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FLEETWOOD — If you ask Rick Hart to describe his beloved Fleetwood, he’ll tell you, “it’s a little bit urban, and a little bit country.”

The Fleetwood Community Association (FCA) president said while the area’s not known for anything

in particular, its history ties the community together.

“It’s interesting, because when you want to identify Fleetwood, that has been a big question, even with the city,” Hart said. But if you look throughout the neighbourhood, you’ll find stories of the area’s founder sprinkled throughout its core. see HERITAGE › page 3

SURREY — A bidding war for rights to local radio frequencies is set to heat up this week as 17 applicants try to convince the Canadian Radio Television Commission (CRTC) that their content is best for local airwaves.

Up for grabs are the rights to a few FM frequencies, the strongest and most sought after of which is 107.7, as well as a couple AM frequencies, with 600 being the most desired. The hearing is notable in that if an applicant is awarded their bid, they could become the first Surrey licensed radio station.

Currently, 93.1 RED FM operates out of Surrey, but with a Vancouver licence. RED FM is also one of the applicants hoping to snag the rights to 107.7 FM, claiming that they experience some interference with the current frequency.

Other applicants are taking the hearing as an opportunity to pitch new radio station concepts for the region, with many heavily focused at capturing the growing ethnic community south of the Fraser River.

One applicant, Surdel Broadcasting Inc., is looking to target the area’s Englishspeaking South Asian community, a demographic they feel is underserved by the current media offerings. see RADIO › page 7

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NEIGHBOURHOODS: Fleetwood

Heritage projects break down barriers More history

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❚ A storyboard about Pike Road is located at Pike Plaza on the corner of Fraser Highway and 160th Street.

It tells the story of William Pike who came to Canada from England in 1850. In 1873, he purchased 154 acres on the north side of Nicomekl River, which he sold in 1877 before moving to a parcel on the corner where the storyboard is located. In 1891, The Victoria Colonist newspaper reported that Pike had been adjudged insane and sent to an asylum in New Westminster. Pike died in 1892.

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In 1907, Edith and James Francis settled on land near what is now Fraser Highway and 160th Street. A few years later, members of Edith’s immediate family, the Fleetwoods, joined them from England.

Arthur Thomas Fleetwood enlisted in the 47th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in 1915 and was sent to France. In 1917, Fleetwood died of wounds received in battle.

Edith, a founding member of the FCA in 1923, lobbied the provincial government to name her community in honour of her brother, so he would always be a part of the community that he resided in.

And today, that still rings true.

Sitting on a bench outside the Fleetwood Community Centre is a life-size sculpture of the man to whom the area owes its name.

The piece of the pioneer was commissioned by the association in 2008.

And just behind the community centre is Francis Park, named in 2011 after Edith to commemorate her contribution to the community. The park includes a walking trail, a playground as well as seniors’ workout equipment, to cater to the many seniors in the surrounding area.

“It’s kind of like a set of bookends,” Hart said of the two heritage projects. “You’ve got Francis, the sister, and the brother on the other corner.”

He said having those two pieces within a certain radius has a huge value.

“The park itself has changed the way the different ethnic groups within our community have engaged each other,” he said. “Walking around the perimeter, they get to walk together. Or if they pass each other they say hi. Barriers get broken down.

If you’re in buildings, that doesn’t work.”

Hart is glad to see the effect the projects have had.

“Shopping centres don’t do it. Box stores don’t do it. So our vision is to find these things that will break those barriers down,” he said of the association’s work.

The FCA is also putting storyboards throughout Fleetwood’s town centre, telling the stories of other pioneer families from the area. Two are completed – one about “Pike Road” at the corner of Fraser Highway and 160th Street, and the other about “Swank Road” to be installed along Fraser Highway at 158th Street – with two more in the works.

“With the influx of diversity of immigrants, they are really grasping onto it,”

Jeremy Goertz, general manager of Edith + Arthur, said the owners wanted to tap into the area’s rich history by naming the neighbourhood pub after Arthur Thomas Fleetwood and his sister Edith Francis. (Photo: JACOB ZINN) Hart said. “It’s totally changed the dynamic of how people actually interact with each other. They’re people places. We really are driving toward our vision, trying to make this a people place, not just box stores where people come and go.”

NEW PUB HONOURS HISTORY

Last year, there was another historic addition to Fleetwood’s core.

The Joseph Richard Group took over the Fleetwood Arms Pub, located across the way from the community centre.

The company renovated the eatery, which was re-opened in March 2013 as Edith + Arthur Public House.

