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Jaguars roll in for a special car show Founder of Canadian XK Jaguar Register and Canadian Classic MG Club is bringing more than a dozen cars to event at Douglas Park Troy Landreville
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an Newby could charge an admission to those who visit his Aldergrove property. The workshops and buildings that stand next to each other are chock-full with fascinating memorabilia, to go with a cornucopia of cars from a variety of eras. Newby operates International Movie Services, which provides military and public service uniforms and vehicles for the motion picture and television industry. He owns four taxis, a double-decker bus that was transported from England to Canada to promote the 1967 film To Sir With Love, and he says, “several hundred” cars, including Jaguars, MGs, Jensens and “lots of military stuff.” Newby’s 4,000-square-foot shop houses 28 of his cars. All the beauties he now owns are in stark contrast with Newby’s first car, a 1951 Pontiac two-door sport coupe that his dad gave to him in 1961, when Newby was just 16 years old. “It was so bad, they wouldn’t take it as a trade-in,” Newby said. “It was a 10-year-old car and he had driven it until it dropped, and then he gave it to me.” Today, Newby’s passion for accumulating cars is all about preservation. “I’ve always been a historian,” he said. In 1969, he founded what is now known as the Canadian XK Jaguar Register and Canadian Classic MG Car Club. The club began with a classified ad in the Vancouver Sun newspaper in June, 1969 which read: “Drive an MG or a Jaguar? Need sympathy?” This coming weekend, from Friday to Sunday (Aug. 15 to 17), the club is hosting its annual show, which this year has special meaning because it marks the first time the event has ever been held in Langley. Heritage 45 celebrates the 45th anniversary of the MG/Jaguar club’s Heritage Classic show, a Concours d’Elegance for Jaguars and field event for MG and all other British cars. It moves this year from North Vancouver to Douglas Park. Newby, who organized the first Heritage Classic show in 1970, is bringing about 16 Jaguars and MGs to the show on Saturday,
ABOVE: Canadian XK Jaguar Register and Canadian MG Car Club founder Ian Newby stands among a few of his cars. BELOW: A Canadian veteran, Newby is a military historian of sorts. (Photos: TROY LANDREVILLE)
As the founder of the club, I am so delighted that it has perpetuated itself for 45 years.
Aug. 16. “As the founder of the club, I am so delighted that it has perpetuated itself for 45 years,” Newby said. British car club members from the Lower Mainland, Alberta and the Pacific Northwest are invited to take part in the festivities. At the field event on Aug. 16, there are judged classes for MG and Jaguar, and People’s Choice and Mayor’s Choice
awards for “All Other British,” noted Carole Borgens, the co-chair of the Heritage 45 Classic. Borgens said the Langley Arts Alive festival, which will run in downtown Langley, simultaneously with the car show, “will provide additional excitement,” as will the on-field silent auction, new Jaguar display and “bocce versus croque showdown.”
New Jaguars will be on display to contrast with the classics. On Friday, Aug. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m., a Cars and Stars Boot Party kicks off the weekend event with a no-host bar, catered appetizers, live music and a display of cars under the marquis on the Coast Hotel parkade roof. On Saturday, Aug. 16, gates open for the car show at 8:30 a.m. at Douglas Park, 20399 Douglas Cres., Langley. Judging commences from noon to 3 p.m., with silent auction on the field at 4 p.m. Later, starting at 6:30 p.m., a no-host cocktail party will be held at the Canadian Museum of Flight hangar, with historical airplanes and displays on view, and a private biplane aerobatics display for guests, followed by buffet dinner and awards. On Sunday, Aug. 17, 9 a.m., a JCNAsanctioned slalom starts at Scott Road park ‘n’ ride parking lot, Surrey, for a “country drive” in the area. Additional information is to be found online at Jaguarmg.com.
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LANGLEY — Phillip Wiebe Ph.D., like many people, was brought up Christian, but rejected the faith as a university student. Gradually, his mind began to change as he met people who claimed to have had encounters with Jesus. In 1988, the long-time Trinity Western University (TWU) professor of philosophy (and expert on Christian religious experiences as well as the Shroud of Turin) had his own encounter. According to Wiebe, one morning as he prayed in his office, he felt overwhelmed by a deep feeling of joy, which lasted for several hours. “I kept asking the Lord, ‘What is this? Why are you so close?’” Wiebe said. “Then a voice came to me: ‘Why don’t you research people who feel they have encountered Me?’” Now, in his second book, Visions and Appearances of Jesus, Wiebe looks at the accounts of people interacting with Jesus throughout time. Research into this book ranged from New
Long-time TWU professor Phillip Wiebe is an expert in Christian religious experience and the Shroud of Turin. (Photo: WENDY DELAMONT-LEES, Langley Advance) Testament times to the modern day and involved appearances, visions, dreams, and trances. For insight into modern experiences, he interviewed 30 people who had an
encounter with Jesus. Understanding how God speaks to people was at the core of Wiebe’s work. “There is a pervasive human hunger to know the truth about the unseen
world,” said Wiebe. “People can ignore it for 30, 40, 50 years, but if it’s been awakened at all in childhood, it will come back at some time.” “Religious experience can penetrate the larger world,” Wiebe said. “That shows us that there really is another world, another order of reality. It’s a very curious and strange order of reality, to which God, including the resurrected Christ, belongs. These encounters are predominantly oneon-one and highly personal.” It was his first book, Visions of Jesus, that positioned Wiebe as an expert on Christian religious experiences. He has also studied the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Christ.
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Helping through the fruits of their labours Some of the residents are getting a bit older and aren’t as keen on going up ladders to pick anymore. Some of them have easier ways of getting into the trees, Captein said. “One fellow took me up in his scissor lift!” she said. Those looking for help harvesting, or to sign up
Sandra Reams is harvesting fruit for Langley Environmental Partners Society, then turning it into jams to sell for the Langley Gogo Grandmothers. (Photo: MATTHEW CLAXTON) “I’m turning mine into jams for the Gogos,” said Sandra Reams. Reams is a member of the Langley Gogo Grandmothers, which raises money around the year for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The foundation helps grandmothers in Africa whose families have been devastated by HIV and AIDS. Gogo is a respectful Zulu word for grandmother, and many grandmothers are raising their children’s children. Reams expects to get some good prices for her plum jam and donate the proceeds. This is her first year with the Langley Community Harvest, but she has also done canning workshops for LEPS in the past. Stephanie Captein, who oversees the annual program, said there has been a lot of interest this year, and the good weather through the latter part of July and early August has been good for the fruit. “Everything’s kind of ripening up early,” she said. There are new people with trees calling in from around the community. They are a mixture of people just hearing about the program, and newcomers who want to do something with the fruit trees they’ve found in their yards.
Before I heard about the Community Harvest, we had more plums than we could manage. We actually ended up throwing out many pounds of perfectly good fruit.
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Decades ago, when Langley was still a mostlyrural community of small family farms, almost every family had its own fruit tree or orchard out back. It was a good source of food, whether raw or in preserves and jams, jellies or pies. W hen much of Langley became part of suburbia, many of the trees remained, or their descendents sprouted in backyards. Every year, those trees produce more fruit than many residents can possibly use. Thus the Langley Community Harvest helps cart away any extra fruit, and put it to good use. The program was founded in 2007 by the Langley Advance newspaper, but for the past four years Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) has organized the volunteer harvest. On a recent sunny morning, a crew of four was out in Walnut Grove to harvest yellow plums from a spreading backyard tree. “This is way better than sitting at my desk right now,” said Leslie Kristoff, a LEPS board member. This is her third year as part of the volunteer picking crews. Kristoff and her fellow harvesters can take home up to one-third of the harvest from a given tree. Another third is given to the homeowner. The final third heads off to Langley Food Bank, where it will be distributed to people who need help stocking their pantries. “Before I heard about the Community Harvest, we had more plums than we could manage,” said Cam Penner. “We actually ended up throwing out many pounds of perfectly good fruit. The program has made sure that our extra goes to a very worthwhile cause.” Some of the fruit is being diverted to charity twice over.
as volunteer pickers with Langley Community Harvest, can register through LEPS, at 604-5460337 or agriculture@leps. bc.ca. The harvest will go on into the early fall as apples, pears and other fruits ripen.
