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North Delta mourning after teen murdered BY
JESSICA KERR
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A community and a family are in shock and mourning after a young girl was beaten to death in a brazen daylight attack in a popular North Delta park. At around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, 15-year-old Laura Szendrei was attacked in the wooded area of Mackie Park. She sustained serious head injures and died early Sunday morning.
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The first nine holes of a new 18-hole golf course are under construction immediately north of the Tsawwassen Golf and Country Club. They are expected to open next summer.
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Ron Toigo’s Tsawwassen Springs development is taking shape BY
SANDOR GYARMATI
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The marketing campaign for Tsawwassen Springs will kick into high gear next spring. In a recent interview with the Optimist, local businessman Ron Toigo provided an update on the ongoing redevelopment of the Tsawwassen Golf and Country Club. A limited number of pre-construction sales for the first phase have taken place, but Toigo wants the remaining units to be sold as the buildings are completed,
believing homebuyers will be captivated once they see the highquality homes and their attractive views. “We have the second half of phase one that we are probably going to roll out in October, so there’s another 20 units or so to sell in that phase. After that, there probably won’t be anything more until spring of next year when we’ll have the show home open with the golf course all greened in. It will be decorated so people can see what the finished product looks like,” he explained. Toigo’s partners in the project
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include singer Michael Buble, talent agent Bruce Allen, hockey coach Pat Quinn and Talisman Homes president Ross Clouston. The development received approval two years ago and construction is underway on what will eventually be four condo buildings. Future phases include townhomes, single-family homes and other amenities, including a seasonal outdoor ice rink. Toigo amended the project, with Delta council’s blessing, earlier this year, increasing the numSee SPRINGS page 3
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Delta police spokesperson Sgt. Sharlene Brooks said the area was immediately cordoned off following the incident and the department’s serious crime section investigators were called in. “Delta police have their emergency command vehicle in the area and have been working through the night processing the crime scene and still have the area cordoned off to allow investigators to search the area for anything of evidentiary value or anything that would further our investigation into this tragedy,” Brooks said. Later on Sunday, police released the description of a person of interest who may have information about the attack. Investigators are seeking a 16- to 25-year-old male. He is described as having a medium build and wearing a white, short-sleeved Tshirt and cargo-style shorts to the knees. Police hosted a community meeting attended by an estimated 1,000 people Monday night.