Sooke News Mirror, February 25, 2015

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Shopping service caters to home-bound people Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Carol Harding is a woman about town who is known for her plethora of commu-nity-minded activities. As if she doesn’t have enough to do, she has started what she hopes will become a tremen-dous success — a gro-cery shopping service.

“The whole idea came from CHI and the District of Sooke,” said Harding. “Originally I think it came from the doctors’ office when they asked a senior the question, “What can we do to keep you safe and happy in your own home?”

Later at a gathering where a lot of seniors happened to be, the question was raised

once again and the one thing they came away with was, yes, they needed a shopping ser-vice.

Harding and Judy Planes went to see Buz Merriam, the general manager at Western Foods and he agreed this was a good idea. Western already has a delivery service, Mon-day to Friday, and the addition of shopping would add to the ser-vices they have been providing to people in Sooke over the last 20 years.

“I think it’s some-thing we need in the community,” said Buz Merriam. “The seniors requested someone do this for them and since we have seniors’ day, we would be a good fit for them. I hope it goes

well and people use it.”The shopping will be

done by Harding and Planes and they will deliver the groceries to

the client in their own vehicles. A $5 charge will offset the cost of gas.

The service is avail-

able to those who are shut-in and cannot eas-ily get out and shop for themselves. It is open to anyone of any age

that is house bound.Starting March 5

from 9 to 11 a.m. and every Thursday after, the “client” will call the telephone line at West-ern, (250-642-6525), and give Harding or Planes their grocery order.

“One of us will answer and we will need to know exactly what you want,” said Harding.

She said the person ordering needs to know the brand and size as well of quantity of everything they order. They need to be spe-cific, she said. Do they want butter, if so, what brand, and is it butter or margarine?

While one of them is on the phone the other will be shopping and as it is Thursday the customer will get the

10 per debt discount for seniors. This, said Harding, can offset the $5 cost for delivery of the groceries. The shoppers will have a float and they will be reimbursed when the groceries are deliv-ered. They cannot pro-cess credit or debit cards. All of the money raised with the delivery charge will go to a local charity.

“I hope we can get it going,” said Harding. “It is something that is needed, even for peo-ple who are sick.”

If all goes as hoped, Harding foresees the need for another volun-teer.

“It’s a Sookie thing to do, isn’t it?” said Hard-ing.

Pirjo Raits photo

Carol Harding, Judy Planes and grocery supervisor for Western Foods Luc Walters, are gearing up for the start of a shopping for shut-ins service.

The ViolinIt was a cold winter’s night in

late January, as a visitor to Sooke I was looking for a store to buy a few groceries. I parked my car and began walking across the square towards the lights.

Reaching me, through the dusk, resonating high and low came the sound of a violin. I stopped to listen. How could such a small instrument have such carrying power, such richness, and versa-tility?

Drawing closer, I saw a tall, lean man, his smile beaming through the darkness. He was playing a Celtic melody with such energy and enjoyment, foot tapping,

his whole body swaying to the rhythm. I searched in my purse for some coins, adding them to the violin case.

The violin was eye-catching, made of smooth, dark curled maple. I stayed; enjoying the moment, his enthusiasm catching,

and my foot began tapping in spite of myself!

Just then an older white haired gentleman walked towards us, he walked slowly, listening, he took his wallet out of his pocket and began folding a note and reaching the player he bent down and put the note into the violin case. As he straightened up he said to the violinist, “When I was younger I used to play the violin.” The man stopped playing, he hesitated, thoughtful, trustingly his younger hands held out the violin and bow. The older man’s hands eagerly took them. He felt the curved lines of the violin, as if sensing its strength and weakness and he began to play. The violin changed

tune, as with the help of the player each violin sings its own song. It was haunting, soulful, a classical piece, it filled, warmed the spaces deep within the heart.

The younger man was spell-bound, and finally he said to the gentleman, “I had better pack up now and leave you to it.” The older man smiled and returned the violin to its owner. He then invited him to play at a venue on Saturday night, the man thanked him but declined explaining he was just passing through Sooke and would not be here then. The older man continued on his way into the store. I went on mine, qui-etly reflecting on such a poignant moment.

As serendipity would have it, a couple of days later I was dining at a local spot with a friend and picked up an advertising leaflet for the 2014-2015 Concert Season. Sooke has a Philharmonic Orches-tra - Wow. Reading the leaflet I saw a picture of a white haired gen-tleman, it was of Norman Nelson, a man who had studied violin at the Royal College of Music in Lon-don, internationally acclaimed. I thought I recognized him, but could this possibly be the same man who had so modestly enter-tained us the previous evening? What a magical introduction to Sooke.

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There is space for 35 vendors, plus we are also looking for buskers to participate. We want vendors of all types, and are very interested in working with poten-tial food vendors.

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Sooke Cadets

celebrate On Sunday, June 7,

2015, the Sea Cadets of 325 Admiral RC Waller and the Navy League Cadets of 207 Admi-ral Girouard will be celebrating 20 years and five years respec-tively as Cadet Corps in Sooke.

The culmination of the training year, the Annual Ceremonial Review will provide the opportunity for the Cadets to show fam-ily, friends and guests the knowledge and skills they have learned over the year. We are delighted to announce

that the namesakes for the Corps, Rear Admi-ral (ret) Richard Waller and Rear Admiral (ret) Roger Girouard will be in attendance.

Hoping to connect with past cadets, Corps officers, Branch mem-bers, and sponsors, a “Meet and Greet?” hosted by the Navy League of Canada Sooke Branch, will be held at the Sooke Legion on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 7-10 p.m.

History items will be on display, there will be prizes to bid on, music and some light refresh-ments to be enjoyed by all. For updates on the weekend’s events, infor-mation can be found on our event pages:

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February is Heart & Stroke Month

Each year countless volunteers go door to door in a campaign to raise funds for life-sav-ing research. This Feb-ruary canvassers will be knocking on doors in Sooke in an effort to raise money for the Heart & Stroke Founda-tion.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation relies on 100,000 passionate vol-unteers to help erase heart disease and stoke from the lives of Cana-dian families. Every dollar helps fund heart disease and stroke research, prevention and recovery programs that create survivors.

Regardless of the great strides made to save lives, population changes and risk fac-tors for heart disease are set to rise sharply.

Today the percent-age of survivors is down to five per cent, a sharp decrease from 30-35 per cent since the 1950s and 1960s.

Learn the signs of stroke: F.A.S.T.

Face is it drooping? Arms can you raise

both? Speech is it slurred

or jumbled? Time to call 911 right

away.If you or someone

with you experiences any of these signs, call 911 or your local emer-gency number imme-diately. Acting quickly can improve your sur-vival and recovery.

Do not drive yourself or the person having a stroke to the hospital – an ambulance will get you to the best hospital for stroke care.

Patrick Welsh passes

On February 13, 2015 Clifford Patrick Welsh passed.

Patrick Welsh was the last surviving grandson of Sooke pioneer Jamie Welsh who immigrated from Ireland and set-tled on property in Sooke in 1865.

Historian Elida Peers has written an obitu-ary for Clifford Pat-rick Welsh which will appear in the March 4 edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

Later Life Ramblings

Grief Our family suffered

a great loss last week when a beloved oth-erwise healthy 65- year-old sister- in-law passed very suddenly with a brain aneurism. This shocked everyone to the core and cop-ing skills are tested. Each week we read in the paper loving tributes to lost fam-ily members and feel great empathy. We can never imagine the loss until we experience the death of someone close. The depth of loss is personal to each indi-vidual and the support of family and friends must be ongoing. While researching grief I found many words of wisdom such as:

Grief has its own life span, unique to each of us.

Grief has a rhythm of its own. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less over-whelming, less upset-ting and less scary. The people we trust with

that important talk can help us to know we are not alone.

There are several stages to grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance and hope. Each feeling can spring up long after the loss, at any time. We must allow our grief to play out and come out of the darkness with the happy memories. Time heals - as does nature. Earl Grollman wrote: “Grief is the price we pay to love. The only cure for grief is to gri-eve.”

To quote Wm. Shake-speare: “Give sorrow word’s - the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break.”

It is sure that we will all face loss in our lives and it seems unani-mous that grief should be shared. To celebrate the life of a loved one with a gathering of friends and family can bring everyone closer and may help shorten the healing process. Winston Churchill said, “If you are going through hell – Keep going!”

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École Poirier news:

École Poirier has a great way of teaching children everything they need to know.

Every student has a fantastic teacher and a great education. The school brings many events and activities for every single stu-dent. For example, we have had Anne Glover come and tell stories with string, and we had Johanna come from Saltspring Island teach us how to write graphic novels. We also had lit-eracy week at the end of January. The famous author from Sooke, Julie Lawson, came and told us about her books. We also had lots of book draws, and we read a lot that week.

We have lots of sports that many people par-ticipate in like four cor-

ners, wall ball, basket-ball, floor hockey, road hockey, and volleyball.

There are even many clubs that are available and fun for everyone such as choir, chess club and book club.

Grade 5 students like to step up to join Poirier in helping too. We are a group of lead-ers who help kids get in the Poirier spirit and join in. Many Grade 5 students have signed up for jobs like office monitoring, tea cart, lunch monitoring, and assembly set-up crew. Every day, there are people working hard, making new friends, and joining in.

École Poirier is a great place to learn!

By Katrina StehleGrade 5 French

Immersion student at École Poirier

And in French:Ici à PoirierIci à Poirier, on fait

des choses très excitan-tes! En janvier, on a fait de la gymnastique pen-dant quatre semaines. C`était très amus-ant! Pendant le dîner, chaque mercredi, les filles jouent au basket-ball dans le gymnase. À la fin du mois de janvier, on avait la semaine de l`alphabétisation! On a

fait un projet où on a dessiné nous-mêmes, et puis nous avons écrit à propos de notre livre préféré. Au mois de février, une femme qui s’appelle Anne Glover est arrivée à l`école et elle nous a raconté une histoire à propos de sa jeunesse avec de la ficelle. C`était très

drôle! Pour les petits, une femme de ‘Mad Science’ est venue à l`école et elle a fait une présentation que je n’ai pas vu parce que je suis en cinquième année. Mon activité préférée en cinquième année était le projet de bandes dessinées avec une artiste de l’ile de

Saltspring qui s’appelle Johanna. Selon-moi, c`était la meilleure activité qu’on a fait cette année.

