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Your opinionReaders sound off on architectural design debate. Letters, Page A7

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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Prepping for promOak Bay High grad Jessica Horrocks adjusts fellow grad Dorone Smith’s bow tie at the Oak Bay High School Grad Block party held Friday afternoon on the south end of Monterey Avenue. Grads then enjoyed dinner at the Inn at Laurel Point. Oak Bay High’s graduation ceremony will take place June 6 at the University of Victoria. See more photos on page A9.

Good Samaritans helped a woman in distress last week.

On the afternoon of May 9, Oak Bay Police responded to a report of a man assaulting a woman in the 1200-block of Newport Ave.

The man allegedly pushed the woman over the trunk of a car and was punching her and pulling her hair. Witnesses driving by the incident approached the scene and honked, which caused the man to run from the area.

Police arrived shortly after and arrested a 42-year-old Victoria man. The investigation revealed that the accused and his victim are known to each other.

Police say that during the assault the man stole $140 from the victim. The woman sustained bruises and cuts as a result of the beating. Kelvin John Dick has been charged with robbery, assault causing bodily harm, and possession of a controlled substance, said Oak Bay police chief const. Mark Fisher.

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The next time you’re eating a turkey dinner, consider the fact that you’re actually eating dinosaur.

This is one of the revelations presented in the Royal B.C. Museum’s latest touring exhibit. Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries, combines some of the first significant fossil finds with new understandings of the prehistoric creatures. The museum expects the exhibit, opening tomorrow (May 17), will attract 175,000 visits through its four-month stay in Victoria.

“Birds are a line of dinosaurs that survived the great extinction event,” said Richard Hebda, the museum’s curator of botany and earth history. “If anybody asks you ‘what’s it like to eat a dinosaur?’ you can say, ‘just eat turkey!’”

A diorama of China 125 million years ago recreates the landscape, complete with species of dinosaur-like birds and bird-like dinosaurs, such as the soaring Microraptor, with wings on its arms and legs.

The line between dinosaurs and birds isn’t clear, Hebda added.

Other theories about how dinosaurs move are now being tested through computer models, explained Matt Smith, a paleontologist with the American Museum of Natural History, which created the exhibit.

“It’s really hard to manipulate these bones,” Smith said, pointing to the T. Rex at the exhibit’s entrance. A femur

bone might weigh several hundred pounds, he added.

“So in a lot of cases, we’ve created computer models to do a lot of our analysis.”

Nearby is a 18-metre metallic replica of a long-necked apatosaurus skeleton, which was built using a computer model.

“One of the questions about these kinds of dinosaurs was ‘how high could they lift their necks and heads?’” Smith said.

While museums often depict them rearing up on their hind legs, “a lot of people suggested it would be very difficult for them to lift their heads very high because they might faint. (Through computer models) we get a much better idea of what these animals could

actually do.”Another theory questioned in the exhibit is the asteroid

thought to be responsible for the dinosaurs’ disappearance 65 million years ago.

“It’s not as simple as that,” Hebda said.Previous to this big event, volcanic eruptions were

pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the climate was changing.

“Extinctions were taking place already. This is where the lessons are for us,” he said.

“We have just passed through a period of climatic instability … and then humans changing the shape of the landscape. We’re pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.”

The conditions, Hebda concluded, are right for another extinction.

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Fossil finds aid understanding

Did you know?■ Until recently, central British Columbia marked the most westerly point in Canada where dinosaur bones had been discovered. That changed about two years ago, when a high school teacher discovered a tail bone on one of the Gulf Islands. It appears to be from an ostrich-like dinosaur, but the jury is still out.

Mark your calendarDinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries begins May 17 and runs through Sept. 16. The museum is also running a series of educational programs, including summer camps and sleepovers with a dinosaur theme.For more information, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.


Kate Kerr, an exhibition arts technician, works on a model of a Beipaosaurus Inexpectus, part of the upcoming exhibit Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries at the Royal B.C. Museum. The exhibit opens May 17.

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Tour teammatesTour de Rock team members former Oak Bay High school student and current Saanich Police Const. Niki Hodgkinson, left, and Oak Bay Const. Dorothy Junio after the 2012 team was officially announced. Hodgkinson was instrumental in organizing the first head shave and fundraiser for Tour de Rock at Oak Bay High when she was a student in 2001.

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Victoria’s Red Barn Markets are brimming with all things local and delicious this spring.

From farm-fresh asparagus to tart and tangy rhubarb, the fl avours of the Capital Region are providing plenty of culinary inspiration, not to mention support for local farmers, notes the Red Barn Markets’ Russ Benwell. Looking ahead, sunnier days bring the promise of berry season, salad fi xings and soon enough, sweet yellow corn.

“We’re small enough to support the individual farmers that are local to each of our stores,” Ben-well explains. “And we’re quick to react to customers’ requests and the commu-nity’s needs.”

Of course, produce isn’t the only department high-lighting local goodness. House-made bacon and sausages – not to mention an amazing smoked ched-dar – from the smokehouse at Red Barn’s Vanalman location is supplied to each of the stores three times a week.

The four stores – the fl agship store on West Saanich Road, Mattick’s Farm, Vanalman and most recently Latoria Walk – range from about 1,500-square-feet to 6,000 square feet, all small and intimate. “We have a cosy, welcoming feeling and we pride ourselves on the customer service we provide. Staff know customers by name and we offer a great spot to have a coffee or sit down with a sandwich from the deli.”

