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Twins Amaira and Samaira, 5, took up the invitation to pick up coloured sticks of chalk and put their creative stamp on the paved entranceway of the Surrey Museum, where a long-awaited expansion will add a flexible gallery for touring exhibits and triple the size of the kids’ gallery.
from the drum-shaped, two storey building. By Jennifer Lang The new wing will include a flexible gallery The Surrey Museum’s promised expansion that will allow the museum to host national is finally getting underway, with design plans and international exhibits and would also be nearly ready to share with the public, a broad timeline for construction, and a bold new feel used for community celebrations. The expansion will also create public spaces and vision for the future. for special events, along with more room The expansion is the museum’s first major for community-curated cultural upgrade since it opened in 2005 exhibits and a Kids Gallery that in Cloverdale, and aims to create will triple in size. a dynamic, interactive, family State-of-the-art technologies -friendly space that reflects Surfor exploration, maker spaces rey’s rich past, culturally diverse and DYI labs are also on the list, present and its future as a city of providing more ways for Surrey innovation and creativity. residents to tell their stories, with “We will definitely be breaking the museum balancing its own ground in January. It may be content with the many cultures sooner,” Museum Manager Lynn comprising the city. Saffery said Friday, as many new “When phase two is done, peodetails were revealed for the first ple will come here and see themtime since the project was added selves reflected in the museum. to the city’s five year capital plan. You’re not going to see only old It’s hoped the project will be comLynn Saffery cars and blacksmithing equipplete by mid-2018. ment,” he said. “We are going to Saffery said the Surrey Musesee really large community exhibits.” um will re-open as a community hub where The project architect is HCMA Architecpeople can tour the galleries, take part in ture and Design, which also designed the programming, or hang out with friends and new Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre that relax, inside or out. opened earlier this year. “This is first and foremost a community The final design for phase two could be space,” he said. chosen by the end of summer, in advance of a The $10 million project will add 12,000 square feet of additional space by building out See GROWING / Page 3
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First trainer chosen for rent a race horse program Respected Fraser Downs veteran Rick White will help put racing fans in the driver’s seat By Jennifer Lang Veteran horseman Rick White has been chosen as the first trainer for the Fraser Downs Horse Race Club. The club is a new venture launching for the 2016-2017 season, allowing fans to harness their horse passion by owning a share of a race horse. A membership of $250 a year will offer the fun and perks of owning a racehorse without the costs, which will be taken care of by Harness Racing B.C. Those perks include seeing their friendly StandardRick White bred horse in the barn, hanging out on race nights, and, of course, posing in the winners’ circle if their horse wins. White, a Cloverdale resident, is one of the most respected horsemen at the rebranded Elements Casino, where harness racing is celebrating 40 years.
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“He’s such a good horseman, respected by his peers, humble and a class act,” said Carla Robin, executive director of Harness Racing B.C. “We’re proud to have him represent the race club.” White has an enthusiastic vision for the future of harness racing in B.C. “I see the racing club as having great potential to get more people involved in the industry, and increase ownership in the future,” White said in a press release.
“I’m happy that we can foster the social aspect of being involved with horses in the Cloverdale community.” As a driver, White has 13,966 lifetime starts and 2,166 wins, earning $7,991,984 in purse money. His training stats are impressive, too, with 4,066 starts, 1,092 wins, 644 seconds, and 583 third place finishes, adding up to $4,754,123 in lifetime purse money. He’s a two-time driver of the year at 1970s Elmira Raceway in Ontario, where he won six races on one card. More recently, White earned Driver of the Year in 2006 and 2011, and has twice been named Harness Racing B.C.’s horseperson of the year. His horses include Hy Lucky Guy, Mooster Ed, Samantha Square, Gotta Have Nukes, T-Squared and Charabby. Qualifying races get underway in August, in preparation for the return of live racing this fall. Contact HRBC for more details at harnessracingbc.com or call 604-574-5558 ext. 3.
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town hall meeting for public input in September, setting the stage to break ground by year’s end. While nothing is yet set in stone, Saffery said the expansion would likely be T-shaped, with a flexible exhibit space fronting 56A Avenue that would be connected via a causeway to the existing museum. Building materials would feature glass and wood, creating spaces with an indoor/ outdoor feel, are walkable and “very friendly feeling,” he said. “People will feel like they will enjoy spending time here.”
Functional upgrades include creating larger collections storage, a fabrication workshop and humidity and climate controls to better preserve artifacts. The atrium and planned moving walls will encourage museum-goers and the wider community to use the space for their leisure. The launch of phase two represents a long-awaited chapter for the museum, which is currently 24,000 square feet; its size was scaled back when it was built due to cost constraints – on the understanding a second phase would follow within a decade.
