Sooke News Mirror, April 10, 2013

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MEDAL WINNERSSooke Girls soccer players

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TSou-ke seek oyster farm approval in basin

Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Getting out from under the Indian Act and becom-ing self sufficient and self sustaining is the goal of TSou-ke First Nation Chief Gordon Planes.

The TSou-ke have filed a notice of intention to Apply for Disposition of Crown Land to begin an oyster farm in Sooke Basin.

This is just the begin-ning, said Planes as he talked about the initiatives being brought forward by the band.

He said the oyster farming

scenario is just in its infancy right now and they were seeking approval from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Oper-ations (MFLNRO) before moving any further forward.

He said they have exper-tise in the field and they do have partners, and they are looking at their options.

Two of the reasons the band decided to apply for Licence of Occupation in the basin was because of the pollution.

The basin is polluted and if we harvest our traditional clams and food we cant eat them, said Planes.

He feels that developing an industry oyster harvest operation will help them bring some of their staple food back into their diets.

The other reason is jobs. Planes said the dol-lars earned will ensure the health of the community and their traditional terri-tory.

Written comments on the application can be directed to the Manager, Aquacul-ture, MFLNRO, 2500 Cliffe Avenue, Courtney, B.C. V9N 5M6 or email to: [email protected] Comments will be received until May 9.

Pirjo Raits photo

Looking out into Sooke Basin and the area where the TSou-Ke First Nation want to have an oyster farm.

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

There was a major fender-bender (or a minor accident, depending on your per-spective) on Friday on Sooke Road, in front of Edward Milne community school.

According to Fire Chief Steve Sorensen, a pedestrian pressed the cross-walk button and then proceeded to cross. Except that the lights did not light up. The driver of the vehicle approaching the intersection was startled when the pedestrian appeared in the crosswalk and quickly braked to stop. The vehicle behind that first vehicle was not lucky enough to stop on time and rammed into the first.

The message here is threefold. First, if youre a pedestrian at a cross

walk, make sure the vehicles have noticed your intention to cross.

Second, if you are driving a vehicle approaching and see a pedestrian at a cross-walk, prepare to come to a stop. And if you are following any other vehicle, ever, dont tailgate and dont speed.

And third, this is a massive reminder that when you are in a school zone fol-low the speed zones! Here on Sooke road, you are requested to reduce your speed when there are students on the road dur-ing school hours. The fine for speeding in a school zone ranges from $196-$253 and three points on your licence. Failure to yield to a pedestrian results in a $167 fine and two points. Disobey a traffic device earns you a $121 fine and two points.

Just by the looks of the damage, the hit must have had some travelling momentum in it. This time, everyone got lucky in that no one was hurt.

Britt Santowski photo

Fire Chief Steve Sorensen and a colleague gather up the cones after Fridays accident on Sooke Road, just in front of EMCS.

Lessons learned in fender bender

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$9,930 in project funding from the FWCP

The Fish and Wild-life Compensation Program (FWCP) has announced funding to D. Burt and Associates that will go towards two research projects at Jordan River.

FWCP funds are provided through BC Hydro and managed in a partnership with the Province of British Columbia and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to conserve and enhance fish, wildlife and their supporting habitats affected by the creation of BC Hydro owned and operated genera-tion facilities in the Coastal, Columbia and Peace regions of British Columbia.

FWCP has commit-ted $9,930 to projects at the Jordan River in 2013. All research and project work will take place in 2013/2014.

These two research projects follow a very successful wetland enhancement project

completed at the Diver-sion Reservoir in 2010, says FWCP Coastal pro-gram manager, Allister McLean. We are now going to take a look at studying habitat and fish in the lower Jor-dan River which will ideally lead to habitat enhancement.

Applications are reviewed annually in the Coastal region by both technical and board-level committees that include represen-tation from all program partners, First Nations and the public. Projects are chosen based on technical merit, cost vs. benefit, level of partner-ship, linkages to water-shed-specific priorities and overall benefit to the FWCPs mandate and vision.

For 2013, the FWCPs total funding for the 15 hydroelectric sys-tems within the Coastal region will be $1.6 mil-lion.

For more informa-tion and to find out how you can apply for next years funding visit fwcp.ca.