This emphasis on local is a key component to the Red Barn philosophy, and has been since the founding partners launched the company. That philosophy extends to Red Barn’s support form the community that supports them.

“It was instilled in us that it’s important to give back to the community and to have that two-way relationship with custom-ers and staff,” whether that means cooking at a community bar-becue, manning a refreshment station for Bike to Work Week, or providing in-kind donations, Benwell explains. “While we’re smaller than some stores, we still want to have a big impact on the community – being involved and giving back.”

Red Barn has also forged a relationship with the celiac com-munity and has the city’s widest selection of gluten-free and gluten-friendly items, from delicious baking to grocery items. In the meat department, house-made sausages and other prod-ucts are identifi ed with special tags as gluten-free or gluten-friendly.

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Specialty products, however, do not mean specialty pricing; the success Red Barn enjoys with customers comes in striking the balance between quality and value.

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Your stuff, your place, your profit. That’s the concept of Oak Bay’s annual ultimate community garage sale, Garagellennium.

All Oak Bay residents, mer-chants, and community groups are invited to register online before May 27 to take part in the garage sale.

“People in this town love their garage sales,” volunteer organizer, Graham Lamb said. “It’s the lure of finding some treasure that some-one else thinks is trash.”

The event, now in its 13th year, was initially started as part of Oak

Bay’s centennial celebrations. Each year, between 150 to 200 peo-ple register to be a part of the sale, Lamb said.

“It’s a way to actually meet peo-ple,” Lamb said. “And build aware-ness of recycling.”

To participate, visit oakbay-garagesale.com before May 27. Neighbours interested in having group sales can register by sub-mitting a single address.

Participants are also encouraged to donate proceeds to charity.

Garagellennium takes place June 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Addresses of participants will be listed in the Oak Bay News closer to the date.

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Youth philanthropists present grants to dozens of local charities


Student representatives of the Victoria Founda-tion’s Vital Youth philanthropy program presented almost $18,000 in grants to 18 local charities last week.

The Vital Youth program gives students, from seven different southern Vancouver Island high schools, hands-on expe-rience in philanthropy and commu-nity development.

Each school is allocated $2,500 annually to donate to federally reg-istered charities of their choice. Stu-dents research potential charities, conduct interviews, and visit the sites before-hand.

“The size of the grants is relatively small but the impact of the program is unquestionably large,” Deirdre Roberts, board chair of the Victoria Foun-dation, said in a statement.

“Students gain analytical skills and an apprecia-tion of community leadership that supports their future academic and professional endeavours. The program also fosters philanthropic literacy that we hope will encourage participants to support their community throughout their lives.”

Students take part in the program through a leadership class or youth advisory committee. The program is supported by fundholders at the Victoria Foundation.

“This is a one-of-a-kind program as it directly gets students involved in their community and gets them making a difference,” Bree Neale, a senior student at Oak Bay High, said. The school donated its entire $2,500 to PEERS Victoria Resource Soci-ety.

The program also donates $500 each year to participating schools’ endowment funds to gener-ate funds for future grants.

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“It directly gets students involved in their community.”

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The B.C. government has rolled out its plan to reform B.C. Ferries, continuing the structural and cultural shift that started when the Crown corporation was quasi-privatized in the early years of B.C. Liberal rule.

Politically, there is a lot at stake here. Premier Christy Clark’s year-long “families first” routine boils down to two projects, reining in rate increases at B.C. Hydro and B.C. Ferries.

For weeks, Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom has been signaling there is bad news to come. Sparring with the NDP in question period, he has bluntly and repeatedly said the days of fully staffed vessels sailing with a third (or less) of their capacity are coming to an end.

Tabling legislation to give the ferry commissioner new powers over service levels as well as fares, Lekstrom revealed $80 million worth of sugar to help the tough medicine go down over the next four years. That’s on top of the $150-million annual subsidy.

Quadra Island politician Jim Abram was first out with the predictable view of the Gulf Islands elite, dismissing this sum as paltry. It’s difficult to capture how self-centred and insulting this is, but I’ll try. Consider that the B.C. transportation ministry spent

$460 million last year on highway operations. That’s for the province’s entire vast, weather-battered road

network.This year’s operating

subsidy to coastal ferries is approaching $200 million, nearly half of that. And increasingly, it goes to subsidize getaways for those who choose isolation for its own sake.

Basic financial information also exposes the falsity of NDP ferry critic Garry Coons’ one-note critique. It’s part of the highway system, he

constantly says, comparing empty ferries with empty roads while ignoring the mandatory ferry staff and other costs.

This fiscal-fantasy policy implies another huge increase in subsidy, much of it a transfer from working people to the idle rich who can afford Gulf Islands real estate. Coons can’t say how much, probably because he has no idea.

A key legislative change will allow B.C. Ferries to use revenues from its profitable main routes to subsidize little-used runs. This would be even more important if those revenues hadn’t been squandered. And no, I’m not talking about the “fast ferries.”

The story is detailed in Head On!, a 2004 book by former B.C. deputy highways minister R.G. Harvey. He describes how the Mike Harcourt

government completed the “gross error” of building a new terminal at Duke Point, near Nanaimo.

