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www.surreyleader.com Burning trash A garbage truck enters Burnaby’s waste-to- energy incinerator. gets go-ahead Metro Vancouver has approved Metro board leaves location options open the idea of building more by Kevin Diakiw the meeting she was disheartened. such facilities “Th is is SE2 all over again,” she said. “Th is as part of its BURNING GARBAGE has been approved by (decision) just leaves us hanging.” regional trash Metro Vancouver. Her best hope was Vancouver, which management Regional directors voted Friday to adopt was opposed to the idea of incineration plan. a draft waste plan that includes incineration, altogether. within or outside the Vancouver area. Vancouver Coun. Heather Deal attempted FILE PHOTO / BLACK PRESS Incineration has been a bone of contention to have incineration removed from the for Fraser Valley residents and politicians possible treatments of waste and off ered an who say it will damage the sensitive airshed. amendment that the defi nition of waste- Metro chair and Delta Mayor Lois Jackson to-energy include all conversion methods said the plan was “collaboration of many, including gasifi cation, but excluding incin- many years work. Not only people from eration and landfi lling. around this table, but also from the past, are “We don’t believe in adding more land- going to be interested in how we deal with fi lls,” Deal said. this today.” Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross said aft er See GARBAGE / Page 5 Track and Keeling to part ways Three generations of family have run Fraser Downs for decades by Dan Ferguson ferent while he is still young. It is a big change for a man who started working at the track when CHUCK KEELING IS the third generation of the family that founded he was eight years old. the harness racing track in Cloverdale that is now known as Fraser “Th is was a diffi cult decision,” he said. Downs Racetrack and Casino. He has no plans to leave the community. And he will likely be the last to work there. “I’m a Surrey guy at heart,” Keeling said. “My roots are in Clover- Th e owners of Fraser Downs, the Great Canadian Gaming Cor- dale. Th at’s not going to go away.” poration, announced Th ursday that Keeling has chosen to resign his His grandfather, Jim Keeling Sr., brought modern harness racing to position as vice-president of racing operations and general manager Cloverdale in 1976. at 17755 60 Avenue. Th e elder Keeling and his partners also opened Sandown Raceway It’s a friendly departure, with company spokesman Howard Blank near Victoria. saying the company wishes Keeling well. In the early 1990s Jim Sr. turned over the reins to his son Jim Jr. He will stay on till Oct. 1, then begin a new career. When Jim Jr. died suddenly, his son Chuck took over. Keeling won’t disclose too much about his new path, except to say In 1996, what was known as the Cloverdale Raceway underwent he is going into partnership with an entrepreneur he’s known for a renovations and was renamed Fraser Downs. long time, and it will involve commuting to Vancouver. Th e casino opened in 2004. BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER “It is something totally unrelated to gaming and horse racing and In 2009, Chuck Keeling was named Business Person of the Year by anything I’ve ever done,” Keeling told Th e Leader. the Surrey Board of Trade. Chuck Keeling will depart Fraser At 38, the married father of one said he wants to try something dif- [email protected] Downs Racetrack and Casino in October.
