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MLA for Juan de Fuca, John Horgan is taking a run at the leadership of the B.C. NDP. Top, at the announce-ment on March 17 in Langford, Horgan was flanked by (left to right): NDP Caucus Whip Maureen Karagianis and MLA for Esquimalt-Royal Roads; John Horgan; former party leader and MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill Carole James; and Bill Routley, NDP Forest Critic and MLA for Cowichan Valley.Bottom photo, NDP party members show their support for John Horgan.

Horgan runs for leader Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The house was packed and an exuber-ant crowd welcomed the news that MLA John Horgan would take a run at the leader-ship of the NDP party in B.C.

On Monday night Horgan, MLA for Juan de Fuca, was joined by neighbouring MLAs and high-profile party members, including former leader Carole James, Maureen Kara-gianis, Bill Routley and federal MP Randall Gar-rison.

Former party leader Carole James said John Horgan has earned the respect of the stake-holders because he didn’t play games and because he was a straight shooter who knows where he stands and where his values are.

“He gets it,” she said.When Horgan took

the podium he said. “My name is John Hor-gan and I want to be the leader of the B.C. NDP.”

That rallying cry roused the audience who gave him a standing ovation while waving placards and cheering.

Horgan stated they had just come through a devastating election

campaign and they did not form the govern-ment they expected to form.

“The challenge for us as NDP is to reassess where we fit in the lives of British Columbians,” said Horgan.

Horgan had previ-ously stated he would not run for leader but would like to see younger candidates step forward.

“I did not want to be an obstacle for change,” he said.

Horgan talked about his core values and how he became a social democrat. His values, he said, came from his mother and Tommy Douglas.

The notion of social-ism and free enterprise are outdated and the young are looking at issues around the envi-ronment and sustain-ability, said Horgan.

He said, “there is a balance to be struck” and an absolute neces-sity to exploit resources through a rigourous regulatory process. He said B.C.’s resources belong to all of us. ”Enough is enough,” he said in reference to the present government.

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Our water pipeline adventureWe take it for granted, but

an adequate water supply is surely one of society’s fore-most needs. When it was determined late in the 1800s that the growing City of Vic-toria needed a source of water that would serve long-range needs, the city fathers searched for a solution.

Sooke Lake was chosen as the best available source and plans were set afoot. Late in 1911 Westholme Lumber Co. was contracted to construct a flowline that could carry water from Sooke Lake to Vic-toria. For two years this com-pany employed hundreds of men to survey and slash out a grade on which a concrete pipeline could be laid.

The plan was to construct a dam at Sooke Lake, lay 27 miles of concrete pipeline that would carry water by grav-ity to a reservoir that would be built at Humpback (Gold-stream) and then deliver the water for distribution to Victo-ria residents via a riveted steel pipe.

The scene here shows Coo-pers Cove in 1914, when the inlet was a hive of activity. If you were standing on the upper side of the highway east of the cove, where this picture is taken from, today you would see a restaurant/kayak college where the main construction shed stood, and where the road runs westward in the upper right of the pic-ture you would now see the

Shell station.While the picture shows

hundreds of concrete pipe sections, 4 feet diameter and 4 feet in length, there were actually more than 35,000 sec-tions manufactured. Though you see high voltage hydro poles here, carrying electric-ity from Jordan River to Victo-ria, it ran right through Sooke with no transformer station that would have allowed local access to electricity.

The concrete was mixed by steam powered boilers fueled by oil. Gravel, sand, cement and oil barrels were brought in by barges, and again, hun-dreds of men were employed, both in the manufacturing process and the challenging

task of installing the pipes along the prepared grade.

Walking along the pipeline as a youngster, I saw it as a fun outing and had no concept of the incredible challenge that these hardy men undertook. First, to survey a route that would provide a gravity flow, following along all those gul-leys and canyons, with a drop from Sooke Lake to Hump-back Reservoir of only 171 feet; then to slash brush and blast rock to create a level grade, build concrete trestles over the gorges, manufacture the pipe sections and trans-port them on a narrow gauge railway the 18 miles to Sooke Lake and nine miles to Hump-back Reservoir. What a feat of

engineering!Perhaps it was small won-

der that the first contractor and the city parted company and new management took over early in 1913, completing the job throughout the next two years. A firm called Pacific Lock Joint Pipe Co. from Tacoma was contracted to produce the concrete pipes, which carried water to serve Victoria between 1915 and 1971. Since then, the water has flowed through the bored Kapoor Tunnel, but somehow that doesn’t sound nearly as adventurous as this early hey-day of construction.

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Then join the District of Sooke Council and staff at the Spring Community Open House. Residents will have an opportunity to talk to Council and staff on current municipal projects and initiatives including:

Everyone is welcome to drop in to this informal open house - further information will be availableon our website at www.sooke.ca and the municipal hall.

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Sooke taxpayers have been paying twice for storm water test-ing and animal control: once to the District of Sooke, and again to the Capital Regional Dis-trict (CRD), for at least five years.

This double billing came up at the March 3 meeting of the Finance & Administration as a result of a commit-tee member question-ing some line items in Sooke’s five-year bud-get.

“The Sooke taxpay-ers have been double billed for the animal control and the test-ing of our basin,” said Councillor Rick Kasper. At the March 3 meet-ing, “we found out that these services were included in the requi-sition from the CRD because they are the ones that provide the services to us, but it was also included as a line item in the munici-pal portion of our bud-get.”

The District of Sooke’s Financial Plan 2010 to 2014, General

Operating Fund, shows the 2013 amount to be $106,035 ($64,879 for animal control and $41,156 for storm water quality control). These funds have been a line item in the General Operating Fund since at least 2011, grow-ing incrementally from $95,016 in 2009 to the current 2013 amount.

“The money that had been collected (to cover these expendi-tures over the years) is actually sitting in our bank account,” in their operating reserve fund, explained Kasper.

“The Finance Com-mittee is recommend-ing that we actually reduce the tax requi-sition for this year to reflect that over billing,” said Kasper, who added council requested a report from Michael Dillabaugh, Sooke’s Director of Finance, for the total amount col-lected over the years.

“Michael (Dilla-baugh) who has great credentials and his assistant Brent (Black-hall) … they don’t leave a stone unturned,” remarked Kasper, add-ing that council has

been making changes in “the accounting sys-tems that have been in

place ever since we got elected.”

“It just shows how much of a disaster the record keeping (has been),” said Kasper, “and the how system that we had in place was totally inappropri-ate.”

The responsibility for the record keeping rests ultimately with the Director of Finance. The Finance Commit-tee has requested a report from the direc-tor to see how far back this double billing goes.

The previous accounting system was

“so problematic it was unreal. We got very frustrated.”

These frustrations have lead to changes, elaborated Kasper, and deferred the matter to Michael Dillabaugh. Dillabough was hired as Director of Finance in 2012.

D i l l a b o u g h responded by stat-ing the duplication had been “caught and fixed from day one of the budget process this year,” and that it’s been recognized and fixed. Recommendations on what to do with the sur-

plus will be presented at the next council meeting on March 24 (7 p.m.), where council will address it.

“It just shows that the committee process works, especially when you have a member of the public,” noted Kasper, looking on the bright side of things. “And that’s what com-mittees are there to do. They are there to ask questions to assist in making sure the tax-payers interests are represented. That’s what democracy is all about.”

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Pirjo Raits photo

swinging into springThe first day of spring is March 20 and these kids were enjoying the lead up to spring at Broomhill Park. Mom Amanda, left, gives four-and-a-half-year-old Colcon, a push while grandma Jan Miller gives three-year-old Joseph a push. NIne-month-old Sam waits in the stroller.

