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Your Weekly Clover Valley Newspaper November 14, 2013 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405
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Food drive in overdrive Christmas Hamper campaign has exactly one month to go
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Carrying on the tradition
A child looks out from her vantage point at Monday’s Remembrance Day ceremonies in Cloverdale. Another massive crowd turned out for this year’s service at Surrey Museum Plaza. Many families brought small children to the event. For more, turn to page 6.
By Jennifer Lang An annual food drive that saw more than 230 Cloverdale families through the Christmas season last year is once again looking for donations of food, cash and volunteer support. The Cloverdale Christmas Hamper Program, a non-denominational food aid program that runs on the combined efforts of the entire community, is accepting applications from needy families. It’s also ready to accept donations of food, cash and new gifts for children and youths. By the end of last week, more than 200 donation boxes had been distributed to businesses, schools and churches throughout the Cloverdale area, ready for this year’s appeal, says Kevin Lunder, who acts as program lead along with his wife, Trish.
Hamper pick-up day is early this year – Saturday, Dec. 14, so Lunder is urging supporters to have their donations in no later than Dec. 9. It will take volunteers the rest of that week to sort donations and assemble hampers in time. The hampers are filled with a week’s worth of fresh and non-perishable food. It takes an army of volunteers to man the assembly line in the warehouse of Pacific Community Church. Shifts will be running daily from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from Dec. 8 to 13. Volunteers range from Cubs, Scouts, and Guides to youth hockey teams, Kwantlen Polytechnic University students and families. About 75 to 100 volunteers turned out daily to help last year. “There were a lot of families last
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Site works create more headaches for business By Jennifer Lang restaurant down. Sidhu said he complained to the office of the More merchants are grumbling that ongoing mayor and to others. When he contacted the Reroad and site works at the old Cloverdale mall porter, he was expecting a call from the contractor site is hurting business. on this portion of the construction project. This time it’s Satraj Sidhu of Smile Indian ResIn the summer, neighbouring businesses were taurant, unit 1 5723 176 Street, where the parkadvised that as of July 29, B&B Contracting would ing lot was recently inaccessible for an entire day, be constructing offsite roadworks and utilities for without warning, he said, as crews worked on a mixed use residential development at 58 Avpre-paving the 175 Street right-of-way, cutting enue, 57 Avenue, Highway 15, and the 175 Street off the parking lot behind his business. lane way for the next six months. “It’s the whole day, I have deliveries,” he laB&B Contracting is creating new roads, sidemented, adding he had to cancel several appointwalks and utilities infrastructure so the Cloverments as a result. dale West Village project, a multi-phase commerHe also says business has dropped since work Paul Orazietti cial and residential development, can get started began, and fears customers are frustrated because in 2014. they’re having trouble finding parking nearby or Phase one is being spearheaded by Surrey City Developaccessing the restaurant for pick up. “We are totally dependent on this business,” he said, add- ment Corporation and Townline Housing Solutions in coling he fears if the interruptions continue he’ll have to shut his laboration with the Cloverdale Legion.
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Cloverdale BIA executive director Paul Orazietti confirms that several businesses have complained about the project (“Site works bad for business,” Oct. 10), citing vibrations caused by heavy equipment and other problems, including laneway access to their business. He said problems arise when merchants don’t get adequate warning that access will be cut off or that there will be roadwork going on directly beside their business. “There’s been times when it’s a full day,” Orazietti said, referring to road closures along the 175 Street right-of-way, an access point for deliveries and parking. While the city has a right to impede traffic when construction takes place, Orazietti notes, notification has not been timely enough for merchants who need to make alternate arrangements for deliveries and other considerations. “They need to give notice, in advance of the date,” he said. “The more notice you can give, the easier people can prepare.”
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