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Car wash location draws opposition

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Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror

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Tamara England, 10, poses with her mermaid created out of stones, driftwood and seawood found on Whiffin Spit. She was taking part in the annual Beach Art competition on Sunday, Sept. 9, sponsored by the Sooke Community Arts Council.

Two community agencies to merge Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror

Two community agencies have made a decision to merge into one cooperative. The Sooke Community Association of Service Agencies (CASA) and Sooke Region Community Health Initiative (CHI) have many of the same values and assets and forming a cooperative would enhance awareness

of both groups in the community. “We are hoping to achieve a new cooperative,” said Mitzi Dean, executive director of Pacific Centre Family Services for the Sooke region. “It will enhance awareness in the community, alleviate confusion... and benefit the community with the values and principles of both.” She said both agen-

cies want to maximize the capacity (people power) they have and to make sure they are really strong to ensure they are sustainable. They already share many of the same goals. The aim is to improve the health and well-being of people living in communities that extend from Beecher Bay to Port Renfrew. CASA, was established with the mission “to develop

and operate a child, youth and family services centre from which our members deliver health, education, poverty relief and other charitable services to the people of the Sooke region.” With $2.5 million from the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children, CASA built the centre at 2145 Townsend Road, most often referred to as CASA. CASA is

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The proposed Murray Road car wash is not meeting with approval by many of the residents who live in the area. At a public hearing on Monday night, council heard mainly from those opposed to the location of the car wash. Robert Martin, who lives directly behind the proposed location, said he was not against a car wash, he was against the location. He also said a car wash in that area of Sooke was not in the Official Community Plan. “The plan is more important than any of us here,” he said. “Don’t inflict things on us that are contrary to the OCP.” The proponent is wanting to build a environmentallyfriendly five-bay car wash and laundromat in the area behind Village Food Markets along what is called Logan Lane. A new road would be built at the east edge of the property. The cost of the enterprise would be well in excess of a million dollars. The developers are JCB Holding comprised of Bruce Logan and Jerry Liedtke. One of the arguments set forth by those opposed to the location was that by amending the current zon-

ing it showed an advantage of one property over another. Gail Hall, spoke against the location, stating it was “site specific” zoning the developers were after. She also said traffic congestion was not given enough consideration. A traffic impact study had been conducted, but one speaker stated that a pedestrian impact study had not. Some felt a car wash was bringing “car-related” business into the centre of Sooke while another felt there was no respect for people living in close proximity. Jeff Bateman said it was the business of Sooke to foster business and commerce. He said the project looks good and is environmentally sound. One resident said one of the largest sources of pollution was people washing their vehicles and allowing the soaps, oils and such to flow into the storm drains. He said the car wash has to be in the town core as that is where the sewer is. Creating more jobs in Sooke was also brought up. After more than almost two hours of discussion and comments, council recessed the public hearing for Bylaw No. 545. It will continue on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at the municipal hall.

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Sombrio Bridge work

CORRECTION A FISHING PHOTO published under the headline “Fishing off Possession Point,” on Aug. 29, incorrectly identified the fisherman as Ron MacCuish. HIS NAME IS Rob MacCuish.

GET IN THE SWING THE SOOKE REGION Chamber of Commerce annual golf tournament takes place tomorrow, Sept.13 at DeMamiel Creek Golf Course. SHOT GUN START at 1 p.m. for more info or to sign up, call 250642-6112 to see if there is space for your team.

PUBLIC HEARING THE PUBLIC HEARING for the proposed Murray Road car wash will continue on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. RESIDENTS CAN STILL present their views to council. OTHER ITEMS ON the Sept. 10 council agenda which were not dealt with will be on the agenda at a future council meeting.

Thumbs Up! TO ALL OF those people who came to enjoy the Sooke Fall Fair, and all of the volunteers who made it happen. IN 2013 THE Sooke Fall Fair will be 100 years old.

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The housing market is reported to be steady and flat this past August.

Housing market slow Days on the market longer in 2012 Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror

The real estate market on Southern Vancouver Island is reported to be steady and flat, according to the Victoria Real Estate Board which keeps track of the sales in the area. “Sales are down 11.5 per cent over August 2011,” says Carol Crabb, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board in the monthly sales report. “When seasonally adjusted, there is little change from July 2012. It’s a flat market which we suspect will continue for the next few months and not trending in either direction.” In Sooke, during August there were nine sales of single family residential properties with an average price of $440,442 and a six month average of $392,318. The highest average price was in Metchosin where it was $839,438, even beating out Oak Bay at $776,906 (16 sales); the lowest average price was in Victoria West at $381,250 (two sales). Sooke did not sell any condominiums

in August but sold two townhouses with an average price of $364,450. Highest average townhouse price was in Saanich East and lowest in Victoria West at $255,000. Manufactured homes in Sooke had an average selling price of $86,950 with four sales, beating the six month average of $32,358. Highest selling price for manufactured homes was in Victoria with an average price of $415,500, lowest was in Langford with two sales averaging $49,950, although the six month average in Langford was $92,825. Other properties including lots and acreage and waterfront show seven sales in Sooke with an average selling price of $147,486 down slightly from the six month average of $158,167. The highest average price paid was in Victoria with one sale of $650,000. August figures show there were 5,034 active listings in the Greater Victoria area (which includes Sooke). In July 2012 there were 5,178 and in Aug. 2011 there were 4,944 listings.

The types of properties which had the most days on the market were residential acreages, 413 days, followed by waterfront residential lots at 219 days; residential lots, 125 days and single family residential waterfront at 131 days. The average days on the market for single family residential homes was 63 days. And the quickest selling homes were strata front and back duplexes with an average of 40 days on the market. Sooke has at least 35 active realtors representing the major real estate companies.

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Work is taking place on the new bridge at Sombrio along Highway 14. In April of this year it was announced that $12.6 million would be spent on road improvements and the two-span bridge. The switchback will no longer be as hazardous, making it easier to transport boats and motor homes. Work is expected to be complete by May 2014.

Cooperative being formed in merger Cont’d from page A1 the governing body for member agencies with offices in the building. CHI, established in 2003 by a broad partnership of citizens and local professionals with a keen interest in supporting development

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of healthy and livable communities in the region through assessing and addressing disparities in the social detriments of health. The two agencies have collaborated on a regular basis over the years. Dean said they invite

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Procedures changing for head lice checks Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror

School District 62 is slowly moving away from performing regular lice checks in schools, putting the onus on parents to spot the critters. A committee -- consisting of school administration, members of the parent’s association and a representative from the Vancouver Island Health Authority -- has created a draft plan for a district-wide head lice procedure that will encourage parents to perform weekly lice checks on their children as a preventive measure. According to assistant superintendent, Roberta Kubik, the procedure is expected to be finalized and moved forward this month. “We’ve always had procedures in place, but we wanted to get it more formalized so it’s going to be an administrative procedure. It was put in its draft form just at the end of June, and we’ll be working to bring that out as an official procedure,” she said. “It’ll happen this month.”

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Kubik said the procedure, which is based on extensive research, will work on educating parents, staff and students on head lice facts, the life cycle of head lice, what to do if head lice are found, how to perform a lice check, treatment and confidentiality. Lice high seasons will also be stressed, which include the beginning of the school year, after Christmas break and spring break. “Research says the best way is to educate family and the community, so parents can get into the rhythm of checking their child’s head at home where it’s… socially and emotionally safe for the child,” she said. “We’re spending a lot of time educating parents and families and schools and more getting away from the approach of an actual team going into a classroom.” In addition to providing information, the school district has supplied about 50 Bug Buster combs -- purportedly the best on the market -- to each school. The combs will be supplied to families who require them.