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Learning to swim saves livesBritt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Believe it or not, sum-mer is truly just around the corner. And along with the privileges it affords, it also comes certain responsibilities.

“Drowning is the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of five and 24,” said SEAPARC Aquatics Programmer Elizabeth Olsen. (The leading cause, accord-ing to BC’s Ministry of Health, is motor vehi-cle crashes.) Living on a seashore town on Vancouver Island adds to our vulnerability. “We’re surrounded by water all the time.”

Knowledge — and its application through skills acquisition — is still one of the best means of empowering the younger members of society. Drowning deaths can be pre-vented by giving kids the skills that can save their lives.

This is where SEAPARC comes in. They offer Red Cross swim lessons, which are specifically designed to be fun,

engaging, and mean-ingful. These courses, according Olsen, are based on progressive skills building.

“It’s not pass or fail; it’s complete or incom-plete,” said Olsen.

Once a skill set is mastered, the stu-dent moves on to the next. It’s a subtle dif-ference from the pass/fail approach, in that a student takes as long (or as little) time as they need to establish a base and then move on to the next.

Besides the obvious disaster-prevention benefit of swim les-sons, there’s also a list of other life-long advan-tages. These include fitness benefits, devel-oping confidence, and establishing a lifestyle that includes physical activity. Indeed, Olsen finds families that swim together connect in a very wholesome way.

A key contributor to their teaching success is directly correlated to SEAPARC’s success in employing and retain-ing instructors.

Their staff is highly qualified and well trained, and most importantly, extremely

skilled in what they do, and extremely con-nected to why they do it.

“We have an extremely strong team here,” said Olsen. “The staff are staying, they are happy, they’re wanting more hours.”

In aquatics, she explains, it’s a revolv-ing door. The current staff retention with the swimming instructors at SEAPARC is unusual. And, in watching Olsen speak about her team, it’s obvious the instruc-tor team at SEAPARC is a visible source of pride.

“Sometimes I wish I could mic what the instructors are saying … to the parents sit-ting out there,” said Olsen, proud of the calibre the instruc-tors’ team brings to the pool. “Because when I walk by and I hear the way they are talking to the kids and (see) the engagement” she is delightfully impressed.

Safety begins with knowledge; knowledge dominos into confi-dence and ability. And that knowledge can be acquired at SEAPARC, for kids as young as

four-months-old. In addition, in the classes that mandate adult par-ticipation (like the Star-fish class), there is also accidental learning by the adults, intentionally incorporated by the Red Cross program.

Water safety is one of the main reasons for taking swimming les-sons.

For adults, it’s about recognizing the inher-ent risks of combining drinking and foolish bravado with water activities.

For parents, it’s about practicing the behaviour you want your children to learn, recognizing the signs of drowning, and know-ing what you can do to help.

For children, it’s about knowing how to keep your head out of the water, be it through swimming, floating, or wearing a life jacket. And since most chil-dren don’t own credit cards and are not old enough to sign off on their activities — adult engagement is required.

According to Olsen, these classes fill up quickly. With the num-

ber of students steadily increasing, the team of swim instructors are currently helping 703 students master a range of water-based skills.

If you wish to guar-antee a spot for you and/or your child(ren), book early. The Spring season begins the week after Spring Break, but by then it may be too late. Consider commit-ting to the summer sea-son, which begins in May. And, if you really want to beat the rush, think about registering in April.

SEAPARC offers a LIFE (Leisure Involve-ment for Everyone) Pro-gram, which offers free or reduced fee options for a range of activities. It is designed to pro-vide no cost and low-cost recreation oppor-tunities for individuals and families on limited incomes. Individuals and families who live in Sooke or Juan de Fuca Electoral Area whose combined gross family income per household falls within or below the “Low Income” lev-els recognized by Sta-tistics Canada may apply.

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Cutting bait

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The residents of Sooke love their local businesses! This was evident by the over-whelming number of nominations received by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce by the March 14 dead-line for the upcoming Annual Business Excel-lence Awards.

The awards were open to all Sooke region businesses and covered a variety of categories, such as:

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nization• Small Business of

the Year• Business of the

YearA panel of three unaf-

filiated judges from the community spent many hours on the afternoon of Saturday, March 15 deliberating over the hundreds of excellent nominations to narrow it down to a select few finalists and winners. It was a daunting task due to the incredible number of nominations and the many compel-ling reasons given by Sooke residents for the deserving nominees.

A complete list of all the nominee’s are available at http://www.sookeregionchamber.com/gcalendar-2/busi-ness-excellence-awards and will also appear in next weeks edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

As one of Sooke’s premier events of the year, all businesses and residents of Sooke are invited to attend the

Chamber’s Annual Busi-ness Excellence Awards which will be held on Sat-urday, April 5 at the Pres-tige Oceanfront Resort.

The evening will feature a cocktail and appetizer reception, followed by a prime rib and salmon dinner, decadent local des-serts, and of course the awards presentations, followed by a night of dancing. There will be

a number of amazing door prizes given away, as well as incredible live auction items provided by some of Sooke’s fin-est businesses. There will be a fully stocked cash bar available and limo service provided to get people home safely at the end of the evening. Dress is busi-ness-casual.

Tickets are avail-able by contacting the

Chamber office at (250) 642-6112 or [email protected] or purchased online at http://www.sookere-gionchamber.com/gcal-endar-2/business-excel-lence-awards for $55/ticket or 2 for $100.

Come and help cel-ebrate Sooke’s finest businesses at this fun-filled April 5 event!


Chamber Chatter

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Classic cookies on

salethe harbours District (Sooke) Girl Guides will be at various locations up-Sooke selling their classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cook-ies on the weekend of march 29 – 30. Cookies are $5/box and the proceeds support many of the activities enjoyed by our local Girl Guides. We appreciate your sup-port!

6 • www.sookenewsmirror.com Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - SOOKE NEWS MIRRORSooke Says

Just For You!

Richard and Anne Grainger are pleased to announce the engagement

of their daughter, Erica, to Kyle Nordstrom, son of Carl and Marlene Nordstrom, of Beaumont, Alberta. A May 2015 wedding is planned.

St. RoSe of Lima Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Michael Favero

Knox PReSbyteRian ChuRCh 2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124

SUNDAY SERVICE10:15 am Pre-Service Singing

10:30 am Family worshipRev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg

Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

hoLy tRinity Anglican Church1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172

holY CoMMUNIoN SERVICE: Sunday 10am

EVENINg PRAYER: Saturday 5pm The Rev. Howard Jacques

www.holytrinitysookebc.org

The Pastor's Pen

Larry RumsbySt. Rose of Lima

SooKe baPtiSt ChuRCh7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

Email [email protected]

Juan De fuCa SeVenth Day aDVentiSt ChuRCh

4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403SATURDAY SERVICE

9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church ServicePastor: Mike Stevenson

Sorry, spiritual but not religious. This is the answer we get all too often whenever religion comes up in conversation, leaving me to wonder, is the other side of the coin sorry, religious but not spiritual? Would that not be a contradiction? So, what's' going on

here? I leave you with this question for now because I think it is an important one as we go on to explore what is spiritual and what is religious.

My understanding of religion is that it is a program that we can adhere to that will lead us on to a greater understanding of ourselves and our place in creation, to a higher power, which we generally name God, which draws us into the realm of spirituality.

