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Cadets dine with history By Jennifer Lang cember 1943, as the battle of Ortona The 70th anniversary of an infamous waged around them. “This is a great event for the youth battle – and the faithful Canadian trabecause it involves a whole new gendition it has inspired – was commemoeration in continuing to perrated last weekend at the Clopetuate a tradition born from verdale Legion when more a truly amazing moment in than 350 cadets recreated the the history of our regimenSeaforth’s Ortona dinner. tal,” said Major Rob ThompIt’s the first time all six son, area cadet instructor Seaforth cadet units have cadre officer. “With fewer come together as a battalion and fewer surviving veterans for the Christmas dinner, in of Ortona, it’s important that large part thanks to the Cloour youth take up the torch verdale Legion for donating and remember those who their entire space – comgave so much.” Col. David pletely disguised by organizGuest of honour, Col. Fairweather ers with props and scenery David Fairweather of the that wouldn’t be out of place in Second World War film produc- Seaforth Highlanders Regiment was a tion. Special mention also goes to the young officer at the Battle of Ortona, three professional chefs who prepared where he was in charge of a decimated the food, the same Christmas meal the D company platoon. “We were right down to bare bones Seaforth Highlanders ate in shifts in and we were the last to enjoy the dinthe bombed-out ruins of Santa Maria di Constantinopoli Church in DeSee VETERAN / Page 7
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Santa’s arrival heralded the finale of this year’s Parade of Lights in Cloverdale, where thousands turned out for another dazzling extravaganza Sunday night. For more photos from the Eighth Annual Surrey’s Santa Parade of Lights, visit CloverdaleReporter. com and our Facebook Page.
Community kitchen nearly done
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Alan Caldwell at the soft opening of the Cloverdale Community Kitchen at Pacific Community Church.
By Jennifer Lang Construction on a community kitchen at Pacific Community Church is substantially complete, bringing Cloverdale’s newest community outreach project a big step closer to its target. And what better way to celebrate the near completion of the Cloverdale Community Kitchen than with a slice of cake? “May God bless Cloverdale community kitchen,” it read, in icing. The congregation held a soft opening on Dec. 1 but the official opening won’t take place until February, coinciding with the Coldest Night of the Year Campaign in support of the homeless, Alan Cadwell, director of facilities development for Pacific Community Church, announced in a newsletter to supporters last week.
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They’re not yet serving hot meals out of the new kitchen because there are still some finishing touches to do, including securing approvals and permits from the City of Surrey, Fraser Health and the Surrey Fire Services, Cadwell said. The church, located at 5337 180 Street, began raising money for the project a year ago, when the congregation approved a plan to build a commercial kitchen for the church and other concerned community groups. More than $400,000 was raised, along with donations of in-kind goods, which included a sizable donation of kitchen equipment. The new kitchen includes a professional dish washing system, commercial oven, restaurant-grade stove and grill, a steamer
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and a 70-litre soup still. There’s also a spacious walk-in cooler and a pantry. “Today, we put our first pot of coffee on and ran the dishwasher,” pastor Jim Heuving told Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce members Tuesday. “It’s operational.” Renovations were necessary to create a kitchen that could be used by multiple people and groups wanting to address community needs. Construction forced the three weekly soup kitchen initiatives based out of Pacific Community Church to halt operations, but those programs are expected to resume shortly. But the longer term goal is to expand programming in order to reach out to more people in need, such as the growing number of seniors and working poor in Cloverdale, Cadwell said.
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