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Costs escalate for boat launchPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

It may be extremely com-plicated and hard to explain but the public boat launchproject is going to cost more, says District of Sooke CAO Evan Parliament. And there is every expectation that district staff will be asking council for another $335,000.

In order to complete theproject the extra $335,000 needs to be budgeted forin 2012. This amount rep-resents the water-basedworks tender of $195,000 and a $140,000 for workdone on a fence and drive-way improvements on the neighbouring properties, moving telephone poles and hydro and sump pump costs.

The $140,000 should have been covered in the ten-der’s eight per cent contin-gency fund but it wasn’t, sothen it was decided that the district should pick up the extra costs.

The original estimated cost of the boat launch was $1.1 million. A grant for $605,000 came from the fed-eral government, $200,000 from Prestige plus another $500,000 in-kind donation (for land-based works), and $300,000 from the District of Sooke.

Parliament stated that shoreline remedial work cost an extra $50,000 from the budgeted $100,000 con-tract awarded to Heavy Metal Marine. The $100,000 was included in the HMM tender. The price of $1.1

million did not include the price for a pier. The pierwas to be paid for with the $200,000 from Prestige.

Parliament responded to questions about a “short-fall” of funding for the boat launch.

“When you say we exceeded (our agreement) you have to go back to the original grant application,” said Parliament. “the origi-nal design was enhanced.It was to be a simple ramp into the water.”

He said the current design is being built for the future and the “bulb” accounted for the bulk of the cost ofthe boat launch.

The extra $335,000 will come from casino funds that were to be used for the Galloping Goose crossing which is now on hold.

The district is awaiting word from Western Eco-nomic Diversification, who provided the federal grant,on the status of the grant.

Gail Hall has filed a com-plaint to the government alleging wrongdoings and a public investigation has been launched.

The taxpayers in Sooke are paying $635,000 for the boat launch on the $1.74 mil-lion project. That is $335,000 more than was planned for.

The land for the boat launch cost $915,000, the district is putting in $635,000 ($535,000 with HST rebate) for a total of $1.54 million. The total cost of the project, according to Parliament, is now $1.84 million.

Fire risk extremeBenjamin YongSooke News Mirror

Summer campers leaving Camp Thunderbird on Fri-day morning were met with delays and a smoldering surprise on their way out.

Plumes of smoke wafted out of a towering tree that was slowly consumed by intermittent flames, just out-side the YMCA property onGlinz Lake Road.

“(They told us) there’s a tree on fire,” said camper Mikasa, who was leavingwith her friend Anika and their mothers around 10:30a.m. They had to walk to their car parked down the hill because the road had been blocked off to accom-modate both Metchosin and Sooke fire rescue vehicles.

Metchosin Fire Chief Stephanie Dunbar said it was actually in Metcho-sin’s district but they askedSooke to come help because of the potential danger.

“One tree could light them all on fire, and there’s a lack of water up here which becomes a huge issue for us,” she said.

“Basically the tree had been on fire for quite a while and it’s all the way up—It’s probably a good 80 to 120 feet up there. It started at the bottom and it’s a hollow dead tree so it’s just gone right up the inside.”

Camp director Luke Ferris said they found out about the fire at 9:30 a.m.

“One of our staff mem-

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release that band mem-bers were calling for a non-confidence vote to remove their band council; that meetings are held behind closed doors and most mem-bers do not favour the proposal put forth by Marine Trail Holdings.

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three band members making all the noise and they never come to meetings or support anything that chief and council do.

Hunt said the chief and council have met with RCMP as their words are slanderous and libel.

“There are so many positive things going on – a new admin build-ing, the start of the new health clinic, taking 72 per cent of people off of Social Assistance, train-ing programs for the youth, etc. “We cannot take the focus off of the positive things going on in our community. The three band members

that are in with the environmentalists don’t participate in any of our positive activities that are community driven,” said Hunt in an e-mail in response to the article sent out by Zoe Blunt.

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The entire contro-versy began when the province allowed West-ern Forest Products to remove land from TFL 25 on their deeded property. Some of the lands were then legally sold to Ender Ilkay.

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bers was walking near the area and heard the crackling tree,” said Ferris, who added things got a bit cha-otic because the camp finished up just a half hour later.

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“I would imagine it’s kids playing with matches or smoking most likely, it’s a good place for them to hide out and do that,” he said.

“Nobody was hurt, so everything worked out fine that way.”

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Devastating news for local halibut fisheryPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

On September 5, recreational halibut fishers will be stor-ing their rods and calling it

a day.The Department of Fisheries and

Oceans has announced the closure of the halibut fishery on September 5 much to the dismay of some and the relief of others.

“The DFO has deemed that recre-ational fishermen have reached their quota,” said Mike Hicks, a charter fishing operator and strong advocate for halibut as a common property resource.

“It means a lot to a lot of peo-ple, charter boat operators, fishing lodges, “ said Hicks. “It’s absolute devastation in their industry. It’s not just missing a few days of fishing.”

What it translates to is a short hali-but fishing season with cancelled res-ervations for charter boat operators all across Vancouver Island, and inse-curity for next year.

“This is when the locals get a crack at halibut,” said Hicks. “The next two months are primo for Sooke.”

The reason the federal government has cut short the season is because they feel enough halibut have been caught by recreational fishers. In their system the commercial fishers gets 88 per cent of the quota with the remaining 12 per cent allocated to recreational fishers.

Fishing guide Steve Arnett says, “It sucks. What’s the reason for it? It is putting these guys out of busi-ness. When the commercial guys can

keep fishing, it is hard on a place like Port Renfrew. They only have a four month window. It’s politics and that sucks.”

Hicks feels the coastal communi-ties will be affected severely as they are dependent on fisheries so he will be trying to convince the mayors and councils along the coast to sup-port a resolution he will be bringing forward at the UBCM conference.

In simple words, the resolution is that in years of low abundance the federal government should lease some of the quota from the commer-

cial sector back to the Canadian rec-reational fishers to ensure fishermen have the basic bottom line access to one halibut per day, two in posses-sion and ensure a 11 month season for fishing.

Hicks feels halibut should be treated as a common property resource, available to all. He feels our rights have been sold to private industry.

“They are going to privatize it just like on the East Coast, next it will be crab and salmon,” Hicks said.

He said he is extremely disap-pointed in our federal representa-tives and they should be screaming.

“They don’t understand the issue, and it’s falling apart at the seams!”

He said he will keep on this issue until — “they tear the halibut rod from my cold, dead hands.”

On the pro side of the closure are the commercial halibut fishers who say the halibut stocks are the worst in 20 years and they are okay with the closure to recreational fishers. The commercial fishery will remain open until Nov. 18. In 2010, the wholesale halibut market in B.C. was valued at approx. $132 million.

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Liberating NicolePirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

It’s controversial, unapproved and looked at with

skepticism but for some it works and many argue it is live-saving.

Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insuffi-ciency (CCSVI) is a term developed by Italian researcher Paolo Zam-boni to describe com-promised flow of blood in the veins draining the central nervous system. Ever since, people with conditions such as mul-tiple sclerosis have been flocking to other coun-tries to have a procedure done which opens the blood veins and relieves many of their debilitat-ing symptoms.

Former East Sooke teen Nicole Bottles, who has been suffering from advanced Lyme dis-ease for the past three years, went to Califor-nia in July to have the procedure done.

First she had a MRI in Vancouver and her mother Chris Powell said, “sure enough she had blocked veins.”

“Ever since I saw (something about) this in 2009 I wondered if that could help Nicole,”

said Powell. Powell found a doc-

tor in California who was willing to perform the costly procedure because he had a best friend with Lyme dis-ease.

They call it “libera-tion therapy” and that is exactly what Bottles experienced.

In the recovery room Nicole stated she could feel her legs for the first time in three years.

It was a “crap shoot,” said Powell, but there was a 33 per cent improvement. Nicole’s short term memory improved as did the warmth in her hands and feet.

“My head feels unstuffed,” said Nicole to her mother shortly after the procedure. She also said her legs felt stronger. Nicole has been confined to a wheelchair and move-

ment and touch are painful.

While it may not seem like a big deal to some, Nicole walked (with help) to the sand on the beach in Califor-nia.

“She walked 20 feet to get into the sand, she loved it, then she walked back to the path and into the chair,” said Powell.

What Nicole got from the procedure is hope.

Hope that one day she will be able to live out her life just the same as anyone else, without the restrictions, pain and loss of freedom she is experiencing. There is a chance the proce-dure will not work in the long run and there may be complications, but they are willing to go through with it.

Powell has become an advocate for CCSVI and during a recent screening of the film on Lyme disease, “Under Our Skin,” she talked with Lana Popham, MLA for Saanich South, who talked of present-ing a Private Members Bill to the Legislature relating to lyme and protecting doctor’s right to treat patients with lyme without fear of harassment.

Ottawa has reversed course and has approved trials for the controversial proce-dure CCSVI. Nicole’s pain doctor in Duncan, Dr. Bill Code, who calls himself “the rebel with a cause,” is trying to edu-cate people and other doctors across Canada about the possible ben-efits of CCSVI. Dr. Code has MS.

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Nicole Bottles underwent “liberation therapy” to help combat some of the symptoms she has with Lyme disease.

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Sooke Fall Fair is “Science in Action”Benjamin YongSooke News Mirror

Believe it or not, the Sooke Fall Fair is entering

its 98th (yes, 9-8) year. And even with the fair nearing the century mark, organizers still manage to keep things fresh.

There are quite a few surprises for 2011, said fall fair president Can-dace Linde.

“Our theme (this year is) Science in Action celebrating the Interna-tional Year of Forests.”

Linde, bubbling with enthusiasm, said “sci-ence is in our everyday life.” To demonstrate this, the fair is intro-ducing Mad Science on Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. It is an international orga-nization that puts on demonstrations and gets kids engaged with physics, biology and chemistry while having fun.

“They come to schools and they put on a lot of experi-ments, the ones that go kaboom and foam (up) and different things.”

The fair is also debut-ing Kitchencraft sci-ence. Visitors receive a

passport that they take to various stations like the “Candy-O-Matic” booth showing how candy is made, or mar-vel at a balloon that expands from carbon dioxide gasses released from yeast feeding on flour.

“They go through each of those activities, get their stamp ... and they will get a coupon,” said Linde, which gives five free entries into the fair next year.

