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Surrounded by towers in the city core, Marilyn Herrmann says massive changes in the area will almost certainly mean a move for the Surrey Food Bank. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

‘On the cusp of who knows what’ Whalley’s service groups prepare for an uncertain future as redevelopment creeps closer

Whalley Amy Reid Now staff Twitter @amyreid87

WHALLEY — From the Surrey Food Bank, Marilyn Herrmann can gaze upon the explosion of construction the City Centre area is experiencing.

The new Surrey city hall. The City Centre

Library. Simon Fraser University and the business tower connected to Central City Shopping Centre.

“Well, this is an area that’s going through tremendous change,” said the food bank’s executive director. “I’ve been here at the food bank for 10 years and at the time that I came here, it was small houses around us. Now it’s vacant lots, those houses are gone and we have towers in place of the smaller residential community that we once were.”

And she said the community has become incredibly diverse.

“We have business, we have young families, we have people moving into the community, we have some social services, multiple businesses, towers and now city hall is coming to be our neighbour.”

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Herrmann said Whalley, which has long been her home, is a unique community.

“Whalley gets a bad rap and I think you look at the partnerships that are created in this community and the efforts to improve the community and there’s a lot of people doing some tremendously hard work to make that happen. Where it’ll be, I don’t know, because it’s changing so quickly.”

And where will all these changes leave the food bank? Probably not here, she said.

“I know we’re going to be surrounded by towers, so I don’t think we’ll have a place in that. Where will we go? I don’t know. That’s under review right now. But I’ve absolutely seen some tremendous change – some good, some not good – but that’s all I can call it.

Just a changing, vital community that’s on the cusp of who knows what.”

Herrmann said Whalley has traditionally been home to social services.

“This has been our area. I’m not sure where we’re going to go. I’m not sure where we belong,” she said.

“If it’s not here, then where will that be?

People need help. People need us. People need to know that there’s somewhere that they can turn when they’re hungry or when they need somewhere to sleep. I don’t know. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to those of us that are still here and still trying to serve this community. Some wonderful, wonderful people are working to address that. I hope the answer is there soon.”

Herrmann also noted the food bank has been looking for a new home for a few years.

“Our challenge for our food bank, is not because people live here, we know that there are some clients that live in this area, but people come from all over Surrey who use the Surrey Food Bank and who need the Surrey Food Bank,” she said. “So we need to be on a major bus route. We need to be where the clients can get to us easily.

That’s not easy if you’re out in Fleetwood or somewhere remote. We need to be on a major bus route. So that’ll be our challenge.

Where will we go?”

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Finding a suitable building has proven challenging for the Surrey Food Bank, because its new location will need to be a lot larger than the one it has now in the city core. For a video about the food bank’s uncertain future, scan with Layar. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

Are we solving all the problems?

No. Absolutely not. But we’re trying.

Marilyn Herrmann

Finding a suitable building has also proven challenging, because their new location will need to be a lot larger.

“We have to find somewhere else to be, but we haven’t had any luck being able to find something three times the size with the parking spots we need. So that’s a huge challenge,” she said.

Herrmann suspects other service groups in the area are also realizing that it’s inevitable they will have to relocate.

“I think that’s a common thread. Again, because we need to be where the people can access us, putting us in a remote location is only going to bring more challenges. So I

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think we’re not the only ones. There’s many of us that are wondering, how can we work together to find that location that’s going to be long term?”

But she emphasized that the food bank will fight to stay alive.

“Is the food bank shutting its door anytime soon? No. As much as the academics will argue with me and say, ‘just shut your doors and the problem will be solved by the government’ – sorry, don’t believe that. And as long as there’s people that are saying I need help, I need to feed my kids, I need to show my family that we can make change and we can get better and we can get out of this low spot of our lives, as long as there’s people that need that, we’re here. Where here is? I don’t know.”

About the community as a whole, Herrmann said she feels Whalley has become safer over the years.

“I find that people are working together to try to eliminate some of the major issues.

I think we get a bad rap,” she said. And it’s hard to shake a bad rap, she added.

“It is hard. But I think one thing we’ve tried to do as an organization is be a good

152nd Street, south of 70A Street – perhaps picking something up – when an Acura SUV struck her in the slow lane.

It happened just before 11 p.m.

Police said the woman was revived en route to hospital, after going into cardiac arrest. She was in critical condition at the Now’s print deadline.

neighbour.”

Herrmann said there’s a lot of good in the neighbourhood, and the community supports one another. From RCMP to residents to businesses, the community bands together to work on the area’s issues, she said.

“Are we solving all the problems? No. Absolutely not. But we’re trying. We’re trying to make it a better place for everyone to live and work and do their business.” areid@thenownewspaper.com

NEXT NEIGHBOURHOODS: Ocean Park maintains a small town feel – and how locally-owned businesses have stayed alive despite the threat of big box stores.

Multimedia Our new Neighbourhoods series also features videos and maps. Find the whole multimedia package online at thenownewspaper.com.

The driver, a 40-year-old Surrey woman, stayed at the scene and police have found no evidence that drugs, alcohol or speed were contributing factors in the collision.

Police are still investigating.

So far this year, there have been 16 fatal crashes in Surrey with seven involving pedestrians.

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NEWS Fraser Surrey Docks

Coal terminal decision to be ‘reasonably soon’: CEO Christopher Poon Now staff Twitter @questionchris

SURREY — A decision on the proposed coal terminal expansion at Fraser Surrey Docks could be coming in the near future, according to Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) CEO Robin Silvester.

Speaking with the Now Thursday, Silvester said that, following the release of the project’s health impact assessment early last week, PMV was in the final stages of its decision-making process.

“We make our decision and announce it when we have time to properly consider all of the input, so we are nearing the end of this process so we would expect to be in the position to make a decision reasonably soon,” he said. “We don’t have a fixed timeline to make that decision, but we are committed to reviewing all of the information.”

Barring any drastic oversights, Silvester said that the remaining steps would be to collect and consider the feedback on the recently released report as well as review information from an independent review of the report, which has also been

commissioned by PMV. To date, reaction to PMV’s report has been mostly negative, with municipalities like the City of Surrey and community groups criticizing it for not considering the potential impacts on the communities surrounding the rail route that would be used to transport the coal to the proposed terminal.

In response to the criticism, Silvester said those concerns should be alleviated by a detailed and thorough review of the report.

“There’s been a lot of comment about it, there’s been a lot of interest and that’s fine. The point of having a consultation process is so people have a chance to get to understand the project and the possible implications,” he said. “But it’s a long, complicated report with a lot of scientific information and I don’t think what people fully understand yet – from our read of the report – is that it’s saying the dust is going to be contained by the mitigation methods proposed.”

In particular, much has been made of a letter penned by the chief medical officers of both Vancouver Coastal

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and Fraser Health saying that the report was lacking in terms of scope, something Silvester said might need another look.

“Obviously, we respect and value the input from the regional medical officers

he said. “We respect their input and appreciate it but we would actually also respectfully question some of the scope on what they’re commenting on and if they have fully reviewed and considered the report and the expert opinions contained in it.”

Referring to the expert cited in the report, Dr. Leonard Ritter of the University of Guelph, Silvester said he was satisfied with Ritter’s findings.

“He really would be legitimately called a national and international expert and he specializes in environmental toxicology and the opening quote of his expert opinion letter is, ‘In my expert opinion, the proposed FSD coal operations do not pose a risk of adverse health effects in neighbouring communities.’

So that’s a pretty unequivocal statement from an expert in the field.”

As for earlier reports that White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin had not received the report on the day of its release, Silvester said it appeared to be a communications mix up at city hall as the report had

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“I spoke with him and he was saying there had been some sort of confusion at city hall,” said Silvester, who noted the report was emailed and couriered the morning of its release. “We absolutely understand the importance of communicating with him and we are totally committed to it and we always want to communicate these things totally and thoroughly.”

When asked if there was any intent to conduct any other reviews of the proposed project, Silvester said there doesn’t appear to be any intent to undertake a comprehensive health-impact assessment at the moment, but that could still change.

“We would need to see something we haven’t seen so far to say to us that there is a need for more assessment of this project, but the assessment done so far has been very comprehensive and it does seem to have answered all the questions that have been raised,” he said. “There are people who say those questions haven’t been answered, but I would strongly encourage them to read the full report.”

Finally, with regard to concerns expressed by some project opponents that with the 30-day feedback period ending in mid-December the announcement might be timed to come down during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Silvester said that whenever the decision is announced every effort will be taken to get the information out.

“We take our responsibilities very seriously and we will make sure our decision is fully and properly communicated and there will be plenty of opportunity for everybody interested in receiving that information and understanding it.

“We are very thoughtful and careful about the way we communicate and will make sure the information is widely available,” he said.

Port Metro Vancouver will be accepting feedback on the environmental impact assessment until Dec. 17. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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Vincent Lalonde named Surrey’s new city manager Now writers

SURREY — In February, the City of Surrey will be getting a brand new city hall – and a brand new city manager.

Vincent Lalonde will take the reins on Feb. 1, 2014 and just days later, the new Surrey city hall is scheduled to officially open its doors.

Lalonde will take over the role currently filled by Murray Dinwoodie, who is retiring after eight years at the helm. Dinwoodie announced he was stepping down from the position in August to spend more time with his family.

Lalonde has a significant background in local government, having held a series of progressively more responsible positions at the City of Surrey over the last 16 years.

A Surrey resident, Lalonde began his involvement with the city as a project manager.

The first big initiative he was involved in was the Lowlands Flood Control project of the Serpentine and Nicomekl Floodplains.

He then managed utilities – water, sewage and drainage – for the city. After that, he managed utilities and transportation, and for the last five years, he has been Surrey’s general manager of engineering.

“I feel very honoured, first of all, and quite excited about serving mayor and council and the rest of the City of Surrey for the foreseeable future, to bring us to new heights,” Lalonde said Wednesday.

“Being at the City of Surrey already, I have a good understanding of where mayor and council want to bring Surrey, and be the most liveable city in Canada, and I’d like to contribute, of course, in doing that and build on an innovative and efficient city government.”

The beginning of Lalonde’s new role is set to coincide with the opening of the new Surrey city hall.

“Psychologically, it’s a new building and there will be a new city manager. It

will be exciting times for the City of Surrey,” he said.

