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A wide-eyed Morgan Montgomery rehearses a scene for the Vaudeville 101 show to be staged by the Vaudevillians seniors entertainment troupe at Surrey Arts Centre this weekend, on Nov. 8 and 9. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

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north delta — it is, typically, one of the quietest times of the day during one of the quietest times of the week at Kennedy seniors centre. the lunch bunch has come and gone, the dinner crowd has yet to arrive and the hubbub of the weekend is a day removed. it is monday afternoon. but pop the door to the facility’s main hall on this monday afternoon (oct. 20) and prepare to wave bye-bye to solitude. it’s dress-rehearsal time for a local theatre troupe called the Vaudevillians, and the pace, as they prep to hit the stage, is manic. over there working the sound board is marilyn paulin, twirling knobs and listening intently to a pony-tailed dude who’s running, literally, back and forth to the stage, setting up the wired and wireless microphones and figuring out last-minute issues. his name is morgan montgomery and he’d be handling the audio duties himself, like he’s done so often before, if he weren’t also singing and dancing and emceeing instead. twenty feet from paulin sits marilyn remus. the director of the troupe’s latest effort, she pores over the script, appending this and altering that, when not fielding questions and conferring with the many actors and assistants who approach her. one of those people is pat trimble. trimble, along with hubby Jim, is a founding member of the troupe and, in many ways over the years, its backbone, talks practicalities with remus, heads off to quickly change into costume and returns for another strategy session. on stage, the action is hot and heavy. actors move scenery into position, disappear and return in costume. individual scenes are practiced. mics and props are passed about. conversation is everywhere. suddenly, the curtain is drawn. it opens again and the play begins. there is singing, there is dancing. there is truly funny comedy and there is witty

Members of the Vaudevillians seniors entertainment troupe rehearse their “Vaudeville 101” show at Kennedy Seniors Centre in North Delta. The production will be staged Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 8 and 9) at Surrey Arts Centre. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) dialogue. actors enter and exit from stage left, stage right, stage rear and even from the audience. there are seemingly more costume changes than there are minutes in a day. surely on athleticism alone, this gang deserves accolades. but here’s the thing. these guys and gals are… mature. Quite mature. supreme multi-tasker montgomery, he of the ponytail, is 67. director remus is 75. pat trimble is 77 and her husband Jim, who, Dorothy Perkins due to heath issues will retire from active stage duties after the current project, is 83. hard to believe? you betcha. i wanted to id most of them. take dorothy perkins, who says she “got serious” about this singing and acting thing at the tender age of 70. prior to that, her only experience came as a youth. “when we

were young, there was no tV, so we made our own fun. we sang all the old songs, and dad played violin.” perkins began visiting Kennedy seniors centre at 70, joined its choir on a whim and was soon asked to duet with the choir director at local nursing homes. “when he passed way, it was just about the time the Vaudevillians started coming to Kennedy for practice. i thought, ‘oh well, i think i’ll give it a try.’” perkins claims, amid much laughter, that her first tune with the Vaudevillians was “i’m just a girl who can’t say no.” today, she has two numbers. in the first, the 1927 standard “among my souvenirs,” she reveals not only her impressive voice but also a mid-song shocker that’ll have the audience in stitches. in the second, a comedic take on “bicycle built for two” that perkins herself rewrote, customized lines (“for i’ll be damned if i’ll be crammed on a bicycle built for two”) are commonplace. at the opposite end of the spectrum is director remus. trained from a child

under the mentorship of famed ballerina/ actor bebe de roland, remus would eventually travel the united states with her husband, staging region-specific “outdoor spectaculars” in towns throughout the land. the two ultimately settled in florida, where she choreographed shows at the burt reynolds dinner theater. indeed, reynolds became a great friend. remus returned to the lower mainland to be near her brothers. these days, she has roles at the massey and anvil theatres in new westminster and, of course, her position with the Vaudevillians. to say she’s had a big hand in the current production, Vaudeville 101, is an understatement. apart from directing it, remus also wrote much of the dialogue and conceived the premise – that of a “professor” (played capably by alannah Jacques), who explains vaudeville to the audience with the aid of liberally interspersed song and dance numbers and skits. that it works so well and seems so fresh is not testament to remus alone, but the entire 24-member troupe. these kids love what they’re doing, and most of them add their own twists and spins to their individual bits. it’s a group effort, and it shows. Vaudeville 101 opens saturday, nov. 8 and sunday, nov. 9 at surrey arts centre, in support of the bursary Jim trimble initiated a decade ago for douglas college performing arts students. show times are 2 p.m. both days. for details and tickets ($20), visit Vaudevillians.com or call 604501-5566. the production will continue to run at smaller venues throughout the lower mainland well into 2015, even as the troupe chooses and rehearses its next show. this is a busy and ambitious bunch. when remus says “we’d like to get on the convention circuit,” it’s hard to believe they won’t. Goble@shaw.ca

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Golf and country club, which they opened in 1994. marilyn hosted charity golf tournaments at northview. marilyn is survived by her husband of 58 years, daughters wendy chanasyk, suzanne dahl and colleen pollon, and nine grandchildren, with eight great grandchildren (and one more on the way). the family plans to carry on her legacy of philanthropic efforts in the community. a celebration of life will take place on saturday, nov. 8 at 2 p.m. at peace portal alliance church in south surrey.

