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Isabella Scognamiglio, left, Adrienne Ashby and Julia Scheuer take a peek through dozens of grad dresses at the Individual Learning Centre in Saanichton. Brought there by Elizabeth Surerus and the Magic Wand program, the dresses (and tuxes) are available for any student to borrow at no cost, shoes and accessories included.

Angela Cowan News staff

Prom and graduation season is just around the corner, and with it comes a slew of expenses for teens and their parents.

Dresses, tuxedo rentals, shoes and accesso-ries, the list goes on, and can add up to hundreds of dollars for one night’s worth of festivities.

Those financial pressures can mean some kids forgo their graduation parties, rather than show-ing up underdressed, but thanks to the Magic Wand Project, no grad needs to miss out.

Started up in 2001 by former teacher and coun-sellor Elizabeth Surerus, the Magic Wand Project lends out dresses and tuxedos, with all their accoutrements.

“I was aware of the Cinderella Project in Van-

couver, and I knew we didn’t have anything like that for our grads,” says Surerus. “I started it for our students to have that opportunity.”

Initially developed for students with financial difficulties, the only cost to the kids is a minimal charge for dry-cleaning.

Waving the magic wand at graduationMagic Wand Project lends formal dresses, tuxedos to grads throughout the region

Please see: Boutique space at Saanichton centre, page 8

Big day for arena BDay-long events at Panorama to await final Hockeyville announcement

NORTH SAANICH — It’s party time at Panorama this Saturday, April 4.

Hockeyville has hit the Peninsula in a big way, following last Saturday’s announcement that Pan-orama Recreation Centre’s Arena B was named one of two Kraft Hockeyvilles in Canada. That earned them $100,000 in arena upgrades — and the chance at win-ning an NHL preseason game.

Voting for that lasted until this past Monday night and now the countdown begins again.

An all-day celebration starts at 9 a.m. with the Cen-tral Saanich Lions pancake breakfast. From 1 to 5 p.m., Panorama hosts a family-friendly tailgate party with barbecue, road hockey and more.

The announcement of the big Hockeyville winner is expected during Hockey Night in Canada’s first game that afternoon. So be sure to cross your fingers, Saanich Peninsula!

Dakota Dave coming to townDeep Cove Folk club hosts guitarist and storyteller Dave Hull this month, page 14

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Soccer season startsParkland Secondary’s senior girls soccer team is young and building for the future, page 18

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Gavin England of Saanich-ton was one of 26 recipients of bravery awards at the Life-saving Society’s 103rd Annual Honour and Rescue Award Ceremony on March 28 in Van-couver.

Gavin, 13, is in Grade 8 at Bayside Middle School. Last year his efforts saved his and his grandfather’s life after they were forced to abandon their boat in the Saanich Inlet.

“Gavin’s dad and I are proud of him, of course, especially in his ability to improvise, perse-vere and think clearly under those stressful conditions,” said Gavin’s mom Gillian.

“We’ve gone boating since then. Hopefully Gavin will not experience anything as extreme as this again, but at least he has shown that when the chips are down he is able to take care of himself.”

Gavin was on the water in Finlayson Arm in June of 2014 with his grandfather Vern, in an 18-foot boat Vern had restored. The two were prawning 300 metres off shore near Goldstream Park when the boat took on more water than its already-stressed bilge pump could handle, and the bilge stopped functioning.

“The next thing you know, I looked back and the boat was half full of water,” Vern said.

As he watched the water level rise, Vern knew the situ-ation was going to rapidly get worse.

“Grandpa, we’ve got to get out of the boat,” Gavin said.

Wearing lifejackets, they entered the water and were able to remain afloat. Vern didn’t have the strength to swim and Gavin towed him while assuring him not to panic.

“I kept telling him that we would be fine and we were almost there,” Gavin said.

They lost their shoes during the swim but reached shore, though they found themselves in a remote area with no help in sight.

After navigating the rocky shoreline, Gavin walked some distance to find a house while Vern warmed up and regained his strength on the beach. They had seen a cabin ear-lier from the water so Gavin headed in that direction.

After nearly two hours, he came upon an empty house and an old truck with keys in it. After several unsuccessful attempts, Gavin was able to start the truck. He had never

driven a stick shift but had rid-den a dirt bike, so knew about clutches and shifting gears.

He drove the truck up the steep driveway to find help. He made it to the Malahat where he waved down a motorist to get help.

“I knew I was all right, but I was more concerned about Grandpa than myself.”

Vern eventually made it to the abandoned house as Gavin was coming back down the hill with RCMP officers who had been called by observers.

“I think (Gavin’s) a hero, I really do. He had such tenac-ity to just get up and find help. I’m so proud of that little guy, he’s an incredible boy,” Vern said.

“I still go boating,” Gavin said. “I wasn’t really respon-sible for preparing the boat, but my dad is pretty particu-lar about boating safety and having our own boat properly equipped. If something unex-pected happens try not to panic — and wear your life-jacket at all times.”

Each year the Honour and Rescue Award ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the heroism and bravery of aquatic rescuers in B.C.

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Travis Paterson is a reporter with the Saanich News

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Saanichton resident Gavin England, centre, receives a Silver Medal for Bravery from MLA for Burnaby North, Richard Lee, left, and Lieut. Gov. Judith Guichon last Saturday in Vancouver.

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VICTORIA — Earth Hour is an annual event

hosted by the World Wildlife Fund where people are encour-aged to turn off lights and electronics for one hour.

This year, B.C. saved 15 megawatt hours of electricity, or a 0.2 per cent reduction in overall provincial load, equivalent to turning off about 680,000 LED light bulbs, said BC Hydro in a media release. This was the lowest energy savings in eight years.

In Greater Victoria, Sooke had the highest reduction in electricity load at 2.3 per cent sav-ings, followed by Sid-ney at 2.1 per cent.

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per cent, compared to a 5.8 per cent reduction last year. Victoria saved 1.5 per cent, compared to a 3.7 per cent reduc-tion last year.

Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins said the township promoted Earth Hour ahead of time to get residents involved again this year, and she was disap-pointed by the results.

“We’ll have to do a much better job next year,” she said. “We don’t realize how lucky we are that we have all of this and also how much we take advan-tage of it.”

