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Food for thought:As Santa preps his sleighwith presents and jingle bells,Peninsula food bank volunteers prep their shelves for the busiest time of year.

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ThursdayDecember 24, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 103) 3)

‘Tis the season

BrightlightsCHRISTMAS SPIRIT is

shining bright around the Semiahmoo Peninsula,

where several residents have assembled notable light displays on their homes, with some even raising money for charities.

In Rosemary Heights, Jim Carrigan and Lisa Bourdon have lit up their home (3326 Rosemary Heights Cres.) with a festive display that is synchronized to a program, so visitors can tune in on their car radio and watch the lights pulse to the music.

“I’ve been living out this way for the past eight years and I’ve just kept adding to it each year,” Carrigan told Peace Arch News. “I do it for my kids as well as the kids in the neighbourhood, just to bring out some Christmas spirit and cheer.”

Other notable homes around South Surrey and Cloverdale include:

15499 22 Ave. – Ken and Bonnie Fletcher are continuing their 16-year tradition of adorning their home with hundreds of lights, holiday characters and a lit-up Canadian flag on the roof. The couple is collecting donations to the Sources White Rock/Surrey Food Bank.

6116 163A St. – Resident Willard Kimble has also synced his light display – featuring more than 2,000 lights – to the radio, at 99.5 FM. The household is accepting donations to the Province Empty Stocking Fund.

16956 60A Ave. – The Kinna family are using their eye-catching display to raise funds for Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, with donations to go towards the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

3779 159A St. – This home in Morgan Creek features several strings of lights, a miniature Nativity scene, and dozens of lit-up Frosty characters.

If you have a light display you think our readers would like to see, please add a comment on this story

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Chloramine defended

Mayor douses watercritics Melissa Smalley Staff Reporter

White Rock’s plan to add chlo-ramine to its water supply start-ing next month poses no health concerns to residents, according to Mayor Wayne Baldwin.

The decision to disinfect the water supply with chloramine – a combination of chlorine and ammonia – was announced Dec. 14 by senior staff, who cited better esthetics due to the high levels of manganese in the water as one of the driving forces behind choosing the method over just chlorine.

Baldwin noted chloramination is a process Epcor had planned to use prior to selling the water utility to the city, as well as one recom-mended by city consultants and approved by Fraser Health, who, in 2011, mandated the city treat its supply following a boil-water advi-sory the previous year.

“It’s a valid process for disinfec-tion and maintaining a residual in the water so that we can tell whether or not there’s an infection going on,” Baldwin told Peace Arch News Tuesday.

“It’s valid, and it’s not a health concern, otherwise Fraser Health wouldn’t have approved it.”

News of the city’s plans has been poorly received by some residents, who have expressed concerns about health risks associated with chloramine use.

Baldwin said he doesn’t share those concerns, noting many of the negative comments he has seen came from “some of those who are steadfastly opposed to council on just about every issue.”

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newsNew Conservative MP says there are measures in place to address union accountability

Repeal of predecessor’s bill ‘no concern’

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Alex BrowneStaff Reporter

Christmas arrived early for Canadian unions and labour organizations – and other affected stakeholders – who had opposed former South Surrey-White Rock-Clover-dale Conservative MP Russ Hiebert’s contro-versial private member’s bill, C-377.

Liberal National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier announced Monday that she has waived reporting requirements for labour organizations and labour trusts imposed by the legislation – passed by Parliament in June – as a first step to repealing it completely, which is expected early in the new year.

Under the bill – an amendment to the Income Tax Act, which Hiebert had argued was necessary to ensure full “transparency” of union dealings – the organizations would have had to start detailed tracking of their activities including all expenditures over $5,000.

The information-gathering would have commenced with the fiscal year starting Dec. 31, the day after the legislation comes into effect, and details of activities and expenditures would ultimately have been published on the Canada Revenue Agency website.

Hiebert’s bill, first introduced in Parlia-ment four years ago, had come under sus-tained fire from unions, the Canadian Bar Association, seven provinces and the federal privacy commissioner. Critics had accused it of being a transparent attempt at ‘union-busting’ that was unconstitutional and would be liable to legal challenge. It divided Conservative senators, but was ultimately backed and, last June, passed in Parliament.

Hiebert was not available to answer Peace Arch News’ request for comment, but his successor in South Surrey-White Rock, Con-servative MP Dianne Watts, said the repeal is not unexpected, given it was among Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign promises.

“It was something the Liberal government has said it was going to do and I think it was top of mind for them,” Watts said Tuesday, noting that while she is not in the position to comment on details of C-377, she acknowl-edged she has no specific concerns about the reporting of union information.

“I think there are measures in place cur-rently that address that issue.”

Hiebert’s former administrative assistant in Ottawa deferred comment to John Mortimer, president of LabourWatch. Mortimer sug-

gested the move is part of a Liberal government commitment to groups that supported it during the election.

“They’re not going to address any issues with unions, or with First Nations finances,” Mortimer told PAN. “Trudeau took money from charities and he also took money from unions who openly backed him, and now he’s going to hide their financial activities.

“We are the only nation left on earth where we force membership of unions to pay dues for non-bargaining purposes.”

Mortimer blasted PAN and other media for publishing negative articles on Hiebert’s bill without “reporting the true facts on unions.”

Sean Tucker, a University of Regina business administration pro-fessor who co-authored a 2014 study critical of the bill, said he believes Hiebert’s project failed because it was “bla-tantly ideological and unfair to unions.”

“I think those behind drafting and lobbying for C-377 – Mr. Hiebert and a small num-ber of anti-union groups, including Merit

Canada and LabourWatch – made a strategic error in taking an all-or-nothing approach to their bill,” he said. “In particular, their failure to effectively demonstrate the need for the bill, weak responses to legitimate criticisms of the legislation, and insis-tence on pushing through a seriously flawed bill ultimately sealed the law’s fate with the change in government.”

Canadian Labour Congress presi-dent Hassan Yussuff told PAN that financial information on activities is already available to union mem-bers, and that dealings of unions are “under the purview of the provinces to legislate and regulate.”

“It was an ideological assault on the labour movement,” Yussuff said of the bill. “There was never a justifica-tion of why this was necessary.

“Russ Hiebert could not point to one single instance of a constituent

in his own riding coming to him with a con-cern about this. If you have the opportunity to present a private member’s bill, would you not try to address the concerns of your own constituency?”

Tracy HolmesStaff Reporter

Seventy pounds of turkey, nine pumpkin pies and trays loaded with stuffing were only a few of the ingredients in the recipe coming together in the kitchen of Sheila’s Bistro & Lounge Tuesday.

As plates were carefully set for dozens of guests who would feast on the fixings that evening, restau-rant owner Sheila Cox explained the effort is simply about being a part of the community.

“We all have time to give,” Cox said. “It takes a little bit of time to do something nice for somebody else.”

Guests were all clients of Sources White Rock South Surrey Food Bank – individuals, couples and families alike – for whom the din-ner may be the only holiday feast they experience this season.

Food bank manager Jaye Mur-ray said that is often the case for singles who rely on the facility, which sees on average, just over 600 people every week.

“Quite often, it’s the single people that are sort of left out (of holiday celebrations),” Murray said.

“They quite often don’t have any-where to go.”