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“When this was built, we didn’t have the funds to do what we wanted to do,” he said. It’s welcome news for the Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society, which raised $1.6 million in a public campaign to build the museum, and its members have kept up gentle pressure behind the scenes ever since in support of phase two. The society now sponsors free admission to the museum, something it’s hoped will continue post-expansion. Saffery said along with art galleries and libraries,
civic museums are cultural investments that reap benefits for the entire city in terms of attracting finance and development, along with creating happier, safer communities because they help people understand themselves and others in a city that’s now the second largest in B.C. “We really need to see these cultural institutions to bloom,” Saffery said. “It’s really the foundation of developing the infrastructure needed to serve this really rapidly-growing population. We need to grow into our standing as a major city.”
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Surrey Mounties survey the wreckage after a motorcycle slammed into a minivan July 13 on Hwy 10 at 182 St.
A bike crash A motorcyclist survived a serious, head-on collision with a minivan on Highway 10 in Cloverdale last week that split the bike in two. On July 13, at about 10:30 a.m., the eastbound motorcycle collided with an oncoming Chevy Venture minivan near 181 Street. The rider was thrown 30 feet and the bike was severed in half. The driver of the motorcycle was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital in serious condition. He was conscious and talking, according to Surrey RCMP. All four lanes between 180 Street and 184 Street were closed to traffic for several hours. The investigation is ongoing. – Cloverdale Reporter
Gone Country marks 4th year This weekend, Cloverdale welcomes one of the biggest musical events of the year: Gone Country – Here for the Cure. The 4th annual event is a fundraiser organized by brothers Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski of Twins Cancer Fundraising. The July 23 concert runs from 2 to 11 p.m. at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre. This year’s lineup features High Valley, Aaron Pritchett, Karen Lee Batten, Bucko and Toad, Chris Buck Band, Robyn and Ryleigh, and Jaxon Hawks of JR-FM. Ages 19 and up. This year’s target is $250,000, with proceeds going to fight cancer, a disease that has “affected too many people in our lives,” say the Ruscheinskis, who chose the cause in memory of their mother, who lost her battle with breast cancer 12 years ago, their step-sister, grandfather, and their friend, Shaun G., whose family and friends established the Shaun G. Foundation to support various charities fighting cancer (www.vancouverfoundation.ca/shaung). This year, TCF is acknowledging the fundraising efforts of the Surrey Beavers Rugby Club, which has raised $80,000 for the cause since 2012 through its Ruck for a Cure tournament. Each team member has been offered a free ticket to the show. For more information on tickets and more, visit twinscancerfundraising.com.
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CALENDAR All non-profit organizations can email their special events to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com EVENTS AUDITION CALL Surrey Little Theatre is holding auditions for The Dixie Swim Club Sunday, July 17 and July 24 at 7 p.m., 7027 184 Street. Five women ages 40-50s able to do a Southern accent are required. For more information, email director Mike Busswood at mikbus@telus.net. UKRAINIAN SOUL FOOD Perogies, cabbage rolls and borsch will be available Friday, July 29 at a fundraiser at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 13512 108 Ave., from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Eat in, take away or ready for your freezer. For more information, call 604531-1923 or 604-581-0313. ANNOUNCEMENTS TEENS - UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION This summer, be creative, have some fun and win cash prizes. Enter a short story, poem, or comic in Surrey Libraries’ Young Adult Writing Contest. Cash prizes will be awarded per category and age group. The contest is open to ages 12 to 18 years. Entries must be in by 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. It’s free to enter. Entry rules and forms are available at www. surreylibraries.ca/teens.
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Brothers John (grey shirt) and Dave Farmer chat with Cloverdale’s Jim de Vries about his 1940 Ford pick-up truck at the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum’s third-annual Show N Shine on July 9 at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. De Vries bought the truck from the original owner in 1960. It has 62,000 original miles and has never been driven in winter – it has no heater.
