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No firm answers for Jordan River residentsPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Knowing there is an earthquake and a tsunami risk at Jordan River hasnt changed much for at least one Jordan River resident.

Hugh Pite bought at Jordan River knowing there was a dam there.The danger has always been there, he said. Nothing has changed

as far as Im concerned.Pite was among the Jordan River residents who attended a Decem-

ber 12 meeting with BC Hydro representatives who wanted the resi-dents to know why they wanted to purchase their properties in the tiny hamlet about 40 kilometres from Sooke.

Susan Johnsons voice broke as she asked Chris ORiley, BC Hydros Vice-President for Generation, what Hydros immediate plans were for the residents, surfers, travelers, etc.

At the meeting she said, the dam can burst at any second, what are your immediate and long term plans for residents?

After the meeting she said, When we were going to the meeting it felt more like a funeral, said Johnson. Friday is the day Jordan River died for us.

ORiley outlined the results of the six year study, but what wasnt known to the Jordan River residents was that the outcome of the study and the resulting and seismic hazards were known since early in the summer.

Whats most shocking, said Johnson, Is Chris ORiley has known about it for six months, the CRD for three months and the media knew before us. For me, its incomprehensible. Its seem ridiculous to have known for so long. Why so much urgency if theyve known for six months, why three weeks before Christmas? We feel we were left out in the dark by BC Hydro.

At the meeting it was stated that this was one step in an ongoing process and it was not about making decisions but about getting infor-mation. ORiley said they were also open to ideas.

Three partners who bought the former Breakers restaurant were at the meeting and directly asked, at what stage did you know? They said they (BC Hydro) were buying out the community without consult-ing the community. They raised questions of exporting power to the Mainland, selling power to the U.S. and the environmental impacts if the dam gives out.

Why cant the dam not be repaired or rebuilt? they questioned.Stephen Rigby, Director of Dam Safety for BC Hydro, said it was a

massive study and the absolute most stringent study possible. He said they now know more about the Cascadia Subduction zone, which is 40 kms. away from Jordan River.

He said the study showed that in Jordan River the g-force is 1.5 and is the worst case with the maximum amount of ground motion - double what happens on the other side of Vancouver Island and the Mainland.

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Age-friendly grant for Sooke

Twenty-eight B.C. communities have been awarded age-friendly community planning and project grants to support strat-egies to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially con-

nected and healthy, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today.

The age-friendly community planning and project grant pro-gram is a partnership between the Govern-ment of British Colum-bia and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Each successful local gov-ernment receives up to $20,000 to help undertake a variety of activities - from setting public policy to deliv-ering information and services - that address the needs of older resi-dents. I

Community proj-ects, from accessible trails to workshops on preventing elder abuse, have significant impacts on the health of older adults, said Michelle Stilwell, Par-liamentary Secretary for Healthy Living and Seniors. I am particu-larly pleased to see numerous communi-ties projects focused on accessibility and keeping seniors safe.

Sooke received a

grant of $7,600 for the project to Study of Sup-port Needs of Sooke Seniors. The district will carry out a study to better understand the services and sup-ports needed in the community that allow older adults to remain in their homes.

Pacheedaht receives scholarship

The Pacheedaht First nation was presented with a cheque for $1,000 to go toward advancing forestry education of a band member.

The cheque presenta-tion was made to mark the signing of a Mem-orandum of Under-standing between the Pacheedaht and the Cowichan Lake Com-munity Forest Coopera-tive to work together to apply for a new com-munity forest agree-ment.

The co-op and the Pacheedaht joint ven-ture could supply

another sawmill in Port Renfrew area. The intention is to build on the success of the Lake

Cowichan forest co-operative that has been providing local benefits for their area for the

last 20 years.Lorne Scheffer, chair

of the co-op board, wanted to take imme-

diate action toward helping the Pacheedaht achieve their education and training goals.

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It was a bit of an astounding result, said Rigby.

He said the Jordan River dam could with-stand a .45g shake and actually has a very high seismic resistance.

Its a solid dam in great shape up to .45g. Its a concrete buttress dam, one-half a metre thick, he said, but its a poor design for this seismic area. He said it was heavily re-inforced in the 1990s but the problem now is if it is hit by a mag-nitude 9 earthquake it is the absolute worst case scenario and the world would be turned upside down.