The dinner at Sheila’s, she added, was the only one on the Semi-ahmoo Peninsula specifically tar-geted to the food bank’s clients. Attendees included couples and a family of eight.

“The people that go really appre-

ciate it,” Murray said.Other charitable dinners on the

menu this season include First United Church’s 35th annual Christmas Day Dinner, which typi-cally hosts 350 people; and at Grace Point Church, where dinners are hosted every Sunday, year-round.

Cox, a South Surrey resident and former chef at White Rock’s recently closed Cielo’s Restaurant, said the idea for her dinner is not new. She participated in a similar event at the waterfront eatery that was also well-received.

She and her husband knew when they opened in the Grandview

Corners neighbourhood in 2014 that they wanted to revive the tra-dition, but the business was too new to pull it off last year.

This year, they closed the restau-rant early, staff volunteered their time, and family members helped serve. As well, local businesses and regular customers pitched in, donating everything from cash and gourmet breads to cream.

Cox said her cost of hosting the dinner “doesn’t matter.”

“It’s worth it. Who knows where any of us will be next year? It’s one day, it’s one afternoon out of our lives. We all have that to spare.”

Russ Hiebert

MP Dianne Watts

Tracy Holmes photosSheila’s Bistro manager Brant Darling pours molasses for pumpkin-pie mix, as owner Sheila Cox and Curtis Hanna prepare other dinner fixings; Jack Schappert, 11 (below), sets tables.

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“We drink the water, too. Our families drink the water, my grandchildren drink the water,” he said. “I would not knowingly poison my grandchildren. So, no, I’m not concerned about it.”

When chloramination begins in White Rock in January, it won’t be the first time residents on the Semiahmoo Peninsula have their water treated with the chemical – in 1988, during a system-wide review of the Greater Vancouver Water District’s treatment strat-egy, a five-year pilot project took place in neighbouring South Sur-rey, where the water supply of 70,000 residents was treated with chloramine.

A 1994 report highlighting the findings of the study indicated that chloramine was the pre-ferred disinfection option for the region, citing it as more effec-tive than chlorine at controlling bacteria regrowth, less expen-sive, better tasting and quicker to implement.

Health officials also favoured chloramine over chlorine, according to the report, which stated that chlorination would form “significantly higher dis-infection by-products” – notably trihalomethanes (THMs), which

are suspected carcino-gens.

Environmental offi-cials cited in the report, however, were opposed to chloramination due to its potential harm on fish-bearing streams.

While both chlorine and chloramine are harmful to fish and other aquatic life, the report notes that chloramines are “more persistent in the environment and do not dissipate as rapidly as chlorine if discharged to streams and lakes.”

Water-main breaks in South Surrey in October 1989 and July 1990 were blamed for killing thousands of juvenile salmon in Fergus Creek during the chloramination-test period, incidents that were cited in the GVWD report as “draw-backs” for chloramination.

In weighing chlorine versus chloramine, the report described the options as “an unusual cir-cumstance where public health and environmental concerns are at odds.”

After an extensive public-con-sultation process – which saw strong opposition to the use

of chloramine – the GVWD decided upon chlorination for the region.

Risks to White Rock’s aquatic life was one concern brought up by Baldwin at the Dec. 14 council meeting, when he questioned staff about mitigation measures that would be in place in the event of a main break or other pipe flushing.

Director of engineer-ing and municipal oper-ations Greg St. Louis said water-utility staff will carry “chemical pucks” that neutralize the chlo-ramine in the event of a

water-main break. Baldwin said this week he was

satisfied with that procedure, and noted that tentative plans – as discussed at council – would be for the city to switch back to chlorination once the water’s high levels of manganese have been addressed.

“I think we should be OK,” Baldwin said.

“And I believe the plan is, once we deal with the manganese in the water, then we would revert to just chlorine.”

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Surrey RCMP have issued an advisory to the public to ensure their doors and win-dows are secure, after a woman awoke early Sunday to find a stranger asleep beside her.

“As this investigation is moving forward, the Surrey RCMP want the public to be aware that sexual assault is being con-sidered as a potential motivator in this incident,” a news release states.

According to the release – which was first

distributed late Monday afternoon, then updated four hours later to advise of the possible motive – a man entered a home near 64 Avenue and 121 Street between 4:20 and 7:20 a.m. Dec. 20, and fell asleep.

“When the complainant woke up, the male was asleep beside her,” it states.

The stranger – described as a six-foot-tall aboriginal man, approximately 22 years old with a slim build – left immedi-

ately when woken, it states.He was wearing a black sweater and a

black and grey baseball cap.Investigators have canvassed the neigh-

bourhood and are looking to speak with anyone who may have seen someone in the area behaving suspiciously.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 604-599-0502.

– Tracy Holmes

Public cautioned after intrusion

Chloramine formerly used in Surrey from page 1

❝We drink the water, too. Our families drink the water, my grandchildren

drink the water.❞

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Despite adjustments to its Development Cost Charges (DCCs) bylaw that will increase the fees charged to property developers by more than what was projected earlier this year, the City of White Rock’s num-bers will still be among the low-est in Metro Vancouver.

In a report Dec. 14, director of engineering and munici-pal operations Greg St. Louis said following public feedback and consultation with council, the new proposed DCC rates – fees charged to applicants for new developments – are higher than they were projected to be in October, when a review of the charges was first brought to council.

The hike comes as a result of an increase in the benefit factor – a figure calculated based on popu-lation projections and whether a project would benefit existing residents or new ones.

Though the proposed rates are higher than what was first pre-sented to council in October – and significantly higher than current rates – St. Louis said White Rock’s remain low regionally because it has been 10 years since the city has reviewed its policy.

The new proposed rates for White Rock – charged per unit for residential and per square metre for commercial and insti-

tutional – are $19,294.76 for sin-gle-family (currently $5,602.26); $11,253.26 for multi-unit (cur-rently $4,011.36); $64.14 per sq. m for commercial (currently $13.54); and $44.52 per sq. m for institutional.

Council voted unanimously for first reading of the bylaw; second and third reading are expected to take place in January, followed by provincial approval and adop-tion in early 2016.

– Melissa Smalley

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It all comes down to faith.At a time of year when so many are

celebrating their religious beliefs and urging others to live up to the selfless principles encouraged by their spiritual leaders, we’re also in the midst of the evolution of a virtual holy war brought out by more-opportunistic political leaders preying on the baser, less-selfless instincts of their followers.

That the intended audience is often one and the same speaks volumes.

And we must maintain confidence that only the former will prevail.

Those who seek to divide and conquer by exploiting mankind’s most ethnocentric tendencies cannot be rewarded, whatever their religious base.

Whether it is the threat of putting up walls – figuratively or, even more worrisome, literally – as has been trumpeted south of our border, or the fear-mongering rhetoric splashed across our own country during this past fall’s federal election, the message from those striving to profit politically from these sentiments is clear.

And there are many – at home and abroad – who are taking the message to heart.

Even some who find themselves the target of the most prominent xenophobia in recent years are buying into the ‘us against them’ mentality, with swelling support for extremist leaders carrying out unspeakable violent acts in the name of faith.

That there are not real, inherent dangers from other political leaders in other cultures exploiting these same fears cannot be successfully argued – but that is not reason to add to the mayhem, bigotry and potential for violence.