Charts to track dates for lice treatment will also be provided. So far, Kubik said schools are already following the unofficial draft plan. “We used to do about three lice checks a year and then when this policy came out we decided to play it a little bit by ear,” said Saseenos elementary principal, Ann Baty, adding that each school will determine when a lice check will be necessary. “There might be the occasion where we need to do a full scale lice check in the school, but normally we’re encouraging parents to handle that, and when parents have noticed something… they alert the school and then the school kind of alerts other parents in that particular classroom.” Information is expected to be rolled out on school websites and newsletters. Kubik said the school district website will also be posting information, which will be a culmination of research and input from the district, VIHA and parents. “It’s been a really great collaboration between the senior executive

staff at the school district, our principals and vice-principals, and our parent community,” she said. Stephanie Longstaff, Sooke Parents’ Education Advisory Council president, said the district initially wanted to eliminate lice checks completely from schools, which would’ve been difficult on the busy parent. “We got together with the school district and said, ‘OK, no lice checks is kind of an extreme change from once a month,” she said, adding that a compromise between the parent association and the district was met after reviewing research. “One of the problems with checking in schools is sometimes we miss cases, sometimes we misdiagnose cases. There’s lots of problems with having volunteers do lice checks,” she said. Schools generally perform “dry checks” where a child’s head is scanned for lice using a wooden stick -- a method which has a 75 per cent correct diagnosis rate, according to Longstaff. The most effective

method of lice detection is the “wet comb” where a child’s head is lathered in conditioner and carefully combed through. “We’ve come to a compromise with the school district that will allow lice checks to continue in schools if they’re done in an appropriate manner,” she said, adding one of the most important factors is eliminating the social stigma associated with lice. “Part of the procedures and policies that are being implemented is we need to let everybody know that there’s nothing wrong with having lice. It’s no different than having any other childhood disease.” Although the policy will be subject to all schools, it will be primarily for elementary schools as children are more prone to lice due to their close contact and type of play. For information on the most effective method of head lice treatment, visit the SPEAC website under the ‘Parent Resources’ tab: http://www.sd62. bc.ca/Parents/SPEAC. aspx

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Hot-smoked salmon, black cod and Dungeness crab are three things Sooke is known for. The salmon is cooked slowly over a wood fire and there isn’t much that compares to it. Add to that focaccia bread, roasted rosemary potatoes, spaghetti squash and corn on the cob and you have a meal some only dream about. There’s more, with fresh mixed greens, beets, veggies of all sorts ending with huckleberry and blackberry crumble and melons washed down with hand-cranked apple juice and sun-kissed herb tea. Those are the ingredients that will make up a community feast on Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Sunriver Community Garden. A Taste of Harvest, is a fundraiser for Sooke Food CHI. It’s a harvest supper with the menu planned by Pia Carroll and Marion French, both chef instructors for the Edward Milne community school Culinary Arts program. “For me, a Harvest supper is the coming together of people to enjoy the beauty of great food from our gardens. All summer we have nibbled at exquisite tastes of greens, tomatoes, beans and so on and this Harvest Supper is an expression of being thankful for the food grown, food shared and appreciate by friends and neighbours,” said Carroll. French echoes many of the same sentiments stating, “It is a time to break bread and discuss what grew well and share gardening “secrets.” It signals the beginning of the fall and the cold nights to fol-

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Glen Thelin welcomes gardeners to the Sunriver Community Garden orchard. low in which dreams of next summer’s plantings will take place.” The allotment garden, on Phillips Road, is a busy place at this time of year and the crops are coming in. “The total harvest from the community food plot was 676 pounds,” said Emily Moreland, Sunriver Garden’s gardening expert. The food has gone to the Sooke Food Bank, Vital Vittels, Meals on Wheels and a number of other community agencies. This is the third summer the Sunriver Gardens have been producing food. “There is so much food grown here,” said Phoebe Dunbar, one of the original people working towards starting the community garden. “The level of sharing is really remarkable.” And share they will at the harvest supper and fall equinox celebration. The date of the event coincides with the Slow Food Cycle where bikers will be traveling around the Sooke area checking out farms and farming. The gardens will be open to the cyclists and they can get some pizza (made in the cob oven) and soft drinks as they check out the gardens. Later on Sunday, the fires will be going and the salmon cooking for the dinner. The gates open

at 4:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Live music with accordions and fiddles,and storytelling will add to the ambiance. Diners are asked to bring their own plate, cup and cutlery as well as a chair or blanket to picnic on. Tickets for the event are $20 for adults, $10 for kids and free for kids under five. Tickets can be purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart and Stick in the Mud. The Sunriver Allotment Gardens are a community initiative through the District of Sooke and Sooke Food CHI. Glen Thelin, one of the volunteers at the garden, said the gardens are all about celebrating people. “There are 75 families here now and they put their heart and soul into it. It has become a

community,” he said. “We’re growing food the same time as we’re growing community,” added Sheila Wallace.

They wanted others to know that while the important part of the community was the garden plot, but not everyone wants to get into the dirt. Some create signage, mentor others or help according to their abilities. “There’s an opportunity for every ability,” said volunteer Erica Rolston. The most important message they wanted to get across to people is that the Sunriver Gardens are not an exclusive club, they are open to all of Sooke. It’s a community thing.

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The Sooke Disposal drop-off site at 6228 Sooke Rd will be closed as of Sept. 30. According to Sooke Disposal office manager, Patricia Skinner, the dump is closing because the landlord is reclaiming the property. Skinner said the company is currently looking for a new site, and hopes to resume business as soon as possible. “We’re hoping that we won’t be closed very long, a couple weeks maybe a month, but that all depends on how the search goes for the land.” The company received notice a few months ago, and has been actively searching for a new location. “We’ve tried to find a place in the last couple

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The new order of things The silent majority is you. While we can see all of the flaws in the workings of government and private corporations, or local issues, we rarely speak up. Those who are opposed to something will usually rally their forces and present their arguments, very effectively, to council. The people who are not opposed are not speaking up. What happens then is that council hears largely from those opposed. And hear they do. Impassioned pleas and great arguments are made by groups who are serious about their side of ... those the debate. They organize who are themselves to be heard. It is the silent majority who organized are never heard. The silent will win... ones may talk amongst themselves but they rarely get in front of the microphone. This doesn’t work anymore. The people who are savvy to social media and don’t mind door knocking get heard and those who sit back don’t. As a community, it is imperative to hear all sides of an issue. The point is that those who are organized will win. It doesn’t mean they are right, it means they are vocal. Social media will become a factor in more and more decisions whether it is an election or a ruling. We can’t escape it. Life is no longer the same as it once was and those who aren’t attuned to the new way of doing things need to wake up. It would be a pity if a new government was formed only because of a lot of tweets, emails, texts and Facebook messages.

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Milking the system for all it’s worth Exposing travel expenses and enti- who loved to live the high life. She tlements in the public service sector will collect $700,000 in benefits over is enough to make a grown up cry the next 15 years on just $130,000 and a taxpayer cringe. in contributions. And she’s not the While most of us taxpayers and only one by any means. working poor scrimp and save for Add to that the over-the-top pay a vacation or even a flight cheques and bonuses for somewhere, there are executives and the bloated those who seem to think management in our prothey are entitled to raid the vincial and federal employ public purse for their own and it’s no wonder there good time. And they do is a 99 per cent movethis without considering ment. These protestors the source of the money. are ticked off at the audacJust recently, a freedom ity of these corporate bigof information request wigs. While so many are showed the former head struggling, the honchos of Elections BC spendare growing fat dining Pirjo ing $43,295 of taxpayers at the trough with the Raits money on travel in four taxpayer’s credit card. short months. Never It’s sickening. And the Hard Pressed mind going economy higher up you go in the class, this executive went public service the worse business class and had the nerve it gets. to take his wife along to Kenya and The worst thing though, is the explain it away as a group rate. fact that they often continue to work On Aug.28, it was reported that a for the government in one capacformer legislative clerk, who served ity or other, even after being caught for 54 years, was given a two-year red-handed. There is no slap on the golden handshake of $240,000/year wrist, no hauling to the carpet, no plus expenses for his consulting job censure, no job loss worries. They after retirement. That’s a pretty long look after each other in an old boys’ training period for the new clerk. club sort of way. While it may well be a very compliIt happens in small communities cated job, two years worth of “con- as well as large, in the public sersulting” is more than a prime minis- vice and in the private sector. For ter or premier gets. It’s a good guess some reason, when people get into that his pension itself is nothing to positions of power, with no checks sneeze at. Oh, the former head of and balances or common sense, Elections BC, mentioned above, took they soak the taxpayers. There’s no over the legislative clerk’s job. And accountability and worse yet, there’s we can’t forget Bev Oda, a federal no conscience. Their arrogance is member of the House of Commons what makes people mad. Let’s not

