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| Thursday, April 24, 2014
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Page 3:Policing Priorities Set for 2014 Employing the Power of Pink
Trolley company tries for Aldergrove comeback By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
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From left: Alliance Concrete Pumping’s Jody Dempsey (regional sales manager), Ken Friesen (owner), Mike Enns (national sales manager) and Clayton White (general manager) presented $10,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation after filling an order for a pink concrete truck from a customer in New York state.
Pink paint pays tribute to cancer survivor’s journey By KRISTYL CLARK Aldergrove Star It isn’t every day that Jay Miller fills an order for his company to custom-paint one of their heavy duty concrete pump trucks pink. However, it was a bright hue the Alliance Concrete Pumps logistics co-ordinator from Aldergrove and his coworkers were all pretty excited about – especially upon learning later on that the custom colour for the 37Z Boom was for a great cause and a very special lady. “The customer (Jarrad Garone) bought this specialized pump truck back in the fall and requested it be painted in pink because he wanted to surprise and support his wife who battled breast cancer,” explained Miller, whose own wife, Lorie, is a cervical cancer survivor.
As the truck came down the assembly line in all its pink, shiny glory, the team at Alliance Concrete Pumps weren’t aware of the back story, other than the fact that it was one big pink truck, notes Miller. “It wasn’t until the decals, art work and the breast cancer sign came on that everyone – myself included – knew what it was all about.” The inspiration for the set of hot wheels, Tara Garone, is a mother of three girls in her mid-30s, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2012. Fortunately, her doctors caught the cancer quickly and performed surgery immediately. Today, she is cancer free – the chance of it returning are less than one per cent. In addition to bringing attention to an
important cause, the truck serves as a symbol for the journey that Tara and the countless other women who have battled with the devastating disease endure. To send the truck to its new home in style – all the way across the continent, and the border, to New York State – the driver, Calvin Bowles, decided to coordinate colours with his one-of-a-kind ride and collect donations along the way for the American Breast Cancer Society. Jarrad Garone’s business is located in Mechanicville, in upstate New York. “When our driver heard the details of this truck and why it has been painted pink, he decided to dress in pink for the entire trip,” said Miller. SEE: Page 3
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The Aldergrove Trolley Company is working on a revival of community bus service here. The trolley company is not connected with the regional TransLink service but they do have permission from TransLink to operate an independent transit service. The local trolley experiment operated for a couple of months last summer before calling it quits, after failing to attract sufficient ridership. However, the volunteer board of directors are now exploring a revival of the service with a new business plan. “I hope the community rallies together to make this happen,” said Lynne Van Laarhoven, spokesperson for the company’s board of directors. “We went away to lick our wounds but we’re not dead. “We ran out of cash; the former service was not sustainable. But while the service to the southern rural area and Pioneer Park was a failure the service between Aldergrove and Gloucester Industrial Estates was building and we want try to to bring that service back.” Businesses in Gloucester had benefitted from the trolley service which brought workers to the plants and offices, including the large-scale EV Logistics warehouses which supply the Jim Pattison company stores in the west. The Greater Vancouver Zoo is also supportive of the transit revival possibilities here. A “brain-storming” meeting will seek input from business owners on how best to provide the service. “We need to focus on business so we know what we need to do to make it happen,” said Van Laarhoven. “We think leasing shuttle buses, 15-person capacity, this time would better serve this area, and we would try to keep it to a $2.50 or $3 standard fare.” The company’s full board will attend the meeting. The directors include Van Laarhoven, Dave Miller, Anna Nosek, Michelle Evans, Patsy Homan, Sandy Burton and Dave Austadt. The meeting is set for May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s meeting room. For more info. Lynne Van Laarhoven can be reached at email: lynnev@aldergrovetrolleycompany.ca, or call 778-242-5966.
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