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November 29, 2012 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405
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Salmon return to Sullivan
Students thrilled by 7-pound coho spawning in creek near their school Jeff Nagel Nobody at Sullivan Heights Secondary School can remember it happening before. Bright red coho salmon – adult seven-pounders – spawning right behind the school in rain-swollen Sullivan Creek. “It’s truly awesome,” principal Rex Hayes said. “The kids are really excited about this.” Hayes almost didn’t believe it himself when teacher Jeff Vaughan spotted the fish in the creek, which is a tributary of the Serpentine River. “We walk back there and lo and behold, there it is – a seven or eight pound salmon, bright red.” Call it the little creek that could. Sullivan Creek – a stream small enough to step over – once ran underneath where the school now sits. Carrie Baron, Surrey’s drainage and environment
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Jake Ballance and Griffin Knight, 17-year-old Grade 12s at Sullivan Heights Secondary, were among the students who flocked to Sullivan Creek last Friday to watch spawning salmon.
manager, said the creek was diverted when the school was built about a decade ago. Rock and woody debris were carefully placed to make it more welcoming riparian habitat for salmonids, as the creek supports both coho and chum salmon. Baron had assumed the fish were doing well, but said Sullivan Secondary’s report
is the first visual confirmation she’s heard of it. Classes practically ground to a halt as students headed out last Friday afternoon to watch several salmon wriggle up and downstream. “I’ve never actually seen [salmon spawning] before,” vice-principal Bal Ranu said. “It’s the coolest thing to see.”
– Black Press
Casino decision delayed
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Surrey city council needs more time to consider public input involving a proposed $100-million casino in South Surrey. A hearing concerning the gaming license has been pushed back to Jan. 14 at the earliest. City staff are reviewing comments from affected residents, members of the public, neighbouring municipalities and the Semiahmoo First Nation, along with a socio-impact study by the B.C. Lottery Corporation, and a
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Cloverdale’s Sharon Vrecko is a decorating dynamo when it comes to Christmas. Last week, she invited The Reporter inside her home to take a closer look. For more, turn to page B1 of our special edition, Christmas in Cloverdale.
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