forget Conrad Black and his inflated ego and wallet. For us, who pay their wages, the anger doesn’t come because we want to get all those goodies for ourselves, but it’s the incredible sense of entitlement from these stuffed shirts (male and female). What makes people angry is that our taxes keep going up and our quality of life keeps going down, not even keeping up with the rate of inflation. Those who milk the system should be exposed and no public entity should hire them if they are caught with their hands on the udders of the public purse. But they do go on and land new jobs and double dip if they can. Their sense of entitlement remains. They have lost touch with what it is like for the average working stiff. They are above it all. This is exactly why countries like Greece, Italy and Spain are faltering and failing economically. Their civil service is bloated and it is exploding. Civil servants there believe they have a right to a job for life once they get into the employ of the government. The scary thing is it could easily happen here. Pirjo Raits is the editor of the Sooke News Mirror.

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i We asked: Did you attend the Sooke Fall Fair? If so, then what did you like best?

No, I had to go to a wedding in Vancouver and I was so sorry to miss it.

Jane Smith Sooke

Coming to the aid of others I was coming home when I found myself following a fire truck heading out to where I live and as I slowed to a stop to join the line up of traffic at Gordon’s Beach, the fire truck went ahead towards Tugwell Honey Farm. This was around 7.45 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 31. Word travelled back that it was a two car, head-on accident. The details filtered through the line up and made me cringe. Waiting for news about when the road was to re-open wasn’t happening. It was a cold night and then watching not one, but two Air BC Ambulances circle the ocean, looking for a nearby field to land in, I knew this accident was very serious. Two more ambulances, sped away into the night, lights flashing. So what was happening during the next four hours of waiting was 50 per cent of the vehicles turned around, boats in tow, campers, row boats on trucks and left. The camper in front of me had their dinner on the roadside. The spirit of the people carried on, waiting, patiently for the road to re-open. Some Gordon’s Beach owners came along to offer their homes for washroom use and even brought cups of coffee out. Very considerate. This was the sce-

I actually didn’t attend this year... I had stuff going on with my family so it just didn’t fit.

I didn’t attend it, no. I’m only living in Victoria temporarily, I would love to though.

Kristina von Ilberg Sooke

Malcolm King Vancouver

I did not attend the Sooke Fall Fair because I just got here today. Maybe next year.

LETTERS Unwanted Garbage

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Some time during the night of Sept. 7 a truckload of garbage was dumped right over the front fence at Frances Gardens. It really is a shameful thing to do and I hope the person who did it has trouble sleeping. Why do people think they can just throw their garbage on someone else’s property? How does this happen? We are run by volunteers and this means your garbage ( whoever you are) has become our problem and that’s just not fair. Hoping you have a change of heart and come take it all back. Residents of Frances Gardens Housing Co-op nario. It doesn’t take away from why that accident happened and the victims involved. When the tow truck arrived close to midnight, there was a cheer but as I looked at the crumpled mess of the vehicle go by, I shuddered. In consideration, I want to thank the fire departments, police, ambulance attendants for the amazing work they did that night. The traffic was diverted at Otter Point Road so people could return to Sooke if they wished to. I would like to see the other end of Otter Point Road at West Coast

Road in the 8890 block re-opened. A proper engineering job to accomodate the flow of traffic in both directions. This night was a crisis and my heart went out to the people in those vehicles. Pia Carroll Sooke

about 200 metres into Sooke River watershed and below Sooke Lake Reservoir dam. Might be prudent for residents living near the riverbank to acquaint themselves of dam safety and the Sooke Emergency Program. John Newcomb Saanich

Dam safety JDFEA Re: Small 3.0 earthquake felt in Sooke and services area Saying that the building earthquake 10 kms. northwest of Colwood toward Sooke Lake isn’t survey very specific, whereas US Geological Service pinpointed it as being

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Ratepayers Association (OPSRRA) wishes to thank the Sooke News for their recent coverage of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Services Building proposal. Community awareness of the proposal and our association’s on-line survey was definitely helped by the front page story. For those who don’t receive the OPSRRA newsletter here are the survey results: Should the cost of borrowing the estimated 1.3 million dollars to build a JDFEA Services Building go to public referendum? Yes: 20 No: 18 Would you support the idea of owning a building if the cost was about the same as renting? Yes: 35 No: 3 Is locating the building in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area an important consideration? Yes: 33 No: 5 Do you support the idea of adding an 80 seat meeting room to accommodate community meetings? Yes: 33 No: 4 (One respondent said it would depend on any additional cost.)

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Don’t pay for parks At the finance and administration committee meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 4, a 7.1 per cent increase in the sewer parcel tax was recommended, raising it $552. A 2 per cent property tax increase was also proposed by the Mayor. I object to my property taxes being raised by a council elected on the platform of tax reduction. The main reason my municipal taxes didn’t go up in 2012 was a massive decrease in my property value, not any financial brilliance on the part of elected officials. Even the reduction in delegated spending authority turns out to have been a huge mistake, hobbling day to day operations and damaging vendor relationships with unpaid bills. A primary role of a local government is to defend the interests of its rate payers against outside interests, and

LETTERS this administration is not doing any better job of that than the last one. One of those interests is access to our back country, which is now prohibited by control bought and paid for with a CRD tax increase, also used to issue bylaw infraction tickets to our youth, whom are simply camping out by the community lakes. Enough already. Sooke voted against the increase in the Land Acquisition Tax, yet our officials wander around claiming there is nothing they can do about it because of the big bad CRD bully. There is something that can be done about it. Local Government Act Division 4.5 – Dispute Resolution in Relation to Services. With one process the district can negotiate an off-setting tax reduction to net the increase in local taxes to zero, and make the damn fools at the CRD board realize that we don’t have to pay for park acquisitions that will lock us out of our own back country. Terrance Martin Sooke

Clarification on smart meters

After very extensive research and testing of these meters this is what we know, confirmed three times by BC Hydro. The two-tier system on your bill was put in place because of smart meters. BC Hydro has their hands in the cookie jar, we weren’t sure how exactly, but after extensive testing by seven independent industrial electricians this is what we found out. First, they’re not safe. Second, once installed, your bill doubles, then doubles again right across the board. The reason is because these meters calibrate power not used. They have the ability to arc and draw power directly from the power lines, calibrate that as power used and add it to you bill, since each meter is surrounded by a six-inch layer of static electricity. We’re not dealing with the Canadian side of BC Hydro, it’s the

American side (49 per cent American owned). Corix is an American company contracted out to make and install these things. BC Hydro has gone to unbelievable lengths to have these meters installed, even going to the extent of passing legislation that states they, or their subsidiaries, have every right to walk on to any part of their power grid and install smart meters, despite a moratorium against any arbitrary installation. They’re ignoring it. There has been some discussion regarding the installation of a tower to cover the blind spots used by cell phones. Beware, my friends, because that tower is also used by BC Hydro to put your smart meter online, which it isn’t yet. Also, not to frighten but merely inform, these meters have the ability to set houses on fire (three confirmed). We’ve done what we can and the battle rages on but we are dealing with a dictatorial gov-

ernment with no input allowed. According to energy minister, Mr. Rich Coleman, he states and I quote, “... anyone that has any problems with either their hydro bill, BC Hydro, or anything associated may contact me direct...” Gee, I wonder how

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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 Cont’d from page A10 many buses we can fill? One last thing, someone in Sooke is doing an expose on BC Hydro which they’re well aware of. I wonder who that could be? Barry Turner Sooke

