Sooke News Mirror, March 19, 2014

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MLA for Juan de Fuca, John Horgan is taking a run at the leadership of the B.C. NDP. Top, at the announce-ment on March 17 in Langford, Horgan was flanked by (left to right): NDP Caucus Whip Maureen Karagianis and MLA for Esquimalt-Royal Roads; John Horgan; former party leader and MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill Carole James; and Bill Routley, NDP Forest Critic and MLA for Cowichan Valley.Bottom photo, NDP party members show their support for John Horgan.

Horgan runs for leader Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The house was packed and an exuber-ant crowd welcomed the news that MLA John Horgan would take a run at the leader-ship of the NDP party in B.C.

On Monday night Horgan, MLA for Juan de Fuca, was joined by neighbouring MLAs and high-profile party members, including former leader Carole James, Maureen Kara-gianis, Bill Routley and federal MP Randall Gar-rison.

Former party leader Carole James said John Horgan has earned the respect of the stake-holders because he didnt play games and because he was a straight shooter who knows where he stands and where his values are.

He gets it, she said.When Horgan took

the podium he said. My name is John Hor-gan and I want to be the leader of the B.C. NDP.

That rallying cry roused the audience who gave him a standing ovation while waving placards and cheering.

Horgan stated they had just come through a devastating election

campaign and they did not form the govern-ment they expected to form.

The challenge for us as NDP is to reassess where we fit in the lives of British Columbians, said Horgan.

Horgan had previ-ously stated he would not run for leader but would like to see younger candidates step forward.

I did not want to be an obstacle for change, he said.

Horgan talked about his core values and how he became a social democrat. His values, he said, came from his mother and Tommy Douglas.

The notion of social-ism and free enterprise are outdated and the young are looking at issues around the envi-ronment and sustain-ability, said Horgan.

He said, there is a balance to be struck and an absolute neces-sity to exploit resources through a rigourous regulatory process. He said B.C.s resources belong to all of us. Enough is enough, he said in reference to the present government.

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Our water pipeline adventureWe take it for granted, but

an adequate water supply is surely one of societys fore-most needs. When it was determined late in the 1800s that the growing City of Vic-toria needed a source of water that would serve long-range needs, the city fathers searched for a solution.

Sooke Lake was chosen as the best available source and plans were set afoot. Late in 1911 Westholme Lumber Co. was contracted to construct a flowline that could carry water from Sooke Lake to Vic-toria. For two years this com-pany employed hundreds of men to survey and slash out a grade on which a concrete pipeline could be laid.

The plan was to construct a dam at Sooke Lake, lay 27 miles of concrete pipeline that would carry water by grav-ity to a reservoir that would be built at Humpback (Gold-stream) and then deliver the water for distribution to Victo-ria residents via a riveted steel pipe.

The scene here shows Coo-pers Cove in 1914, when the inlet was a hive of activity. If you were standing on the upper side of the highway east of the cove, where this picture is taken from, today you would see a restaurant/kayak college where the main construction shed stood, and where the road runs westward in the upper right of the pic-ture you would now see the

Shell station.While the picture shows

hundreds of concrete pipe sections, 4 feet diameter and 4 feet in length, there were actually more than 35,000 sec-tions manufactured. Though you see high voltage hydro poles here, carrying electric-ity from Jordan River to Victo-ria, it ran right through Sooke with no transformer station that would have allowed local access to electricity.

The concrete was mixed by steam powered boilers fueled by oil. Gravel, sand, cement and oil barrels were brought in by barges, and again, hun-dreds of men were employed, both in the manufacturing process and the challenging

task of installing the pipes along the prepared grade.

Walking along the pipeline as a youngster, I saw it as a fun outing and had no concept of the incredible challenge that these hardy men undertook. First, to survey a route that would provide a gravity flow, following along all those gul-leys and canyons, with a drop from Sooke Lake to Hump-back Reservoir of only 171 feet; then to slash brush and blast rock to create a level grade, build concrete trestles over the gorges, manufacture the pipe sections and trans-port them on a narrow gauge railway the 18 miles to Sooke Lake and nine miles to Hump-back Reservoir. What a feat of

engineering!Perhaps it was small won-

der that the first contractor and the city parted company and new management took over early in 1913, completing the job throughout the next two years. A firm called Pacific Lock Joint Pipe Co. from Tacoma was contracted to produce the concrete pipes, which carried water to serve Victoria between 1915 and 1971. Since then, the water has flowed through the bored Kapoor Tunnel, but somehow that doesnt sound nearly as adventurous as this early hey-day of construction.