Rather, it should be a call to gain better understanding of other religions, cultures and political bodies worldwide, in an effort to forge a united front against those who wish to inflict harm upon innocent people.

Whether one’s faith heralds the Abrahamic, Indian or Chinese religions – or whether one has no belief in a higher being – there is an inherent drive to do good for this world.

Those who choose to divide us further based on our beliefs must have ulterior motivation.

We trust that the right-thinking majority at this spiritual time of year – indeed any time of year – will strive to work for our greater good.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

That’s what the ads keep telling us, at least. And in many ways, it is.

That is, until things blow up in your face like some kind of faulty Christmas cracker.

I’m mercifully oblivious to most of the social conventions – the must-haves and the must-dos – that accompany the season for hard-core Christmas enthusiasts.

I don’t really understand, for example, why a woman being interviewed on the radio in mid-December placed her 1-10 holiday stress level at an 11 – too many viewings of Spinal Tap, maybe? – when mine is more like a 2.

Things will get done or they won’t; dinner might be amazing or simply edible; the cat might eat (and then barf up) chunks of decorative plastic foliage, or she might not. (Spoiler: she will).

It helps to have a small family, with a uniform mindset.

We’re together, we’re eating too much, enjoying a few glasses of Christmas cheer, playing games and watching Cousin Eddie empty his chemical toilet

into the Griswolds’ storm sewer for the umpteenth time.

So, what’s to stress about?Well, plenty, apparently.

An editor’s inbox offers a veritable holiday buffet of issues you didn’t know you were supposed to be fretting over each December.

One that arrived last week warned of the pros and cons of “closet gifting.”

Although I’m familiar with the practice – even a bit guilty of having employed it from time to time – I’d never actually heard the term.

Essentially, you buy generic items on sale all year long and store them in a closet until you need to produce a Christmas gift

at the last minute.When someone you hadn’t thought to

buy for arrives bearing gifts – voila! – you whip out a pre-purchased item and then act casual, like you’d been planning to give it to them all along.

It seems like the perfect solution – and honestly, it is.

For me, at least, it’s far less awkward to give a gift to someone who hasn’t reciprocated than it is to be the one

standing there with a present in hand and nothing to offer in return.

But it turns out a lot of people are offended when they receive a gift that betrays a lack of thought or effort on the part of the giver.

One assumes the level of hurt feelings will vary according to the nature of the relationship.

A hastily wrapped box of chocolates from an acquaintance you see only a handful of times each year is a bit different, obviously, than unwrapping a drug store-quality treetop angel from your brother on Christmas morning, for example (true story).

It’s a situation we’d all love to avoid, but how, exactly, does that conversation go?

“Are we exchanging gifts this year?” can be an awkward lead-in, depending on whether it had occurred to the other party that it was even a consideration.

“Great, back to the mall on a Saturday. That’ll be fun.”

Like most of my friends, I don’t want or expect anything for Christmas this year.

If someone sees something small and thinks of me, lovely. Meanwhile, I’ve got my eyes peeled for anything that might have special meaning to someone I know.

Maybe I’ll find something, maybe not.Maybe someone will see something and

think of me, maybe not.It honestly doesn’t matter.You really want to give me a

meaningful gift this year? Be a dear and offer to clean up after the cat.

Brenda Anderson is the editor of the Langley Times, sister paper to the Peace Arch News.

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Bad taste left over decisionEditor:Re: Chloramine picked for city water, Dec. 16.

I read with shock and dismay that ammonia will be added to our water in order for us to clean our sinks and toilets less often.

Is this a joke? Why is it safe for humans even though it “poses risks to wildlife” and must be “neutralized” before being released into the environment”?

Statements quoting Greg St. Louis, director of engineering, are annoyingly vague: He says: “They (Metro Vancouver) don’t have the same issues as we do,” and that their water comes from surface water, with no explanation as to why this would be safer.

The bird droppings which apparently contaminated our water did not come from our underground water, but from external deficiencies in the structure of the water tower (Upgrades on way for Merklin reservoir, Sept. 1, 2010).

I would like to know if he or anyone at Fraser Health has done any research on the health effects of ammonia being added to chlorine.

Why do we need to drink ammonia when other municipalities use chlorine alone? The argument about keeping our plumbing looking nice is the most ridiculous type of thinking I have ever heard.Beverley Cunningham, White Rock

Your article states that the City of White Rock’s director of municipal operations “pointed out that while chloramine – as well as chlorine – poses risks to aquatic life, he said the city has ‘operational procedures’ in place to neutralize the chemicals before they are released into the environment.”

If they feel that they have to neutralize the chemicals before they are released into the environment, as it poses a health risk to aquatic life, then what does that say about human consumption? Where’s the health risk to us humans?

City council should do more research before implementing this and other chemicals like soda ash to increase the PH levels into our water supply.Robert Barnes, White Rock

I am concerned to hear that the city is considering the use of chloramine as an alternative to chlorine in our water system.

Chlorine is already a dangerous additive, but chloramine is likely even more harmful and resistant to removal. It is also probably not suited to a small system like ours.

I urge the city to do more research on this issue. White Rock used to be the envy of other municipalities for its pure water. Let’s not now rush into adopting a treatment banned by many cities in North America.Leona Gom, White Rock

I am becoming more and more afraid to open the Peace Arch News.

It seems that every week, Mayor Wayne Baldwin and his toadies on council are finding new ways to take

White Rock in the wrong direction.Let’s for the moment forget the

‘Hump’-defoliation issue; let’s forget the fencing off of the beach; let’s ignore the radical departure from the OCP to vote for highrise towers for no apparent good reason.

Militarization of the council chambers; removal of the question period in council; the secret-price purchase of the water utility; and many other issues where Baldwin and the toadies’ record is appalling, and in my opinion 180 degrees away from what the citizens of White Rock expect and deserve from an elected official.

I am going to jump to the next looming bad decision… to put chloramine in the drinking water. We won’t have to wait for a train derailment to create an environmental disaster on our waterfront; we will only have to wait for the city to flush a hydrant or a broken water main. And I hope there is no one in White Rock on a kidney-dialysis machine, as water with chloramine can’t be used for dialysis as it causes hemolytic anemia.

Who at city hall has a PhD in chemistry and is qualified to make a recommendation in such things?

In any case, the rush to add chloramine to the city drinking water poses many, many serious questions.

If council is simply rubber stamping a recommendation from someone at city hall, that is not responsible governance.

What’s the city’s reasoning for adding chloramine to its drinking water? And why the rush to implement it next month?Scott Keddy, White Rock

Seasonof thanksEditor:

Praise where praise is due.Having complained about the

destructive behaviour of Earl Marriott Secondary’s students in the past, I would now like to congratulate them on their behaviour this year.

Since school started in September, I have noted a decidedly different attitude. Alderwood Park is, apart from a few pieces of garbage by incorrigible people, pristinely clean.

So, I would like to say thank you to the students of Earl Marriott. All of us living in and around the park appreciate your combined efforts.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you from all of us. Edie Williams, Surrey

Thank you so much to the wonderful woman who assisted me last Sunday morning when she noticed I was searching the parking area beside Peace Arch Hospital.

I was unaware that I had pulled both hearing aids off the day before while removing the face mask – I had not yet gotten around to having the flu shot – after visiting a patient.