My understanding of spiritual is a level of being that we are striving for, a goal we are focused on, something we our selves have to work towards, hence the above mentioned program, which we call religion. It seams to me it is our lifelong journey to this goal of spirituality. Along the way it is to be hoped that we will get to know God more and that He wants to Love us if we will but let him and He will journey with us.

Dr. John H. Duncan D.D.S.4632 Rocky Point Road • Metchosin

250.478.6111

Metchosin Dental ClinicFamily Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry

Root Canal Therapy• Crown & Bridge• Oral Surgery• Porcelain Veneers• Hygiene Services• Zoom! Whitening•

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New Patients Always WelcomeDr. John H. Duncan D.D.S.

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Root Canal Therapy• Crown & Bridge• Oral Surgery• Porcelain Veneers• Hygiene Services• Zoom! Whitening•

Orthodontics• Full & Partial Dentures• Emergency Cases• Digital XRays• Tooth Coloured • Restorations

New Patients Always Welcome


Meet your Realtorhomehhohohomomomwelcome Real Estate

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BRAND NEW & AFFORDABLE TOO! $309,900Detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in Trickle Creek.

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Drive by 116-2260 Maple Ave North orgive Michael a call at 250-642-6056.

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WEST COAST PARADISE $579,0005 Bedroom home sitting on 4.42 acres.

Vaulted ceilings, open concept living area. Extra large deck. Spectacular views. One bedroom in-law suite.

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$1950/MONTH + UTILITIES3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, plus o� ce & lo� . 19’ ceiling in living room, gas � replace, single car garage, RV parking, new deck, hot tub.

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$1950/MONTH + UTILITIES3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, plus o� ce & lo� . 19’ ceiling in living room, gas � replace, single car garage, RV parking, new deck, hot tub.

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BRUCE & LINDA MACMILLAN

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Spectacular ocean & mtn views! Sparkling & spacious 3/4BR, 3BA, 2484sf family home on private, sun-drenched 2.42 acres. Awash in natural light, you will love the bright, open concept floor plan w/ocean views from all the principal rooms. Southwest-facing LR, in line dining area opens to sundeck. Country kitchen w/large breakfast bar & pantry cupboard. You will also find a den/office, laundry & 2 piece BA on the main floor. Ascend the cathedral staircase to the upper floor to 3/4BRs. The ocean view master bedroom boasts a 3 piece ensuite BA w/sit-down shower & large walk-in closet. The double garage has been converted to family/media rm. Fenced yard, perfect for kids & pets. Min to 3500ac East Sooke Park & beaches. MLS #331029.

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Tucked on the shores of the Harbour in the heart of Sooke, this unique property with a waterfront lot offers a rare opportunity to enjoy the best views of both Billings and Whiffin Spit and the shores of East Sooke. Custom built to provide comfortable living on 2 levels, this 3 bed 2 bath home is perfect for a couple or active family. Amazing views from the living, dining, kitchen and family room with a glass slider that opens to a sun room. The sunny property slopes down to Water Street and the waterfront lot that is part of this listing. Bring your kayaks, row boat and crab traps. First time on the market. Aerial photos at

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Call for expression of interest.

What: The Sooke Commons: Learning & Engagement Centre.

When: September, 2014.

Where: Hope Cen-tre at 6750 West Coast Road.

The Hope Centre promises to be a vital new space for Sooke, offering a mix of sub-sidized housing, edu-cation, training, and a host of programming and services. The new St. Vincent de Paul thrift store will open on the main floor.

The following pro-posal is underway for shared use of the third floor of the Hope Cen-tre.

The proposed Learn-ing & Engagement Cen-tre will offer:

• Shared Workspace. A space suited to indi-viduals, contractors, freelancers, people who would like to get out of the home office, or café, for optimizing their work and getting things done.

Consisting of an open-seating area in a shared, comfortable setting, with guidelines for mutual respect. Suited to writers, edi-tors, programmers, designers, anyone who telecommutes.

Benefits include shared resources (fur-niture, wifi, printer, kitchen facilities, utili-ties, presentation facili-ties, etc.) and reason-able monthly rents (approx. $150/month).

• Educational Pro-gramming. An ideal space for educators and mentors to offer workshops and classes for all ages.A regular schedule of program-ming, with outreach to the Sooke community. Courses, classes, work-shops and presenta-tions to satisfy a wide variety of interests. Cur-rent programs being considered include: Media Production classes - e.g. Make a Documentary, and New Journalism 101, Cod-ing and Programming for Kids, HomeLearn-

ers Co-op, Homestead Skills, Literacy Pro-grams, Parenting Work-shops, Craft instruction courses.

• Social Hub Space. Sooke has an identified lack of space suited to group meetings. This space will be ideal for one-off presentation nights, monthly meet-ings, screenings, and special events. With a meeting area that can be transformed into a screening area, a kitchen and restrooms

attached.At this time we are

accepting input and expressions of interest from the Sooke com-munity. Do you have an interest in this venture? Can you offer guid-ance? Got ideas? Please get in touch.

Contact: Darren Alex-ander, Tel. (250)642-7994, email: [email protected], Subject: The Sooke Commons.

Hope Centre wants to share space

Britt Santowski photo

Almost ready to rollRoad construction on Logan Lane is finally done, and Sooke’s second carwash and first laundromat is getting ready to open up for business.

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Consider the tax implications

While many may think that a medical marijuana grow op will bring lots of revenue to a municipality or a regional district, that may not be the case.

It appears a Medical Marijuana Production(MMP) facility can become a farm and the resulting property taxes would be far less than if the property was classed as an industrial zone. Business taxes are generally three times that of residential and can build up the coffers in a significant way compared to a property with farm status. An example would be the proposed MMP facility in Otter Point. If it was industrial the taxes would be roughly $7,600 and if it had farm status the taxes would be $176. That is a significant difference. This could destroy a community’s tax base plain and simple.

So what is the solution? A grandfather clause? A covenant? A case by case exemption? That is something that will have to be sorted out to ensure a municipality or a regional district isn’t short-changed by changes to zoning. While the idea of MMP facilities is a good one, all of the pros and cons haven’t yet been figured out. Rushing to allow MMP facilities may be rather short-sighted and the whole picture needs to be looked at.

Those folks growing a bit of bud in the backyard or basement, whether legal or illegal, will no longer have it sanctioned and the big industrial aspect of MMP facilities will take over. Big brother takes over and the problem with this is that a black market will continue to exist and people will take the risk and grow illegal marijuana.

What changes? The community gets less tax money, the mom and pop growers go underground and big business takes over.

This may lead to re-consideration of support for large MMP facilities because the little guys get shafted once again.

ANOTHER VIEW

Oh dear. The school board is at it again, proposing a two-week spring break.

They tried to pass it last year; it failed. So, like the perpetual threat of a Quebec Referendum, the mantra appears to be “Try, try, try again.”

This proposal is the ultimate “trickle-down” in taxes. I feel for the underfunded system and everyone who has to work within it. But many parents — self included — simply cannot afford this additional tax.

Municipal taxes are going up, healthcare taxes are going up, transportation costs are going up, postage is going up (where’s the background violin?). For many working folk in B.C., non-existent pay raises do not match the steady increases in costs of living.

The purchasing power for B.C. citizens erodes with each passing year, and the implementation of a two-week spring break accelerates the erosion significantly. A two-week spring break means parents take time off work (and many only get two weeks a year) or throw more money at child care.

The suggestion that teachers will add a couple of minutes a day is laughable when compared to the kick in the wallet parents of school-aged children face. The burden of the costs of education should be born by all. Isn’t that why we pay taxes? Engaging in a gradual shift to user-pay is misguided and ultimately is irreversible. The real target should be the governments that have been making the euphemistic “tough

decision” and hacking away at the funding for our education system.

