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New schools help Surrey play ‘catch up’ as city grows

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Owners caught in crossfire of permit tussle Lack of occupancy permits leaves owners in legal limbo

Projects mean more than 1,800 new student spaces

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has 16 portables. Goldstone will provide 555 student spaces. Katzie Elementary, located in the Clayton area, is expected to alleviate overcrowding at neighbouring Hazelgrove Elementary. Hazelgrove opened a few years ago with portables on its grounds and currently has 19 portables. Katzie will provide 605 new student spaces.

Residents looking to move out of a Surrey condominium complex are stuck in legal limbo over the site’s missing occupancy permit. Terrane, a 191-townhouse complex on the corner of Scott Road and 68th Avenue, was granted a temporary occupancy permit upon completion in 2006, allowing buyers to move in. However, it was never issued a permanent occupancy permit, and because of that, banks have refused mortgages to prospective homeowners. “Technically speaking, from a bank perspective, what we have is a building that is not legally habitable,” said Tony Gioventu, executive director of the Condominium Home Owners Association of B.C. “Nobody wants to stick a mortgage on that.” Gioventu said the city wouldn’t have issued a temporary permit if it didn’t meet building codes, but because that permit is no longer in place, banks won’t take the risk. He added that a lack of an occupancy permit can jeopardize the strata’s insurance coverage. “As it stands right now, the homeowners in the units cannot sell their units or get any other access to credit or finance because they have units that do not have occupancy permits,” he said.

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The Surrey school district will have 1,840 new student spaces by next spring. The $59-million projects include the construction of three schools and two high school additions. District spokesperson Doug Strachan said the projects will help alleviate overcrowding in a number of schools. “We are still playing catch up in the key high-growth areas of the city, which is the Clayton area and the Grandview area,” Strachan said. “Certainly these schools are helping a great deal and they’ll reduce the number of portables we have at the schools that are in the

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Doug Strachan visits Goldstone Park Elementary on Monday. The school is one of many new projects in the district aimed at alleviating overcrowding in schools. (Photo: AMY REID) neighbourhood of the new schools.” There were 265 portables used at Surrey schools last year. “It certainly goes a long way. That’s more than 1,800 more students accommodated. But we continue to still have some catch up in those high-growth areas and we continue to grow,” Strachan said. The projects include the construction of Sunnyside, Goldstone Park and Katzie

elementaries, as well as additions to Fraser Heights and Panorama Ridge secondary schools. Sunnyside Elementary, which replaces the old Sunnyside, will have 450 spaces, 180 more than its predecessor. The school will open its doors this September. Goldstone Park Elementary, located in South Newton, is expected to alleviate overcrowding at neighbouring Cambridge Elementary, which

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Additions to Fraser Heights and´Ecole Panorama Ridge Secondary schools will also provide 500 new spaces. Strachan said the district plans to have students in the new schools and additions after spring break next year. “They could be ready for occupancy as early as January, but we usually co-ordinate the occupancy during spring break,” he said. Funding has been approved for another new school, a high school in Clayton, which is expected to alleviate overcrowding at Lord Tweedsmuir and Clayton Heights secondary schools. Construction is set to begin in 2014. And the district is waiting for construction funding approval for a new Grandview Heights area secondary on a property it purchased earlier this year. The government funded the site purchase and Strachan said the district hopes to also secure funding for the school’s construction. “That will help Earl Marriott, which is very over capacity. We’re anxious to get that school construction underway,” Strachan said. While the rate of the district’s growth fluctuates, it grows almost every year. The district has grown every year for the last

30 – except last year, where 72 fewer students were enrolled than the year before. “But by the same token, a few years before that we forecast about 400 new students and ended up with 1,100 new students,” Strachan said. The district currently has about 70,000 students. Thirty new students are projected this year, and 400 or more next year. Laurae McNally, Surrey school trustee, said the city is growing out as far as the eye can see. “It’s not boom or bust. It’s just plain boom. And we’re happy to have all of them,” McNally said of the district’s growth. “We will be knocking on the government’s door for facilities for years to come,” she added. McNally said the planning department has made conservative forecasts in terms of enrolment. One principal told her he already has eight more students than projected. “We never know until their smiling faces show up the first day of school,” McNally said. The $100 million the province gave the district nearly two years ago has been put to good use, but that doesn’t clear away the backlog, she said. “We certainly do have more needs and will have for the foreseeable future.” areid@thenownewspaper.com

