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Nothing says rodeo more than clowns, cowboy hats and family
‘Now’ photographer Ted Colley caught up with the rodeo clowns to snap this warm rodeo portrait before their big weekend performances. Rick Wanchuk (right) has worked rodeos for 34 years, keeping boxcar-sized bulls off fallen riders. His two sons Kolby, 14, and Kyle, 8, have been in
the family business since both were just two. At left, 16-year-old Braiden Back, from Sherwood Park, Alta, is on his third trip to the Cloverdale rodeo as part of the act. For more photos from the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair, visit us online at thenownewspaper.com. (Photo: TED COLLEY)
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Campaign enters final stretch: $1M to go Ted Colley
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SURREY – It’s four down and one to go. Millions, that is, as the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation heads into the final week of its 100 Days to Give campaign. The campaign kicked off March 21 when B.C. billionaire Jimmy Pattison donated $5 million to help purchase equipment for a new outpatient and surgery centre that will bear his name. The foundation set out to match Pattison’s gift and has raised more than $4
million thus far. The money will be used to purchase innovative new equipment for the centre and SMH it’s hoped will attract new doctors to the region. The new centre opens June 1. Now, with just a week left and nearly $1 million to go in the campaign, the foundation is looking for donors to put them over the top. “We hope someone will step up and be a hero,” said Jane Adams, foundation president and CEO. Adams’ comments were echoed by the foundation’s Jason Howe.
“We’re still pretty optimistic and we’re shaking every tree we can think of. We’ve got 11 days as of now and all it takes is one hero to put us over the top.” Howe said Surrey’s growing population has caused the provincial government and the Fraser Health Authority to add a new critical care tower at the hospital and build the outpatient centre in Green Timbers. New buildings aren’t enough, however, doctors are needed to staff them. “We will be recruiting more than 80 doctors in the coming years. These doctors are specialists and they’re used to
having certain equipment to use. We’ll do everything we can to bring them to Surrey.” Visit 100days.smhfoundation.com for more information and to donate.
tcolley@thenownewspaper.com
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