“With Edith and Arthur being the founders of Fleetwood, that’s what we wanted to do, we wanted to instill the sense of community because our location is very community-driven,” said general manager Jeremy Goertz. “We have the community centre right across from us, we have houses behind us, we had old folks homes over there, so that’s exactly why we went with it.”

Since opening last January, things have been going well.

“I think after two weeks we had regulars,” Goertz said, adding that the clientele covers the whole age spectrum.

“The demographic here is from 90 to 19.

We have a lot of people, older moms and dads bringing their moms and dads because they pick them up from one of the (senior) homes in the area and bring them down for lunch.”

The pub will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a soirée on March 5.

“The neighbourhood is very friendly.

They welcomed us with open arms,” Goertz said. “We love people, we love craft beer and we love where we are.”

LEARNING FROM OTHER AREAS

While the area is rich in history, Hart said there’s work to be done yet. Since 2001, Hart said the association has worked with city planners to develop the Fleetwood Town Centre plan, to encourage economic growth balanced with preserving Fleetwood’s “uniqueness, history and character.”

He said the area has a “tranquil” feel, despite being within close proximity to many transportation routes, such as 176th Street and Fraser Highway.

“We’re really close to a lot of those nodes.

We don’t have to go through what I refer to as the eye of the storm. We’re right in the valley area, where the (Agricultural Land Reserve) is, so we get the benefit of a lot of uniqueness,” Hart said. “Because it did not get heavily developed over the years, like a lot of areas such as Guildford, we have the ability, and have for years, to mature the way that we would like to.”

And the area has had the benefit of learning from some of the “errors” in other communities, he said, pointing to East Clayton.

“It was a UBC experiment idea, and I think that will mature over time, they’re going to solve it,” Hart said. “But we have benefited from that trial and error,” pointing to tandem parking and how that’s created havoc in terms of parking availability.

Hart said as it is now, Fleetwood has two big shopping centres. One at 160th Street and one at 152nd along Fraser Highway.

He hopes to see the 160th Street shopping centre branded as a “Fleetwood Village.”

“We know that Fraser Highway is an Achilles heel but it can also be an asset,” he said. “So we’re going to start building community plazas.”

When it comes to the 152nd Street

❚ A storyboard about Swank Road, to be installed along Fraser Highway at 158th Street, shares details of Howard Henson Swank, who came to Canada in 1917 and purchased land to start an orchard near Keremeos.

After selling his orchard in 1922, he purchased eight acres of land in Fleetwood at roughly Fraser Highway and 88th Avenue, along what would become Swank Road (158th Street).

He lived in a tent while he built a home, and dug the 80-foot deep well by hand. He worked in roadbuilding, and ran the steam-powered cement mixer when Fraser Highway was paved. He and his partner Daisy raised four children on the farm, raising goats, chickens and pigs. He died in 1967, and Daisy in 1980. shopping district, which has quite a few big box stores, Hart expects that area will be densified over the next few decades.

Since Hart’s involvement in the FCA in the ’90s, he’s seen development happen, but said the association has voiced its opinion on how and what types of development should happen. And before his involvement with the FCA, Hart was part of the Fleetwood Homeowners Association. That group fought initial design plans in the ’90s for the Surrey Sport and Leisure Centre.

“It wasn’t the fact that we were against development. We were young professionals and just wanted to participate,” Hart said.

And through the FCA, he’s kept his hand in the development process ever since.

“It’s not a right to develop in Fleetwood, it’s a privilege. We want them to help us build to make money, but not at the cost of the community. And we’ve been very successful at that.”

For more information on the Fleetwood Community Association, call 604-501-5056 or visit fcasurrey.ca. You can also email contact@fcasurrey.ca. areid@thenownewspaper.com

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Lack of police committee minutes deemed ‘curious’

Surrey resident decries fact that minutes haven’t been seen since 2011 FOLLOW SOURCES ON TWITTER Amy Reid

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SURREY – Some are asking why minutes from Surrey’s police committee meetings are not publicly available.

On the City of Surrey’s website, the police committee shows minutes from 2002 to 2011, but they stop in 2012.

Coun. Barinder Rasode, who chairs the police committee, as well as the “informal” community safety committee, said in 2012, the city’s former public safety committee was split into the two she chairs.

