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Construction of the controversial Sooke roundabout will begin next week, says dis-trict officials.
The District of Sooke is contributing $3.1 million for the roundabout, which fuses
Sooke Road, B r o w n s e y B o u l e v a r d and the Ever-green Cen-tre entrance into one loop, which is wide and big enough to accommodate anything from a loaded log-ging truck to your grand-pa’s Lincoln.
But there’s more on Sooke’s infrastruc-ture menu.
The province takes care of the rest with an additional $6 million for a complete revamp of Sooke Road between Otter Point and Church roads. That includes new side-walks, crosswalks, lighting, curbs, new shoulder bike lane and new bus shelters. All that in total, to the tune of $9.1 million-worth of work.
Otter Point and Sooke Road will also gain an extra right turn lane along with a sidewalk – which right now is a daily frus-tration for many drivers who get backed up because they’re waiting for someone in
front to turn right. But all that is about to change. “This is a very exciting moment here in
Sooke, and what has been the combined efforts of council, staff and the community since incorporation,” said Mayor Maja Tait at the launch of the project Monday.
“Creating a vibrant town centre that is welcome, accessible and safe for residents, visitors and future generations by car, bike, or on foot has been a priority spanning sev-eral councils.”
Tait said the roundabout is being built without any extra taxpayer’s expense.
“All this work will be achieved without any increase in municipal taxes,” she said. “This brings us to this moment where we break ground and realize Sooke’s awesome potential.”
To reach that potential, however, it’ll take time, which is why Tait hopes Sooke resi-dents and business owners will be patient throughout the duration of the construc-tion, which is expected to finish this fall.
The building contractor of the round-about and the rest of project, Island Asphalt (also known as O.K Industries) will also be distributing roadworks signs around town, with notices for detours via Wadams Way.
Despite the detours though, Mike Pear-son, district engineer and operations man-ager for B.C. Transportation, said Highway 14 will remain open to traffic, with some single-lane closures from time to time.
He added that crews will be working simultaneously on a variety of tasks, such as hydro, roadworks, road having and grad-ing construction work.
Work to begin on roundabout$9.1 million-project will see major reconstruction of Sooke Road from Otter Point to Church roads
“This is a very exciting moment here in Sooke, and what has been the combined efforts of council, staff and the community since incorporation.”
– Mayor Maja Tait
Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror
Sooke Mayor Maja Tait and B.C. government representative Comox Valley MLA Don McRae with the ceremonial first dig at the location of the new roundabout on Sooke Road. Work on the project begins next week.
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Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror
Candidates for a council seat in a small community should be able to spend no more than $10,000 to run for mayor and $5,000 for a council or school board seat, says a legislature committee on local election financing.
For larger communities, a population-based formula would limit a mayoral campaign for a city of 150,000 residents to just under $90,000, with other municipal candidates limited to half that.
The small-town limits apply to communities up to 10,000 residents. For larger ones, mayoral candidates would be limited to $1 per capita for the first 15,000 people, 55 cents per capita up to 150,000, 60 cents per capita for 150,000 to 200,000 and only 15 cents for communities larger than that.
Sooke Mayor Maja Tait received $23,884.49 in campaign contributions in her run up to mayor last fall; Herb Haldane received $11,943 in campaign contributions, while David Shebib spent nothing on his campaign.
“If the limits were in place this last election than my campaign expenses would have been at or below the allowable limit, as a budget would
have been set accordingly,” Tait said.
“I agree with the limits provided Elections B.C. is prepared with accurate information well in advance of the next election.”
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart, who chaired the committee as it toured the province, said the limits are aimed to make running for local government “accessible and affordable,” while recognizing the vast difference between political campaigns in large cities and those in small communities.
The spending limits still have to be endorsed by the legislature, but the B.C. Liberal and NDP members of the committee endorsed them unanimously. They are part of a series of local election reforms that included extending terms to four years.
The committee wants third-party advertisers limited to five per cent of what a mayoral candidate is allowed to spend. The spending limits would be in effect starting on Jan. 1 of each election year.
B.C. is joining Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador in placing spending limits on at least some of their local elections.
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Sirens and lights echoed all over Sooke during the early hours of Saturday morning after a fire erupted at the Grant Manor apartment complex on Grant Road.
There were no fatalities, and all residents were evacuated from their units and put up overnight in either the Sooke Community Hall or local hotels, said officials.
The fire, which broke out just after midnight, began in one of the ground-level suites in the middle section of the building, said Sooke Fire Chief Steven Sorensen.
“From what we know so far is that the guy was asleep on his couch, woke up and the room was on fire, after which he ran out,” Sorensen said, adding the fire went up through the roof, then spread from there.
Fire crews from Langford, Metchosin, East Sooke and Otter Point fire departments responded to assist with quelling the flames, but even with the extra manpower,
the fire didn’t let up easily, Sorensen said.
“It took us three hours before we had it, because it kept flaring up in the roof and travelled to all these different spots,” he said, noting that there were 35 firefighters on scene.
While the ferocity of the fire left a significant hole right through the middle of the structure, Sorensen said the damage remains 50-50.
“Some suites suffered significant damage, while light water and smoke damage is present in all other throughout the building,” he said. “Closer to the centre though, the worse it is.”
Grant Manor resident Morgan Proudlove was away at his friend’s place that night when he heard his building was on fire.
“I still have my stuff in there, and I haven’t been able to go inside at all,” Proudlove said, adding he doesn’t have any idea what’s going to happen next.
Proudlove said this was the second fire the building had endured in years, with the first one, albeit not as major, beginning after someone tossed a cigarette in the hallway.
Cause of the fire is unknown. The investigation is on-going.
Tenants displaced after apartment fireFire broke out in a ground-level suite at Grant Manor
Steven Sorensen/Sooke Fire Department
Firefighters from Sooke, East Sooke, Otter Point, Metchosin and Langford battling the fire at Grant Manor during early hours of Saturday morning.
CRD bans charcoal barbecues in parks
The Capital Regional District has expanded its fire restrictions in regional parks to include charcoal barbecues.
Propane and gas barbecues are still allowed, as long as they are directly supervised.
Police probe suspected arson
A small grass fire in a vacant lot was likely arson, say local fire officials.
Sooke Fire Department was called out just after 5 a.m. Monday when passersby saw a small fire in a vacant lot off Townsend Road.
The group stomped out the fire with their feet.
The lot has tall grass and large trees and backs onto Evergreen Shopping Centre.
Fire Chief Steven Sorensen said the group “likely saved the day,” by putting out the fire and directing firefighters to the blaze that was a few feet in size.
Police are investigating the arson complaint.
District to survey horseshoe lands
The District of Sooke will begin surveying land at 2250 Sooke River Rd. next week for the establishment of a horseshoe pitch.
Council’s committee of the whole Monday also decided to get an estimate cost of clearing the land and will determine if the property is usable as a horseshoe pitch.
The Sooke Horseshoe Pitching Club has been in negotiations with the city since June 2011 for horseshoe pitching facilities.
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Sooke School District stu-dents ended their school year on a more positive note than the last one, when teachers were on picket lines, graduat-ing students worried about finals and grades and some parents scrambled to arrange childcare.
There’s no absence of ten-sion on some fronts, however, within the district.