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For the many parents and students who have ever wondered about snow days, bear sightings or police closures near schools, worry no more – there’s now an app for that. Called SchoolLink, the new app will allow parents and students alike to receive Surrey and White Rock school alerts directly to their iPhone or iPad, keeping everyone up to date about local school happenings. It’s something that Fraser Heights Secondary principal Sheila Morissette said is much-needed in an age where everyone is carrying around mobile devices. “It just means better communication between homes and schools,” she said. “You can now get push notifications on your phone whenever there are updates to the website, so it’s just a lot easier for parents to stay in touch and stay informed and also easier for us as school administrators to be able to communicate with parents and know that notices are received by parents.” The free app allows users to subscribe to any school within the district and they can then opt to receive popup alerts anytime something like a school closure takes place. Morissette also noted that the app is useful for informing parents about upcoming events in the school, as newsletters sent home with students might not always make it to parents. “In the past we might have sent a

A screen grab from the new app. notice home on a piece of paper... and many of them land in the bottom of a backpack,” said Morissette. “So this allows us to get the message out quickly such as ‘It’s photo day tomorrow, so send your children dressed up,’ or we have a special event on, a band performance or theatre performance and we would like people to attend.” On top of alerts and events, the app will also provide notifications about featured students and stories and parents can customize the app to follow as many or as few schools of their choosing. “If you’re a parent, you’re going to want to subscribe to the school district and, say, Fraser Heights and an elementary school because you might have children in both schools,” said Morissette. The app is currently only available for iPhone and iPad. To download the app, scan this page with Layar. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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New and renovated developments are given specific conditions to be met before a final occupancy permit is issued. Gioventu said the holdup for Terraneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final permit could be anything from planting a few trees to installing wheelchair ramps. But Stacey Yarwood, senior manager of the development company Lakewood Management, said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing left to be done on their end. She said the cause for the delay is between the City of Surrey and the strata, stemming from a letter sent by the strataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The building department was ready to issue the final

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they had everything they needed, they had signed off on everything â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but then they received a letter from the strataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer... basically threatening possible litigation,â&#x20AC;? said Yarwood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The legal department advised the building department not to issue final before that was resolved.â&#x20AC;? Yarwood said she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the terms of the letter as Lakewood never received a copy. The City of Surrey declined to comment citing the potential litigation. Furthermore, Yarwood said that following the temporary permitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expiration, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building department issued a few 60-day provisional occupancy permits before finally issuing a provisional permit without an expiration date

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; meaning residents should be able to sell their properties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure why this building is such a problem and why people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to get mortgages,â&#x20AC;? she said. Out of Lakewoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20 other completed projects, Yarwood said that only one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a final occupancy permit. According to her, that one also has a provisional permit, and homeowners in that complex havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had issues getting mortgages. She called the situation frustrating, both for residents and Lakewood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel for the owners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re frustrated, too,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have all the information that they should have.â&#x20AC;? Gioventu noted that situations like this are â&#x20AC;&#x153;very common,â&#x20AC;? and that condo owners could be living in permitless dwellings without knowing it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There literally are thousands of them across the Lower Mainland that had temporary permits that never did get resolved,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize it until somebody asks for a copy of the final occupancy permit.â&#x20AC;? jzinn@thenownewspaper.com

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Police say seized guns were likely bound for gangs Christopher Poon Now staff Twitter @questionchris

A 42-year-old Surrey man in police custody is facing multiple firearms charges following the seizure of 11 guns that were possibly headed to local gangs. According to the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C., investigators acted on

a tip, leading them to the man’s home in the 10400-block of 140B Street. “We followed up on it and, lo and behold, when we were there the guy walks out of his house carrying a few bags and in those bags were six guns,” said Sgt. Lyndsey Houghton of the CFSEU. “So we arrested him and got a warrant for the house and when

we went in we found five more guns, a few loaded, body armour, ammo and magazines.” Houghton said of the 11 guns discovered, a mix of handguns and rifles, 10 had the serial numbers filed off. The man in question is known to police, and investigators believe the guns were intended to be sold on the black market.