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First winter market crops up at Surrey City Hall Kristi Alexandra

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surrey — smells of organic patchouli soaps, fresh baked (gluten-free) goods and gourmet mac and cheese waft through the air at the surrey urban farmers market in the summer months. shoppers pick through colourful, local fruits and veggies, perhaps putting a carton of free-range eggs in their basket while sipping on a sample of organic lemonade. from april to september, the city’s farmers market provides a veritable smorgasbord for the senses. but why should that end during the cold months of winter? emily atkinson, manager of surrey urban farmers market, doesn’t think it should. that’s why she was at the inaugural winter farmers market at surrey’s city hall atrium and plaza on wednesday (oct. 29), where dozens of vendors hawked their goods and kicked off a new season for the market. “we wanted to do a winter market last year but it didn’t pan out because of location problems,” atkinson said. the city’s new city hall, atrium and plaza recently wrapped up construction. “for a couple years now, customers have been asking if the market continues in the

winter months,” she said. “we’ve had interest from vendors, so we’re really happy to be able to do it this year.” atkinson, who began managing the urban farmers market in april, said the event will take place every second wednesday in the city hall atrium and plaza. those who forget to bring cash can purchase “market bucks” with their debit card and use them at vendors and food trucks as cash. the “bucks” never expire, so people can bring back their bucks for subsequent markets. some of the vendors at wednesday’s winter kick off included solodko, selling homemade, ukrainian sweets; russian spoon, baking up savoury and sweet goods; and marie’s guiltfree bakery, packaging up vegan treats. “it’s always an experiment in terms of where people set up but it’s worked well,” atkinson said. in all, the market has a “good mix” of vendors. she said that roughly 10 vendors will be constant through the season, with another five to 10 rotating. all food trucks will stay outside in the plaza, rain or shine. “it’s great to support farmers throughout the winter as well,” she noted. “they’re still growing things so why not take advantage of getting fresh fruit and vegetables over the winter, too?” kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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surrey — in most political races, being too flakey would likely cost candidates votes, but in the 2014 british store mayoral pie race, flakiness is nothing but desirable. indeed, as the candidates continue to vie for the attention of voters in the rest of the city, the newton store is running its own political race using pie purchases as a substitute for votes. the candidates and their pie types are as follows: Vikram bajwa (steak and Guiness), John edwards (steak and kidney), linda hepner (chicken), doug mccallum (chicken and mushroom), barinder rasode (steak), Grant rice (steak and vegetable) and John wolanski (cheese and onion). storeowner andy bradshaw matched the candidates to the top-selling seven varieties of pies randomly. “it’s just a bit of fun. we played it around with some of the customers and they thought it sounded like a good idea,” said bradshaw, who moved his business from its long-time new westminster location to surrey this past summer. “as soon as they announced who

Storeowner Andy Bradshaw decided to have a fun mayoral contest with his minced pies. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR) was running, we put this up and we’ve been updating it each day.” asked if the impromptu race has influenced any pie buying in the store, bradshaw joked, “not as far as i know but edwards seems to be doing really well. i don’t really know him so it’s possible he could have

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been coming in and buying his own pies repeatedly.” at the time of this writing, edwards was in the lead with 44 pies sold, while hepner and mccallum were in second and third, respectively. rasode was in fourth, and bajwa, wolanski and rice rounded out the race.

“normally our steak and Guinness (bajwa) pie is the top one,” said bradshaw. “we’re also very happy with the cheese and onion pie (wolanski) sales, which is a vegetarian pie.” bradshaw added that he’s a keen follower of politics and being a new business owner in surrey, is finding the current race an exciting one to watch. “this is the first time i’ve had reason to pay attention to surrey politics,” he said. “in new westminster, it takes 3,500 votes to become a councillor whereas in surrey it’s more like 35,000.” as for his shop, bradshaw said business has been good since they opened and he’s looking forward to being a part of surrey’s growing business sector in newton. “i’m shocked at how much shopping there is, the amount of shops,” he said. “business has been good. we’re really enjoying this.” and even if the winner of bradshaw’s pie race doesn’t get elected in the main election, he said he’ll probably end up making a special pie for his store’s new mayor. to cast your vote in the 2014 british store mayoral pie race, visit bradshaw’s shop at 13369 72 ave., surrey. the store also features various british gifts, groceries and other items.

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Surrey LRT plan passes hurdle Adrian MacNair

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surrey — a federal agency overseeing public-private infrastructure projects in canada has given preliminary approval to surrey’s application to help fund light rail transit. according to a press release issued by the city thursday (oct. 30), the p3 canada fund has granted “screened in” status to the application, meaning it will move on to the next phase for further funding consideration. “with surrey’s population growing so quickly, securing new rapid transit options have been a top priority of mine,” said mayor dianne watts in the release.“this decision to have surrey’s application for federal funding move on to the next stage is a significant step forward in making a light rail transit system a reality in our city.” city staff are working with translink, the regional transportation agency that would administer the lrt network, to refine the design and cost estimates for the project. the design work is also necessary to prepare a business case for federal funding. surrey’s objective is a funding arrangement

composed of one third federal, one third provincial and one third regional. the regional support already exists in the form of the mayors’ council’s regional transportation plan, which has identified surrey’s lrt plan for 27 km of track as a top priority. however, any such funding will depend heavily on the results of a translink referendum expected in the spring of 2015. p3 projects (or public-private partnerships) involves a contract between a public sector entity and a private company, in which the private contractor usually assumes the financial, technical and operational risk in the project to reduce costs to the taxpayer. there are several examples of p3 projects in canada, including seven transit projects, such as lrt in edmonton, and closer to home, lincoln station on the evergreen line. proponents for the plan say lrt is more cost-effective than a skytrain extension, with 27 km of lrt track costing the same as 16 km of skytrain. studies estimate that a skytrain from surrey city centre to langley would only be five minutes faster than light rail. according to the city, the lrt network will be able to meet future population growth projections and needs for transit. —with a file from amy reid