This run was to take truck and other traffic from congested Horseshoe Bay to the mid-Island from Tsawwassen. An alternative route from Richmond to Gabriola Island, with bridges to Vancouver Island, had been quietly scuttled after the W.A.C. Bennett government was defeated by the NDP’s Dave Barrett in 1972.

On a map, it’s clear this would have been the shortest route. Harvey says it would have cut travel time by half, and likely replaced the congested Horseshoe Bay dock. But Barrett would have had to tell his Nanaimo ferry union supporters that they were losing half their work hours.

Tsawwassen to Duke Point is 65 km, compared to 54 km from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay. A ferry worker’s shift includes two round trips and loading time.

On the Duke Point run this meant at least eight and a half hours, “thus ensuring the crew at least one hour at double time daily and often more,” Harvey writes. “Later it became a scheduled overtime route.”

Something to keep in mind as Adrian Dix and his crew of union bosses prepare to take the helm.

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Remove veil from public land sales

Last week two Victoria city councillors hosted a forum on selling public land to help highlight decisions coming down the pipeline – the potential sale of industrial property surrounding the Point Hope Shipyard and land near the Northern Junk building.

Councillors Ben Isitt and Shellie Gudgeon asked the question: what degree of disclosure and consultation is appropriate?

When it comes to real-estate deals, transparency should trump secrecy when it comes to managing public assets.

Ralmax Group of Companies, owner of Point Hope Shipyard and United Engineering, is interested in buying a number of city lots it currently leases, to help provide certainty for expansion plans along Harbour Road.

This proposal makes economic sense and there is no reason why Victoria shouldn’t consider the offer. But at the same time, the city needs to find a mechanism to keep its citizens in the loop – that such proposals exist shouldn’t be the result of rebellious city councillors using process to release the information to the public.

Land sales are usually wrapped in secrecy (discussed behind closed doors) until the deal is done, allowing little or no public input on disposing of public land. The recent provincial proposal to sell Provincial Capital Commission land highlights the arrogance of playing fast and loose with public property.

After its last budget, the government announced it would sell an undisclosed number of PCC properties, which range from parking lots and prized downtown buildings, to blocks of forest on the Trans-Canada Highway approach into the city. There wasn’t a whiff of public process in the decision.

Once public land is sold, it’s expensive and difficult to acquire other land, especially in the Capital Region. View Royal, for instance, paid more than $2 million for 2.4 acres of land for a new fire hall.

Municipal councils and senior governments need to have policies that give the public disclosure and input. Residents deserve to know decisions being made in their names.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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LETTERS

What is this beautiful neighbourhood of Oak Bay coming to?

I have just had a flyer stuck in my mailbox urging me to attend a “game planning meeting” regarding development on Monterey Avenue. “No, I am not mad as ______”.

I happen to live in one of the older homes in the area, but am willing to bet dollars to doughnuts this flyer would not have been dropped off at my previous “modern” home in Oak Bay, or at any of the other nice newer homes in the neighbourhood.

As Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen has already stated, the development meets all the guidelines, and the persons wanting to build their new home, are allowed to choose whatever architectural design they wish.

Some neighbours feel that the design is not “in keeping” with the traditional flavour of the area.

Do these same people renounce the newly designed vehicles they themselves drive, or the new appliances and computers in their 75-plus year old homes? Do these new fangled objects they place in their homes not undermine the integrity of their “historical and heritage” properties? Do their neighbours dictate the

clothes they should wear, or the way they decorate their homes or what their paint colour should be?

Oak Bay has a wide range of architectural styles that have emerged as the district grew from its first smattering of residences.

Oak Bay is a wonderful district to live in for many reasons, therefore, it draws other like-minded people who want to add to the great lifestyle we enjoy.

If you want to live in an architecturally homogenous neighbourhood, there are other districts in the Greater Victoria area that promote that kind of restrictive building, buy a house there.

Let’s start embracing the variety and improvements that new design and technology can offer. Last I checked, we are living in a democratic society where freedom of expression is allowed.

There is no “game-planning” required – there are bylaws and guidelines already in place for any and all new developments in Oak Bay – and they do not include restricting architectural style.

M. HamiltonOak Bay

I have some questions for the 20 angry protesters targeting certain projects in South Oak Bay. What if I, a longtime citizen of Oak Bay, actually like some of these modern houses being built?

What if I personally, and this is only an opinion of my tastes, like that new house on Transit Road? What if I actually find it a refreshing break from the fake hardi-plank heritage that seems to be in vogue with other developments? What if I bought my home in Oak Bay having never had the illusion that I might be in England?

Will those 20 angry citizens allow me to happily coexist amongst them? Am I welcome here or is there no place for pluralism and variety in this

community? There are many gated communities with strict

design guidelines governing the look of each house – is this the goal of the angry protesters? Perhaps there are others in the community that feel as I do; should we ban fake heritage houses?

On a side note, I clearly remember the rage over the proposal for the Penny Farthing Pub.

The fears were many, mostly involving drunkeness in the streets, puking in the lanes, bikers, etc. I smile every time I walk in and see the cross-section of my diverse community enjoying each others’ company.

Ed LienOak Bay

A few years ago, I had a conversation with former mayor Chris Causton where I remarked on the historic nature of houses in Oak Bay.

He quickly pointed out that although the perception is that Oak Bay is made up of houses from the early 20th century, the arts and crafts style being the most notable, the housing stock in Oak Bay is in fact made up of a variety of styles representing each of the decades of the 20th century.

