goldstone Park Elementary, the school that bears the name of her family from generations past.

“It’s such an honour, it really is such a privilege to be recognized for how hard my family worked generations ago to build this country,” said MacDonald after the school’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

MacDonald is a descendant of the wellknown Goldstone family, who decided to settle in the area back when Newton wasn’t on the map. Years later, when the city took control of the land, MacDonald’s grandfather made further contributions to the area by helping build infrastructure around the city, including Highway 10.

“He actually helped build this city besides being a pioneer, and so there’s a lot of family stuff here,” said MacDonald. “When the city bought the land they always said they’d put a park here and Grandma always had faith the city would do what it said and put a park there and they eventually did.

“So we’re very touched they added the school to the park and carried the name over from the park to the school. There’s still empty spaces here and it’s going to grow and it’s going to be a really good school for the community. We’re proud of it.”

While Goldstone Park Elementary opened its doors two months ago, the ribboncutting ceremony on April 24 was the official celebration, with parents, students, teachers and stakeholders in attendance.

The $14.7 million school was built to accommodate 555 students and provided some much-needed relief for the nearby Cambridge Elementary, which had 16 portables on site.

“It’s wonderful to see our students, teachers and parent community have such a beautiful, new facility to work, learn and play in,” said Surrey education board chair Shawn Wilson.

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SURREY — A concert celebrating the memory of murdered hockey mom Julie Paskall will be held in Vancouver this month.

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The event, set for Friday, May 23 at WISE Hall on Adanac Street, is organized by musician Johnny DeMarco, who works as a longshoreman with Paskall’s husband, Al. “We want to raise awareness but also funds for the Variety charity, because Al has

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Now, smartphone users can afford to be even more reckless with their gadgets, as the mortal fear of moisture is no longer a consideration.

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While the waterproofing of such devices is great in that it further protects our money spent, you have to wonder what kind of expectation it might create in future users.

Children growing up today may scoff at anything that isn’t waterproof, bulletproof and bombproof as they grow up, and thus lose all respect for the value of things or how their actions might lead to

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“annual Mother’s day tea” on May 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17575 58A Ave., Cloverdale. Lunch, flower baskets, bedding plants, bake table, books and door prizes.

“West Side Story” afternoon concert features music by the award-winning Surrey Youth Orchestras, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Bell Performing Arts Centre (6250 144th St., Surrey). Tickets: $18 Adult / $12 Youth and Senior.

Mother’s day eve fundraising concert at Crossroads united Church, 7655 120 St., North Delta, featuring Perry Dickison, professional pianist and vocalist, on Saturday, May 10 starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 each, available from 778-593-1043.

danCe tartan pride highland dance team Celtic night, on Saturday, May 10 at Cloverdale Catholic Parish Hall, 17475 59th Ave., Surrey. “Tartan Pride will once again host a night of Celtic fun and entertainment. This has become a popular annual event for all ages. This year, we will also be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tartan Pride Highland Dance Team. Tartan Pride is a unique team of premier highland dancers from the Joan Murray School of Dance in Cloverdale. Blackthorn and the Vancouver Police Pipe Band will be guest performers.” Tickets available at 604-576-1619 or e-mail tpride@

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buSineSS Surrey’s top 25 under 25 awards: Surrey Board of Trade is accepting nominations for the fourth annual awards. Potential recipients are business and community-minded people under the age of 25, either working in Surrey or working on a business or community related project in/for Surrey. Nomination deadline is Wednesday, May 14.

Surrey Mayor Watts’ State of the City lunch: Annual event on Wednesday, May 14 to showcase the city’s economic progress and vision, at Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel. Info: 604-581-7130 or go online to www. businessinsurrey.com/sidebarevents.

SaleS/CraftS Country Market at halls prairie elementary School, 18035 8th Ave., South Surrey, on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Live music, kids corrall, bouncy castle, local vendors, raffle, auction, BBQ. Info: Ellen (Ellenlouden@hotmail. com), 604-385-2216. annual yard sale Saturday, May 10 at St. Andrew’s Newton Presbyterian Church, 7147 124 St., Surrey, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: David Gibbs (janddgibbs@gmail.com), 604-5840734. free to be artisan Show and Sale, on Saturday, May 17 at

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Whole lotta art call for artisan vendors for event on Sunday, May 25 at 11425 84th Ave., North Delta.

“Watershed Artworks Society’s spring artisan market will be held under the trees of our parking lot in the social heart of North Delta.

Vendors, contact June by May 5, via email, june.bergen.holt@gmail.com, call 604-572-5128.

library eVentS teen jam Sessions: “Enjoy playing the guitar? Come jam with us! Bring your own guitar or use one of ours.”

Events on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., to May 27 at City Centre Library Teen Lounge. Free admission.

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From December until March, the young actor flew to Calgary with his mother every two or three weeks, for a couple days at a time, to film his scenes in Fargo, a TV series on FX Canada.