The easy finger-in-the-dyke fix is to pass the costs onto the parents. The long-term fix is to educate the masses, get people to vote, and get rid of the current obtuse leadership (am using my inside words here). And, really truly demonstrate the power of education: lead the charge by example.

Tuesday, Mar. 25 is the final day to register opposition (or, if you are so inclined, support) for a two-week spring break. Email Assistant Superintendent, Roberta Kubik at [email protected] to register your thoughts.

Britt Santowski is a reporter for the Sooke News Mirror.

Everything goes up except wages

OUR VIEW EDITORIAL CARTOON

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Ella Beach


Check dog breeders

Recent weeks have seen me parading through the village, into stores, and offices showing off and social-izing my new puppy, Sami. Thank all of you who kindly welcomed us and enjoyed meeting Sami. I thought it only fair that I let you know that she is no longer in our home, but resides on a farm, where two well-trained “boot camp” dogs, and a well-trained foster family, will try to curb some frightening behaviour.

It seemed from the start that her puppy play was overly aggres-sive, certainly more so that any of the other three pups, and two younger dogs that have gone through our home. Our vet and I were watching for esca-lation of the behaviour, and when it came, it came in unprovoked attacks, and with a complete change in demeanor. On the vet’s recommendation, that of his clinic’s behav-iourist, and my own reluctant assessment, Sami was turned over to the Victoria Humane Society, into the car-ing hands of Penny Stone, who responded to a desperate plea for help, with kindness and understanding. Anyone who thinks they could not be frightened by a 12-week-old puppy, join me. That would have been my reaction before Sami. She is a beautiful puppy, and her leaving us has left a huge pile of emotional

wreckage in our home. I want to advise any-

one seeking a puppy purchase to know the breeder, know the terms for possible return or replacement, etc. I made the mis-take of not doing my homework, and made a bad choice. I do not blame the breeder for whatever caused Sami to snap like she does. She is a beautiful puppy, and positively the most intelligent and trainable animal I have owned. However, I was disappointed that the breeder did not assist in any way when I needed advice and sim-ply turned away. Let me be very clear this is not a local breeder, or even a Vancouver Island breeder. Please be diligent when pur-chasing a puppy. Save yourself the heartache.

Gail HallSooke

Gravy train meets pork barrel

Mar. 12 SNM had two pieces that stood out on the same page.

“The slow erosion of democracy” and “Elected officials vot-ing themselves pay raises,” as an editorial next to Tom Fletcher’s predictable take “For-get the issues, pass the muffins” which seeks to trivialize pub-lic concerns about gov-ernment spending on

friends and insiders. Fletcher poo-poohs

concerns about pork barreling by trivializing and avoiding any mean-ingful dialogue on the issue. What is news-worthy here is the vast scope of huge salaries paid to lots of people who you really can’t tell what they do or why so many well paid people are necessary. Private enterprise could never survive with this sal-ary load. Whether it’s ICBC, BC Hydro, BCLC, BC Ferries, BC Housing, BC Management and Investment, BC Pen-sion Board or Health Authorities (the list seems endless), there are thousands of peo-ple making six-figure salaries. I am not talk-ing about surgeons, oncologists, Hydro line workers or others with an identifiable exper-tise.

The fuzziness about where our tax dol-lars go and to whom, comes out with doz-ens, no thousands of positions denoted as vice presidents (ICBC has over a dozen mak-ing about $250,000 a year), directors, man-agers, consultants and experts where they are compensated very well and often far bet-ter than people who we can’t live without.

Given the median sal-ary in Canada is about $49,351 annually, there are thousands of peo-ple making more than triple that because of who they know? Where

were these plum jobs posted? I don’t see them in the employ-ment opportunities section of the news-paper. But don’t ask new Attorney General Suzanne Anton about how these positions were filled (see John Les), she will decline to answer.

For a government who will doggedly track down the smallest wel-fare overpayment, tear up contracts that barely pay a liveable wage and routinely tout a net zero mandate for the rest of us, the hypoc-risy is staggering which puts Fletcher’s column, “Forget the issues, pass the muffins,” closer to the funny papers than the editorial page.

Ted RobertsSooke

More than mirror value

There’s a contradic-tion in your March 5, 2014 employment pro-jections op-ed, “Spin-ning employment pro-jections.”

Having said that the traditional participa-tion in trades is 93.4 per cent male you pro-ceed to claim that a 67 per cent participation in the T.A.S.K. trades tryout program “some-what mirrors the gen-der gap.” I say that a female participation rate five times as high as traditional is hardly a mere mirror value.

Beware however of

statistics. T.A.S.K. is not working in a trade after graduation from high school nor is it a pre-requisite thus par-ticipation rate could vary, the 93.4 percent may reflect history to a large extent, and females dropping out to stay home raising children may affect sta-tistics (we’ll see in a few decades if many return to that work).

While it would be very good if more females adopted a trade as a career, I think it is unlikely to get above 50 per cent, for several reasons includ-ing religious teachings against females having a physical trade. What matters is that there is no initiation of force against participation, as the Airline Pilots union got government to do after World War II, and that students get good career advice.

Programs such as the trade fair day at CFB Esquimalt, to which Grade 10 stu-dents were bussed from as far away as the Cowichan Valley, the “equipment operator for a day” program in

We asked four people from local businesses: What can people do to prevent being scammed, whether by phone, online, or in person?

Be cautious with your personal information, and cross check any business asking for your

information.

Judi TrudelMuseSooke

Treat your membercard like cash. Keep it within your view at all

times, and ensure the card returned to you is your own.

Avoid unfamiliar debit or ATM machines and look for physical

alterations to the machines. Re-port missing cards immediately.

Laura AylettCoast Capital Savings

Sooke

Hang up on anyone you don't know, especially when you get that opening silence when you

first answer the phone.

Jada CyrStudio J Hair Design

Sooke

Trust your instinct. If it feels suspicious, it usually is.

Gord DoucetteSerious Coffee

Sooke

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Income Helper Too — $399,900 3 bedroom split with separate suite. Park-like one acre lot. Walk to shops and elementary schools. Mortgage Helper is a 1 bedroom suite in the daylight basement. Drive by 2372 Church Road. Question? Call Michael @ 250-642-6056 or visit “isellsooke.com”.

Brand Spanking New—$309,900 With 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, Gas FP, Fenced Yard 5 Appliances and a new Home basement. Drive by 116-2260 Maple Ave N. Call Michael Dick at 250-642-6056 or visit “isellsooke.com”.

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A generous contri-bution of $100,000 dol-lars from an anony-mous Vancouver Island donor, in honour of her late beloved dog Murdoch, is adding momentum to the Vic-toria Humane Society’s fundraising campaign.

Under the leadership of Executive Director Penny Stone, the Vic-toria Humane Society began operations in November 2013 and announced its fundrais-

ing campaign in Febru-ary 2014.

“Donors are the heart and soul of the Victoria Humane Society,” said Stone. “We are able to do this work because of the support of caring, community-minded people such as this donor, and the others who have contributed to date.”

The society is work-ing to raise $1 million dollars to help secure a 4.5 acre kennel-zoned

site in East Sooke. A crowd-funding cam-paign on YouCaring.com has raised an additional $46,000 to date. As well, people are donating through the society’s Facebook page and through its website, www.victoria-humanesociety.com .

