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Swimmer lauded
‘Queen of distance swimming’ inducted into hall of fame By Jennifer Lang arena she rose to the top. It’s a quality that shone through Retired World Champion and early on, when she found herself Olympian Brittany Reimer has another honour to add to her list of on the bottom rung of the Surrey Knights at age 10, having achievements. left the Cloverdale TriShe’s one of three peotons Swim Club. ple who were inducted “It was like starting into the B.C. Swimming from scratch again,” ReHall of Fame last month. imer recalled Tuesday. Reimer, 25, received “I was starting with new the honour Sept. 21 at kids, a new team.” a joint awards banquet Asked where she found hosted by the British Cothat determination that lumbia Swim Coaches made her a champion, Association and Swim she says it’s partly from BC in Whistler, where her parents. she was introduced Her dad is “super hardBrittany Reimer by her former Surrey working,” she says, and Knights Swim Club her mom is a cancer surcoach, Cory Beatt. vivor who was first diagnosed when Beatt spoke of her undying determination, exemplified by her “rather Reimer was just age 7 or so. “I don’t know if it’s related. Who modest initial performances” at the provincial, Western Canadian and knows?” she says. “It’s part of that See DETERMINED / Page 6 national level, describing how in each
Pumpkin pile
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Costumed kids take to the streets
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This tot dressed up as a skunk at last year’s parade.
By Jennifer Lang A well-travelled giant pumpkin, Surrey’s exhilarating Celebration Dance Team, and local exhibitors are among the star attractions at this year’s Halloween Costume Parade in Cloverdale. The popular daytime trick-or-treat parade attracts hundreds of local families each year, and promises to take over the historic town centre this Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26). It’s a safe, family-friendly event involving local businesses, too. It’s now in its 13th year. Festivities begin at noon at Surrey Museum Plaza and the parade starts at 2 p.m., when children in costumes are taken on a supervised walk through downtown Cloverdale. Trick or treaters visit local stores in three zones: downtown, Brickyard Station and
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Clover Square Village mall.(Prizes for costumes are awarded by random draw.) Six hundred children showed up in the rain last year, with just under 1,200 turning out the year before. “It’s like our version of a giant open house on Halloween weekend,” says Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale BIA, which co-organizes the event. “The merchants are the ones that bring it alive. They get dressed up – they get quite into it. Some have smoke machines. It’s their way of saying, here we are and giving back to the community.” Cloverdale and area is home to a huge, and growing, population of families with young children who like having an alternative to going door-to-door in the dark. “This is a safe way of getting candy,” Orazietti says. “And, people like to dress up.”
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The often elaborate and frequently creative costumes donned by young and old are truly something to behold. One year, a dad and his sons dressed up as pirates – complete with a rolling pirate ship with all the trimmings, right down to the grinning Jolly Roger flag atop the mast. Dressing up as comic book heroes like Spider-Man and Disney princesses are popular options, as is paying homage to pop culture icons from TV and film. “We’ve had the Philadelphia Cream Cheese angel and Shreks,” says Orazietti, who says although this year’s big TV moment was the Breaking Bad finale, he doubts many costumes will reference the AMC show. “More than likely it will be zombies, because Walking Dead is doing big numbers.” Costumes are only part of the action.
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