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ON THE SIXTH day of deliberations in December of 2007, the jury in the Robert Pickton case sent a message to Justice James Williams. Th ey had a question. Could they fi nd Pickton was guilty if they inferred that he “acted indirectly” in the murders of six women at his Port Coquitlam pig farm? Th e judge replied the jury could indeed, if they found Pickton was “otherwise an active participant” in Canada’s worst multiple murder case. BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER Th ree days later, the seven-man, Ann Jansen (right) was born the year after her father, Henk Schoen (left), took over EE’s Farm on Fraser Highway in 1960. This year fi ve-woman B.C. Supreme Court marks Schoen’s 50th year of ownership – as well as his 50th wedding anniversary. jury found Pickton guilty of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Mona Wilson, Ser- Five decades of freshness eena Abotsway, Andrea Joes- A family celebrates 50 years at Two EE’s Farm on Fraser Highway bury, Georgina Robert Pickton Papin, Brenda Wolfe and by Boaz Joseph for the new owners of Two EE’s. Many competitors moved on, and drivers Marnie Frey, now slowed down for grocery shopping (while on the freeway, driving most of them street prostitutes with enk Schoen just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. speeds picked up). drug problems. Th e 28-year-old married his love, Jenny, on July 5, 1960. Two EE’s Farm survived despite never being open on Sundays. Williams sentenced Pickton to H Just three days later – following a honeymoon to Squamish “Th at’s one of the things we never did and we’re never going to,” Schoen life imprisonment with no chance in a VW Beetle – he and his wife took over a Surrey maintains. of parole for 25 years. landmark which is also celebrating a 50th anniversary “It’s the Lord’s day,” explains Ann, his third of nine Second-degree murder carries an this month. “I told them next year children. automatic life sentence but allows Known to locals for its signature orange corrugated Schoen co-owns Two EE’s Farm along with two of for the possibility of parole aft er as metal roof and fresh produce, Two EE’s farm on Fraser when I’m turning 80, his kids, Ann and Mike, and his son-in-law Ken. little as 10 years. Highway has been the Schoen (Dutch for “shoe”) family I’m fi nished.” “I told them next year when I’m turning 80, I’m However, the judge agreed with business for fi ve decades. fi nished,” Schoen says. the Crown that the maximum It was actually there years before they bought it and He’ll still be around to give advice though, Ann adds sentence was required because of was a food stand belonging to Emil and Elizabeth Kow- Henk Schoen with a chuckle. the uniqueness of the case. alski (the two “E”s) since sometime before the Second Growing up, all nine children were part of the farm Th e trial in a New Westminster World War, during the Depression or earlier. – both the main store with its fi ve-acre farm on Fraser Highway and the courtroom lasted nearly a year. Until the Schoens took over, it competed with dozens of other farms newer Two EE’s Organics, a 25-acre farm on 88 Avenue in Cloverdale. On Friday, in a unanimous rul- with roadside stands selling to people on weekend drives in the country. Although most of the fruit sold is trucked in from other farms or ing, the Supreme Court of Canada “Fraser Highway was the Trans-Canada Highway,” recalls Henk wholesalers, many of their vegetables are homegrown and are (admittedly upheld the verdict and dismissed a Schoen. “Th e thing was busy like crazy on the weekends so everybody non-certifi ed) organic. defence application for a new trial. from town would be passing by here.” Th e family grows “small” items on their Fraser Highway lot, such as Th e defence complained that Milk, dairy products, eggs, chickens, honey – the Kowalskis sold what radishes, beets, carrots, green onions, spinach and peas. when the judge said what he said to they could. (With all of the vegetable choices around him, Schoen’s favourite is the jury, it opened up new avenues Aft er the Trans-Canada was built in the early 1970s, and when traffi c patterns changed on the new Fraser Highway, business actually picked up See FARM / page 4 See JUDGES / page 5 Almost all Delta fi re victims without insurance 80-year-old reportedly alerted residents to blaze by Kevin Diakiw age. Betty Gobolos waited with dozens of others last JUST AFTER plugging in her coff ee machine, 80-year-old Th ursday aft ernoon for a chance to remove some of their Eleanor Watts heard explosions behind her, witnesses say. belongings from suites not damaged by fi re. Normally using a