ATTENTION SENIORS Are you a senior who could use some help with grocery shopping? The Cloverdale Better at Home program is now offering accompanied grocery shopping services for seniors and other non-medical services. Call us for more information and to sign up for this program. We also provide friendly visits, light housekeeping, telephone assurance calls and light gardening. Call 604-536-9348 or email info-referral@comeshare.ca CLUBS/GROUPS AL-ANON SUPPORT GROUP Does someone you care about drink too much? You can see what it is doing to them, can you see what it is doing to you? Al-Anon can offer hope and help. We can understand as perhaps few others can. The group meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Cloverdale United Church, 17575 58A Ave., Cloverdale. Ages 19 and up. By donation. Call 604-6881716 or visit bcyukon-al-anon.org. 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. SOUTH SURREY GARDEN CLUB Interested in gardening? Why not join the South Surrey Garden Club? Visitors welcome: a $3 drop in fee may be credited towards an annual membership of $20. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday except August and December at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 12953 20 Ave. We have a very active and full program with great speakers, field trips and workshops. For more, call Kathy at 604-535-8264. CLOVERDALE SENIOR’S STAMP CLUB The Cloverdale Senior’s Stamp Club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 1 p.m., at the Cloverdale Recreation Centre, 6188 176 Street. Beginner and advanced collectors welcome. For more information, contact John at 604-574-3182.
Forced to pay To the editor; Re: “Sidelined on principle,” letters, June 29 I agree that this is a very unfair program as it forces students to pay a fee of approximately $49 per month regardless of whether they use transit or not. Currently my daughter is registered at KPU and I am paying for her tuition with this extra cost. Currently we live about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on traffic, by car from the school and taking transit would take 1.5
hours and three buses each way for a total travel time of three hours rather than 30 to 40 minutes, which is absolutely ridiculous. My daughter drives to school as it is much faster and has no use for the pass but we still must pay as the exceptions are very limited and do not factor transit times, availability of busses, etc. I am confident that there would still be a substantial amount of students across all schools in B.C. that would allow for a discounted student transit rate without
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punishing students that truly cannot utilize this program. In fact you could say that this qualifies as double dipping since not only are we being forced to pay for this program but since the best method of transportation is by car we are also having to pay for parking. This forced program really needs to be revisited especially since tuition fees and textbook costs are already out of reach for some students and their families. This is no way to promote education. Dennie Roldvass Surrey
Learning ‘came alive’ at pioneer school house We would like to voice our support for the Surrey Historical Society’s efforts to relocate and preserve the original Anniedale School. As former Surrey educators, we remember the pioneer school programs which were available at Anniedale. Learning “came alive” for
thousands of students as they spent a day in a one-room schoolhouse and experienced first-hand what it would have been like to attend school in Surrey’s early days. It is our hope that this surviving one-room school will once again be used to offer members of the community,
and visitors alike, a “snapshot” of a very important part of daily life in Surrey’s past. Alice Tiles, Margery Allen, Karen Bentzen, Karen Susheski Surrey Retired Teachers’ Association Heritage Commitee
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Universities, please lower parking fees An Open Letter To All North American Universities I have been unable to sleep tonight because you’re on my mind. No, not because of the numerous assignments, onerous tests nor
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lengthy papers I must complete but rather the fact that I’ve been issued a ticket for parking my car for less than 10 minutes in the school lot as I bolted inside to hand in paperwork to the administration office.
Upon receiving the ticket I felt anger – anger that I would be unfairly given a ticket because I refused to pay the $3.25/hour fee for the nine minutes I needed. Then, I felt impressed by how quickly the parking attendants must have been checking the lots. Finally, my emotions ended on a feeling of cheat and mistrust. I always thought the university was an establishment created to support my educational career, but this ticket helped me realize it wasn’t me that the university really cared about but rather my money. Now, you may ask why I have made such a small issue into an overdramatized judgement. I am upset that I can only enrol myself in part-time classes in
order to maintain a job. Like many, as a student with no financial support from her parents, I must work to make ends meet. I work to pay for my food, my
I am upset that I can only enrol in part-time classes to maintain a job. insurance, my rent, my living expenses and my tuition which costs me 3.2 per cent more this year than previous years. Why I’m upset is because a trip to my University costs me $6.30 in bridge tolls ($3.15 each way), $10-$15 in gas (my university happens to be on top of a mountain, yipee!) and finally, I pay $3.25 per hour to park my car,
parking lot. This is not right. There are thousands of students just like me who could easily quit school and work full time, but as students, we put in the effort to work hard and finish our education so we can take on valuable roles in society and support our country’s growth, so please, Universities of North America, reconsider your parking fees in support of the students who need it most.
or if I were a full time student, I’d invest in a parking permit which would cost anywhere from $69.88 – $122.51 per month. Don’t even get me started on the bus system. Each visit to my University costs me anywhere from $26.05–$34.30. Is this a fair price to pay to attend my lectures? Let me put this into perspective, that’s roughly $1,502 per semester to attend classes only three days a week. I attend school parttime so I can work parttime to pay for these transportation fees. I am upset because the very same institution that is supposed to be supporting my education, is very much willing to slap a big ticket on my car for parking nine minutes in an empty school
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Travel closer to home Reconsider your options. Travelling long distances can add up quickly with high fuel costs, airfare and hotel stays. Staycations can be a relaxing way to spend your vacation allowing you to take advantage of what your local city has to offer. Plus, many communities host free events during the summer months. Help your children start a small business It’s never too early to teach your children the value of a dollar. Help them start a summer business like walking dogs, mowing lawns or washing cars. Not only will your kids earn some pocket money for their vacation, but they’ll also learn an important life lesson about saving.
