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D-DaymemoriesDaniel PalmerNews staff

Sally Walker recalls the rumble of thousands of aircraft flying over her radar station somewhere along the Dorset coastline on June 6, 1944.

Walker and her fellow Royal Air Force technicians stepped outside to watch, unaware they were wit-nessing the beginning of the larg-est seaborne invasion in history.

“I remember seeing the two big Hengist and Horsa aeroplanes, these enormous (partially) wooden gliders built to take the airborne troops. They were so impressive,” she says from her Fairfield home.

Today marks the 70th anniver-sary of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, when more than 156,000 Allied troops – including 14,000 Canadians – stormed the beaches of Normandy and changed the course of the Second World War.

Canada’s troops were charged with taking taking Juno beach, one of five key beaches heavily defended by the Germans along France’s coastline.

Amongst the 50 Canadian naval destroyers was HMCS Gatineau, a former Royal Navy ship trans-ferred to Canada in the run-up to D-Day.

Gatineau sustained some dam-age during the invasion but still made it back to English ports,

where 18-year-old Winnipeg native Leslie Saul joined its ranks.

“We headed over to northern Scotland, then back to Ireland and then the English Channel, where we were patrolling and protecting merchant ships,” said Victoria res-ident Saul, now 89.

After the war ended, Saul

learned Gatineau had sailed through the Panama canal to Vic-toria, where she was dismantled at Capital Iron’s shipyard in the Inner Harbour in 1956.

The hull was then barged up-Island to Royston and sunk to create a breakwater for a lum-ber operation. The breakwater

remains visible today.“I went to see (Gatineau’s hull)

after I was married,” Saul said. “You get very attached to your ship as a sailor. It’s your home and your shipmates are there. So it was very sad to see her sunk there.”

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‘Pawns’ protestStudents picket outside Victoria High school on Fernwood Road to protest a lack of progress made in labour negotiations between the B.C. Ministry of Education and teachers’ union on Wednesday. With only weeks to go before the end of the school year, signs like “We are not pawns” and “Education is not a game” express the frustration felt by many students across B.C.

D-Day eventn Veterans, active forces and cadets in uniform receive free admission to IMAX Victoria’s D-Day: Normandy 1944 screenings at 10 a.m., 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. all day Friday.

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Kitchen fire atBlue Fox Cafe

A stalwart all-day breakfast restaurant will be shuttered for at least a few weeks after a kitchen fire broke out at the Blue Fox Cafe Monday morning.

The fire at 919 Fort St. was called an unfortunate accident, said Insp. Brad Sifert.

“One of the burners in the kitchen caught on fire,” he said. “Depending on the appliances, it was maybe $25,000 for clean-up costs.”

No word yet on a re-opening date for the popular restaurant.

One arrestedin James Bay fires

A man is in custody after he was caught pouring gasoline onto wood chips in a playground near James Bay Community School on Sunday night.

A K9 team was deployed and tracked down the supect after a short foot chase. A bike shed was also lit on fire in the area but extinguished on its own. “That fire could have been much worse if it had spread to a nearby carport and parked vehicles,” Sifert said.

Hospice fundraiser raises $60,000

The Anneswer to Cancer annual fundraising soccer tournament brought in a record $60,000 to support end-of-life care at Victoria Hospice and set a new Canadian record for the most consecutive soccer passes.

The fourth annual fund-raiser was started by Brett Hyslop and Steph Steiner of World Cup Soccer Camp in memory of Stein-er’s’s mother, Anne, who died at Victoria Hospice in 2010. The fundraiser has raised over $170,000 since 2011.

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Re-thinking waste nets entrepreneur a shot at $100KBeeswax-coated plastic wrap alternative Abeego a winner, but online contest could spur Toni Desrosiers into new U.S. markets

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A local inventor is hoping to replace plas-tic wrap with a sustain-able and reusable prod-uct, but she needs the community’s help to take her business to the next level.

Toni Desrosiers, inventor of beeswax-coated food wrap Abeego, is in the run-ning for a $100,000 prize from the Business Development Bank of Canada.

“We’re in over 200 stores across Canada and the U.S. now,” says Desrosiers from her Rock Bay studio.

“Word of mouth has been our No. 1 driver.”

Abeego is comprised of hemp and cotton

sheets that are treated with tree resin, jojoba oil and beeswax, among other ingredients.

The finished product then fits over dishes or around food easily.

By cleaning Abeego with cold, soapy water, a single sheet can last more than a year, Des-rosiers says.

“At the end of its life, Abeego is composta-ble, and our production process is also 100 per cent waste-free,” she says.

Her three-person production team cre-ates twist ties from left-over strips, with plans to reveal more creative kitchen uses for the product in the months ahead.

Desrosiers is now competing against nine

other business owners across Canada for the BDC 2014 Young Entre-preneur Award.

She’s also the only B.C. business owner in the running.

The winner will be selected through online voting, so Desrosiers is appealing to everyone in Victoria and beyond to vote daily.

“Our goal is to really rally Victoria,” she said.

“We have a strong community here and everybody believes in shopping local and sup-porting local business. If we can pull on that, we could really move ourselves up in the rankings.”

