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Council backs away from MMPFPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

An amendment to zoning Bylaw 582 would have seen Medi-cal Marijuana Produc-tion Facilities as permit-ted uses in rural, agri-cultural and industrial zones in the District of Sooke.

The amendment had already passed unani-mously through first and second reading in February, 2014, but at the April 14 council meeting some mem-bers of council backed away from endors-ing the bylaw. Amend-ments also included definitions of “horti-culture” and “Medical Marijuana Production Facilities (MMPF).”

A public hearing was held on April 14 to guage the public sen-timent on the zoning amendment.

Only one person stood up to speak to the issue. Michael Nyikes, president of the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce, stated investors had met with the chamber and had multi-millions of dollars to spend on medical marijuana production facilities.

“It is an economic development oppor-

tunity,” said Nyikes. “It creates local jobs and local convenience and additional tax revenue.”

There were com-ments made about the tax revenue from those agricultural properties versus commercial tax revenue. If the property is used for agriculture, ie: MMPFs, then the tax rate is calculated accordingly. It would not be commercial.

A motion was made by Councillor Herb Hal-dane to keep all MMPFs in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Discussion ensued on the agricultural zones located in the Whiffin Spit area and the possi-bility that MMPFs could be located there.

Mayor Wendal Milne stated he was worried about the impact on neighbours if MMPFs were attached to a spe-cific zone.

Councillor Kerrie Reay said she felt this whole MMPF issue was moving too quickly and that marijuana was still an illegal drug.

There was discus-sion on the rights of people who are already growing medical mari-juana for themselves.

Councillor Rick Kasper said he did not want to see “people’s

rights trampled.” It was made clear that

on issues of what hap-pens on ALR land, the Agricultural Land Com-mission was in charge and their authority trumped the district’s.

Concerns were raised by referral agen-cies as to location of MMPFs, as in proximity to regional parks and trails, setbacks, access to site in case of emer-gency, hazardous mate-rials on site and the need for a fire safety plan.

Planner Gerard LeB-lanc said that restric-tions could be put into place in the bylaw to limit where MMPFs could be located.

In March the Federal Court granted an inter-locutory constitutional exemption allowing production of medical marijuana in a home or private dwelling legal, thereby preserving the rights of authorized users and producers. This would be for a set period before it came before the court again.

In the end vote, it was a tie and the motion was defeated. Council made a motion to wait until the federal court case is settled to deal with this issue - in about nine months.

Concerns seen to out weigh benefits

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Fun for young and young at

heartTop, residents at Ayre Manor held a craft sale on April 10. Enjoying themselves, left to right, are 100-year-old Louise Heywood, Gwen Towell, Letha Andersen and Merna Fleming.Left, Jump Rope for Heart participants had a blast at Ecole Poirier on April 11.

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A look back at what made the news in Sooke over the years.

April 15, 2009Construction turn-

around not expected until 2011

Greater Victoria had a jaw-dropping month-to-month growth in the value of building permits but a marked slump in the number of new homes being built.

At first blush, the two sets of construction figures released this week paint a contradic-tory picture of how the economic downturn is playing out here.

The explanation is that the staggering 270 per cent jump in the value of building per-mits issued in Febru-ary came from a single mega-project.

April 14, 2004Sooke receives

another grant: $1.9 million for Highway 14 upgrades

The District of Sooke shot and scored. Three times.

Thursday morn-ing, David Anderson, federal minister of the Environment and senior minister for BC, announced Sooke will receive $1.9 million for upgrades to two kilo-metres of Highway 14 though the community core from just west of Atherley Close to Char-ters Road. It is the third grant the municipality has netted under the Canada-BC Infrastruc-ture program in the past year. Sooke also received $11.6 million last May for the com-munity sewer project and $1.9 million last month to build part of a parallel route to high-way 14. All three were applied for in 2001.

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April 13, 1994Incorporation bid

scrappedThe Minister of

Municipal Affairs has put the final nail in the coffin of the latest Sooke incorporation effort.

Calling the Feb. 23 CRD decision to with-draw completely from the study “unprec-

edented,” Darlene Marzari announced Thursday that no more money will be made available for the Sooke Incorporation Restruc-turing Committee (SIRC).

“The incorpora-tion study process has become too polar-ized to continue, and should be temporar-ily discontinued,” she said. “I think a cooling off period is in order.”

SIRC formed in December of 1992

to examine whether Sooke would benefit from incorporating as a municipality with its own mayor and council.

Sooke is currently governed by the CRD.

April 12, 1989Sooke soil not good

for septic systemsMost of the soil types

found in Sooke are not supportive of adequate septic systems, says the CRD water quality report, and it suggests that further studies are necessary to determine whether restrictions on future development should be imposed.

The report revealed that of 11 different soil types in the area, 10 were in the “potentially troublesome” category. This does not mean that every septic tank absorbtion field in the area is likely to create problems, but it did indicate that the soil had general character-istics that could cause problems.

The report warned that increased develop-ment and further sub-division “could result in significant sublateral flow to the water.”

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

On a windy Friday morning, Journey mid-dle school saw early morning activity with the building of a pit and a morning-long cook-out.

Principal Laurie Sza-dkowski introduced the event in an email. “Stu-dents and staff from Mt. Olympus and Atlantis Neighbourhoods will be treated to a feast of veggies, salmon and crab cooked in a pit in our school yard. A pit, dug by our Facilities Department, lined with stones from DeMamiel Creek and ferns from the forest will be used to help cook the food after the fire has left a bed of coals.”

Represented were the T’Sou-ke, Pacheed-aht, and Tsawout Nations.

Elder Earl Claxton Jr. looked after the slow roasting of the salmon, while knowledge keeper John Brad-ley Williams (Tsawout Nation), who works under Elder Earl Clax-ton, looked after coor-dinating the Pit Cook. Williams explained the process to groups of Journey students.

First a deep pit is dug out, and lined with rocks along the bottom. A wood fire is started on top of the rocks in order to heat the rocks.

At Journey, the fire was started at 6 a.m. Once the rocks were heated, after three hours of being in the fire, the ashes were removed. Then, the pit is quickly filled and cov-ered.

The filling process, which began shortly after 9:30 a.m., took a matter of minutes. The process began with placing a big wooden branch in the middle and then adding lay-ers. These include a

layer of green salal branches (which, Wil-liams pointed out is an excellence source of Vitamin C), ferns, and skunk weed leaves (don’t worry, assured Williams, the stinky smell comes from the flowers, not the leaves). The salal and ferns pro-tect the food and pro-vide flavour; the skunk weed leaves act as catchers, should any food spill from their burlap sacks. Then, the vegetables in burlap sacks were placed on top of the greens, and quickly covered with the same layer (skunk weed, ferns and salal). Once all the greens were laid and the stick removed, three big pails of water were poured into the pit, sending billowing wafts

of steam skywards. A tarp was quickly laid on top of the steaming pile and then covered with dirt.

On a separate fire, salmon was posted on

a grill and positioned beside another fire. Claxton explained that the cooking process entailed four repo-sitioning: after the

first roasting, the top and the bottom are switched, then the grill is turned front to back, and then switched bot-tom to top. The process

hardens the outer flesh, cooking up a tender and flavourful inside.

By 1 p.m., the food was cooked. The pit had to be carefully shov-elled, the tarp rolled up, and the cooked greens removed. Burlap bags were carried to the waiting tables and the root vegetables taken out. At the same time, the salmon came off the grill.

After a prayer and blessing from T’Sou-ke Nation Elder Shir-ley Alphonse, with Michelle Wolf drum-ming, the elders were served, and then the students, too, could dine.

This Pit Cook was the first of two. Jour-ney middle school has four neighbourhoods within. This Pit Cook was worked by — and enjoyed by — the Mt. Olypmus and Atlantis neighbourhoods. Next up, Utopia and Mystical Main will engage in the next Pit Cook, sched-uled for April 25.

The event was tied to the pursuit of knowl-edge. “We just wanted to bring a little bit of culture (and) celebrate spring,” said Michelle Wolf, who is with Jour-ney’s Aboriginal educa-tion program.