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District-owned facili-ties in Central Saanich

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The Community, Pro-tective Services and Facilities committee met on March 9 to dis-cuss allocating $15,000 from the municipal Carbon Reserve Fund for energy efficiency building retrofits, fuel switching projects and solar hot water sys-

tems in order to dem-onstrate its continued commitment to reduc-ing corporate and com-munity greenhouse gas emissions.

Council agreed unan-imously to approve the funds.

The District is a sig-natory to the B.C. Cli-mate Action Charter and in 2007 voluntarily committed to working toward reducing green-house gas emissions, and to become carbon-neutral in its opera-tions.

During the 2012-2016 financial plan delib-erations, council sup-ported the creation of a municipal Carbon Reserve Fund using funds received annu-ally from the Carbon Tax Rebate.

Including the 2014 Carbon Tax Rebate, the balance of the District’s Carbon Reserve Fund is expected to be just under $30,000.

A Building Facili-ties Asset Manage-ment Plan (BF-LAMP) has also been in-prog-ress, which included detailed assessments of 42 District-owned buildings, identifying repairs, maintenance and equipment replace-ment of each building over the next 20 years, some of which will reduce emissions and improve energy effi-ciency.

“We did focus on local projects for local buildings,” said Coun-cillor Alicia Corm-ier. “We’re looking at municipal facilities that

community groups are working with now.”

Such facilities could include The Centre for Active Living, the Cen-tral Saanich Lions’ hall, West Saanich School, and so on.

The BF-LAMP is expected to be com-pleted this spring, the results of which would impact any potential work on municipally-owned buildings.

“We’re going to be making grants available to change some of the heating or lighting sys-tems that might reduce emissions,” added Cormier, pointing to the efforts from Solar Col-wood as one example the District could fol-low.

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• The Town of Sid-ney’s 2015 grant-in-aid budget has been increased to $13,600. A $600 item for an RCMP regional youth police camp was removed from the policing budget and added to the grants amount for this year.

At the same time, council has given out $12,500 in grants-in-aid to various com-muity groups. Those include $4,000 to the Sidney and Penin-sula Literary Festival and $1,500 to Access Awareness Day (hosted by Beacon Community Services).

Sidney has $1,100 remaining in its grants fund for this year.

• The municipality will start using Face-book and Twitter soon. Council approved a new social media policy and staff have been tasked with determining the moni-toring and content protocols.

• Sidney plans to spend $135,000 on sidewalk and park improvements along First Street, calling it the Gateway sidewalk project.

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Adam Olsen says he was very concerned about the fortunes of the Green Party in B.C. as he took on the job of interim leader 18 months ago.

The coffers looked a little bare and he says he was still running into people who just would not get past the percep-tion that the Greens were a one-issue party.

Today, however, much of that has changed.

In a recent interview with the PNR, Olsen talked about his work across the province to raise the profile of the Green Party, lay the groundwork for better fundraising and dispel some of the myths.

Olsen accepted the job as interim leader after running in the 2013 provincial elec-tion and falling only 300-plus votes shy of matching the winner, the NDP’s Gary Hol-man. Olsen picked up 32.07 per cent of the vote in Saanich North and the Islands. Hol-man, in comparison, won with only 33.27 per cent. Runner up Ste-phen Roberts garnered 32.76 per cent.

That showing helped propel Olsen into the provincial-level job. Right away, he says there was work to be done.

“There was a focus on revenue and our member numbers,” he says. “We needed to increase the volume and increase the rev-enue. I was very con-cerned at how slow things seemed at the very start.”

Olsen says he tem-pered that worry with the fact that Green MLA Andrew Weaver out of Oak Bay was doing good work and representing the party well. Throw in the fact that Elizabeth May, the

Saanich Gulf Islands MP and federal Green Party leader has such a strong work ethic and seems to be at the top of the parliamentarian lists each year.

“We still had to earn it,” Olsen says.

The provincial Greens set a fundrais-ing goal of $50,000 in December 2014. Olsen says when all was said and done, the party raised $90,000. Olsen said they revised that goal — which was again surpassed in December 2014 to hit more than $112,000.

Overall last year, Olsen said the party raised nearly $300,000 — more than the $250,000 they collected in 2013, an election year.

As for members, Olsen said a few hun-dred more have trick-led in over 2014, but there hasn’t been a push on for that — the party will wait until after this year’s federal election.

Dogged by the asser-tion that the Greens are only interested in the environment, Olsen says to some extent that’s true, but looking at today’s top issues in B.C., they have their roots within the envi-ronment. The Mount

Polley mine incident, he says, had major eco-nomic repercussions. The Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal, the same thing, and the current B.C. govern-ment’s focus on lique-fied natural gas as a future economic driver raises serious ques-tions.

“In each of these issues, yes, there are environmental con-cerns, but each are also economic and social issues to be addressed.”

Olsen adds he feels the party is doing well

in its job of presenting voters a full package, and is not just a one trick pony.

As the party’s main representative, Olsen says he spent most of last year travelling the province, looking for places where the Greens might be able to run a candidate.

To be taken seriously as a party, it’s always been a stipulation that you run as many can-didates in as many rid-ings as possible — that holds true for any party wanting to hold power in the legislature.

Yet Olsen says the Greens are not going to put just anyone on the ballot. While the names being put for-ward in B.C. ridings are “impressive,” Olsen says it’s imperative that they take it seriously.

“It won’t be any name. And the candi-

dates won’t be paper ones. We’re asking them ‘do you know this job?’”

Olsen’s own job as interim leader will prob-ably come to an end in early 2016. He cannot put his name forward in the next leadership race — but he doesn’t seem concerned about that.

“People have asked me to do that, but I am not. I will follow in Andrew’s footsteps and turn down the leader-ship and be more useful and try to be elected.”

While he waits for that change within the provincial Green Party, Olsen says he’ll be working to help May hold onto the riding at the federal level.

“I’m a huge sup-porter of hers, and she supported me last time.

“It’s going to take a lot of work.”


CorrectionAs reported in the

Wednesday, April 1 edition, the Sidney Sister Cities Associa-tion sponsors trips for students only (not adults) between Sidney and its sister cities of Anacortes, WA; Niimi, Japan; and Cairns, Aus-tralia.

