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Patrolling the pumpkin patch Little John Verde, 22 months old, found the mud puddles at the Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch fascinating on Sunday. Gabriel Farms’ annual event proved popular as families turned out to enjoy all the fun – including an animal area with goats, farm animals and rabbits, as well as a kids play area, a mini corn maze, wagon rides and food trucks. See more on page 15. (Mike Verde/Contributed to Peace Arch News)
An upbeat public event aimed at activating business in the Five Corners and Uptown areas of White Rock in time for the December holiday season will make its debut on Saturday, Nov. 16. Meant to compliment – but not supplant – the long-established Christmas on the Peninsula, which returns as usual at the end of the month, the newly minted Festive Holiday Shopping Crawl is aimed to focus public attention on shopping local stores, according to city councillor Ernie Klassen, lead organizer and originator of the event. Choirs, live music, special offers at businesses open later than usual, a tree-lighting ceremony at Five Corners and a traditional German Christmas display at the plaza next to Oceana PARC will also be part of the city-endorsed event, Klassen said. “My intention was to support the local businesses at a time when they are facing a number of challenges, including the reconstruction of Johnston Road,” said Klassen, who noted the event
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is a collaboration of White Rock BIA and Oceana PARC, as well as community leaders and individual businesses. “The Christmas season is the make-or-break for local business,” added Klassen, himself a business owner in the neighbourhood (Ashberry & Logan Floral Design). “I was able to secure donations of $15,000 to purchase big wreaths for the city to be placed up and down Johnston Road in place of the hanging baskets. “I was also able, through the Peninsula Arts and Cultural Alliance, to approach the city to put coloured lights in the large tree at Five Corners, to make something different from the white lighting that’s there the rest of the year. “That will become the old-fashioned traditional Christmas tree down there, distinct from the Christmas tree that will be at Miramar Plaza.” The Festive Holiday Shopping Crawl will start at 4 p.m. with the lighting of the newly decorated tree at Five Corners by Mayor Continued on A8
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