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Jude Hannah at Hyland Creek Park, near her home in the Panorama Northwoods area of Surrey. (Photo: KEVIN HILL)

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PANORAMA NORTHWOODS — Tucked between Sullivan Heights Secondary and Panorama Ridge Secondary on the north side of 64th Avenue is a small community locals refer to as Panorama Northwoods. Though the City of Surrey’s unofficial map of neighbourhoods calls the area “Reedville,” residents there don’t associate that name with their “little oasis in the heart of the city,” said Jude Hannah. The neighbourhood doesn’t quite fit into the adjacent neighbourhoods: Newton Town Centre to the north, Panorama Ridge to the west and Sullivan to the east. Hannah loves the area, which she’s called home for 28 years. She boasted about the diversity of the area. “It’s like a little United Nations here: Filipino, South Asian, Middle Eastern, European,” she said of her neighbours, adding that many of the family’s children play together. “True diversity and it works,” Hannah said. “That is the best of Surrey.” She is also grateful for the natural amenities the area is home to, such as Hyland Creek Park, just steps from her home. The large natural area stretches throughout Newton from King George Boulevard to 144th Street. Several fish-bearing streams,

A quiet cul-de-sac in the Panorama Northwoods area. (Photo: KEVIN HILL) including Hyland Creek, run through the park and drain east into the Serpentine River. “It’s idyllic,” Hannah said as she strolled through the park, recalling walking her son through the park every day to get to school years ago. “I cherished that.” When Hannah thinks back to what the area was like when she arrived nearly three decades ago, she said much has changed. “There was a ranch across the street and it was like moving to the country. It was incredibly peaceful, there were even wild pheasants,” she said, noting wildlife is seen less and less in the area as more development occurs. Hannah said the change was gradual, but in the past three to five years, development “exploded” in the area. “All the sudden there would be townhouse development proposal signs. Those green signs were everywhere…. It just seems to be so much development without a lot of forethought and thinking about the longterm sustainability – cramming a lot of really big houses onto small lots, all this infilling.” As she walked through Hyland Park, behind her home, she pointed to a development underway that could be seen from within the park.

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“It was a beautiful old, old house,” she said of the residence that was on the property. “It was sort of a ’50s, Frank Lloyd Wright house.” The development, at about 140th Street and 65th Avenue, is for 16 homes. The neighbourhood spoke out against it roughly two years ago, she noted. And to the other side of her home, at roughly 138th Street and 64A Avenue, is an area that used to be completely forested. Now, the forested area is largely gone, replaced by single-family homes on small lots. Hannah guessed most of them have suites. There’s often garbage dumped along the side of the road there, cars often hang out on the dark corner and some properties, though quite new, are already run down, she said. And across 64th, toward the old Surrey city hall, much of the landscape is a sea of construction. It saddens her to see trees falling all over the area. “I think what people are objecting to is that it’s happening so fast and there’s just so much of it. The houses are so big, they’re so expensive, so it really excludes a lot of people that have lived here for a long time.” Hannah said the street she lives on has no suites. “It makes our area quite special and

unique,” she added. But suites from those nearby developments have started to impact her area. She’s noticed an increase of drug activity and other mischief. And she said recovery homes have brought problems as well. And while Hannah has concerns about how she sees her neighbourhood changing, she certainly focuses on the positive. Hannah began the ReNewton Nation group, focused on revitalizing all of South Newton, the King George Boulevard corridor and Downtown Newton. One of her large focuses has been on the revitalization of the corner at 64th Avenue and King George Boulevard – where the old Surrey Public Market was. It’s been vacant since the late ’90s, and while the property has changed hands over the years, and there’s been talk of redeveloping the property, nothing has materialized. “It was a really bustling, funky market,” Hannah reminisced, adding that the venue was actually a draw for her to move to the area all those years ago. She sees the revitalization of the corner at 64th Avenue and King George Boulevard as the first step to revitalizing the broader area, adding that the corner, as it is, is an eyesore. Another area resident, April Linke said she’s also seen the area change a lot in the 20 years she’s lived there. Like her neighbours, she’s seen “undesirable activities” increase. And while they all share concerns about changes in the area, they also share the belief that the area is special. “We have a wonderful neighbourhood when it comes to the people who live here. We’re all friendly and connected and long-term,” Linke said. “It’s the kind of neighbourhood where you can go for a walk and wave at your neighbour. We need to do as much as we can to promote the positive attitude that Surrey deserves.” Find Hannah on Twitter at @ ReNewtonNation.