The News Review regrets the error.

Green fundraising tops goalInterim party leader Adam Olsen looking to run again in Saanich North

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Emily Mercer’s letter in the PNR on March 27 completely missed the mark. The Freshwater Fisheries Society is a dedicated group of like-minded scientists, biologists and fishers from all walks of life who actually care deeply for our fresh-water ecosystems and the environ-ment. The fact these funds are now going to the FFS instead of general revenues for the provincial govern-ment is a win-win for everyone in this province.

Only fish that are native to B.C. are reared and stocked into our rivers and streams. Many were his-torically and naturally completely devoid of fish, but had an incredible amount of aquatic insects and inver-tebrates living in pristine water. Per-fect habitat for trout.

Trout are the proverbial canar-ies in the coal mine. Without cold, clean water they couldn’t survive. The vast majority of rainbow trout stocked in B.C. lakes are triploided fish that are sterile and cannot reproduce. In the case of streams, primarily only fish that are native to that stream are stocked to enhance numbers of fish that have suffered from habitat loss and destruction.

Recreational fishing in B.C. puts untold millions of dollars into our local economies annually. My fresh-water fishing licence means I’m a stakeholder of clean, clear water with healthy fish populations and buys me the right to fish where allowed in a legal fashion.

Ms. Mercer’s ire towards the FFS is completely unjustified. Perhaps she should focus her anger at the real culprits who disregard our

freshwater ecosystems; forestry and mining companies who destroy entire watersheds, industrial pollut-ers, corporations making millions selling our water to us in plastic bottles at little or no cost to them, and the governments that continue to allow them to do so.

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Fat has long been trimmedRe: Look Outside the Classroom,

editorial, March 25.Counting widgets — apparently

that’s how school district staff engage themselves according to the editorial exhorting school districts to “cut the fat.” It is rare to see a press editorial so bereft of perspec-tive, balance and information. While editorials are often meant to be provocative, surely they have some obligation to support their opinions with something resembling facts.

Could the writer not provide one single actual example of what might be regarded as school district waste? Have they forgotten the years of under budgeting and cost offloading of the provincial govern-ment onto school districts, with, for example, unfunded salary agree-ments? Have they overlooked the $100 million!! dollars wasted on the BC Enterprise Student Information System (BCESIS) which has cost school districts untold hours of staff time. Have they forgotten the out-of-hand rejection of the Saanich School District’s locally developed and much less costly proposed replacement for that system?

Let’s forget this nonsensical dichotomy of “not taking money from the classrooms.” School Dis-tricts need administrators and non-teaching staff as well as teachers.

Our schools and school districts have suffered neglect and indiffer-ence from the province over the past decade.

Any so-called fat has long since been trimmed. Let’s actually invest in our public education system and develop the educated population we need for the future.

Ken Marsh Sidney

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Local rink is on national stageV

oting is complete and all that’s left is the waiting.

For the second time in two weekends, people will be on the edge of their seats at Panorama

Recreation Centre’s Arena B, as the winner of an NHL preseason hockey game will be announced. Panorama is in the running against their counterparts in Chatham, Ontario. If Vancouver Islanders, and westerners in general, did their job right, there’ll be two pro hockey teams on the Saanich Peninsula next season.

Win or no, congratulations must go out to the people behind the push to get the west to

choose Panorama in the nation-wide Kraft Hockeyville contest. There was some pretty good competition in there — the Island just seemed to want it

more.The effort to win the Hockeyville title started

with a nomination by Jason Fletcher. He said he didn’t know how far it would take the local rink, but today there are probably plenty of others looking to him for advice on writing grant applications. It’s an art and he seemed to do it right, attracting the imagination of the larger community — not just hockey parents.

The staff of Panorama jumped on board immediately and worked hard to hit social media with a blitz of publicity. Then came the myriad of people who re-Tweeted and re-posted the ‘get out and vote’ message.

If only our politicians would learn from all of this, then we might get just as excited over the voting process more often (or at least every three to four years). It’s safe to say that politics might not have the same caché as hockey — but every effort would help voter turnout rates.

This Saturday, Panorama hosts a day-long celebration from pancake breakfast to the big Hockeyville NHL game reveal. Most events are free and everyone is welcome as the rec. centre thanks the community for its support.

No matter the outcome of the voting on Saturday, Panorama is already a full-fledged member of the Hockeyville alumni and should be proud that their community thinks so highly of them to propel them to a national stage.

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Every month we read and hear more concerns expressed about our ever-increasing level of house-

hold debt relative to disposable income. Judging by all the hand-wringing on this issue, one would think that Canadians are addicted to spending, and to increas-ing their debt. Have we really run amok? Should we be seriously concerned?

Obviously, any time that debt levels increase we should not be complacent. When we are younger, in our 20s to 50s, debt is a necessary evil — ideally to be wrestled down as quickly as possible. By the time we are ready to retire however, debt should be considered the worst enemy of a comfortable retirement. Achieving zero debt as soon as possible should be a major priority of all Canadians.

So yes, we should not be complacent about debt levels. On the other hand, before we conclude that a dangerous debt bubble is brewing, we must look at all the facts impacting the debt of Canadians.

The most recent numbers from Statistics Canada show that for every dollar of disposable house-hold income, the average family carries $1.63 of debt — for a debt-to-disposable-income ratio of 163.3%.

Compared to the 1990 ratio of 85.3%, this is almost double that of 25 years ago. Today however, and for many recent years, interest rates have been at less than half those which existed in 1990.

Today, with more than twice the debt-service capacity, compared to 25 years ago, simple mathematics shows that despite the doubling of our debt burden, we are able on average, to cope with today’s debt as eas-ily as in 1990. Currently the average family inter-est burden amounts to about 6.8% of disposable

income — the lowest level recorded since 1990. Indeed, delinquency rates seem to bear this out. On both mort-gage and credit card debt, we are near all-time delinquency lows of less than 0.3%.

It is also noteworthy that today’s aver-age Canadian family has a net worth that is about 4.5 times the amount of their total debt — a healthy cushion.