Projects funded in

2012-2013

The first project is a Feasibility Study to improve fish habitat in the lower Jordan River (near the generating station) ($4,944).

This includes an assessment of vehicle/machine access, local topography, sources of water, testing of the quality of water and discussion with the local land owner.

The second proj-ect ($4,986.40) is an Assessment of Gravel and Stranding Fish Risks.

It will include an assessment of the gravel quantity, qual-ity and stability in the lower Jordan River and determine the potential risks of stranding for both adults and emer-gent fry.

The lower Jordan River was one of the main spawning areas for pink salmon and recent anecdotal obser-vations suggest some spawning activity and egg deposition since initiation of the flow release at Elliott Dam.

Jordan River gets research funding

Up Sooke

Thumbs Up

AwAreness film

AlexAndrA Morton will be speaking after the Awareness Film night presentation of Salmon Confidential. She will be joined by filmmaker rwyla roscovich

the FilM tAkeS place at eMCS at 7 p.m. Admission by donation.

scrAp metAl drive

SportS fundraiSer on April 27: from 9-4 p.m.

two ContAinerS At eMCS from Sdl

hereS A liSt of what we cant take:

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Flowing liquids (gasoline, oil, tar, coolant)

MAteriAl ContAining ASbeStoS

FlAMMAble or CoMbuStible Materials

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MerCuryrAdioACtive

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cAncelledthe villAge FArM

dinner/fundraiser scheduled for the weekend is cancelled.

to the u15 girls and u14 girls for their medal wins. good job.

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Kimberley, a member of the Sooke Community Arts Council, was on hand to help at the upper gallery at the Sooke Region Museum during opening hours of the members show and sale. The Spring Art Show will run to May 25.

CAC And museum join forCes

CounCil BRiefSPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The arts community in Sooke wants its own centre and they want it to be the old Mulligans restaurant on Otter Point Road.

At the regular District of Sooke council meet-ing on April 8, Patrick Grove spoke to council as a representative of the Sooke Juan de Fuca Community Centre for the Arts Society.

In his presentation he said he represented hundreds and hun-dreds of Sooke area art-ists and their families. He wants the district to purchase the two-acre property and build-ing. The asking price is $699,000 and he thinks it could be had for $600,000.

We believe we can spruce it up and make it work, said Grove. Our proposal wouldnt call for subsidies.

He said the small lots which the district

already owns could be used to finance the pur-chase of the property.

Its a nice property and it will benefit all of Sooke, said Grove.

About 20 people in the gallery stood and clapped when Council-lor Herb Haldane asked if there was support in the room for the pro-posal.

The Sooke Region Tourism Association came before council to speak of the significant strides they have made to promote tourism in the Sooke region. Their service grant applica-tion (for $23,000) was on hold until they pro-duced all of the neces-sary paperwork.

Mayor Wendal Milne stated that council had set down some rules as part of the applica-tion process and SRTAs application was still not finished.

Milne said council had no appetite to deal with an application which was incomplete.

We have to be

accountable to the tax-payer, said Milne. He said that for SRTA to suggest that a required report is not applicable was insulting.

A number of com-munity groups that applied for grants received the nod from council. The budget for community grants, cat-egory A sits at $62,608 and council allocated $58,908.60.

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Potholes perfectionLeaves are busting out on the trees and the rivers are high as spring arrives at the Sooke Potholes.


Fun with Math: More open-ended problems

Using leftover hamIf you had baked ham

for Easter this year and

have too many left-overs, here is a recipe to help. This recipe will work at any time of the year, whenever you have too much ham.

Method:Slice the ham into 1

in. thick slices. Combine 1/3 cup

brown sugar, 1 tsp. dry mustard and rub the mixture on the ham slices. Adjust the rec-

ipe for the number of slices. This is good for 2 slices.

Place in baking dish large enough to hold the slices without put-ting them on top of each other.

Cover with milk and bake at a temp. of 325 F for an hour to 1 1/2 hours.

Serve with left over mashed potatoes,

mixed with some of those lovely green chives or thyme from your garden which is now sprouting, or you may choose to put some of those hard boiled eggs, chopped up, into the potato mix-ture, with our without cheese.

Put the potatoe mix-ture in a baking pan and cover with cheese

of choice. Bake for 1 hour, along

side the ham mix up a fresh salad from those greens now growing in the garden.

