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Wednesday, OCTOBER 10, 2012
Your community, your classifieds P22 • 75¢
New dump site being considered
Tour de Rock
Short-term solution may be in the works Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror
Sharron Ho photo
Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock riders arrived in Sooke on Oct. 3 to a barrage of cheers from local students and residents at Ecole Poirier. Sooke’s rider, Const. Steven Martindale, said the ride, which began on Sept. 23 at Port Alice, has been emotional. “It’s been pretty awe-inspiring, and words can’t really address everything that’s been going on for two weeks,” he said. “The physical turmoil they kind of prepare us for, but the emotional side of things, you know, they can’t.” When the ride became physically gruelling, Martindale thought of his junior riders, Daisy Irwin and Joel Dorval. “I’ve got two pictures of my junior riders on my bike and anytime during the bike hills, I looked down at them and it felt like they were pushing my bike for me.” The 14-day cycling journey across Vancouver Island ended on Oct. 5 in Victoria. Pictured: Riders are greeted by Sooke students as the arrive at Ecole Poirier. Const. Steven Martindale clutches his children under each arm after arriving in Sooke.
With the closure of the Sooke Disposal drop-off site on Sept. 30, the company is currently looking for shortterm alternatives. According to Doug Wittich, environmental consultant and Sooke Disposal spokesman, the company has recently sent in an application to council to use the industrially zoned property at the corner of Sooke Road and Idlemore Road as a temporary transfer station. The area measures approximately three quarters of a hectare, which Wittich said can adequately fulfill the needs of local residents in terms of garbage and recycling. But the site will not be able to satisfy construction companies that may be disposing of items like wood waste and concrete. “The owners of the land have no problem, they’re just not going to let anybody go on that land if the district finds it to be illegal,” Wittich said. According to Wittich, one of the problems Sooke Disposal faces is the lack of
properly zoned land for a drop-off site in Sooke. “It may be the act that there is no land in Sooke currently slated to allow a transfer station,” Wittich explained, adding that includes the Butler’s Brothers property where SDL recently vacated. Sooke has not set apart land or had never thought about acknowledging M2, M3 or M1 commercial designation, Wittich said. “That is a big issue and that’s one that’s going to be looked at fairly quick,” he added. According to Mayor Wendal Milne, it does appear that Sooke has not zoned any land as M3 heavy industrial for a transfer station. “We have a concern that garbage could be strewn about, (and) what we’re going to do is work with any of the private companies to get a place, but it’s got to be the right place,” Milne said. “I want people to understand that we take this seriously and we are looking at avenues, but we want to make sure that it’s done right and from a private enterprise perspective.” As for the long-term, SDL is currently eyeing a piece of property up Sooke River Road, measuring about
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6660 Sooke Road Open 7 Days a Week 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
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Fresh, Great Tasting Meat
5-A-Day for Optimum Health
BUTCHER’S BUTCHER’S BLOCK BLOCK
PRODUCE
Pork Chops $ 6.59kg ........................
Boneless
2
Bulk Chinese
$ 99
3
8.80kg ................ Boneless
/lb 6.59kg
/lb
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2
2
/lb
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3
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1.30kg
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4
500g ...................
Treats From the
SEA
450g .....................
799
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Fresh
Previously Frozen
Fresh
Grey Cod Fillets
Sockeye Fillets
Snapper Fillets
$ 69
1
3
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2
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Gulf Island Roasting Co.
Dank Hemp Infused
Fair Trade Coffee
Energy Drink
99
8
Knudsen Sparkling
Harvest Sun
79
1 $ 99 2 2/ 00 4
Apple Juice 750ml........ ............ Blue Diamond
$
Organic Tomatoes 796ml ..
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Annie’s Organic
Almond Breeze 1.89L ........
Macaroni & Cheese 170g .........
Barbs Bakery
Pacific
Cheese Puffs 155-198g ....
Organic Broths 946ml .........
Quality and Convenience
McCain Cool Quenchers
Fruit Beverage
$
99
3 $ 29 2 $ 69 3 $ 99 3
Thin Crust Pizza 325-390g .. ... Naleway
Perogies 1kg ................................
225ml
Swanson
69¢
Hungry Man Dinner 360-455g ... Island Farms Sherbet, Ice Milk or Frozen Yogurt 1.65L ............
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DAIRY Island Farms
2/ 00
3 Sealtest $ 99 Real Whipped Cream 400g...... 3 Parkay Soft or 1/4’s $ 49 Margarine 1.28-1.36kg..................... 3 Kraft Single $ 99 Cheese Slices 500g........................... 4 Light Cream 500ml ......................
Potato Salad Per 100 g Greek House
Tzatziki
$
3
69
5
49 ea.
4
250g
Selected Varieties, 330-365g
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Mayonnaise
99
3
400ml
V-8
300g
Vegetable Juice
600g
1.89L
570g
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709g
368-370g
5kg
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Premium Fruit Mix 100g
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Blanched Almonds 100g
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Blended Juice 1L
$
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Kraft
BBQ Sauce 455ml
$
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Christie
Cookies 350g
$
299
Sunrype Pure or
Blended Juice 5x200ml
4/
500 + dep
Kraft
Pure Jam 500ml
$
379
Unico Chick Peas or
Red Kidney Beans 796ml
$
189
Quaker Dipps
Granola Bars 187-206g
2/
500
Robin Hood
Quick Oats 2.25kg
$
299
BAKERY
Ju Jubes 100g
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2 Varieties, 1.36L
890ml
2.5kg
Per 100 g
125g
00
Unbleached Flour
12oz. Soup & Freybe Liver Sausage Sandwich
$
142ml
Robin Hood All Purpose or
Pepperoni or ¢ Salami $ 09
99
+ dep
600
Pizza
+ dep.
907g
2/
$
$ 99
1kg
2/
Healthy Choices in our Octoberfest
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225-235g
5
DELI
710ml
Potato Chips
49
$ 29 Sunrype Pure or
340g
Sunchips or Ruffles
12x125g
$
Sports Drink
269
Multipack Yogurt
Condensed Milk 300ml ..............
85g
Powerade
5
600
“Secret Super Saver Specials”
400g
5/
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142g
1L
3
$
Island Farms
400
645ml
99
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/ea
2/
113 - 192g
500ml
Kraft
300
3 Shake N Bake Coating Mix ............... 1 2/ 00 Prego Pasta Sauce ......................... 5 5/ 00 Dasani or Evian Water ...................... 5 $ 29 Cloverleaf Smoked Mussels ............... 1 $ 79 Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallows ......... 1 $ 99 Hereford Corned Beef .............................. 2 2/ 00 Bisquick Biscuit Mix .............................. 5 $ 29 Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce 2 $ 49 Texana Indian Basmati Rice ................ 3 $ 99 Bee Maid Liquid Honey ......................... 2 $ 99 General Mills Presweetened Cereal 3 $ 99 Sunrype Smoothies ..................... 2 $ 89 Frenchs Squeeze Mustard ..................... 1 2/ 00 Christies Red Oval Stoned Wheat Thins ..... 5 $ 99 Silver Hills Squirrelly Bread .................. 2 ¢ Island Bakery Premium 100% Wholewheat Bread . 99 4/ 00 Tri V Dog Food .................................... 5 ¢ Friskies Cat Food .................................... 99 $ 49 WC Cat Litter ........................................... 3 $ 99 Silk N Soft Double Roll Bathroom Tissue .. 5 $ 99 Alcan Aluminum Foil Wrap ............ 3 $ 99 Javex Ultra Liquid Bleach .................... 2
Pasta
Ristorante
89¢
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Eagle Brand
Olive Oil
900g
Garden Salad 1lb bag ..............................
