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Back-to-back B.C. champions
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South Delta Sun Devils celebrate match point against Earl Marriott to capture their second straight B.C. AAAA Girls Volleyball Championship on Saturday night in Penticton. For coverage see pages 41-42
Old and new usher in the holidays
A new holiday tradition was launched in Ladner Village last week while old favourites are set to return this weekend. The Ladner Business Association’s first-ever Christmas Tree Festival last Thursday evening got the season going with entertainment by Tony Barton Tony Barton and others. Holiday merriment continues this Friday evening when the carol ships sail into Ladner Harbour. They make a return appearance on Saturday. Saturday is also the day of the annual Breakfast with Santa at the Ladner Community Centre. • See Page 40 for photos and Layar video from the tree fest, while Page 38 has details of the weekend events.
Residents rally against towers Proposal prompts demonstrations on both sides of the border BY
SANDOR GYARMATI
sgyarmati@delta-optimist.com
Residents opposed to an application to build radio transmission towers just across the border in Point Roberts held rallies on both sides of the line Sunday. The early afternoon protest saw almost 150 South Deltans gather on 56th Street, not far from the border, while a simultaneous rally in Point Roberts drew an even bigger crowd. They were trying to raise awareness about a highly controversial proposal by BBC
Broadcasting Inc. to construct five 45-metre (150-foot) steel towers at an undeveloped lot just south of the border with Tsawwassen.
SCAN WITH TO REVEAL PHOTOS & VIDEO Noting the towers have been a huge problem in Ferndale, Wash., David Bowyer told the Optimist the company behind the application is shameful in trying to build them in the middle of a residential area.
An engineering report submitted by the applicant notes BBC sought a new transmitter site “that would relieve Ferndale residents of the problems that the current location has caused in an effort to repair ties with a community that no longer wants a transmitter site and is unwilling to support the station.” The biggest concerns centre on the interference towers cause for household electronic devices. One of the criteria for the new site was an area of lower populaSee TOWERS page 3
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GORD GOBLE
Residents lined 56th Street near the border Sunday to show their opposition to proposed radio towers in Point Roberts.
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