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here are a few things Scott Graham is passionate about – his daughter, craft beer and giving back. All three passions are the motivation behind an event the Fleetwood resident is organizing at Big Ridge Brewing to raise money for Surrey Memorial Hospital. Graham’s now four-year-old Hayley spent time in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as an infant. Born at 25 weeks – roughly 14-and-a-half weeks premature – his daughter needed special care after making her way into the world and Graham said the care she received was exemplary. And just a couple of months ago, Graham found himself again praising the staff at the hospital when his daughter had a close call. “She had a near drowning incident at a family member’s pool. She fell in and was left unattended for a few minutes. They pulled her out and thought everything was fine and didn’t really tell us about it until the next day,” Graham said. After noticing Hayley’s behaviour didn’t seem quite right, his wife took her to the emergency room and it turned out she had what’s called secondary drowning. “It’s when you get water in your lungs. I guess she took a big breath in when she fell into the pool and got water in her lungs and it just sort of sits in there and can turn into pneumonia and you basically slowly drown without being under water,” he noted. Graham said words can’t express the gratitude he feels for the hospital, and he felt compelled to give back. But it’s not the first time he has. He’s organized other fundraising events in the past in
Scott Graham says he is passionate about helping Surrey Memorial Hospital because his daughter Hayley was twice the recipient of excellent care. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) partnership with Big Ridge Brewing – some for the hospital and others for the Variety Club. Wondering how the craft beer fits in? Graham runs the South Fraser Beer Club’s blog (at sfbeerclub.wordpress.com) and he certainly appreciates the art of the brew. “I’m fairly active in the local craft beer scene, so that’s why Big Ridge has become the go-to place,” he said. “It’s good for them to get people out there and we want to promote local businesses and we don’t like mass produced stuff.” Graham also founded the blog WFLBC. com. Though it started as a food blog, it’s transformed to include Graham’s love of architecture, which he photographs during his travels to various cities such as Vancouver, Richmond, Victoria and, of course, his native Surrey. And he’s got a decent audience – on Twitter WFLBC has more than 4,100 followers. He wishes he could blog fulltime, but by day he works as an elevator
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Textile tales will be spun during Surrey Museum’s Fibre Crafts Festival, a single-day event this Saturday, Aug. 16. The event is a chance to celebrate “heritage” crafts – you know, spinning, knitting and weaving, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, located in the heart of Cloverdale. Visitors can try the facility’s looms and spinning wheels, with tips from staff and volunteers. Surrey Museum is located at 17710 56A Ave. Call 604592-6956; also, follow the museum at Twitter.com/ASurreyMuseum.
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were to crash a car through a storefront in Tsawwassen. On that day, a large crowd had gathered to watch some of the filming and Lawrence said Williams did his best to interact with those that had come out. “After filming his part, Robin went over to the crowd and started having a lot of fun with the them, telling jokes and making them comfortable with what was going on and putting smiles on their faces,” recalled Lawrence. “He seemed to be a person who just always loved to make people laugh from what I saw. He enjoyed the interaction that he got from other people and putting a smile on their face was paramount for him, at least back then.” Lawrence said Williams just seemed really good-natured, upbeat and personable. “It just blows you away,” said Lawrence of Williams’ death. “You think somebody has a bright future, his life was full of bright moments looking in but you never see the personal demons they have to deal with, and that’s the challenge. They put out that outward persona and want to make sure everyone else at least is feeling good but they themselves are far from it. That’s the sad part about it.” See more at Thenownewspaper.com
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SOUTH SURREY — After two recent train stalls that essentially closed all access to Crescent Beach, residents want to see changes made that would lessen the likelihood of future shutdowns. According to Eric Seiz, president of the Crescent Beach Property Owners’ Association, the first incident took place on June 26 when a train uncoupled after coming around a curve northbound resulting in all access to the area being blocked for some 45 minutes. The second incident, another uncoupling, occurred on Aug. 2 and blocked beach access for 10 minutes as well as access at the McBride Street Crossing for three hours. In the second instance, Seiz said it was fortunate the engine was able to disconnect and move off of the beach crossing, but noted the rest of the train was stuck for hours. The area in question is a curve is north of Nicomekl Bridge. While trains are to go 10 miles per hour around the Nicomekl area, they are allowed to increase speed shortly afterwards, which Seiz suspects to be the issue. “Why does a coupling break? Because of stress, and why would there be stress? Because of braking,” said Seiz. “So if the coupling is going to break, we’d like to see
it in a place where the train doesn’t end up sitting across the crossings. “So I would like to see that speed boundary extended to the south Crescent Beach track curve. That way trains would be slowing down before they enter the curve and the community so that way if there’s going to be a failure it wouldn’t take place right in the centre of the community.” The area hasn’t seen an incident like this since 2007, when a train was stalled across the tracks. At that time, Seiz said BNSF explained that the likelihood of a “knuckle” failing was low, but with two more incidents in the last five weeks, he’s wondering what can be done now. “What we are seeing is not at all odd. It’s exactly what you’d expect when you push a system beyond what it was designed for,” he said. “The bay corridor is a 100-year-old line, full of curves and trestles that is supporting 125-car freight trains pulled by four engines. It was never built with that in mind, and the statistics are simply proving that.” Gus Melona of BNSF says both situations required immediate on-site repair and both instances are currently under review. “Our goal is to minimize delays and public impact,” said Melonas, who added that they contacted the appropriate agencies to notify them of the delays.
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Rob Cox’s restaurant Sheila’s Bistro Lounge was broken into using this rock late Monday in South Surrey. The crime cost him roughly $1,000. (Photo: KYLE BENNING)
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rime isn’t typically what comes to mind when one thinks of Surrey’s Grandview area, but close to 10 businesses have been broken into over the last two weeks. “We’re living in this area because we thought it was safe and we thought it was a low-crime area. You know what? Let’s nip it in the bud and get them out before we become a known crime area,” said Rob Cox, who
runs Sheila’s Bistro Lounge with his wife at 2181 160th Street. “In South Surrey, White Rock, you have grandma and grandpa walking down the street, walking their grandchild down the street. That’s what you picture in South Surrey, White Rock. You don’t picture a 22year-old punk whipping a rock through a window and doing a smash-and-grab.”
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But that’s what happened to Cox’s business in the first week of August. He awoke to his restaurant’s alarm going off at 12:50 a.m. after someone had thrown a rock through his restaurant’s window. The thief attempted to get in through his back door as well, he added. “My security cameras caught everything,” he noted. The man in Cox’s surveillance video is described as Caucasian, roughly five feet 11 inches tall and believed to be in his 20s. It’s not an occurrence Cox envisioned when he opened the restaurant just one month ago. “It’s been my dream all my life and I literally spent a year and two months building this thing, jumping through so many hoops and for the first-month birthday for the restaurant, I got a great present,” he said. “I call it my first renovation – a rock through the window,” Cox added. During the break-in, his cash box – worth about $225 dollars – was taken, as was the $200 float inside it. As well, his smashed front windows will cost about $500 to replace. “It’s just underneath my deductible, so that’s cash out of my pocket,” he noted. And at his nearby deli – located at King George Boulevard and 24th Avenue – he’s dealt with a number of robberies over the years. “I’m out about $6,000 dollars in the last five years because they’re just underneath my deductible,” he said, noting the recent break-in is the fifth he’s experienced. “It’s just frustrating that I’m getting broken into in the area, and not a lot has happened yet.” Cox hopes someone can help identify the suspect from the recent break-in.
It’s been my dream all my life and I literally spent a year and two months building this thing, jumping through so many hoops and for the first-month birthday for the restaurant, I got a great present. “If they don’t want to be known, call Crime Stoppers, make an anonymous tip. It’s got to stop,” he said of the crime. “All I really want is this guy’s mom to see him on either the news or the front page of the newspaper and phone him up and say, ‘What are you doing?’” he said, adding he hopes the “wrath of the mother” will be enough to stop them. “My frustration is nothing’s happened, and nothing is happening, and nothing will happen because really, what they’ve got these guys on is basically throwing a rock through a window. It’s theft under $1,000 – they’re not going to get anything,” Cox added. A number of nearby businesses have
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A thief breaks into Original Joe’s Restaurant in Grandview Crossing, one of many recent property crimes in the area. also been hit in the last two weeks in the Grandview Corners shopping district, at 24th Avenue and 160th Street, Crocodile Baby among them. Manager Susan Smith said the store was broken into on Aug. 2, but nothing was taken. “It could’ve just been a kid out for kicks,” Smith said. “It’s a lot better that they didn’t take anything, it was just having to replace a lock.” Smith said other businesses in her complex were hit at the same time as her store, including Rip Curl, Calvin Klein and a restaurant beside her that’s yet to even open its doors. Original Joe’s Restaurant, also located in Grandview Crossing, has also fallen victim to a recent break in as well. Danica Sogaard, who works at Rip Curl, said the store has been broken into twice in the past month. “The first time they came in they popped the locks on our front doors and they stole watches and headphones. The second time they just came in to try and steal cash from our cash drawers. But we don’t keep cash on site. They didn’t take anything that time,” she said, adding the second break-in occurred the same night Crocodile Baby and the unopened restaurant was broken into. Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said five
businesses have reported being broken into on the morning of Aug. 2, all within 30 minutes. Paquet couldn’t say exactly how many stores have been hit over the last few weeks, but said, “it is fair to say that in addition to the five mentioned above, there has been others reported, just spread over a period of time, and not part of a spree.” Paquet said the investigations are still active, involving the property crimes and forensic identification departments. Asked if police believe one person or group of people is behind all the recent incidents, Paquet said, “at this time, we are considering all possibilities.” As for the photo police supplied to the Now of a suspect breaking into Original Joe’s, Paquet couldn’t say if police believe that person is behind more of the breakins. “We can only link this suspect to the crime he is shown committing,” he noted. Anyone with information about any of these incidents can call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or visit www.solvecrime.ca.