She encourages everybody, especially children, to partici-pate by entering some-thing they’ve made, whether it’s a teapot or

a painting or a piece of poetry.

“It’s all about self esteem. You’ve got to encourage young peo-ple to move on with their skills and build them, and be proud of who they are and what they do. That’s what this is all about as well as involving the whole community and show-ing off the community,” said Linde, who knows more than a little about the subject working as an education assis-tant at Journey Middle School.

Also new this year will be an “exciting and high energy” skate-

boarding demo put on by SideStep skateboard-ing school on Sept. 10 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Eustace Road.

“They’re going to be setting up all their props and all their lit-tle ramps and every-thing. Everybody can come and watch all their demonstrations and everything they’re going to do for basi-cally that hour before the fair opens.”

Aside from the addi-tions to the event, sta-

ples like the “Sookeini” race on Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. (decorating a zuc-chini with wheels and launching it down a ramp) and pet parade, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m., will be taking place.

The parade, where kids proudly march their furry companions down the street in front of the community hall, was started 49 years ago.

“I’ll never forget when my children first started, that’s how I got involved 15 years ago,” said Linde who was “hooked” from the moment she saw the looks on their faces from taking part in the popular event.

The deadline for all entries is this Friday. For more information visit: www.sookefallfair.ca.

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Candace Linde, Sooke Fall Fair president, holds up a wooden International-Year-of-Forests-themed medallion that will be awarded to entry winners. Right, close up of medallion.

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Introducing more service and route number changes to standardize our route numbers.

13 Cadboro Bay/UVic - new Saturday service and more service Monday to Friday.

52 Wishart is now 52 Colwood to reflect the new route. As a pilot project, two stops have been added to the West Shore Town Centre.

81 Brentwood/Swartz Bay offers more connections from West Sidney to the McTavish Exchange and Saanich Peninsula Hospital, plus three daily trips to the Saanichton Education Centre.

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26A Dockyard/UVic is now 16X UVic/Uptown Express

66 East Sooke is now 64 East Sooke

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LOOKING BACKA trip back through

the Sooke News Mirror time machine...

Sept. 1, 2010Motel goes up in

flamesThe old Manuel

Quimper motel is being burned—for a good cause.

During Sept. 20 to 24, there will be a series of deliberately set fires as a training exercise for over 100 fire, police and insurance investi-gators.

The motel, slated for demolition to make way for the new Mariner’s Village complex, was donated by owner Mike Barrie of Condor Prop-erties Ltd. to the Sooke Fire Rescue Service.

Students will learn techniques and skills for investigating a vari-ety of accidental and arson related fires after the 20-unit build-ing becomes a live fire classroom. The Inter-national Association of Arson Investigators will provide the instruc-tors.

Sept. 6, 2006Fire leads to grow

opFirefighters respond-

ing to a call at a Sooke Road residence discov-ered more than just a blaze.

A member of the fire department driv-ing along Sooke Road Thursday morning reported a fire at 5241

Sooke Road. Eigh-teen members from the Sooke and East Sooke fire departments showed up to battle the early morning fire and quickly brought it under control, said Sooke Fire Chief Bob Kelsey.

What they hadn’t expected though was a grow op in the down-stairs of the house.

RCMP executed a search warrant on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 31) and seized 15 maturing marijuana plants and 69 younger plants as well as lights, fertilizer and assorted grow op equipment.

Aug. 29, 2001Tire slasher deflated

by RCMPA Sooke man is facing

charges of mischief and uttering threats after he allegedly cut the tires on seven vehicles last week.

Twenty-one year old

Brent Brown had a bail hearing on Aug. 21 and made his plea in court yesterday after press deadline, following his apprehension by Sooke RCMP on the early morning of Aug. 21.

That night, at about 1 a.m., resident Darren Skaalrud heard a loud hissing noise coming from outside his win-dow from his suite in the apartment complex at 1987 Kaltasin Road.

Skaalrud said he yelled at the culprit, then quickly dressed himself and chased after him. Following a near altercation, he phoned 911 and Sooke RCMP apprehended the man.

Aug. 28, 1996A whale of a displayThis September,

EMCS students enter-ing the main school doors will be greeted by something of large

proportions.A whale skeleton will

be hanging from the ceiling of the school’s foyer.

Rudy’s Whale is the largest of six free-hang-ing whales on display in B.C., according to pale-ontologist Gary Ston-ley.

Stonley spent five weeks in Sooke painstakingly pierc-ing together over 200 bones that make up the 35-foot grey whale. The dead whale was found washed ashore at a small cove in East Sooke Park by teenag-ers Rudy Graham and Chris Martin while they hiked in June 1989.

Aug. 28, 1991New additions at

regional schoolsSooke schools are

getting ready for a del-uge of kids.

Del Clarke, principal of Edward Milne Com-munity School told the Mirror Wednesday that they are expecting an increase in enrollment of fifty students bring-ing the figure to 585 this year.

“We have two more portables coming and some more staff,” says Mr. Clarke.

Six new teachers have joined Sooke Elemen-tary, Saseenos Elemen-tary gets four and John Muir will be welcoming three new teachers.

File photo

In 2005 film crews were in East Sooke filming Dungeon Siege.

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EDITORIAL Rod Sluggett PublisherPirjo Raits EditorBenjamin Yong Reporter

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Re: Time to rethink role of the CRD (Opinion, Aug. 19)

More accurate information needs to be provided as to what the Cap-ital Regional District (CRD) is and what it is not. CRD governance, akin to all regional districts in the province, is not based on popula-tion but on large geographic bound-aries. Regional districts have three basic roles according to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development website. Regional dis-tricts provide political and adminis-trative framework for:

• Provision of region-wide services such as regional parks, regional plan-ning, solid waste and liquid waste.

• Provision of inter-municipal or sub-regional services (via agree-ments) such as SEAPARC and Pan-orama Recreation.

• Acting as the local government for the electoral areas and providing local services such as drinking water and fire protection to communities within these areas.

CRD is not a fourth level of gov-ernment. It is modeled as a federa-tion composed of municipalities and electoral areas in the large geo-graphic area, each of which has rep-resentation on the regional board.

It is true that Saanich currently has the greatest number of directors on the CRD board. Representation is based on population: one director represents every 25,000 residents. This also relates to the amount of taxpayer dollars that are invested in regional initiatives. Yes, Saanich and Victoria have the most directors around the current CRD table but even if all directors from those areas voted together, they could not carry any board vote by themselves.

Another key voting structure revolves around financial spending. If the CRD members wish to buy land for parks, for example, the vote would be based on a weighted vote system. Saanich directors have 22 and Victoria has 16. These taxpayers contribute more than other munici-palities and should have a larger say on any expenditures, but, again if all those directors voted in favour they could not take the vote without other members’ support.

The voting structure of all regional districts is dictated by provincial legislation. Through resolutions and bylaws it is responsible for the services provided by the regional district. It embodies the public wel-fare of its communities, which often means trying to balance each area’s

vision with the concerns expressed by the people and organizations affected by its decisions.

The Regional Growth Strategy was not created to dictate to member municipalities. It was created by all residents of this region, to help con-trol infrastructure costs, to manage growth and economic areas and to protect our environment. Public pro-cess in each municipality consulted residents on how they saw their community progressing in relation to the RGS principles.

The Trans-Canada Highway runs through Saanich. It carries an aver-age weekday volume of 84,000 vehi-cles. We have short-cutting through neighbourhoods on our municipal roads. Is it fair that Saanich taxpay-ers pay for road improvements to a municipal road when the majority of the traffic running through that neighbourhood is from the West Shore? Our regional taxpayers desire co-operation and collaboration to ensure one jurisdiction doesn’t incur expense for another’s decisions on land use. Everything is connected and we need to work together.

Judy BrownoffSaanich councillor

CRD director

A definition of the role of the CRD

Ready, set, go for it!

OUR VIEW

Ladies and gentlemen start your engines, the political maneuvering has begun and the race is on. One by one the candidates for District of Sooke council are beginning to come out of the woodwork.

Some may feel they haven’t completed their objectives, others feel they have some, and the odd one may think they can add a positive spin to the serious job of running a municipality. And it is a very serious job. It takes a lot of time and energy, determination and common sense. It is

not just a few hours a week, it is more like a solid part-time job. That is if one wants to do the job well.

One needs to be able to look at issues objectively, from both sides, and then question the reasoning. No

one voted anyone in just to go with the flow, they elect their candidate to insure the work of the district is being done with the wishes of the residents in mind, not the wishes of a chosen few. This is crucial because people are elected to think for themselves. They are too often part of a slate, handled by someone on the outside with their own political agenda — they become a puppet of sorts. Independence from undue influence is crucial for a politician, or at least is for an honest and principled one.

The gloves are coming off, one can already sense that. There are some candidates running who are not strangers at the council table and others who have only seen the working of council from the gallery. It’s a whole different ball game in the dugout.

This is going to be an interesting and volatile campaign and an even more interesting council.

It’s a whole different ball game in the dugout.

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Agreement #40110541

Do you follow local politics?

No, I live outside of Sooke (Kemp Lake).

I don’t really care.

Bob Sell

I do. It’s important for people to be updated on

issues.

Andrew Underdown

Very much. Sooke is developing so quickly now, we need people

aware (of what’s going on in council).

Lorne Patterson

A bit. I stay informed reading the newspaper and stuff, I don’t go to council meetings. It’s good to know what’s

going on.

Jenn Powell

YOUR VIEW

ANOTHER VIEW

Tinfoil hats anyone?

This is in regards to the letter submitted by Gail Gingras regard-ing BC Hydro and the introduction of smart meters.

Until you can prove that any of the wild claims you made can be proven scientifi-cally everything you stated is just spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt.

I do not have the time or patience to refute every one of your claims here, but I urge people to do some real research and understand the tech-nologies being used before jumping to wild conclusions on top-ics they know little or nothing about.

Peer reviewed, dou-ble blinded scientific studies are what mat-ter.

M. GabelmannSooke

Pursuing their own vision

Last week Dale Read described the notion of a separate regional district for the west-ern communities as “a needless caper.”

He based his opinion on the belief that this would increase taxes because of duplication of services. Goodness knows taxes are oner-ous enough and this is a serious consider-ation.

We do know that amalgamation usually results in rising costs as has been shown in Hali-fax, Winnipeg and other consolidated areas. But finding the “right size” need not be an addi-tional cost.

