Cloverdale Reporter, July 17, 2014

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New members elected to BIA With board executive election pending, president steps down

Dunsmore (Cloverdale Reporter) and By Jennifer Lang Aaron Hotell (Vault Restaurant and Five new directors have been Hawthorne Beer Market and Bistro) elected to the Cloverdale Business join incumbents Steve Bednash Improvement Association board, (Valley Auto Repair), Norma Brown edging out several incumbents at (Lucas Place Mall), Janet last week’s annual general Howell (Vera’s Burgers) Jim meeting. Mason (Mason’s Cloverdale There were 22 nominees Home Furnishings), Ursula vying for 15 director’s seats Maxwell-Lewis (Quality on the 2014/2015 board of Wines/Traveling Times), directors. Of the 12 incumDean Moore (Michaud’s bents standing for re-elecSalon), Frank Redekop tion at the July 9 meeting, (Cloverdale Legion Branch nine were re-elected. Two 6), Rob Paterson (Newmac incumbents – Tricia ElAnimal Feeds) and Derek lingsen (Tricia’s Gems) and Lyle MacMillan Tremblay (Clancy’s Meat Andrea Peter (The Bone & Co.) as directors. Biscuit) were tied after the The 2014/2015 executive was to first ballot was counted, forcing a be elected at Tuesday’s BIA meeting run-off for the remaining seat that (July 15), after our press deadline. saw Ellingsen returned to the board. In the night’s biggest change for Helena Lloyd (Mates Uniforms), the board, long-serving president Marti Dumas (Rusty’s Neighbourhood Pub), Yvonne Hogenes See THANKED / Page 2 (Malary’s Fashion Network), Cynthia

Summer canvas

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Cloverdale resident Mike Lutke snapped this shot of an unforgettable Sunday evening sunset July 13. The sun wasn’t the only celestial body putting on a show in the skies last weekend. Turn to page 3 for an early morning shot of the supermoon. If you’ve got a photo to share with Reporter readers, send it to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com.

Coal dust captured on camera

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Gord Park initially thought this train was on fire.

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By Jennifer Lang Recently, Gord Park was traveling east towards Cloverdale near 154 Street, when he saw a freight train heading west on the line that runs parallel to Colebrook Road. At first, he thought the train was on fire. “The amount of coal dust coming from the cars was disgraceful,” he said, pointing out that the track is adjacent to farmland where food crops are grown. Alarmed, he grabbed his cellphone and took a picture. “Not only is this coal dust contaminating the air we breathe, it’s settling on all the crops and fields along its route,” he said. After contacting the B.C. Environ-

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ment Ministry and Metro Vancouver with his concerns, he submitted the photo to The Reporter. “I thought it was something you might be interested in,” he said. “Sadly, the picture doesn’t really do justice as to how bad it really was.” Park, who snapped his picture at 5:35 p.m. on May 13, didn’t get a look at which company the train belonged to, but he thinks it was CN. It’s one of roughly six coal trains a day that run through Cloverdale heading to Westshore Terminals at Deltaport. Most of the coal would be from eastern B.C. or Alberta coal mines and carried either by CP or CN. Salem Woodrow, a spokesperson for

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