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eanwhile, Surrey RCMP continue to ask the public to help identify a suspect involved in a break-and-enter into the Future Shop in the Grandview Corners shopping centre. Two men are alleged to have driven a stolen black Ford F350 truck into the electronics store in the 2200-block of 160th Street around 6:30 a.m. on July 31, subsequently stealing items from the business. Police released photos of the suspects and put out a call for information last week, hoping the public could help identify the men. One suspect, who was wearing a beige velour tracksuit, has been identified but police have yet to apprehend him. Police still hope the public can help identify the second suspect, who is described as a Caucasian male, about five feet 11 inches tall, roughly 180 pounds and wearing jeans, a black toque, black hoodie and black shoes. Asked if police believe this incident is connected to the others in the area, Paquet said they aren’t ruling it out but added, “the method between the Grandview Corners break-ins and the Future Shop store differ.” Amy Reid
city will choose a new mayor, seeing as the incumbent Dianne Watts won’t be running for re-election. In an Insights West poll released March 7, it was found that 51 per cent of residents see crime as the number-one issue. This came on the heels of Surrey setting a new murder record in 2013. The city recorded 25 homicides last year, while the previous record of 21 was set in 2005. Then in late July, crime again came in as the top concern at 45 per cent in another Insights West survey Mario Canseco, VP of public affairs at Insights West, noted it’s rare for a municipal issue to be at more than 40 per cent, and said he believes “whoever connects better on crime is going to be the winner” in the upcoming election. Surrey will go to the polls Nov. 15.
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e’ve had many letters in recent months – pretty much every paper around the province has, I’d imagine – from students worried about the labour dispute between teachers and the government. These letters sometimes lean towards supporting the teachers, sometimes towards the government, but for the most part, the students just want the dispute to be over with. Those students who are inspired enough to write letters are also the type who take their education seriously. So it must be a shock to these kids to see empty rhetoric, anger, petty vindictiveness, and unrealistic demands from the adults. Ultimately, the kids seem to suggest that the grown-ups should, y’know, grow up and solve things. Sorry, kids. I know you’re missing out on some schooling right now, but you are getting an irreplaceable lesson in what adults are actually like. This is what people become once we turn 18, 30, 40 or 99: we’re jackasses. It’s a credit to children that they have faith that adults are more emotionally mature, more rational, more reasonable. We’re not, by any stretch of the imagination. Adults are jaded, and cynical, and poisoned by either failure or success,
both of which seem to be toxic. Too much failure leaves you bitter and angry, resentful of anyone who’s done better than you. You delight in the failures of others, because it makes you seem less alone down in your misery pit. And of course, anyone who did well must have cheated to get where they are, scammed a corrupt system.
It’s a credit to children that they have faith that adults are more emotionally mature, more rational, more reasonable. We’re not, by any stretch of the imagination. Success seems to make you feel entitled to your privileges, full of yourself, and it gnaws away at your compassion and empathy like a rabid, mangy sewer rat, until you’d rather watch someone starve on the street than toss them a coin. Luck or help from others is forgotten the higher you ascend, until you’re in an elite club of self-made snobs who owe nothing to anyone. You can weave between the Scylla of self-recrimination and the Charybdis of pomposity, but it ain’t easy. Adulthood, if you let it, slowly eats your soul. It’s certainly taken a few bites from
both sides in the teachers dispute, both of whom have considered the other side the enemy for so long they’ve lost sight of reason. The hatred from one side is just fuelling the other, at this point. It’s a toxic spiral of retribution. To the adults out there: have you ever seen a model UN or met some of the bright young kids who organize student councils or run charity events? They’re amazing, aren’t they? Bright, positive, convinced that they can make a difference. And then they grow up and the world starts to wear them down, and before you know it, way too many of them have turned into adults like the rest of us sad sacks of crap. Out of all this justified cynicism, I think I can put forward an idea to end this teachers’ strike before it drags on into September. We’ll replace the adult negotiators on both sides with kids aged 12 to 17. Take about two dozen of them, and randomly assign them to the government or teachers sides. Give both sides access to the demands and proposals, and the relevant budgets saying how much is really available. Toss them an adult accountant or two to help them with the technical stuff. I’ll bet you anything if we sat those kids down and let them go at it, they’d hash out a fair deal in a day or two. The kids are alright. It’s the adults who are a mess. Matthew Claxton is a reporter and columnist for the Langley Advance, a sister paper to the Now. Email him at mclaxton@thenownewspaper.com.
Socially speaking Here’s what our Twitter followers were saying about crime in Surrey after we reported a man was killed in Newton on Tuesday afternoon: Laila Yuile @lailayuile It's way past time to get tough on violent crime in this city. Real cops,not substitutes are what we need right now. #surreybc Tired of it Esmir Milavic @EsmirMilavic @lailayuile looks like we will need to rethink all current and proposed strategies to deal with this very significant issue in #SurreyBC Alex Milojkovic @Mr_Salmonid @EsmirMilavic @lailayuile halfway houses are a massive problem in this city Barinder Rasode @BarinderRasode .@amyreid87 @lailayuile 1 death is too many.Keep hearing #surreybc needs new crime reduct strtgy-Shld be #1 priority.Status quo not working Vikram js Bajwa @VikramjsBajwa @SurreyAlerts ONLY Surrey police Dept. (Independent) can curb crime. Nicole Joliet @setarelven Half of me feels for ppl fearing violence in #surreybc. Other half makes me wish we had a conversation about root causes, not reactions. Doug McCallum @mccallum4mayor RT "@TheNowNewspaper 1 man dead, 1 in custody after incident in #SurreyBC" @LindaHepner-this is real-not used 2 "fear monger" as u claim
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An incremental approach would serve teachers well The Editor, This is in response to teachers’ letters I’ve read recently – as a B.C. taxpayer, I’m angry. Between just the signing bonus the teachers asked for and the $3,000 in massages they want per year (seriously, who thought up that idea?), they want me, personally, to pay them $155 (based on the amount of taxpayers in the province). Further, they expect that every extra dollar raised in the latest surplus is used to just make teachers jobs easier – every single dollar. What other group is that audacious and comes with that much self-importance that they think they are better than every other government union, and every other government service (environmental, infrastructure, etc.)? Not only do these teachers think they’re more important than everyone else, they think they’re literally the only group that should benefit from a budget surplus. I understand teachers’ frustration with the government and the contracts. Take an incremental approach if you want to earn my respect back. Work on class size and composition, but do it gradually so the cost isn’t so high at this very moment. Asking to
Be adults. You screwing up summer school caused me to lose every ounce of respect I could possibly have. get everything reinstated right now – and going on strike because it’s not going your way – is childish at best. Be adults. You screwing up summer school caused me to lose every ounce of respect I could possibly have. That was irreparable damage to thousands of kids you’re pretending to care about. Mark Johnson , New Westminster
BCTF deserves fine, should be disbanded The Editor, Re: “B.C.’s teachers don’t deserve to go 20 weeks without pay,” the Now, Aug. 5. When teachers join the BCTF, they agree
to abide by the union’s rules. When the union strikes, that means the teachers have to strike – this is part of being a union member. This means that the teachers do deserve to go 20 weeks without pay. Such is the reality of a real strike. Don’t like to go without pay? Stop whining, quit the union job and open your own private school or become a private teacher. When the BCTF decided to strike, it decided to engage in a destructive activity on purpose, to blackmail the rest of British Columbians into paying even more for public education, which is very expensive as it is. What the BCTF really deserves is a heavy fine for abuse of power and spreading corrupting socialist ideology and immediate disbanding of the union and privatization of government schools across B.C. The government is protecting the interests of the public, who is stuck paying for every union whim the BCTF comes up with. Someone has to defend the public. Those who support the unions need to understand that money (tax) doesn’t grow on trees.
Fitting to honour Arnold Mikelson The Editor, Re: “New building would honour late artist’s legacy,” the Now, July 7. It is very fitting for the new development proposal at 84th Avenue and Fraser Highway be named in honour of Arnold Mikelson. His legacy lives on in the ongoing contributions of his wife and children, who have devoted themselves through countless volunteer hours and leadership initiatives in the areas of fine arts, public education and sport. Helen Alexander, Surrey
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Rotten tomatoes to the people next door who – after repeated requests not to – have continued to feed and house my cat for the last three years. He never comes home and I don’t get to enjoy his company. He is now officially yours. I have gone to the vet and changed the information for his ear tattoo to your name and address. You will also get to pay for all of his vaccinations and surgeries from the raccoon fights he gets into because yes, you are stupid enough to think it’s cute to feed them as well! A big bag full of rotten tomatoes go out to the crazy man who had the nerve to call my dog crazy. Most of the people here have dogs. If you can’t accept it I suggest you go live somewhere where there aren’t dogs. Rotten tomatoes to the classless bus driver who swore and threatened me just because I wanted to get off. How was I supposed to know that express buses do not stop? I hope you get fired – that way it will teach you a lesson to act nicer around new transit users. Rotten tomatoes to children who do not help their parents, especially in their time of need. As parents get older, they should be able to count on their kids to be there for them and help them out. Shame on those who just take from them and never give back! Rotten tomatoes to rude people and their cell phones. Everywhere I go people are constantly yapping on their phones. I am not interested in your conversation. The same thing goes for cars with the music blasting away. How ignorant can you possibly get? Rotten tomatoes to the users of the family change room at Newton Wave Pool who leave gum, used Kleenexes, and used Q-tips on the changing benches. Where were you raised?