Preserving a bit of history The historic lookout on Mt. Shepherd has recently received a new roof. The ranger station here in the summer months during the 1930s and 1940s was charged with keeping diligent watch for smoke and to direct the swiftest available response to any starting forest fire. A cot and tiny kitchen provided for his basic needs, all trees at the top of the mountain were kept cut down affording an unobstructed view in every direction. Communication was by way of a telephone line strung between tree along the trail down to Harbourview Road and then to the forest service office in Langford. Bits of wire and insula-

tors were still visible in the 1950s. There were also lookouts on Mt. Empress and Mt. Matheson, now long gone, remnants of the anchors drilled into the rock to hold the buildings down during the winter gales are about the only signs remaining from an earlier time. Thanks to CRD Parks for taking an interest in preserving this bit of Sooke history. Andy Wickheim Sooke

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Your approach to interaction between municipal councils and committees they form is not good management practice. (“Micromanage and you fail” Aug. 22, 2012 issue) Senior management (in this case elected mayor and councillors) should give each committee clear direction on scope of their task, and check on them occasionally. (A past over-used phrase was “management by walking around,” in one sense that is spot-

One would have thought they stepped into another era when seeing this 1952 International truck, owned by Keith Coulter, and this 1955 Ford van parked at Evergreen Centre. checking.) Otherwise a committee may work away and only find itself afoul of council at the end of its effort. At that point redoing their work will take more months, during which the original problem they were to advise council on continues to exist to the discomfort of, or cost to, citizens. I am against munici-

pal committees because they often do not have balanced representation, sometimes being full of naive do-gooders. Municipal councils and bureaucrats make excessive use of committees and expensive consultants, instead of doing their job. Keith Sketchley Saanich

Speak for self, not others Some of the residents of Shirley are back to old tricks; speaking presumptuously for everyone else in the area. Take for instance Diane Dieters letter declaring that “the

residents of Shirley choose to live in Shirley because of the quiet.” First of all, I personally would like less exclusion, less repressions, and more excitement, more access, more activity, more “life” in the area. I loved here because my two-and-ahalf acre lot, located a two minute walk from the beach cost me $18,500 20 years ago. I did not move here for the “quiet.” Furthermore, to say Shirley residents (the ones who frequent the firehall meetings) are quiet, is quite literally to unhinge the meaning of the word “quiet.” I don’t know about recently, but in the near past, the firehall was the site of a great deal of hollering and yelling and foot stomping, and name calling, and almost to the point of fisticuffs, So, if Diane Dieter calls that quiet, so be it. Ms. Dieter is right on one point, the poor condition of West Coast Road. Because of the depressed economy in the area — “the economic silence.” Since I am the only “real” environmentalist in the whole place, and not just an environmen-

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talist of convenience, and do not even own a “Gas to CO2” ton of vehicle, biking on that hell hole of a road from Shirley to Sooke once a week to go grocery shopping, keeps me fit, and on the alert, and it “saves the environment” while living dangerously. I take pride in being a non-hypocrite environmentalist, and view all the “so-called” environmentalists in Shirley, with their big house to heat, their biased ideology, and their two cars, as finger-pointing pretenders. Don’t speak for “me in Shirley” ms. Dieter. I don’t want anything to do with your loud kind of quiet, and your fake environmentalism. But, you’re right about the condition of West Coast Road. I take my life in my hands every week biking into town on it — being a “real” environmentalist. N.E. MacNab Shirley We welcome your thoughts and opinions but please keep your letters as close to 300 words as possible.

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Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo of the Week Karen Chwojka sent along this picture of a beautiful elk close to Port Renfrew. Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo of the Week is sponsored by Ellen Bergerud. Send your good quality jpegs to: editor@ s o o k e n e w s m i r ro r. com

New survey for JdFEA residents This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OPSRRA newsletter survey has to do with the Aug. 12 Subaru Sooke Triathlon. In 2011 the cycling route was changed from numerous loops around Otter Point and Sooke to a linear route starting at Camp Barnard in Otter Point, along Otter Point Road to Hwy. 14 at Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beach and then west on the highway to a point midway between Jordan River and Port Renfrew. This route change required limiting access to Highway 14 from Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beach to Port Renfrew.

Following complaints about last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closures from residents west of Sooke, the race organizers limited this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closures to 7 to 10:30 a.m. for westbound traffic from Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beach to Port Renfrew and from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for eastbound traffic from Port Renfrew to Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beach. Provision was also made for more local travel around the area. However, concerns were still being expressed about: â&#x20AC;˘ The impact of these closures on local businesses west of Sooke.

â&#x20AC;˘ The ability of volunteer fire fighters and first responders to get to the Shirley Fire Hall in the event of an emergency. â&#x20AC;˘ Emergency services being able to navigate the bicycle racers and single-lane approaching traffic to respond to both race and non-race emergencies. â&#x20AC;˘ The general inconvenience resulting from

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Founding Welsh family granddaughter passes HELEN WELSH YOST 1918 – 2012 Almost unique today in its significance, the passing of Helen Mary, a granddaughter of one of our founding families, was marked on Aug. 30 at one of Victoria’s most stately and ornate edifices, St Andrews Presbyterian Church. Helen’s grandfather Jamie Welsh wed Mary Ellen Flynn on July 6, 1869 at Woodside. After her arrival in Victoria from Ireland, Mary Ellen had travelled by native cargo canoe, carrying her muslin bridal gown to Sooke. Married by Reverend Edward (later Bishop) Cridge, Jamie and Mary Ellen Welsh began their family life at Moss Cottage, built for them on land adjacent to the John and Ann Miller Muir home of Woodside. (A century later, this historic little cottage was dismantled and rebuilt at Sooke Region Museum.) Jamie Welsh had arrived in the new colony a few years after the founding Muir family from Scotland had taken up land in Sooke in 1851. Jamie’s hard work and skills quickly became invaluable to the Muirs. He worked in the steam sawmill, felled the giant Douglas-fir and hauled them to the mill with oxen, plowed and harrowed the fields, again with oxen. Back in County

Meath, Ireland, his sister Matilda, lured by her brother’s tales of the new land, came out to Sooke, becoming the bride of Michael Muir. Before long, the remaining Irish sister Annie Welsh sailed across the ocean as well, becoming wife to John Muir Jr. One can imagine the camaraderie and fellowship (whenever the work let up) of these young couples, sharing a world of adventures in a new frontier. Six children were born to Jamie and Mary Ellen Welsh. Sadly, the last two babies lie with Mary Ellen in the Muirside Cemetery, where childbirth took her in 1880. The blow of his loss left Jamie Welsh unable to care for his children. The family was split up, with the eldest son William raised by the Muirs. One of the girls, Anne, brought up at St Ann’s Academy, joined the Order, becoming Sister Mary Mildred, and eventually rising to serve as Mother Provincial. It was William Welsh who carried on the pioneer name. Inheriting his father’s innate pioneer work ethic, he became a carpenter and businessman as well as a farmer. He married Emma Way and the couple were blessed with four children. The family ran a large farm situated on the western side of Maple Avenue. Their sons Ernest, Harold, Patrick and their

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Helen Welsh Yost families all took part in the life of, and service to, their community. Their treasured only daughter, Helen, born in 1918, attended Sooke Superior School when it had three classrooms to accommodate all the youngsters of the village. Helen’s lifelong appreciation of music was first demonstrated at the school’s Christmas concerts as well as by singing in the choir of Knox Presbyterian Church. She also enjoyed the basketball games at the old Charters Hall and the dances that followed. In the 1930s when the Glinz family owned Woodside Farm and were serving chicken dinners on Sundays, Helen got a job helping out. In 1941 romance called, and she married Joe Yost, an electrician. Joe had a job at the Pre-

mier Gold Mine in the remote town of Stewart on the BC/Alaska border, and Helen joined him there. When war threatened the coast in 1942, Joe Yost joined the army, serving in the Signal Corps. When he went overseas, Helen returned to Sooke, where their daughter Marilyn was born. When their daughter was in school, Helen went to work at Gibson’s Shopping Centre, where she was a popular staff member. Postwar, when Joe switched his electrical career from his Sooke business to BC Forest Products in Victoria, Helen was employed in a supervisory role at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. While Helen’s home was now in Victoria, her heart never left Sooke.