“I think there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s very exciting times and the move of city hall kind of coincides with our downtown becoming much more urban and the city hall, the government, being in the City Centre is

a manifestation of Surrey growing and also taking on that new urban form.”

That growth, he said, is key to Surrey’s future.

“For engineers or people that are in the city government business, growth brings a lot of opportunity – and positive opportunity. But

it’s important to manage properly,” said Lalonde. “So it’s a really exciting place to work. Certainly in all my years as an engineer for the city, there was never a dull moment. And so it’s quite exciting.”

Mayor Dianne Watts said the city conducted an extensive Canada-wide

searched and interviewed a number of strong candidates.

“Vincent was the council’s unanimous choice,” Watts said in a release. “Vincent will serve the city and the citizens of Surrey well in the years to come.”

With files from Jacob Zinn

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Surrey family sues after eating contest tragedy Tom Zytaruk

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SURREY — The family of a Whalley man who suffered brain damage after choking during an eating contest at a Diwali celebration in Surrey last year is suing the event’s organizers for negligence.

Kamaljeet Aulakh filed the notice of civil claim, on behalf of her husband Samaljit Aulakh, in B.C Supreme Court in New Westminster on Nov. 19.

The defendants are South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. doing business as RED FM, Nanak Foods Inc., Surrey CC Property Inc., CC Retail Holdings Ltd., and Blackwood Partners Management Corp.

Samaljit, who used to work as a shipper and receiver, participated in an eating contest at Central City Shopping Centre, on Nov. 10, 2012.

The contest, sponsored by Red FM, challenged the participants to eat and swallow a number of Indian sweets called gulab jamuns, made by a Newton-based

company called Nanak Foods Inc., before anyone else. The first to down about six of the sweets would win a new iPhone.

According to Aulakh’s lawsuit, the contestants were told they could not use their hands, and each had to bend over a table and eat the gulab jamuns as fast as they could from boxes that were placed in front of them.

Aulakh was the first to finish. When he stood upright after eating them, according to his claim, he “immediately exhibited signs of distress in containing the gulab jamuns.”

The lawsuit claims that a Red FM broadcaster declared Aulakh the winner but also warned him that he wouldn’t get the iPhone if he threw up. It further claims that an agent or employee of Nanak and RED FM, dressed as a Nanak company mascot, gave Aulakh some water, whereupon he expelled the sweets, fell on the RED FM stage, choking, and lost consciousness.

The defendants have been given 35 days to respond. None of the claims contained in the lawsuit have been proven in court. tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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Crown wants 15 months for former city planner

SURREY — The actions of a former Surrey city planner who tried to solicit money from a developer have had a devastating impact on the city, its employees and the developer involved, Crown argued during a sentencing hearing Thursday.

Akonyu Geoffrey Akolo, 48, pleaded guilty last month to one charge of breach of trust.

“When you look at the city’s values, it is clear that Mr. Akolo’s actions violated them,” Crown prosecutor Kevin Marks said in his submissions at B.C. Provincial Court in Surrey.

“Mr. Akolo’s actions have tarnished the City of Surrey in so many ways.”

Akolo was a planner who had been working for the city for nearly 20 years when the breach occurred.

On Feb. 15, 2010, the city officials met

with Akolo and suspended him indefinitely without pay. Following a search of his desk, during evidence of his breach was found, another meeting was held and Akolo admitted Akonyu Akolo to it. He was fired.

In April of that year, the City of Surrey filed a lawsuit against Akolo, unnamed developers and an unnamed female who allegedly helped Akolo with his transactions.

Crown is asking for a 15-month jail sentence for Akolo. Defence lawyer Jennifer Currie said she had planned to ask for a conditional sentence of nine to 12 months, but Akolo wants to pursue a planning job in South Sudan and would prefer to serve a three- or four-month jail sentence so that he can move on and begin supporting his family again. Sentencing submissions will continue at a later date.

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Family first slogan no longer fits InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

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ell, the past week wasn’t exactly a stellar one for Premier Christy Clark’s “Families First” agenda.

I’ve long thought the slogan itself was a risky one, given that families rely on government services to varying degrees and it’s pretty well impossible for any government to meet the demand at every turn.

So a government, particularly one that doesn’t have a lot of elbow room when it comes to spending, is always vulnerable to charges it’s being unfairly hard on things like, well, families. And the events of the past week show just how true that can be.

Just a few days after cutting back B.C. Ferry services for ferry-dependent communities (and the families who live in them), her government unveiled increases in BC Hydro rates that, over the next five years, will cost the average family an additional $300 or so in electricity bills.

On the same day as the

hydro announcement, a report was released by an advocacy group that mapped out the depths of poverty in B.C. It concluded B.C. ranked last in the country when it came to child poverty rates.

A day later, Finance Minister Mike de Jong presented an update on the government’s fiscal situation that, while far from bleak, nevertheless showed the chances of the government spending more money on services to help families (or to address child poverty) were slim and none.

His quarterly financial report also showed Clark’s much-emphasized job creation program has gone nowhere. Employment growth has been nearly flat for the first 10 months of this year and there has even been a net loss of 2,600 jobs.

Still, it was the report on child poverty that provided the sharpest and bleakest contrast to what is supposed to be a “families first” approach from government.

To be sure, reports by advocacy groups have to be viewed somewhat warily, as they tend to support whatever particular goal the group is trying to achieve. And things can be interpreted subjectively

in order to advance their argument.

And measuring poverty is an inexact science, as statistics can sometimes prove to be misleading.

Nevertheless, the report by First Call: the B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition is fairly disturbing. Using Statistics Canada data (not always the most accurate way to measure everything) it concluded almost one-fifth (18 per cent) of children in B.C. live below the poverty line (where that line sits, admittedly, is the subject of some debate itself).

That works out to about 153,000 children living in poverty, an increase of 34,000 in just one year.

Alarmingly, the poverty in single-mother homes more than doubled, from 21.5 per cent in 2010 to a staggering 49.8 per cent in 2011.

Grim findings such as

these call out for some kind of action by the provincial government, but there is not much evidence that is happening. Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux has insisted her government’s approach to solving the poverty problem is to grow the economy and create jobs, but not much progress is being made on either of those fronts.

And until the economy picks up significantly (and no one seems to be predicting that will happen anytime soon), average families will feel the pain of government cutbacks and rate increases, no matter how inevitable such moves may be.

Until the B.C. government finds a magic pot of gold, its number-one goal of balancing the budget each year necessitates making moves that will hurt

families, especially those at the lower end of the income scale.

That advocacy group on poverty suggests, among other things, adopting a $10-a-day childcare plan and increasing welfare rates.

Neither of those things is going to happen, as a cashstrapped government tries to wrestle a budget deficit to the ground.

Perhaps it is time for the premier to find a new slogan to wrap her government’s stated agenda around, because “families first” just isn’t working and

won’t until the economy gets out of its sluggish, neutral state.

Clark and her government have gone all-in on the quest to establish an LNG industry, which could pay off handsomely for the province. But that payoff, if it does occur, won’t come for several years yet.

In the meantime, things will continue to be lean for families who can least afford it.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Train tracks should stay where they are own problem. If the track foundations or infrastructure are faulty, then go after the owner – the railway company! You can sue them, you know.

I moved to the Morgan Creek area to specifically get away from all the railway noise in my old neighbourhood of Fraser Heights eight years ago. I bought in the Morgan Creek area, knowing there were no train tracks in my area. Now, White Rock

and Ocean Park residents (who bought their homes knowing full well the train tracks were in their area) expect me to sit back and allow them to relocate the train tracks to my area? Not a chance! Furthermore, what about the possibility of my taxes rising to pay for their relocation costs?

I guess the fact that a track relocation will also increase the elites’ property values is also not worth mentioning either, Mayor

Dianne Watts? Bad optics, I guess.

I and the 99 per cent of Surrey residents completely disagree with a track relocation that favours only the one per cent. I understand Mayor Watts must be seen to be doing something for the unhappy, noisy elites in White Rock and Ocean Park, but not at my (or the rest of Surrey’s) expense.

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Geoff Stewart is going for his sixth Most Original Sweater trophy at the 12th annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party in Vancouver on Dec. 20. The South Surrey youth pastor designs his own sweaters, often with some electronic element like Christmas lights or an iPad (pictured). (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

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SOUTH SURREY — Geoff Stewart doesn’t mess around when it comes to ugly Christmas sweaters.

Stewart, the youth pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church, is the reigning defending champion of Vancouver’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, the premiere contest for ugly holiday sweaters. He is going for the six-peat in the Most Original Sweater category.

“This will be my seventh year going – the first year, I came in second place and I’ve won the other five,” he said. “You could say I’m the Michael Jordan of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.”

About 10 years ago, Stewart and a group of friends had their own ugly sweater party, which spurred his interest in competitive sweatermaking. But his history with ugly

sweaters dates back to the heyday of garish winter wear: the ’90s.

“I had a sweater, and I sure wish I could find it – I think my aunt made it,” he recalled. “It was a T. rex wearing a Santa hat with a giant googly eye on it, and it was just an amazing sweater.

“I think back then, they were embarrassing, and now they’re funny.”

Since that presumably itchy Christmas season, Stewart has stepped up his game when it comes to designing festive, woolly eyesores.

“I make heavily modified Christmas sweaters,” he said. “I’ll take a normal sweater and add anything from a digital picture frame to an iPad. “I’ll spend 10 to 15 hours building a sweater. I have one with a giant snowglobe on the front of it, I’ve had one with lots of lights – I like being creative, so it’s kind of a fun way to express myself.”

While flashing lights and moving parts are a part of the holiday magic, Stewart stressed the importance of having a relatable theme, rather than

just “gluing a bunch of stuff onto a sweater.” In previous years, he has designed sweaters modelled after the Grinch, the Vancouver Canucks and Jingle Cats.

“My first one was Christmas Vacation – I built the Griswold’s house and put all the lights on it,” he said. “It was all running on incandescents, so it ran really hot.

It burnt through nine C batteries in four hours.”

Those looking to buy an ugly sweater in time for the holidays may be out of luck – Stewart said most of the thrift stores have been picked over, and he recommended checking online retailers like eBay and Etsy.