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Community mourns popular realtor, coach Celebration of life service planned for John Mele, who died while vacationing with family and friends
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SOUTH SURREY — A celebration of life service has been planned for a local man who died unexpectedly over the B.C. Day long weekend while on vacation with his family and friends. John Mele had recently celebrated his 43rd birthday before going on vacation to the Okanagan. The father of three is remembered as a well-loved realtor in the area who also occasionally stepped in as assistant coach for his son’s little league baseball team, the 9-10 Selects. Mele had been doing a back dive off of a boat on Friday, Aug. 1 in Osoyoos Lake as his three children, aged 14, 10 and eight, looked on. According to Mele’s brotherin-law, Gary Hawes, it wasn’t long before they realized something was amiss when he didn’t resurface. An exhaustive two-and-ahalf day search finally found Mele’s body about 20 feet from the boat’s approximate location the day of the incident. The RCMP were able to locate his body using sophisticated sonar gear. An autopsy later revealed that Mele had a posterior fossa intracranial brain tumour that “was large enough that it most likely caused him to lose consciousness in the water, as it was pressing against his brain stem.” “He was just entertaining his kids having a good time on a family vacation,” Hawes told the Now. “He didn’t fully resurface, (a friend) just saw he was hunched over floating back to the surface, back towards (him). He didn’t quite make it to the surface and he started to sink and everyone thought he was maybe going underneath the boat Erin Cebula, Spokesperson
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and everything else that when he finally went to go on holidays with the family, (he) would not have missed that,” Westgard, onehalf of Royal LePage Westgard Realty, said. “He was very focused and very dedicated to his work, but moreso to his family. Work was number two but family was number one with him.” Asked if there were any signs that Mele wasn’t feeling well, Ryan Scott, a childhood friend and fellow baseball parent said he “couldn’t say for certain.” “John was not one to complain. You would never hear John say, ‘I’m hung over or not feeling very well.’ He was just one of those people who would power through it,” Scott said. “He always wanted to make sure everyone was having a good time.”
Scott met Mele when they both played on a North Delta baseball team when they were eight years old. The guys have remained close ever since, with both of their wives having been each others’ maid of honour at their weddings. “Our families have grown together, our wives are best friends. We’ve been there for every child’s birth and marriage,” he said. “I’ve never lost a close friend of such a long time, so it’s just strange to think he won’t be there to call him to ask him questions or when you need advice. It’s definitely going to be different not to imagine John in my life.” Westgard similarly feels at a loss in hearing the news. “It was a shock; it just came out of left field,” he said. “Leaving those three young kids behind – it’s very tragic.” Scott said the last time he saw his friend was about a week before the incident, on the baseball field where their sons were playing. Hawes said that Mele will be remembered as a fully-engaged, positive person both on the field and in life. “When he wasn’t assistant-coaching, he was always there and was the loudest and most boisterous spectator cheering on the team. Everyone knew John,” Hawes said. “They all knew John when he arrived. He was so well loved by the other parents and kids on the team … He knew his sports, he was a smart guy and he was just motivational. He was just full of positive energy.” The celebration of life service for John Mele, open to the public, will be at South Surrey’s Peace Portal Church on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 3 p.m.
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SURREY — Often, when people give to charity, they want to sleep well knowing that the better part of the money is actually going toward said cause. And while about 23 per cent of British Columbians support public charities, many are hazy on the specifics of where their donated cash actually goes. John Block, a Surrey-based realtor and founder of the Donor’s Rights Society, aims to change all of that. By proposing changes to the BC Society Act – under which more than 12,000 registered charities and 13,000 non-profit organizations operate – the Donor’s Rights Society aims to create more transparency between donors and their charities. “My parents came to this province as children of the depression in the ’30s and I was raised in a family where you were taught that when a community supports your business or your profession, you give back,” Block told the Now. “My parents were very involved with charities. In the ’50s my dad was involved in Union Gospel Mission and my mother, Children’s Hospital. Over the years, my
family has tried to follow their example, and done by last year’s Portland Hotel Society scandal, in which a damning audit revealed for the most part we’ve had wonderful and that a senior manager may have dipped rewarding experiences.” generously into the pot for a trip About two years ago, however, to Disneyland. Block decided he wanted to The Royal Columbian understand the business aspect Hospital (RCH) Foundation’s of public charities. Much to his financial blunder in 2011, when surprise, he learned that many of the charity lost $3 million B.C.’s – not to mention Canada’s because of low ticket sales for – public charities are “running three already bought properties like a closed shop.” That is to could also have been avoided say, many charities limit voting with an open membership, membership to the board of Block suggests. directors only. John Block “The last home lottery the That’s also when Block RCH foundation had they discovered that the BC Society lost over $3 million,” Block stated. “The Act, which outlines the regulations for said point is that if there was an engaged voting charities, hasn’t been updated since 1977. membership, the board would have had to “There’s a lot of registered charities and go to them get their approval to make such there’s a lot of competition, much more a large financial commitment. Would (the so than 40 years ago,” Block said. “So, the members) have approved that? There was biggest surprise to me was the fact that a such bad publicity about it that they got out charitable organization could be created of the home lottery business.” and the board of directors could determine Block’s aim isn’t to publicly scrutinize on their own whether to restrict access to charities or deter people from volunteering membership.” their time or donating money to worthy Transparency between charities or noncauses, but to encourage engagement profit organizations and their volunteers between the charities and their donors. and donors may have quelled the damage
By lobbying local MLAs and promoting a change to the BC Society Act, it’s Block’s and the Donor’s Rights Society’s hope that more people, in fact, will be apt to get involved if they have the right to look into how their resources are used. The proposed amendments to the act include: the right of donors to becoming voting members of any charity incorporated under the B.C. Society Act; the right to participate in a board nomination process; the right to make proposals at a meeting of the voting membership; the right to access the charity’s most recent financial statements and; the right to requisition a meeting of the voting membership. “People need to know, are (charities) taking risks with donors’ money that is not appropriate?” Block asked. Since January, Block has met with 31 local MLAs on the matter. Recently, the Ministry of Finance released a “white paper” containing proposed draft legislation for a new Societies Act based on a discussion paper presented in December 2011. The deadline to make submissions to the changes is Oct. 15 this year. Visit donorsrights.com.
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Grieving family of Surrey domestic assault victim Narinder Kalsi further beset by string of break-ins Elaine O’Connor
taken advantage of the situation. “We believe this residence was specifically targeted as an opportunity following the homicide investigation on July 13,” said Cpl. SURREY — A Surrey family grieving the Paquet. violent death of their mother However, he could not be sure has been further victimized by a whether the criminals merely string of property crimes. took advantage of the fact that Narinder Kaur Kalsi died the house would likely be empty, in hospital several days after or whether they had a personal an alleged assault during a vendetta against the family. domestic dispute on July 13. Paquet said police were Her husband, 66-year-old investigating two separate thefts, Baldev Singh Kalsi, former one on July 22, the second on Aug president of the Gurdwara Narinder Kalsi 5. However, he confirmed that Sahib Brookside, has been the family had reported several charged with second-degree additional break-ins that police have not murder. He is in jail awaiting trial. been able to confirm. The Kalsi family first suffered a home On July 22, thieves stole the family’s Kia break-in while they were in hospital by their Sedona, loading it up with TVs, jewelry, mother’s side as she lay on life support. electronics and other valuables to make their Since then, there have been up to six getaway. additional thefts at their home or on their The car was later found abandoned in property. Langley on July 28. Police forensic teams Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said have been testing it for evidence. there was no question the thieves knew of In the Aug. 5 break-in at the residence incidents at the house and had deliberately The Province
in the 19400-block of 32nd Avenue, there was no indication that goods were stolen, however, someone did gain access illegally. The family, frustrated by repeated violations, installed security cameras that captured images of two men on the property last week. Police released the images to the media this week, hoping for tips. As of yet, none have been reported. Cpl. Paquet said the case was a top priority for the detachment. “We can only feel for the family,” he said. “When victims are victimized again and targeted, it definitely brings it to the top of our priority list,” he continued, adding that the thefts after the family’s devastating loss was “one of the lowest forms of crime we see.” “It’s an extra motivator for us definitely to stop the victimization of this family.” Anyone with information on the thefts or suspects pictured is asked to call Surrey RCMP’s non-emergency line at (604) 5990502 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Man robbed at gunpoint Monday SURREY — A young man in his 20s was robbed at gunpoint on Monday afternoon at around 87th Avenue and 134th Street. Two suspects fled in the victim’s vehicle after stealing the car at around 3 p.m. The suspects are described as a Caucasian male, about six-feet tall and 180 pounds with no facial hair and a Caucasian female in her 20s, about five feet six inches and 130 pounds with dark hair and a full tattoo sleeve on her left arm. The couple left in the victim’s car, a black 1997 Honda CRV. As of Tuesday afternoon, the car had not been found, police say. Visit us online for the latest on this story.