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traditional pit cooking at JourneyBritt Santowski photos

Left, an obscured student at Journey waits, with arms full of salal branches, to begin the cooking process. Right, skunk cabbage leaves are laid down on top of the salal branches.Below, after serving the Elders, Journey students line up to feast.

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The T.A.S.K. program at Edward Milne com-munity school is build-ing a sturdy following of young trades people.

On April 8, students from the program gath-ered at the Sunriver Community Garden to put into place a shed they built for the Chil-dren’s Garden Club through a grant pro-vided by the District of Sooke. The shed will house equipment for the club, which teaches young children the joys and pleasures of gar-dening.

Instructor Blair Hughes said the students planned, designed and did pretty much everything on the frame building.

The project took about four to five days for framing an another two or three days will be spent on site assem-bling the structure.

“They’re not work-ing eight hours shifts,” said Hughes. “I guess it would be 20 hours on the shed.”

The shed, when com-plete, will have cedar siding, windows and a door. The door was built by two female TASK students, Dray-ven Bell and Tina Dick-

son, both in Grade 12 at EMCS. It took them three days to make.

Both think they may take up welding and try to get work in Alberta after they graduate from EMCS.

Two years ago the school introduced the successful pro-gram called T.A.S.K. — Trades Awareness Skills and Knowledge.

Taking to the tradesEMCS TASK students build for the future

Pirjo Raits photos

Top, T.A.S.K. students from Edward Milne community school put up a garden shed to be used by the Children’s Garden Club at Sunriver Community Garden. Below, students Drayven Bell and Tina Dickson beside the door they built for the garden shed.

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Chamber ChatterThe Sooke Region

Chamber of Com-merce’s Business Excel-lence Awards held on Saturday April 5, 2014 at the Prestige Ocean-front Resort was a HUGE success!

Tickets were com-pletely sold out for this premier Sooke event, with over 100 attend-ee’s enjoying a cocktail and appetizer recep-tion to the smooth sounds of Monte Saat-chi playing spanish gui-tar, followed by a deli-cious dinner of prime

rib and wild salmon with all the trimmings and decadent desserts by the Mix by Ric’s.

Dignitaries such as Mayor Milne, Council-lors Tait, Berger, Reay, Kasper and Pearson, as well as Fire Chief Soren-son were in attendance to enjoy the evenings festivities.

Emcee Ron Larsen and Chamber Presi-dent Michael Nyikes co-hosted the award presentations, numer-ous prize draws, and live auction, with every-

thing being captured by photographer Jack Most from The Most in Photography.

Many emotional and impactful acceptance speeches were deliv-ered by the award recipients, and there were a number of spe-cial surprises and announcements made throughout the eve-ning.

Music and dancing by Ron Larsen (www.djpro.ca) continued until midnight, and a free limousine service

from LA Limo safely shuttled everyone home at the end of the night.

There was a great sense of community pride and positive energy in the room throughout the eve-ning, and a definite feel-ing that the people in the room were all part of something very spe-cial.

The Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce thanks and appreciates all the sponsors, prize donors and individuals

who volunteered their time to make this event such a success.

Please visit the Busi-ness Excellence Awards section on the Events page of the Chamber’s website for full list of the the finalists and award recipients, as well as the Member Gallery section of the Membership page of the Chamber’s web-site (www.sookeregion-chamber.com) for pho-tographs from the eve-nings celebrations.

Sooke volunteer: Mark ZieglerMark Ziegler is a

sparkling example of a senior who finds him-self busier volunteering in his retirement than he ever expected to be. A lively, energetic and friendly 32-year vet-eran of the federal pub-lic service in Ottawa, Mark and his wife, Bon-nie retired to Sooke in 2008 and immediately immersed themselves in the community.

Mark quickly became an active member of Rotary, holding the positions of Foundation

chair, Rotary Auction chair, and now presi-dent. Mark’s planning,

research and supervi-sory experience equips him well for the leader-ship and coordination responsibilities.

Mark and Bonnie love to hike the end-less wilderness trails in the Sooke area, and both volunteer with the Volunteer Warden program of the CRD, regularly walking the Sooke Potholes, lend-ing a watchful eye. Mark is also an active member of the Kludak Trail Society, fulfilling the position of secre-

tary and contributing his energy to trail clear-ing and repairs during seasonal work parties. He can also be called upon to help with trail clearing with the Juan de Fuca Community Trails Society, when the need arises.

An avid runner, Mark is a member of the Sooke Trail and Road Runners (STARR) Club, tearing up the streets of Sooke every Satur-day and Thursday, as well as almost every other day of the week.

Mark shares his pas-sion for running by coaching and mentor-ing students of the high school cross-country team at Edward Milne.

Mark selflessly offers a helping hand and a listening ear to friends and neighbours as well, whatever the need. Sometimes when you need something done in a community, you ask the busiest person – Mark would be the first person that comes to mind!

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Mark Ziegler

Pirjo Raits photo

Busy, busyWhat could say more about spring than a robin building a nest? Not much.

The weather for the Easter long weekend is expected to be seasonal with mixed sun and rain.

The Sooke News mirror office will be closed on Good Friday, April 18.


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Assault:Sooke RCMP are

investigating a com-plaint of assault with a weapon. On April 9, 2014 at approximately 17:45 hours, a retired couple were walking their dog on the Gal-loping Goose trail near Manzer Road. A female was walking towards them and pulled out a can of pepper spray, and sprayed the cou-ple.

This investigation has lead to the arrest of a 45-year-old resident of Sooke, now charged with two counts of Assault with a Weapon. She appeared before a Judicial Justice of the Peace and was released on Recognizance with conditions, including not to be found on the Galloping Goose trail.

The couple who were victimized in this attack have recovered with no

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It’s early spring and that means eye-pop-ping colours around every corner – tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, camellias, flowering plums and cherries, and, of course, rhodo-dendrons. How lucky we are to live in a cli-mate that allows us to feast on this visual banquet at the end of a gray, rainy winter.

For all intents and purposes, we are just getting into rhodo sea-son. Some varieties are already in spectacu-lar bloom, with many, many more to come over the weeks ahead. What is so great about these shrubs, in addi-tion to the gamut of colour their flowers offer, is that they gen-erally look great year round. Moreover, they tend not to be on the deer buffet.

R h o d o d e n d ro n s are much more vari-able than is generally realized. They range in size from tiny, only a few centimeters tall, to giants, more than 30 meters in height. Leaf and flower shapes also vary widely, and some species are highly per-fumed. In certain areas, rhododendrons grow abundantly in the wild. So with thousands of cultivars available, the big challenge is decid-ing which ones to choose for a particular landscape or container.

It’s spring, it’s plant-ing time, and rho-

dos (some already in bloom) are available for purchase at nurs-eries and garden cen-tres everywhere. It’s the perfect time for Bill McMillan’s “Rhodos 101,” a presentation addressing the basics of rhododendron cul-ture, care and prob-lems. He will talk about the various kinds of rhodos, when, where, and how to plant them, and how to determine why a plant is not per-forming well and what to do about it.

Bill McMillan, describes himself as a rhodo enthusiast rather than an expert. However, he has been curator of the Rhodo-dendron and Hosta Garden of the Horti-culture Centre of the Pacific since 2000 and has visited China twice to study species rho-dodendrons. He also propagates and grows rhododendrons from

both seeds and cut-tings.

Please join us Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on Townsend Road. New members wel-come. Annual fee: $15.

For more informa-tion, email: [email protected] or phone Rose at 250-642-5509. The evening will also feature a parlour show, and contest pota-toes will be available.

Annual Public Plant Sale:

The Sooke Garden Club will be having a huge plant sale at Ever-green Mall on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Plants of every description will be available, and a land-scape architect/arbor-ist and several master gardeners will be on site to answer your gar-dening questions. Don’t miss this event. Come

early and meet the friendly faces of Sooke Garden Club members. Memberships will be available.

Contributed by Loretta Fritz

Rhodos, rhodos everywhere

Submitted photo

Pictured at the Volunteer Fair are volunteers Ron Bilinsky and Ron Butler.