Retracing the day, and without much hope, I went back to the parking area the next morning.

I found the first one immediately, but it was her perseverance that found the second one in two pieces in front of the tire of a parked car. They had been on the road all night through the heavy rain and wind.

She got down on both knees on the very wet asphalt to reach them. Denise from Crystal Hearing was able to suction out the moisture and restore the hearing aids the same day.

Thank you both for coming to my rescue. That could have been an expensive lesson but for the kindness of people.

I have since had the flu shot!P. McGuinness, Surrey

My family went to Ricky’s Country Restaurant – the old ABC Restaurant, on King George Blvd. – for Thanksgiving dinner.

Our mother had a little talk prepared on being grateful, and we each expressed what we were most thankful for. A man came over to tell my mother how much he appreciated her doing what she did.

After the meal we found out he paid our bill. It was an act of kindness we’ll never forget.Ray Swanson & family, Surrey

Build truck lot, just not hereEditor:

I am writing on behalf of future generations who would like to visit and appreciate Little Campbell Hatchery and its surrounding areas.

I have released salmon fry over a period of 20 years as part of a school program.

My students were so impressed with the environment and ecology of the area that it remains one of the highlights of their school year even today when I meet them.

I think that, as keepers of the environment, it is important that we maintain such facilities for the future. What an absolute travesty it would be if, through our mismanagement, we lost this great facility.

I am totally in support of a truck park for those truckers requiring a place to put their vehicles (A lot of concern, Dec. 9). We need to find an area that is not as environmentally sensitive as this one.

Despite guarantees the developers may be providing, accidents will happen. The hatchery has been operating over 50 years, and it would be catastrophic if a spill or similar event rendered the creek to be unsuitable as a fish habitat.

I have written to the mayor and all members of Surrey council expressing my concerns.

It is important they hear from the voters. If you care, let them know.George Singh, Surrey

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Contributed photoAimee Brennan receives recognition from the City of Surrey this month.

Editor:I would like to commend

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner for recognizing Aimee Brennan, a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, at the Dec. 14 city council meeting.

Mayor Hepner presented Aimee with a certificate and flowers for her longtime involvement with The War Amps and for helping to spread important messages in the community. Aimee has been a Junior Counsellor at our BC

CHAMP seminars, where she is a role model to the younger amputees by offering advice, sharing her experiences and exemplifying a positive approach to challenges.

She has also helped spread our PLAYSAFE message and laid wreaths at local Remembrance ceremonies on behalf of The War Amps Operation Legacy.

We are so pleased with Aimee’s well-deserved recognition by the City of Surrey.Danita Chisholm, The War Amps

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Unflatteringly, the City of Surrey has made the annual naughty list of the watchdog for B.C. taxpayers.

Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF), this week released the group’s naughty and nice list for 2015.

Topping the naughty list is the City of Surrey, which raised tax bills sub-stantially this year – despite election promises to the contrary in 2014.

“Fresh off an election campaign where no incumbent mentioned a tax hike, council brought in a new $100 recreation levy, a 2.9-per-cent property tax increase and a 28-per-cent jump in secondary suite fees,” Bateman wrote in his reasoning for placing this city on the naughty list.

“Now Surrey is looking at keeping the ‘temporary’ one-per-cent road levy, another 2.9-per-cent property tax hike, a 3.9-per-cent increase in fees and levies, and a 10-per-cent jump in the recreation levy.”

Mayor Linda Hepner said it’s a bit unfair to place Surrey on such a list as the city has some of the lowest taxes on the region.

She also pointed out that Surrey is one of the most efficiently run munici-palities on several fronts, including civic costs per person and the number of staff running the city.

Bateman said Surrey won’t be able to claim that for long if it keeps raising taxes.

Premier Christy Clark was also on the naughty list for her increase in the Medical Services Plan premium.

Truck fireFlames and black smoke billow from a dump truck and pup trailer that caught fire last week near the intersection of King George Boulevard and 152 Street. Surrey fire crews said the blaze broke out in the truck’s engine around 8:15 a.m. Dec. 15. There were no injuries.

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Alex Wilks photoLongtime Sources’ food bank volunteer Orland Carle organizes boxes of donated goods.

Alex WilksSpecial to Peace Arch News

While some residents of the Semiahmoo Peninsula have their stockings nestled by the chimney

with care, others struggle to put food on the table.

The White Rock-based Sources Community Resource Centre offers help through a local food bank that is dedicated to supporting the needs of families. This non-profit organization is run by dedicated volunteers and is supported by the donations of the people within the community.

For the residents of White Rock/South Surrey, Christmas is that special time of year where some strive to give back.

Orland Carle, 82, has been volunteering at the food bank all throughout his retirement.

“I came here at Christmas about 20 years ago to help,” Carle said. “I started off as a driver and now I work inside two days a week. It fills up my week.”

Carle said that volunteering at the food bank has given him the opportunity to give back to his community.

“When I was younger guys would come and help me move or make a cupboard,” he said. “So every chance I get, I help.”

Aside from helping people, Carle also attributes his good health to the years he has spent lifting boxes and organizing cans.

“My health has been good just coming here and doing exercise all the time,” he said. “I am in pretty good shape for 82 years old.”

Over the years, Carle has witnessed clients turn their lives around. He has seen them giving back to their community by donating or volunteering at the food bank.

“One Christmas, two clients paid us a visit on the same day,” he said, noting that after being employed for six months, they each returned with hundreds of dollars in food donations in the back of their trucks.

“We help about 650 people every week.”The food bank reaches out to those who

need it most, according to Carle.“We have moved a few times and people

have always been able to find us,” he said. “We get people from all walks of life, people living out of their cars. I think they have reached out and made Sources well known.”

Carle explained that the food bank has the local community to thank.

“We have a lot of people that donate,” he

said. “The people in White Rock and South Surrey are great support for us.”

Jo-Anne Perron, 62, another longtime food bank volunteer, also finds her work to be rewarding. She said that “connecting with the clients, being a part of this community and making a difference” is the best part of her job.

She volunteers every Wednesday for five hours and is in charge of a food-distribution station, where she hands out canned meats, fresh vegetables, rice, eggs and even pet food to clients in need.

“We don’t see what goes on beyond here, but what I do see is the smiles on their faces and people telling us that we’re making a difference,” Perron said.

Recipients “communicate to us that we are making a difference for them.”

What makes a difference to Perron is that she has witnessed lives change.

“People who do get back on their feet and leave us, before they do so, they will come in and thank us and leave thank you cards. We get a lot of cards at Christmas time,” she said. “It really warms our hearts.”

Perron noted that there are no shortages when it comes to good help.

“The volunteers here are amazing, dedicated and caring,” she said. “People come from incredible backgrounds, a lot of professional people who are now retired, teachers and nurses and people from the business world. They are here giving back.”

Jaye Murray, food bank manager, has volunteered her entire life.

“It’s an important part of your life to be giving back,” she said.

According to Murray, Christmas is the time of year that the food bank relies on donations the most. More than 60 per cent of its inventory is received during this time.

“On average, we see just over 600 people per week and as we get closer to Christmas those numbers go up,” she said. “We have over 70 volunteers that truly run the food bank.”

Murray explained that people who are committed to the cause and those that can lift at least 30 pounds are welcome to volunteer.

