Sooke News Mirror, April 24, 2013 by Black Press Media Group

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Expanding salmon habitat Ray Vowles, left, and Wally Vowles, volunteers with the Juan de Fuca Salmon Restoration Society, stand at the site for the development of an expansion of the side channel. The channel runs parallel to Charters River. The objective is to increase spawning capabilities and overwintering for salmon.

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Another piece of the puzzle has been found and the Juan de Fuca Salmon Restoration Society (JdFSRS) is that much closer to meeting its objective of increasing spawning capabilities and overwintering for salmon. With an $18,000 grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the JdFSRS can now go ahead with the expansion of a side chan-

nel of the Charters River. This side channel was identified by marine biologists as one of the best potential areas within the Sooke River watershed system for such a side-channel project. The society will add monies of their own from fund raising projects to the grant funds.The total cost of the project is estimated to be $50,496, with $32,000 coming from the society. Much of the work will be done by volunteers.

side-channel will be professionally designed and a new 500 sq. metre habitat will be created focusing on coho and trout. The work will be carried out by Wally Vowles, fishery biologist Marc Gaboury and rehabilitation specialist Jim Hamly. Experienced tree planter Al Jones will carry out work on the landscape. “The beauty of this,” said Vowles, “is we can keep making fish forever, they (the channels) will main-

“I haven’t heard of any project created to create habitat or improve habitat,” said Elida Peers, administrator at the Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre. Wally Vowles, volunteer with the society said the project was “important in sustaining the salmon population.” He said Charters River was identified as an area where they would get the best bang for their buck. “We’ve been at this for at least 12 years,” said Vowles,

“doing studies, getting a water commitment, it’s been a long time to get to this point. By fall we hope to have a functioning ecosystem.” The whole side-channel restoration will add to the educational programs the centre hopes to have later on in the year. It will provide a viewing area where people can see how salmon thrive and survive in their habitat. The lower 150m of existing Charters River

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tain themselves and we just have to sit back and watch them make fish.” Work is expected to begin before the spawning season and when water levels are traditionally low. The JdFSRS is all set to begin. They have the plans, the experts and the volunteers and now all they need is some donated rock, not more than two feet in diameter for rip-rap. The centre can be reached at 250-6424200.

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Beginning in May, Canada Blood services will expand its blood collection in Sooke from one to two days and during different hours. FroM now on, the new day will be wednesday, May 8, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; followed as before on Thursday, May 9 but from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. LoCaTion: HoLy TriniTy anglican Church, 1952 Murray rd. remains the same.

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A Sooke News Mirror reader sent along this photo of the parking issues at the Prestige Hotel during the recent AVICC conference. He has written a letter to the editor, on page 9.

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police Beat RCMP get their man On April 13, there was a reported break-in at Camp Thunderbird on Glinz Lake Road. A laptop computer was stolen. The owner later saw that same laptop advertised on Craigslist, and notified the police. The police contacted the seller as an interested buyer and arranged to meet with him in Colwood. The seller showed up and was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property. The arrested person is a 31-year old man from Sooke, well-known to police for property-related offences. Charged with possession of stolen property (and possibly pending additional charges), he is scheduled to appear in court on July 11. Torched car On April 19 at 6:15

p.m. at the 17 Mile Pub, a four-door gold coloured Mercedes S500 was broken into and intentionally set on fire. There were tire marks leaving the scene. The offender has not yet been apprehended, and police are concerned as the act was carried out in daylight during a very busy time, both on Sooke Road and in the parking lot of the 17 Mile Pub. If anyone has information, please contact crime stoppers 1-800222-TIPS (8477). Sunriver residents have gas syphoned On the morning of April 20, some residents from Willowpark Way and Birchview Drive may be out a few gallons of gas. Five vehicles were reported to have gas syphoned from them. The cars themselves were not

damaged. Owners of vehicles that do not have locking gas tanks might consider getting locks. Also, if there is a strong gas smell around your car, if the gas cap has been removed, or if you notice a significant drop in the gas in your tank, contact the Sooke

RCMP. You should also contact them if you saw anything suspicious in the night of April 20th, between 2:30 and 7:00 a.m. 250-642-5241. If you know of a crime that has been committed, call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line….1-800222-TIPS (8477).

It was two against four in a vote that saw the Sooke Region Tourism Association (SRTA) lose their fee for service grant of $23,000. At council on April 22, four councillors voted to deny the grant as conditions of the application were not met. At issue was the fact that council and the Grant Review Committee felt SRTA had not supplied documentation of where the previous grant monies were spent. Coun. Maja Tait made the motion to table the item for one month as she was now the council liaison with SRTA. She stated there was a “serious disconnect in communication.” Councillor and acting mayor Coun. Kevin Pearson supported Tait’s motion. The motion was defeated. “SRTA needs to understand council is responsible to the taxpayer,” said Pearson. The new policy and guidelines for Service Agreement grants were developed to ensure full disclosure of where taxpayer funded grants

were being spent. Each of the councillors; Bev Berger, Herb Haldane, Kerrie Reay and Rick Kasper stated they wanted accountability, receipts and transparency. After the vote, a frustrated and angry Frederique Philip approached the podium and was told she was “out of order.” “I know I’m out of order, but you are all out of order!” said Philip. At the Committee of the Whole meeting, directly following the council meeting, SRTA president Jonathan Heerema said they had provided all the information requested by staff. “If they don’t have it, staff didn’t request it,” he said. He said he “hated the thought of tourism in the area and SRTA going down the toilet.” Heerema said he was the expert on sales, marketing and destination marketing and he was doing it for free. “I’m as good as you’re going to get. I’m trying as best as I can to promote this town... I’m severely disappointed.”

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The Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island beach clean up at Whiffin Spit on Sunday, April 14 had 25 volunteers attend and they pulled more than 220 lbs of garbage off the beach. The Chapter coordinates clean ups each month at beaches across the Capital Regional District as part of its Combing the Coast campaign. Information about the Chapter and beach clean up dates and locations is available at http:// vancouverisland.surfrider.org/.

Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission Regular Meeting Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Office #2 – 6868 West Coast Road Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 3 pm. Public Welcome to Attend For meeting confirmation or for further information, please contact the JdFEA Planning Services Office at 250.642.1500.