“We think these guns were destined to be sold to gang members, others involved in crime, whoever was willing to pay the most for them,” he said. “We’ve seized it all and now we’re doing the follow-up part and now we’re looking to see what gang ties (the suspect) might have, associations, where those guns came from, if he’s had

other guns before.” The man arrested has a lifetime ban on possessing firearms and Houghton noted that he has previous convictions for property-related crimes as well as drug, driving and firearm offences. Charges against the man are expected in the coming weeks. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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North Delta has a special bus that gives free rides to seniors and, to keep the service going, the Corporation of Delta is looking for sponsors. “We’re putting a sponsorship package together right now,” said Diana Cousins, a senior policy analyst with Delta. “We’re just kind of exploring all our options right now,” she said. The North Delta seniors’ bus is a 16-seat shuttle bus that began operations four months ago and has done so well that it has increased its service to four days a week from three. It operates out of the Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre and delivers its riders door-todoor, wherever they need to go within the municipality. “The seniors are finding it extremely valuable to them so we are just looking forward to how we can meet capacity on a daily basis and report it financially as well,” said Cousins. Currently, the bus accepts donations and is otherwise funded by rentals on the days it is not in use, plus a one-time “age-friendly” grant of $20,000 from the province and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities last spring. But sustainable funding is needed – the service is estimated to cost $70,000 per year to operate.

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The province will be modernizing rules surrounding local government elections. The changes come from recommendations of the joint provincial and Union of B.C. Municipalities Local Government Elections Task Force. The province said in a statement that they will be the most significant changes to local election legislation in two decades. “There were very lengthy, very divided discussions, not nasty discussions by any means, but really based on consensus and what we really felt,” said Surrey Coun. Barbara Steele, who was on the task force for more than a year. While the detailed changes won’t be released until the fall, highlights include:

sponsorship information required on all election ads; anonymous contributions will be banned; third-party advertisers and candidates will have 90 days instead of 120 to file their financial disclosure statements. Steele said because B.C.’s municipalities drastically vary in size, coming up with rules that would make sense in all types of communities was difficult. She said the changes may affect campaigns. “The one thing it will affect is the planning of campaigns and the way our campaign manager does things. It won’t really change what Surrey First does in our case,” she said. Local government election rules apply to municipalities, regional districts, parks board, the Islands Trust and boards of education. areid@thenownewspaper.com

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4CATS ARTS STUDIO OPEN HOUSE Break out the paintbrushes – 4Cats Arts Studio in South Surrey is holding an open house. The studio is celebrating its third

Telus’s community ambasadors have donated $21,380 to Delta Hospice Society. anniversary with a special day on Saturday, Sept. 7. Visitors will able to tour the studio, enjoy some activities and see what makes 4Cats the most fun studio around. The open house runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 140-3388 Rosemary Heights Cres. in South Surrey. For more info on 4Cats Arts Studio, visit www.4cats.com/southsurrey.

BUY-LOW CLASSIC RAISES $65K The 17th Annual Buy-Low Golf Classic was also a rousing success. The tournament, held at Northview Golf and Country Club, had more than 350 people involved and raised more than $65,000 for Variety – The Children’s Charity.

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Staples stores in Surrey have kicked off their annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign with the aim of filling more than 1,000 backpacks with school supplies for disadvantaged kids. To fill those backpacks, Staples estimates it needs about $130,000. Three stores have jumped into action with fundraisers and school supply drives in each location. The campaign has raised more than $95,000 in the last five years in order to get necessary supplies into students’ hands through the Surrey school district’s community schools programs. This year, Telus Community Ambassadors have partnered with the program to donate the backpacks. To donate money or school supplies, visit Staples in South Surrey, North Surrey or Cloverdale, or scan this page with Layar.

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hen thenpremier Mike Harcourt’s government was engulfed in scandal and controversy in the mid-1990s, speculation began to build on whether he could hang on as leader. There was mounting tension within the NDP caucus over his leadership, but no one was speaking out publicly about that elephant in the room. At the time, an NDP cabinet minister told me: “There’s blood in the water, but so far no sharks.” Well, there is blood in the water once again when it comes to an NDP leader’s hold on the job and there are indeed sharks in the party who smell that blood. Ironically, Harcourt is now one of those sharks. Harcourt has become the latest in a growing crowd of NDP notables calling on embattled NDP leader Adrian Dix to step down.