“Food bank volunteers are what keep us going,” she said.

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On Dec. 10, leadership students at Chantrell Creek Elementary helped deliver carloads of wrapped gifts for 23 families at Cindrich and Senator Reid elementaries.

Sara Francoeur, parent hamper organizer, described it as “an amazing day for the leadership students to experience the heart-warming reaction from the families when they are out delivering gifts.”

Senator Reid principal Brad Helland said the recipient students and families “were delighted” by the show of goodwill.

He noted his own school has no shortage of spirit themselves, with a 12 Days of Christmas Cheer effort that resulted in 46 boxes of non-perishables collected for the food bank.

Chantrell Creek students also held a coat and boot drive, and fulfilled a special request for a young girl who wished for a violin, Francoeur said in a news release.

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The Grade 2s – at the prompting of classmate Abby Anderson and with the help of another Grade 2/3

class – made Christmas decorations and gifts to sell last week prior to the 12550 20 Ave. school’s Christmas concert.

Sekhon said the children hoped to raise $500 through the effort, which offered up everything from sock snowmen and candles to bird feeders and tree decorations.

The results, Sekhon

said were beyond expectations.

“It was amazing. We set a goal of $500 but raised $890.25,” Sekhon said by email.

In addition, a Grade 5 class donated partial proceeds from their entrepreneur show, bringing the total to $1,106.75.

“Wouldn’t it be neat if someone would match our donation?”

Sekhon said the funds will benefit the Surrey School District’s welcome centre and the Eversafe Ranch outreach society.

Sekhon said her students, when asked why they wanted to help the refugees, cited wanting to comfort the families, as well as feeling a responsibility to support them.

– Tracy Holmes

Members of the Rotary Club of South Surrey were treated to a history lesson this month, when a Salvation

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Major Ken Kimberley told attendees of the club’s weekly meeting that the campaign started in 1891, when an army captain in San Francisco began collecting coins at the

ferry docks, gathering enough donations to host a Christmas dinner for the city’s poor.

Following Kimberley’s presentation, the club presented him with a cheque for $1,500 to benefit the Salvation Army’s work in the Semiahmoo Peninisula community.

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Contributed photoThe Salvation Army’s Major Ken Kimberley speaks to the South Surrey Rotary Club Dec. 9.

Contributed photoGrade 2 Ocean Cliff Elementary students show off some of the crafts they and their classmates made to sell in support of Syrian refugees coming to Surrey.

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Budding writers were given a boost when popular B.C.-based young-adult author Eileen Cook stopped by Earl Marriott Secondary earlier this month to share her insights with creative-writing students.

Cook – who has won interna-tional acclaim and a movie deal with such page-turners as Unpre-dictable and What Would Emma Do? – spoke on Dec. 4 to a com-bined gathering including students from both Marriott’s Writing 10/12 class, led by Bev Schellenberg, and Frank Hurt’s Writing 10/12 class led by Megan Barnet.

The two classes have shared an

exchange which will continue at least until the end of January and has included correspondence between students and visits to each others’ schools – a valuable experi-ence in encountering others who share the same enthusiasm for writ-ing, Schellenberg and Barnet said.

The affable, witty and animated Cook – who acknowledged she loves interacting with writing stu-dents – shared a love of creative fiction (“my parents called it lying,” she quipped) which went back to her early childhood in Michigan.

A turning point for her, she said, was walking into the adult section of a library when she was 10 or 11 and checking out Salem’s Lot by Ste-

phen King – although warned by a librarian that “it wasn’t appropriate because it was really scary.”

“I wanted to read it 20 times more then,” she said. “I felt insulted. It turned out to be really scary. I slept with the lights on for several nights – possibly a month.”

It impressed her, however, that “something that was made up could make you feel real emotion.”

Cook shared that numerous early attempts to write and sell novels met only rejection from publish-ers. She gave up on it for two years before she realized that she really loved and missed writing, she said, recommending a love of writing as a prime motivator.

“This is not a particularly easy career choice,” she said.

After taking the students through her version of the ‘Hero’s Journey’ – one of the most compelling sto-rytelling formulas, she said, pro-vided one can create an interesting main character, a quest that readers that will care about and sufficiently large obstacles in the hero’s path – she took questions from the group.

Among things students wanted to know was how she managed to schedule writing around a full-time job (“Different things work for dif-ferent people – there’s no one right way”) and how long it takes her to write a book (“It now takes me around nine months,” she said).

Words of wisdom shared with writing students

Contributed photoAuthor Eileen Cook signs books.

Alex BrowneArts Reporter

They may move in different musical worlds – but they’re on the same page when it comes to giving back

through music.White Rock violinist Julie Lin won

national recognition this year as one of Canada’s best young classical musicians and seems destined for high-level mentorship in one of a select group of prestigious music academies.

Singer-keyboardist Ben Dunnill, has won attention through high-profile talent searches and is already well on the way to a solid musical career at the other end of the musical spectrum – as house lounge pianist-vocalist at Bin 101 and as a recording artist about to release Run – a first album of original songs.

But when the two friends, still only 16 and still in Grade 11, enthralled residents of Peace Arch Hospital’s Weatherby Pavilion with the Erroll Garner standard, Misty, on Dec. 15, the differences in idiom didn’t matter a whit.

“I knew the song – I’ve played it before and I like it,” said Lin, a White Rock Christian Academy student.

“I think it suits the violin – and everybody knows the tune. It’s a legato melody that really works with the piano.”

Lin’s sensitive lyrical phrasing of the familiar melody, over Dunnill’s jazz-inflected chordings, forged a connection with the seniors that didn’t need to be articulated – it could be read in body language and attitude.

It was just one of the highlights of a “mini Christmas/back-in-the-day”- themed concert organized for the Weatherby residents by Lin and Dunnill, also featuring

two of Lin’s fellow WRCA students, Sydney Klassen and Johanna Smith.

Solos by Lin were interspersed with Christmas songs by Klassen and Smith, while Dunnill improvised from his extensive repertoire of standards.

For them all, the joy of using their talents to connect with elders was reward enough

for their efforts, Dunnill said.“It’s nice when it doesn’t have to be an ego

thing, when you’re playing for people who love music,” the Earl Marriott Secondary student said. “Although Julie and I play completely different styles, it’s all music. It doesn’t have to be about getting paid.”

When Dunnill asked for requests from the

crowd, many couldn’t be sure of titles and lyrics, they said.

“But from the first couple of bars of On The Sunny Side Of The Street, their faces lit up – they were right with us,” Dunnill said.

The two performers – who have been friends since they were in Grade 7 –

Harmony in action

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Contributed photoJulie Lin and Ben Dunnill say that playing at local venues – particularly retirement and care homes – is a great way to build confidence.

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Ben Dunnill

Best-selling author Eileen Cook visits Earl Marriott this month

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also welcomed the show at Weatherby as a natural chance for collaboration over the Christmas holidays.

Formerly a community member of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University-based AJA Trio – which scored a first-place win in August in the chamber music category of the 45th annual National Music Festival – Lin said she must focus more on solo work in her last years of high school, preparing for university auditions.

Dunnill is also focused on a solo career through his recording projects as well as a busy schedule of gigs – around 180 per year – although he enjoys collaborating with others.