To vote for Abeego or find out more, go to bdc.ca/yea.

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Esquimalt teen wins national essay contestDaniel PalmerNews staff

Within days of stepping aboard the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Had-field captivated millions of people across the globe.

Using social media, a bit of song and live video feeds, Hadfield cre-ated an instant window into life beyond the atmosphere.

It was that incredible reach that inspired Esquimalt High school’s Emma Roberts to pen an essay on the inspiring Canadian for the A&E Lives That Make a Difference con-test, in which she won first prize

against hundreds of submissions across Canada last month.

“People like the appeal of (Had-field’s) nerdy science and tech background mixed with the fact he sings and is a good storyteller,” Roberts said.

Her essay describes Hadfield’s global impact through the use of stunning photography from space, where he “emphasized our planet’s awe-inspiring beauty and undeni-able fragility.”

She wrote how Hadfield’s “per-spective of our planet encourages all humans to see ourselves as shared inhabitants of Earth, and reminds us that the planet which

we call home is not only invaluable to our own existence but is some-thing worth fighting for.”

With her $2,000 prize, Roberts will head to the University of B.C. next fall to study general science.

Another $1,000 will go to Esqui-malt High and put towards the school’s thriving poetry slam club, said Principal Colin Roberts.

Twelve-year-old Tavania Chichak of Glanford middle school took home the grand prize of $3,000 in the Grade 5 to 8 category and coin-cidentally featured Hadfield in her essay as well.

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New rose garden tells a love story for donor


Victoria resident Anne Steers, left, reacts to the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the new Beacon Hill Park rose garden by Mayor Dean Fortin on Tuesday. The garden was built due to a philanthropic gift from Steers.


Through a poem read by a friend, Anne Steers recalls walk-ing hand in hand with her late husband, Ernie, past Beacon Hill Park’s famed rose bushes en route to Cameron Bandshell, a blanket tugged neatly under Ernie’s arm as the evening light fades.

She remembers petting old Queenie, the stalwart work-horse gently clopping its way across the park’s fields, and how she first marvelled at the regal peacocks strutting past

flower beds like they owned the land.

Nearly seven decades later, Steers is officially becoming part of Beacon Hill Park’s his-tory with the opening of a new rose garden, made possible through a philanthropic gift from Steers to the City of Vic-toria.

“It’s my legacy of beauty and love for you,” continued Steers in her poem, referring to her late husband, at a ribbon-cut-ting ceremony Tuesday.

Longtime friend David Hep-burn said it’s amazing to think of Steers wandering Beacon Hill

Park’s grounds so many years ago.

“It’s the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week. Can you imagine Anne and Ernie walk-ing through this park that long ago,” Hepburn said.

“That’s how long Anne has cared about this crown jewel of our city.”

Steers’ face lit up as she made her way through the gated entrance of the garden, alongside Mayor Dean Fortin, towards a plaque commemorat-ing the day.

The plaque, attributed to Steers, reads: “I red rose, I bring

love, I bring joy, I bring peace and happiness to all to bring me to you.”

Fortin said he was humbled to witness a legacy of people who care about the park.

He then quipped to parks staff who keep the park looking pris-tine each year: “Now we get to celebrate creating more work for you.”

The new rose gar-den contains 150 roses, which when in full bloom next year, are expected to display a variety of colours.

An ornamental fence protects the garden from deer and features a custom-iron gate.

New bench seating and extended paved pathways connect the rose garden to nearby Queen’s Lake.

The rose garden is easily accessible from parking spaces near the petting zoo.

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“For the first time in the region we have added a lane exclusively for public transit and bikes,” said Vic-toria Mayor Dean Fortin in a state-ment. “These dedicated lanes will

help transit riders and cyclists move faster during peak commute times, reduce congestion into the region’s main employment centre and reduce emissions.”

Parking will be permitted along Douglas Street during off-peak hours. A second phase of the $1.5-million project will create a northbound priority lane from Hillside Avenue to Tolmie Avenue. Construction on Phase 2 is expected to begin in 2015.

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New rose garden tells a love story for donor


Victoria resident Anne Steers, left, reacts to the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the new Beacon Hill Park rose garden by Mayor Dean Fortin on Tuesday. The garden was built due to a philanthropic gift from Steers.


Through a poem read by a friend, Anne Steers recalls walk-ing hand in hand with her late husband, Ernie, past Beacon Hill Park’s famed rose bushes en route to Cameron Bandshell, a blanket tugged neatly under Ernie’s arm as the evening light fades.

She remembers petting old Queenie, the stalwart work-horse gently clopping its way across the park’s fields, and how she first marvelled at the regal peacocks strutting past

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Steers’ face lit up as she made her way through the gated entrance of the garden, alongside Mayor Dean Fortin, towards a plaque commemorat-ing the day.

The plaque, attributed to Steers, reads: “I red rose, I bring

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Fortin said he was humbled to witness a legacy of people who care about the park.

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The new rose gar-den contains 150 roses, which when in full bloom next year, are expected to display a variety of colours.

An ornamental fence protects the garden from deer and features a custom-iron gate.