The experience of the split in Comox-Strathcona Regional District is the best evidence of this. The regional district had become dysfunctional with strong differences of opinion on the future of the region, largely on a north/south split.

The various adminis-trative functions of the newly divided regional district were continued under contract and no new staff were required. Costs remained the same. The difference was that both areas could now pursue their own vision without cre-ating winners and los-ers in the same body.

There may be many

reasons to oppose the concept of a separate regional district for the western communities but costs are not a per-suasive argument.

Al JonesPresident

Association of B.C. Landowners

Time to listen up

Hooray! The people have spoken through the HST referendum.

After all, the people we have been in con-tact with during the HST petition, the con-versations were mostly centered around hav-ing government that was accountable to the electorate, not dictato-rial governments.

To me this vote shows that the public is pushing back on big government and want-ing in and having a say in how their govern-ment is run.

Time for all govern-ments to listen up. We all want truth, transpar-ency and good govern-ment for the people.

Congratulations to all those who participated in any and every way.

Ellen LewersSooke

Embrace new technology

In reply to Gail Gin-gras’ letter regarding smart meters.

After getting infor-mation on EHS (Elec-

tro Hyper Sensitivity) I really don’t agree with your stand against BC Hydro’s new technol-ogy.

Don’t get me wrong we are not big fans of BC Hydro. My hus-band and I fought them to change our analog meter to a digital meter. Knowing that the digital meter was far better in our electrical consump-tion tally and that there was definitely some-thing drastically wrong with the analog meter. When we had the digital replacement done our monthly bill was less than half -- doesn’t take rocket science to figure that hydro didn’t want to change as they were receiving extra money each month from us -- never to be returned by overpayment.

I am looking forward to this newest technol-ogy, that will probably reduce our bill even more.

As to your ‘qualms’ concerning the smart meters causing prob-lems for EHS human beings.

To me if you are so worried about this new technology then we as a human race have to forgo using per-sonal PCs, television monitors, WiFi, house alarms, garage door openers, cell phones, etc.

I also took note in your letter your fear of persons with heart arrhythmia -- unfor-tunately you are not dealing with magnetic waves but micro waves -- bit different for sure. Does that mean that all of us amateur radio

operators are doomed as we use the same radio spectrum?

I embrace new tech-nology and hopefully when and if you delve into more information on this new one you’ll feel more comfortable in embracing it too.

Did you know that it took quite a while for microwaves to catch on, so to speak, as so many people were afraid of them -- now they are a kitchen staple.

Cyndy McInnesSooke

Boat launch costs are as promised

Accurate information on our new public dock and boat launch is that everything promised has been fulfilled and more. Costs are what they were said to be.

The purchase of property relative to the dock was made prior to the contracting and had also been a matter of public record.

Again, the District of Sooke was able to make said purchase of a municipal long term asset (the land) and as such was able to qualify for grants. That made our portion .35¢ on the dollar, to be approximately $320,000 for a property worth $915,000. I see that as incredible administra-tion of public funds.

I welcome anyone with a measuring tape to walk the loading, parking area with me

to get a true reading on things living up to stan-dards.

Moonfist- Myke Colbert

Sooke

Council not CRD the issue

A large number of words castigating the Capital Regional District have been in the media recently. In my opinion the CRD, for the most part, works reasonably well. It is when the peo-ple we elect as mayors and councillors take the position “we can’t do anything about it” on CRD decisions that things go in the tank.

The simple fact of the matter is that the CRD is a bureaucracy, not a local government, with the exception of unorga-nized areas, otherwise called electoral areas.The CRD has no power to speak of within a municipality, unless the municipality voluntarily gives that power to the CRD by subscribing to a service.

If we don’t like the service, we are per-fectly free to opt out, using the statutory ser-vice review mechanism of the Local Government Act. In fact, if anything, the Community Charter has tightened the leash on regional districts by determinatively putting power with the munici-palities. That leash can be further tightened any time we want. We simply stop paying and let the CRD bureaucrats figure out where the real priorities lie when the money dries up.

The Regional Growth Strategy is currently under review. The envi-ronmental extremists clustered around the regional parks bureau-cracy moved strategi-cally out ahead of the RGS review and have positioned the Regional Parks Master Plan as the top level RGS doc-ument dictating their

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Ghostly ship

Pirjo Raits photo

A boat going through the fog in Sooke Harbour has a spooky appearance.

SELLING SOOKE SINCE 1985

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priorities and values oneverything else. The Regional Parks/CRD slogan is “Nature (meaning them) GetsHalf!”

The solution? Axethe municipal enroll-ment in the regionalparks service. They can live on their half of noth-ing, and we can put our money into maintaining the parks demanded as amenity contributionsfrom developers.

The immediate ben-efit? Lower taxes.

Longer term, onthe money we don’t hand the CRD we canre-establish access to Sheilds Lake, have EdMacgregor Park land-scaped, and bring backthe water play area at Broomhill Park.

Terrance MartinSooke

LETTERS

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Book loversFrom left: Ewan, 6, Keegan, 8, and Shaela, 4, proudly wearing their medals they received from completing the Summer Reading Program at the Sooke Library.

Please keep your Let-ters to the Editor to approx. 300 words.

The Hartland Landfill Facility will be closed on Labour Day, Monday, September 5, 2011. Hartland will reopen on Tuesday, September 6 from 9 am to 5 pm.

Registered account customers will have access to the active face from 7 to 9 am.

Please make sure your load is covered and secured.

Capital Regional District

Hartland Landfill Labour Day Closure

For more information, please call the CRD Hotline at 250.360.3030 or visit www.crd.bc.ca/waste/hartland

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For those of you who know Willow-Ann Pongracz, you probably know what has recently happened to her. Willow is now working hard at her physical rehabilitation required for her to return to good health. She is safe as are her children, living with a family friend. Willow will not be able to return to work for some time, but has good spirits and is determined to create a better life for herself and her children. She will, however, need some help. There is an account set up for her at the Bulkley Valley Credit Union in Burns Lake where monetary donations can be made. If you are able to donate cash to Willow, feel free to send a cheque or money order to Bulkley Valley Credit Union, Donation account for Willow Pongracz, Lakes District Branch, P O Box 1029, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0. Willow will need assistance until she can return to work and she will also need assistance in upgrading her small home so that it is safe for her and her children to return to it. Willow sends her love and appreciation to all of you who have shown your support and she appreciates any help you can give her. If you have any questions regarding Willow, you can call 250-694-3403.

NOTICE

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

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

website: www.sooke.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGDistrict of Sooke Bylaw No. 480, Sign Regulation Bylaw, 2011

NOTICE is hereby given that Council will hold a Public Input meeting in the Council Chambers, District of Sooke Municipal Hall, 2225 Otter Point Road on MONDAY, September 12th at 7:00 pm.

All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed bylaw 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 input meeting. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record.

Bylaw No. 480, District of Sooke, Sign Regulation Bylaw, 2011 The purpose of this bylaw is to designate Sign Regulation Bylaw (Sign Bylaw) forthe whole area of the District of Sooke. The intent of the Sign Bylaw is to:

(a) Encourage the effective and equitable use of signs as a means of identifying businesses and services;

(b) Encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication;

(c) Enhance the appearance of the Municipality by regulating the size, height, design and location of permitted signs;

(d) Apply the sign regulations in a fair and consistent manner;

(e) Protect the public from the dangers of inferior sign construction and from nuisance or hazards arising from improperly maintained, repaired or sited signs;

(f) Regulate the construction, maintenance, repair, replacement and removal of signs; and

(g) Regulate the issuance of sign permits.

Copies of these proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be:

inspected at the District of Sooke Municipal Hall, 2205 Otter • Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing from the date of this Notice (August 31, 2011); andViewed and downloaded at the District of Sooke website • www.sooke.ca at any time.

If you have questions or comments about the Sign Bylaw, please contact the Planning Department at 250-642-1634 or send an e-mail to info@sooke.ca.

Women Are Doing It

That’s right – by age 50, women are makingscreening mammograms part of their regularhealth routine - once every two years.

Women ages 40-79 can book at the BC Cancer Agency’s Screening Mammography mobile service coming to:

Sooke: September 6-9, 2011

Call 1-800-663-9203 (toll-free) to book.

Visit www.smpbc.ca for more information.

Love, hope and optimism. In his passing,

with these three words, Jack Layton has per-manently marked the political landscape in Canada.

The public outpour-ing of grief and sympa-thy for the Layton fam-ily has crossed partisan lines and been felt from coast to coast to coast. That respect and sense of loss is a result of a man practicing his craft in a genuine way, wad-ing into crowds of peo-ple yearning to hear the stories, the hopes, the aspirations of a nation.

Born in Quebec, flu-ently bilingual, Jack became NDP leader in 2003. I did not sup-port him at that time, preferring the western candidate, long time Winnipeg MP Bill Blai-kie. At the time I viewed Jack as a Toronto cen-tred politician that had no experience in the House of Commons or in the many and varied parts of Canada.

Looking back on the

extraordinary success of the Jack-led NDP I was clearly wrong. Over four elections he increased the number of seats held by the NDP from just 13 in 2000, to 103 this past May. But it is not the electoral success that will remain with me in my heart when I think about Jack. It will be his relentless optimism and his real affection for politics and people.

One personal experi-ence: It was at a rally here in Victoria during the 2008 campaign. I was asked to MC a high tech town hall at Pear-kes Arena. The team was anxious to get the

program finished on time so the bus could be at the next stop. After an hour I thanked the last questioner and asked Jack to wrap up. His response was to take three more ques-tions. With much frus-tration, the staffers finally got Jack out of the building and within a stone’s throw of the bus. But not past the senior couple, wife in wheelchair, that wanted just a word with Jack.

After 15 minutes he hugged them both, hopped up the stairs of the bus and was gone. Gone to find more peo-ple to connect with, not for a minute, but for a

lifetime. For me, that is what politics should be all about. People mak-ing a connection to cre-ate better understand-ing and to change the world. Goodbye Jack. You will be missed.

John Horgan, MLA Juan de

Fuca john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca www.

johnhorgan.ca

Today Canada has lost a great Canadian, a

great New Democrat, and a man who would have been a fine Prime Minister. To me Jack was not only a source of inspiration with his boundless optimism and his sure sense of what was best for Can-ada, he was also a men-tor and most of all a personal friend.

