Tuesday April 23, 2013 (Vol. 38 No. 33)
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‘Mr. Surrey’ celebrated: Former South Surrey/White Rock MLA Bill Reid – also known as Mr. Surrey – was honoured at age 78 by the city last week, receiving the title of Good Citizen of the Year. › see page 12
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Hockey team set for Western Canada Cup in Nanaimo
Eagles net B.C. title in double-overtime Nick Greenizan Staff Reporter
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Kevan Killistoff and Jordan Klimek hoist cup.
The Eagles have landed atop the BC Hockey League. The South Surrey-based junior hockey squad captured the league title Sunday night in dramatic fashion over the Penticton Vees, winning in double-overtime when Adam Tambellini – son of former Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini and younger brother of former Canuck, Jeff – ended Game 6 with a one-timed shot from the slot 2:34 into the second OT frame. The goal gave Surrey a 3-2 victory and a 4-2 win in the best-of-seven series. The Fred Page Cup is
the fourth in Eagles’ team history, having also been won here in 1997, 1998 and 2005. “To be the champ – everybody wants to do it, it’s crazy,” said Eagles forward Brady Shaw after the game. “It still hasn’t sunk in that we’re the best in B.C. right now. Hopefully after this we can prove that we’re the best outside of B.C., too.” The Eagles now advance to the Western Canada Cup, which begins this weekend in Naniamo. Sunday’s OT victory was the first game of the series won by the road team. Surrey, who also claimed a regular-season title as the BCHL’s top team, opened the series last week with back-to-back wins at South Surrey Arena. Not to be outdone, the
defending BCHL and Royal Bank Cup champion Vees – who set a North American junior ‘A’ hockey record last year with 42 straight victories – returned fire in Games 3 and 4, to even the series at 2-2. The championship series – considered by many around the BCHL to be the best in recent memory – then returned to South Surrey Thursday for Game 5. Like the series-ending Game 6, the fifth game was also a back-and-forth affair that ended in overtime, when rookie forward Kevan Killistoff won the game for the Eagles. The top teams from the western tournament in Nanaimo move on to nationals in P.E.I. For more, see page 33.
School locked down
Home attack reveals 8,000 drug cookies Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
A home invasion that apparently targeted a cache of marijuanalaced cookies triggered a brief lockdown at Earl Marriott Secondary Thursday. Const. Janelle Shoihet said police seized approximately 8,000 homemade cookies “believed to contain marijuana” during a search of the home, located across the street from the high school, in the 15800block of North Bluff Road. Officers were alerted to an assault at the home just before noon April 18. According to Shoihet, it occurred when a 22-year-old man interrupted a break-in to his residence. The victim was hit in the head with a crowbar, but was able to fend off two invaders. Two males, described as approximately five-foot-seven and six feet tall, wearing black hoodies, fled the scene, running north across North Bluff Road into South Surrey, Shoihet said. Investigators executing a search warrant on the home later that evening discovered the cookies and an undetermined amount of marijuana. › see page 4 Seed
Colourful crowds
Boaz Joseph photo
Upwards of 200,000 people crowd the streets of Newton Saturday for Surrey’s annual Vaisakhi parade. The event – which was without incident, according to police – celebrates the foundation of the Khalsa and includes a variety of floats, performers and a bounty of free food, a tribute to the harvest and a reflection of Sikh values: selfless service, unity and community sharing.
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