The real problem of course, is that these comforting statistics deal only with averages, thus disguising the fact that about a quarter of Canadians carry zero debt, while another quarter have

debts of less than $50,000. This means that other families carry huge debts, far above the average numbers released each month. It is this segment of our population which must carefully weigh the risks of adding to their debt.

Fortunately, more than 70% of household debt is in mortgages. If today’s new homeowner pur-chases a home with an available 2.79% 5-year fixed interest rate, he enjoys a number of buffer years in which family earnings can grow to deal with rate increases on a future mortgage renewal.

Despite all the negative publicity, Canada is not facing a debt crisis — at today’s interest rates.

Should the rates suddenly spike however, the picture could quickly change. For that reason, the Bank of Canada and others will continue to express concern about debt levels. Theirs is an early-warning signal to the minority of families

who may be stretched to their debt-service limit. To that group of families, the cautions are most appropriate.

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As the project gained expo-sure over the years though, stu-dents started jumping on board for different reasons, and now Surerus has opened it up to all students, regardless of their financial situation.

“Anybody can come,” she says. “Anybody who wants to save money and use it for some-thing else, maybe their educa-tion or a donation to a cause.”

The project’s motto is ‘Why buy when you can borrow?’

Surerus emphasizes too that it’s not just for the girls. She has a wide selection of tuxedos and suits for the guys, including pin-stripes, tails, and even a few dap-per white jackets.

New this year, the project has a bit more room to spread out.

Answering Surerus’ call for more space, the Individual Learning Centre in Saanichton

stepped up and offered a large, unused room as a ‘boutique’ space at no cost to the project.

“It’s another opportunity to offer something to the commu-nity,” says Shirley Elm, principal of the learning centre.

“And it’s really about provid-ing opportunities to students so they can make the choices they like.”

A prime example of the increasing popularity of the project, Elm’s own daughter and her friends have jumped on board because of its eco-friendly aspects, something more stu-dents are becoming aware of.

“They’re saying, ‘If you want to be green, do it,’” says Elm. “Everybody has a different rea-son for borrowing.”

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hall. Studio 63 offers free haircuts,

styles and up-dos as part of a 12-month hairdressing program. Grad students can get their hair done for prom or graduation on the day, says Elm, and some of the hairdressers even do a little bit of makeup too. The studio opens April 13.

Surerus says she doesn’t need any more donations of formal wear — there are already doz-ens of dresses and suits on the racks and more at her home — but the project could use the volunteer services of someone to do alterations.

For more information, visit themagicwandproject .ca , search Magic Wand Project Vic-toria on Facebook, or to book an appointment, call Elizabeth Surerus at 250-658-0246, or email [email protected].

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Realistically, neither the Bank of Canada, nor the U.S. Federal Reserve, can ignore the fact that substantial or frequent increases in interest rates would present a major risk to their respective economies.

Should such occur, home prices would plum-met, debt-service delinquencies would spike, and unemployment would rise sharply. In any Cen-tral Bank’s deliberations, this concern is bound to have a major influence on the pace and magnitude of future rate increases.

Yes, interest rates can only go up. But they are very likely to be modest in scope and slow in their pace, allowing families to gradually accommodate the impact.

Entering into any new debt should be done with

eyes wide open to the longer-term risk that rising interest rates would represent.

However, as a nation, we have not spun out-of-control on either our spending or our level of debt.

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For Tony Yu and Kim-berly He, opening a res-taurant in Sidney was something of a home-coming.

The pair are the own-ers of the Maple Pal-ace restaurant, which recently opened at the west end of Beacon Avenue in the former home of the Catalina Grill.

Residents of Sidney and the Saanich Penin-sula might be familiar with the Maple Palace — Yu’s parents opened the original restaurant in 1993 on Fifth Street in downtown Sidney, where Monk Office is located today.

“It was a very pop-ular restaurant,” Yu recalled. “The entire building was built by my family and the inte-rior was full of maple furnishings. It was a very special place.”

In 2007, he continued, his parents decided to retire. The restaurant closed and the furnish-ings were spread to the wind. Now that the restaurant has made a comeback, Yu said he’s searching high and low for some of the original interior decorations, chairs and tables.

Yu said he moved

to China to work for a few years after the family business closed. When he and his wife Kimberly returned, he found that many peo-ple asked him if the restaurant was coming back as well.

“People just seemed to miss it so much,” he said. “So, we decided to do something special and provide a high-end Chinese restaurant.”

They have redeco-rated the space, with He painting various scenes from some of China’s most popu-lar tourist attractions. When you walk in, the Great Wall looms large, with depictions of the scenery and culture of China.

He’s background as an artist is also evident on the exterior of the building.

“We want people to have the feeling that they are walking into China. These murals, they are some of our favourites too.”

Maple Palace has been open for only two weeks as they put the finshing touches on the restaurant. An offical grand opening event is in the works.

Yu said they hope to offer customers a

glimpse of China in the décor and the food.

“People will be inter-

ested in seeing Maple Palace coming back,” he said.

“That’s what I’ve been hearing every day.”

Maple Palace restaurant back after seven years away

Steven Heywood/News staff

Maple Palace owners Kimberly He and Tony Yu have rebuilt their family’s business. The original Maple Palace was a mainstay in Sidney between 1993 and 2007.

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Kelowna car artist sportifi es Tesla

Kelowna resident Rick Kelly thinks Tesla has missed the boat with its Model S design, so he’s created his own sporty coupe version of the electric car.Well, actually, the car-loving artist has created a digital version of what he calls a Model S 2+2-coupe concept. Kelly explained: “The only ‘sporty’ electric vehicle on the market right now is the BMW i8 – I’ve seen one here in Kelowna and it is spectacular, albeit out

of most people’s price range ($145,000). Tesla has the performance in its electric Model S to be entertaining as a driver’s car. The Model S is one of the nicest-looking cars on the road, but it has FOUR doors – that precludes it from being ‘sporty’ in my book.”You can check out Kelly’s other creations at his website: http://automotiveart.shawwebspace.ca, his blog at http://digital-automotive-art.blogspot.ca and he even has a fun iBook called Digital Automotive Art on iTunes.Check it out. What do you think about Kelly’s digital re-creation of the $114,700 Tesla?