“The City of Surrey police committee,

things that happened that we under the terms of reference, couldn’t discuss in public, but need to be open meetings,” absolutely, our obligation, even Rasode said. under the terms of reference When asked why there are of the committee if you look no publicly available minutes, on the website, is to have Rasode said council as a whole open meetings. I’m making a votes to close the meetings, and commitment to that,” Rasode added she will no longer be said. voting to do so.

“I’m going to be more diligent Rasode said at the next council Barinder Rasode about recognized that under meeting, she will call for changes section 90, the legislation, there’s to the city’s police committee. very tight parameters around which we can “I’m going to bring forward a suggestion have closed meetings.” to have the police committee reflect other When asked for a comment on why the city committees, which are held in an open meetings have been closed and no minutes format where they can receive delegations have been recorded, Mayor Dianne Watts from the public. I am also going to propose that a couple meetings each year can happen said “it’s already public.”

When it comes to why there are no in the evening so people who are working minutes available, she referred comment to can attend.” the chair, Rasode.

Rasode said she’d also like to explore “You’re going to have to ask the chair streaming the videos online. because the chair sets the agenda as well as But she added there are instances when the meetings,” Watts said, but added that she the meetings need to be closed, such as has plans to formalize the community safety when there’s information being discussed committee at the next council meeting. that may jeopardize an investigation.

Watts said she also plans to add other “Last year, we were also in the process councillors to the community safety of hiring the (officer in charge of the committee, mentioning councillors Bruce Surrey detachment). There were a lot of

Hayne, Barbara Steele and Linda Hepner.

Local blogger and 24 Hours columnist Laila Yuile said the lack of police committee minutes is “curious.”

“The ability for residents to access information regarding public matters in a transparent manner is vital for democracy,” she said.

“Legally, those minutes should exist and document where they went in camera, and for what section of the act they are doing it for,” Yuile said. “I think at this point in time it’s extremely important for the city to be very transparent with its activities in regards to crime reduction and policing. While I’m happy to hear the meetings will now be public, I’m still concerned about the lack of availability of minutes for the last two years.”

On Monday, Jan. 20, an agenda for a police committee meeting was posted online, with a motion to close in relation to law enforcement and the potential to harm the conduct of an investigation.

The agenda calls to adopt minutes of the Dec. 9, 2013 meeting, but no minutes for the entirety of 2012 or 2013 were available as of press time. areid@thenownewspaper.com

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Application to Participate in National Energy Board Public Hearing for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project The National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC for approval to construct and operate the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project).

Description of The Project The Project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby, BC. It would include approximately 987 km of new pipeline, new and modified facilities, such as pump stations and tanks, and the reactivation of 193 km of existing pipeline. There would also be an expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal.

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Radio bidders want Surrey perspective “We’re not going after the grandmas and grandpas, the folks that are home all day long and call in to the talk shows, we’re going after what we’re calling the second and third-generation Indo-Canadians,” said Vinnie Combow, an associate of applicant Rajesh Gutta for Surdel Broadcasting.

“So the station is for the second and third generations who live the life of Canadians.

They go to nightclubs, wear Canadian clothes and communicate in English to each other and even to mom and dad. They don’t want to leave the culture, they still want to be connected to their roots but connected with more modern stuff.”

Combow said while other South Asian stations may focus more on Indian politics or traditional music from the culture, there isn’t really anything aimed at the newer demographics who might want to connect with their culture, but in a more modern way.

“They want music, they want music that they can relate to in everyday life, being Canadian but they also want stuff connected to their roots,” he said.

Several other applicants have also have

focuses tailored toward the South Asian communities.

Another applicant, Mosaic Media, is hoping to serve the area with an Adult Hits radio station with about 37 per cent of the airtime being devoted to ethnic programming.

Speaking with the Now, Andrew Forsythe, a consultant for Mosaic, said the station they are proposing would be aimed at providing Surrey residents with quality programming from a Surrey perspective.

“Nobody talks about Surrey and when they do it’s usually about something bad happening, not the things that are interesting and contribute to the fabric of life here,” said Forsythe.

“So the people putting this application together are thinking it’s time that Surrey had it’s own radio station targeting specifically Surrey and we’re doing so in a very inclusive manner. We’ve applied for an English licence but with a component of third language programming involved in it as well.”

According to the application, Mosaic would offer hit music programming complete with talking segments scattered throughout. The ethnic portions would be

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SURREY — The killer of Laura Szendrei has been revealed as 21-yearold Wyatt DeBruin following the lifting of a publication ban on his name.

The reveal comes three months after DeBruin was sentenced to life in prison. Up until now, DeBruin’s name was protected by a publication ban as he had been considered a minor due to him being 17 at the time of his attack.