He told the Globe and Mail’s Gary Mason it was time for him to go, and his public criticism puts even more pressure on Dix to throw in the towel. Former NDP cabinet ministers Ian Waddell and Bob Williams (both once close to Dix), ex-party president Sav Dhaliwal and former MLAs David Schreck and Guy Gentner preceded Harcourt in calling on Dix to quit. Interestingly and perhaps more telling is that no NDP notable, past or present, has publicly called on Dix to stay on as leader. His own caucus has offered only tepid support for him, with members saying they are confident Dix will “reflect” on his situation and “come to a decision.” Even one of his closest associates, MLA John Horgan, would not say out loud that Dix should stay as leader in a lengthy scrum with reporters at the end of the recent legislature session. While Horgan didn’t exactly throw Dix under the bus, he parked it close by. And now Harcourt has moved that bus even nearer. Unless key people in the party start issuing public calls for Dix to continue, it won’t be long before he pulls the plug himself.

Dix’s leadership is bleeding, and sharks like Harcourt and others are starting to fill up the NDP pool.

A POLITICALLY TONE-DEAF BOARD The board of directors at B.C. Ferries has once again displayed a key flaw in the model the B.C. Liberals came up with to govern the company soon after the 2001 election. The board has approved large salary hikes and bonuses for senior executives, even though the provincial government is about to reduce service levels on many of its routes while at the same time increasing the taxpayer subsidy to the company. The strange private/public hybrid that is B.C. Ferries is trying to have it both ways: insisting on operating as a

private entity, yet sticking its hand into the public trough, looking for more cash. The board has long argued it models the company on private sector companies, and not Crown corporations. Yet no other “private” company gets a subsidy of close to $200 million a year from the provincial government. Without that subsidy, the company would have to make massive service cuts or it would, on paper, suffer a huge monetary loss. So the board’s directors (who also created controversy a few years ago for paying themselves much higher fees than any other Crown board) have made a politically tonedeaf decision, which many frustrated ferry users will undoubtedly unfavourably contrast with constantly

rising fares and looming service cuts. The company’s private/ public model has made Transportation Minister Todd Stone look weak, as he’s expressed dissatisfaction with the bonuses, yet appears powerless to do anything about it (which is a bizarre situation for a cabinet minister to be in when you consider how much money his government gives to that company each year). If the B.C. Ferries board keeps making decisions that blowback politically on

the provincial government, don’t be surprised if that government changes the model for the company yet again. The current model was created on Gordon Campbell’s watch. Premier Christy Clark has shown a willingness to revisit other Campbell legacies (raising both the minimum wage and corporate taxes, for example) and she may take another look at this one as well. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC

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B.C. weather might rain on light rail’s parade The Editor, Re: “Gill on transit cash: ‘It’s our turn,’” the Now, Aug. 22. I raise an issue about a proposal for atgrade light rail for Surrey, not to scuttle any plans for rapid transit, but to alert those who are advocating such a system to a potential problem that needs to be considered. I was holidaying in San Diego a couple of years ago. Being a rail fan, I took the San Diego light rail line from the downtown area out to El Cajon and back. The El Cajon line is a mixture of at-grade in the downtown section and elevated rail in the eastern section near El Cajon. The trip east was uneventful. However, when travelling back west and as we approached the at-grade section along Commercial Street, it started to rain, flooding the track. Rain can cause a problem for at-grade light rail and that’s exactly what it did that day in San Diego. Travelling on Commercial Street when it’s flooded, as the driver explained to me, the train is limited to travelling at 8 km/h. On a dry day, the train could travel at a faster speed and a sensor on the overhead power line would turn a red light green so the train didn’t have to stop at a cross street. Forced to travel slowly, the green light turned back red before we could get there, necessitating a stop at each intersection – thus slowing travel time significantly. This normally isn’t a problem in San Diego with its usual dry weather, but could be a major one in the Lower Mainland. Surrey needs to start planning for the future and rapid transit will be a key to our success as a viable city.