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SOUTH SURREY — You’re sipping wine among friends at an intimate backyard barbecue that’s hosting a scintillating jazz trio. The scent of fresh peach-blueberry pie wafts over mile-high pine trees that enclose the property at a private benefit bash. Last Tuesday (Aug. 26) affair at the Skepast family home in South Surrey played host to two musical acts – the Skepast Trio, a three-piece jazz band made up of teen prodigies, and popular Vancouver-based band the Star Captains, a neo-soul, jazz fusion quintet – for an evening of music and charity. The live-music barbecue raised money for Semiahmoo Music Society, a not-for-profit that supports the Semiahmoo Secondary band and music program, and aimed to bring exposure to prodigious students and alumni of the school’s music program. “There’s been a lot of people working on it for a really long time – not just that event but the whole community. The arts community really pulled together,” said Jim Black, guitarist of the Star Captains, which headlined the event.

The Star Captains perform in the backyard of the Skepast family home in South Surrey on Tuesday, Aug. 26. (Photo: KRISTI ALEXANDRA) Black, an active community member who’s co-ordinated musical acts for White Rock’s annual Spirit of the Sea festival for several years, is an alumnus of the Semiahmoo music program. “This event for me was actually kind of the crescendo,” he said, noting that he had been working with the high school students on other projects leading up to the event. “It

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was really what we were working for. Two hundred people paid really good money to hear kids play avant garde music.… I’m really excited for what we can do now in White Rock.” Though the cost of providing food and hosting the show may have taken a few dollars, Black noted that the evening achieved what it was meant to.

“I think this event was more about awareness about what we’re doing because it was a lot to put that on,” Black said, noting that there was also a 50/50 draw and additional donations. “These people support the music society all year round. We were just trying to go big so people can see the potential.” Black said each person helping with the event volunteered their time and didn’t take a cut, including his band. Black said he couldn’t be more proud of the students who performed. “There are all these kids in White Rock and it’s a pretty exciting time and they’re all coming to an age where they’re becoming young professionals,” he said. For those who missed it, the benefit show is gearing up to go more public than ever as Alive Drive Interactive (ADI), an interactive media technology company, filmed and engineered the event as a pilot to a livemusic series. ADI is also recording a similar series from White Rock’s Coast Capital Playhouse called Music from the Coast. “That wasn’t a high school recital, that was a real jazz performance,” Black said of the Skepast Trio’s performance.

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Be cautious on big mergers Burger King and Tim Hortons are merging, making a giant fast-food conglomerate poised to take over the world. And media on both sides of the 49th parallel have been making much of the fact that the HQ for this new mega-corporation will be based in Canada, not the United States. The reason seems to be one of tax savings. Money from international operations that returns to head office will now be taxed at the Canadian rate, rather than the American one. And the Canadian rate has been lower for some years. In fact, many western countries have a lower corporate tax rate than the U.S. Britain is lower, Italy is lower, even France’s highest corporate tax rate is 33 per cent, below the maximum 39 per cent U.S. rate. Several countries in Europe are actually planning to reduce their rates further in the future. But those other countries don’t share a border and a long-standing trade pact with the U.S. So if you had to relocate your corporate headquarters, would you choose Canada, or...? In the short run, this means (mostly) good things for Canada. Bringing corporate headquarters here means more money for our treasury and, at least theoretically, more jobs for Canadians. The threat is that this can easily become a race to the bottom. Our world is structured so that moving corporations, and goods, and jobs, is relatively easy. But for people, flitting around the world is not so simple. Canada’s advantages today could be undermined tomorrow, and then it could be France or Japan or South Korea to which corporations flock, leaving us with less tax revenue and abandoning workers who can’t simply uproot and move to another continent. This has happened before, many times. It’s the same reason car companies started building factories in the American South in the 1970s and 1980s, and it’s the same reason that well over half of everything you can buy today was made in China, Indonesia or Bangladesh. We could see a day, in the near future, when we are faced with a choice of cutting taxes again and again, or watching corporations and jobs vanish over the horizon. It won’t be a pleasant choice for Canada, whichever way we jump. Glacier Media