The variety of styles include the post war bungalows of the 30s and 40s, the modern design of the 60s, as well as the rather architecturally benign houses of the 70s and 80s. All of these styles have been integrated amongst the original and favoured arts and crafts houses built circa 1912.

It is the tree lined streets and the conscientious landscaping of front yards that provide Oak Bay with its visual continuity.

If you look beyond the front gardens of the properties in Oak Bay however, you will see a diverse range of residential styles documenting the evolution of design over the last 100 years. The west coast design of the contemporary house on Monterey Avenue is consistent with a trend in development that has been going on throughout the history of Oak Bay.

This is a community where families have lived, kids have grown up and moved away. Parents have aged and sold their houses to younger families. The demographics of Oak Bay have changed over the last century and housing styles have changed as well, reflecting a variety of design trends. The variety of house styles in Oak Bay is evidence of the residents’ style sensibilities over time and their desire to embrace current design culture. Change in residential design is simply part of the evolution of culture and society that occurs everywhere – even in Oak Bay.

Personally, I am happy to see the petering out of the recent proliferation of new houses that emulate the characteristics of the arts and crafts design. These houses were trying to be something they are not, an imported style, and a remnant of our colonial past.

The west coast design is a recognized contemporary style that is representative of our region. This style should be appreciated and embraced as reflective of our own identity and take its deserved place in the evolution of residential design on Vancouver Island. And yes, in Oak Bay as well.

Gary StreightOak Bay

While I and several of my neighbours dislike many of the big box houses now being built in Oak Bay, I appreciate that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.

Nevertheless, most of the new big box houses being built are simply too big for their setting.

Big box houses lack respect for the character of the neighbourhood. They lack respect for the immediate neighbours by towering over them and eliminating trees and shrubs. And they lack respect for the goals of the official community plan, plus the stated goals of elected officials aiming to preserve the character of the community.

Big box houses will surely devalue

neighbourhoods and individual properties over time.

Most Oak Bay residents chose their neighbourhood because of the ambiance that big box houses are now destroying.

Current lot coverage allowances were apparently increased in recent years, perhaps for good reasons, but this is being abused and is now aggravating the problem.

Coverage allowance should be reduced to help preserve the flavour of Oak Bay.

Let’s restore respect.Alan Little

Oak Bay

It was a breath of fresh air to read a positive story from the heart involving the very caring Oak Bay High student Liam McDonough (Rick Hansen honours Oak Bay High ‘difference maker’, Oak Bay NewsMay 4) who received the well-deserved Difference Maker Medal from a highly respected humanitarian, the Man in Motion Rick Hansen, during his stop to visit our Island.

My heart felt good today. I thank you.

Claire-Laura Durocher,Oak Bay

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Longtime Oak Bay residents Mary Douglas, left, and Cynthia Knowlton participated in a rally on May 4 to urge Oak Bay council to develop a design committee and monitor what type of homes are allowed to be built in their neighbourhoods.

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She ended her journey, known as A Walk for a Wish, in Victoria by walking from Mile Zero to the Legislature on Thursday, May 3.

Janine, who lives on Quadra Island, set out on her expedition with the goal to raise a penny for each of the one million steps she would take, equalling $10,000. All proceeds will go toward build-ing a school in Barind Bhilo Ki, India through the organization Free the Children.

“I am really deter-mined to get to my goal, which is one mil-lion steps towards (ending) child pov-erty,” Janine said in a telephone interview. “I really, really want to help kids living in poverty all around the world.”

Helping children in poverty, locally and globally, has always been something Janine

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Janine first felt like she had to do some-thing during a trip to Uganda a few years ago. While she and her sis-ter were sitting outside of a grocery store, they witnessed two young boys digging through a garbage can.

“My dad came out carrying two huge bags of groceries and a lot of it was stuff we didn’t really need,” she said. “(It) made me feel like I just had to do some-thing, I couldn’t not do anything.”

After attending We Day, a movement inspiring youth to lead change, in Vancouver last fall, Janine was inspired to take action. The idea to walk the

length of Vancouver Island came from listen-ing to a speech about Terry Fox, she said.

Besides walking 20 to 25 kilometres each day, Janine also stopped at schools, giving pre-sentations to students and encouraging them to help pledge to local charities.

“I’ve had lots of stu-

dents coming up and talking to me about ideas that they’ve had, (and) just telling me how inspired they are to do something,” Jan-ine said.

One in every 10 chil-dren in B.C. live in pov-erty, while globally, a child dies every three seconds because of liv-ing in poverty, Janine

explained.“I really hope that my

movement has and will inspire others to take their first step to make a change, whether big or small, locally or globally.”

For more information or to donate, search for A Walk for a Wish on Facebook.

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Plastic wrap, paper cups, and polyurethane

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The mobile depot, operated by Victoria-based Pacific Mobile Depots, accepts virtually all plastics,

including hard and soft plastics, styrofoam, and milk cartons.

The depot at Carnarvon Park has been operating since 2008. It initially ran by donation, but introduced fees in 2010 in order to keep it running, according to Zeb Pereira, co-owner of Pacific Mobile Depots.

“They realized people were just kind of taking advantage of it, and not leaving anything (for donation),” Pereira said.

It costs $3.50 to fill a regular-sized (18-by-24 inch) bag, or $7 for a large (35-by-48 inch) bag.