Serve the ham with some of that lovely apple sauce you put away last fall and enjoy.

Submitted by Ellen Lewers

by Ellen Lewers

Farmhouse

Open-ended math problems are fun, engaging, and children can be successful.

Try these with your family. Remember to always talk through the answers. Its vitally important that children have the opportunity and encouragement to discuss the steps and strategies they used. Talking about math deepens our under-standing of math.

Emmy flipped open a book. Wow she

thought. The page number I landed on is the total of my age, my brothers age and our house number! How old is Emmy, her brother and what is her house number? What page did she land on?

What weighs about the same as 100 erasers?

I have seven coins in my hand. At least three of the coins are the same. How much money do I have? What is the largest and small-est amount of money I

could have?Greg went to pick up

the takeout food. He paid with two $20s and he had almost $3.00 change. He ordered more than three dishes. How many dishes did he order and how much did they each cost? What was the total cost of the order?

Sort into at least two groups: an eraser, an orange, a coffee cup, a pencil, a leaf, a basket, a hose, a watch and a cookie.

What could you do to this list of numbers? 13, 3, 6, 11, 4, 9, 2

Tanya had the answer 242 on her calculator. How did she get that?

How long is it until you go to bed in minutes!

Bill and Alex need to carry 95 ping pong balls to school. How many bags will they need?

Do fun math activi-ties daily and your chil-dren will develop posi-tive attitudes towards

math. Everyone can par-

ticipate and everyone has great strategies for problem solving.

Children may even start creating their own math questions!

Encourage your chil-dren to make up their own questions, and feel free to submit them to me.

Please email: [email protected] .com with any question, comments or sugges-tions.

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Counting every penny

Sue Clark, manager of customer service, watches while TD branch manager York Langerfield sorts coins in the banks new TD Coin Counter. They are sorting coins, mostly pennies, which have come from customers and are destined for the Sooke Food Bank. The coin counter is in place at the Sooke Road branch and is available free for use by TD customers.

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The good news for seniors -- you receive a variety of tax assisted benefits and tax credits from the federal government that are not available to others. The not-so-good-news is that these benefits are income-tested and that can result in clawbacks from Old Age Security (OAS) payments and the Age Credit.

OAS is a monthly benefit available to most Canadians age 65 or older. You will be required to repay 15% of the amount by which your net income for 2012 which includes your OAS benefit exceeds $69,562. When your net income exceeds $112,966, your entire OAS benefit is clawed back.

Age Credit is a non-refundable tax credit available to Canadians age 65 or older. For 2012, the maximum amount you can claim as an Age Credit is $6,720. This amount is reduced by 15% of your net taxable income in excess of $33,884 is totally gone when your taxable income reaches $78,684.

You can avoid OAS and Age Credit clawbacks by keeping your taxable income to the absolute minimum required to meet your needs. Here are some strategies for doing just that.

Pension income splitting You can allocate up to 50% of eligible pension income including payments from your investments held within a Registered Pension Plan (RPP) (at any age) and Registered Retirement Income (RRIF) (at/after age 65) to your lower earning spouse, which usually reduces your familys overall tax bill and clawbacks.

Other income-splitting strategies You can gift or loan assets to your spouse for investment purposes, contribute to investments held within a spousal RRSP (if your spouse is under age 71), and/or change who pays for daily living expenses and who invests.

Withdraw the minimum for your RRIF Withdrawals from investments held within a RRIF are fully taxable, so consider withdrawing only the minimum each year. If you have a younger spouse, base your withdrawals on their age this will produce a smaller minimum withdrawal.

Invest in TFSAs Contributions to Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) generate tax-free investment income. TFSA withdrawals are not taxable, so do not result in clawbacks.

Seek non-registered investments that offer preferential tax treatment Only 50% of the capital gains generated by equity investments are taxable income, which may result in less of your income being subject to clawbacks. Another strategy to consider is tax-advantaged or switch funds that allow you to buy and sell investments without paying capital gains taxes until you leave the fund structure so you can choose to defer tax payments to a year when your income is lower.

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A look through the Sooke News Mirror archives:

April 9, 2008Mineral exploration

in Port Renfrew

With the price of steel and iron reach-ing record highs, now might be the optimum time for developing mineral resources in the Port Renfrew Area.