The Sooke Teachers’ Asso-ciation has added its voice to a provincial grievance filed by B.C. Teachers’ Federation locals with the B.C. Public School Employers’ Associa-tion, disputing pay received for September, when teachers returned to work mid-month.
If the BCTF wins its griev-ance, it could result in an esti-mated shared payout of up to $350,000 for teachers in the Sooke School District. It is not known at this point how any judgment would financially affect the district.
While the dispute over
the partial month’s pay has been ongoing for months in other districts, Sooke Teach-ers’ Association president Ian Johnson said his associa-tion only recently joined the grievance, after the union was unable to come to an agree-ment with the district on a payout.
“We were led to believe we’d been paid properly,” he said. “We weren’t even aware we’d been short-paid for Sep-tember until after the trustee election (in November).”
The issue, Johnson said, is “having a tremendous impact on labour relations in the dis-trict. It’s really difficult to have been told that you’re going to be paid eight days, (but only get paid for 6.3).”
The issue stems from the clauses in the agreements between teachers’ associa-tions and their districts that dictate how teachers are paid for partial months worked.
In the Sooke district, the pay issue is complicated by the interpretation of the con-tract wording, which presents two clauses for how to deal with partial-month pay.
One formula subtracts days not worked from the monthly pay total, while the other
counts days worked and adds them up.
Johnson said the district could have used the “days worked” formula, which would have seen teachers paid for eight days in September.
He also said superintendent Jim Cambridge called him on Sept. 18 to tell him that’s what was going to happen.
Cambridge admits making that phone call, adding he does not deny that the union’s math is correct and that they were paid based on the less generous of the formulas in the agreement.
He does disagree about a key component of the teach-ers’ association argument.
“He’s right that there are two ways to pay for a partial month,” Cambridge said. “He’s not correct when he says (we had) a choice of which one to use.”
The clause which deducts pay for days not worked, Cam-bridge said, is for continuing teachers who are already under contract with the dis-trict before the beginning of the month for which the pay is being calculated, while the clause which counts the num-ber of days worked is for new hires.
“In the event that a teacher commenced work on a day other than the first working school day in that month,” reads the “days worked” clause, “or terminates on a day other than the last work-ing day of that month, the formula for payment for that month shall be based on the percentage of days worked of the total number of instruc-tional days (inclusive of dis-trict approved non-instruc-tional days).”
Because the teachers who were continuing with the dis-trict from the year before were not “commencing work” in mid-September – but rather continuing their employment with the district after time off – the clause for continu-ing teachers applied to those instructors, Cambridge said.
He also said his preference would have been to pay the teachers under the more gen-erous clause, but was told it was not an option by the pro-vincial government.
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Where in the World ...The Sooke News Mirror went on vacation (or at least a copy of the paper) with some its readers. Left: John Hay, Kristie Hay, Lisa Fullam, Arthur Skosiky, Paige Hay, Samantha Hay and Paul Fullam took their Sooke News Mirror along when they visited Bucerias, Mexico. Right: Elida Peers and granddaughter Angelina Risi show off their Sooke News Mirror while doing research at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, England.
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Those who continue to hop back in their vehicles after a long evening of beer pong may want to think twice this summer – police across B.C. will be targeting impaired drivers at random road checks as part of the latest CounterAttack campaign.
Launched July 1, the campaign began as a collaborative effort between the provincial government, ICBC and police to help take impaired drivers off the roads.
During the summer months, one person is killed every three days in impaired-related crashes in B.C. On Vancouver Island, an average of six people are killed in impaired-related crashes during the summer months every year, according to Sooke RCMP.
Attorney General Suzanne Anton pointed out that CounterAttack is just a reminder not only
for drivers to take responsibility, but that police are out there — and watching.
“Some people still aren’t taking the issue seriously,” she said. “That’s why we’ll continue to support enhanced enforcement to intercept those who put other road users in
danger.”So far this year,,
there have been two people charged with impaired driving in Sooke. Twenty-six were detained or had their driver’s licences suspended for several days.
Regardless of the excuse, or whether or
not a driver is caught, it still doesn’t change the possible outcome of impaired driving, which, in many cases, can be permanently life-changing, said Neil Dubord, chair of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety committee.
Police target drunk drivers in summer enforcement campaign
The provincial government has suspended angling on rivers and streams throughout southern Vancouver Island, including the Sooke River, due to ongoing low stream flows and warming water temperatures.
At Level 4, conditions are extremely dry. Fur-ther declines in stream, lake and aquifer lev-els could lead to water shortages and affect people, industry such as agriculture, wildlife, and fish stocks.
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East Sooke Fire Hallnearing completionOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
East Sooke’s fire department will be operating from a state-of-the-art facility as early as this fall, thanks to a new fire hall that is not only bigger but safer as well.
At 88x88 feet, the new three-storey fire hall is large enough to fit a gym and training area, cafeteria and lockers, radio room and classrooms.
This includes seven vehicles: a fire engine, tender and pump, a tanker, a first responder vehicle, fire chief’s vehicle, as well as a utility vehicle with a trailer attached. A new vehicle is expected to join the fire-fighting fleet in October as well.
There will be more than ample space for the 20 or so volunteer firefighters currently active in East Sooke, something that can’t be said for the current facility, said George May, chair of the East Sooke Fire Commission and a retired professor of physics and electronics.
“We had a requirement for new facilities, because we don’t have room for all the trucks required by the fire protection regulations, so finally, about 19 years ago, we talked to everyone, see what they wanted, see what kind of facilities are required and then we finally made a decision,” May said.
Considering the new fire hall has been a project 19 years in the making, he said he’s excited to finally see it become a reality.
“Once that roof went
up, I almost couldn’t believe it. These guys work fast,” May said, referring to Verity Construction, the crew building the structure from the ground up and the same developer behind the CRD headquarters in Sooke.
In the coming weeks, two sets of stairs will arrive for various sections of the building’s interior such as the lobby, radio room and upstairs office wing. The bigger assemblies are built off-site and hauled in by modular form – kind of like a giant Lego set that comes together module by module.
Structurally, May said the building is for the most part incombustible as well as earthquake-proof. A water line for direct access is also part of the facility’s design.
That, of course, includes a unique section of the building, a three-storey structure designed to represent
a modern tower; this is where fire crew will train and sharpen their
skills when it comes to scaling office towers and taller buildings.
All this comes down to a total $2.2 million, including paperwork, and licensing, May noted, adding the hardware alone cost for the building part of it is about $1.5 million.
“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y it takes a lot of engineering costs, a lot of architectural costs, licensing costs and CRD management costs, but having a safe and modern fire-fighting facility is well worth it in the long run,” May said.
The facility is expected to be completed by late September, and begin operating as early as October.
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George May and Axel Joosting, main spokesperson for the East Sooke Fire Commission, look towards the nearly-finished office wing of the new fire hall.
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Our View
Many-a-times Sooke district council has been approached by players from both sides: the pushers and the pullers, by the many and the few.
But what seems to happen lately is that some come in with the intent to bully council and the mayor into making a decision in their favour; whether it is to throw a spear right through the heart of the roundabout project, stomp the multi-use bike trail or allow someone to plant hedges on municipal property.
As a result, council has often postponed a decision – not that there’s anything wrong with thinking something through,
but taking too long to say yes or no risks the issue festering and mutating into something more convoluted and difficult to fathom.