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by ridership growth (once again: there are more riders attracted to this service every year than any other bus route in this city), meaning the full-size buses are staying and a service increase (more frequent buses, big buses on weekends) is likely when funding is available. You’re just going to have to deal with it. Daryl Dela Cruz, Surrey

The Editor, Re: Roses and Rotten Tomatoes, the Now, Aug. 8. The submission read, “A bus full of rotten tomatoes to TransLink for its decision to run intrusive, noisy large buses through Fraser Heights’ small streets, 16 hours per day. Most of these buses carry less than the capacity of our former small ‘community buses.’ This is a waste of money and an assault on our senses!” Route 337, serving Fraser Heights, justifies the use of full-size buses on weekdays because the ridership on each bus will result in a pass-up on shuttles, which carry a maximum of 24 passengers due to driver licensing. I experience this as a regular rider onboard the 337. While I’m still living in Surrey, the 337 forms my connection to the rest of the city and to Metro Vancouver. Were it not for the full-size buses on weekdays, all sorts of people – including mothers with strollers, seniors, youth, tired workers – would be stuck and unable to get home. That would be a really bad thing, because, in case anyone checks statistics, the 337 is the fastest-growing bus route in Surrey

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Let’s reinstate power to protect environment The Editor, Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and council’s concerns about bulk liquid being shipped through Roberts Bank are justified. Since 1980, the federal government has decimated the regulatory powers of both the Department of the Environment and Fisheries & Oceans, in addition to FREMP, and placed those regulatory powers in the hands of Port Metro. Port Metro Vancouver wants to remove the George Massey Tunnel and deepen the Fraser River to accommodate oil tankers to the Fraser Surrey Docks. I’m sure Delta council knows about the proposed new Kinder Morgan pipeline that will be capable of carrying 890,000 barrels a day along the banks of the Fraser River to where it runs parallel to the South Fraser Perimeter Road, where it enters Surrey and crosses the Fraser River between Port Mann Bridge and Pattullo Bridge. Being as it runs parallel with the new South Fraser Perimeter Road, it wouldn’t be

hard for them to continue to follow the South Fraser Perimeter Road to the Fraser Surrey Docks, or the Roberts Bank Port, instead of going to Burnaby and Burrard Inlet. The reinstatement of an independent environmental review body with powers to protect in-stream and shoreline areas is an absolute necessity if we are going to save the pristine values we all strive to protect. If I can be of any help in Delta council’s pursuit of such a body, I would be only too happy to help to achieve that goal. Douglas Massey, Delta

Canada Post is lazy, hard to get a hold of The Editor, I am curious if I am the only one who this has been happening to. I have been home four times when the mailman has just dropped a piece of paper in the mail slot for me to have to go out of my way to pick up stuff from the post office. He has not once knocked on the door, even though my car is right there in the driveway. The last time, I caught him after hearing him put the mail through the slot – and we argued for awhile. He claims he has knocked but that is complete baloney. I have tried a few times to contact the post office with zero success. The automatic phone machine for the post office is a very bad service. This has led me to believe the service at Canada Post is horrible. Jennifer McCauley, Surrey

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Princess Party for playground More than $13,000 was MORE PHOTOS WITH raised during the fourth annual Princess Party in White Rock last Saturday. Young girls – and some boy princes, too – dressed up for an afternoon of fun at Star of the Sea Hall. The community event is designed to raise funds for a firefighter-backed effort to build an all-abilities playground at the beach. “It was a resounding success,” event organizer Myra Merkal told the Now. “We exceed past records for money raised with $13,111 and brought joy to 165 little princes and princesses.” Tickets for the party were $30. A number of volunteers and sponsors help make the event happen, Merkal said. ABOVE: Mahla Grewal, 4, of White Rock, visits the fairy godmother, played by Jeanette Hicks of Surrey, Saturday during the Princess Party at Star of the Sea Hall in White Rock. This is Hicks’ fourth year playing the part. LEFT: Princesses decorating their goody bags.

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VOLUNTEERING Surrey International World Music Marathon is looking for committed volunteers to help

support its second annual event, on Sept. 29. Volunteers are needed in areas of aid stations, course marshals, culture miles, expo, finish-line concert, gear check, guest services, information booth, package pick-up, race package stuffing, registration, refreshment stations and more. Info: www. surreymarathon.com/volunteer. Deltassist Seniors Phone Shopping Program in North Delta: “Do you have time to

volunteer one morning per week? You can help a senior or a person with disabilities that can no longer manage grocery shopping on their own. Our program runs every Tuesday morning out of Sunshine Hills Safeway (120 St. & 64 Ave.). Come and join our fun team of volunteers in this valuable service to seniors.” Info: Lyn, 604-946-9526. VOKRA Surrey branch is always looking for volunteers and foster homes for our cats awaiting

adoption. Food, supplies and vet care for the foster cats are covered. For details, visit www.vokra.com/ volunteer. Delta Hospice Society will be offering the next volunteer training session this fall at the Centre for Supportive Care, from Sept. 16-24. Sessions will be Monday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon. “Hospice volunteers offer meaningful support to Delta residents and families living with

a diagnosis of a life threatening illness, advanced illness or loss.” Call 604-948-0660 to book a precourse interview with co-ordinator of volunteers Chris Colero.