Bag prices include the 12 per cent HST, as well as a 20 per cent donation to the Oak Bay Green Committee, which supports tree protection in Oak Bay.

The mobile depot in Oak Bay is one of 10 in Greater Victoria. Each month, the depot at Carnarvon attracts an average of 150 to 200 users, Pereira said.

The depot takes place every fourth Saturday of the month, with the next one on May 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at Carnarvon Park, at the corner of Carnarvon St. and Henderson Rd.

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Standing in front of fellow mem-bers of the Swiftsure Big Band, long-time musician Robin Bannis-ter waves his index finger in the air.

“A one, two, one, two, three, four,” Bannister chimes, leading the 18-member band into its first song during the regular Tuesday night rehearsal. The music room at St. Michaels University School fills with the sounds of woodwind instruments, drums, a cello and piano.

Bannister, who’s been with the band for eight years, takes a seat inbetween his fellow saxophone players and joins in.

The Sidney resident, who is in his early-70s, has more than five decades of experience in the music industry. He started playing music when he was a “youngster” in his junior high school band in the 1950s.

“I enjoyed being with a young group of people,” Bannister says. Playing in a band gave him the inspiration to consider getting into music as a career, he adds.

In 1957, the Moose Jaw, Sask. native came to Victoria to attend the Royal Canadian Navy School of Music. After graduating, Bannis-ter played clarinet and saxophone for the Naden Band, the Canadian Forces naval band in Esquimalt.

For 20 years, he travelled and toured Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan with the naval band, playing at various fairs and expos. Bannister also led smaller entertainment groups, performing at isolated Canadian Forces bases throughout Canada and Europe.

He then enrolled at the Univer-sity of British Columbia in 1977 and received his teaching certifi-cate. He taught choir and vocal jazz at secondary schools throughout B.C. for 11 years.

“I enjoyed working with young people,” he says, adding that it was, however, a challenge.

Trying to inspire his students and introduce them to a different way of life was his biggest chal-lenge, he says.

By sharing his experiences with his students and trying to act as a

role model to them, he attempted to get them enthusiastic about music, he explains.

“I was fortunate to go into schools that had (music) programs that needed inspiration.”

His goal was “to get kids to get a taste of what music can provide” in their lives.

At age 55, Bannister took a hiatus from teaching and soon returned to being a full-time musician with the Canadian Forces Air Command Band in Winnipeg until he retired in 1993.

Bannister continues to stay involved with music. Besides con-ducting and playing with the Swift-sure Big Band, he is also the musi-cal director and conductor of the Sidney Concert Band. Under the direction of the Regional Cadet Music Supervisor, Bannister also continues to teach more than 600 kids.

Although Bannister has always loved music, he says he especially enjoys it now. Playing with musi-cians his own age, and who have shared experiences, everyone has fun, he explains.

The Swiftsure Big Band includes both hobby and professional musi-cians, with players as old as 90. It’s that “mingling of generations” that Bannister loves, and the opportu-nity to give back to the commu-nity.

“We create music, perform, and hopefully do some good,” he says.

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Big band conductor shares wealth of life experienceUpcoming performances■ May 19: Sentimental Journey with the Swiftsure Big Band, at the Pacific Fleet Club, 1587 Lyall St., May 19 starting at 8 p.m. Advance tickets, $20, at Long & McQuade, Tom Lee Music, and Sidney Musicworks. Some tickets at door for $25. For more information, call Alan Clarke, 250-592-4077.

■ May 27: Fundraiser for 676 Kittyhawk Air Cadet Squadron with the Sidney Concert Band, Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m., at 676 Air Cadet Hall, 1979 Anson Drive in Sidney. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information, see sidneyconcertband.ca.

■ June 24: Outdoor concert at Sidney Band Shell with the Sidney Concert Band, at the Beacon Park Pavilion, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs to this free family-friendly event. Concertgoers may also donate to the band.


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Acoustic world music duo Nomad returns to Victoria this week.

Nomad is Kinobe, a young Ugandan master of the 26-string African harp known as the Kora, and Michael Waters, a Victoria-based virtuoso guitarist. The duo met in Uganda in 2006 and have mounted 10 tours in Canada, the U.S., and Europe since then. Their unique blend of styles creates a powerful roots sound covering afro-roots, world eclectic and acoustic chill.

Kinobe has been playing music since the age of five, and began touring with an African ensemble when he was just 10. Based in Kampala, he has travelled around Africa playing with musicians steeped in tribal, traditional styles. His fascination with the Kora came from hearing the Mali virtuoso Toumani Diabate play.

“As soon as I heard him play, I knew this was the instrument I would go deepest with,” said Kinobe. “Even though it is not a traditional instrument from my country, it still speaks to me of the land and people.” Kinobe also plays the kalimba (thumb piano) and percussion instruments in his shows.

Waters has grown a strong west coast following through performances in churches and theatres over the last five years. After 33 years playing guitar as a spiritual practice, his 2004 encounter with the medicine traditions of the Amazon triggered a shift in his approach to music and a decision to begin performing publicly. He combines soaring guitar virtuosity and a new genre known as acoustic psychedelic chill.

Nomad plays at Merlin’s Sun Theatre, 1983 Fairfield Rd., on May 18, doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets, $20, available at Lyle’s place and at the door. The show at the Victoria Yoga School, 2674 Capital Hts., is on May 20. The performance

is at 7 p.m., tickets are $20, and since seating is limited to 40, reservations must be made by email to [email protected]. Go to nomadmusic.ca for more information.