Ça c`est ce qui est arrivé à l’école Poirier. J’adore l’école Poirier!

Ecrit par: Faeron Hala

Étudiante de 5ième année à l’école Poirier

Think PinkJoin others on Pink

shirt Day to draw awareness to bullying and the need to prevent it.

two Places in sooke today, one is at the kiosk and the other at sooke and anna Marie road at 2 p.m. show your support by wearing pink.

TRAVELinG STEAM ShOW

FreD eaglesMith brings his show to eMcs on thursday night. Proceeds go to the sooke crisis centre and the eMcs society. Doors open at 7 and show at 7:30 p.m. tix at the stick and sDM.

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there are any number of special interest courses being taught through the edward Milne community school society.

take a course in stained glass, First aid, blues guitar, Driftwood art, Foodsafe or any of the other courses.

Most courses start the end of February or early March. www.emcsprograms.ca or call 250-642-6371

kirby Road connection to Galloping Goose a goOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

If the recent sunny weather wasn’t enough to inspire dusting off your bicycle or running shoes, here’s some-thing that just might: the Galloping Goose will become a lot easier to get to, thanks to a new $75,000 grant from BikeBC.

The grant, which is part of 22 other other projects chosen by the province, will help fund the construction of a much-needed trail con-nection from the Gal-loping Goose at Kirby Road to Sooke Road to allow safe access to the Sooke core and avoid an otherwise lengthy trip along the busy Sooke Road.

Filed under the Dis-trict’s cycling infra-structure partnership program, the multi-use trail connection will stretch approx. 1.14 kms to the Goose.

That means pedes-

trians, and cyclists in particular, will soon have the chance to be travelling in and out of the Sooke town cen-tre without having to worry about logging trucks suddenly roll-ing up behind them, as

would be the case for Sooke Road/Highway 14.

The cost-sharing BikeBC program will fund one-half of the approximately $150,705 multi-use trail project.

For Sooke Mayor

Maja Tait, an active cyclist and fan of the outdoors herself, the new multi-use trail means more than just access — it’s safety as well.

“Any opportunity you have to create a

safer connection is just better for every-one,” she said, noting that otherwise unsafe access to local parks and trails deters people from getting out and being active.

“Experienced cyclists can manage because they’re comfortable with being in traffic, but parents who want their kids to be active and out and about, they want to know that they’re going to be safe,” Tait said.

The new multi-use Kirby Road trail con-nection is one of sev-eral grant-awarded projects to make Sooke a safer place for both its residents and visi-tors: new trail connec-tions now go though Church Road, Pine Park and John Phillips, respectively.

This includes the Goose crossing over Hwy 14, which is just a stone’s throw away from Cooper’s Cove.

And fortunately,

Sooke’s on the map when it comes biking trails, notes Tait.

“There’s a real drive now to promote B.C. as a cycling destina-tion, and we naturally fit with that,” she said. “We have year-round infrastructure here for the road cyclist, that wants to be competi-tive, just look at all the hills and natural infra-structure already avail-able for that.”

Between the prov-ince resurfacing Hwy 14, widening to accom-modate better shoul-ders for cyclists and the addition of multi-use trails, things are shifting gears in the right direction.

“With the weather being as nice as it is and the trails becoming safer and safer, there’s no more excuse to not go out and be active [laughs] just get your bike tuned up and off you go,” Tait said.

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Sooke Mayor Maja Tait taking her mountain bike for a spin down the Galloping Goose Trail near the Sooke Potholes.

Thumbs Up

UpSooke

to the sooke Philharmonic orchestra society and sooke community choir for upgrading the stage area at the sooke community hall.

Sooke Night

Market vendors wanted

The Sooke Region Museum is pleased to announce that appli-cations for vendors to participate in the Sooke Night Market are now available. 2015 will be the second year that the market operates at the Sooke Region Museum. This year the market will open on Thursday, June 4 and run every Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m, until September 3.

There is space for 35 vendors, plus we are also looking for buskers to participate. We want vendors of all types, and are very interested in working with poten-tial food vendors.

www.sookeregion-museum.com/SNM_vendor_package_2015.pdf

(250) 642-6351 fax 250-642-7089.

Sooke Cadets

celebrate On Sunday, June 7,

2015, the Sea Cadets of 325 Admiral RC Waller and the Navy League Cadets of 207 Admi-ral Girouard will be celebrating 20 years and five years respec-tively as Cadet Corps in Sooke.

The culmination of the training year, the Annual Ceremonial Review will provide the opportunity for the Cadets to show fam-ily, friends and guests the knowledge and skills they have learned over the year. We are delighted to announce

that the namesakes for the Corps, Rear Admi-ral (ret) Richard Waller and Rear Admiral (ret) Roger Girouard will be in attendance.

Hoping to connect with past cadets, Corps officers, Branch mem-bers, and sponsors, a “Meet and Greet?” hosted by the Navy League of Canada Sooke Branch, will be held at the Sooke Legion on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 7-10 p.m.

History items will be on display, there will be prizes to bid on, music and some light refresh-ments to be enjoyed by all. For updates on the weekend’s events, infor-mation can be found on our event pages:

Meet and Greet: h t t p s : / / w w w .f a c e b o o k . c o m / sookeseacadets?fref=ts

February is Heart & Stroke Month

Each year countless volunteers go door to door in a campaign to raise funds for life-sav-ing research. This Feb-ruary canvassers will be knocking on doors in Sooke in an effort to raise money for the Heart & Stroke Founda-tion.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation relies on 100,000 passionate vol-unteers to help erase heart disease and stoke from the lives of Cana-dian families. Every dollar helps fund heart disease and stroke research, prevention and recovery programs that create survivors.

Regardless of the great strides made to save lives, population changes and risk fac-tors for heart disease are set to rise sharply.

Today the percent-age of survivors is down to five per cent, a sharp decrease from 30-35 per cent since the 1950s and 1960s.

Learn the signs of stroke: F.A.S.T.

Face is it drooping? Arms can you raise

both? Speech is it slurred

or jumbled? Time to call 911 right

away.If you or someone

with you experiences any of these signs, call 911 or your local emer-gency number imme-diately. Acting quickly can improve your sur-vival and recovery.

Do not drive yourself or the person having a stroke to the hospital – an ambulance will get you to the best hospital for stroke care.

Patrick Welsh passes

On February 13, 2015 Clifford Patrick Welsh passed.

Patrick Welsh was the last surviving grandson of Sooke pioneer Jamie Welsh who immigrated from Ireland and set-tled on property in Sooke in 1865.

Historian Elida Peers has written an obitu-ary for Clifford Pat-rick Welsh which will appear in the March 4 edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

Later Life Ramblings

Grief Our family suffered

a great loss last week when a beloved oth-erwise healthy 65- year-old sister- in-law passed very suddenly with a brain aneurism. This shocked everyone to the core and cop-ing skills are tested. Each week we read in the paper loving tributes to lost fam-ily members and feel great empathy. We can never imagine the loss until we experience the death of someone close. The depth of loss is personal to each indi-vidual and the support of family and friends must be ongoing. While researching grief I found many words of wisdom such as:

Grief has its own life span, unique to each of us.

Grief has a rhythm of its own. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less over-whelming, less upset-ting and less scary. The people we trust with

that important talk can help us to know we are not alone.

There are several stages to grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance and hope. Each feeling can spring up long after the loss, at any time. We must allow our grief to play out and come out of the darkness with the happy memories. Time heals - as does nature. Earl Grollman wrote: “Grief is the price we pay to love. The only cure for grief is to gri-eve.”

To quote Wm. Shake-speare: “Give sorrow word’s - the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break.”

It is sure that we will all face loss in our lives and it seems unani-mous that grief should be shared. To celebrate the life of a loved one with a gathering of friends and family can bring everyone closer and may help shorten the healing process. Winston Churchill said, “If you are going through hell – Keep going!”


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Sooke’s premier seed and local food growing event, Seedy Saturday presented by Sooke Region Food CHI takes place at the Sooke Com-munity Hall on Febru-ary 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The family-friendly day will feature a seed exchange and trading table, a diverse range of seed and plant vendors, local wild har-vesters and food arti-sans, information from local non-profits work-ing to enhance food security and tons of educational displays featuring information on everything from composting to bees to the history of farming in our region. Work-shops will be happen-ing throughout the day, come by to check out:

• Manon Tremblay (Edibella Organic Land-scapes, HCP, Gaia Col-lege)

• Fruit Tree Pruning Marika Nagasaka (ALM Organic Farm/Full Cir-cle Seeds)

• Garden Calendar-ing & Germination Kim Greenwood

• Kitchen Gardening for Small Spaces

“Seedy Saturdays are very popular with new and experienced gardeners, alike,” said Jessica Boquist, Food CHI member, “Com-ing to the Sooke event ensures that locals are buying seeds or start-ers from plants that have proven success-ful in our climate. This is probably the most gardeners you will find, under one roof, all year. The networking is amazing with a wide

variety of skills and experience among our participants.”

Local farmer, Mary Alice Johnson said, “It is wonderful that we have so many Seedy Satur-days in our region, and Sooke is an excellent addition. These events started in Victoria and have spread across the country. Seedy Sat-urdays have allowed many small seed com-panies to grow, and more are starting each year. They offer won-derful varieties – vari-eties from immigrant grandparents or world travels, or varieties from neighbours who have a great tomato or

broad bean that they have been growing out for decades.”

Sooke Fall Fair will be hosting a healthy lunch downstairs as well as their monthly market which include a bake table, crafts, plants, canning and much more. Admission is by donation ($5 sug-gested).

More information: [email protected] .

Vendor registra-tion and info here or if interested in volun-teering? Contact Emily at [email protected] .

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Thurs Feb 26TODTODDLERTIMEAt the Sooke Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Hands-on activities for ages 18-36 months. Register at 250-642-3022.ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC 10-11 a.m. Registration required. 250-642-8000.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCRIBBAGE 7 P.M.BINGOSr’s Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community HallBABYTIMEOn the first Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Sooke Library.FRED EAGLESMITHEMCS Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at The Stick, SDM or eventbrite.ca

Fri Feb 27italVITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6-7:30 p.m.Karaoke 8-11 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250-642-5828 for information.DROP IN HOCKEYSEAPARC, 7 to 8:15 p.m. all ages.SACRED CHANT CIRCLE7:30 p.m. Sooke Yoga & Wellness, Hope Centre. 6750 West Coast Road.

