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JENNIFER LANG PHOTOWithout their help, a massive holiday appeal that assists hundreds of Cloverdale residents each December would grind to a halt. They’re volunteers from the Surrey Association for Community Living. Last week, they were putting together donation boxes for the Cloverdale Christmas Hamper Program. They also help pick up donations from schools, businesses and stores and deliver them to the hamper assembly line at Pacifi c Community Church.

SCDC: It’s complicatedBy Jennifer LangFor fi ve years and counting, it’s

been the number-one question for residents and businesses alike: what’s happening with the Cloverdale Mall site?

About 30 people turned out for last week’s update on Cloverdale West Village, where Surrey City Develop-ment Corp. offi cials and business leaders struck a conciliatory-sounding tone for the most part.

Th e dilapidated mall was torn down in 2011 in order to redevelop the former City of Surrey property in phases as a blend of commercial and residential units called Cloverdale West Village.

Th ose plans stalled when envi-ronmental contamination from a

former dry cleaner was discovered, ushering in remediation eff orts even as site servicing work got underway, leading to a sense of frustration in

the historic town centre.Ongoing remediation

eff orts to clean up soil contamination have delayed the project, but SCDC offi cials are opti-mistic progress is being made and that two phases will be complet-ed within fi ve years.

“Th is has been a very complex site,” Coun. Dave Woods said at a

Nov. 17 meeting at the Cloverdale Legion, called aft er last month’s open house was sparsely attended. “Th ey inherited a whole bunch of problems.”

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOMorgan Misic stars as Jim Hawkins in a new stage version of the classic high seas adventure.

Actor stars in Treasure Island – with a twistBy Jennifer LangIn acting terms, Morgan Misic is what

you might call a quadruple threat. She can act, sing, dance, and she knows how to swashbuckle.

So when the script calls for all those considerable stage skills plus sword fi ght-ing (not to mention a certain fi nesse with a sea shanty), she’s your gal.

Which is why it makes perfect sense that the Cloverdale resident is currently starring in Capilano Th eatre’s production of Treasure Island, a comedy running to Nov. 28 at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano Uni-versity in North Vancouver.

“I’m really excited,” she told the Report-er just hours before the preview was set to take the stage. In doing so, the production

made its North American stage debut.Based on the classic tale by novelist

Robert Louis Stevenson, this 2014 stage version by Bryony Lavery recasts the main characters as women, including the role Misic is playing, Jim Hawkins.

Its run at London’s National theatre wrapped in April. Th e Guardian called it “an imaginative adaptation which keeps alive the wit and excitement of the book.”

Wit, excitement, adventure, danger – these are all elements of a ripping good yarn, one that traditionally revolves around a male protagonist.

Th is rendering inverts the usual guy-centric formula, and puts gals at the centre of the action, off ering a more con-temporary take on a classic tale of high sease adventure.

The plot follows Jim Hawkins (“Jim” is short for Jemima), a young orphan living with her grandma. Together, they run an inn. One night, a pirate shows up on their doorstep, boasting that he’s a sea captain. Jim is entranced by the cap-tain’s tales, and further hooked by the discovery of a treasure chest, and a map that promises to leads to a tantalizing reward.

They’re off on an adventure that soon brings Jim under the spell of Long John Silver, and a band of pirates.

Cue the action, complete with sword fighting and other exciting theatrical el-ements, from music and dancing to in-ventive staging.

“They inherited a whole bunch of

problems.”

- Coun. Dave Woods

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Baking dynamo helps other kidsBy Jennifer LangCloverdale’s Jenna Prem and her mom

Nicole have been hard at work in the kitch-en, baking up hundreds of homemade hol-iday treats in a seventh-annual fundraiser for children at Canuck Place.

Now 14, Jenna was just eight years old when she wanted a way to give back at Christmas time and started looking into diff erent charities.

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice grabbed her immediately, because of its heartrending mission: to off er a home near hospitals for sick and terminally-ill children and their families.

Every holiday season, she seeks dona-tions of baking supplies – fl our, sugar, eggs – from local grocery stores so all of her profi ts can go directly to the kids.

She and her mom bake three weeks straight. Last year, they turned out an im-pressive 800 tarts, 700 Nanaimo Bars, 800 shortbread cookies, and 800 marshmallow squares.

Th e grandmas helped out, too; one was enlisted to bake 400 snowball cookies. Th e other (and a friend from church) helped Jenna bake a “whole lot” of tiger butter.

Th e results required a borrowed, big deep freezer to store all the baking.

She sells trays of treats to a steady sup-

ply of customers, pumping all of the prof-its into Christmas gift s for kids at Canuck Place. She also uses the profi ts to buy restaurant and other gift cards for parents.

Th is year, 140 trays were ordered.“I love doing my bake sale,” Jenna writes

on her new website, Caring for Canuck Kids. “It has grown so much over the years, and I hope it gets bigger and bigger every year.” She once had a schoolmate who stayed at Canuck Place for end of life

care, and she’s witnessed fi rst-hand how he and his family were helped through such a diffi cult time.

Her baking trays have sold out for Christmas 2015 (no surprise) but she’s asking supporters to consider donating to Canuck Place. She’s set up a fundraising page, and all the money will go to the rec-reation program for children and families. She’s also accepting donations on behalf of Canuck Place of items like gift cards, new books, toys, games or craft supplies. Email her at [email protected].

It warms her heart to know that people are learning about Canuck Place and what it does for children and families through her eff orts in the kitchen.

Last year, she helped raise $3,720, mon-ey she used to buy new toys and gift s for the children staying there, and their fam-ilies.

Her eff orts have not gone unnoticed. She was invited to opening day at the Ab-botsford Canuck Place, and attended a tree lighting event at Vancouver Canuck Place. Last month she was honoured as a Ham-mer’s Hero at a Canuck game, when she got to meet defenceman Dan Hamhuis.

Th is year, she’s hoping to raise an addi-tional $2,000 through her website, http://caringforcanuckplacekids.weebly.com.

CARINGFORCANUCKPLACEKIDS.WEEBLY.COMJenna Prem spends all proceeds of her baking campaign to buy presents for kids in hospice.

“It’s very comedic,” she says. “Th ere’s lots of laughs. Th ere’s blood spurting, parrots fl ying around.”