Equally harmful to both council and the community would be making a decision under pressure – tilting in the wind if you will – from those few whose interest is not in the many, but really in themselves only. This would consequently impact progress to the point that nothing gets done — precisely what those too fearful of change want in the first place.
No one said it’s easy, after all, both sides want to win.
And while we applaud mayor and council for standing their ground on several issues of late, we hope they will continue to listen to the Sooke community’s voice as a whole, not just to those who are afraid of change.
It may not win more votes, or a bouquet of flowers, but let’s face it, no one wants to live in a cob-webbed community that is afraid of progressing forward.
Council must forge forward with visionWE SAY: District council should look at the wishes of the whole community, not just a complaining few
The Sooke region is an outdoor lover’s paradise.
The fact was brought closer to home last week when the Sisters of St. Ann donated a 23-hectare parcel of land adjacent to East Sooke Regional Park to the CRD.
The land is located in the Juan de Fuca Area, adjacent to the regional park, near Anderson Cove on the Sooke Basin. The parcel features 300 metres of frontage along East Sooke Road.
With the donation, the park is now 1,457 hectares, providing a popular outdoor recreation destination for residents and tourists.
The park received more than 145,000 visits in 2014 and features more than 50 kilometres of trails,
exceptional marine bird and mammal viewing, and spectacular views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic mountains.
East Sooke is truly one of the many jewels in the CRD park system.
But it isn’t the only one we should embrace.
Last year more than six million people visited regional parks from Albert Head Lagoon to Witty’s Lagoon.
Let’s not forget the provincial park system and the numerous city parks both in Sooke and other Greater Victoria municipalities that we can all enjoy.
Isn’t it time we celebrated these gems a little bit more?
In my short time as editor with
the Sooke News Mirror I’ve managed to venture into some of these areas. Checked off my list so far are Witty’s Lagoon, Sooke Potholes, Jordan River’s Sandcut Beach and Albert Head Lagoon.
There is so much more to see.And that’s where you come in.It’s time to identify some of the
true wilderness gems in our area from Sooke to Port Renfrew. They can be the well-known ones to lesser outdoor getaways to escape the sun-loving crowds.
The Sooke News Mirror will publish your favourites in a special page sometime this summer.
We are very fortunate in this part of the world to have such an array of parks that we can do everything
from walking to hiking to mountain climbing and trail running.
I’ve done a lot of trail running in many local parks and mountains in Greater Victoria over the last few years, and I’m still totally in awe of the grandeur of it all.
The parks offer me a sense of peace and serenity that I can’t find anywhere else - whether its winter or summer running.
I’d love to hear of your experiences and what makes the woods such a special place for you.
So get writing!•••
Kevin Laird is editor of the Sooke News Mirror. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 250-642-5752.
Kevin LairdReaders’Advocate
On the hunt to find region’s environmental gems
To the Sooke Canada Day Committee. This year’s celebration had many things go the wrong way (cancelled firework and loggers’ show to hot weather and a mid-week holiday) but the committee was able
to weather the storm and presented our community with a top-notch show. Canada is
about our “red, white and pride” and it shone through the entire day from the early afternoon cake-cutting with local politicians to the evening concert featuring the British Invasion. The committee members never seemed to deter on putting on the best show possible and vowed that next year’s Canada Day celebration will be bigger and better. Oh, Canada!
To distracted drivers. So many people still don’t seem to get it that you shouldn’t be driving while talking or using your cellphone or being distracted in some other way. Distracted driving has now
edged impaired driving for the number of deaths reported. It’s at least reassuring that a
consultation on a new distracted driving policy has seen people demanding increased fines. The issue now is how high the fines should go. “Right now some people see the $167 ticket as the cost of doing business,” said Justice Minister Suzanne Anton. “We need to stop that.” Agreed.
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Readers’ Letters: Canada, development, animals
Forget the best, try making Canada better
Re: Canada ‘fantastic place to live’ (Opinion, July 1)
As someone who has lived in six countries and travelled to more than 50 as an anthropologist and researcher, I find the idea that any one country is the best in the world incredibly hard to accept.
Virtually every nation believes that it is the best. After all, that kind of perceived superiority is precisely what nationalism is founded upon.
Back in the 19th century, this belief was socially and economically beneficial, at least for some nations and ethnicities. Two hundred years later, this concept is neither beneficial nor factual.
Although every country may believe it is the best, few dare to publicise this subjective belief and tout it as if it were a universal and undisputed truth.
Sociologically speaking, there are reasons for this. First of all, it antagonizes outsiders. We live in an era where collaboration and inclusiveness, not isolation and provocation, are to take us forward.
Unfortunately, Canada doesn’t particularly encourage dissenters or whistle blowers, possibly because believing that this country is the best leaves little room for alternative views. Which takes me to my second point.
When you believe you are best, you are at risk of becoming smug and complacent. It is hardly surprising that Canada is notoriously lagging behind at global level in terms of productivity, and that its innovation indicators for the past three decades have been, and remain, appalling.
This is not just “a pimple” in Canada’s allegedly flawless complexion, it’s a very serious matter if we consider that in the long term, the world will no longer be divided into developed and developing nations, but rather into innovation-rich and innovation-
poor countries.But this is not to dampen
anyone’s celebratory mood. Looking into the things that do not make Canada the best country in the world would be much more productive. Doing so will create the possibility of making this country, any country, a better one. Not the best, but better. And that is something to be proud of.
Damaris GarzonShirley
No red flags put on developments
Re: Pacheedaht and marina developers at odds (News Mirror, June 24)
I am puzzled and perplexed by Kristine. Pearson’s comments towards the Pacific Gateway Marina.
Is it merely competition that has Ms. Pearson, the Pacheedaht’s media spokesperson, demanding consultation from would be competitors for the Port Renfrew Marina, in which the band has financial interests?
Pearson professes the Pacheedaht is not anti- development. She must not have read a recent post from the chief that stated let’s protect our territory from miners and developers.
I’d like to know where the province, the Pacheedaht, the Department of Fisheries and forestry watchdogs were while tons of logging road washed into a salmon bearing creek behind town, fouling spawning beds and habitat?
How were developers allowed to cut down culturally-modified trees and build cabins and RV parks beside protected wildlife danger trees?
Two of the largest salmon and steelhead bearing rivers on the South Island have been filled with hundreds of tons of rock, sand and silt, transforming former habitat into campgrounds and off road vehicle trails.
Coupled with a burgeoning seal and merganser populations, patrons at either
marina may have nothing to fish for in the near future.
It seems odd that in an over-regulated society, there are no red flags to these developments.
Greg KlemPort Renfrew
Council’s policies hurting animals
Re: Starving deer need to be fed (Letters, July 1)
The fact that somebody could have presented a formal complaint against Marion Ells is disgusting.
I was sure that this bylaw district council was so pushy to pass would end up hurting animals and animal lovers.
In theory “not feeding wildlife” sounds reasonable and the right thing to do. However, in practice, when the animals’ habitat and food sources are stolen from them in such a short period of time, the most humanely things to do was not this bylaw.
First, it could have been a fence at the locations more trafficked by deer. Second, volunteers could work together with conservation officers to move the animals one by one to Jordan River.
We all agree that deer need to be moved far away, but the strict method used by this new council to penalize constituents and animals is really scary.
