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Change of heart brings funding back to SRTAPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

It was the mayor’s pre-rogative to bring an deci-sion back to council and he did it.

Mayor Wendal Milne used his privilege to bring back the Sooke Region Tourism Association (SRTA) service agreement decision at the regular council meeting on May 27. Council had previ-ously voted against fund-ing SRTA with a requested amount of $23,000.

SRTA, when applying for the grant, neglected to include all of the finan-cial information requested by the Community Grant Review Committee. The committee, and later coun-cil, wanted to know where and how the grant funds had been spent in the previ-ous year.

In re-considering the grant funding, Councillor Kerrie Reay, head of the grant review committee, said incomplete information led to the denial of funding and now that all of the infor-mation was included and reviewed, she would be in favour of granting the fund-ing.

Coun. Bev Berger said, “this was a hard decision. Not having the information is huge.” She also said she still had some issues with some of the line items, stat-ing that the district cannot be seen to support specific businesses.

Coun. Rick Kasper ques-tioned the obvious mention

of three specific businesses in some publications. He said if a business was sin-gled out, they usually paid for part of the advertising costs.

Lyle Markham, speaking for STA, said the articles were written by the publi-cations themselves and the businesses were “cherry-picked.”

Kasper said that the dis-trict could not be seen as subsidizing businesses and if SRTA was promoting the whole community, why weren’t all of the accom-modations listed. He also questioned why only a very small portion of the costs were covered by business.

“It’s not fair to the tax-payer,” said Kasper. He felt more businesses should be included other than the few mentioned who are mem-bers of SRTA and whose owners are on the execu-tive.

Mayor Milne said he wanted to bring it back because of the need to pro-mote Sooke.

“I’m in favour of more consultation and scrutiny,” he said.

SRTA’s funding is depen-dent on support from the local level. The $23,000 fee for service funding is matched by Tourism Van-couver Island. Their pro-jected yearly budget is $58,468, with the major expenses being a television campaign with Black Ball Transport, videos, website maintenance, brochures and tourist guides.

The district and SRTA will enter into a five-year agree-ment, with budgets set each year.

Markham said, “we’re not adversaries,” and Mayor Milne agreed stating, “we’re all in this together.”

In other council business, council vote unanimously to approve the 48 Hour Building Permit Application Checklist to be followed when applying for a 48 Hour Building Permit.

The 48 hour permit appli-cation applies to one/two family residential building permit applications.

The permit will be issued providing the application is complete. It places the responsibility on the builder to ensure proper documen-tation and completeness of information prior to apply-ing for a building permit.

All of the applications need to be in compliance with zoning, the Building Code, Building Bylaw and Development Permit or Variance issues.

The format of the 48 Hour Building Permit processing procedure has been set up to work with the existing building bylaws to reduce municipal liability through the Municipal Insurance Association (MIA). The move to the MIA is basically to shift the responsibility of liability arising from the local authority and place it primarily on the owner and registered professional.

The 48 Hour Building Per-mit Application is fashioned after one used in Langford.

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Avatar Grove now more accessibleFive volunteers with the Ancient Forest Alliance at the first viewing platform they built by Canada’s Gnarliest Tree in the Upper Grove of Avatar Grover in Port Renfrew. There is still more work to be done there but they’re off to a good start.

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In last week’s issue we published the responses of re-elected NDP MLA JohnHorgan and Lib-eral candidate Ker-rie Reay. Following is the response by Carlos Serra, Green Party can-didate.

There is an element of the surreal in an elec-tion campaign. At times the process feels like a prolonged job inter-view in which you are expected to present hope to everyone and doubt to no one. At other times the past four weeks felt like a guerrilla marketing campaign where I was the product in the midst of a desperate fire sale. Regardless, the process reveals little about the candidates aside from their ability to answer a few questions and organize the set up and take down of posters. We probably do a more thorough job checking into the backgrounds

and competencies of our plumbers than we do the integrity and convictions of our can-didates. People vote for parties, not candi-dates, or so I was told as I entered the recent election. 

Yet, successful poli-tics, like any other occu-pation, is determined not by membership in a party or employment in one particular corpo-ration, but by the char-acter of the candidate or employee which exists at times despite the party or company. If this is true then con-stituents should scru-tinize candidates with equal or greater rigor as we do platforms, and rather than party slogans or personal pic-tures, perhaps election signs should present a character reference. 

I was reminded at the end of the campaign that this is the 21st Century and the era of nasty politics. We want

to know that someone is good but quickly for-get such banality; the negative stays with us longer, at least until the final election day. Politics should not be in the same reality as gossip, but the dynam-ics of effective politi-cal campaigning are beginning to resemble the latter and while we may be somewhat sea-

soned at maneuvering the maze of lies, half lies, half truths and the rare truth found in everyday gossip, we are less skilled at deal-ing with the short term effects of smear tactics found in modern politi-cal campaigns, provin-cially and especially federally. 

Change is such a rare event in politics in part

because of the status quo bias, which states that we feel X amount of regret when we act as usual and it turns out wrong, but feel X+ regret when we act in a new way and things turn out not as we hoped. We vote not on the basis of hope, but on the basis of reducing feelings of regret, and the most obvious way

of avoiding regret+ is not to vote at all, which approximately 65 per cent of eligible voters in the Juan de Fuca riding chose to do in this past election. 

The good news? There’s always 2017.

Carlos Serra

In last week’s issue, a production glitch did not carry the full story to page 2. Here is the story in its entirety.

Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Views to the Strait of Juan de Fuca are rarely visible along the stretch of road past Jor-dan River, but now the water is visible amid the noise of logging equipment and chain saws.

District Lot 569, one of the properties owned by Ender Ilkay, is being logged by a partnership between the Pacheedaht First Nation and Anderson Pacific Forest Products and managed by Queesto Community Forest.

“Here’s the fact,” said Ender Ilkay. “When the zoning applica-

tion was turned down, myself and my partners thought we would give it six months to see if any level of government would step forward. We gave it 18 months as we looked for a solution. This was not a knee jerk reaction. We’ve been dealing with this for five years. It’s just time.”

Angus Hope, P.Eng., RPF, heading the log-ging of the property said they bought the timber on the stump on DL 569 from Ilkay.

Some of the timber will be destined for overseas markets, but most of it will remain on the domestic market for plywood, pulp and specialty logs.

“Not a lot will be exported,” said Hope. “No cedar, no fir. The lower quality logs may be exported.” He added

that any logs heading overseas had to pass the provincial surplus test before they go out.

Logging is expected to take another month and so far there hasn’t been any word or action from those same environmental groups who protested Ilkay’s plans for a resort.

“It’s been relatively quiet with the long weekend,” said Hope. “We may start hearing something.”

He said Ilkay had three choices and that was to develop it, log it or sell it.

“If you can’t change the zoning, you have to use it for what its zoned for,” said Hope.

Buffers will be cre-ated on the lower end of the lot, 50 metres off the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail. Buffers will also be created around creeks in the block and to within 10 metres of the bottom of the lot.

There is also logging taking place across the highway from Lot 569, also being done by Pacheedaht Ander-sen Timber Holdings Ltd. (PATH).  The 50-50 partnership is keeping everybody working, said Hope. This means they don’t have to take the logs to the other side of the Island.

PATH is the new owner of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 61.  This TFL is a subdivision of Block 1 from TFL 25.  There is no private land attached to this TFL.

PATH is a partnership between the Pacheed-aht First Nation, located in Port Renfrew and Andersen Timber, a private family-owned company in Vancouver. This partnership will be managed by their Gen-eral Partner, Queesto

Community Forest Ltd.“I am surprised but

not shocked that they are logging. We had a choice between buying the land for park,  pre-serving 85 per cent of the land and building cabins on the remain-der, or clear-cutting  all of the land. We  only gave  Mr.  Ilkay the option of clear-cutting  and that is what we will have to live with every 50 years,” said Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks. In the end Hicks had voted against the rezoning application.

“I said it all along,” stated Ilkay, “this was not my first choice by any stretch of the imag-ination.”

Ilkay and his part-ners are looking at their costs to date which are approx. $6-million.

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The full story: Marine Trail lot being logged

Logging on Block 569.

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OPEN HOUSEPublic inPut is being

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the annual fundRaiseR for the sooke Philharmonic Orchestra is a gardener’s delight. the sooke secret Garden tour takes place on June 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tickets at shoppers drug Mart.

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cOMe tO a dinner/show at the sooke legion on June 1, featuring the canadian classic country crooner b.K. Morrison, tickets at the legion bar.

this is a fundraiser for the sooke food bank.

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at the sticK in the mud on friday nights and at the Kemp lake Music cafe on sundays from 3 to 5 p.m.

Up Sooke

tO all thOse folks who pick up trash when they spot it on the street or anywhere for that matter, and place it in a garbage container. thanks, it helps makes sooke a tidier place.

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The story of the Port Renfrew Hotel barIf you’ve been in the

Port Renfrew Hotel since it was rebuilt after the 2003 fire, entering through the lounge, you’d have noticed a spectacular slab of Douglas-fir, welcoming the hotel’s bar patrons. Measuring 22’ 4” long, 30” wide and 4”deep, it is a showpiece.

Almost a decade ago, I was one of a group standing watching the falling of the seven-foot diameter Douglas-fir that stood as a sentinel at the entrance into the beginnings of the Sun River development on the old Phillips farm. Years ago, a team of fall-ers would have used a two-man crosscut saw to fell a tree of such a size, but with the use of power saws in recent times, this stately Douglas-fir presented a different sort of chal-lenge.

Troy Lovbakke was one of the fallers given the task, and he worked in tandem with Lance Lajeunesse and Bud Beam. The men started with 33” bars on their Husqvarna saws, mov-ing on finally to saws with 52” bars. The belts of the high rig-

gers could not encircle the bulk of the tree but they managed to get a steadying anchor cable in place to secure it from falling across Phil-lips Road. A pneumatic jack was used as well

but could not withstand the weight. Finally two 40-ton screw jacks were required for the tree to be laid down safely in an area so near to a public road and houses. It was near nightfall by

the time the gigantic tree came down with a resounding crash.

None of us bystand-ers knew the next step in the route ahead for the centuries-old Douglas-fir. Bucked into lengths, the tree was trucked to Mike War-burton’s mill on Otter Point Road. While some of the tree was conk, as feared, much of the lumber was likely used in construction and we’re not certain where those lengths are today. We do know that Mike used a six-inch dou-ble cut saw 24-feet in length to shape the slab specially ordered by the hotel to be cut from this massive old-growth specimen.

While no longer tow-ering aloft, this section of the Douglas-fir lives on today, still a prize of the rainforest as it attracts the attention of hotel guests, its patina showing off the fabric of its grain - a bit of our West Coast culture still.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum

SRHS photo

This 1925 view shows Ed and Jack Phillips with their double bitted axes doing the undercut on a Douglas-fir that was substantially smaller than the one we have written about.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 www.sookenewsmirror.com NEWS • 5

On May 17, on the 7000 block of Maple Park Terrace, Sooke RCMP supported by the Island District Emer-gency Response Team executed a search war-rant.

The search warrant was for a weapons offense contrary to an existing order. The police found a vari-ety of drugs, includ-ing crystal meth, mari-juana and some other

items, and about $2,500 cash on hand. The ser-vices of the Emergency Response Team was not required.

Charges were laid against 33-year-old Brent Barry Bruce Brown. A second per-son from the same residence was also arrested, and charges are pending. Brown was held in custody and later released.

• On Thursday night,

May 23, 15 cars were broken into in the Sun-river area, and these were reported to the police on May 24 and 25.

Someone was arrested in another jurisdiction, and items stolen from the vehicles in Sooke were found on that person.

