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Surrey business groups back casino project Plan includes ‘much-needed’ conference space by Kevin Diakiw CITING CONCERNS that $85 million
in Surrey gaming revenue is leaving the province every year, three business organizations are lining up in support of a South Surrey casino proposal. “Of (that $85 million), $10 to $20 million is spent in the United States (annually),” said Cliff Annable, executive director the South Surrey-White Rock Chamber of Commerce. “This proposal will allow Surrey residents to spend Anita more entertainHuberman ment dollars in Surrey. Keeping those dollars close to home means more jobs and more benefit for the City of Surrey.” Annable, along with the Surrey Board of Trade (SBOT) and the Cloverdale District Chamber of Com-
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Cathy Brady waves at everybody while on guard at the corner of 184 Street and 63 Avenue.
Cloverdale crossing guard tops in Canada
Cathy Brady keeps kids safe on streets outside Don Christian Elementary by Sheila Reynolds WHEN CATHY Brady retired three years ago, she swore she’d never work in an office again. While out delivering papers one day, she began chatting with a crossing guard at a nearby school and that’s when it hit her. “I thought, ‘that’s something I could do that could get me outside’.” For the past few years, each morning and afternoon, the 62-year-old has taken her post at the corner of 184 Street and
63 Avenue, guiding children and parents safely to and from Surrey’s Don Christian Elementary. The first couple of days, she admits, she found the job a bit boring. Until she started waving. A lot. “I wave at everybody that drives down 184 Street,” said Brady, adding it also helps slow traffic around the school. “It’s fun to see if you can get people to smile.” People generally wave back, although there is the occasional grump who ignores her. See GUARDS / Page 14
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