New bench seating and extended paved pathways connect the rose garden to nearby Queen’s Lake.

The rose garden is easily accessible from parking spaces near the petting zoo.

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Phase 1 of new transit priority and cycling lanes along Douglas Street will officially open Monday morning.

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A jogger passes the soon-to-be scrapped Undersea Gardens barge, which is drydocked at Point Hope Maritime shipyard in Vic West.

Undersea Gardens heads to scrap pileA long-standing aquarium

removed earlier this year from Victoria’s Inner Harbour will soon be turned into scrap metal at Point Hope Maritime ship-yard.

Undersea Gardens was sited awkwardly along the south end of the Inner Harbour as a popu-lar tourist attraction from 1969 until earlier this year, when owners Oak Bay Marine Group announced he barge would be removed because it was in need of serious repairs.

The dissolution of the Provin-

cial Capital Commission, which owned the area leased by Under-sea Gardens, also played a role in its permanent removal.

“We had a few people come up with suggestions for the barge, a few of which I really liked,” said Ian Maxwell, Ralmax CEO, owner of Point Hope Maritime shipyard.

Innovative suggestions for the 150-foot barge included a float-ing liquor distillery and office space, as the hull remained in good shape.

But this week, a decision was

made to break down the barge for scrap metal, Maxwell said.

We’re still taking the asbestos out ... but we’re going to disman-tle it,” he said.

Undersea Gardens was origi-nally located in Oak Bay from 1964 to 1969.

The aquarium allowed thou-sands of visitors to descend beneath the harbour waters to view West Coast sea life.

A new use for the vacant waterfront property has yet to be determined.

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OUR VIEW

A very important and pivotal anniversary takes place today: the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France credited as one of the decisive moments of the Second World War in Europe.

Canada played a big part in the invasion, with Canadian troops among the British-led forces who stormed Juno Beach, one of five landing places along 80 kilometres of shoreline in Normandy.

Among their ranks were soldiers from Greater Victoria and those who have since settled in our corner of the world.

Throughout the war, the Soviet Union continually put great pressure on its allies to land in France, as it was doing the heavy lifting on the eastern front.

When the Allied forces finally executed their

year of planning with Operation Overlord, not everything worked out as hoped, but on the whole the invasion was a success.

It took a month or so of hard fighting to truly establish a significant presence in France, but from then on, it was simply a matter of time before the Germans conceded defeat, as they were stretched due to troubles on the eastern front. But a formidable foe they remained for some time.

If D-Day had been a failure, the Germans would have likely fought on for much longer. The cost in lives lost and in the intentional wiping out of Jews and other minority groups would have persisted for even more horrific years.

D-Day remains a truly historic day 70 years later, though most of the troops who fought in that battle and survived have since passed away. Some surviving veterans will be in France today to mark the occasion while others will mark it here.

But for those of us too young to remember that day, it’s vital not to forget. Our way of life can be traced back to the tragedies and triumphs that scarred the coast of northern France seven decades ago.

YOUR VIEW

May is a long difficult month for clients on disability benefits; we have to survive on an unlivable income for five weeks due to scheduling policies of the Minstry of Social Development and Social Innovation.

But it was a double whammy for me: my disability cheque was withheld at the ministry office and I was not allowed to get it until I submitted a signed Service Canada Pension Plan application to get early retirement benefits. I submitted the signed application because I had no choice. Either submit it or be cut off with no money at all.

No client on disability should ever have to choose between having a permanently reduced pension for life (the penalty for early application) or eating.

Nobody dealing with chronic illness should ever have their life-line taken away from them. The fact that the ministry was completely willing to cut me off disability, knowing that I would be left on the street with no food or shelter, is absolutely horrifying.

The fact that the ministry is doing this to thousands of disabled clients across the province is beyond horrifying. It is unspeakable.

Personally, I know of clients whose disability benefits were terminated because they were too mentally or physically ill to fill out the CPP forms.

If we value our humanity as a

society, we simply cannot allow this to happen to the sickest and most vulnerable seniors in this province.

Doreen Gee,Victoria

Missing aboriginalwomen need action

While Canadians naturally recoil on horror when confronted by the news of rape and murder in other countires, they would be well advised to look closer to home. The widespread violence against aboriginal women in B.C. is well documented, with domestic violence against aboriginal women bring three times as likely than in other populations. Hardly a week goes by before more harrowing news is released to the media by various authorities.

The issue is a complex one, but unlike the challenges facing women in distant countries, we can easily make a real difference here in B.C. Former B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal outlined one simple solution in his report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: provide safe transportation between the small communities along B.C.’s highway of tears, where many women have gone missing.

While private, for profit transportation options exist, the deep poverty in some aboriginal communities ensures there will always be women hitchhiking despite the danger. They simply

have no other option.Given the incredible number of

women that have gone missing along that highway, it’s crucial that the government provide safe and free transportation for these women.

If white women in the suburbs were experiencing the same fate, Christy Clark’s government would be moving heaven and earth to stop the disappearances.

Mr. Oppal suggested an easy solution, the government then ignores it and women will likely continue to disappear. Does that perhaps make the government culpable?