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Scott Hilderley teaches his last of four lessons to this semester’s EMCS students, for the Junior Achievement’s Economics for Success course. clothing, recreation, health costs and other incidentals are all recorded. Next, students look at paycheques and are asked to compare their expenses with

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Students at Edward Milne community school (EMCS) are wrapping up this semester’s Junior Achievement course, “JA Economics for Success.” The course, taught by RCMP Corporal Scott Hilderley is offered to Grade 10 students every semester. This particular four-lesson course focusses on preparing for a successful future in life beyond high school. A high impact lesson and one of Hilderley’s favourites, is Lesson 2: Keep Your Balance. Students are presented with the scenario of first independence, that day when you move out of your parents’ house and are on your own for the first time. The first thing students are asked to do in this second lesson is to determine their monthly living expenses. Food, rent, utilities, cell phone and internet, transportation,

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But with a second job, points out Hilderley, they quickly discover they don’t have the time to do the things they had planned for in their budget. An awareness of the complex inter-relations of financial realities develop, along with a budding awareness of the long-term implications of today’s choices and the importance of choosing wisely. This program works as a strong complement to Hilderley’s day job, as the area coordinator with RCMP’s Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service. When students have goals, says Hilderley, they have a sense of cause and effect. The Economics for Success program helps direct a student’s attention to their future, helps them become goal-oriented. “Life is about choice, not chance,” said Hilderley in his presentation to the students. And taking control of one’s choices is what this particular program is all about.

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Volunteer fair scheduled for Saturday Did you know the Sooke Region, with its population of approximately 12,000, is home to over 160 volunteer supported organizations? These include our volunteer fire department, sports teams, religious organizations, school Parent Advisory Councils, search and rescue, and the Sooke Food Bank, just to name a few. April typically marks National Volunteer Week. Now in its 71st year, National Volunteer Week is all about volunteer recognition. This year’s celebration takes place the week of April 21 to 27, 2013. National Volunteer Week pays tribute to the millions of Canadian volunteers who graciously donate their time and talents to our communities. NVW began in 1943 to draw attention to

the vital contribution women made to the war effort on the home front. Although NVW was largely forgotten after the war ended, it experienced a revival in the late 1960s when organizations stressed the importance of thanking volunteers across Canada. NVW was reinstated and has since grown to become the largest celebration of civic participation in Canada. To celebrate National Volunteer Week, the Sooke Region Volunteer Centre has planned a Volunteer Fair, taking place on Saturday April 27, from 12-4 p.m. at the Sooke Community Hall. This will be a fun event with activities for children, including the Sooke Fire Department’s Bounce House, demonstrations by arts groups, including a pre-

view of Sooke Harbour Players’ Fawlty Towers at 2 p.m., and food and fun for the whole family. “This Volunteer Fair will be a great opportunity for members of the public to come to one place and see what is available in our community, perhaps they will connect with a group and decide to volunteer, or perhaps they will learn of an organization that may be able to help them in some way,” said Johanne Thompson, Coordinator of the Sooke Regional Volunteer Centre. “The energy and generosity of people in the Sooke Region continues to astound me.” The theme of this year’s National Volunteer Week is: “Volunteers cast a beautiful shadow.”

“A shadow,” said Thompson, “is typically something that follows behind us. I would like to be an example of a good citizen, a leader, someone who gives back to my community even in a small way and leave that legacy to my children. That is what makes Sooke such a great place to call home.” If you are working with an agency and would like to take part in our survey, or upcoming Volunteer Fair, or if you are an individual wanting to volunteer, please contact Johanne Thompson, Volunteer Coordinator at 250-514-8865 or volunteersooke@gmail. com, or see our website at sookeregionresources.com. Submitted by Johanne Thompson

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Applications for Membership Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites applications from residents interested in sitting on the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission to provide advice on parks and recreation in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Port Renfrew 1 Position Appointment will expire December 31, 2013. Meetings are held at 3:00 pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Juan de Fuca Planning office, #2 – 6868 West Coast Road, Sooke, BC. Send us a one-page summary telling about yourself, your area of knowledge and why you would like to volunteer on the Commission. Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, May 24, 2013. Mail, fax or email your application to: Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission PO Box 283, #2 – 6868 West Coast Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0S9 E: wmiller@crd.bc.ca T: 250.642.1500 ext. 208 F: 250.642.5274

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East Sooke needs a new fire hall and the people living in the area are being asked to vote in a referendum which will, if successful, see a new $2.12-million fire hall built on a new site. The referendum is currently ongoing and residents have until April 27 to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the proposed bylaws to borrow money for the construction of a new fire hall and increase the annual requisition for service. The current firehall, on Coppermine Road, is more than a place to store the fire trucks, it is also a community centre where people come to do yoga, practice karate and meet. The needs of the fire department and the community have grown but the building has not. The East Sooke fire hall was built in 1985 by volunteers, local citizens and contractors, and at the time it housed the lone 1949 International fire truck. It serviced 550 residents. Fast forward to 2013 and the area now has 1,750 residents and three fire trucks. Last year the department responded to 80 calls for fires, traffic accidents and medical aid. Dick Braunschweig, chairperson of the East Sooke Fire and Emergency Response Service Commission, is advocating for a new fire hall. “The best time to get a hall is now, the (interest) rates are low,” he said. Braunschweig said

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his canoe and float with him on the lake. Colour film had not yet come into use, so Vickers delicately handtinted many of his photographs, creating a beautiful pastel collection, now held by the

with another squirrel, posing it with knitting needles and a ball of wool. His “whispering” skill was so successful that he once managed to photograph a canoe-borne deer that he had enticed to board

Years ago when the stillness of our subalpine lakes region in the Sooke Hills was broken only by the haunting early morning call of a loon or the distinctive signal of a whiskeyjack, a naturalist called Harry Vickers made his home at the lakes. It was the domain of Claude Harrison, at that time City Prosecutor of Victoria, and he shared his wilderness with the Alpine Club of Canada, who had a lodge at the west end of Sheilds Lake. Claude Harrison had his own spacious weekend cabin high above the upper reaches of the Charters River. The Alpine Club arranged for naturalist Harold Vickers to act as caretaker, and he spent his time between rustic cabins at Sheilds and Grassy Lakes. It is heartwarming to note that the pioneer Sooke settler families of Charters and Sheilds are remembered by the naming of these geographical features so important to our Sooke watershed system today. At that time Sheilds,

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, April 2013 - SOOKE Wednesday, 24, 2013 -NEWS NEWSMIRROR MIRROR

Rod Sluggett Publisher Pirjo Raits Editor Britt Santowski Reporter

The Sooke SOOKE NEWS MIRROR is published every Wednesday by Black Press Ltd. | 112--6660 Sooke Road, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 0A5 | Phone: 250-642-5752 WEB: WWW.SOOKENEWSMIRROR.

