Your Week Weekly k l y CClover l o ver Valley Newspaper July 29, 2015 Y www.CloverdaleReporter.com Y
McNamara inducted, page 13
Super siblings, page 12
No Frills to open soon Relief in sight for seniors, downtown residents
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Railway reunion
There were smiles all around as heritage Interurban Car 1225 pulls out of Cloverdale Station last week filled with former Yarrow Elementary students, and their delighted children and grandchildren. In 1955, 38 Grade 3 students took a special trip on BC Electric’s Interurban Car 1304 – its final ride. About half of those students reconnected after 60 years, riding the Interurban again and making new memories. For more, turn to pages 10-11.
By Jennifer Lang downtown Cloverdale, the news means a sixA new No Frills month wait for a new grocery store in Clover full-service supermarSquare Village is expectket within easy walking ed to open at the end of distance to open up in August, a representative the location is nearly of Loblaw Companies over. Ltd. has confirmed. The renovation is Trevor Buchan, project being carried out by Lomanager with Loblaw blaw contractor Align Companies Ltd., said the Construction. store will likely open at No Frills offers deep the end of next month. discounts, and sells The national grocery Presidents Choice chain is undertaking FILE PHOTO brands. extensive renovations of Langley’s No Frills offers a A Loblaw officia said glimpse at what the new store the anchor property of in Cloverdale will look like af- in March the comClover Square Village, ter renovations are complete. pany planned to spend which was home to a several million dollars Marketplace IGA groon renovations inside the building, a cery store that closed down in Februproject that included new fixtures and ary, ending 19 years of service. equipment. For seniors and other residents of
Father remembered as a hero as he’s laid to rest By Tracy Holmes Colin Hill will be remembered as a hero – someone of strong character who always put his family and friends first, and who paid the ultimate price for doing just that. The popular real-estate agent was killed July 12 during an attempted break-in at his Cloverdale home, when he was shot while confronting an intruder. Hill’s wife, Becky Zhou, has said the fatal wound occurred when her husband led the would-be robber outside to give his family time to hide, and those who spoke at his funeral Wednesday at Victory Memorial Funeral Centre say that was just the kind of man he was. “He would drop everything for his kids,” Barb Hiebert said of her cousin. “To put himself in harm’s way… for him, it was in-
stinct. “He left our world protecting his own family.” Longtime friends remembered Hill, 42, as “like a brother.” He was also extremely competitive, a “tremendously gifted athlete and a true leader.” “Even in death he has taught me about life,” Chris Robinson told a standing-roomonly crowd in South Surrey. “His final lesson is to show the people you love that you would do anything for them. And that’s exactly what he did.” Hill led a “much too short, very fulfilling life,” said Robinson, who knew Hill for 33 years; for the past nine, they lived across the street from each other. Police have said that Hill’s death was not related to the spate of shootings that have
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occurred in Surrey since early March, which have been linked to a drug-turf war. The man charged in connection with his death, 22-year-old Khouri Lamar Green, is due back in court on Sept. 14. Outside the funeral home Wednesday afternoon, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner – who was invited by Hill’s family and who arrived with Surrey RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy – described Hill’s death as “a real tragedy” that points to a need to “take a look at the whole system.” But the problem is not just in Surrey, she said. “We’ve seen senseless acts of violence all over the country.” Hepner said she plans to advocate for the people of Surrey, but that “this is all about Colin today.” Hiebert told attendees that a common
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theme regarding her cousin was evident at a private gathering last Sunday where “a few laughs and a few tears” were shared: he was a good son and brother, and family meant everything to him. The sentiment was echoed by childhood friend Lowell Jordan, who shared a comment Hill made to him about three weeks ago. “One of the last words he told me was to spend more time with family,” Jordan said. Pastor Doug Fortune noted there are many things not known or understood regarding Hill’s death, but reminded Hill’s friends, family and colleagues that they have choices when it comes to how they think about it. He encouraged them to be inspired by Hill’s life; to “get better, love more, build relationships.” – Black Press
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