Because some people are hungry to create new jobs for themselves in Sooke in the form of bylaws to get grants, we all need to become more vigilant and carefully with council’s agenda and plans.
If you love animals, please call your local animal rescue to get more information about who to vote for next time.
Margarita DominguezSooke
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Readers’ Letters: the environment
Hunters, fishers are not helping
Re: Fishers, hunters help protect environment (Letters, July 1)
I saw some of the most flawed logic ever to be put in type by letter-writer Martin Hill.
I have nothing to do with the Rainforest Alliance but I do have common sense and I care for the environment.
I am vegan, although I don’t own a pair of sandals, I have been involved in food politics and their ties to environmental concerns (conservation) on six continents and over two dozen countries around the world.
I simply tire of the extremely flawed argument that those who kill animals are doing good for the environment or those animals themselves.
I have no doubts that the money, publicity and concern
raised for our fisheries and lands are a wonderful thing, I would never question that. But to state that you care deeply for the fish in our waters, only to then say that you are happy to fish them and deplete their numbers is completely nonsensical.
Fishing means the depletion of fish and therefore an overall lack of concern for the species which Mr. Hill claims to love and wishes to protect.
Mr. Hill then takes the classical route in the argument by passing blame on another species and claim the damage that they do is far greater than that of their own. This argument is so severely flawed.
I have an idea. How about Mr. Hill continue to do all of the wonderful volunteer work, garner support within the public through media, continue to raise money but at the end of the day not
kill any fish? This way he will be putting his wishy-washy politics and money where his mouth is instead of the salmon which he claims to love.
Environmentally responsible fishers and hunters? I suggest you look up the word oxymoron as these words can’t logically go together in a sentence.
Justin GilbertsonShirley
Deer cull could help feed poor
Deer proliferate when we eliminate their predators. If we want healthy deer we have only one of two
decisions to make. Either we introduce
their natural predators back into the community, like wolves, cougars and bears. But predators cause collateral damage and we may not be comfortable with those animals walking about our community.
The other option is to cull the deer.
How about combining a cull with feeding the poor? We end up with healthier deer, healthier people and less damage.
Let’s not recreate India’s sacred cow problem with deer.
Barringer YoungSooke
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Purchasers PreviewThursday, July 23 • 7-10 pm
First choice of 375 pieces of original artwork by Vancouver Island & BC’s
coastal island artistsA gala evening with great art,
refreshments & live jazz by Louise RoseTickets $30
www.sookefinearts.comor 250-642-7256 for times and info
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BIG
BAG1kg
ArmstrongShredded Parmesan Cheese1kg bag
Canadian AAATop Sirloin Grilling Steak17.12 per kg
Washington GrownPeaches & Cream Corn
777777PerLB
6$46$4B.C. GrownRed Haven Peaches3.28 per kg
149149PerLB
LactantiaSalted Butter454gr 399399
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Saturday, July 18th
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Locally Raised BC Poultry
Antibiotic FreeGrain Fed
OlivieriFilled Pasta300-350gr
Boneless Center Cut or Rib End Pork Loin Roast8.79 per kg
FreshNew Zealand Lamb Loin Chops22.02 per kg
CanadianBeef Simmering Short Ribs13.20 per kg
Sunrise TraditionalBoneless Skinless Chicken Thighs1kg
Sunrise FarmsWhole Roasting Chicken6.59 per kg
Sunrise FarmsBone In Chicken
Breasts8.79 per kg
399PerLB
OlivieriNested Pasta or Lasagna Sheets300-360gr
Blue Water SeafoodsFillets450-519gr
Blue Water SeafoodsGrill179gr
OlivieriGnocchi350gr
KraftParmesan Cheese250gr
OlivieriPasta Sauce160gr or 300ml
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599PerLB
$20
Blue Water SeafoodsFillets580-680gr
DairylandCottage Cheese500gr
Manitoba HarvestHemp Hearts227gr
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Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin Chops
8.80 per kg
Mitchell’sPremium Bacon375gr
FreybeSausageSelected, 375gr
Harvest Wieners450gr
Canadian AAAOutside Round Oven Roast
13.20 per kg
Yoplait Source Yogurt650gr
General MillsCheerios CerealSelected, 390-500gr
KraftJam500ml
TassimoCoffeeSelected, 108-472gr
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Happy PlanetFruit Smoothie325ml
KraftPeanut Butter1kg
499
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Nestle or NesteaLiquid Water Enhancer52ml
2$5for
$4 $6
FreybeBavarian Smokies Sausage or European Wieners500-600gr
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YoplaitSource Yogurt16x100gr
599
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Yoplait Yop Drinkable Yogurt200ml
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Good HostIced Tea MixOriginal, 2.35kg
777
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Black DiamondCheddar or Mozza Style Slices450gr
Black DiamondShredded Cheese340gr
Newman’s OwnAll Natural Dressing350ml
Ocean’sCrab Meat or Wild Cocktail Shrimp113-170gr
Ocean’sWild Sockeye Salmon213gr
Pioneer ChipsKettle Cooked Potato Chips142gr
DairylandMilk 2 Go473ml
Del MonteFruit Bowls4x107-112.5ml
Nature Valley, General Mills, or Betty CrockerValue Size Bars or Snacks272-552gr
Snack BetterSahale Snacks Blend113-142gr
SunRypeBeverage1.36lt
Hellmann’sReal Mayonnaise1.42lt
Newman’s OwnMedium Salsa415ml
LactantiaCream Cheese250gr Crush
Rainbow Pack Pop24x355ml
Mr. Freeze or CrushFreeze Pops100’s
Arnott’sTim Tam Chocolate Biscuits175-200gr
Del MonteReal Fruit Frozen Bars12x50ml
Black DiamondCheeseSelected, 400-450gr
PlantersCashews225gr
PlantersDry Roasted Peanuts600gr
SunRype100% Pure Apple JuiceUnsweetened, 1.89lt
Ocean’sChunk or Flaked Light Tuna in WaterSelected, 170gr
Tre StelleFeta Cheese400gr
Green GiantFrozen Vegetables750gr
Swiss KnightProcess Cheese170gr
NestleDrumstickAssorted Sizes
NestleSkinny Cow Frozen NoveltiesAssorted Sizes
Nestle or ChristieFrozen Dessert Bars or SandwichesAssorted Sizes
Virgil’sMicro Brewed4x355ml
Newman’s OwnMost Wanted BBQ Sauce350ml
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Green GiantValley Selections Vegetables300-500gr
VlasicPickles1lt
E.D. SmithTomato Ketchup1lt
Sweet Baby Ray’sBarbecue Sauce425ml
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399
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299
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Blue DiamondAlmonds454gr
O’Doul’sDealcoholized Beer12x355ml
499
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ChristieRitz140-200gr
Peek FreansBiscuits256-350gr
2$5for2$5for
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Black DiamondCheddar or Mozza Style Slices450gr
Black DiamondShredded Cheese340gr
Newman’s OwnAll Natural Dressing350ml
Ocean’sCrab Meat or Wild Cocktail Shrimp113-170gr
Ocean’sWild Sockeye Salmon213gr
Pioneer ChipsKettle Cooked Potato Chips142gr
DairylandMilk 2 Go473ml
Del MonteFruit Bowls4x107-112.5ml
Nature Valley, General Mills, or Betty CrockerValue Size Bars or Snacks272-552gr
Snack BetterSahale Snacks Blend113-142gr
SunRypeBeverage1.36lt
