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B次元官网网址業tB次元官网网址檚 your smile and your waveB次元官网网址: B.C. street cleaner marks 25 years

B次元官网网址楨verything should be done the Harold Zinke way,B次元官网网址 says Trevor McDonald with Chilliwack BIA

HeB次元官网网址檚 known as the unofficial mayor of downtown Chilliwack, and on Friday Harold Zinke was recognized by the real mayor, and others, on his milestone employment anniversary.

May 10 marked 25 years for Zinke who cleans up trash on the streets of the cityB次元官网网址檚 downtown area.

B次元官网网址淵ou truly are an ambassador to our downtown,B次元官网网址 said Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove.

He started working for the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association on May 10, 1999.

B次元官网网址淭he day I got hired in 1999, I fell in love with this job because I like to keep our streets nice and clean so that people, when they go for their walk, they see that everything looks so nice,B次元官网网址 Zinke said back in 2019 on his 20th anniversary.

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ItB次元官网网址檚 been calculated that he walks 25,000 steps a day. And, yes, he got the day off on Friday.

That morning he got to sit in the mayorB次元官网网址檚 chair in council chambers at City Hall and bang the gavel, as people gathered to celebrate him, and his hard work and warm personality.

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Harold Zinke, seen here with Cpl. Brad Rendall, was honoured at City Hall for his 25th anniversary with the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 your smile and your wave,B次元官网网址 said Cpl. Brad Rendall.

HeB次元官网网址檚 worked alongside Zinke for many years.

B次元官网网址淥ur jobs are actually similar. WeB次元官网网址檙e both out there cleaning up the streets of Chilliwack, and at times I think Harold gets it done better than what we do.B次元官网网址

Plus, heB次元官网网址檚 like a ninja with his garbage grabber.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 sure he can pick up a dime with it,B次元官网网址 Rendall said.

He presented Zinke with an RCMP challenge coin to B次元官网网址渟ignify the recipient is part of the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP team, which you are.B次元官网网址

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Harold Zinke was honoured at City Hall for his 25th anniversary with the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Zinke was also given a T-shirt with the words B次元官网网址楾he unofficial mayor of downtown Chilliwack - 25 yearsB次元官网网址 on it, plus a Chilliwackopoly board game, and an B次元官网网址楬. Zinke WayB次元官网网址 street sign.

Since they cannot name a street after him, they gave him B次元官网网址渢he next best thingB次元官网网址 which was a street sign to hang in his apartment, Popove said.

B次元官网网址淗arold, you can hold that sign up again because everything should be done the Harold Zinke way,B次元官网网址 said Trevor McDonald, executive director with the BIA.

He added that Zinke comes to work every day with a smile on his face and has never had a bad thing to say about anybody.

B次元官网网址淗is grace and his class and his dignity are an example for everybody here and our whole community,B次元官网网址 McDonald said.

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Harold Zinke was honoured at City Hall for his 25th anniversary with the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)


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About the Author: Jenna Hauck

I started my career at The Chilliwack Progress in 2000 as a photojournalist.
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