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Then join the District of Sooke Council and staff at the Spring Community Open House. Residents will have an opportunity to talk to Council and staff on current municipal projects and initiatives including:

Everyone is welcome to drop in to this informal open house - further information will be availableon our website at www.sooke.ca and the municipal hall.

Proposed Sunriver playing elds DRAFT Community Energy and Emissions Plan (CEEP) Connected Road Project update Proposed 2014 - 2018 Five Year Financial Plan New Sooke Emergency Plan Tsunami Signage Boat Launch Management Survey RCMP - Citizens on Patrol and Speedwatch Sooke Community Health Initiative Mayors Public Advisory Panels - Arts & Beauti cation (including Communities in Bloom) Town Centre Design Guidelines

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Sooke taxpayers have been paying twice for storm water test-ing and animal control: once to the District of Sooke, and again to the Capital Regional Dis-trict (CRD), for at least five years.

This double billing came up at the March 3 meeting of the Finance & Administration as a result of a commit-tee member question-ing some line items in Sookes five-year bud-get.

The Sooke taxpay-ers have been double billed for the animal control and the test-ing of our basin, said Councillor Rick Kasper. At the March 3 meet-ing, we found out that these services were included in the requi-sition from the CRD because they are the ones that provide the services to us, but it was also included as a line item in the munici-pal portion of our bud-get.

The District of Sookes Financial Plan 2010 to 2014, General

Operating Fund, shows the 2013 amount to be $106,035 ($64,879 for animal control and $41,156 for storm water quality control). These funds have been a line item in the General Operating Fund since at least 2011, grow-ing incrementally from $95,016 in 2009 to the current 2013 amount.

The money that had been collected (to cover these expendi-tures over the years) is actually sitting in our bank account, in their operating reserve fund, explained Kasper.

The Finance Com-mittee is recommend-ing that we actually reduce the tax requi-sition for this year to reflect that over billing, said Kasper, who added council requested a report from Michael Dillabaugh, Sookes Director of Finance, for the total amount col-lected over the years.

Michael (Dilla-baugh) who has great credentials and his assistant Brent (Black-hall) they dont leave a stone unturned, remarked Kasper, add-ing that council has

been making changes in the accounting sys-tems that have been in

place ever since we got elected.

It just shows how much of a disaster the record keeping (has been), said Kasper, and the how system that we had in place was totally inappropri-ate.

The responsibility for the record keeping rests ultimately with the Director of Finance. The Finance Commit-tee has requested a report from the direc-tor to see how far back this double billing goes.

The previous accounting system was

so problematic it was unreal. We got very frustrated.

These frustrations have lead to changes, elaborated Kasper, and deferred the matter to Michael Dillabaugh. Dillabough was hired as Director of Finance in 2012.

D i l l a b o u g h responded by stat-ing the duplication had been caught and fixed from day one of the budget process this year, and that its been recognized and fixed. Recommendations on what to do with the sur-

plus will be presented at the next council meeting on March 24 (7 p.m.), where council will address it.

It just shows that the committee process works, especially when you have a member of the public, noted Kasper, looking on the bright side of things. And thats what com-mittees are there to do. They are there to ask questions to assist in making sure the tax-payers interests are represented. Thats what democracy is all about.

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swinging into springThe first day of spring is March 20 and these kids were enjoying the lead up to spring at Broomhill Park. Mom Amanda, left, gives four-and-a-half-year-old Colcon, a push while grandma Jan Miller gives three-year-old Joseph a push. NIne-month-old Sam waits in the stroller.

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Learning to swim saves livesBritt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Believe it or not, sum-mer is truly just around the corner. And along with the privileges it affords, it also comes certain responsibilities.

Drowning is the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of five and 24, said SEAPARC Aquatics Programmer Elizabeth Olsen. (The leading cause, accord-ing to BCs Ministry of Health, is motor vehi-cle crashes.) Living on a seashore town on Vancouver Island adds to our vulnerability. Were surrounded by water all the time.

Knowledge and its application through skills acquisition is still one of the best means of empowering the younger members of society. Drowning deaths can be pre-vented by giving kids the skills that can save their lives.