Mon Mar 2PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSAyre Manor Residents trips.DROP IN HOCKEYAt SEAPARC, all ages from 3 to 3:50 p.m.

Sun Mar 1YACANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5, kids welcome.Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. All ages are welcome.

Wed Mar 4WALKING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOLMeet and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.AWARENESS FILM The Price We Pay, 7 p.m. at EMCS theatre. Admission by donation.

Sat Feb 28ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.FALL FAIR MARKET10-3, lower Sooke Community Hall, handcrafted items, knitting, jams, etc. SEEDY SATURDAYSooke Community Hall, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Tues Mar 3BABY TALKCommon baby care concerns. At the Child, Youth and Family Centre, from 10-11:30 a.m. 250-642-5464.YOUTH CLINICAges 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Library, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.STORYTIMEAges 3-5, 10:30-11 a.m. Sooke Library. Free but call 250-642-3022 to register CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS7:15 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams WayFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray RdKnox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd

Legion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdMuseum: 2070 Phillips Rd

Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke RdSEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend RdSooke Senior’s Bus: $15 annual membership. 250-642-4662

Municipal Hall: 2205 Otter Point Rd Sooke Community Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd.

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Capital Regional District

A water main cleaning program will be carried out in various areas of Colwood, Langford, View Royal, Metchosin, Sooke, and East Sooke between October 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.Short periods of low pressure and discolouration of water can be expected. Commercial establishments such as laundromats and beauty salons will receive advance warning of flushing in their vicinity. If you require such notification, please contact CRD Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC, at 250.474.9619.In no case can responsibility be accepted for any damage arising out of the use of discoloured water.

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This month we’re discussing toys in our artifact collec-tion. We have a wide variety of toys mostly dating from the 1920s to 1980s. Among our collection are plenty of dolls, doll clothes, trucks and figurines but very few games. While the museum does not do artifact appraisals, you can use eBay as a tool to see how much money the toys you kept from your child-hood are worth.

In our collection is a very special dollhouse that was commis-sioned by the museum and built by Ed Easton (2014.FIC.225). It was commissioned to hold a collection of over 75 pieces of dollhouse furnishings that were donated in 1983 by Betty Gibson. The dollhouse, on display inside Moss Cottage, is modelled after one of Victoria’s oldest estates called Went-worth Villa located at 1156 Fort Street. The villa was built in 1862 for Captain Henry Ella and had been used as an antique store since 1940. It was one of the first buildings to be added to the city’s heritage register and is

representative of the Gothic Revival move-ment on the northwest coast. In 2012, an arti-cle in the Times Colonist stated that the house was up for conversion into condos but that a heritage conservation plan was pending.

The dollhouse fur-nishings belonged to the donor’s grandfa-ther and were probably made in England. The collection includes a

wide variety of items such as dishes, uten-sils, chairs, couches, cabinets, tables, beds, dolls, and even decora-tive pieces like sculp-tures and clocks. The items have incredible detail. For example a clock is made from gold-painted metal and has a copper cherub on the top playing a pipe (1983.056.006). The base of the clock is ornately decorated

with curlicues (decora-tive twists and curls).

The museum has a large collection of various dolls, but the Kewpie doll is the most common. Kewpie dolls were an idea that started with illustra-tions, by Rose O’Neil, in the Ladies Home Jour-nal. The editor of the journal wanted Rose to create illustrations of a cupid-like character to accompany a writ-ten piece. The Kewpie illustration became an instant hit and she soon began drawing for other publications. In 1912 Kewpie Kut-outs, or paper dolls, were created. That same year, Rose was approached to develop a line of figurines and dolls. At first, the dolls were made from a high-fired German bisque and later, in the 1920s and 1930s, they were made from celluloid. It wasn’t until the mid-1900s that the dolls were created using plastic. We have one bisque Kewpie doll and several celluloid ones in our collection. Char-acteristics of a Kewpie doll are typically large wide eyes, pink-ish skin, large heads, short arms and legs that stand together. Many of the celluloid dolls have their arms attached

by a string. There are many different themed Kewpie dolls includ-ing soldiers and doc-tors. We have a 15” cabaret-themed Kew-pie doll in our collec-tion (1979.114.001). She wears beaded jewelry, a gold and silver top hat and has multi-coloured feathers attached. Her lips, cheeks and fin-ger nails are bright red and her hair is gold. We also have teeny Kewpie dolls that are as small as 3 cm high and have no clothing (1978.077.029a-b).

We also have a few monkey toys including an Amazing Magic Cym-bal Monkey from the 1950s (2009.006.002). The monkey is made of metal but has clay feet and light orange fur. He is wearing a red hat, red plaid shirt, and beige felted shorts. These monkey toys came with a set of cymbals, but ours is missing one. A red cord attaches to his back and has a clamp mechanism at the end. When the clamp is squeezed the monkey sits upright, his head moves and his arms pull apart. When the clamp is let go, his cym-bals would clash.

During the museum’s 2014 exhibit renova-tions, the toy display was temporarily dis-

mantled. There are plans to make a new exhibit that will have samples of toys from multiple generations. If you have any toys that you’d like to donate, that pre-date 2000, then please bring them to

the museum!

Brianna Shambrook Collec-

tions and Exhibits

Manager Sooke Region Museum

Curator’s Corner: Toys

Brianna Shambrook photo

Clockwise: Dollhouse made by Ed Easton (2014.FIC.225), Amazing Magic Cymbal Monkey (2009.006.002) and a bisque Kewpie doll (2006.006.023).

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Looking Back

Feb 26, 1975Inmates move Some inmates from

Wilkinson Road Jail have been moved into the new corrections centre west of Jordan River. The Capacity of the camp is 40 inmates.

Feb 28, 1990Road closure blocks

access to park A decision by the

Greater Victoria Water District to close off a section of Harbour-view Road in Saseenos with iron gates firmly planted in concrete footings has angered Sooke conservationists and off-road enthusi-asts.

Ron Lowe, a member of the Island Rovers 4x4 Club, said a major off-road event involving vehicles from B.C. and Washington State had to be cancelled at the last minute last Decem-ber because organizers turned up one day to go over the route, prior to the event and found the gates had been erected.

Feb 23, 2005Phillips Road bones

were animal remains

Rumours ran ram-pant last week about bones being found on Phillips Road around Feb. 11.

Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Jennie Latham said the remains are not human. They were sent away and verified to be animal bones. It is not unusual for bones to be

turned into the RCMP, Latham said.

Feb 27, 1985Jordan River pub up

in air To be or not to be?

That appears to be the question as far as open-ing a Neighbourhood Pub in Jordan River is concerned.

Two applications have been filed with the provincial Liquor Control and Licens-ing Branch and so far one man has been told outright that Jordan River will not have a pub, period, and the other applicants have been informed that the situation is still under

review. Van Henderson of

Victoria had hoped to build a pub on the former site of the Jor-

dan River Hotel which burned to the ground last September, but he was told that 39 people didn’t constitute a large

enough community for a pub.

When you drive by the shop today where RAZU Welding and Sooke Backhoe have been doing business for 40 years, you prob-ably wouldn’t believe that this was the scene 90 years ago when the garage first opened. No superhighway, that gravel/dirt road!

The garage, Sooke’s first, was built in the mid-1920s, and for almost half a century, brothers Bill and Ken Cains pumped gas (Imperial) out front and repaired vehicles in the pit. Going home for lunch was easy for them, as each brother had built a home on the north side of Sooke Road. The house built by Ken and Jean Cains still stands, now oper-ated as a veterinary

clinic, while the house owned by Bill and Irene Cains has been replaced.

Interviewed in 1976, Ken Cains recalled that in those days much improvisation was nec-essary in repair work. Mostly they devised repairs to faulty parts,

rather than purchasing replacements, which became the custom later.

The Cains brothers came by their property naturally, as they were sons of Richard Cains, a Newfoundlander who came to this coast to work in the sealing

industry, who in 1896 had married Margaret Charters. She was a daughter of William Bell and Louise Charters, whose pre-emption took up the seafront land from the Sooke River to where Sooke Elementary School is today. I can remember

walking to school past the little one-room cot-tage of Richard (“Poppa Cains,” he was called) on Sooke Road, just west of the garage, out of range of this camera view.

As far as we know, the Red & White Store, still standing at the corner of Church and Sooke, (think Sooke Signs, etc), was next with monkey-wrench services; they had a bay at the rear and gas pumps in front. Out west at the top of Shirley Hill, Ted Banner ran a gas station and service bay in the early 1940s.

When Eric Phillips came to town and bought the burnt out shop at the n/e cor-ner of Sooke and Otter Point Roads, a whole new enterprise was

born as the Phillips family established a full service B/A garage in 1946, a property still held by the family.

At about the same time, another B/A ser-vice garage was estab-lished at the west end of Sooke River bridge, operated for a time by Frank Erickson, and later, by Dick Andrey-chuk. Again, in that postwar development era, a service garage and pumps were estab-lished in Saseenos, when Walter Bickford built alongside the gen-eral store his dad had built during WWII.

By the 1950s Rick Long had a service centre going on Otter Point Road where Jason Dumont is today. By the late 1950s Fred Henry had established

a Shell dealership at the corner of Maple Avenue and West Coast, where Art Weberg ran the ser-vice garage.

Around 1940 motor-ists could stop for gas at Highway Grocery (corner of Gillespie and Sooke) at Kitching & Hardy’s Store, and at MacMillan’s Store, both on Otter Point Road in central Sooke, and in Jordan River there were Ted Lines’ pumps. This article does not include motorist services established in recent decades; but suffice it to say the industry con-tinues to expand.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum


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PLUS... Beer, Beverages& Locally Made Appetizers!

� e Sooke Harbourside Lions say � ank You to all our guests who attended A Taste of BC. It was a successful evening and thanks to your generosity we raised over $8000 for local organizations, projects and charities.

A huge thank you to the establishments of Sooke for their generous donations of time and food or drink samplings:

4 Beaches Catering2 for 1 Andy the Pizza ManCathy’s Corner CafeJD’s Sunshine Jams & SuchKelz Sweet & Savoury Bake ShopLittle Vienna Bakery Cafe and MarketplaceMerridale CiderworksParallel 49 Brewery CoPhillips BreweryPizzabilityRiver Road Specialty Chocolate

Shirley Delicious CaféSooke Harbour HouseStick in the Mud Co� ee HouseStickleback West Coast EaterySteeped Tea with Laurie SpenceStone Pipe GrillTastes of India in SookeTugwell Creek Honey Farm & MeaderyVictoria Soda WorksVillage Food MarketWestern Foods

A sincere thank you also to everyone who contributed items for our very success-ful Silent Auction, including many of our Sooke Artisans. � is is a critical part of our fund raising and your generosity is most appreciated.