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School fees: What’s next, cash to use the water fountain?

bc’s Marketplace ran a contest recently to find “canada’s dumbest charge.” the runners-up were atm fees, paper bill and statement fees, airline seat selection fees and ticketmaster fees. the winner (or loser, depending on your perspective) was bell’s touch-tone fees, by 41.83 per cent. some 30,055 people voted. one wonders how fee-greedy delta school district would have fared, had it been in this lineup. school districts, as parents know all too well, are nickel-and-diming them with dubious student fees despite b.c. supreme court Justice robert Johnston finding they violate section 82 of the school act (young v. british columbia minister of education, 2006, bcsc 1415). here’s a catalogue of some of the fees levied by delta’s school district: student fee $20, agenda $8, visual arts $15, bc science workbook $9, electronics tech ed $32, and on it goes. and then there’s – get this – the emergency prep fee ($2). that’s right, a $2 emergency prep fee. apparently provincial taxes don’t cover students’ safety. what’s next, delta school district, a hallway drinking-fountain fee? Gymnasium floor wax levy? hey, here’s one: why not retrofit students’ lockers so that the children will have to insert a quarter every time they go to retrieve their books for their next class? sure, we jest. but only a bit. really, it’s sad how already overtaxed parents are being systemically parted from their hard-earned money by such things as ridiculous $2 emergency preparedness fees, not to mention all the other grabs. the now

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I wouldn’t let my children play on artificial turf The Editor, if you or your children were in direct contact with easily ingested carcinogenbased products, would that give you cause for concern? too late. already tens of thousands of children and adults use artificial turf sports fields, which are made of groundup used car tires containing four known carcinogens, silica and a laundry list of chemicals. used car tires are “recycled” by grinding them up into small pieces and creating the playing surface of artificial sports fields. with every kick, slip or save, rubber pellets fly into the air,

sticking to open wounds, clothing and even into mouths of the users. the nbc recently did a report on 34 young soccer goalkeepers who all developed cancers, many of them rare forms, after playing for an extended period on artificial turf. no research has concluded a link between cancer and artificial turf; however, no long-term studies have been completed, either. this is in addition to the much higher injury rates of athletes compared to natural grass fields. i wouldn’t let my children play on artificial turf. will you? Nik Wall, Surrey

What about local football teams? The Editor, i find it disheartening that your paper does not truly support the

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community in which it writes for. while you mange to cover most sports, you neglect the the local football teams. for instance, the white rock titans – never mind the two other surrey clubs that have been hard at work since June. did you know that the white rock titans atoms division has gone 11-0-1, which includes three games won at the surrey bronze boot on aug. 23 before the regular season. now i understand that you can’t possibly cover everyone’s games. i do, however, understand that the clubs send in their game reviews with photos. how nice it would to include the boys of the gridiron in your sports section. Phil Scoates, Surrey

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some interesting financial nuggets have been unearthed by b.c. auditor General carol bellringer in her massive audit of the government’s 2013-14 financial statements. she highlighted three different unusual aspects of the government’s budgeting methods, and in her report dutifully noted that the financial statements “can Carol Bellringer tell an interesting story.” why, yes they can. for example, she noted the government is paying significantly higher interest rates on the debt it accumulates from public-power partnerships than it does on its own borrowing. while the interest rates on regular government debt averages about four per cent, those rates average more than seven per cent on p3 projects (and in one case exceeded 14 per cent).