Found among the stolen items was a set of car keys, presum-ably left in the vehicle.

This is a reminder to car owners not to leave valuables in the car. Keys are considered valuables.

• With EMCS grad night upcoming, Staff Sergeant Stephen Wright alerts parents to the dangers of hosting under-age after-grad parties where alcohol is served. Parent can be charged under the Liquor Act, and this charge includes a man-

datory court appear-ance. He encourages parents to support dry grad parties. Other words of advise are to know where your kids are, ensure they have a phone with them so they can call for help or for a ride, and to be without judgement in the moment. Reserve any words of wisdom for the following day, when cooler heads pre-vail.

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We’ve got talent here at Poirier! 

Last week on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16 we had our Talent Show.  We had sing-ers, dancers, piano playing, comedy skits and more – we had it all. The show began at 1 p.m. and the teachers hosting it were very busy. 

A special thanks to Mrs. Blatchford for organizing this year’s Talent Show and all the talent shows in the past.  We thank you!  The grade 4-5s were the stars of the show and the younger grades look for-ward to starring in the show when they get old enough.  Thank you to everyone for bringing in a non-perishable food item for the Sooke Food Bank because we know their supplies are running low.

Our school participated

in Music Monday!  We sang the  I.S.S. (Is Somebody Sing-ing) along with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield via a live link form the Interna-tional Space Station. Our prin-cipal told us we made history!  Our choir then walked around our town of Sooke singing and sharing our music with oth-ers. Lots of people told us we were great singers and Mme. Arts and Mme. Robertson had big smiles on their faces because they organized the whole event.

The kids at the Monitor Thank You Sleepover had a lot of fun on Thursday eve-ning.  The principal, Mrs.  Sza-dkowski was very pleased that  they all had as much fun as they did and told us we were all amazing monitors and the school couldn’t run

without us.  When the kids got to the school they put their stuff in the multi-purpose room and played outside.  Ms. Laidlaw came out and blew an air horn to get the kids atten-tion, she did the attendance and made sure everyone was there, then we went to Jour-ney middle school to see their concert. The Journey kids put on a good show! After the con-cert the kids from Poirier went back and did some games in the gym.  One they played was they had to put a ping-pong ball on a plastic spoon and race around a cone – then back to their group.  Another was we had to pick up ten fruit loops on a piece of dry spa-ghetti.  Then the kids got glow sticks and got to play outside in the dark.  If there were more ways to play the kids would

have loved it.When the kids came inside

they got their teeth brushed and got their  pyjamas on to get ready for bed.  They watched “The Lorax” and ate popcorn and drank chocolate milk. In the morning Mrs. Sza-dkowski woke up the kids up with an air horn.  The kids got packed and ready for pj day at the school. We got pancakes, waffles, watermelon and grape juice for breakfast. 

“I had tons of fun” said Jamie Horan, “I hope we can do it again!”

  We have started to prac-tice for Track and Field events like shot put, relay, high jump, long jump and sprinting and we’ll talk about that more in our next column.

 Bryanne Thomson and Evan Pasemko

Vehicle break-ins continue to plague Sooke RCMP

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Radio communications got a boost in the Shirley area thanks to a new paging repeater and the collaboration of  the Shirley Fire Department, Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommu-nications (CREST), Western For-est Products, BC Hydro,  CRD’s radio technologist Peter Breen, MLA John Horgan and Regional Director Mike Hicks.

The repeater was installed onto an existing BC Hydro tower, situated on Western Forest Products’ land  by the Capital

Region’s emergency communi-cations provider, CREST Inc. 

“The new repeater extends coverage and will make a huge difference for fire and rescue personnel relying on pagers to call them out for emergency services,” says  CREST general manager Gord Horth. “Given its remote location, solar panels will provide the power needed to operate the equipment”.  “We’re expecting a vast improvement”, said Shirley fire chief Marty Gil-bertson. “The new service will

be a great benefit to us, partic-ularly for those firefighters in hard to reach areas. We used to have blind spots where mem-bers weren’t able to get page-out calls.”

This is a classic example of everyone working in one direc-tion with a terrific outcome” said Hicks. “I want to thank everyone and especially C.R.E.S.T for rec-ognizing the problem and invest-ing in the solution.”

 

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Did you know that all of the worker bees are female, that they live for about six weeks, and that one bee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime? These female worker bees are equipped with a stinger which, if engaged, sees her ultimate demise. The males, or drones, are sans-stinger and their only job is to sit around and procreate. And the queen bee, who can live for up to five years, lays up to 2,500 eggs per day.

Sooke’s own honey

farm, Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Mead-ery, celebrated National

Honey Bee Awareness Day in style on May 25.

On the tour, co-

owner Bob Liptrot showed how the honey was extracted from the hive, and dis-cussed the process of making mead. He also discussed the impor-tance of maintaining the health of the bee and, as an “old-fashion beekeeper” with more than 35 years of experi-ence, Lipton continues the tradition of feeding bees with their own pollen and honey.

Back at the tasting room, co-owner Dana LeCompte offered mead tastings along with an informed description. Needless to say, that was a popu-

lar, post-tour gathering spot.

And outside, as expected, bees hummed busily about, too busy with their own labours to bother with the curious humans mulling about.

Honey bee awareness day well received in Sooke

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Bob Lipton shows how the honey is gently extracted from the hive using this honey extractor.

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Spotless beachHarbours District Girl Guides spent the morning  of

May 11 at the beach – cleaning it. Approximately 30 girls met at Ed Macgregor Park to participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The original location was to be Billings Spit but a survey of the site revealed a spotless beach, so efforts were transferred to the beach underneath the boardwalk. In two hours the girls col-lected 70 pounds of garbage, ranging from tiny bits of glass to a soaking wet sleeping bag and everything in between. Sooke Disposal provided the bin and picked up the garbage and the District of Sooke supplied gloves and garbage bags.

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Looking BackA look through the

Sooke News Mirror archives:

May 28, 2008OCP: snap-shot of

the community

If the Sooke Official Community Plan sur-vey results say any-thing, it is that Sooke is a good place to live.

Respondents, 1,600 of them, filled in the youth and adult sur-veys indicating their views on such issues as: transportation, housing priorities, growth initia-tives, as well as their likes and dislikes in the community.

Both groups (youth and adult) liked the small town, friendly people, and the access to nature and the ocean.

Twenty-eight percent of youth respondents said they did not feel safe in their neighbour-hoods, citing roads with no lighting, for-ested areas, and wildlife as things of concern.

Adults indicated the downtown appearance, traffic ingestion, lack of shopping, one road in, and lack of sideways as the top five things they disliked about Sooke.

May 28, 2003Sooke nets $11.6

million for sewersFinally!

After almost three years of applications and lobbying by many, the District of Sooke was rewarded by the announcement last Thursday the munici-pality would be receiv-ing a Canada-British Columbia Infrastruc-ture Program grant for about $11.6 million for the proposed $17.4 mil-lion community sewer project.

The project had been an initiative of Sooke’s first council. The proj-ect will include a collec-tion system and a treat-ment plant. The plant will provide secondary treatment with disin-fection. A timeline for the project has not yet been set.

May 27, 1998Rough estimate

shows incorporation would make average taxes jump by $93

Taxpayers would have to shell out about $93 more annually is Sooke were to become an incorporated munic-ipality, according to a draft interim report presented to the Sooke Incorporation Review Committee Thursday.

The report is based on obtaining the same level of service as cur-rently provided.

The analysis has been based on the Sooke core area, and costs and revenues of the outlying study area to the north of the core have yet to be factored.

The final report is expected to be com-

pleted later this year.

May 26, 1993Thieves rob promi-

nent citizens

Sooke MLA Rick Kasper was the most prominent victim of a string of brazen break-and-enters in Saseenos last week.

A thief, or thieves, snuck in the ground floor kitchen window of the Kasper’s home May 19 while he and his wife were sleeping, and made off with a wallet and a purse, a ghetto blaster, car keys and Kasper’s car.

The home of noted Sooke resident Elida Peers was hit the same night, and a few other homes in the vicinity have also been hit.

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EDITORIAL Rod Sluggett PublisherPirjo Raits EditorBritt Santowski Reporter

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B.C. Views Like those Japanese soldiers who

didn’t hear about the end of World War II, the militant fringe that con-trols the B.C. Teachers’ Federation is digging in for endless battle against the B.C. government.

Their nemesis, Premier Christy Clark, reiterated last week that seek-ing a 10-year agreement with the BCTF is a top priority when the leg-islature is recalled this summer.

The current one-year truce ends June 30. The BCTF grudgingly agreed to that extension last year, then ran TV ads calling for an NDP govern-ment that promised concessions and union bosses on both sides of the negotiating table.

“You know, I may be a lame duck,” outgoing BCTF president Susan Lam-bert crowed to cheering classroom-warfare radicals at the union’s con-vention in March, “but I think Chris-ty’s goose is cooked.”

We’ll never know how much this sort of gloating contributed to the epic collapse of the NDP, champion of public sector union members whose pay and benefits make them the new upper class.

But I can tell you the prospects for sparing children from this ideologi-cal warfare are not good.

Last week the B.C. Court of Appeal handed down an ivory-tower deci-sion that upheld the “right” of teach-

ers to bring their union demands into the classroom in the form of posters, buttons and black armbands that to some self-absorbed teachers sym-bolize the “death” of education.

During the election campaign, The Globe and Mail carried a story on one of those mock elections held in schools around the province. An ele-mentary-level student was quoted as saying she voted against the B.C. Liberals because Clark “caused a teachers’ strike.”

If this kid was talking about the most recent strike, I wonder where she got that idea. In a negotiating performance that was appalling even by BCTF standards, Lambert and her team conducted months of disruptive work-to-rule action before they could even articulate a wage and benefit demand. When they finally did, it was outrageously out of touch with reality.

An indication of how the union’s ruling class wants to conduct itself in the classroom can be found in the latest issue of the BCTF news-letter to its members. Joanna Lar-son, president of the Prince Rupert union local, contributes an article headlined: “What kind of citizen do we hope to graduate from our K-12 public schools?”

Larson first quotes the educa-tion ministry’s current goals. They include preparing citizens who are “creative, flexible, self-motivated, and who have a positive self-image.”

Another goal is citizens who are “skilled and who can contribute to society generally, including the world of work.”

Larson then mocks these goals, as follows:

“Essentially, the Ministry of Educa-tion has a vision of citizens who will maintain the status quo, not rock the boat, and participate on a superficial level in aspects of political and soci-etal change. It doesn’t challenge indi-viduals to take direct action against exploitation, marginalization and violence.”

In case you missed the political message, Larson later asserts: “The educated citizens we graduate from our schools cannot just be content to wear a pink shirt once a year…. Educated, engaged citizens must be willing to take direct action to change and shape our society for the better.”

What is this ghastly “status quo” that must be challenged by “direct action”? In these campus-radical screeds, the final answer is gener-ally the same: capitalism. This call to arms is a blend of the NDP election platform and a rant from the Occupy Vancouver squat of a couple of years ago.

It’s no wonder we hear of students making BCTF picket signs in art class.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

tfletcher@blackpress.ca

BCTF digs in for endless war

Public process appears flawed

OUR VIEW

Sometimes one has to wonder why public input sessions are ever held. In many cases, the decisions have already been made and it seems the public part of the process is just for show. It won’t change any minds.

Three examples come to mind. An off-leash dog park which will run through a residential area, and a bike skills park and horseshoe pitch in John Phillips Memorial Park.

Each of these are things we could use in Sooke, but why is it the taxpayers (through the

District of Sooke) are all of a sudden responsible for the maintenance, upkeep and associated costs? The district paid $3,600 for a plan for the bike park which we haven’t seen yet, the district will pay for fencing for the off-leash park and the district

is “giving” the horseshoe club about half an acre for use by the private club and thinking about building them some parking.