The dam would not survive.

Rigby stated he believed they could upgrade to .9g but not 1.5g which would be needed to ensure the dam could withstand a magnitude 9 earth-quake.

No dam in the world is built to 1.5g, he said.

John Horgan, NDP Opposition Leader, said that it was clear going through the presenta-tion that the dam is fine but the location is the problem.

Were not depen-dent on Jordan River to keep the lights on 24/7.Its more than just 11 houses, the values of the hamlet are worth more, said Horgan.

ORiley said the Jordan River dam is responsible for 10 per cent of the peak demand on Vancouver Island and operates mostly as a peaking plant.

Jordan River is not the be all or end all of supply, he said.

He said it plays a unique role in supply-ing Victoria and on the Mainland.

He said Hydro relies on it and in their view it

is an important asset to the province.

It will carry on for generations to come.

ORiley said that drawing down the res-ervoir to reduce risk was not feasible as they needed the power from the plant to keep the lights on.

Numbers, risk fac-tors, g-forces and magnitudes were dis-cussed. A one-in-10,000 chance of a magnitude 9 or larger earthquake was at the seat of the hazard and risk for Jor-dan River residents.

If the dam werent safe, I would have to ask you to leave, said

ORiley. He said the one-in-10,000 was a

long term standard for having people down-stream. He said the challenge was that they dont have a way to get the dam to that stan-dard.

In the short term, you have 20 minutes to get out of the way, said ORiley.

He said Hydros rec-ommendation is to acquire the houses which then lowers the standard from one-in- 10,000 to one-in-1,000.

So basically, BC Hydro wants to get rid of permanent residents.

When asked about sirens or alarms, ORiley said they did not have any and if there were any they would have been installed by the community.

Lending a little black humour to the meet-ing was one resident who said that if he was in his house and there was a beam on his legs because of a tsunami, the last thing he would want to hear is a siren announcing the dam has broke.

ORiley stated that it would be public money (for rebuilding or re-inforcing) and that was part of the equation.

He stated that they have no mandate to expropriate any prop-erties and Hydro was just starting the pro-cess.

They can take these properties if they chose, said John Hor-gan.

Its you responsibil-ity to fix the problem, said Susan Johnson. Youre making your problem our problem.

Travis Whiting, Senior Manager for Protective Services at the CRD said if a .9

magnitude earthquake hit there would be no missing it.

You will be knocked off your feet. You will see destruction on land. Its not an event you will miss. Know your risks, get a kit and be prepared, the mes-sage hasnt changed.

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Jordan River homeowners vent their frustrations

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Stephen Rigby talks to the crowd at the meeting on Decmeber 12, while Chris ORiley listens in the background.

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Sookes Scandinavian loggersWhile were mostly

used to reading about the early Scots, Brits and French Canadian immigrants to our region, as time went on there were many other immigrants as well. The Norwegians, Swedes and Danes seemed particularly attracted to the forests and fjords of British Columbia, so similar to where they grew up.

Typical, perhaps, were brothers Her-man and Sverre Han-sen, growing up north of the Arctic Circle at Alta, Norway. In 1923 Herman arrived at the age of 24, connected with an elder brother barbering in Vancou-ver, and found work building railway grades as a beginning in the new country. He also chopped cordwood and soon was taken under the wing of a faller, and began learn-ing the skills of a woods-man, on Cortes Island. Between contracts, walking in Vancou-vers Stanley Park on a Sunday, he met Anna, a Swedish girl, and it wasnt long before the two were married.

Pulling on a cross-cut saw, felling the giant Douglas-fir tim-bers, was the work of a two-man crew, and soon Herman thought to write to younger

brother Sverre back in Norway. Brother Sverre arrived with his wife Dagne, and the two Hansen families were based at camps at Elk Bay and the Lake Cowichan area for the next few years.

Also falling timber at the time was Ice-lander Byron Johnson, whose family lived on the Sooke River, and it was Byron who led them to look for acre-ages in Sooke. By 1930 Herman and Anna, with two toddlers Mary and Henry, had purchased FIVE acres on Parkland Road, part of the new subdivision of Sasee-nos. Their youngest son Robert was born soon after.