interesting, the government – which has the ability to reply to an auditor general’s findings within the report itself – chose to stay silent on this point in her report. she also tallied up the incentives paid to the oil and gas industry over the past five years. the incentives are credits designed to encourage the production of oil and gas, and the total has now ballooned to $1.25 billion. while it’s no doubt true that a lot of companies wouldn’t be as active in gas exploration without those credits, that $1.25 billion can be deducted from future royalty payments, which means a lot of natural gas will have to be extracted before the government even sees a nickel from many companies operating in the sector. bellringer noted last year’s budget included revenue generated by the sale of more than $600 million in public assets, and she rightly pointed out those were one-time sales that can’t generate similar revenue in the future. that was not a new observation (many people pointed this out when finance minister mike de Jong tabled the 2013-14 budget) but it serves as a reminder how difficult it may be to balance future budgets. this was bellringer’s first major report on government finances since she was appointed auditor-general at the end of may, and it’s an encouraging sign that she’s going to be a force to be reckoned with. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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here has been some wellreasoned and pointed criticism aimed at the bc liberal government’s never-ending push to establish an lnG industry in this province, particularly on the issue of whether that industry will hinder attempts at fighting climate change. but critics who assail the government with the argument that boosting lnG at the expense of increasing greenhouse gas emissions (GhG) are missing a key point: the bc liberals are not nearly as interested in curbing GhGs as they are in creating a new revenue stream for government. while the ndp, the pembina institute and Green party mla andrew weaver all pitch valid critiques of the government’s recently unveiled legislation that established the “rules” when it came to emission from lnG operations, they fell on deaf government ears. the bc liberals, like the social credit dynasty from which they were borne, are driven by a central philosophical tenet: in order to do anything in this province, they must hold political power. everything the government does flows from this realization, that political power drives public policy and not the other way around. the bc liberals know they were elected not by those with an intense interest in fighting climate change, but by those whose top priority was doing whatever it takes to ensure a growing economy. the debates that take place in Kitsilano starbucks outlets are less relevant than ones you hear in coffee shops and bars in surrey, Kamloops, prince George and Kelowna. on paper, the government says it is still committed to reducing GhG emissions by 33 per cent (from 2007 levels) by the year 2020. whatever. it is a toothless, paper commitment and nothing more. the 2017 election will not feature GhG emissions and climate change as its central, vote-determining issues and it’s unlikely the election after that one will either, and the bc liberals are well aware of that. they also know that the vast majority of voters have little concept of, say, “one ton of greenhouse gas emissions” and can’t equate that with something easier to visualize, like a

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Another party bus nightmare is sure to unfold The Editor, re: “crown says surrey party bus brawl ‘screams’ for greater regulation,” the Now online and page a17 in this edition. my daughter danielle and i have been lobbying for changes to the party bus industry since the death of my daughter shannon. she was 16 when she died in 2008, and her death was directly related to activities

on board a booze-soaked party bus. the government didn’t listen to us, thinking that her death was isolated – they were wrong. had they listened, ernest azoadam would be celebrating halloween with his friends and family. Granted, his autopsy came back that he was absent of alcohol and drugs, however, the bus he was on was also

alcohol-fuelled and, similar to shannon’s case, the police had to re-interview the partiers several times because they were so intoxicated the night ernest died, they were not able to provide an accurate account of the evening. interestingly, the bus ernest died on is the exact bus mackenzie Gortva was on when she was beaten and left at a truck stop in

abbotsford. in spite of threats by our government that they will take action against these companies, that very same unlicensed bus company associated with mackenzie and ernest has now opened another party bus company under a different name. danielle and i have met with several politicians, including our local mla, mayor, Vancouver city

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council and provincial ministers of transportation and justice, yet still no changes. we have been invited to speak at the senate in olympia in January. washington state has been watching what has occurred in b.c. and they do not want the same atrocities to happen in their state. they are trying to introduce legislation to tighten the operation of the industry in a preventative measure. our government, on the other hand, sits and waits for an incident, then they make promises – empty promises.

rest assured, the law of averages will continue to roll, and another nightmare will unfold on another family’s doorstep as it did on mine and the azoadam’s. thank you for your article – it gave me renewed faith. Julie Raymond

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School’s Thanks For Giving event drives for 15,000 cans of food north delta — this marks delview secondary school’s 22nd year hosting its thanks for Giving food drive, the largest single-day food drive in b.c. more than 10,000 cans and other food items will be collected on wednesday, nov. 6 in under three hours that evening, with all proceeds going to deltassist and surrey food bank. for a second year, the initiative is a partnership with we scare hunger, a campaign launched in 2007 by the free the children organization. more than 450 students at the north delta school will be involved in the food drive, with 90 teams of people – including staff and parents

See ViDeO Online AT ThenOwnewSpAper.cOm – canvassing the neighbourhood for donations. “we’re hoping to reach our goal of 15,000 cans in one night,” said teacher Jonathan Kung, an organizer of the food drive. “in 2012, we counted over 18,000, which set a record for us.” tiana Gordon, a Grade 12 student at delview, has been volunteering for the annual food drive for five years. “this event is important to me for many reasons,” she noted. “i feel it unites the school across grades, and even though we are quite a small

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surrey — a communications expert says social media has become a “critical” component in running an election campaign, but warns there are risks to the tools as well. the use of various platforms has exploded over the last number of years as a place to gather information, connect and converse. and seeing as most platforms are free – it’s a good way to get a message out in an economical way. for these reasons, it’s essential for campaigns to be connected and engaging on social media, said sfu professor of communications peter chowwhite. “four or five years ago, we were asking the question, ‘should you be on social media?’ nowadays, it would be odd if you were not,” he said. the u.s. presidential election race between then-vice president richard nixon and John f. Kennedy in 1960 solidified the role of television in political campaigns, he noted, and today, social media has become just as essential. “before (the 1960 u.s. presidential election) being on television wasn’t so important. after that, you had to be on television or be ready for it and understand it. we’ve gone across that threshold in the world in social media in our society. you expect people to be on these things and this is where you go to access information about them.” chow-white said if candidates

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are not online, it indicates “perhaps somebody is not quite as in touch or interested in connecting as other candidates.” there are many benefits to being active on social media during a campaign, he noted. “you get to represent your own message. you’re solely responsible for your own message. it’s not filtered or framed by any media outlet whatsoever or anybody else. you have that control. but you also have a direct line where you can interact directly across geography. you don’t have to be at a town hall, you can hold a twitter town hall. it provides that opportunity in a campaign,” he said. but the danger, warns chowwhite, is saying or doing