Jack believed in a Canada where no one is left behind and his courage will inspire all Canadians to build the Canada which we all know is possible.

I believe Jack will be remembered as a man who took not just New Democrats, but all Canadians a great step forward in that direc-tion. As leader of the New Democratic Party Jack built a movement which will carry on his work and won’t stop until the job is done. Jack will be missed but not forgotten as we move on toward a brighter future for all Canadians

Randall Garrison, MP for Esquimalt-

Juan de Fuca

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On remembering Jack Layton

Submitted photo

Jack Layton with MLA John Horgan back in 2008.

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Last Thursday was A&W’s Cruisin’ for a Cause Day, but the popular local fast food establishment swapped cars for games.

“The big cruise is at the Shelbourne store, I don’t know why they don’t have it here. I have more parking,” said manager Heather Turner.

For the third year in a row, the nation-wide chain has partnered with the Multiple Scle-rosis Society of Can-ada to raise money for research.

Aside from donations from sales, the Sooke restaurant set up a bunch of activities out-side on the sunny after-noon for the kids, all by donation. There was bal-loon darts with tickets inside the balloons for prizes like classic root beer and other snacks. There was also bowl-ing, mini golf and even a

hula hoop contest.Each A&W put on

their own version of the fundraiser, with many of the 250 locations coast to coast hosting cars shows. Turner said the collective goal was to raise over a million dol-lars for MS.

“Two thousand and eleven (dollars) is our target, the staff picked it. We’re halfway there with the teen (burger) sales and the sales

from this—I think we’ll do it.”

Cruisin’ for a Cause wraps up the big drive for the year, but dona-tion boxes are inside the

store all year round. The other big event for the summer was a garage sale held two weeks ago that raised a few hundred dollars. Staff brought in things to sell, and even the construc-tion company next door pitched in.

“They cut down a bunch of trees, they donated all the wood to our garage sale. We sold it all,” she said. “They were just great guys, they were fantastic.”

Turner, who added some of her custom-ers have MS, said she loves helping out for the cause.

“We’re just trying to make everybody aware that MS is an epic deal.”

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Cruisin’ for a good cause

Benjamin Yong photo

From clockwise: A&W manager Heather Turner, back left, with her employees Breanna Barkhouse, Conrad Andersen and Dylan McKelvey trying to drum up patrons for their Cruisin’ for a Cause Day last Thursday.

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Those who are born and raised in the iso-lated areas on the coast of British Columbia are a self-sufficient and independent-minded lot.

Percy Brown, a descendent of Becher Bay pioneers, was instrumental in build-ing the dam at the head waters of DeMa-miel Creek, which the Department of Fisher-ies and Oceans now wants to dismantle.

Back in the 1970s Sooke people took matters into their own hands. If they saw a need they just got it done. For example, Brown singlehand-edly raised funds for the first rescue boat in the area after saving two lives in the stormy waters off Beechy Head on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. He also insti-gated the building of the DeMamiel Creek dam and enhanced many other waterways to ensure the survival of the salmon. Brown owned the Beecher Bay Marina.

His daughter Lou-ise Paterson is livid that the dam is being decommissioned.

“He believed so much in the fish,” she said. “It’s just wrong. Even if it did collapse it will hurt nothing, nothing.”

Paterson said that the work Percy Brown did was through the assistance of fisheries officer Jack Brooks.

“The DFO fully sup-ported the efforts and as a society, they received funding,” said Paterson.

The society was known as the South

Vancouver Island Aid the Fish Society.

She said Percy Brown enhanced the creek running from Murder Bay to Greens Swamp at the junction of East Sooke and Beecher Bay Road. Also enhanced was Matheson Creek from Roche Cove run-ning into Matheson Lake.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 www.sookenewsmirror.com NEWS • 13Kyle Dunn photo

Reader’s Photo of the Week

Kyle Dunn captured this photo of a nest full of hungry hatchlings at Sooke Lake.

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

Please send your g o o d q u a l i t y jpegs to: editor@sookenewsmirror.com. We will publish as space permits.

DeMamiel Creek dam built by volunteers

Louise Paterson photo

The DeMamiel dam in the 1970s.

Mike and Jack are proud to announce the opening of a new

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Nominations for District of Sooke Council

Nomination packages for the 2011 Municipal Election are available at the District of Sooke Municipal offi ce, 2205 Otter Point Road. Completed nomination documents will be accepted during the nomination period from 9:00 am, Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 to 4:00 pm, Friday, October 14, 2011.

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Capital Regional District

Notice of Public HearingPublic Hearing Notice No. 1Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 890, 891 and 892 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing:Will be held at: Edward Milne Community School TheatreLocated at: 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke, BC On: September 6, 2011 at 5 pm and

September 7, 2011 at 5 pmTo consider adoption of: Bylaw No. 3755 – cited as “Land Use Bylaw for the Rural Resource Lands, Bylaw No. 1, 2009, Amendment No. 2, 2011”.The purpose of Bylaw No. 3755 is to amend Bylaw No. 3602, “Land Use Bylaw for the Rural Resource Lands” to create a new Marine Trail Resort (MTR) zone providing for a destination tourist resort complex. The proposed new MTR zone will allow for the following uses: 257 cabins, one resort lodge building, two resort recreation buildings, six caretaker residences and public park.Bylaw No. 3755 proposes to remove the following lands from the existing Resource Lands (RL) zone and add them to the MTR zone: District Lot 564, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63203; District Lot 565, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63203; District Lot 566, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63204; District Lot 567, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63204; District Lot 568, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205; District Lot 569, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205 and District Lot 570, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205 as shown on Maps 1-7 provided (the “Lands”). The permitted uses in the MTR Zone are allocated on the Lands in accordance with the development areas shown as A-1 to A-9 and the park land dedications areas on Maps 1-7 provided.The actual bylaw should be reviewed to determine specifically how particular lands may be affected.All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be provided an opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions, on matters contained in the proposed Bylaw. A copy of the proposed Bylaw No. 3755 and other relevant documents and information may be inspected at the Juan de Fuca Planning office, 2-6868 West Coast Road, Sooke, BC Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm from August 24 to September 6, 2011, excluding statutory holidays, and are available from the Capital Regional District (CRD) website at www.crd.bc.ca/jdf. Written submissions should be sent to the CRD, Juan de Fuca Planning office, by mail to P.O. Box 283, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0S9; by fax at 250.642.5274 or by email at jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca. Written submissions should be received no later than 4 pm on September 1, 2011 to ensure their availability at the public hearing. Submissions will also be accepted at the public hearing. Following the close of a public hearing, no further submissions or comments from the public or interested persons can be accepted by the CRD Board of Directors.The public hearing on Bylaw No. 3755 has been delegated by the CRD Board to the Electoral Area Director, or his or her Alternate Director. A copy of the CRD Board resolution making this delegation is available for public inspection along with the Bylaw referred to in this Notice at the location, days and hours set out in this notice for the inspection of Bylaw No. 3755.For further information, contact June Klassen, Manager, Local Area Planning at 250.642.1500 local 206 or jklassen@crd.bc.ca

Public Hearing Notice No. 2Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 905.3 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing:Will be held at: Edward Milne Community School TheatreLocated at: 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke, BC On: September 6, 2011 at 5 pm and

September 7, 2011 at 5 pmBylaw No. 3783 – cited as “Capital Regional District Marine Trail Holdings Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 1, 2011”.The purpose of Bylaw No. 3783 is to authorize the Capital Regional District (CRD) to enter into a Phased Development Agreement with Marine Trail Holdings No. 1 Ltd., Marine Trail Holdings No. 2 Ltd. and Marine Trail Holdings No. 3 Ltd. (the “Developer”) in the form attached to the Bylaw with respect to the lands described as: District Lot 564, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63203; District Lot 565, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63203; District Lot 566, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63204; District Lot 567, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63204; District Lot 568, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205; District Lot 569, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205 and District Lot 570, Renfrew District Except Part in Plan VIP63205, as shown on Maps 1-7 provided (the “Lands”).The Developer proposes to develop the Lands to create a destination tourist resort complex that fits within the parameters of proposed Bylaw No. 3755 “Land Use Bylaw for the Rural Resource Lands, Bylaw No. 1, 2009, Amendment No. 2, 2011”. Bylaw 3755 removes the Lands from the Resource Lands (RL) zone and adds them to the Marine Trail Resort (MTR) zone which permits the following uses on the Lands and which allocates those uses on the Lands in accordance with the development areas A-1 to A-9 and the park land dedications areas as shown on Maps 1-7 provided: 257 cabins, one resort lodge building, two resort recreation buildings, six caretaker residences and public park. The purpose of the Phased Development Agreement applicable to the development on the Lands is to secure park land, trails and other amenities that have been offered by the Developer; to address water and septic services, fire protection and emergency services; and to require covenants to protect the conservation area, to restrict use to temporary accommodation, to require bear smart initiatives and pet control, and for fire protection. Under the Agreement, the CRD agrees that Bylaw No. 3755 will not be amended or repealed without the consent of the Developer for the 10 year term of the Agreement. The Agreement may be assigned to a Strata Corporation, to the purchaser of a strata lot or an affiliate of the Developer if such Strata Corporation, purchaser or affiliate agrees to assume the obligations of the Developer. The Agreement may only be assigned to other persons if the CRD consents in writing.The actual bylaw should be reviewed to determine specifically how particular lands may be affected.All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be provided an opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions, on matters contained in the proposed Bylaw. A copy of the proposed Bylaw No. 3783 and other relevant documents and information may be inspected at the Juan de Fuca Planning office, 2-6868 West Coast Road, Sooke, BC Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm from August 24 to September 6, 2011, excluding statutory holidays, and are available from the CRD website at www.crd.bc.ca/jdf. Written submissions should be sent to the CRD, Juan de Fuca Planning office, by mail to P.O. Box 283, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0S9; by fax at 250.642.5274 or by email at jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca. Written submissions should be received no later than 4 pm on September 1, 2011 to ensure their availability at the public hearing. Submissions will also be accepted at the public hearing. Following the close of a public hearing, no further submissions or comments from the public or interested persons can be accepted by the CRD Board of Directors.The public hearing on Bylaw No. 3783 has been delegated by the CRD Board to the Electoral Area Director, or his or her Alternate Director. A copy of the CRD Board resolution making the delegation is available for public inspection along with a copy of the Bylaw referred to in this Notice at the location, days and hours set out in this notice for the inspection of Byalw No. 3783.For further information, contact June Klassen, Manager, Local Area Planning at 250.642.1500 local 206 or jklassen@crd.bc.ca

S. Santarossa, Corporate Officer

Benjamin YongSooke News Mirror

Every Wednes-day, thousands of Sookies pick

up a copy of the Sooke News Mirror to readover breakfast, at the office or take with themon vacation. But some might wonder: howdoes it get from the newsroom to the news-box?