Sverre, meanwhile had acquired acreage on Harbourview Road, also in the Saseenos subdivision, where he

settled with Dagne and the two sons born to them while in camps, Lloyd and Peter. Twins Norman and Arnold joined the family soon after, followed by Ger-hart and then the baby of the family, a girl at last, Irene.

Both Herman and Sverre were well-mus-cled fallers and their strength showed as they pulled a crosscut saw in tandem. By the mid-1930s they were falling for Elder Logging in the watershed at Muir Creek, felling the giant Douglas-fir, the timber that became so well-known and prized in the construction of bridges and buildings.

One can see from the photos, that Sverre, on the right is shown as a young father, who sadly was lost to illness long before his time, while

Herman, at left, lived to be 94. It is notable that three of Sverres sons, Pete, Arnold and Ger-hart, carried on their fathers tradition of fall-ing, where they each became very skilled. Making their homes in Sooke, Arnold and Ger-hart in particular made great contributions to their hometown by their years of efforts support-ing the Sooke Commu-nity Association, the log-ger sports shows and All Sooke Day.

In Hermans family, it was eldest son Henry Hank who went into the forest industry, fol-lowing a route of work-ing summers at Elder Logging to earn a For-est Engineering degree from UBC. After he had become general man-ager of the Western For-est Products conglom-erate in Vancouver, he was often out at the Jordan River operation on his trips around the province.

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Carol Christie is remaining tight-lipped but she has a special sort of twinkle in her eyes.

Christie is the pastry chef and kitchen man-ager at Little Vienna Bakery and she set out to prove to Canada that a small town bak-ery chef can whisk and blend and chop with the best of them.

Christie will be seen competing on Chopped Canada on January 10, when Food Network Canada dishes out a second serving of the hit series.

For those who dont know the show, four chefs compete in a cooking challenge using mystery ingredi-ents - ingredients that may be unfamiliar, strange or downright nasty to some tastes. The judges are some of Canadas finest chefs and culinary experts.

Christie applied for season one but washt accepted and when she applied again for the second season she made the grade.

After watching sea-son one, I asked myself if I had something to prove. I have years of experience and a wide variety of skills and I could go up against anyone I figure, said Christie. Why not apply, theres a one in four chance to win $10,000 and then I can tick that off my bucket

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chosen 52 chefs to com-pete with each other in 13 episodes and Chris-tie will be on the first episode on January 10.

When filling out the application and answer-ing the questions I had to think about it from a life long perspective. It was easy to pick my mom (as inspirational) and I thought it sounds like a good story, its my story Ive lived it.

She grew up on a farm and knows where food comes from and she appreciates that.

My whole back-ground was a good fit.

So the phone rang in March and things

progressed from there. From the one-on-one meetings to filming in Sooke to the flight to Toronto, it was all enough to make Chris-tie scream when ET Canada released the competitors names on November 26.

It was only one day of filming in Toronto but Chopped Canada flew Christie out a few days early so she could visit with her mom. She had recently lost her father and Christie said if she won she would take her mother on a holiday.

She said she got along just fine with the three dudes she was compet-ing against. They were all close to the same

age, came from all dif-ferent backgrounds and different culinary back-grounds. Christie is 48. Her competitors come from Langley, Calgary and Mississauga.

We didnt just take it up a few years ago, she said. I said, lets go for it and have some fun.

Heart-pounding is the way she described the moment when they said go! Her episode is called Kat-a-what? She came up with the title when she learned she had to deal with a Middle Eastern ingre-dient in the appetizer round. Is it a noodle or is it a pastry? In the dessert round, its a trip to Catalina as the chefs must figure out how to incorporate this ketchup-based dress-ing and tofu skin in a round winning dessert.

Judges: Michael Smith, Anne Yarymo-wich, Eden Grinshpan

She practiced with one of her co-workers at Little Vienna Bak-ery - Jacquie. Jacquie would mention a ran-dom ingredient while they were working and Christie would have to verbally spit out some-thing she would make

with them. It appears to have worked.

So, does she win or does she not? That is the question that will only be answered on January 10. She wouldnt tell, no mat-ter how hard she was cajoled.

Christie is happy working at Little Vienna Bakery, shes been there for three years and said it is, a great place to work - better than any hotel kitchen. Its unique, everybody has diverse strengths and we feed off those strengths. Its a nice team.

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A brief look at what made the news in Sooke in years past.