Funds raised will go toward securing the shelter property, to assist with essential site improvement and for animal rescue oper-

ations going forward.In its first four

months of operation, the Victoria Humane Society rescued more than 130 dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rab-bits, and has paid more than $50,000 for the animals’ medical care,

including spaying and neutering. About 80 per cent of these animals have been adopted out, and the remainder are in caring foster homes.

“We are so apprecia-tive of the confidence these donors are plac-ing in our organization,

and for their determina-tion in helping us meet our goals,” Stone said. “The health and hap-piness of the animals we care for are in our hands and together we can give them the bright and happy futures they deserve.”

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Langford, a Camosum teacher’s day showing computers to girls, and the Trades Skills Aware-ness Knowledge pro-gram, are good efforts to expose all students to career options.

Keith SketchleySaanich BC

Responding to Tillich comment

I’m glad those volun-teers of Sooke SAFARS exist.

My roommate and I might not have our happy ending. In our mid-50’s living in the city, faced with a medi-cal emergency. Treat-ment could possibly extend or save our lives. With two dogs (12 and nine years old) and two cats (18 and 15 years), Sooke was the only place suitable.

On disability, so financially destitute, one dog needed emer-gency surgery, and this with a food allergy. Cats also needed medical assistance.

Met Margarita, together with Nana Foundation, Animal Crusaders, G-Vac, etc, various great veterinar-ians, they keep our fam-ily together.

Extensive chemo kept us needing help. Surgeries, prescrip-tions, flea treatments, food, ride to this day, their loving moral sup-port helped us with most depressing, gru-elling, life altering side effects. Without SAFARS and others, we would have never kept our sanity.

Keeping our furry family was the greatest gift of all.

So get off their backs, get off your … chairs and help. These ladies would like holidays, no time. Volunteers, lov-ing souls of Sooke need your support, not sar-casm.

Stephen ReardonSooke

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$100,000 donation kickstarts humane society campaign

Photographic artCorey teramura of Alley Kat signs puts the finishing touches on a photographic wrap on hydro boxes next to Coast Capital savings. the wrapping of hydro and utility boxes is one of the Mayor’s Arts and Beautification Committee’s projects.

Pirjo Raits photo

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSPublic Hearings will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following two proposed bylaws:

All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by these proposed bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed bylaws at the above time and place. If you are unable to attend the meeting, we ask that written submissions be provided prior to the close of the public hearing. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record.

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Strife and Harmony is the theme of the reg-ular Sooke Chamber Players concerts on March 22 and March 23. These concerts mark the 100-year anni-versary of the start of World War I. The pro-gram includes the Mass in Time of War by Haydn, with the Sooke Philharmonic Cho-rus; Song of Flanders by Brent Straughan, with soprano Nancy Washeim; The Lark Ascending for violin and orchestra by Vaughan Williams, with solo-ist Ceilidh Briscoe; and Samuel Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings.

For composer Straughan, this is an exciting concert. He will be playing in the second violin section for the Canadian pre-mière of his own piece. His first musical love is composing, and he says he is glad to be able to contribute to the memory of that “first” terrible war.

“I had an uncle in Vic-toria who lied about his age at 17 to become a stretcher bearer at the battle of Vimy in 1917,” he said.

Straughan started his composing early.

“I can recall at age two, in Mayerthorpe Alberta, regularly get-ting out my mother’s pots and pans from under the oven and happily thrashing them about,” Straughan told us.

He has grown musi-cally since then. Song of Flanders, written for a large choir, soloists and full orchestra, has been recorded with the Philharmonica Bul-garica Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Valeri Vatchev, with the addition of Canadian soloists Megan Skid-more, soprano, and Bill Kelly, bass. This record-ing, available on Apple iTunes®, came in fifth “in the world” at the Just Plain Folks music awards in Nashville.

“People like it, because they can hum bits of it. It makes

sense. There is some-thing anyone can take home from it in their head,” Straughan said.

Vocal soloists for the March concerts feature the well-known Sooke soprano, Nancy Washeim, as well as Tashi Meisami Farivar (mezzo soprano), Josh

Lovell (tenor) and Nick Allen (bass).

Ceilidh Briscoe, vio-lin soloist in The Lark Ascending, was the sec-ond prize winner in the Sooke Philharmonic Don Chrysler Concerto Competition for Young Musicians in April, 2013. Victoria audi-

ences also know Bris-coe as a rousing young fiddler. The Vaughan Williams work, inspired by George Meredith’s poem by the same name, was written at the beginning of the “Great War” and is a favourite with audi-ences everywhere.

Haydn’s Mass in Time of War was written for a different war, this one in 1796, between Aus-tria and France. The music suggests a fear-some, rather than glori-ous war. The mass will be sung by the Sooke Philharmonic Chorus.

The concert closes with the simple, heart-breaking Adagio, writ-ten by Samuel Barber in 1936.

The Sooke concert, on Saturday, March 22 at the Baptist Church on West Coast Road, begins at 7:30 p.m. The concert in Metcho-sin, at New St. Mary’s

Church on Metchosin Road, is on Sunday, March 23, 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at the door, in Sooke at Little Vienna Bakery, Shoppers Drug Mart, the South Shore Gal-lery and Wood Travel. In Metchosin at the Metchosin Country Store, and in the Wests-hore at Tom Lee Music, and in Victoria at Long & McQuade and Ivy’s Bookshop.

To buy tickets online and for more informa-tion, visit the Sooke Philharmonic website: www.sookephil.ca

Sooke composer’s work at March concert

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Ceilidh Briscoe will be playing violin with the Sooke Philharmonic Chamber Players in March 22 and 23. On the right is Song of Flanders composer Brent Straughan.

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It appears someone, namely myself, didn’t look at the date on submission guidelines for the Sooke Fine Arts Show.

When mentioning the jurors in the March 12 story entitled, “There arts are incredibly alive and well in Sooke” the jurors listed were from the 2013 submission information package.

Catherine Keogan informs us that the 2014 jurors have not yet been selected. We will inform you when they are chosen.

The photo cutline states the work comes from members of the Sooke Community Arts Council and while this is true, they were not the only ones with works at Appetite for Art. Submissions came from Sooke region art-ists.

The deadline for 2014 SFA submissions is June 9.

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I suspect I am not alone in welcoming spring and the eye candy provided largely in the form of flower-ing bulbs, shrubs and trees. The desire to bring some of that beauty inside is strong, and who would want to – indeed, who should – rebuff such appealing temptation?

The main issue I have with cut flowers and greenery, whether I buy them or get them from the yard, is that I don’t know how to display them well. Oh,

sure, I can stick the pieces in a vase and spread them out, but that’s about the limit of my skill. In fact, I recall putting an arrangement in a parlour show some years ago. One of the judges commented, when discussing the overall show results, “This entry didn’t earn any points, because everything looks just a bit jumbled together.” Granted, my entries have improved over the years, but I still don’t know the funda-mentals of making a

decent arrangement.The same certainly

cannot be said for Pam Day, this month’s fea-tured speaker at the Sooke Garden Club. For Pam it all started in the garden, where she worked alongside her father. She became a passionate gardener and started growing flowers long before she knew what to do with them in any design sense, aside from fash-ioning the flowerbeds. When she eventually realized that she had been a designer in one way or another for

most of her life – “it all comes down to hav-ing a sense of order” – learning to design with flowers just seemed a natural progression.

That progression took her through the floral course at Algon-quin College and on to a career that never saw her far from her beloved flowers. She worked as a floral designer in the florist retail envi-ronment for six years and then started her own small business in Ottawa, specializing in bridal and special event designs.