This is where SEAPARC comes in. They offer Red Cross swim lessons, which are specifically designed to be fun,

engaging, and mean-ingful. These courses, according Olsen, are based on progressive skills building.

Its not pass or fail; its complete or incom-plete, said Olsen.

Once a skill set is mastered, the stu-dent moves on to the next. Its a subtle dif-ference from the pass/fail approach, in that a student takes as long (or as little) time as they need to establish a base and then move on to the next.

Besides the obvious disaster-prevention benefit of swim les-sons, theres also a list of other life-long advan-tages. These include fitness benefits, devel-oping confidence, and establishing a lifestyle that includes physical activity. Indeed, Olsen finds families that swim together connect in a very wholesome way.

A key contributor to their teaching success is directly correlated to SEAPARCs success in employing and retain-ing instructors.

Their staff is highly qualified and well trained, and most importantly, extremely

skilled in what they do, and extremely con-nected to why they do it.

We have an extremely strong team here, said Olsen. The staff are staying, they are happy, theyre wanting more hours.

In aquatics, she explains, its a revolv-ing door. The current staff retention with the swimming instructors at SEAPARC is unusual. And, in watching Olsen speak about her team, its obvious the instruc-tor team at SEAPARC is a visible source of pride.

Sometimes I wish I could mic what the instructors are saying to the parents sit-ting out there, said Olsen, proud of the calibre the instruc-tors team brings to the pool. Because when I walk by and I hear the way they are talking to the kids and (see) the engagement she is delightfully impressed.

Safety begins with knowledge; knowledge dominos into confi-dence and ability. And that knowledge can be acquired at SEAPARC, for kids as young as

four-months-old. In addition, in the classes that mandate adult par-ticipation (like the Star-fish class), there is also accidental learning by the adults, intentionally incorporated by the Red Cross program.

Water safety is one of the main reasons for taking swimming les-sons.

For adults, its about recognizing the inher-ent risks of combining drinking and foolish bravado with water activities.

For parents, its about practicing the behaviour you want your children to learn, recognizing the signs of drowning, and know-ing what you can do to help.

For children, its about knowing how to keep your head out of the water, be it through swimming, floating, or wearing a life jacket. And since most chil-dren dont own credit cards and are not old enough to sign off on their activities adult engagement is required.

According to Olsen, these classes fill up quickly. With the num-

ber of students steadily increasing, the team of swim instructors are currently helping 703 students master a range of water-based skills.

If you wish to guar-antee a spot for you and/or your child(ren), book early. The Spring season begins the week after Spring Break, but by then it may be too late. Consider commit-ting to the summer sea-son, which begins in May. And, if you really want to beat the rush, think about registering in April.

SEAPARC offers a LIFE (Leisure Involve-ment for Everyone) Pro-gram, which offers free or reduced fee options for a range of activities. It is designed to pro-vide no cost and low-cost recreation oppor-tunities for individuals and families on limited incomes. Individuals and families who live in Sooke or Juan de Fuca Electoral Area whose combined gross family income per household falls within or below the Low Income lev-els recognized by Sta-tistics Canada may apply.

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The residents of Sooke love their local businesses! This was evident by the over-whelming number of nominations received by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce by the March 14 dead-line for the upcoming Annual Business Excel-lence Awards.

The awards were open to all Sooke region businesses and covered a variety of categories, such as:

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YearA panel of three unaf-

filiated judges from the community spent many hours on the afternoon of Saturday, March 15 deliberating over the hundreds of excellent nominations to narrow it down to a select few finalists and winners. It was a daunting task due to the incredible number of nominations and the many compel-ling reasons given by Sooke residents for the deserving nominees.

A complete list of all the nominees are available at http://www.sookeregionchamber.com/gcalendar-2/busi-ness-excellence-awards and will also appear in next weeks edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

As one of Sookes premier events of the year, all businesses and residents of Sooke are invited to attend the

Chambers Annual Busi-ness Excellence Awards which will be held on Sat-urday, April 5 at the Pres-tige Oceanfront Resort.

The evening will feature a cocktail and appetizer reception, followed by a prime rib and salmon dinner, decadent local des-serts, and of course the awards presentations, followed by a night of dancing. There will be

a number of amazing door prizes given away, as well as incredible live auction items provided by some of Sookes fin-est businesses. There will be a fully stocked cash bar available and limo service provided to get people home safely at the end of the evening. Dress is busi-ness-casual.