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River Ranch
500
Gallo
5 $ 79 1 $ 19 2
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Rose Potatoes 3lb bag .............................
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Herb Salad
300g
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Avocado
Coffee
59
Cauliflower
B.C. Grown
Romaine Hearts 2/
MJB Ground
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355ml
California
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Cloth Bags
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use
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69¢ Kale 2/ 50 ¢ Green ..................................... 1 1.52kg.............................
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1.30kg
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Granny Smith Apples
Honeydew Melons
/lb
All Beef or BBQ Thick Cut or Maple Bacon $ 99 Wieners $ 99 Schneiders Bavarian or Cheddar
/lb lb
B.C. Grown
Field Tomato
Rib or Centre Cut Pork Chops or Roast $ 99 Roast $ 99 6.59kg ................
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Stuffed
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99 Mandarins
Pork Tenderloin Rib Loin Chops
Smokies
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Apple Mini Strudels $ 59 6’s
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Up Sooke
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Garbage disposal sites
Great Horned Owl
Cont’d from page 1 Sharron Ho photo
NEW MUSEUM HOURS
This Great Horned owl, also known as the tiger owl, was spotted sitting in a tree in the 6000 block of Whiffen Spit Road.
THE SOOKE REGION Museum is now on their winter hours schedule. They will be closed on Mondays and statutory holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. THEY WILL CLOSE from Dec. 24 to Jan. 8, 2013.
They are second heaviest owl in North America.
SUN SHINE THE WEATHER MAN is calling sun, sun, sun with lows to 9 degrees over the next week. GET OUT AND enjoy the weather.
Thumbs Up! TO EVERYONE WHO supported the Tour de Rock and Cops for Cancer through all of their fundraising efforts.
three acres, and zoned in the Agricultural Land Reserve. “We believe we have to own the property so they don’t have to deal with those tenuous leases,” Wittich said. Residents have expressed concern about a transfer site
to an ongoing study of the riparian land. “There’s definitely no issue of contaminants that were of concern to us. It’s simply the riparian issues that we’re looking to adhere to on our property,” he said. Butler Brothers is conducting a study on the riparian land the company resides on,
‘... I’m not personally convinced this is a right place for this.’ --Wendal Milne Mayor
OCTOBER FESTIVAL THE ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST celebrations will be held at the Sooke Legion on Saturday, Oct. 20. PRESENTED BY THE Sooke District Lioness Club with proceeds to Sooke Santa Sacks. TRADITIONAL GERMAN FOOD and music. ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE at the Sooke Legion, Shoppers and People’s Drug Marts, Jo’s Hair Design or by calling Lioness Ellen at 250-642-7158.
NEWS • 3
Website network for parents in the works Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror
A local mother of two young children has revived an online forum in hopes of developing a network for parents in the region. Allie Cortens is currently operating a “site for parents in Sooke by parents in Sooke.” The website is a threepart project, which includes a home page where daily events for children are listed, an informational page and a forum. Cortens said parents can use the forum to put postings on items they would like to purchase, exchange or sell. She added another use for the forum could be to arrange last minute play-dates. “I’m sure [the forum] could be anything people wanted it to be,” she said. “I’m hoping that peo-
ple will find it all useful. There are a lot of young families and I wish some website existed when we moved here two years ago.” The original site, which was designed to only be a forum similar to Craigslist or Kijiji, was created by another parent who has since moved away. After taking the reins, Cortens is currently operating as a onewoman show, listing local events for children on the website daily. “Right now I have a three year old and a newborn so what I know about is toddler and baby stuff,” Cortens said, adding she would love for other parents to help with the website’s administration. “I would love other people to be adding to the site as well -- people who know about older kids’ events because I
don’t know too much about that at this point.” She stated the website is just another resource for local parents, and hopes it can be a tool that will help connect parents with similarly aged children. “There’s already a really good real-life community and I wouldn’t
want it to replace that, but this will kind of help people connect in real life.” To check out the website, visit: www. sookefamilies.com To become a part of the project, contact Cortens at: allie@sookefamilies.com
being moved in on the ALR, but Wittich said it is currently just an option, as further research still needs to be done. SDL has put the site on hold with a deposit. SDL also still needs support from the District of Sooke, and approval from the provincial government to rezone the land. “I’m not optimistic they would do it and I’m not personally convinced this is a right place for this,” Milne said of rezoning ALR land. According to Travis Butler, part owner of the Butler Brothers, Sooke Disposal was given six month’s notice to vacate the land due
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and the protection on nearby water courses. “We’ve embarked on a study looking at the Alderbook creek channel and a potential relocation of the current stream channel, and an enhancement back to fish-bearing (water),” he said. “The creek is directly adjacent to the property that they are currently renting from us and the relocation would put the channel going through that portion of property. “We’re trying to be good stewards of the lands here and it’s unfortunate that we haven’t been able to accommodate Sooke Disposal in the meantime.”
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Produce
Fresh Meat Sunrise Whole or Split Bone-in
Fresh
Chicken Breasts $7.69/kg Sunrise
Fresh
$ 49
3
Fillets
Boneless
Sirloin Roast
$ 99
5 /lb
$13.20/kg.............
$5.49/kg.............
Regular or Breaded Pork
Gala Apples
/lb
Pork
Fresh
Chicken Breast
B.C. Grown! ‘New Crop’
2 /lb
$ 29
Schneider’s
4 Varieties
4 Varieties
Plain or Garlic
Deli
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Ham
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Hungarian
Salami
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Spicy Beef
Sausage Rolls
/100g
Ocean Mama Seafood Frozen
Bulk Foods
NEW!
$ 49
6
ea
Hot Coffee or Original
Peas
$ 49
3 Trail Mix...$139 /100g 300g................ ea Dark Chocolate Raspberry
Yellow
Split Peas 25¢/100g
Ginger Chews
$ 89
3 Licorice.......$119
128g................ ea Darrell Lea Black or Red
Green
/100g
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Made from Scratch White or Brown
Baker y Homestyle $ Bread
$ 59
Roast Beef
Old Fashioned
Kale.................................. 98 ea Zucchini $2.16/kg............ 98¢/lb ¢
Wasabi
1
Shrimp Gyoza 454g
/100g
Organic!
B.C. Grown! Red or Green
$ 54
Cod Fillets ............
B.C. Grown!
Bunch Carrots ......... 98 ea Bunch Beets................ 98¢ea
Fresh Pacific Caught Grey
Crab Meat ..... 88¢
/lb
B.C. Grown! White, Red, or Yellow
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Deli Meats 150g-200g....... 3 ea Strips or Nuggets 3lb box $1099 ea
Sea Food
68¢
$1.50/kg..........
ea
B.C. Grown!
$ 69
Schneider’s Chicken
Ready to Serve
Tomatoes
Cantaloupe $1.50/kg.. 68/lb¢ Potatoes $1.50/kg............ 68¢/lb
$ 99
Imitation
Leaf Lettuce California
Chicken $2.84/kg................ 1 /lb Meat Pies 400g.................. 3 ea Schneider’s
/lb
California Field
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Sirloin Cutlets $6.59/kg$299/lb Cottage Rolls $8.80/kg... $399/lb
68
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68¢
$ 49
Glenwood Pickled Corned Beef or Smoked
Ground Fresh
$1.50/kg........