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“The Model S is one of the nicest-looking cars on the road, but it has FOUR doors – that precludes it from being ‘sporty’ in my book.”

Vancouver auto show becoming world classAs the 2015 Vancouver Interna-tional Auto Show fades into our rearview mirror, it’s a good time to reflect on what a fantastic show it was.Yours truly travels all over the world to such exotic locations as Paris, Geneva, Beijing, New York and Frankfurt, for much bigger auto shows. But to me, it is obvious that the setting for the Vancouver show is, hands down, the best around. The Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre is a stunning building; from the huge windows, to the exposed wood and living roof, it is a world-class venue. And with the expansion this year’s show underwent, the Vancouver show is moving into the big leagues. By keeping the lower exhibit hall exclusively for the big auto manufacturers to showcase the latest, shiny cars, and adding the upper main ballroom and concourse locations helped the show breathe and provided flow. As much as the hot new cars get the atten-tion, often the local vendors can create a stir. Like the gang at Fine Vehicles, who buy

left-hand drive Land Rover De-fenders in Europe and then ship them to England to be rebuilt, before they are imported to Canada. The buyer gets a brand new Land Rover that is unavail-able here, starting at $75,000. The top floor also provided much more walking room for the large crowds to mingle and check out the collection of ex-otic cars or the vintage Corvette collection.It’s the lower floor where the big manufacturers spend a lot of money on elaborate stages to promote the latest and greatest from high-horsepower supercars to fuel sipping environment

vehicles or practical family crossovers.The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is one of this year’s most anticipated cars, with 650hp and a track-ready setup that would make any driver look good. Dodge, not willing to take second seat, actually adds a back seat to its powerhouse Hellcat Charger or Challenger. These two new models come with 707hp and the factory has had to suspend orders so the production can catch up with demand.

Big power may be back but not to worry, the environmentally minded cars were never far from sight. The Vancouver show was chosen to announce the new Automobile Journalists Association of Canada’s (AJAC) Green Car of the Year Award. This year’s winner is the Kia Soul Electric Vehicle, providing a practical design with full electric capabilities. Also on display was the Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell vehicle, capable of running on hydrogen, with no tailpipe emission, only water vapour. The hottest trend in the market today is the small crossover vehicles that come in many shapes and sizes, and from all over the world. The Fiat 500X is an example of the latest from Europe, allowing a young family practical, thrifty transportation in a stylish Italian design. Built on the same platform as the new Jeep Renegade, the 500X has more panache and curb appeal.The 2015 Vancouver International Auto Show marked the 95th year of this annual event and it was the biggest and boldest yet.

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Guitar in hand, Dakota Dave Hull gets toes tapping from the first twang of the guitar strings,

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club night fare, in that Hull himself doesn’t sing. Instead, he regales his audiences with tales both tall and short, and pours all his passion into the music.

“When you can draw in people to your art, to whatever it is that you do, that’s a wonderful thing,” he says. “That feels good for everybody.”

With a song list roughed out, Hull has an idea of the general tempo of the evening, with a mix of old favourites and newer material on the bill, but that’s always open to change.

“When you play music, or write music, you sort of try to get into a zone, and bring people into that zone with you,” he says.

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song, his own inspirations, musings on old friends and those who’ve passed on.

“The traditions I work in, both acoustic guitar and the stories too, both work on an outline form, but there’s always room for a bit of improvisation,” says Hull. “They do kind of develop a life of their own.

“It’s good for me that these things change over time.”

That improvisation has kept his career growing. From his beginnings in the 1970s performing with Buddy Miles, Joe Cocker and Ted Nugent, to founding his own rock band The Dirty Angels, to performing with The Joe Perry Project, to releasing six solo albums, Hull has performed continuously through the years. And even after a music career that has spanned more than four decades, Hull is as enamoured as ever with the onstage experience.

“I think this is something you’ll hear from just about any artist, that there’s nothing else in the world that feels like it,” he says. “I do this because it feels great.”

The evening opens at 8 p.m. Friday, April 10 with an open mic after which Hull takes the stage. Deep Cove Folk club nights run the second Friday of the month at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. Admission is $7, and coffee, tea and other refreshments are by donation.

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Hearkening back to a time of romantic musi-cal scores and piano concertos, Palm Court Light Orchestra offers audiences a glimpse into the past with their latest show, Around the World in 80 Days.

Featuring San Fran-cisco pianist Freder-ick Hodges and ten additional orchestra members, the show treats audiences to original music from the 1940s movies Danger-ous Moonlight and The Glass Mountain, along with selections from composers includ-ing Leroy Andersen, Eric Coates, Canada’s Robert Farnon, Aram Katcharurian and Vic-tor Young, who wrote the theme for the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days.

“It’s a concert of post World War Two light music,” says conductor Charles Job.

“Music from this period, from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, was the pinnacle of light orches-tra music.”

Hodges, who also holds a doctorate in history, is a world-renowned pianist acclaimed for his deft handling of virtually all composers from the European masters to Gershwin and Porter. He is returning to the orchestra as the solo-ist in the powerful The Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight, as well as Henri Litollf’s famous and formidable Scherzo, and Charles Williams’ evocative Jealous Lover.

The pieces are most like mini piano concer-tos, says Job, as they’re only five or six minutes long, but their brevity has no effect on their impact.

The style paved the way for composers like John Williams and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Andrew Lloyd Webber,

captivating audiences and conjuring emo-tions with the delicate swell of strings, or the pounding of the ivories.

“It came out of those kinds of movies. All these kinds of heart throbbers and tear jerk-ers,” says Job. “It’s the kind of program that’s very romantic.”

Though there are some moments of mel-ancholy, as there are in any good story, Job says “it’s bright and happy music.”

“It’s really from another era.”

The show begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary

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Tickets are $28 to $33, available at the box office, marywin-spear.ca, or by calling 250-656-0275.

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Celebrating human-kind’s eternal fascina-tion with the natural world, the Pacific Brant Carving and Art Show brings talented artists and their renditions of elks, eagles and egrets to the heart of Sidney next weekend (April 11 to 12).

This is the 25th year

for the woodcarving show, though it only moved to Victoria in 2010. It has since become one of the four major wildlife shows in Canada, says show chair Dennis Drechsler.