Tickets are avail-able by contacting the

Chamber office at (250) 642-6112 or [email protected] or purchased online at http://www.sookere-gionchamber.com/gcal-endar-2/business-excel-lence-awards for $55/ticket or 2 for $100.

Come and help cel-ebrate Sookes finest businesses at this fun-filled April 5 event!


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Classic cookies on

salethe harbours District (Sooke) Girl Guides will be at various locations up-Sooke selling their classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cook-ies on the weekend of march 29 30. Cookies are $5/box and the proceeds support many of the activities enjoyed by our local Girl Guides. We appreciate your sup-port!

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Just For You!

Richard and Anne Grainger are pleased to announce the engagement

of their daughter, Erica, to Kyle Nordstrom, son of Carl and Marlene Nordstrom, of Beaumont, Alberta. A May 2015 wedding is planned.

St. RoSe of Lima Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Childrens Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Michael Favero

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SUNDAY SERVICE10:15 am Pre-Service Singing

10:30 am Family worshipRev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg

Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

hoLy tRinity Anglican Church1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172

holY CoMMUNIoN SERVICE: Sunday 10am

EVENINg PRAYER: Saturday 5pm The Rev. Howard Jacques

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Larry RumsbySt. Rose of Lima

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SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

Email [email protected]

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9:30 am Bible Study 11:00 am Church ServicePastor: Mike Stevenson

Sorry, spiritual but not religious. This is the answer we get all too often whenever religion comes up in conversation, leaving me to wonder, is the other side of the coin sorry, religious but not spiritual? Would that not be a contradiction? So, what's' going on

here? I leave you with this question for now because I think it is an important one as we go on to explore what is spiritual and what is religious.

My understanding of religion is that it is a program that we can adhere to that will lead us on to a greater understanding of ourselves and our place in creation, to a higher power, which we generally name God, which draws us into the realm of spirituality.

My understanding of spiritual is a level of being that we are striving for, a goal we are focused on, something we our selves have to work towards, hence the above mentioned program, which we call religion. It seams to me it is our lifelong journey to this goal of spirituality. Along the way it is to be hoped that we will get to know God more and that He wants to Love us if we will but let him and He will journey with us.

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Call for expression of interest.

What: The Sooke Commons: Learning & Engagement Centre.

When: September, 2014.

Where: Hope Cen-tre at 6750 West Coast Road.

The Hope Centre promises to be a vital new space for Sooke, offering a mix of sub-sidized housing, edu-cation, training, and a host of programming and services. The new St. Vincent de Paul thrift store will open on the main floor.

The following pro-posal is underway for shared use of the third floor of the Hope Cen-tre.

The proposed Learn-ing & Engagement Cen-tre will offer:

Shared Workspace. A space suited to indi-viduals, contractors, freelancers, people who would like to get out of the home office, or caf, for optimizing their work and getting things done.

Consisting of an open-seating area in a shared, comfortable setting, with guidelines for mutual respect. Suited to writers, edi-tors, programmers, designers, anyone who telecommutes.

Benefits include shared resources (fur-niture, wifi, printer, kitchen facilities, utili-ties, presentation facili-ties, etc.) and reason-able monthly rents (approx. $150/month).

Educational Pro-gramming. An ideal space for educators and mentors to offer workshops and classes for all ages.A regular schedule of program-ming, with outreach to the Sooke community. Courses, classes, work-shops and presenta-tions to satisfy a wide variety of interests. Cur-rent programs being considered include: Media Production classes - e.g. Make a Documentary, and New Journalism 101, Cod-ing and Programming for Kids, HomeLearn-

ers Co-op, Homestead Skills, Literacy Pro-grams, Parenting Work-shops, Craft instruction courses.

Social Hub Space. Sooke has an identified lack of space suited to group meetings. This space will be ideal for one-off presentation nights, monthly meet-ings, screenings, and special events. With a meeting area that can be transformed into a screening area, a kitchen and restrooms

attached.At this time we are

accepting input and expressions of interest from the Sooke com-munity. Do you have an interest in this venture? Can you offer guid-ance? Got ideas? Please get in touch.

Contact: Darren Alex-ander, Tel. (250)642-7994, email: [email protected], Subject: The Sooke Commons.

Hope Centre wants to share space

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Almost ready to rollRoad construction on Logan Lane is finally done, and Sookes second carwash and first laundromat is getting ready to open up for business.