walker, she left her North Delta suite, Gobolos, like 95 per cent of the residents who were and crawled, commando-style down the hall, banging on evacuated, was not insured. doors to warn people to get out. She says because it was an old building, with no She then exited a stairway and fell down a fl ight of sprinklers or fi rewalls, the insurance premiums were stairs. prohibitively high. Watts is a bit of an institution among residents at the One offi cial said Gobolos’ apartment was near what was Ri-Don Apartments in North Delta, which burned to the termed “the waterfall” where fi refi ghters’ hoses streamed ground last Tuesday morning. down into the building. Eight people, including Watts, were taken to hospital “It was waste-deep in there,” Gobolos said. “I’ve lost with minor injuries and released. everything.” BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER Adjoining Kennedy Place Apartments was also evacu- Betty Gobolos lost everything at her North Delta See VICTIMS / page 5 apartment last week. ated during the blaze and suff ered signifi cant water dam- 4 Wednesday August 4 2010 Surrey North Delta Leader LIVINGSTONE Farm: Refrigerated foods can’t compete Denture Group From page 3 customers began to ask Are your dentures... for, such as cilantro, ❑ Over 5 years old? witlof (“white leaf” mustard greens and col- ❑ Loose, cracked or stained? lard greens. ❑ Making your mouth sore? in Dutch), or Belgian Giao Le Using cilantro as an ❑ Keeping you from enjoying food? endive, a leafy vegetable that was discovered in example, Schoen doesn’t If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions... 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Over the years, as they sold more If there’s no smell, you vegetables, the farm can throw it away. Th at’s with all fruits and vege- Alzheimer Society tended to specialize in hard-to-get items that tables – they should not Hope for Today. Hope for Tomorrow. be kept in the fridge. Th ey come out nice and fresh looking, but they while local produce is are too easy, and ironi- It’s okay, as long as you don’t taste the same.” available. Decades ago, cally, too inexpensive. realize it. Because then Schoen looks back people used to can or “We are so spoiled, you appreciate it.” to the “old days” as an pickle winter vegetables, so used to things Two EE’s Farm is example of good eating or make sauerkraut out – for convenience’s located at 16411 Fraser – shopping for fresh of cabbage. 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From page 1 found. hours trying to ham- Offi cials now say that Seniors Recreation Kathi Roberts also mer down the fi re. everyone is accounted Centre. Ramona, who didn’t lost all her belongings, Without being able for and has housing. Th e centre is located want her last name but is one of the few to get water directly on One hundred and 50 at 11760 88 Ave. Th e used, was in the build- who was insured. the blaze, they brought people have registered reception centre hotline ing that burned. She woke at about in equipment to col- at the emergency cen- is 604-596-8722. She was also unin- 5:50 a.m. Tuesday (July lapse the roof. tre at Kennedy Heights [email protected] sured. 27) to the sound of a “It’s all gone,” she friend outside leaning said. on her car horn. She’s just waiting on She just happened word of her two cats, to be driving by the Max and Milo, who are building in the 11800 still missing. block of 88 Avenue An animal protec- when she saw smoke. tion offi cer said only She was blasting the two out of 13 animals horn while calling 911. Kathi Roberts (right) and her mother June from the building that Fire crews showed Roberts. burned have been up at just aft er 6 a.m. and spent the next 12 Judges: Evidence ‘overwhelming’
From page 3 decision, and the provincial government has said there will be no trial on the remaining 20 cases if for conviction that ran counter to the Crown’s Pickton lost. theory Pickton acted alone. At the time, then-B.C. Attorney General Wally Th e Supreme Court judges said the evidence Oppal said it would not be in the public interest of Pickton’s involvement in the murders was to proceed further against someone already serv- “overwhelming” and it didn’t matter if anyone ing six life terms because nothing further would else helped. be gained. “Th is case was never about whether the Pickton is serving his time at Kent maximum- accused had a minor role in the killing of the security prison in Agassiz. victims,” the judges wrote. “It was about whether One of the six victims Pickton was convicted of or not he had actually killed them.” killing was a Surrey resident, Sereena Abotsway. Th e panel noted the defence had suggested