Exit 22’s production is the second of two fall plays launched this fall by third year students in the acting for stage and screen program at Cap. Th e other was Th e Rocky Horror Picture Show.

When they were holding au-ditions for Treasure Island, Misic drew on her recently-acquired sword-fi ghting skills – honed last year at school thanks to a class on sword-fi ghting.

Surprisingly, for Misic the toughest part has been embody-ing a younger character. “I’m 19 and Jim’s probably only about 12 or 13, so it’s trying to revert back to that innocent state.”

Th e character initially loses herself as she gets wrapped up

in the adventure and goes along with the pirates, only to remem-ber who she is in the end.

She caught the acting bug in Grade 5, when a movie set during the holidays was fi lmed in Cloverdale – Deck the Halls (2006), starring Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito as rival neighbours who go to outrageous lengths to outdo one another in the Christmas home decoration department.

Th e crew scoured the down-town for extras, and her mom, Paige, brought the idea home to Misic and her brother.

Before long, the whole family was acting as extras, with the two siblings returning to the shoot for more scenes.

“Th at’s where I just fell in love with the camera,” she says.

Th e movie previewed at Th e Clova. Th ese days, you can still catch her and the rest of the fam-

ily in some scenes.She and her brother

were extras in Fantastic Four, and Case 39 with Jody Foster, before Misic re-focused on school, only picking up acting again as a Grade 10 French Immersion student at Panorama Ridge, playing Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Alice in

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Free up school funds nowThe province must be prudent and add space where it’s needed, long term

Five hundred more students will be coming to Surrey schools as an expect-ed 1,000 or more Syrian refugees settle

here within the next few months.Surrey is expected to take at least one-

third of the 3,000 or so refugees expected in B.C. Th e new federal Liberal government is fast-tracking refugee claims to meet its cam-paign commitment to settle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada by the end of the year.

News that Surrey schools will get another 500 students, in addition to the already-bur-geoning population at schools in many fast-growing areas of Surrey, has caused the school district to take a close look at how it can cope with the added students.

While it has many programs to help new students from other countries adjust, includ-ing its Welcome Centre, where settlement and multicultural workers help place stu-dents in the right settings, communications manager Doug Strachan said it does not have all the resources it needs to take on so many students.

In particular, there will be a need for more language and assessment specialists. Th ere may also be additional transportation costs, as schools that do have room may be some distance from where refugee families will ac-tually be living.

Numerous Surrey schools are already heavily overcrowded. In particular, elemen-tary schools in three areas of the city have been hit hard with more students than they expected. Th e greatest pressure is in Clay-

ton, Morgan Creek and South Newton – all fast-growing areas with plenty of new hous-ing.

Surrey was expecting an additional 250 students in September. Instead, there were 950 at the doors of the district’s schools.

Many of these were at schools that already have a signifi cant number of portable class-rooms and limited space to handle more students. Surrey is by far the largest school district in the province, with 70,000 students.

Th ere is much that is positive about the in-fl ux of new students. For one thing, it is an incredible learning opportunity for current students. Th is, and the ability to help people who have been suff ering while forced to leave their homes, motivates school district staff .

“What they’ve lived through is just incred-ible and you see them blossom athletically, academically, and really contribute,” Stra-chan said of the refugees.

Surrey has had experience with refugee students before, but not on this scale. In the past – such as when refugees were fl eeing Burma’s civil war about seven years ago – the district welcomed as many as 60 to 80 at one time.

Premier Christy Clark has said the B.C. government will do all it can to help accom-modate the Syrian refugees. Her govern-ment’s commitment to fully participate in this process is laudable.

In the case of Surrey School District in par-ticular, the provincial government can show leadership by making more funds available

to help the students settle in quickly. Th ese funds could be used not just to hire teachers and educational staff , but also to ease over-crowding at schools that are already full to the limit.

Th e province could also, in the medium term, take another look at the school dis-trict’s capital plan.

Given that there were 700 more students than expected in September, and another 500 are coming through the refugee process, the school district needs many more classrooms.

Th e province must be prudent and add space where it will be needed for the long term, so that there aren’t a large number of vacant classrooms in 20 years.

However, the three areas experiencing the most growth right now do not have a large number of existing schools, and more space will be needed in all three areas in the long term.

Th e school district has already received approval to build a new high school in Clay-ton, where the existing high school (and neighbouring Lord Tweedsmuir) are both well past their capacity.

Some quick action in making more funds available to build schools and add class-rooms would be a tangible way the provin-cial government can help refugee families, as well as other Surrey families aff ected by the overcrowding.

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SCDC: ‘A deep commitment to make it right’Remediation is ex-

pected to be complete in September 2016, and two developers are actively working with SCDC on development plans.

Th e initial phase was to have housed a new hall for the Cloverdale Legion, along with new commercial and resi-dential units, but that’s no longer the case.

Instead, the Clover-dale Legion is stay-ing put, and will soon undergo renovations that will bring it up-to-date. Meanwhile, phase one partner Townline Homes has agreed to develop the southwest corner of the site as a four-storey, residential and commercial build-ing that’s expected to break ground in 2016.

Th e second developer is Mosaic, which is se-riously looking to build on the section directly north of the Cloverdale Legion, a portion of the property that can’t be developed until remedi-ation is complete.

SCDC development manager Jaret Lang gave an overview of how remediation is pro-gressing, before open-ing it up to questions from the fl oor.

Th ere were a number of questions about the remediation work.

Some also wondered why benches, sidewalks and street lights have been installed, even though the construc-tion phase is still some distance away.

Lang said the city re-quired SCDC as devel-

opers taking over the site to complete subdi-vision and site servic-ing, along with install-ing fi nishes like benches and lights in advance of development, Lang said.

“So I know it seems a little bit silly right now, and the timing hasn’t worked out so that you aren’t actually looking at a nice development,” he said.

Th e site – openly crit-icized as an eyesore by the Cloverdale Cham-ber of Commerce and the Cloverdale BIA – recently had temporary fencing and graphics put up at SCDC’s cost, but the materials proved a poor match with re-cent autumn wind-storms.

“To be honest, I don’t think the BIA was thinking that was go-ing to be the result of the fencing,” Cloverdale BIA president Rob Pa-terson said. “We were thinking it was going to be something a lot more permanent.”