In February, Klondike Capital Corp and Emer-ald Fields Resource Corporation reached an agreement to amal-gamate with their pri-mary focus being the Pearson Project set up to explore an area 10 kilometres from Port Renfrew for magnetite deposits. This could translate into local jobs.

If all goes as planned, the corporation, to be called Pacific Iron Ore Corporation, will work with the community and the First Nations to develop a quarry oper-ation for the produc-tion of the raw iron ore.

April 9, 2003Evans to run for

mayor, council seat now open

After prompting from a variety of peo-ple and much thought, Coun. Janet Evans has decided to take a shot at being the second major in Sooke history.

Evans told the News Mirror of her decision early Tuesday morning and said she would be submitting her resigna-tion today. Her resigna-tion triggers an open council seat.

I want to continue Eds work Evans said of her decision to run, alluding to the vision of the communitys first mayor who passed away March 28.

April 8, 1998MacMasters Sooke

concert is sold out

If you were planning on attending the April 10 Natalie MacMaster concert at the Sooke Community Theatre and still havent bought your tickets, youd bet-ter make other plans.

The popular Cape Breton fiddler has sold out the 350-seat the-atre.

April 7, 1993RCMP on the move

to new headquarters

The Sooke RCMP finally have room to breathe.

The force will take possession of their brand new office on Church Road tomor-row.

Sergeant Wayne Wat-son said there will be no official opening cer-emony, but an open house is a possibility in the near future.

The 9,002-square-foot building was built to compensate for the

limitation of the old one on Drennan Road.

April 6, 1988Thieves make big

haul

A Sooke log hauling company whose prem-ises were ransacked of equipment valued at upward of $10,000 is very interested in any information and in getting their missing equipment back.

Dale Arden Log Haul-ing Ltd. is offering a $500 reward for the iden-tification and return of equipment after thieves broke through an office window at the logging premises on West Coast Road.


Looking Back

File photo

Back in 2011 Ellen Lewers was gathering signatures to stop the HST.


Married bliss at long lastTwo dear souls they

were, Agnes Nan Milne and Andre Andy Robillard, and in middle age, they married. They are pic-tured here on their hon-eymoon in June 1948.

The happy couple are beaming for this wedding photo, which was a long time coming. It wasnt the romance that was late bloom-ing, but the marriage was. Circumstances of the early years of the 20th Century were very different from those experienced today and sometimes stood in the way of marriage.

Nan Milne was born in 1896, youngest of the six children of Edward Milne and his wife Janet Kerr, both Presbyterian Scots. Nan grew up in the house built by her family at the northeast-ern end of Sooke River bridge, still standing. As a youngster she walked to Sooke School (the site still in use) and as a young woman she became a tele-phone operator work-ing at the telephone exchange building which stood between the Milne home and the store at the corner of Sooke River Road. When Nans elder sis-ter Ella married, Nan took over her position as chief operator for BC Telephone Co.

Across the river, on the south side, Andre Robillard tended his greenhouses. He and his brother Raoul had run the Belvedere

Hotel, the legendary four-storey structure that was a social centre from its construction in 1912 to the day it was engulfed by flames

in 1934. After the fire, Raoul left for a career in Vancouver, and horti-culturist Andre ran the hotels greenhouses, supplying the Victoria market with flowers and produce.

Andres love for flow-ers almost equalled his passion for Nan, and every day, flowers were carried over the bridge to the telephone office to grace her workplace. I myself recall seeing bouquets of beautiful gladiolus being pre-sented to the blush-ing Miss Milne, who eventually managed a switchboard employing almost a dozen opera-tors. She remained in management until her retirement when Sooke went from magneto phones to direct-dialing in 1960.

The Robillards were of French origin and of the Roman Catholic faith, and it appeared that Nans dad, of strict Presbyterian outlook, did not view with favour a mixed-faith marriage. Edward Milne, for whom Edward Milne community school is named, passed away in 1943.

The long-delayed married bliss for Nan and Andre was brief, for Andre lived only until 1956.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum

photo

Nan and Andy finally tied the knot after many years of courting.

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Married bliss at long lastTwo dear souls they

were, Agnes Nan Milne and Andre Andy Robillard, and in middle age, they married. They are pic-tured here on their hon-eymoon in June 1948.