December 16, 1969SPCA Takes OverThe condition of the

sheep and cattle on the Gordons Beach farm, the estate of the late H.O. Rogerson, has been the subject of discussion for a con-siderable time. Inves-tigations were carried on during the summer months by the SPCA. At that time there was a reasonable amount of feed and these tough Highland Sheep and Highland Cattle were able to forage for them-selves. Certainly con-ditions were far from ideal, but there was nothing on which the SPCA could act.

Over the months the manager of the SPCA, David Beech-ing, has kept a careful check on conditions, with the assistance of a veterinarian and and experienced cattleman. Food has been getting scarce, which has led to increased wandering of the stock.

December 15, 1979Christmas Shopping

in SookeThe following is a

small sample of what is available and where, and prices are approxi-mate.

For the festive occa-sion, a dress, lapel, or hairdo could be adorned with a silk flower, priced at $1 to $6, from He & She Style Shop. Also in stock are cordless curling irons at $26.50 and glimmer-ing Disco Eye Powders at $4.50.

Lindas Toys & Crafts offers many playthings for children and some very interesting ideas for the grown up child in the family as well, such as models of the 1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall and the 1920 Rolls Royce Fire Engine, at $7.50 each. For the bar, a Laffun Head gives you a surprise by laughing, rolling its eyes and wagging its tongue when its tie is pulled. It costs $34.

Although the selec-tion of glazed fruit is now diminished, local food stores are offering some very competitive buys. K&R Your Food Store has Christmas mixed nuts for $1.39 a pound and filberts for 99 cents a pound. At Village Food Markets, youll find Christmas candy at $1.39 and $1.59 per pound.

Cedar Grove Bakery, in addition to festive gingerbread men and mince tarts, have beau-tifully-decorated fruit-cakes at $4.99.

December 20, 1989Victory for WildlifeChalk up one for the

wildlife that inhabit the Sooke River estuary.

The decision of the CRD directors, on the recommendation of Sooke Director Bob Clark, to rescind a bylaw to rezone the Sooke flats for 100 RVs each summer is as much a victory for the wildlife and for our environment as much as an indictment of bureaucratic bungling that raised doubts in the minds of CRD law-yers as to whether or not CRD bureaucrats

followed the proper procedures in inform-ing residents of the pro-posed rezoning.

December 22, 1999Experts say nothing

to fear about Y2K bug but fear itself

Human panic, not computers, seem to be the real Y2K story as less than two weeks separate one epoch from another.

The biggest prob-lem wont be the com-puters, itll be peoples hysteria, local Capital Computers manager Ivan Bjornholt said.

Bjornholt said although he anticipates some minor computer glitches, they will be worked out.

However, he fears peoples reaction to the threat of Y2K bug will

create problems.December 16, 2009Solar kudos for

TSou-ke NationA recent trend of

cool, sunny weather was still in effect last Tuesday as honour was bestowed upon the local First Nation. Sharing the recognition was the energy outfit that helped TSou-ke become considered for the award granted by the Canadian Solar Industries Association.

The local partner-ship had to have been a prime candidate for the award considering it had created whats been described as the largest such solar installation in the prov-ince.

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Dr. David SmithSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror

For children and teenagers in BC, coping well with the demands of school work, busy schedules and social relationships in todays chaotic world reflects resilient mental health. But some B.C. children and youth are unable to cope well with the daily stresses of their lives and the results can be debilitating or tragic.

An estimated 13 per cent of youth in B.C. each year experience a mental health issue that means up to 83,700 children under the age of 19 may be suffering. Studies show that receiving appro-priate help at the right time may enable a child or youth to return to good health or prevent the escalation of symp-toms, warding off larger crises or more chronic illnesses, and even at times saving young lives.

But unfortunately, the majority of youth experiencing a mental health issue, or their families, do not seek help. Why is this? There are likely a number of key factors: youth and family may lack under-standing about mental health issues or may be unable to recognise the symptoms of a mental health problem; they

may not know how to access the right ser-vices, who to see, or how to navigate B.C.s mental health system; they may be worried about possible stigma, or labelling, and hoping it is simply a phase that will pass.