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Events guide CONCERTS International Concert Series: Events held Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m. during the month of August at Peace Arch State Park (at the CanadianU.S. border), free for all ages. Lineup includes show Brazil! with Afro-Brazilian traditional music & dance (Aug. 10), Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble (Aug. 17), Crumac with Tara Academy Dancers (Aug. 24). Info: 360.902.8635. Zakiya Hooker: Daughter of blues legend John Lee Hooker in concert Thursday, Aug. 14 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Doors 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets $35, Bluefrogstudios.ca/newshows.html. August/Acoustic Groove: Concert double bill Friday, Aug. 15 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Doors 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets $35, Bluefrogstudios.ca/newshows.html. Susan Jacks in concert Friday, Aug. 22 and Saturday, Aug. 23 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Tickets are $45 via Bluefrogstudios. ca/newshows.html. David James & Big River’s tribute to Johnny Cash: Concert on Saturday, Aug. 23 at Coast Capital Playhouse in White Rock, plus special guest Darla Kendrick as June Carter. Tickets $42.50 plus fees, 604536-7535, Whiterockplayers.ca. Concerts in the Park: Concert series staged by Corporation of Delta includes performance by party-rock band Jane’s Blonde on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Sunshine Hills Park, 7 p.m. start. Info: 604-596-4485. Valdy: Veteran folk performer in concert Thursday, Sept. 4 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Tickets $25 via Bluefrogstudios. ca/newshows.html.
Willy & the Poor Boys perform music of CCR on Friday, Sept. 5 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Band members Larry Thompson, Rob Walker, Lisa Lambert and Todd Taylor are seasoned veterans of the music scene. Tickets $35 via Bluefrogstudios.ca/newshows.html. White Rock Trad Jazz Society: Presents three-hour concert/dance events Sunday afternoons (select dates) at Crescent Beach Legion, 3-6 p.m. at 2643 128th St., South Surrey. Admission: $8/10. Info: 604-5917275, www.whiterocktradjazz.com.
held Saturday afternoons in August at Surrey city hall plaza, starting Aug. 9 and ending Aug. 30. Event planners are Vancity, Arrival Agency and Streetfood Vancouver.
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OPEN MIC Delta Arts Council open mic night held on last Friday of every month at Firehall Centre for the Arts (11489 84th Ave., North Delta). “Open Mic gives local talent the opportunity to share and showcase.” Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $4/person at the door. Info: www. deltaartscouncil.ca.
FESTIVALS/FAIRS Cloverdale Blueberry Festival: Annual event presented by Cloverdale Business Improvement Association set for Saturday, Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at several sites, featuring Show ‘n’ Shine downtown, live entertainment, kids’ zone, arts festival, music showcase at Brickyard Station and much more. Info: Cloverdalebia.com, 604-5763155. Eat, Play and Live Well: Outdoor street fair will be held Sunday, Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Phoenix Centre, 13686 94A Ave., Surrey, to “entertain and educate the community with this one-of-akind event that includes resources, activities for children, food and live entertainment.” Live music by Tony
Beach House Theatre’s production of “The Three Munschketeers” is staged this week under a tent at Crescent Beach. See listing under Theatre/Stage, and see more of Gord Goble’s photos of the show in a gallery posted at Thenownewspaper.com. Prophet, the band Drift Away, Kunda Drumming, zumba, more. Free event. Luminary Festival in Delta: Annual event comes alive with lanterns and lights 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at Sunstone Park, 10400 Delsom Cr., North Delta. Event features musicians and performers, food vendors, interactive activities, lantern parade, feature concert. Lanternmaking workshops held in August., info via Delta.ca. No parking on site; free shuttle service will run from North Delta Recreation Centre. White Rock Moon Festival: Annual event returns to city’s promenade and pier from Sept. 5 to 7 with traditional Chinese lanterns, in an event partnership between the City of White Rock and White
Rock Chinese Arts Center. New features include fireworks display, Asian cuisine for sale and traditional lily-style lanterns. Event info: Wrchinesearts.com.
SPECIAL EVENTS “Party on the Pier” event celebrates 100th anniversary of White Rock pier on Thursday, Aug. 28, featuring music by Powder Blues Band and Mostly Marley, plus “food, fun and fireworks” on the landmark structure. Tickets are $100, each contains a $40 tax receiptable donation, via Semiahmooarts.com and 604-536-8333. Tickets can also be purchased at South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre office,
14601 20th Ave., Surrey. The event is a fundraiser for Semiahmoo Arts, the arts council that serves the area of White Rock and South Surrey.
THEATRE/STAGE Beach House Theatre presents Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” and the more kid-friendly “The Three Munschketeers, a Debbie Patterson-written adaptation of five stories by Robert Munsch,” on an outdoor stage at Crescent Beach from Aug. 11 to 17. Tickets and info: Beachhousetheatre.org.
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White Rock Princess Party: Fifth annual event noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Star of the Sea community hall, White Rock, as fundraiser for White Rock Firefighters’ Charity Association to build an all-abilities park in the area. Raffle prizes, donations and sponsorships needed. Info: WRprincessparty.com or call Myra, 604-538-8000. Park Play: Free park-play summer program for kids, to Aug. 29 at various parks around Surrey. For detailed schedule, visit Surrey. ca/files/2014_park_play_schedule. pdf. Info: 604-501-5050.
SENIORS Summer Corn Roast: Event for seniors and families on Saturday, Aug. 23, from noon to 2 p.m. at Chartwell Imperial Place Retirement Residence, 13853 102nd Ave., Surrey. “Join us as Chef Warren fires up the grill. Enjoy our corn shucking contest, corn dogs, popcorn, corny caricatures, coolers and country Celtic music with Pat Chessell Band.” RSVP to Dale at 778-735-0541. “Seniors in the Park” program: Free activities for seniors all summer at Francis Park, 15951 83rd Ave., Surrey, at south side of Fleetwood Community Centre. Lawn darts, bocce, horseshoes, cards and other activities are planned every Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. until Aug. 28, as part of City of Surrey program.
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FILM EVENTS Movies Under the Stars: Annual summer series of free outdoor movies at Holland Park in North Surrey, with activities starting at 5 p.m. on event night. Movies include “The Lego Movie” (Aug. 16) and “Frozen” (Aug. 23). Info: Downtownsurreybia.com. Aura Movie Night in the Park: Event held 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at Strawberry Hill Park, 7676 122nd Street, Surrey. “Join us for a fun evening filled with ice cream, treats, prizes and a movie.” Featured will be Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm.” Event info: Auraortho.com, 604-8258915.
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BUSINESS Surrey Board of Trade’s Summer Sizzle rooftop reception, hosted by Sandman Suites Surrey-Guildford and Moxie’s Grill and Bar, on Thursday, Aug. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. “This popular event is a great way to wrap up the summer business season!” Info: Businessinsurrey. com/sidebar-events.
BOOKS/LIT Surrey Muse: Arts and literary event featuring author Gurpreet Singh, poet Sonja Grgar, performers Lilija, Enrico and Lauren, and CD signings by Lilija & the Secret Messengers. Open microphone to follow, and begins with Helga Parekh. Hosted by Kevin Taylor. Free Admission. Venue: City Centre branch, Surrey Public Library, 10350 University Drive, on Friday, Aug. 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
with the skills and knowledge to become involved in conservation projects making a positive impact in their home community.” Info: Gowild-surrey.eventbrite.ca, 604882-9988 ext. 228.
OUTDOORS Starry Night: Experience the magic and mystery of Deas Island Park transitioning from day into night at special event, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 6301 River Rd., Delta. Drum in the park, walk lantern-lit trail for fun and exercise. Dress for weather and bring flashlights. 604-946-3306.
SALES/CRAFTS Burns Bog Annual Book Sale Fundraiser: Event held from Aug. 12 to 17 at Scottsdale Centre mall, North Delta. Used books sold near the liquor store and Save-On-Foods during mall hours. Proceeds support the society’s efforts to protect Burns Bog. Info: 604-572-0373.
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Go Wild! Youth for Conservation: Leadership workshop for youth ages 13 to 17 from Aug. 18 to 21 at SFU Surrey and Holland Park. ”This four-day event introduces youth to fish & wildlife conservation, ecology and sustainability, and strives to inspire an interest in environmental stewardship. Participants will leave
Summer Reading Club Wind Up with Uzume Taiko: Event on Monday, Aug. 18 at 11 a.m., White Rock Library, 15342 Buena Vista Ave. “Celebrate your summer of reading with Uzume Taiko. Pick up your SRC medal and experience the heartstopping pulse of Japanese taiko drums.” Info: 604-541-2201.