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No dice for Surrey casino: city council By Kevin Diakiw Surrey is choosing not to the roll the dice on winning a casino. In June, the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) invited expressions of interest from Surrey, Delta, Tsawwassen First Nation and the North Shore for a community gaming centre. BCLC estimates a new facility south of the Fraser would generate up to $50 million in annual revenue and would contribute up to $3 million each year
to the host city. Delta has already indicated it is interested and has suggested a site near the Massey Tunnel – the Delta Town & Country Inn – as a good location. On Monday night, Surrey council voted unanimously not to take part in the plan for a casino, pointing to the city’s 15-year-old gaming policy as why. The Surrey Gaming Policy states that any casino must be “a component in a ‘cluster of tourism facilities’ such
as a hotel with convention and meeting facilities, a Trade and Convention Centre, an entertainment centre” which are regional in scope. Gambling in the Surrey and Delta areas only exists so far at Elements Casino in Cloverdale (formerly Fraser Downs) and Newton Bingo Country. The latter facility does not meet the conditions under the gaming policy. A condition under the BCLC invitation is
that if there are policies restricting gaming in the city, they would have to be amended for the host municipality to be successful in its bid. Surrey’s mayor and council decided to tell the province they aren’t interested, namely because of the smaller scope of the proposed gaming centre. “In my opinion, gaming centres see money going out of the community, whereas a destination-type facility, with restaurants and other amenities
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Semiahmoo First Nation officials could not be reached for comment. Local governments were not required to make a firm commitment by July 15, but only indicate in writing whether they were willing to enter the process and disclose some details on their policies and zoning, including any local regulations permitting or restricting gambling. Gaming in Surrey has a long and storied past, one that has often been a political lightning rod for controversy.
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A history of casinos in Surrey: • 1988: Great Canadian Casino opens in Newton • 1997: Great Canadian Casino introduces slots. • 1998: Slot machines are shut down in Newton after political pressure and court challenges. • 2001: Newton casino shuts down. • 2004: Slot machines added to casino at Fraser Downs in Cloverdale. • 2009: Casino zoning al-
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Surrey’s Tanya Zarin runs 89 kilometres in under 11 hours in South Africa By Boaz Joseph Following an exhausting Thursday at the office, early on the morning of Friday, June 3, Tanya Zarin’s head was fuzzy waking up from a wild dream. In it, she had flown across the Atlantic, all alone, and ran almost 90 kilometres in the South African heat. Odd thoughts swirled around in her head. Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The quest for salt. People collapsing around her. Shoes soaked in power gel. The Indian Ocean. As she became fully conscious, reality kicked in. It wasn’t a dream. These events indeed took place the previous Sunday, May 29. The 47-year-old single mother of two from Surrey took part in the Comrades Marathon, the oldest and largest ultra marathon in the world, placing 7,632th overall (out of 16,807 at the start line) and 1,180th out of 3,559 female entrants. Zarin ran 89.7 kilometres in 10 hours, 44 minutes. When she signed up, the veteran marathoner had hoped for a nine-hour run, but the she injured a leg six
weeks before the race. Some days, she could barely run across the street. Zarin watched the previous Comrades races on YouTube and was worried. “At 12 hours (the race cutoff time), this guy with his back to the finish line shoots a gun,” Zarin explains. “They’ve got all these people there to barricade. You’re not allowed to cross, you’re not allowed to touch, you do not finish, you do not get a time, you do not get a medal. So you’ve now run 12 hours...” Up at 3 a.m., Zarin had barely made it to the start line at 5:30 a.m. – her bus was late. She ran two kilometres just to make it in time for the start of the race. She stood there, unsure of what was about to happen. No team, no supporters, a questionable left leg and two sleepless nights behind her. Normally confident and fiercely competitive, she
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At that event, she found herself tearing up at the finish line. In May 2007, one year after she started running, Zarin ran her first marathon in Vancouver (four hours, one minute). Before long, she was already registered for the following race before the next immediate race began. In 10 years, Zarin has run 39 marathons and “lots” of half-marathons. She ran the Boston Marathon seven times in a row, (2009 to 2015). “I qualified (for Boston) this year, but wanted to do something different,” she says. Enter Google. By coincidence, the Comrades Marathon – mis-named, as it’s more than twice the length of a regular marathon – is located in the second-furthest city in the world from Surrey. Needless to say, Zarin trained like never before, increasing from 60 kilometres per week to 120 or 130. “Don’t look at my toes,” she chortles.” Some of them are black and some of them have black nail polish.” Every kilometre was logged. During one training run, while waiting at a crosswalk, a bus stopped and blocked her way. To her surprise, the driver opened the door. He yelled out: “How far do you run? I see you all over Surrey!”