“The opportunity doesn’t come around a lot – it’s nice sometimes to work with other people and get their input on

things.”“In rehearsal, if you’re alone

and focused on things it becomes so systematic,” Lin said. “Working with Ben on jazz and other styles influences how I look at the classical repertoire and the emotion it inspires.”

They’d like to do more similar performances together when their busy schedules allow, they said.

But, as performers who have won their share of attention and prizes, they said it has occurred to them that there is a great and largely untapped opportunity for musically-talented youth on the Semiahmoo Peninsula in arranging similar showcases – particularly for elders in retirement and care homes.

It’s a great way for young performers to jump-start their own careers, and give back to the community as well, they added.

“A lot of it is about being driven – some people may be talented but they don’t necessarily have the drive to do it,” Dunnill said.

“A lot of people really lack the confidence. I know so many great singers who want to be a rock star, but they’re not – to use the cliché – putting in the mileage.

“You can get a lot of great experience playing retirement homes – I personally love playing them.”

The power music has to lift the weight of age and infirmity is inspiring, they said – and the audience reaction to just the first few notes of music can be transformative.

“There’s a whole atmosphere you get from people who love hearing the music so much,” said Lin. “And once you get started, it’s easier to do – it’s taking that first step.”

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A poor start to the game sunk the Surrey Eagles in the BC Hockey League team’s final game before the Christmas break.

On Friday, in front of a sparse crowd at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sports and Leisure Centre – announced attendance was just 259 – the Eagles gave up five first-period goals en route to an 8-2 loss to the Coquitlam Express.

The Eagles had no answer for the Coquitlam offence, though the Express did much of the damage on the power play, where they were 3-for-5. Two of the man-advantage goals came in the first period, as the home team built up its lead.

With a 5-0 lead after 20 minutes, Coquitlam scored twice more in the second before the Eagles were finally able to beat Express netminder Lawson Fenton, when

Kurt Black scored on the power play. Since being acquired by the Eagles from

Trail, Black has been one of Surrey’s bright spots offensively, with 15 points in 14 games.

Paul McAvoy scored the Eagles’ second goal, an unassisted effort that came in the third period.

Justin LaForest – who has been among the BCHL’s busiest netminders since his return from injury two weeks ago – was tagged with the loss for the Eagles, and was chased from the net midway through the first frame, after Coquitlam went up 3-0.

Surrey now sits idle for the rest of the month, and doesn’t return to action until New Year’s Day, when they head to Salmon Arm to play the Silverbacks, who are second in the BCHL’s Interior Division with a 21-9-2-2 record (win-loss-tie-overtime loss).

Though they’ve had some encouraging moments of late – playing two close games against the powerhouse Wenatchee Wild, and earning a tie against the Langley Rivermen, to name a few – the Eagles still head into the holidays last in the BCHL, with just five victories in 34 games. They’re also last in goals scored with just 84, and have seen a few of their top offensive weapons – Darius Davidson, John Wesley and Ty Westgard – either traded or leave for the Western Hockey League this month.

In their place, the team picked up defenceman Tyler Cooper as well as a pair of players, Hunter Kero and Rob Johnson, from the Kamloops Storm of the Kooteney International Junior Hockey League.

“We anticipate that our (new) group will redefine our team’s identity… and start having success,” Eagles’ head coach Blaine Neufeld said earlier this month.

Boaz Joseph photoSurrey’s Jeffrey Stewart (left) collides with Langley’s Dominic Franco earlier this month.

Junior team off the ice until Jan. 1 game against Salmon Arm

Eagles lose to Express in pre-holiday tilt

On theturf

Boaz Joseph photoNorth Shore Renegade Dominique Falls (top) collides with Surrey United’s April Coffin during a Metro Women’s Soccer League premier-division game at Cloverdale Athletic Park earlier this month. Surrey United won the contest 3-2, and sit third in the premier standings with a record of 5-2-2 (win-loss-tie). After a few weeks off for the holidays, the Metro league’s premier-division schedule resumes Jan. 10.


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The first long-course meet of the season went swimmingly for members of the White Rock Wave Masters Swim Club.

Earlier this month, at Richmond’s Watermania pool, Wave swimmers – many of whom were competing in a long-course meet for the first time – scored 16 individual gold medals as well as three relay victories.

In the 35- to 39-year-old division, Angela Stanley won three gold medals – in the 200- and 400-m freestyles and the 200-m individual-medley – while also adding one silver, in the 100-m free; and Heather Young, in the 40-to-44 age division, won gold in the 100-m and 1,500-m free, and silver in the 200-m free.

In the 50-to-54 year-old division, Barb Mittermaier was first in four events; Joanne Christopherson won three silvers and one bronze; and Ross Nicholson picked up

one bronze and one silver medal.

Theo Manley, in the 60-to-64-year-old age group, won gold in 50-m butterfly, 200-m backstroke and 200-m IM, while also scooping a silver in the 200-m breaststroke; Greg Young won three silvers and one bronze; and Sue Poulton, in the 65-to-69 group, won gold in 100-m and 400-m breaststroke and silver in 100-m breaststroke.

Rounding out the medal haul was swimmer Tony Pease – in the 75-to-79 age division – who won gold medals in the 100-m and 400-m free, and silver in the 50-m free and 50-m breaststroke.

The team will continue to train at the South Surrey Indoor Pool throughout the holidays, and is preparing for a move to the soon-to-be-open Grandview Aquatic Centre in March, according to Wave head coach Carole Gair.

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It was in 1992 when eight senior boys high school bas-ketball teams from Surrey tipped off in the first-ever Surrey RCMP Classic played over three days at Queen Elizabeth Secondary.

The unofficial city cham-pionship tournament has grown immensely since then, and last year featured 24 senior teams and 19 junior teams. Games were played over seven consecutive days at nine Surrey high schools.

The 2016 tournament in mid-January will be the 25th annual event, and to cel-ebrate the quarter-century milestone, this year’s RCMP Classic Jan. 10-16 will fea-ture a 16-team alumni tournament to be played at the Langley Events Centre (LEC).

“We’re doing it for the 25th year only, it’s a one-off deal,” said Rick Inrig of the orga-nizing committee. “But some teams are already practising.”

The 16 teams will be grouped into four pools of four teams, each team play-ing once against each of the other three teams in their group on Friday (Jan. 15). The top two in each pool

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Eileen Rebecca ClareAugust 22, 1932-December 17, 2015

With fl owers in her fl ower pots and her marmalade cat “Tyke” curled up by her side, our beautiful mother Eileen Rebecca Clare (nee Dickson) passed away on December 17th, 2015. Mom left this world with the same elegance, grace and wonderful sense of humour in which she lived. On her night table was her trusty lipstick, fragrance and of course… softly scented hand cream.

Cancer may have taken her body, but with certainty we know the Lord took her soul to be with her favourite fellow, our Dad, Judge Lorne Clare in Heaven. Mom and Dad were married for 54 delightful years and each other’s best friends always. Mom hoped Dad would do some “explaining” before she showed up in Heaven. We think his courtroom skills may have come in handy!

Mom and Dad met in the New Westminster courthouse where mom worked as a court stenographer and Dad was articling in Law. She knew when she saw his hands that those were to be the hands of the man she would love for a lifetime. She was indeed correct, as was true with most of her hunches.