The happy couple are beaming for this wedding photo, which was a long time coming. It wasnt the romance that was late bloom-ing, but the marriage was. Circumstances of the early years of the 20th Century were very different from those experienced today and sometimes stood in the way of marriage.

Nan Milne was born in 1896, youngest of the six children of Edward Milne and his wife Janet Kerr, both Presbyterian Scots. Nan grew up in the house built by her family at the northeast-ern end of Sooke River bridge, still standing. As a youngster she walked to Sooke School (the site still in use) and as a young woman she became a tele-phone operator work-ing at the telephone exchange building which stood between the Milne home and the store at the corner of Sooke River Road. When Nans elder sis-ter Ella married, Nan took over her position as chief operator for BC Telephone Co.

Across the river, on the south side, Andre Robillard tended his greenhouses. He and his brother Raoul had run the Belvedere

Hotel, the legendary four-storey structure that was a social centre from its construction in 1912 to the day it was engulfed by flames

in 1934. After the fire, Raoul left for a career in Vancouver, and horti-culturist Andre ran the hotels greenhouses, supplying the Victoria market with flowers and produce.

Andres love for flow-ers almost equalled his passion for Nan, and every day, flowers were carried over the bridge to the telephone office to grace her workplace. I myself recall seeing bouquets of beautiful gladiolus being pre-sented to the blush-ing Miss Milne, who eventually managed a switchboard employing almost a dozen opera-tors. She remained in management until her retirement when Sooke went from magneto phones to direct-dialing in 1960.

The Robillards were of French origin and of the Roman Catholic faith, and it appeared that Nans dad, of strict Presbyterian outlook, did not view with favour a mixed-faith marriage. Edward Milne, for whom Edward Milne community school is named, passed away in 1943.

The long-delayed married bliss for Nan and Andre was brief, for Andre lived only until 1956.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum

photo

Nan and Andy finally tied the knot after many years of courting.


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I first heard of this concept from David Black a number of years ago.

At the time I was skeptical of its chances. My initially negative atti-tude was based mainly on my expe-rience of 10 years service on the board of directors of Imperial Oil. Since I was accustomed to the dis-cussion of petroleum economics centered in Calgary, I saw no need for a refinery in Kitimat. That atti-tude was based on the fact that there had not been a new refinery built in North America in many years. And any needed increase in petroleum production was achieved by expan-sion of existing refineries through-out North America. But after my ser-vice with Imperial Oil, I went on to serve four years at Canfor which led to my nine visits to China in search of lumber markets.

My exposure to the phenome-nal expansion of Chinas economy opened my eyes to the true merit of the Kitimat refinery concept. It made me realize that it would not be just another refinery relying on the North America market but rather a refinery that would supply the vast appetite of China for petroleum products. The challenge will be to draw the attention of Asian inves-tors who would see the value to this investment. It appears that David Black, after many years of effort, is nearing an agreement that could provide the vast capital infusion needed to make this refinery initia-tive a reality. The appetite for oil products for all Asia will continue to grow and the Kitimat refinery is ideally situated to take advantage. Asian countries, especially China, are very interested in securing sus-tainable supply of resources that will flow freely without undue trade bar-riers like surprises with taxes, regu-

lations or tariffs. Canada has a good reputation as a free trade country that can be relied on as a depend-able source of

supply. Now is a very opportune time to attract the vast investment needed to make the Kitimat refin-ery go ahead. David Black, with his years of dilligence , deserves our appreciation for displaying the fore-sight and courage to invest his time, money and reputation to help bring along this huge initiative .

The positive merits of the Kiti-mat refinery are so profound that this project is really beyond any political persuasion . Any and all supporters of NDP, Liberal, Conser-vative or even Green should see the tremendous benefits that would come to BC with this project.

This initiative will involve the investment of many billions of dol-lars.

Thats for sure. Its hard for any of us to visualize a million let alone a billion of any thing. So lets look at the on the ground facts of such an undertaking for all of us in B.C.

Lets start with the big picture. When it comes to the benefits of a petroleum cycle from well explora-tion to the gas station, the jurisdic-tion that hosts the refining process enjoys a huge portion of the value addition to the raw material. For the KFC Project that would mean sev-eral thousand mostly trade union jobs for the multi-year term of the construction phase.