Finally words of gratitude to Jan � e Music Ma’am who provided entertainment and Reta Vasey of EMCS who helped us throughout the planning and event day.

It was a wonderful evening! � ank you ALL!

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Bullying is the mark of a coward

February 25 is Anti-Bullying Day. People are encouraged to wear a pink shirt to show they are taking a stand against bullying. But what is bullying exactly? If you take the dictionary meaning it says; to treat abusively; to affect by means of force or coercion; to use browbeating language or behaviour. That word could be applied to anywhere from the workplace to home to sibling rivalry.

Pink Shirt Day is about bullying in schools and on the playgrounds. It has been extended to include on-line and text bullying. Bullying is a destructive and psychologically painful experience which can trigger suicide along with destroying self-esteem and confidence. Kids get bullied all the time and this is unacceptable. Adults only get bullied if they allow it to happen. Adults have the means to counteract and affect change for themselves, kids do not.

So what does one do if they are being bullied or if they know someone is being bullied? They take a stand. They talk to someone. Most bullies back down rather quickly once confronted. It is the bully who is the coward and most likely it is a learned behaviour. Bullies, unfortunately, can be other kids and they can be adults. Kids should be encouraged to talk to a parent, teacher, grandparent or someone they trust. They should have a safe haven in any business in Sooke where they can tell someone what is happening. Parents and guardians should ensure they have created a climate where kids will talk to them about what is happening, where disclosure is encouraged and judgement is suspended.

Bullying in the workplace happens as well, but it isn’t quite the same thing. The word “bullying” is being used so frequently it becomes a catch word for all sorts of actions. Bullying is about extremely aggressive behaviour, intimidation and bluster and it is only effective if one lets it happen. The best defense is a united stand against bullies wherever it happens. Talk to your kids.

ANOTHER VIEW

B.C. Views

The B.C. government’s third straight budget surplus is the main battleground for provincial politi-cians this spring, with little else on the order paper to argue about.

The main conflict is over the tax cut for the rich that results from removing a two-year surtax on per-sonal income greater than $150,000 a year. It’s an outrage, says the NDP, starving our threadbare government services of more than $200 million over the next three years.

NDP leader John Horgan set the tone in his reply to Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s budget speech:

“I can appreciate that the minis-ter was celebrating with the cham-pagne-and-caviar set, but the rest of British Columbia saw $700 million in increased fees and taxes on their backs.”

Old news, de Jong replied. It was a two-year surtax on high-income earners to help get B.C. out of its post-recession red ink, and it expired as it was legislated to do.

This political theatre doesn’t help people understand what’s actually going on. First, a lot of that red ink was B.C. Liberal blood from dis-mantling the harmonized sales tax and repaying Ottawa for that failed experiment.

Second, this temporary tax on the rich was a political strategy by de Jong and Premier Christy

Clark, limping into an election most expected them to lose. De Jong’s debut budget in February 2013 also accelerated a small increase in cor-porate income tax, stealing two pop-ulist planks from Adrian Dix’s NDP platform.

Ending the surtax not only kept a promise, it kept B.C. competitive with Alberta on personal income taxes. High wage earners and many of their businesses are more mobile every year, which is why this year’s budget also extended tax breaks for high-tech and digital media compa-nies.

Another tweak in de Jong’s bud-get was to increase the low-income cutoff for personal income tax from $18,000 to $19,000. Those with the lowest incomes are relieved not only of income tax but also medical pre-miums, which continue to march up by another four per cent, and are mostly paid by employers.

As with the federal election set for this fall, we will hear a lot about the burden on the vaguely defined “middle class.” In B.C. they have to dig deeper for car insurance, hydro, ferry rides and post-second-ary tuition, while those top-hatted champagne-sippers party on with their tax holiday?

Well, not exactly. Here’s an assess-ment from Philip Cross, research co-ordinator at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada.

Just after the 2013 B.C. election, Cross noted that Canada, its prov-inces, Europe and the United States have all been adjusting their tax sys-tems to increase the load on wealth-ier people and ease it from the poor.

This has closed the wage gap considerably in Canada. By 2010, the top 20 per cent of earners were paying 58.3 per cent of all income taxes. That’s up from 50 per cent in 1976, showing how long Canada’s income taxes have been “progres-sive.” This is the main reason why “income inequality,” that other great cause of the left, started leveling off in Canada around 1998.

Cross points to measures like the low-income exemption from income tax. By 2013, the bottom 40 per cent of Canadian households were pay-ing just 6.8 per cent of income taxes, and more than a third of income tax filers were paying none at all.

Cross asks and answers the cen-tral question: Should the rich pay more? “If it’s a misinformed attempt to compensate for imaginary losses of low-income people, the answer is clearly no.”

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Missing Marcus

My husband and I were just devastated to notice that Marcus had closed his doors.

We have been a patron there, over the years, many times since he arrived in Sooke. We have brought fam-ily, friends and visitors from overseas to his fine dining establish-ment. Marcus and his staff would not only produce and serve a fabulous meal, but would always, person-ally, appear at our table to make sure all was acceptable.

Marcus, wherever you have gone, you will truly be missed here in Sooke.

If anyone knows where Marcus has moved on to, please let us know.

Ed and Grace Barlow

Sooke

Wrong priorities for roads

Your report (Feb 18, 2015) on the pre-sentation made by Bill Jones and Carol Mal-lett to Sooke Council highlights one of the main reasons that the installation of a round-about on Sooke Road at the Evergreen Mall entrance is such a bad idea – it will make pedestrian travel on the north side of Sooke road much more dan-gerous, particularly for those who can’t nimbly jump out of the way of

moving vehicles, such as people on scooters, in wheelchairs or push-ing strollers.

The main reason for putting in a round-about is to ensure a nice, steady traffic flow from all directions. Cur-rently, vehicles leaving Evergreen Mall must stop and wait for a break in traffic and for pedestrian traffic on the north side of the road to clear before proceeding. With the roundabout, cars are expected to continue straight into the traffic flow within the round-about, without stop-ping. Pity on the poor pedestrian who steps out onto the road expecting the cars to stop for them, as they always have before.

Similarly, vehicles turning left into the mall have to stop, wait for a break in the traffic, and for pedestrian traf-fic to clear before pro-ceeding. With the new roundabout, eastbound cars going into the mall will go into and stay in the circle until they turn left into the mall. These vehicles in the circle have the right-of-way and so it’s traf-fic on Sooke Road that has to slow down to let them proceed. The last thing a car in the circle wants to do is to stop halfway through to let a pedestrian cross. A slow moving pedes-trian, such as one with a mobility aid is placed in extreme danger.

But , I think, this issue represents a much big-ger concern – what kind of community are we trying to be? Carol Mallett said it as well as it could be said, “If you make the town good for people with disabili-ties, you make a town good for everyone.” The accessibility issues in the downtown area have been known for at least seven years. The proposed solutions have always had strong community support. Yet council after coun-cil has done diddly-squat to start solving these problems, prefer-ring instead to spend millions of dollars on connector roads and on a roundabout that will make the problems worse, not better. All of these other projects are intended to reduce the commuter time for a relatively small number of car drivers. There is not now, nor has there ever been, a demonstrated show of support for these expensive road proj-ects, yet they continue to get funded ahead of smaller, cheaper proj-ects that will make life easier, safer and more pleasant for pedestri-ans and people with mobility aids.

Hopefully it’s not too late for council to real-ize that a new round-about that will only expedite traffic move-ment into and out of a mall is not a high prior-ity at this time, and that

more attention must be paid to making Sooke a much safer, more pleasant place to be for those who choose to walk or have to get about in in something other than the ubiqui-tous automobile.

Rick GatesSooke

Wolf cull barbaric

Re: Wolves are not the problem - man is, Jan. 28, 2015.

After numerous futile attempts to get answers to questions on the current wolf kill from the appropriate government ministries, I am resorting to local newspapers.

I am requesting answers to the follow-ing:

Why was the govern-ment not proactive in preventing the decline of the elk population to the point of near extinc-tion?

Did the government not consider the disas-trous effect of clear cut logging, mining, residen-tial development,ever expanding recreational facilities, and industry on the elk population?

What will be the cost in millions of dol-lars to the taxpayer for this five-year proposed senseless and barbaric kill?

If the wolves shot are not checked for mortal-ity and it will be almost impossible to do from

the helicopters, are not B.C.’s animal cru-elty laws being con-travened? My concern here is the long agoniz-ing death the wounded, the maimed, and the surviving cubs will experience.

What consideration has been given to the accepted fact that the eradication of hun-dreds of wolves will upset nature’s deli-cate balance and eco-system? What are the consequences of this reactionary move? And there will be many, mostly negative.

Has the government reviewed Alberta’s failed attempt at reviv-ing their elk and cari-bou populations by means of a wolf cull? As a matter of interest, a 2007 survey in Mon-tana revealed the elk population increased from 90,000 to 120,000 in the first 12 years after wolves were returned there. By 2011, the state-wide estimate was more than 140,000.

There is an old Nun-avut Keewatin saying “The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou

We asked: Have you heard the booming noises in Sooke recently?

I heard one a week ago; I wasn’t really aware where it came from,

like a really loud thunder type of sound.

Bob TullySooke

Months ago, but not recently.

Robin DewdneySooke

Heard 'em for sure. Every Thursday morning. They feel

more like an earthquake.

Chantel McNaughtSooke

One yesterday, one this morn-ing, followed by a long reverb.

Sounded like it was 50 kms away.

Philip DupreezSooke

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Knee jerk corporate decision

When in the process of discussing impor-tant issues my conser-vative friends have a habit of emphasising insignificant points while de-emphasising the real issues at hand. This is done in an effort to eradicate any true debate and to discredit the other participants in the debate. Our federal government’s inclusion-hidden unciv-ilized legislation within omnibus bills in dire need of consideration and debate parallels this attitude.

The true issue at Jordan River is not the dam or the accuracy of childhood memories, it is the people. The peo-ple living by the river mouth are in danger of losing their homes because of a knee jerk corporate decision that lacks merit and a proper debate process.

