2013
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August 15, 2013 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405
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Festivities included the 2013 Surrey Show ‘n Shine, service clubs serving up pancake breakfasts, blueberry pie and muffin sales, art zone, vintage vehicles and more, plus live entertainment, including Elvis Elite (centre), AKA Steve Elliot. BOAZ JOSEPH PHOTOS
Quite a mouthful: Above, Brielle Wood, 8, digs into her blueberry pie during the first of two pie-eating contests at the 10th annual Cloverdale Blueberry Festival. The Aug. 10 celebration attracted thousands to the historic town centre for fruit, entertainment and family fun.
Show-and-shine honours slain Surrey man By Sheila Reynolds Since the time he had his first Hot Wheels toy as a child, Bradley McPherson had a passion for cars. As he grew, he’d often tinker with engines with his dad, and when he got older, would regularly go to car shows to ogle other people’s rides. Trucks, low-riders, motorcycles, hot rods – he loved them all. Of course, he owned a series of his own vehicles as well. The last was a customized 1980 GMC Chevy shortbox truck. “He’s always had cars, trucks… he was always working on them just as a hobby,” said his mom, Susan Simning.
“If you showed up, he would detail the nines out of your car without you even asking.” Her son’s weakness for wheels made the theme for an upcoming memorial fundraiser in McPherson’s name an easy choice. “Like rubber to asphalt, you left your mark…” reads the flyer promoting the Aug. 24 show-and-shine event in Cloverdale.
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