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Festivals are definitely our favourite thing to do. The vibe is always so great. But Gomez noted being in a different city every night can have its advantages. “We think of touring as a break from life because you don’t have to stress about normal things while you’re on tour,” he said. “We just have fun, play music and do what we love.” The band has been touring extensively ever since they released their 13track debut LP, Man on the Page, last October “The thing with this album is, it has a lot of songs that we’ve been playing for a long time before we actually head out,” said McBurnie. “I think there were a lot of people waiting for them to be on that album.” That said, McBurnie noted the band have been performing a select few new tunes slated for their sophomore record, which they want to get started on within the next few months. “The second record is the real test because people won’t hear much of it until it’s out.” Good for Grapes has concert dates this summer throughout Canada, including a few Lower Mainland shows. On Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m., they’re performing at the PNE as part of the Mosaic Music Series, which is free with regular gate admission to the fair in Vancouver. They’re also performing an all-ages fundraiser at the Korean Hall, 1320 East Hastings St. in Vancouver, on Saturday, Sept. 6. The money raised will go toward Project Limelight, a free after school program in the downtown eastside that teaches kids theatre skills. For more information about Good for Grapes and tour dates, check Goodforgrapes.com.
Good for Grapes band members Graham Gomez (left) and Daniel McBurnie hit the stage Sunday at Squamish Valley Music Festival. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)
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his is crazy. We are almost at the end of summer! How did that happen so fast? You’d think that with longer hours of daylight, plus the sensational days of sunshine, the summer time would seem endless. Well, September looms. While we don’t know if public schools will open on schedule, the community theatre season will start as scheduled. While recent articles in the Now may have discouraged some parents from allowing their minor children to participate in community theatre, I just want to say: Give it another thought. For more than 30 years, Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society (FVGSS) has provided amateur musical theatre experience for both youth and adults alike. Their family-oriented outlook has always been a mainstay. Children can audition to be in the annual pantomime, and there is always a parent who must be at all rehearsals and performances. Trust me, I was one of those parents long ago, and put in many backstage hours as kid wrangler. I can say it was worth the time and effort, and certainly gave my daughter a grounding in musical theatre – a career she has followed to professional status. I have also “paid my dues,” as it were – and after spending many years backstage, I have gradually become an onstage performer. And I have a host of friends that have also been part of the G&S Society. I am just telling you all this background because it is important. And just in case you – or even a child you may know – would like to take a chance and audition for the society’s next panto, here is the info. Auditions for FVGSS’ Santa Claus the Panto are on Aug. 28 and Sept. 4, from 7 to 10 p.m., at St. Cuthbert’s
Anglican Church, 11601 82nd Ave., North Delta (across from North Delta Secondary). The society has used the church hall for rehearsals for as long as I can remember, and it has always been a safe venue. To book an audition time, email fvgssproducer@gmail. com. Callbacks are Sept. 6. Oh yes, the show will be at Surrey Arts Centre from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7. And do come prepared to audition with an up-tempo song that shows off your vocal range, and be prepared to tell a joke! I will be auditioning myself, but I will admit that I have an advantage: these
I was one of those parents long ago, and put in many backstage hours as kid wrangler. I can say it was worth the time and effort. people are my friends, and they like me. I have a good attitude, work hard and show up to all the rehearsals and performances. Just sayin’. While I have appeared in a few pantos with the G&S Society (did you see me as the witch, or the magic mirror ball?), I also was invited to be in White Rock Players’ panto one year. Again, it was a great experience, but I did find that a five-week run is just too long when you have a career outside of the theatre. White Rock Players has a very long tradition of presenting a Christmas pantomime and, of course, their pantos follow a style that is particular to White Rock Players. One tradition is the “love duet,” “The Wonderful Year We Fell in Love,” which is specially written each year highlighting the events of the year past. It is iconic to White Rock Players, and now a new public art mural by Elizabeth Hollick, by the same name, is
being unveiled in a ribboncutting ceremony with Mayor Wayne Baldwin on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to noon. This new public art not only celebrates the annual pantomime, but also is a reminder of what the club has brought to our community: decades of good theatre. If you can’t make it to the ribbon-cutting event (yes, a lot of us do have to work, even in the summer), do check out “The Wonderful Year We Fell In Love” mural at Coast Capital Playhouse. Side note: Peninsula Productions often rents Coast Capital Playhouse for its productions. This fairly new theatre production company was recently informed that the space where it stores sets will be closing. They need a new, economical space for storage. They only need a dry place the size of a single parking space. C’mon, White Rock, someone out there can help. Contact the company at info@ peninsulaproductions.org. Arts and culture are a huge part of our communities, and contribute significantly to the local economy. The term “creative economies” has come to my notice lately, although it must have been kicked around for years. We always hear in the news how much money is spent in local bars and restaurants when a big sports event is in town. Arts and cultural events also contribute significantly – we just don’t hear about it very regularly. Alas, overlooked again. Yes, I get it: Not everyone likes dance or live theatre as much as soccer or hockey. There is room for both. Culture Days is a collaborative Canadawide movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Launched in 2010, Culture Days provides artists, artisans and cultural organizations with an opportunity to enhance
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Pickleball popularity picks up in Surrey Kyle Benning
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Summer is here and it’s time to get out and enjoy this special time of the year. In this series, the Now offers you some unique sporting ways to experience summer without leaving town. SOUTH SURREY — What would you get if you created a sport like table tennis on a badminton or tennis court? That’s exactly what you’ll find if you play pickleball. The sport was invented by a senator who lived on Bainbridge Island, WA, who was playing tennis with his grandchildren when he noticed the court was too big. They found there was too much ground to cover and they spent more time getting the ball than playing the game. By making the court six to eight times smaller and lowering the net to three feet, the senator created a game that doesn’t restrict players on age, height or gender. Chuck LeFaive, founding director of the B.C. Pickleball Association, said it is a very fast game that requires quick thinking and movement. “Pickleball is a very active, fast-paced game…. You are able to hit the ball back and forth with tremendous pace. You have to have very fast reflexes to return it,” he said. Pickleball is a good sport for people looking to maintain or lose weight, he said, because it has equal or better calorie burn than similar sports, such as badminton or squash. The sport is played with an oversized table tennis paddle attached to the handle of a tennis racquet. Also, instead of using a tennis ball, pickleball is played with a wiffle ball. Similar to tennis, you also use a number of techniques to hit the ball into an area where your opponent is not. “The emphasis is on the rally,” said LeFaive. “You use forehands and backhands and you use overhead slams and you use lobs and you use all sorts of different moves so you can confound your opposition.” The founding director of the association also said that seniors have taken strongly to the game, and that it doesn’t have limitations to people who suffer from certain illnesses.
Jenny Lin returns a serve at a drop-in pickleball session at South Surrey Recreation Centre. The facility holds two drop-ins devoted to the sport on Wednesdays – one in the morning and another in the evening. (Photo: KYLE BENNING) “Some of them have medical issues, like Parkinson’s and whatnot. They come and play and they play well. They don’t have Parkinson’s when they’re hitting the ball,” LeFaive said. “We’ve had people with early Alzheimer’s come and play. It’s a very good sport for them if they’ve had some background.” Games generally take around 15 minutes to play, depending if players are playing up to 11, 15 or 21. There is also a win by two points rule. British Columbia has about 60 pickleball tournaments every year, while there are 10 times as many events in the United States.
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LeFaive said athletic clothing isn’t necessary to play pickleball and that people could play in trousers if they wanted.
He did say running shoes are needed if playing inside a gymnasium. The key tool to play pickleball is the racquet. They can be signed out from the registration desk at rec centres, or purchased online or at Docksteader Source for Sports in South Surrey. The cheapest racquets will cost around $80. Official pickleball wiffle balls can be bought online or at Canadian Tire for $1.50 per ball.
WHERE TO GO
Every recreation centre in Surrey except Chuck Bailey has a pickleball program. The largest facility is South Surrey Recreation Centre, where drop-in players can play in the gym or on the outside courts. Cloverdale and Guildford rec centres also have large pickleball programs. For more information, see Surrey.ca for program listings or visit Bcpickleball.com.
The emphasis is on the rally. You use forehands and backhands and you use overhead slams and you use lobs and you use all sorts of different moves so you can confound your opposition.