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Mayor’s Public Advisory PanelsThe public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel meetings at the Prestige Resort Meeting Room:

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- Arts and Beauti� cation - 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm

Upcoming Public MeetingsEmergency Planning CommitteeTuesday, April 22, 2014 at 9:00 am

What’s New!The District of Sooke website at www.sooke.ca has

information about your community – including:

• Category B Community Grant Application deadline is April 30/14

• 2014-2018 Five Year Financial Plan public consultation

• Proposed Sunriver Playing Fields

• Updated information on current projects – including land develop-ment, road works, and more

The Sooke Region has always attracted a variety of incredibly talented and interesting people.

Among these is James George French, a naturalist who arrived on the island in the late 1800s from Bristol, England, where he had been a student of zool-ogy and biology.

Some reports say that he arrived on the Atlantic coast and walked part of the way across Canada. Some-times early settlers were remittance men, and Mr. French may have been in this cat-egory.

At any rate, he loved animals, and one of the first places he set up was in Saanich, where he established a menagerie of circus animals, which he over-wintered while they rested up from their circus circuit. Among his tenants were a lion and an elephant, and his occupation drew a mixed reaction from his neighbours. This 1914 photo shows “Russki,” a bear that he kept in his Saanich pens.

In 1889 he married into one of our early families. His bride was Dora Jane, eldest daughter of pioneers John Goudie and Mary Ann Vautrin. He pre-empted Section 79 (Renfrew District) in Shirley, and for the next decades alternated his time between Saanich and Shirley.

The French children - Ivan, Hazel, Oscar, Wil-fred and Daniel were all born in Saanich, though the sons chose to make their homes and earn their livelihoods in the woods industry throughout the Sooke/Otter/Shirley area.

Skilled in animal hus-bandry, Mr French also kept animals on his Sec-tion 79 property and family members recall a series of cougars that were housed there. Children who grew up in the area recall that though fascinated by the animals, they felt somewhat intimidated by their keeper.

The family carved a place in history for themselves through their pioneering set-tlement on the west-ern shores, and their descendants now make their homes in many places throughout BC. James George French passed away in 1952.

In time, the French family chose to hon-our their patriarch by making the beautiful oceanfront property available to the govern-ment of British Colum-bia as a park. French Beach Provincial Park, 145 acres of near-wil-

derness splendor, was dedicated on June 12, 1981.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum


Naturalist James George French

John Muir eventsThis month, we have Culture Month, where we

talk about stereotypes, and being aware of different cultures. We’re going to learn and study about different countries.

This week, we are learning about people with autism, and how to help them learn and grow. At John Muir, we make sure all kids are included.

Last Wednesday, we held a Carnival Night from 6 to 8 o’clock p.m. Thanks PAC and Adult Helpers, We’re had a lot of fun! Games and prizes! WHOOPEE!

Last Wednesday, we also started Discovery Afternoons again! We got to choose from Fairy Gardens, Scrapbooking, Artist Studio, Runners-R-Us, Weaving, and 3, 2, 1, Blast Off! We hope to get our #1 choice!

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2010 WINNER

Let the election games begin

Councillor Maja Tait said it on Monday night - it’s election time. It starts in January and ends just before the election in November. What starts? If anyone has gone to council since the beginning of the year, it is obvious that the electioneering has begun. The waffling on decisions made earlier, the pleasantness among council members, the lack of out bursts and the cautious decisions or no decisions. No one wants to offend the electorate. That is a good thing, but it shouldn’t just be in the months before an election, this is something that should go on for the entire term of office - and it hasn’t in many cases. In fact, council meetings are rather staid these days, it was a lot more exciting when tempers blew and definite positions were taken on issues.

Four-year terms are coming and we need to be ready for that. One has to seriously consider who they think will be the most conscientious and desirable candidate for council or mayor. Do we go with those we know or take a chance on someone new? That, of course, will be up to the voters. With four-year terms, there is no easy legal way to depose someone who isn’t “working” out. There is no probabtion period, no performance reviews. There is their record for sure, if they have sat on council already. What about those newcomers to the political arena? As in every community there are those who speak out and take stands for others, sit in on council meetings and committees to see what is going on. Those folks are likely the ones who will throw their hat in the ring.

Now the waiting game begins. Few council members have declared whether they are running again or not. Rumours abound and tight lips are everywhere. They are waiting to see who is running to determine what they will run for - council or mayor. It will be an interesting seven months of gestation.

ANOTHER VIEW

B.C. Views

Detailed debate on changes to the Agricultural Land Commission got underway in the legislature last week, while protesters played to urban voters outside.

A couple of West Kootenay NDP supporters brought a basket of homegrown veggies down to help East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett get through the winter on a 100-mile diet.

A group of mostly UBC scientists wrote to Premier Christy Clark, embracing the popular assumption that the changes will automatically mean more exclusions of agricul-tural land, as well as expanded sec-ondary uses in the Cariboo, Koote-nay and North zones. This “jeopar-dizes species at risk, threatens many common species, and will impact many species prized for hunting,” they wrote.

It makes me wonder if these uni-versity botanists and bird experts actually understand what farming is. You know, clear-cutting a forest and planting largely monoculture crops? Using big machinery, creating drain-age, applying fertilizers, controlling diseases, pests and wild animals? Not backyard gardening, real farm-ing of the sort that has fed more people than in all of human history?

Have they heard that the larg-est cause of deforestation in North America is farming?

Do they imagine habitat loss from

subdivisions sprawling across the Cariboo?

Forests Minister Steve Thomson has been pinch-hitting for Fort St. John MLA Pat Pimm on the agricul-ture file as Pimm undergoes cancer treatment. Thomson took exception when NDP agriculture critic Nicolas Simons asked if he is aware people think the changes are to “neuter the chair of the Agricultural Land Com-mission.”

Thomson, a former executive director of the Kelowna-based B.C. Agriculture Association, replied that the changes do not reduce the inde-pendence of the chair.

Under further questioning from Simons, Thomson allowed that the current ALC chair, Richard Bullock, has provided no response to the government on the proposals.

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick was appointed Friday to replace Pimm as agriculture minis-ter. But this ALC project is Bennett’s initiative, so I asked him about his changes to the appointment pro-cess.

Bennett said the six regional pan-els, up to three people each, were set up by then-minister Stan Hagen in 2003 to provide local input. That worked well, he said, until Bullock came on the scene and began exer-cising his discretion not to appoint people recommended by cabinet.

“The chair doesn’t like the regional panels,” Bennett told me. “It’s a pain in the ass for the chair to have to

deal with 18 farmers from all over the province in making decisions. It would be six farmers, because only one person from the regional panel actually sits on the provincial com-mission.

“He thinks that it’s unwieldy, and he’d rather have the decision-mak-ing centralized in Burnaby. But we changed that. We decided as a duly elected government in 2003 that we wanted the regions to have a say on this stuff, so the intention of the leg-islation, we felt, was actually being defeated, because we hadn’t made it mandatory.”

It will be mandatory soon, and Bullock’s days as commission chair appear to be numbered.

“There’s no more discretion for any future chair to monkey with it,” Bennett added.

One of Bennett’s key issues is denial of secondary residence con-struction to keep families on the land in the Interior. The legislation also introduces social and eco-nomic factors in weighing decisions in the North, Cariboo and Kootenay regions, where in most cases devel-opment pressure is an urban myth.

The main ALC board will still have authority to revisit a local panel decision if the chair deems it incon-sistent with the mandate to protect farmland.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Farmland fight sheds little light

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Clean up appreciated

I’m not sure who is responsible for the amazing upgrades to the path along Whiffin Spit, but the workers did one amazing job.

All the rocks we’ve all been tripping over are gone, the pot holes are gone — no more weaving around huge puddles for the “spit-ters.” The surface has been compacted and people pushing stroll-ers and those using walkers can fairly eas-ily make it to the end now, instead of just the first 50 feet.

So many people enjoy walking along the Spit, locals and visi-tors alike and we will all enjoy it a lot more now; so thanks for the improvements. We appreciate it.

Anne BoquistSooke

Keep all vehicles out

What a pleasure it is to hike the Sooke hills, Empress Mountain, the Potholes, and the whole area within the Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt.