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Consider the tax implications

While many may think that a medical marijuana grow op will bring lots of revenue to a municipality or a regional district, that may not be the case.

It appears a Medical Marijuana Production(MMP) facility can become a farm and the resulting property taxes would be far less than if the property was classed as an industrial zone. Business taxes are generally three times that of residential and can build up the coffers in a significant way compared to a property with farm status. An example would be the proposed MMP facility in Otter Point. If it was industrial the taxes would be roughly $7,600 and if it had farm status the taxes would be $176. That is a significant difference. This could destroy a communitys tax base plain and simple.

So what is the solution? A grandfather clause? A covenant? A case by case exemption? That is something that will have to be sorted out to ensure a municipality or a regional district isnt short-changed by changes to zoning. While the idea of MMP facilities is a good one, all of the pros and cons havent yet been figured out. Rushing to allow MMP facilities may be rather short-sighted and the whole picture needs to be looked at.

Those folks growing a bit of bud in the backyard or basement, whether legal or illegal, will no longer have it sanctioned and the big industrial aspect of MMP facilities will take over. Big brother takes over and the problem with this is that a black market will continue to exist and people will take the risk and grow illegal marijuana.

What changes? The community gets less tax money, the mom and pop growers go underground and big business takes over.

This may lead to re-consideration of support for large MMP facilities because the little guys get shafted once again.

ANOTHER VIEW

Oh dear. The school board is at it again, proposing a two-week spring break.

They tried to pass it last year; it failed. So, like the perpetual threat of a Quebec Referendum, the mantra appears to be Try, try, try again.

This proposal is the ultimate trickle-down in taxes. I feel for the underfunded system and everyone who has to work within it. But many parents self included simply cannot afford this additional tax.

Municipal taxes are going up, healthcare taxes are going up, transportation costs are going up, postage is going up (wheres the background violin?). For many working folk in B.C., non-existent pay raises do not match the steady increases in costs of living.

The purchasing power for B.C. citizens erodes with each passing year, and the implementation of a two-week spring break accelerates the erosion significantly. A two-week spring break means parents take time off work (and many only get two weeks a year) or throw more money at child care.

The suggestion that teachers will add a couple of minutes a day is laughable when compared to the kick in the wallet parents of school-aged children face. The burden of the costs of education should be born by all. Isnt that why we pay taxes? Engaging in a gradual shift to user-pay is misguided and ultimately is irreversible. The real target should be the governments that have been making the euphemistic tough

decision and hacking away at the funding for our education system.

The easy finger-in-the-dyke fix is to pass the costs onto the parents. The long-term fix is to educate the masses, get people to vote, and get rid of the current obtuse leadership (am using my inside words here). And, really truly demonstrate the power of education: lead the charge by example.

Tuesday, Mar. 25 is the final day to register opposition (or, if you are so inclined, support) for a two-week spring break. Email Assistant Superintendent, Roberta Kubik at [email protected] to register your thoughts.

Britt Santowski is a reporter for the Sooke News Mirror.

Everything goes up except wages

OUR VIEW EDITORIAL CARTOON

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Ella Beach


Check dog breeders

Recent weeks have seen me parading through the village, into stores, and offices showing off and social-izing my new puppy, Sami. Thank all of you who kindly welcomed us and enjoyed meeting Sami. I thought it only fair that I let you know that she is no longer in our home, but resides on a farm, where two well-trained boot camp dogs, and a well-trained foster family, will try to curb some frightening behaviour.

It seemed from the start that her puppy play was overly aggres-sive, certainly more so that any of the other three pups, and two younger dogs that have gone through our home. Our vet and I were watching for esca-lation of the behaviour, and when it came, it came in unprovoked attacks, and with a complete change in demeanor. On the vets recommendation, that of his clinics behav-iourist, and my own reluctant assessment, Sami was turned over to the Victoria Humane Society, into the car-ing hands of Penny Stone, who responded to a desperate plea for help, with kindness and understanding. Anyone who thinks they could not be frightened by a 12-week-old puppy, join me. That would have been my reaction before Sami. She is a beautiful puppy, and her leaving us has left a huge pile of emotional

wreckage in our home.I want to advise any-

one seeking a puppy purchase to know the breeder, know the terms for possible return or replacement, etc. I made the mis-take of not doing my homework, and made a bad choice. I do not blame the breeder for whatever caused Sami to snap like she does. She is a beautiful puppy, and positively the most intelligent and trainable animal I have owned. However, I was disappointed that the breeder did not assist in any way when I needed advice and sim-ply turned away. Let me be very clear this is not a local breeder, or even a Vancouver Island breeder. Please be diligent when pur-chasing a puppy. Save yourself the heartache.