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454g..........
/100g
49 $ 19 1/100g Seafood Salad.......................... /100g $ 99 1 /100g $ 19 $ 99 /100g 6 ea Spinach Dip............................... $
1 1
6 Pack................................
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Brownies 8x8sq.................................. Orange Cranberry
Muffins 6 Pack.................................
$ 99
4 ea $ 29 4 ea
89 ea
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Blueberry Scones
$ 49
3 ea $ 99 3 ea
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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 12 Pack
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Coca-Cola $ 99 5 20 Pack..............
Pepsi
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3/$ 00
5
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Lipton Sidekicks
Charmin Double Roll
Pasta n’ Sauce 99¢
Bathroom Tissue $ 99 6
120-167g............
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12 Roll.................
2/$
1L.....................
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5
Frozen Gold Rush
Hash Browns Siwin
750g...
3
Dumplings 500g....... $499 ea
Juice
113-192g........
12 Pack.............
Post Jumbo
Dempster’s White/100% Whole Wheat or
Cranberry Almond Crunch Cereal $ 99 6
Sourdough Bread 2/$ 00 6
946ml..........
Fraser Valley
Salted Butter
Lucerne Kreme
Koolers 24 Pack............. $399ea $ 99
4
ea
Paradise Island
Ricotta Cheese Dairyland
400g
$ 99
2
ea
399
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600-680g.........
ea
Noodles
250-300g.............
+ dep
5
Farkay Chow Mein or Steam Fried
Coffee
454g.............
ea
$ 99
MJB
$
399
Pizzas 325-390g............
1.4kg................
Limeade or Lemonade 2/$ 00 3
Dair y
Ristorante Thin Crust
ea
Santa Cruz Organic
Berries 2/$ 00
Shake ‘N Bake 2/$ 00 4
400ml...........
ea
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Ketchup $ 99 3 Coconut Milk 2/$ 00 3
398ml.............
600g..........
Nestea or Minute Maid
Asian Family
Deep Browned Beans 4/$ 00 5
Pickles
Kraft
1L....................
Heinz
Vlasic Dill
Heinz Squeeze
$ 99
3
397g............
ea
Natural Foods
4
Wolfgang Puck Organic
Soup 2/$
398ml..........
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2/$ 00
400
Dairyland Lactose Free
Northern Choice Chickpea or
Seapoint Farms Edamame
Armstrong
Pamela’s All Natural
Island Bakery Organic
Milk 2L........................... $399 ea
Rice Chips 205g.........2/$600 Soy Beans 454g....... 2/$500
$ 99 Chocolate Milk 2L,Jug $379 Cheddar Cheese 600g $8ea99 Cookies 150-170g........ 2 ea 12 Grain Bread 680g 2/$600 ea
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Tour de Rock arrives in Sooke
NEWS • 5
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TESTIMONIAL #164
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Sooke Canada Day Society Sharron Ho photo
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Above, students line the roadway to welcome the Tour de Rock riders. Right, N’aia Johnson gets her locks trimmed by Nicole Ray. Far right, Christopher Piatkowski and Spencer Logan shaved their heads (submitted photo). Below them is Sooke’s RCMP Cst. Steve Martindale getting his locks shorn who, as of Oct. 3, raised $15,000 for Cops for Cancer.
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Sharron Ho photo
The gymnasium at Ecole Poirier, above, was full to capacity when the Tour de Rock riders arrived. Bottom right, Junior rider Daisy Irwin with Kyle Slavin, Black Press media rider.
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This waterfront complex is undergoing a complete renovation and with this freshly decorated and updated 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, it has to be the best value in waterfront condos available. Huge lawn leads down to walk-on beach and gazebo. This life-style is not available in many places at this price, so a trip to view this property would be well worth while. Easy drive to Victoria and steps to the Sooke/Victoria bus. MLS® 312990 • $199,000
Immaculate 3 BR, 2 BA Home located in prestigious Lannon Creek Park. New carpets, Lino and paint throughout. Bright Kitchen with skylight. Cozy Living room with woodstove, 3 nice size bedrooms, Master Bedroom with 3 piece ensuite. Beautiful sunroom, sunny deck with nice landscaped lot, garden shed, and 2 car parking. Adult Only. Call Michael 250-642-6056 and
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Margison House: 100 years old 1912 – 2012 MARGISON HOUSE Elegant and substantial when it was built as a family home 100 years ago, Margison House remains both elegant and substantial today. Could businessman John Yeats Margison have possibly envisioned 100 years ago that the home he meant for his family’s enjoyment in the centre of the quiet village of Sooke would remain central to Sooke’s core development a century later? The 1912 photo shows the house under construction by the Richardson brothers, recently arrived from England. Screened from Highway 14 by large Douglas firs, the house has an atmosphere of quiet seclusion, almost an oasis, a feature that has been appreciated by its residents over the years. Its tradition of occupancy by successful business families was begun by realtor Margison, who raised his five children there before relocating to San Diego, California in 1918. Purchased by the Milligans who operated a logging enterprise further west, for a few years the house was rented out, tenants including businessman James Wilham who operated
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the Red & White Store at the north-east corner of Sooke and Church Roads (the stucco building still stands). For the next two decades another local business entrepreneur, Fred Thornber and his wife Elsie owned the house. Subsequent owners were pole contractor Eric Bernard and his wife Marjorie, followed by Frank Ellis who ran a tearoom there. After teh Second World War, more expansion took place in Sooke, with businessman Bob Gibson from the prairies acquiring the historic store at the north-west cor-
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ner of Sooke and Otter Point Roads, turning it into Gibsons Shopping Centre. Bob and his wife Julie made their home in the Margison House, selling in 1968 to Alan “Bud� Smith and his wife Clare. Bud was superintendent at the busy Sooke Forest Products Sawmill on Goodridge peninsula. As the Smiths had a large family, they particularly enjoyed the spacious gardens and tennis courts. Current owners of the house are Marvin and Sylvia Hallgren, who
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have not only raised their family in the spacious home but for a time used it for business purposes as well, with Sylvia hosting the elegant Margison Teahouse, and Marvin conducting his law practice across the hallway. Nowadays Sylvia is able to devote herself more to her two passions, her grandchildren and her art, while Marv’s law office has moved down the street. Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum
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LOOKING BACK A trip through the Sooke News Mirror’s archives. Oct. 6, 1993 Outreach reaches out to Sooke’s unemployed Western Community Outreach is reaching out to Sooke. The employment-aid organization opened an office at the community school portable at EMCS yesterday. Outreach staff will spend at least one afternoon a week there helping the local unemployed get themselves jobs. “What we’ve wanted to provide is a place in Sooke for Sooke people to have the opportunity to use our service,” employment counsellor Janice Booth said. “If the demand is there, I’m very willing to spend the whole day in Sooke. We’re quite open and flexible.” In basic terms, Western Community Outreach teaches the unemployed how to find jobs. Staff show people how to use a resume as a tool for marketing themselves, and help prepare them for job interviews. They help clients determine job search strategies and decide what fields they are suited for. They pro-
vide training and education information, and act as a reference for employers looking for workers.
developers because “part of the (problem) is related to growth in the community.”