Alone in Africa Zarin was already melting in long sleeves
at the nine-degree Celsius start. Before long, she handed her throwaway gloves and shirt to an old lady and girl on the side of the road. Running day peaked at 29 degrees C. “From 50 to 60K, the clock stopped. It killed me (running) through that section. But I expected that. I knew there was going to be a section like that and that was the one for me.” Using a service for club-less international runners, she had three drop-bags of supplies to pick up at stations at 21, 42 and 63 kilometres. By the second station, she was sick of gels and began to get hungry. And she craved something she normally despises: Salt. She found someone holding a box of boiled nugget potatoes swimming in salt – and sucked on the salt before eating the potatoes. “I was laughing at myself. I though if anybody who knows me saw me right now, they’d be killing themselves laughing.” The heat was taking its toll on everyone. One man fell flat on his face on the concrete beside her. She remembers the sound. “I decided I’m not going to let that happen to me this far away from home by myself. I need to be smart here.” Later, she learned that 2,374 runners had dropped out during the race. Her drop-bag at the third station at 63 kilometres had one extra item to pull her through: A note-to-self saying “no regrets.” Sleepy and hungry,
she soldiered on. During one long climb, she recalls, a valley on her right looked like the Coquihalla Highway. While she ran the uphills, downslopes were harder on her hamstrings. Zarin is now frustrated that she doesn’t remember much from the near-end of her race. Her thoughts were just “I’m hungry and I’m tired and I just want to get to the end.” At their destination – extra torture – runners were forced to run around the inside of
a stadium before they crossed the finish line. “There are all these people screaming and you just, like, wow. It’s so overwhelming, so humbling. All the things that go through your head.” The next day, walking like a penguin, Zarin dipped her feet in the Indian Ocean. Three days later, she was back at work. “When I look at some of the finish pictures – coming to the finish line – at Comrades, I still cry. I get goose bumps.”
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Off to the Games: Five locals head to Rio By Rick Kupchuk All signs pointed toward Sukhi Panesar going to the Summer Olympic Games next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a member of the Canadian men’s field hockey team. The 22-year-old Surrey resident has been a member of the squad
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Surrey, it’s a little bit more special.� Panesar is continuing a tradition of strong field hockey programs in Surrey. As a member of the first Canadian team to qualify for the Olympics since the 2008 team, he recalls looking up to four field hockey players from this city who represented Canada in Beijing, China eight years ago. Gabbar Singh, Ranjeev Deol, Bindi Kullar and Ravi Kahlon played for Canada that year, playing club hockey for local teams at Tamanawis. “They are guys I looked up to,� said Panesar. “Gabaar played for my club, and the other guys I saw quite often. They’ve always been very receptive to kids.� Panesar has plenty to draw upon for his first Olympic experience, including the advice he has received from those who have been there before. “They said it’s an amazing experience, of course, but you don’t forget why you’re there,� said Panesar. “There’s a lot of distractions, you’re going to meet a lot of people from different countries and different sports. “But don’t forget the goal is to compete, to play your best and be as successful as you can be.� Panesar has been to multi-sport events before including the Pan Am Games last summer. He also competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014, where Canada placed sixth. “It is something we
will draw on, experiencing it first hand,� he said. “We know what to expect.� Off to the Games Panesar is one of five athletes from Surrey selected for the Olympic Games. Long jumper Christabel Nettey, 16-year-old gymnast Shallon Olsen, long distance runner Luc Bruchet and open water swimmer Richard Weinberger are also going to Rio. Weinberger, 26, will be contesting the 10km open water swim and will be competing for a second Olympic Games medal. The Semiahmoo Secondary graduate won the bronze medal in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Nettey is a 25-yearold graduate of Johnston Heights Secondary and long jumper who finished fourth at the World Championships in Beijing, China last summer at 6.95m, and went on to win the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto with a best jump of 6.90. She also won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014. Bruchet, a 26-yearold Elgin Park Secondary grad, placed second in the men’s 5,000m race at the nationals in Edmonton to qualify for the Games. Olsen, 16, is on of eight national gymnastics team members and is at her best on the vault. – Black Press
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