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Uptown is holding its inaugural Style-Uptown Fashion Swap on May 22 in support of the B.C. Cancer Foundation for breast cancer research.

Tickets are available at Uptown guest services for $20, which includes a $10 donation to the foundation and a $10 Uptown gift card. Following the clothing swap, free hair, nail and facial treatments will be available, and entertainment, tapas and refreshments are featured at an outdoor party.

Fashion swappers need to bring 10 new or lightly worn brand-name items to Uptown to take part. Organizers are expecting up to 3,500 items to be in the mix, all of which will be carefully organized prior to the swap.

Guests will then choose 10 new items to take home on the evening.

Participants have until May 19 to buy tickets and to drop off clothing at a location on Uptown Boulevard during mall hours.

The Fashion Swap runs from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit shopuptown.ca.

New & NotableHillside Centre has

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Victoria home-grown success story Café Bliss recently released its first cookbook. It’s selling well locally and has now been picked

up for distribution by Kelowna’s Sandhill Books. With more than 40 colour photographs paired with easy-to-follow recipes, the cookbook, by Café Bliss chef and owner Heather Cunliffe, offers an array of recipes highlighting how raw food can be both healthy and delicious.

Lûxe Home Interiorsowners Darren Ausmus and Scott Elias recently unveiled three new product lines – hand-crafted furniture from a Duncan company using reclaimed wood; DwellStudio, a mid-century modern furniture collection inspired by acclaimed Canadian designer Christiane Lemieux, and a new chic contemporary line by Lexington Furniture.

Island Runner in Fairfield Plaza is branching out to serve the growing local triathlon community and has recently added a new triathlon-specific bike to its inventory. Island Runner is the only Victoria store offering the Quintana Roo triathlon bike

and the only store to offer Oakleys’ custom sunglass program, where you can build and match your frame and lens parts to your bike, helmet or team colour.

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Victoria’s Cheap Tickets and Travelwas recognized May 11 as one of Vacation.com’s top travel agencies. It received the President’s Award as part of the organization’s sixth-annual Power of the Partnership Awards. Cheap Tickets is one of only six agencies – out of Vacation.com’s network of more than 5,100 throughout the U.S. and Canada – to be honoured with the award, based on total sales growth in 2011 over 2010.

The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated local business excellence at its annual awards held at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa.

In addition to the awarding of the Governors’ Lifetime Achievement Award to Terry Farmer of Accent Inns, awards were presented in 13 categories:

Business Leadership Award – Bee-Clean Building Maintenance; New Business Award – The London Chef; Business of the Year Award (1-10 employees) – Lûxe Home Interiors; Business of the Year Award (11-25 employees) – Cairnview Mechanical Ltd.; Business of the Year Award (26-75 employees) – Root Cellar Village Green Grocer Ltd.; Business of the Year Award (76+ employees) – Harbour Air Ltd.; Outstanding Customer Service Award – Bath Fitter; Innovation Award – Victoria Police Department; Employer of the Year Award – UNIT4 Business Software; Sustainable Business Practice Award – Monk Office; Business Person of the Year Award – Shelagh Rinald, Rinald Tax

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If spokes could speak, Torchy Peden’s racing bike could tell some commanding stories.

William “Torchy” Peden’s track racing bicycle was the centre of attention on Saturday (May 12) as the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame unveiled it as part of a permanent display in the concourse of Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Even at 80-years-old, the frame of Peden’s single-speed bike shares a similar-ity to the highly sophisticated Cervelo road bike which Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal raced to 18th at the 2011 Tour de France.

The two Canadian-made bikes now stand together as part of the hall’s new exhibit, a Cycling History of Greater Victoria: 1885-2012.

“It’s amazing what (Torchy’s) bike went through,” says Saanich-resident Mark Per-kins, who inherited the Torchy track bike from dad Gordon Perkins.

At one point Torchy, who represented Canada in cycling at the 1928 Olympics, raced the bike in front of thousands of fans in the famous six-day races of the 1930s.

Mark’s dad got the bike in the early 1940s, and during the end of the war he used it to commute to work at the Victoria Machinery Depot.

“(Gord) used it during his courtship with my mom (Kay). She worked at the same place. He was a machinist and she was in the office. He would pick her up on the way and she’d ride side saddle, not an easy thing to do on a fixie.”

Kay didn’t seem to mind, as the pair married in 1947.

Gord likely raced the bike on the short lived Victoria Cycledrome, a wooden struc-ture that showed up around 1940 at the Burnside Avenue and Douglas Street junc-tion, but was gone by the early 1950s. Gord was born in 1923, 17 years after Torchy, and Gord became the B.C. road racing champ for his age group from 1935-38.

Torchy and his younger brother Doug may have shared the bike when they com-peted in the six-day races, which would fill New York’s Madison Square Garden.

It’s assumed the bike Gord inherited from Torchy once circled the track at MSG, for which it was designed. Coincidentally in the 1930s, both MSG and its winter ten-ant, the New York Rangers, were managed by Victoria’s Lester Patrick.

Mark Perkins points at a picture of five Victoria Cycling Club members training for the 1941 Vancouver Province bicycle road race by doing laps in the Victoria Cycle-drome.