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BY JORDAN SMITHPlay-by-play announcer

When the Victoria HarbourCats

charged into Vancouver Island’s sports scene in 2013, it marked a glorious return for baseball to a region where it’s

been a fabric of the summer culture for more 100 years.

Fans, for good reason, carried trepida-tion about the shelf life of a new team. In the past decade and beyond, baseball has seen its ups and downs in Victoria. Teams and players have come and gone,

including some great names. Alas, the collegiate-level West Coast

League, a dynamic wood bat league with 12 teams in B.C., Washington and Ore-gon, put that to rest.

The HarbourCats drew more than 40,000 fans to Sports Traders Diamond

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And now the HarbourCats are ready to do it again.“While it’s true that teams have come

into Victoria only to leave a few short seasons later, it was usually never the team that had the problems,” said HarbourCats general manager Jim Swanson, who came from Prince George to take over the role from the departed Holly Jones.

“The West Coast League uses a sus-tainable model. This league is strong with plenty of dedicated owners who have the means to support all 12 teams.”

If there’s any doubt about the Harbour-Cats’ security, there shouldn’t be. They’ve signed a nine-year lease agreement with the City of Victoria.

“That’s not something you do lightly,” Swanson said.

On the field, the HarbourCats started last year with great success in the standings, uncommon for an expansion team. Wins soon grew hard to come by, however, and the club slid to a debut record of 22-32, finishing fourth out of five teams in the North division.

It’s all according to plan, Swanson said, as the club has plenty of changes in place for 2014.

Bob Miller takes over full control of the dugout, as he assumes the head coaching role he shared with Dennis Rogers in the team’s inaugural season.

Shortstop Alex de Goti leads a handful of returning players as the HarbourCats have turned over a fresh

roster. Last year’s team was primarily Div. 2 players. Instead, Swanson expects nearly 30 players in the lineup from the NCAA’s Div. 1 level for the Harbour-Cats’ home opener on June 10. That includes several MLB draft picks.

“While it’s impossible to guarantee wins, we believe the work Coach Miller has done puts us in a strong position,” said HarbourCats President John McLean. “We want to bring a winner to Victoria, and become one of the top locations in the league, a place where players know they will develop, have great commu-nity support, and learn things that will help them in their careers.”

One of the key challenges for WCL players is switching to a wood bat after a long college season using aluminium.

“This is a real test for the players who think they might have a shot at the big leagues, and some of our players definitely do,” Swanson said. “The scouts are watching. This league is the real deal.”

The WCL is growing, too, with the addition of the Yakima Valley Pippins for 2014. It’s allowed the league to create three divisions, East, West and South. The HarbourCats will compete in the West with the Bellingham Bulls, Cowlitz Black Bears and Kitsap BlueJackets. The winner of each division qual-ifies for the post season, with one wildcard spot up for grabs.

The HarbourCats open the season on the road tonight (June 6) against B.C. rival Kelowna Falcons.

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TRAVIS PATERSON News staff

It will be a different look on the Har-bourCats bench this year as head coach Bob Miller takes full control of the position he shared with co-head coach Dennis Rogers last year.

Rogers has opted to attend to some personal matters this season, leaving Miller with the unilateral decision-mak-

ing power. It’s not the first time Miller has run a summer baseball club, as he twice guided the Anchorage Glacier Pilots to the Alaska Baseball League championship and went on to win the National Baseball Congress World Series Championship in 2001.

The return to Victoria, however, is a bit of welcome respite for Miller, whose winter season team, the Cuesta Cou-gars (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), missed the playoffs for the first time in 18

years. “It was a rough go-around, but our recruiting has gone

well, and we expect to be right back on track

when we play next year. It was a lot like what the Harbour-Cats went through last year, there wasn’t any one part of the game you could count on.”

One of the greater differences

going into this year’s HarbourCats sea-

son is the number of recruits, with 34 full-time

contracts and just five 10-day contracts.

“Last year we were at just 27

full-time contracts to start and seven or eight 10-day contracts. We found we needed that depth from the start. It was a challenge to bring depth in, there were things like passports and other issues we’re now prepared for.”

On the coaching front, there won’t be any major differences in terms of his responsibilities, Miller said.

“We went from a situation with the HarbourCats last year where we prob-ably led the league in experience with the combined years on the coaching staff, and this year we’re not going to do that,” Miller said.

Returning to the HarbourCats’ coaching staff is pitching coach Ben

Jackson from the University of Ken-tucky.

New to the team are Chris Lind-mark, a former player under Miller at Cuesta, and local Charlie Strandlund, who played the 2010 season with the Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League.

“Strandlund is going to be in uniform but with career commitments as well, so we’d like his role to be as big as possible,” Miller said.

“We want to win games, a lot of money and time is spent on winning, but we also want to develop play-ers and that’s where (Strandlund) will come in.”

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TRAVIS PATERSON News staff

It will be a different look on the Har-bourCats bench this year as head coach Bob Miller takes full control of the position he shared with co-head coach Dennis Rogers last year.