Oct. 2, 1996 Rates to rise for water work
Oct. 8, 1997 School ground smokers caught puffing will be slapped with fine
Sooke residents can expect further water rate increases early next year as the Greater Victoria Water District takes a step towards upgrading the community’s sagging water system. The GVWD board hired an engineering consultant Friday to design upgrades intended to improve the community’s water service. But not everyone is pleased that Western Communities ratepayers, who are provided retail water service by the GVWD, will be asked to pick up the $158,746 tab. “It’s bad enough for us to be asked to pay for the upgrade itself, but to be asked to pay for the study and the consulting services for the upgrade is adding insult to injury,” said Stu Whitney, a member of the committee for Provision of Useable Fire Hydrants. GVWD Chief Commissioner Jack Hull said the design costs will be borne by users and
Anyone caught lighting up on school grounds is now subject to a $50 fine. That means cigarette smokers, who were banished from school property last September will have to continue to feed their addictions off campus. As a result of a Capital Regional District bylaw, students at Edward Milne community school have been ordered to be at least 50 feet away from the school before they light up. Now, anyone caught smoking on school grounds risks a $50 ticket from bylaw enforcement officers, CRD public health educator Dianne Stevenson explained. “It’s just so that they will see that it isn’t a joke and there are consequences and if they’re caught breaking the law they’ll have to pay the consequences,” Stevenson said. “Basically the majority of the kids are certainly complying and it isn’t a huge problem.”
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In special circumstances, school administration could report an incident and a ticket could be issued after the fact, Stevenson said, stressing it would have to be a special circumstance.
side were not damaged by the fire, except for one which had the windows crack due to extreme heat of the fire.
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Oct. 12, 2011 House fire regarded as ‘suspicious’ An early morning fire at a residence on Rhodonite Drive completely destroyed a home and it is being regarded as “suspicious.” Sooke Fire Rescue was called out at 2:23 a.m. and when they arrived at 6768 Rhodonite, the house was fully engulfed in flames. “The fire was blowing out the roof,” said Sooke Fire Chief Steve Sorensen. “We evacuated the houses on either side.” He went on to say that the roof collapsed within five minutes of the fire truck arriving on the scene and Sorensen said it “went bad from here.” At 8 a.m. on Friday, firefighters were still on the scene securing it because, “a few things don’t add up,” according to the chief. “Arson is not ruled out at this point,” he said. The homes on either
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Juan de Fuca happenings With the recent improvements to Highway 14, the road to Port Renfrew and the Cowichan Valley is now easier than ever. Over $20 million has been poured into work on the bridge at Sombrio, paving the road and making the whole area more accessible. The work is not complete but it will be soon. The Pacific Marine Circle Route can now honestly become another access route in and out of Sooke and the lands north. This could also lead to a lot of increased tourism for Sooke. We need to get on the ball and figure out what these travellers would want to see and do. Sooke is situated as Not bad a perfect stopping off point between the Cowichan Valley for the little and Victoria. We need to get fisherman them to stop. Port Renfrew itself is from Port becoming a not so well Renfrew. kept secret. Tourism is and will continue to expand in the tiny hamlet for many reasons. The success developers found with the tiny vacation homes speaks volumes for the potential in the community. The gnarliest trees in Canada, the pristine wilderness and the great fishing all contribute. They may be a small community but they are tooting their assets and selling the natural resource aspect around them. East Sooke will soon have a Canadian Auxiliary Coast Guard training centre at Glenairley. Rumours have been flying for the past six months and it is now closer to reality. This will mean that auxiliary members from across Canada will come to our area to train. Mike Hicks, regional director for Juan de Fuca said he has been suportive ever since he was approached about the idea a couple of years ago. Not bad for the little fisherman from Port Renfrew.
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Skills training’our mission,’ Dix declares B.C. Views My column on skills training a couple of weeks ago gave short shrift to the NDP position: tax the banks and hand out grants for women’s studies, sociology and other worthless pursuits, while skilled jobs go begging. That’s a pretty crude caricature, so I sat down with NDP leader Adrian Dix in his legislature office last week to get a better sense of his thinking on the subject. Dix has been devoting a lot of time lately to skills training, in trades particularly. He meets frequently with business people now, and his recent speeches emphasize that every one of them talks about the growing shortage of skilled employees. Dix credits Premier Christy Clark and jobs minister Pat Bell with making some good moves recently, announcing equipment upgrades for vocational programs around the province. He says it’s because the NDP have been “pounding away at them for eight months” about freezing advanced education spending in their March budget. Dix calls that a crucial mistake and predicts the government will reverse it soon. “So I think, if we’re going to have a mission for four years as a government, if we’re elected, this is the mission: to start to address the skills shortage,” he told me. In his speech to the recent munici-
pal convention, and again at an NDP provincial council meeting, Dix zeroed in on B.C.’s apprenticeship system. Since the B.C. Liberals took it from trade unions and set up a Crown corporation called the Industry Training Authority in 2004, the completion rate for apprentices has fallen to 37 per cent, he said. Dix assured me he isn’t proposing to “blow up” the ITA, or hand control back to unions. They will have “a voice,” along with business. Speaking to the NDP executive, Dix referred to Phil Hochstein, president of the non-union Independent Contractors and Businesses’ Association, as the symbol of trades training decline. Not surprisingly, Hochstein has a different take. The 37 per cent figure is misleading, Hochstein said, because under the ITA there are currently 32,000 apprentices in the system, twice as many as when it was union controlled. Many drop out in the first year, and Alberta claims a better completion rate because they don’t start counting until the second year. And when Dix touts Alberta’s “mandatory” trade system, Hochstein said he means returning to a system where all work is restricted to journeymen or registered apprentices of that trade. “What it does is impose union jurisdiction on the training system of the entire construction industry,” Hochstein said. “So multi-skilling,
multi-tasking, organizing the work in the most efficient way is blown out of the water, and it’s stuck in the old craft system of training.” The marketplace has spoken on that restrictive system, he said, and unionized construction is down to about five per cent of the market, based on payroll. Hochstein said the NDP talks a great game about getting more young people into trades. But when unions have the upper hand, they will always favour seniority. A quota of two apprentices per journeyman means another one can’t be hired. Dix agreed with me that the public school system has over-emphasized university, to the detriment of not just industrial trades but lab techs, chefs and other skilled workers that are in short supply. As B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair recently noted, tradesmen themselves often don’t encourage their kids, because they’ve been told all their lives that they are “tool monkeys” in a dead-end job. And would NDP student grants be targeted to need? Dix’s answer was a definite maybe. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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We asked: What are your thoughts on Justin Trudeau running for the Liberal Party of Canada leadership?
I think it’s okay. He should know everything about it, politics wise.
I think that’d be outstanding. I loved his dad and I think he’s got the right instincts.