Another Surrey woman, Heather Gabrielle other people might have been involved in the Chinnock, was among the 20 other victims. murders during the trial. Abotsway’s Surrey foster parents, Anna and Th e ruling means the families of the six victims Bert Draayers, last heard from her just before her won’t have to go through a second trial, but it 30th birthday on Aug. 20, 2001. means the families of the 20 other murdered Th e Draayers described their foster daughter women will never get to see Pickton answer for as an emotionally wounded, abused child, who their deaths in court. never got the counselling she needed while she Th at’s because the judge decided to proceed was in their care. with just six of the charges against Pickton to Chinnock, a 30-year-old Surrey resident, save time. was reported missing in July of 2002 following Aft er the conviction of Pickton on second an argument with her boyfriend, who said she degree murder, Crown prosecutors appealed stormed out of their Surrey residence without the ruling and won the right to try him for fi rst- taking any clothes or other personal possessions. degree murder on all 26 cases together. Th e boyfriend told CTV News Vancouver But the application for that new trial was put that Chinnock was a regular visitor to the Port on hold pending the Supreme Court of Canada Coquitlam pig farm owned by Pickton. 6 Wednesday August 4 2010 Surrey North Delta Leader Ire builds over loss of new prenatal unit
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ENVIRONMENT Climate change fever cools off s B.C. basked in hot weather last third of B.C.’s total greenhouse gases. And Bill Bennett, who also allows that he is emissions by 2020 was ambitious when it week, headlines proclaimed that the for now at least they are free. skeptical about human-caused climate was announced three years ago. It looks province is bravely forging ahead Now B.C., Ontario, Quebec, California change. How can a gas plant or cement downright dubious now that the political with its pioneering eff ort to combat and New Mexico have decided they will plant in B.C. take on the burden of an reality in the U.S. has changed. Barack Aglobal warming. press on and impose a cap and trade emission cap and paying for greenhouse Obama doesn’t brag about lowering the B.C. is among five provinces and U.S. system on their industries. This is despite gas credits when the same plant in Alberta ocean levels any more. He’s more con- states that have decided to proceed with the fact that national cap-and- doesn’t have to? cerned with keeping his own head above “cap and trade” restrictions on green- trade legislation in the U.S. bc “I can only tell you what water. house gas starting in 2012, officials of the has been abandoned by Senate the minister of energy And Campbell’s climate target, along Western Climate Initiative announced last Democrats who have enough thinks, and I think that with some other sweeping “great goals,” week. problems going into mid-term views if going to cap-and-trade appear to be setting like the sun on the This means big industrial emitters of elections this fall. under those circumstances B.C. flag, along with his political fortunes. carbon dioxide, which have escaped the Prime Minister Stephen was going to create some Simon Fraser University resource carbon tax on their process emissions for Harper, never a big fan of the obvious uncompetitiveness economist Mark Jaccard put out a report the past three years, should soon have to theory that humans are causing between Alberta and B.C. or last week estimating that B.C.’s rapidly pay for emission permits. and can control global warm- between B.C. and Ontario growing natural gas industry will add The top five human sources of carbon ing, has indicated that Canada or whoever, I don’t think we 10 per cent more emissions, as carbon dioxide in B.C. are Spectra Energy’s two has no choice but to follow the should do it,” Bennett said. dioxide from shale gas is vented to the natural gas plants in the Peace country, U.S. lead on climate policy. He’s Tom Fletcher He agrees with B.C. par- air. EnCana’s large new gas plant has been followed by Rio Tinto-Alcan’s aluminum right, and it’s refreshing to hear ticipating in the Western approved without requiring the still- smelter at Kitimat, and cement plants a politician blurt out such an Climate Initiative, because if experimental carbon capture and storage. operated by Lehigh in Delta and Lafarge inconvenient truth. and when a price is imposed on industrial Reduce emissions? in Richmond. So now it seems clear that the U.S. carbon emissions, the province would be Good luck with that. Those and other industrial sources pay federal government is leading us nowhere. prepared and ready to benefit as a clean Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and B.C.’s carbon tax on gasoline and other Still B.C. and California say they are going energy leader. columnist for Black Press and BCLocal- fuels, just like the rest of us, but together to soldier on with their tagalong partners. Premier Gordon Campbell’s goal of a news.com their process emissions amount to about a I put this idea to B.C. Energy Minister one-third cut in B.C.’s greenhouse gas tfl [email protected]