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Through the years, the family would get together for summertime reunions, often at Sunny Shores. She joined the congregation at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, where she sang in the choir and was also a member of the Bell Choir. For 37 years she played the piano weekly for the patients at Mt. Tolmie Hospital and frequently at Oak Bay Lodge as well. Helen’s sense of humour, her positive, warm and welcoming nature brought an atmosphere of friendship and laughter wherever she went. When Joe retired, the couple travelled each year, exploring many exotic places in the world. Still keeping her commitments to her pioneer family’s roots, Helen assisted in recording history for the Sooke Region Museum, and when her brother Ernie donated Moss Cottage to the museum to be restored, her knowledge of the historic little house was invaluable. After she was widowed in 1986, Helen

continued to travel on group tours, when perhaps her most memorable experience was riding a camel in Egypt. A much shorter trip close to home took place in 1989 when Helen joined with board members of the Sooke Region Historical Society in a delegation to an Agricultural Land Commission hearing in Vancouver. The Historical Society had been engaged for some years in trying to acquire the Maple Avenue land that held the historic Muirside Cemetery. Without ownership of the land, it had become impossible to accomplish effective restoration of the important historical site, which held not only Muir graves, but those of Helen’s parents and her grandmother, Mary Ellen Flynn Welsh. The application was successful, with the land commissionallowingthe property to be released and subdivided, so that a separated park/cemetery acreage could be purchased. All those on the excursion felt it was the eloquence of Helen Yost, as she described

her family’s history and her childhood home that swayed the decision of the commission. While the Sooke Lions Club carried out the major cleanup to restore the important cemetery, Helen too was a generous contributor. Together with her Muir cousin, Diane Acreman Alexander, Helen shared the honour of unveiling the historic markers at the Millennium Memorial Park at the opening in 2001. During the past year illness had curtailed Helen’s activities and she had been a patient at the care home where she had played the piano for so many years. Almost 94 at her passing, she leaves her daughter Marilyn (Jerry Moss) grandchildren Brenda (Andy), Mike (Michelle) four great grandchildren, her brother Pat Welsh (Miriam) many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum

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Mark you calendars for reading fun Literacy and fun promoted for all ages and all reading levels Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror

The Sooke Public Library branch will be launching free programs for bookworms of all ages to help promote literacy in the community. The five programs, commencing at different times, include Preschool Storytime, Babytime, Halloween at the Library, Pajama Storytime and Discover Your eLibrary. According to Adrienne Wass, library manager, Preschool Storytime, for children aged three to five, is participatory in nature through a variety of activities like songs, rhymes, fingerplays and puppet shows. She said the program helps develop early literacy in children, and skills that will help them become prepared

for school -- like sitting and paying attention for a half an hour at a time. Each weekly session will cater to a certain theme, and each child will come home with a craft. Preschool Storytime will run on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. for two cycles, Sept. 13 to Oct. 18 (six sessions) and Nov. 9 to Dec. 7 (five sessions). Similarly, Wass said Babytime, for babies aged zero to 19 months, will help develop early literacy skills, language skills, motor skills and communication skills. Activities are designed to help babies and caregivers bond through activities like rhymes, songs, fingerplays and stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very popular program because there are a lot of young families in Sooke with

babies,â&#x20AC;? Wass said, adding the program helps build an early love for books and reading in children. Babytime will be on Fridays at 10: 30 a.m. for two cycles, from Sept. 14 to Oct. 19 (six sessions) and Nov. 9 to Dec. 7 (five sessions). There will also be Halloween at the Library -- a drop-in family program -- where kids can stop by in costume for spooky stories, trickor-treating and Halloween themed crafts. The event will run from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 31. The library is also inviting kids to come by from Oct. 22 to Oct. 30 in a mask of their own design to help decorate the library for Help Haunt the Library Contest.The winning results for children, teens and adults will be selected on Oct. 31.

The final event for children will be Pajama Storytime, where everyone of all ages is welcome to come and join a cosy, bedtime story session from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The event is the first at the Sooke library branch, and everyone is welcome to adorn their pajamas for the occasion. For adults, there will be a Discover Your eLibrary sessions, where adults can learn how to upload audio books, ebooks and music onto their devices like iPads and Kobos. Discover Your eLibrary will run on the following dates: Tuesday, Oct. 16 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 2 p.m to 3 p.m.

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Know which licence you need Sooke River salmon fishers: The designated tidal boundary is located at the Sooke River Bridge. This means that Freshwater Fishing Regulations apply upstream of the bridge and Tidal Water Fishing Regulations apply downstream of the bridge. Upstream of the Sooke River Bridge (designated non-tidal) a Non-Tidal Angling Licence is required; • you may fish for salmon, but all must be released in the least harmful manner; • fly fishing only below the Sooke River Falls from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 inclusive; • there is a “no fishing” area from the base of the lower potholes falls to signs approx. 100 metres downstream. Downstream of the Sooke River Bridge (designated tidal) including Sooke Harbour and Basin • A Tidal Water Sport Fishing Licence is required; • the daily limit of chum salmon is four; • the daily limit of coho salmon is two, hatchery only through Sept. 20, 2012; • A hatchery marked coho salmon has a healed scar in place of the adipose fin; the andipose fin is the fleshy appendage found on salmon between the dorsal fin and the tail. • Effective Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, the daily limit of coho will be two, only one of which will be wild; • the combined daily limit of all permitted salmon is four. • non-retention of chinook salmon through Oct. 15, 2012 to allow the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society to obtain brood stock; • Single barbless hook is required while fishing for salmon downstream of the Sooke River Bridge

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Ahoy there! A joint force between the Sharrat and Aspin families created a gargantuan 2-D pirate ship, complete with plank at the Beach Art event on Sunday, Sept. 9.

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Most people are familiar with the antics of a child unwittingly left alone in the movie Home Alone. It is a comedy and there are lots of laughs, but for some kids and their parents in real life, it isn’t funny being left alone, it is scary. Knowing this, the Sooke Family Resource Society (SFRS) is sponsoring a Safe Kids workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The workshop is being led by a husband and wife team from Victoria. Darren and Beth Laur team up to teach kids and their parents what to be aware of to protect themselves. “The reason is basically to educate and empower a child to feel

comfortable on their own and also provide the same thing for parents,” said Paulina Pratico, a family support worker at SFRS. She said parents also need to feel comfortable when it is necessary to leave children alone. “We generally work with early years,but this is for older kids, six and up, who are getting a little more independent. When are they old enough to be left alone, or to babysit?,” said Pratico. The workshop is being run by the Laurs

through Personal Protection Systems Inc. Darren Laur has 26 years of law enforcement experience and is a staff sergeant with the Victoria Police. Darren Laur an internationally recognized safety expert, published award winning author and highly sought after speaker who specializes in the area of personal safety and self protection both in the real world and the cyber world. The workshop will cover such topics as: A child’s six special powers of self protection; street and home alone rules; I’m lost/in trouble rules; safe place when help is needed; it’s my

body rules, including good touching vs, bad touching; and realistic physical and verbal strategies. The society has put on other workshops previously but they were geared towards working with staff on such issues as personal protection, Internet safety programs for youth. Safe Kids is free but participants are asked to register as there is limited space. The workshop will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sooke Family Resource Society (CASA) at 1052145 Townsend Road in Sooke. For more information call 250-6425152.

NOTICE The Certiﬁed General Accountants Association of British Columbia gives notice that member Kevin Mayo of Sooke is no longer registered in public practice effective July 31, 2012. A member not registered in public practice is not authorized to provide public accounting services as a Certiﬁed General Accountant. If previous clients of Mr. Mayo have any questions regarding this matter, they should contact Edward Tanaka, Manager, Regulatory Practices, CGA-BC at (604) 629-6385 or etanaka@cga-bc.org.