“There are some amazing Christmas sweaters that are available online, but you’re going to pay upwards of $100 for a really good one.”

That said, he noted that it’s not impossible to find ugly Christmas sweaters at certain stores throughout Surrey.

“What’s scary is that there are still stores that sell these things and

market them to older people that will still wear one of these sweaters because they’re cool to wear at Christmastime,” he said. “I wear mine strictly for the irony of the whole thing.”

The 12th annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is set to fill the Commodore Ballroom with holiday cheer on Dec. 20, but Stewart has yet to figure out what his theme will be for his sweater this year.

“I don’t even start thinking about my sweater until about two weeks before and then I build it in the two days leading up,” he said. “I’m a procrastinator at heart.”

No matter what he comes up with, Stewart is sticking to the formula that has earned trophies five years straight.

“Having a cohesive look for the whole thing is kind of my edge right now,” he said. “There are some people that have done similar things and have done a really good job of it, but I still seem to be the only one that’s operating at this level, which is either really great or really sad. I haven’t decided.”

Ugly Christmas sweaters are kind of a big deal these days and we at the Now want to see the ugliest of the ugliest.

As such, we’re asking you, our readers, to send in pics of you in your most horrendous holiday garb and if we deem it ugly enough, we’ll publish it in the Christmas edition of our paper!

The top five ugliest sweaters will also be entered into a draw to win a pair of Vancouver Canucks tickets to the Dec. 22 game against the Winnipeg Jets and the runners up will be in the running for some other goodies.

But perhaps you’re more about enjoying Christmas the old fashioned way?

Well, we still want to hear from you.

In addition to collecting photos of ugly sweaters, we want to hear about some of your more interesting Christmas family traditions, holiday recipes you enjoy and favourite/ funniest Christmas memories.

Do you celebrate with a holiday pickle? Do you remember when you or your kids first met Santa Claus? Tell us and enter for a chance to win some other goodies!

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The colourful convoy, which includes trucks from the Greater Vancouver area, turns downtown Cloverdale into Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights starting at 5 p.m., then travels to Holland Park for the Big Rigs for Kids event, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The Cloverdale event includes 85 or 90 floats and other parade entries, not just lighted trucks, along with pre-parade activities at Hawthorne Square. Last year, close to 13,000 people

watched the parade.

A similar parade of trucks, also involving members of Island Equipment Owners Association, has been held in Victoria for 14 years.

The ferry bill to get the those trucks to Surrey is close to $7,000, an expense covered, among others, by donations from local businesses and a grant from the City of Surrey.

Both events Sunday generate donations for Surrey Food Bank and Surrey Christmas Bureau.

“We really do encourage people to bring spare change and some goods for those organizations,” said Paul Orazietti, executive director of Cloverdale Business Improvement Association.

Trucks decorated with bright lights are a big attraction at Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights in Cloverdale and Central City’s Big Rigs for Kids events, both held this Sunday, Dec. 8. (File photo: KEVIN HILL)

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CHRISTMAS A guide to events of the season in Surrey, White Rock and North Delta PARADES Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights: Eighth annual event in the heart of Cloverdale features an exciting parade of vehicles, including lighted trucks and more, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8, with pre-parade activities at Hawthorne Square, 5700-block of 176th St., rain or shine. More info: 604-574-9802, 604576-3155, www.cloverdale.bc.ca, www.cloverdalebia.com.

Central City’s Big Rigs Kids event features lighted trucks and more, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Old Yale Road/Holland Park, plus other attractions, rain or shine. Info: 604580-2321, downtownsurreybia.com.

CONCERTS Lyric Singers in “Celebrate the Season” concert 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2350 148th St., Surrey, featuring Christmas music. Tickets are $15 for adults, free for kids 12 and under, at Tapestry Music in White Rock and also via 604-3404353. Info: www.lyricsingers.ca.

“A Celebration of Carol” event: “Traditional, contemporary, international and congregational participation carols about the birth and life of Jesus Christ,” 7

p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6270 126th St., Surrey. Adult, children’s, youth and special musical numbers. Limited parking. Free admission. Info: Kristine Ashton, kristineashton@hotmail.com, 604472-1440.

John Lee Sanders’ Gospel and Blues Christmas: Yearly concert set for 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at First United Church, via Peninsula Productions. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at door, also at Tapestry Music, 1335 Johnston Rd., White Rock, until Dec. 6. Online: https://tickets.surrey.ca.

Yuletide Blues benefit concert hosted by White Rock Blues Society on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Rhumba Room bar in South Surrey, featuring Brandon “Yukon Slim” Isaak, James “Buddy” Rogers, David “Boxcar” Gates, Jason Buie, Arsen Shoakhov, Sibel Thrasher and more.

Tickets $15 at door plus two food items for food bank. Info: www. whiterockblues.com.

“Sounds of the Season” concert featuring Surrey Youth Orchestra, plus Surrey Strings and Junior Strings, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Chandos Pattison Auditorium, 10238 168th St., Surrey. Tickets $10/$15 at door; more info online at www.surreysymphony.com.

“A Rock n’ Roll Christmas”: Five

Isabella Lyons and Eloi Homier in The Nutcracker produced by Royal City Youth Ballet Company, at Surrey Arts Centre from Dec. 13 to 15. See listing under Shows. all-star tribute artists in one show, featuring the music of Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Brenda Lee, Saturday, Dec. 14 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey. All tickets are $41.50 via bellperformingartscentre.com and 604-507-6355. Show info online at www.LegendsofRocknRoll.com.

“A Traditional Christmas”: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s annual concert performed at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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SHOWS “Jingle”: AEB Productions presents Christmas-themed show starring Tony Barton, the Peanuts Gang 21-piece orchestra, The Agency Girls, Tracy Neff and others, 7:30

p.m. curtain Friday, Dec. 13 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey.

Partial proceeds to supportive new pediatric emergency ward at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Tickets $37 for adults, $22 for “elves” 12 and under, via 604-417-7748, tonybarton.biz.

Clova Cinema Christmas Pageant: Various performers and Clova staff in performance 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 at Cloverdale theatre, in fundraiser for its digital projection conversion, People’s Foundation of Sierra Leone charity and Surrey Food Bank. “This is a family-friendly event and is great for the whole family. There is no age minimum, and no age maximum.

We will have door prizes, a silent auction, and an Epicure and PartyLite table set up for customers as well.” Tickets for kids (age four to 12) will be $6, adults aged 13+ are $12.

“The Frog Princess”: Pantomime production brought to the Surrey Arts Centre stage by Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society to Dec. 8. Directed by Mike Balser, with musical direction by Timothy Tucker and choreography by Carol Seitz.

Tickets from $20 via 604-501-5566.

“Rumpelstiltskin”: Panto written

by Dave Baron staged by White Rock Players to Dec. 28 at Coast Capital Playhouse, on select nights. Info and tickets: 604-536-7535, www. whiterockplayers.ca.

“Scrooge! The Carol with an Attitude!”: Sunshine Hills Church Community Players stage production Dec. 6-7 at Kennedy Seniors

Recreation Centre in North Delta, starring Ed Milaney as Scrooge..

At 11760 88th Ave.; two evening shows and a 2 p.m. matinee Tickets are $10, call 604-594-2717.

“The Nutcracker”: Royal City Youth Ballet Company production staged at Surrey Arts Centre’s main stage from Dec. 13 to 15, multiple show times. Info: 604-501-5566, www.royalcityyouthballet.org.

“Cinderella”: Panto show from Royal Canadian Theatre Company runs from Dec. 20 to 29 at Surrey Arts Centre’s main stage, Bear Creek Park. Tickets via tickets. surrey.ca.

FUNDRAISERS Sources Season of Trees display at Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino, with wine/cheese event Dec. 5.

“Come network, enjoy delicious wines and bid on your favourite ‘locally decorated’ tree for your home or business.” Tickets $50, info at www.sources.bc.ca.

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Misha (Michelle Gaetz, right) tries to work up the courage to kiss the beautiful Frog Princess, Anastasia (Sheena Johnson), in The Frog Princess, this year’s pantomime by the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society. The show runs until Dec. 8 at Surrey Arts Centre. See listing under Shows.

HERITAGE Heritage Christmas at the Farm event Saturday, Dec. 7 at Historic Stewart Farm in South Surrey, from noon to 4 p.m. “Get in the holiday spirit with a visit to the farm. Sample fresh baking, make a decoration and tour the Victorian farmhouse all decked out for a pioneer Christmas.” All ages, by donation, at 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey, info at 604-592-6956, www. surrey.ca/heritage.

Christmas Open House at Historic Stewart Farm at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 14. “Drop in for a warm holiday visit. Enjoy the 1894 farmhouse decorated for an oldfashioned pioneer Christmas while listening to live music, sampling tasty treats and getting creative with festive family crafts.” All ages, by donation, at 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey, info at 604-592-6956, www. surrey.ca/heritage.

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Surrey Libraries’ second annual Festival of Trees: City Centre Library is turned into a winter wonderland of Christmas trees decorated by local businesses, on now until Jan. 2, as a fundraiser to support early literacy programs at Surrey Libraries. Vote for your favourite tree, be entered in the draw to win an eReader. Take your photo in front of the giant Lego Christmas tree by Canadian Master Lego Builder Robin Sather, pick up your take-home Lego ornament kit for $5 (available at all Surrey Libraries), also enjoy local school choir performances (details at library, 604-598-7420 or www.surreylibraries.ca/5715). On Thursday, Dec. 12, a Lego Christmas Ornament workshop with Sather (3-4 p.m.). Register at 604-598-7427.

Winter Crafternoon: Create upcycled holiday decor using recycled materials with Denise Corcoran at Surrey Libraries’ Guildford branch, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. “Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring old ornaments and junk you would like to transform.

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The Lyric Singers (including choir members Linda Szentes, Ellen Whatley, Angela Rebrec and Nancy Rahn, clockwise from top) perform in a “Celebrate the Season� concert Saturday, Dec. 7 at Mount Olive Church in Surrey. See Concerts, page 17.

“Christmas in Cloverdale� Gift and Craft Marketplace: Fifth annual event Dec. 6-7 features more than 100 juried vendor tables with gift and craft items, Santa Claus appearances, magic, craft tables for kids, food, more, at Alice McKay building at Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

Free admission, canned goods accepted for Surrey Food Bank. Info: www.christmasincloverdale.com or call Heather, 778-385-3769.

