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l o v er Va per Your Weekly W ekll y CClover Valley Newspaper November 20, 2014 Y www.CloverdaleReporter.com Y 604-575-2405
On hold – not shelved
Cloverdale Chamber suspends talks to join Vancouver board By Jennifer Lang Members of the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce will not be voting Tuesday on whether to join forces with the Vancouver Board of Trade. The Cloverdale Chamber board has decided to suspend Vancouver Board of Trade talks until further notice. That means the information sessions that were scheduled for this week have been scrapped but the Annual General Meeting and board election will go ahead as planned Nov. 25. “There will be a new, re-elected team in there. We don’t want to make a big decision prior to the AGM,” Brock Lazaruk, interim president of the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, told The Reporter Tuesday. The Cloverdale Chamber announced in August that the board had voted in favour of formally engaging the Vancouver Board of Trade to reach agreement on uniting the two
organizations, following discussions. Board president Brian Young – who stepped aside to take a run at Surrey city council – said the chamber was eager to increase member benefits and its ability to advocate on behalf of Cloverdale business interests. Members were told there would be a vote on Nov. 25 – after the Nov. 15 municipal election – but learned last week the vote has been called off, at least for now. Lazaruk said the idea has not been discarded; rather board members felt it was a complex issue that requires more time to consider and will be revisited in the future. “It’s not to say that the process of merging with the Vancouver Board of Trade is dead,” Lazaruk said. “It’s a pretty big decision and we want to make sure we thoroughly go through the process of making sure the members are informed.”
Hope springs
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Members of Hope Community Church broke ground Nov. 9 on a new church they’ll be able to call their very own. The congregation purchased the land at 18625 Fraser Highway 20 years ago. Pastor Sid VanderWoud says once built, likely next summer, the church will be a positive addition to the Clayton community, offering preschool and youth programs, along with amenities like a climbing wall. Hope Community Church is currently based out of Latimer Road Elementary School.
A sweep for Surrey First
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A jubilant Linda Hepner celebrates Surrey First’s win on election night. Behind her is Dianne Watts, who endorsed Hepner as her successor in the Nov. 15 race.
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By Kevin Diakiw Linda Hepner is Surrey’s next mayor and her Surrey First team has swept Surrey council. Hepner received 50,782 votes, almost doubling those garnered by former Mayor Doug McCallum, who took 27,982 votes. Barinder Rasode came in just behind McCallum with 21,764 people voting for her. Surrey First also had a lock on all council seats, putting a spread of more than 7,000 votes between them and their nearest competitors. “Surrey has spoken loud and clear,” Hepner told the crowd of more than 400 gathered at the
Central City Brew Pub on Satur- ence on the civic scene. day night after the polls closed. She will be keeping the One Sur“They want us to go forrey team intact and said ward, not back.” she may well be back on Hepner told Black the ballot in 2018. Press she was delighted, “If you see my name but not surprised. This, on any ballot ever again, she said, is what the coit will be at the municialition’s polling had been pal level,” Rasode said. telling them all along. For now she’ll be foMcCallum said publiccusing on the issues facly he was surprised by the ing the city. outcome, but added vot“I still believe very ers had chosen the Hepstrongly that the issue Dave Woods ner plan over his, which of public safety has to be “is the public’s right.” addressed immediately,” Rasode also said she was sur- Rasode said. “The second issue is, prised, but said despite the loss, when we talk about transportation, she will remain a very visible presSee LARSEN / Page 3
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