It would also mean the creation of over 3,000 permanent jobs for the operation and supply support of the refinery when running.

This refinery would be processing 175 million barrels per year which means the tax revenue that could go toward healthcare, education, vital

services for the disabled and elderly would be immense.

But job creation and tax revenue is not the only desirable feature of the KRC.

It also would provide much lower risk to the marine environment. The shipments out of the refinery would be finished product like avia-tion fuel, gasoline and diesel These .products if ever spilt would be much less impactful on the marine environment. They would also be transported in smaller ships.

I know there are those on both sides of the political aisle that address this as a political issue. And I would disagree with both. This is a project that can be attractive to all political stripes. Trade unions would see a significant increase in jobs and memberships. Hospitals and schools across the province would see an improvement in gov-ernment funding. Business activity especially in the challenged north west BC would be very positively impacted. And those with a concern for the threat of marine spills would see a significantly reduced exposure for the environment.

Based on the huge positive impact this initiative could have on B.C., I think the question should not be if we want it....but rather, how can we help make sure that the petroleum world sees this as an attractive way to invest billions of shareholder cap-ital.

Jim ShepardRetired President of Finning

and Canfor and a past Director of Imperial Oil.

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Grants are not guaranteed

OUR VIEW

When the District of Sooke dispurses annual grant money, they have every right to ask for certain documents. They made some rules which they expect to be followed. The district has a budget of $223,757 for all community grants. Thats not chump change and it is the taxpayer who is putting that money into the grant pot. So. if council wants a report or a budget from any group, they should get it. Period. No arguments, no excuses.

The sense of entitlement from some people is pretty insulting. When going before council to ask for money to do whatever you deem important, dont bite the hand that feeds you.

All of the groups and organizations who apply for grants have worthwhile

endeavors and they should all be treated the same. Play by the rules or suffer the consequences. Thats what council is there to do... ensure the taxpayers money is put to good use for the benefit of the whole community, not just a special interest group.

Service agreements are even more important because the associations/organizations dont have to specify any particular project. Council funds those organizations and they dont have to... they choose to. Just because a group was funded in the past, this does not guarantee they will be funded in the future, if the critera isnt met, or if council decides to put taxpayers money elsewhere.

With money being tight and budgets even tighter, grants are harder to obtain from all levels of government. Be grateful for what you get, not angry about what you dont get.

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ANOTHER VIEW

More input neededI note that you have

given Lee Hindrichs considerable copy in her reply to my robust advice to Sooke Coun-cil. I appreciate the historical background and information in the response article in spite of the tone of condescension in parts and the silly labelling of my dissident opinion as a naysayer.I will take on board much of this information in future deliberation on the matter.I acknowledge that

our hard-working coun-cillors are working to correctly deal with the conflicting views on the merit of utilizing a part of John Phillips Memo-rial Park for the pro-posed Bike Skills Park and in no way directly disparage councils effort. My concern is that the demo-cratic process may behijacked by one side due to organized pres-sure and that the tax-payers of Sooke are, in the future, perhaps left with the burden of administering and maintaining this proj-ect.Also, I acknowledge

that many volunteers and supporters of the Bike Skills Park being placed in the John Phillips green space have put in consider-able time and personal effort in their cause with a view to achiev-ing their aim; working together as a commu-nity group is always a rewarding and worth-

while experience.Finally, I must reiter-

ate that I fully support the establishment of a Bike Skills Park within Sooke with all its com-munity benefits; I sim-ply do not consider that John Phillips park is the only suitable venue. Sooke, as we all know, has little in the way of open public spaces for the populace and visitors to enjoy; Ed Mcgregor Park is a jewel linked with the board walkway and the Rotary Pier, but it is lim-ited in size.Let us jeal-ously guard what we already have, not just for ourselves but for future generations.I welcome the

planned information meeting coming in June; hopefully, we will have firm information in regard to the pro-posed development in John Phillips memo-rial Park including trail routes, jumps, ramps and any added service buildings. This will enable all of us to have open dialogue and to assist council in mak-ing decisions which are beneficial socially and fiscally to all ofour community.