Eileen leaves behind her two daughters Kelly Rebecca Selkirk (Ed), and Patricia Dawne Clare (Peter) grandsons Brady, Alex and Neal. She also leaves behind her sister Wilma Foster (Gordon) and her brother James Dickson (Darlene) Eileen was pre-deceased by her beloved brother Bob Dickson, whom she daily honored by speaking of his spirit and great sense of humour.

Eileen spent most of her young years with her family in Surrey and New Westminster and had many treasured memories both at their cabin in White Rock and our many happy years as a family in our home in Crescent Beach.

Mom was the best fi sherman in our family (don’t tell Dad) and we loved our years up in Loon Lake trolling along and singing “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary!”capped off by a rousing version of “You Are My Sunshine”

Eileen was devoted to her many years of Sisterhood in Chapter “B” of P.E.O. and enjoyed so many long lasting friendships within this group. She was a volunteer for Cross Roads Hospice Society in Coquitlam and also for Woodlands Hospital in New Westminster.

Our Mom became a cosmetician and cosmetic representative and took her talents with beauty to the retail departments. She had a way of making people see beauty in all the little elegances of life that are sometimes overlooked. We now know the importance of good stationery and cashmere gloves as “must haves” not “must saves.” And for heaven’s sake ladies…get your eyebrows on fi rst thing in the morning so that the world can take you seriously!

Mom adored her book club and thought it was the best one because even when she didn’t get to reading the book, they still said she could come as an honorary member if she brought a good appetizer!

Eileen was an amazing entertainer. She made a home that you came to when you had something to celebrate, and a home you came to if you were in grief. With each emotion, she knew how to receive you and with her practical wisdom and kindness.

As her daughters, here are a few of the many important things she taught us: 1) Have faith! God has a plan even when you think He is dropping the ball. Trust! 2) Love your family and put it before all others. 3) All animals need a song with their name in it. 4) Love your man and for Heaven’s sake get some lipstick on before he gets home from

work and get a comb through your hair. If you don’t like the looks of yourself, neither will he.

5) If you don’t know what the recipe needs, it is probably sugar! 6) If you feel your life is out of balance and at times chaotic, make soup or bake bread. It

calms a household. 7) Choose not to be offended. Life is full of offenders. They have nothing to do with your

well-being unless you give them permission to.Toni Morrison the poet, once wrote that love is best shown if your “eyes light up when your

loved one enters the room” As her family and friends know, we must have all been loved so very much. Our mother stopped everything to receive us, no matter where she was or what she was doing.

In honour of our Mother, please do a kind favour for someone you don’t know. She was the inventor of Random Acts of Kindness, so we ask that you do something thoughtful and unexpected today for another.

We would like to thank Dr. Vandonkersgoed for his wonderful care and the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner for giving our family a beautiful place to come together to be with Mom in both dignity and peace. As she said when we came through the doors “This is like a miracle!” It was for all of us at such a chaotic time. Angels are all around us…thank you Mom for teaching us to see their wings!

Service will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2p.m. at St. Mark’s Ocean Park Anglican Church, 12953-20th Ave., Surrey, BC.

ROYStanley John Douglas (Stan)

August 28, 1951- December 11, 2015

Stan left us peacefully at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hos-pital surrounded by loved ones. Stan was the beloved husband of 40 years to Sharon (Le Gresley), the dedicated father and best friend to Brendan and Sean. Stan, son of Eunice Roy and Stepson of Maurice Dawe and loving and reliable brother to Don Roy. Stan made everybody smile, he was a well respected, considerate, compassionate and really liked (loved) as an Air Traf-fi c Controller and then as a Shift

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WENIG (nee BROWN)Patricia Jean

June 24, 1926 - December 5, 2015Passed away peacefully at Royal City Manor at the age of 89. Patty was born and raised in New Westminster, B.C. She worked for the City of New Westminster Mayor’s offi ce for 30 years. She was the past president of Hyack Festival in 1981. Her friends and family will miss her jokes, quick wit and especially her laugh.A memorial service will be held @ 2 pm. on January 5, 2016 at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 15115 Roper Ave., White Rock, B.C.

BERKENBOS, Cheryl November 1, 1961 - Decemeber 15, 2015

It is with great sorrow we announce the sudden passing of Cheryl Berkenbos at the age of 54.

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New West 604.522.4900

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

BUS PERSON requiredIn White Rock 2-3 evenings/week. Great job for student. Call Pierre after 2:30 pm at 604-531-6261

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

• Food Service Supervisor$12.75/hr. + Benefi ts

• Food Service Manager$20.43/hr. + Benefi ts

Required F/T for Tim Hortons - Surrey locations. Various Shifts -

Must be fl exible for Nights /Overnights / Early Mornings /

Weekends.

Fax Resume Attn. Surrey604-278-6726 or e-mail:

[email protected] by Western Bay

PERSONAL SERVICES

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

Specializing in Private Events!We Come To You! Doing It All,

From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals

• Weddings • B-B-Ques• Birthdays • AnniversariesUnique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized MenusTailored To Your Function...

Kristy [email protected]

or Visit us at: www.threescompanycatering.ca

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

206 APPLIANCE REPAIRS

Peace Arch Appliance

Service to fridges,stoves, washers, dryers

& dishwashers. Reasonable.

Also Appliance RemovalCall Mark (604)536-9092

236 CLEANING SERVICES

E & M MAINTENANCEWINDOW WASHING

D Windows Out & InD Gutters cleaned In & OutD Pressure WashingD Serving W. Rock for over 30 yrsD Lic. & WCB insured. D Free Est. Seniors Discount

Eric 604-541-1743

DETAILED EUROPEAN CLEANING. Effi cient, Reliable, Friendly, Bonded Excellent References with 20 yrs of experience. Call Ivet: 778-235-4070

A MAID 2 CLEAN All Your Cleaning Needs

Weekly • Biweekly • MonthlyResidential & Commercial

Services ~ Excellent Rates!!* Licensed * Bonded * Insured

778-883-4262

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6 IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

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Call 604-575-5555

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Showroom: Unit 62 - 15515 24th Ave. (at King George Blvd.) Tel: 604-538-9622

www.mpbconstruction.com

Designing and renovating new kitchens, bathrooms, basements, house make-overs and additions

Call for FREE in-home consultation

In-house design team and cabinet shop

DOWN TO BUSINESS

To Advertise in this space call 604-575-5555

Dead LevelCONSTRUCTION LTD.

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • STRATA

BOB DELANEY

Offi ce: 604.536.8124Email: [email protected]: www.deadlevel.ca

WE DO IT ALL!

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR

• Renovations • Shops/Garages • Additions • Tenant Improvements

SOULLUTIONSCOUNSELLING

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Learn the life skills, so that you are able to recognize signs that trigger unhealthy

behaviours in yourself and move forward, never looking back.

Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Relationships, Addiction, TBI support, PTSP, ADHD, Mental Health, Seniors,

Teens, Gender roles and more.