If this were truly a democratic process then decisions would be reserved to the end of the public process. Council appears so eager to please everyone that they say ‘yes’ to them all.

Of course there is need. Of course people need recreational opportunities. Of course it is all of us who pay for others to play.

The district and council needs to seriously consider where they are spending the taxpayers money. Much of the present council ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and now it seems that was just the right thing to say, because it doesn’t appear to be the right thing to do. Everything costs money, except the promises. Our priorities should be to infrastructure, not fun structures.

Everything costs money, except the promises.

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ANOTHER VIEW

Slow response from OSMV

Alan Perry gave an outstanding presen-tation to the seniors’ group here recently (see the Sooke News Mirror, May 15 pg. 5).  I was particularly inter-ested in the DriveABLE program.  On Septem-ber 23, I first learned about it when I received a letter from the Office of the Superinten-dent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) asking me to get a medical from my doctor,  do the Drive-ABLE program and pos-sibly take a driving test. I’m 82 and I didn’t think I’d have  any trouble with that.

That was about eight months ago and I have yet to receive a letter from  the OSMV advis-ing that I’m okay to drive. When Alan phoned me the next day to say that he checked and I had passed. I still haven’t heard anything from the OSMV.  They advised me not to drive until I heard from them.

Barry Baldwin Sooke

The good and bad about Sooke

Last week I visited Sooke from Edmonton and experienced the good side of your com-munity. I required med-ical attention and was very courteously and professionally taken

care of by the welcom-ing staff of the Harbour Family Medical Clinic. I am very grateful to them and feel that they demonstrate the best caring aspects of your town towards a tourist in need.

The less pleasant aspect of my visit was what made me need medical care. I was bitten at the Alyard Farm Beach by an out of control local dog, “Boomer,” permitted to run off leash on the beach and indifferent to the people trying to control it and its com-panion. Alarmingly, the custodians of these dogs had an infant and toddler in their party, and I can only wonder about the children’s safety or that of other vulnerable people in light of the aggressive behaviour of these dogs. The potential harm to young children is troubling to contem-plate.

Ironically, there is a clear sign on the beach approach about leash-ing dogs.  Even if disre-garded when the area is quiet, I expect that the dog owner should be able to restrain and control their animal when others approach to use the area.

I can testify to the quite painful conse-quences of this not happening and hope that your readers will take heed and control their dogs properly. Sooke and the GVRD

do an excellent job of promoting tourism and providing outstanding recreational opportuni-ties for visitors. I would hate to see their hard work undermined by the careless behaviour of some reckless dog owners.

A dog bite is not my favourite souvenir of your beautiful region.

Denis Haughey Edmonton

No need for another dog park

I cannot understand why we need an off-leash dog park. There are many places in and around Sooke that already are people/dog parks.

Whiffin Spit is one such spot where dogs can run, jump, play and swim to their heart’s content while still under effective control by their owners. Whif-fin Spit already has all the amenities that any dog and its owner could wish.

One of the biggest things that bothers me is that if an “official” off-leash dog park is cre-ated, wasting taxpay-ers money, is that by creating such an area it could lead to areas in Sooke where dogs will be banned from being off leash or just being banned completely.

We moved here from Victoria 15 years ago

to get away from such rules and regulations. If anybody here wants an off-leash dog park they should move to Victo-ria or elsewhere where such areas are already mandated by the local government. In reality they should have con-sidered this when they chose to move here.

We do not need more rules and regulations, and we certainly do not need more fences — we need less fences.

It would be greatly appreciated that when people move here to Sooke that they leave their Victoria or big city attitudes back where they came from and enjoy the freedom that we do have here in this wonderful town.

Thomas and Storm Kowalchuk

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Wreaking havoc in the woods

It is interesting to see how the news every-where (not just in the Sooke News Mirror) is being slanted on the clearcut logging being done on Ender Ilkay’s properties near the Juan de Fuca Trail. The gist of it is: poor Ender had no choice but to clearcut. After all, a man has got to make a buck,   or five-million bucks, as the case might be. Apparently “bucks” are still the

not-to-be-questioned bottom line when deci-sions are being made in our world.  Have we not arrived, in a screech-ing head-on collision sort of way, at a point of realization that it is folly to think that it doesn’t matter what we destroy (atmosphere, our health, fresh and ocean water, the lives of displaced and poi-soned people, song birds, fish, animals, bees etc.) as long as money is being gener-ated?

At the precise moment when the amount of carbon in our atmosphere has hit an all-time high of 400 ppm (while humans have inhabited the Earth, that is), we are still not questioning making profit at the expense of leveling our dwindling forests of carbon-sequester-ing, oxygen-producing trees.

Why are we so quick to blame “environmen-talists” for the destruc-tion of these lands? Like a three-year-old who piles his cone with one too many scoops of ice cream and when it

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We asked: What can we do to better promote Sooke as a tourist destination?

Put some flowers on the lamp posts.

Linda KellySooke

Fix up the crumby old build-ing along the road and put

in some sidewalks.

Joan SharpSooke

Have more big activities, like all Sooke Days, Art in

the Park and other outdoor activities, so people can

get out and enjoy the day.

Nicole DaviesSooke

Open up little shops on the waterfront.

Jodie NicholsonSooke

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topples to the ground yells at his onlooking sibling “now look what you made me do” there seems to be a blatant and ultimately destruc-tive tendency to place blame elsewhere.

There are always choices that do not involve wreaking havoc. What about selective logging? Donating the land for a park for a large tax receipt? Or (gulp)  tak-ing responsibility and acknowledging that land speculation and trying to amass a grand fortune is dicey busi-ness, and not trying to offload the effects of your poor call onto the already pillaged planet?

Jo Phillips and George McFetridge

Sooke

Solution was there, once

 Read your front page story and editorial

referring to the Marine Trail lot.

Brought back memo-ries of when the Lions were spearheading a drive to acquire the portion of the golf course that the city was not getting.

The purpose was to build a seniors’ extended care facility, respite facility, medi-cal office spaces along with meeting places for seniors and other local groups.

The uproar from some local residents negated that objective, and now that land still sits as an eyesore and an embarrassment. 

A letter to the edi-tor this week calls for a home for a seniors’ drop-in centre.

What a coincidence and shame, that loud voices a few years back prevented what could have been.

Mike ThomasSooke

Tests are unsuitable

Below are some com-ments on “Knowing when it’s time to hang up the keys,” May 15, 2013, for your interest.

Your recent article on B.C.’s DriveABLE test may leave your readers with a some-what incomplete understanding of this compulsory screening process for seniors.

As I have not heard the speaker myself, I am unable to say whether the reasons for this are the speaker’s remarks themselves or possibly inaccurate reporting. Whatever they are, the report falls somewhat short of presenting an accurate, complete or balanced picture of the various steps of the process, and certainly no evidence to support the claim that its objec-tive is “keeping safe drivers on the road.”

In fact, the two (not one) compulsory stan-dardized “virtual” tests for seniors – but not the actual driving assessment — have been widely reviewed and almost universally deemed unsuitable and inappropriate for use as driving ability assessments, except by those who have a vested interest in or material benefit from them, i.e. the provinces of Alberta (where they originated and are in use) and B.C. (where both have become obligatory), and their Albertan inventors.

Those of your read-ers interested in more (and more realistic) information about these controversial tests may wish to con-sult an opinion piece by Black Press colum-nist Brian Kieran, Mon-day Magazine, Oct.27, 2011. Various reports over the years by other Black Press or inde-pendent community papers are easily avail-

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Bylaw No. 570,Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-2)The intent and purpose of Bylaw No 570, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-2) is to rezone the property at 2083 Anna Marie Road, legally described as Lot 9, Section 10, Sooke District, Plan 30302 from Town Centre Mixed Use (CTC) to Large Lot Residential (R1). A Town Centre Commercial zoning was applied to 2083 Anna Marie Road in error in 2008 under Bylaw No. 270, Sooke Zoning Bylaw 2006. This error was identi� ed by the owner and staff during the Bylaw No. 600, Sooke Zoning Bylaw 2013 public consultation process. The owner has requested that the error be corrected and that the property’s zoning be returned to Large Lot Residential (R1). As per the owner’s wishes, the District of Sooke has initiated a rezoning application process to correct the zoning at 2083 Anna Marie Road to its original zoning of R1.

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 June 10, 2013. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record.

Copies of the proposed bylaws, and relevant background documents, 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 May 30, 2013 to and including June 10, 2013 until noon (12 pm).

If you have any questions regarding this application, please contact the Planning Department at (250) 642-1634.

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Soapmaker creates artisan soapPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Jordan River is a haven for many who choose to

abandon city life and make their home in the dark forests and seaside community best known for its surf-ing. The lifestyle there is one of a deep abid-ing respect for nature and the outdoors. It’s nowhere close to a city and because of that the people who choose to live there are a self-suf-ficient lot, making a liv-ing in the ways that suit them best.

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” is a proverb of unknown origin, but it is also the impetus for a home-based business in Jor-dan River.

Jordan River Soap-works came about when Candice Suchocki Weir found her skin could not tolerate strong scents and ingre-dients.

“I have skin concerns that led to an obvious need to find products I could use,” she said.

“Lots of natural prod-ucts have ingredients I’m allergic to and my products are designed

out of necessity and other people enjoy them too.”

Soap making is an

age old industry, with the earliest recorded evidence in 2800 BC in ancient Babylon. These days small batch pro-ducers make artisan soaps using a vast array of ingredients. Gone are the days of tallow and ashes. These days oils such as shea, coconut, olive and palm are used replacing the animal fats used over the cen-turies.

The soaps and body products Weir makes use only essential oils and absolutely no arti-ficial colours or preser-vatives. Nor does she add ingredients for aes-thetic purposes.

“I’m most proud of my sources,” said Weir. “I source as many local products as possible.”

She uses sea salt from Sooke Sea Salts, beeswax from Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery and seaweed gathered by Dakini Tidal Wilds. A natural clay comes from up Island and peppermint is harvested on her property.

These products have led to one of Weir’s best selling soap which is made from sea salt and seaweed and a touch of tea tree oil.

Everything else she

uses is organic and is sustainably har-vested. Her Plain Jane unscented soap is com-pleted neutral using organic natural prod-ucts. Others in the line up include lavender and clay, grapefruit and bergamot, rose gera-nium and hibiscus, as well as peppermint. Body butters and lip

balms are made from cocoa, shea and coco-nut oils. Her workshop may be small, but her aspiration are huge.

Jordan River Soap-works is a young busi-ness, in its first year. Weir makes all the soap and body products in small batches, paying special attention to the packaging. She learned

by trial and error and through books and on-line information. She developed her own rec-ipes and keeps trying, testing, failing and try-ing some more. It’s an ongoing process.

She is focussed on grassroots marketing and has her products in 15 shops on the Island, in Vancouver and Kelowna. She attends pop-up markets, which seem to be trending these days offering small businesses an opportunity to expand their market exposure. For the month of June and perhaps longer she will set up a pop-up market in Victoria in the Murchie’s build-ing. She has seen some success as well at the China town night mar-ket in Vancouver.

“The Internet makes it possible to have a home based business in Jordan River,” said Weir, “and it’s miles from a major centre. This would be impos-sible without that.”

For more information on Jordan River Soap-works, go to: www.jor-danriversoapworks.com and you can find them on Facebook.

Cleaning up in Jordan River — naturally

Pirjo Raits photos

Candice Suchocki Weir uses bees wax from Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery in her soapmaking. Left, an assortment of Jordan River Soapworks’ products.