This issue should not be treated like it is

a high school debate where participants are trying to prove their intelligence to them-selves, it’s far more serious than that. It involves real people and real people’s lives.

Rodney NybergSooke

More cell towers for safety

The safety improve-ments to highway 14 (West Coast Rd.) have been a welcome addi-tion. The reflective kilo-metre markers at five km intervals are useful but the ability to com-municate this informa-tion in a timely fashion to 911 operators is lim-ited once you get past Otter Point and almost impossible past Jordan River.

There is no Canadian cell service and limited American cell service. If you need to contact 911 operators you need to drive to the nearest pay phone or landline which could be multi-ple kilometres away or you can go through an American 911 operator. It can be anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour before first responders get the call.

I believe the most useful safety improve-ment would be the addi-tion of cell towers at points along the coast. Most people have cell phones and most cell phones now have GPS and maps. Having an accurate location and direct way to commu-nicate that information would be beneficial to boaters, tourists, hik-ers, search and rescue, fire departments, BC Ambulance, RCMP and countless others.

The 5 km markers are nice but ultimately only useful to those who know they are there. Time to spend some gas tax and put up some cell towers.

Donovan Ray Jordan River

Exploiting others

Your photos of dogs harassing wildlife illus-trates the irresponsibil-ity of some people.

That’s why dogs are banned from Beacon Hill Park in Victoria – the parks department puts branches on the ground so herons don’t destroy trees to keep adding to their nest, but dogs harassed the herons.

I think it’s the same people who litter and deliberately drive dan-gerously – they believe in exploiting others for their own conve-nience and psychologi-cal jollies. Yes, some dog owners urge chas-ing wildlife, apparently enjoying the sight.

Will voters push poli-ticians to increase fund-ing for police to patrol parks, trails, and roads?

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As a Sooke voter, I for one appreciate Council-lor Reay’s position of wanting to hear more and not get swept along with a very visible “No More Tankers” cam-paign which painted the issue as black or white.

The comment by Dr. Alcock “her lack of respect for the knowl-edge of Sooke voters” is off the mark.

I have no particular beef with the Dogwood Initiative and assuming of the many commut-ers to and from Victo-ria, with most being car and driver only, were part of the “savvy” vot-ers he refers to. The dependency on fuel is not changing in the short term for our local population.

When speaking of the intelligence of the vot-ers, we should not have to remind people that we live on an island. The fuel we put in our cars, trucks, boats, etc. has to get here some-how. The likelihood means it has arrived over water. Do you call that by tanker, barge or a BC Ferries with a tanker truck? It has to be moved somehow.

I spend a good deal of time in, on or around our local waters and do not want to see any marine mishaps. Where I think the empha-sis needs to be is on mitigating the risks involved with support-ing our modern way of life, and then the “well informed voters” along with the less informed public will need to change their approach to transit and lifestyle if the general public are to impact climate change.

Waving banners and voting “no” isn’t going to cut it.

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Artists across B.C.’s many coastal islands are heeding the Call to Artists for the 2015 Sooke Fine Arts Show, with work being accepted online now through June 8 for the jury panel’s consider-ation. Online submis-sions opened mid-Feb-ruary for the commu-nity-delivered show and sale, which fea-tures 375 pieces of jur-ied original fine art in a wide variety of medi-ums—from oil painting and wood sculpture, to intricate fibre weavings and hand-formed jewel-lery.

Now in its 29th year, the Sooke fine Arts Show will take place from July 24 to August 3, in the SEAPARC Complex, transform-ing 16,000 square feet of space into a world-class gallery complete with live artist dem-onstrations, special events and live music daily.

“We’ve seen quite a lot of new artists sub-mitting in the past few years,” said Cath-erine Keogan, Execu-tive Director of the Sooke Fine Arts Soci-ety, a registered char-ity that organizes the acclaimed art show. “For the past two years running fully a third of exhibiting artists were first-time submitters, each bringing new per-spectives and fresh sen-sibilities to the show.

“It’s a great reflection of the jury process, as well, in that each sub-mission is completely anonymous and judged solely on its own mer-its. This levels the play-ing field for emerging and established artists alike,” she noted.

This year’s jurors are familiar figures in the provincial art scene, covering a wide span of genres and mediums between them, from wood-carving and jew-ellery to contemporary painting and installa-tions:

Chief Rande Cook, a multidisciplinary artist from Alert Bay, whose work can be found in galleries and private collections around the world.

Meghan Hildebrand, a contemporary artist living in Powell River, with work ranging from abstract expressionism to bold representation-alism, and recently fea-tured on the cover of FOCUS Magazine.

Craig Sibley, a multi-disciplinary artist and founder/director of

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ety’s board. “It can be quite difficult to put together a trio with the backgrounds to repre-sent the very diverse artistic mediums that are submitted, and this group between them have quite an extraordi-nary breadth of exper-tise and experience.

“Furthermore, they bring a real sense of

both the very tradi-tional and the cutting edge to the table—it will be fascinating to see how that translates in their selections this year.”

This year’s Call to Artists came hard on the heels of the annual volunteer Kick-off Meet-ing, where more than 70 volunteers gathered to

plan for the coming sea-son, with some teams’ activities already well under way. In total, some 300 volunteers will devote countless hours to producing the annual event, in a labour of love of art and community.

Some volunteers were singled out for recognition, thanks to their extraordinary contributions over the years. Community Spirit Awards were given to long-time vol-unteers Glenda and Ron Bilinsky; Judy Gilli-gan; Kenny Jones; Sally Manning; Janet Rayner Thorn; and Linda and Myron Teneycke, for their hard work and out-standing commitment to the show. Group

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2015 SFA jurors, left to right Craig Sibley, Meghan Hildebrand and Chief Rande Cook.

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BathroomTissue4's .........................

2/300Christie Red Oval

Stoned Wheat ThinCrackers600g ..........................349

OlafsonSundried TomatoBurrito469g ..........................279

Glad

Kitchen GarbageBags 24's .............................199

Golden Dragon Thick

TeriyakiSauce455 mL .................

2/400

Ruf� es XL

PotatoChips235g All Varieties ...

2/600

Dragon BambooRe-Useable

Towels....................................499

Unico Marinated

ArtichokeHearts170 mL .....................99¢

Unico

KalamataOlives375 mL ..................

2/500

Organic

Kiwi Fruit

Haiku

Won TonSoup398 mL .........................329

M'Lord Whole or Cut

Miniature CornCobs398 mL ....................

2/400

M'Lord Whole or Sliced

WaterChestnuts227 mL ........................129

Haiku

CoconutMilk398 mL ........................169

ea

French'sSqueeze

Mustard225 mL

119

/lb

GalaApples1.74/kg .............................79¢

Red or BlackPlums3.73/kg ......................................169

Shake 'N Bake

Coating MixAll Varieties

113-192g ..............2/400

Kraft


Haiku

Asian StyleNoodles

229

ea

/lb

2/600

/lb /lb

Welch'sConcord or White

GrapeJuice

279

296 mL

355 mLAll Varieties

Ocean Jewel Raw

Shrimp340g, 31-40 count

2/400

4/500

BULKFOODS

Chocolate

Peanuts, Raisinsor Yogurt Raisins 99¢

/100g Munchie Mix ............79¢/100g

LicoriceAllsorts .79¢/100g Cranberries .................99¢/100g

Green Giant


341-398 mL

Fancy

/lb

/lb

ea

San Remo

Chunk LightTuna

99¢

500g

/lb

Bick's Mainline

Dill Pickles1L

Doritos XL

TortillaChips

2/600

BBQ

SalmonTips

1.30/kg

Old Dutch XXL

PotatoChips3/800

12x355 mLAll Varieties

245gAll Varieties

ea

/lb

1.52/kg

Cadbury

HotChocolate

389

KraftKraft


KraftKraft


/lb

1.74/kg

1lb

2/500

ea

890 mL

China Lily

SoyaSauce

229

ea

/100g /100g

Chile

6 oz399

2 kg 170g

ea

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California

RomaineHearts

2/6003's

Fancy Feast

Cat FoodAll Varieties

85g .......................5/300

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ea

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Haiku

Asian Style

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Jasmine

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255gAll Varieties

398 mL3 Varieties

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Organic

Blueberries

2/500


Your Community Food Store

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For Your Healthy Lifestyle

NATURAL FOODSNATURAL FOODS

DAIRYRemember Your Calcium

DAIRY

Island Farms

ChocolateMilk2L ...............................349Kraft

CheeseShreds340g All Varieties ........599

Hot Kid

RiceCrackers100g All Varieties ......179Blue Diamond Artisan

NutThins120g All Varieties .....299

Barb's BakeryFig Bars

340g All Varieties ..........429Bragg's All PurposeSoySeasoning473 mL ......................399Clif CrunchCrunch GranolaBars210g All Varieties .......279

Kraft

CheezWhiz450g All Varieties ..........549

Kraft Philadelphia

CreamCheese250g All Varieties .........

Bob's Red Mill13 BeanSoup Mix822g ........................399

369FROZENFROZENQuality and Convenience Rudies

Pork Wontonsor Dumplings360-454g All Varieties 449Green Giant

Vegetablesin SauceAll Varieties

250g ...............

2/300

Island FarmsDenali or Country Cream

Ice Cream1.65L All Varieties .......499

Wong Wing

WontonSoup426g ................

2/500

ea

Red Bull

Energy Drinks4x250 mL ..................699Protein Blast All Varieties

ProteinShakes325 mL ...............

2/500Caboo Bamboo Sugar CaneBathroomTissue1's .............................129

ORGANICQuality and Convenience

Bragg's Organic Sprinkle

Herb & Spices42.5g ........................................................................369

Fruit D'Or Organic

Dried Cranberries113g .........................................................................229

ea

ea

Wholesome Sweet Organic

Blue Agave900 mL ......................................................................899

Everland Organic

Coconut Water350 mL .............................................................

4/500

Gimme Organic

Seaweed Snacks10g All Varieties .........................................................169

GLUTEN FREEOPTIONS

NATURALFROZEN

ea

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ea

eaWong Wing

OrientalAppetizers852g

RumbleNourishingBeverages355 mL

2 Varieties

ea

Nada Moo

CoconutMilkDessertAll Varieties

473 mL .............499

Bob's Red MillGluten Free

Steel Cut Oats

680g ..............................449

Haiku

Rice Vermicelli

227g ....................

