Cloverdale Reporter, August 30, 2012

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A fresh face for an old beauty

By Jennifer Lang Every December, a gigantic metal tree festooned with strings of ChristOne of the most recognizable heritage buildings in downtown Clover- mas lights appears on top of the Dale building, which has a distinctive, false dale has undergone a bit of a facelift. And, like any good makeover, front roof line, just in time for the she simply looks well rested and re- Santa Parade of Lights, courtesy of the Cloverdale Masonic Lodge, putting it freshed. The exterior of the Dale Building at the centre of seasonal festivities. This month, a small crew from across from Hawthorne South Surrey company Square on 176 Street has Norwegian Wood rebeen repainted. Home to Destination “Everyone seems to painted the wooden exterior of the two-storey Cloverdale – headquarbe taking a lot of building along with makters of the Cloverdale ing minor repairs. BIA and the Cloverdale pride in it.” The wood exterior Chamber of Commerce has been repainted with – the Dale building rep- Ben Langford the same creamy-white resents the front door to colour, with Forest Green the historic town centre, replacing the former trim, functioning as a visiwhich looked brown but tor info centre and local was actually red. business hub. “It’s been a labour of love,” said The building dates from 1951 and was formerly home to a Scotia Ben Langford of Norwegian Wood, a company that specializes in painting, Bank. Today, it’s also home to one of the renovations, restoration and general few remaining antique stores, Clover- maintenance work. The company has dale Antiques, Cloverdale Computer done a number of other jobs for the Den, plus a law office, accountant building’s owner, the City of Surrey. firm and environmental technology See ‘POSH’ / Page 3 company.

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Zak Toppings, left, and Ben Langford (atop the two-storey ladder) of Norwegian Wood repaint the trim on the historic Dale Building at 5748 176 Street.

A true Cloverdale love story

By Kolby Solinksy After graduation, and after dating for via Skype and the occasional plane trip. two years, they parted ways – but only When she returned to Canada, Mike ogart and Bergman. Gable and physically – when Candice was forced to flew up and proposed, and the two never Leigh. Wimmer and Vitello. looked back. This is the story of a modern day move back to Cloverdale. “Everyone says it’s like a fairy tale fairy tale set in Cloverdale, and not one story, but I just think we grew up a lot you’d see on Supernatural or Smallville. It starts with Candice Wimmer, a “We just realized we needed to be together.” when I was gone,” she said. “When we were apart for the two years, we just 2005 Lord Tweedsmuir grad who met realized we needed to be together.” her current husband, Mike Vitello, while - Candice Wimmer Wimmer and Vitello currently live in her sophomore year at tiny Thomas in Orlando, where he works in sales University in Thomasville, Georgia. for a company called Altria. Vitello’s “I played softball and Mike played “She came home thinking she’ll never parents live in Flagler Beach, Fla. (near baseball,” she says proudly. Wimmer spent her freshman year at Tal- see this guy again,” said Kathy Wimmer, Daytona) and Wimmer’s parents have lahassee Community College and trans- her mother. “She was down in the dumps just moved to Chilliwack. “I think we’ll be here for a while,” says ferred to Thomasville for a sports scholar- for a while, and she decided to go away.” Candice went to Dubai, trotting around Candice, admitting she doesn’t mind the ship. There, she met Vitello, who is from Florida but was at school in Georgia. (Yes, as a flight attendant for two years while See ‘PLANNED’ / Page 3 Vitello was in Florida. They kept in touch it’s confusing.)

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