They come in all

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Come Together features work of East Sooke artistsPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Collaboration has two meanings, the first is to work jointly especially in a literary or artistic production, the second is to cooperate traitor-ously with the enemy. There is no enemy in the upcoming exhibition at the Metchosin Art Gallery (MAG) — it’s the exact opposite. Three strong artistic women, who also happen to be family, are showing their art work

for the month of June at the MAG.East Sooke artists Bonnie Coulter

and Angela Menzies are mother and daughter and they, along with sis-ter and aunt Margaret Heywood, are collaborating in painting large-scale artworks.

Both Coulter and Menzies are known through their participation in the Stinking Fish Studio Tour and the East Sooke Studio Tour. Both women work in their separate stu-dios and each are inspired by the nat-ural beauty of East Sooke. Menzies’ work is both whimsical and serene, with a healthy scattering of female

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nudes and dogs. Coul-ter draws her inspira-tion directly from her surroundings, land-scapes and fishscapes, seaweed and seaside. Heywood is a long time student of the arts who lives in North Vancou-ver and succumbs to landscapes and florals.

They have collabo-rated on a piece enti-tled, “Holding Back the Storm” which depicts a child with threatening clouds behind and a dog at his side. Menzies painted the portrait and Coulter the landscape, each contributing what they knew best,

The work solicits dif-ferent responses and a first reaction is one of fear, for the child.

“Funny enough, the photo was one of my son laughing,” said Menzies.

Menzies explained that the work is about transition and kids as they grow. It’s about the anxieties and worry from parents and grandparents as they see the approaching storm of adolescence.

“It’s the only joint piece in the show,” said Menzies.

There will be plenty to look at in the show.

Each of the artists will hang up to 25 works each. Menzies will have a new series called “Sizes,” which looks at how women perceive themselves when they take the number off the free size.

“It’s the essence of their personality,” said Menzies. She said they are nudes of 23 real women she knows. She asked each of them how they say them-selves if they took their body image out of the equation. The paintings are their answers.

All of the work will hang for the duration of the show, which runs from June 6 to July 7. Opening reception with the artists on June 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. The gal-lery is open Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m.

The MG is a brand new non-profit gallery located at 4495 Happy Valley Road in Metcho-sin. The 1,000 square foot gallery is located within the old Metcho-sin school library. The MAG is a contemporary art space that supports the local arts commu-nity and offers innova-tive exhibitions, perfor-mances and artist talks.

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Abandoned dream

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The Pastor's PenHave you ever been in a situation where everything seems to be falling apart? Perhaps you're there right now. You feel cast adrift, not knowing what is expected of you or where life is going. You were on course and then the winds of change occurred, and suddenly you are in uncharted waters, not sure of where you're heading or what you'll do when you get there. This is definitely how most of us feel at one time or another. Numerous changes and adjustments rock the quiet

little pond of our existence, and though we don't know where it is all going to lead, we do know that we do not like it. We want things back the way they were. We don't like these waves and what they mean. And worst of all, there is nothing We can do about it … or is there? As the book of Acts begins, we find Jesus' disciples caught up in their own situation of change. Life with Jesus as they knew it had been washed away. For three years, they had lived and travelled and learned from Him. They had been part of an extraordinary time in history, and then it all changed. Jesus' presence with them changed. Once He was alive and then He was dead, and now He was alive again, but different, and there was nothing they could do about it either … or was there? Jesus said to wait. "Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my Father promised, and you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you." And that is exactly what they did. They waited. They trusted. And when the time was right, on the day of Pentecost, all the good which God was planning for them fell into place. Good falling into place. I like the sound of that, don't you?

So today, amidst whatever waves may be rippling the ponds of your life, just like the disciples, there really is something you can do about it. Wait. Trust. And in the fullness of time, as you wait for God, and trust in God, you shall receive the good gift that God has prepared for you. It won't be the same as it was before, but because of God's immeasurable love for you, it will be 'good falling into place' and it will give you power and strength to carry on.

Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg

Buying your first home is a thrill, a lifestyle commitment and probably creating the largest debt you will ever take on. But when is large too large? How much house can you really afford?

That’s a tricky question with no easy answers. Your lender determines your eligibility for a loan through two simple calculations:

• the Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDSR) that considers your monthly income versus your proposed new housing costs (including mortgage payments, property taxes, and/or 50% of condominium fees, if applicable);

• the Total Debt Service Ratio (TDSR) that measures your gross monthly income versus your total debt obligations (such as loans, car payments and credit card bills).

These are useful ‘loan eligibility’ indicators -- but they don’t give you an accurate assessment of the mortgage amount you can realistically afford. Here are some tips to help make sure your dream home is a financially comfortable fit.

Look to the long-term You’re going to be in your home for many years and your financial obligations will change over time. Assess your current annual household income and then consider the financial impact of changes like having children or one day moving from a dual-income to single-income situation.

Look at all the costs When you’re caught up in the home buying process, it’s easy to overlook costs like closing costs, homeowner’s insurance, home maintenance costs and even the new furniture you’ll need to buy. At the time of purchase, the assessed value of the home is typically increased to match the purchase price. If the previous assessed value was low, the new assessment can materially increase the amount of property tax you’ll have to pay versus what was paid by the previous owner.

Look at your purchase realistically Once you’ve got an accurate fix on the real cost of your dream home, consider the financial trade-offs you’re willing to make. Maybe a smaller house would give you more lifestyle and spending flexibility? Or are you willing to put your family on a tighter budget in order to afford a bigger home?

Look to your plan Work with your professional advisor and a mortgage planning specialist to incorporate your housing costs into your overall, long-term financial plan. Determine which mortgage options and payments work best for you. Look at your current spending and lifestyle, how your earning power will change over time, and how much you’ll need to save for retirement.

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Gallery West is located at the South Shore Gallery

A new solo show has opened at Gallery West featuring the works of Sooke artist John Grey-Noble.

Noble graduated from the Alberta Col-lege of Art, majoring in painting and printmak-ing.

He moved to Sooke inn 2006 after a career in Vancouver. He built his studio Ravens Home which looks across the valley towards Otter Point and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. His paint-ings are in private col-lection throughout Can-ada, U.S.A., Denmark, Australia and England. He has shown his work at the Sooke Fine Arts Show for the past five years.

Grey-Noble’s has 17 canvases hung at Gal-lery West in the South Shore Gallery at 2046 Otter Point Road.

“They are bold, close-ups of the natural world,” said Elizabeth Tanner, gallery owner.

The show will run to June 24 and Grey-Noble will be in attendance at the gallery for four Sat-urday afternoons (June 1, 8 and 15) during the duration of the show from 12 to 3 p.m.

For more information go to: http://theraven-shome.blogspot.com/

For more informa-tion on the gallery go to: southshoregallery@yahoo.ca

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Todd Kozinka photo

Reader’s Photo of the Week

Sooke News Mirror reader Todd Kozinka sent along this photo taken in East Sooke Park.

Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by realtor Ellen Bergerud.

Send your good q u a l i t y j p e g photos to: editor@sookenewsmirror.com

Gallery West features bold close-upsPirjo Raits photo

Andrew and Glenna Ferguson view the works of John Grey-Noble.

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For our final concert of the season, the Sooke Folk Music Society is presenting Tower of Song, a creative tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen, this Saturday, June 1, at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. It will feature performances of Leonard Cohen’s music by Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone, as well as Dave Gallant with Grant Jamieson and Jake Grant.

Tower of Song will be a night of rare and classic selections from the Leonard Cohen cannon fearlessly inter-preted by these art-ists, with a few origi-nal compositions and readings, round out an evening that celebrates Canada’s greatest bard and his influence on modern songwriting. Hear Cohen’s time-less songs arranged for two voices, banjo, string bass, piano and guitar. Together Swain and Garramone have crafted vocal arrange-ments of the great works of Cohen that will satiate and aston-ish the die-hard Cohen fan in everyone. After several sold-out shows on Vancouver Island, Tower of Song contin-ues to expand their geographical range to put “more power in the tower!”

Produced by Garra-mone, Tower of Song gave Swain and Gar-ramone the chance to collaborate on Cohen’s rich material, and the chemistry was obvi-

ous -- to them and to the packed houses and sold out shows.

Swain is a worker in song. After a dozen years in some of North America’s most loved roots bands (Outlaw Social, The Duhks, The Bills) Oliver released ‘In a BIG MACHINE’ in 2011 to rave reviews.

His performances are a musical journey that takes you from haunt-ing old-time melodies to soaring new songs... sweeping vocal styl-ings, dazzling and dramatic skills as an instrumentalist, an eve-ning spent with Oliver

Swain will leave you breathless and joyful.” Visit http://www.oliver-swainmusic.com/

Garramone’s music is a reflection of her fascination with the edge. Inspired by the geography and spirit of the places she has lived, from Nunavut to Hawaii, she harmo-nizes the experimen-tal with the classical, and the unexpected with the organic. And that voice, somewhere between Keith Jar-rett and Joni Mitchell, Garramone’s unique approach to songwrit-ing was recognized

when she earned the grand prize in the 2010

Artswells Songwriting Contest. Recorded in a solar-powered yurt in Hawaii, her newest album, Thank You Half Moon will be officially released in Summer 2013. When she’s not traveling, she resides in Victoria. Visit http://glennagarramone.com/

Please be sure to join us this Saturday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Murray Road. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the show commenc-ing at 8. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at Shoppers Drug Mart.

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Tower of Song: Tribute to Cohen Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone

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able from the always informed and obliging Ms. Google. The March 2011 B.C. Medical Jour-nal, an informal but telling evaluation of the DriveABLE exam conducted by the Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, is also avail-able on the Internet. And finally, if I may be so immodest, Part 1 of my own article which explores this issue (and in subsequent parts B.C. senior care in gen-eral) in some depth is available at www.lotus-landblog.ca.

It documents the complete test process in detail, as well as the above references and others. It reflects the status quo as it was about a year ago and likely still is today, except for the improb-able (but always pos-sible) event of some major change or revi-sion having occurred to the program since then, other than what may well be little more than a PR exercise by the OSMV (Office of the Supervisor of Motor Vehicles) to counter the extensive critical response to it.

Paul WagnerSooke

Four more years

I may have been a little concerned and was not happy with the ways things went in the B.C. provincial election, but I soon got over it.

I wonder why the voters who held their noses and voted gave Ms. Clark and her Liber-als another four years.

There are a lot of good NDP MLAs who will do a good job and let the B.C. government know what some of the things are that they are doing wrong.

Thanks for the space in your paper.

Bill WilsonSooke

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LETTERS

Pesto from scapes and fronds

Kit Juba photo

Orca alertOn May 14 two orcas were spotted in the area between Hutchinson and Roche Coves.

If we look in our gar-dens now we will see the garlic, shallots, and leeks sending up seed pods, known as fronds or scapes. These need to be cut out before the head forms, the younger the better, in order to allow the bulbs to grow larger. These fronds are perfectly edi-ble and can be used in pesto or as a nice addi-tion to a stir fry, or even pickled. I prefer to use them fresh, but they can also be dehydrated for later use.

The following is a pesto recipe which can be frozen to be used when those heritage

tomatoes you planted ripen in June.

GARLIC SCAPE (or Fronds) AND ALMOND PESTO

Makes about 1 cup

10 garlic scapes, finely chopped

1/3 to 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan (to taste and texture)

1/3 cup slivered almonds (you could toast them lightly, if you’d like)

About 1/2 cup olive oil

Sea salt

Put the scapes, 1/3 cup of the cheese, almonds and half the olive oil in the bowl of a food processor (or use a blender or a mortar and pestle).

Whir to chop and blend all the ingredi-ents and then add the remainder of the oil and, if you want, more cheese. If you like the

texture, stop; if you’d like it a little thinner, add some more oil. Sea-son with salt.