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Skimboarders, please respect beaches of Semiahmoo Bay The Editor, Re: “The dog days of skimboarding,” the Now, Aug. 21. Matt Law’s feature story was of interest and I would like to comment and also share information that can further inform and be distributed to raise awareness. Skimboarding participants, while enjoying their sport, need to conduct themselves responsibly, with consideration and respect for the natural environment. In 2005, we worked with skimboarders, the Breaknecks, to develop the ‘Skimboarders Decorum’ to address environmental damage caused by skimboarding on the mudflats of Semiahmoo Bay. In the story, you made the comment, “Once you have a spot, be sure to clear the

pool of shells and rocks to save your feet from cuts.” While encouraging personal safety, you forgot to remind about the damage to the mud flats that removing rocks and shells can cause. It is better for skimboarders to find a pool with no rocks or shells or eelgrass to disturb. Our “Beach Etiquette” poster promotes more appropriate beach behavior. The beach of White Rock is named Semiahmoo Bay and is a part of Boundary Bay (as is Drayton Harbor, Mud Bay, Beach Grove, etc.). It is internationally recognized as an environmentally sensitive area (ESA). All recreational users in an ESA need to conduct themselves responsibly. Furthermore, Semiahmoo Bay is a part of the Boundary Bay, BC Wildlife

Management Area, a provincially designated area protected for its important habitats, all red-coded as environmentally sensitive. Boundary Bay is also a part of the top-rated Important Bird Area of 600 designated sites in Canada. While it is great for people of all ages to enjoy the beach, there are more appropriate activities than others, that cause little damage. Skimboarding can be enjoyed responsibly, as can paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming, nature viewing and walking. And while folks are out there, why not pick up some litter and remind others that this very special place needs our care and respect. Margaret Cuthbert, president, Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society

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tax dollars. Of course, there are voices (particularly from BCTF members) who claim the government is hell-bent on “destroying” the education system and is secretly conspiring to drive everyone to the private school system. The fact that $4.7 billion of tax dollars are poured into the public education system every year (second only to health-care spending) demolishes this hysterical notion, yet the mantra from the ideologues keeps being chanted over and over again. Nevertheless, the BC Liberals can be faulted for not keeping pace with the need for even more funding. While not destroying the system, the argument can be made the government has allowed considerable fraying around the edges. Class composition remains an urgent issue in some classes (though certainly not all), and school trustees find that balancing their budgets becomes more difficult every year as cost pressures exceed any funding increase. As for the BCTF, it looks out for the interests of its members as any union should, but it doesn’t have a good track record on that front. Every other public-sector union has received higher wage increases than the BCTF has won over the past dozen or so years. The union has also fought a never-ending public relations war against the BC Liberal government (which has gobbled up millions of dollars of union dues) without any evidence of success (the government has won four consecutive elections). While it’s true the BCTF has won two important court challenges against the government, the final ruling on that issue has yet to be made, so any celebrations of victory there are premature. The union is locked into a fight for smaller class sizes, which among other things, translates into

The Editor, Re: “Port approval means 640 more coal trains annually,” the Now, Aug. 26. The recent approval of a project to ship coal from Fraser Surrey Docks has drawn criticism from regional health officers and health professionals, among others, who believe Port Metro Vancouver fell short in its assessment of the project. First, to clarify, the project results in one additional train per day, not the 640 (annually) reported. All reports and documents related to the approval are available on Port Metro Vancouver’s website for public scrutiny. It is important to understand Port Metro Vancouver’s legal authority extends only to the federal lands over which it has jurisdiction, which in this case is the terminal facility where coal will be delivered and transferred to barges. So, while Lower Mainland health officers do not have legal authority over federal property, they are not restricted from conducting risk assessments anywhere else that is within their oversight. Port Metro Vancouver has also been accused of not considering public input or involving public health authorities in the review. This project did not require a federal environmental assessment by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency or a provincial environmental assessment by the B.C. Environmental