Errol A. AndersonSooke

Mining provides jobsAs local municipal

government repre-sentatives from B.C.s coastal communi-ties prepare to meet in Sooke this Friday for the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) convention, its a good time to remind ourselves that our rural, resource-based towns and communi-ties have little in the way of economic diver-sity and rely largely on fishing, mining, for-estry, coal and gas. In fact, the mayors

and councillors attend-ing the AVICC conven-tion will be considering a resolution on mining; a re-emerging industry that will have a posi-tive effect on all of our communities. Mining now contributes over $9-billion to B.C.s econ-omy, and exploring for mineral deposits is a major source of safe, sustained economic activity for rural com-munities and the fami-lies who live in them.The mining industry

in B.C. is responsible for 45,700 permanent jobs and generated over $930-million in government tax reve-nue last year, including $74-million generated directly for local munic-ipalities. And over the next 10 years it is esti-mated that new growth in mining and explora-tion will require 17,000 new workers.Mining provides

some of the highest paying jobs in B.C., and

Vancouver Island is geologically wealthy. I therefore urge the

mayors and councillors attending the AVICC convention to support mining and explora-tion in B.C. The jobs this industry creates in B.C. will keep our chil-dren and grandchildren close to home support-ing local small busi-nesses and strength-ening our communi-ties for generations to come.

Jesse McClintonVictoria

Refund my Bollywood cost Fellow British Colum-

bians: I did not autho-rize our provincial gov-ernment permission to use my money to fund the Bollywood extrava-ganza held in Vancou-ver this past weekend. I therefore would like

my money refunded, either by certified cheque or better yet a tax receipt that I can put to good use when filing my 2013 income tax.

Patricia TimmsSooke

Question handling of bike park proposal

Like many others, we also are frustrated at how the entire bike skills park proposal for John Philips Memorial Park (JPMP) has been handled and question if there is something more going on. It has been over a year since the newly formed coun-cil heard the presenta-tion from Sooke Slow Food Cycle (SSFC), sup-ported by other grass-roots groups, in par-ticular a partnership between SSFC, Juan de Fuca Cycling Coalition and Sooke Bike Club (SBC). Residents need to see the building and financial plans from Alpine Parks (paid for by taxpayers) before the upcoming public meeting. Hopefully at this meeting, the pub-lic will finally get some answers to all the unan-swered questions as well as clarification. We are not against a

bike skills park but we do not agree on John Phillips Memorial Park (JPMP) for the location. We wonder how many new Sooke residents (or even older ones) dont even know where JPMP is. Why has there

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never been any signage erected to identify it as such? Is everyone aware how large the 1.8 hectare area is that the SBC proposes to develop the bike park on? The pond and area south of the trails will be what is left for other public uses. Look up bike skills parks online if you do not know what they look like. Keep in mind that it is now to be built in phases over five years. The conceptual drawing from 2006 that council voted on show-ing one slalom trail is nothing like what has evolved. Bike parks are not built in residential areas for a reason and JPMP is surrounded by residences immedi-ately on the park and surrounding areas. What about access to the area and parking? Drainage is and will be an issue. No concern has been given as to environmental impact.

Why were no other locations looked at, in particular the existing

bike park located at SEAPARC, designed and built in 2006 by SBC and Jay Hoots (renowned bike park builder) with public donations and volunteers? Why did the SBC not talk to this builder to help make it usable again? SEAPARC is open to discussion. Does it not make sense to utilize what is already there rather than spend $300,000 starting from scratch?

JPMP is a large pub-lic green space and park for everyone to

use and any major decision as to what goes into it should be made by taxpayers. Of the two councillors who were appointed to act as liaisons between the council and SBC, one during the last election wanted to sell off most of the JPMP! Agreed that it could use some improve-ments and tidying up. Was this not voted on by past council to be done? Other towns would be envious to have such an area in

the centre of town to work with. It could be a more beautiful area if developed slowly and thoughtfully, perhaps using a qualified land-scape architect. Tax dollars already spent on this project could have been put towards some benches along the trails or the start of a play area for young children or maybe a trail around the perime-ter or work done on the pond to make it more attractive.

We realize that tour-ism is an important asset to Sooke and mountain biking is a popular sport, but why has the council so strongly focused on and promoted this one sport? There are many other sports, cultural events and attractions in and around Sooke to attract tourists and improve the economy.