Refrigerate for up to two days, but make sure there is no air in the container or put saran wrap on and press it down on the pesto to stop oxidation, otherwise freeze in ice cube trays and remove and put into bags to be used when you like.

This is great on roasted potatoes, tossed with warm spin-ach salad, (spinach is ready now), or spread on a lamb roast in it’s last half hour of roast-ing. Use your imagina-tion. Great on pasta and rice as well.

Enjoy the spring veg-etables and remember to visit the Sooke and Shirley Country Mar-kets for those fresh veg-etables.

Submitted by Ellen Lewers @ mrslewers-farmhouse@shaw.ca

Farmhouse Recipes

This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to con� rm meetings.

Council meeting agendas may be viewed at www.sooke.ca

WHAT’S NEW AT THE DISTRICT-CHECK IT OUT! At www.sooke.ca

2205 Otter Point Road, SookePhone: 250-642-1634

Fax: 250-642-0541email: info@sooke.ca

website: www.sooke.ca

Upcoming Public Meetings

Off-Leash Dog Park Public ConsultationWednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Committee of the WholeMonday, June 3, 2013 at 6:00 pm

Finance and Administration CommitteeMonday, June 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Community Grant Review CommitteeeTuesday, June 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Mayor’s Public Advisory PanelsThe public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel meetings at the Prestige Resort Meeting Room:- Economic Development - Steve Grundy, Chair – 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm- Arts and Beauti� cation - Brenda Parkinson, Chair – 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm - Community Health and Social Issues - Nicky Logins, Chair –2nd Wednesday of each month 7:00 pm

CALLING ALL STUDENTS !!

Sooke News Mirror and the Sooke Region Historical Society invite

students resident in the region from East Sooke to Port Renfrew to

enter a competition answering this question:

“EXPLAIN WHY NATURAL BEACHES ARE

IMPORTANT FOR TODAY AND THE FUTURE” $50.00 PRIZES (5) to be awarded by Sooke Lions Club for the winning

essays selected from each elementary grade—1,2,3,4,5

(Essays should be from 50 –150 words)

$50.00 PRIZES (3) to be awarded by Royal Canadian Legion Branch #54 for the winning essays selected from each middle school grade-6,7,8

(Essays should be from 100 to 300 words)

$100.00 PRIZE (1) to be awarded by Sooke Community Association for the winning essay selected from high school grade level student entries

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REQUEST FOR QUOTESDistrict of Sooke Website Update

The District of Sooke plans to retain a consultant to carry out the update of its municipal website and is seeking quotations for a consultant that best meets the requirements as described in the Request for Quotes. A copy of the Request for Quotes may be obtained from the District of Sooke municipal of� ce, Finance Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 1J2, Tele-phone 250-642-1634 or from the District website at www.sooke.ca.

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NOTE: Should any potential bidders download the Request for Quotes, it is the proponents/bid-ders responsibility to check for Addenda that will be posted on the District of Sooke website.

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

RenovationsRoofi ng, Framing, Drywall,

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC

Help Tomorrow’s Families Today– leave a gift in your will.

legacy@rmhbc.ca

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

REHABILITATION COUN-SELLING: An Introduction Mount Joy College is providing a series of seminars introduc-ing a Christian-based rehabili-tation program for drug addict-ed youth. May 25, June 8, June 22, 9 am to 4 pm. To register call 250-642-2844 or www.mtjoycollege.com.

INFORMATION

CONTACT LOAN Cupboard call 250-389-4607. Need a ride? Call 250-389-4661.

DID YOU KNOW? BBB is a not-for-profi t organization com-mitted to building relationships of trust in the marketplace. Look for the 2013 BBB Ac-credited Business Directory E-edition on your Black Press Community Newspaper web-site at

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

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: SET of keys, Thurs-day May 23 on Sunriver Way(Sunriver Estates). Claim @ Sooke News Mirror

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,sleeps

6, BBQ. Spring Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299 Pets Ok. Rick 604-306-0891

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

A+DRINK SNACK plus Healthy Vending machine Route. Turn Key Business. In-vest With Confi dence, $4,000 Up. Training and Secured profi table Locations. Limited Must Sell. 1-888-979-8363.

BARBER SHOP Business for sale in Whitehorse, Yukon. Ex-cellent opportunity. Includes all equipment, in good location, leased premises. Contact Murd for details, 867-667-6873 or 867-667-7467.

OVER 90% Employment rate for CanScribe graduates! Medical Transcriptionists are in demand and CanScribe graduates get jobs. Payments under $100 per month. 1-800-466-1535. www.canscribe.com admissions@canscribe.com.

HELP WANTED

An Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring dozer and excavator op-erators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing re-quired. Call (780)723-5051 Edson,Alta.

CANCEL YOUR Timeshare. No risk program. Stop mort-gage and maintenance pay-ments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248.

GUARANTEED JOB place-ment: General Laborers and Tradesmen for oil and gas in-dustry. Call 24hr free recorded message for information: 1-800-972-0209

JOIN OUR team and earn up to $85,000 a year. Journey-man technician: proven pro-ducer, good attitude, quality workmanship a must. Mini-mum 4 years experience. Full benefi t package available. Braby Motors Salmon Arm. Fax resume 1-250-832 4545, email pat@brabymotors.com.

POINT NO Point Resort re-quires part-time accounting clerk. Please call 250-646-2020

Required immediately jour-neyman Truss Designer for busy plant in 100 Mile House. For details phone Richard @ (250)398-0008 or emailRichard@cameotruss.com

HELP WANTED

RIVER FLY FISHING GUIDEAvid fl y fi sher, jet and drift boats experience an asset. Remote lodge in BC. Email re-sume and references to:tsylos@tsylos.com

THE LEMARE GROUP is ac-cepting resumes for the follow-ing positions:• Coastal Certifi ed Hand Fall-ers -camp positions• Coastal Certifi ed Bull Buck-ers (Falling) – Includes Vehi-cle/Accommodations • Grapple Yarder Operator• Boom Boat Operator• Chasers• Hooktenders• Hand Buckers – dryland sort experience an asset • Log Loader Operator• Grader Operator • Heavy Duty Mechanics• Off highway truck driversFulltime camp with union rates/benefi ts. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to offi ce@le-mare.ca

THE SOOKE NEWS Mirror cautions readers about send-ing money to obtain informa-tion about any employment opportunities

Wanted Experienced Line Cook

Bring Resume to Mom’s Cafe

Or Call for Interview250-642-3314

SALES

PROFESSIONAL SALES Consultants. Central Alberta’s leading Ford dealer requires two professional sales asso-ciates. We maintain a large in-ventory of new and used vehi-cles, and friendly country atmosphere with big city sales volume. We are closed Sun-days and all statutory holidays. We offer a competitive pay plan with an aggressive bo-nus structure, salary guaran-tee and moving allowance. At-tention: Dean Brackenbury, GSM. Email: dbrackenbury@denhamford.com

TRADES, TECHNICAL

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNI-CIANS. Licensed, 4th year and 3rd year Technicians re-quired. Signing/moving allow-ance, full company benefi ts, very aggressive bonus/pay plan. Ford experience pre-ferred, but not required. Den-ham Ford, Wetaskiwin, Alber-ta. Email resume: Attention: Dean Brackenbury; dbrackenbury@denhamford.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

PSYCHIC READER Advisor tells love, marriage, business. Call USA 1 (817)374-3046.

ART/MUSIC/DANCING

MUSIC LESSONSWith

Katrina, Gary or Mattat

Kemp Lake Music CafeAll Ages All Levels

250-642-7875

PERSONAL SERVICES

ESTHETIC SERVICES

INSURANCE

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: it’s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

M O N E Y P ROV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind and a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

CONCRETE & PLACING

COMPLETE CONCRETE SERVICES

Driveways, patiosStamped, repairs & sealer

DON 250-213-9232

DRYWALL

GARDENING

EXPERIENCED/CERTIFIED gardener. $25/hr. 250-642-3454

CONTRACTORS

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCEClean ups, Lawn and Garden Care,

Landscaping Projects, Horticultural.

778-678-2524

HAULING AND SALVAGE

ED’S HAULINGCheap disposal of

furniture, appliances, junk and what have you?

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

Ed & Faye250-642-2398

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!!Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

BRAD’S HOME CAREQuality with competitive prices for all your home

needs.*Lawn & garden

*Installation and repairs of decks, fences

*Minor plumbing and elec-tric

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

One call does it all.778-679-4724

FLOORING SALEOver 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!Laminates - $0.59/sq ftEngineered - $1.99 sq ftHardwood - $2.79 sq ft

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& MOVING STORAGE

SOOKE MOVING ANDSTORAGE

Heated indoor storage, self contained, various sizes, 24 hr. security. outdoor storage available. Public access 9-5pm. Mon.- Sat. 2018 Idle-more Rd. 250- 642-6577www.sookemovingandstorage.com

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PAINTING

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443

DAN KITEL Painting

216-3095Interior/Exterior

Residential & Commercial

Specializing in heritage homes

J.N. PAINTINGALL ASPECTS

OF PAINTING

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250-812-8781

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

AFFORDABLE ROOFING

*New Construction*Reroofs *Repairs

Call Deano

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WELDING

DRIVER ENT. LTD.

WELDINGMobile Units +++ Steel

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

SPRING SPECIALdry/split fi r

3 cords/$500250-589-5586

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8 INCH Cast Iron Table Saw, 1 HP, $50. 250-642-4342

AT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/USA. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.www.bigirondrilling.com

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

MOUNTAIN BIKE, like new, $50.00. Electric bike like new, $185.00. 250-646-9999

MOVING SALE at Langford Lake- Vintage dining rm table (seats 8), computer desks, chairs, 33 gallon fi sh tank w/oak stand, glass top patio set, dinette, barbecue and much more. 250-478-1661.

RESTLESS LEG Syndrome and Leg Cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OTwww.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT

STEEL BUILDING - Blowout clearance sale! 20x22 $4,188. 25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6,860. 32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760. 47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

2-BEDROOM CONDO ground fl oor in desirable Saanichton. Open concept, electric fi re-place, custom kitchen. Carpets & laminate. En suite laundry, small pet ok. Low strata fee. Great starter, $235,000. By appointment 1-250-652-1218

FOR SALE BY OWNER

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HOUSES FOR SALE

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY

with Well-Maintained Furnished Home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm,

2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake,

in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational

property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call 250-745-3387smartytwo@hotmail.com

HOMES WANTED

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Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

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REAL ESTATE

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

LANGFORD MOBILE home in Seniors Park, upgraded interi-or, fully furnished, A/C, fenced yard & 2 sheds. REDUCED to $35,000. 250-590-2450.

OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, fi nished deck & shed in new condition. Open to offers. Call 306-290-8764.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 br, Billings Spit. F.P, balco-ny, in suite laundry. Quiet 12 unit building. $750/m. Avail. immed. 250-642-6058

BEACHFRONT. CONDO June 1. $825. 2 Bedrms. Non Smoker. Laminate fl oors, mur-phy bed in spare room. Small pet ok. 250-642-7291.