To date more than 10,200 hectares of the proposed Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt is pro-vincial, regional and municipal park land, including Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, Goldstream Provincial Park, Sooke Mountain Provincial Park, and Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park Reserve.

An area of land size-able enough to sustain whole ecosystems, this gem provides habitat for a wide variety of species, including the iconic bald eagle, the elusive black bear, and numerous rare and endangered plants and animals. While much of the land is covered with second-growth forest, pockets of old-growth persist, and many of the streams and rivers support salmon spawn-ing.

The main reason this wilderness area pro-vides such a lush and healthy ecosystem is because there is no vehicle traffic allowed in this park system. Access must be lim-ited to non-motor traf-fic or else the integrity and health of these parks will be lost. The encroachment of vehi-cles would inevitability bring too many human behaviors, noise, and pollution issues that are detrimental to a truly “wilderness expe-rience” and would damage the restora-tion work that has been done (mostly by nature herself). With the provincial Liberals opening up park lands to resource extraction there is less and less area that is not vulner-able to human exploi-tation.

I would like to thank the CRD, TLC, Habitat Acquisition Trust, The Society for the Protec-tion of Ayum Creek, and local municipalities for

working together and having the vision and tenacity in creating such a magnificent wil-derness area that is revered and appreci-ated by so many. I think what gets forgot-ten quite often is that these areas are not protected merely for people to enjoy, but for the wildlife and natural elements to thrive in and stay healthy. The heath of these eco-systems keeps us all healthier and happier. Keep up the great work and keep out the vehi-cles.

Tom EberhardtSooke

Thievery runs amok

A thief is a thief is a thief whether he/she/they steal from homes, businesses or even dirt from the cemetery.

In 1989 the Sooke Lions club spent almost every weekend for a year to revitalize the Sooke Harbour Cem-etery. It was hard work, but work for the ben-efit of our community, that’s what we do. We continue to maintain that cemetery and part of that job requires dirt to be brought in for our use.

To the persons unknown (thieves) who continue to take our dirt, please be advised that you have managed to get some 35 Lions members a bit upset at you. There is noth-

ing like going to a work party and find that some miscreant has stolen your supplies. Shame.

To mitigate this con-tinuing problem, we are forced to build a secure storage place for the dirt, this will take money away from other projects we do in the community.

In closing, we want to thank the citizens of Sooke and area who have so strongly sup-ported our club for the past 49 years. We will continue to do our community service knowing that there are a lot more of you good folks out there than the few bad who caused this letter to be written. Thanks for your contin-ued support.

Sooke Lions Club

Easter and bunnies don’t mix

To whoever dumped the white Himalayan bunny beside Sooke Road near Awsworth, your former pet is now dead. You didn’t set her free you sentenced a domestic animal to death.

I tried to catch her/him when I first saw her one cold, rainy afternoon, but she was so frightened she ran farther into the ditch and I was concerned I’d scare her into traf-fic. Whenever I drove by I’d look for her, but

didn’t see her again, until I noticed her body lying on the other side of the road, some weeks later. It appeared she had been struck by a car, or it might have been caused by the steel brush bristle which protruded from her chest. I gave her a decent burial (so upset-ting) in my yard rather than leave her there, with the hubcaps, cof-fee cups and other dis-carded things.

Rabbits are wonder-ful, intelligent compan-ions, much like dogs and cats. They are part of the family; at least a 10 - 15 year commit-ment, not rodents, nor good pets for children, never, ever Easter gifts (one wouldn’t give a reindeer for Christ-mas). Chocolate or plush only please!

Ava PenbergSooke

Compassion not competition

Response to “Human Society Support,” Sooke News Mirror,

We asked: Are you concerned about online security?

Yes, particularly with the Heartbleed virus. I have

changed all my passwords.

Sande CummingsSooke

Absolutely. I’ve always been ner-vous about online attacks. There

are a lot of ways that increase the availability of personal online information. And when it comes to security, there’s too much to

choose from and not enough in-formation about it.

Allan BrightSooke

I should be, but I have lots of anti virus programs. It's

definitely a concern.

Brock ArmstrongSooke

No. I think there’s too much paranoia and fear.

Maureen SavoySooke

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Thurs April 17ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 p.m.

Fri April 18VITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6 p.m.Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m. TODDLER TIME10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Sooke Library. Hands-on activity, for ages 18-36 months. To register call 250-642-3022 or email [email protected].

Mon April 21PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00. (250) 642-5152 for info.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.

Sun April 20ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5, children welcome.Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m.EASTER SUNRISE SERVICEEd McGregor park, 7:30 a.m.

Tues April 22BABY TALKWhy Tummy Time is Important. Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre 10-11:30 a.m. PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME10:30 a.m. Sooke Library. 3-5 years old. Registration required. 250-642-3022. ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000.YOUTH CLINICAges 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Library, 6:30–8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONPool League 7 p.m.

Wed April 23PEOPLE’S WALKING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club starting out at 9:15.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.FREE ARTS AND CRAFTSSooke Library. 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. All ages, no registration required.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m. Ladies Darts 12 noon.Shuffleboard 6:30 p.m.TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7 p.m. For info 642-7520.SOOKE SENIOR BUSShopping over the Malahat. Leaves the Community Hall at 9:30 a.m. $12. Home pick-up $14. Call 250-642-1521 to reserve.

Sat April 19ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.EGGSTRAVAGANZASEAPARC, 10:30-noon. Easter egg hunt times: Ages 1 - 4 at 10:30; Ages 5 - 7 at 11:00; Ages 8 - 10 at 11:30.

Admission by donation to the Sooke Food Bank. Bring your own baskets.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend RdEMCS (Edward Milne Community School): 6218 Sooke Rd

Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke RdHoly Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd

Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church RdLegion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdSEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd

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It’s Earth Day! Be kind to her. She’s the only

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Happy Easter!

Poirier students to explore aquarium at night!We are students at Ecole

Poirier and we think it is a great school. There is always some-thing exciting to do like fun assemblies, jump rope for heart, and music Monday. Poirier is one of the few schools with our own song and motto which is JOIN IN!

This year all the Grade 4 and 5 students get to go to Vancou-ver. We are spending the night

in the aquarium! All the boys get to sleep with the dolphins and the girls get to sleep with the belugas.

The Grade 4 and 5 students are also starting literature cir-cles.

In our class we are making Pysanky eggs. Pysanky eggs are a Ukrainian tradition. We are also building cars for science. We do lots of cool art work and

get to play the ukuleles and the primary students get to play the recorders. All the Grade 2’s at Poirier are doing swimming les-sons every Tuesday and Thurs-day.

We think Poirier is a great elementary school and we hope you will be able to experience it.

JOIN IN!By Ben, Nick, Grace and

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Treasures found

Saturday’s annual garage sale at SEAPARC was extremely busy, with the parking lot filled to capacity. In fact, some very creative (though questionable) parking was spotted.


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April 9, 2014 concern-ing its opening para-graph and misinforma-tion. “My support is to the Victoria Humane Society,” states the writer, Ms. Effa, as suggesting there is a competition and that people need to choose between the Victoria Humane Society, (VHS,) and the Sooke Animal Food and Rescue Soci-ety (SAFARS).

First, we want to state the differences separating both soci-eties. According to the writer, only VHS seems to have rules and poli-cies, but because we all know this cannot be true let’s just talk about our charity’s different ethical approaches and principles.

SAFARS’ main princi-ple is to never lose our empathy and compas-sion to humans and ani-mals alike. Our mission has been consistent from the start and our goal is to help the less fortunate pet owners in our community keep their pets. An example is when I, personally, helped Ms. Effa walk her dog three winters ago during all the days she was in convales-cence.

Regarding VHS’s ethi-cal approach, we can use the reference we have from 2012 when Ms. Penny Stone was still the SPCA’s man-ager. It was me who asked her for help to assist Cathy Park before it would be too late. To my surprise, her response was to transfer me to the cruelty department instead of lending a hand to this lady who in the past rescued hundreds of cats and dogs from pain, starva-tion and abuse. Refer-ence case: “Park called the SPCA, saying she needed to get rid of her animals to avoid cru-elty charges. She was asking for help, and she knew she was starting to break down (Sooke News Mirror, February 26th, 2014 “Park given suspended sentence”).