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something deemed unacceptable. “you have to be careful. it’s just like any other form of communication. you have to be careful what you tweet, what you like, what you become associated with on your accounts. we’ve seen improperly used personal accounts be connected to a profile and that ends campaigns very, very quickly.” chow-white said while politicians generally want messages to be positive during elections, on social media candidates can encounter negative messages, and those who don’t agree with their message. “to deal with trolling, to handle that, is to call it what it is and address that in a social media account. it’s an opportunity within this negative

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type of behaviour from users,” he said. “blocking trollers and not responding to legitimate questions are two different things. blocking trollers is a legitimate strategy, it’s a logical thing to do, but to not engage relevant questions from voters, if you’re being ignored by a politician, is that someone you’re going to vote for?” chow-white said it’s interesting that in the last provincial election, he was asked who he thought would win. while everyone expected the bc ndp to be victorious, chowwhite noted at the time the bc liberals were much more active on social media. based on their social media activity, he predicted the liberals would win. “and oddly enough they did,” he said. “it was interesting that that observation, there’s no causation to it, but that kind of observation had some sort of relationship to them

winning, with a much better social media campaign. did that make a difference? i don’t know, maybe. if it made a five per cent difference and put them over the hump, that’s a big difference.” he also pointed to calgary mayor naheed nenshi, who was active on social media and made it to office. “and social media probably played a role in that,” he noted. but, as in all aspects of campaigns, social media accounts probably won’t showcase someone’s true personality. “if you’re looking for the reality of somebody, a campaign is probably not the best place to find it. politicians who are good at being authentic, whether that’s a real portrayal or it’s something they’re emphasizing about their personality, that’s as old as campaign strategies go. not just what you do on social media, but how you use it, can reflect that.”

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surrey — Voters looking to get their ballots in early this election hopefully did their research before arriving at polling stations saturday (nov. 1) morning, as two candidates were not listed under their party name. maz artang and mike bose of barinder rasode’s one surrey team were instead listed with no disclaimers beside their names for the first two hours of advanced voting, making it appear that they are running as independents. “it’s very unfortunate and it’s causing a lot of voter confusion for people going into the ballot box looking for seven (one surrey) candidates and only seeing five,” said rasode saturday, who added they are now seeking legal advice. “our legal advisers are saying they’ve never heard of such an egregious ballot error before.” rasode said she was first alerted to the mistake when a supporter called up saying they had gone to vote for her team, only to

find that there were just five names listed under “one surrey.” a statement sent out on behalf of the city’s chief elections officer Jane sullivan saturday afternoon stated the error was noticed and new ballots were printed out immediately. as the new ballots were being printed, advanced voting was suspended for 55 minutes and polling stations remained open 55 minutes later until 8:55 p.m. that evening. surrey first’s campaign manager stewart braddick also weighed in on the matter, saying that all candidates should have been notified of the suspension of voting prior to it happening. “campaigns were encouraging voters to come out and participate in the first day of advance polls,” said braddick in a statement. while rasode had been told earlier in the day the erroneous ballots would still be counted, sullivan said in her statement that ballots cast prior to the suspension would be held separately from the others until she receives further direction from elections bc. it was unclear by press time how many ballots were affected.

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surrey — an all-candidates meeting held tuesday night (oct. 28) at the historic shannon hall on cloverdale fairgrounds yielded answers from council hopefuls regarding their vision for the site’s redevelopment. candidates had wildly varying takes on what to do with fairgrounds, a property with a variety of buildings and venues, and home to the cloverdale rodeo since 1938. once the site for blue-ribbon cattle, it is now popular for flea market sundays, professional wrestling shows and, this past summer, the surrey night market debuted there with plans to continue and grow in future years. independent mayoral candidate John wolanski would bring in a new ice rink and an indoor pool similar to that in fleetwood. “the people deserve it,” he said. Grant rice, another independent seeking the mayor’s chair, asked why the new cloverdale rec centre didn’t include a pool. one surrey mayoral contender barinder rasode committed to building a new trade centre on the site, and either a pool or an ice rink – dependent on community feedback. but surrey first’s mayoral candidate linda hepner said rasode seems to have forgotten that the city has twice gone to the private sector for partnership, but noted none stepped forward. former mayor doug mccallum, leading the safe surrey coalition, said “it’s time for action” at the fairgrounds.

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night. “they’re from all over surrey, these youth,” surrey rcmp sgt. drew Grainger said at the time.“this confrontation quickly escalated violently and was fueled by a toxic mix of alcohol, testosterone and poor judgment.” some young men, most of them 18 or 19 years old, were milling around in the back parking lot when a minivan drove up and all hell broke loose. the minivan’s windows were smashed in. Grainger said someone loosed a cloud of bear spray after the driver, a 22-year-old surrey man, got out of his vehicle. dario told the jury he had acted in self-defence after one of the party bus riders slashed his chest and others trashed his van. the jury heard he whacked three victims on the head with a two-by-four and threw a rock at a fourth person. sayson argued that dario had acted out of anger and vengeance, responding with disproportionate force on people who had nothing to do with the slashing or vandalism. dario’s sentencing hearing is set for march 5.

