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OCTOBER 3 2012 www.newwestnewsleader.com
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Man stabbed to death
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Tracey Loslo and her gardening bike are a familiar sight around New Westminster’s Queen’s Park neighbourhood.
Gardener goes from pedal to petal Mario Bartel
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A good day for bike riding is also a good day for gardening. Luckily for Tracey Loslo she doesn’t have to choose. That’s because Loslo operates her I-Dig gardening and landscaping business from her bike. Loslo and her white Dahon folding bicycle attached to the little burlap-lined trailer that carries the implements of her trade are a familiar sight around
New Westminster’s Queen’s Park neighborhood. From early spring to late fall, from 7:30 in the morning to as late as 8:00 at night she pedals from client to client, tending flower beds, rehabilitating lawns, pruning trees and shrubs, and even designing whole gardens. Most of her gardens are in the six-square-block area, although she does have a few customers further afield; it’s not easy pedaling the city’s hills hauling a 150-lb cart filled with a spade, rakes, pitchfork,
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pruning shears, gloves, a bucket, and organic soil enhancers and fertilizers of her own concoction. She also packs a tablet computer in her panniers to work on her landscaping designs and access her database of gardening information. In fact, says Loslo, refining her cart and knowing just which tools she needs has been an ongoing process since she started the business in 2010. “Everything has to earn its place in the cart.”
Loslo was a marketing executive for an international high-tech company when she decided to step away from the rat race and turn her lifelong love for gardening into her vocation. The bike and cart were borne of necessity; she says she didn’t want to sully her beloved 2005 “screaming yellow” Mustang convertible with dirty gardening tools. It also happens to be great for marketing. Please see ‘IT’S SO FREEING’, A3
A suspect was being sought following a stabbing Saturday night in New Westminster that resulted in a man’s death. Police were called to the 500-block of Third Avenue just after 10 p.m. Saturday and the victim was taken to hospital where he died at 5:44 a.m. Sunday. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said witnesses saw a man running from the scene. He is described as an Asian male in his mid-20s, about five-foot-five with short black hair, muscular build and wearing a black muscle shirt and grey shorts. “Investigators are attempting to conduct a neighbourhood canvass to obtain any information that may assist in locating the suspect and help determine a motive for this stabbing,” said Sgt. Jennifer Pound in a press release. Anyone with information is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-5514448 or by email at ihittipline@rcmpgrc.gc.ca.