Hellmann’sReal Mayonnaise1.42lt
Newman’s OwnMedium Salsa415ml
LactantiaCream Cheese250gr Crush
Rainbow Pack Pop24x355ml
Mr. Freeze or CrushFreeze Pops100’s
Arnott’sTim Tam Chocolate Biscuits175-200gr
Del MonteReal Fruit Frozen Bars12x50ml
Black DiamondCheeseSelected, 400-450gr
PlantersCashews225gr
PlantersDry Roasted Peanuts600gr
SunRype100% Pure Apple JuiceUnsweetened, 1.89lt
Ocean’sChunk or Flaked Light Tuna in WaterSelected, 170gr
Tre StelleFeta Cheese400gr
Green GiantFrozen Vegetables750gr
Swiss KnightProcess Cheese170gr
NestleDrumstickAssorted Sizes
NestleSkinny Cow Frozen NoveltiesAssorted Sizes
Nestle or ChristieFrozen Dessert Bars or SandwichesAssorted Sizes
Virgil’sMicro Brewed4x355ml
Newman’s OwnMost Wanted BBQ Sauce350ml
2$10 2$10499 499499 399299
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2$4for
2$5for
4$5for4$5for
Green GiantValley Selections Vegetables300-500gr
VlasicPickles1lt
E.D. SmithTomato Ketchup1lt
Sweet Baby Ray’sBarbecue Sauce425ml
299
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2993$4for
299
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Blue DiamondAlmonds454gr
O’Doul’sDealcoholized Beer12x355ml
499
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GlaceauVitamin Water591ml
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ChristieRitz140-200gr
Peek FreansBiscuits256-350gr
2$5for2$5for
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FreshGrey Cod Fillets
Alexis De PortneufBelle Creme Triple Cream Brie Cheese
Large Deli Salad
Grimm’sMaple Ham
SchneidersHarvest Tyme or Fat
Free Turkey Breast
Arbutus RidgeHomous, Spinach or Tzatziki Dip
Little Cedar FallsSteelhead Fillets
FreshHand Peeled Shrimp
Quality FreshSweet Treats Jelly Beans600gr
CaliforniaWalnut Halves & Pieces
Quality FreshSweet Treats Chocolate Almonds60% Dark, 300gr
Organically YoursOrganic Roasted & Salted Cashews200gr
10 Piece California & Dynamite Roll
16 Piece Maki Platter
199Per100 gr 249
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Spring Roll
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149per 100gr
DutchMild Gouda Cheese
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La TourangelleGrapeseed Oil or Organic Virgin Coconut Oil414-750ml
Cliff BarEnergy Bar68gr
Kettle BrandBaked Potato Chips113gr
JordansCereal450-500gr
Real FoodCorn Thins125-150gr
Chocolate Eclairs
Mini Apple or Cherry Strudel
English Bay12 Pack Cookies
Butter Crust Bread
8” Lemon Meringue Pie
Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns
Double LayerLemon Truffle Cake
WonderBread570gr
Dempster’sSignature Bread600gr
White SwanNapkins100’s
ScottiesMulti Facial Tissue6x94-140’s
PurexJumbo Bathroom Tissue
30’s
6 pack
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Bottle GreenSparkling Beverage750ml
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SpongeTowelsPaper Towels6’s
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BoostMeal Replacement6x237ml
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Crazy DaisyBouquet
6” Phaelanopsis
California GrownOrganic Cantaloupe2.18 per kg
California GrownOrganic Bunched Broccolettes799 1999 per
LB99¢
Washington GrownWhole Seedless Watermelon1.08 per kg
49¢49¢PerLB
PerLB
New Zealand GrownRoyal Gala Apples3.28 per kg
149149B.C. GrownGreen Beans or Yellow Wax Beans4.39 per kg 199199Per
LB
California GrownSweet Italian Red or White Onions2.18 per kg 99¢99¢
PerLB
B.C. Grown “Hot House”Mixed Coloured Peppers2lb bag 399399
California GrownOrganic Romaine Hearts3’s
2$7for2$5for
B.C. Grown “Hot House”Little Sweetoms Grape Tomatoes2$62$6forfor
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Sooke History
Elida PeersSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror
Today as we breeze down Wadams Way, the spanking new street lined with trees and street banners that cuts between Church Road and Otter Point Road, it seems so natural to take that shortcut route.
We wonder how Olive and Peter Wadams would have felt to see the traffic breeze by their old home, the little farmhouse perched quietly on the hillside, home to many a friendly gathering for a cup of tea and a visit.
In 1906 Olive was born in the metropolis of London, England. She grew up to marry Peter (Hugh) Wadams, a man with farming in his blood, and in 1929 the couple emigrated to Canada.
The pair arrived at Sidney to work on a dairy farm at first, then moved to Sooke where they rented “Moss Cottage” up until 1942, because at that time they were able to purchase the cottage pictured above, standing on Church Road.
Olive Wadams was a kindly, cheery and positive-spirited lady whose hallmark was caring about her community. This she demonstrated in countless ways, from playing a role in the Sooke and North Sooke Women’s Institute, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion, to helping at All Sooke Day, to serving as a tester for Girl Guide/Brownie badges, to supporting the Sooke Region Museum and much more. For half a century, Olive led the singing of O Canada at the Legion’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony.
Olive and Peter raised two children, Norah and Hugh, at their farm home, where the youngsters learned early to tackle farm chores, helping with milking the cows and tending the gardens which grew every sort of produce. The Wadams farm was adjacent to the farm of Ralph and Margaret Strong.
While Peter excelled
at gardening and consistently took prizes for produce at the Sooke Fall Fair, it was needlework that was Olive’s forte.
Not only was Olive’s name always on the needlework winning list at the Sooke Fair, but she came home with many awards from the Pacific
National Exhibitionin Vancouver as well.
Left alone after Peter’s death in 1968, Olive continued to keep busy. Besides needlework and singing, though, she had two other hobbies, making a cup of tea for friends who came to chat, and sharing
her garden of beautiful blossoms. Whenever flowers were needed for a public celebration in Sooke, everyone knew to call on Olive.
Olive died in 2004, and my last memories of her were of her weekly visits to the businesses in downtown Sooke,
where she brought flowers to fill their vases with colour and good cheer, a
message of caring from a woman who truly cared for her community.
•••Elida Peers is the
historian of Sooke Region Museum.
Wadams Way named after community icons
Sooke Region Museum
The first Sooke home of Olive and Peter Wadams: Moss Cottage along Church Road.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPublic Hearings will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday July 20, 2015 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following matters:
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2205 Otter Point Road, SookePhone: 250-642-1634 Fax: 250-642-0541
email: [email protected]: www.sooke.ca
Amendment to Covenant FB126369 - 6527 Sooke Road and Lot A Covenant FB126369 restricts the land use on 6527 Sooke Road and Lot A (the property in between 6527 Sooke Road and the closed Kennedy Road) to a mixed use commercial, office/residential building.
The Owner has applied to remove the “land use” restrictions from the covenant. The following will remain as requirements in the covenant: • A maximum height limit
of four (4) stories • Traffic Study prior to
Building Permit • Construct and design all roadway improvements identified in
the Traffic Study, including the intersection of Sooke Road, with Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure approval and to the standards acceptable to the District of Sooke.