Gail HallSooke

Gravy train meets pork barrel

Mar. 12 SNM had two pieces that stood out on the same page.

The slow erosion of democracy and Elected officials vot-ing themselves pay raises, as an editorial next to Tom Fletchers predictable take For-get the issues, pass the muffins which seeks to trivialize pub-lic concerns about gov-ernment spending on

friends and insiders. Fletcher poo-poohs

concerns about pork barreling by trivializing and avoiding any mean-ingful dialogue on the issue. What is news-worthy here is the vast scope of huge salaries paid to lots of people who you really cant tell what they do or why so many well paid people are necessary. Private enterprise could never survive with this sal-ary load. Whether its ICBC, BC Hydro, BCLC, BC Ferries, BC Housing, BC Management and Investment, BC Pen-sion Board or Health Authorities (the list seems endless), there are thousands of peo-ple making six-figure salaries. I am not talk-ing about surgeons, oncologists, Hydro line workers or others with an identifiable exper-tise.

The fuzziness about where our tax dol-lars go and to whom, comes out with doz-ens, no thousands of positions denoted as vice presidents (ICBC has over a dozen mak-ing about $250,000 a year), directors, man-agers, consultants and experts where they are compensated very well and often far bet-ter than people who we cant live without.

Given the median sal-ary in Canada is about $49,351 annually, there are thousands of peo-ple making more than triple that because of who they know? Where

were these plum jobs posted? I dont see them in the employ-ment opportunities section of the news-paper. But dont ask new Attorney General Suzanne Anton about how these positions were filled (see John Les), she will decline to answer.

For a government who will doggedly track down the smallest wel-fare overpayment, tear up contracts that barely pay a liveable wage and routinely tout a net zero mandate for the rest of us, the hypoc-risy is staggering which puts Fletchers column, Forget the issues, pass the muffins, closer to the funny papers than the editorial page.

Ted RobertsSooke

More than mirror value

Theres a contradic-tion in your March 5, 2014 employment pro-jections op-ed, Spin-ning employment pro-jections.

Having said that the traditional participa-tion in trades is 93.4 per cent male you pro-ceed to claim that a 67 per cent participation in the T.A.S.K. trades tryout program some-what mirrors the gen-der gap. I say that a female participation rate five times as high as traditional is hardly a mere mirror value.

Beware however of

statistics. T.A.S.K. is not working in a trade after graduation from high school nor is it a pre-requisite thus par-ticipation rate could vary, the 93.4 percent may reflect history to a large extent, and females dropping out to stay home raising children may affect sta-tistics (well see in a few decades if many return to that work).

While it would be very good if more females adopted a trade as a career, I think it is unlikely to get above 50 per cent, for several reasons includ-ing religious teachings against females having a physical trade. What matters is that there is no initiation of force against participation, as the Airline Pilots union got government to do after World War II, and that students get good career advice.

Programs such as the trade fair day at CFB Esquimalt, to which Grade 10 stu-dents were bussed from as far away as the Cowichan Valley, the equipment operator for a day program in

We asked four people from local businesses: What can people do to prevent being scammed, whether by phone, online, or in person?

Be cautious with your personal information, and cross check any business asking for your

information.

Judi TrudelMuseSooke

Treat your membercard like cash. Keep it within your view at all

times, and ensure the card returned to you is your own.

Avoid unfamiliar debit or ATM machines and look for physical

alterations to the machines. Re-port missing cards immediately.

Laura AylettCoast Capital Savings

Sooke

Hang up on anyone you don't know, especially when you get that opening silence when you

first answer the phone.

Jada CyrStudio J Hair Design

Sooke

Trust your instinct. If it feels suspicious, it usually is.

Gord DoucetteSerious Coffee

Sooke

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A generous contri-bution of $100,000 dol-lars from an anony-mous Vancouver Island donor, in honour of her late beloved dog Murdoch, is adding momentum to the Vic-toria Humane Societys fundraising campaign.

Under the leadership of Executive Director Penny Stone, the Vic-toria Humane Society began operations in November 2013 and announced its fundrais-

ing campaign in Febru-ary 2014.