Lang promised a bet-ter solution for fencing the site is in the works, and that the property it-self will be redeveloped.

“Th ere’s a deep com-mitment from SCDC to make this right,” he said. “We’re spending a lot of time and money try-ing to make this right. It doesn’t look like it, I know.”

Paul Orazietti, execu-tive director of the Clo-verdale BIA, off ered an apology on behalf of the community to SCDC.

“I think your group has made some giant leaps forward to be in-volved in what’s prob-

ably one of the most complicated land deals in the history of an area that I’ve ever come across,” he said, adding, SCDC has been more open and cooperative.

“You can sense that there’s a lot of frustra-tion because this land was originally at the centre of town and it’s taken a great amount of time,” he said.

Orazietti compli-mented Mosaic for demonstrating a level of cooperation and inter-est in meeting with the community, but said the BIA was disappointed

in Townline.“Th ey’ve been in the

process for quite some time and their dialogue with the community has been virtually non-ex-istent,” he said. “We’re

working in a vacuum with them.”

A current project timeline is at scdc.ca, along with an extensive description of the ongo-ing remediation eff orts.

JENNIFER LANG PHOTOJaret Lang from Surrey City Development Corp. answers questions from the fl oor at last week’s update on Clover-dale West Village held at the Cloverdale Legion.

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Tories name fi ve B.C. MPs to shadow cabinetFive Conservative MPs from the Lower Mainland have been named as critics

in the Offi cial Opposition’s shadow cabinet.Veteran Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, the former government’s longtime minister

of international trade, is the Opposition critic for environ-ment and climate change.

Former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts, in her fi rst term as South Surrey-White Rock MP, was named critic for in-frastructure and communities. Langley MP Mark Warawa will track seniors issues.

Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl is critic for fi sheries and oceans, and the Coast Guard.

Re-elected Richmond MP Alice Wong is small business critic. Th e appointments were made Friday by interim party leader Rona Ambrose.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named three Liberal MPs from B.C. to his

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Aldag sworn in as MPBy Jennifer LangJohn Aldag has been

sworn in as Member of Parliament for Clover-dale-Langley City.

Acting Clerk of the House of Commons, Marc Bosc, adminis-tered the swearing in, which took place at 2 p.m. (Eastern) Nov. 17.

One of 197 rookie MPs landing in Ottawa, Aldag went through orientation for new-ly-elected members last week.

He has been as-signed an offi ce, and it’s currently being set up, according to his Chief of Staff Gunraj Gill, who says offi ce staff have been hired.

Th eir fi rst day on the job was expected to be Monday.

“Honoured and privi-

leged to be serving Clo-verdale-Langley City as Member of Parliament,” Aldag writes.

“Setup of the Ottawa offi ce is underway and we’re about to fi nalize a lease for the constit-uency offi ce. If all goes well, we’ll be moving in mid-January. Stay tuned for details.”

Th e Liberal MP is one of 42 B.C. MPs.

CONTRIBUTEDJohn Aldag is sworn in as MP for Cloverdale-Langley City by Acting Clerk of the House of Commons, Marc Bosc, in Ottawa.

UKRAINIAN SOUL FOODPerogies, cabbage rolls, and borsch available Friday, Nov. 27 at a fundraiser at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 13512 108 Ave., Surrey, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Eat in, take away or ready for your freezer. For information call 604-531-1923 or 604-581-0313.

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A man Surrey RCMP describe as a prolifi c off ender – and an alleged accom-plice – have been arrested and charged for stealing mail across the city.

Acting on a number of mail theft com-plaints involving a white Range Rover, the Surrey RCMP’s property crime target team began an extensive investigation.

On Nov. 5, they were able to locate the unoccupied stolen vehicle in the area of 192 Street and 54 Avenue.

Th e suspect driver was then arrest-ed, with assistance from the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team, outside a residence in the 20100-block of Fraser Highway in Langley, Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a release.

A female suspect was arrested during a search of the home, where police found bags of mail, IDs and tools that can be used to break and enter.

Royce Heaton, a 32-year-old from Surrey, has been charged with breaking into a mailbox and possession of stolen property greater than $5,000.

Emily Parsons, a 24-year-old Langley resident, has been charged with theft of a credit card.

Block Watch groups were instru-mental in reporting the suspect vehicle driving erratically in neighbourhoods, Schumann said.

“Th is is an important arrest for the city, as the suspect is well known to po-

lice and considered a prolifi c off ender,” he said.

“It is arrests like this that continue to help drive down the property crime rate in Surrey. We are especially thankful to our Block Watch partners who serve as a second set of eyes and ears for the police.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crimestoppers if they wish to remain anonymous at 1-800-222-TIPS or solvecrime.ca.

– Cloverdale Reporter

Block Watch groups laudedStolen vehicle used in mail theft spree found in Cloverdale, thanks to their reports

10TH ANNUAL SURREY SANTA PARADESunday, Dec. 6 starting at 5 p.m. Two parades in one! This is Surrey’s largest evening Santa Parade. Part one is parade of lighted trucks and big rigs, followed by a traditional community parade, from horse-drawn carriages and vintage vehicles, to dance groups, clubs, mascots and more. The parade supports two charities – the Surrey Food Bank and Surrey Christmas Bureau. Spectators are asked to bring along a donation. People will be collecting items and cash donations all along the parade route. There’s an

entertainment zone at Hawthorne Square (176 Street and 57A Ave.) with vendors. The parade starts at the corner of 176A Street and 60 Avenue, heading east to 177B Street, then south to 58 Avenue, and west to 176 Street, ending at Highway 10. Organized by the Cloverdale BIA and Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce with the support of a host of parade sponsors. To enter, visit cloverdalebia.com. Application deadline is Nov. 28. Call 604-574-9802 or 604-576-3155 for more information.

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Parade to light up main streetBy Jennifer LangTh e countdown to Christmas

hits overdrive two weekends from now in Cloverdale.

Th e 10th annual Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights is set for Sunday, Dec. 6 (starting at 5 p.m.) in the historic downtown.

Surrey’s largest evening San-ta parade is really two parades in one. (Trust Cloverdale to take something special and make it tru-ly spectacular.)