The 10-year-old Cloverdale kid plays Gordo, the oddball nephew of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard, played by Martin Freeman. Spencer is in four of the 10 episodes.

“Filming was great,” Spencer raved, “and it was the first time I went outside the province, outside the Vancouver area, for acting. We got to stay in a fancy hotel, where there was a really nice secretary who gave me Skittles, which I loved.”

The dark-comedy series, based on the 1996 Coen brothers’ film of the same name, stars Billy Bob Thornton as a drifter who arrives in Bemidji, Minnesota, and influences

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Cloverdale’s Spencer Drever as Gordo in Fargo, a TV series on FX Canada.

a laugh. “There are dirty and nasty scenes, but it’s a really good show.…

Spencer’s part gets really good, and it’s exciting to watch.”

While filming the first season of Fargo, Spencer didn’t miss many of his Grade 5 classes at Adams Road Elementary.

“They didn’t keep him there too long, so he didn’t miss out on too much of his regular-life stuff, like school and hockey,” Lisa said. “We only missed one game and one practice. They even changed his flight to a later time so he didn’t miss his hockey wrap-up party.”

Spencer’s first acting job was a small role in the 2011 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. More recently, he’s worked on the TV shows Plum Landing, The 100 and Signed, Sealed and Delivered.

For Fargo, Spencer quickly learned to speak in a Minnesotan accent, and he’s the only Canadian resident in the show’s large cast. “And I’m the only kid, which I love,” he added.

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Surrey United is one win away from 11th heaven following a 4-3 win over Victoria’s Peninsula Co-op Highlanders in the semifinal round of the women’s Provincial Cup tournament at Cloverdale Athletic Park Sunday.

The 10-time Provincial Cup champs will compete for their 11th consecutive B.C. crown against the North Shore Renegades in the season finale on Mother’s Day, May 11 in Burnaby.

Sunday’s semifinal clash in the pouring rain in Cloverdale against the Highlanders almost turned into a soggy nightmare for Surrey. Leading 4-1 late in the second half, Surrey coughed up two a pair of ugly late goals before holding on for the 4-3 win.

“The score shouldn’t have been anywhere near that close,” said Surrey coach Albert Stewart. “It should have been over when we got up 4-1. At that point the girls should have played more of a possession game, but unfortunately we had a brain meltdown at the end and allowed them to get close.

We gave up two easy goals at the end and suddenly it’s a one-goal game.”

Surrey seized control right from the opening whistle and carried the play throughout most of the first half. Their efforts were rewarded in the 31st minute Katie Thorlakson set up Nicole Stewart for her first of two goals on the day. Stewart collected Thorlakson’s pass and then muscled her way through two defenders before beating the Peninsula goalkeeper on the short side.

Nine minutes later the defending champions doubled their lead when Rachel Pelat converted a crossing pass from Stewart to make the count 2-0.

In the dying seconds of the opening half, Peninsula scored against the run of play to cut the Surrey lead to one goal.

Any momentum that late marker might have generated for the visitors was quickly

Coastal FC’s Marissa Antoniazzi (left) takes flight to challenge for a ball during a 2-0 loss to the North Shore Renegades in women’s Provincial Cup semifinal action Friday night at Newton Athletic Park. View more photos with Layar. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) squashed as Surrey once controlled the play once the second half began.

Surrey restored their two-goal advantage in the 53rd minute when a Thorlakson pass sent Stewart in alone on a breakaway.

Stewart did not squander the opportunity, converting the chance by chipping the ball over the Peninsula keeper for a 3-1 Surrey lead.

In the 70th minute Thorlakson was at it again, creating chaos in the Peninsula goalmouth where she was run over by a defender.

On the ensuing penalty kick, Thorlakson hammered a low shot to goalkeeper’s right to give United a seemingly insurmountable

4-1 edge.

Surrey began playing more passive at that point and it almost cost them. In the 88th minute a Peninsula striker was left unmarked in the Surrey goal area for an easy tap in.

Three minutes later in bonus time, a squibbled Peninsula shot eluded Surrey goalkeeper Theresa Nuttall and suddenly United was hanging on to a narrow onegoal lead.

Surrey took over possession after that, keeping the ball wide and booting it deep whenever possible to eat up the final three minutes of bonus time.

Elsewhere, a potential all-Surrey

Provincial Cup final evaporated when Coastal FC was blanked 2-0 by the North Shore Renegades amid a deluge of rain at Newton Athletic Park Friday night.

Albert Stewart said the match-up against the Renegades in the Cup final promises to be difficult for Surrey.

“That’s going to be a real battle; it should be the toughest game we’ll play in the Provincial Cup this year,” he said. “It’s the last game of the year and we know they’ll be gunning for us hard. Both teams have beaten each other this year — we know what to expect and they know what to expect. It should be a really good game.”

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Surrey United men keep three-peat hopes alive with PK win Michael Booth

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Surrey United moved one step closer to doing something no B.C. men’s soccer team has accomplished in more than 30 years — three-peating as Provincial Cup champs.