As an adolescent and adult psychiatrist working for the last 11 years in Interior Health (IH), I appreciate how frightening and worry-ing it can be for youth and families when a mental health issue arises. But I also know the right help can make all the difference and that good recovery is possible even with some of the most seri-ous of mental health concerns. And help does not always mean treatment with medica-tion. In fact, many men-tal health problems in children and youth can be very successfully treated with other tech-niques, particularly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which, in essence, teaches skills to address the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that underlie a mental health prob-lem.

Working with a group of mental health col-leagues in the Inte-rior and on Vancouver Islandincluding fami-lies with lived experi-ence, mental health clinicians from the Min-istry of Children and Family Development, health authority profes-sionals, school coun-sellors, family doctors,

pediatricians and oth-ers we have come up with a series of short columns to run in this paper to help youth and families recognize and understand some common mental health concerns. Over the next 10 weeks, in 10 arti-cles, we will talk about issues like anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophre-nia and family support. We will help you recog-nize the symptoms and know when and how to seek help. We will talk about successful skills, actions and treatments. These columns can also be found at www.shared carebc.ca so you can access them online or share with friends and family.

Numerous high qual-ity websites are pro-ducing up to date infor-mation about a wide variety of mental health concerns and in each column, we will link you

to online resources in B.C. for more informa-tion on each condition. A few excellent provin-cial sites to check out now include: open-mindbc.ca; mindcheck.ca, forcesociety.ca, and keltymentalhealth.ca.

Next column, we will talk about anxiety.

Dr. David Smith is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the medical director of the Okanagan Psychiat-ric services for Interior Health. This series of columns on common child and youth mental health issues is a project of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Sub-stances Use Collabora-tive. The Collaborative is jointly funded by Doc-tors of B.C. and the gov-ernment of BC.

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Wild animals not suitable as pets

An exotic cat worth close to $8,000 was out on the loose around Sooke this past week and the sighting took on a life of its own. The story was picked up by all kinds of media. The quickest and most traffic came through Facebook.

Apparently the cat, named Samson, was hit by a truck and killed on Sunday. Which brings up the whole issue of exotic and wild pets. These animals belong in the wild, not in someones home or backyard zoo. What do they use for a litter box and how does the home smell? Its not natural, its inhumane to keep such a large animal indoors.

If you have ever gone to a zoo and seen the tigers, lions of other large cats you would notice how they pace back and forth in the cage. They arent happy. They are stressed and they are out of their element. The whole beauty of a wild animal is their wildness - not its captivity and that is what one does when they have a wild animal as a pet.

Keeping an exotic animal, whether its a snake, turtle or a serval cat is the biggest kind of cruelty. Raising these exotics is also akin to cruelty. Sure breeders may be ethical and animal lovers but they are still contributing to this kind of unnatural breeding for the sake of some kind of status.

Wild animals raised in captivity do not lose their inherited instincts. Anyone who has a domestic cat knows this.

Sooke has bylaws against the keeping of exotic animals but the list doesnt include these particular cats. That issue may have to be revisited once the new council gets their legs under them.

Meanwhile, its dark outside and there are deer and all sorts of critters with four legs and two legs on the streets. Lets watch out for them... and if you are a two-legged creature please be visible. It is almost impossible to see someone wearing black on a dark and stormy night.

ANOTHER VIEW

Local Farmers WantedA winter storm has struck damag-

ing ferry docks on Vancouver Island. All sailings have been cancelled and it could be weeks before repairs will be done. With the ferries out of com-mission, there are only enough fresh fruits and vegetables to last us four to six days. Panic buying will ensue; people will consume everything in sight resulting in a food crisis for the island. This is the scenario broad-cast in the Island on the Edge docu-mentary, and while it may seem far-fetched and over dramatic to some, this may become a reality.

Vancouver Island could face seri-ous food supply problems and we need to take our local food security on the Island more seriously by pro-ducing more locally grown food. In the midst of rapid climate change, we need to develop our local food industry and supply in order to com-bat global dependence, strengthen our local economy and avoid rising food prices.

California agriculture supplies 70 per cent of our imported fruits and vegetables every year. With rising global temperatures, poor grow-ing conditions are decreasing the amount of food available for export, meaning higher food prices. Huge monocrop farms are viewed as the most economical way of producing food for the masses. Most of our food on the Island comes from the global transport chain, dependent on oil for transport and fertilizers impacting our climate, soils and our water.