The story beginsin 1976. A man by the name of Verne Percivaland a small handful of associates started theGoldstream Gazette community newspaperthat is still in existence today. At the time, allthe printing was con-tracted out up island. Then, one day, they decided to take mattersinto their own hands.

“In ‘81 we started a press in Sooke to print our own papers,” said Percival.

The modern day “Dis-trict of Sooke” was still considered a develop-ing area in the early 80s according to the federalgovernment, and he said there were forgiv-able loans available for startup businesses.

This was a time before traffic lights and gour-met coffee shops. Back then, “if you wanted to find a contractor you went to Mom’s Cafe,” chuckled Percival.

The Goldstream Press was located on West Coast Roadbeside the old library, and besides produc-ing the Gazette it also took on printing duties for the Mirror and vari-ous other south Island papers. It ending up staying in Sooke for five years—the minimum stipulated time for a new business receiving the federal grant—and packed up for Victoria.

“Most of our print

was in Victoria and sur-rounding areas, so it made more sense thanstaying in Sooke.”

Originally relocat-ing to David Street, the press now residesoff of Glanford Avenue in Saanich. Still keep-ing its original name, it continues to print the Goldstream Gazette, the Sooke News Mirror, and all the weekly and bi-weekly Black Press pub-lications south of Dun-can equalling a print run in the hundreds of thousands every fewdays.

The building is mas-sive—giant cylinders each holding 1,000 kilo-grams of black ink are huddled in the corner, next to flat upon flat of piled up fliers waiting to be inserted into vari-ous titles. The whirring, buzzing and beeping of equipment stretching down the entire length of the hangar-like com-

plex make conversa-tions difficult, if not impossible, at times.

Running nearly all day and night long, a staff of about 70 people take on two 10-hourshifts from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. and 4 to 6. Theylook after running the printing machines, inserting fliers, packag-ing up bundles, looking after deliveries and a myriad of other duties. Jeff Czar is the foreman who makes sure every-thing runs smoothly on the press side ofthings.

Once the weekly Sooke News Mirror is completed in its elec-tronic form, it gets sent to Ladysmith Press, the other large Black Press printing press on Van-couver Island that han-dles everything north of Duncan. In addition, they also have staff and software to prep the electronic files for trans-

fer onto plates—thin flexible sheets of alumi-num that images of the individual pages of a newspaper are “burned” onto for printing.

The massaged files then get sent to a spe-cial room at the Saan-ich facility that housesa coffin-sized com-puter-to-plate trans-fer machine called the Kodak Trendsetter.

“We load our plates in here—so they’re justbasically a blue colour with a coating that’s allover the whole thing. This has got a laser inhere so it just burns on the image to the plate,”said Czar.

The plate is thenbaked at around 250 degrees, and then goesthrough a process that “takes off all the stuff where the laser hasn’t exposed.”

Each plate holds four separate pages of the paper. The plates are then wound into a machine that sprays them with water, whichadheres to the laser-etched portions of theplate. Ink, separated into

the four basic colours of cyan, magenta, yel-low and black, rolls over the entire surfaceand sticks only to the wet areas. Enormousrolls of newsprint paper (one roll produces20,000 copies) then get fed through, contact-ing the ink and spitting out finished pages in anendless whizzing strip.

“We print about 30,000 per hour,” he said.

The pages are then cut up into appropri-ate sizes, organized, stacked together, andthen come down a con-veyer belt where theyare met by “flyboys” who stack them onskids. They get picked up, inserted throughyet another machine where fliers are insertedand then everything is bundled up, loaded into awaiting vans, and ready for distribution.

And this happens 20 hours a day, 5,000-plus hours a year. For Czar though, who’s beenin the industry since 1983, it’s just businessas usual.

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What it takes to get your community newspaper to you

Benjamin Yong photos

Clockwise: Jeff Czar, Goldstream Press foreman, loads a roll of blank newsprint into a machine in preparation of the 6,000 print run of this issue’s Sooke News Mirror. Press flyboys Chris Taylor, left, and Marek Korupczynski take stacks of Sooke News Mirror issues as they finish printing and pile them up on skids. Newspapers are fed through a machine that inserts fliers inside.

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Great regional walks and wandersContinued from last

week:Here is an inventory

of local trails and walksin the Sooke/Juan de Fuca area that are easyto moderate in length and footing.

Be on the lookout for wildlife and other trailusers. And take your garbage home with you. Enjoy!

Otter Point - Park at William Sim-

mons Memorial Park (Otter Point Road turn in at the Sooke business park). Take the ButlerTrail Loop around the woods to the powerlines, proceed back via Young Lake Road. Ortake the Panama Trail into the park. Go to thepicnic area, Poirier Lake overlook and horsemeadow. Or follow the Wieland trail south to the single track forest trails on Broom Hill for much longer walks.

- Park on Otter Point Road at Farmer Road and take the King CreekTrail. Crossing King Creek can be a chal-lenge after a heavy rain. The trail continuesstraight then around “The Llama Loop” toreturn the same way.

Or after crossing King Creek turn left to KempLake Road and back. (Leash your dog whenyou enter the last single track segment as you pass a farm).

- Park just west of 8639 West Coast Road for a beach walk along Gordon’s Beach.

- Park on the westside of the Muir Creek Bridge. Walk backacross the bridge and left for a walk in oldgrowth forest; or walk down to the beach andright along the shore

to see the fossils, great views of the Strait ofJuan de Fuca.

S h i r l e y / J o r d a n River

- Park in the lot at the end of Shering-ham Point Road for the Sheringham PointLoop Trail through the woods; or take a look atteh Sheringham Point Lighthouse.

- Follow Seaside Drive to the beautifullittle sandy thumbnail of Flea Beach.

- Park at French Beach Provincial Parkfor picnic area, beach walks.

- Park at the end of Juan de Fuca Roadand walk up the gravel roads to the Priest’s Cabin Park. Turn right towards the copse oftrees at the crest of the hill. The turn is just before the yellow gate across the road and is not obvious. The park offers incredible views of French Beach, the Strait, and the OlympicMountains beyond.

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- Park at the end of Fishboat Bay Road. A steep slope to a jewel of a little beach with sandat low tide.

- Park at the lot westof Sandcut Creek. A great trail through sig-nature West Coast for-est to a spectacularwild beach featuring a waterfall and wild view planes.

- Park along WestCoast Road at Jor-dan River for the surf-ing beach. Follow the beach along JordanRiver towards First Creek, China Beach.

- China Beach Juan de Fuca Provincial Parkprovides an accessible wild beach. Furtherwest is Mystic Beach, a beautiful wild beach.

- Park at Sombrio Beach, a wild beach, with surfing, slot can-yon, caves, sea mam-mals.

Port Renfrew

- Park at Botanical Beach, Juan de FucaProvincial Park and enjoy loop trails toBotanical Bay Beach. Try for low tide, to seetide pools, sea life.

- Park at the Beach Camp between the Gor-don and San Juan Riv-ers and enjoy the scen-ery and a beach walk.

- Visit Fairy Lake onthe Circle Route; seek directions to AvatarGrove on the Gordon River; or ask at the tour-ist info centre about the Lens Creek trail on SanJuan River and the John Quinn Trail.

With permission ofRural Observer and Rosemary Jorna; Juande Fuca Community Trails Society

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Out of the mistThe horizon seems to disappear on the foggy days in August. Drivers are reminded that school begins again in six days. Please watch for kids on the streets and roads, and watch your speed in school zones.

Do you have a plan?Back to school is just around the corner, and our households are ready to

get back into a routine. I've seen moms and dads going up and down the aisles of the stores trying to get all the items needed and children trying to convince their adults to get the coolest gadgets.

Now for one moment think about this, what if you headed towards the store to get the items needed for school, but you didn't have a list, so you decided to randomly go back and forth down the aisles putting the things into your basket that you thought you might want, or may look good. I bet this process would be long, frustrating and expensive.

Sometimes, when we think about God and we see all the injustice in the world, and the needs that are around us, we ask ourselves, does God have a plan? The answer is yes, God does have a plan. He has had a wonderful plan since the beginning of time, but it was because one man's disobedience that sin came into the world, and sin is the root of all of our hardships.

So, because of one man's disobedience, the world was affected and one man's obedience was needed to save the world. Jesus left His divine nature and became obedient to the Father so that by His sacri ce redemption is now available to all mankind.

The question that you must be asking yourself right now is, "how do I get redemption?" and the answer is easy, just by asking God to come near to you. It is easy because in a world full of uncertainty, one thing is sure; God's plan has always included YOU!

Rev. Eduardo AristizabalChristian Life Assembly - Sooke Harbour

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday, September 12th, 2011 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following proposed bylaw:

Bylaw No. 493, Offi cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw (400-1).The intent and purpose of Bylaw No 493 is to amend Bylaw No. 400, Offi cial Community Plan Bylaw, 2010 by deleting the Rural Residential designation on Map – 1 Schedule “A” Offi cial Community Plan Land Use and Map 1D – East Sooke from the property legally described as (PID 000-246-221) Section 77, Sooke District, Except Those Parts in Plans 76 RW, 1204 OS and VIP58518, also known as Grouse Nest, and shown outlined on Schedule “A” of the bylaw; and by deleting both the Rural Residential and Comprehensive Development designations on Map – 1 Schedule “A” Offi cial Community Plan Land Use and Map 1D – East Sooke) from a portion of the property legally described as (PID 000-246-247) That Part of Section 76, Sooke District, Lying to the West of a Straight Boundary Extending From SE Corner, Section 124 to Point Southerly Boundary of Section 76 Distant 719.2 Feet Easterly from NW Corner, Section 131, Except Parts within Boundaries of Plans 76 RW, 1204 OS and 11147, also known as Roche Cove Park, and as shown as outlined in black on Schedule “B” of the bylaw, and then designating that same portion as Park (P).

All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by this proposed bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed bylaw 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.