Among the cyclists are his dad, his dad’s friend Louis Haut and Eric Whitehead, who later documented many athletic achieve-ments as a longtime sportswriter with the Vancouver Province.

Mark Perkins picks out his father and guesses, “I’d be surprised if that’s not the

same bike he’s riding, as that’s about the time he got the bike.

“Dad rode the bike into his 70s, down around Clover and Ogden points by Bea-con Hill Park, the same place he used to race in the 1930s.

Gord passed away in 2004, and Mark stored the bike in his garden shed.

“When I grew up it was in our basement in Cadboro Bay. With no brakes, it was a scary bike. As a teenager I rode it and crashed it at Ten Mile Point. My sisters rode it too, up and down the street.”

Vintage bike expert Casey Botman was tasked with restoring the bike in 2010 and finished it in 2011. Before it was enshrined at the Memorial Centre last weekend, it spent some time on display in the lobby the Peden RV Superstore in Sidney, run by the Peden generation of today.

“When (Botman) got the bike he noticed the frame was bent a little bit. I don’t know if that was from me crashing the bike as a teenager, but I know I replaced the wheel because of it,” Perkins said.

Botman, who lives in North Saanich, has a knack for bringing vintage bikes back to life, including the ultimate – penny far-things dating back to the 1890s. The signifi-cance of Torchy’s bike stood out.

“A lot of bikes come without a story. Torchy’s was a rare, but simple bike, defi-nitely cool to restore because of its his-tory.”

With the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame’s financial backing, Botman began to order in replica parts from Europe, which are made to the original standards.

“The only thing CCM made was the crank and frame, but the bike would have had British-made hubs, and the other parts would have been made by different brands.”

Even without the common restoration challenges of antique bikes, such as coast brakes, hand brakes and gears, it took some luck to bring the Torchy bike back to original status.

One piece the hall of fame had already acquired was a leather Brooks seat, which had been engraved with a “T” for Torchy.

But the stem for the handlebars was the keystone to the whole operation. CCM used a Cinelli stem, made in Italy, and a physiotherapist in Sidney happened to have an original that was once part of a similar bike.

“We got lucky,” Perkins [email protected]

Torchy’s wheelsVintage racing bike restored to mint condition


Canadian cycling champion Ryder Hesjedal poses with his bike (back) and the newly restored bike used by Olympian William “Torchy” Peden in six day races during the 1930s and 40s. The Torchy bike has been restored to mint condition.

The restorationBoth the frame and the forks of the Torchy Peden needed some work, but the bike is a shining homage to the days of dirt-road racing. “In those days Torchy was on wood rims. There were steel rims but they were too heavy to race,” Botman said.Replacing the wheels means ordering laminated beechwood replicas which are made in Italy.“The replica decal on the rims and the Cinelli stem are very important,” Botman said.

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Fourteen-year-old St. Andrew’s Regional High School student Tristan Hayton competes in the bantam level high jump at the University of Victoria Centennial Stadium during the Lower Vancouver Island Track and Field Championships last Wednesday.

Track & Field Lower Vancouver Island Secondary

School Athletic Association Track and Field Championships at UVic, May 9

Senior boys100m hurdles: David Boyd, St. Andrew’s, 17.33100m: Lucas Dellabough, Lambrick Park, 11.22400m: Brendon Restall, Oak Bay, 48.92800m: Thomas Getty, Mount Doug, 2:06.511500m: Thomas Getty, Mount Doug, 4:11.553000m: Thomas Getty, Mount Doug, 9:10.64High jump: Nolan Stubbs, Stellys, 1.85m

Senior girls100m hurdles: Lexie Scott, Oak Bay, 15.29100m: Sudie Momah, Pacifi c Christian, 12.96400m: Heather Van Tassel, Oak Bay, 56.94800m: Brittany King, Spectrum, 2:24.941500m: Brittany King, Spectrum, 5:01.1930000m: Brittany King, Spectrum, 10:29.64

Bantam boys80m hurdles: Peter Powlowski, Oak Bay, 17.03100m: Jesse Mycock, Lambrick Park, 11:87400m: Ethan Getty, Mount Doug, 54.04800m: Taylor Chan, Oak Bay, 2:16.77

1500m: Taylor Chan, Oak Bay, 4:34.793000m: Taylor Chan, Oak Bay, 9:48.94High jump: Tristan Hayton, St. Andrew’s, 1.6m

Bantam girls80m hurdles: Andrea Psotka, Oak Bay, 13.56100m: Hannah Cater, Oak Bay, 13.18400m: Jessica Manness, Oak Bay, 1:04.79800m: Jessica Manness, Oak Bay, 2:33.771500m: Farisha Arensen, Mount Doug, 5:09.603000m: Jacqueline Gaby, Parkland, 12:26.84

Junior boys100m: Alex Hendra-Brown, Reynolds, 11.62400m: Eric Pollard, Mount Doug, 51.24800m: Liam Kennell, Oak Bay, 2:02.091500m: Liam Kennell, Oak Bay, 4:04.453000m: Erik Evans, Reynolds, 9:29.34High jump: Derek Brougham, Belmont, 1.65m

Junior girls100m: Brianna Perry, Mount Doug, 13.54400m: Camille Van Tassell, Oak Bay, 1:02.30800m: Chloe Heglund, Parkland, 2:26.891500m: Megan Kinghorn, Spectrum, 4:57.563000m: Madelyn Brunt, Oak Bay, 10:32.64

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Victoria cyclist leads Giro d’ItaliaRyder Hesjedal had a memorable weekend in Italy,

retaining the overall lead three days in a row (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) at the Giro d’Italia.