Mike Hollos Sooke
Cat tales This is the touching story of Molly’s love for her children. It was six weeks ago when we first captured Molly, the mom of three kittens. As a matter of fact, it was Jeannie and Wayne, the owners of the land where she grew up, who brought her to our rehabilitation centre after her visit to the vet. Unfortunately, on this same day too many people had come to help us and; by accident, when we tried to pass her from the carrier to the cage she escaped. Until yesterday, we kept putting food out for her presuming she was hiding under a pallet, but she was not. In the meantime, after four weeks of the kittens being at the centre, we needed to send them to different foster homes because the facility is not insulated and it is too cold for them. Her third kitten still is living in the forest. One of Molly’s kittens was adopted and another came to my house, 10 blocks away. However, four days ago, as a miracle, I saw Molly arriving exhausted and starving at my house. I could not believe my eyes when I saw her. My heart jumped with admiration for this good mom, who even feeling weak from the spaying, of having been lost and hungry for six weeks, and being unfamiliar with the city had followed her kitten’s smell to my home. At that point, I decided to set up the
Ray Carson Sooke
The Liberals have sold this country down the river. I have been voting for many years, I would not vote for them again, regardless if they used Pierre Trudeau’s son. Terrance Horne Sooke
LETTERS Something fishy is going on
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Glen Varney makes a statement in his front yard at Whiffin Spit. His “fish” are there to protest the decommissioning of Bill James Dam on DeMamiel Creek. The signs has words such as, “Contact your MP,” “DFO,” “Stop,” “Save,” “DeMamiel Creek,” “Help,” “Coho.” trap with the hope that she would go in, but suddenly, she disappeared. I went to bed tortured by the idea of a feral cat wondering terrorized in the middle of a busy road and; as always, tired I fell sleep. Five hours later, I woke up all worried for her crossing the roads when I realized that over the night she had gone inside the trap by herself. I thanked all the spirits I know for this wonderful gift of life and ran to call her owners. Jeannie and Wayne are now adopting her and her only left kitten. They also have adopted another family of feral
cats which are now all fixed. A happy end. Conclusion, day by day we are learning new ways of protecting these poor and defenceless animals which people have thrown out in our forests without compassion. We are contributing and growing as a group of volunteers and donors because we all understand that is the only way we have to build a healthy community. With the help of the Sooke District and of the Capital Regional District we are already attracting the attention of other cities on the island. The compassion and respect
to animals that we are teaching our children is reflecting in our great moral values as Sookies. Last, we have six kittens which have been through a lot and which deserve to find a good loving home? Can you open your home to one or two of them? They have been all spayed/ neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, and defleaded. Our phone number is 250-664-7045 and our website www.safars.org Margarita Dominguez Sooke Animal Food and Rescue Society Sooke
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Response to Fletcher Tom Fletcher (Another View, Sooke News Mirror, Oct. 3) claims that a read of budgets shows that there have been no cuts to forest inventory work under the Liberals. However, Liberal forest minister Steve Thomson clearly disagrees. In budget estimates this spring, I asked the minister to contrast the amount spent on forest inventory work in the 11 years the Liberals have been in power to the 1990s under the New Democrats. Minister Thomson admitted that under the New Democrats, the budget for forest inventory work averaged $23.6 million, while under the Liberals, the average was roughly $8.5 million. By any measure, that’s a significant cut. More important than the dollar figures, however, is the qualitative record of the Libe-
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Cont’d from page 9 rals on forest inventory. Independent experts, including the auditor general and the Forest Practices Board, have recently condemned the Liberal record on forest inventory and forest health. The auditor general said the Liberals had allowed a trillion-dollar asset – the publicly owned forested lands – to badly degrade, putting the future of our forest industry in jeopardy. Adrian Dix and the New Democrats believe that careful investment in our forests can serve to stabilize the forests today so that we can have stable industry in the future. The first step is recognizing the failings of the recent past – and the Liberal cuts to forest inventory work count as one of those failings. Norm Macdonald, MLA New Democrat critic for forests
Triathlon Survey Results For the information of those who don’t receive the Otter Point & Shirley Residents & Ratepayers Association monthly newsletter and are interested in the results of OPSRRA’s
LETTERS September triathlon survey, here is a summary. There were 72 participants. We asked questions concerning the Aug. 12 Subaru Sooke Triathlon which required partial and total road closures along sections of Highway 14 west of Gordon’s Beach and through the communities of Shirley and Jordan River. Which community do you reside in? Shirley: 49 Otter Point: 20 Jordan River: 0 Other: 3. Were you aware that there was a triathlon race on Sunday, August 12th? Yes: 70 No: 2 Were you inconvenienced by the closure of parts of Otter Point Road and/or Highway 14? Yes: 47 No: 25. Should the cycling event be relocated from this portion of Highway 14? Yes: 51 No: 21 If this route is maintained, should response times for emergency vehicles be guaranteed by the event organizers? Yes: 67 No: 5 If this route is maintained should local businesses be compensated for lost business? Yes: 48 No: 24 If this route is maintained should the event organizers re required to meet with representatives from local fire,
police and ambulance to agree on an emergency services plan for race day? Yes: 71 No: 1 We also invited participants to add any comments. There were 50 comments received in four broad groupings: Great event; worth closing the highway for a short time. Emergency services concerns for both community and event participants. Not being able to get in or out of the community. Disruption to local businesses. The majority of the comments did not support of the continued closure of Highway 14. All of the comments are available on the OPSRRA web site: This month’s survey is about water. Visit www. opsrra.ca to participate. Arnie Campbell – President, OPSRRA Otter Point
Good spot for transfer station Re: Editorial: A little of this, a little of that. Regarding the closure of the Sooke Disposal yard — I had read a suggestion that the district work with Sooke Disposal to perhaps get them set up in the industrial park land opposite Saseenos elementary school, which I understand the district owns. It would seem to me that the location is as good as we can hope for (nobody really wants the dump next door) and the land sits vacant now when it could be bringing in some revenue for the town (we could charge more or less what Butler was charging for his land). I hope the district is actively working with SDL to get them set up, as I am quite concerned about the illegal dumping of garbage. I have been the victim of a number of instances of illegal dumping at the back of my property (which funny enough
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KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124 SUNDAY SERVICE 10:15 am Pre-Service Singing 10:30 am Family worship Rev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg Parents Room and well equipped Nursery
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ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish 2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945 Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 am Thursday Mass 10:30 am Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-2 Thurs 1-3 Rev. Fr. Michael Favero
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Grow a Native Plant Garden.
is right next door to the current SDL dump yard). An update from the district on their efforts to address this community concern would be appreciated. Kyle Topelko Sooke
Residents of the Capital Region are invited to participate in a FREE workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. These informative workshops will be held at Swan Lake Nature House, located at 3873 Swan Lake Road in Victoria. Workshop Dates:
Feeling unsafe in Shirley As a mother of two young children it’s nice to know that there are people in our community who are willing to save our lives without hestition. ‘ I have known Donovan Ray for many many years and can say that I absolutely trust my family’s life in his hands. I had a dealing with him 10 years back and he does not hesitate to help — no matter the situation. There are people in this community that when they call 911 they ask for the Shirley department to not come, that changed with Donovan in charge. In a small community like ours you need to trust who’s in charge and that trust comes with time! I really do not feel as safe as I once have. Corinna Cancade Shirley
Happy in Sooke If you were fortunate and quick enough to get a ticket to the second annual Sooke Food CHI Harvest Supper you were treated to a magical evening filled with excellent food, good music, wonderful ambiance and a feeling of community connectedness, beautifully orchestrated by the cooperative efforts of so many, including local fishermen, farmers and friends. It was one of the warmest and most memorable local events ever; a full sensory experience with sunflowers and the verdant community gardens as a backdrop. Congratulations to everyone involved! Thank all of you for giving us yet another reason to be so happy with living in Sooke. Christa Rossner Sooke
Tuesday, October 2 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sunday, October 21 1 to 4 pm
Saturday, November 3 1 to 4 pm
The Next Steps in Native Plant Gardening - Saturday, October 13, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm *pre-requisite—Grow a Native Plant Garden workshop and experience with native plants Each workshop is limited to 20 participants and pre-registration is required. Call 250.479.0211 to reserve your spot today. www.crd.bc.ca
Exactly how much is an inch of water? And how do you measure it? Pirjo Raits photo
Park side Ed Macgregor Park is a little oasis in the middle of Sooke.