Second, VHS was cre-ated in November 2013 by Penny Stone, by her longtime friend Carol Broad and others. Mrs. Broad is the president and Ms. Stone is the executive director.

Third, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, (CFHS), is composed by inde-pendent charities and these are not all shel-ters.

VHS or SAFARS are not affiliated with CFHS

and; therefore, none of them have extra privi-leges. We are both reg-istered charities. We invite readers to visit the federation’s web-site and to ask ques-tions.

Margarita Dominguez

Sooke

Bad legacyWe can thank the B.C.

Liberals and specifi-cally Gordon Campbell for rising hydro rates and less money in our pockets. Before being forced out of office with the lowest approval rating of any premier in Canadian history, Campbell agreed to buy unneeded power from run of river inde-pendent power proj-ects at far above the market rates. This is now a huge unfunded liability as hydro has to sell excess power that it payed a premium for at lower market rates. That and regularly diverting dividends from hydro to other areas has left hydro in a mess that would cause WAC Bennett to turn over in his grave. This was just another sweet-heart deal cooked up for B.C. Liberal insiders and financiers.

Under the ruse of making B.C. self suffi-cient in power Camp-bell caused a gold rush mentality as companies (many foreign owned) rushed to stake out, dam and divert rivers to generate unneeded power too often with only token environmen-tal oversight.

After being run out of town on a rail, (not BC Rail as Campbell sold that to his cronies), the high priests of busi-ness who profited most from Campbell’s tenure sought to whitewash his shameful legacy by voting him “Builder of the Decade “ and sup-ported his nomination to the Order of B.C. What a joke! Tax cuts to business were paid for by the old, poor, elderly, ill and young school children as Lib-erals cut funds to our most needy and vul-nerable to pay for busi-ness’ tax cuts.

Campbell’s acco-lades should read “Food Bank Builder of the Decade” and given the fishy smells around so many back room maneuverings, the “Odour of BC.” B.C. Lib-eral mismanagement of BC Hydro and our

rising hydro costs are Campbell’s legacy.

Ted Roberts Sooke

Thanks in order

I have been following the negativity from a local Sooke animal res-cue towards a poten-tial new rescue in East Sooke (The Victoria Humane Society) and I have one simple ques-tion: why is it so hard to be kind and support-ive? I personally feel grateful that Sooke has an opportunity to bring in someone like Penny Stone and her associ-ates to help the animals of our community. I feel as though she is being attacked and this is not

right. Instead of disre-specting her and her organization on social media sites, shouldn’t we be saying thank you for recognizing the problem we have out here?

Thank you for using your skills and expertise towards the neglected, the forgot-ten, the strays and the abandoned... Oh, and thank you for all of the unpaid hours, the behind the scenes work and all of the fundrais-ing, planning and other amazing things you do for those animals (and doing so without pub-licly bashing the other rescues). We need to remember that Ms. Stone is also a volun-teer looking to make a difference, and that she has chosen our com-munity to do it in. It’s time to wake up and be thankful, instead of

being petty. L. Parsons

Sooke

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To the people of Sooke and surrounding area.

As the founder and past president, for 17 years, of the July 1, Sooke Canada Day events, I am very happy to say I have been in consultation with the Sooke Lions Club.

They will be putting on this year’s event. They are trying to have an event for all ages and they need your support in any way you can.

Please come and cel-ebrate this special day for our country, town, and each other. Hope to see you all there.

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Sister Mary’s eyes fell as she whispered, “but I thought you would be upset with me and that God would not like me if I didn’t come to church.” Her voice trailed off into silence. Kindly, the Reverend squeezed Mary’s hand and she looked into his eyes once again. “Church is people gathering to encourage each other and to praise the Creator for His goodness to us...and that you’re with us Mary makes all of us happy,” said the Reverend.

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Did you know that the greater Sooke region (from Port Ren-frew to East Sooke) has about 30 restaurants and eateries? We’re a bit scarce on ethnic diversity though, and if you’ve had a craving for a nice Indian curry, you’re probably think-ing that you’ll have to drive to The Big City for a bite.

Not any more. There’s authentic

Indian food to be had in Sooke, from a local business called Tastes of India. The reason why many don’t know about it is probably because there is no restaurant and no sig-nage. So far, it’s been just word-of-mouth and social media.

The business is owned and managed by Pooja Barooah who hails originally from India. She received her MBA in the UK, and worked in Dubai as a realtor before she and her family landed here in Sooke. She is cur-rently merging her pas-sions (she’s an entre-preneurial soul with a foodie bent) and is slowly setting up culi-nary shop here in Sooke. Our palates will be the beneficiaries.

And having enjoyed a sampling of her offer-ings, this reporter can speak to the qual-ity of the food. A look through her online menu speaks to the affordability. Because she has very little overhead (no build-ing and no employ-ees — and she cooks from a rented, certified kitchen), she passes those savings on to the consumer. For about $35, you can easily feed a family of four; $45 will satisfy four hungry adults.

For those who are unfamiliar with an Indian menu, or those who are more experi-mental, you can let Barooah build you a meal. Just let her know your dislikes (like, per-haps, coriander) and your heat tolerance, and she’ll quote you a price and prepare you something that should be to your liking.

According to her website Barooah is “a full-time mom who loves to cook.” She offers authentic Indian take-out in Sooke every Wednesday, and is cur-rently in the process of setting up cooking

classes. “I’ve been cooking

for as long as I can remember,” she said in conversation, “and I’m the biggest experi-menter that there is.” The major influences in the development of her culinary skill were her mother and her mater-nal grandmother.

“My mother is a really good cook. She hates cooking, but she’s such a good cook. My grand-mother, my mother’s mother, is an amazing cook. … She can cook any meat dish to the perfect amount of salt without tasting it,” said Barooah. “I suppose it’s in my genes.”

Barooah is also into sharing the experience, and will teach you how to cook your own Indian food. Her Face-book page also offers up recipes in her Notes (facebook.com/tasteso-findiainsooke/).

Her primary taste testers are her Norwe-gian husband, Bjørn Lodding and her one- year-old son, Aryan. Lodding, according to Barooah, is a very fin-icky eater, “and if he doesn’t like it, there is a chance that there is a significant amount of people that will not like it.” Their one-year-old son, Aryan, has already developed a tolerance for spicy food. Probably acquired during invitro, laughs Barooah.

The family of three, along with their two rescue dogs, have taken up residence in Sooke, and are loving it. They are currently here on a work visa through her husband, who works as a corporate trainer in Victoria. Barooah is intending to stay.

Should their perma-nency become a reality, Barooah would eventu-

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“It makes Indian food accessible,” said Barooah.

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Last week Edward Milne community school student Kayla Curtis competed in the semi-finals of the Pub-lic Speaking Contest, and represented EMCS among the competi-tors from three school districts (61, 62 and 63). The competition is hosted by Rotary Club of Royal Oak Centen-nial.

Presenting students had a choice of eight topics presented to them by the Rotary and had three weeks to pre-pare.

Kayla Curtis was among the six students who will move onto the finals, which take place on May 7 at 6 p.m., at Spectrum Secondary.

“Kayla Curtis, Grade 11, representing Edward Milne Com-munity School (EMCS) argued that univer-sity tuition in Canada should be free,” wrote Superintendent Jim Cambridge in his blog. “She spoke about the

cost of education, and highlighted countries such as Finland who have abolished tuition fees.”

Kayla is a natural at public speaking.

“I like to talk,” she laughed, in conversa-tion with the Sooke News Mirror, “and it’s really nice to talk for five minutes without anyone interrupting you.”

Enjoying speaking helps, as does a bit of adrenaline.

“It’s a little bit of a rush,” she admitted.

After the initial jitters subside in the first moments of actually speaking, seeing that she has engaged her audience, she relaxes into her presentation.

For those interested in (or forced into) pub-lic speaking, Kayla offers this advice: “Go ahead, write it, practice as much as you can, and go in and do it. If nothing else, it’s going to be a great learning experience.”

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Besides practicing her speech in front of friends, family and school supporters, she also engages her seven-year-old brother, Jesse.

“He had to listen to me practice at least a dozen times. I don’t think he knew what any of it meant, but he did give me a very nice round of applause.”