Th e fi rst part is a procession of lighted trucks and big rigs, includ-ing nine from Vancouver Island.

Part two is a traditional commu-nity parade, featuring horse-drawn carriages, fl oats, boats, church groups, Men in Kilts, tow trucks, square dancers, choirs and sports teams, plus a number of antique vehicles, mascots and more.

Th e parade supports two char-ities – the Surrey Food Bank and Surrey Christmas Bureau. Specta-tors are asked to bring along a do-nation to help these charities reach their campaign goals.

People will be collecting items and cash donations all along the parade route.

Th ere’s an entertainment zone at Hawthorne Square (176 Street and 57A Ave.) and at 176A and 60 Ave. with vendors and music starting at 4 p.m. Grab a snack or warm up with a hot beverage, thanks to ser-vice clubs like the Cloverdale Lions and the Rotary Club of Cloverdale. Th e 30-member acapella group

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176A Street and 60 Avenue, head-ing east to 177B Street, then south to 58 Avenue, and west to 176 Street, ending at Highway 10.

Be sure to get there early to stake out a good vantage point.

Th e event is organized by the Cloverdale BIA and Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce with the support of a host of parade spon-sors.

To enter a fl oat, visit clover-

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FILE PHOTOYoung athletes beaming from festively-lit fl oats are among the highlights of the 10th annual Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights on Sunday, Dec. 6, a family-friendly event that offers plenty of community appeal.

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Santa photos to help animalsLooking for the puurfect gift for the animal

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Every pet will receive a digital copy of the bestphoto taken, and one 5x7 print. By donation(minimum $15 suggested).

All money raised goes toward the care of morethan 350 rescues and abandoned exotic animals,from spiders and turtles to iguanas, frogs, andsnakes.

Help make this Christmas a cozy one for allcreatures, great and small.

On Urban Safari’s website, there’s a wish listfor its animals and educational programs.

Currently topping the list are: building materi-als such as lumber, plywood, windows, rebar andwire mesh and concrete to create a fl oor for theclassroom; landscaping plants; hay and straw forbedding and feed; a van in good working condi-tion; a utility trailer; refrigerator and/or coolerin good working condition; chicken scratch; andcat litter.

Urban Safari Rescue Society is located at 1395176 Street in South Surrey. Donate online aturbansafari.ca. For information, call 604-531-1100, or email [email protected].


Santa’s postal code is no jokeWish lists, pictures and drawings, funny jokes

and favourite games – these are a few of the things kids write about in their letters to Santa.

Every year, Jolly Old Saint Nick receives more than a million letters from children in Canada and around the world.

Th e amazing thing is, according to Cana-da Post, every letter is read – and every letter is answered.

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Be sure to include your return address for hisresponse. Canada Post advises children to poptheir letters in the post before Dec. 16 to ensurea reply.


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This is what’s left of my fi rst cook book. My

mother has noted inside: “Ursula’s fi rst Cook Book. Clark-son, Ontario. She was about 7, and spelt sugar ‘shooger’.”

I can imagine her chuckling at my phonetic spelling. Th ankfully both my spelling, and cooking, improved.

Clearly the book was popular. It was fi rst published in 1932, and republished in 1945.

Since all the ingre-dients would have still been rationed when we left Britain, it must have been a Canadian purchase.

On page 1, Rules for Little Cooks, instructs mini-chef to: Wash your hands. Put on your apron. Read your recipe carefully.

Correct table setting is em-phasized. Th e closing instruc-tion is: “Sweep the kitchen and leave it in order.”

Recipes include Fairy Gingerbread, Old King Cole Spinach, Circus Salad, and Penuche.

Measurements and imple-ments are all clearly sketched to compensate for the cook’s limited reading skills.

*** Baking with children,

particularly for holidays, stirs up priceless family memories.

My son, Derek, and young-est daughter, Hilary, are both good main course cooks. Helene, my eldest daughter, prefers baking with an eye for decorating.

Licking baking bowls, spoons, and Mixmaster beat-ers were talents honed early. Punching down newly risen bread dough was, I think, their favourite baking ‘job’.

To this day all three insist that Christmas Wife Saver is a tradition. Although all are now in their own Alberta homes, Christmas Eve will fi nd each of them layering

whipped eggs and cream, ham or bacon, bread and cheese in a baking pan.

On Christmas morning, while presents are being unwrapped, the scent of CWS bak-ing will waft through their houses, just as it did when they were kids.

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also meant trekking up to Clover-dale Baptist Church for the Christmas Eve Carol Service, which included real candles until the overfl owing congrega-tion posed an unholy fi re hazard.

As the kids became teens I announced one December 24 that I would no longer harass anyone into attending the Carol Service. My son, voted most likely to cheer at such a reprieve, rendered me speech-less by indignantly retorting, “Of course we’re going! It’s tradition!”

*** Another family tradition

began when my youngest was about 8, and I was particular-ly broke. For $5 per person the Mormon Church was staging A Christmas Carol. I didn’t care how bad it was, we

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ishment the production was excellent. Th e Th ree Little Lewises were entranced. From then on a Christmas play, or

pantomime, was in the cards.

I count getting my 11-year-old jock to Th e Danc-ing Princess panto-mime one snowy Christmas among my fi nest hours. Upon discovering he could boo the villains and cheer the good guys he forgave me

and became the production’s biggest fan.

*** Every year Santa delivered a

new board game. A tradition which has, I presume, given way to all players retreating nowadays to solitary cyber worlds. What a pity. Oddly enough, I recently delivered the old Pente game (the Greek strategy game, Five Smooth Stones) to its surprised, delighted, now 42-year-old owner.

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LORI FULLER PHOTODeanne Ratzlaff as the Vegetable Fairy challenges caped villain Fleshcreep, played by Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sul-livan Society veteran Dann Wilhelm, in rehearsal for Jack and the Beanstalk, presented Nov. 25-Dec. 6 at the Surrey Arts Centre. Audiences can cheer the hero, and boo the bad guys in this tale of magic, nasty villains, a good fairy, a horrible giant, a sweet princess, a cow and the biggest beanstalk ever. Retro pricing is in effect. See story page 15.

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Foolproof Santa proof By Shana VanderarkWith Christmas just weeks

away, it’s the Eve before the big day that may have many parents worried.

