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Residents question spray safety Fraser Health: one person went to hospital as a precaution By Jennifer Lang line petition hoping to persuade the As Cloverdale residents geared up Forest Ministry from continuing the for another round of aerial spray- aerial treatment. Ryan Bennett also started a Faceing this week to combat the invasive gypsy moth, there’s growing concern book page asking the B.C. Ministry of about the treatment agent being used. Environment to stop the spraying. “Health Canada says Btk is safe but More than 4,500 hectares in Surrey it’s not Btk we care about it’s Foray and another 300 hectares in SurreyDelta are being treated with Foray 48B – it reads right on the label that it is not okay for human 48B. contact either direct or The first set of early by drift,” Bennett said, morning (approximately “We understand adding he and his fam5:30 to 7:30 a.m.) treatily members have experipeople have ments, conducted April enced symptoms. 15 to 19 and broadcast concerns.” As of April 27, the peby low-flying helicopter, tition had gathered more caught some people off - Tasleem Juma, than 1,000 signatures. guard. Fraser Health Bennett planned to file Tanya Rowlands said an appeal with the envishe and her husband deronmental appeal board veloped a sore throat and dry cough, and her dog became ill, but said it was denied, prompting him requiring an expensive trip to the vet. to organize a protest outside Surrey“I attribute all of this to the spray- Cloverdale MLA Stephanie Cadieux’s ing,” she said. She has concerns over office Saturday morning that drew the formulation of the spray agent and more than a dozen people. Round two of the aerial gypsy moth is not convinced it’s safe. Another resident launched an onSee PUBLIC SAFETY / Page 2
UDO ZIRKWITZ PHOTO
A helicopter conducts aerial spraying over homes in Cloverdale to combat the invasive gypsy moth.
Rodeo revives an old tradition this Saturday
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The Chris Buck Band performs May 2 at Shannon Hall.
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By Jennifer Lang A long-standing – and much missed – Cloverdale Rodeo tradition is being revived this weekend with a “Rodeo Month” kick off dance, featuring rising country music sensation the Chris Buck Band. Proceeds from the May 2 Kickoff Dance at Shannon Hall on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds will support the newly-founded Cloverdale Rodeo Youth Initiative Foundation. The foundation provides high school scholarships and assists youth seeking to better their community through projects and initiatives. Cloverdale’s Rick Hugh chairs the foundation’s scholarship committee and sits on the foundation’s advisory board. Hugh says he remembers the dance was
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traditionally sponsored by the Cloverdale Board of Trade (now known as the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce), and was held on the first weekend of May, leading up to the rodeo and country fair on the May long weekend. “It was an opportunity for folks to get together in anticipation of the upcoming rodeo and fair,” Hugh said. “Often times, the entertainment for the night was provided by local musician Vic Pierce and his sons Shane, Kelly and Jodi.” This Saturday’s dance – hosted by the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair – is presented in the spirit of rekindling some of that excitement, in hopes of starting off the month in celebration leading up to the May 15-19 event, which draws tens of thousands to the fairgrounds.
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The Cloverdale Rodeo Youth Initiative Foundation is offering three, $1,000 scholarships. Youth volunteers in Grade 12 are invited to apply. It’s open to past and present student volunteers of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair who are in their graduation year. The scholarship is based on participation with the rodeo and fair, community involvement, academic performance and demonstration of leadership qualities. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, May 20. Application forms are available online at www.cloverdalerodeo.com. Puneet Kaur Sidhu of Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary and Ariene Dol Cabantog of See BAND / Page 3
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