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“Surrey is a different place from Vancouver and we’re very passionate about it being from a different place and it’s time for Surrey to listen to things from a Surrey perspective,” said Forsythe.

Other radio applications are for talk radio stations that would focus on local content, as well as two applications for stations with a religious theme.

The hearings kicked off Monday at Surrey’s Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel and are expected to continue until the end of the week. Once the 17 applicants have had a chance to make their case, interveners will then be given an opportunity to have their say. Following that, the CRTC will likely take a few months to consider the proposals.

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Transit tension mounting InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

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he increasingly serious game of chicken between the provincial government and the mayors of Metro Vancouver over transit funding shows no sign of ending.

Last week, I wrote that the transit referendum scheduled for the fall faced a rocky road before actually being held. Now, however, the standoff casts doubt on whether that referendum will actually be held at the same time as the upcoming municipal elections.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone now insists he wants the mayors to craft a “vision” of transit priorities, and plans to use that to frame the question to put to voters in the fall. Good luck with that.

Historically, the mayors have displayed little

evidence of agreeing on how to pay for transit improvements. For example, proposals like a parking tax or a vehicle levy have been kicked around from time to time, but various mayors have balked at those ideas.

Then there is the question of transit priorities. This is where searching for that elusive consensus really breaks down.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson wants a rapid transit line down West Broadway out to the University of B.C. But Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts (whose municipality is the fastest growing of them all) insists three light rail lines are needed in her town.

Then there is New Westminster. The first capital city’s ancient network of roads can’t handle much more traffic, a fact cemented by the recent influx of cars and trucks avoiding the Port Mann Bridge toll in favour of the Pattullo Bridge, which feeds into the city.

And so New Westminster doesn’t want an expanded Pattullo Bridge, which is what Surrey favours. Can’t everyone just get along?

Stone (and Premier Christy Clark) is adamant

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Email your thoughts on this issue to edit@thenownewspaper.com or snail-mail a letter to Suite 201-7889 132nd Street, Surrey, B.C., V3W 4N2. Please include your full name, address and phone number for verification purposes. the referendum will be held.

But given the apparent unanimous opposition of the mayors affected, it is hard to see the point of carrying through with it.

If the mayors don’t deliver that “vision” of transit priorities that Stone is looking for, what kind of question would he put on the ballot? Does he ask voters to approve some kind of tax or levy that isn’t supported by the mayors, only to watch as it is voted down?

Because the referendum was a campaign promise in the B.C. Liberal platform, it’s hard to see the government bailing on

it entirely, even though the Opposition New Democrats are calling for it to be scrapped.

Part of the sensitivity here is the painful lesson learned from the HST debacle: don’t spring a new tax on voters without getting their approval first, or before at least spending a long time educating them about the need for it.

A possible compromise here would be to hold the referendum at a later date. As I noted last week, a number of mayors are spooked at asking voters to approve a new revenue measure in a referendum at the same time they are

seeking re-election.

A better, and more workable option may be to hold the referendum next spring or even the following fall. After all, even in the unlikelihood of a referendum question being approved by the voters in the fall, no new transit project is going to be built anytime soon.

Whether it’s the UBC rapid transit line or a Surrey light rail line or a further extension of SkyTrain, any such project won’t begin being built for at least a year anyways. So there is no urgent need to have the referendum in the fall.

The premier says she favours the fall vote because voters will be more focused, and she argues that an election is the perfect time for a debate to occur around issues and policies.

She may be right about that, but voter turnout in municipal elections is usually quite low.

Given what’s at stake regarding potential transit improvements (there are about $20 billion worth of projects on various drawing boards) surely the best scenario is to hold a referendum when there is more enthusiasm for it.

The provincial government needs the mayors to buy into this scheme. And the mayors need to put aside their parochial positions and come up with a regional plan (however difficult it may be to achieve that).

The government, having been elected with a transit referendum as part of its campaign platform, can legitimately argue the voters have endorsed such a thing.

But the mayors can also argue they are beholden to their constituents – and not the region – at election time.

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

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Chris Hale, Surrey

One-dollar tolls make sense The Editor, I agree with Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts that everyone in Metro Vancouver should help pay for transit by tolling all bridges. It seems to be the most equitable way to pay for existing bridges and new bridges to be built in the future.

I can’t see this referendum passing if it’s not an equitable solution. A $1 toll on all bridges makes sense.