“We have over a dozen of B.C.’s better wildlife and nature art-ists, painters, photog-raphers and sculptors,” he says.

The featured artists

are not only talented, but many offer a unique perspective as well.

Take, for example, Bobbie Momsen’s feather paintings. Using a single or paired feather from wild tur-keys, parrots, or ravens as a canvas, she creates compact and striking images from the avian world.

Intricate brush-strokes, following the

grains of the feathers, give rise to blue jays, quails, the noble bald eagles, among others.

Or Sue Coleman’s watercolour paintings, rich in texture but still soft around the edges, with layers of mean-ing intertwined in her images.

Or, Stuart Duncan with Wren Silverworks, who apprenticed with master First Nations silver engraver Harold Alfred in the ‘90s, and carves realistic jew-elry that celebrates the beauty and strength of nature and its beasts.

The show’s feature artist this year is Terry Isaac, a renowned painter with a near-supernatural talent of imbuing his wildlife images with life.

Isaac will be doing a free demonstration at the show on Satur-day at 3 p.m., no doubt astounding viewers as he turns blobs of colour into woodland creatures.

Also bound to cap-ture the attention of attendees are the 120-plus wood carvings in the carving competi-tion, presented by the Vancouver Island Wood Carvers Club.

Though varying widely in size and style,

the carvings all have one thing in common: each is crafted with meticulous care.

“It’s kind of like two art forms.

“First you have to be a capable carver, and then you have to be a capable painter,” says Drechsler.

One particular piece, a Harris hawk done by an artist in Nanoose Bay, is incredibly life-like, with each feather detailed and brought alive. The piece took nearly 400 hours to

complete. “That’s the idea of

wildlife carving,” says Drechsler. “It’s to dupli-cate the bird so if the two were standing side by side, you might not be able to tell the dif-ference.”

Alongside the carv-ings is the woodturning competition.

“We get some pretty intricate wood turnings coming out,” he says.

“There’s lots of imag-ination in them. It’s almost as much work in some of those as in

some of the carvings.” The Pacific Brant

Carving and Art Show runs Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave.

Admission is $5 for adults, and free for children 12 years and under.

For more informa-tion, visit thebrant.ca.

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Carving away the competitionPacific Brant Carving and Art Show features lifelike wood carvings, painters, sculptors and more

Photo contributed

Rick Gonder and Keith Shearer shape birds and other creatures from blocks of wood with their carving tools, a talent that’s well showcased at the Pacific Brant Carving and Art Show.


FAST FACTSSCOTIABANK MS WALK Join the Scotiabank MS Walk May 3 at Marigold Elementary School, before heading out along the Galloping Goose Trail. To register or donate visit www.mswalks.ca

VOLUNTEERTo learn more about volunteering for the Scotiabank MS Walk, call Lily at 250-388-6496 ext. 7324 or email: [email protected]

DONOR DOLLARS AT WORK:Just what kind of impact do your donor dollars have in Victoria?➤ $40 sponsors one, one-hour session of one-on-one physiotherapy treatment.➤ $75 sponsors one member to an eight-week support group.➤ $80 installs a grab bar in the bathroom to assist someone with reduced mobility.➤ $100 funds four people with MS to attend a Newly Diagnosed Workshop.➤ $200 pays for a person living in a rural area to travel to a medical appointment in a larger centre.➤ $300 buys a sling for a ceiling track lift, essential for transferring clients from bed to wheelchair.➤ $400 provides training for 10 Self-Help Group Facilitators.➤ $450 provides a four-wheeled walker.➤ $500 installs an emergency response monitoring system in the home of someone living with MS.➤ $600 buys a pressure-relief foam mattress with different levels of support to help avoid bedsores and pressure ulcers.➤ $1,000 helps eight people attend a 16-hour Newly Diagnosed Program.➤ $1,500 helps 10 people attend a weekly yoga class adapted for people living with MS for a year.➤ $5,000 provides a year’s supply of MS educational literature to the public and people affected by MS.

INFORMATIONContact the South & Central Vancouver Island Chapter of the MS Society at 250-388-6496, email [email protected] or at www.mssociety.ca

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

Jennifer Blyth, News staffParticipants in this year’s Scotiabank MS

Walk will enjoy a new route at a new location, but their goals remain unchanged.

After many years at Willows Beach, walkers will this year gather at Marigold Elementary School before heading out along the Galloping Goose Trail toward Thetis Lake.

“We are excited about the new location and how central it is for Greater Victoria. We hope this move makes the event more accessible to people from Sidney, Saanichton, Brentwood Bay, View Royal, Colwood and Langford and encourages them to join us on May 3 with their friends and family,” says Ashley Hodgins, Manager of Development, MS Society Van-couver Island Region.

In addition, the new location offers more parking, a mix of concrete and grass surfaces to make participation easier for those in a wheelchair and a beautiful tree-lined route with fewer road crossings and less vehicle traf-fic.

While much is new for this year’s walk, its goals, atmosphere and motivation remain unchanged. As always, the route is fully acces-sible to people using wheelchairs, scooters and walkers. Participants will also enjoy delicious food from Country Grocer and Island Farms, not to mention on-site musical entertainment that will set the tone for the day.

“With everybody coming out the whole thing is quite lovely. With so many people it’s a nice place to be and a happy event,” says Pippa Blake, entering her 13th MS Walk as Rise Above Barriers team captain.

Crediting “wonderful friends and fam-ily who have been in it from the start,” her team has raised more than $30,000 over the years, estimates Blake, who champions both the MS Society staff and the services they provide. “It really is the most unique place because we just have everything under one roof.”

The MS Society of Canada strives each year to support both aspects of its mission: providing ser-vices to enhance quality of life for those living with MS and conducting research into the cause and cure of MS,

Hodgins explains.Donations to the MS Walk provide those

living with MS access to education seminars, information and emotional support, member and partner/caregiver support groups and the equipment provision program. They enjoy drop-in gym and exercise programs, phys-iotherapy, advocacy, social and recreational events, a resource library and much more.

In addition, donations also support MS research being conducted right here in British Columbia, Hodgins adds, noting that prog-ress toward ending a disease typically emerges from thousands of small breakthroughs from hundreds of researchers. Tens of thousands of fundraisers each contribute to those small breakthroughs, which lead to bigger and bet-ter ones.