The last team to turn the trick was Victoria West between 1979 and 2002, but Surrey can join them with a win over Croatia in the 2014 cup final on Saturday (May 10) in Burnaby.

“Three years in a row would be amazing,” said Surrey United executive director Martin Foden.

“We’ve had a lot of injuries throughout the year and we’ve done ever so well with the resources we have.

“We have never really recovered from all the injuries going back as far as nationals at the beginning of October. That hasn’t been as excuse and we’ve been in contention throughout the year, even challenging for first place.”

Surrey advanced to the

championship final with a hohum 1-0 win on penalty kicks over the Metro Ford Wolves in Coquitlam Saturday.

Neither team could break through their opposing defences during regulation time, but play opened up more in the extra sessions. In the first overtime period, Surrey carried the play more and had a great chance to take the lead, but Sean Einarsson’s header missed the mark.

The tables were turned in the second overtime as the Wolves

stormed back. However the game remained scoreless thanks to an outstanding close-range save by Surrey goalkeeper Paul Shepherd.

The match was finally settled on penalty kicks. Surrey led off and connected on all five of their chances. Coquitlam answered by scoring on their first three chances, all to Shepherd’s right. The fourth attempt to same place was snuffed out by a diving save from the veteran keeper, setting the stage for Surrey’s game-clinching fifth attempt.

“Both teams had their chances in regulation,” Foden said. “It was the kind of game where both teams’ defences were dominant and both teams were playing the same system so it was a bit of a chess match with most of the play in the midfield. In the end it came down to spot shots and we were fortunate to get the win.”

In the other semifinal in Vancouver, Croatia scored on a late penalty kick in regulation to beat Inter 1-0 and secure a spot in the cup final.

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WHITE ROCK — For the third and final time in his term, White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin held his State of the City Address, highlighting the importance of the arts, the controlled development and the purchase of the city’s water supply as key to the city’s future.

Before a crowd of about 60, Baldwin took to the lectern to espouse some of the work done by council during the current term and what’s left to be tackled in the time remaining.

Baldwin began by focusing on the growing arts community and how it really is the arts that defines a city’s personality to the world.

“Arts have a crucial impact and play an important role for learning (in the community),” said Baldwin, adding that the city’s progress in promoting the arts was going well. “We have strong partnerships with Semiahmoo Arts and the business community and have facilitated such events as International Artists Day.” Later, Baldwin spoke about the city’s pursuit of purchasing the water utility from Edmonton-based operator EPCOR. Prefacing his comments by saying EPCOR does a great job at operating the city’s water supply, Baldwin explained how the company sends profits back to Edmonton, at the expense of local taxpayers.

“This (water supply) is what in economy is called a money machine,” said Baldwin, explaining that the city is at the mercy of ECPOR when it comes to rate increases and the like.

Finally, Baldwin touched on the crucial role the community plays in making White Rock one of the greatest cities and thanked the citizens for placing their trust in him for these past three years.

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WHITE ROCK — Striking city workers rallied outside of White Rock city hall Friday, kicking off the city’s first-ever civic job action.

With about 30 CUPE 402-01 workers walking off the job Friday morning, city hall continued to operate with about half its staff while unionized counterparts set up shop outside.

As the first day of action was intended to affect only city hall, services impacted included bylaw enforcement and tax processing, among other city hall related duties.

In an effort to continue some form of bylaw enforcement, city managers and administrators were out ensuring pay parking and other bylaws were being maintained.

“We have no concerns with bylaw and parking enforcement,” said city manager Dan Bottrill Friday.

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When asked if the city had approached the union about getting back to the bargaining table, Bottrill said there were no further dates set at this time.

“Remember that the union left the table, they walked away from us Sunday and initiated job action, they were the ones that left so it’s unfortunate,” he said.

“We’re hopeful that they’re prepared to come back.”

Outside, striking workers were joined by fellow CUPE members from Surrey, Langley, North Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Library as they prepared to hold a rally.

With CUPE BC President Mark Hancock and CUPE Surrey president Jeannie Kilby also present, White Rock CUPE president Mike Guraliuk took to the megaphone.

“We started this process about 10 months ago. We thought we’d be getting a fair collective agreement not making history, but brothers and sisters, I can tell you for sure if it takes history to make a fair collective agreement, history we will make,” he said.

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“The best protection we have is us, solidarity and a strong CUPE union, this is what solidarity is all about.”

Following Friday’s action, Guraliuk said the next services to be affected would be operations which would likely be sometime this week.

“So that will impact garbage, recycling and road works,” he said.

A ban on overtime for all White Rock CUPE members was expected to be implemented yesterday (May 5).

Finally, when asked about coming to an agreement, Guraliuk said the city had not yet approached them about any further bargaining.

“We’re always available to talk with the city. We’re here and open. We’re willing to go back and talk with the city anytime, we’re just waiting for them to call.”

Union workers voted 94 per cent in favour of striking in February and served their notice last Tuesday. Any further job action does not require further notices to be served.

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