Bryn Percival, Surrey

Transit system should be split The Editor, Transit has become similar to the HST fiasco – no decent ideas about how to solve it. The provincial government should stand up and be responsible by administrating transit, not the region’s mayors.

Sadly, too many politicians are more interested in their image and not in making the tough, intelligent and responsible decisions that they have been voted into office to make.

The way it is, our transit system is too large to manage.

It should be split up into separate entities – the buses and SkyTrain one division, the main roads, bridges and tunnels

When it comes to our transit system, readers are frustrated with all levels of government and are demanding efficiency, transparency and accountability. (File photo) another division.

The buses should run on duty-free fuel. If the federal and provincial governments removed fuel taxes, it would reduce greatly some of the costs of running buses.

And the roads, bridges and tunnels throughout B.C. – the users of all these amenities should pay to fund them. An additional amount of money should be raised through a vehicle levy/tax. Even bicycles could contribute by placing an operator user licence similar to a vehicle operator licence.

Only bicycle users over 16 years of age would be required to have this. The driving license issue centres could administer them. Fees to be determined.

Tolls on all bridges and tunnels could then be shared by all road users and could be eliminated. I am sure the toll collections or whoever administrates them is a drain out of the tolls.

If the federal and provincial governments are as committed to transit as they maintain, they could embrace these ideas throughout Canada. Are we not considered to be an oil-rich country? Therefore, give a break to all transit from some of the oil revenue.

Next mayor should set up wards The Editor, Re: “Ward system would give Newton an ally,” the Now letters, Jan. 16.

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If the mayor believes a ward system “creates infighting” she is again completely out of touch with reality. It is understandable why she does not want a ward system.

At present, she stands as the omnipresent and omnipotent voice of Surrey.

I live in South Surrey and the issues that concern me are entirely different than those of the residents in Cloverdale or Whalley or Fleetwood. The current state of affairs in Newton and what those residents are suffering is of concern to all of us and makes our local issues pale in comparison.

With the current makeup of council, none of us are served well. The mayor and her “team” will continue to be re-elected by simply pandering to certain blocks of the electorate and nothing will change. Remember, unfettered growth without proper infrastructure or social services is a recipe for disaster.

Seems to me when the mayor was first elected, she suggested municipal politicians should be limited to three terms. Now seems like a great time for her to step aside and take some of the other stale, dated councillors with her.

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I recognize the need for good transit and the funding problems but I am frustrated by all levels of government pitting drivers against transit users. It is no longer a question of what is right, wrong or fair, it is all about getting re-elected.

I would say ‘yes’ to a property tax increase – directly or indirectly, everyone pays. Any question that does not distribute the burden evenly, I will vote against. I will also vote against anyone who supports an unfair vote.

I would like to see real accountability in TransLink. The Millennium Line (the train to nowhere) and Evergreen Line were lobby driven, built for the needs of tomorrow, but paid for today. The billion-dollar Golden Ears Bridge, built to replace a barge ferry, now costs $30-40 million a year in subsidy. Don’t treat the public as stupid. Be honest and straightforward and they will support you.

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Believe it or not, this tiny shed is one of the larger woodwork projects Maarten (“Max”) Meerman has created in the shop of his South Surrey home. Much of his work is best viewed with a magnifying glass, as his specialities include 1/144th-scale reproductions and even smaller items nearly invisible to the naked eye.

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The South Surrey resident is known internationally for small-scale wood creations that are nearly invisible to the naked eye.

Some of his works, such as a chair from a 1/144-scale replica of the Pauline Vanier Room at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, are dwarfed by his fingernail.

“The wine goblet I made here, I had to drill a hole in the end to make it a drinking glass,” he said, pointing to an item in a display case at his home.

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in the end of a human hair, by hand.

That’s the challenge with that.”

In a small shop off his garage, Meerman spends countless hours putting his woodturning skills to use on a custom lathe he made from a Dremel rotary tool.

“I don’t watch the hockey game or whatever, I do this,” he said. “And after this, instead of complaining the team lost, I have something nice I’ve made.”

By trade, the Dutch-born artist designs satellites for a Richmondbased company.

As a member of Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, he began crafting “nano” works of wood four years ago.

“Every month, (club members) are given a challenge to do for the next meeting,” he explained. “We were asked to do something for Valentine’s Day and I made a romantic dinner for two, with a table, plates, champagne, glasses and candles, all small-scale.

So I thought that was fun, and, at the time, really small. From there, I just went smaller and smaller.”

He was recently commissioned to create a 1/288-scale model of

the International Space Station for Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

“I wanted to personalize it for him, so I made a guitar with strings and stuck it on there,” Meerman noted.