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hey started off reporting about Tour de Rock, and now journalists Kyle Slavin and Erin Glazier are part of the story. Slavin’s journey from writing stories about the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock to being part of it started in a high school gymnasium. At Reynolds secondary school to cover the event for the Saanich News last year, Slavin watched as 115 shaved “Raising money heads and a giant cheque more than $80,000 for kids with cancer for greeted Tour riders has a much bigger alongside ear-splitting cheers. The event moved reward than just the 25-year-old reporter crossing the finish so much he made an important decision that line.” day. – Erin Glazier, “There was not a dry CTV News eye in the gym. It was the most electric feeling being a part of something so monumental,” he said. “I told the school principal then and there I want to be a part of the team.” One year and 3,000 kilometres later, he is one of two media riders months into gruelling three-day-a-week training sessions for Tour de Rock, where motivation comes in the form of cancer survivors like seven-year-old Daisy Irwin. “(Daisy) has gone through a hell that no baby or child should ever go through. I

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Kyle Slavin and Erin Glazier are ready to roll for Tour de Rock respect her immensely for what she has gone through and what she has overcome,” Slavin said. “My whole reasoning behind wanting to do the tour is being on the side of cancer everyone fights for – the optimism, the hope, the getting into remission.” Seven years later, Irwin is in remission after being diagnosed with two forms of leukemia as an infant and given a five per cent chance at survival. It is a reminder why the pediatric cancer research is so important to Slavin and Glazier. Glazier described her choice to join the team as a “no-brainer” after seeing her colleagues experience the life-changing ride. “Riding a bike becomes a menial task when

you look at the big picture and see how much you are helping (cancer patients) have a normal life,” said Glazier, a CTV reporter based in Victoria. “When you are going up a hill and hurting it is nothing compared to what those kids go through when they go through the treatment. That is a big motivator for us.” With only weeks to go, the 28-year-old Glazier is excited to meet the families and volunteers along the way as she makes the gruelling trip from Port Alice to Victoria over the two-week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride, Sept. 23 to Oct. 5. “The best is yet to come. Raising money for kids with cancer has a much bigger reward then just crossing the finish line,” Glazier said.

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Family stays strong when faced with cancer Joel Dorval, 10, was diagnosed with leukemia at six years old Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror

When Michelle Dorval learned her six year old son had cancer, everything that followed -- hospital visits, treatment and even the diagnosis -- was a “whirlwind.” Sooke resident, Joel Dorval, now 10, was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks after his sixth birthday party. According to Michelle, the family received at call at nine p.m. at night, telling the family to go straight to the hospital in Victoria. They stayed the night and were airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Vancouver where treatment began almost immediately. “It was a whirlwind,” said the mother of five. That fateful evening would prove to be a prolonged series of lumbar punctures and needles over a three-anda-half year period. He remained at Children’s Hospital for a month, and then continued treatment in both Vic-

toria and Vancouver. “He was on high dose treatment (chemotherapy) for the first eight months, and then they go on to maintenance. Then after it’s a little less, it’s still pretty intense, but it’s a little less.” Although undergoing intensive treatment, Joel, then six, remained cheeky and clever, stealing the birthdays of family members to fast-forward the four years of treatment that laid ahead. “When he was sick, we told him he had almost four years of treatment, so he went on the calendar one day and crossed out all of our birthdays and stole them as his own,” said Michelle. “It was the cutest -for a six year old to go cross out everybody’s birthday and make it so that he would be [older].” Although in good spirits, it was clear how difficult emotionally, physically, financially and mentally it was for the family. “I cried every night,” said Joel’s younger, eight-year-old sister, Jessica. Teary eyed, she added, “I thought he was going to die.” The pronouncement caused Michelle’s eyes to well with tears, but

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Joel Dorval, 10, pictured with his younger sister, Jessica, 8. she remained positive, as strong mothers do. “He didn’t,” she responded, with a smile. Despite the challenges, Michelle said her family worked together to sustain normalcy in the household. “You just had to do

what you had to do. My husband and I just worked together as a team,” she said. “I learned really quick that if you don’t put a smile on your face and continue on then everybody around you starts to crumble.” Now, Joel has been

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given a clean bill of health and entered the Grade 6 at Journey middle school this September. His favourite subjects are math, gym and art, and, although they’re not technically subjects, lunch and recess. Going in and out of

This week’s SEAPARC Star is 7 year old Hana Beatty (a.k.a. Hurricane Hana). She is a grade two student at Ecole Poirier where her favourite subject is Math. Hana speaks 3 languages (English, French and Czeck) and knows some words in Coast Salish too. Her sports interests include baseball, skiing (water and snow), badminton and soccer but she says that she would like to learn to play tennis someday too. She plays ball with Sooke Minor Fastball and won a bronze medal last season! Hana likes to play on the trampoline, help out around the house and go to work with her Dad, even though (according to Hana), Dad makes her do all the hard work! When we asked Hana what she is good at; her reply was writing and being a good sister (she did disclose that she enjoys playing tricks on her sister and she is very good at that too)! Hana plans on being a Marine Biologist when she grows up because she loves dolphins and has actually swam with dolphins during family vacations to Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Her Dad tells us that Hana doesn’t do anything half way; she puts her all into everything she does. He added that she is a tough little cookie too, with NO fear! He also described her as a very funny, loving and determined young lady who can be extremely demanding. It was a pleasure talking to Hana and we would like to thank her for being our SEAPARC Star of the Week. Reach for the stars Hana; with your determination, you will go far!

hospitals, Joel said he understands the hardships faced by children who undergo cancer treatment. He hopes to one day build a super hospital where kids can have fun and get better at the same time. When asked what amenities the hospi-

tal would have, Joel said, “free movies, free candy, free everything, free medicines.” He also added there would be a movie theatre. But it doesn’t end there, as Joel also hopes to develop a “magic pill” that will instantly cure cancer. “Joel’s really about wanting to save other kids and help them,” Michelle said. He’ll be joining the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock as a junior rider to Saanich News media rider, Kyle Slavin and Const. Steven Martindale when they pass through Sooke on Oct. 3. This will be Joel’s fourth year as a junior rider. When speaking about the men and women who ride to find a cure, Joel said he admires them, “because they raise money for kids to help them not have cancer anymore.” The riders will embark on a 14-day cycling journey spanning across Vancouver Island on Sept. 22. Tour de Rock raises money for pediatric cancer research and programming for children with or who have had a history with cancer.

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SideStep skateboarders hold demo for Fall Fair

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SideStep Skateboarding School held a demonstration for spectators in front of the Sooke Community Hall before the opening of the Fall Fair around 11 a.m. on Sept. 8. Ethan, 11, balances on the edge of a ramp. Gawen, 13, seen doing one of many jumps off a structure. Andrew, 12, goes airborne, which was recorded in video footage by fellow skater, Ethan.

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What’s Up in Sooke This Week Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Fri. Thurs. September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Nascar 7:30 p.m. Euchre - 7 p.m. Darts - 7:30 p.m. Ladies darts - 12 p.m. SOOKE CANADIAN POWER AND SAILING SQUADRON Boating course and PCOC courses. For more information and registration contact: 250-642-6504 or www. sookesqn.ca

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Cribbage at 7 p.m. SOOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY Preschool Storytime, register at 250-642-3022. SOOKE REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNEY At DaMamiel Creek golf course, shot gun start at 1 p.m. For tickets, contact the Chamber ofﬁce at: 250642-6112

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Steak night 6-7:30 p.m. Drop-in darts at 8 p.m. VITAL VITTLES Free lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church on Murray Road. Everyone welcome. SOOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY Babytime at 10:30 a.m., register at 250-642-3022

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Meat draw at 3 p.m. COPS FOR CANCER JAIL-A-THON Come bail out your favourite community member in front of Coast Capital Savings from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. COPS FOR CANCER ADRENALINE ZIP LINE Soar over above Sooke trees in support of Tour de Rock. Register at 250-642-1933 or www.adrenalinezip. com

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Drop-in pool at 1 p.m. NAVY LEAGUE OPEN HOUSE At the Sooke Royal Canadian Legion at 1 p.m.