One of the key aspects of the walk is its sense of community. When MS strikes, there’s often no warning and for people experiencing symptoms for the first time, the cause is some-times misdiagnosed. For people living with MS, symptoms can worsen and new symp-toms can appear out of nowhere. The course of the disease affects everyone differently and can change without warning, which makes it difficult to live with.

“So, to combat a disease that is so unpre-dictable, we organize, prepare for and plan an event – the Scotiabank MS Walk – to come together on a particular day at a particular time to celebrate what we can accomplish together,” Hodgins says. “And when we see you and your family and friends, we want to announce to everyone that we’ve met our fundraising goal, because we will only find a cure for MS if every-one helps.”

HOW CAN YOU HELP?Asking for and receiving a donation is both powerful and inspira-

tional, and almost all of the MS Walk fundraisers get their donations in more than one way, Hodgins says, pointing out that challenging yourself is a great way to build confidence and build on your initial fundraising success.

“So, don’t just post on Facebook, put up a fundraising poster at work and start a fundraising conversation with colleagues. Host a bottle drive, clean out your garage for a garage sale or put items up for sale on UsedVictoria.com under the #UsedHelps option. Email all of your contacts, pledge yourself and ask people to match your commitment to ending MS,” Hodgins says.

“Thank you to everyone in the Greater Victoria area for your ongoing support. Together we will end MS.”

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Victoria Sunday, May 3, 2015


The Special Committee on Local Elections Expense Limits is conducting public consultations on campaign expense limit amounts for candidates for local government positions, such as mayor, councillor, school trustee, regional district electoral area director, Vancouver Park Board commissioner, or Islands Trust trustee. In addition, the Committee is examining limits for third party advertisers in local elections.

British Columbians are invited to participate by attending a public hearing in person or via teleconference in Victoria on Wednesday, April 15 from 9:00 am to 12 noon, Douglas Fir Committee Room, Parliament Buildings. Interested persons may also make a written submission, send an audio or video file, or complete an online survey. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 17, 2015.

Please visit the Committee website www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/leel for more information or contact:

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SPORTSGirls soccer team building for the future, says coach


Parkland’s senior girls soccer team is building for the future, says coach Kirsten Dibblee.

Her squad this season is young — only four Grade 11s and 12s are on the roster, including Erin Pomphrey who has been with Dibblee for the full four years.

“Even so, I think these girls are very skilled and have played soc-cer and have played together for a while,” Dibblee said. “It will be a building year, looking to the next two or three years.”

Dibblee said her team is essentially a junior group playing up a level this season — but she adds they should be able to handle playing there. They started practicing early, said the coach, to get up to speed and form a good sense of teamwork. Last year’s team, she said, consisted of mostly international students. This season, more local girls tried out and the interest was so strong that Dibblee said she had to make cuts for the

first time in years. The team still has the international connection, fielding two players from Germany and one from Columbia.

Parkland was scheduled to open their season March 31 at Blue Heron Park in North Saanich, however their opponents from Esquimalt could not field a team.

It’s a bit of a blow for the league. Dibblee said Parkland plays at the AA level in the south Island and has only five league games. Parkland adds a couple tournaments into the mix — the University of Victoria tourney in mid-April and up-Island at Carihi (Campbell River) at the end of the month.

Dibblee said she hopes the team will do well enough to reach the Island championships this season. Whether they get there or not, she said the goal is to have fun, “so I can keep them around for four years.”

Parkland plays Tuesdays and Thursdays. Their home games are at Blue Heron Park and the ball drops at 3:45 p.m.

Parkland’s girls soccer team rebuilding


Paris Stratton, left, and Copper Hunter battle for the ball during a Parkland girls soccer practice

this week.

SPORTS In Brief


The North Saanich Free Ride Bike Park is used by riders from across the region.

Bike park society AGM delayed

A planned annual general meeting and activity day for the Friends of North Saa-nich Mountain Bike Park Society has been cancelled.

Scheduled to take place Saturday, April 4 at Panorama Rec-reation Centre, the society’s AGM was bumped in faovur of the day’s Kraft Hock-eyville celebration. The rec. centre is hosting events as they await word on getting an NHL preseason game.

Members of the bike park society now have to re-schedule their AGM. Watch the PNR for updates.

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Gavin England of Saanich-ton was one of 26 recipients of bravery awards at the Life-saving Society’s 103rd Annual Honour and Rescue Award Ceremony on March 28 in Van-couver.

Gavin, 13, is in Grade 8 at Bayside Middle School. Last year his efforts saved his and his grandfather’s life after they were forced to abandon their boat in the Saanich Inlet.

“Gavin’s dad and I are proud of him, of course, especially in his ability to improvise, perse-vere and think clearly under those stressful conditions,” said Gavin’s mom Gillian.

“We’ve gone boating since then. Hopefully Gavin will not experience anything as extreme as this again, but at least he has shown that when the chips are down he is able to take care of himself.”

Gavin was on the water in Finlayson Arm in June of 2014 with his grandfather Vern, in an 18-foot boat Vern had restored. The two were prawning 300 metres off shore near Goldstream Park when the boat took on more water than its already-stressed bilge pump could handle, and the bilge stopped functioning.

“The next thing you know, I looked back and the boat was half full of water,” Vern said.

As he watched the water level rise, Vern knew the situ-ation was going to rapidly get worse.

“Grandpa, we’ve got to get out of the boat,” Gavin said.

Wearing lifejackets, they entered the water and were able to remain afloat. Vern didn’t have the strength to swim and Gavin towed him while assuring him not to panic.

“I kept telling him that we would be fine and we were almost there,” Gavin said.

They lost their shoes during the swim but reached shore, though they found themselves in a remote area with no help in sight.

After navigating the rocky shoreline, Gavin walked some distance to find a house while Vern warmed up and regained his strength on the beach. They had seen a cabin ear-lier from the water so Gavin headed in that direction.

After nearly two hours, he came upon an empty house and an old truck with keys in it. After several unsuccessful attempts, Gavin was able to start the truck. He had never

driven a stick shift but had rid-den a dirt bike, so knew about clutches and shifting gears.