Turning such small works isn’t exactly lucrative, he insisted.

“I do sell some things,” he said, “but when you think about the amount of time that goes into it, it’s just a hobby that pays for itself. Per hour, I’d have to sell that room I made (of Rideau Hall) for around $10,000, just to get a reasonable hourly rate out of it. But really, I don’t want to sell it, either.”

To give people an idea of just how small some of his works are, Meerman photographs items on the back of an American penny, with the image of Abe Lincoln poking through the columns of his memorial.

“Some things are so tiny, there is absolutely no point in looking for it if it falls on the floor as I’m making it,” he said. “It’s less time-consuming just to make a new one.”

Meerman’s works are displayed on his website, www.nanotray.com. tzillich@thenownewspaper.com

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‘Coldest Night of the Year’ Feb. 22 SURREY — Feb. 22 will be the “Coldest Night of the Year” across Canada, including several sites in the South Fraser region.

Coldest Night of the Year is an annual winter walk fundraiser that raises money for the “hungry, homeless and hurting” in 64 communities across the nation.

This year, the event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 in the late-afternoon and evening hours.

Surrey Urban Mission is a host of one of the events, as is the new Cloverdale Community Kitchen. In White Rock, the event host is Sources Community Resources Society.

“The idea is to give people a sense of what it’s like to be out in the cold and homeless,

what that feels like,” said Denise Darrell, Sources’ director of women, seniors and community services.

The national fundraising goal is $2.5 million, with close to 1,000 teams already signed up for events via coldestnightoftheyear.org.

The walk routes open at 5 p.m. and all walkers must be away by 6 p.m.

On average, walkers raise around $250 each, and most donors give around $40 to $50, according to a post on the event website.

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‘Read to Baby’ launched at mall A new literacy program that encourages parents to make reading a priority for their young children was launched Saturday at Guildford Town Centre.

Through Surrey Libraries, 1,000 of Surrey’s most vulnerable families will be provided with “Read to Baby” early-learning kits this year.

The kits include a bag filled with a storybook, music CD, parent guide and some pre-literacy tips.

The program is made possible with donations from a number of groups and companies, including the Now. Saturday’s event was timed with the provincial Family Literacy Day, marked on Monday, Jan. 27.

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Splish splash A Delta Sungods swimmer makes some waves during a Lower Mainland regional meet hosted by the club Jan. 17 to 19. View more photos with Layar. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

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Eagles win one, lose one on Interior swing The Surrey Eagles ended one road losing streak and then started another on a two-game swing through the B.C. Hockey League’s Interior Conference last weekend.

The Eagles blanked the host Trail Smoke Eaters 3-0 on Friday night before falling 5-4 to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks the following night.

Friday’s win in Trail ended a seven-game road futility streak that stretched back almost two full months. Surrey’s last win away from the Eagles’ nest in South

Surrey was Dec. 6 in Kelowna.

On Friday night, the Eagles had revenge on their minds after the cellar dwelling Smokies had pulled out a 5-3 win at South Surrey Arena just one week earlier.

This time around, it was all Surrey as the Eagles muster 32 shots in the first two periods before dialling up the defence in the final frame to seal the shutout. Devon Fordyce stopped all 31 shots he faced to earn the goose egg.

Brian Drapluk and Chase McMurphy each scored a power

play goal for the Eagles before Nathan Renouf wrapped up the scoring with the lone goal of the third period.

Saturday night, the defending BCHL champs made their lone appearance of the season in Salmon Arm where they turned in a spirited effort before losing by a single goal.

The Eagles stumbled out of the starting gate, allowing the Apes to score twice in the first period and once more early in second to fall behind 3-0. Surrey then rallied

with three straight goals in the middle frame to knot the score at 3-3 before the second intermission.

Renouf got things going 61 second after Salmon Arm’s third goal and the momentum continued to build when Anthony Conti scored to cut the gap to a single goal midway through the frame. Surrey finally pulled even late in the frame when Nathan Renouf set up his twin brother Jonah.

Salmon Arm regained the lead five minutes into the third period,

but Surrey once again battled back to tie the game with a Braedan Russell marker in the 14th minute.

The Eagles did not have long to celebrate, however, as the Silverbacks answered 16 seconds later with what turned out to be the game winner.

The Eagles are back on home ice Wednesday when they host the Coquitlam Express at 7 p.m.

The Eagles then play a homeand-home weekend set with the Chilliwack Chiefs beginning Friday at South Surrey Arena.

