Sooke News Mirror, May 29, 2013 by Black Press Media Group

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Avatar Grove now more accessible

Five volunteers with the Ancient Forest Alliance at the first viewing platform they built by Canada’s Gnarliest Tree in the Upper Grove of Avatar Grover in Port Renfrew. There is still more work to be done there but they’re off to a good start.

It was the mayor’s prerogative to bring an decision back to council and he did it. Mayor Wendal Milne used his privilege to bring back the Sooke Region Tourism Association (SRTA) service agreement decision at the regular council meeting on May 27. Council had previously voted against funding SRTA with a requested amount of $23,000. SRTA, when applying for the grant, neglected to include all of the financial information requested by the Community Grant Review Committee. The committee, and later council, wanted to know where and how the grant funds had been spent in the previous year. In re-considering the grant funding, Councillor Kerrie Reay, head of the grant review committee, said incomplete information led to the denial of funding and now that all of the information was included and reviewed, she would be in favour of granting the funding. Coun. Bev Berger said, “this was a hard decision. Not having the information is huge.” She also said she still had some issues with some of the line items, stating that the district cannot be seen to support specific businesses. Coun. Rick Kasper questioned the obvious mention

of three specific businesses in some publications. He said if a business was singled out, they usually paid for part of the advertising costs. Lyle Markham, speaking for STA, said the articles were written by the publications themselves and the businesses were “cherrypicked.” Kasper said that the district could not be seen as subsidizing businesses and if SRTA was promoting the whole community, why weren’t all of the accommodations listed. He also questioned why only a very small portion of the costs were covered by business. “It’s not fair to the taxpayer,” said Kasper. He felt more businesses should be included other than the few mentioned who are members of SRTA and whose owners are on the executive. Mayor Milne said he wanted to bring it back because of the need to promote Sooke. “I’m in favour of more consultation and scrutiny,” he said. SRTA’s funding is dependent on support from the local level. The $23,000 fee for service funding is matched by Tourism Vancouver Island. Their projected yearly budget is $58,468, with the major expenses being a television campaign with Black Ball Transport, videos, website maintenance, brochures and tourist guides.

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The district and SRTA will enter into a five-year agreement, with budgets set each year. Markham said, “we’re not adversaries,” and Mayor Milne agreed stating, “we’re all in this together.” In other council business, council vote unanimously to approve the 48 Hour Building Permit Application Checklist to be followed when applying for a 48 Hour Building Permit. The 48 hour permit application applies to one/two family residential building permit applications. The permit will be issued providing the application is complete. It places the responsibility on the builder to ensure proper documentation and completeness of information prior to applying for a building permit. All of the applications need to be in compliance with zoning, the Building Code, Building Bylaw and Development Permit or Variance issues. The format of the 48 Hour Building Permit processing procedure has been set up to work with the existing building bylaws to reduce municipal liability through the Municipal Insurance Association (MIA). The move to the MIA is basically to shift the responsibility of liability arising from the local authority and place it primarily on the owner and registered professional. The 48 Hour Building Permit Application is fashioned after one used in Langford.

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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Up Sooke OPEN HOUSE

Public inPut is being sought for an offleash dog park to be located at the Ponds corridor Park off church Road, Municipal hall council chambers, 7 p.m.

SOOKE SECRETS

the annual fundRaiseR for the sooke Philharmonic Orchestra is a gardener’s delight. the sooke secret Garden tour takes place on June 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tickets at shoppers drug Mart.

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cOMe tO a dinner/show at the sooke legion on June 1, featuring the canadian classic country crooner b.K. Morrison, tickets at the legion bar. this is a fundraiser for the sooke food bank.

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at the sticK in the mud on friday nights and at the Kemp lake Music cafe on sundays from 3 to 5 p.m.

Up Sooke tO all thOse folks who pick up trash when they spot it on the street or anywhere for that matter, and place it in a garbage container. thanks, it helps makes sooke a tidier place.

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NEWS • 3

The full story: Marine Trail lot being logged In last week’s issue, a production glitch did not carry the full story to page 2. Here is the story in its entirety.

Pirjo Raits

Sooke News Mirror

Views to the Strait of Juan de Fuca are rarely visible along the stretch of road past Jordan River, but now the water is visible amid the noise of logging equipment and chain saws. District Lot 569, one of the properties owned by Ender Ilkay, is being logged by a partnership between the Pacheedaht First Nation and Anderson Pacific Forest Products and managed by Queesto Community Forest. “Here’s the fact,” said Ender Ilkay. “When the zoning applica-

tion was turned down, myself and my partners thought we would give it six months to see if any level of government would step forward. We gave it 18 months as we looked for a solution. This was not a knee jerk reaction. We’ve been dealing with this for five years. It’s just time.” Angus Hope, P.Eng., RPF, heading the logging of the property said they bought the timber on the stump on DL 569 from Ilkay. Some of the timber will be destined for overseas markets, but most of it will remain on the domestic market for plywood, pulp and specialty logs. “Not a lot will be exported,” said Hope. “No cedar, no fir. The lower quality logs may be exported.” He added

Logging on Block 569. that any logs heading overseas had to pass the provincial surplus test before they go out. Logging is expected to take another month and so far there hasn’t been any word or action from those same environmental groups who protested Ilkay’s plans for a resort. “It’s been relatively quiet with the long weekend,” said Hope. “We may start hearing something.”