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Council takes a hard stand In this day and age, it seems everyone has their hand out. There are so many groups needing money and so few pockets to get it from. At council on Monday night, four out of six councillors voted to deny a service agreement grant to the Sooke Region Tourism Association. The association was asking for $23,000, council was asking for some accountability. It seems neither got what they wanted and the situation is now pretty sour. When it comes to spending taxpayer money, asking for accountability as part of the process is not too much to ask. Everyone It seems has receipts, or at least neither got they should have, if not for council at least for the what they tax man. Being stubborn wanted.... and having an attitude of entitlement doesn’t wash with this council. There was a day when advertising paid for most of the brochures, rack cards and maps given out by any tourism group. Now, it seems it is easier and less hassle just to apply for a grant. It is true that at least one business got “subsidized” with taxpayer money and there are three people on council who voted on it during the last term. Council needs to ensure all businesses are treated fairly and equally, but they do not need to guarantee that money will come their way if they don’t play by the rules. It may be a misunderstanding or miscommunication and there was the opportunity to remedy that. Maybe there still is. As one resident who came forward during the Committee of the Whole meeting said, “what is Plan B?”

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Clarifying situation with oyster farm Dear Mr. Gilligan, Thank you for your comments regarding the proposed oyster farm development within the Sooke Basin. We understand your concerns and so would like to clarify the situation to you and the local community. The T’Sou-ke First Nation intends to engage the local community in information sessions to explain the development in far greater detail than is possible in newspaper advertising. These sessions will be well advertised and we will ensure you are invited to partake. With reference to your point on the great potential for recreational use of the basin: We agree whole heartily that the potential of the basin in this regard is yet to be fully realized. The T’Sou-ke nation intends to develop eco-cultural tourism within this area making use of its rich cultural history and natural environment. The nation believes that, far from preventing this kind of development, the oyster farm can be used to enhance it. In the face of an ever changing economic outlook in the world, the community of Sooke and the T’Sou-ke First Nation, must ensure a balanced approach to economic development to ensure all of the community’s assets are utilised wisely and to the benefit of all. Food production will be key in this development but the T’Sou-ke First Nation believes tourism and food production can coexist and even be of mutual benefit to one another. A larger and more diverse local economy will benefit all citizens of Sooke and Canada. T’Sou-ke has attracted significant foreign investment to the local economy. The oyster farm development will bring much needed employment opportunities into the T’Sou-ke community, the Sooke community and in

turn to the greater Sooke retail community. These real economic benefits cannot be considered as less valid than future potential tourism developments. The oyster farm plan has been carefully developed to ensure minimal impact on the basin in terms of leisure use, navigation and environment. The tenure application has been reviewed by a number of agencies including; Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations; Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Fisheries Protection Program, and Navigable Waters; and Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, to name a few. The tenure application has met the stringent obligations of these agencies. The longline arrays have been designed with minimum 20m spacing between lines to allow all but the largest vessels to pass through the farm unhindered. Additionally longlines will be sunk at least 5m below the surface so that, in effect, any vessel with keel depth of less than 5m could pass over the lines without obstruction. The gaps between lines ensure that static fishing gear can be used within and around the farm without causing problems to the farm operatives or the recreational fishers. The T’Sou-ke First Nation has no intention of preventing access to the central area of the basin. Oysters are well known for their “filter feeding” abilities. They pump large volumes of water across their gills, and filter food and particulates from the water column. There would likely be a net benefit to the local environment from the oysters by filtering silt and other tiny particles from the water column, improving the water clarity within the local area.

B.C.’s shellfish industry relies on a clean pollution-free environment. As such, shellfish growers including the T’Sou-ke First Nation have become advocates and activists for a healthier environment. Shellfish growers’ efforts ensure B.C.’s waters remain clean, to which we all benefit. With reference to the last point made, we must be very clear when speaking about rights and privileges. As made clear above, the T’Sou-ke First Nation has no intention of infringing on people’s rights. Substantial efforts during planning have been made to ensure that other water users may continue to use the basin in much the same way as they have done in the recent times. The rights of land owners around the basin are riparian and extend only as far as the water line. The use of minimal, and view sensitive flotation at the farm site is planned at additional cost, and under no obligation by the T’Sou-ke First Nation to keep visual impact to an absolute minimum. The T’Sou-ke First Nation’s traditional territory extends over the waters of the basin and the Nation’s use of it as a food source through fishing and aquaculture has been considered their right for time immemorial. We have, through planning this development tried to ensure the rights and privileges of all are considered and respected as much as possible. We ask that our right to economic development within our traditional territory be considered also, and that those with concerns regarding the development engage with us in constructive discussion. Hych-ka Chief Gordon Planes T’Sou-ke First Nation

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We asked Sooke youth: What can be done about cyber bullying?

Set up more privacy on the Internet so people can’t see what you are doing. We have a lot of privacy settings, and our mom guides us.

It helps to know a lot about the Internet and be really careful.

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Irate at intrusion Our elected officials are considering proposals for the building of a bicycle park and an offleash dog area on existing park land adjacent to existing homes. These two activities will generate a fair amount of noise and detritus, require ample parking and ease of access. Common sense would dictate that should these activities be located adjacent to the residences of taxpayers, the affected taxpayers will certainly become irate at this intrusion into their space and at the fact that their property values will be negatively affected. There must be municipal lands that are suitable for these uses without aggravating any resident and without causing any property values to drop. I hope our council will consider the wellbeing of all the Sooke residents in their deliberations. M. Beauchemin Sooke

Cigarette butts are disgusting

As a former smoker, I know how hard it is to quit. I smoked for 25 or so years before quitting “cold turkey” six years ago. One thing I never did was toss my smoke from my car. Every day I drive to and from work,

People should be more careful on the Internet and should have their parents' permission. If you get bullied, you should tell your parents.