Social media, television and older children tend to leave little encouragement that Santa Claus will come to visit the little ones on Christmas Eve.

With the rush of holiday shop-ping, gatherings and festivities of the season, parents may need some help to remind their lit-tle ones of the magic of Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick.

Traditionally, carrots are left for the reindeer, cookies for San-ta and perhaps a bit of a mess near the fi replace to prove that Santa did indeed visit.

However, children are getting cleverer and their methods of investigating whether Santa ac-tually exists have become more intense. Th ey no longer look up at the sky hoping to see a sleigh full of toys being pulled by 10 reindeer, or stay up waiting to hear the pitter-patter of boots on the roof.

Apart from NORAD, the on-line Santa Tracker, here are a few creative ways to remind your children that Santa visited:

• Place a used Starbucks coff ee cup with “Santa” written on it near the garbage can

• Spread white glitter near the gift s and say that they are melted snow from the North Pole

• Take a picture of the tree, photoshop Santa arranging the gift s and tell the children you ‘caught’ him in the act

• Finally, for the a bit more humor, leave an empty bottle of “diabetes” medicine with San-

ta’s name on it that he left be-hind. Seeing how Santa loves his sweets, he may have used all his pills.

Th e holiday season is a magical time of year. As soon as it comes, it leaves just as fast. For the lit-tle believers that get excited to visit Santa at the mall, let’s make them feel extra special by show-ing them that Santa came to visit them too.

– Special to the Reporter

Art, awareness fl ourish among the blooms

A Day at Stewart Farm, a watercolour by Audrey BakewellSurrey artists Audrey Bakewell and Wendy Mould team up for Paints n’ Bloom, Art Show and Sale, Dec. 4-6 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) at GardenWorks at Mandeville, South Burn-aby, in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. There is also a beginner watercolour class Thursday, Dec. 3 at Mandeville. Cost is $30 (supplies included). Register at 604-538-4538. FILE PHOTO

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Creative ways to preserve Christmas magic

Cosy campaignRetailer Urban Barn is holding

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To Dec. 6, with every $5 dona-tion, a brand-new fl eece blanket will be donated to Gateway Shelter in Surrey.

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orange and black of Halloween to the holiday colors of green, red

and gold.Th e holiday season is fi lled with many

magical and vibrant colours to celebrate the festivities.

Traditionally the colours of Christmas have been green, red and gold. But why?

Th ere are many thoughts as to why these pigments are classically associated with the holiday, some of which date back to the days of Adam and Eve.

Hopeful hueWith the winter season coming aft er

fall, trees are bare and the fl owers wilted, it is a wonder why the color green would be associated to this time of year.

It is precisely for that reason that green, which is vibrant in the holly plant, winter ivy and evergreen trees, is dominant at this time. Green is used to bring back the life into the dark days of winter. And in do-ing so, it allows us to be reminded of the growing earth, upcoming changes and the bright spring days to come.

Ancient symbolismFrom the jackets in Santa’s closet to the

robes of the bishops, the colour red brings the bold reminder of religion during the holiday season.

Red is thought to be associated to the apples in Eden and of the days of Adam and Eve. It also has links to new life, sacri-fi cial deaths, and blood within Christian-ity.

Additionally, red is visible on the ber-

ries that pop out of the holly plant and the roaring fi re that keeps us warm during the cold winter days.

An elegant reminderTraditionally, gold was seen to be affi li-

ated with the star that led the Th ree Wise Men. It was also associated with the warmth of fi re and glow of candles. Gold is a refer-ence of elegance and loyalty. It reminds us of family, friends and the comfort of being

together at this time of the year.Th e décor of the holiday season brings

the opportunity for people to be creative. Th e many shades of purple, blue and even silver have been included in the seasonal palette to enhance the eff ects. Regardless, the core colours of red, green and gold are always present to remind us that it’s the reason for refl ection, tradition and re-membrance.

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JENNIFER LANG PHOTOThe many shades of purple, blue and even silver have been included in the seasonal palette to enhance the decorative effects of the traditional use of the colours gold, red and green.

Retro prices lure audiences to Jack and the Beanstalk

Fresh from their award-winning appearance at the White Rock Torchlight Parade (“Best Novelty Float”), the Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society is set for their annual Christ-mas pantomime – Jack and the Beanstalk.

Written by John Morely, the production has a talented and creative team at the helm: produc-er Lyn Verra-Lay, artistic director Mike Balser, choreographer Carol Seitz, and music director Timothy Tucker.

Performances are Nov. 25 to Dec. 6 at the Surrey Arts Centre.

Th e society is once again partnering with the Surrey Christmas Bureau.

Audience members are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Christmas Bureau to

place under the beanstalk.

Last year, FVGSS cast, crew and au-dience mem-bers brought enough toys to fi ll three, overfl owing boxes for the campaign.

In classic panto style, cheer for the good guys and boo the bad guys as we follow Jack in a tale of magic, nasty villains, a good fairy, a horrible giant, a sweet princess, a cow and the biggest beanstalk ever.

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AROUND THE REGIONVANCOUVER CHRISTMAS MARKETNow open, the 2015 Vancouver Christmas Market runs to Dec. 24. This attraction features more than 50 traditional wooden booths with authentic German products and specialty foods, rows of Christmas trees strung with thousands of lights, a children’s Christmas carousel and more. It’s open every day, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, 650Hamilton St., Vancouver. Visit www.vancouverchristmasmarket.com.

VANDUSEN GARDENS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTSExperience the Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with more than 1 million lights decorating VanDusen Garden from Dec. 1 to 31.

HERITAGE CHRISTMASBurnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, Nov. 21 to Jan. 1. Open Monday to Friday from 1 to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 1-9 p.m. to Dec. 11; daily from 1-9 p.m. Dec. 12 to Jan. 1. Admission is free. Carousel rides are $2.55. Enjoy thousands of multicoloured lights and decorations. A stroll through the streets of the village uncovers wreaths, cedar swags, and vintage displays.

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BOAZ JOSEPH / BLACK PRESSThe Surrey Tree Lighting Festival entertained thou-sands at City Hall Saturday. Performers included Beatles tribute band Revolver and Sway: A tribute to Michael Bublé (right). There was also a visit from Frozen sisters Anna and Elsa, above, plus Surrey Firefi ghters, Mounties and Santa Claus.