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Wheelchair curler settles for second at provincials

Surrey’s Gary Cormack had to settle for silver at the B.C. Wheelchair Curling Championships in Coquitlam last weekend.

Cormack, a Paralympic gold medallist at the 2006 Turin Games, was competing as a member of Vancouver’s Bob MacDonald.

Cormack was the skip of the provincial champs in 2013, but opted to join forces with MacDonald this time around.

The MacDonald rink split their first two games in the three-team round-robin tourney, earning a spot in Sunday’s final against the undefeated Darryl Neighbour rink.

The Neighbour crew maintained their winning ways in the final, recovering from an early 1-0 deficit to pull away with a 7-2 win.

Paralympic gold medallist after winning at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver as a member of the Jim Armstrong rink.

The Neighbour rink will represent B.C. at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships in Montreal from April 28 to May 4.

Two make NHL list Two local hockey players were among the teenagers listed in the midterm North American player rankings from NHL Central Scouting came out Jan. 13.

Former Surrey Eagles Mason Blacklock (White Rock) and Demico Hannoun (North Delta) were among 10 B.C. Hockey League

Vernon Vipers forwards are rated at 158th and 185th, respectively.

Overall, there were 19 CJHL players listed with five from the AJHL, one from the CCHL and three from the OJHL. The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held June 27 to 28 at the Wells Fargo Centre in Philadelphia.

Palsenbarg second Seymour Creek Golf Centre’s Dave Zibrik moved from third to first in December and won the 2013 PGA of B.C. Professional Development Program title by one point over Surrey’s Matt Palsenbarg of Northview Golf & Country Club.

three behind Palsenbarg and two behind Gleneagles Golf Course’s James Presnail, but by earning two education points and four volunteerism points, he vaulted above both Palsenbarg and Presnail to win the $2,000 first place money.

Palsenbarg doesn’t go home emptyhanded, as he wins $1,500 for second place and Presnail takes home $1,000 for third place.

The Professional Development Program awards points to professionals for all aspects of their job — from playing in tournaments to teaching, to volunteering for association events to getting extra-curricular education to become a better golf pro.

The 2014 PDP race has already begun, with members already starting to

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Surrey United Firefighters’ six-game Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division unbeaten streak came to an abrupt end with a 2-0 loss to West Van Jan. 17 on the North Shore.

The opening half was evenly played with both teams generating scoring chances, but no goals. Surrey’s best chance came when Liam Miller unleashed a wicked shot from just outside the penalty area, only to have West Van goalkeeper Garth Lagasse pull off a sensational save.

The Firefighters next chance came in the 50th minute when Tom Lowndes crossed an impeccable ball into the West Van goal area, only to have Reece Miles miss what appeared to be an easy tap-in.

The former Trollers took advantage of the situation and opened the scoring a few minutes later when Cathal O’Connor blasted a rocket of a shot from outside the penalty area that found the back of the net, giving veteran goalkeeper Paul Shepherd no chance whatsoever.

In their usual fashion, the Firefighters fought back tenaciously and came close to knotting the score at the 65-minute mark when Sean Einarsson almost converted Steve Kindel’s free-kick with a great header.

Unfortunately for the Firemen, Einarsson’s header was brilliantly saved by Garth Lagasse.

A few minutes later, West Van FC was able to score what proved to be the insurance marker when Desmond Tachie raced in on goal and calmly beat Paul Shepherd with a near-post shot.

Elsewhere, Newton’s CCB-RT United posted their second win of 2014 with a 3-1 decision over Norvan on the North Shore Saturday.

Norvan controlled the play in the early going and were rewarded with the first goal of the game in the 20th minute.

Norvan FC continued to press and came close to scoring on a couple of other occasions, but young goalkeeper Pratap Sandhu kept CCB-RT in the game with two outstanding saves.

The second half told a totally different story as the visitors took over the reins of the match and dominated the final 45 minutes. United knotted the score at the 70minute mark when Milad Rahmati beat a couple of Norvan defenders before crossing the ball into the box, where Nick Soolsma calmly converted the pass with a low, hard shot.

Five minutes later, United took the lead when Rahmati took advantage of a defensive error by scoring on a breakaway.

Late in the game, the Newton lads added a late insurance goal by Shabhaz Khattra to close out the scoring.