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letters and drive all day long and I see smokes being tossed so frequently, I am beginning to believe it is part of the habit. Are there no ashtrays in your cars? Canadian Tire has them, or WalMart. Look at any intersection where there is a meridian and down to the left are butts. Helmcken overpass has thousands there. I was going to start taking down license plate numbers, but the police won’t do anything unless caught in the act (or even witnessing it as I have seen it done in front of them) I am appalled at the number of people who do this on a forested island (Sooke Rd.) but like most things, people just don’t care any more. Every time there is a forest fire, up cigarette prices to pay for the damage as nine times out of ten it is caused by careless smoking, which in my eyes is as rampant as speeders. Andrew Ferguson Sooke

No fishing I am starting to get the impression that this council is no different than the previous council. This whole ramp/ parking issue is starting to get out of hand, council may have wanted to end this issue quietly But using back room deals where you hand

out 90 per cent of the revenue from a publicly-funded project to the hands of private individuals is at the very least shocking if not illegal. Who will pay for the maintenance and insurance? The taxpayers. We have paid enough for this ramp already. Granting the hotel with 120 rooms and a conference capacity of 400, a permit to go ahead with only 70 parking spaces is absurd (previous council). With the parking on West Coast Road about to disappear because of complaints to the Department of Highways, where on earth will all the convention people park? In the ramp spots. Having ignored the problem for almost a year is only making the problems more apparent. By the way, there should be nobody in the roundabout as that’s where a poor driver’s trailer sometimes end up That’s why there are no curbs I think now is the time for some answers from the people who we voted in on their platform of openness and transparency. Does somebody have to get hurt as vehicles hurl down the highway with trucks and trailers blocking line of sight for those who live close by? Dave Monyard Sooke

Never assume it’s safe Re: Throttle Therapy, April 10 Sooke SOOKE NEWS MIRROR. While there are lessons to be learned in the rear-end collision you highlighted in a recent issue, many drivers and pedestrians are slow learners. Not looking is a common problem – people miss playground speed zone signs, road closure signs, cars coming out of driveways, and other things they shouldn’t. People are too aggressive – perhaps a factor in the rear-ender, instead they should pause, then expect the unexpected as they proceed. Yesterday a delivery driver made a u-turn in front of me just as I started to move forward. (Flag people told her to turn around due to road closure, she did not look in my direction when making the turn. I added her employer to my do-notdeal-with list.) It is easy to err – witness the woman upisland who stepped back on the curb to look at the crosswalk signal to make sure it was on, then started to cross without looking for traffic again. She was run over by a truck driver who was looking across the intersec-

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tion to where he had to run into a construction site, rather than watching out for that active pedestrian who might change her mind. Drivers shouldn’t assume that a crosswalk is clear if the light has stopped flashing – a slow person could still be in it, or a person could have started across too late. I saw a person step out from behind a pole and cross the street just as the pedestrian who had first activated the signal reached the sidewalk in front of the pole. Then there’s the people who can manage to speed through a well-signed construction zone, playground zone, and school zone all at the same time. Are they zombies, or deliberately dangerous people with no regard for others? Only police feet on the street will re-educate either type. Voter, do you have the decency and guts to foster and elect officials who will fund police adequately? Keith Sketchley Saanich

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Busy week at Poirier elementary Nyla Morton, Aila Evans, and Matthew Ryan Student reporters from Ecole Poirier Elementary

Students work really hard at Ecole Poirier, but it doesn’t always happen at our desks in our classrooms. Last week we did some pretty fun activities at our school. All of students have been jumping and skipping for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This is a fun way to raise money by skipping, hopping

and running and of course collecting donations. We had tons of fun we were so tired by the end of the day, but the younger students still wanted to do more! This day was made possible by all the great parents helping out with the stations. There was still more to come on this busy week. The DC team at Poirier put on a garage sale on Thursday. There were millions of stuffies by comparison of other toys and maybe a half of them

were unopened. All our young students bought so much and each amount that a child paid helped the Destination Conservation Team raise $309.12. It was awesome and the money raised goes toward compost caddies for each classroom and gardening supplies for our student gardens. On the same day, Poirier had a family dance in the evening in our gym! There were glow sticks, pizza, water, chips and yogurt tubes. Anybody who

goes to our school and their family was welcome to come. Our PAC also had a silent auction and the money goes toward buying stuff for our school like Smartboards, musical instruments and field trips. There was a DJ. The parents come and talk but hardly ever dance. Watch for a column by elementary student reporters every week. John Muir elementary school students will be writing about their school next week.

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The Capital Regional District (CRD) Integrated Water Services department is offering free public tours of the Greater Victoria water supply facilities including the Sooke Dam and the ultraviolet treatment plant. Learn how our high quality drinking water is delivered from the source to your tap. Three free bus tours will leave each day from the main parking area at Thetis Lake Regional Park from Monday, May 6 to Saturday, May 11. This year there are two tour options: a 5.5 hour tour leaving at 9:30 am and shorter 3 hour tours leaving at 9:15 am and 1 pm. Location: Main parking area at Thetis Lake Regional Park - end of Six Mile Rd Times: Long Tour: 9:30 am (returning at approximately 3 pm) Short Tour: 9:15 am (returning at approximately 12:15 pm) 1 pm (returning at approximately 4 pm) Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 250.940.0200. The tours are not recommended for children under 12. Free parking is available. Visit www.crd.bc.ca for more information.

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Sooke Fall Fair Flea Market

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m.

CALLING ALL QUILTERS Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-2484 for info.

BABY TALK 2013 Learning to Talk: Speech & Language Development. CASA building, 2145 Townsend Road 10-11:30 a.m. SEAPARC Free Community Adult Walking Group. 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000. SOOKE HOSPICE SOCIETY Open drop-in for anyone who as lost a loved one, 6669 Goodmere Rd. YOUTH CLINIC Youth Clinic (13-25), 13006660 Sooke Rd, Family Medical Clinic, 4-7 p.m. DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES Sooke Dog Club, Tues nights info 250-642-7667.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION NASCAR meet & pick 7 p.m. TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7p.m. For information, call Allan at 642-7520.