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It’s that time of year when some of my friends and fam-ily start stressing out about

Christmas and I’m reminded of the days when I did too. It’s been quite awhile since then.

Growing up my mother made a big deal out of every holiday whether it was Valentine’s Day, Saint Patrick’s Day or Th anks-giving. Christmas was by far the most important and taxing of the holidays for her and she’d start preparing well in advance.

Too many presents were bought for too many people using credit cards that would take months to pay off . She was also a hostess extraordinaire off ering delicious appetizers, meals and desserts within our beautifully decorated home.

Providing all of that brought her some enjoyment, but her obsession with trying to achieve perfection took its toll on her energy and spirit, resulting in

her feeling anxious, then joyous, then volatile and then depressed. In later years we realized she suff ered from an undiagnosed mental illness that had her wound so tight that something as random as fi nding a tissue in one of our “just-for-show” trash baskets could cause her to fl y off the handle.

Less manic but similar to my mother in some of her obsessive and people-pleasing ways, I also went overboard at Christmas for many years. My list of folks to buy for was ridiculously long and I hand made a lot of the presents myself.

Th e pressures of shopping, craft ing, mailing out cards, deco-rating, socializing and later hav-ing to deal with my overspending had me dreading December 25th more than looking forward to it.

I actually got to the point where I wanted to stop celebrat-ing it all together and would

have if I wasn’t married to such a Christmas fan.

Since having children, my strategy has become more lax as years pass. I no longer buy gift s for all our friends and relatives – only the children we see over the holidays.

I’ll also buy for an adult if they

raised us or raised the people that raised us; if they’re hosting an event we’re attending; or if it’s a picking-names-out-of-a-hat scenario. Gone are the days when everyone I cared about got a pres-ent. I will revisit that practice if I

ever strike it rich. Christmas cards are a thing of

the past, too. I never went as far as writing an annual letter, but I used to make cards and mail them out with pictures of my kids to a large list of people. I stopped doing that out of necessity one year when my computer crashed and I lost my whole contact list. It was such a relief not having to do it I never did it again and not one person ever complained. Not to me anyway.

I’ve never been into cooking but I used to bake for the holi-days until I discovered how much easier and faster it is to buy from a store. I will only bake now if my kids are into doing it as an activi-ty together. Making and decorat-ing sugar cookies or gingerbread houses can be tons of fun.

My Christmas decor is low key as well. A tree adorned with sen-timental ornaments is displayed and we put out whatever festive

knick knacks are in the big bin stored under the stairs.

Since minimizing my eff orts I don’t dread the holidays like I used to. It certainly helps we usu-ally travel out of town to visit our families at their houses and don’t have to do all the hard work.

Spending time with people I love is all that concerns me at Christmas now and I wish my mother was still alive so we could visit her, too. Our relationship was so toxic and abusive we hard-ly saw each other the last 20 years before her death in 2013.

My brother and I sure miss her though, and think of her oft en – especially during all the holidays that she tried to make special when we were young. Th e love in her heart was pure and our love for her is everlasting.

– Lori Welbourne is a syndicated colum-nist. She can be contacted at

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Embrace the yuleBy Shana VanderarkAside from the traditional holiday festiv-

ities of decorating the tree, hanging stock-ings and indulging in egg nog, another fast-trending tradition is turning on the television to embrace the warm glow of the holiday fi replace. We all know it. Th e 24-hour channel that shows the amber and crackle of logs burning in a fi replace.

Sometimes we see the bricks creatively decorated or the logs strategically placed to ensure long-lasting warmth.

We also burst with excitement at the mo-ment a hand comes into view, reaches for the poker and rearranges the logs. We jump with enthusiasm if that hand places a new log onto the fi re. Th at is what we do.

But where does the concept of the Yule log (yes it has a name) come from?

Th ere are various folk origin stories as

to why the Yule log is traditionally burntduring the holiday season, yet no single oneis identifi ed as the root. One association isthat it is linked to the coldness of the wintermonths.

Th e term ‘yule’ was mostly utilized byAnglo-Saxon paganism. Most of the yuleevents occurred during the chillier months.Many of the terms the Anglo-Saxons usedhave been modernized, such as: the “yuleboar” now being called the Christmas hamand “yule singing” replaced with the term“caroling.”

Th is winter as you start to feel the icierchill of the December days, sit down witha warm cup of yule chocolate, put on apair of your yule slippers and embrace thebalminess and heat of the yule log burningon television, in hopes of seeing the shortglimpse of the yule hand.

JEFF NAGEL PHOTOAt this time of year, there’s nothing cosi-er than a crackling fi re in the hearth. But many homes are without fi replaces or woodstoves, which may explain the enduring popularity of TV yule logs during the holiday season.

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Being out in remote areas alone wasn’t scary either. “Not really. I have been scared. You meet a bear face to face and think ‘ohmygod what am I going to do?’ I’ve been charged by a bear but it eventu-ally ran away, and I’ve always been fright-ened by the weather turned very bad and I’ve been in situations.

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For those who are interested in living away from civilization as she has, she says there’s nothing better, “[But I would] not recommend it to too many because it would get too crowded out here,” she laughs.

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Chris Czajkowski’s recent book tour took her along Highway 16 in northwest B.C. In 2014, she give a book reading and slideshow at the Ocean Park Library in South Surrey.

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Marilyn Hermann, who is also executive director of the Surrey Food Bank Society, says there are “endless” amounts of usable food that could be retrieved from restaurants, gro-cers and other suppliers that now throw it out.

Th e National Zero Waste Council proposes the federal government create a new tax credit for businesses linked to the fair market value of food they donate to charities such as food banks, shelters and soup kitchens.

Hermann said while many businesses already strive to donate usable food, such an incentive could prod others to both save on taxes and help put more unused food to good use.

“It’s not even waste, it’s perfectly good food,” Hermann said. “Some-thing that may just be undersized according to a grocery chain’s

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Lower Mainland food banks regularly retrieve huge skids of food that producers or retailers have been unable to sell fast enough.

“Sometimes we come back with incredible donations,” Hermann said, adding dairy producers sometimes overproduce yogurt and donate large vol-umes that are too close to their expiry dates.