GRANT MANOR Newly renovated

suites, Starting at

$675 per moTo view call 250-642-1900

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Formerly Curves in Cold-stream. 1800 & 1400 sq.ft or sell all including 3000 sq.ft residence, heart of Coldstream Vernon BC. Near schools, store & lake. 250-542-6261

COTTAGES

NEWLY RENOVATED 1 bed-room cottage avail. F/S, W/D, non smoking. $675. 250-642-2853

SOOKE 2 BR Waterfront Log Cottage. Beautiful Ocean views, furn/unfurn, $1000. + utilities. N/S. Avail July1st. OAP Discount. 250-642-2015

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SPACIOUS 3 BR and den, upper duplex, large deck, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 2 bathrooms, 1 car gar-age, 5 min., walk to Whiffi n Spit. $1250 + utilities, Sorry no pets.Also 2 BR, 1 bah lower duplex with patio, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 5 min walk to Whiffi n Spit $950 + utilities. Sorry no pets. Avail immediately. 250-812-6364

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

FOR RENT: 3 Bed Mobile, $750. 1 Bed Suite, $635. 778-403-1872

OFFICE/RETAIL

SOCIAL COMMERCIAL offi ce space in new building starting construction in Sooke at 6750 West Coast Rd. Attractive lease rates and space can be fi nished to suit. Up to 2500sq ft available. Move-in Spring 2014. Contact Grant (250)537-5224. grantlaprade@shaw.ca

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Spots available at great rates. Daily, weekly,

monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry,

putting green, hiking, fi sh-ing. Free coffee in one of

the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area.

www.resortonthelake.com250-754-1975 or

admin@resortonthelake.com

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

SOOKE 1 br + offi ce, large quality walk-in + private stor-age, laundry rm, F/P, all in-cluded, sm pet, quiet N/S, refs, $835. Phone 250- 589-5337

Walk out 2br suite f/p, n/p, n/s, $650,avail now, shared utils., 778-433-6868

SUITES, UPPER

SOOKE- QUAINT 1 bdrm $675/mo. Shared laundry. Available now. Pets consid-ered. Call (778)352-1618.

WANTED TO RENT

COVERED SPACE to park Motor Home. 50ftLx10ftw. Door opening 15ft high. 15amp outlet or? 250-642-6150

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

A1 AUTO Loans. Good, bad or no credit - no problem. We help with rebuilding credit & also offer a fi rst time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2004 FORD MUSTANG Con-vertible, 40th anniversary Spe-cial Edition. Black Beauty! 56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALE: 6543 Coun-try Road. Sat & Sun June 1st & 2nd, 9am-3pm. Tons of great Stuff

Garage SalesGarage Sales

You may not have known that a sweet girl has been doing sweet things in this town for years.Janis Vick born with autisum as her challenge in life, loved to help others.She was powerless to change her circumstance but she tried to better the lives of others.Sadly Janis passed away from heart failure. She will be missed by all who knew her. Janis had fun doing her work serving lunches to people who needed it. She also collected bottles and donated the money to help others. She had a love for all animals especially llama’s she even with help made a full size paper mache replica of black and white llama.

A rememberance of her will be held here in Sooke on Saturday, June 1st at 2 p.m. at+ the Kingdom Hall on

Church Road. Everyone is welcome.

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THOMPSON,Bernice Jean Louise

1927 - 2013Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 24, 2013, at the age of 85 at Victoria General Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, John (1996) and sons, Ronald (1966) and Herbert (1987).

She is survived by her children, Carolyn (Dimas), David (Karen), Donald (Pam), and Robert (Leanne) and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Bernice was born on the family farm in Theodore, Saskatchewan, in 1927. She met her husband John in Saskatoon and married on November 4, 1947. They moved to Sudbury, Ontario where they made many friends and then to Sooke, BC in 1966 where they lived their remaining years together. Bernice was an active community member working with local groups such as Meals on Wheels, Mother’s Union and was a lifetime member of the Sooke Museum. She was a long standing member of the Sooke Anglican Church. Mom kept her faith in God until she passed away.A service will not be held at this time. Family and friends will gather at the Sooke Flats on Bernice’s birthday, July 13, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to share memories and stories of this wonderful lady. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Bernice’s memory to the Sooke Region Museum. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mccallbros.com.

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

On Sunday, May 26, at Whiffin Spit, The Purina® Walk for Dog Guides came to Sooke. It is coordinated annu-ally by the Sooke Har-bourside Lions Club.

The event raises funds that go toward the training of Dog Guides in Canada. It costs approximately $20,000 for one dog to be raised and trained.

There are six working dogs in Sooke. One of them was there at the walk. Roland, accompa-nied by his owners Rod and Christina Holt, hap-pily walked in the rain.

T h r e e - y e a r - o l d Roland, raised and trained by the Lions, is the companion to the Holt’s autistic son, 11-year-old Thomas.

“Thomas used to be a bolter,” explained Rod, “There is a clip on his (Roland’s) jacket here, so he (Thomas) would

be tied to that clip. We’d walk on one side and Thomas would walk on the other, and so if Thomas decided to run away, we’d just give Roland a com-mand to ‘stay’ and then he would just drop and act like an anchor.”

Roland serves as an excellent bridging device with other chil-

dren, as it is difficult for Thomas to make friends. Also, “Roland sleeps with him and gives him pressure.”

There are six types of working dogs trained by the Lions Founda-tion Dog Guide School in Oakville, Ontario.

1. Canine Vision Dog Guides, providing assis-tance to people who

are blind or visually impaired;

2. Hearing Ear Dog Guides, for people who are deaf or hard of hearing;

3. Special Skills Dog Guides, providing assis-tance to Canadians with physical disabili-ties;

4. Seizure Response Dog Guides, helping Canadians with epi-lepsy;

5. Autism Assistance Dog Guides, helping children with autism spectrum disorder; and,

6. Diabetic Alert Dog Guides, helping people with type one diabetes who have hypoglyce-mic unawareness.

In spite of the rain, Sunday’s turnout was good.

“It’s been good,” said Deb Schenk, the event coordinator. “We’re doing well. The money’s been coming in nicely. I think we’re going to surpass last

years.” One of their key

supporters, Geraldine McGuire, raised over $2,000 for this year’s event.

This walk is an annual event with more than 250 communities participating.

The foundation, which receives no gov-ernment funding, has placed more than 1,900 dog guides with Cana-dians with disabilities.

The Sooke Harbour-side Lions will be taking donations for the Dog Guides until June 20. You can donate through any Sooke Harbourside Lion or directly on the website, at http://www.purinawalkfordog-guides.com/donation-Gen.cfm.

Next year’s walk will start with a bang, says Schenk. It will begin with a dog race. So be there with your dog, bright and smart, at the starting line!

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Dog guides make life safer for many

Britt Santowski photo

“Lion Kay,” Kay McKenzie (left) and Deb Schenk (right) show the gifts that were awarded at the Walk for Dog Guides on Sunday. Lion Kay helps with the registration every year.

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Sunday, June 2nd - Victoria Goddess Run Presented by Ocean 98.5

Location: Eagle Ridge Community Centre in City Centre Park,

1089 Langford Parkway, Langford BC

This is a FREE Public event for all ages.

Friday, May 31st 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday, June 1st 10:00am - 4:00pm

WestShore Women’s Expo &

Victoria Goddess Run - Race Package Pick-Up

www.westshore.bc.ca

Join the WestShore Chamber of

Commerce to celebrate women in

business and, of course, shop! Over 90

exhibitors will be offering products and

services of interest to women. For those

running in the Victoria Goddess Run,

stock up on gear for the run the next day!

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Sunday, June 2nd - Victoria Goddess Run Presented by Ocean 98.5

Location: Eagle Ridge Community Centre in City Centre Park,

1089 Langford Parkway, Langford BC

This is a FREE Public event for all ages.

- Victoria Goddess Run Presented by Ocean 98.5

Friday, May 31st 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday, June 1st 10:00am - 4:00pmFriday, May 31Friday, May 31st 3:00pm - 8:00pm

WestShore Women’s Expo &

Victoria Goddess Run - Race Package Pick-Up

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Join the WestShore Chamber of

Commerce to celebrate women in

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This is a FREE Public event for all ages.

Friday, May 31st 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday, June 1st 10:00am - 4:00pm

WestShore Women’s Expo &

Victoria Goddess Run - Race Package Pick-Up

www.westshore.bc.ca

Join the WestShore Chamber of

Commerce to celebrate women in

business and, of course, shop! Over 90

exhibitors will be offering products and

services of interest to women. For those

running in the Victoria Goddess Run,

stock up on gear for the run the next day!

FREE Kid’s Zone! In Partnership with:

EXPOWOMEN’S

2 Annualnd

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Shop | Learn | Laugh

Presented by:

In Partnership With:Friday, May 31st & Saturday, June 1st 2013

FREEEvent

Sunday, June 2nd - Victoria Goddess Run Presented by Ocean 98.5

Location: Eagle Ridge Community Centre in City Centre Park,

1089 Langford Parkway, Langford BC

This is a FREE Public event for all ages.

Friday, May 31st 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday, June 1st 10:00am - 4:00pm

WestShore Women’s Expo &

Victoria Goddess Run - Race Package Pick-Up

www.westshore.bc.ca

Join the WestShore Chamber of

Commerce to celebrate women in

business and, of course, shop! Over 90

exhibitors will be offering products and

services of interest to women. For those

running in the Victoria Goddess Run,

stock up on gear for the run the next day!

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BIKE TO WORK WEEKMay 27 - June 2

Bike to Work’s mandate is to encourage and promote the use of the bicycle as transportation.

www. Biketowork.ca/Victoria

LOOKING TO DO SOMEBABYSITTING THIS SUMMER?

Prepare yourself and become certified with the Red Cross Babysitting Course.

Sunday, June 9th from 9:00 am – 4 pm Minimum age: 11 years

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WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DOING THIS SUMMER? SO MANY CAMPS TO CHOOSE FROM!

Ages 8-11* Art * British Soccer * Glee Musical * Adventure

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www.seaparc.caSEAPARC SUMMER CAMPS – WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

This past weekend from May 24 to May 26, men’s basketball teams from through-out southern Vancou-ver Island, along with three basketball teams from Denmark, squared up against each other in the Denmark Chal-lenge, a tournament that has been an annual event here since 2007.

Trevor Bligh orga-nized this men’s bas-ketball tournament, the Denmark Challenge. It featured teams from Bayside (Central Saa-nich), Duncan, Mount Tolmie, Victoria Prep, Sooke, Westshore and, yes, Denmark (Efter-skolen Ved Nyborg, or EVN).

Trevor Bligh summed up the weekend: “First place was won by EVN1, Denmark’s stron-gest team, in a final game over Vic Prep, with a score of 58-40. It was a great weekend! The Sooke boys didn’t play well on Saturday, losing a one-point game to EVN2. EVN3 beat the Millbay Muckers in triple overtime Satur-day afternoon.  Sooke’s Quinn Yates and Chris Shankar played very

well for the Victoria Prep team, coached by Eli Pasqualie. Special thanks to all host fami-lies who helped with billets. Special thanks to Karen and John Wil-son, who made this weekend happen.”

The tournament took place at two venues, Edward Milne commu-nity school and Jour-ney middle school.

EVN Nyborg has been coming to play in Sooke since 2007. In correspondence, Trevor Bligh wrote, “Coaches Craig Ped-ersen and Geoff Kotila were introduced to me by recent Sooke resi-dent Todd Kozinka, who played basketball with Craig at SFU.”

Bligh provides more detail, “The Victoria Prep team is a select team from the Island coached by Eli and Vito Pasquale. Eli has played for Canada in the Los Angeles olympics, as well as several national championships while at the University of Vic-toria. This team [Victo-ria Prep] will travel to Edmonton, Seattle and Las Vegas this summer to play in high level tournaments. This year’s Grade 11 Quinn Yates, and Grade 12 Chris Shankar of EMCS

have made this team.”Also a noteworthy

point is that, as Bligh points out, Edward Milne student who played for both the Sooke Storm and Victo-

ria Prep, Quinn Yates, attended EVN last sea-son. “The first and only Sooke player to do so,” writes Bligh.

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Sports & Recreation Please send sports tips to Britt Santowski at:

news@sookenewsmirror.com

Sooke’s annual Denmark Basketball Challenge won by Denmark’s EVN

Britt Santowski photo

Sooke’s Quinn Yates stays intense in the game against Duncan on Saturday. More photos on page 25.