Developing the local economy is

a benefit of eating locally. Local peo-ple consume only 5 per cent of the food produced on Vancouver Island, the rest is imported from elsewhere. Industrial agriculture and increased food import affects the success of small, local farms unable to keep up with growing food demands. These farms go out of business, increasing the need for imported food, fuelling the vicious cycle. With the increase in land prices, fuel, machinery and the monopoly the globalized food mar-ket has on food consumption, local farmers are unable to afford enough land to grow an adequate amount of food to make a living and feed neigh-bouring communities. The average salary of farmers is $10-30,000, not nearly enough to sustain growth in the future or expand their farms. It is time we give the chance to these small farms to prosper and deliver healthy, local food to the Island.

Lower food prices go hand-in-hand with unlimited year-round food selection, a major benefit of the glo-balized food market. Higher prices and a limited selection are the appar-ent drawbacks to the local food sys-tem.

Canadians spend 10 per cent of their income on food, favouring cheaper food rather than splurging on local produce. When local farm-ers have to sell their food for lower than the price of production just to stay in business, it is a rip off to the entire local food economy. Today, less than 6 per cent is produced locally; local food production is los-ing the race in the agricultural indus-try in Canada to the cheap, global

food alternatives. Hopefully it is not too late for the local food movement to reverse this crisis.

Producing food locally creates a connection to our food and farmers, feeds into our local economy, and essentially drives the prices of food lower by eliminating the transporta-tion costs used in food import. Grow-ing food in urban environments like community gardens, backyard vege-table plots and urban farms are great ways to contribute to developing our affordable, safe and most impor-tantly, local food system. Organiza-tions like Farm Folk/City Folk and the Land Conservancy of Canada are working to purchase land for farm-ers to increase the amount of agri-cultural land. The Security and Pros-perity Partnership of North America is attempting to harmonize the food regulations with the US, which will greatly threaten our right to food sovereignty and local food secu-rity. Regulations need to be modi-fied from large scale agricultural standards to small scale local farms often following a completely differ-ent protocol for operation. Govern-ment legislation needs to establish safe, secure and profitable local food rights for local farmers and consum-ers in order to protect our food secu-rity. Without food in our bellies, we will have no need for the money in our pockets; we need to start feeding into our local food system to ensure a successful future.

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YellowOnions

29

California

BrusselSprouts

189

California

Baby Carrots

2/250California Premium

Yam/SweetPotatoes

129

Florida

FieldTomatoes

179

B.C. Grown

GoldenBeets

149

Del Monte

FruitAll Varieties

99Pringles

PotatoChips

169

Kellogg's

RiceKrispies

Pillers

KolbassaSausage Chunks375g.....................................549

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Turkey KolbassaSausage Chunks375g ............................................499

Tenderloin Bone In

PorkChops7.03/kg .................................319

Grimm's

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Fresh

Grade ATurkey 4.39/kg 199

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4/500

339

B.C. Grown

YellowTurnips

69

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Western Foods'White or 60% Whole Wheat

Bread570g .......................99

Turtles

Original or Premium

Chocolates267-300g ....................899Planters

Deluxe MixedNuts275g ...........................599Lindt

LindorChocolates150g ..........................499

Hawkins

Cheezies

210g ......................2/300

Dura ame Original

FireLogs1.36 kg ..................

2/500

Lipton

Onion SoupMix4's ...............................229Hunt's

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Dempster's SignatureWhite or 100% Whole Wheat

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2/500

Dempster's Cinnamon Raisin

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680g .........................279Friskies

CatFood156g All Varieties ......59

Molson Exel

Low AlcoholBeer12x355 mL ..................599

Tostitos XL

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2/600

Purex Double Roll

BathroomTissue12's .............................599

Old Dutch XXL

PotatoChips270g All Varieties ..

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Cranberry Sauce348 mL .......................169

Glad

FoodWrap90m ............................349

Brockmans

Truf niTruf es180g ...........................599

Texana

JasmineThai Rice2 kg .............................499

Organic

Yam/SweetPotatoes

Unico, Stuffed

Manzanilla Olives375 mL ....................

2/300

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SmokedOysters85g ..........................

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PotatoChips225g All Varieties .....

