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Back to the future for the Clova? Agreement would restore theatre’s original look By Jennifer Lang over for its starring role as a filming A public hearing date has been location for TV’s Smallville series. The Feb. 23 planning report conset on a proposed agreement to sidered by council says “fairly sigpreserve and restore one of Cloverdale’s most recognizable heritage nificant” changes were made to the building at the time. landmarks – the Clova theatre. The theatre was operated most On March 23, Surrey city council will seek public input on a recently as The Clova Cinema (1992-2014). The operaproposed Heritage Revitalization Agreement “The theatre has tor was unable to secure a long-term lease with (HRA) bylaw that’s required before any reno- been drastically the building’s owner, cutting short local Craig vations can be carried out by the building’s new altered over the Burghardt’s dream of converting to a digital owner. years.” projection system, a Shuttered as a familyowned and operated - Donald Luxton & move that would have ensured the Clova’s next movie house this past Associates chapter as a family-opsummer, the mid-centuerated movie house. ry Streamline Moderne CrossRidge Church gem was designed by had been renting the auditorium H. H. Simmons and built in 1947. It’s valued today as one of the first for Sunday morning services for modern buildings in Cloverdale several years before purchasing the building in March of 2014. built during the postwar era. The HRA will ensure the new The Clova was gussied up with new signage and a burgundy, black owners (Willingdon Charitable and gold paint job in the mid- Holdings Society) will preserve 2000s, thanks to a dazzling make- and restore the heritage building, listed on the Surrey Heritage Reg-
SURREY ARCHIVES SM.116B, JENNIFER LANG/CLOVERDALE REPORTER
The changing face of the Clova theatre: Above, a photograph taken in after a snowfall in 1951 shows what the original smooth, curved stucco-clad exterior looked like, and, above right, as it appears today, post-TV makeover.
ister since 1998. Property agent Bernie Scholz was not available for comment by the Reporter’s press deadline. However, last spring he said a build-
ing inspection revealed the Clova needs a new roof and repairs to the front canopy. The HRA bylaw, which has the support of the Heritage Advisory
Commission, passed first and second reading at the Feb. 23 council meeting, is a detailed conservation See MAJOR / Page 5
Spray treatment planned to thwart gypsy moth
MINISTRY OF FORESTS
The gypsy moth treatment zone takes in most of Cloverdale.
By Jennifer Lang The province will be conducting up to four aerial pesticide spray applications over Cloverdale to combat the destructive gypsy moth. A pesticide use permit to aerial spray 4,576 hectares in Surrey and another 204 hectares in South Delta has been issued to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Between April 15 and June 30, the Forests Ministry is planning up to four applications of Foray 48B to control the moth. Foray 48B contains the bacteria Btk and kills caterpillars after they ingest it but doesn’t harm humans, mammals, birds, fish, plants, reptiles, amphibians or other insects.
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It’s approved for use on An additional 26-hectorganic farms. are ground spray will also Btk is naturally presbe done on a rural propent in the soil in B.C., and erty due south of the 172 since 1961 has been apStreet and 56 Avenue inproved in Canada to kill tersection. gypsy moth larvae. Treatment dates are Residents were invited weather-dependent, and to an open house Tuesday will be advertised closer to at the Surrey Museum to the first application date. learn more about the spray A European gypsy moth found in Each treatment applicaSurrey in 2014. program. tion will be completed beThe targeted areas infore 7:30 a.m. clude most of Cloverdale, from the LangMinistry officials are concerned about ley border between Highway 10 and 80 a growing gypsy moth infestation in the Avenue, and extending as far west as 144 proposed treatment areas around 64 AvStreet, taking in Sullivan and eastern PanSee CATERPILLARS / Page 2 orama Ridge.
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