Trinity Lutheran Church hosts its annual Big Christmas Sale noon Saturday, Dec. 7, at 11040 River Rd., North Delta. “Lots of wonderful baking (including Norwegian treats), gift baskets and a soup and sandwich lunch.� 604-584-0111.

Christmas at the Loafing Shed Glass Studio: Glass art and other works featured at Robert Gary Parkes’ studio in Surrey, 9060 184th St., on special event dates of Dec.

6, 7, 13, 14 and 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, with glass-blowing demos at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Info: www. robertgaryparkes.ca.

White Rock Museum & Archives’ annual Christmas Craft Fair runs until Dec. 22 at the beachside facility, 14970 Marine Dr., White Rock. Info: 604-541-2221 or visit www.whiterock.museum.bc.ca.

Colebrook United Church Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Jewelry, wreaths, cards, Pampered Chef, Avon, Arbonne, soup & sandwich at our cafĂŠ & much, much more!

Supporting the needy locally & around the world. Also collecting toys for the Christmas Bureau.� For info, email juliafitzs@shaw.ca or info@colebrookunited.org.

St. Helens Anglican Church Annual Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Raffle, crafts, homebaking, children’s toys and books, door prizes, etc. Lunch $7, children $4.

Event at 10787 128th St., Surrey, phone 604-581-4800 for details.

WORSHIP Blue Christmas Worship: Special service 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 at Crossroads United Church, 7655 120th St., Delta, for people “who are struggling, all who are grieving, all who feel just a bit out of step with the ‘ho ho ho’ of this season.� Info: 778-593-1043.

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ACTIVITIES 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

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Soup Sisters/Broth Brothers of Surrey: Soup-making social events hosted by charitable group monthly at Bistro 72 restaurant in Newton, as donation to Evergreen Transition House shelter for women and children. Fee per person is $50; event calendar and more details at www.soupsisters.org.

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Part of the challenge, he explained, is that registration goes until Dec. 4, but all donations have to be in by Dec. 9 so that the hampers can be organized and packed for the hamper pick-up date on Dec. 14. “We’re always looking for more food.�

However, cash donations are needed, too, so they can get gift certificates for teens and other items.

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CLOVERDALE — Christmas might still seem like a long way away, but volunteers with the Cloverdale Christmas Hamper Program have only a few days left to get everything ready for delivery.

The nondenominational program delivered more than 250 hampers for families in the area last year, and are on track to have about 300 registrants this year, said Kevin Lunder, program lead. Many of the new registrants are seniors, he added.

Each hamper has fresh and nonperishable food – enough for a week to 10 days, a gift certificate for a turkey from Pricesmart and parents can pick out a few new toys for their kids, too. “The problem we were dealing with (is) people are under the perception that there’s

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SURREY — For the next two years, visitors to the Surrey Arts Centre’s courtyard will be observed by the Supernatural Eye, a large-scale sculpture by Canadian contemporary artist and White Rock resident Robert Davidson.

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by Polygon Homes, and was commissioned for Harvard Gardens in Surrey in accordance with the city’s Private Development Public Art Program. It has been loaned for exhibition to the Surrey Art Gallery until the Harvard Gardens development is completed in 2015.

“It’s a real treasure for us and we’re very excited that we were able to actually receive this public art piece because of public art policy we have in place, where developers pay 2.5 per cent of construction costs to contribute to public art to the City of Surrey,” said Coun. Judy Villeneuve, chair of the city’s public art and cultural committees.

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“It was almost spiritual because these two men have made such a tremendous contribution to the arts in B.C. And the piece is absolutely stunning... It demonstrates what the potential is for really fine art to be contributed to the community through this policy.”

The aluminum sculpture, measuring almost three metres, is the second edition of a similar work on exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Supernatural Eye’s contours and colours combine the traditional visual iconography of Haida art with a contemporary aesthetic.

Davidson’s inspiration was the many supernatural beings that dwell in Haida Gwaii.

“Surrey is proud to have a sculpture by such a renowned artist,” Villeneuve said.

“Robert Davidson has been an inspiration to generations of young artists, and especially to the many families in Surrey of aboriginal heritage.”

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The magazine received more than 300 entries in 33 categories for its 2013 awards from countries around the world including Canada, China, Germany, India, Ireland, Russia, Singapore and the United States.

“It’s an honour to be recognized on an international level for Fusion Festival,” said Mayor Dianne Watts in a release. “Fusion Fest provides an opportunity to celebrate our rich cultural diversity and has become a landmark event for Surrey.”

The International GALA Awards will be handed out at a black-tie ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 10, 2014 at Special Event Magazine’s “The Special Event” annual conference.

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One of the best known is the annual display at the Lagerstroms’ house, at 15466 91A Ave., Surrey.

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of lights, and also collects donations for the Canadian Cancer Society and Camp Goodtimes. The display is on Sunday to Thursday: 5 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 5 to 11 p.m., Christmas and Boxing Day: 5 p.m. to midnight, and New Year’s Eve, 5 p.m.

to 12:30 a.m. For details, see www. lightup.ca.

Please send us your address and a brief description if you have a great display you want people to see. Email edit@thenownewspaper.com with “Light display” in the subject line.

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Pets get their photos with Santa on Dec. 8 (noon to 3 p.m.) at CWL Auto, 1-3033 King George Blvd. Money raised goes to Semiahmoo Animal League Inc. New toys for Toys 4 Tots and pet food donations for Surrey Urban Mission are also welcome. (Photo: ANDREAS BERNAUER)

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Defense was a vague and puzzling concept when the Surrey Eagles and Coquitlam Express hooked up for a pair of B.C. Hockey League games last week.

The two teams combined for 27 goals while earning a split of the homeand-home set. Surrey took the first game 7-5 at South Surrey Arena on Wednesday night, but dropped the roadside of the series 9-6 in Coquitlam Friday.

“The defence and goaltending was just great; it was terrific. Our biggest challenge now is finding a way to get another couple of goals,” said Eagles coach Peter Schaefer with his tongue firmly in cheek. “It was wild — it seems like if we don’t score five goals, we lose. We’re obviously scoring enough goals to win these games, but it doesn’t matter if we don’t work just as hard in the defensive end. We have to make smarter decisions and play just as hungry in the defensive end as we do in the other end of the ice.”

A score of 4-3 is normally acceptable as a final outcome for a junior hockey coach, but not when that’s what the scoreboard reads after the opening period of play. Such was the case in Coquitlam Friday night when both teams got off to fast starts offensively and paid little attention to detail in their respective defensive zone.

The Express struck four times in an 80-second span to take a 4-0 lead before the game was five minutes old. Surrey responded by banging in three goals of their own before the end of the opening frame and then managed to tie the contest two minutes into the second period.

Coquitlam quickly regained control, netting a trio of goals to carry a 7-4 lead into the final frame. That three-goal advantage held up as the Express matched the Eagles goal for goal in the third period to close out the win.

Braedan Russell led the Birds with three goals and one assist while solo markers came from Nicolas Pierog, Joseph Drapluk and Noah Renouf.

Wednesday night in South Surrey, the Eagles turned in a much better defensive effort — for the first two periods of play. Surrey led 6-2 30 seconds into the final frame and then sat back and watch Coquitlam score three straight goals to turn a close game into a nailbiter. Surrey’s Danton Heinen finally stopped the bleeding with an empty netter to complete a four-point night (two goals, two assists).

“We played well for parts of the game and we did well enough to get the win, but the downside is we let them back in the game,” Schaefer said after Wednesday’s win. “We played well defensively early in the game, but in the third period we went back to our old ways. The big thing is we beat a team above us in the standings and we managed to string together a couple of wins so we’re happy with that.”

Drapluk and Renouf also scored twice for Surrey while Jonah Renouf netted the other Eagles’ goal.

HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE — Victoria’s Lister Farrar uses his foot as a brake/rudder while navigating a muddy stretch of the course during the B.C. Cyclocross Grand Prix Sunday at South Surrey Athletic Park. View more photos with Layer. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Volleyball

Breakers roll to B.C. junior crown Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breakers made an undefeated run through the best junior girls volleyball teams in the province to capture the B.C. championship banner in South Delta Nov. 23.

The Breakers rolled through the preliminary round without dropping a set and then opened the playoffs with a straight sets win over Prince George.

When play resumed Saturday morning, the Pacific Academy dispatched Vernon 25-18, 25-11

and knocked off cross-town rival Surrey Christian 25-9, 25-20 in the semifinals. The Breakers then capped the weekend by beating Coquitlam’s Riverside in the championship final.

Mikayla Funk of Pacific Academy was named the tournament MVP while teammates Sophie Stone and Gabby Attieh were selected to the first all-star team.

Surrey Christian bounced back from their semifinal loss by beating Abbotsford’s MEI

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South Surrey’s Earl Marriott placed fifth, one spot ahead of Cloverdale’s Lord Tweedsmuir while the Southridge Storm came in seventh.

Surrey Christian’s Kiera Van Ryk was chosen as a first team all-star while teammate Sarah Lee was a second team selection.

Other second team all-stars from Surrey included Emily Schenk (Southridge), Caitlyn Lamont (Lord Tweedsmuir) and Lauren Jennings (Earl Marriott).

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Gridders nab all-star honours Surrey and North Delta students were among the many players honoured when B.C. High School Football handed out its year-end awards last week.

In the class AAA ranks, Cloverdale’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers had three players named to the 2013 provincial all-star team.

Panther’s star running back Jamel Lyles received all-star honours on offense while defensive linemen Austin Thornton and Reece Russell made the grade on the defensive side of the ball.

Lyles had a monster season in the Lord Tweedsmuir backfield, rushing for 1,855 yards and 27 touchdowns in nine regular season games. He also added majors as a pass receiver and kick returner as well as throwing the ball from the wildcat formation.

Thornton earned defensive MVP honours for the class AAA Eastern Conference this season. From his defensive end post, Thornton recorded 55 tackles and a dozen sacks this season plus returned one interception for a touchdown.

Despite being in Grade 11, Russell was a disruptive force on the Panthers’ defensive line this season and will be counted on to be a leader on the Panthers as a Grade 12 in 2014.