Rogers has opted to attend to some personal matters this season, leaving Miller with the unilateral decision-mak-

ing power. It’s not the first time Miller has run a summer baseball club, as he twice guided the Anchorage Glacier Pilots to the Alaska Baseball League championship and went on to win the National Baseball Congress World Series Championship in 2001.

The return to Victoria, however, is a bit of welcome respite for Miller, whose winter season team, the Cuesta Cou-gars (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), missed the playoffs for the first time in 18

years. “It was a rough go-around, but our recruiting has gone

well, and we expect to be right back on track

when we play next year. It was a lot like what the Harbour-Cats went through last year, there wasn’t any one part of the game you could count on.”

One of the greater differences

going into this year’s HarbourCats sea-

son is the number of recruits, with 34 full-time

contracts and just five 10-day contracts.

“Last year we were at just 27

full-time contracts to start and seven or eight 10-day contracts. We found we needed that depth from the start. It was a challenge to bring depth in, there were things like passports and other issues we’re now prepared for.”

On the coaching front, there won’t be any major differences in terms of his responsibilities, Miller said.

“We went from a situation with the HarbourCats last year where we prob-ably led the league in experience with the combined years on the coaching staff, and this year we’re not going to do that,” Miller said.

Returning to the HarbourCats’ coaching staff is pitching coach Ben

Jackson from the University of Ken-tucky.

New to the team are Chris Lind-mark, a former player under Miller at Cuesta, and local Charlie Strandlund, who played the 2010 season with the Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League.

“Strandlund is going to be in uniform but with career commitments as well, so we’d like his role to be as big as possible,” Miller said.

“We want to win games, a lot of money and time is spent on winning, but we also want to develop play-ers and that’s where (Strandlund) will come in.”

Bob Miller preaches a blue-collar approach which is crucial to winning.

Coach Miller in the drivers’ seat

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Miller did it in Alaska. It’s a pro ball experience. “By Game 2 of a series, pitchers have seen the hitters

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The wood bat is one of, if not the most, defining characteristics of the West Coast League summer league.

Its usage draws big league scouts to the WCL, as everyday starters in college must prove they can hit consistently without the forgiving metal bat.

Though the difference between the more challenging wood bat and the metal bat used in college is not what it used to be, it still exists.

“College bats have been adjusted to have nearly the same exit velocity as a wood bat. They use a standard known as BBCOR, or

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“Metal bats continue to have a bigger sweet spot and they won’t break when you get ‘sawed off,’ which is hitting a pitch on the lower part of the bat, closer to the hands, Miller said.

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Getting me there doesn’t involve security screenings, boarding passes, the hospitality of flight attendants or the company of an Airbus. With my bag tucked away in the trunk, my destination set into the GPS, it was go time. This particular A3 came equipped with Audi’s new MMI Touch with hand-writing recognition infotain-ment system and the MMI Navigation plus. Instead of spelling out the address using the dial and twisting the wrists back and forth, you can just trace out the letters with your finger on the dial’s face. I will warn you, if you have bad penmanship like me, the system might pick up on a different letter than the one you had intended! Regardless, getting the hang of it is relatively easy, and really kind of fun, too.Throughout the drive in Germany, I shaved a few minutes off here and there. The speed limitless zones certainly helped. Perhaps that’s why I opted to take the car rather than fly. A chance to drive quickly – in certain sections - AND get a delicious meal at the end.The A3’s swift characteristics hail from its 1.8L, direct injected and turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. With a healthy dose of 170 horsepower and 199 lb-ft of torque, I had everything I needed. The competency of its front MacPherson Strut with Lower Wishbones and 4-link rear suspension with sep-arate spring/shock absorber arrangement at highway speeds is confidence inspiring. It doesn’t waver with the speed and feels firmly planted. And for a small-ish vehicle, that’s always a good thing.The Audi A3 itself isn’t boring by design, but the long

drive is. Especially on the most, direct route. Knowing that I would get to spend some quality time with my grandparents, and the A3, kept me going. With the speed limits decreasing and the flow of traffic consider-ably worsening, I knew I was getting close. It was just nearing dinner. Perfect.Before devouring my grandma’s famous crepes – complete with homemade apricot jam with apricots that grew in their summer home’s backyard. My grandparents tightly embraced me. I’m not sure who was more excited to see whom, though their attention was split between hugs and admiring the red chariot

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Restore your ‘StangOur classic and collector car expert continues today with the second part of his four-part series on the res-toration of public relations executive Laura Ballance’s rare 1967 Ford Mustang T5 by 360 Fabrication in Abbotsford.