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hatever the outcome of the messy fight between teachers and the B.C. government (and as I write this, the two sides are negotiating but no end is in sight), it’s likely the provincial education system won’t see any significant improvement in the near future. And for this, we can blame both the government and the BC Teachers Federation. The two sides have been locked in a war for more than a decade, and even a negotiated contract will not end the acrimony and bitterness that characterizes their relationship. When we strip away the rhetoric, it all comes down to this: control. As in, who controls the classroom and the system itself – the teachers’ union or the government? This struggle for control is not a unique one in education. Ontario is experiencing a similar fight, and most states in the U.S. are also mired in wars between elected governments and various teacher union organizations. Pushed to the sidelines in this widespread fight are students and parents. Forget the rubbish talk from both the union and the government that “this is all about the kids” and forget the boasts from both sides that they feel for “kids caught in the middle.” It is not about the kids and never has been. It is about control. And it is perfectly understandable why both sides are fighting for control. From the government’s perspective, the education system is a spending priority but it also a huge consumer of

I suspect the public increasingly takes the view of ‘a pox on both your houses,’ which reflects the frustration and impatience of watching this soap opera.… All about the kids? Forget it. hiring more teachers, which in turn inflates the union’s treasury. The BCTF also zealously guards its members’ job security, even if in so doing it protects poor teachers at the expense of better ones. The actual interests of students is not held as high a priority, in the BCTF’s view, as a teacher’s job security. Again, the BCTF is not unique in this aspect compared to other teachers’ unions. Its American counterparts are notorious for resisting any threat to their control of the system. The struggle over who controls a school and who controls a classroom will not end anytime soon, even after the current contract battle ends. Because governments of all stripes and philosophies are loathe to raise taxes in any significant way, revenues become more and more precious, which will inevitably put more pressure on the education system. I suspect the public increasingly takes the view of “a pox on both your houses,” which reflects the frustration and impatience of watching this soap opera go on for so many years. All about the kids? Forget it. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews

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Assessment Office. However, in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Port Metro Vancouver required a thorough environmental review. In the course of the review, health authorities were specifically invited to be involved and meetings with them were held. As part of the review, Port Metro Vancouver decided to require an Environmental Impact Assessment, which was evaluated by an expert third party and subject to a 30-day public comment period. Additionally, in response to public concerns and feedback from health authorities and others, Port Metro Vancouver required a comprehensive, sciencebased Human Health Risk Assessment which was completed following Health Canada guidelines and again evaluated by an expert third party. Port Metro Vancouver found no evidence of negative human health impacts of the project beyond acceptable minimums. Canada’s port authorities are legislated to facilitate Canada’s trade objectives in a safe and sustainable way that mitigates negative impacts on the environment and human health, and considers local communities. Expecting our ports to decide what gets traded is akin to believing airports should make decisions on immigration. Coal has been safely shipped through the port for decades and continues to be the port’s most heavily-shipped commodity. Peter Xotta, Vice President, Operations and Planning, Port Metro Vancouver

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Conservatives will rule B.C. The Editor, Re: “Party leaders target B.C. in big way,” Aug. 26. Keith Baldrey is probably quite right in predicting 28 of 42 seats for the BC Conservatives in the next federal election. The federal NDP is not likely to get much help from

the BC NDP, since it is still smarting from the beating it took in the last B.C. election. The B.C. Liberal Party is not connected to the federal Liberal party, and splits its vote federally. The petroleum provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are likely to protect their interests by voting Conservative. Manitoba, Ontario and the Atlantic provinces could go anywhere.

I believe the NDP seats held by Thomas Mulcair will go to Liberal leader Justine Trudeau in Quebec, making Trudeau leader of the opposition and the NDP back to its tradition of a third- or fourth-rate party. The Conservative party consists of a majority of mature voters who turn up at the polls. They aren’t going anywhere! Fred Perry, Surrey