A pack of Bayside Sharks converge on the Langley ballcarrier during a 31-22 Bayside win last week in South Surrey. View more photos in Layar. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Thornton picked up some more silverware when he was honoured as the 2013 academic player of the year, an award that comes with a $2,000 scholarship.

Panthers defensive back Amrit Sanopal was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from Insigo Publishing for excellence in the classroom and on the gridiron.

At the class AA level, Fleetwood’s Holy Cross Crusaders placed two players on the provincial all-star team as linebacker Lucas Ciampelletti and defensive lineman Johnathon Kongbo both made the grade.

Ciampelletti was chosen as the defensive MVP for the class AA Southern Conference while Kongbo was tabbed as an all-star along with fellow Crusaders Anton Cvitkovich, Will Gladwell, Antonio Mendoza and Sam Garzetto.

The Southern Conference all-star roster also included a trio of Frank Hurt Hornets as running back Bash Sise-Odaa, defensive lineman Kyle Nelson and offensive lineman Connor Barron all made the cut.

The Seaquam Seahawks were represented on the Southern Conference all-star roster by defensive linemen Nolan Spalek and Cory Hudson.

Seahawks defensive back Sam Orlick was honoured as the top Grade 11 defender.

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Recognizing that every community is unique, both in their character and in the challenges they face, our series will look at each area’s struggles and triumphs.

This ongoing feature will showcase Surrey’s dozens of neighbourhoods through stories, photos and video.

Visit thenownewspaper. com, to see the multimedia components of each story, or scan each feature with your Layar app. To share your neighbourhood’s story, email edit@thenownewspaper.com.

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Herrmann said Whalley, which has long been her home, is a unique community.

“Whalley gets a bad rap and I think you look at the partnerships that are created in this community and the efforts to improve the community and there’s a lot of people doing some tremendously hard work to make that happen. Where it’ll be, I don’t know, because it’s changing so quickly.”

And where will all these changes leave the food bank? Probably not here, she said.

“I know we’re going to be surrounded by towers, so I don’t think we’ll have a place in that. Where will we go? I don’t know. That’s under review right now. But I’ve absolutely seen some tremendous change – some good, some not good – but that’s all I can call it.

Just a changing, vital community that’s on the cusp of who knows what.”

Herrmann said Whalley has traditionally been home to social services.

“This has been our area. I’m not sure where we’re going to go. I’m not sure where we belong,” she said.

“If it’s not here, then where will that be?

People need help. People need us. People need to know that there’s somewhere that they can turn when they’re hungry or when they need somewhere to sleep. I don’t know. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to those of us that are still here and still trying to serve this community. Some wonderful, wonderful people are working to address that. I hope the answer is there soon.”

Herrmann also noted the food bank has been looking for a new home for a few years.

“Our challenge for our food bank, is not because people live here, we know that there are some clients that live in this area, but people come from all over Surrey who use the Surrey Food Bank and who need the Surrey Food Bank,” she said. “So we need to be on a major bus route. We need to be where the clients can get to us easily.

That’s not easy if you’re out in Fleetwood or somewhere remote. We need to be on a major bus route. So that’ll be our challenge.

Where will we go?”

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Finding a suitable building has also proven challenging, because their new location will need to be a lot larger.

“We have to find somewhere else to be, but we haven’t had any luck being able to find something three times the size with the parking spots we need. So that’s a huge challenge,” she said.

Herrmann suspects other service groups in the area are also realizing that it’s inevitable they will have to relocate.

“I think that’s a common thread. Again, because we need to be where the people can access us, putting us in a remote location is only going to bring more challenges. So I

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think we’re not the only ones. There’s many of us that are wondering, how can we work together to find that location that’s going to be long term?”

But she emphasized that the food bank will fight to stay alive.

“Is the food bank shutting its door anytime soon? No. As much as the academics will argue with me and say, ‘just shut your doors and the problem will be solved by the government’ – sorry, don’t believe that. And as long as there’s people that are saying I need help, I need to feed my kids, I need to show my family that we can make change and we can get better and we can get out of this low spot of our lives, as long as there’s people that need that, we’re here. Where here is? I don’t know.”

About the community as a whole, Herrmann said she feels Whalley has become safer over the years.

“I find that people are working together to try to eliminate some of the major issues.

I think we get a bad rap,” she said. And it’s hard to shake a bad rap, she added.

“It is hard. But I think one thing we’ve tried to do as an organization is be a good

152nd Street, south of 70A Street – perhaps picking something up – when an Acura SUV struck her in the slow lane.

It happened just before 11 p.m.

Police said the woman was revived en route to hospital, after going into cardiac arrest. She was in critical condition at the Now’s print deadline.

neighbour.”

Herrmann said there’s a lot of good in the neighbourhood, and the community supports one another. From RCMP to residents to businesses, the community bands together to work on the area’s issues, she said.

“Are we solving all the problems? No. Absolutely not. But we’re trying. We’re trying to make it a better place for everyone to live and work and do their business.” areid@thenownewspaper.com

NEXT NEIGHBOURHOODS: Ocean Park maintains a small town feel – and how locally-owned businesses have stayed alive despite the threat of big box stores.

Multimedia Our new Neighbourhoods series also features videos and maps. Find the whole multimedia package online at thenownewspaper.com.

The driver, a 40-year-old Surrey woman, stayed at the scene and police have found no evidence that drugs, alcohol or speed were contributing factors in the collision.

Police are still investigating.

So far this year, there have been 16 fatal crashes in Surrey with seven involving pedestrians.

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Coal terminal decision to be ‘reasonably soon’: CEO Christopher Poon Now staff Twitter @questionchris

SURREY — A decision on the proposed coal terminal expansion at Fraser Surrey Docks could be coming in the near future, according to Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) CEO Robin Silvester.

Speaking with the Now Thursday, Silvester said that, following the release of the project’s health impact assessment early last week, PMV was in the final stages of its decision-making process.

“We make our decision and announce it when we have time to properly consider all of the input, so we are nearing the end of this process so we would expect to be in the position to make a decision reasonably soon,” he said. “We don’t have a fixed timeline to make that decision, but we are committed to reviewing all of the information.”

Barring any drastic oversights, Silvester said that the remaining steps would be to collect and consider the feedback on the recently released report as well as review information from an independent review of the report, which has also been

commissioned by PMV. To date, reaction to PMV’s report has been mostly negative, with municipalities like the City of Surrey and community groups criticizing it for not considering the potential impacts on the communities surrounding the rail route that would be used to transport the coal to the proposed terminal.

In response to the criticism, Silvester said those concerns should be alleviated by a detailed and thorough review of the report.

“There’s been a lot of comment about it, there’s been a lot of interest and that’s fine. The point of having a consultation process is so people have a chance to get to understand the project and the possible implications,” he said. “But it’s a long, complicated report with a lot of scientific information and I don’t think what people fully understand yet – from our read of the report – is that it’s saying the dust is going to be contained by the mitigation methods proposed.”

In particular, much has been made of a letter penned by the chief medical officers of both Vancouver Coastal

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and Fraser Health saying that the report was lacking in terms of scope, something Silvester said might need another look.

“Obviously, we respect and value the input from the regional medical officers

he said. “We respect their input and appreciate it but we would actually also respectfully question some of the scope on what they’re commenting on and if they have fully reviewed and considered the report and the expert opinions contained in it.”

Referring to the expert cited in the report, Dr. Leonard Ritter of the University of Guelph, Silvester said he was satisfied with Ritter’s findings.

“He really would be legitimately called a national and international expert and he specializes in environmental toxicology and the opening quote of his expert opinion letter is, ‘In my expert opinion, the proposed FSD coal operations do not pose a risk of adverse health effects in neighbouring communities.’

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As for earlier reports that White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin had not received the report on the day of its release, Silvester said it appeared to be a communications mix up at city hall as the report had

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“I spoke with him and he was saying there had been some sort of confusion at city hall,” said Silvester, who noted the report was emailed and couriered the morning of its release. “We absolutely understand the importance of communicating with him and we are totally committed to it and we always want to communicate these things totally and thoroughly.”

When asked if there was any intent to conduct any other reviews of the proposed project, Silvester said there doesn’t appear to be any intent to undertake a comprehensive health-impact assessment at the moment, but that could still change.

“We would need to see something we haven’t seen so far to say to us that there is a need for more assessment of this project, but the assessment done so far has been very comprehensive and it does seem to have answered all the questions that have been raised,” he said. “There are people who say those questions haven’t been answered, but I would strongly encourage them to read the full report.”

Finally, with regard to concerns expressed by some project opponents that with the 30-day feedback period ending in mid-December the announcement might be timed to come down during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Silvester said that whenever the decision is announced every effort will be taken to get the information out.

“We take our responsibilities very seriously and we will make sure our decision is fully and properly communicated and there will be plenty of opportunity for everybody interested in receiving that information and understanding it.

“We are very thoughtful and careful about the way we communicate and will make sure the information is widely available,” he said.

Port Metro Vancouver will be accepting feedback on the environmental impact assessment until Dec. 17. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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Vincent Lalonde named Surrey’s new city manager Now writers

SURREY — In February, the City of Surrey will be getting a brand new city hall – and a brand new city manager.

Vincent Lalonde will take the reins on Feb. 1, 2014 and just days later, the new Surrey city hall is scheduled to officially open its doors.

Lalonde will take over the role currently filled by Murray Dinwoodie, who is retiring after eight years at the helm. Dinwoodie announced he was stepping down from the position in August to spend more time with his family.

Lalonde has a significant background in local government, having held a series of progressively more responsible positions at the City of Surrey over the last 16 years.

A Surrey resident, Lalonde began his involvement with the city as a project manager.

The first big initiative he was involved in was the Lowlands Flood Control project of the Serpentine and Nicomekl Floodplains.

He then managed utilities – water, sewage and drainage – for the city. After that, he managed utilities and transportation, and for the last five years, he has been Surrey’s general manager of engineering.

“I feel very honoured, first of all, and quite excited about serving mayor and council and the rest of the City of Surrey for the foreseeable future, to bring us to new heights,” Lalonde said Wednesday.

“Being at the City of Surrey already, I have a good understanding of where mayor and council want to bring Surrey, and be the most liveable city in Canada, and I’d like to contribute, of course, in doing that and build on an innovative and efficient city government.”