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April 26

VITAL VITTLES Free lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Murray Road. All welcome. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION $11 Steak Night 6-7:30 p.m. Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m.

April 27

At Sooke Community Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

April 28

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Meat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m.

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April 29

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Euchre 6:30 p.m. Pool League 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday ZEN OPEN HOUSE Zen Open House at the Zen Centre, 4970 Naigle Rd 7p.m. Free, open to all. FREE DENTAL CARE Academy Dental, 6689 Sooke Rd, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., drop-in for one of the following: extraction, filling or cleaning. Free.

April 30

KNITTING CIRCLE Sooke Public Library, 6:30–8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in, no reg required. 250-642-3022.

May 1

HOLY BATMAN Today, besides being May Day, is also Batman day. He’s been around since 1939.

Sooke youth are singing just for the love of it SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013

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Sarah Wilson wants to get music happening everywhere. She is the passionate and dedicated musical director for both the Sooke Community Choir and the Sooke Youth Show Choir. Just last year she put out the call for youth voices and got way more than she bargained for. That’s a good thing in every way. Wilson said she has 50 kids who are in the youth choir and are “really really promising.” “I want to get music happening everywhere I can in the community. I was lucky as a kid some kids don’t have the opportunity.”

Sarah Wilson

— Musical Director

Those 50 youth are rehearsing to perform at their first ever concert on April 26 at the Edward Milne community theatre at 7 p.m. They will be accompanied on piano by Laura Dowhy. The youth choir will be joined by members from the Sooke Community

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Choir and about 24 musicians from the western communities. There will be over 100 people performing. “These are random people I have connected with,” said Wilson. “We’ll have guitars, drums, French horns, tubas… that’s exciting.” A special guest is Skye Mundell, a piano player who won the 2010 Vancouver Island’s Got Talent competition. Born at 24 weeks, Mundell is blind, almost deaf, has cerebral palsy and is autistic yet he won the competition against all odds. He is self-taught. “This was really inspirational for me,” said Wilson. She said he started playing piano in 2008 and is a “really special guy.” “I want to keep the

audience’s ears changing,” she said. The band has never played together before but it will work because, as Wilson said, “This is what we do as professional musicians… and we have amateurs with a professional attitude.” The Sooke Community Choir will be singing a diverse collection of songs, familiar to most people. Wilson has a wish, and that is to have the Sooke Youth Show Choir become a permanent fixture on the music scene in Sooke and to perform in two concerts a year. “I want to make sure kids know about it. Our wish is that next year it will be thriving again.” Potential singers can check out the Sooke Youth Show Choir’s Travis Butler photo

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Earth Month…Act for the planet! FortisBC supports the environment in operations and services offered By Tom Loski

Through FortisBC’s PowerSense programs, electricity customers saved an estimated 32 million kilowatt hours of electricity last year.

Earth Day is celebrated annually April 22 with events held across the globe to demonstrate support for protecting the environment. FortisBC recognizes that sound environmental practices make good business sense and that’s why the company is committed to delivering safe, reliable energy in an environmentally responsible way to all of the communities we serve. We look for ways to support the environment in our operations and with services that we provide to our customers. One simple way customers can help the environment is to consider our paperless billing option, a fast and simple way to save paper and ultimately our forests. When customers go paperless, their bill is delivered directly to their email address as a PDF ﬁle attached to the email. The eBill service is a fast, easy and environmentally friendly way for customers to access both their electricity and natural gas bill. Another simple way customers can

look at reducing their carbon footprint is through rebates and financial incentives offered as part of our PowerSense and Energy Efficiency and Conservation programs. . Through FortisBC’s PowerSense programs, electricity customers saved an estimated 32 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 2012. The PowerSense programs helps customers conserve energy and get the most out of their energy dollar by providing both finan-

cial incentives and advice on energy efﬁcient technologies and practices. In 2012, FortisBC’s natural gas Energy Efﬁciency and Conservation programs helped residential, commercial and industrial customers save more than 360,000 gigajoules of natural gas, enough energy to heat some 4,100 homes in one year. Renewable natural gas is a B.C.made, carbon neutral energy source. The methane gas used to produce

renewable natural gas comes from organic waste found at local landfills and farms. Instead of escaping into the atmosphere as a harmful greenhouse gas, it’s captured, cleaned and added to our pipeline, giving our customers a renewable energy source. For about $5 more per month on their natural gas bill, customers can designate 10 per cent of their natural gas use as renewable. We’ll then inject an equivalent amount into our system. To date, more than 60 businesses and close to 3,800 residential customers have signed up to be part of the renewable natural gas program. Helping customers conserve energy is one of the most cost effective ways for us to meet future needs. And by making thoughtful energy choices — whether it’s switching to paperless billing, installing energy efficient lighting or upgrading to a high-efficiency natural gas furnace — you’re supporting the environment. Tom Loski is the vice president of customer service at FortisBC.

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Community garden has new mentor Sunriver Gardens (SRG) has a new garden coordinator and mentor. Master Gardener and community educator Paula McCormick, who you may recognize from Home Hardware’s Garden Centre, will take over the volunteer mentoring program from Emily Moreland. McCormick’s main job will be to manage the Grow a Row program while providing mentorship and guidance to volunteers and allotment gardeners. Moreland, who is expecting her second child in May, will be taking a break to spend more time with her family. McCormick comes to SRG from Home Hardware where she managed the garden centre. She is both knowledgable and passionate. “I love to garden,” she said. Having received her SRG orientation from Moreland, McCormick finds that, “it looks like lots of opportunities for people to come through and have fun and garden, whether or not you make a commitment on a regular basis or just show up from time to time when it works for you.” McCormick knows all about gardening, from the roots up: she received her Master Gardener status in 2005 from Glendale Gardens, became a member of Victoria Master Gardeners Association (VMGA), and has been happily weeding and seeding since. Among other things, McCormick will be taking over the Sunriver