Taxpayers expect unbiased behaviour, fairness and openness in addition to fiscal responsibility from our elected officials who were elected to look out for all of Sooke. Staff should not be spending time writing grants for any outside organization. Decisions that affect the future of Sooke and its park space should be made by residents and tax-payers of Sooke with-out influence or sway from sources outside of Sooke. Councils may come and go but once the green space in the centre of Sooke is gone - its gone. We need to treasure it and protect it.

Larry and Jeanette Umbach

Sooke

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When an elderly man who is known to be a traditionalist, breaks with a six-century tradition of this stature, one has to wonder what in the world

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of courage, particularly when you know the world is watching and wondering, wondering what is God up to now. Wondering

what does this mean for us who are here today, watching it all happen on our watch, and will we

have the courage to follow his lead. Today our society faces many challenges,

some quite ordinary, what we should expect as creation continues to unfold. Then there are some we have been putting aside far too long, and they

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Return to classical country music key to successPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

A trip to Missouri to see Mickey Gilleys show turned out to be a revitalizing and thrilling experience for Sooke country singer Brice B.K. Morrison. He was waiting in line to get Gilleys autograph and perhaps talk to him when he saw a karaoke sign. That was the turn-ing point for Morrison. He sang some coun-try songs and got a standing ovation. This caught Gilleys notice and he invited Morri-son to sing on his tele-vision show.

It was a real honour to be on there. I was on the same show as Mel Tillis. It was a thrill to be in the company of such legendary singers. I could hardly speak, said Morrison.

Morrison is schedule to perform at the Sooke Legion on April 20.

And its no wonder Gilley was impressed with our local Sooke singer. Morrison has one of those voices that are just meant for coun-try songs. Its a voice with deep undertones, reminiscent of classical country singers. Its a voice with the history of living through the bad times and wait-ing for the good times. His early influences were Faron Young, Ray Prince, Conway Twitty

and Marty Robbins.Morrison began per-

forming at the age of 15 in 1988 and worked hard to make a name for himself in his home-town Victoria as a ver-satile, quality singer and entertainer. Soon he had performed all over Vancouver Island as well as in Vancou-ver, putting on shows and winning several tal-ent contests over the years.

He sang with many

different bands and just recently returned to his roots old country music. He thinks it has an honesty and integ-rity not found in many other musical genres.

Now he is currently on the comeback trail with more focus and drive than ever thanks mainly to the involve-ment of the special lady in his life, personal love and support from some very special friends

and family and their belief in his talent and that its never too late to follow your dreams.

Morrison is working on a CD and will have it when he performs for a dinner show at the Sooke Royal Cana-dian Legion on April 20. Show time is 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the bar in the Legion.

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Morrison finding his country roots

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Sookes B.K. Morrison has found his voice and is one the comeback trail.

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Pirjo Raits photo

The lilies consideredThe fawn lilies are making a show along the small creek at the Sooke Potholes.

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Eleven years of lilies and artConsider the Lilies XIPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Eleven years ago, 11 women got together through a common bond of working with fibre. Each came with her own sensibility and talents and they founded a textile co-operative, Fibres & Beyond. They chal-lenge and support each other in the diverse mediums used by the artists. They manipu-late fibre in all sorts of ways: hooking, dye-ing, weaving, wrapping, stretching, embroider, stitch, sew and sculpt.

During each of the past 11 years, the

women have orga-nized a fibre show in

the spring entitled Con-sider the Lilies XI. The

show takes place at the lily strewn St. Marys Church in Metchosin.

The fibre artists in the 11th annual Consider the Lilies show and sale are: Linda Danielson, Gail Erickson, Joy Gar-nett, Irm Houle, Phyllis Lysionek,Judy Seeley, Joan Taylor, Elizabeth Tanner, Jessie Taylor-Dodd, Isabel Tipton, Mary Wolfe.

Elizabeth Tanner said the show is much the same as in previous years, although some of the artists are trying new techniques. At least two Sooke members experimenting with new ways of creating.

Joan Taylor has been reconstructing images, reconfiguring pieces, said Tanner. Taylor is known for her

layers of fabric with machine stitching. Judy Seeley, as well as mak-ing her chennile gar-ments, will have some wall hangings combin-ing photography and stitches.

They are going in a little bit of a different direction, said Tanner. Its exciting to do it again, it

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