The beginning of Lalonde’s new role is set to coincide with the opening of the new Surrey city hall.

“Psychologically, it’s a new building and there will be a new city manager. It

will be exciting times for the City of Surrey,” he said.

“I think there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s very exciting times and the move of city hall kind of coincides with our downtown becoming much more urban and the city hall, the government, being in the City Centre is

a manifestation of Surrey growing and also taking on that new urban form.”

That growth, he said, is key to Surrey’s future.

“For engineers or people that are in the city government business, growth brings a lot of opportunity – and positive opportunity. But

it’s important to manage properly,” said Lalonde. “So it’s a really exciting place to work. Certainly in all my years as an engineer for the city, there was never a dull moment. And so it’s quite exciting.”

Mayor Dianne Watts said the city conducted an extensive Canada-wide

searched and interviewed a number of strong candidates.

“Vincent was the council’s unanimous choice,” Watts said in a release. “Vincent will serve the city and the citizens of Surrey well in the years to come.”

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Surrey family sues after eating contest tragedy Tom Zytaruk

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SURREY — The family of a Whalley man who suffered brain damage after choking during an eating contest at a Diwali celebration in Surrey last year is suing the event’s organizers for negligence.

Kamaljeet Aulakh filed the notice of civil claim, on behalf of her husband Samaljit Aulakh, in B.C Supreme Court in New Westminster on Nov. 19.

The defendants are South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. doing business as RED FM, Nanak Foods Inc., Surrey CC Property Inc., CC Retail Holdings Ltd., and Blackwood Partners Management Corp.

Samaljit, who used to work as a shipper and receiver, participated in an eating contest at Central City Shopping Centre, on Nov. 10, 2012.

The contest, sponsored by Red FM, challenged the participants to eat and swallow a number of Indian sweets called gulab jamuns, made by a Newton-based

company called Nanak Foods Inc., before anyone else. The first to down about six of the sweets would win a new iPhone.

According to Aulakh’s lawsuit, the contestants were told they could not use their hands, and each had to bend over a table and eat the gulab jamuns as fast as they could from boxes that were placed in front of them.

Aulakh was the first to finish. When he stood upright after eating them, according to his claim, he “immediately exhibited signs of distress in containing the gulab jamuns.”

The lawsuit claims that a Red FM broadcaster declared Aulakh the winner but also warned him that he wouldn’t get the iPhone if he threw up. It further claims that an agent or employee of Nanak and RED FM, dressed as a Nanak company mascot, gave Aulakh some water, whereupon he expelled the sweets, fell on the RED FM stage, choking, and lost consciousness.

The defendants have been given 35 days to respond. None of the claims contained in the lawsuit have been proven in court. tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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SURREY — The actions of a former Surrey city planner who tried to solicit money from a developer have had a devastating impact on the city, its employees and the developer involved, Crown argued during a sentencing hearing Thursday.

Akonyu Geoffrey Akolo, 48, pleaded guilty last month to one charge of breach of trust.

“When you look at the city’s values, it is clear that Mr. Akolo’s actions violated them,” Crown prosecutor Kevin Marks said in his submissions at B.C. Provincial Court in Surrey.

“Mr. Akolo’s actions have tarnished the City of Surrey in so many ways.”

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ell, the past week wasn’t exactly a stellar one for Premier Christy Clark’s “Families First” agenda.

I’ve long thought the slogan itself was a risky one, given that families rely on government services to varying degrees and it’s pretty well impossible for any government to meet the demand at every turn.

So a government, particularly one that doesn’t have a lot of elbow room when it comes to spending, is always vulnerable to charges it’s being unfairly hard on things like, well, families. And the events of the past week show just how true that can be.

Just a few days after cutting back B.C. Ferry services for ferry-dependent communities (and the families who live in them), her government unveiled increases in BC Hydro rates that, over the next five years, will cost the average family an additional $300 or so in electricity bills.

On the same day as the

hydro announcement, a report was released by an advocacy group that mapped out the depths of poverty in B.C. It concluded B.C. ranked last in the country when it came to child poverty rates.

A day later, Finance Minister Mike de Jong presented an update on the government’s fiscal situation that, while far from bleak, nevertheless showed the chances of the government spending more money on services to help families (or to address child poverty) were slim and none.

His quarterly financial report also showed Clark’s much-emphasized job creation program has gone nowhere. Employment growth has been nearly flat for the first 10 months of this year and there has even been a net loss of 2,600 jobs.

Still, it was the report on child poverty that provided the sharpest and bleakest contrast to what is supposed to be a “families first” approach from government.

To be sure, reports by advocacy groups have to be viewed somewhat warily, as they tend to support whatever particular goal the group is trying to achieve. And things can be interpreted subjectively

in order to advance their argument.

And measuring poverty is an inexact science, as statistics can sometimes prove to be misleading.

Nevertheless, the report by First Call: the B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition is fairly disturbing. Using Statistics Canada data (not always the most accurate way to measure everything) it concluded almost one-fifth (18 per cent) of children in B.C. live below the poverty line (where that line sits, admittedly, is the subject of some debate itself).

That works out to about 153,000 children living in poverty, an increase of 34,000 in just one year.

Alarmingly, the poverty in single-mother homes more than doubled, from 21.5 per cent in 2010 to a staggering 49.8 per cent in 2011.

Grim findings such as

these call out for some kind of action by the provincial government, but there is not much evidence that is happening. Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux has insisted her government’s approach to solving the poverty problem is to grow the economy and create jobs, but not much progress is being made on either of those fronts.

And until the economy picks up significantly (and no one seems to be predicting that will happen anytime soon), average families will feel the pain of government cutbacks and rate increases, no matter how inevitable such moves may be.

Until the B.C. government finds a magic pot of gold, its number-one goal of balancing the budget each year necessitates making moves that will hurt

families, especially those at the lower end of the income scale.

That advocacy group on poverty suggests, among other things, adopting a $10-a-day childcare plan and increasing welfare rates.

Neither of those things is going to happen, as a cashstrapped government tries to wrestle a budget deficit to the ground.

Perhaps it is time for the premier to find a new slogan to wrap her government’s stated agenda around, because “families first” just isn’t working and

won’t until the economy gets out of its sluggish, neutral state.

Clark and her government have gone all-in on the quest to establish an LNG industry, which could pay off handsomely for the province. But that payoff, if it does occur, won’t come for several years yet.

In the meantime, things will continue to be lean for families who can least afford it.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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I moved to the Morgan Creek area to specifically get away from all the railway noise in my old neighbourhood of Fraser Heights eight years ago. I bought in the Morgan Creek area, knowing there were no train tracks in my area. Now, White Rock

and Ocean Park residents (who bought their homes knowing full well the train tracks were in their area) expect me to sit back and allow them to relocate the train tracks to my area? Not a chance! Furthermore, what about the possibility of my taxes rising to pay for their relocation costs?

I guess the fact that a track relocation will also increase the elites’ property values is also not worth mentioning either, Mayor

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I and the 99 per cent of Surrey residents completely disagree with a track relocation that favours only the one per cent. I understand Mayor Watts must be seen to be doing something for the unhappy, noisy elites in White Rock and Ocean Park, but not at my (or the rest of Surrey’s) expense.

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Geoff Stewart is going for his sixth Most Original Sweater trophy at the 12th annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party in Vancouver on Dec. 20. The South Surrey youth pastor designs his own sweaters, often with some electronic element like Christmas lights or an iPad (pictured). (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

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SOUTH SURREY — Geoff Stewart doesn’t mess around when it comes to ugly Christmas sweaters.

Stewart, the youth pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church, is the reigning defending champion of Vancouver’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, the premiere contest for ugly holiday sweaters. He is going for the six-peat in the Most Original Sweater category.

“This will be my seventh year going – the first year, I came in second place and I’ve won the other five,” he said. “You could say I’m the Michael Jordan of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.”

About 10 years ago, Stewart and a group of friends had their own ugly sweater party, which spurred his interest in competitive sweatermaking. But his history with ugly

sweaters dates back to the heyday of garish winter wear: the ’90s.

“I had a sweater, and I sure wish I could find it – I think my aunt made it,” he recalled. “It was a T. rex wearing a Santa hat with a giant googly eye on it, and it was just an amazing sweater.

“I think back then, they were embarrassing, and now they’re funny.”

Since that presumably itchy Christmas season, Stewart has stepped up his game when it comes to designing festive, woolly eyesores.

“I make heavily modified Christmas sweaters,” he said. “I’ll take a normal sweater and add anything from a digital picture frame to an iPad. “I’ll spend 10 to 15 hours building a sweater. I have one with a giant snowglobe on the front of it, I’ve had one with lots of lights – I like being creative, so it’s kind of a fun way to express myself.”

While flashing lights and moving parts are a part of the holiday magic, Stewart stressed the importance of having a relatable theme, rather than

just “gluing a bunch of stuff onto a sweater.” In previous years, he has designed sweaters modelled after the Grinch, the Vancouver Canucks and Jingle Cats.

“My first one was Christmas Vacation – I built the Griswold’s house and put all the lights on it,” he said. “It was all running on incandescents, so it ran really hot.

It burnt through nine C batteries in four hours.”

Those looking to buy an ugly sweater in time for the holidays may be out of luck – Stewart said most of the thrift stores have been picked over, and he recommended checking online retailers like eBay and Etsy.

“There are some amazing Christmas sweaters that are available online, but you’re going to pay upwards of $100 for a really good one.”

That said, he noted that it’s not impossible to find ugly Christmas sweaters at certain stores throughout Surrey.

“What’s scary is that there are still stores that sell these things and

market them to older people that will still wear one of these sweaters because they’re cool to wear at Christmastime,” he said. “I wear mine strictly for the irony of the whole thing.”

The 12th annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is set to fill the Commodore Ballroom with holiday cheer on Dec. 20, but Stewart has yet to figure out what his theme will be for his sweater this year.

“I don’t even start thinking about my sweater until about two weeks before and then I build it in the two days leading up,” he said. “I’m a procrastinator at heart.”

No matter what he comes up with, Stewart is sticking to the formula that has earned trophies five years straight.