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

You’ve heard of softball, fastball, baseball. Pickleball has nothing to do with these.

But have you heard of ping pong, tennis, and badminton? Yes indeed, Pickleball is the happy offspring of the amalgamation of all three. In fact, as the WhatIsPickleball.com website so aptly sums up, “It’s OVERSIZED ping pong! Played on a badminton-sized court with a tennis-sized net.”

Other than comfortable activewear and running shoes, you’ll need a wiffle ball that is three inches in diameter, and a wooden paddle for each player that is no longer than 15.5 inches and no wider than eight. Oh, and a net that is 36 inch high and 20 feet long.

Maurice Michaud is a bit of a Pick-leball expert, and he says in Nanaimo they have eight pickleball courts that can accommodate 48 people, and more often than not their courts are all full. “The average age is probably 60 or 65,” he estimates. “There are a couple of people in Nanaimo I play with that can kick my butt, and they are in their mid to late 70s.”

Pickleball, which originated in 1965 as an all-family game invented by US Congressman Joel Pritchard and a few of his friends, was named after the dog who chased the ball every now and again. His name was, you guessed it, Pickles.

Dave Shepherd, President of Pickle-ball Canada, wrote in the November 2012 newsletter, “Pickleball is an easy game to learn how to play and that is why the growth of this game is phe-nomenal. There are new groups play-ing in Canada, from the East to West, from Nova Scotia and P.E.I to places like Sooke and Saltspring Island, BC.”

That’s right folks! We’re on Cana-da’s Pickleball radar. And, it’s avail-able in Sooke.

Pickleball “can be played on almost any type of surface, and the only equipment required is a net, some paddles, and a wiffle ball,” says Col-leen Hoglund, the Recreation Coor-dinator at SEAPARC, in correspon-dence.

The second annual Pickleball Can-ada National Open Championship is coming up. Abbotsford will be host-ing Canada’s largest pickleball tour-nament, attracting over 200 players from throughout North America. The tournament will be held on July 6 - 7. It will be held at the Abbotsford Rec-reation Centre (ARC), with additional courts at the Yale secondary and Wil-liam Fraser elementary schools. Reg-istration forms are available at pickle-ballcanada.org.

If you are curious about this newly emerging sport that is truly an enjoy-able sport for all ages, drop by SEAPARC on a Saturday between 10 and 11:30 a.m.

The wiffle and the pickleball

Britt Santowski photo

Maurice Michaud, facing,

from Nanaimo volleys the wiffle

ball with Lucas Lajeunesse, an auxiliary employee at

SEAPARC in a friendly game of

Pickleball.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 www.sookenewsmirror.com SPORTS • 25

Hoop-ful Sooke players stay strong

Britt Santowski photos

Victoria Prep faced off against Duncan on Saturday morning. It was a close game that could have gone either way, but ultimately Victoria Prep walked away with the win, 45-67. Sooke’s own Grade 11 Quinn Yates (#32, pictured below), and Grade 12 Chris Shankar (#4, pictured above), both students from EMCS who play for Victoria Prep, played extraordinarily well.

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SNM May 15, 22 & 29

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSEFOR AN

OFF-LEASH DOG PARKWednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Municipal Hall Council Chambers

A public open house will be held on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 7 pm in

the District of Sooke Council Chambers located at 2225 Oter Point Road,

Sooke, BC. The purpose of this meetng is to receive public input on the

proposed of-leash dog park in Ponds Park Corridor located at 2276 Church

Road.

Please contact the District of Sooke at (250) 642-1634 if you have any

questons regarding this project or visit www.sooke.ca for more

informaton and to fill out the online feedback form.

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSEFOR AN

OFF-LEASH DOG PARKWednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Municipal Hall Council Chambers

Rocks and soils and machines, Oh My!Beautiful homes and stunning landscapes are a source of pride in Sooke.

Whether you have a simple well kept lawn or sprawling gardens and ponds, we have the material and the equipment to help your landscape dreams become your reality.

From specialty soils and mulches to aggregates, you will be able to find what you’re looking for locally, without having to worry about hefty delivery charges from out of the Sooke area.

Come and stop by, run your fingers through our rich soils, find the perfect co-lour of mulch to make your gardens pop or find the right product for your walking paths and driveways. If we don’t have a product you’d like to see in Sooke, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

We can’t wait to see you to start discussing your visions. No daydream is too small! Let us help you brainstorm your own personal masterpiece!

“Quality materials and the equipment you need to get the job done right!”

Sooke Soil & Landscape Ltd is owned by the same people who have made O’Dell Slinger Service a main-stay in the construction and landscaping indus-try in Victoria and its surrounding areas.

From years of expe-rience we have learned the values of running an honest business. We pride ourselves on being local and taking part in the communi-ty. We look forward to participating in events unique to Sooke and really getting to know our neighbours.

Pick up yourself, or use any of our delivery options!

• Bring your trailers, pick-ups, or buckets! Pricing is available upon request.

• Smaller deliveries can be done by our Ford F-550 single-axle dump-truck for a flat rate of $50

• Larger loads can be de-livered by our tandem-ax-le dump-truck for $89/hr

• Don’t want to shovel and wheelbarrow? Deliv-eries by slinger truck are available for $102/hr.

sookesoilandlandscape@gmail.com

Ramsden Road • Mon-Sat 8:30-4

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

This past weekend from May 24 to May 26, men’s basketball teams from through-out southern Vancou-ver Island, along with three basketball teams from Denmark, squared up against each other in the Denmark Chal-lenge, a tournament that has been an annual event here since 2007.

Trevor Bligh orga-nized this men’s bas-ketball tournament, the Denmark Challenge. It featured teams from Bayside (Central Saa-nich), Duncan, Mount Tolmie, Victoria Prep, Sooke, Westshore and, yes, Denmark (Efter-skolen Ved Nyborg, or EVN).

Trevor Bligh summed up the weekend: “First place was won by EVN1, Denmark’s stron-gest team, in a final game over Vic Prep, with a score of 58-40. It was a great weekend! The Sooke boys didn’t play well on Saturday, losing a one-point game to EVN2. EVN3 beat the Millbay Muckers in triple overtime Satur-day afternoon.  Sooke’s Quinn Yates and Chris Shankar played very

well for the Victoria Prep team, coached by Eli Pasqualie. Special thanks to all host fami-lies who helped with billets. Special thanks to Karen and John Wil-son, who made this weekend happen.”

The tournament took place at two venues, Edward Milne commu-nity school and Jour-ney middle school.

EVN Nyborg has been coming to play in Sooke since 2007. In correspondence, Trevor Bligh wrote, “Coaches Craig Ped-ersen and Geoff Kotila were introduced to me by recent Sooke resi-dent Todd Kozinka, who played basketball with Craig at SFU.”

Bligh provides more detail, “The Victoria Prep team is a select team from the Island coached by Eli and Vito Pasquale. Eli has played for Canada in the Los Angeles olympics, as well as several national championships while at the University of Vic-toria. This team [Victo-ria Prep] will travel to Edmonton, Seattle and Las Vegas this summer to play in high level tournaments. This year’s Grade 11 Quinn Yates, and Grade 12 Chris Shankar of EMCS

have made this team.”Also a noteworthy

point is that, as Bligh points out, Edward Milne student who played for both the Sooke Storm and Victo-

ria Prep, Quinn Yates, attended EVN last sea-son. “The first and only Sooke player to do so,” writes Bligh.

24 • SPORTS www.sookenewsmirror.com Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR

Sports & Recreation Please send sports tips to Britt Santowski at:

news@sookenewsmirror.com

Sooke’s annual Denmark Basketball Challenge won by Denmark’s EVN

Britt Santowski photo

Sooke’s Quinn Yates stays intense in the game against Duncan on Saturday. More photos on page 25.

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

You’ve heard of softball, fastball, baseball. Pickleball has nothing to do with these.

But have you heard of ping pong, tennis, and badminton? Yes indeed, Pickleball is the happy offspring of the amalgamation of all three. In fact, as the WhatIsPickleball.com website so aptly sums up, “It’s OVERSIZED ping pong! Played on a badminton-sized court with a tennis-sized net.”

Other than comfortable activewear and running shoes, you’ll need a wiffle ball that is three inches in diameter, and a wooden paddle for each player that is no longer than 15.5 inches and no wider than eight. Oh, and a net that is 36 inch high and 20 feet long.

Maurice Michaud is a bit of a Pick-leball expert, and he says in Nanaimo they have eight pickleball courts that can accommodate 48 people, and more often than not their courts are all full. “The average age is probably 60 or 65,” he estimates. “There are a couple of people in Nanaimo I play with that can kick my butt, and they are in their mid to late 70s.”

Pickleball, which originated in 1965 as an all-family game invented by US Congressman Joel Pritchard and a few of his friends, was named after the dog who chased the ball every now and again. His name was, you guessed it, Pickles.

Dave Shepherd, President of Pickle-ball Canada, wrote in the November 2012 newsletter, “Pickleball is an easy game to learn how to play and that is why the growth of this game is phe-nomenal. There are new groups play-ing in Canada, from the East to West, from Nova Scotia and P.E.I to places like Sooke and Saltspring Island, BC.”

That’s right folks! We’re on Cana-da’s Pickleball radar. And, it’s avail-able in Sooke.

Pickleball “can be played on almost any type of surface, and the only equipment required is a net, some paddles, and a wiffle ball,” says Col-leen Hoglund, the Recreation Coor-dinator at SEAPARC, in correspon-dence.

The second annual Pickleball Can-ada National Open Championship is coming up. Abbotsford will be host-ing Canada’s largest pickleball tour-nament, attracting over 200 players from throughout North America. The tournament will be held on July 6 - 7. It will be held at the Abbotsford Rec-reation Centre (ARC), with additional courts at the Yale secondary and Wil-liam Fraser elementary schools. Reg-istration forms are available at pickle-ballcanada.org.

If you are curious about this newly emerging sport that is truly an enjoy-able sport for all ages, drop by SEAPARC on a Saturday between 10 and 11:30 a.m.

The wiffle and the pickleball

Britt Santowski photo

Maurice Michaud, facing,

from Nanaimo volleys the wiffle

ball with Lucas Lajeunesse, an auxiliary employee at

SEAPARC in a friendly game of

Pickleball.

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and free to the public. Please limit to 25 words.

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What’s Up in Sooke

Thurs.May 30SEAPARCFree Community Adult Walking Group. Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 p.m.

Fri.May 31VITAL VITTLESFree lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Murray Road. All welcome. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION$11 Steak Night 6-7:30 p.m.Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m.

Mon.June 3CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-2484 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.Pool League 7 p.m. Monday and TuesdayZEN OPEN HOUSEZen Open House at the Zen Centre, 4970 Naigle Rd 7p.m. Free, open to all.

Sun.June 2ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDrop-in Pool @ 1 p.m. TRANSTION TOWN CAFEAt the Reading Room Cafe downtown Sooke at the Evergreen Mall. This is a free event. Drop by between 2-4 p.m.WHAT HAPPENED TODAYIn 455 A.D., the Sack of Rome occured. Vandals entered Rome, plundered the city for two weeks.SECRET GARDEN TOUR10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sooke Philharmonic Society fundraiser. bshy@shaw.ca

Tues.June 4BABY TALK 2013Outdoor Safety. At the Sooke Child. CASA building 10-11:30 a.m.SEAPARCFree Community Adult Walking Group. 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000.Community Health InitiativeCHI: CASA Building, 2145 Townsend Road 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. All meetings are open. Check out the range of available programs.YOUTH CLINICYouth Clinic (13-25), 1300-6660 Sooke Rd, Family Medical Clinic, 4-7 p.m.DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSESSooke Dog Club, Tues nights info 250-642-7667.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Public Library, 6:30–8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.