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AFTER MORE THAN 30 years of debate and accommodations in our city. these suites being zoned correctly as secondary harmony uncertainty, the City of Surrey has moved to Furthermore, with homeowners now able suites. implement its own policy on secondary suites in to effi ciently install or convert existing non- Council made a number of recommendations single family homes. conforming suites to legal suites, home owner- to staff who will now develop the fi nal wording As a member of this community for most of ship becomes more realistic for many citizens, as of the bylaw to be brought back to council this with my life, I have watched, listened and participated well, this bylaw recognizes the important human fall. as a citizen in the debate around the issue of element of allowing extended families to live Th e bylaw will ultimately permit one second- secondary suites. Ultimately, as a Surrey city together. ary suite in all single family homes in the city, councillor since 2005 I, along with the entire It should be noted that the policy direction subject to a number of conditions and restric- farms council, have struggled to fi nd the best solution adopted by council is the result of extensive tions, all of which have been well reported in this WHEN I FIRST moved to the Rich- to an issue which eff ects us all but has gone unre- public consultation. As part of the dialogue with media publication as well as others. ardson Ridge area of Cloverdale solved for decades, a political football tossed off citizens and community groups, council under- Th e decision to move forward with a second- 18 years ago blueberry farms were by generations of councils before this one. took a city-wide Ipsos Reid poll to gauge public ary suite bylaw was a necessary one. I applaud all around. So were fi elds of corn, As with our predecessors, we were aware that response to the long-time issue. According to the staff for their due diligence in looking for best mushroom farms, pumpkin fi elds it was time council took the leadership role for survey, 63 per cent of Surrey residents agree that practices in this area from other lower mainland and big empty lots fi lled with scrub which we were elected and produced a second- allowing one secondary suite in a single family cities, all of which have existing secondary suite and the odd horse or two. ary suite policy based in reality. home is a positive, progressive step for the city. bylaws and taking those ideas and, in my opin- Th e whistle of the trains fi lled Th e diff erence is that this council acted, It’s also important to understand that cur- ion, improving upon them with a uniquely ‘made the night air. We knew this was recognizing that the approval of this policy will rently, there are about 19,000 known secondary in Surrey’ approach. farmland when we bought here and provide a respectful, safe, aff ordable, and variety suites in Surrey, accounting for about two-thirds were not surprised by the noise and of housing choices for people seeking rental of all rental units with less than one percent of Surrey Coun. Tom Gill smells of an industry that has been in Cloverdale for over a hundred years. We have watched little pieces of this landscape disappear as town Share your bounty with others homes and tiny lots have replaced them. Th ere are now no horses out- DID YOU KNOW that every side of the track area in Cloverdale. year, 16 million pounds of Jim McMurtry’s annual campaign fresh produce (nutritious (Leader letters, July 28) to end berry fruits and vegetables) go farming in Cloverdale is just another to waste on B.C. farms? fi rst step in ending farming in the Th is food could fi ll area altogether. If he didn’t want to more than 160,000 food hear the guns he should not have bank hampers. bought in one of the last farm areas Th e Surrey Food Bank in Surrey. has offi cially started its Frank Britton gleaning season. Surrey We are recruiting local farmers (whether they own just one fruit Insurance tree, a small garden in their backyard or a large industrial farm) to join our program to help those is a must in need. Th e Gleaning