“I found the whole event inspiring,” said

Vice Principal John Lyall, adding this was the first year EMCS has participated in the event. “She was great,” he said, referring to Kayla’s speech at the event. “She’s a very strong candidate. She wrote a very polished essay.”

According to the Rotary Club of Royal Oak Centennial’s web-site, “The scholarships offered by the Rotary Club will be $1,000 for the best presentation, $750 for the runner-up, $500 for the third can-didate and three ‘con-solation’ scholarships for the remaining three finalists.”

Tickets are available from the hosting Rotary Club, and cost $15. The finalists’ presentations will be followed with a finger-food reception at which the winners will be announced.

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EMCS student Kayla Curtis competes in Rotary Public Speaking Contest, continues to finals.

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John Paul Svoboda was born in Vancouver British Columbia November 17, 1944 to John and Emma Svoboda and Brother Ralph.

He spent many years in Tofi no growing up where he became involved in the commercial fi shing and crabbing industry. During this time he became married and had two sons.

His commercial fi shing over the years took him from Alaska to the coast of Oregon where he left his mark and made many friends along the way.

Later on John took an interest in the commercial shellfi sh industry where he spent much time on Denman Island working and making many new friends.

John made his residences in Tofi no, Sooke, Port Hardy, Comox, and fi nally settled in the Denman Island area.

John enjoyed hunting, fi shing, gardening, cooking for family & friends, and helping out others whenever he could. He was an environmentalist at heart with a great love for nature.

A hidden passion few knew was his interest in art and writing.

His memory will be held in the highest regard by his family, friends, and co-workers as a loving and caring friend, husband, and father.

Svoboda,John Paul

1944 - 2014

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Deb, after a lengthy and courageous fi ght against cancer. Deb is survived by her loving husband Ken, her children Elizabeth and Vincent Pungente, her mom Florence McFetridge, brother Robert (Louise) McFetridge, sister Linda (Bill) Bussanich, as well as several aunts, and many nieces, nephews and great friends.

Deb was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and came to Victoria in 1957.

Deb was passionate about gardening and had her own business for many years. She enjoyed volunteering in the Sooke community.

Many thanks to all the doctors, nurses, home care workers and Sooke Hospice for the wonderful care given to Deb, with special thanks to Dr. T. Vally and Dr. E. Anderson.

In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Sooke Hospice or the Cancer Society.

Celebration of life details will be placed in the Times Colonist.

Winter, Deborah Anne(nee McFetridge)

April 20, 1954 - April 13, 2014

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In late March, the Capital Regional Dis-trict (CRD) Board approved its 2014 bud-get, focused on enhancing infrastructure and providing services that are priorities for the region. The 2014 operating expen-diture portion of the budget ($192.6 mil-lion) pays for a range of more than 200 CRD services to over 360,000 people in the region. In addition, the 2014 capital budget targets $130.2 million in capital projects.

The Seaterra program accounts for $63.2 million of the capital budget, and the remaining $67 million will be invested in growth upgrades, construction of trails, electoral area fire hall construction and improvements to the drinking water and sewer systems.

The increase in CRD’s core operat-ing costs has been limited to 1.17 per cent, which will primarily be offset by an approximate 1 per cent increase in the tax base resulting from growth and new construction over the past year.

The major impacts of the budget are:• Final $2 increase to the regional

parks land acquisition levy – the levy will now stabilize at an average $20 per house-hold. The parks levy generates more than $3.7 million to secure park land within the region.

• Splitting the final funding for the Island Corridor Foundation over 2014 and 2015 will result in a $300,000 decrease in the 2014 budget.

• The primary increase in the bud-get affects the core municipalities partici-pating in the Seaterra program. Seaterra is building the foundation for wastewa-ter treatment for the core area. Seaterra accounts for a 2.59 percent increase to the requisition for those municipalities which have chosen to recover their Seat-

erra related costs via requisition. These costs may be collected via requisition, user fees or a combination of both as decided by the participating municipality. The CRD began planning for wastewater treatment facilities in 2006, at the request of the Minister of Environment and to bring the region into compliance with fed-eral and provincial requirements.

• The three Saanich Peninsula munic-ipalities will see a significant decrease in CRD requisition costs due to the retire-ment of debt related to borrowing for the CRD Saanich Peninsula Sewage Treat-ment Plant.

• Included in this year’s budget is funding for the new post-disaster fire hall buildings for North Galiano Island and for East Sooke, with values of $700,000 and $2.3 million respectively.

• For the Capital Regional Hospital District (CRHD), the requisition is set to increase by 1.99 per cent. The CRHD pro-vides local share of capital costs for the development of health infrastructure in the region.

The CRD provides a range of key ser-vices:

• regional services are provided to all residents

• sub-regional services are provided to residents of participating municipali-ties

• local services are provided to indi-vidual municipalities, electoral areas or groups of residents within local service areas.

Where someone resides will deter-mine how the CRD budget affects them. For some municipalities the CRD requi-sition has gone down, for others it has increased. This affects each municipal-ity and its taxpayers differently, depend-

ing on what services they receive. The impact for each municipal and electoral area, and additional information about the 2014 financial plan, are available at www.crd.bc.ca/about/financial-account-ability

Overall the CRD’s budget has two com-ponents: the operating portion, and the capital portion. Operating costs pay for the daily business of the CRD. This por-tion of the budget pays for labour costs, supplies, programs, services and repay-ment of debt for major projects. Requisi-tion funding and income from fees and service charges, and other grant funding sources fund the operating budget.

The capital investment is included in an annual plan to sustain and enhance infrastructure in the region. This includes acquisition of buildings, facilities, con-struction of trails, and upgrades to capi-tal assets, such as water treatment plants and sewers.

The 2014 Financial Plan received pre-liminary approval by the Board in Novem-ber 2013. The plan was prepared based on the development of service plan sum-maries, which support the work plan and resource requirements for the upcoming year. The service plan summaries are approved by various CRD Board standing committees and commissions. For local services, the respective commissions review and recommend their budgets through the Electoral Area Directors to the Board. In the three electoral areas this process includes a significant amount of work undertaken by many appointed commissioners who volunteer their ser-vices in the Southern Gulf Islands, Salt Spring Island, and Juan de Fuca.

CRD board approves budget for 2014

Britt Santwoski/Pirjo Raits photos

Action in Sooke

There has been a lot going on in Sooke over the past week.

Top left, Mathiew Morris works at the clay table during the Family Art Day at SEAPARC sponsored by the Sooke Community Arts Council.

Top right, June Wesley had her knitting needles out while promoting the Sooke Fall Fair Needlework Section at the Shirley Craft Day last weekend.

Bottom the pit-cooked food is retreived at Journey middle school.

Got news?Got something going on? Want people to

know about it? Send the editor an email: editor@sooke-

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Regular MeetingJuan de Fuca Local Area Services Building#3 – 7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BCTuesday, April 22, 2014 at 3 pm. Public Welcome to AttendAny inquiries or correspondence for the Commission can be directed to:3 – 7450 Butler RoadSooke, BC V9Z 1N1E: [email protected]: 250.642.1500F: 250.642.5274

Notice ofJuan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission


Project Grants - provide project funding for arts organizations.IDEA Grants - support arts programming by organizations not eligible for other CRD funding programs.Deadline for receipt of Project and IDEA Grant applications is Friday, May 2, 2014 at 4:30 pm.For details please visit: www.crd.bc.ca/service/ arts-fundingCRD Arts Development Service 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1R7 T: 250.360.3215 [email protected]

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The race results for the Sooke River 10K are in. There were 360 participants, with the fastest runner (Derek Vinge, of the Comox Valley Road Runners) crossing the finish line after 33:14 minutes. Sooke had 37 runners registered, with Mat-thew Thomson of the

Sooke Trail and Road Runners (STARR) lead-ing our pack. He placed 51st overall, with a time of 41:14. The top female runner was Kim Ebbs-Canavan, who placed 86 overall, with a time of 44:59.

Upcoming in a week and a half is the Times Colonist 10K walk/run, on Sunday, April 27. You must pre-register to run, as there are no race day

registrations. Registra-tion ends at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday April 26, at the Fitness Expo, which will be held at Crystal Gardens.