The restoration business has changed a great deal – in the past, most auto body repair shops would only take on such work when their collision work dried up. Now it’s very specialized work and I’m often asked if I can recommend a res-toration shop. To be honest with you, I would be hard pressed to come up with enough names to fill the fingers of one hand. But I have no hesitation in saying that I doubt there is one in the entire country that restores and builds as many custom cars as 360 Fabrication in Abbotsford. They control the costs and track the daily progress by using a number of management systems and a Gantt chart. The secret to controlling the work is to perform all of the tasks in-house with perhaps the exception of

chrome plating. During my time in the trade, costs would keep mounting up and either the customer or the technician, who worked on a flat rate (piecework) basis, would end up short-changed, resulting in ill feelings between the shop owner, his staff and the customer mainly caused by the lack of communication and too many assumptions.Laura Ballance’s origi-nal plan was to have a sympathetic restoration performed, replacing only what was necessary. But

cars are no different than houses, boats and planes, so when the Mustang was disassembled and stripped they discovered that probably the only thing holding the car together was Laura’s father’s DIY welding!The Mustang is a relatively easy car to restore in terms of obtaining new parts. In this case, by the time the air chisel and plasma cut-ter was put away the only major sheet metal com-ponents left was the roof, “A” pillars, rocker-panels, bulkhead and the two front frame rails and the rear section of the floor. I have heard the expression “better than new” a few times over the years and have often wondered how can it be better than new? But it can. Today’s restorations have improved with the help of new technology such as compression fit welding equipment, seam sealers and paint products includ-ing epoxy primers, spray on polyester fillers and the waterborne color coats with a clear coat finish. These products are far superior to anything that came off the production

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Public speaking is comprised of different things – what you say, how you say it and how you present yourself.

You’ve heard people say that first impressions are important. While I’m not suggesting that they outweigh other things, there is some truth to it.

How we dress and present ourselves when delivering a speech does play a crucial role in conveying a statement about who we are.

What statement are you making?

Even when unconscious of it, we are sending off signals and making ensuing statements.

If you have ever seen the 2006 Hollywood film The Pursuit of Happyness, there is an unforgettable scene in which Will Smith’s character shows up to a job interview wearing a tank top under a paint-splattered jacket and jeans. Luckily, he is able to redeem himself by the end of the interview using his quick wit and charm. If I had been in his shoes, I’m not confident that I could have pulled that off.

In fact, I know I couldn’t.When I’m delivering a speech at

my Toastmaster club, I dress more formally than I do for some club meetings. I’ll select a dressy pair of shoes, possibly a necklace and do my hair differently (if I want to take it a step further!)

For other meetings, I let the role I have for the evening help me determine what to wear.

Toastmaster is a dignified role, while quizmaster is a light, fun role at the end of the night.

For the majority of people, putting some effort

into our clothing choice when speaking publicly is a good thing, whether it’s for a job interview, a Toastmaster meeting or a professional speech of some kind, dressing appropriately for your audience is always advisable.

Your speech delivery and attire impart a message to your audience. What do you want it to be?

•••Tasha Waite is a member of

Thunderbird Toastmasters Victoria. The club can be reached online at thunderbirdtoastmasters.org.

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Non-verbal signals key in presentationMake sure the clothes match the occasion when presenting for audience or meetings

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Libraries are literally full of stories. We have stories that live in books, stories that come to life on screens, and stories that walk through our front doors.

Last week, Victoria hosted the 69th national Canadian Library Association Conference and Trade Show where we had the opportunity to share stories with our colleagues from across the country.

The conference theme – Building Bridges to the Future: Colleagues, collaboration and consultation will get us there – was particularly apt given that our local public library system serves more than 300,000 residents across 10 municipalities.

With more than 700 delegates, including librarians and library staff, library board trustees, vendors, and others representing public, academic, school and special libraries, there was lively discussion and exchange of stories about the role of libraries today and in the future.

Sessions and exhibits covered everything from open data to new collections for print disabled patrons, makerspaces to copyright, and ebooks to seed libraries.

While the work of libraries is varied, there is consensus that libraries are integral to strong, healthy communities – and not just among library types.

A recent survey by the Pew

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The Greater Victoria Public Library is one of the busiest public library systems in Canada. In a city of enthusiastic readers and book lovers, print materials remain the cornerstone of our local libraries.

But community members also increasingly rely on us for skills training, access to information, professional expertise, and shared public space that helps foster a sense of belonging.

At the end of the conference, GVPL staff came away energized and armed with a virtual suitcase full of ideas on how to make our library even better.

It was truly inspiring to see and hear so many stories about the different ways that libraries

touch people’s lives.And it was especially

rewarding to have the opportunity to spotlight some of the innovations for which GVPL has become recognized

including our trademark Booksmack reviews and recommendations, the Books for Babies early literacy program and the triumphant return of the GVPL Bikemobile, a little library on wheels.

Later this year the library board

will embark on creating a new strategic plan and will be looking forward to hearing from you on what you would like from your library, particularly from people who are not currently using the library.

Help us make our library – and our community – one of the best in Canada.

The Greater Victoria Public Library continues to grow and change to meet the diverse needs of our communities, but our story holds true: we remain committed to inspiring literacy, lifelong learning, and community enrichment for all.

•••Alyssa Polinsky is the GVPL’s

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Don DescoteauNews staff

Green, freshly cut grass, healthy plants or flowers and generally tidy grounds go a long way when it comes to selling your home.

Says Victoria Real Estate Board president Tim Ayres, typically not one to trot out clichés, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”

The state of a home’s outside property is literally the first thing people notice when they arrive for a showing or a drive-by viewing.

“You can probably get a pass on your landscaping in the winter, but once spring and summer come, everybody notices. It’s a big deal to have a nice-looking property,” Ayres says.