• Connection to community sewer system. To ensure consistency with current standards of District of Sooke’s Subdivision and Development Standards Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw 404), it is recommended that the following items be removed from Schedule “A” of the covenant as these items are already required by Bylaw 404:
• Design and construct improvements to Dover, Kennedy Road, Lanark Avenue and Sooke Road along the frontage of the land;
• Design and construct where the land fronts along Dover Street, Lanark Avenue, Sooke Road, a sidewalk and if deemed appropriate by the Municipality, a sidewalk along Kennedy Road;
• Service the new development with underground utilities; • Complete a storm water management plan and build a storm
water management system and any off-site storm water infrastructure.
All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by these proposed amendments shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed amendments at the above time and place. If you are unable to attend the hearing, we ask that written submissions be provided prior to the close of the public hearing. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record.
Commencing from July 8, 2015 to and including July 20, 2015 copies of the Covenant FB126369 and relevant background documents may be inspected at the District of Sooke Municipal Hall, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays. If you have any questions regarding this application, please contact the District of Sooke Planning Department at (250) 642-1634.
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Thurs July 9TODDLERTIMEAt 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 HallBABYTIMEFirst Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Sooke Library.MUSEUM NIGHT MARKET 5 -8 p.m. at the Sooke Region Museum, 2070 Phillips Rd.
Mon July 13PARENT PARENT & 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.
Sun July 12ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5.Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday.SHIRLEY FARMERS’ MARKET11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shirley Pioneer Park every Sun. to Sept. 13.PHILHARMONIC FLING!2:30 p.m. Ed Macgregor Park. Call 250-419-3569 for more information.
Wed July 15WALKING 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 POOLMeetl and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.
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SHOPPERSDRUG MART
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Tues July 14BABY TALKTaking care of yourself.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 WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUPSooke Harbour House. 7-9 p.m. Ongoing every 2nd Tuesday of the month.SOOKE HIKING CLUBEvery Tuesday and Thursday in July. Meet at 9 a.m. at EMCS.
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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Sat July 11ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.SOOKE COUNTRY MARKETOtter Pt. Rd., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Saturday.
Fri July 10 VITAL 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 June 250-642-2032 for information.
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Music will fill the air at Ed Macgregor Park on Sunday (July 12) when the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra presents its big-gest concert of the year.
Philharmonic Fling! attracts up to 1,000 people to the free open-air pops concert.
The annual outdoor concert began in 2002 on the Sooke Flats as part of all Sooke Days. It moved to Ed Macgregor Park in 2004 when the bandshell was built.
“It is an event where fam-ilies can come and enjoy the park and the music,” said orchestra spokesper-son Jenny Nelson.
“Fling brings music to the people. It is a commu-nity outreach project of the orchestra.”
Longtime orchestra musi-cian Michael Klazek is this year’s guest conductor. He’ll be joined by soloists Betty Alli-son (soprano), Sunny Shams (tenor), Merrie Klazek (trumpet) and Pierre Schryer (fiddle).
All of the soloists have some
connection to Sooke. Allison and Shams started their musical careers in Sooke and regularly perform internationally. Klazek is with the Thunder Bay Sym-phony Orchestra and married to Schryer who is a Juno-nomi-nated musician with six albums
to his credit.The orchestra consists
of about 60 musicians.Conductor Michael
Klazek said he wants to present a concert that will satisfy all musical tastes.
“I see this concert as music being accessible to people who aren’t regular symphony-goers. I have a wide taste in music, as most people do. I thought a variety show would really be the answer,” he said.
The first half of the show features light classi-cal music such as Johann Strauss’ Emperor Waltz and opera great Luciano Pavarotti’s Nessun dorma.
The second half of the program is lighter fare, including a piece on a Jus-tin Bieber song arranged by Sooke composer and orchestra member Brent Straughan.
“We have a variety show of soloists and orchestra music that goes very well together,” Klazek said.
Sooke Philharmonic Orches-tra Philharmonic Fling! begins at 2:30 p.m. Gates open at 1 p.m.
Philharmonic Fling! brings music to the park
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Brenda’s words:Good bye everyone, thank you to all of you that touched my life, each of you, even if you were only in it for a short time, you made me who I was. I go with no regrets or sorrow, but with my heart in peace knowing it is full of each of you. Th ank you for that gift in my life.I leave behind to carry on with courage and love, the greatest gift s that were given to me, Daughters: Becky Hay (Kevin), Lindsey Hay, and my joy, Granddaughter Annabella McTag-gart. My sisters Wendy Hales (Ken), Susan Pliszka, Don Jones (Steph) and my faithful companion, Dolly. Predeceased by my loving parents, Len and Dorene Jones and one great bother in law John Pliszka. My nieces and nephews, Gillian, Nicky, Meghan, David and Kyle. I love you all. Remember, I will always be with you as you will be with me on my next journey. How could the love, laughter, and family times be left behind and not be carried on in our hearts and souls forever. Be strong. Do not cry, for I go free and in peace.Th e family would like to thank Dr Anderson, Dr Brennan McKnight, & Dr Saunders for their compassionate care of Brenda. Th ank you to Sooke Hospice and the VIHA health nurse team and the Beacon home care team for the great service and care that they provided. To the Sooke Harbourside Lions ladies, thank you for your thoughtful support during this time.In lieu of fl owers please send any donations to Sooke Hos-pice or Sooke Transition House on Brenda’s behalf.No funeral upon request but a private gathering of family and friends will be held in her garden.
Brenda Marion (Jones) Hay November 14, 1952-June 26, 2015
Mildred A.E DrewOctober 1921-June 2015
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mildred AE Drew. She was born in Kenora, Ontario on October 26, 1921. She married Ed Little as a wartime bride and they raised four children; Pat, Penny, Donna and Jon. She moved to Victoria in the late seventies.
She met and married her second husband, John Drew. Th ey shared almost 28 years of happiness traveling the world. John pre-deceased her in 2008 and she missed him terribly. We would like to thank Dr. Jong and the staff of the Priory hospital for taking such good care of Mom.
One of our favorite memories of Mom and Dad was watching them dance. Th ey were spectacular - people would clear the dance fl oor to watch them. Mom’s last years were spent in a wheelchair. We hope that Mom has joined him now - and they are dancing again.
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� e Celebration of Life for Elizabeth Roberts will be held at the Sooke Harbour House on July 19 2015 from 11-3 in the Garden Room. Everyone is welcome, please bring an appetizer or � nger food (only if able) co� ee and tea will be served. Open House style, visit with Liz’s family, chat with friends, enjoy the beauty of where Mum lived and loved.
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Shirley LoweSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror
The B.C Council of Senior Citizens report seniors in B.C. represented 18 per cent of the homeless population in 2014. Some are couch surfing and one step away from joining the numbers.
Current inflated housing prices have caused rents that are not affordable for seniors with small pensions or for the disabled.
B.C. Housings Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program will provide a subsidy to people with the least income for age 60 and over. They will reimburse part of the difference between 30 per cent of total income and the rent. The maximum is $667 for single, $727 for couples or $1,066 for shared accommodation.
There are citizenship requirements and recipients must live in B.C. at least 12 months.