Call Jennifer for a free consultation

604-315-2440www.soullutionscounselling.com

DEAL WITH PAINTER DIRECTLY

L. ROBERTS PAINTING

NO PAYMENT Until the Job is Completed

I WILL MEET OR BEAT MOST WRITTEN ESTIMATES

“Your Interior Specialist”

BOOK YOUR FREE ESTIMATELarry 604-961-4391

Over 25 Years’ Experience

AWNINGS

PAINTINGPAINTING

ELECTRICIAN HOME IMPROVEMENT

Aluminum Patio Covers, Sunrooms, Railings

and Vinyl.

604-521-2688www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

JC Brown ElectricLOW RATES

604-617-1774Licensed, Bonded, Expert Trouble Shooter. 24/7. 100% guaranteed.

X-MAS Special$25 off all Service Calls Call for all your Electrical Needs

www.paintspecial.com778-322-2378 Lower Mainland

604-996-8128 Fraser Valley

Running this ad for over 12years

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats of any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale High Performance paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our

Laminate Flooring

COUNSELLING


239 COMPUTER SERVICES

.computer service

260 ELECTRICAL

ELECTRICIAN - Dana Thompson Over 24yrs exp. Res/Comm. Free

est. Bonded. #14758 604-353-1519

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

All Electrical. Low Cost. Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062

LOW RATES 604-617-1774Licensed, Bonded, Expert trouble shooter. 24/7. 100% guaranteed.

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

HARDWOOD FLOORREFINISHING

✶ Repairs & Staining ✶ Installation

✶ Free Estimates

Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224

www.centuryhardwood.com

281 GARDENING

ELECT SERVICESTree Pruning, Topping & Removal

Hedge Trimming ~ DisposalFull Landscape &

Maintenance ServicesInsured ~ WCB Over 25 yrs Exp.*Free Estimate *Seniors Discount

Call 778-245-5006

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS****GUTTER CLEANING****

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE~~ Call Ian 604-724-6373 ~~

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FULL RENOVATIONS Including Kitchens,

Bathrooms, Man Caves& Basement Suites

“ Let’s us fi x what someone else tried to fi x. “

288 HOME REPAIRSHANDYMAN

Home Repair Services - 45 Yrs ExpCall or Text Henry 604-868-5441



320 MOVING & STORAGE

MOVING?LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

B & B MOBILE SERVICES

604-536-6620www.BBmoving.ca

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

.Hayden Painting 778-229-0236Family Owned & OperatedRyan 778.229.0236

~ PRO PAINTERS ~INTERIOR / EXTERIORQuality Work, Free Estimates

Member of Better Business BureauWCB INSURED

Vincent 543-7776

PRISM PAINTING CO.Re-Paint Specialist15 Years Experience

Interior/Exterior,stucco painting. 20% discounton re-painting or3 rooms $299Free Estimates

Call Sunny,778-893-1786

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.

NORTH STARS PAINTINGwww.northstars-painting.com

AMAZING WORK,AMAZING VALUE!

778.245.9069

338 PLUMBING

A Gas Fitter ✭ PlumberFurnaces, Boilers, Hot Water

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

✭ 604-312-7674 ✭✭ 604-507-4606 ✭

.604.536.2216 www.bhserviceplumbing.org

Home Plumbing ServiceWATER HEATER

REPLACEMENT SPECIALISTS*Same Day Service

*$200 FortisBC Rebate*BBB: A+ Rating *Firm Quotes

Call (604) 542-4663www.homeplumbingservice.ca



338 PLUMBING

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

Call Aman: 778-895-2005

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

Always ReddyRubbish RemovalResidential / Commercial

• Respectful • Reliable• Responsible • Affordable Rates

All Rubbish, Junk & Recycling needs.

Johnson 778-999-2803

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

372 SUNDECKS

. Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688

.Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374 TREE SERVICES

TREE BROTHERSSPECIALIST

Tree Removal/Topping/Spiral Thinning/Hedge Trimming/Stump

Grinding. Free Estimates.WCB/Fully Insured

$25 Off with this AdJerry, 604-500-2163

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. 9 wks old, 1 left. $750. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

506 APPLIANCES

Peace Arch Appliance

Service to fridges,stoves, washers, dryers

& dishwashers. Reasonable.

Also Appliance RemovalCall Mark (604)536-9092

545 FUEL

ALDER, BIRCH, MAPLE MIX. Cut up to 16’’ lengths, split, seasoned, ready to burn. $260 a 4 x 4 x 8 cord delivered. Call 604-339-9077

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

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

ACTIVE SENIOR1 & 2 Bedrooms availWell maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock

close to shopping.Swimming Pool &

All Amenities.UTILITIES INCLUDED. NS/NP

Call 604-538-5337

CRESTWOOD MANOR1321 Foster St.

Bachelor $795/moIN WELL MAINTAINED

NEWLY UPDATED BUILDING. Heat, hot water and secured u/g parking stalls included.

No pets, No smoking. Call: 604-363-4631

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Skyline AptsWhite Rock

Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrmsCall for Availability

White Rock, Live-In Manager Hot Water & u/g parking incl.

Call 604-536-8499www.cycloneholdings.ca

~ Fir Apartments ~1455 Fir St WHITE ROCK

1 Bdrm units avail nowHeat & hot wtr incl.

Swimming pool & rec roomOn site mgr

Call 604-536-0379

WHITE ROCKSUNSET VILLA

Large 1 BedroomD/W in unit. Concrete building.$950 incls. HEAT & H/W.1 block from Semiahmoo Mall.

Available January 1Call for appt to view

778.878.0782

707 APARTMENT FURNISHED

WHITE ROCK: Designer furn bach ste on 17th fl r, Miramar Village. City & north mtn view, ns/np. $1350 incl utils, cbl, ph, net, inste ldry, a/cond. prk. 604-535-3515

736 HOMES FOR RENT

Homelife Pen. Property 604-536-0220

736 HOMES FOR RENT

.Hugh & McKinnon Rentals 604-541-5244.

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

OFFICE SPACES*ROSEMARY CENTRE

3388 Rosemary Hts Cres. 2nd fl oor offi ce space 301 sq/ft

*WHITE ROCK SQUARE1480 Foster Street

519 sq/ft & 647 sq/ft 604-536-5639 to view/rates

750 SUITES, LOWER

1 bdrm bright modern suite avail Jan 1, 850 sq ft. Full bath w/show-er, deluxe kitchen with S/S appl. In-suite laundry. No pets Non smok-ing. Direct access to Hwy 99 and Hwy 15. Cable to be negotiated $950.00 includes utilities.CON-TACT 778-840-8125

751 SUITES, UPPER

S.Surrey 20th/176, 3 bdrm upper fl r with lge sunroom. $1500/mo. Avail now. 604-581-6131, 604-531-3713

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~

$$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2009 Mazda Tribute, 2 wheel drive, some options,

silver, only 40,000kms. $9000 fi rm. 604-538-9257

851 TRUCKS & VANS

1994 350 FORD 12 passenger van. Interior in good cond. Radiator leaks. $9000. 604-538-8687

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

ESTATE OFMary Millicent Person

CREDITORS AND OTHERS having claims against the

estate of MARY MILLICENT PERSON formerly of

15441 16th Avenue, Surrey, BC. Deceased who died on 26th day of January 2015 are required to

send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned

Administrator at 106, 1656 Martin Drive,

Surrey, B.C. V4A 6E7 on or before the 15th day of

February, 2016 after which date the estate assets will be

distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

Roy Cammack, Administrator

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