Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Surrey/North Delta Leader 5
for tomorrow How to enjoy tulips in winter
Bob Hui
We all know those days in mid- house is the perfect way to spice up January when the weather nips at your mood and create a brighter your skin and the dreary clouds atmosphere. If having the tulips hang a grey sheet over the sky. Surrey as a potted plant wasn’t enough, don’t hesitate to Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Tulips for experiment with Tomorrow campaign these flowers in can provide a cure for a variety of ways, those wintertime blues. most commonly By making some as a cut flower. preparations now Like all tulips, the with the help of Princess Irene has the Foundation’s a special feature Princess Irene tulip that allows it to bulbs, you will be continue to grow in able to enjoy some bright colour water after being cut from the stem. and wonderful fragrance in your Simply snip off the Princess Irenes home, several weeks before the to your desired height and place flowers bloom in our gardens. them in a vase to enjoy the serenity Starting with a plastic or clay these flowers bring to your home. pot with at least a 6” diameter, plant the bulbs in fresh potting soil. Place the Princess Irene tulip bulbs in the soil, with the pointy end of the bulb sitting just beneath the rim of the container, covering them so only the tip is showing. When planting, be sure to leave enough space between the bulbs, as this will allow the roots to have an abundance of room to grow as well as provide a dramatic array of color when they bloom. When the Princess Irene bulbs are planted and ready to go, do not hesitate to put them out into the freezing temperatures. For eight weeks, the bulbs will go through Princess Irene tulips a chilling period, building up to the final stages of blossoming. Bob Hui is with 99 Nursery & Florist Keeping the tulips close to your house, be sure to regularly moisten (9376 King George Blvd, Surrey), without saturating them. After whose highly trained staff will handle two months, the bulbs will be your order with care. 99 Nursery & ready to be brought inside and Florist can send flower deliveries to cared for in a bright location, Surrey and surrounding areas as well preferably by a window. In just two as to cities across the country through to three weeks, after adjusting to the our nationwide network of florists. 99 warmth of the new surroundings, the vibrant tulips will bloom. Nursery & Florist is a proud supporter of the Tulips for Tomorrow campaign. Adding a dash of colour toFinal your RVSD1
EVAN SEAL / THE LEADER
Smokers regularly gather outside the doors to the B.C. Cancer Agency’s Fraser Valley Centre in Surrey, even though smoking is not allowed anywhere on the premises.
Patient: Wants clean access
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On Friday, a security guard was seen leaving the cancer centre building and walking past several smokers to remove a homeless man from the entrance. Konn has called Surrey’s bylaw department and was flatly told they couldn’t help her. “They did tell us they don’t have enough resources to have bylaw officers ticket the smokers at our site.” Mayor Dianne Watts was bothered by the lack of the smokers’ sensitivity and unimpressed with the reaction the centre received from the Surrey bylaw department. “I’m very disappointed with the enforcement not taking place, especially in and around a cancer facility,” Watts said Thursday. “We need to be taking this up with our bylaw officers, and if there’s an issue around staffing, we need to be dealing with that.” The City of Surrey has 24 full-time bylaw officers. Watts added the smokers should have more common sense. “You can’t legislate intelligence and you can’t ticket your way out of a situation,” Watts said. “People should have enough compassion within themselves to get it.” Thiele said he has nothing against smokers, he just wants to be able to access his cancer treatment without running the gauntlet of cigarette smoke.
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P U B L I C N OT I C E
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND OF PROPOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to sections 24 and 26 of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26 as amended, the City of Surrey (the “City”) hereby gives notice of its intention to provide assistance and of a proposed property disposition under a partnering agreement between the City and the Surrey City Development Corporation (the “Development Corporation”) dated April 30, 2007 as amended (the “Agreement”). AND THAT the Agreement as approved by Council is part of a strategy to maximize the financial returns through development and provide an annual revenue stream to the City from the City’s wholly owned Development Corporation. The form of assistance is the acquisition of lands (described more particularly below) and valued at $21,200,000.00, (the “Lands”) by the City, on behalf of the Development Corporation, in exchange for a promissory note payable on demand. The Lands are more particularly described as follows: Parcel Identifier: 006-727-107 Lot 431 Section 32 Township 2 New Westminster District Plan 43318 (12830 – 96 Avenue) AND THAT the Agreement and any relevant background documentation may be inspected at the City Hall, Office of the City Clerk, 14245 – 56th Avenue, Surrey, BC, Monday through Friday (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Jane Sullivan City Clerk
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or at these retailers: • 99 Nursery & Florist • Cloverdale Country Farms • Art’s Nursery • David Hunter Garden Centers
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