4/500

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

Haiku99Rice Vermicelli

227g

Haiku

Rice Vermicelli

227g

ea

+dep

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ea

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749

649

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Olympic

OrganicYogurt3 Varieties

1.75 kg

ea

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Amy's

Rice CrustCheesePizza340g ..............799

Level Ground Organic

Fair TradeCoffeeAll Varieties

300g

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ReporterVictoria NewsThe Victoria News, has an immediate opening for a full-time experienced reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.

A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a competitive newsroom. You will be expected to contribute to regular newsroom meetings and bring your creative talents to readers through concise, accurate and entertaining writing. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARDS OF THANKS

LIZ Roberts and family would like to say a huge thank you to the Sooke community for their love and support after her can-cer diagnosis. A special thanks to GREER DESVEAUX who created and managed the donation page and the on-line auction on Facebook. Greer, you are awesome! If you would like to contribute, please visit http://www.youcar-ing.com/medical- fundrais-er/medical-living-expenses-for- elizabeth -roberts-fami-ly/288966

COMING EVENTS

BOTTLE DRIVE Saturday

February 28thSet up

Corner of West Coast Rd and Phillips Rd

( BY THE WELCOME TO SOOKE SIGN)

9:30 am until 2pm ishThe bottle drive is for

THE SVI (SOUTH VANCOUVER

ISLAND) Fastball U-16A-U18A

Impact teams.Pick-up Call

250-812-1141

CALL FOR ENTRIES13TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting

May 16, 17 and 18Applications for Artisans

are available at woodlandgardens.ca

250-338-6901

JOIN TOPS Today. Suppor-tive non-profi t weight loss group. Meetings held every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Juan de Fuca Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, 4251 Sooke Rd. 250-642-4426

SENIOR BUS: “ ONE WORLD” Friday, March 6.

Pearson College Dress Rehearsal at McPherson

Playhouse. Bus: Hall 11:30 am, $8.00.

From Your Home $10. Tickets- June Hill $11.50.

250-642-1521

SOOKE COUNTRY

MARKET AGM.Thursday

March 26 @ 7pm

2420 Dixon Road


COMING EVENTS

SOOKE FALL FAIR MARKET

Sat. Aug. 28, 10am-3pmMain Level of the Sooke

Community HallHandcrafted items, knitting,

jams & jellies, gardening books, essential oils, jewel-

lery and unique estate items.(Seed, plant exchange &

sale upstairs)Tables $10 each

Concession available, soups, coffee/tea & sweetsCall 250-474-5771 to book

SOOKE GARDEN CLUBMeeting

2191 Townsend RdSpeaker: Gordon Mackay “Alpines in Woods, Rock

& Crevices”Guests $5.00 or 1 year

Membership $15.00

INFORMATION

Advertise in the 2015 - 2017

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SynopsisPlease call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email:

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Accredited Business Directory

SOOKE CRISIS & Referral Centre, 2043 Church Rd. Open 10am-1pm, Mon.-Fri. 250-642-0215.

SOOKE MEALS on Wheels, 1585 O’Neill Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0T5. 250-642-2184.

TURN YOUR REFUND into a Donation to the Sooke Food Bank at the Sooke Bottle De-pot. Also accepting cash and non perishable food items.


LEGALS

AUCTION SALE

Notice is hereby given by West Coast Super Stor-age Ltd, 3220 Otter Point Rd, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0K8 that the following item(s) will be open for bids be-tween 9am-12pm on March 7, 2015 on the premises to cover costs incurred. Only CASH accepted.

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HELP WANTED

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Requires Part Time/ Full Time

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250-646-2020

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MEDICAL/DENTAL

MEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with the leading Medical Tran-scription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today. 1.800.466.1535 Online: www.canscribe.com. Email: [email protected].

INSURANCE

ESTHETIC SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IF YOU are underwater, have an assumable mortgage, we will take over your house and mortgage and save your bank credit rating. (250)588-3360

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Offi ce: 250-642-5598 • Cell: 250-361-8136

[email protected]

BC Business License - City Licence - WCB - Liability InsuranceFall Arrest Training & Equipment

Free Estimates Seniors Discount

Service & InstallationsTubs, Sinks, Taps, Vanity,Drains, Hot Water Tanks

RenovationsRoofi ng, Framing, Drywall,

Bathroom, Kitchen, Laminate, Decks


CLEANING SERVICES

SOOKE HOUSECLEANINGService. Flat rate $75 for 3 hrs. After 3 hrs $20/hr. Will bring cleaning supplies and great customer service. Call Jenna 250-634-1269.

TIME to Shine Cleaning Very professional All cleaning prod-ucts supplied eco friendly $25.00 hr 250-213-5626

COMPUTER SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

ED’S HAULINGCheap disposal of

furniture, appliances, junk and what have you?

U&I type moving with covered pick-up truck.

Ed & Faye250-642-2398

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

BRAD’S HOME CAREQuality with competitive

prices for all your home needs.

*Installation and repairs of decks, fences

*Minor plumbing and electric

Ticketed in municipal water, sewer w/exp in carpentry & an eye for curb appeal.Senior & new referral discount.

One call does it all.778-679-4724

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

PAINTING

DAN KITEL Painting

250-216-3095Interior/ExteriorResidential & Commercial

Specializing in heritage homes

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

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ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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Call Deano

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WELDING

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WELDINGMobile Units +++ Steel

Sales

250-642-0666

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

DRYDOUGLAS

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250-642-2743

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE12’/24’ Extension Ladder $100.0012’ Fiberglass Stepladder$100.008’ Fiberglass Stepladder $50.002-El. Powerwashers$50.00 each 100’H/D Extension Cord$50.00Eureka H/D Carpet Cleaner$150.00 Come and see, you may like other construction items.250-213-2596 ask for Hans

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

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From $675 per mo

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COTTAGES

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HOMES FOR RENT

LOVELY wheelchair ac-cessible home formally used as accredited group home. Two bed two bath, fully equipped with ceiling tracking for lifts, living room bedrooms and bathroom. Wheel in show-er, accessible tub. Open plan living room and kitchen. Wood stove and laundry. Large fenced back yard and Carport. $1800/mth ph 250-588-5783

RV PADS

PARKSVILLE AREA: Large sites start at $400/month + hy-dro. Coin laundry on site. Call for more info 250-248-3033.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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TRANSPORTATION

CARS

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Limited Edition133,000 KM

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Fresh Pork

Side SpareribsRegular or Sweet & Sour

General Mills Jumbo

CheeriosCereal

Wild RootsTrailMix

Kraft PhiladelphiaCreamCheese

Tropic Isle

CoconutMilk

999 Philippine DiedTropical Fruit709g.....................................999 PlantationRice8 kg ......................................899

Tazo Black TeaChai Latte3x946 mL ................................899

La RestauranteSalsa1.89L ....................................499ParkaySoft Margarine1.28-1.36 kg .........................399

Christie Red Oval Stoned Wheat Thins1.8 kg Club Pack.....................699

ZiplockSandwich Bags150’s ....................................299 Iam’s Mini Chunks or ChunksDog Food6.8 kg ...............................1499

Lysol AdvancedToilet Bowl Cleaner946 mL .................................199

Dempster’sWhole GrainBread

999

699

1499

10993/800

499

399

499Super MunchiesSnackMix

Aqua� naWater24x500 mL

Carnation Rich & CreamyHot Chocolate

AylmerTomatoes8x796 mL

Pepperidge FarmsGold� shVariety Pack

Nature Valley Sweet & SaltyChewyNut Bars

Fresh Whole

Frying Chickens2 per bag

Alberta Beef AA Sirloin Tip

Marinating Steak11.00/kg .............................499

Century Breaded

Chicken Pieces 4 kg Frozen ......................2000

Milford FarmsChicken Cordon Swiss142g Frozen ............

10/1000

Village Foods Made In Store

Meatloaf8.13/kg ...............................369

Island Pride Lean

Burger Patties5lb Bag Frozen .................2000

599 799

699

499

Alberta Beef AA

Sirloin Tip Oven RoastBoneless

11.00/kg

249 199/lb

5.49/kg

Meat

349Beef Rib Regular or Marinated

Finger Bones7.69/kg

Case of 12 or $1.19 ea

Washington

Cooking Onions 3lb bag ..100

California

Lemons ....................8/300

B.C. Grown

Yellow Potatoes 5lb bag ..300

Mexican Long English

Cucumbers ..............3/300

B.C. Grown

Beets 5lb bag ....................300

California

Carrots 5lb bag .................300

BulkComplimentsGarbageBags

Welch’sFruitSnacks

399

Maxwell HouseCoffee All Varieties

Chipits Semi-SweetChocolateChips

899 1199

Whole Roasted Salted or Unsalted

Cashews ..............235

Ju Jubes ..............49¢

Wine Gums ..........109

Sesame Snaps .......999

In the Shell

Peanuts .............59¢

Jelly Bellies .........249


Ginger ...............209

Blanshed Sliced or Slivered Almonds ............269

Medium

Cous Cous .........65¢

/100g

CapriCanolaOil

Kraft

CheezWhiz

Bounty Select-A-SizePaper Towels

699

699

Arm & Hammer LiquidLaundryDetergent

1299499

899

In the Shell

Peanuts

Jelly Bellies


Ginger

RogersAll PurposeFlour

B E T T E R B E C A U S E W E C A R E . . . . A B O U T O U R K I D S !