Donors are the heart and soul of the Victoria Humane Society, said Stone. We are able to do this work because of the support of caring, community-minded people such as this donor, and the others who have contributed to date.

The society is work-ing to raise $1 million dollars to help secure a 4.5 acre kennel-zoned

site in East Sooke. A crowd-funding cam-paign on YouCaring.com has raised an additional $46,000 to date. As well, people are donating through the societys Facebook page and through its website, www.victoria-humanesociety.com .

Funds raised will go toward securing the shelter property, to assist with essential site improvement and for animal rescue oper-

ations going forward.In its first four

months of operation, the Victoria Humane Society rescued more than 130 dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rab-bits, and has paid more than $50,000 for the animals medical care,

including spaying and neutering. About 80 per cent of these animals have been adopted out, and the remainder are in caring foster homes.

We are so apprecia-tive of the confidence these donors are plac-ing in our organization,

and for their determina-tion in helping us meet our goals, Stone said. The health and hap-piness of the animals we care for are in our hands and together we can give them the bright and happy futures they deserve.


Langford, a Camosum teachers day showing computers to girls, and the Trades Skills Aware-ness Knowledge pro-gram, are good efforts to expose all students to career options.

Keith SketchleySaanich BC

Responding to Tillich comment

Im glad those volun-teers of Sooke SAFARS exist.

My roommate and I might not have our happy ending. In our mid-50s living in the city, faced with a medi-cal emergency. Treat-ment could possibly extend or save our lives. With two dogs (12 and nine years old) and two cats (18 and 15 years), Sooke was the only place suitable.

On disability, so financially destitute, one dog needed emer-gency surgery, and this with a food allergy. Cats also needed medical assistance.

Met Margarita, together with Nana Foundation, Animal Crusaders, G-Vac, etc, various great veterinar-ians, they keep our fam-ily together.

Extensive chemo kept us needing help. Surgeries, prescrip-tions, flea treatments, food, ride to this day, their loving moral sup-port helped us with most depressing, gru-elling, life altering side effects. Without SAFARS and others, we would have never kept our sanity.

Keeping our furry family was the greatest gift of all.

So get off their backs, get off your chairs and help. These ladies would like holidays, no time. Volunteers, lov-ing souls of Sooke need your support, not sar-casm.

Stephen ReardonSooke

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$100,000 donation kickstarts humane society campaign

Photographic artCorey teramura of Alley Kat signs puts the finishing touches on a photographic wrap on hydro boxes next to Coast Capital savings. the wrapping of hydro and utility boxes is one of the Mayors Arts and Beautification Committees projects.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSPublic Hearings will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following two proposed bylaws:

All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by these proposed bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed bylaws at the above time and place. If you are unable to attend the meeting, 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.

Copies of the proposed bylaws, and applications, may be inspected at the of ces of the District of Sooke Planning Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays), commencing from March 12, 2014 to and including March 24, 2014

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Strife and Harmony is the theme of the reg-ular Sooke Chamber Players concerts on March 22 and March 23. These concerts mark the 100-year anni-versary of the start of World War I. The pro-gram includes the Mass in Time of War by Haydn, with the Sooke Philharmonic Cho-rus; Song of Flanders by Brent Straughan, with soprano Nancy Washeim; The Lark Ascending for violin and orchestra by Vaughan Williams, with solo-ist Ceilidh Briscoe; and Samuel Barbers famous Adagio for Strings.

For composer Straughan, this is an exciting concert. He will be playing in the second violin section for the Canadian pre-mire of his own piece. His first musical love is composing, and he says he is glad to be able to contribute to the memory of that first terrible war.

I had an uncle in Vic-toria who lied about his age at 17 to become a stretcher bearer at the battle of Vimy in 1917, he said.

Straughan started his composing early.

I can recall at age two, in Mayerthorpe Alberta, regularly get-ting out my mothers pots and pans from under the oven and happily thrashing them about, Straughan told us.

He has grown musi-cally since then. Song of Flanders, written for a large choir, soloists and full orchestra, has been recorded with the Philharmonica Bul-garica Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Valeri Vatchev, with the addition of Canadian soloists Megan Skid-more, soprano, and Bill Kelly, bass. This record-ing, available on Apple iTunes, came in fifth in the world at the Just Plain Folks music awards in Nashville.

People like it, because they can hum bits of it. It makes

sense. There is some-thing anyone can take home from it in their head, Straughan said.