He drove the truck up the steep driveway to find help. He made it to the Malahat where he waved down a motorist to get help.

“I knew I was all right, but I was more concerned about Grandpa than myself.”

Vern eventually made it to the abandoned house as Gavin was coming back down the hill with RCMP officers who had been called by observers.

“I think (Gavin’s) a hero, I really do. He had such tenac-ity to just get up and find help. I’m so proud of that little guy, he’s an incredible boy,” Vern said.

“I still go boating,” Gavin said. “I wasn’t really respon-sible for preparing the boat, but my dad is pretty particu-lar about boating safety and having our own boat properly equipped. If something unex-pected happens try not to panic — and wear your life-jacket at all times.”

Each year the Honour and Rescue Award ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the heroism and bravery of aquatic rescuers in B.C.

Lifesaving Society is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to reduce water-related death and injury.

Travis Paterson is a reporter with the Saanich News

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Saanichton resident Gavin England, centre, receives a Silver Medal for Bravery from MLA for Burnaby North, Richard Lee, left, and Lieut. Gov. Judith Guichon last Saturday in Vancouver.

Saanichton teen honoured for saving granddad’s life

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Help aquarium name the octopusSIDNEY — The new giant Pacific octopus

at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre needs a name and the aquarium of the Salish Sea wants people to help with its moniker.

Until April 14, SODC is taking votes on a variety of suggested names, such as Mork, Spock, Gollum, Smaug and others. To vote, pick up a ballot at the aquarium, located on First Street in the Pier Hotel building.

For more information on the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, visit oceandiscovery.ca.

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Getting a sense of what’s hot and what ideas might work in your own home have long been drawing cards for the Young Life Home Design and Renovation Tour.

Celebrating its 25th year of showcasing the work of some of the South Island’s best practitioners in restoration, renovation and new home construction, the tour has provided many visitors with ideas and connected them with professionals in the industry.

This year’s tour, set for April 10 and 11, offers some serious makeovers, from a 400-square-foot micro-loft suite in Fairfield to a 1973 Saanich home that has been transformed into an ultra-modern living space.

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essentially brand new contemporary designs, a common theme in the remaking of the other homes has been renovating the kitchen and moving out from there, says Young Life tour spokesperson Bill Okell.

“It boggles my mind the whole emphasis put on the kitchen reno; that’s what stands out really,” he says. “I think almost all

the (pre-existing) homes are complete renovations, but it’s amazing what gets initiated in the kitchen.”

While updating each of those homes’ dining and food preparation areas was central to the renovations, the structures themselves are a mix of styles, from a typical 1960s family home in Gordon Head to a spacious, restored Central Saanich farmhouse that will

leave one daydreaming of the Deep South.

As always, the tour organizers encourage homeowners, designers and suppliers to stick around during the tour to speak with visitors about their work, ideas and sources of inspiration. Those conversations invariably wind up happening in the kitchen, Okell says.

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opportunity to witness firsthand the workmanship offered by some of Victoria’s most reputable designers and builders, including Jason Good Kitchens, Max Huxley and Emma Dane Design, to name just a few. The 1,000-plus expected visitors should have a great time viewing some stunning homes.

While the tour always attracts Greater Victoria architecture and design fans, the two-day event is the primary fundraiser for Young Life, a Christian organization that provides teens with a summer camp opportunity at RockRidge Canyon near Princeton, B.C., and runs various other local programs for youth at schools and in the community.

Passport style booklets for the self-guided tour sell for $25 and are available at hardware stores around the region, as well as the Young Life office; call 778-977-3551. For passport sales locations and more information on the tour visit younglife.ca/victoriahometour.

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Once Upon a TimeThis Custom Arts & Crafts home built with the same care as its artisan furniture, is set in the middle of flower, fruit and veg gardens. Bright south-facing Sooke Ocean/Mountain views, Lily ponds, fountains and a patio with a custom outdoor kitchen BBQ enhance the garden. A massive Count Rumford fireplace adds grandeur to the sitting room with floor to ceiling windows. Gourmet kitchen, granite countertops, pantry,custom cabinets. Three Luxurious bedrooms with fireplaces, hydra-massage tubs, and handcrafted showers. Strong income potential, and perfect for extended families. $899,000

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NORTH SAANICH — Local figure skater Megan Rebneris cel-ebrated a win last month, grabbing the gold medal in the Star 4, Group 2 (U13) cate-gory at the 2015 Super Series STARSkate Final in March.

The provincial com-petition took place March 6 to 8 at the Capital News Centre in Kelowna. Rebneris, who skates out of Pen-insula Figure Skating Club (PFSC), also took home a bronze in the Introductory Interpre-tive category.

“Our skaters work so hard throughout the year and it is so great to see them succeed like Megan did at the STAR-Skate Final,” said PFSC president, Tina Hender-son, adding many skat-ers like Megan volun-teer their time teaching and mentoring skaters.

Rebneris, who is coached by Lorraine Hyne and Patrick O’Brien (freeskate and dance) and Victoria Henderson (interpre-tive), was accompanied at the STARSkate final by Rebecca Hayman who was coaching her

during the competition. Hayman is a past mem-ber of Peninsula Fig-ure Skating Club and a past student of Hyne’s. Victoria Henderson is also a past student of Hyne’s, proof that those who get bitten by the skating bug are

often involved for life, said Tina.

“It’s really neat to see that many of the skaters Lorraine coached have now become coaches themselves and are still involved in the skating community,” she said.

Rebneris will attend

a seminar in Kelowna this weekend. She will compete at the 2015 Super Series Vancou-ver Island in Parksville April 10 to 12.

For more, see pfsc.homestead.com or skatinginbc.com.

— Submitted by PFSC

Rebneris skates to gold in Kelowna

Photo contributed

Peninsula Figure Skating Club skater Megan Rebneris (centre) recently won a gold medal in Kelowna.

Don Descoteau/Goldstream News Gazette

Stelly’s Secondary Stingers senior boys rugby players (in black) toughed out a 21-5 loss to the Belmont Bulldogs at Westhills during the Startup 7s tournament this week.

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Peninsula News Review, April 03, 2015

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