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surrey — surrey’s councillor hopefuls found focus on business and social issues during the third all-candidates meeting at the surrey board of trade last wednesday (oct. 29). while some points were repeated from earlier meetings, the topics allowed candidates to offer viewpoints on new issues. due to the format of the event, all candidates were not required to speak to all questions but were instead able to pick which questions they answered. candidates were asked if they would support any form of expanded gambling in the city of surrey in lieu of the current council rejecting a proposed south surrey casino in early 2013. surrey first incumbent coun. mary martin has not changed her mind since voting against the proposal, adding the city is already surrounded by communities with casinos.

“i think we have enough casinos, there’s enough availability for people who want to go and have their fun,” she said. “i just will not support any more casinos in city of surrey. fraser downs is a great facility and big enough for our city.” independent nav dhanoya cited langley as being the only debt-free city in the region for one reason, a casino. “cascades pays $5.5 million every year in taxes to langley. is that a good thing? half the people say it’s good, the other half say they don’t want it, so what should we do?” he asked. “do you want to pay all the taxes?” mike bose of one surrey said he was not a gambler nor did he want to see it expanded in surrey. “i don’t believe in gambling, i’m a turkey farmer and that’s gambling enough for me,” he said. bose opposes gambling in cloverdale as well and said all of the promises that it would have enhanced the racing experience there have fallen short. “it’s a destination thing, so let’s keep Vegas, Vegas and surrey, surrey,” he said.

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I think gambling is really a despicable way of preying on honourable people. touraj Ghanbar-Zedah said he was flat-out opposed to gambling and would do everything he could to stop it from expanding in surrey. “i think gambling is really a despicable way of preying on honourable people,” he added. cliff blair said, having met the owners of various casinos, he would not be in support of bringing more gambling to surrey. “they (casino owners) don’t live here. they live in other parts of eastern canada, the u.s. or china,” he said. “what bothers me most about this gaming thing is that we were sold the idea of gaming so our young people could have hockey teams and football teams and they would contribute to that. have you seen that? the money doesn’t go where it was promised, it goes to the big pockets in eastern canada. we have what we have. let’s leave it at that.”

the second unique topic of the night was bringing a supervised safe injection site to surrey. one surrey’s Khal dosanjh said as a downtown eastside beat cop, he’s seen firsthand how a safe injection site works. “as much as we don’t want this in our backyard, recovery is important,” he said, detailing the positives of the clinic. dhanoya, himself a bylaw officer with the city of langley, said he’s come across addicts who have overdosed in parks and other public areas and said surrey needs a safe injection site. “this is reality, this is the real world we live in and we need this to help people,” he said. blair said there was no such thing as a “safe injection site,” as putting any chemicals in the body should not be considered “safe.” “abstinence is the only way to detox from drugs,” said blair. “Giving people a free space to do their thing is not appropriate.” other questions from the meeting surrounded the issues of crime, transportation and homelessness, much of which had been covered at the previous two nights’ meetings.

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surrey — linda hepner and doug mccallum may have trouble winning votes in strawberry hill after failing to show at a mayoral candidates debate organized by residents of that community on thursday night (oct. 30). “they won’t get our votes for sure,” said andy boyal, of the strawberry hill community association. “we invited them a number of times and we’re very sad they didn’t show up. we tried our very best.” Vikram bajwa wasn’t there, either. “i don’t take him very seriously anyway,” boyal said. “he should have been there. i think he’s going to lose votes for sure.” surrey mayoral candidates barinder

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rasode, Grant rice, John wolanski and John edwards attended the debate, which drew roughly 90 people to the 105-year-old strawberry hill community hall. organizers raman bhangu, 31, and suprina bassi, 23, live within two blocks from the hall and noted their meeting thursday night was, to date, the only surrey mayoral debate staged by residents. neither was impressed with the no-show candidates. “our community is feeling disrespected because of that,” bhangu said. she said mccallum’s camp told organizes he would not be at the debate because he was at a fundraiser. “linda we did not hear from.” boyal said he spoke with bajwa prior to the meeting and bajwa told him he would not participate.

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Advance voting started Saturday, continues this week advanced voting kicked off last saturday, nov. 1, and there are four more days to do so. Tuesday, Nov. 4: • SFU Surrey Grand Hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Ocean Park Library, noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5:

• Sunnyside Hall, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 1845 154th st. • Fleetwood Community centre, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Election Depot (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.), 7452 132nd st. Thursday, Nov. 6: • Cloverdale Rec Centre, noon to 8 p.m. • Newton Library, noon

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newton – the north delta secondary huskies field hockey team might not have been a favourite to qualify for the provincial championships, but the huskies still have a shot. despite finishing sixth place, the team will play in a wild-card game in chilliwack on tuesday (nov. 4) with the winner qualifying for the high school provincial championships, which start on thursday (nov. 6) at southern okanagan secondary. ndss went into the fifth-place game with only a 30-minute break after a tough 3-2 loss to Gleneagle secondary, and subsequently lost the following game 5-0 to riverside secondary. had the team managed to win either one of wednesday’s (oct. 29) matches, they would have automatically qualified for provincials. “we’re the underdogs,” said team captain