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Here’s a great children’s story. The Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children has been renamed Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island.
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Please welcome our new name! It tells the full story of what we do and where we do it. We continue to promote the health and well-being of children and youth in need and their families all over Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. This includes funding for the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health, Jeneece Place, the West Shore and Sooke Child, Youth & Family Centres, and other organizations, programs, and equipment for children in need. Thank you to our donors who have been supporting our Foundation for over 90 years. If you would like more information or wish to donate, please visit childrenshealthvi.org or call 250-519-6722.
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Ferry rates rising BC Ferries has the green light to raise fares by up to 12 per cent over three years and passengers should expect less frequent sailings on some major runs. Increases in the fare cap of roughly four per cent a year were approved Monday by B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee. The ferries regulator also directed BC Ferries to come up with more than $54 million in savings over four years, including $30 million through service cuts. BC Ferries will trim some sailings starting Oct. 9, particularly when vessels are running with light passenger loads on major routes between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Regular odd-hour sailings won’t be affected, but nearly 100 evenhour sailings are to be scrapped between those terminals.
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Down in the valley The hills in the Sooke River valley from this vantage point are breathtaking. Most of the photos on the pages of the Sooke News Mirror are available for purchase on disk. See our albums of photos taken by our photographers on the Sooke News Mirror’s Facebook page.
Deceased veterans will be honoured The Royal Canadian Legion will build a “Virtual Wall of Honour and Remembrance” to honour all deceased veterans. The appearance of the “Virtual Wall” will coincide with the National Remembrance Day Ceremony, organized by the Legion on behalf of and for all Canadians. It will be displayed on the large video screens prior to the start of the actual ceremony on Nov. 11, 2012 and those thereafter. As a way to honour their relatives and friends who have served Canada, Canadians are invited to forward a photograph of the deceased veteran to Dominion Command along with his or her name, years of service, element or force to which the departed belonged or regiment/ unit. Photos can be sent by mail to Dominion Command, 86 Aird Place, Ottawa, ON, K2L 0A1 (no originals please as they cannot be returned) or electronically to: RememberingThem@legion. ca or ALeurMemoire@ legion.ca . Any deceased veteran (including those
who belonged to the Merchant Navy and of Ferry Command) whose death was attributable to any cause before or after they served (Second World War Korea, peace support missions, Afghanistan, accidental death in Canada) will be honoured.
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Take notice that pursuant to Section 224 of the Community Charter, the Council of the District of Sooke will consider adoption of Bylaw No. 555 on: Date: October 22, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Council Chamber, 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC Bylaw No. 555, Permissive Tax Exemption for Public Parks and Recreation Grounds, Not for Profit Corporations and Public Authorities Amendment Bylaw (338-3) The purpose of Bylaw No. 555 is to exempt from taxation under section 197(1)(a) of the Community Charter three parcels of land legally described as: • Lot A, District Lot 200, Malahat District, Plan VIP82212 • Lot A, District Lot 166, Malahat District, Plan VIP78563 • Lot B, District Lot 166, Malahat District, Plan VIP78563 all located on Sooke River Road, together with any improvements on such parcel, for the period 2012 to 2017. Each exemption is granted on the condition that the parcel is used, held, owned or occupied by the TLC The Land Conservancy of BC. The estimated amount of annual taxes that would be imposed on the parcel, if the exemption is granted, is $23,895.57.
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Helping soldiers through comfort This past fall the Shirley quilters began making quilts for soldiers and now the organizers of the Sooke Fall Fair want to include these Quilts of Valour at the 2013 Sooke Fall Fair. “This will give them lots of time to make the quilts and also make folks aware our big 100 year celebration coming up in 2013,” says June Wesley,who is organizing this category for the fair. Quilters can enter in two categories and two different sizes of quilts. Adults and seniors can all enter to make either a lap size (50”x70”), or twin size (72”x96”). The same sizes apply if the quilt is made by a group. “These quilts are to show our appreciation, support and encouragement to our military who put their lives at risk,” said Wesley. The QoV category will be sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 54. For more information ,contact June at 250642-2032. The Quilts of Valor Foundation was initially established in the U.S., but it was adopted by Lezley Zwaal of Edmonton, Alberta, in 2006.
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The following letter was received by Mary Ewing, Eastern Canada coordinator of Quilts of Valour Canada.
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Just some of the patterns on material which are now available for those making handmade Quilts of Valour. your group are doing for all the injured soldiers. Yours truly Pte. R.G. This is just one of many expressions of gratitude received from those who have been given quilts through the Quilt of Valour program. Each of the stitches in the quilt was likely made with a sol-
dier or member of the armed forces in mind. The quilts are a show how much these men and women are appreciated for the often dangerous job they do. Each person who receives a quilt is either in recovery from injury or still dealing with issues such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Dear Mary, Today I was presented with my own quilt of valour, and was honoured and very proud in receiving this beautiful piece of artwork that was made by someone who truly cares and admires the sacrifices that our soldiers do on a daily basis. I am still serving, I have had a very long and good military career of 26 years, numerous tours of Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. I am diagnosed with severe PTSD and suffer from back injuries. Your lovely quilt will be a new found comfort area for me and my soul to help me cope with the many challenges that lay before me in the years to come, while battling my horrors and daily pain. I cannot thank you enough for what you and
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These two healthy looking bear cubs were seen scampering across Otter Point Road.
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Residents a re reminded to pick fruit from their trees, clean barbecues and secure garbage to prevent bear interaction.
The EDC supports economic development activities in the Electoral Area. The EDC allocates funds to support community initiatives that improve the economy and create jobs. Projects are expected to be self-sustaining following the initial grant; ongoing activity is not normally supported. Project funds should be dedicated to new capital expenditures as opposed to wages for labour or consultant fees. Project funds should be dedicated to new capital investments organized under a project and not provided for operational funding support.
Youth parliament seeking members Youth parliament seeks BC residents aged 16-21 for projects to benefit the youth of the province. The British Columbia Youth Parliament is after 95 fine young men and women to visit Victoria this Christmas, debate important service projects to benefit the youth of the province, and put those plans in place in 2013. From now until midOctober, BCYP is calling on community and youth leaders across the province to nominate exceptional young people to take part in this important opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BCYP is education and community service in action,â&#x20AC;? says Sarah
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improve the lives of young people. These include group community service events, partnerships with community service organizations, regional model parliaments, and individual youth volunteer projects. BCYP members spend time at the BC Legislature in Victoria between Boxing Day and New Years Day every year to debate and vote on the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed activities and issues of local, national, and international importance. All members sit as independents, and are free to vote according to their conscience on the issues. Potential BCYP mem-
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Land donation recognized by CRD Dr. Joyce Clearihue was hiking with a group from the Victoria Natural History Society in the Charters Creek area on Sunday, Sept. 23. It was the first time she saw the plaque recognizing her generous donation of 45.2 hectares to the Sea to Sea Regional Park Reserve. She eagerly posed beside the recently installed plaque on the trestle above the Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre. The VNHS group hiked around the Charters River property with Rosemary Jorna of the Juan de Fuca Community Trails Society and had a guided tour in the interpretive centre with Elida Peers. The VNHS maintains a rare bird hotline (250) 704-2555 to report rare or interesting sightings of birds within the Greater Victoria region.
