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the province a half-dozen times. The little bird is By Jennifer Lang very far from its usual habitat in its native Russia A publicity-shy celebrity has hunkered down – it breeds in northern Siberia on either side of in a blueberry patch in Cloverdale, luring droves the northern Ural mountains. of birders in the hundreds from across the It has a wide range and winters in Asia – continent – each hoping for a once-in-a-lifetime China, Korea and Japan. Outsiders might find it sighting of the elusive bird, notably seen feeding difficult to understand all the fuss about a fairly in the company of dark-eyed juncos. According to John Gordon – a birder and pho- nondescript-sounding bird, but Gordon makes a persuasive case. tographer who lives in Cloverdale – people from “It’s a bird that many will only ever see once as far away as Connecticut, Oregon and Quesnel in a lifetime,” says Gordon, who has are flocking to see a Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella), a sparrow-sized ‘It’s a really elusive pursued his hobby in earnest since retiring a few years ago. He was thrilled bird that’s been flitting around a farm to finally see the bird, classified as a little thing. ’ at 160 Street and Colebrook Road since vagrant that is extremely outside its the beginning of the year, drawing - John Gordon, normal range, and so were the other birders from both sides of the 49th Cloverdale birder birders he met. parallel. “It’s kind of strange to see grown “Yesterday, Americans outnumbered men and grown women and young Canucks,” said Gordon, who sent the Reporter kids with binoculars hanging around their necks, his photograph of the sought-after bird, a feat he almost as big as they are. It’s a great community managed after spending an estimated 25 hours of people coming together to have a chance to on a stakeout that lasted several days. see this bird.” “It’s a really elusive little thing,” he said, It was first spotted in Surrey on Jan. 3 by explaining the bird might only surface from the George Cluclow, president of the B.C. Field bush for 15-20 seconds at a time, before disapOrnithologists, during the annual White Rock pearing into the brush for the rest of the day. Christmas Bird Count. Cluclow was later able “And it’s so tiny, you have to have lots of eyes to to photograph and positively identify the rare see it. The only reason I saw it was because of visitor on a subsequent visit, posting the sighting another birder.” to the web, where news spread quickly. Birders share a spirit of cooperation when Gordon nearly missed his chance. they’re on a twitch – the name those in the know use to describe for a gathering of birders who are See MEGA-RARITY / Page 3 looking for a rarity, such as the B.C.-bound Siberian accentor, which has only been identified in
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Syrian refugees arrive in Surrey Most are women and children, and are being housed temporarily at a hotel By Kevin Diakiw Freshly here from the chaos and bloodshed they left behind in Syria, a dozen refugees gathered in a North Surrey hotel last week to describe their experience in Canada. They were at a press gathering as local grocer Fruiticana donated bags of groceries to the families. Fruiticana founder Tony Singh committed to provide enough groceries to feed 500 families for seven to nine days. Ola Katabi has been here just two weeks, and says she loves Canada. “It’s natural,” the 15-yearold said as she beamed. “It’s beautiful.” It’s a far cry from where she just left. “In Syria, it’s difficult,” Katabi said. It’s an understatement coming from a girl fleeing a country gripped in a complex civil war, where millions of innocent people are bombed indiscriminately. The world, including Canada, has snapped to attention since atrocities have come to light. As part of a federal Liberal campaign promise in last fall’s election, 25,000 refugees are heading to Canada in the coming months. Many have arrived and more are to come, with hundreds to settle in Surrey.
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Scores of them are being housed temporarily at a hotel. One of the biggest barriers, they say, is becoming familiar with the new language. Katpahi Abdelrazqe spoke through an interpreter and said language is definitely the biggest hurdle he faces. “So far, I can’t pinpoint any (significant) challenges,” he said. “Language is definitely the biggest.” His six children, aged two to 12, are content and are looking forward to getting back to school, Abdelrazque said. “God willing, they are very happy to be going to school this year and continuing their education.”