amber sandhu. Qualifying for provincials “will show that we’re actually strong enough and we’re capable to go (that) far. not everyone thinking … they’re not at our level.” sandhu, who is one of the six seniors on the team, mentioned the huskies couldn’t get any momentum due to all of the goals riverside scored. she added that it killed some of the belief the team had in pursuing a comeback. priya randhawa, a junior national team player, is one of the coaches of the team and said all of the games took a toll on some of the rookies. “it was four games in the last two days and they’re not used to that,” said the former husky. “they played really well considering their experience.” even though the team qualified for provincials last year, randhawa said it would be very surprising for them to make a repeat appearance. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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cloVerdale – lord tweedsmuir panthers fumbled several snaps on a wet, halloween afternoon, handing the st. thomas moore Knights a 33-14 victory. the panthers (4-2) struggled to keep hold of the ball, which they turned over four times, and Knights’ quarterback terrell Jana. Jana scored four touchdowns, two in the air and two on the ground. after being held in check in the first half, he was able to break down the panthers’ defence during the final 24 minutes. “we knew what he was capable of. he played here in Grade 8,” said tweedsmuir head coach Kurt thorton. “as the game wore down, he did a good job of waiting for our edge to collapse.” thorton said it was tough for some of the

players to lose their final home game of the season and it puts so much more emphasis on next week’s game in Kelowna. the winner of that game will finish third in the division with home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. panthers’ captain caleb abraham rushed 21 times for more than 200 yards including a nine-yard touchdown. he said it was disappointing losing their last home game and they weren’t “prepared for how fast” the Knights were. “we didn’t pick up the blitz well,” abraham added. both teams struggled to get the pass game going. lord tweedsmuir’s other touchdown came from a one-yard quarterback sneak. the panthers final game of the season is on saturday (nov. 8) at 3:30 p.m. at capital news centre in Kelowna.

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enGaGe The late Vojislav Morosan, who painted many iconic areas of White Rock, is being memorialized in the Tourism White Rock annual art calendar this year. Morosan, pictured here, passed away in 2008.

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white rocK — those who weren’t in attendance at white rock’s international artist day festival gala on oct. 24 missed out on seeing some great original art, including that of late white rock-based painter Vojislav morosan who painted up hundreds of scenes of the city by the sea before his death in 2008. but those who missed it still have a chance to enjoy morosan’s works for all of 2015, as the annual tourism white rock’s art calendar is paying special tribute to the artist by sharing 13 of his paintings in its 2015 calendar. “when i discovered the collection and realized, indeed, Vojislav had 200-plus paintings of white rock, i realized this needed recognition and what better way to do it than through our calendar?” said betina albornoz, executive director of tourism white rock. albornoz organizes the annual tourism white rock calendar, which she says alternates between showcasing visual art and photography each of the six years it has been going on for. “as i was doing a bit of research on who he was, i found out that so many knew him and so many people remembered him at pretty much every corner of our city,” she said of the late artist. “painting the waterfront, the

uptown area, the five corners… i think it’s the most representative work of our city that i have seen.” derek hayes, who also helped put together the calendar, echoed the sentiment. “i can well recall seeing him around the city, painting away. lots of people can,” he said. “he was quite a fixture for many years.” albornoz also said he painted a lot of houses on the peninsula as well. “through this process i discovered people who could identify their places in his paintings,” she said, chuckling. of the 13 paintings that made the cut, albornoz said those chosen include iconic landmarks like the actual white rock, the museum, the train, as well as a city trolley. during the iad festival gala on oct. 24, morosan’s wife of 26 years, norma, was there to sign copies of the calendar and, according to albornoz, she was “ecstatic” to see her late husand’s painting get the recoginition they deserved. “it is special because i personally don’t know any other artists who have this quantity and the quality of these paintings,” albornoz said. the city offered to host a display of morosan’s paintings for two weeks (up until nov. 15) at the white rock community centre as part of the art on display program. the special tribute art calendar by tourism white rock is available for $12 at the white rock information centre, online at inwhiterock.com and other select locations.

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fuelled and, similar to shannon’s case, the police had to re-interview the partiers several times because they were so intoxicated the night ernest died, they were not able to provide an accurate account of the evening. interestingly, the bus ernest died on is the exact bus mackenzie Gortva was on when she was beaten and left at a truck stop in

and provincial ministers of transportation and justice, yet still no changes. we have been invited to speak at the senate in olympia in January. washington state has been watching what has occurred in b.c. and they do not want the same atrocities to happen in their state. they are trying to introduce legislation to tighten the operation of the industry in a preventative

measure. our government, on the other hand, sits and waits for an incident, then they make promises – empty promises. rest assured, the law of averages will continue to roll, and another nightmare will unfold on another family’s doorstep as it did on mine and the azoadam’s. thank you for your article – it gave me renewed faith. Julie Raymond

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The Editor, as a longtime resident of surrey, i would like to call upon civic politicians and candidates to increase the amount of green space in neighbourhoods, especially those with secondary suites. over the years, surrey has witnessed steady population growth and the proliferation of housing to meet the growing demand. with a majority pro-development city council in surrey over the last few decades, it could be argued that local politicians “never met a subdivision they didn’t like.” beautiful trees and green spaces were destroyed for poorly planned housing development and growth. the city basically failed to respond with adequate city planning and urban design. for example, i feel secondary suites and a lack of parking are the major challenges the city faces currently. there are close to 26,000 secondary suites registered with the city. multiple or larger families residing in the same house results in more vehicles. homeowners are being forced to pave over their lawns to make room for parking. the streets are crowded with cars. this results in a lack of green space and play areas. it’s not safe for children to play on crowded residential streets. it’s an accident waiting to happen. the long-term impact can be devastating to the environment and the safety and wellbeing of our communities. so, what’s the solution? i recommend that the city planner incorporate the following amenities for all new surrey neighbourhood developments, especially those with secondary suites: overflow community parking areas; community gardens; well-lit pedestrian park routes for walking and bicycle trails; more community parks, play areas and green spaces and tree-lined residential streets. it’s about the beautification and sustainability of our city. it’s about the wellbeing and safety of our communities. we need to protect our environment and preserve the natural character of our neighbourhoods, as well as provide safe and healthy green spaces for our residents to enjoy.