Hesjedal, originally from Victoria, held onto the pink jersey during the seventh, eighth and ninth stages of the race. (The 10th stage was held after the News’ deadline.)

The 21-stage Giro d’Italia runs until May 27. It is one of the three Grand Tours of road bike racing, along with the Tour de France and Tour of Spain.

Hesjedal rides with the Garmin-Barracuda [email protected]


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MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacu-um incld’d. Call (250)385-5869

HOUSE CLEANER. Reliable, thorough, attention to detail. Accepting new clients. Senior friendly. Excellent references. $20/hr. Call (250)744-1456.

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SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018


COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

BRANTWOOD PACIFIC Exte-riors Gutter, Siding, Soffi t, Complete Building Envelope. Free Estimates Call Darren @ 250-580-9333 or Brantwood Construction.com

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877


DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. www. integradesigninc.com Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert: new homes &renos. No job too sm#22779.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.


ELECTRICAL

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.


FENCING

INFINITY FENCING LTDChain link colour packages,

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For all your fencing needs, please call

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QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pres-sure washing. For better pric-es & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.

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GARDENING

J&L GARDENING Specialtyyard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners.John or Louise (250)891-8677

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Neglected garden? Springclean-ups, hedges, power rak-ing, aerating, weed/mossstump, blackberry & ivy re-moval. 24yrs exp. WCB.

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AURICLE LAWNS- Spring clean up lawns, garden, hedge pruning, rototill. 250-882-3129

DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250-883-8141.

FREE MULCH on all Land-scaping we install for you. Visit our Nursery and pick your plants! Call 250-391-9366.

GARDEN DESIGN or rede-sign You install or we do, Huge Discount at our Nursery. Call 250-391-9366.

LANDSCAPE & TREE care hedges/pruning/shaping. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp. WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.

RUSTY’S LAWN SERVICE. Reliable UVic Student. Free estimates. (250)858-6614.

RUSTY’S SOIL, Mulch & Gar-den loam delivery. Free esti-mates. (250)858-6614.


GARDENING

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools. Reliable. Call (250)383-3995.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BIG BEAR Handyman & Painting Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/ kitch-en reno’s & accessibility. Serv-ing Victoria for 23yrs.

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifi [email protected]


HANDYPERSONS

YOUNG SENIOR Handyman. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling. Small Renos. Moving/Packing. Free estimates. Cheapest in town. Same day emergency removal. Call 250-818-4335.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

HAULING & RECYCLING. 250-889-5794.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.


IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

SUMMIT IRRIGATION Servic-es. Certifi ed sprinkler systems. Property maintenance, more. Call James at 250-883-1041.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Ac-credited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Side-walk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.


& MOVING STORAGE

MALTA MOVING. Serving Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and the Mainland. BBB Member. (250)388-0278.

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

BIG BEAR Painting & Handy-man Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.


PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Licensed 25 years. Cell 250-884-7066, 381-7127 msg

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

NORM’S WINDOW cleaning &gutters. Reasonable rates.250-590-2929, 250-812-3213.

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Business break and enter may have been aided

On May 7, police responded to a report of a break and enter from a shop in the 2500 block of Este-van Ave. The building had been entered sometime over the week-

end and a computer was taken. There were no signs of forced entry to the building, leaving police and the owner to speculate that the business may have inadver-tently been left unlocked. There are no suspects.

Police put the brakes on speeder

Shortly after midnight on May

9, a vehicle was seen travelling at 107 km/h on Foul Bay Road. The 2007 Land Rover was stopped and the 26-year-old male driver was charged with excessive speed, fined $368 and had his vehicle impounded for seven days.

Theft from boats increasing

There have been several reports

of the theft of downriggers from boats at the Oak Bay Marina and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.

Users of the marina, the club and surrounding areas are encour-aged to report any suspicious activity that they may come across. Members of the Oak Bay police will be partnering with the RCMP Marine Unit to make patrols of the harbours, bays and shore-lines to step up enforcement.

Birding in Uplands Park

Join Birder Ralph Archibald of the Friends of Uplands Park in a bird walk from Cattle Point through Uplands Park. Meet at Cattle Point by the kiosks.

Bring binocu-lars, bird books or checklists or simply show up to enjoy the outing, rain or shine. This is a free event on Sunday, May 27 at 8 a.m. Contact Margaret Lidkea at 250-595-8084 for more information.

Extra sailings set to goB.C. Ferries is running 58 extra sailings between Swartz Bay-Victoria and Tsawwaseen-Vancouver for the Victoria Day long weekend, including an early 6 a.m. sailing on Tuesday, May 22.

B.C. Ferries is also running 14 extra sailings between Departure Bay in Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay on the Mainland for the long weekend.

Extra sailings begin on Thursday, May 17 through to Tuesday, May 22.

In total, B.C. Ferries is running 81 extra sailings between the Island, the Mainland and the Sunshine Coast.

See www.bcfer-ries.com/sched-ules for the Victoria Day long weekend schedule.

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54 or older as of March 31, 2012 You may still obtain OAS/GIS at age 65

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53 or younger as of March 31, 2012

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