Copies of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the offi ces of the District of Sooke Planning Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays), commencing from August 31st, 2011 to and including September 12th, 2011.

If you have any questions, contact the Planning Department by telephone at 250-642-1634.

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Sooke region featured on TSNOn Aug.7 Sooke held

the 5th Annual Subaru Triathlon and TSN was here to film it and to promote the Pacific Marine Circle Route.

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Kids hand in their completed reading records at the Whiz Bang! Summer Reading Club wrap-up party at the Sooke Community Hall and Sooke librarian Adrienne Wass presents medals for the kids.

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

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

website: www.sooke.caNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

Public Hearings will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday September 12, 2011 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following proposed bylaws:

Bylaw No. 504, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (270-91)The intent and purpose of Bylaw No 504, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (270-91) is to amend the zoning on the property at 6826 Grant Road West, PID 006-749-372, from Village Residential Zone (R-1) to Medium Density Multi-Family Residential Zone (RM-3).

Bylaw No. 505, 6826 Grant Road West Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw, 2011The intent and purpose of Bylaw No. 505 is to authorize a Phased Development at 6826 Grant Road West under Bylaw No. 504. The property owner/developer, Dave Gardiner and Andrea Buchan, have agreed to enter into the agreement for a period of ten years. The Phased Development Agreement provides for the assignment of the agreement to a subsequent owner of the land that is identifi ed in the agreement, and the conditions under which the assignment may occur.

The nature of the development that is the subject of phased development agreement is that:The amenities to be provided are one or more of the following: parks and trail development, waterfront 1. walkway, affordable housing, open space (in addition to statutory park dedications), day care facilities (not for profi t), public art, park equipment, ALR acquisitions, community gardens, parking structures, performing arts facility, green infrastructure, beautifi cation projects, and preservation of heritage structures, having in the aggregate a market value not exceeding $5,000 for each additional dwelling unit in excess of the 4.43 dwelling unit Base Density on the land, in the locations and in accordance with standards approved in writing by the District’s Municipal Planner and Municipal Engineer.

Despite section 1, in lieu of provision of these amenities the Developer may at building permit stage 2. of development pay the District $5,000 for each additional dwelling unit in excess of the 4.43 dwelling unit Base Density on the land, on the condition that 20% of these monies is contributed to the District Affordable Housing Reserve Fund and the remainder of the amount paid the District must use only for provision of the amenities to be collected at time of building permit.

The amenity contribution shall be based on the maximum residential density. Affordable housing units 3. and units obtained through density bonus provisions are exempt from the maximum residential density calculations.

The Developer shall at its sole cost design, install, plant and construct the following works, services and 4. other things:

Pending Council approval, the owner may purchase any surplus right-of-way (Grant Road West) (a) fronting the Land from the Municipality. The required frontage to be determined by lining up the front property line with the existing frontage on 6838 Grant Road West.A detailed erosion and sediment control plan to be submitted to the District for review prior to (b) commencement of any construction.A detailed storm water management design to be completed and constructed prior to the issuance (c) of building permits on the land.A covenant to be registered on the land with respect to the maintenance of the onsite storm water (d) system and the onsite sanitary sewer system.Considering the proposed density of this rezoning, a traffi c impact assessment (TIA) will be required. (e) The TIA to determine the impacts on surrounding highways, and the improvements required to handle the proposed additional traffi c. All costs related to the design and construction of the required improvements will be borne by the developer.Frontage improvements to match the frontage at 6838 Grant Road West. With 7.5m asphalt width (f) from the existing road centerline (3.5m lane, 2.5m parking bays and 1.5m bike lane), 2m gravelled trail and ornamental street lighting (cyclone CY1507).Driveway within public property is to be hard surfaced to the property line. Easement(s) required for (g) shared access(es) with 6838 Grant Road.Install screening fence along the east side and rear property lines.(h) Water infrastructure is to be capable of providing fi re fl ows to Fire Underwriters Survey (FUS) (i) requirements.Provide Fire Underwriters Survey (FUS) Fire fl ow Calculations completed by a qualifi ed professional. (j) Applicant to coordinate directly with CRD Water Services to ensure that the hydrant(s) can provide adequate fi re fl ows to meet the requirements based on the provided calculations.Landscaping along the frontage to complement the landscaping at 6838 Grant Road West(k) Sanitary sewerage is to be provided at Service Level 2. Sanitary sewer design to provide for the (l)

opportunity for inclusion into the Sewer Specifi ed Area of neighbouring properties where possible. Sanitary sewer is to be designed and constructed as per the Sewer serviceability study.

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 hearing, 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.

Copies of the proposed bylaws, and relevant background documents, may be inspected at the offi ces of the District of Sooke Planning Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays), commencing from August 31, 2011 to and including September 12, 2011.

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

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Jordan River drew attention in 1923

The town of Sooke appears today to beenjoying an unprec-edented waterfrontdevelopment, and long ago surpassed the pop-ulation figures for Jor-dan River.

As this photo illus-trates, though, Jordan River’s economic devel-opment once attracted a great deal of atten-tion.

Visits to the hydro-electric enterprise at theriver mouth, and up in the Jordan valley were regular occurrences, with the VancouverIsland Power Company running its own guest house to accommodate special visitors. This 1923 photo shows one such visit.

The gentleman with the beard, with a lady’s arm draped over his shoulder, is B.C.’s Pre-mier Oliver, and the group is posed near Diversion Dam. At left is the government

chauffeur; the lady with the draped arm is Mary Nicholson, wife the dis-tinguished historianGeorge Nicholson, who was managing Sooke’s Belvedere Hotel at that time.

On the right of Nich-olson is Jack Elliott, a superintendent at the hydro operation, and on far right in photo is Pete Graignic, superin-tendent at the Sooke Harbour Fishing andPacking (fishtraps) operation standing withhis wife.

While the groupwould have motored out on a dusty gravel road, Jordan River was famous for the hospital-ity shown its many dis-tinguished guests.

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CopsforcancerAn emotional ride

ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 24 and ends Friday, Oct. 7 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs.

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Susan QuinnBlack Press

Tom Gill is a mix of emotions as he pauses during a weekend training ride, his bright blue and yellow Spandex cycling outfit a contrast to the dull green of his rural surroundings.

He can’t help grinning as he talks about how psyched he is to be riding in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. But the grin quickly fades and tears threaten as he talks about his motivation.

It’s the kids.“I’m as soft as they come; kids win,” he

says. “The first people I’m interested in all the time are the kids.”

The Tour de Rock is a gruelling, two-week bicycle tour that happens every September and October on Vancouver Island. Law enforcement officers and media members embark on the journey to raise awareness and funds for research into pediatric cancers.

This year there are 22 riders who will start out in Port Alice on Sept. 24 and wrap up their Island-wide trip Oct. 7 in Victoria.

Gill is an RCMP constable in the traffic division at the Port Alberni detachment. He and the rest of the Tour de Rock team were presented to the public on May 14, but those who had applied have been training since last March in the hopes they would be chosen.

A relatively new member to the force – he graduated from RCMP Depot in Regina, Sask. in September 2008 – Gill put his name in for the Tour the first year he was on the force, then trained for a while in his second year. He knew because Port Alberni’s detachment is so small that only one rider could be chosen per year, and last year was not to be his.

He was willing to wait.Port Alberni was Gill’s first posting in the

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“It’s a focus of mine to take impaired drivers off the road. You can make a difference in a family’s future by making the road safe,” he says.

He also wants to make a difference in the fight against cancer. “I believe our youth that are going through this, if we can cure them, they will be our leaders.”

Gill is paired with a junior rider, Brett Wasylyniuk, a young boy from the Alberni Valley who has rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer found in the connective tissue between muscles and bones. He hasn’t spent too much time with Wasylyniuk, though: the boy has been away receiving treatment.

To support Gill in his tour, go online to www.copsforcancerbc.ca and follow the links to his personal page. Or support any one of the fundraisers listed elsewhere on this page.

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Port Alberni Mountie wells up while explaining his reasons for joining Tour de Rock

Special featureBlack Press newspapers on Vancouver Island will publish this special feature page spotlighting police officers taking part in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.

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Port Alberni RCMP Const. Tom Gill prepares to ride in the 2011 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. He’s trying to raise $25,000.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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CHILDCARE

SPACES AVAILABLE in Li-censed After School Care. 250-642-2263

SUNRIVER CHILDCARECentre has openings for ages 2 1/2 - 5. Open to all Sooke residents. 250-642-0608

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

Dry Bulk Owner OperatorsRequired for work in Fort St. John. Excellent revenue up to $50,000/month!

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Ron@bulksolutions.ca

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KURT LEROY TRUCKINGLTD, in Campbell River, has ajob opening for a self-starterOFFICE ASSISTANT. Prefer knowledge in logging andtrucking industry. Profi cient indata entry, custom software,payroll production and cycletime reports. Reporting to ourcertifi ed accountants and own-ers. Wage negotiable + bene-fi ts. Full-time, Mon.-Fri.,9:30-5:30. Please fax resumesand drivers’ abstract (250)287-9914.

SALMON Hatchery Techni-cian. Quatse River Hatchery,Port Hardy. Full time position,Aquaculture & Fisheries Tech-nology diploma or equivalantfacility experience, Assets in-clude Swift water rescue, FirstAid, species identifi cation, val-id drivers licence, swim enu-meration experience, publictours, good physical health.Reply to Ken Fuller, Manager,NVISEA, 250-949-9022, nvi-sea@island.net, fax 250-949-5195 Closes September 12

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Bonanzas, Cracker Jack, Regular gamesEvery Tuesday & Thursday12:45 - 3:00 p.m.NEW LOCATIONNEW LOCATION

SENIORSDROP-IN CENTRE

Fireman’s LoungeSooke Municipal Hall2205 Otter Point Rd.