ACTIVITIES Scottish Country Dance Classes: For adults starting Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., at Sullivan Hall, 6303 152nd St., Surrey. First class is free for newcomers. For children, age 6 to

10, 5:30 p.m. Info: 604-536-1367 or 604-531-4595, www.wrscdc.org. Hockey for seniors: Greater Vancouver Oldtimers’ Hockey Association operates competitive leagues for men age 60 and over, in four divisions, weekday mornings at Great Pacific Forum (Planet Ice), North Delta. “Our next season will be starting up in September. We are starting a new program this year for 75’s and older, on Wednesday mornings.” For information on dates and times, contact Ralph Haugland, ralph@norquip.com, 604 830-0295.

CLUBS/GROUPS 1867 Delta Army Cadets: Free youth program, ages 12-18 years, join for challenge, fun, friends and adventure. Activities: survival, marksmanship, camping, orienteering, band, summer camp and more. Recruiting and info session will be held on Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. at Seaquam Secondary, 11584 Lyon Rd., North Delta. For more info: Capt. D. Smith, 778-874-2967. North Delta Newcomers and Friends: “Are you new to the area or would just like to meet some new friends? Call and arrange to attend one of our activities (morning walks, Par 3 golf, coffee gatherings, card games, stitch and chat, book club). Monthly dinners will resume in September. If you’d like to join us or learn more about the club, please call Kathy at 604-583-3691 or Pam at 604-597-7974, or e-mail at ndnewcomers@hotmail.com.” North Delta Lions Club seeks new members for community activities; meetings held on second and fourth Monday of month, 7 p.m. at Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre, 11760 88th Ave., North Delta. Info: www. northdeltalions.org, 604-594-3473.

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A North Surrey Eagles player tackles a Westside opponent in a junior bantam game during the 2013 Bronze Boot, held in North Surrey over the weekend. North Surrey Minor Football hosts the annual two-day tournament, which this year included teams from Cloverdale, New Westminster, Chilliwack, Delta, Westside and Meadow Ridge. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) Robert Wylie of Fleetwood shows off his air skills at Hippie Mike’s Tour de Surrey, which was in Fleetwood Saturday. Hippie Mike is marking the 10th anniversary of his annual stakeboard competitions. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Above, the Surrey Storm 99A girls fastpitch team won the bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals, held in Montreal, Que. from Aug. 13 to 18. The team earned the berth after also winning the bronze medal at the provincial level. Earlier this month, the Surrey Storm organization has also awarded five young women with Kassandra Kaulius Memorial Scholarships. Left, this year’s provincial volleyball 16U girls Team BC featured a number of players from three Surrey clubs. The group – broken into team red and team blue – recently played in the Western Elites tournament in Regina, Sask., where they met in the quarter-finals. Team BC Blue won and rolled on to the gold medal game and overall championship victory.

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Cloverdale teams rep B.C. at Westerns and Nationals It’s been a great summer for Cloverdale Minor Baseball Association. Teams with the association qualified for and won provincial championships in the AAA divisions of Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget baseball. Winning at the provincial level awarded the teams the right to represent B.C. at the Nationals and Westerns tournaments. The Pee Wee team (13 and under) travelled to Spruce Grove, Alta., for the Westerns, where they went 5-0 to win Gold on Sunday afternoon. Cloverdale also won this division in 2012.

The Bantam squad (15U) represented B.C. at Nationals in Vaughan, Ont. The team fought hard to reach the gold-medal game Sunday afternoon but lost to the Ontario squad to take home silver. Silver was also earned by the Midget team (18U), which represented B.C. at a national tournament in Winnipeg. “Overall, Cloverdale Minor Baseball Association had an excellent summer season – three provincial gold medals, a silver and two bronze medals, then one gold in Westerns and two silvers in Nationals,” said association president Brent Morris.

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