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Adam Loewen has already done the unthinkable, making it back to the majors as an outfielder after injuries derailed his career as a pitcher. What if he can actually outdo that? What if the Surrey native can return to the bigs again on the mound? Loewen, 30, scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings Saturday for the Reading Fightin Phils in what eventually became a 4-3 win for the Philadelphia Phillies’ Double A affiliate over the visiting Altoona Curve. Loewen struck out four and walked three. Unable to land a job as a hitter this spring, Loewen figured that his arm was healthy after five seasons away from pitching. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound former Whalley Chief standout started throwing bullpen sessions, and impressed the Phillies enough that they signed him to a minorleague contract. After Saturday, the left-hander has allowed just one earned run in his last 20 innings with Reading. He had started
slowly, fashioning an 0-1 record and a 5.40 ERA through his first five starts with the Fightin Phils. He’s now 2-4, with a 3.15 ERA through 13 starts. He has the best ERA of Reading’s starters. Loewen isn’t blowing away hitters as he once did (53 strikeouts in 80 innings) and his control can fluctuate (35 walks), but hitters aren’t making solid contact often (64 hits). That translates to a .221 opposing batting average. Philadelphia carried a 52-65 record into Sunday. They’re last in the National League East. They could easily add Loewen when MLB rosters expand in September. The Orioles made the then hardthrowing Loewen the fourth overall pick in 2002, two spots before the Kansas City Royals chose Zack Greinke, three places prior to the Milwaukee Brewers selected Prince Fielder and five slots ahead of the Colorado Rockies snagging North Delta native and UBC hurler Jeff Francis. Loewen made 35 appearances, including 29 starts, with the Orioles over three years, and wound up 8-8 with a 5.38 ERA. His last game on the mound in the majors came on July 6, 2008, when he went one inning out of the bullpen in an 11-10
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Surrey native Adam Loewen, seen here pitching for Baltimore Orioles, the MLB team that drafted him in 2002, is back pitching, this time for the Philadelphia Phillies’ Double A affiliate in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Photo: WIKIPEDIA) loss to the Texas Rangers. “I felt like I left a lot out there, a lot of potential that was untapped, really,” Loewen recently told the Philadelphia Daily News. “What it came down to was I still wanted
to play. I love this game. I didn’t want to take the jersey off yet. “As soon as I got on the mound, it just felt normal.” Loewen suffered a stress fracture in his pitching elbow in 2007 that required a surgery to insert a screw to stabilize the joint. He re-aggravated the injury the following season. Loewen threw 112 and one-third innings for the Orioles in 2006; he pitched 51 and two-thirds the following two seasons combined. Loewen had doubled as a slugger with Whalley. He spent the winter of 2009 working out in Arizona with fellow Canadians Russell Martin and Justin Morneau, both established big-league position players at the time. He showed the Toronto Blue Jays enough that they signed him to a free-agent deal. He made it up to the big club in 2011, getting into 14 games. He hit .187, with one home run and four RBIs for the Blue Jays. Over five seasons in the minors, ranging from Advanced Single A to Triple A, he hit .263, with 57 homers and 273 RBIs. He batted .269, with 15 homers and 60 RBIs in 115 games last season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Toronto’s Double A club.
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Wagon, hö! It’s nearly the last bastion of the compact wagon, but the European luxury manufacturers still provide offerings that appeal to those who don’t want a crossover like everybody else. Not that there are all that many to choose from. If you want a compact longroof, your only choice is BMW or Volkswagen, and neither company really offers a hot version. Want a six-cylinder in your cargo hauler? Too bad – buy an X3 please. But wait, what’s this on the horizon? Is it that champion of lightspeed labradoodle transport? That Swedish seller of supersonic stow-and-go? That safety-conscious marquee also obsessed with maximum bork? Yes it is. The Volvo station wagon is back, and it’s back with a vengeance. This is the Volvo V60 R-Design, and with all due respect to high-priced rockets like the AMG E-wagons, it’s here to blow all five doors off its compact wagon competitors.
Design:
If the corporate grille is a terrible idea for some companies, getting it right nets a recognizable style, and the new V60 has that in spades. It’s just a new grille, fenders, and hood, but it’s an improved look. Integrated LED lighting is part of the package too, as you’d expect. Blessedly, it looks sporty without the imbecilic fury so many manufacturers seem to be building into their cars. “Let’s go drive!” says the Volvo, as opposed to the, “Help me hide this body raaaarrrgh!” you find elsewhere. In profile, well, one does wish a little for the simplistic boxiness of the V70R and the like. The pinched greenhouse looks good, but is not quite as timeless as the old box-with-some-other-boxes-stacked-on-top style. R-Design designation gets you some nice-looking five-spoke 18” alloys, and the silver side mirrors are reminiscent of an S-model Audi.
Environment:
Inside, the R-Design continues the tradition of hot Volvos having among the best-looking seats on the planet. As a nocost option, these nicely-stitched and well-bolstered thrones come fitted with suede inserts, which help keep up-front passengers planted, and easily display all the detritus of little backseat riders. While the outside of the car has been updated, the interior of the V60 is not that much different than its sedan sibling, which has been on the road for a while. The mass of buttons work better the more familiar they became, but there’s no touchscreen, and the navigation display is really quite small. However, what worked in the past works here as well, and the metallic silhouette formed of buttons used for controlling the air-conditioning and heating vents is one Volvo quirk that’s really quite handy. All Vehicles equipped with the larger T6 motor now have steering-wheel mounted paddle-shifters. Really, the only demerits come as a result of the back seats, which are quite tight. Fitting a rear-facing child seat behind the driver required scooting forward into a tight position, and there’s not a lot of leg room for passengers. The trunk, however, is pretty spacious, at 430L, although that’s slightly less than the touring version of the BMW 3-series. Volvo’s pop-up cargo divider is certainly worth a mention, with an elastic tie down to help stop the groceries sliding around. Trust me – you’re going to need this.
Performance:
Volvo rates the 0-100km/h time of their highest-trim T6 model at around six seconds. Two things are different about my particular tester: first, it’s equipped with the optional Polestar tuning software, which bumps power to 325hp and 354lb/ft of torque. Secondly, I think Volvo was just making that number up to keep their safety-first image – this thing’s a rocket. The Polestar tuning does make the throttle response quite jumpy, even when the six-speed transmission isn’t in sport mode. If you’re looking for a more docile Volvo, perhaps look down-range. If you want a Swedish meatball with space for a bike in the back, you’ve found it. Old front-driver hot Volvos always gave you a bit of a forearm
workout, but this new car drives more like an Audi. There’s plenty of all-wheel-drive grip, and the instantly-available torque is more than enough shove for the public street. It’s not the 0-100km/h time that counts, it’s the quick passing response that lets you get up and past pretty much anything, whether merging onto a highway in a short distance, or, oh I don’t know, zipping past the Ikea parking lot before your spouse can ask you to go in and look at end tables. The handling is really quite good, with the all-wheel-drive tuned to dispel some of the nose-heaviness imparted by the big 3.0L six-cylinder out front. Grip is plentiful. Volvo claims better shifting for the six-speed automatic, and while the transmission is outclassed by the ZF 8-speeds found elsewhere, there’s simply so much power that it’s easily up to the task. The paddle-shifters work quite well, but the surfeit of torque will probably just have you leaving it in normal mode. I know Volvo doesn’t think so, but a special-order six-speed manual would probably find a home or two. Sadly, it’s not available. And then, on top of the speed, you get all the usual Volvo attributes. It’s quiet and comfortable, and if you don’t buy the bright red version you don’t look like a sociopathic speeder. If you don’t tell anyone just how quick this car is, then I won’t.
Features:
As you’d expect, Volvo’s little wagon is filled with every safety feature imaginable, including a very sensitive crosstraffic assist, radar-guided blind-spot monitoring with slightly longer range than other manufacturers, and even an automatic braking system to assist with the unexpected. Volvo now extends this system to recognize cyclists and pedestrians, which is handy in our lemming-like city, and official crash test ratings have resulted in the highest Top Safety pick from the IIHS. Fuel economy for that supercharged straight-six isn’t great. Official ratings under the new 2015 five-cycle testing methods aren’t out yet, but US EPA methods netted 13.0L/100kms city and 9.4L/100kms on the highway for the S60 sedan, which is very close to observed real-world mileage.
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his is crazy. We are almost at the end of summer! How did that happen so fast? You’d think that with longer hours of daylight, plus the sensational days of sunshine, the summer time would seem endless. Well, September looms. While we don’t know if public schools will open on schedule, the community theatre season will start as scheduled. While recent articles in the Now may have discouraged some parents from allowing their minor children to participate in community theatre, I just want to say: Give it another thought. For more than 30 years, Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society (FVGSS) has provided amateur musical theatre experience for both youth and adults alike. Their family-oriented outlook has always been
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Oct. 19 kickoff concert for Music Encore series WHITE ROCK — Russian ensemble Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet will launch Music Encore Concert Society’s second season this fall. The Oct. 19 concert will be held at White Rock’s First United Church, as will others in the six-date series. Artistic director Eugene Skovorodnikov has put together the concert series in partnership with the City of White Rock.
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Oh yes, the show will be at Surrey Arts Centre from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7. And do come prepared to audition with an up-tempo song that shows off your vocal range, and be prepared to tell a joke! I will be auditioning myself, but I will admit that I have an advantage: these people are my friends, and they like me. I have a good attitude, work hard and show up to all the rehearsals and performances. Just sayin’. While I have appeared in a few pantos with the G&S Society (did you see me as the witch, or the magic mirror ball?), I also was invited to be in White Rock Players’ panto one year. Again, it was a great experience, but I did find that a five-week run is just too long when you have a career outside of the theatre. White Rock Players has a very long tradition of presenting a Christmas pantomime and, of course, their pantos follow a style that is particular to White Rock Players. One tradition is the “love duet,” “The Wonderful Year We Fell in Love,” which is specially written each year highlighting the events of the year past. It is iconic to White Rock Players, and now a new public art mural by Elizabeth Hollick, by the same name, is being unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Wayne Baldwin on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to noon.