Program I SUSPECT THAT the Question of the organizes volunteers from Week, “do you have fi re insurance our community to harvest for your home?” (Th e Leader, July this excess produce to 30) is a foregone conclusion towards be made available to the ‘yes’ responses winning out. 15,000 families that access Many homes, townhouses, con- the Surrey Food Bank FILE PHOTO / THE LEADER dos require fi re insurance in order to each month. qualify for either mortgage or lease. Farmers, gardeners and other residents are encouraged to donate their excess homegrown fruits and Th e Surrey Food Bank vegetables to the Surrey Food Bank for families in need. A big problem lies with rental is the largest food recov- houses, apartments and secondary ery program south of the suites, particularly in the private Fraser River. vegetables. the Gleaning Program. munity to step up and get Bank at 604-581-5443 to and/or lower-rent buildings where We distribute more than Some people cannot You can easily be part of involved. You can help by get involved. no such requirement exists. 60,000 hampers every aff ord luxury foods such the making a diff erence in either allowing your fi eld Oft en renters are also the people year. Unfortunately, most as strawberries or cher- these children’s and oth- or trees to be gleaned or Ben Brown Bentley, who upon a home-disaster, can least food bank clients do not ries. For some children, ers’ lives by supporting the by volunteering to assist Coordinator aff ord to replace their inventory, eat the recommended the fi rst time they taste Gleaning Program. in the gleaning. Gleaning Program hence rely on the community for amounts of fruits and fresh fruit is because of We need the local com- Call the Surrey Food Surrey Food Bank help as the media shows us time and again. Th e landlord only insures his property, the building. I, for one, will not go without fi re Making census voluntary protects our rights insurance. H.Torenbeek IT’S FASCINATING to watch “progressives” fl y into a panic over the of threats if I did not do so. No law-abiding Canadian citizen should Surrey elimination of the mandatory aspect of the Statistics Canada census be treated this way, and Canadians should be very suspicious of any long form. Th eir attitude demonstrates their utter contempt for Cana- politician who favors reinstitution compulsory long form census bul- Write to us dians’ right to privacy. lying of Canadians. It’s pretty apparent that the reason for their consternation is that By making the long form voluntary, Prime Minster Stephen Harper newsroom@ they depend on this information for left ist propaganda and social has restored our right to privacy and dignity as free Canadians. surreyleader.com engineering programs. Th ey know they will be hampered in these Of course, the bureaucrats are beside themselves, outraged that tasks by not knowing everything about our private lives. their power to snoop into every aspect of our lives and to keep our Letters to the editor must Also, they are hungry for power over us, and knowledge is power. personal information on their data bases is being curtailed. I say to identify writers by proper Th ey have an insatiable appetite for as much information about us as hell with their whole agenda, which is anti-privacy, anti-freedom, and name, and provide address they can possibly acquire. un-Canadian. and phone numbers for I once completed the long form, and I remember the feeling of being Th ank you, Prime Minister. Stand your ground. Enough is enough. verification. The Leader bullied by Statistics Canada into revealing numerous aspects of my You did the right thing for Canadians and for Canada. reserves the right to edit for private life that should be nobody’s business but my own. I felt violated aft er completing it and mailing it in under compulsion Kenneth Lawrence brevity, clarity and legality. Surrey 10 Wednesday August 4 2010 Surrey North Delta Leader
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BCPBL playoff in Vancouver Jays settle for second by Rick Kupchuk Stadium, but came through the back door Saturday to qualify for the AN OUTSTANDING SEASON left the championship round. North Delta Blue Jays without a Brad White threw a complete- banner. game two-hitter against the Langley But that’s fi ne with head coach Blaze, earning the shutout while Jason Rich. walking just one batter and giving His B.C. Premier Baseball League up a pair of singles. He struck out team placed second over the six Blaze betters in a 3-0 win. 44-game regular season, then was North Delta had 12 hits off a pair the runner-up again at the league’s of Langley pitchers, with Quinn fi nal four playoff tournament in Allen, Trevor