In terms of bang for the buck, spending $200 to $300 on bark mulch and potted plants can be one of the best investments a home seller can make to spruce up their lot, he adds.

Niki Ottosen, owner of Gardener for Hire and a certified horticul-turist, often gets phone calls from homeowners or real estate agents looking for help tidying up homes before they’re put on the market.

“They want a quick cleanup and they want ideas on how to make it look good before they take pic-tures,” she says.

For simple freshen-ups, she advises clients to redefine the edges

of garden beds, spend some time weeding and add some bark mulch to gardens or around plants. “It adds curb appeal and shows people that you take care of your place.”

With people living busy lives and spending precious spare time on

things they enjoy more, not every-one will be interested or motivated to go to town on their yard, Ottosen says.

“What I find is a lot of people find gardening overwhelming. They’re OK doing painting and stuff, but

when it comes to gardening (it seems like) a lot of work. It’s hard work and if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and double your workload. But with a few little trade secrets it can make your work easier.”

Some homeowners don’t know how to get started so they don’t want to get started, she says. “We do know the short cuts and know how to do it really fast. And after, people are very thankful for the help.”

That fact – not to mention Greater Victoria’s mild climate – has helped the local residential and commercial gardening and landscaping industry blossom in recent years.

Ayres, an admitted “non-gar-dener,” has a go-to landscaper he works with on a regular basis for situations where the homeowner may not wish to tackle the job, or on vacated properties for sale that need to be maintained.

While a neat and tidy lot is a must, there’s a fine line between having a nice garden and one that looks like way too much work, he says. “Hav-ing too elaborate a garden might turn some people off. But you might also get someone who sees it as a real plus.”

Ottosen agrees.“When they’re looking to buy a

home, people look for what they have to do. If the gardening part of it is already done, it’s a weight off of them,” she says.

Ayres, the veteran Realtor, leaves home sellers with a simple plan:

“If you’re trying to sell your home this spring or summer, keep your lawn green. Use your watering days.”

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Q: WHAT CAN I DO TO SPRUCE UP MY YARD WHEN

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Tidy grounds make a good first impressionScrub away the dirt – Clean moss-covered or stained pathways or concrete areas with a

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painting the house.Freshen up the colour

– Put a coat of paint on arbors, fences and

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the buyers’ to-do listSee your yard from the inside out – View sight lines to the garden and grounds from inside. Place tasteful garden art in prominent places near windows; perhaps colour-co-ordinate the item with

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NET UNCONDITIONAL SALES MAY 2014 / MAY 2013

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Niki Ottosen, a certified horticulturalist, says something as simple as spreading fresh bark mulch in garden beds can enhance the overall look of the yard for home sellers.


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2010 FORD FOCUS SESA great little commuter car that hugs

the road. If you are looking for a car that is reliable and

great on gas don’t miss out! Stk #T16255

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

$13,995

2011 FORD ESCAPE XLTA perfect Island vehicle and this 4WD does not

disappoint! With the wet trunk storage it is ready made for the beach! Come see

why we’re number one! Stk #F16006


$16,495

2011 FORD F250 XLTRiding atop 17” Ford Alloy Wheels with the 4-Wheel-Drive

system receiving ample power from the outstanding 6.2 liter 8-Cylinder Engine

through the 6-Speed Automatic Transmission.

Stk #Z16109A

2014 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE

Summer is almost here! Why go new for your DREAM CONVERTIBLE? Just

14,270 kms.Stk #C16161


$24,995(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

$36,995

2013 FORD TAURUS

LTD.Stk #S15998

2012 FORD ESCAPEXLT

4WD, auto, great, clean SUV with room for the

whole family! Stk #V16153


$17,995

2012 FORD F350 XLALL NEW TIRES! NEW WINDSHIELD! Removeable Tailgate w/lock. Just

getting starting to get broken in, this Super Duty

is ready to tow, haul and MOVE for YOU!

Stk #V15968


$28,995


$23,995

2011 FORD F250 XLT

Stk #Z16108

2011 FORD RANGER XLSupercab, 2WD, 6 cyl., auto.

Stk #S16271


$16,495


$27,995

2005 FORD FOCUS ZXWMachined Front Rotors – New

Fuel Filter, Great Price!Stk #T16124

2006 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON

The baddest F-150 ever to come off the line. This jam-packed SuperCab has

unique chromed billet-style grille to the massive 22” polished

forged aluminum wheels. Stk #D15340

2008 FORD EDGE LTD.

AWD, auto, leather, moonroof,heated seats. Stk #Z16069

2009 FORD F250 XLT4X4, super cab, auto, at less than

105,000 kms this Super Duty is ready to get hauling for you!