The start time is 7:50 a.m. for wheelchair athletes, 8 a.m. for run-ners, recreational and competitive walkers, and recreational wheel-chair athletes. The 1.5K family run heads out at 11 a.m. Race maps are

available at their web-site, http://www.tc10k.ca/, under the Race Info tab.

Last year’s top com-petitive runner in the TC 10K, from Sooke, was Dr. Anton Rabien, who completed with a time of 34:54 and placed 35 overall. The top plac-ing female runner from Sooke was Sarah-Mae Pyndus, with an over-all time of 40:58.

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[email protected]

Sooke River 10K run results Nanaimo Spring Invitational swim meetOn April 12-13, Sooke

swimmers from Island Swimming attended the Nanaimo Spring (LC) Invitational.

The swimmers from Sooke performed exceptionally well at the Nanaimo Riptides Spring Invitational Long Course (50M) Swim Meet. Out of 32 swims we had 31 best times. Attending were, Lucy Bridal (13), Takahara Turnowski (13), Clarke Hopkins (11) and Nich-olas Ralph (11). We had swimmers qualify-ing for the Vancouver

Island Regional Cham-pionships in June, which will also be held in Nanaimo.

These results for the top eight finishes are as follows:

Clarke Hopkins (11 and under) placed first in the 200m breast-stroke, third in the 100m freestyle; third in the 200m backstroke, third in the 100m back-stroke and fourth in the 50m freestyle.

Nicholas Ralph (11 and under) placed eighth in the 50m but-terfly.

Lucy Bridal (13 and under) placed seventh in the 100m backstroke, sixth in the 200m back-stroke; sixth in the 200m freestyle, seventh in the 100m Breaststroke, and sixth in the 200m indi-vidual medley.

Takahara Turnowski (13 and under) had best times in the 100m backstroke, the 50m freestyle, the 200m free-style, the 100m breast-stroke, and the 200m individual medley.

Submitted by Frank Comerford

Ariah Cummings photo

The runners left the start line at 11 a.m. on a picture-perfect Saturday.

Local Seahawk football players participate in the first annual spring offence clinic.

Guest Coaches included Tom O’Niell (the big-gest guy in the picture) starting guard along with the Hamilton Ti-Cats of the C.F.L.

Beside him is Paul Ozieretti, coach of the U.B.C. Thunderbirds. Far left is Jay Pre-pchuk, from the top quarterback camp in Canada. To his left is the former Winnipeg Blue Bomber and McGill Redman coach Jerome

Erdman, along-side local kicking coach Andy Duke, a former Sooke resident and Saa-

nich police detec-tive. A great day was had by all with many com-pliments from the

coaches on the skills and sports-manship from our Sooke boys!

Andy Carrier

Seahawk’s football spring clinic

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For the second week in a row, the Sooke Pre-Atom Seahawks football game was decided in the game’s final plays. This time, though, the good guys came out victorious with a 20-19 win over the Gordon Head Raid-ers on April 13 at Wind-sor Park in Oak Bay, improving their record to 1-1.

Hunter Swift again dominated all aspects of the contest. His power running and pancake blocks opened up running lanes for his team-mates. He also scored Sooke’s first touch-down, and then tied the game with a great 40 yard run with about a minute left to play. Swift put his Seahawks ahead for good on the following convert when he carried seem-ingly the entire Gordon Head team five yards for the winning point.

Swift’s game-saving tackle on the last play of the game sealed the

win. This came one play after James Mul-len hustled from his defensive tackle posi-tion to push the Raid-ers’ fastest player out of bounds after a long run into Seahawks territory. That play capped an outstand-ing game from Mul-len in which he made numerous tackles-for-losses on defence, and displayed some power running and strong blocking on offence.

The offence was led by Christian Kaisinger, getting his first ever start at quarterback. Kaisinger did a good job getting the ball to his running backs, and scored his first ever touchdown on a quar-terback sneak.

Brody Reinsch rounded out the Seahawks’ scoring, converting after a first-half touchdown. He also contributed a few long runs after serv-ing up some wicked straight-arms that left would-be tack-

lers grasping for air. Will Daoust, Weston White, Gabe Nelson and Heath White also carried the ball for the balanced and effec-tive Seahawk offence, while Tagish Page and Carson Campbell pro-vided key blocking.

On defence, Dayton Planes, Logan Bain-bridge and Michael Lundell were strong, making key tackles late to first set-up, then pre-serve, Sooke’s come-back win. Youngsters Trystan Schroeder and Mitchell Suther-land worked hard and played tough against a physical Gordon Head team.

The Seahawks have no game next week due to Easter, but play again in two weeks against their rivals from Langford, the Westshore Warriors. Kick-off is 11 a.m. Apr. 27 at Westhills Sta-dium.

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dence and enthusiasm have made you a nat-ural leader. This week belongs to you, and others will rely on your leadership skills.

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has inspired you to make a difference, Tau-rus. If you want to vol-unteer, there are many organizations that need help. Find the right fit for you.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Change is right

around the corner, Gemini. Take the time to listen to what the stars are trying to tell you so you can make the best decisions.

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at bringing together people, Cancer. Use this ability to create a social forum this week. Encourage those clos-est to you to exchange ideas.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Don’t let others make

decisions for you, Leo. This week take con-trol of your life and be more assertive regard-ing the goals you want to accomplish.

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foremost on your mind this week. Focus on ways that technology can better your life and advance your career. Seek the advice of oth-ers.

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from friends and family when faced with a puz-zling problem. Different perspectives can shed light on the problem and make it easier to solve.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, give ample thought to what you really want out of a particular relation-ship or situation. You might have to make big changes, but such changes are worth the effort.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Try to show others this week that you are a thoughtful person who has a lot of life experience, Sagittarius. Assert yourself calmly and effectively to get your point across.

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Your Weekly Horoscope

Evelyn Petrie photo

Reader’s Photo of the WeekSooke News Mirror reader Evelyn Petrie took this photo of the west wing of Mt. Quimper, on a November day.

This week’s Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by Stone Pipe Grill. We welcome your submissions. Send your good quality jpeg photos to: [email protected].

W W W . S O O K E N E W S M I R R O R . C O M

SOOKEFOURCAST Your weather forecast for the next FOUR DAYS!What you need to know about the weather to plan your weekend.

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Where in the World?Pictured here in front of Meniji Shrine in Toyko Japan are Vanessa Ridley, Ali Hobson, Adonica Neary and Nadine Nicholson. They went to Japan during Spring Break on a school district trip.

Do you know about

fishing?If you know a thing or

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The fishing column should be no more than 200 words and talk about fishing in the Sooke to Port Renfrew area.

Send your ideas, sto-ries, what have you, to the editor at: [email protected].

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Arts & EntertainmentInspired by nature, bead maker finds her passion

Pandora move overPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The colours of the glass rods in Lori Steel’s

studio are mesmer-izing. It’s a rainbow of Murano glass in every shade under imagin-able. The walls are lined with bins and boxes of beautifully crafted glass beads, each one metic-

ulously made by hand.Lampwork is a cen-

turies old technique of making beads by melt-ing glass by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. The flame comes from propane, butane or nat-ural gas, the glass from Italy and the inspiration from Mother Nature.

Ever since the fifth century, artisans have been practicing the art of lampworking. It is dif-

ferent than glass blow-ing in that torches are used rather than fur-naces. It’s a precise and complicated art, gain-ing popularity for the unique glass beads cre-ated by the artist.

Steel likes the reac-tivity of the glass and the fascinating results when other materials, like silver, is added to the beads. The met-als stick to the molten glass and change the surface colour of the

beads. “I just love to make

the beads,” said Steel. “I love the whole process of melting the glass.”

Steel has an artist’s heart and she found the inspiration for lamp-work from the Sooke Fine Arts Show. She entered three pieces in the show and they sold. That was her impetus to try making her liv-ing at creating individ-ual one-of-a-kind glass beads.

“That inspired me to go ‘wow!’ I could actu-ally make a living doing this,” said Steel. “Defi-nitely the Sooke Fine Arts gave me the push.”