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Emily Moreland (mentor, left) and Paula McCormick (new garden coordinator, centre) discuss funding sources with Phoebe Dunbar (director, right) at the Sunriver Community Garden. Allotment Garden’s very fruitful, volunteerdriven Grow a Row program. Grow a Row is a Candian-wide (but locallymanaged) movement where gardeners are encouraged to plant an extra row of food. That extra bit of produce is donated to a food bank at harvest time. According to Anne Spice from the Victoria program, Grow a Row began in Winnipeg in 1986. Last year, Victoria’s Grow a Row program collected over 700 pounds of food from contributing gardeners. Sooke’s SRG singularly surpassed that. “We (the Sunriver Gardens) were the biggest contributor in the Greater Victoria area,” said Moreland, the outgoing garden coordinator and mentor. “Our 2,000 pounds was more than all of Victoria combined.” “It’s a neat idea,” says

Phoebe Dunbar, one of the garden’s founders and currently a director of the board, “that some of what we do here is part of a larger movement. “Paula will coordinate the growing of the food for others, and she’s also here to continue the mentorship of all our plot gardeners,” said Dunbar. This way, even the new gardeners with little or no experience can plant a row for somebody else. A little known fact is that SRG is available to everyone in Sooke. “The misconception is that it’s just for Sunriver residents and that it’s not open to the public,” said Moreland. That is definitely not the case as the garden is open to everyone. Even lesser known is that you don’t have to be a plot holder to participate. Contributing as a

volunteer is a great way to get your hands dirty in a garden. And the volunteer schedule at Sunriver Garden is wide open, noncommittal, and incredibly user-friendly. “Not everyone wants workshops,” said Dunbar, “Not everyone has money to go learn how to garden. What’s really, really positive about the mentorship approach is that it’s hands-on, it’s one-onone, and it’s non-judgemental so you don’t have to worry about, ‘Oh, I’m not going to know how to do this.’” “Or ‘I have to fit it in my calendar’,” adds Moreland. “You can come, or you can not come; you can stay (a short time), or stay a long time.” “So it’s very flexible,” concludes Dunbar. From now to harvest, McCormick will be at the Sunriver Gardens twice a week, on

Dentistry from the Heart aims at smiles Prepare to smile wide this week. Free dental care will be offered to Sooke residents on Monday, April 29. Sooke’s Academy Dental will be offering their first ever Dentistry from the Heart program, where they will provide free dental care to anyone who walks through their door that day. Clients can choose from one of the three options: a free extraction, a free filling, or a free cleaning. “Our goal is to provide as many people as possible, that cannot afford regular dental appointments for themselves

or their family members. We are actually bringing out a second Dentist to Sooke for this day so that we can maximize our treatments for the community of Sooke and the outlying areas,” writes Joanna Peitler, the office manager for the Sooke location. In the spirit of free, the staff will also be donating their time. According to a press release distributed by Academy Dental, half of Canadians have reported being unable to afford dental care, and Academy Dental aims to change the facts by providing free, essential dental care.

Dentistry from the Heart started in 2001 as Florida dentist Dr. Vincent Monticciolo’s way of giving back to the community. “The services provided by Dentistry from the Heart helps more than just a patient’s teeth, it gives them a renewed reason to smile,” said Monticciolo. Sooke Dental Academy is located at 6689 Sooke Rd. in Sooke and they will have their doors open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Teeth, and their owners, will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Advanced bookings will not be accepted.

Wednesdays and Sunday’s from 1 to 4 p.m. Curious and wannabe gardeners are encouraged to drop by for a tour, a cuppa tea, or a chore.

Sat. April 27, 7:00 PM Phillip T. Young Recital Hall University of Victoria Admission by donation Info: 250-415-0999 / 250-642-5760

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS

AGM Sooke Seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Activity Society (Bus) May 1, 1 pm. Sooke Fire Hall CALL FOR ENTRIES 11TH ANNUAL Kitty Coleman Woodland Art & Bloom Festival. Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show. Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 18,19,20 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca 250-338-6901

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9am to 12 noon Saturday, April 27 EVERYONE WELCOME

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Gordon was born at Easter in 1933, nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bunnyâ&#x20AC;? and it stuck his whole life. He spent his working career as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boom Manâ&#x20AC;? starting in his teen years. He was a very kind man who always lent a helping hand to whom ever needed it. After retiring he moved back to Crofton, where he had spent his early years, joined the carpet bowling club and tirelessly helped out at the Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center and became the chef at his own house always trying new recipes. He made the best Chow Mein.

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The family will all miss him terribly as will his many church friends. Services will be held at the Calvary Baptist Church, 3318 River Road, Chemainus on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 1:00 pm. No flowers please, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Society on Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf. SANDS of DUNCAN 250-746-5212

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MEDICAL/DENTAL Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses Bayshore Home Health Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses to support our Pediatric clients for home/school care in the Victoria area. Pediatric experience is an asset, although we do offer client specific training, Trach/Vent courses and other on-going training supports. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children, we would love to hear from you. Interested individuals are encouraged to Fax resume to our Burnaby ofďŹ ce: 1-866-686-7435 or Email:pedsvancouver@ bayshore.ca

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ESTHETIC SERVICES

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AFFORDABLE ROOFING

SPACIOUS 3 BR and den, upper duplex, large deck, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 2 bathrooms, 1 car garage, 5 min., walk to Whiffin Spit. $1250 + utilities, Sorry no pets.Also 2 BR, 1 bah lower duplex with patio, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 5 min walk to Whiffin Spit $950 + utilities. Sorry no pets. Avail immediately. 250-812-6364

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On April 20 and 21, the Bantam B and C Girls baseball teams met for the Tony Sullivan Memorial Tournament Ice Breaker at Art Morris Park in Sooke. Late Saturday morning, the Bantam C Sooke girls faced off against Oak Bay. Sooke was bested by well over a dozen runs. Having said that, the girls’ spirits were high right to the end, and they loudly cheered every successful play executed by their teammates. They displayed admirable sportmanship and teamwork in the face of a very strong opponent.