MexicanMixed Colour

Peppers

36 pack

ComplimentsComplimentsGarbageGarbageBagsBags

33Mott’sClamatoJuice

Ju Jubes

Wine Gums

Sesame Snaps

RogersWhiteSugar

10 kg

Kraft Squeeze 355 mLTartar Sauce ........299

Taipan Water Chestnuts orBamboo Shoots 227g 89¢

/100g

/lb

/100g

case

/100g

/100g

/100g


Fresh B.C. Produce

Earthbound Farms

OrganicSpringMix

12’s Variety Pack

3L

+dep

699

298

999

1.1 kg

737g

/100g

499

1-1.45 kg 3 Varieties

400g Tub

2 pack

Annie’sMacaroni& Cheese

2.4 kg

399

HeinzWhite Vinegar

4L

Thompson Seedless

GreenGrapes

10 kg

Washington

Cooking Onions300

/lb

/100g

600g 6 Varieties

50 pack

+ dep 2.54L

900g

6 Roll

40 pack

7.39L

/lb6.57/kg

300

925g

50’s

/lb4.39/kg

/lb5oz Clamshell

2lb Bag

/lb

Grocery

5/400

8”

CapriCapriCanolaCanolaOilOil

Kraft

CheezCheezWhizWhiz

66

44

Mott’sMott’sClamatoClamatoJuiceJuice

44

33HeinzWhite White VinegarVinegarGrocery

699

All Varieties

CocaCola20 pack

FreshFreshFreshFresh

Thompson SeedlessThompson Seedless

Seafood

88¢


READY TO SERVE

Imitation Crab Meat

799

/100g

eaeaFresh 8 oz

Oyster Tubs ................499Frozen 60-80 count

Scallops .................... 699

Heinz

Alpha-Getti

9x398 mL

6 Roll

ea

NEW

Grocery

599

CharminUltra Soft Megaor Double Roll

BathroomTissue

+dep

ea



549

GreekPita Bread

5544944 899

Montreal

Beef

Irish

199 229

Family’s Finest

Ice Cream4L ..........................................499

Bassili’s 4 Cheese

Lasagna2.27 kg ..................................999

TGI Friday’s

Potato Skins992g.................................1099

Barber Swiss

Chicken Cordons1.13 kg .............................1099

Bakery

499

Deli

10 pk

Made in StoreEclairs

Reser’sPotatoSalad

Family PackApple Strudels

599

FrozenWhite or Brown

HamMade w/real Cream

Arbutus RidgeHummus

Naturally

ea

/100g

Bread5 pack 599

119 10 pack 6 pack

169German

Salami

Family Size

Caesar Salad

/100g

/100g

/100g

Materne OrganicGo Go Squeeze

AppleFruitSnacks20 pack

1.25 kgFamily Pack

Bran & DateMuf� ns

Dairy

Dairyland Organic

Milk Jugs 4L ...................................................................

........799

Dairyland

Cottage Cheese 750g .........................................................399

DairylandMultipack Yogurt 12 pack ..................................

..............499

Tropicana

Orange Juice 2.63L .............................................................599

8”

Frozen

So Delicious Organic

CoconutMilk

946 mL

1.75L

Camino Organic

HotChocolate

299

2/500

BUY 2GET 1FREE

1.75L185g

Everland Organic

CoconutOil

999599336g

1499

Plum Good Organic

RiceCakes

Frozen

1099

Heinz Hot Bites

JalapeñoPoppers

1.47 kg

699

McCain Ultra Thin CrustPizzas2 pack

Armstrong

CheddarCheese1.35 kg

1499

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Sports & RecreationSooke in line for all-weather soccer fieldOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The SEAPARC commission has passed a motion to endorse putting in a grant application on behalf of the Capital Regional District (CRD) for an all-weather soccer field to be situated in Fred Milne Park.

If the grant application - which is to be submit-ted by April 15, 2015 - is approved, overall cost for the new field project will be around $1.2 million at 100 per cent financing, notes Mike Hicks, SEAPARC Chairman and CRD Regional Director for Juan De Fuca.

“SEAPARC will now be working on putting together the feasibility and the grant application for an all-weather field on this property,” Hicks said, adding that the field is still subject to the CRD endorsing it as their project next month.

The grant - which is part of the capital infrastruc-ture - directs funding to projects that are larger-scale, regional-impact, innovative and aligned with the federal gas tax fund objectives, according to a CRD news release.

“It’s a long shot- not a given by any means, but at least we’re in the game now,” he said.

The proposal isn’t without given cause though. Currently Sooke’s soccer programs sometimes rent out the all-weather field in Langford for some of their practices, as the current soccer fields at

Fred Milne Park become unusable during extended periods of rain.

“There are entire weeks of missed games because of all the rain in this field, and that just isn’t right,” Hicks said.

The demand is certainly there - at the moment there are 17,000 enlisted participants on the lower Vancouver Island who play soccer - 570 of whom are registered with the Sooke Soccer Club alone.

Following some pre-planning between SEAPARC board members and the Sooke Community Asso-ciation, Field 3 was chosen as the suggested site of the new all-weather field, with a proposed mea-surement of 110 meters by 70 meters.

“There is no drainage, no irrigation, this field is very underdeveloped, making it a prime can-didate,” said Robin Saxl, president of the Sooke Soccer Club.

Best part is, with an artificial field, it doesn’t need fancy (and expensive) sprinkler systems, as there is no organic material present to be nour-ished in the first place.

How does an all-weather field work anyway? Well, all the sod is removed, then a concrete base is constructed, after which the base is filled with a type of porous rock so the water can drain through it. Finally, an artificial grass mat is rolled over everything, much like a shag carpet. Given its silicone-based construction, the mat is impervi-ous to freezing temperatures and other effects of weather.

While the project still requires the CRD endors-ing it next month as their own, Hicks remains opti-mistic about the outcome.

“I want to call on all kids to keep their fingers and toes crossed for this grant,” he said.

EMCS Wolverines bite againOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The Wolverines were pretty hungry during last week’s home senior boys basketball game versus the Saanich Stel-ly’s — finishing off with a score of 69 - 38.

As soon as the first sneaker touched the gym floor at Edward Milne community school last Tues-day night, the game was already in full-swing; Lucas Blatch-ford landed 18 shots through the Stelly’s hoop, followed by Jonah Phillip with 14, and Charlie Richardson with 12.

Before the Stelly’s, the EMCS Wolverines finished 3rd in the Boys South Island AAA bas-ketball game. This was despite being a big guy short; a challenge that coach Trevor Bligh says his team adapted

from and continued pushing through.

“We struggled for a bit, there were a couple of offsets, but the guys are back, we’re peak-ing at the right time, this is what we wanna do when we have the playoffs,” he said, not-ing that the team had to change the way it defended.

“We simply didn’t have a shot blocker in front of the rim to deter people, but we made do,” he said. “I’m very impressed with the way the guys bounced back - they changed their game a little bit and were still able to find success.”

EMCS met the Stel-ly’s on the playing field several times this year; first game the Wolver-ines won by 41, sec-ond game was in Port Alberni with five guys. At that point, they were down 24 points and

won by 1, then won a couple of weeks ago by 27.

“We gotta play hard, gotta play smart, and if we do so we’ll be off to the Islands for the second straight year,” Bligh said, adding that the goal hasn’t changed since the beginning of the season.

“We want to be the first team in 68 years to go to the provincial tournament, so once we get to Islands, if we get to Islands next weekend, destiny’s ours,” he said.

The Wolverines have qualified for the upcom-ing AAA islands play-offs which take place between Thursday and Saturday this week.

First game will be vs. the Naniamo District Sr. secondary, the #2 seed from the north (Sooke is #3) which will take place on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Steve Knoke, SEAPARC Manager; Karl Linell, Sooke Community Association President; Mike Hicks, Seaparc Chairman & CRD Regional Manager for Juan de Fuca; and Robin Saxl, Sooke Soccer Club President.

EMCS player Jack Kendall keeps his eye on the moneyOctavian Lacatusu Photo

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Sooke dominated this weekend at home in the sweet sunshine for the last week of league play. Next up are District Cup play downs start-ing this weekend with the finals being held in Sooke March28/29.

The two U9 boys teams played each other and it ended up in a 0-0 tie. A fabulous and fast paced game!Manager Jackie Chandler

Sooke Girls U13 Tidal-

waves crashed through Fred Milne Park on Sat-urday afternoon tak-ing a 3-2 victory over Saanich Fusion. It was great to see the team end their final game of the regular season with such great team work, patience with the ball and amazing pass-ing. Extra shout out to Sydney Cumming and Emma Muttitt for their great saves in net as well as their strong plays on the field.

Our defense played great and was anchored by Brittany Vince who is always rock solid. Great battles up front by Marin Clarkston, Allana Garat, Aila Evans, Holly Conwright and Jaylin Shaw. Alexa Wright scored a great goal from the striker position and Brittney Homer knocked in two goals from the top of the 18.Manager Carleen Dennett

The U14 girls played

their final league game vs JDF at home this Sat-urday. The Wildcats dominated the entire game and despite many chances could not finish with one in the net. Game ended in a 0-0 tie. Great way to end league play with a shut out for GK Ella Dennett with the entire team working hard to defend and put on the pressure. Despite a

tough season, these girls have persevered and have really clicked as a team and it shows in their efforts on the field. Bring on the Cup!Coach Laura Lockhart

U14 Boys finished

their regular season with a tie game vs Salt Spring. SS came out strong, scoring a few nice ones for a score of 3-0 at the half. The second half Sooke found their feet and Zach Miller got them on the board when he drilled one into the corner of the net, off a pass from Gavin Dun-can. Sooke’s second goal was a slow-motion ball tipped in by Max Hadrich, that rolled in just out of reach of the goalkeeper. The tying shot was a beautifully placed penalty kick taken by Simon Her-old. Literally the most nonchalant confident PK ever seen by specta-

tors! The boys are look-ing forward to playoffs and making a run for the District Cup. Manager Cherie Duncan

The Sooke U-15 Boys

hosted by Jdf U-15 opened up the scor-ing early in the game at 19 minutes of play with Riley getting the ball past the JdF keeper with a well placed assist from Jacob. With Sooke keeping the ball in JdF’s end the second Sooke goal came at 31 minutes of play with a beautiful pass from Riley to Andrew who made no mistake in finding the back of the JdF net. The second half found JdF hungry for goals fighting hard and being successful at keeping the ball in our end. JdF opened up the scoring in the second half with their first PK that was blocked by an outstanding save by our keeper Joey, JdF

made no mistake with the rebound that found the back of Sooke’s net. JdF fought hard to keep the ball in our end, being rewarded with another PK where they made no mistake put-ting the ball past our keeper. Sooke worked hard successfully get-ting the ball back up in JdF’s end, but could not find the back of Jdf’s net ending the game with a 2-2 final.Coach Rob Oyler

Saturday afternoon

the Sooke Silver U16 boys played JDF sil-ver U16 boys, it was an awesome day for a game.

This game was action packed from the start with our Sooke boys prevailing goals from Taylor, Matthew, and Chris. Assists from Mat-thew, Hagen and Chris. Final score Sooke 5 JDF 3.