Wed.June 5CASA AGMAt the CASA building, 2145 Townsend Rd. RSVP mdean@pcfsa.org. Starts at 12:00 noon.SOOKE RESIDENTS IN NEEDAGM at 12 noon, Sooke Senior’s Drop Centre, Sooke Fire Hall.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONNASCAR meet & pick 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7p.m. For information, call Allan at 642-7520.

Sat.June 1ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m.SOCLA GARAGE SALESooke Options for Community Living (non-profit) is hosting their second annual fundraising garage sale, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., 6580 Sooke Road. Parking at Sooke elementary.

SOOKE FOOD BANK NEEDS YOUCanada Post will be accepting food bank donations

up until Saturday June 1, 6736 West Coast RoadIt s̒ somebody s̒ birthday

today, so SNM wishes a

happy birthday to you!

This Week

ADVANCED NOTICE: SEAPARC ANNUAL POOL SHUTDOWNThe SEAPARC pool will be closed from June 10 to July 1 for annual maintenance.

CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERSDistrict of Sooke

Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel onArts and Beauti� cation

The District of Sooke Mayor’s Advisory Panel on Arts and Beauti� cation is inviting photographers who live in the District of Sooke to submit their photographs for the electrical box wrap project.

The Mayor’s Panel visualizes that the electrical boxes being wrapped will be covered in photographs representing Sooke as part of the graf� ti prevention program. Photographs may also be placed in the District of Sooke photo library for use on various other District projects.

• Applications available on the District of Sooke Website www.sooke.ca• Credit will be given to the photographer for all photo graphs used.• Closing date for submissions is 4:30 pm, Monday, June 17th, 2013. • Submissions may be dropped off or mailed to: District of Sooke – Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel on Arts and Beauti� cation Attention: Brenda Parkinson 2205 Otter Point Road Sooke, British Columbia V9Z 1J2

For further information and applications contact Brenda Parkinson at 250-642-5638.

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26 • SPORTS www.sookenewsmirror.com Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

The Sooke Loggers played in the Kelowna May Days fast pitch softball tournament on May 17 to 19, and walked away as the undefeated champions.

On Friday night, squinting into the 9 p.m. sunset, the Log-gers squared up against the Westbank Cardinals

and made the sport look easy with a 17 to 7 victory. “We hit four home runs in the game and the hitting attack was lead by Nick Medwedrich and Kyle Cowick,” summarized Len Banner, the team’s Field Manager. Rich Haldane pitched the the win with relief from Scott Lieph. Home-runs were hit by Nick Med-wedrich, Blake Hunter, Dan Whiteford and Scott Lieph.

Rolling out of bed for a mid-morning 10:30 game against the Abbottsford Yard Dawgs, the Loggers squeaked by with a 3-2 win.

“Rich Haldane with win over Derek May-son. Well played game by both teams,” said Banner. “Nick Medwed-rich had two RBI and Ben Edgington with the game winning RBI.” The Loggers closed the round robin schedule with a 8-0 five-inning win over the Lacey A’s, and a final stand-ing with three wins, no losses.

Entering into the play-offs on Sunday at 8:30 in the evening, the

Sooke Loggers were matched up against the Lacey A’s again. This time it wasn’t such a clean sweep.

“Game four was the first playoff game sudden death loss,” recalled Banner. Ulti-mately, the Loggers won, 1-0 with Scott Lieph pitching. Kris Walushka had two hits in three bats.

The late Monday morning 11 a.m. game saw the Loggers pitted against the Kelowna Rangers, which the Loggers took 5-1. The final game, played at 1 p.m., had the Sooke Loggers face the Randy

A’s. The Loggers won with a 3-2 victory. “Scott Lieph with the win over C-Mac [Colin Mcken-zie]. Brian Banner with the walk off home run in the bottom of sev-enth,” said Banner.

Scott Lieph was awarded Kelowna May Days 2013 MVP.

With this win, the Sooke Loggers qual-ify for the ISC world tournament in Moline, Illinois alongside the mighty Mississippi River. It will be a week-long affair, running from August 10 to 17.

The Sooke Log-gers are Brian Banner, Chad Bryden, Kyle

Cowick, Ben Edgington, Rich Haldane, Blake Hunter, Scott Lieph, Andrew Medwedrich, Nick Medwedrich, Tim Scaber, Adam Shnarr, Kris Walushka and Dan Whiteford. Coach-ing the team are John Bishop and Joe Medwe-drich.

In summary, Banner adds, “Every player on the roster had a hand in winning the tourna-ment with hitting pitch-ing or good defence.”

Next up for the Log-gers is the 2013 NAFA Open/Holm Classic ISC Qualifier tournament in Fargo, North Dakota, June 14-16.

Undefeated, Loggers take the fast-pitch trophy

Submitted photos

Sooke Loggers, above, take home the May Days fast pitch tournament trophy.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013 www.sookenewsmirror.com • 27

JUNE 1 & 2, 2013

At the Overwaitea Food Group, we’re very proud of our longstanding commitment to investing in the health of kids and their fami-lies. We’re grateful to everyone who supports us in this effort. Our team members, customers and suppliers have all played a key role in our fundraising success over the years.We’ve been supporting BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades, and we’ve raised millions of dollars in support of capital improvement projects, important research initiatives and advocacy programs designed to help keep our kids safe by reducing prevent-able injuries.In 2007, we made a $20 million pledge to support Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital that helps get kids in BC get the care they need, closer to home. Since then, we’ve raised more than $10.7 million toward our goal, and Child Health BC has been able to put this concept into action in a number of communities throughout BC.We are grateful for the amazing commitment and fund raising efforts driven by OFG team members who encourage the generosity of our customers and suppliers.

Darrell Jones,

President OFG

On June 1 and 2, tune in to Miracle Weekend, broadcast

live from BC Children’s Hospital, on Global BC from 7:00pm on Saturday, June 1 until 5:30pm

on Sunday, June 2The 26th annual BC Children’s Hospital’s Miracle

Weekend is a two-day celebration that showcases the best of BC Children’s Hospital: patients, their families,

caregivers and supporters who come from every corner of BC. BC Children’s Hospital receives over

200,000 visits from patients from across the province every year. Donations help the hospital deliver the

best in care every day, and are helping to prepare for the future by supporting the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital and better access to care for

children in or close to their home communities. Please support BC Children’s Hospital.

Donate at GiveSpace.ca or call 1-888-663-3033

Keira Caillet’s parents have reason to smile when their six-year-old daughter jumps on her bicycle to go for a ride, particularly when her destination is the office of Victoria-based pediatric cardiologist Dr. Brian Sinclair. Sinclair, a partner of BC Children’s Hospi-tal’s Children’s Heart Center, and his team provide Vancouver Island children and families with many aspects of cardiac care from diagnosis on. Those children requir-ing cardiac surgery or procedures receive that critical care at Children’s and return to Vancouver Island for follow up. Seeing Keira today, it’s hard to believe her life once hung in the balance. Born with a major heart defect, she received lifesaving heart surgery at BC Children’s Hospital when she was two weeks old. During the next four years, she and her parents made frequent trips to BC Children’s Hospital for specialized care.“It’s so much easier now that we have ac-cess to most of the care Keira needs here in Victoria,” says Cherie Caillet, Keira’s mother. “No more 6 a.m. ferry rides. The trip to the doctor now takes less than five minutes, or per-haps a bit more if Keira wants to go by bike.”

Sinclair sees BC Children’s Hospital patients in Victoria and in a pediatric ambulatory clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hos-pital, which was established with support from Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital aimed at ensuring all BC children have access to a consistent standard of care no matter where in the province they live. Sinclair also sits on the steer-ing committee of Child Health BC, evaluating issues such as province-wide access to specialty care.“The fact that Keira is able to receive specialized care so close to home is exactly what we’re looking for,” says Dr. Maureen O’Donnell, executive director of Child Health BC. Child Health BC’s activities took off after Overwaitea Food Group became the lead benefactor with a pledge of $20 million in support in 2007. TELUS and Scotia-bank later made gifts of $5 million and $1 million, respectively. This support had an immediate impact, says O’Donnell. Pediatric

clinics established with Child Health BC’s support in Nanaimo and Prince George

have thousands of patient visits annu-ally; additional travelling clinics are staffed by BC Children’s caregivers in communities across the province;

and over 1,000 health professionals have participated in Child Health BC’s

workshops. O’Donnell credits Overwaitea Food

Group’s donation with Child Health BC’s growing reach across the prov-ince, noting that it’s a perfect fit for

an organization with a presence in so many BC communities. Over-

waitea Food Group President Darrell Jones agrees.

“We’re committed to

the health and wellness of kids and families in BC,” says Jones. “We’ve been proud to support BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades – and with the help of our communities, we’ve contributed millions of dollars toward hospital improvement projects, advocacy programs and important

research initiatives. We’re grateful for the amazing support of our local communities, team members, customers and supplier partners

who have all played a key role in making this fundraising success possible.”Child Health BC is part of a larger transformation in the way BC’s children receive care, says Larry Gold, president of BC

Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. The transformation also includes the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. “We want to ensure children have access to a consistent standard of care, whether they live in Smithers, Campbell River or Castle-gar; and there will always be children who need care that’s only available in a children’s hospital,” says Gold.BC Children’s Hospital Foundation has raised close to $170 million, including Overwaitea Food Group’s gift and $25 million from Teck Resources Limited, in its $200-million capital campaign to support construction of the new hospital and Child Health BC.Gold says that the new hospital, which will open in 2018, will be family-friendly, making it easier for families from outside the Lower Mainland to remain with their children. Beyond the money being raised for the new hospital and Child Health BC, Gold says the hospital also counts on donations of about $14 million a year to support research, equip-ment purchases and training. On June 1 and 2 BC Children’s Hospital Foundation will hold its annual Miracle Weekend celebration on Global BC, to raise the millions the hospital needs to cover its urgent annual needs. “Every year people from across the province make donations in support of the hospital and it makes a huge difference,” says Gold. “Keira Caillet is proof of that.”

Cherie Caillet couldn’t agree more. “When we got to Dr. Sinclair’s office it was so great to hear Keira tell him how awesome she is, that she rode

her bike to his office without training wheels and that mommy was running really fast and could barely keep up,” she says. “There was a time when I couldn’t imagine that I would ever hear that.”

BC Children’s Hospital helps kids get care closer to home

The 26Th annual BC ChilDren’s hOsPiTal’s MiraCle WeekenD

last year, 2,236 children from Vancouver island made 6,615 visits to BC Children’s hospital. Five hundred of those children came from Victoria.

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How’sFishing?

What’s up with the weather? After a nice run of good summer-like weather we are back to rain and more rain. Eldon from the Crab Shack reports decent halibut fishing to the west, Sooke Bluffs to Jordan River. Salmon is picking up some what. He said there isn’t too many around but at the same time not many people are fishing for them.

With the lastest salmon regulations for chinooks, no wilds over 67 cm, fishing for them has really effected the local fishery. Not too long ago there would be a half dozen boats dur-ing the week and more on the weekend fish-ing off Secretary Island and now — nobody. Now everyone is target-

ing halibut. Although chances of catching a hatchery clipped fish is pretty good, thanks to our American friends to the south, there are guite a few around but it’s a let down when one catches a nice wild one and it has to be released.

Port Renfrew reports good fishing as well with chinooks up to 25 pounds and limits of hali-but up to 60 pounds LOL. Until next time.Keep your rod tip up!Kiwi Magic

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Amercian visitors Bob from Bellingham and brother Ron from Phoenix hold up a couple of nice chicken halibut caught last Friday on a fishing charter off Port Renfrew.

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