The growing refugee contingent was the subject of a public forum in Surrey last week. On Jan. 20, about 350 people packed Fleetwood Park Secondary School to discuss how they could help refugees heading to the city. Surrey Coun. Judy Villeneuve said she was delightfully surprised by the large turnout at the event, which was hosted in part by the city. In addition to the city, officials with the province, immigration workers and police were also on hand to field questions. Villeneuve, a long-time social advocate in Surrey, is pleased with how the refugee
settlement is unfolding. The City of Surrey has been swamped with calls from people looking for ways to help. The forum was intended to provide clarity on what could be done. “We had an overwhelming level of support from the community,” Villeneuve said in an interview. The forum connected those interested with agencies that could accept their assistance. The city is acting as a facilitator. Surrey RCMP Officer in Charge Bill Fordy gave a presentation to the crowd, noting Mounties expect no security problems with the new arrivals. Most of the refugees who have arrived are women and children, Villeneuve noted. “So far, 60 per cent are under 18,” she said. “And one in four are under five. There are currently 80 children in Villeneuve said, adding the school district has indicated it will be able to accommodate the youngsters. The city is planning another information gathering in the coming months as more refugees arrive. “In the spring, we will probably be doing a welcoming event,” Villeneuve said. “We’re just trying to be as supportive as possible.” – Black Press
School board seeks budget input The Surrey Board of Education is seeking public input as it prepares its operating budget for the new school year. As in past years, the board says the “needs outpace the funds” received from the provincial government, resulting in “difficult choices” to achieve the balanced budget for 2016-17 required by law, while still meeting student needs. Each year, the board meets with employee groups, the District Parent Advisory Committee and community organizations to discuss challenge facing the school district, and gather feedback. Community members are invited to send written submissions to budget@surreyschools.ca. Submissions may also be mailed to Secretary Treasurer Wayne Noye, 14033 92 Ave., Surrey, B.C. V3V 0B7. The deadline is Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. To access additional information and background about the Surrey School District, including financial reports, check surreyschools.ca – Black Press
New Transit Police chief named A new top cop has been named to head Metro Vancouver’s Transit Police. Vancouver Police Dept. Deputy Chief Doug LePard will take on the new role as chief officer after 35 years with Vancouver’s force. LePard replaces former Chief Officer Neil Dubord, who left the Transit Police last spring to become chief of the Delta Police Dept. “I am excited about this opportunity to bring all that I have learned about leadership in policing to a progressive police agency, and together with TransLink provide safety to all those who use the transit system,” LePard said. He came close to becoming chief of the VPD but was passed over in favour of Chief Adam Palmer after the retirement of former Chief Jim Chu, who now serves as a provincially appointed director on the TransLink board. LePard also penned a VPD report that was particularly critical of the RCMP’s handling of the missing women case.
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All non-profit organizations can email their special events to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com EVENTS FUNNY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Surrey Little Theatre presents Funny Little Thing Called Love, a comedy about that four-letter word: L-O-V-E. Runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 27 with 8 p.m. performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, half price preview nights Thursday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 29, and three Sunday matinees on Feb. 7, 14, and 21, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. Pre-purchase online at brownpapertickets.com, or reserve by calling 604576-8451, or at reservations@ surreylittletheatre.com. Surrey Little Theatre is located at 7027 184 Street. Four stories of love under a full moon, featuring four scenes spanning the globe by four directors. Featuring 13 actors in 28 roles.
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AUDITION CALL Surrey Little Theatre is holding auditions for its upcoming production The Last Lifeboat, by Luke Yankee, and directed by Dale Kelly. This will be the Canadian premiere of a play that tells the untold true story of the Titanic and builder J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line. Auditions take place Sunday, Feb. 7 and Monday, Feb. 8 (7 p.m.) at Surrey Little Theatre, 7027 184 St. Men and women of all ages and levels of experience required; some actors will play multiple roles. The audition will be a cold read from material that is not from the script. For more information visit surreylittletheatre. com or contact Mike at Mikbus@telus.net. GENEALOGY ROAD SHOW Saturday, Feb. 20, 1-4 p.m. at the Surrey Libraries’ Cloverdale Branch, 5642 176A St. Volunteers from the B.C. Genealogy Society offer advice to individuals and family members researching their family history. Bring your research details to date. Beginners receive advice on where to begin their research, based on their knowledge and family documents. There will be guided tours and sessions on how to use our new ViewScan technology which enables you to make digital copies of microfilm. Come find out how it works! Register at 604-598-7327 or email family history@ surrey.ca ANNOUNCEMENTS MT. VIEW HIGH SCHOOL REUNION A 50th reunion is planned for Mt. View High School in Victoria. Grads from 1966 please send contact info to mtv1966@gmail.com or call Dave Hutchings at 250-477-4505. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Cloverdale Better at Home is looking for Volunteers to take senior clients out grocery shopping once or twice a month. Mileage paid. For more information, info-referral@comeshare. ca or call 604-531-9400 Ext. 204. CLUBS/GROUPS FOOD PROBLEM? Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges? Is your weight affecting your life? Overeaters Anonymous offers help. No fees, no dues, no weigh-ins, no diets. We are a fellowship. We meet every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cloverdale United Church basement, 17575-58A Ave., Cloverdale. Everyone welcome.
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Things that are going well A southwest building boom, employment on the rise and B.C. is forecast to lead Canada in economic growth In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal government and seeking optimism in these fragile times. For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial projects emerge from bedrock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians. Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges. Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching the pre-recession peak of 2007. Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technologist and $346 for a teacher. Health care costs are rising less dramatically. That should ease the crisis atmosphere at provincial and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding formula, taking place this week in Vancouver.