This new public art not only celebrates the annual pantomime, but also is a reminder of what the club has brought to our community: Decades of good theatre. If you can’t make it to the ribbon-cutting event (yes, a lot of us do have to work, even in the summer), do check out “The Wonderful Year We Fell In Love” mural at Coast Capital Playhouse. Side note: Peninsula Productions often rents Coast Capital Playhouse for its productions. This fairly new theatre production company was recently informed that the space where it stores sets will be closing. They need a new, economical space for storage. They only need a dry place the size of a single parking space. C’mon, White Rock, someone out there can help. Email info@peninsulaproductions.org. Good news: It is not too late to register your arts organization to take part in BC Culture Days, which runs from Sept. 26 to 28. Hundreds of B.C. arts and culture groups, along with individual artists, in communities across B.C. will be inviting the public to participate in free, hands-on and behind-the-scenes activities. For information about BC Culture Days, visit Culturedays.ca. For further details on organizing a Culture Days event in B.C., contact provincial coordinator Nazabin Shoja at 604-361-3535 or culturedays@allianceforarts.com. melminty@telus.net
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elcome to the 11th Annual Cloverdale Blueberry Festival! Please enjoy your visit, we have compiled a list of activities and their times so that you can see as much of the Festival as possible. The event continues to grow and we are very thankful for all of the sponsors and participants who have helped with this year’s festival. Please note that all of the events are free to attend. On behalf of the business community of Cloverdale, the Cloverdale Business Improvement Assoc. and the Cloverdale Dist. Chamber of Commerce would like to make your visit memorable and wish you many happy returns!
Sumerlyn’s eclectic musical interests have created a unique blend of angelic sweetness, with a rootsy, rock edge. Nicole Sumerlyn was a finalist in the Valley Voices Vocal competition in Abbotsford. November of 2013, Nicole also had the honour of sharing the stage with Jesse Mast opening for Brett Kissel. In March of 2014, Nicole had the opportunity of traveling to Nashville, TN where she had the honour of playing at the BlueBird Cafe, Commodore Grill and spent time writing new material
Rob Patterson Cloverdale BIA President
Trevor Murray 11:00am Trevor Murray, who is originally from Cloverdale, is excited to be back and playing in his first Cloverdale Berry Fest. Trevor got his start with the Murray Band back in 2008. Since then he has gone down to Nashville and released his debut solo album, Leave it Up to Me, which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2012 BC Country Music awards. Joining him on stage is Brad Mey. Together these guys have a big Traditional Country / Folk sound you won’t want to miss! www.trevor-murray.com
Brian Young Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce President
SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 2014
BLUEBERRY SHOW N SHINE: 9am – 4am Downtown Cloverdale: 176 Street & 176A St.
Antiques, Vintage, Muscle, Restored, Custom, Motorcycles, Trucks and Street Rods
BLUEBERRY SHOW N SHINE REGISTRATION: 7am– 9:30am Legion parking lot Produced by SRO Promotions Registration: 604-530-2390
CLOVERDALE ROTARY BBQ At HAWTHORNE SQUARE
Main Stage (located at 5748 176 St.) DJ Chuck ...................................9am - 11am Elvis “Elite” .......................11am - 11:45am DJ Chuck ............................12pm - 12:45pm Elvis “Elite” ...........................1pm - 1:45pm DJ Chuck ................................2pm - 2:45pm Elvis “Elite” ...........................3pm - 4:10pm Awards............................................. 4:15pm VENDOR MARKETS: 176 St + 56A Ave & Hawthorne Square – 5748 176 St. BC Country Music Association presents: BERRY COUNTRY MUSIC SHOWCASE 10am – 4pm Brick Yard Station 175 St. (Cloverdale By-pass) & Hwy #10 Nicole Sumerlyn 10:00am Nicole Sumerlyn is a country singer/songwriter from Abbotsford, BC. She echos the sounds of Gretchen Wilson, Shania Twain and Miranda Lambert.
Lisa Nicole 12:00pm Lisa Nicole might look like your perfect country sweetheart, but this award-winning rising star has a feistiness flowing through her veins! In Fall of 2013, Lisa did an ambitious cross Canada tour, playing 25 shows and over 20 radio stations. She has 3 singles on over 50 radio stations across Canada and played the main stage on festivals such as Sunfest, Rockin’ Riverfest, Calgary Stampede and Sturgis North. On the heels of her return from Nashville, with 7 new songs in tow, Lisa spent the majority of her time co-writing and performing. Recently she won two Kootenay Music Awards for Album of the Year and Best Country Act. Dani Elle 2:00pm Born and raised in small town Pitt Meadows, Canada on her family dairy farm makes singing country music an obvious choice for Dani Elle. At the age of twelve she picked up her Dad’s old guitar and taught herself how to play. She then began writing her own songs so she could share her thoughts with people. Dani Elle has performed at venues such as The Electric Owl in Downtown Vancouver, Fairs & Rodeos all over the lower mainland, and the Mod Club in Toronto. Ben Click 3:00pm From the age of 6, with influences from country music superstars, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, Ben’s love for music and performing shines through in his shows. Ben writes and performs original music intertwined with covers of popular country music artists. Fusing his skill and passion for guitar and love for entertaining a crowd, Ben’s interactive “country” style will have
www.cloverdalebia.com the audience on their feet. Music is at the heart of everything Ben does. Ben Klick is truly a guitar pickin’ country gentleman. Sidewalk sale and sampling, OUTLAW RC Blueberry 500 race with the Automotive Model Builders of Vancouver, Kids Area, Berry vendor and more! KIDS ZONE 10am - 4pm ENTERTAINMENT STAGE BMX Stunt Bike Demo...9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am Blueberry Pie Eating Contest ..................... 10am and 11am D/J ...............................................1pm - 4pm Cinemazoo Animal Agency Exhibit, Mini-Golf, Exhibitors & Vendors, SHaRP (Salmon habitat and rehabilitation program), Creative Cube Art Mobile, 4 large inflatable bounce castles (Walk on Water Jr., Treasure of the Caribbean Obstacle Course, Stage Coach Bounce castle/slide and the Adrenalin Obstacle Course . Competitors will race through obstacles including slides, climbing walls, and sharks! Free Face painting. Cloverdale Lions Club - Blueberry Pancake Breakfast 8am – 11am Surrey Crime Prevention Society - Fatal Vision Obstacle Course provides children the opportunity to pedal gokarts through an obstacle course while wearing Fatal Vision Goggles. The resulting effect of impaired vision provides children the opportunity to perceive what it would be like to drive under the ‘influence’ of drinking. BLUEBERRY ARTS FESTIVAL 10am – 4pm Surrey Museum Plaza At the Cloverdale Blueberry Festival, Arts Council of Surrey brings you an Art Walk to enjoy, Crafted creations to fall in love with, and while you are doing that, Performers to entertain you. Under the tent on the Cenotaph Plaza at the Surrey Museum is the Art Walk. Visual artists compete for a “Best in the Show” award. Works will be in traditional styles as well as abstract, photography, digital images and 3-D. Artists will have art cards, posters, prints and other art works for sale. Ringing the Plaza are artisans whose crafts are all handmade and range from pottery to wood work, from silver ware jewellery to painted rocks, and don’t forget the Barbie doll clothes and Funky Cats. The artisans also have a henna art section and a fun stuff for kids’ kiosk. Right in the centre of the Plaza is the stage. Entertainment starts just after 10am and continues until 4pm with dancing, local
singers, music and the Re-enactors. Finally, to finish the day on stage, Art Walk artists who participated in the competition receive very special awards. 10:15-10:35am Sudnya Dance Academy 10:40-10:50am The Re-Enactors - Mary Jane Shannon 11:00-11:30am Classic Steps Stage Productions 11:40-11:50am The Re-enactors - Doctor Frederick Sinclair 12:00-12:30pm Joe Given 12:40-12:50pm The Re-enactors - Zennosuke Inouye 1:00-1:30pm Cassandra Bangel 1:40-1:50pm The Re-enactors - Reeve T.J. Sullivan 2:00-2:30pm The Orchard 2:40-2:50pm The Re-enactors - Eric Anderson 3:00-3:30pm Ben Dunnill
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Fibre Crafts Festival: Explore displays and demonstrations of fibre arts like spinning, knitting and weaving, then try them out yourself on the museum’s textile equipment. Children make takehome textile crafts and families enjoy refreshments as they relax inside the museum foyer. August 16th 11:00am – 4:00pm In addition we will be hosting the Surrey Pioneer Firefighters association for a Fire Truck Open House from 1:00 – 4:00pm August 16th. Cloverdale Guided Walking Tour: Meet at the Surrey Historical Society booth in the Museum plaza to register. Guided tour by Roger Bose starts at 1:30pm.
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