According to Pam, who now calls Sooke home, most people actually know what they like and what a well-designed arrange-ment looks like. The big question is how to put

everything together to arrive at that point. This will be the focus of her talk, The Love of Flowers and the Art of Floral Design. Pam will discuss care of the flowers, basic mechan-ics for building a secure display, and some key principles of design. She will also demon-strate a common clas-sic design, showing members how they can turn it into a showstop-per for a special occa-sion or a prizewinner for a competition.

The evening will also feature a parlour show

– we had 26 entries at the February show! – and contest potatoes will be available.

Please join us Wednesday, March 26, 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]” [email protected] or phone Rose at 250-642-5509.

Contributed by Loretta Fritz

The art of floral design on Garden Club agenda

Submitted photo

Pam Day at the BC Blooms competition celebrating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2012. The category was Royalty Events; Pam’s much-admired design reflects the “Royal Tea Party.”

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Comfort found in chicken

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With cold weather, flus and colds, we could all use a little comfort chicken soup.

If you have access to a free range chicken, it is the best to start with, otherwise use a boiling fowl at the market. Put one whole chicken into a large pot, 5 liters or

more and cover chicken with water. Add 3 to 4 bay leaves and 4 cloves of garlic and 1 tsp. salt. Put on to cook slowly for 2 -3 hours. Remove chicken. Debone the chicken. You can put the bones in a metal strainer and add to the pot while you chop

vegetables if they aren’t ready for the pot yet.

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lemons. Cook until all is soft. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chop 1 cup parsley and add until just cooked. You can have the soup like this or, with homemade drop noodles. My mom always made these and we loved them. Beat 2 golden, free range

eggs, and a bit of salt, 1 tsp. oil, and 5 tbps. flour or more to make a stiff paste. Add a little water if too stiff. It should be like muf-fin dough. Drop small spoons into the boiling soup. The noodles will sink and come up when done. You can if you

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Don’t let embarrass-ment prevent you from reporting these fraudu-lant incidents, or check-ing up on these people, or your own relativres. These people count on your reluctance to get away with fraud.

Last year, a num-ber of residents were victimized by various frauds and scams. The followings are some of the ones that happened locally.

Grandparent scam

A person claiming to be the victim’s grand-child called and asked the victim for money. The “grandchild” needed the money for bail, medical bills or other types of emer-gency situations. The caller pleaded emo-tionally and tried rush-ing the victim to send money.

If this happens to you don’t give in. Resist the pressure to “act now” and be very wary of unsolicited calls.

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Be suspicious of e-mail that requests sensitive information, like passwords and PIN numbers. Most organi-zations stopped mak-ing such requests by e-mail a long time ago.

Don’t click on links embedded in the e-mail. Clicking it may download a malware or take you to a phishing site.

Revenue Canada scam

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calculation of your tax from the last payment. Revenue Canada does not correspond via email. This is a scam, do not respond in any way.

Cheque fraudA stranger

approached a victim to tell a long and often sad story, and then asked them to cash a cheque. Although the cheque was for hundreds of dollars, the fraudster only asked for a frac-tion of that amount in cash in return.

The offer sounds too good to be true. Politely decline the offer and continue walking.

Report suspicious activities. Make a note of the person’s descrip-tion and the last direc-tion of travel, and then call the police.

Debit/Credit cards skimming (with a twist)

Working in groups of two or three, the scam-mers followed a victim

around a grocery store and discretely recorded the victims’ PIN when the groceries were paid for by credit or debit card. They then fol-lowed the victim home, pretended to have car problems and asked the victim for water to cool the engine. When the victim returned with water, the crooks were gone along with the victim’s purse.

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Pin pad skimmingA scammer entered

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Report suspicious activities. Make a note of the person’s descrip-tion, and then call the police.

Visit the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre web-site: www.antifraudcen-tre-centreantifraude.ca for more information on fraud and scams prevention tips and identity theft.

Learn how to recog-nize, report and help stop fraud, and report fraud.

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Fri Mar 21VITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONShort Mat Bowling, 1 p.m.Steak 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 Mar 24PARENT & 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 LEGIONShort mat bowling 1 p.m.Euchre 6:30 p.m.

Sun Mar 23ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5, children welcome.Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m.Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.OPSRRA AGM 2-4 p.m. at the JDF Services Building. Details at opsrra.ca.

Tues Mar 25BABY TALKPostpartum Emotions. 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 Mar 26PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.FREE ARTS AND CRAFTS4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sooke Library. All ages, no registration required.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m. Ladies Darts 12 noon.Shuffleboard 6:30 p.m.NASCAR 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7 p.m. For info 642-7520.

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Baptist Church: 7110 W Coast RdChild, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend Rd

Community Hall: 2037 Shields RdCRD Services Centre: 3-7450 Butler Rd.

Edward Milne Community School: 6218 Sooke RdFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

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Sooke Volunteer Fair set for AprilBritt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

The second Saturday in April see the third annual Volunteer Fair in Sooke. This year, it will be held at the Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre (a.k.a. CASA) at 2145 Townsend Road, April 12 from noon to 3 p.m.

Hosted by the Sooke Region Volunteer Cen-tre (SRVC), this volun-teer fair is an excellent way for present and future volunteers to check out the many organizations in Sooke that utilize volunteers. There are about 180 such organizations in Sooke suggested Mar-lene Barry, who serves as the chair of the cen-tre.

“The aim is to have a good cross-represen-tation of the 180-plus organizations in the region,” said Barry.

When they first started two years ago, Barry said about 54 organizations were present, and in the their second year, the number dropped to 45. Regardless of the num-

bers, the number of fair visitors were about the same, which Barry esti-mates were over 100.

This year, Barry would love to see more organizations repre-sented. Clubs, chari-ties, societies are all encouraged to apply.

It’s a great deal, said Barry, adding there is no cost to be present and it’s a great oppor-tunity to put your non-profit organization for-

ward for community involvement.

SRVC’s mission is to promote and sup-port volunteerism in the Sooke region, refer-ring to the geographic region that extends from East Sooke to Port Renfrew.

Barry is interested in promoting volun-teerism as a way of life.

“You just help some-one. You make a cas-serole because your

neighbour is sick, or you look after their kids … spontaneous volun-teering.”

Volunteering fills voids. Using the vol-unteer firefighters as a visible example, Barry notes the invaluable contributions that vol-unteers give to a com-munity.

In Sooke, one can easily say volunteering is central to our com-munity.

The District of Sooke’s website (sooke.ca) easily makes the claim that volunteerism “has played a major role throughout the his-tory of Sooke in the bet-terment of the commu-nity in a great variety of ways.”

The website contin-ues, “Sooke has claimed the name ‘Volunteer Capital of Canada’ and proudly displays the title on the ‘Welcome to Sooke’ sign.”

Organizations that utilize volunteers may benefit from a member-ship with SRVC, in that the centre does an ini-tial screening of volun-teers and helps them locate the organization that would best fulfil their reasons for volun-teering.

The event is being sponsored by the Sooke Region Volunteer Cen-tre, the Royal Bank, and Sooke Family Resource Services. Go to:www.sookeregionresources.com/sooke-region-vol-unteer-centre, 250-642-6363 Ext. 235.

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Just one of the organizations represented at the Sooke Volunteer Fair in 2013.

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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply fora Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Arbutus Oysters Ltd. has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Region for a Lease. Commercial wharf situated on Provincial Crown land located at Horne Road, Sooke Harbour. This is an amendment of current boundries.

The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is #0261041. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 142 - 2080 Labieux Rd., Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6J9, or emailed to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until April 24, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s office in Nanaimo.