4/10

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Nabob

Tradition Coffee

599

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1.96/kg

DoleCelery1.96/kg .............................89

Lemons

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Gravy Mix

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Garbage, waste not welcome

According to the Sooke News Mirror our Regional Director Mike Hicks says that the proposed composting facility in Shirley has merit if it cannot be seen or heard. That sure sounds to me like he has his mind made up about approving this application which would be totally against the clearly stated wishes of his constitu-ents.

Mr. Hicks was at the December 6th commu-nity information meet-ing in Shirley where

there was a near unani-mous vote by the resi-dents of Shirley and Jordan River that they were totally opposed to this facility being located in this area. In a clear voice the commu-nity said that this pro-posal is simply an inap-propriate use of land in this community and should not be allowed to proceed.It would change the nature and the character of this community in a nega-tive way.

Accordingly any talk about increased jobs, new tax revenue, or any

other amenities from the proposed project is simply irrelevant when the proposed land use is clearly inappropriate for this community.

Like Sooke we want to build our community based upon the natural environment. Shirley and Jordan River seek to grow in a sustain-able way based on our parks, beaches, trails, commercial and recre-ational fishing, respon-sible forestry, and tour-ism and recreational activities.

The CRD has created a problem by banning

food scraps from the regional landfill. That problem is not solved by trucking that gar-bage through Sooke and Otter Point to a composting dump in Shirley Jordan River.

Mr. Hicks needs to listen carefully to and follow the wishes of his constituents in Shir-ley Jordan River or his political legacy will be the politician who brought the garbage disposal industry to Shirley Jordan River.

Guy McDannoldShirley

Quake will affect many

Re: BC Hydro expro-priating 11 properties at Jordan River.

It seems to me that if the South Island is hit with a level 9 or greater earthquake, there will be a whole lot more damage and causalties to contend with then those 11 properties in Jordan River.

I have to wonder what the real reasoning is behind this scheme.

R. BensonOtter Point

We asked: What do you think about people being asked to sell their homes at Jordan River?

If they cant offer to fix the dam, they should decommission it

and explore the possibility of a wind farm pn San Juan Ridge.

John Boquist Sooke

I would leave it up to the people there to decide. At least theyre

being notified and they can make the decision on their own.

Gary BlainSooke

I think it's good that the people have knowledge of what could

happen. Yes, it's good they are making an offer for those who want to leave, that's fair. They

shouldn't be forced out.

Linda GordonSooke

Im against it. I dont think its right. Its BC Hydro;s responsi-

bility to fix it.

Daniel HaleySooke

letters

Exotic cat loose and then hit by truck A photo was pasted on a local notice

board about a possible cougar in the area. As it turns out it is not a cougar but an exotic cat.

This photo taken just after noon, at around 12:15 on Dec. 14 around Otter Point Place.

The couple who spotted it has this to say.

The cat was heading east at quite a fast clip. A friend suggested it is possibly a African serval.

This gorgeous cat walked along the road in front of our house today. Doesnt look like a cougar to us, unless its some kind of hybrid, but what is it?questioned a couple on Otter Point Place. The fol-lowing includes some of the emails sent on this subject and they pretty much tell the story.

Ken was the one who saw the ani-mal first.Thinking it was probably a cou-gar and not wanting to encourage it with Maggy (our cat) and other dogs and cats around, I went out on deck, which fright-ened it into the hedge over the road, so we assumed it had snuck off behind the hedge. However, about 10 minutes later it reappeared and started walking quickly

straight along the road, so Ken rushed to find my camera and took the photo from the deck. I pasted a photo on our local notice board, said the couple who took the photo but didnt want to be iden-tified.

Friend Steve Holland, who is a retired science teacher and now lives in Ucluelet, did some enhancement on our photo and we sent this and his website identification and their photo on to our circle of inter-ested folk.He also came up with all sorts of information on this cat and it certainly sounds as if its just asking for trouble to

try to have one as a pet (not to mention illegal!).

We have also been told that some-one in our area lost an exotic animal dur-ing the summer and, if this is the one, it seems it was not declawed (nor had its teeth ground down as apparently can happen to some poor cats) as it did not seem to be in bad shape (though I have not yet heard of any livestock disappear-ances in the area).

The latest is that the cat was hit by a truck driven by Peter Henry.

It is not the first time the serval, named Samson, has escaped.

Serval cats are bred in captivity and often cross-bred with domestic cats. It is illegal to allow them to be free and in many municipalities they are a restricted species.