To all the U16 Sooke boys it’s been an hon-our and privilege to

coach you this year! Very proud of all of you!Coach Michelle

Sooke U18 boys gold

1 Cowichan 0 This was a pure team vic-tory with every player giving 120 per cent against a very relent-less opponent. With no subs, the boys played through sickness and injury in a very physi-cal match. They played for each other and the team work was second-to-none. Couldn’t be prouder of their effort. Coach Glenn Harrison

The U17 girls came

away with a win at home on Sunday play-ing against Bays U18 girls. Taylor Benard started with a goal for Sooke, but the Bays tied it up in the first half. Defenders played well together with the support of goalkeeper Hope Millard. The girls got there second goal by Cassidy Logan, to take the lead. Bays

persisted and tied it up with a second goal. Striker Cassidy Logan got her second goal assist by Hailey Dimock to take the lead in the match. The Autobots will be starting District Cup play offs this com-ing week.Coach Wendy Cole

Div 2 Men beat Lake-

hill 2-1 at home on

Sunday. Goal by Cam Fischer assisted by Al McKay and second goal was a free kick by Al McKay due to Gord Johnson getting taken down just outside the 18 yard box. first half shut out by Jared Coo-per and great second half performance by the mighty Gord John-son between the pipes.

Sooke Soccer Association News: How the Ball Rolls

Sooke’s Wildcats were all over the ball vs. Juan de FucaOctavian Lacatusu Photo


Sports & RecreationSooke in line for all-weather soccer fieldOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The SEAPARC commission has passed a motion to endorse putting in a grant application on behalf of the Capital Regional District (CRD) for an all-weather soccer field to be situated in Fred Milne Park.

If the grant application - which is to be submit-ted by April 15, 2015 - is approved, overall cost for the new field project will be around $1.2 million at 100 per cent financing, notes Mike Hicks, SEAPARC Chairman and CRD Regional Director for Juan De Fuca.

“SEAPARC will now be working on putting together the feasibility and the grant application for an all-weather field on this property,” Hicks said, adding that the field is still subject to the CRD endorsing it as their project next month.

The grant - which is part of the capital infrastruc-ture - directs funding to projects that are larger-scale, regional-impact, innovative and aligned with the federal gas tax fund objectives, according to a CRD news release.

“It’s a long shot- not a given by any means, but at least we’re in the game now,” he said.

The proposal isn’t without given cause though. Currently Sooke’s soccer programs sometimes rent out the all-weather field in Langford for some of their practices, as the current soccer fields at

Fred Milne Park become unusable during extended periods of rain.

“There are entire weeks of missed games because of all the rain in this field, and that just isn’t right,” Hicks said.

The demand is certainly there - at the moment there are 17,000 enlisted participants on the lower Vancouver Island who play soccer - 570 of whom are registered with the Sooke Soccer Club alone.

Following some pre-planning between SEAPARC board members and the Sooke Community Asso-ciation, Field 3 was chosen as the suggested site of the new all-weather field, with a proposed mea-surement of 110 meters by 70 meters.

“There is no drainage, no irrigation, this field is very underdeveloped, making it a prime can-didate,” said Robin Saxl, president of the Sooke Soccer Club.

Best part is, with an artificial field, it doesn’t need fancy (and expensive) sprinkler systems, as there is no organic material present to be nour-ished in the first place.

How does an all-weather field work anyway? Well, all the sod is removed, then a concrete base is constructed, after which the base is filled with a type of porous rock so the water can drain through it. Finally, an artificial grass mat is rolled over everything, much like a shag carpet. Given its silicone-based construction, the mat is impervi-ous to freezing temperatures and other effects of weather.

While the project still requires the CRD endors-ing it next month as their own, Hicks remains opti-mistic about the outcome.

“I want to call on all kids to keep their fingers and toes crossed for this grant,” he said.

EMCS Wolverines bite againOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The Wolverines were pretty hungry during last week’s home senior boys basketball game versus the Saanich Stel-ly’s — finishing off with a score of 69 - 38.

As soon as the first sneaker touched the gym floor at Edward Milne community school last Tues-day night, the game was already in full-swing; Lucas Blatch-ford landed 18 shots through the Stelly’s hoop, followed by Jonah Phillip with 14, and Charlie Richardson with 12.

Before the Stelly’s, the EMCS Wolverines finished 3rd in the Boys South Island AAA bas-ketball game. This was despite being a big guy short; a challenge that coach Trevor Bligh says his team adapted

from and continued pushing through.

“We struggled for a bit, there were a couple of offsets, but the guys are back, we’re peak-ing at the right time, this is what we wanna do when we have the playoffs,” he said, not-ing that the team had to change the way it defended.

“We simply didn’t have a shot blocker in front of the rim to deter people, but we made do,” he said. “I’m very impressed with the way the guys bounced back - they changed their game a little bit and were still able to find success.”

EMCS met the Stel-ly’s on the playing field several times this year; first game the Wolver-ines won by 41, sec-ond game was in Port Alberni with five guys. At that point, they were down 24 points and

won by 1, then won a couple of weeks ago by 27.

“We gotta play hard, gotta play smart, and if we do so we’ll be off to the Islands for the second straight year,” Bligh said, adding that the goal hasn’t changed since the beginning of the season.

“We want to be the first team in 68 years to go to the provincial tournament, so once we get to Islands, if we get to Islands next weekend, destiny’s ours,” he said.

The Wolverines have qualified for the upcom-ing AAA islands play-offs which take place between Thursday and Saturday this week.

First game will be vs. the Naniamo District Sr. secondary, the #2 seed from the north (Sooke is #3) which will take place on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Steve Knoke, SEAPARC Manager; Karl Linell, Sooke Community Association President; Mike Hicks, Seaparc Chairman & CRD Regional Manager for Juan de Fuca; and Robin Saxl, Sooke Soccer Club President.

EMCS player Jack Kendall keeps his eye on the moneyOctavian Lacatusu Photo

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Will be held at: Juan de Fuca Local Area Services Building Located at: 3-7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BC On: Monday, March 2, 2015 starting at 7pm

To consider adoption of an amendment to Bylaw No. 2040:Bylaw No. 3973 - cited as “Juan de Fuca Land Use Bylaw, 1992, Amendment Bylaw No. 122, 2014”.The purpose of Bylaw No. 3973 is to amend the Juan de Fuca Land Use Bylaw, Bylaw No. 2040, by amending Section 3.10 to include a missing rural residential zone, by amending the secondary suite and detached accessory suite regulations to prohibit a building strata and by clarifying the definition of floor area.The actual Bylaw should be reviewed to determine specifically how particular lands may be affected. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be provided an opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions, on matters contained in the proposed Bylaw. A

copy of proposed Bylaw No. 3973 and other relevant documents and information may be inspected at the Juan de Fuca Local Area Services Building, 3-7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BC between the hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday to March 2, 2015, excluding statutory holidays, and are available from the CRD website at www.crd.bc.ca/jdf.Written submissions should be sent to Juan de Fuca Planning, by mail to 3-7450 Butler Road, Sooke, BC, V9Z 1N1; by email to [email protected] or by fax to 250.642.5274. Written submissions should be received no later than noon on March 2, 2015 to ensure availability at the Public Hearing. Submissions will also be accepted at the Public Hearing. Following the close of the Public Hearing, no further submissions or comments from the public or interested persons can be accepted by the CRD Board of Directors.

The Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 3973 will be held by the Electoral Area Director, or Alternate Director, as a delegate of the Board of the CRD. A copy of the CRD Board resolution making the delegation is available for public inspection along with a copy of the Bylaw referred to in this notice.For further information, contact June Klassen, Manager, Local Area Planning at 250.642.8101.S. Santarossa, Corporate Officer

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Sooke Skating Club preps for upcoming showOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The Sooke Skating Club is sharp-ening both its skates and its skills this year for the upcoming year-end performance Skating Show on March 5 at the SEAPARC.

With a total of 26 performances comprised of group numbers and soloists, the show will be one of the biggest in the club’s history.

“We are very excited for this show,” said Lindsey Haldane, one of the club coaches. “We always pick a theme and try and do something fun for the kids and the families.”

More importantly, Haldane notes the show is an ideal opportunity for the skaters to showcase their skating skills they’ve learned over the course of the season. It’s also as local as it gets, as all participants live in Sooke.

The skating club’s roots go back quite-a-ways in Sooke too, operating since the arena opened in 1976. It’s also part of Skate Canada, as a non-profit club - similar, yet different from the rec-skating programs currently available through SEAPARC.

“All our coaches have to be nation-ally-certified and we have rules, bylaws, and all the rest that we have to adhere to. So it’s not just like a soc-cer club, it’s national,” Haldane said.

For the skating club itself - which has almost 50 members this year - it’s about getting more and more kids inspired about the art and fun of skating. Haldane says that’s a solid motivator for her and for the club to keep the curriculum as exciting as possible.

“We want to keep building on what we are doing, and every year we’re seeing more kids register, more fami-lies register, and just keep everything running great,” she said.

So what does your child need to participate?

“A desire to learn how to skate,” Haldane said, noting that the training starts at around 4 years old as the optional age to start. “Some kids are not quite ready, so we start them off slowly with an eight week program.”

Ages of next week’s performers vary from three and a half up to 15 in the higher levels.

The show is expected to run for an hour and 20 minutes and is set to begin on Wednesday, March 5, at 5:45 p.m. There will also be a short intermission between the first and second half of the show for snacks and bathroom breaks.

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Your Weekly Horoscope

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Your fears are the

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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21You cannot outma-

neuver karma, Taurus. You will reap what you sow this week, so remain positive and things will ultimately work out in your favor.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, do your best

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ties require all of your attention this week, Cancer. Set aside some time to tackle these tasks one at a time, and you will be done before you know it.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Circumstances may

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All you have to do is daydream for a while and time will fly. Make a to-do list so you can maintain your focus.

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Sooke skaters compete in Korean championship

Sooke-based ice skat-ers Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa are back at home after taking part in the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

The brother-sis-ter duo ended in 11 place out of 14 over-all competitors, scor-ing seven extra points over last year’s com-petition in Seoul. Their free dance’s technical marks were worth eight place as well.

The Four Continents

Championships Figure Skating (4FCC), which was founded in 1999 for skaters from North America, Asia and Oce-ania, were inaugurated in Halifax, NS. The 4FCC is a division of the International Skating Union (ISU) which was founded in 1892 and is the oldest governing international winter sport federation.

For the time being however, both will be taking a break to think about the future.

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Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea

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