Reasonably pricedLunch available

Must be 19 years

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Call us for Complimentary

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CLARK’S HOME RENOVATIONS(Family Owned & Operated Business)

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HELP WANTED

DRAYTON VALLEY Ford. Journeyman Diesel Techni-cians required immediately. Due to continually increasing retail service business Drayton Valley Ford needs to hire ad-ditional service staff to im-prove and maintain the level of customer service that has brought us the increase. Start today to earn the highest re-wards in the industry. Great wages, benefi ts, training in-centives and relocation/signing bonuses will be provided to the right applicant. If you want to work at a dealership that will provide the respect you de-serve and a relaxed and ap-preciative work environment, come join our team today. We support our techs with great front end Service Advisors and Warranty clerks, and every-thing you need to succeed. If you have a solid work ethic, good computer skills, and take pride in your work, make sure you forward your resume im-mediately in confi dence; At-tention Jason Colford, Service Manager. Jason@draytonval-leyford.com. We’re busy and we have the work! We need your Ford Diesel experience immediately! 5214 Power Cen-tre Boulevard, Drayton Valley, Alberta, T7A 1R8. 780-542-4438.

MARINE MECHANICrequired. Specialized in Honda or Yamaha outboards. $25 to $30 per hour plus benefi ts. Apply in person to Colleen Cox or e-mail resume in Port Hardy to: macandal@telus.net

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CARRIER FOR Deliveries onWed. and Fri.

Call Joan250-642-5752

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

T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. Posi-tion comes with a competitive benefi t package and applicant must possess a valid driver’s license. Contact Joe Fornari. Mail: 5791 Duncan Bay Road, Campbell River BC V9H 1N6 Fax: 250-286-9502 Email: JoeFornari@t-mar.com

We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld con-struction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have construct-ed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

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ARCTIC CO-OPERATIVES Limited is recruiting Line Cooks for Rankin Inlet, Nuna-vut. Hourly wage is $17.00. We provide subsidized accom-modations and relocation as-sistance. Please forward your resume to: humanresources @arcticco-op.com or fax to: 204-632-8575. Please visit www.arcticco-op.com and www.innsnorth.com.

MEDICAL/DENTAL

MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees needed! Hospitals & Dr.’s need medical offi ce & medical admin staff. No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126.

OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK

WE are currently looking for an ad-ministrative/offi ce assistant.Email resume to stddgh@gmail.com

TRADES, TECHNICAL

COMMERCIAL Transport Repair Shop requires qualifi ed Commercial Transport Mechanics for our Chilli-wack location. Competitive wage and benefi ts. Professional attitude a must. Please forward resume with cover letter to SWTRServices@hot-mail.com or Fax to 604-462-0745

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS required NW Alberta for crawl-ers and excavators. Loggers welcome. Competitive wages, benefi t plan, standard safety tickets; www.ritchiebr.com. Submit resume to: Fax 780-532-9012; info@ritchiebr.com.

EXPERIENCED CAT and Hoe Operators with safety tickets for oilfi eld construction in Rocky Mountain House, Alber-ta. Fax resume to 403-844-2735.

STATIONARY ENGINEERS 2nd, 3rd & 4th Class. Dynamic manufacturing & processing company in Vancouver is cur-rently accepting applications. Competitive wage and benefi ts package. Email resumes to rpretorius@wcrl.com

WELDERS REQUIRED imme-diately! Do All Metal Fabricat-ing Estevan SK Apprentices, Journeymen Welders, or equivalent to perform all weld procedures in a custom manu-facturing environment. Com-petitive Wages, Benefi ts, RRSP’s & Apprenticeship Op-portunities, Temporary Staff Housing available. Apply by Email :kswidnicki@doallme-tal.com or Fax: 306-634-8389.

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ESTHETIC SERVICES

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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COMPUTER SERVICES

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ELECTRICAL

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

ED’S HAULINGCheap disposal of

furniture, appliances, junk and what have you?

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

Ed & Faye250-642-2398

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN insulation & batting. Removal. Best rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

SOOKE IRRIGATION SERVICES Sprinkler

Installations, RepairsRenovationsMaintenance

Call Ben250-818-7279

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& MOVING STORAGE

SOOKE MOVING ANDSTORAGE

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

PAINTING

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Interior/Exterior

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PLASTERING

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

AFFORDABLE ROOFING

*new construction*re roofs *repairs

Call Deano

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SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi ng@shaw.ca

SEPTIC TANKS

CAPITAL Septic Services Pump truck services and tank inspections. At competitive prices, owner operat-ed. Call for estimate 250-818-3805

STUCCO/SIDING

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

TELEPHONE SERVICES

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WELDING

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PETS

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

BONE DRY, cut 12”, split, stacked for 1 year under cov-er, delivered $300/cord. Kin-dling $5/bundle. 250-642-4790

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

TRUE CORDS4X4x8, $200

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FURNITURE

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HEAVY DUTY MACHINERY

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APARTMENT SIZE Freezer, 30’x22’x36’. $50. OBO. Call Charlie @ 250-642-3423

BUILDING SALE... “Rock bot-tom prices” 25x40x12 $7350. 30x60x15 $12,700. 35x70x16 $15,990. 40x80x16 $20,990. 47x100x18 $25,800. 60x140x20 $50,600. End walls included, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel Manufacturers Di-rect 1-800-668-5422.

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REAL ESTATE

ACREAGE

82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

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$328,000Value. Newer. 1436’ Rancher2/3 Bedrooms.

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HOMES WANTED

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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MORTGAGES

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE in picturesque Shell River Valley, Manitoba for sale. 50+ acres, beautiful home, gorgeous gar-dens and untapped potential. Contact Sandy Donald, Royal LePage Martin Liberty Realty, 204-724-5743.

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY

RARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swim-ming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Sea-sonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

COZY WATERFRONT onebedroom condo. ground fl oor,fresh paint & new fl ooringthroughout, $750., small petconsidered. Call Steve 250-634-1021 or Email:sookerentalprop@shaw.ca

LUXURY WATERFRONT, 2bed condo, Sooke, $1300 un-furnished, $1600 furnished.Short or long term rental 250-415-9787

COTTAGES

FRENCH BEACH, PROVIN-CIAL PARK furnished, $750,n/p, absolutely no smokers. Suitable for OLDER person. Damage deposit and referenc-es required. 250-646-2516.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

3 BD , Sooke town core, large yard/deck, ocean view. w/d,f/s, dw, wdst, new renos. Avail.Now. $1000.+ utils. 250-889-9429 to view

BRAND NEW Lower Duplex, 5 min. walk to Whiffi n Spit. 2bdrm, 1 bath, patio, fencedyard, W/D, 4 stainless appl$1050. + utils. Sorry, no pets.Avail. now. Call 250-642-0311.

OFFICE/RETAIL

RETAIL SPACE in uniquedestination area. High tourismtraffi c; reduced off seasonrates. Established Native ArtGallery and Antique Store onsite. Call 250-954-8981 or250-586-1372.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

SOOKE: SPACIOUS privatebdrm and bath with shared liv-ing room, kitchen facilities fora single female boarder in theBrown’s home, 5686 Wood-lands Rd, on acreage in Sa-seenos, just 20 mins fromLangford. $595/mo, util’s, Wi-Fi incld’d. NS/NP please. CallChristine and Don 250-642-7992, donhbrown@shaw.ca

SUITES, LOWER

1200 SQ.FT, 2 Bed, Country setting. Available Immediately,$825. plus utilities. 778-425-2527

2 BDRM. Bright large BSMTsuite, close to Bus stop. N/S,N/P $900. plus half hydro.250-642-7123

2 BED Basement suite, Sookecore, $800. + utilities. 250-642-3966 for Sept1/11.

$875. GREAT suite with ground level entrance. 2 bdrm,4 piece bath, L.R., den, sharedlaundry, walk to everything, onbus, includes water & power,no pets. References please.250 418-0167

AVAILABLE NOW, 2 Br walk-out suite. 5 appl, gas fi replace,screened windows & doors.Alarm system, gas, water, hy-dro, quiet parklike setting. Nonsmokers only. References re-quired.$950. Available Sept.1 250-642-1081

LOWER MAIN, 1 BR + Spare,F/P, Laundry room, storage,high quality, large, all utilitiesincluded, small pets, $890.N/S, References required forSept. 250-642-5332 PM

SOOKE- LRG new 2 bdrm, W/D, 4 appls, close to amens,prkg, N/S. Refs. $950 incldsutils. (Immed) (250)294-0874.

WATERFRONT DELUXE Ste,$750. Bach .Ste, private smok-ing porch, shared bath, $475.Sept1/Oct1. 250-642-2527

SUITES, UPPER

LARGE 2 Bed, main fl oor ofhouse. Fenced yard, pets ok.,children ok. $900/m plusutilities. Available Immed. 250-642-7700 after 6pm

TOWNHOUSES

BEAUTIFUL 3BDRM, 2.5bath avail immed, new: fs/wd/dw,walk amens/bus/Sooke core,$1600, N/S. 250-642-0133.

WANTED TO RENT

QUIET, WELL-EDUCATED,n/s woman needs Sooke suite:electric heat, private w/d hookups, maximum 2 steps, largelot free of pesticide, fabric sof-tener, wireless. 250-642-4786

GARAGE SALES

SUPER SALE - Scaling down. Sat. Sept. 1, 9am-2pm. An-tiques, pictures, small furni-ture, gas leaf blower, electric saw, tools, etc. Much More! 2318 Rivers Edge Place, Sun-river Estates, Sooke. 250.388.3535

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TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

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CARS

1990 DODGE Shadow, 144,000 K, reliable and well maint, $900obo. 250-478-8869

1993 TOYOTA Camry, good condition, $2400 obo. Call 250-380-9474.

1998 MERCURY Mystic, 4 door sedan, auto, AC, PS, Siri-us radio, radar detector. $3000. 250-642-3683

2001 CONVERTIBLE Mus-tang, new black roof, 6 cyl, $8000 obo. 250-514-3007.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

2002 HONDA Civic EX. 4-door, 5-speed, sport pack-age, silver with grey interior. One owner, all service records avail. Power windows/locks, air. 111,000 km. $7,500. 250-884-2295.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2008 28.5 FT 5th wheel, Sier-ra, only owner, non smoking. Dining table & chairs, large slide out dining & living room, large kitchen, tons of storage, sofa & love seat hide-a-bed, queen bed upstairs, separate toilet & shower, fl at screen tv & stereo system, diamond coated and fabric treated. $27,000. 250-642-3822 or 250-588-6059

50% CO-OWNER sought for professionally managed late model Meridian 391 luxury motor yacht with prime moor-age downtown Vancouver. Skippering/training available. 6 0 4 - 6 6 9 - 2 2 4 8 . www.one4yacht.com

VTRUCKS & ANS

2007 DODGE Dakota, silver, 41,000kms, auto, a/c, cruise. $15,500. Call 250-884-6998.

2010 FORD Ranger, 33,780 kms, dark grey, 207HP V6, auto w/ overdrive, warranty, $16,900 obo. (778)430-8008.

MARINE

BOATS

BARGE CAMP: Wood Barge 131’LX38’4.5”X9’8.5”D c/w: Atco trailer complex mounted on barge deck consisting of 20 rooms, kitchen, pantry, dining room, head and shower fa-cilities, laundry facilities, small repair shop, twin Cummins 60Kw diesel gensets. Survey available. Location: Zeballos. $59,500 Call for more details. 250.703.3551.