Nature with all of its shapes, striations of colour, patterns and symmetry is her inspi-ration. Her larger beads can mimic rocks and crystals, leaves and seeds. She translates what she sees around her in nature onto the beads. She fash-ions individual beads, bracelets and earrings.

While at markets she

demonstrates her art and chats with people about what she does. People are fascinated by what she does, as attested by the num-bers who watch her work. She loves it all.

She hasn’t looked back and is, in fact, looking forward. This is her first year as a full time artist and she is thrilled at the recep-tion to her work. She is not a relative unknown, she spent many years doing stunned glass and teaching oth-ers in the Metchosin area. She has a studio called Inspiration and she taught people to make mosaic tiles and stained glass. Once she touched glass though, it was all over. Glass beads and the thrill of the flame and what it creates is her love. Courses, workshops and inspiring instruc-tors have taken her to places where she perfected her art. The Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, in Gatlin-

burg, Tennessee was where Steel learned many of the techniques and master lamp-work instructors such as Corina Tettinger, Andrea Guarino and Holly Cooper brought her to new heights in creativity.

Steel has been in Sooke for 14 years and started Dragonfly Organic Art. She sells at prestigious markets in Vancouver, Calgary, Courtney and Victoria. She will be setting up her booth at Bastion Square in Victoria for the summer months and at Circle Craft, the Filberg Festival and two art markets in Calgary later in the year. Locally she sells at the Sooke Harbour House and the new Inspire store on Eustace Road. For more information on Lori Steel and her art go to: dragonflyorganics.ca; or www.facebook.com/dragonflyorganicart.

Pirjo Raits/Submitted photos

Top and bottom, pendants made by Lori Steel.Clockwise: from right, Lori Steel at work with the torch making beads. Middle right, Steel applies sur-face design onto a molten bead, below detail of decorated bead. Centre, a selection of bead brace-lets and far left string of handmade beads.

Pirjo Raits photo

Lampworker Lori Steel

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The Sooke Folk Music Society is very pleased to be welcom-ing back Hank Cramer to our April Coffee House this Saturday, April 19. Please note that for this month only, our Coffee House is being held at Sooke Baptist Church out on West Coast Road.

Hank Cramer is one of the best-loved folk-singers in the Ameri-can West. He is widely known for his boom-ing bass voice, smooth picking on a vintage flat-top guitar, and his wry sense of humor. He has a repertoire of over a thousand mod-ern and traditional songs, spanning the genres of Celtic, Appa-lachian, Maritime, cow-boy, and plain old folk music. He is more than simply a performer, however. He is a histo-rian and educator who weaves music and his-tory into presentations which bring to life the rich story of America’s westward movement, and give his audiences insight into the “folk process” by which tra-ditional songs evolve and change to describe new events.

Cramer was born in North Carolina. His father was a Green Beret, his mother an elementary school teacher. Hank’s father, Captain Harry G. Cra-mer was the first Amer-ican soldier killed in Vietnam in 1957. Hank’s mother never remar-ried. Hank inherited a gift of music from his father, and by high school was a prominent performer in glee club, choir, and school musi-cals. He earned a his-tory degree at the Uni-versity of Arizona, pay-ing his way by working nights and weekends as a radio dee-jay and cof-fee house folksinger.

After graduation, Cra-mer pursued a unique life journey involving adventure, hardship, travel, and public ser-vice. He has been an underground miner, an Army officer and para-trooper, a 9-1-1 emer-gency communicator, a deepwater sailor, and a wrangler for a high-country outfitter. These life experiences make Hank’s songs ring with the special authentic-

ity of someone who has “been there and done that.” A full-time tour-ing musician for over 10 years, Cramer now has 19 CD’s and sev-eral movie soundtracks and music videos to his credit.

Cramer’s music has garnered profes-sional recognition in the music industry. He has been selected to receive the Humanities

Washington Award for 2011. Heartland Pub-lic Radio named his recording of My Sweet Wyoming Home to the Top Five Cowboy Songs of 2007. Texas Public Radio “Random Routes” listed two of Hank’s songs in their Top Twenty of 2007, while Northwest Pub-lic Radio’s “Inland Folk” chose his CD Songs From Maurie’s Porch as

one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 2006.

After 9/11, Crameer-interrupted his music career to resume mili-tary service. He taught Army ROTC at the Uni-versity of Washington, then volunteered to deploy as an adviser and trainer to the Afghan National Army. He was injured during this tour of duty, medi-vaced back to the U.S., and is now retired from the Army Reserve.

Cramer married Kit McLean of Winthrop, Washington in 2000. She is a high-country wrangler in one of America’s most scenic mountain ranges. She is also a photographer, a local historian, and published author. The Cramers live on a small ranch in Washington’s Methow Valley with their many critters.

Come out this Sat-urday, April 18 to the Sooke Baptist Church on West Coast Road for an evening of lively music with Hank Cra-mer, Doors open at 7 p.m. with open stage at 7:30 and our feature at 9.

Arts & EntertainmentSongs of the American west on tap at folk society concert

Submitted photo

Hank Cramer performs on Saturday.


Arts and crafts dayDhalia Tholcke at the craft table during the Sooke Community Arts Council’s Family Art Day at SEAPARC.

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Value Your Farmer ForumThe last in a series of three Sooke Region

Food CHI Society Workshops

Help develop a food-growing community. Sooke Region Food CHI, Transition Sooke and Sooke Farmland Trust joined by special guests

Merville Organics, Comox Valley, discuss how a community can support its farmers and

more food-growing initiatives. Everyone is welcome!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 20147pm – 9pm

Edward Milne Community School6218 Sooke Road

Suggested donation $10 at the door. Refreshments provided.

Latecomers welcome, however seating is limited. Please reserve yours by emailing [email protected]

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389ea

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Commemorating a coastal legend

California-born Ada Annie Jor-dan settled in

the Clayoquot coastal rainforest in 1915 with her first husband, Willie Rae Arthur and three young children. Willie was a “remittance Man” from Glasgow with an opium addiction and a wealthy Scottish family who sent him regular cheques to keep him in Canada and to avoid him embarrassing his upper class family. Annie came to this iso-lated coast to help save him from his habit.

A five-acre garden carved out of the wil-

derness by Annie pro-vided food and income throughout her long life. The bounty on cou-gars supplemented her income and she earned her moniker of Cougar Annie by shooting over 70 of the animals. Annie gave birth to eight more children in this remote location.

In 1961 Annie mar-ried for the fourth and last time. It was an unsuccessful mar-riage to a man, 12 years her junior, who drank, stole from the store and sometimes beat her. This man tried to run Annie off a cliff to get the farm but she was wilier than he was and ran him off with her shotgun. When he left never to return around 1967, he was not missed.

Annie rarely left the property until old age and blindness forced her removal to Port Alberni, where she died just shy of 97.

In 2007 Katrina Kadoski moved to an off-the-grid historical homestead /garden located 33 miles North of Tofino. It used to belong to a settler who became known as Cou-gar Annie. Shortly after arriving she began writ-ing songs about Cougar Annie’s very interest-ing life. Kadoski spent close to three years at

Cougar Annie’s garden and immersing her-self in the folklore sur-rounding the legendary pioneer-settler.

“While most of my research happened during the three years I spent on her land. I have since traveled around Vancouver Island, Manitoba, and Alberta. I have been conducting interviews with relatives, collect-ing photos, news clip-pings, and letters,” states Kadoski.

After five years of writing and research-ing there is now a show called Cougar Annie Tales. It has been recently adapted as a solo theatre piece with support from the Other Guys, Kate Rubin, and Intrepid Theatre.

Now her award winning, critically acclaimed one-woman show has been tour-ing around B.C., and recently showcased at Pacific Contact. Draw-ing upon many sources, including Annie’s fam-ily, Cougar Annie Tales uses dramatic narra-tive, images, letters, and original composi-tions to celebrate the unconventional life of one of B.C.’s most colourful characters.

For more infor-mation on Katrina Kadoski go to: www.katrinakadoski.com

Tales of Cougar Annie

Submitted photo

Katrina Kadoski takes aim at the legend of Cougar Annie in a one-woman show on April 28.

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