Approximately 7,000 senior renters who are
eligible do not apply for the subsidy. Property taxes are deferred by 36,581 home owners over the age of 55 years to stay in their home.
There is also a Rental Assistance Program for low income families with a gross household income $35,000 or less with at least one dependent child.
Eligible seniors and persons with disabilities and low income can also access the Home Adaptions for Independence program for accessibility modifications to promote safe and independent living in their own home. This includes permanent fixtures such as handrails, ramps, lever handles on doors, bathtub grab bars and seats – up to $20,000.
Repairs or maintenance are not eligible.
Application forms are on the website or are available at government offices. B.C. Housing toll free number is -800-257-7756 or they will mail the forms.
The office of The
Seniors’ Advocate has compiled a comprehensive report called Seniors Housing in B.C. and copies are available in the Victoria office. The phone number is 250-952-3181 for all seniors’ issues.
•••Shirley Lowe is a
Sooke senior.
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Greens open second officeEsquimalt-Saanich-Sooke Green Party candidate
Frances Litman has opened a campaign office on the West Shore.
The office, located in Langford Centre (200-754 Goldstream Ave.), opened Monday.
Litman also has an office in Saanich. There are no plans to open an office in Sooke, said Litman’s campaign manager Judith Cullington.
“We are working with local volunteers to ensure that Frances is out and about in Sooke on a regular basis,” she said. “We have several active local volunteer.”
The Green Party of Canada is poised to make significant breakthroughs in B.C. in the October election.
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B.C. fastball championships this Friday at Art Morris
Octavian Lacatusu/Sooke News Mirror
Conor catching some air at the SEAPARC Bike Park on a sunny Friday.
Kevin BergerSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror
The girls arrived in Coquitlam at the pro-vincial championship with fierce determina-tion in their eyes.
A total of 16 teams from across the prov-ince were there all bat-tling for the gold medal.
Our hometown comeback kids had a great start to the cham-pionships winning their first three games, and
after three days, six games all in 30 degree-plus weather.
The Blue Sox advanced to the final round and placed sev-enth overall in the province.
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a month ago this rookie team was at the bottom of their league.
What an amazing story of determination, hard work and talent.
Congratulations girls!
Sooke U14C Blue Sox beat the odds again
Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
Those in search of a fun-filled weekend of sports, hotdogs and sunshine, well, good news: Sooke will play host to the Sooke Minor Fastball Provincial Championships starting Friday (July 10), at Art Morris Park and will run all the way until Sunday afternoon.
The winning team will head off to the Western Canadian Championships in Regina, Sask., on July 29.
Two boys fastball divisions – U12 and U16 Boys – will be going head-to--head for a chance to get the gold.
The U16 has a Rep and a C division. In total, there are 10 teams: four U12 and six U16 teams coming from all over the province.
The tournament starts on Friday at 9 a.m. and will run throughout the weekend. On Sunday, all three finals for all three divisions will be at 1 p.m.
The opening ceremony will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, along with a banquet at 6 p.m.
Throughout the championships, U12’s all play at Art Morris, while U16’s will be on diamond one or at Stan Jones (at SEAPARC) throughout the weekend. All the finals will be held at Art Morris, however. There will be available parking at Art Morris, and at Journey.
And it’s not just come in, face off, and leave, no, no, this is going to be a fun experience to remember for the 400 or so visitors from across the province, said Sheryl Friesen, lead hand and central organizer of the event, adding that there will be other games and activities in-between matches to keep everyone happy and entertained.
“There’s a skills competition from 1 until 4 p.m. on Saturday for the kids to come participate in, including a human hamster ball where the kids are going to do the fastest race around the bases in a hamster ball,” she said.
This will take place at the Journey School field
right across Art Morris Park. Friesen said she hopes little perks here and
there this time will make Sooke’s hospitality stand out from past fastball provincial tournaments held in big cities and other small towns.
“What we’re trying to do is promote is Sooke and Sooke’s hospitality,” she said. “We’ve added so many extra things to our provincials that have never been done before, such as every team is going to have its own host, so they’ll have a contact they can personally call for directions, where to pick stuff up, and so on.” She added that every team will start with its own cooler of water as well.
“It’s a huge celebration of boys fastball, of Sooke’s tradition of putting fastball out there for other communities to come and enjoy our beautiful park,” said Chris Bryant, president, Sooke Minor Fastball.
“The level of volunteerism is out of this world, as far as people contributing, from park cleanup, to assisting with park operations, score keepers, it’s huge.”
Friesen said that given the large influx of people expected this weekend, she’s still looking for at least 10 more volunteers to help out with small duties around the park throughout the duration of the event this weekend.
“We’re still looking for people to fill some minor positions, it really takes an army to do this,” she said, noting that many of the parents have had no other choice but to volunteer to do those tasks instead of watching their kids play.
Still, Friesen remains positive the help will come through, one way or another. After all, it’s not every day Sooke is home to an epic provincial championship.
“We want to show that Sooke is a good community that supports their youth and their community members, and that’s exactly what we’ll do,” she said.
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Andrew will be responsible for developing, implementing, tracking and optimizing digital marketing and audience development across British Columbia. He will work with digital staff and group Presidents to further develop our websites and mobile platforms as we continue to grow the digital part of our media business.
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Hot Car: 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 ReplicaOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
In this week’s Hot Car, we turn our sights towards one of America’s greatest V8 monsters of old – a car from an age when cubic inches and chest hair were the norm: the 1970 Ford Mustang 302 Boss belonging to Eric Gaignard of Sooke.
Built specifically as a hard track machine, the Boss 302 took the Mustang to the next level, heating up its rivalry with Chevy’s Camaro SS for years to come.
This particular Mustang however, wasn’t born as a Boss 302, but it’s certainly a fastback; a breed of the Mustang that has become rarer and rarer as time passes by.
For Gaignard, that’s all he really wanted; the look of the Boss — a process that took him several years to restore and paint, considering the car was half-demolished when he first got it. But a piece from here, a piece from there, and years of welding, and the old machine roars on.
And the rest? Well, beneath that muscular hood purrs a 428 cu. in. Super Cobra V8 (unlike the original’s 302) — with 457 horsepower at the flywheel, it’s got
enough power to shred itself, the tarmac it’s on and the fabric of space time.
This power gets transferred through a modern five-speed manual gearbox as well, just for that extra touch.
“It’s a tribute, so it looks like a Boss, handles like a Boss, but it’s got the drivetrain of a Mach 1,” Gaignard said. “That way, you get the best of both worlds.”
A fine tribute indeed. reporter@sookenewsmir-
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Eric Gaignard standing by his life-long passion, a 1970 Mustang Fastback. While it may look like a Boss 302, this Mustang’s got the young heart of a Cobra under the hood.
Octavian Lacatusu/Sooke News Mirror
This Mustang’s biggest surprise: the 428 cubic-inch Super Cobra Jet V8.
Soccer registration for 2015/2016 is this Thurs-day, June 9 6 to 7:30 p.m. at clubhouse. Last chance until mid August. Also available online.
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Sooke celebrates Canada DayKevin LairdSooke News Mirror
Sooke celebrated red, white and pride on Can-ada Day, despite lower than anticipated num-bers at the annual cel-ebration.