Sooke Seahawks succumb to Nanaimo The Sooke Seahawks Atom team had quite the game. We arrived to find out we were playing nine man football -- not 12 -- without any notice. After scrambling, and with first year kicker Riley Stratton leading the way, Sooke fought and got possession with a great pitch by quarterback Jared Steele to Owen Cheng. Sooke scored first, with Owen punching in the convert. With more than 15 runs to his credit, Owen owned the field for the first half on offence. Additional runs by Jared, Simon Herald and Thomas Lowerison,

who caught an awesome pass from Malik Youla. Middle-field runs by Spencer Logan and Jacob Barney grabbed a number of first downs. The second half belonged to Nanaimo. With a kick-off returned for a touchdown and a number of fumbles and lack-lustre tackling, they scored two of their three touchdowns of the game. Sooke’s defence was fueled by Logan, Steele, Lowerison, Grayson Hoolaef -- who’s on a defensive tear -- and Ben Power and Keegan Quinn Young. Linebackers Carrier, Campana,

Ward, Wahl and Monteiro all put in a good effort. Jacob Lamontgane ran back to made a touchdown-saving tackle! In the second half, quarterback Malik Youla pitched, passed, ran and fought his way to many a first down with no scoring. Jacob Daly, Miguel Black, Hunter Nicks Quinn Macdonald and Kieran Franklin all added to our valiant effort: the final score was Nanaimo 22-13. The next game is scheduled for April 28th against Cowichan. Submitted by Andy Carrier

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The Sooke Seahawks Peewee football team started strong then hung on late for a 16-12 victory over the Nanaimo Redmen on April 20 at Langford’s Westhills Field. For the second straight week, Matt Holmes ran for two long first-half touchdowns. On the first he started up the middle but made a great cut to the outside and raced 30 yards to the Redmen’s endzone. The second touchdown was a 100 yard thing of beauty. With the Seahawks facing second down from inside their own 10-yard line, Holmes burst through the left side of the line and up the sidelines. At about midfield he cleverly cut back inside, used an official to screen himself from his pursuers, and outran everyone to paydirt. Holmes has accounted for all four Seahawk scores this season. Sooke came out of halftime up 16-0, but some turnovers and sloppy tackling let Nanaimo claw back into the game, leading to a nail-biter of a finish.

Nanaimo got the ball back with just under 90 seconds remaining, trailing by four, and started moving the ball down the field. But the defence dug in, with Cole Johns and Andy Abel playing key roles in the game-saving defensive stand. But it was special teams that ultimately decided this game. Tie Boake and Logan Winger both recovered well-placed short kicks from Abel to keep the ball out of Nanaimo’s hands. Nick Pollock, filling in at place-kicker, booted both convert attempts through the uprights (a kicked convert counts for two points at this level) after perfect snaps from Jordan Schutt. Nanaimo botched both their convert attempts after bad snaps, providing Sooke the margin of victory. The 2-1 Seahawks go for their third straight win Sunday, April 28 against the 1-1 Cowichan Bulldogs at Westhills Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Submitted by Nathan Lowther

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EMCS receives early Christmas gift

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Players in the front, left to right: Alec McKenzie, Nathan Eldridge, Matt Hancock and Gavin Dawdy; coaches behind: Terry Eldridge, Richard Whiteley, Felipe Garcia.

Britt Santowski

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Apparently, Santa Claus does keep his workshop open 365 days of the year. On Tuesday, April 23, the football program at Edward Milne community school (EMCS) received cheque for $10,000 from CFAX’s Santa’s Anonymous. Their application “was for a purpose,” said Richard Whiteley, the instigator behind the grant application. Introduced in the mandate of their submission, that purpose was “to offer safe football at Edward Milne community school for student athletes aged 13-17 years old regardless of monetary means.” “I work for CFAX, and I approached CFAX’s Santa Anonymous about doing this, and Christine Hewitt, who is the woman in charge of running things there helped me put together the grant application,” says Whiteley. Hewitt is the Executive Director of the C-FAX Santa’s Anonymous Society. The grant was submitted by Daniel Shields, another football coach with the program. “At the football program last year, we had 50 helmets,” explains Whiteley. “Football helmets have to be refurbished every five years, and half the helmets we had had to be sent in for refurbishing. They’re only allowed to be in use for 10 years, and they were nine years old. Twenty-three of the 24 helmets came back, but we could only use them for one more year, so we needed to

find a way to generate that kind of cash.” When they refurbish helmets, they put them through a process to make sure they are still safe. Refurbished or not, helmets can not be older than 10 years old. Helmets do cost a fair bit of money. According to their grant application, the estimated cost per helmet was $250. Thirty helmets would cost $7,500 with another $500 set aside for shipping. The additional $2,000 will go towards subsidizing the registration for the players. “Sooke is a community that is not affluent by any stretch of the imagination,” says Whiteley. As outlined in the grant application, in previous years “our teams had low numbers due to the cost of football in general. We need to charge a registration fee so that we can afford to travel to other schools, carry the needed insurance for the players

and coaches, for gear replacement, school fees, and our end of season banquet. Last season only 60 per cent of the players paid for their football, the rest either played free or we found a few sponsors for them.” A low number of players means more time in the field. And more time in the field increases the possibility of injuries. “Due to the increase in awareness in concussions, I started to do some research,” explained Whiteley. “And that was the basis of the grant application and my presentation.” The application goals were straight forward: “try to remove as many chances of concussions happening as possible for all players. To do this, we need to have better practice plans (where and how we practice), better training for coaches (how to recognize a concussion and treatment) and better equipment to help

decrease the likely hood of a concussion (better helmets for the players).” “The helmets that we had were not top end,” said Whiteley. They wanted to maximize the protection they could offer to their players. “Last year, we had a number of concussions, and I want to try and decrease that.” Whiteley continues, “The more awareness parents have about concussions, the better.” According to the Canadian based notfor-profit website, StopConcussions.com, “Brain injury from trauma is the greatest killer under the age of 45; the greatest cause of disability under 44; and kills more children under 20 than all other causes combined.” StopConcussions.com reports that 10 per cent of athletes in contact sports experience a concussion, and almost one-fifth of these go unreported. As daunting as those stats might sound, there is also a huge reward for the players who enrol with the EMCS football program. Besides fitness and basic team-building skills, players also derive valuable lifeskills. “The great things about the EMCS Wolverines Football program are playing as a team member, road trips, encouraging each other to be successful, great coaches who challenge us to be the best we can be,” writes Jordan Schutt, a Grade nine student in a testimonial. “I look forward to spending my remaining high school years playing for the EMCS Wolverines, growing as

a player and playing as a member of this awesome program.” The grant from the C-FAX’s Santas Anonymous Society will allow students enrolled in the EMCS football program to continue developing life-long skills, both interpersonal and fitness related, while maximizing their safety.