It’s a retail reality that consumers won’t buy those products.

“People are so hung up on these best before dates that as soon as it hits the day, they just throw it out without even checking the qual-ity of the product.”

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Metro Vancouver regional district direc-tors vote next Friday on whether to endorse the idea.

BC Restaurant and Foodservice Associa-tion president Ian Tos-tenson said the biggest worry for restaurateurs donating food to char-ities is ensuring it stays food safe and doesn’t make anyone sick.

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through the issues of food safety and sanita-tion, I think it’s a great idea,” Tostenson said. “I don’t think business even needs a tax in-centive to do it. I think they’d just do it if they can do it in a way that doesn’t create liability.”

Other critics have suggested the tax break could lead to businesses dumping unusable food on food banks, and in-creasing their disposal costs.

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Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who chairs Metro’s zero waste committee, said the tax credit would be worthwhile, even if it’s not a silver bullet curing food waste.

“Our hope is this would lead to a far big-ger uptake and get a lot of that edible food into the hands of charities that can divide it up and use it eff ectively.”

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Meanwhile, Her-mann and Food Banks BC are also pressing the BC Liberals to keep a promise they made in the 2013 election campaign.

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Hermann said that would be a useful in-centive that both helps farmers and encourages them to donate produce and fruit that could help feed the needy.

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WINTERSONG: A CELEBRATION OF THE SEASONThe choir presents afternoon performances of Wintersong: a Celebration of the Season. Saturday, Nov. 28 at United Churches of Langley (Sharon United), located 21562 Old Yale Road, Langley, followed by Sunday, Nov. 29 at St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church, 3025 64 Street in Aldergrove. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and free for children 12 and under. Available at the door 30 minutes before the concert. All performances areat 3 p.m.

FAMILY HISTORY SHOW & TELLJoin us for the 7th annual Show and Tell at the Cloverdale Library (5642 176A St.) on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We continue the tradition by inviting people who document their family history to bring in their creations such as family quilts, scrapbooks, storyboards and family history artifacts. Describe your project or just showcase your items on a table. The event is 19+. For more information email [email protected] or call 604-598-7328.

LADIES NIGHT OUTThe Cloverdale BIA presents Ladies’ Night Out, Thursday, Dec. 3 from 5-9 p.m. on 176 Street in downtown Cloverdale. Shop, wine, dine and have fun. Follow the red and white balloons. Win a grand prize basket.

OLD TIME DANCESurrey Old Time Fiddlers present an old time dance, Thursday, Dec. 3 at Clayton Hall, 18513 70 Avenue, located 1/2-block north of Fraser Highway on 184 Street. From 7:30-10 p.m. Admission $4. For more information call: 604-576-1066.

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proponent David Black says his $22-billion proposal won’t die with the apparently thwart-ed Northern Gateway pipeline – he aims to bring oil sands bitumen across northern B.C. by train instead.

Th e Victoria busi-nessman, who is major-ity owner of Black Press and this newspaper, spoke Wednesday at a Rotary Club meeting in South Surrey.

Black’s Kitimat Clean proposal calls for a re-fi nery between Terrace and Kitimat that would process bitumen into gasoline, diesel and other refi ned fuels for Asian markets.

He said the federal Liberal government’s move to formally ban crude oil tankers from B.C.’s north coast means the Northern Gateway pipeline plan is “pretty much dead” but that shouldn’t block tanker exports of refi ned fuel, which would be less damaging than a spill of crude or bitumen at sea.

Black said his plan to

carry oil by rail will be far safer than the crude oil trains that have been vulnerable to fi ery disasters elsewhere.

He said he’s in talks with CN Rail to load rail cars with undiluted bitumen, which would be much thicker – vir-tually solid – compared to the diluted bitumen that moves through

pipelines or the light oil that’s oft en carried by train.

Th e bitumen would be heated at the begin-ning and end of each rail trip to make it fl ow for loading and unload-ing from tanker cars. Black argues it would be unlikely to leak or burn if a train derailed.

“It’s safer and way

easier,” he said, esti-mating six trains a day would run every four hours.

Black continues to pursue environmental approvals, and believes that with green lights from regulators and fi rst nations, oil ship-pers and fi nanciers will come on board.

But his is not the only such proposal.

Pacifi c Future En-ergy, led by a Mexican conglomerate, initially tried to buy Black out and has since proposed a similar refi nery with the same technology. Its backers include SNC Lavalin and prominent aboriginal advisors.

Pacifi c Future ini-tially proposed a site in Prince Rupert but Black said that fi rm is trying to strike a deal with the Kitselas band for the same site Kitimat Clean had chosen.

Th ere are other potential sites with diff erent fi rst nations, he said, but they’re less suitable.

Black also criticized the provincial gov-ernment’s focus on liquefi ed natural gas

projects.He said his refi nery

would generate more permanent jobs and taxes for governments than even an optimistic number of LNG plants.

“Government really dove at this,” he said, adding the province “rolled over” in guar-anteeing generous tax treatment to get the industry on board, leav-ing little future revenue to government.

Too many LNG plants are already being built in Australia and the U.S., he said, while Japan’s shift back towards nuclear power will cut demand.

“I just don’t think there’s much chance,” Black said. “Th e LNG dream is now fading.”

Black is not con-cerned that low oil prices will also doom his refi nery dream.

He said he believes low prices as well as the U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast will make his option for reaching lucrative Pacifi c markets increas-ingly attractive to oil fi rms grappling with narrowing margins, particularly in Alberta’s oil sands.

Black maintains a refi nery can’t be built in Alberta itself because of opposition from mul-tinational oil fi rms that own Texas refi neries, and because the large prefabricated modules that can be assembled on the B.C. coast can’t

be hauled inland.His proposal would

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Black argues the “greenest refi nery in the world” would largely off set the higher emissions of oil sands bitumen and forge a political solution for Canada’s energy policy makers.

“It cleans the whole industry up,” Black said. “We’re not in the dirty oil business any more. We get huge value add. And it takes away the issue of a heavy oil spill at sea.”

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Victoria businessman David Black spoke to Rotarians in South Surrey Nov. 18 about his proposal for an oil refi nery in northwestern B.C.