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SURREY — Clayton is getting a brand new high school and Rosemary Heights, Adams Road and Morgan elementary schools are getting additions. The province announced its support for the Clayton North area high school in 2013 and Education Minister Peter Fassbender announced Thursday the province is committing $45.6 million toward the projects, with the school district contributing $19 million. All in all, the $64.6 million projects will mean more than 1,800 spaces for Surrey students. “Early this year, our board wrote to the minister offering to contribute funding in order to speed-up the process, and address over-capacity issues at Adams Road and the South Surrey elementary schools, so we are thrilled to be able to now move ahead,” Surrey Board of Education chair Shawn Wilson said in a release. “The announcement today takes care of the top-priority projects in our capital plan and I know the students, staff and parents at all schools involved, including Lord Tweedsmuir and Clayton Heights Secondary schools will be happy as well,” he added. The Clayton secondary school will have capacity for 1,500 students, alleviating pressure at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary in particular. Construction is set to begin in the spring of 2015, with completion expected in early 2017. When it comes to the elementary school additions, a total of 16 classrooms are planned, to house 370 students. Each of the three schools are currently over capacity, with enrolment expected to increase. Construction is slated to begin this fall with hopes of being completed by the fall of 2015. “Today we are celebrating our partnership and cooperation with the Surrey school district – clearly, by working together we are getting results,” said Fassbender in a release.

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Education Minister Peter Fassbender was at the Holiday Inn hotel in Cloverdale Thursday to announce a new secondary school in the Clayton neighbourhood along with additions to three elementary schools in the area. (Photo: KYLE BENNING)

The announcement today takes care of the top-priority projects in our capital plan and I know the students, staff and parents at all schools involved, including Lord Tweedsmuir and Clayton Heights Secondary schools will be happy as well. “Most of our capital projects in school districts are focused on seismic upgrades for student safety. But at the same time, we are also creating more spaces for students in school districts where student enrollment is expected to grow in the future. These four projects are a great example of that commitment.” Surrey Board of Education vice-chair Laurie Larsen said the commitment is really the “tip of the iceberg, especially for what’s needed in Clayton,” noting that it’s only about half of what is truly required. “But we’re very appreciative that it did finally come through.” Though happy about the commitment, Larsen was disappointed the announcement came while the teachers dispute is going on and a lot of the staff can’t celebrate it.

SURREY —Coun. Barinder Rasode, who’s expected to take a run at the mayor’s chair in Surrey this fall, is organizing a telephone town hall on transportation

on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Earlier this year, an online survey found Surrey residents see transportation as the second-largest issue facing their city.

According to Larsen, the South Surrey elementary schools are “overflowing,” which is not a unique thing in the districtLarsen said the South Surrey elementary schools are “overflowing” right now and noted there’s a variety of other areas in the district that are operating over capacity. “There’s so many areas that are just busting at the seams. We figure it cost us $4 million for portables last year. And those are just classrooms, those aren’t science labs or gyms or anything that’s needed to go with schools,” she said. “Usually what happens is once a school is built and the children move in, then those existing portables are moved to sites that need more class space. It’s sort of like a domino effect. We get one school built, and In an Insights West poll released March 7, it was found that 51 per cent of residents see crime as the top issue facing their city, followed by transportation

sometimes as it’s being built, they recognize that it’s not even big enough then, but it’s as big as the government will allow us to build.” Larsen noted growth in the Cloverdale area has been massive. “If you drive down Fraser Highway, you just see new developments, new townhouses, there’s new signs up almost every time I drive by there. It’s phenomenal. We can’t even ask for a school until the current school is at 110 (percent) capacity,” she said. “We have to wait until the children are actually there at the door, which is hard for Surrey because we can see those buildings going up. And it takes almost four years from when you put in the application and go through the whole system in Surrey and go through your design, until that school can be open.” Larsen noted that while the district has had provincial approval for the projects for some time, they can’t move ahead until the cheque is in their hand. “We never count our chickens before they hatch…. So that’s what has happened today,” she said. “We’ve been promised that for such a long time and we’ve been waiting.”

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‘Beats on the Streets’ event cancelled SURREY — Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association’s Beats on the Streets was supposed to kick off on Sept. 6, but was quietly cancelled before the affair took off. The five and 10k run would have started at the new City Hall Plaza, with each kilometre of the run featuring a different live music station and a concert at the finish line. Elizabeth Model, chair of the Surrey Marathon Society and CEO of the Downtown Surrey BIA, said new competitors and a lack of interest in charity runs thwarted the new event. “This year we noticed that a lot of new and different competitors came into the marketplace,” she said. “We feel that the saturation point was hit, and the numbers just didn’t come together for the event.” She also noted that “running events in general… have experienced a sharp decline in the last four to six months.” “With careful resolve and really a tough decision, the board decided that the event shouldn’t proceed because of target deficits,” Model said, admitting that “the street closures for Surrey are extremely expensive.”