On February 28, 2012, at the 3000 block of Otter Point Road, Sooke, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Sooke RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $4,571 CAD, on or about 19:56 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was a warrant authorized by the court pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada to seize evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 7(1) (Production of substance) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2013-1760, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil

Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply fora Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Madison Green Development Corp. has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Region for a Crown Grant-Urban Residential situated on Provincial Crown land located in the Sooke District.

The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is 1414232. Written comments conceming this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 142-2080 Labieux Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6J9, or emailed to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until May 5, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.isp for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom oflnforrnation Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s office in Nanaimo.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

TERRY WALLERMarch 15, 1953

Owen Sound Ont.-March 21, 2011 Sooke, BC.

Sadly missed along life’s way.

Quietly remembered everyday.

Miss you brother.Bonnie Clark & Family

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

With the winter Olympics now in our past, what else is there to do but start planning for the next one?

That’s exactly what sibling skaters Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa are doing, planning to skate in PyeongChang, South Korea, in 2018. Since they are new to the senior level of skating, they could be ready to compete in the Olym-pics in four years time.

Their training regi-ment keeps them busy, and it includes ice-time, gym-time, and dancing. It fills at least 30 hours of their week, when they are here. And, they have also travelled throughout the world to pursue their growth as figure skaters.

“It’s busy,” said Pilar. “We’ve gone all

across Europe and a little bit of Asia,” adds Leonardo.

Their travels are funded in part by the Racquet Club of Vic-toria, where they train with Matthew Willis. They are always look-ing for other ways to practice and perform, and include events like last week’s family skate at SEAPARC, and the upcoming Aladdin on ice, March 22/23 at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt.

Besides focussing on their future in competi-tive skating, the duo has also mastered the zen-like art of focussing in the moment.

Anyone who watches competitive figure skat-ing can appreciate the highly subjective nature of judging.

On dealing with this volatility, Leonardo says they keep their focus on their practiced skills when they are on the ice.

“We kind of just stay in the moment,” he said. “When we go on the ice, we’re doing things we’ve done

everyday for months and months. So we’re pretty confident of what we do.”

“It all comes down to why you’re skating,” adds Pilar. “It’s just something we were born to do. We started when we were really young, and we just love it!”

The siblings started skating when they were five and seven.

“Pilar fell into it right away,” recalled Leon-ardo, “and I tagged along just because I had nowhere to be.” He got curious, then interested, and then signed up alongside his younger sister.

As far as siblings go, they are very close. “We go everywhere together,” noted Leonardo.

“Live together, travel together, train together,” said Conchita.

Do they get sick of each other? “Some-times,” laughs Pilar, “but that’s only natural.” Arguments are quickly forgotten. “When we do argue,” observed Pilar, “we forget it it thirty sec-onds. Because it’s noth-ing personal.” There are no lingering grudges, just a shared passion for the sport, and shared aspirations for perform-ing in the next Olympics in South Korea.

Although they live in Sooke and train throughout the south Island, they skate under the Mexican banner.

The Maekawa family came to Canada from Mexico in 1996, when their children were just one (Pilar, born in 1994) and three (Leonardo, 1992). Parents Conchita and Dimitri made the decision to immigrate

in pursuit of quality of life. Mexico City, from whence they came, had grown from one to 20 million in mother Con-chita’s lifetime, and she dreaded how big the city might become by the time her children were in their 30s.

It was a costly deci-sion in that both parents had professional careers in Mexico. Conchita sur-rendered a career as a dentist, and was over-qualified (and denied) in her application to become a dental hygien-ist. Likewise, Dimitri sur-rendered certification as an architect and is now working doing interior space planning and design. Their first Island jobs included newspa-per delivery.

Their first look in Vancouver was too rem-iniscent of Big City Liv-ing, and after a visit to Victoria, the family has never looked back. “We fell in love with Victo-ria,” recalled Conchita.

Now 19 and 21, Pilar and Leonardo have grown up on Vancouver Island. Choosing to rep-resent Mexico was both a professional deci-sion as well as a per-sonal one. According to Leonardo, it’s the best way to bring both their past and their present together under one umbrella. They are both strongly supported and

very well known on Vancouver Island, so wherever they go, they bring their Island fans with them. In represent-ing Mexico, they get to honour their heritage.

“It was a difficult decision,” commented Leonardo, “But we find that no matter where we go, we will always represent Canada and Mexico.”

Acknowledging that competitive figure skat-ing is a youthful sport, each of the pair has an eye on the future.

“Right now, we’re focussing on the skat-ing while our bodies can still skate,” said Leonardo, speaking to the fact that figure skat-ing is a young persons sport. “You got to take advantage of that while you can, whereas the mind it can stay sharp for many more years.”

After that? Pilar will probably continue on coaching, a certification she is currently work-ing towards. And she’ll probably find the time to pursue her two other passions: culinary arts and languages. Leon-ardo, who is currently a coach at the Racquet Club of Victoria, is inter-ested in performance. He enjoy’s the theatri-cal side of life, “making people laugh.”

But wherever life takes them, they will have blades attached to their feet.

“I think I’m going to have skates on until I’m 70, 80, 90,” said Pilar. To which Leonardo adds, “I feel like my feet aren’t complete with out blades.”

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

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Figure skating duo speak about their life on ice

Submitted photo

“This photo was taken in 1999 they were five and seven

years old and just started figure skating,” wrote their

mother, Conchita Maekawas. It was taken at their first figure

skating club the started on in North Saanich. They learned to

skate the previous two years in rec centre programs.“When I look at this picture, I see the beginning of a great long last-

ing career they have been working on. Looking at their

eyes, I see in them the will to get as far as they can to fulfil

their dreams, and their deter-mination to do it.”

in pursuit of quality of

very well known on Vancouver Island, so wherever they go, they bring their Island fans with them. In represent-ing Mexico, they get to honour their heritage.

decision,” commented Leonardo, “But we find

Their travels are

Britt Santowski photo

The two performed in Sooke this past weekend at the family skate.

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Sooke recently had two students from Sooke’s MIJO Tae-kwondo compete at the Provincial Taekwondo Championships. Pres-ley Banys (age 7, Green Stripe) and Ella McDon-ald (age 10, Green Stripe) both won gold in poomse, as well as a gold and a bronze in

sparring.“Both girls performed

very well in their respective poomse divi-sions against competi-tors from all over BC and both scored very well with judges award-ing them with excellent scores of 7’s and 8’s (out of 10),” reported Sensei Michelle Carpen-

ter. “After watching the other competitors and waiting very patiently, they each scored the highest in their divi-sions and both won gold medals, BC Cham-pions for their age group/belt level.”

After the poomse came the sparring.

“Feeling very proud

and accomplished both Ella and Presley competed in sparring in their age divisions,” noted Carpenter, and provided the following sparring summaries.

Presley Banys was up first fighting an opponent who was two belt levels higher than her. She fought very well, maintaining a lead early on in the first round. With solid counter attacks and smart footwork, Pre-sley came out on top with a score of 10-8. This meant another gold medal and second title of BC Champion for her age division in sparring. Presley was elated, and her MIJO Taekwondo instructors are extremely proud of her. She works very hard in training, and loves Taekwondo, these results are a wonderful by-product of her hard work and excellent attitude. This was Presley’s first Tae-kwondo competition.

Ella McDonald had an opponent who was two belt levels higher than herself, and some-one who was a sea-soned competitor. Ella went at both rounds with confidence and amazing movement/

footwork, she fought hard and listened really well to her coach, Master Michelle Car-penter. The end result favoured the other player, but Ella was still very proud to win a bronze medal. This was her first competi-tion and she learned a lot. Ella is an incredibly hard worker and quick learner in training, with one competition under her belt she’s looking forward to compet-ing again, and Master Michelle is confident she will do well again.