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new westminster — emmanuel dario will be sentenced in march for his role in a “bloody and senseless” cloverdale brawl in 2012 involving teenagers who’d just got off a party bus. a jury in b.c. supreme court in new westminster found dario guilty of two counts of aggravated assault, but not guilty of a third charge of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. the July 18, 2012 brawl erupted between recent high school graduates and dario, a motorist who crossed their path behind a husky gas station at 176th street and highway 10. “this case is a tragic example of what can happen when underaged teens are allowed to get drunk on ‘party buses,’” crown prosecutor winston sayson said. “the bloody and senseless violence in this case screams for greater regulation and monitoring of party bus operators.” a charter bus carrying about 50 young

people during an after-grad celebration made a pit stop at the husky station late that wednesday night. “they’re from all over surrey, these youth,” surrey rcmp sgt. drew Grainger said at the time. “this confrontation quickly escalated violently and was fueled by a toxic mix of alcohol, testosterone and poor judgment.” some young men, most of them 18 or 19 years old, were milling around in the back parking lot when a minivan drove up and all hell broke loose. the minivan’s windows were smashed in. Grainger said someone loosed a cloud of bear spray after the driver, a 22-yearold surrey man, got out of his vehicle. dario told the jury he had acted in selfdefence after one of the party bus riders slashed his chest and others trashed his van. the jury heard he whacked three victims on the head with a two-by-four and threw a rock at a fourth person. sayson argued that dario had acted out of anger and vengeance, responding with disproportionate force on people who had nothing to do with the slashing or vandalism. dario’s sentencing hearing is on march 5. tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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white rocK — if there was one takeaway issue from thursday night’s white rock all-candidates meeting, and one that’s been most constant in the lead up to the nov. 15 election, it’s development. the issue seemed top of mind for the 250 potential voters gathered to hear candidates speak, as many applauded comments relating specifically to the issue during the two-hour event. all 17 councillor and both mayoral candidates were present. while questions specifically targeted topics like the official community plan (ocp), taxation and infrastructure upkeep, talking points inevitably seemed to all boil down to development. for independent david chesney, runnerup in the last two elections, development has not helped the city’s businesses, pointing out an increase in “for lease” signs in the city’s commercial areas. “where we’re sitting (white rock community centre) is where the

Where we’re sitting (White Rock Community Centre) is where the densification happens. densification happens,” he said, pointing out the controversial bosa towers highrise development. “be very careful about the things said here tonight, we need to keep the development to the town centre, very plain and simple.” doug hart, of the white rock coalition said the ocp was “the benchmark for development” and he wanted to see the residents help update that in the coming year. hart also floated the idea of introducing tax incentives for developers to encourage “smart development” in the city. longtime community activist pat petrala said city hall has not been listening to residents as evidenced by developments approved in the past few years, and see › page 19

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questioned the point of council’s community consultation. “community input has been shelved, we’ve watched highrises come in, mega homes and we didn’t want them,” she said. former councillor margaret woods agreed with petrala’s assessment. “i want to point out the bosa deal was voted CI in very quickly,” said woods, adding 3,500 residents didn’t want it but five councillors voted it through. “what i heard is we’re going to have meetings… we already have a process and it’s called public hearings but the public say,‘we don’t want it and it goes through.’” incumbent coun. helen fathers said it takes four votes on council to make something happen and noted that unlike others running for re-election, she does not accept

donations from developers. “the majority on council are development-friendly,” she said. white rock bia president lynne sinclair said she opposed the bosa development but didn’t want to keep white rock looking back into the past. incumbent mayor wayne baldwin said he wanted to refine the area of the city along 16th avenue around north bluff. for taxation, IC he said contrary to the perception, development in white rock has actually been slow going, therefore eliminating the chances of changing the tax schemes. “business taxes and residential taxes are set on a ratio,“ he explained.“our growth is so small, you can only take dccs (development cost charges) for growth so there’s almost no money we can collect.” mayoral challenger david

Candidates in the White Rock civic election gathered for an all-candidates meeting Thursday, Oct. 30 at White Rock Community Centre. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON) bradshaw also challenged baldwin on the current council’s handling of the ocp. “the problem isn’t theory with ocp, the problem is you have to follow the damn thing,” he said.

“this ‘comprehensive development’ thing is a beauty, there are no guidelines for comprehensive development zones. i’m running for mayor to clean everything up, tell me what you want done, i’ll make

sure it’s followed.” to see what all candidates had to say at the event, visit the Now’s twitter feed for live tweeting at twitter.com/thenownewspaper. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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