Organizers say about 1,500 took in Canada Day festivities at Sooke Flats last Wednesday, down almost half from previous years.
The reasons? The can-cellation of two major events, hot weather and the national holiday landing mid-week.
“Overall it went quite well,” said Lorne Chris-tensen, co-chair of the Sooke Canada Day cel-ebration committee. “People seemed to enjoy themselves, but it was very, very hot.”
In mid-afternoon, the temperature soared to 34 C.
“People were disap-pointed. There were people who came to the main gate and saw the [cancellation] sign and turned around and left,” Christensen said.
The fireworks were cancelled after Sooke fire department declined the permit, cit-ing extremely dry condi-tions.
Organizers of the West Coast Lumber-jacks show bailed due to a medical emergency.
Local band the Kicks stepped in at the last minute and was well received, as was night-time entertainment of Virtual Elvis and the
British Invasion.Despite all the unfore-
seen problems with this year’s celebration, Christensen said the committee hopes to
make next year’s cele-bration bigger and bet-ter.
“We’ll keep plugging away,” he said.
Approximately 1,500 turned out for Sooke Canada Day festivities at Sooke Flats on July 1. Above left: Atsuya Muranaka showed his Canadian spirit wearing a makeshift baseball hat with Canadian flags and his red and white T-shirt. Above right: Three-year-old Linden Giesbrecht gets a helping hand from firefighter Zach LaFontaine during a water hose competition.
Photos byKevin Laird
ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945
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JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403SATURDAY SERVICE
9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church ServicePastor: Mike Stevenson
Because Jesus lived in an agricultural society he used farming, fi shing and husbandry analogies that were easily understood. Jesus once said of himself, “I am the good shepherd.” John 10:11. A shepherd’s job was not only to lead their fl ock to
places where there was food and water, it was also to protect the sheep from predators, and provide medical care as needed. Jesus said that like a shepherd, he would lead, provide and care for those who followed him.
As he spoke of himself being the good shepherd, Jesus made this intriguing statement: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10. The contrast is stark. The choice we are offered is not between two good people/things - but between a thief or a good shepherd; between death or life; between loss or abundance. Here Jesus portrays himself, yet again, as being unique. He says there is no one nor anything that can match the quality of life he brings to a person who follows him. It’s a claim that can be quantifi ed by anyone who would come to him.
Rick EbySooke Baptist Church
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The Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) has issued an Expression of Interest (EOI), for the purpose of identifying those property owners (Candidates) who have an interest in offering their land (Land) for sale and which Land meets the site selection criteria set forth in the Schedule A, or such other criteria as may be determined by the VIRL at its sole discretion for the a New Library Site in Sooke Town Centre.
The Land must be owned by the Candidates, in order to qualify for submission under the EOI. The VIRL may, at its discretion, enter into negotiations with any Candidate of this EOI.
Candidates submitting a proposal to the VIRL, make this submission for information purposes only, with no contractual obligations by either party. The VIRL will, at its sole discretion, make a determination whether to select Candidates from the EOI submissions or other sources.
Emailed Proposals must be received not later than 2:00 p.m. (14:00 hrs), Paci� c Time, Monday, July 20, 2015. Proposals received after the Closing Time will not be accepted and will not be considered. Late Proposals will not be returned to the Candidates. There will not be a public opening of the EOI Proposal Submissions. Proponents have the sole responsibility to deliver and ensure Proposals are received on time.
Expression of Interest documents are available by contacting Elisa Balderson, Purchaser, Phone: (250) 729-2307 or email: [email protected] or downloaded from the BCBid website.
The lowest or any Proposal will not necessarily be accepted. This EOI is not a tender and does not commit the Library to any speci� c course of action. The Library may decide to select a respondent, to not select a respondent, to defer its decision or to cancel this EOI at any time.
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Reader’s photo of the weekEv Petrie captured this moment at Port Renfrew’s Botanical Beach. Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by the Stickleback West Coast Eatery located at Cooper’s Cove. Send your high resolution jpeg photos to [email protected].
The Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island is remind-ing consumers to take the time to become credit savvy before embarking on home improve-ment renovations.
“We get a number of calls this time of year from consumers, who are eager to start a renova-tion or home improvement proj-ect, that misunderstand how their use of credit has negatively impacted their credit rating,” said Rosalind Scott, president and CEO of the local BBB.
“These consumers are then very upset with the bank when they find out that they are not eligible for home improvement loans or credit cards, despite the fact that they think they have a good credit history.”
The real problem often begins
long before the consumer heads to the bank for a loan. It usu-ally begins earlier in the year (or even the year before), when the consumer took advantage of “in-store discounts” related to the opening of an account associ-ated with store’s credit card pro-gram.
“What consumer’s don’t often realize is that those ‘buy now, pay later programs,’ and those ‘get a discount by opening a store credit card’ opportunities, are actual financial activities that impact your credit history and your credit rating,” said Scott.
“Even if you never use the program or card again, the fact that you opened it goes on your credit report and has the poten-tial to impact your access to additional credit or loans in the
future.”Many consumers think that by
cutting up a credit card that the account then no longer exists. This of course is not the case. To cancel a credit card there is a very particular set of steps that you must take. And just because you cancel a credit card it does not mean that the payment information related to the card comes off your credit report immediately.
Closed credit accounts, with zero balance and no associ-ated negative information, will remain on your credit report for 10 years from the date the account was closed.
For more helpful consumer tips, please go online to: bbb.org/Vancouver-island.
Consumer urged to be credit savy before taking on renovations: BBB
Contest puts critters in focus
The B.C. SPCA’s seventh annual Wildlife-In-Focus Photography Contest is now open for entries. The goal is to capture the best of B.C.’s wildlife through the lens.
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SOOKEFOURCAST Your weather forecast for the next FOUR DAYS!What you need to know about the weather to plan your weekend.
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Sunny High 28 Low 14
Hours of sunshine 14
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Mix of Sun & Cloud High 20 Low 14
Hours of sunshine 5
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This isn’t Jellystone National Park, and chances are pretty good that Yogi Bear won’t be trying to steal your picnic basket this summer. Picnic basket or not, you still could be attracting the attention of your furry neighbours without even knowing it.
“We are lucky to live in a place that is also home to bears and cougars,” says Nitya Harris, “and if we choose to live in bear and cougar country, it is our responsibility to know what habits and actions attract these animals and what we need to do to avoid conflict.”
Harris chairs the Coexisting with Carnivores Alliance, a regional group that works with government and community to prevent human conflict with bears, cougars and wolves.
“Bear (sightings) tend to go up and down every year. The summer of 2013 was extremely busy, 2014 not as busy, and 2015 is expected to be an average year,” said Peter Pauwels, regional conservation officer for Vancouver Island.
Conversely, cougar sightings have remained relatively the same over the past 20 to 30 years, with any rise in the trends being accounted to more people living in the area.
“Sightings for both species are most likely to occur during the summer. It’s lighter for longer in the day,” said Pauwels. “People are out hiking and biking.”
He added that in the winter months people are more likely to be inside, which makes sightings more rare, especially since bears hibernate in the winter.
If you do encounter a bear or cougar, Pauwels said, “Don’t approach the animal, give the animal an avenue of escape, and get out of its way.”
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Public sightings of cougars, as well as bears, are more frequent as people spend more time outdoors in the summer and enjoy more remote areas.
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