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JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
FIREWOOD Seasoned Douglas fir, $200/cord + delivery. Free delivery in Sooke. Call Mike at 778-679-7687, 250472-1766.
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DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747. SOOKE MOVING AND STORAGE Heated indoor storage, self contained, various sizes, 24 hr. security. outdoor storage available. Public access 9-5pm. Mon.- Sat. 2018 Idlemore Rd. 250- 642-6577
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1981 MERCEDES 300SD Turbo Diesel for sale. 281,000 KMS, (Champagne colour) in fair condition, asking $3000. Maintenance log available. Call 250-885-9010.
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SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES “2004 RAV4 4WD”- $13,500 firm. 4 cyl, auto, silver, Michelins, 120,000 km,Victoria only vehicle. Complete maintenance history. Lady-driven, no accidents, excellent condition, keyless entry. Model Recommended In Top 10 by Consumer Reports. (250)479-5545. y
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Additional support services offering one-to-one appointments, free prenatal vitamins, food vouchers, and bus tickets. Ongoing registration. Please call Sooke Family Resource Society Member of BC Association 250-642-5152 of Pregnancy Outreach Programs Or visit 2145 Townsend Rd, Sooke
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For further information or to register please contact Susie Sherman @ 2506425723 or by email at susiesherman@shaw.ca Information can always be found on the Sooke Minor Hockey website at www.sookeminorhockey.ca
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PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178.
All females between the ages of 5 – 18 are welcome to join in the festivities! Participants will be supplied with hockey gear to borrow for the onice activities. There is no cost for this event.
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“INVITATION” The IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation), Hockey Canada and BC Hockey support an initiative that both celebrates and promotes female hockey at all levels. Sooke Minor Hockey, also a strong supporter of female hockey at all levels, is participating in the celebration of female hockey by hosting a number of events on Sunday, Oct 14/12. Please come and join us our celebration! Everyone is welcome!
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Sooke Youth Council making plans for the year Sharron Ho
ins, Sooke Youth Council co-ordinator, adding there is no pressure for participants to join the council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they want to have a say in the community, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect opportunity to do that, and the members of the youth council can act on those wishes specific from the youth who come,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal of the whole day is to get to know peers in that age group and there will be lots of team building and fun activities throughout the morning and then
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The Sooke Youth Council is holding a Planning Day meeting on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Edward Milne community school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is designed to gather local youth, from the ages of 13 to 21, to help plan a 12-month calendar outlining events, goals and plans for the council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone in that age range is able to come out to the Planning Day,â&#x20AC;? said Ebony Log-
in the afternoon weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be doing a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;world cafe styleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; planning session.â&#x20AC;? Logins said the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;world cafe styleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; planning sessions will entail five different tables, each with a host and topic for discussion. Participants will cycle through each of the tables, where they will present their ideas and build on existing ideas left by people who were at the table previously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essentially building upon ideas as they go around the room,â&#x20AC;?
Logins said. The topics will be discussed on Planning Day, and subjects most relevant to Sookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth will be selected. The Sooke Youth Council was formed in 2008. Some of their latest achievements include an event called Medicine for Maysa, where $3,000 was raised to help Maysa, an infant with cystic fibrosis, and her family. They were also involved with the Sooke Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adopt-a-Highway project, where a portion
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1. Development Variance Permit Applications a) VAR-03-12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lot 2, Section 85, Sooke District, Plan EPS411 (Grieve â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 372 Becher Bay Road) b) VAR-04-12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lot 10, Section 10, Otter District, Plan VIS5070 (Nickell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8153 Taylor Place) Due to advertising deadline, other items may be included on the agenda. Please call 250.642.1500 for conďŹ rmation. Comments on agenda items can be submitted before noon October 16, 2012 by email to jdďŹ nfo@crd.bc.ca or be submitted at the meeting. Staff reports will be available after October 11, 2012 on the CRD website at: www.crd.bc.ca/reports/ juandefucalandusecom_/2012_/index.htm or can be viewed at our ofďŹ ce at 2-6868 West Coast Road, Sooke, Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Leasing of Kaltasin Works Yard The District of Sooke proposes to lease a portion of municipally-owned lands known as the Kaltasin Works Yard and which is legally described as: Lot 13, Block 3, Section 7, Sooke District, Plan 2434 Except Part in Plan VIP461RW Lot 14 and 15, Block 3, Section 7, Sooke District, Plan 2434 This Request for Proposals (RFP) is directed to individuals and/or enterprises or non-proďŹ t organizations that are involved in local small to medium-sized enterprises that require additional space to grow their operations. The District of Sooke recognizes that local home based businesses, small business owners and non-proďŹ t organizations cannot afford the price of serviced commercial and light industrial lands. This RFP is intended to gather together a list of qualiďŹ ed local businesses or non-proďŹ t organizations who would be interested in leasing space and growing their operations in the District of Sooke. Preference will be given to operations having a â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? or carbon imprint reducing component. For the full Request for Proposal document, please see our website www.sooke. ca. Each proposal shall include the lease rate, intended use of the lands, and any improvements that may be put upon the lands. The proposal must also state whether a shared use of the lands could be accommodated. Those submitting proposals must be able to provide a minimum $5Million third party liability insurance if awarded a lease. THIS IS NOT A TENDER. The District of Sooke reserves the right to reject any or all proposals: the highest bid will not necessarily be accepted. The District of Sooke reserves the right to waive informalities in or reject any or all proposals or accept the proposal deemed most favourable in the interests of the District of Sooke. Under the Community Charter, the District of Sooke must not provide assistance to business and therefore fair market value for use of the land will play a key part in the decision when awarding the lease. If disposition is made it will be on the basis of a subjective discretionary decision of the Council and not on any evaluation criteria other than the content of this notice. Except as expressly and speciďŹ cally permitted in these Instructions to Proponents, no Proponent shall have any claim for any compensation of any kind whatsoever, as a result of participating in the RFP, and by submitting a proposal or bid each proponent shall be deemed to have agreed that it has no claim.
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of Hwy. 14, from Sooke River Bridge to Cooper Cove was â&#x20AC;&#x153;adopted.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been four years but I think still our main reason for existence is to really get the word out there that youth are capable of doing really cool things,â&#x20AC;? Logins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That they are excited and willing to make changes in the community and make it better for everyone.â&#x20AC;? Youth interested in participating in Planning Day can contact the Sooke Youth Council at: sookeyouth@ gmail.com
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SUBMISSIONS: Proposals must be delivered to the District of Sooke on or before 4:00 p.m. (local time) on October 18, 2012 in a sealed enveloped clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kaltasin Words Yard Proposalâ&#x20AC;? addressed to: District of Sooke Attention: Michael Dillabaugh, Director of Finance 2205 Otter Point Road Sooke, BC V9Z 1J2 Email: mdillabaugh@sooke.ca Fax: 250-642-0541
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BC KIDS GET ‘RABBIT READY’ FOR FIRE EMERGENCIES October 2nd, 2012 – The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) along with fire departments and primary and pre-school teachers across the country, have introduced a new tool to help kids and families be better prepared in case of fire: cute and fuzzy bunny rabbits. "Have Two Ways Out" is this year’s theme for Fire Prevention Week, which runs October 7 – 13. The theme builds on rabbits’ instinct to always have at least two exits from their underground homes leading to safety. Fire Chief Stephen Gamble, president of the CAFC, says families who create and practise an escape plan together, with two ways out of every room if possible, have a better chance of escaping during a real fire emergency.