Hodgins and Tyson Vancouver. Popoff getting two each. And while admitting Th e Blue Jays then hung that things might have on for a 3-2 victory over been done diff erently, and the Fraser Valley Chiefs led to a league or playoff Saturday evening, taking a championship, Rich isn’t 3-0 lead aft er three innings going to dwell on it. then surviving a Chiefs “Th ere’s always things comeback attempt. that come up, and the Cam Frick drove in two coach looks back and says, runs for North Delta, with ‘I could have done it a little Reed Lavallee and Popoff diff erently,’ ” he admitted collecting two hits each. “But I’m not going to be Brad White In Sunday’s fi nal, that guy. Th ey (the Blue Victoria pitcher Cole Holt Jays players) all did a great job, from earned the game’s MVP award by one to nine, the pitchers, catchers throwing a one-hitter against the and the guys on the bench. Jays, and with just one walk, faced “Th e boys had a great year, and just two batters over the minimum did everything that was asked of while bringing North Delta’s season them this year, they did a great job to an end. of coming through.” In regular season and playoff s North Delta fell 5-0 to the Victo- combined, the Blue Jays had a 36-14 ria Mariners in the championship won-lost record, placing second to game, their second loss in as many the Blaze by three games in league BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER starts against the Mariners in the play and fi nishing as the runnerup double-knockout playoff . team in the playoff s. North Delta Blue Jays Stefan McKee (14) and Trevor Hodgins (13) collide while chasing a foul ball during Th e Jays lost the opening game Friday’s B.C. Premier Baseball League playoff game against the Victoria Mariners at Nat Bailey Stadium 2-0 Friday evening at Nat Bailey See CHIEFS / Page 17 on Friday. Victoria won 2-0. Rams lose second straight on the road Surrey football team falls 30-3 in Kelowna to the Okanagan Sun by Rick Kupchuk scrimmage, when Jesse Warawa from Tarcon in the fourth quarter. off ence, compared to 241 by Surrey. intercepted a pass and raced 30 Big Kahuna’s sonly score of the Tarcon was the top rusher for the FOR THE SECOND week in the row, yards into the Rams end zone. game was a 33-yard fi eld goal from home side with 123 yards on seven Big playing on the road hasn’t been good Th e Sun doubled their advantage Nick Boyd in the third quarter. carries, all but 14 yards on the one to the Surrey Big Kahuna Rams. to 14-0 before the fi rst quarter was “Honestly, we didn’t know what long dash for a touchdown. Kahuna Th e Canadian Junior Football out, then snuff ed out the Surrey was going to happen today with this Th e Rams moved the ball with League team was in Kelowna Satur- squad’s best eff ort group,” said Rams their passing game, with Griffi n Rams day evening, where they were handed to get back into the head coach Chris Bullock hauling in six receptions Q Fall to 0-2 a 30-3 setback by the Okanagan Sun. game in the second “This group will get Butschler. “Th ere for 124 yards and Brian McLean with loss in Th e Rams, now at 0-2 (won-lost), period. Warawa are so many new catching fi ve balls for 33. Kelowna. are in the basement of the B.C. picked off his better over the next players, most are Th e big diff erence in the game Football Conference. Kelowna is second pass of the couple of weeks...” still getting to know was fi eld position and turnovers. Q Kickoff tied for fi rst place at 2-0, alongside game at the Okana- each other’s names. Th e Sun fumbled the ball away fi ve against the the Victoria Rebels and the defend- gan one-yard line, Chris Butschler Th is group will get times, as did the Big Kahuna team. Victoria Rebels ing national champion Vancouver On the next better over the next But a pair of interceptions and a Saturday. Island Raiders of Nanaimo. play, Sun running couple of weeks and turnover-on-downs tilted the game Surrey managed just 94 yards back Tore Tarcon will be a really good in favour of Okanagan. of net off ence in the opening half, broke through the Ram defence for team in the last few.” Th e Rams play their fourth while the Sun racked up 213 and a 109-yard touchdown run and a Aside from the long run by Tar- consecutive road game – including took a 23-0 lead at the break. Oka- 21-0 lead. Th e Sun completed their con, the statistical performance of preseason play - next Saturday in nagan scored the only points they scoring with a safety just before the two teams was almost even. Victoria, kicking off against the would need on the fi rst play from half time, and a second major score Th e Sun had 353 yards of net Rebels at 4 p.m.
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