8 The Cloverdale Reporter Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Members of the Cloverdale A2 Colts hockey team demonstrate the pluck and ingenuity that helped them win $2,000 this week in a contest sponsored by Stagg Chili. Entrants had to submit photos using the product in a fun and creative way for the Saves for Success program. The team submitted this photo of a construction paper cookout near centre ice, declaring they fuel up on the popular brand of chili, a move that garnered enough online votes to win the money.
Vintage trucks impress transportation minister ‘You guys have an amazing collection there,’ business leaders told
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By Jennifer Lang One of Surrey’s newest heritage attractions – the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum – is getting an enthusiastic thumbs up from the province’s transportation minister. Todd Stone, who was in the historic town centre last Friday to talk transit at the Cloverdale and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon, squeezed in a tour of the museum. It opened in October, 2013 and showcases a collection of restored freight vehicles that once plied B.C.’s highways, opening up the province. “It is an amazing collection that clearly is kept alive by countless volunteer hours,” Stone said. “You should all be very commended.” Stone took a tour and sat in one of the vehicles. “You guys have an amazing collection there.” He said Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Stephanie Cadieux had been talking up the volunteer-
run museum to Stone. memorabilia from the Teamsters “Stephanie has mentioned the Freight Transportation Museum museum and you guys to me on and Archives Society. several occasions and she does The trucks and associated so with a lot of pride, and now I hardware were relocated one and understand why,” he two at a time from said. their more recent He enjoyed the former home in tour, he said, adding, Port Coquitlam. “We all need to put Many of the veour heads together hicles are from the and work together as Bob King collection. partners to make sure King was a colourful that the collection trucking magnate can be preserved for whose wife eventugenerations to come.” ally donated them to Paul Orazietti, B.C. premier W.A.C. society president, Bennett. thanked Stone “for The collection Todd Stone listening and for askwas originally part ing some really great of the B.C. Transquestions.” portation Museum in CloverThe volunteer-run venture, lo- dale, which was closed down by cated at 6022 176 Street, in the the provincial government in the former home of the Surrey Mu- early 1990s. seum, has been a labour of love Admission is by donation. It’s for members of the Surrey Heri- open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sattage Society. urdays. Visit BCVintagetruckmuThe society acquired the collec- seum.org for more information. tion of vintage trucks and related – With files Jeff Nagel, Black Press
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SkyTrain extension and improvements to roads and transit structures. Registered voters living in Metro Vancouver can vote from March 16 to May 29. Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale Business Improvement Association urged Stone to encourage a northsouth rapid bus, with a station at Fraser Highway, to better serve residents and businesses in the historic town centre, and points further south-east. “This would be with the goal of having a link for residents com-
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Transportation Minister Todd Stone was in town to talk about transportation issues in a visit to the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce on the eve of Metro Vancouver’s mail-in transit and transportation plebiscite. Voters are being asked if they will support a new .5 per cent congestion improvement tax to fund the Mayors Council Transportation and Transit Plan. If passed, the tax would pay for light rail lines in Surrey, a
ing to the fairgrounds, also to the town centre and also more importantly to Campbell Heights, which is going to be one of the largest business parks in all of Canada,” Orazietti said. “Those priorities are made and will continue to be made by the mayors council,” Stone said, before promising, “We’ll offer our opinion to the mayors council.” He added: “Cloverdale is really the heart of Surrey, period.” – With files Jeff Nagel, Black Press