Health Minister Terry Lake announced last 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. week that the province is increasing funding for That may not sound like much, but compared a promising program in cancer research, using to Alberta’s oil-dependent economy, it’s pretty genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs good. to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagConstruction of a new dam on the Peace nosed in B.C. patients each year. River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new workers home from Alberta, and director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, onthe federal government is plancologist Dr. Janessa Laskin and ning to fast-track its promised Dr. Marco Marra, director of the infrastructure spending to create agency’s Genome Science Centre, work across the country. described a world-leading centre Energy and Mines Minister Bill of research that is reaching out Bennett was in Toronto last week to specialists and their patients to ring the opening bell at the across the province and attracting stock exchange with B.C. mining international funding and talent industry representatives. for ground-breaking research. Not much sun on mining Outside the urban regions, stocks these days, but Bennett’s where retail sales and real estate sales pitch to an investor luncheon Tom Fletcher mainly drive the economy, sunny included reference to two more ways are harder to find. The mining and nat- mines under construction in northwest B.C., ural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and commodity prices, with more temporary mine revenue sharing with First Nations that is atclosures expected. tracting attention of other provinces. The forest industry is being helped by the The Conference Board of Canada has forelow Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in cast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to by a wide margin over the near term,” with unhave another strong year as Americans take employment declining in 2016. advantage of a discount on visits to B.C. We’re at the mercy of global forces, but Central 1 Credit Union broke down the re- things could be a whole lot worse. gional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and and found job growth in every region except columnist for Black Press the Cariboo. Province-wide employment grew
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Making the most of life estly say that touched my heart and my life. As a young girl, I volunteered as a Candy Striper. Twice a week after school, I would take the bus down to the hospital and entertain the children in the pediatric wards. I read stories, sang songs, played games. I think I had more fun than they did. It helped them forget where they were and why they were there. Some days I would go to the geriatric wards and spend time listening to the patients’ stories, or telling them mine.  I comforted them and they comforted me. It was a win-win situation. I carried on volunteering even when my
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A new chain link fence has been installed around Lot 4 on the former Cloverdale Mall Site in downtown Cloverdale. The fence, installed recently by Streamline Fencing, will also be covered with an enviro screen. The fence features banners with images from the historic town centre. The fencing was installed through negotiations between Surrey City Development Corporation – the developer that owns the former mall property – and the Cloverdale BIA. The fence replaces previous fencing that didn’t stand up to the wild weather and winds during a storm earlier in the fall. For updates on the Cloverdale West Village development and ongoing remediation work, visit scdc.ca.
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gained 7.2 per cent to a benchmark $204,900. The fastest price gains for homes were for detached houses in North Delta, which were up nearly 26 per cent to $703,100, followed by White Rock/South Surrey, where benchmark houses were up 18.4 per cent to $1.1 million. Team leader Edith Katronis started out 34 years ago, knocking on doors of homes in Cloverdale, and has worked her way through many different markets as the historic town centre grew from a small farming community of less than 3,000 homes to 15,000 today. Today, the Katronis Real Estate Team includes five other fulltime Realtors, including Edith’s son Jonathan, and four staff members. “I am so honoured that our team has won this prestigious award for the second year in a row,” Katronis said. “But the best award we can receive is to know our clients are happy with their new home purchases.” The FVREB represents North Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Abbotsford and Mission. The award was announced Jan. 7, and will be presented in mid-February. – With files Black Press
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the Kings in Powell River. Jeffrey Stewart notched his seventh of the season with 35 seconds left in the first period for a 1-0 Surrey lead after 20 minutes. Powell River tallied twice in the first half of the second period for a 2-1 lead, but Gage Mackie pulled the Eagles even two minutes later. Andrew assisted on both Eagles goals, giving him four points on the weekend. Powell River took command of the game with three goal in the last six minutes of the second period, then added two more in the third. Darius Davidon stopped 29 of 46 shots in the Surrey goal, while his teammates took 21 shots at the Powell River net. The Eagles are at home Friday night against the Wenatchee Wild at 7 p.m. at the South Surrey Arena, then visit the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday night before a game at the Langley Evenets Centre Sunday at a 3 p.m. against the Langley Rivermen. – Black Press
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A ‘WrestleLution’ for 2016 All Star Wrestling returns to the Cloverdale Fairgrounds Friday with New Years WrestleLutions. Champions Team USA (Azeem the Dream and Christopher Ryseck) take on Sikh and Destroy (Jinder Mahal and Gama Singh Jr.). In other matches, Hurricane Adam Rider takes on The King of the Yukon, Cougar Meat Kid Colin Cutler vs. Matt Xstatic, and Devastation takes on Loose Cannon Kenny Lush. Also watch for the ASW debut of Washington state star Damon James vs. Kellen Raeth, and Shotgun Stevens, who makes his ASW debut against The Great Kasaki. The event is Jan. 29 at the Alice McKay Building. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 (front row) and $15 plus GST. Call 604-710-0872 or visit allstarwrestlingcanada.ca. – Cloverdale Reporter
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ni, and 7-2 Sunday afternoon to the Powell River Kings. The losses also confirmed the inevitable. The 6-36-2 (win-losstie) Eagles are now mathematically eliminated from the BC Hockey playoff race, as they are 31 points out of a playoff position with just 14 games to play.
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Playing on the road, the Surrey Eagles were overwhelmed three times in as many games last weekend. The BC Hockey League team extended its latest losing streak to five games, falling 5-1 to the Nanaimo Clippers Friday night, 5-2 to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday in Port Alber-
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