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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says it's the wording of a letter from Surrey parks director Neal Aven to the South Surrey Field House Society that has created confusion about the Rotary clubs' future at the facility.

"I want to be absolutely clear: the Rotary Clubs are not being evicted from the Rotary Fieldhouse," Locke said, in a statement released Wednesday, Aug. 27.

"They continue to have a home for office and meeting space, and that will not change," she added.

She noted the city will be running an open request for proposals to find a facility operator this fall, addressing the lapsing of the original 25-year lease with the city held by the South Surrey Field House Society (which operated it for White Rock Rotary and other local Rotary Clubs, including

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