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTOCloverdale Table Tennis medalists Dick Mak, left, Norma Andrus and Dolores Gock show off their hardware from the 2015 55+ BC Games. Andrus is a multiple medalist in the sport, and hasn’t let a broken back four years ago stop her.

On top of her gameBy Jennifer LangAt 81, Norma Andrus is at the

top of her game, winning gold and silver in table tennis at the recent 55+ B.C. Games in North Van.

Th e Cloverdale resident has been a perennial multiple medalist at the games since taking up the sport 12 years ago.

She plays three times a week – year round – at both the Clover-dale Rec Centre and in Langley.

Andrus was one of the names of Cloverdale athletes left off our re-cent round-up of the 2015 games, an annual multi-sport showdown that draws competitors from across the province.

Fraser Valley athletes took home 477 medals; 199 gold, 145 silver, and 133 bronze.

Andrus took table tennis gold in women’s singles (80+). She also picked up two doubles medals as well, claiming gold with Sven Pe-terson of Langley in mixed doubles (80+) and a silver with Langley’s Patricia Toppings in women’s dou-bles (80+).

It’s a remarkable achievement for anyone in her 80s, but even more so considering just four years ago, Andrus suff ered a major set-back that could have sidelined her permanently from the sport.

She was playing table tennis at the Langley Seniors Centre when she collided with another player who’d run from the other end of the room, chasing a ball. “He was running fast and he slammed into me,” she recalls. “He sent me fl ying, and fell on top of me.”

She broke a vertebrae in her back, but fortunately, wasn’t para-lyzed. She has three fused discs as a result, along with four titanium rods holding her together.

At the time, the doctor predicted she wouldn’t play again.

“Nine months later, I went back,” she says. At fi rst, she couldn’t even stand, much less get into a fast-paced volley at table tennis club without a walker. But gradually, she got moving, using a cane. She started playing again, steadied by the cane. Eventually, however, she was able to put it aside and play without it.

Andrus, who celebrated her 81st

birthday in July, is happy to have proved the doctor wrong.

“I still have pain from it,” she says, adding she still cannot walk any great distance. But she was de-termined to get back to table ten-nis, no matter what it took.

“I just said, ‘I’m going to keep doing it. Th at’s what’s done it for sure, just going over and playing.”

She plays three to four times a week, alternating between the Langley and Cloverdale clubs.

Th e Cloverdale Table Tennis Club is a convivial group, and the members always grab a cup of cof-fee aft er the Tuesday and Friday sessions.

Th ey even go out to dinner on occasion – such as a birthday of one of the members.

“It’s a really good group.”Andrus had never played table

tennis before she picked it up in 2001, when she was in her late 60s and was keen to keep active.

She tried exercise classes, but hated them. But when she heard about table tennis, she fi gured it was worth a try.

It’s great exercise, she says, not-ing, “Th ey rank table tennis as the second best exercise for fi tness, be-cause of the hand-eye coordination and you have to move so many muscles.”

She won a bronze medal the fi rst year she competed at the then-B.C. Seniors Games, and has picked up

medals every year since then.“Th e socializing is just as great as

the exercise, too. Th at’s what makes it so great. It just gets you out of the house and gets you going, and it’s so enjoyable.”

Cloverdale athletes at the 55+ Games

Local seniors had a sizable presence at the recent 2015 games in North Van, with many of the athletes wearing blue T-shirts supplied by the Cloverdale Se-niors Advisory Board. Th e team shirts were meant to ensure the Cloverdale participants were eas-ily recognizable, giving a “team” feel to the group, according to Patricia Wong, community ser-vices assistant at the Cloverdale Rec Centre.

In table tennis, Dolores Gock and Michelle Denault won bronze in women’s doubles. Gock also won bronze in mixed dou-bles. Dick Mak and Tom Steven-son won silver in men’s doubles. Maureen Brisson and Ed Bregg participated, but didn’t pick up any medals this year.

In Pickleball, locals Bob Mc-Queen and Larry Friesen won bronze in men’s doubles. Ei-leen Dowell, Shaaron Small and Patrice Van Nieuwkerk also par-ticipated.

Table tennis whiz Norma Andrus scoops up more gold and silver

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOCloverdale’s Bob McQueen, Patrice Van Nieuwkerk and Larry Friesen competed in pickle ball at the recent 2015 55+ BC Games.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

260 ELECTRICAL

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YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTSGUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

****GUTTER CLEANING****SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HANDYMAN CONNECTIONHANDYMAN CONNECTIONHandyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations - Repairs - 604.878.5232

320 MOVING & STORAGE

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland

604-996-8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for over 12yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price inclsCloverdale High Performance paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring.

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778.245.9069

MILANO PAINTING.COM Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

338 PLUMBING

A Gas Fitter ✭ PlumberFurnaces, Boilers, Hot Water

Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

338 PLUMBING

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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373B TILING

TILES,RENO small or big jobs call6048185800 or visit www.poly-mathrenovation.com

PETS

477 PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

GERMAN Shepherd pups. Working line. Black & black/tan. 6 weeks old. $750. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

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NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PETS

477 PETS

Great Pyrennes pups, exc guar-dian dogs, ready Dec. 15. $700. Call (604)798-5069

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

509 AUCTIONS

BUD HAYNES WARD’S Firearms Auction. Saturday, Dec. 12th,10am 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton. Estate John V. Abrey of Coaldale, Alberta. Collection fi rearms, rare RCMP items, 12 saddles, uniforms, me-morabilia. Estate Elmer (Tom) Stehr of Swift Current, SK. Ph:Linda 403-597-1095, Brad 1-780-451-4549w w w. bu d h ay n e s a u c t i o n s . c o m www.wardsauctions.com.

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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563 MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms?Have unwanted or inherited fi rearms in your possession?Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland fi rearms community since 1973.We are a government licensed fi rearms business with fully certifi ed verifi ers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up anappointment 604-467-9232 Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

New SRI Manufactured homesSingles $74,900. Doubles $94,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

*1989 14x70 in 55+ Ruskin Park 1 small pet ok, $42,900.

*1970 12x60 in 55+ Langley Park no pets, $26,900.

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

RENTALS

736 HOMES FOR RENT

Homelife Pen. Property 604-536-0220

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

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Cloverdale Reporter, November 25, 2015

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