Scott MOE MOE SERVICE
MOE RESULTS
604.533.3491 www.scottmoe.com
“...highly recommend him to anyone!” - D & M Karius, Surrey
Your Week Weekly k l y CClover l o ver Valley Newspaper April 22, 2015 Y www.CloverdaleReporter.com Y
Treeland Realty
A garden of promise By Jennifer Lang Volunteer green thumbs are invited to join Cloverdale’s newest gardening venture, the Cloverdale Community Garden. There’s no experience necessary – just a desire to get more involved with your community, from the ground up. “Come and learn to garden if you don’t know how,” says Zipporah Hantke, one of the organizers. The just-launched project will grow organic veggies, fruits, berries and herbs for the Cloverdale Community Kitchen and community cooking classes. The programs are based out of Pacific Community Church, located at 5337 180 St., where a neglected corner of the back parking lot is being transformed into a productive agricultural space.
“It’s for the community,” Hantke says. “We want the community in here.” A work party on March 28 saw the installation of 12, 4-by-8-foot raised garden beds plus six herb boxes. Andrea Ashton – part of the core group of volunteers involved so far – says the garden will grow spinach, chard, beans, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash and herbs. Cherry and apple trees will be planted, along with bee-friendly flowers and berry bushes. Planting will begin in earnest later this spring. Workers will be required throughout the summer. “We’re hoping to have a harvest celebration in the fall, with a meal,” Hantke smiles, her mind already filled with imSee GARDEN / Page 3
JENNIFER LANG PHOTO
Andrea Ashton and Dylan smile as Scarlet and her mom Zipporah Hantke plant a seed potato at the new Cloverdale Community Garden. The volunteer initiative will grow produce for the Cloverdale Community Kitchen.
Marking a McHappy anniversary Celebrating 40 years with McDonald’s, James Harper’s first ‘McJob’ has been anything but
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
James Harper, then 19, and Birdie the Early Bird at a Winnipeg McDonald’s promotional event in 1977.
By Jennifer Lang Two days after his 16th birthday, James Harper got his first job. He was hired to clear tables, sweep the floor, and clean the parking areas at a McDonald’s on Portage Avenue in his hometown of Winnipeg. “Lot and lobby,” he says. It was 1975, and landing a job at the world’s biggest, best-known fast-food chain was a big deal; like getting a job at Google today. “It was the job to have,” he says. “They had literally hundreds and hundreds of applicants and somehow I got it.” Last Wednesday, (April 15), marked his 40th anniversary with McDonald’s, where he’s built a successful career and carved out a family business. Things have changed a lot since that first shift – it was pre-Egg McMuffin, for one
WELCOMING NEW PATIENTS
835-17685 64th Ave CLOVERDALE
(located next to London Drugs)
778-571-0800 www.cloverdaledentalclinic.com
thing. The breakfast menu wasn’t introduced until 1977, so he didn’t start until 10 a.m. Perfect for a teenager. He got front counter experience, too, and in those days, you had to know math to ring up an order. The menu has also expanded in four decades, from mostly burgers to Happy Meals, McCafe mochas and salads to his frequent breakfast go-to, a parfait and oatmeal. “We’ve probably sold as many salads as burgers,” notes Harper, a Quarter Pounder with Cheese fan whose teenaged ‘McJob’ has been anything but. Harper may have started out sweeping floors, but within two years (at 19) was promoted to restaurant manager, launching a career that’s taken him west to B.C., stateside in 1999 to McDonald’s Chicago headquarters – where he re-wrote curriculum for
WE HAVE YOU COVERED.
• HOME • BUSINESS • TRAVEL • MEDICAL
FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
crew and senior managers – and eventually around the world for McDonald’s, an empire that at the time encompassed 121 countries, 28 languages and seven Burger Universities. He became a franchisee in 2004 and now owns seven McDonald’s restaurants in the Lower Mainland, with three in Surrey, including the one in Cloverdale, where he lives. His wife, Tracy, is a co-owner and operator. (They met in Winnipeg, where she worked at McDonald’s, too.) Cortney, one of their three daughters, is a swing manager in Cloverdale. And his son-in-law Ivan Krcmar is operations manager, overseeing the Surrey restaurants. Harper says a good relationship with the community is critical; his restaurants See RICH TRAINING GROUND / Page 3
MacMILLAN “Your Cloverdale TUCKER & MACKAY Law Firm”
Our goal is to provide you with top quality service in a comfortable, friendly environment.
9am to 9pm
ALLIED INSURANCE SERVICES INC.
Fleetwood Town Square 103 - 15988 Fraser Hwy (near A & W) | 604-572-3311 Email: info@aisfleetwood.ca | www.alliedinsuranceservices.com
LOCATED in the heart of Cloverdale 5690 - 176A Street, Surrey
ICBC CLAIMS & GENERAL PRACTICE
604-574-7431 www.mactuc.com