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"An escape plan helps families respond more quickly and calmly when faced with a real fire situation," Chief Gamble says. "When a smoke alarm sounds, everyone needs to know what to do and where to go. Planning two ways out of each room, ahead of time, greatly increases your chances of getting out without injury." Among the "Have Two Ways Out" activities will be a week of home fire escape lessons taught to young children by primary and pre-school teachers, followed by home-work assignments encouraging families to prepare and practise an escape plan. The effort extends through the entire month of October featuring a special web site www.safeathome.ca/twowaysout where families can print out a free home escape plan template. They can also watch for it in the "Have Two Ways Out" homework package which the CAFC designed to help parents, teachers and kids work hand in hand. Families who register the completion of their plan on line are rewarded with a “Have Two Ways Out” Certificate and the chance to win over $10,000 in prizes including Kidde Escape Ladders, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms. Teachers can also register their classrooms for a chance to win Domino’s Pizza Parties, glow in dark Kidde Sparky Smoke Alarms, and Sparky the Fire Dog plush toys that speak fire safety messages. Carol Heller is a home fire safety specialist with Kidde Canada, recognized as the largest smoke and carbon monoxide alarm company in Canada—and a major partner in the CAFC’s annual Fire Prevention Week campaign. Heller says two more factors are important for families to consider to avoid fire tragedy. “If a false alarm has caused you to take the batteries out of your smoke alarm, or remove it from the ceiling, it won’t be there when you need it most,” she says. “So when your kids come home from school excited to create an escape plan, also make sure smoke alarms are installed and working on every storey of your home.” Heller adds, "Remember that smoke alarms wear out. Replace them every 10 years whether they are battery operated or hardwired into your home’s electrical system.” Fire Departments play a major part in the safety campaign’s success, building on their established school programs of working hand-in-hand with youngsters and educators. A free home escape plan template and more family fire safety tips can be found online at the campaign website www.safeathome.ca/twowaysout.
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Catching up with the Celtic
Practice hour
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With the soccer season started up, the Sooke Celtic have three losses and one win under their belt. According to Sooke Celtic manager, Steve Scott, the team is currently missing some members of their regular roster to the drawn out summer weather.
‘We don’t really know anything about those teams.’ --Steve Scott Sooke Celtic manager
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Sooke Minor Hockey novice players lay flat on the ice at SEAPARC arena during practice. The kids quickly scrambled to get up on the coach’s command.
✪ SEAPARC STAR of the WEEK REECE TRAYNOR
This week, SEAPARC is happy to introduce you to four year old Reece Traynor. He attends the Montessori Pre-School and says that he loves to learn about the oceans because he likes the creatures that live in them. He is in his first seasons with the Sooke Soccer Club and can hardly wait to start hockey too. He is currently learning to skate so he can sign up for the SEAPARC Sharks Hockey Program in January. Baseball is his “other” favourite sport, and he plays it in his backyard with his family. Reece likes camping (especially the marshmallows) and visiting his relatives in Ontario. He was happy to tell us that his Grandparents just arrived from Port Perry, Ontario for a visit. He wants to take them to Beacon Hill Park and the Bug Zoo while they are here on the island. Reece loves to help around his home; he helps with gardening, right from digging and planting, to weeding and harvesting but he says that his favourite part about gardening is eating the vegetables! He likes building things with Lego and his Dad told us that he loves to build things and fix stuff with his very own carpentry tools. Reece used to think he would be a Cowboy when he grew up, but he has since decided that he will be a Farmer instead. He says that he has a really good little sister (Alexis) and that he likes to teach her things like sports. Reece was described as being a determined and energetic little guy who has a good sense of humour and always wants to help. We think you are great Reece, thank you for being our SEAPARC Star of the Week.
He expects things will pick-up upon the return of their regular players. The team is also playing in the Pacific Cup, a tourney featuring teams from the Vancouver Island Soccer League and the Fraser Valley Soccer League. The Celtic were the single team from the VISL to make it past round one, and have made it into the semi-finals. They will be heading to Vancouver for the semifinals on Oct. 20. Scott said one of the challenges the Celtic face in the tourney is playing against unfamiliar teams. “We don’t know really anything about those teams,” he said, adding the team is also at the bottom of the draw meaning the Celtic have to travel to Vancouver for every game. “So, that’s bit of a challenge, too,” he said. The Celtic’s next league game will be on Oct. 13 at Finlayson on Topaz Park against the Bays United Liquor Plus at 8 p.m.
Cold Water Awareness Swim Saturday & Sunday October 13th & 14th 1:00 - 3:30 pm We are surrounded by water and guess what? IT IS COLD! Join us for a swim with games and activities geared towards us helping to educate you on the dangers of open water. ________________________________________________
Home Alone Workshop (ages 9+) A HOME AND PERSONAL SAFETY PROGRAM FOR KIDS After school time and the occasional short outings for parents are easily dealt with when children are prepared. The main focus of this workshop will home safety and tips for dealing with emergency situations.
Sunday, October 14 1:00 - 4:00 pm Cost: $34
FOR REGISTRATIONS AND INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 250-642-8000
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2nd Annual
Sooke Coho Derby
101-2015 SHIELDS ROAD
This Saturday, October 13th, 2012 $ 25 per person Tickets on sale @ the Crab Shack and Eagle-Eye Outfitters
Winner Take 2/3 of the proceeds 1/3 to Charters Creek Salmon Habit Restoration Hidden Weight Weigh-in starts @ 1:00 p.m. @ Jocks Dock 6947 West Coast Road • Final weigh-in 3:00 p.m.
Winning fish will be donated to the Sooke Food Bank Also donations of non-perishable items will taken @ the event as well their will be a draw for anglers that donate a Coho to the Food Bank Last year their was over 500 pounds of Coho fillets donated.
Our mandate to support Charters River Stewardship Centre and the Sooke Community Food Bank
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250-642-6480
3BR 2 Bath Arts & crafts character abounds in this welcoming Driftwood Plan home you're sure to be taken with the open main that boasts engineered maple hardwood floors an updated kitchen featuring stone surfaces, plenty of cupboards and an eating space with a view that invites the outdoors in from the private rear with mature everHelen Lochore greens. Call Helen to view 250-580-1314
Oliver Katz
Personal Real Estate Corporation
At $329,900 this might just be the best townhome value in the marketplace with 1700+ sq ft of upscale living situated on a parklike 7 acres bordering picturesque & peaceful salmon bearing Demamiel creek, this 2 bedroom + den 2 bath townhome is sure to impress the most discerning buyer. The former showhome at 'The Pointe' & loaded with special features & upgrades.
This very popular ‘Creekside’ design offers over 2900 sq ft of fine living space including a legal 2 bedroom suite. The main floor boasts a mixture of wood and tile flooring, great room with 18ft ceiling, gas fireplace and the kitchen with a granite island, tiled back splash, stainless appliances including a gas stove and french doors leading to the Melinda Brake south facing deck & sunny private rear yard.
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Units at Assisted Living: one bedroom suite is available. Amenities include 3 meals daily, weekly housekeeping, activities programming, 24 hour emergency call system and personal care. Complex Care: one private room in complex care available immediately
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Sooke
6626 Sooke Road 250-642-6366