If left in the wild they will adapt to their environment and become a wild species again.

Sooke bylaws do not allow wild or exotic animals anywhere in the district, but the list does not include the African serval.

Submitted photo

the serval cat was hit by a truck on sunday night.

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Generosity shownTop, Mrs. Wilsons Grade 1 and 2 class at John Muir presenting a cheque for $500 to the Sooke Christmas Bureau. They raised the money by collecting donations and holding a toy sale at school. The two students are Shailynn Dent and Estevan Swanton, presenting the cheque to Ben Molesky and Mike Thomas. Below, Village Food Markets together with Geoff Steele from Stellar Homes are proud once again to be able to donate $6,000 worth of food to the Sooke Food Bank. They are Geoff Steele, Wayne Kneeshaw, Spencer Logan, Jared Steele, Cassidy Logan and Hailey Steele.Please help do your part by giving to this great organization to help those less fortunate during this Christmas season. Merry Christmas everyone!

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Dear Resident,

RE: Kitchen Scraps RecyclingIn order to prolong the life of Hartland landfill, the CRD has decided to divert 30,000 tons of annual kitchen scraps. As of January 1, 2015, Hartland landfill will no longer be accepting kitchen scraps. All kitchen scraps must be separated from your regular garbage. Kitchen scraps include fruits, vegetables, meat, meat by-products, dairy products, baked goods, cereals, grains, pasta, bones, egg shells, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, nuts and shells, household plants, and soiled paper products such as paper towels, tissues, food packaging, paper plates and cups. There are three methods of disposing of your kitchen scraps:

1) Compost yourself 2) Ask your contract Garbage collector (Alpine or Sooke Disposal) for instructions on their

pick-up method3) Collect your kitchen scraps in a bucket and take to either:

A&P Recycling - Marilyn Road, Sooke (left off Sooke River Road) Idlemore Recycling - Idlemore Road, Sooke (across from Saseenos Elementary)

Helpful NotesLining your bucket with old newspapers is a great way to keep you container clean and provide a totally compostable liner. Sooke Home Hardware has offered to stock the gamma seal pail which has an air tight, easy to open, twist on lid for securing your compost items. I have researched many pails and believe this to be the best and most reasonably priced.

Merry Christmas,

Mike HicksRegional Director


Starting January 1, 2015 kitchen scraps will be restricted from your garbage.

In the District of Sooke, the individual property owner is responsible for arrang-ing for garbage and kitchen scrap disposal. This means that resi-dents will have to find optional methods of reducing, reusing or recycling their kitchen scraps.

In Sooke, garbage dis-posal and composting companies provide ser-vice contracts to resi-dents and commercial operations and drop off facilities exist for all recycling and garbage services. Check your local yellow pages for service providers and see the CRDs website for more information.

Also visit our waste management page:

ht tp : / / sooke .ca /departments/environ-mental-services/waste-management/

Organic materials, such as kitchen scraps, make up approximately 30 per cent of the waste at the heartland landfill. Current recycling (such as the blue box pro-gram) and composting programs are diverting 46 per cent of the waste stream from the landfill. The goal of the CRD is to achieve a diversion rate of 70 per cent by 2015, and that will be achieved when kitchen scraps are removed fro the garbage.

The CRD website provides the following information:

Reduce, reuse and recycle.

The CRD advises residents to purchase locally and to make purchases with mini-mal packaging or grow-ing your own.

Kitchen scraps col-lection goes beyond backyard composting

as it includes meat, bones, fish, cooked leftover food, dairy products, grain prod-ucts such as bread and pizza and soiled paper products such as nap-kins and paper towels, which should not be composted in the back-yard composter.

On site food digest-ers are an alternative.

The acceptable mate-rials include:

Accepted MaterialsFruit and vegetable

scrapsFood leftovers, plate

scrapingsMeat, fish, giblets

and bonesDairy products, but-

ter, mayonnaiseEggshellsBread, cereal, grainsPasta, pizzaBaked goods, can-

diesSoiled paper towels

and tissuesSoiled paper food

packagingUsed paper cups and

platesFlour and sugar bagsCoffee filters and

groundsTea bagsSolidified fats and

greaseBaking ingredients,

herbs, sp

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bc hydro representatives

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massive study

year study

bc hydros vicepresident