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“It’s interesting, because when you want to identify Fleetwood, that has been a big question, even with the city,” Hart said. But if you look throughout the neighbourhood, you’ll find stories of the area’s founder sprinkled throughout its core. see HERITAGE › page 3

SURREY — A bidding war for rights to local radio frequencies is set to heat up this week as 17 applicants try to convince the Canadian Radio Television Commission (CRTC) that their content is best for local airwaves.

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Transit burden should be distributed evenly Consequences letter right on The Editor, Re: “People lack healthy fear of consequences,” the Now letters, Jan. 21.

Heartiest congratulations to Diana Oldman for having her “old fashioned” ideas about personal responsibility and consequences published – albeit not in any sociology, jurisprudence or education journal. Perhaps the recent activities of “Torts” would serve as an example.

Mac Savage, Surrey When it comes to our transit system, readers are frustrated with all levels of government and are demanding efficiency, transparency and accountability. (File photo) committed to transit as they maintain, they could embrace these ideas throughout Canada. Are we not considered to be an oil-rich country? Therefore, give a break to all transit from some of the oil revenue.

Chris Hale, Surrey

One-dollar tolls make sense The Editor, I agree with Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts that everyone in Metro Vancouver should help pay for transit by tolling all bridges. It seems to be the most equitable way to pay for existing bridges and new bridges to be built in the future.

I can’t see this referendum passing if it’s not an equitable solution. A $1 toll on all bridges makes sense.

Bryn Percival, Surrey

Transit system should be split The Editor, Transit has become similar to the HST fiasco – no decent ideas about how to solve it. The provincial government should stand up and be responsible by administrating transit, not the region’s mayors.

Sadly, too many politicians are more interested in their image and not in making the tough, intelligent and responsible decisions that they have been voted into office to make.

The way it is, our transit system is too large to manage.

It should be split up into separate entities – the buses and SkyTrain one division, the main roads, bridges and tunnels another division.

The buses should run on duty-free fuel. If the federal and provincial governments removed fuel taxes, it would reduce greatly some of the costs of running buses.

And the roads, bridges and tunnels throughout B.C. – the users of all these amenities should pay to fund them. An additional amount of money should be raised through a vehicle levy/tax.

Even bicycles could contribute by placing an operator user licence similar to a vehicle operator licence. Only bicycle users over 16 years of age would be required to have this. The driving license issue centres could administer them. Fees to be determined.

Tolls on all bridges and tunnels could then be shared by all road users and could be eliminated. I am sure the toll collections or whoever administrates them is a drain out of the tolls.

If the federal and provincial governments are as

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Join in...and play this fast-paced exciting The Editor, game of rugby in a fun and safe environment Re: “Ward system would give Newton an ally,” the Now (non-contact for KG-Grade 3’s) letters, Jan. 16.

Finally, someone else is thinking along a political Boys & Girls line that is long overdue for Surrey. With a city as large geographically and diverse culturally as Surrey, we definitely Kindergarten to Grade 7 need a ward system.

If the mayor believes a ward system “creates infighting” Season Starts: February 2, 2014 she is again completely out of touch with reality. It is Season Ends: June 1, 2014 understandable why she does not want a ward system.

At present, she stands as the omnipresent and omnipotent Schedule: Sundays 09:30-11:00am voice of Surrey.

I live in South Surrey and the issues that concern me are entirely different than those of the residents in Cloverdale Home Field: South Surrey Athletic Park Fields or Whalley or Fleetwood. The current state of affairs in 1&2 Newton and what those residents are suffering is of concern (Adjacent to Semiahmoo Secondary) to all of us and makes our local issues pale in comparison.

With the current makeup of council, none of us are Cost: $175 served well. The mayor and her “team” will continue to be re-elected by simply pandering to certain blocks of the For more information or to register visit electorate and nothing will change. Remember, unfettered www.baysideminirugby.com growth without proper infrastructure or social services is a recipe for disaster.

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The Editor, I have been following the transit funding debate for 20 years. I work shift work and transit does not work for me, so I drive. Today, I am driving the same road (Highway 99), I was driving 40 years ago when I started my career.

I recognize the need for good transit and the funding problems but I am frustrated by all levels of government pitting drivers against transit users. It is no longer a question of what is right, wrong or fair, it is all about getting re-elected.

I would say ‘yes’ to a property tax increase – directly or indirectly, everyone pays. Any question that does not distribute the burden evenly, I will vote against. I will also vote against anyone who supports an unfair vote.

I would like to see real accountability in TransLink. The Millennium Line (the train to nowhere) and Evergreen Line were lobby driven, built for the needs of tomorrow, but paid for today.

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