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OUTBOUND HOUNDS

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Cell (250) 208-2404

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School District #62 (Sooke)REGISTRATION INFORMATION ANDSCHOOL START/DISMISSAL TIMES

SEPTEMBER, 2011

Parents new to the Sooke School District are asked to register their children at their neighbourhood school between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. during the week of August 29 – September 2, 2011. The fi rst day of school is Tuesday, September 6. All schools will be in session for one-half day. Classroom vacancies will not be known until after the fi rst day of school so children new to the school may not be placed until September 7 or 8.

Kindergarten parents please note: The fi rst regular day for Kindergarten students will be Wednesday, September 14, with orientation sessions scheduled from September 7 – 13. Details of this schedule will be communicated by the school.

Start DismissalEdward Milne 8:40 a.m. 3:05 p.m.(Friday only) 8:40 a.m. 1:45 p.m.Journey 8:45 a.m. 2:50 p.m.(Friday only) 8:45 a.m. 1:45 p.m.John Muir 8:50 a.m. 2:50 p.m.Poirier 8:50 a.m. 2:45 p.m.Port Renfrew 8:50 a.m. 3:00 p.m.(Friday only) 8:50 a.m. 12:10 p.m.Saseenos 8:45 a.m. 2:45 p.m.Sooke 8:45 a.m. 2:45 p.m.

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Submitted photos

From clockwise left: A young fly tying enthusiast wearing the appropriate colours at the 2009 Pink Salmon Festival; two successful anglers hold up their prize with Garry Bettridge at Young Lake in 2010; Karen Dillon, Westcoast Flyfishers director, assists a young member with spin casting at Camp Barnard last April.

Fly fishing club bobs for kidsBenjamin YongSooke News Mirror

Sooke has a long reputation of being a fisher’s

paradise. And people like Garry Bettridge, president of the West-coast Flyfishers Asso-ciation, try to get them hooked early.

Nearing its 10th year of operation, WFA teaches mostly kids but also adults (members range from 7 years old to 70) the finer points of fly fishing from

tying their first “fly” (both artificial and real insects) on a hook to casting their first line in the water.

“Right from the very first year we were com-mitted to youth,” said Bettridge, whose own son Justin got involved with the sport at a young age.

The club meets a few times a month: the first Tuesday is usu-ally spent tying flies upstairs in the meeting room at Village Foods, followed by a fishing

expedition for trout or salmon a week or two later.

“(We go to) Kemp Lake, (and other) differ-ent types of lakes. We go to Young Lake once a year.”

The group also par-ticipates in the Pink Salmon Festival that involves over 100 kids from Greater Victoria out in the waters off Sooke angling for the fish during their bien-nial run.

Bettridge started the club because he

wanted to spread his love for fly fishing to a wider demographic.

“If you go to any fly club meeting, I guaran-tee you the average age would be 55 to 60.”

He said he has helped young kids his whole life, and has “been a coach for just about every sport there is.” Taking that exper-tise and applying it to his passion for flyfish-ing was the next logical step.

Belonging to the Haig-Brown Fly Fishing

Association based out of Victoria in the late 1990s, Bettridge wanted to enroll Justin.

“Lots of members of that club recognized my son as a very very good fly tyer. They wanted him to join the club, (but) when they looked at the constitu-tion there was no youth allowance.”

That’s when it dawned on Bettridge to start a club in Sooke. In 2002, he placed a one-

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SEAPARC STAR SEAPARC STAR of theof the WEEK WEEK✪✪This week, we are happy to introduce you to 6 year old Brennan Heal. He’s starting grade 2 this year at Sooke Elementary and says that his favourite subject is Math. He’s going to be 7 soon and is looking forward to his birthday party. He takes swimming lessons here at SEAPARC, has attended summer camps with us and likes hockey, dodge ball, baseball and soccer. He tells us that he believes he is very good at card games because he likes anything to do with numbers. Brennan likes camping, going to the beach and riding his “two-wheeler” bike. He belongs to the reading club at the library, enjoys playing sports with his family and likes to play games on his “DS”. We were told that he has a very nurturing nature and is good with little children. Brennan says that he’s so good with little kids because he gets lots of practice. He has a new cousin name Mikhael who moved here from Russia and Brennan likes to spend time with him and is teaching him English. He is also an animal lover and totally enjoys playing with their little dog Fernando. He is described as a very creative young man with a great imagination and a daredevil side. He loves singing, says he’s a good brother and hasn’t yet decided on a career (although we heard something about being a lawyer because they make the big bucks, while he had a quiet discussion with his brother on the topic). It was a pleasure talking with you Brennan and we would like to congratulate you on being nominated as our SEAPARC Star of the Week.

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Submitted photo

The Sooke Pumas div-1 women’s soccer team listen to a pre-game cheer from teammate Delilah Summer before the first match of the season last year against Lakehill.

Sooke Pumas possess talent, lack experience

Benjamin YongSooke News Mirror

The start of the soc-cer season is right around the corner, and the Sooke Pumas wom-en’s div-1 team are hop-ing they can add a few more committed play-ers to make a strong push all the way to the playoffs.

Last season the team started “very strong,” said captain Lindsay Jenkins.

“(We had) a 10-game win streak—we were doing really well, then we lost a few players near the end.”

She said the team struggled the latter half of the season, finishing near the mid-bottom of the rankings after start-ing at the top.

“There were a couple injuries, a couple girls went travelling.”

Recruitment tradi-tionally hasn’t been a problem. Keeping peo-ple, for various reasons like those above, has. Some have also moved on to other clubs, like former “backbone of the team” Tracy Fors-berg. Jenkins said Fors-berg was a star player who is going on to play for the over 30s Victo-ria Castaways.

But not everyone has jumped ship. Pro-lific goal-scorer Brogan Boyer, who averaged 20 to 30 goals over the last two seasons, is return-ing. With over 13 years of soccer experience, Boyer said in an email that the core group has changed quite a bit.

“Our biggest chal-lenge this season is developing a young, new team,” said Boyer.

That’s why the for-ward slash mid-fielder slash striker Jenkins said the lineup is almost full, but they’re still looking for some polished talent over the next couple of weeks

Team looking to add committed players for new season

Continued on page 31

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Sooke EMCS rugby players Morgan D’Ganigan, left, and Nick Pfeifer, right, stand with coach Darrell Devine after practice at the Shawnigan Lake Rugby Academy. BC Rugby News awarded two spots at the camp last month to EMCS students that featured instruction by Devine, who regularly coaches the University of Guelph Gryphons and will be co-coaching the U18 7’s Canadian rugby team at the Youth Commonwealth Games in September.

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inch ad in the Sooke News Mirror and posted some fliers in a few stores. Expecting about six people to show up to the inaugural meet-ing, 27 attended. Since then the club has con-sistently drawn mem-bership from as high as

42 in some years to as low as nine in others.

WFA is active in the educational system as well. It puts on an annual fly tying event at Journey Middle School, and is part of their exploratory program that exposes kids to unique extracurricular activities.

“We teach 30 kids on two different days how to tie their first woolly bugger fly (imitation leech),” he said.

On the community front, Bettridge and his crew have set up demos at the fall fair, Canada Day celebrations at the flats and Camp Barnard in the past.

Applications are accepted year round, and you can find more information on their website at www.west-coastflyfishers.com, or drop in to a regular meeting at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday or third Thursday of every month upstairs in Vil-lage Foods.

before the season offi-cially begins.

“We have some new girls that are really into it, they’re fit, and they love soccer. We’re just missing the experi-ence.”

Besides staffing issues, the other major concern is the playing surface, she said.

“Sooke is the only div-1 team in the league that doesn’t have a turf field, so we have a lot of our games cancelled.”

On days where rain is plentiful, not a rare occurrence in the fall and winter months, the fields flood. If it gets too cold, the ground freezes solid. As a result, the Pumas end up playing an inordinate amount of away games, or games at a substitution venue on a later date that has messed with their rhythm.

“For the first half of the season I don’t think we lost a single game at home.”

Over the last two years there have been talks with the district of setting up an artificial environment, as well as “lots and lots of fund-raising” for the expen-sive project. They are still a ways away, but Jenkins is wishful it will be a reality within the next five years.

Tryouts and prac-tices are underway at Fred Milne Park on Mondays and Wednes-days at 6:30 p.m.for the next two weeks. During the 20-game regular sea-son, home matches will be played at Fred Milne on Saturday nights at 6 p.m., noon on Sunday for away. Any questions can be emailed to Jen-kins at linds.jenkins@hotmail.com.

Pumas,continued from page 30

Submitted photos

Sooke Puma defender Kaylee Percival chases after the ball at their first game last season. She is returning this year.

Fly fishing, continued from page 29

Students practice fly tying at Journey Middle School in 2010.

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Summer fishing has been good, halibut season endingThe 2001 sum-

mer fishing season iscoming to end. Local anglers have enjoyedgood fishing the whole summer. With steadyrun of chinook action throughout, and the bi-annual run of pink salmon made 2011 oneto remember.

Sooke fishing remainsstrong. Anglers are reporting chinooks upto 25 pounds, no real bite just steady fishing. Still lots of nice pinks around as well as somebig sockeye. It shouldn’t be long until the bigwhite chinooks start arriving — they are outat the Swiftsure now and heading this way. They can get into the 40-pound range and are the best fighters. They tap the downrigger softmost times, not even breaking the clip, butwhen you hook up the

fun starts. Shouldn’t belong till we start seeing some nice big northern coho showing up.

Port Renfrew fishingcontinues to be good as

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25 to 30-pound range, many of them whites.

Halibut has picked up with some nice onescoming off the anchor. This week is the lastchance to catch halibut as they will be closedat midnight on Sept. 5 for the remainder ofthe 2011 fishing season. See story in this weeksSooke News Mirror for more details.

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