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“He’s got a bit of a fire in his belly,” he noted. Bose, who says he’s on the board of Surrey Matters Voters Association, said the group is in “no position to launch a campaign” and doesn’t expect a slate to come together. He doesn’t expect any member of the group to run independently either, unless Surrey First is “completely imploding.” Bose said he’s hopeful there will be a major change at the council table, some “fresh blood.” “We have some tired council members. Surrey will be better for it if there’s some new faces. And a significant number of new faces.”

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SURREY — Most seniors spend their leisure time gardening, golfing or playing with their grandchildren, but Michael Lensen lives his life in the fast lane. The 66-year-old was among the oldest competitors at last weekend’s ICSCC Triple Race Weekend at Mission Raceway Park. The Fraser Heights resident has been racing for more than 20 years, winning more than 12 championships in that time. Lensen said that it’s funny to see the looks on some of the younger guys’ faces when they see him roaring down the track, as he is usually the oldest driver there. Even though he has had so much success in the past, this has been a rough season for

the veteran sports car driver. “I had an infection in my hip and that led to the shutting down of my kidneys,” Lensen said. “I was operated on. I’m fine. Lensen, who couldn’t put any pressure on his left hip or leg, spent about five weeks in Surrey Memorial Hospital, but has recovered over the last couple of months. “If you ask me now, ‘How do you feel?’ I’d say I feel as if it never happened,” he added. The time off means Lensen is no longer in contention to win any championships this year, but that doesn’t force him to wave the checkered flag on this season. “That’s all behind us now, and two weeks after my last day in the hospital I was on the racetrack. I won my first race and came in second in my second race and that was the good news, but I was totally spent at the end of the weekend.

“I was so out of shape not having worked out for that length of time. Two-and-ahalf months I had not worked out and it certainly showed in my condition at the end of the weekend,” said Lensen. He said that he normally works out four times a week and isn’t tired after most of his events, but after a long stint in a hospital bed, coming back to race was tougher than he anticipated. “I was totally spent and my wife looked at me and I admitted to her that, ‘I’m dead. I’m toast. I’m so tired,’” Lensen added. Lensen held the lap record time at Mission Raceway Park for several years, but one of his friends took it from him last season. However, this year he is hoping to take the record back in his new car – a red Van Diemen RF97 FC.

Lensen likes his Van Diemen much better than his previous car, and said that he was able to modify it to meet his needs. “It’s a very responsive car, more responsive than the one I used to have. These cars handle well anyway because it’s very light and very nimble to the corners,” he said. “They are absolute hoots to drive and they’re so much fun.” The Sports Car Club of British Columbia played host to the ICSCC Triple Race Weekend as it celebrated its 20th anniversary. More than 125 racers were expected to participate in the Mission event, coming as far away as Alberta, Oregon and Washington State. More information can be found at Sccbc.net. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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SURREY — Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association’s Beats on the Streets was supposed to kick off on Sept. 6, but was quietly cancelled before the affair took off. The five and 10k run would have started at the new City Hall Plaza, with each kilometre of the run featuring a different live music station and a concert at the finish line. Elizabeth Model, chair of the Surrey Marathon Society and CEO of the Downtown Surrey BIA, said new competitors and a lack of interest in charity runs thwarted the new event. “This year we noticed that a lot of new and different competitors came into the marketplace,” she said. “We feel that the saturation point was hit, and the numbers just didn’t come together for the event.” She also noted that “running events in general… have experienced a sharp decline in the last four to six months.” “With careful resolve and really a tough

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SURREY — Though Coun. Barinder Rasode has yet to officially announce her intentions to run for the city’s top job, she’s already received an endorsement. Former Surrey mayor and longtime councillor Bob Bose has officially endorsed Rasode as a mayoral candidate. Bose served as a Surrey alderman from 1978 to 1985 and then served as mayor for nine years. After his mayoralty, Bose returned to Surrey civic politics as a councillor, from 2000 to 2011, when he was ousted by Surrey First sweeping all the seats. Bose told the Now in July he believes voters needed a fresh face,“not somebody who’s an incumbent or who’s been on council.” But last week, Bose said it’s “too late now” for new candidates to emerge and Rasode is the “clear choice” for him, describing her as

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