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SIGHT LINES: Coffee and memories of an ‘intrepid reporter’

South Surrey’s George Garrett made everyone feel like a friend
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Veteran radio newsman George Garrett in 2016, promoting the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society. (File photo)

There’s a joking tribute to George Garrett making the rounds, according to former White Rock mayor (and erstwhile MLA and MP) Gordie Hogg.

“They say that God ought to watch out. George is in heaven and he’s already getting the inside scoop,” he related at a coffee meeting with myself and another former White Rock mayor, Darryl Walker, the other morning.

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