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EMCS Wolverines have new coach Darryl Pollock will ensure each team member will receive field time said. “I coach for the kids, and I coach because I enjoy it. So I certainly don’t expect anything else from it, but boy, was this ever a really nice surprise.” As a Regional Game Changer, Pollock could be one of eight finalists to be selected for the the National Game Changer title. The top spot winner, determined by jury and public voting, is awarded $100,000 to donate to a charity of his or her choice. To vote and check out Pollock’s Game Changer online profile, visit: https:// w w w. s c o t i a b a n k gamechangers.com/

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The Edward Milne community school senior football team has a new head coach, who intends on ushering in a new season where all kids will be given the opportunity to play. “That was one thing I said when I signed on, every kid will get to play,” said Darryl Pollock. He said all children despite their size or speed can play football -- they just need a passion for the game. “Football is a game for all sized kids: big kids, small kids, fast kids, slow kids. If you have a desire to play the game, you will be able to. “There’s safety factors that we as coaches have to follow. I’m not going to put a little small kid out against a huge seven-foot guy and let him get hammered on, but there are positions for every kid if they have the desire,” Pollock said. The team currently has eight coaching staff, which Pollock said will help provide individual training for specific positions, as opposed to doing things generically. “We’re able to focus on individual training,

which I believe, and all the other coaches believe, will make a huge difference,” he said. After a few training camps and practice meets, Pollock is already confident the EMCS Wolverines senior football team has what it takes to win provincials. “My goal is that everyone who comes out has a really good time. My goal is that we really gel together as a team and that is already happening. We’re going for the provincial title.” Now, it is a matter of rallying more troops for the team, who will have their first game on Sept. 22. “I’m hoping to see 25 kids out there for [the junior and senior teams],” Pollock said. “It would be really nice to see 50 kids out enjoying themselves.” Pollock has been coaching football for 12 years, nine with the Sooke Seahawks as one of the league’s first coaches, and three with the Victoria Hitmen -where he led them to claim the provincial title two years in a row. His work with minor league football earned him a nomination for the Scotiabank Game Changers competition, which is designed to recognize individu-

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Sooke Skating Club opens registration, returns to ice long time, and we want to make sure that we’re there for the future as well,” Haldane said. “Having something here in Sooke is awesome, our kids aren’t

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The Sooke Skating Club has opened registration on Sept. 4 for the upcoming skating year. According to coach Lindsay Haldane, response has been slow due to the drawn out summer weather. “It’s a little slow but it’s pretty normal. It’s nice and sunny and warm out and a lot of people don’t think about getting back into the arena,” she said,

adding that so far, there has been some newcomers interested in joining. “We’re getting a lot of new interest, which is great,” Haldane said. “We’re looking forward to it and we got some new things going on with the club.” New additions include the Pre-Power and Learn-to-Skate programs. Pre-Power is for new skaters, aged three to six, who intend on joining hockey or ringette programs.

According to the Sooke Skating Club website, the program is designed to teach kids, “to get up and move forwards unassisted, and to develop balance and agility skills.” And suitably, the program offers the option to participate in full hockey gear. Learn-to-Skate, for kids aged three to six, is designed for children who have never received formal skating lessons. Lessons will focus on stand up and moving

forwards unassisted and an introduction into gliding and balance in a fun, play-oriented environment, states the Sooke Skating Club website. Returning programs include CanSkate, the Junior program and Synchronized skating (beginner and junior). Haldane said having local skating programs in Sooke is something the club hopes to continue. “The club has been running since the arena opened so it’s been a

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Coho starting to show in the strait There are still some nice chinooks around Sooke waters. This past weekend reported good fishing at the Trap Shack and Secretary Island. Fishing close to the bottom is working the best. These fish are soft biters at this time of year but once hooked up the fight is on. Sunday was the last day of halibut fishing on the West Coast. Anglers heading out on the water for a last kick at halibut before closing for the year experienced good water and decent fishing. Looks like Little Barons and its crew picked up some nice ones fishing out west. Now that halibut is closed locals will be targeting the bigger coho that are staring to enter the Juan

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Des from Vicious Fish Charters holds up a quality chinook from the Swiftsure Bank after another awesome day on the water. de Fuca Strait. Best places to catch are off the Sooke Bluffs or out on the tide lines to the middle of the strait. Some of the best ones can be taken right on the surface out in the middle of the strait. Squirts Hootchies, Spoons Anchovies and herring all work well.

Local tackle shops can steer you in the right direction on how to catch these awesome fish. Try fishing the surface to 120 feet for best results. In Port Renfrew anglers are still catching a few chinook and with the closing of halibut are starting to

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Sooke’s Fall Fair Weekend

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Pets of all types, and their owners were part of the 50th Annual Pet Parade.

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Top left, kids sit in front of the Chicken Poop Bingo waiting for the winner’s number. Below, The Seven C’s built an entire scene as tribute to a T’Sou-ke Nation historical figure and her two sons, who protected the village of Siaosun from invasion. On the left is the elder with a basket, and to the right is her son spearing fish in a stream laden with salmon and clams. The detailed scenario was built in under two hours. (Back row, from left) Don Hansen, Caitlin Hansen and six-year-old Ryder Greenwood. (Centre) Amy Mckinstry, Jannie Hansen, and Trena Sutton. (Front) Riley Sutton. Check out other photos taken during the Sooke Fall Fair weekend on Facebook.

Sooke Fall Fair volunteers, Martha Moore and Irene Elrose, left, came decked out as animals, going along with this year’s fall fair theme, All Creatures Great and Small. Above, musicians and bands are always a big part of the Sooke Fall Fair.

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New season begins for Sooke Folk Music Society We invite everyone to join us this Saturday, Sept.15 for the first of this season’s monthly Coffee House gatherings. We are starting the season with a musical reunion of Chris Palmer and Dave Gallant. Chris Palmer was born and grew up in Leicester, England, where he started a band with some friends in ‘64. “I was singing and playing percussion. We had a harmonica player, and he was a big part of our sound; two weeks before a big festival gig, he came down with a horrid infection. As the only member of the band not doing anything really useful, I was designated to learn harmonica in two weeks! That’s how it all started. “I was an aspiring poet during my teen years, and had some modest success with it.” In ‘68, he went to a concert featuring Michael Chapman. He was blown away. “I decided, more or

less on the spot, that I wanted to write songs and play guitar like him, and bought my first guitar the next day. I loved the sound of the 12-string, and have had no reason to change my mind since... so I taught myself to play it after a fashion. I still can’t play a six-string.” At Art College in Chesterfield, he was in the habit of performing every Wednesday at an open stage at the Velvet Underground. The house band was led by Joe Cocker, which led eventually to me joining his band, said Palmer. As a result, he was fortunate to meet a majority of the significant musicians in England. ”In those days, it was a fairly closely-knit community, and there were no barriers of genre to interfere with that. There really was no such thing at that time in England as a ‘rock’ or ‘blues’ or ‘folk’ musician... we were simply musicians, and played whatever struck our fancy. I suspect that

Dave Gallant and Chris Palmer was the strength of the English music scene, and what appealed to foreign fans.” Palmer went on to play harmonica with many of England’s most influential musicians, including George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Palmer moved to Canada in ‘75 and until 2000 lived in the Ottawa area. While fairly active musically, he established a career in social services, working in residential treatment programs. “I had a number of

musical partners over the years, and was probably somewhat spoiled by the quality of their musicianship. I was bemused by my discovery of the genre separation, and worked actively to erode it. Most of the projects I was involved in incorporated an eclectic mix of blues, folk, jazz, and rock.” In 2000 Palmer moved to Sooke. He fell in love with the Island, made a lot of good friends and played a lot of music. Palmer and Gallant

began playing together regularly almost immediately after meeting. “Dave’s eclectic repertoire worked well for my harmonicaplaying, and allowed me to escape the expectations of playing blues. I think the harmonica carries a little magic — it’s such a simple instrument, yet lends itself to playing almost anything. The more variety I play, the happier I am... and I especially enjoy performing songs that are far outside the usual harmonica reper-

toire,” said Palmer. Gallant spent his teenage years growing up in Montreal during the late 50’ and early 60’s where he first learned to play Ventures tunes. Soon he was turned on to the rock and roll sounds of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Everley Brothers. Then, along came the Beatles and that changed everything. During his last year of high school, Dave discovered Bob Dylan and soon he was performing in some of the coffee houses around Montreal, most notably the New Penelope where he frequently opened for such notable folk artists as Richie Havens, Eric Anderson and Tim Buckley. A brief stint in the army brought Gallant to Canada’s west coast. He has been playing in bands and as a solo artist on Vancouver Island since moving here in 1970. He was an original member of Victoria’s popular Nightshift band. He has

also played with the late and much loved Tommy “Johnny Cash” Craycroft and the Black Mountain Band and Mr. Puffy, featuring Joyce “the Voice” Allenson. He also spent time touring Ontario with the popular club act, Footloose. Gallant has lived in Sooke for the past 30 years and is still performing as a solo artist or with the Blue Moon Band, and is finally getting around to recording a CD of his original tunes. He is hoping to release it within the next few months. Palmer moved to Winnipeg a number years ago and he’s glad to be back on the Island for a visit and to make some music with old friends. So, please come out and join us this Saturday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1962 Murray Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. with open stage at 7:30 and our feature at 9. Contributed by Dave Gallant