“Having a cohesive look for the whole thing is kind of my edge right now,” he said. “There are some people that have done similar things and have done a really good job of it, but I still seem to be the only one that’s operating at this level, which is either really great or really sad. I haven’t decided.”

Ugly Christmas sweaters are kind of a big deal these days and we at the Now want to see the ugliest of the ugliest.

As such, we’re asking you, our readers, to send in pics of you in your most horrendous holiday garb and if we deem it ugly enough, we’ll publish it in the Christmas edition of our paper!

The top five ugliest sweaters will also be entered into a draw to win a pair of Vancouver Canucks tickets to the Dec. 22 game against the Winnipeg Jets and the runners up will be in the running for some other goodies.

But perhaps you’re more about enjoying Christmas the old fashioned way?

Well, we still want to hear from you.

In addition to collecting photos of ugly sweaters, we want to hear about some of your more interesting Christmas family traditions, holiday recipes you enjoy and favourite/ funniest Christmas memories.

Do you celebrate with a holiday pickle? Do you remember when you or your kids first met Santa Claus? Tell us and enter for a chance to win some other goodies!

To enter, email us at edit@thenownewspaper. com with the subject “Christmas submission.”

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The colourful convoy, which includes trucks from the Greater Vancouver area, turns downtown Cloverdale into Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights starting at 5 p.m., then travels to Holland Park for the Big Rigs for Kids event, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The Cloverdale event includes 85 or 90 floats and other parade entries, not just lighted trucks, along with pre-parade activities at Hawthorne Square. Last year, close to 13,000 people

watched the parade.

A similar parade of trucks, also involving members of Island Equipment Owners Association, has been held in Victoria for 14 years.

The ferry bill to get the those trucks to Surrey is close to $7,000, an expense covered, among others, by donations from local businesses and a grant from the City of Surrey.

Both events Sunday generate donations for Surrey Food Bank and Surrey Christmas Bureau.

“We really do encourage people to bring spare change and some goods for those organizations,” said Paul Orazietti, executive director of Cloverdale Business Improvement Association.

Trucks decorated with bright lights are a big attraction at Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights in Cloverdale and Central City’s Big Rigs for Kids events, both held this Sunday, Dec. 8. (File photo: KEVIN HILL)

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CHRISTMAS A guide to events of the season in Surrey, White Rock and North Delta PARADES Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights: Eighth annual event in the heart of Cloverdale features an exciting parade of vehicles, including lighted trucks and more, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8, with pre-parade activities at Hawthorne Square, 5700-block of 176th St., rain or shine. More info: 604-574-9802, 604576-3155, www.cloverdale.bc.ca, www.cloverdalebia.com.

Central City’s Big Rigs Kids event features lighted trucks and more, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Old Yale Road/Holland Park, plus other attractions, rain or shine. Info: 604580-2321, downtownsurreybia.com.

CONCERTS Lyric Singers in “Celebrate the Season” concert 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2350 148th St., Surrey, featuring Christmas music. Tickets are $15 for adults, free for kids 12 and under, at Tapestry Music in White Rock and also via 604-3404353. Info: www.lyricsingers.ca.

“A Celebration of Carol” event: “Traditional, contemporary, international and congregational participation carols about the birth and life of Jesus Christ,” 7

p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6270 126th St., Surrey. Adult, children’s, youth and special musical numbers. Limited parking. Free admission. Info: Kristine Ashton, kristineashton@hotmail.com, 604472-1440.

John Lee Sanders’ Gospel and Blues Christmas: Yearly concert set for 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at First United Church, via Peninsula Productions. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at door, also at Tapestry Music, 1335 Johnston Rd., White Rock, until Dec. 6. Online: https://tickets.surrey.ca.

Yuletide Blues benefit concert hosted by White Rock Blues Society on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Rhumba Room bar in South Surrey, featuring Brandon “Yukon Slim” Isaak, James “Buddy” Rogers, David “Boxcar” Gates, Jason Buie, Arsen Shoakhov, Sibel Thrasher and more.

Tickets $15 at door plus two food items for food bank. Info: www. whiterockblues.com.

“Sounds of the Season” concert featuring Surrey Youth Orchestra, plus Surrey Strings and Junior Strings, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Chandos Pattison Auditorium, 10238 168th St., Surrey. Tickets $10/$15 at door; more info online at www.surreysymphony.com.

“A Rock n’ Roll Christmas”: Five

Isabella Lyons and Eloi Homier in The Nutcracker produced by Royal City Youth Ballet Company, at Surrey Arts Centre from Dec. 13 to 15. See listing under Shows. all-star tribute artists in one show, featuring the music of Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Brenda Lee, Saturday, Dec. 14 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey. All tickets are $41.50 via bellperformingartscentre.com and 604-507-6355. Show info online at www.LegendsofRocknRoll.com.

“A Traditional Christmas”: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s annual concert performed at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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SHOWS “Jingle”: AEB Productions presents Christmas-themed show starring Tony Barton, the Peanuts Gang 21-piece orchestra, The Agency Girls, Tracy Neff and others, 7:30

p.m. curtain Friday, Dec. 13 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey.

Partial proceeds to supportive new pediatric emergency ward at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Tickets $37 for adults, $22 for “elves” 12 and under, via 604-417-7748, tonybarton.biz.

Clova Cinema Christmas Pageant: Various performers and Clova staff in performance 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 at Cloverdale theatre, in fundraiser for its digital projection conversion, People’s Foundation of Sierra Leone charity and Surrey Food Bank. “This is a family-friendly event and is great for the whole family. There is no age minimum, and no age maximum.

We will have door prizes, a silent auction, and an Epicure and PartyLite table set up for customers as well.” Tickets for kids (age four to 12) will be $6, adults aged 13+ are $12.

“The Frog Princess”: Pantomime production brought to the Surrey Arts Centre stage by Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society to Dec. 8. Directed by Mike Balser, with musical direction by Timothy Tucker and choreography by Carol Seitz.

Tickets from $20 via 604-501-5566.

“Rumpelstiltskin”: Panto written

by Dave Baron staged by White Rock Players to Dec. 28 at Coast Capital Playhouse, on select nights. Info and tickets: 604-536-7535, www. whiterockplayers.ca.

“Scrooge! The Carol with an Attitude!”: Sunshine Hills Church Community Players stage production Dec. 6-7 at Kennedy Seniors

Recreation Centre in North Delta, starring Ed Milaney as Scrooge..

At 11760 88th Ave.; two evening shows and a 2 p.m. matinee Tickets are $10, call 604-594-2717.

“The Nutcracker”: Royal City Youth Ballet Company production staged at Surrey Arts Centre’s main stage from Dec. 13 to 15, multiple show times. Info: 604-501-5566, www.royalcityyouthballet.org.

“Cinderella”: Panto show from Royal Canadian Theatre Company runs from Dec. 20 to 29 at Surrey Arts Centre’s main stage, Bear Creek Park. Tickets via tickets. surrey.ca.

FUNDRAISERS Sources Season of Trees display at Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino, with wine/cheese event Dec. 5.

“Come network, enjoy delicious wines and bid on your favourite ‘locally decorated’ tree for your home or business.” Tickets $50, info at www.sources.bc.ca.

Sawbucks Neighbourhood Pub in South Surrey hosts one-day Christmas Food Bank Drive event on Saturday, Dec. 14, in which food and cash donations for South Surrey Food Bank are welcomed in return for a free beverage. Meat draw by Lions Club from 1 to 6 p.m., live music in evening hours by Chris Buck Band (www.chrisbuckband.com), at 1626 152 St., Surrey. Info: 604-5366420, www.sawbuckspub.com.

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Misha (Michelle Gaetz, right) tries to work up the courage to kiss the beautiful Frog Princess, Anastasia (Sheena Johnson), in The Frog Princess, this year’s pantomime by the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society. The show runs until Dec. 8 at Surrey Arts Centre. See listing under Shows.

HERITAGE Heritage Christmas at the Farm event Saturday, Dec. 7 at Historic Stewart Farm in South Surrey, from noon to 4 p.m. “Get in the holiday spirit with a visit to the farm. Sample fresh baking, make a decoration and tour the Victorian farmhouse all decked out for a pioneer Christmas.” All ages, by donation, at 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey, info at 604-592-6956, www. surrey.ca/heritage.

Christmas Open House at Historic Stewart Farm at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 14. “Drop in for a warm holiday visit. Enjoy the 1894 farmhouse decorated for an oldfashioned pioneer Christmas while listening to live music, sampling tasty treats and getting creative with festive family crafts.” All ages, by donation, at 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey, info at 604-592-6956, www. surrey.ca/heritage.

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Surrey Libraries’ second annual Festival of Trees: City Centre Library is turned into a winter wonderland of Christmas trees decorated by local businesses, on now until Jan. 2, as a fundraiser to support early literacy programs at Surrey Libraries. Vote for your favourite tree, be entered in the draw to win an eReader. Take your photo in front of the giant Lego Christmas tree by Canadian Master Lego Builder Robin Sather, pick up your take-home Lego ornament kit for $5 (available at all Surrey Libraries), also enjoy local school choir performances (details at library, 604-598-7420 or www.surreylibraries.ca/5715). On Thursday, Dec. 12, a Lego Christmas Ornament workshop with Sather (3-4 p.m.). Register at 604-598-7427.

Winter Crafternoon: Create upcycled holiday decor using recycled materials with Denise Corcoran at Surrey Libraries’ Guildford branch, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. “Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring old ornaments and junk you would like to transform.

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Evening Carol Sing at Historic Stewart Farm, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. “Enjoy an evening of traditional carols in the Stewart Hall and festive treats in the farmhouse.� Space is limited, must pre-register at 604-592-6956. Fee is $5 (all ages). “Discovery Saturday: Pioneer Christmas� event at Surrey Museum on Saturday, Dec. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. “Families explore Christmas customs from pioneer times. Watch holiday films, explore vintage Christmas cards, make festive take-home crafts and enjoy punch and treats.� All ages, by donation, at 17710 56A Ave., Surrey, 604-592-6956.

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The Lyric Singers (including choir members Linda Szentes, Ellen Whatley, Angela Rebrec and Nancy Rahn, clockwise from top) perform in a “Celebrate the Season� concert Saturday, Dec. 7 at Mount Olive Church in Surrey. See Concerts, page 17.

