Wednesday June 17, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 47)
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Diamond minds: It’s been a busy month for the White Rock Tritons, as the Premier League baseball team has strung together victories, and also shared a little wisdom with younger players. i see page 33
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Shooting spree continues with four more injured in Surrey
City ‘safe, but desperate for solution’ Kevin Diakiw Black Press
Shootings linked to a drug-trade turf war are edging towards Surrey’s south end. Police responded to reports of gunfire in the Sullivan area just before 10 p.m. Friday, and just after 10 p.m. Saturday in Cloverdale. Of the two incidents – which resulted in four men suffering non-life-threatening injuries – police have attributed one to gun
violence that has plagued the communities of Surrey and Delta since March. Surrey RCMP say while they believe Friday’s incident, at a home in the 5700-block of 152 Street, was targeted, it is not believed linked to the spree. Saturday’s incident, however, is thought to be connected. It occurred in the 18600-block of Highway 10, and brings to 18 the number of shootings in Surrey that are being blamed
on a feud between two groups over a dial-adope operation. (There have been more than 30 shootings since the spree began, however police say not all – including one at a home in South Surrey on May 30 – are linked to the drug turf war). Previous incidents have occurred further north in Surrey, including in the Newton and Strawberry Hill neighbourhoods. One, on April 19, killed Arun Paul Singh Bains,
the nephew of Surrey-Newton NDP MLA Harry Bains. Officers responding to Saturday’s shooting did not locate anyone at the scene, but found evidence shots had been fired and were later advised by officials at a local hospital that two men had arrived with bullet wounds. The hospital was locked down as a safety precaution. i see page 8
White Rock meeting
Trash talk to include houses
Tracy Holmes photo
Malakai Ostrosser, 4, with dad Earl, studies a painted lady butterfly, during a release Friday at White Rock’s Eva Bene Butterfly Garden.
Butterflies freed at Centennial Park
A ‘perfect’ day for release into the wild Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
Four-year-old Malakai Ostrosser couldn’t help but be all-aflutter Friday morning. “It tickles,” the youngster gushes, with just a hint of anxiety, over the sensation created by the delicate, brightly coloured painted lady butterflies on his neck. “Get it off, get it off.” Malakai was among enthusiasts to turn out to
the Eva Bene Butterfly Garden for the release by White Rock & Surrey Naturalist volunteers Laurence Assoignon and Frances de Montreuil. The blustery morning created the “perfect” temperature for the occasion, Assoignon said. “If it’s cool, they won’t fly too far.” She said she raised the four dozen – which included red admirals – from eggs collected in the garden, located in Centennial Park.
It is her second year of raising the insects, and Assoignon said she is hopeful an anise swallowtail that is currently in the caterpillar stage survives for the next release. De Montreuil noted that theft of the garden’s plants – reported in 2013 – continues to be a problem. The crime endangers the butterflies and other species that call the well-cared-for green space home.
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White Rock residents will have a chance to share input about the future of single-family solid-waste pickup, when the city hosts a community forum later this month. The June 30 meeting at the White Rock Community Centre will “include overviews of the city’s current practices and offer an opportunity to provide input on several options” for the future of garbage, recycling and organics collection, according to a post on the city’s website. Earlier this year, the city issued a request for proposals on contracting out single-family home collection, in an effort to review costs and services. Council also voted to switch to a solid-waste-user-fee method for charging single-family residences, rather than a general tax levy, which is based on property value. In January, the city announced it would “privatize” solid-waste pickup for multi-family units and businesses, a decision – made incamera in December – that was met with a backlash. After a protest that drew hundreds of angry residents to the lawns of city hall in March, council voted to move ahead with plans to scrap public garbage pickup for multifamily residents, effective July 1. – Melissa Smalley
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