The BC Taekwondo Championships took place on March 1, 2014 at Capilano University in North Vancouver.

Both girls, along with other MIJO Taekwondo Sooke students (and students from MIJO Taekwondo Esquimalt and Oak Bay) plan on attending their next competition in Parks-ville in early May. These student train with Mas-ter Michelle Carpenter of MIJO Taekwondo (MIJO Sport) at Poirier Elementary in Sooke. For inquiries please email [email protected] or register at SEAPARC.

Taekwondo girls take home gold and silver medals provincial championships

Submitted photo

Ella McDonald (left) and Presley Barrys (right) with their medals.

On Saturday March 8, the Sooke U16 Autobotts came away with a big win against Bays United to advance to the Lower Island District Cup finals. The Autobotts faced the challenge with weather playing a factor in the match.

Autobotts had opportunities to score in the first half, the girls just could not find the net. Bays United pressed hard throughout the match, and at half time it was scoreless. Sooke got their first goal at the 55 minute mark, scored by forward Tayler Benard and assisted by Hailey Dimock and Chloe Mitchell.

Bays pressed hard, challenging defenders Katija Pallot, Riley Mclean, Kiomi Yates and Sydney Dry-sdale. Goalkeeper Hope Millard kept her com-posure and made some great saves. Mid field-ers Rachael Wiebe, Chloe Mitchell, Morganne Orchard, Sarah Ehman and Hailey Bryant worked the ball hard, feeding forwards Hailey Dimock and Taylor Bernard.

Bays were able to penetrate the defence, score, and tie up the match late in the second half in

regulation time. With it being a cup game—and tied—the match had to go into extra time. Two 10-minute halves were played. Sooke pushed hard, the game went end to end. Sooke was able to score in the last minute of the match with a goal by Tay-lor Benard with an assist by Hailey Dimock.

The match certainly was a nail biter, with the team advancing to the finals. The Soccer District Cup finals will be hosted by Sooke Soccer during the week end of March 29/30. There will be lots of soccer action at Fred Milne that weekend, as the club has five teams (U14, U15 and U16 boys, and U15 and U16 girls) in the District Cup Finals.

Submitted by Wendy Cole

SOCCER REGISTRATION ADDENDUMAlso, please note the new dates for Spring soc-

cer registration are March 22, 29 and last one and deadline is April 5. Registration is from10-2 p.m. at clubhouse.

Soccer’s Autobotts advance to finals

Men’s basketball club gets underwayThe third annual Sooke Basketball Club men’s league is about to get under way. Anyone (male) in the community who would like to register can do so by emailing organizer Trevor

Bligh at [email protected] will be a draft of all players on March 30, which means that those who want to participate must

register before March 29. For $50, participants will get in on 10 games, and if you’re good enough, into the playoffs. The league will run on Wednesday evenings. Games will be shorter than normal, in that each will con-

sist of two 20-minute running-time halves.Proceeds are used to support the Sooke Basketball Club’s U17 team.

Capital Regional District

Regular MeetingJuan de Fuca Local Area Services Building#3 – 7450 Butler Road, Sooke, BCTuesday, March 25, 2014 at 3 pm. Public Welcome to AttendFor meeting confirmation or for further information, please contact JdFEA Local Area Services at 250.642.1500.

Notice ofJuan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission

A Forest forAll SeasonsRead the poems

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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:- Economic Development - 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm- Arts and Beauti� cation - 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm

Upcoming Public MeetingsRegular Council Meeting

Public Hearings6695 Rhodonite Drive

2346 and 2350 Sooke River RoadMonday, March 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Emergency Planning CommitteeTuesday, March 25, 2014 at 9:00 am

District of Sooke Spring CommunityOpen House

Sooke Community HallTuesday, March 25, 2014 at 4:00 to 8:00 pm

Mayor’s Promote Sooke Task ForceWednesday, March 26, 2014 at 7:00 pm




Well, lookie here.

One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion.

That’s defi nitely not democracy in action.

The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offl oad the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected offi cials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board.

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Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

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On a sunny early March Sun-day, 100 young athletes from the Greater Victo-ria Minor Foot-ball Association gather at Bel-mont Secondary School for a spe-cial preseason skills camp. The training was led by coaching staff from the UBC T h u n d e r b i rd s who had come

over for the week-end to put on two clinics; one for the local minor foot-ball coaches on Saturday and one for the players on Sunday. Also in attendance to offer encourag-ing words and inspiration was Hamilton Tiger-Cats Centre, Tim O’Neill, who started his foot-ball career play-

ing youth football in the GVMFA.

Players from all five Greater Vic-toria clubs were put through a myriad of drills and mini games to hone their skills and prepare for the upcoming spring football season. Thunder-birds head coach, Shawn Olsen, ensured that the pace of activi-

ties was kept fast and fun for all. At the closing ceremony, The Sooke Seahawks’ Avan Wickheim (Atom), Owen Cheng (Atom) and Greyson Hoo-laeff (Peewee) were singled out by the UBC coach-ing staff for out-standing achieve-ment awards.

A month of practices in

March will culmi-nate with a league wide jamboree with teams from north of the Mala-hat joining the CRD based teams for a day of fast paced mini games as the final tune up for the start of the regular sea-son in April.

There is still time for inter-ested boys and

girls between the ages of 8 and 14 to sign up for their local club. Infor-mation can be found at www.vic-toriafootball.ca.

Submitted by Richard Jomha

Submitted photo

March 9 - This photo is of the VIAHA South-Island Midget C (Division 1) Playoff Champions 2013-2014. As reported last week, this team won the Division championships for the third time in four years. The photo was taken at the Panorama Recreation Centre.

Midget C1 ChaMpionsAs hockey winds down, football gears up

Richard Jomha (top left) photo

Top left: Avan Wickheim of the Sooke Seahawks practices his three point

stance. Brandon Cheng (right) photo

Right: Owen Cheng with his Outstanding Achievement Award.

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Reader’s Photo of the WeekSooke News Mirror reader Martina Morgenstern captured this image of two swans-a-swimming.

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For the first time Sooke music students have received three invitations to attend the Nationals at Musicfest Canada in Richmond from May 14-16.

Journey middle and Edward Milne community schools have students in the band and strings program and they won at the Regionals in Port Alberni thus earning an invitation to the Nationals.

All of the music students are busy out in the community fundraising so they can attend. They are selling Purdy’s chocolates in front of Village and Western Foods, as well as Shoppers Drug Mart. There is a metal recycling bin at Saseenos, Krispy Kreme donuts are being sold and bottle drives and bake sales add to the efforts.

“There will be about 45 students going and this is the first time Sooke has ever had three invita-tions to the Nationals. For us here in Sooke it’s quite an accomplishment,” said Lorna Bjorklund, musical director for the band and strings pro-grams.

The cost to send the students to the Nationals

in Richmond is $350/student.“Get our Sooke Youth to the Podium” is the

Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra’s rallying cry.To help with the fundraising, the SPO Society is

matching any donations made to the band/strings students. For every $50+ a donor gets a compli-mentary Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra concert ticket and a tax receipt.

Anyone who wishes to donate can send a cheque made payable to Journey Middle School and mail to: Sooke Academy of Music, 3781 Phillips Road, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 1K7.

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Journey middle school and EMCS community school students will be competing in the Nationals in Richmond in May.

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