“Christmas in Cloverdale� Gift and Craft Marketplace: Fifth annual event Dec. 6-7 features more than 100 juried vendor tables with gift and craft items, Santa Claus appearances, magic, craft tables for kids, food, more, at Alice McKay building at Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

Free admission, canned goods accepted for Surrey Food Bank. Info: www.christmasincloverdale.com or call Heather, 778-385-3769.

Trinity Lutheran Church hosts its annual Big Christmas Sale noon Saturday, Dec. 7, at 11040 River Rd., North Delta. “Lots of wonderful baking (including Norwegian treats), gift baskets and a soup and sandwich lunch.� 604-584-0111.

Christmas at the Loafing Shed Glass Studio: Glass art and other works featured at Robert Gary Parkes’ studio in Surrey, 9060 184th St., on special event dates of Dec.

6, 7, 13, 14 and 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, with glass-blowing demos at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Info: www. robertgaryparkes.ca.

White Rock Museum & Archives’ annual Christmas Craft Fair runs until Dec. 22 at the beachside facility, 14970 Marine Dr., White Rock. Info: 604-541-2221 or visit www.whiterock.museum.bc.ca.

Colebrook United Church Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Jewelry, wreaths, cards, Pampered Chef, Avon, Arbonne, soup & sandwich at our cafĂŠ & much, much more!

Supporting the needy locally & around the world. Also collecting toys for the Christmas Bureau.� For info, email juliafitzs@shaw.ca or info@colebrookunited.org.

St. Helens Anglican Church Annual Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Raffle, crafts, homebaking, children’s toys and books, door prizes, etc. Lunch $7, children $4.

Event at 10787 128th St., Surrey, phone 604-581-4800 for details.

WORSHIP Blue Christmas Worship: Special service 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 at Crossroads United Church, 7655 120th St., Delta, for people “who are struggling, all who are grieving, all who feel just a bit out of step with the ‘ho ho ho’ of this season.� Info: 778-593-1043.

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Newcomers Club of White Rock and South Surrey meets on the first Tuesday of month (September to May) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2350 148 St., Surrey. First visit is free.

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South Surrey Soul Sisters, a Gogo group under auspices of Stephen Lewis Foundation, supporting African grandmothers raising 14 million orphaned children, holds monthly meetings. All are welcome (you do not need to be a grandmother).

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Part of the challenge, he explained, is that registration goes until Dec. 4, but all donations have to be in by Dec. 9 so that the hampers can be organized and packed for the hamper pick-up date on Dec. 14. “We’re always looking for more food.�

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The nondenominational program delivered more than 250 hampers for families in the area last year, and are on track to have about 300 registrants this year, said Kevin Lunder, program lead. Many of the new registrants are seniors, he added.

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by Polygon Homes, and was commissioned for Harvard Gardens in Surrey in accordance with the city’s Private Development Public Art Program. It has been loaned for exhibition to the Surrey Art Gallery until the Harvard Gardens development is completed in 2015.

“It’s a real treasure for us and we’re very excited that we were able to actually receive this public art piece because of public art policy we have in place, where developers pay 2.5 per cent of construction costs to contribute to public art to the City of Surrey,” said Coun. Judy Villeneuve, chair of the city’s public art and cultural committees.

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“It was almost spiritual because these two men have made such a tremendous contribution to the arts in B.C. And the piece is absolutely stunning... It demonstrates what the potential is for really fine art to be contributed to the community through this policy.”

The aluminum sculpture, measuring almost three metres, is the second edition of a similar work on exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Supernatural Eye’s contours and colours combine the traditional visual iconography of Haida art with a contemporary aesthetic.

Davidson’s inspiration was the many supernatural beings that dwell in Haida Gwaii.

“Surrey is proud to have a sculpture by such a renowned artist,” Villeneuve said.

“Robert Davidson has been an inspiration to generations of young artists, and especially to the many families in Surrey of aboriginal heritage.”

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The magazine received more than 300 entries in 33 categories for its 2013 awards from countries around the world including Canada, China, Germany, India, Ireland, Russia, Singapore and the United States.

“It’s an honour to be recognized on an international level for Fusion Festival,” said Mayor Dianne Watts in a release. “Fusion Fest provides an opportunity to celebrate our rich cultural diversity and has become a landmark event for Surrey.”

The International GALA Awards will be handed out at a black-tie ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 10, 2014 at Special Event Magazine’s “The Special Event” annual conference.

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to 12:30 a.m. For details, see www. lightup.ca.

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Offense reigns with Eagles and Express Michael Booth Now staff Twitter @boothnow

Defense was a vague and puzzling concept when the Surrey Eagles and Coquitlam Express hooked up for a pair of B.C. Hockey League games last week.

The two teams combined for 27 goals while earning a split of the homeand-home set. Surrey took the first game 7-5 at South Surrey Arena on Wednesday night, but dropped the roadside of the series 9-6 in Coquitlam Friday.

“The defence and goaltending was just great; it was terrific. Our biggest challenge now is finding a way to get another couple of goals,” said Eagles coach Peter Schaefer with his tongue firmly in cheek. “It was wild — it seems like if we don’t score five goals, we lose. We’re obviously scoring enough goals to win these games, but it doesn’t matter if we don’t work just as hard in the defensive end. We have to make smarter decisions and play just as hungry in the defensive end as we do in the other end of the ice.”

A score of 4-3 is normally acceptable as a final outcome for a junior hockey coach, but not when that’s what the scoreboard reads after the opening period of play. Such was the case in Coquitlam Friday night when both teams got off to fast starts offensively and paid little attention to detail in their respective defensive zone.

The Express struck four times in an 80-second span to take a 4-0 lead before the game was five minutes old. Surrey responded by banging in three goals of their own before the end of the opening frame and then managed to tie the contest two minutes into the second period.

Coquitlam quickly regained control, netting a trio of goals to carry a 7-4 lead into the final frame. That three-goal advantage held up as the Express matched the Eagles goal for goal in the third period to close out the win.

Braedan Russell led the Birds with three goals and one assist while solo markers came from Nicolas Pierog, Joseph Drapluk and Noah Renouf.

Wednesday night in South Surrey, the Eagles turned in a much better defensive effort — for the first two periods of play. Surrey led 6-2 30 seconds into the final frame and then sat back and watch Coquitlam score three straight goals to turn a close game into a nailbiter. Surrey’s Danton Heinen finally stopped the bleeding with an empty netter to complete a four-point night (two goals, two assists).

“We played well for parts of the game and we did well enough to get the win, but the downside is we let them back in the game,” Schaefer said after Wednesday’s win. “We played well defensively early in the game, but in the third period we went back to our old ways. The big thing is we beat a team above us in the standings and we managed to string together a couple of wins so we’re happy with that.”

Drapluk and Renouf also scored twice for Surrey while Jonah Renouf netted the other Eagles’ goal.

HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE — Victoria’s Lister Farrar uses his foot as a brake/rudder while navigating a muddy stretch of the course during the B.C. Cyclocross Grand Prix Sunday at South Surrey Athletic Park. View more photos with Layer. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Volleyball

Breakers roll to B.C. junior crown Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breakers made an undefeated run through the best junior girls volleyball teams in the province to capture the B.C. championship banner in South Delta Nov. 23.

The Breakers rolled through the preliminary round without dropping a set and then opened the playoffs with a straight sets win over Prince George.

When play resumed Saturday morning, the Pacific Academy dispatched Vernon 25-18, 25-11

and knocked off cross-town rival Surrey Christian 25-9, 25-20 in the semifinals. The Breakers then capped the weekend by beating Coquitlam’s Riverside in the championship final.

Mikayla Funk of Pacific Academy was named the tournament MVP while teammates Sophie Stone and Gabby Attieh were selected to the first all-star team.

Surrey Christian bounced back from their semifinal loss by beating Abbotsford’s MEI

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South Surrey’s Earl Marriott placed fifth, one spot ahead of Cloverdale’s Lord Tweedsmuir while the Southridge Storm came in seventh.

Surrey Christian’s Kiera Van Ryk was chosen as a first team all-star while teammate Sarah Lee was a second team selection.

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Gridders nab all-star honours Surrey and North Delta students were among the many players honoured when B.C. High School Football handed out its year-end awards last week.

In the class AAA ranks, Cloverdale’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers had three players named to the 2013 provincial all-star team.

Panther’s star running back Jamel Lyles received all-star honours on offense while defensive linemen Austin Thornton and Reece Russell made the grade on the defensive side of the ball.

Lyles had a monster season in the Lord Tweedsmuir backfield, rushing for 1,855 yards and 27 touchdowns in nine regular season games. He also added majors as a pass receiver and kick returner as well as throwing the ball from the wildcat formation.

Thornton earned defensive MVP honours for the class AAA Eastern Conference this season. From his defensive end post, Thornton recorded 55 tackles and a dozen sacks this season plus returned one interception for a touchdown.

Despite being in Grade 11, Russell was a disruptive force on the Panthers’ defensive line this season and will be counted on to be a leader on the Panthers as a Grade 12 in 2014.

A pack of Bayside Sharks converge on the Langley ballcarrier during a 31-22 Bayside win last week in South Surrey. View more photos in Layar. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Thornton picked up some more silverware when he was honoured as the 2013 academic player of the year, an award that comes with a $2,000 scholarship.

Panthers defensive back Amrit Sanopal was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from Insigo Publishing for excellence in the classroom and on the gridiron.

At the class AA level, Fleetwood’s Holy Cross Crusaders placed two players on the provincial all-star team as linebacker Lucas Ciampelletti and defensive lineman Johnathon Kongbo both made the grade.

Ciampelletti was chosen as the defensive MVP for the class AA Southern Conference while Kongbo was tabbed as an all-star along with fellow Crusaders Anton Cvitkovich, Will Gladwell, Antonio Mendoza and Sam Garzetto.

The Southern Conference all-star roster also included a trio of Frank Hurt Hornets as running back Bash Sise-Odaa, defensive lineman Kyle Nelson and offensive lineman Connor Barron all made the cut.

The Seaquam Seahawks were represented on the Southern Conference all-star roster by defensive linemen Nolan Spalek and Cory Hudson.

Seahawks defensive back Sam Orlick was honoured as the top Grade 11 defender.

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