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sooke loves to sing,â&#x20AC;? says Laura Dowhy. Knowing this, the Sooke Community Choir is hosting a Community Sing with accompanist Bruce Vogt on Sunday, Sept. 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had about 80 plus people at the previous events, which is a pretty good turnout,â&#x20AC;? said Dowhy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sing loud and have fun.â&#x20AC;? She said this event is only possible because Bruce Vogt has a wonderful ability to play any song he knows by ear. He has compiled a booklet with the lyrics to 196 popular songs, all chosen because they are widely known and loved and are easy to sing. Everyone has the words in their hands and the audience chooses their favourites to sing. This is Vogtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth time accompanying the singers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His talent is unique,â&#x20AC;? said Dowhy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really luck to have him.â&#x20AC;? Vogt is an engaging leader, comfortable with the sizable crowd that fills the Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Murray Road. he generously volunteers his talents so that patronsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; donations will benefit the Sooke Community Choir. Choir members will prepare refreshments during the break. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a fundraiser for us,â&#x20AC;? said Dowhy. The songs are all old favourites â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everything from show tunes to folk songs, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; songs to Irish favourites. They are all recognizable and most people know the words even without thinking about them. The Community Sing starts at 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Anglican Church at 1962 Murray Road. Admission is by donation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come out and bring out your inner voice,â&#x20AC;? said Dowhy.

Come, Join the Choir The Sooke Community Choir started its 2012 fall season on Sept. 5, but for those of you who missed the date, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late to join us for a wonderful sea-

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Bruce Vogt will lead the community in a sing-along on Sept. 16. son of traditional and new music to celebrate the Christmas season. The choir is again being lead by our talented director, Sarah Wilson, and by our equally talented accompanist, Kathy Russell.

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new voices to the choir. This year, we are particularly seeking out male voices, to help round out our sound and give it greater depth and colour. Last week, the choir tried out three of the

music selections for this season: Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth medley (have you seen the Bing Crosby/ David Bowie version? -a lovely piece); O Magnum Mysterium, a hauntingly beautiful traditional piece; and Baby itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cold Outside, a swinging tune from the musical Neptuneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter, and more recently, from the movie Elf. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to come. The Sooke Community Choir is a nonaudition choir and members do not have to read music to join. Under Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guidance, the choir members are encouraged to learn and grow musically while singing a variety of choral music. Sarah integrates information and instruction in our rehearsals, to

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EXP. TICKETED, Autobody Tech required to perform quality, efﬁcient repairs. Beneﬁts Available. Wage based on experience. Fax 250-287-2432 Email: richsauto@shaw.ca

ON-CALL WORKERS required for newspaper ﬂyer insertion Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursdays. $10.25 per hour. Evenings 5pm to 1am. Also occasional 9am to 5pm shifts available. No experience required. Please apply in person between 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday at Goldstream Press (Island Publishers). #200-770 Enterprise Crescent.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL ALBERTA BASED Company looking for qualified and experienced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher and Processor Operators. Out of town and camp work. Safety tickets and drivers abstract required. Email resume: jobs@commandequipment.com Fax 780-488-3002. AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for Welders, due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd Year Apprentices or Journeyperson Welders. We offer best wages in industry. 3rd Year Apprentice $28$30/hour, Journeyperson $32$35/hour, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at: (office)780-8462231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca production@autotanks.ca Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform. BUSY LOWER Mainland Commercial Tire store is seeking Experienced tire man for shop duties. Top Wages & Benefits Paid. Please send inquiries to: tireshop1234@hotmail.com

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS Wanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and beneﬁts. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email:info@torqueindustrial.com Online www.torqueindustrial.com

CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and beneﬁts. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustrial.com Online www.torqueindustrial.com FABRICATOR with pressure vessel exp. req’d for M/R union shop. Stable F/T position. Email resume mike@emmfg.com

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

PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, ﬁreplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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SOOKE- MAIN level, new bright 1 bdrm, separate entrance, own W/D. NS/NP. $695+utils. Call 250-415-7991.

SUITES, UPPER 3 BR Upper, W/D, 75% utilities, newly renovated, $1250/mo Avail. Oct.1. 250642-4062 IMMACULATE 2 BR, shared yard, deck, garden, in-suite laundry,quiet, close to,shops, N/S, Pets possible, $1000 + utilities, Avail now. 250-5894019 enable@shaw.ca OCT 1, Bright, Modern, Upper Studio on 2 acres in Sooke, large deck, $800/mth, includes hydro, water, w/d, garbage. NS, small dog neg, mature tenant. On bus route. 250-6421802 SIDNEY/N Saanich bright nwr 1 br upr suite. Lndry, wire inet, utils, storage incl. N/S N/P refs req Oct 1 $925. 818-6621.

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ART CLASSES, Adults & Children, at Sunriver, start. Sept. 12. Drawing, Watercolour & Oil. www.jfmincet-art.com. 250-208-0565.

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MUSIC LESSONS East Sooke, With Professional musicians. Guitar, Harp, Fiddle, Mandolin, Piano, Bodhran, 250-642-1897 pat-pat@telus.net

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SOOKE RANCHER Beautiful, immaculate, 1,649 sq ft executive rancher located in Whiffen Spit Estates, Sooke, BC. 10,000+ sq ft lot. Asking price $429,900. 250-686-5372 SIDNEY 4 bed/3 bath family home with suite. $499,900. Ph: 250-701-0323

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WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in September $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.

CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 ﬁrm. 250-755-5191.

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COTTAGES 4 - 1.2 BR Waterfront Cottages. Kitchen, Hot Tubs, gas F/P, furnished or unfurnished, Phillips Rd, near arena. 250642-2155

HOMES FOR RENT CHARMING 40’s house, commercially zoned in town core, ideal business location, avail. now. 250-642-5003 COLWOOD: 3 or 4 bdrm + hot tub avail Sept. 1. Great family home located on quiet a cul de sac in the desirable Wishart area. $1900/mo inclds water, garbage pickup. You are responsible for 2/3 hydro (you have your own heat thermostat). Private laundry, D/W. Will consider pet (not a fenced yard). Pet deposit req’d, ref’s, Absolutely NO smoking. Call 250-478-4606.

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SHARED ACCOMMODATION COLWOOD, UNFURN’D room available, incls all utils, $450. (Avail immed). 250-858-6930.

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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Available Immediately! Sparkling 3 Bdrm upper/main house w/ ocean view. Mstr bdrm w/ ensuite. Huge LR; DR Separate from kitchen. Woodstove in LR. Own laundry. New appliances. Very close to all amenities. $1300 All inclusive. N/P & N/S. Call today to apply and book a viewing 250-661-1152; references required; available immediately.

Available Immediately! 2 Bdrm lower suite. Huge LR w/ FP. All new appliances. Separate laundry. $975 All Inclusive. N/P & N/S. Very close to amenities. Call today to apply and book a viewing 250-661-1152; references required; available immediately.

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