Vocal soloists for the March concerts feature the well-known Sooke soprano, Nancy Washeim, as well as Tashi Meisami Farivar (mezzo soprano), Josh

Lovell (tenor) and Nick Allen (bass).

Ceilidh Briscoe, vio-lin soloist in The Lark Ascending, was the sec-ond prize winner in the Sooke Philharmonic Don Chrysler Concerto Competition for Young Musicians in April, 2013. Victoria audi-

ences also know Bris-coe as a rousing young fiddler. The Vaughan Williams work, inspired by George Merediths poem by the same name, was written at the beginning of the Great War and is a favourite with audi-ences everywhere.

Haydns Mass in Time of War was written for a different war, this one in 1796, between Aus-tria and France. The music suggests a fear-some, rather than glori-ous war. The mass will be sung by the Sooke Philharmonic Chorus.

The concert closes with the simple, heart-breaking Adagio, writ-ten by Samuel Barber in 1936.

The Sooke concert, on Saturday, March 22 at the Baptist Church on West Coast Road, begins at 7:30 p.m. The concert in Metcho-sin, at New St. Marys

Church on Metchosin Road, is on Sunday, March 23, 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at the door, in Sooke at Little Vienna Bakery, Shoppers Drug Mart, the South Shore Gal-lery and Wood Travel. In Metchosin at the Metchosin Country Store, and in the Wests-hore at Tom Lee Music, and in Victoria at Long & McQuade and Ivys Bookshop.

To buy tickets online and for more informa-tion, visit the Sooke Philharmonic website: www.sookephil.ca

Sooke composers work at March concert

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Ceilidh Briscoe will be playing violin with the Sooke Philharmonic Chamber Players in March 22 and 23. On the right is Song of Flanders composer Brent Straughan.

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It appears someone, namely myself, didnt look at the date on submission guidelines for the Sooke Fine Arts Show.

When mentioning the jurors in the March 12 story entitled, There arts are incredibly alive and well in Sooke the jurors listed were from the 2013 submission information package.

Catherine Keogan informs us that the 2014 jurors have not yet been selected. We will inform you when they are chosen.

The photo cutline states the work comes from members of the Sooke Community Arts Council and while this is true, they were not the only ones with works at Appetite for Art. Submissions came from Sooke region art-ists.

The deadline for 2014 SFA submissions is June 9.

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I suspect I am not alone in welcoming spring and the eye candy provided largely in the form of flower-ing bulbs, shrubs and trees. The desire to bring some of that beauty inside is strong, and who would want to indeed, who should rebuff such appealing temptation?

The main issue I have with cut flowers and greenery, whether I buy them or get them from the yard, is that I dont know how to display them well. Oh,

sure, I can stick the pieces in a vase and spread them out, but thats about the limit of my skill. In fact, I recall putting an arrangement in a parlour show some years ago. One of the judges commented, when discussing the overall show results, This entry didnt earn any points, because everything looks just a bit jumbled together. Granted, my entries have improved over the years, but I still dont know the funda-mentals of making a

decent arrangement.The same certainly

cannot be said for Pam Day, this months fea-tured speaker at the Sooke Garden Club. For Pam it all started in the garden, where she worked alongside her father. She became a passionate gardener and started growing flowers long before she knew what to do with them in any design sense, aside from fash-ioning the flowerbeds. When she eventually realized that she had been a designer in one way or another for

most of her life it all comes down to hav-ing a sense of order learning to design with flowers just seemed a natural progression.

That progression took her through the floral course at Algon-quin College and on to a career that never saw her far from her beloved flowers. She worked as a floral designer in the florist retail envi-ronment for six years and then started her own small business in Ottawa, specializing in bridal and special event designs.

According to Pam, who now calls Sooke home, most people actually know what they like and what a well-designed arrange-ment looks like. The big question is how to put

everything together to arrive at that point. This will be the focus of her talk, The Love of Flowers and the Art of Floral Design. Pam will discuss care of the flowers, basic mechan-ics for building a secure display, and some key principles of design. She will also demon-strate a common clas-sic design, showing members how they can turn it into a showstop-per for a special occa-sion or a prizewinner for a competition.

The evening will also feature a parlour show

we had 26 entries at the February show! and contest potatoes will be available.

Please join us Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m., at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on Townsend Road. New members wel-come. Annual fee $15.

For more informa-tion, email: [email protected] [email protected] or phone Rose at 250-642-5509.

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