Stk #X15687A


$21,495

2011 FORD TAURUS SELAWD, A/C, alloys, pwr group and so much more to offer! Come and see

for yourself why we are number one! Stk #S16162


$20,495


$25,495

2010 FORD FUSION SPORTAWD, leather, moonroof, htd seats, leather,

dual exhaust and a 3.5L V6 that will blow your doors off while still saving

at the pumps! Stk #D15980


$15,995

2012 FORD F150 XLAuto, a great reliable truck! Whether

you need a vehicle for towing your trailer this summer or you

just need the capacity of a truck; look no

further and check this out!Stk #D15433A


$17,995

2008 FORD F150 STXFlareside 4.2L V6. Ready

for summer!Stk #K16021



$18,495

2009 FORD FLEXFord Factory 18” Alloy Wheels, ample

Horsepower & Torque from the fuel-ef� cient 3.5 litre 6-Cylinder engine, clad with Fog

Lamps, Tinted Windows, and Dual-Tipped Exhaust, this

2009 Ford Flex SEL looks outstanding.

Stk #D15773A


$17,495

2007 FORD MUSTANGNo accidents! Great tires! 2 new outer tie rod ends! This is the longest running

sports car in North America, come � nd out why! Summer’s

just around the bend! Stk #D16050




$7,995

2005 FORD ESCAPE XLT

BC ONLY! New front brake pads and machined

rotors! Stk #T15701A


$7,995


$30,495

2013 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM

AWD, VANCOUVER ISLAND ONLY! Newly machined front and

rear brake rotors! Stk #D16230



$33,995


$29,995


$36,995


$19,995

2013 FORD

ESCAPE SEL4WD, navigation, ECOBoost and more!

This Escape is ready for you and your family! With this attractive package there isn’t much

competition that can top the mileage, performance, comfort or interior size in this SUV class. Priced to Sell!!

Stk #S16186(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

$30,995

2006 FORD F250

SUPER DUTYBC ONLY! Heated Leather Seats, moonroof, NAV, A/C. Rear

View Camera, 18” Premium Painted Luxury Wheels! Stk #D15869A(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

$15,495

2008 FORD F350 LARIAT

2012 FORD F250 XLT

2010 FORD EDGE SPORT

2014 FORD MUSTANG GT

2013 FORD FLEX SEL

2014 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLESummer is almost here! Why go new for your DREAM CONVERTIBLE? This GT Mustang has just 14,270 kms. This 5.0 will blow you away with 420 hp while still being surprisingly fuel ef� cient! Stk #C16161

2008 FORD F150 XLT4X4, Super Crew, Auto, New brakes - pads and rotors. Stk #D15406

This new generation Escapehas a beautiful panorama roof, rear parking sensors, MyFord Touch with

navigation and many more features! Come see what the future of

SUV’s looks like, this is the perfect one for you!

Stk#V16110

Experience the very best that Vancouver Island has to offer.

Save yourself the painful loss in buying new and buy LIKE NEW!

Fully loaded this GT is a perfect car for summer.

Stk #D16259

Super Cab, Super Duty, 4X4, leather diesel, this Lariat is the

ultimate mix of comfort, size and style, BC ONLY!

Stk#C16139

Talk about a fancy vehicle!This BEAUTIFUL blue Edge is not only AWD, it’s one of the coolest

rides on the road! DO NOT MISS OUT!

Stk#T15682

Finding a gas F-250 is not easy to do! Save yourself the immediate loss of

buying new and look at our like-new 2012 that is still extensively covered by

Ford’s factory warranty!Stk#D15653

2008 FORD FOCUS


$7,4952013 FORD FUSION SE

BC ONLY! Heated leather seats, moonroof, NAV, A/C, rear view

camera, 18” premium painted luxury wheels.

Stk #C16070


$22,995

2011 FORD FLEX LTD.


$24,495

2013 FORD ESCAPE SELThis new generation Escape has a beautiful panorama

roof, rear parking sensors, MyFord Touch with navigation and many more

features! Come see what thefuture of SUV’s looks like,

this is the perfect one for you! Stk #V16110


$30,495

2013 FORD FOCUS SE


$18,995

With intelligent AWD this smart system distributes 100% available torque to the tire/tires with the most traction on top of

that it includes traction control to help prevent wheel slip

during acceleration, as well as advance trac

with roll stability control is always on and working for you.

With only 12,936kms on the odometre how could you go wrong?!

This Focus sports the SE Sport Package, includes

heated seats and the second-to-none Sync

Bluetooth ConnectivitySystem! Stk#V15947

Keep it simple and Economical, a great

commuter car!Stk#D15528A

Stk#D15478A

2013 FORD FUSION SE


$22,995


$12,495

20O9 FORD ESCAPE HEV

Automatic, Sunroof, no declarations, Hybrid, Ford Sync, power roof,

power seats, power windows, keyless entry,

just 164,000 kms. Stk #S16071A

2008 FORD SRW SUPER DUTY


$18,995

4WD, Super Cab, this truck has it all, Comfort, size and power! Come and see why

we’re number one!Stk#K16222A

4 cyl, auto, leather, pwr group,and so much more!

Stk#D15706

2013 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM2013 Ford ESCAPE TITANIUM AWD, auto, this sporty SUV with an upmarket look has great curb appeal,

with roomy interior and options to suit allyour needs there’s no reason

to look any further! At this price – don’t wait, come in and

test drive today!Stk#T16149

2011 FORD 2011 FORD F250 XLTF250 XLTSOLD

2013 FORD 2013 FORD TAURUSTAURUSSOLD

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