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Sooke Marathoner recounts Boston run Britt Santowski

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The sole Sooke runner at the Boston Marathon returned home safely last week. Twenty-five year old Sarah-Mae Pyndus experienced the recent events of the Monday, April 15 Boston marathon first hand. After completing the marathon and enjoying the high of having run a personal best, Pyndus said she was having a post-marathon massage in the basement of building at the time the bombs went off. Everyone was asked to vacate the building; nobody really knew why. “My first thought was that it was a shooting.” After exchanging curious glances with the masseuse, Pyndus put her shoes back on and “literally ran back to the hostel.” “I think I was far enough away and early enough into the pandemonium downtown that people were still just walking towards Copley Square. There wasn’t a sense of urgency really. But my heart just sank and my first thought was, I’ve got to get out of here.” Copley Square is just past the marathon’s finish line, near where the explosions occurred. After she got back to her hostel, Pyndus called her parents and debriefed them on her run. She mentioned something had happened, and then her parents “jumped online,” and that’s

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Sarah-Mae Pyndus runs the 2013 Boston Marathon in her best time ever. More recently, she placed 63rd overall in the Sooke River 10K run. when everyone, including Pyndus found out what had happened. That’s when things became very surreal for Pyndus. “Instead of getting back to the hostel and being able to say, ‘Look how good I did, I set a personal best’ and ‘congratulations,’ all of a sudden it became, ‘I’m safe,’ ‘I’m okay.’ It took me about two hours from the time I got back to the hostel to the time I could get into the shower because I was so busy contacting people,” letting them know she was okay. Her ship, the HMCS Calgary where she works as a Naval Communicator, had been trying to contact her, along with her partner, many of her friends,

and even friends of friends. She had no trouble getting online and updating people, assuring everyone that she was okay. She had travelled to Boston on her own and ran as an individual. There’s a regular group of runners who return to the hostel year after year, and everyone in that group was accounted for, according to Pyndus. The following day, Pyndus went with a friend for the famous Boston clam chowder. Pyndus said the streets of Boston were swarming with reporters, interviewing anyone who looked like they had been at the marathon. That day seemed surreal, with two extremes

hanging in the air. There was still the post-marathon high as “there were so many people who had completed a marathon and did really really well or run for the first time,” including Pyndus, who set a personal best that day. There were a lot of people who were celebrating and some stores were still open in the vicinity. “But then you’d look down the street and there would be cops and bomb squads…. It was eerie. … It was almost like an apocalypse movie because it was completely deserted and everything was turned over.” And even though Homeland Security had a presence in the airport, Pyndus did not encounter any difficulties coming home. She has no concerns about running in another event either. “I can see in the future having spectators check baggage.” But, she says, marathons are a “large open spectator event, and that’s part of the appeal.” “I take freezies and bananas and oranges slices from people,” along the way. Pyndus wasn’t sure that they could monitor this large number of people. The runners draw energy from the spectators, so that is an integrated part of the run. “We feed off the energy of the people.” Pyndus started running recreationally after university and quickly

became addicted. In the past three years she has completed seven marathons. In this, her most recent Boston marathon, she placed 1044th of the 9,983 female runners,

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Seeking fundS to Support peewee football

Sooke’s Pyndus runs Boston Marathon Continued from page 22

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Sooke’s Peewee Boys Fastball team was fundraising in front of Home Hardware on a misty Saturday morning. All funds raised help them travel to tournaments on the mainland, as there are no other peewee boys fastball teams anywhere on the island. Front: Dale Arden, Keiran Connor, Erik Arts. Back: Coach Mike Connor, Luke Arden.

EMCS Girls’ rugby kicks off strong EMCS girls rugby 7’s team started the preseason off strong in the second week of April winning both games against Stelly’s and Spectrum High School. On Friday April 12, the Lower Vancouver Island Girls High School Rugby League started off week one of the season. EMCS girls defeated Belmont 12 to 0 and Spectrum 20 to 0. A strong start for the Sooke girls who pride themselves for their tackling and ability to diminish opponents scoring ability. With the admission of rugby sevens to the 2016 Rio Olympics, the game has really started to catch on. Rugby normally has teams of 15 players. Rugby sevens, as the name suggest, has teams made up of only seven players. High schools in and around Victoria are taking advantage by adding a new league for high school girls. There are a total of eight schools

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The EMCS girls’ rugby team is ready to face the season. that have entered girls seven’s teams into the league. Each week, a different school acts as host for all the other high school teams. So what spectators get to witness each Friday afternoon at various venues around Victoria is a small jamboree of high school girls playing sevens rugby. The girls also won both their games this past Friday extending

their unbeaten streak to six wins and zero losses. They defeated Oak Bay 27 to 10, and Glenlyon Norfolk School 19 to 0. EMCS girls play Spectrum and Oak Bay at home on April 26th. First game is at 3p.m. Submitted by Dr. Matt Mortenson DC, CSCS, Performance & Rehabilitation Coach and Sport First Responder

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placing her in the top 11 per cent. She completed in just over three hours and 22 minutes. All marathons are 26.2 miles or 42.195 kilometres. Nearly 5,000 of the over 26,500 registered runners went through the final checkpoint (at 24. 8 mi, or 40 km) but did not cross the finish line due to the explosions. This last marathon was her third consecutive Boston run. And, she says, it won’t be her last.

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Pay heed to new fishing regs Its almost May, and with good weather this week, fishing should start to pick up. Most anglers in the area are targeting halibut which can be taken pretty much everywhere along the straits. Find a good spot with the right current and gear and you should be successful. Remember any halibut over 126 cm have to be released and the new regulations only allow six halibut for the season. You will find the new spot to mark the halibut on your 2013 fishing license. Anglers should also give chinook fishing a shot. Although you can’t take a wild big one over 67 cm on the Sooke side of Sheringham Point there is still lots of hatchery fish to be caught. Although it’s disappoint-

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