He said Ilkay had three choices and that was to develop it, log it or sell it. “If you can’t change the zoning, you have to use it for what its zoned for,” said Hope. Buffers will be created on the lower end of the lot, 50 metres off the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail. Buffers will also be created around creeks in the block and to within 10 metres of the bottom of the lot.

There is also logging taking place across the highway from Lot 569, also being done by Pacheedaht Andersen Timber Holdings Ltd. (PATH). The 50-50 partnership is keeping everybody working, said Hope. This means they don’t have to take the logs to the other side of the Island. PATH is the new owner of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 61. This TFL is a subdivision of Block 1 from TFL 25. There is no private land attached to this TFL. PATH is a partnership between the Pacheedaht First Nation, located in Port Renfrew and Andersen Timber, a private family-owned company in Vancouver. This partnership will be managed by their General Partner, Queesto

Community Forest Ltd. “I am surprised but not shocked that they are logging. We had a choice between buying the land for park, preserving 85 per cent of the land and building cabins on the remainder, or clear-cutting all of the land. We only gave Mr. Ilkay the option of clear-cutting and that is what we will have to live with every 50 years,” said Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks. In the end Hicks had voted against the rezoning application. “I said it all along,” stated Ilkay, “this was not my first choice by any stretch of the imagination.” Ilkay and his partners are looking at their costs to date which are approx. $6-million.

Green Party candidate debriefs after election In last week’s issue we published the responses of re-elected NDP MLA JohnHorgan and Liberal candidate Kerrie Reay. Following is the response by Carlos Serra, Green Party candidate. There is an element of the surreal in an election campaign. At times the process feels like a prolonged job interview in which you are expected to present hope to everyone and doubt to no one. At other times the past four weeks felt like a guerrilla marketing campaign where I was the product in the midst of a desperate fire sale. Regardless, the process reveals little about the candidates aside from their ability to answer a few questions and organize the set up and take down of posters. We probably do a more thorough job checking into the backgrounds

and competencies of our plumbers than we do the integrity and convictions of our candidates. People vote for parties, not candidates, or so I was told as I entered the recent election. Yet, successful politics, like any other occupation, is determined not by membership in a party or employment in one particular corporation, but by the character of the candidate or employee which exists at times despite the party or company. If this is true then constituents should scrutinize candidates with equal or greater rigor as we do platforms, and rather than party slogans or personal pictures, perhaps election signs should present a character reference. I was reminded at the end of the campaign that this is the 21st Century and the era of nasty politics. We want

to know that someone is good but quickly forget such banality; the negative stays with us longer, at least until the final election day. Politics should not be in the same reality as gossip, but the dynamics of effective political campaigning are beginning to resemble the latter and while we may be somewhat sea-

soned at maneuvering the maze of lies, half lies, half truths and the rare truth found in everyday gossip, we are less skilled at dealing with the short term effects of smear tactics found in modern political campaigns, provincially and especially federally. Change is such a rare event in politics in part

because of the status quo bias, which states that we feel X amount of regret when we act as usual and it turns out wrong, but feel X+ regret when we act in a new way and things turn out not as we hoped. We vote not on the basis of hope, but on the basis of reducing feelings of regret, and the most obvious way

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR

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The story of the Port Renfrew Hotel bar If you’ve been in the Port Renfrew Hotel since it was rebuilt after the 2003 fire, entering through the lounge, you’d have noticed a spectacular slab of Douglas-fir, welcoming the hotel’s bar patrons. Measuring 22’ 4” long, 30” wide and 4”deep, it is a showpiece. Almost a decade ago, I was one of a group standing watching the falling of the seven-foot diameter Douglas-fir that stood as a sentinel at the entrance into the beginnings of the Sun River development on the old Phillips farm. Years ago, a team of fallers would have used a two-man crosscut saw to fell a tree of such a size, but with the use of power saws in recent times, this stately Douglas-fir presented a different sort of challenge. Troy Lovbakke was one of the fallers given the task, and he worked in tandem with Lance Lajeunesse and Bud Beam. The men started with 33” bars on their Husqvarna saws, moving on finally to saws with 52” bars. The belts of the high rig-

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This 1925 view shows Ed and Jack Phillips with their double bitted axes doing the undercut on a Douglas-fir that was substantially smaller than the one we have written about. gers could not encircle the bulk of the tree but they managed to get a steadying anchor cable in place to secure it from falling across Phillips Road. A pneumatic jack was used as well

but could not withstand the weight. Finally two 40-ton screw jacks were required for the tree to be laid down safely in an area so near to a public road and houses. It was near nightfall by

the time the gigantic tree came down with a resounding crash. None of us bystanders knew the next step in the route ahead for the centuries-old Douglas-fir. Bucked into lengths, the tree was trucked to Mike Warburton’s mill on Otter Point Road. While some of the tree was conk, as feared, much of the lumber was likely used in construction and we’re not certain where those lengths are today. We do know that Mike used a six-inch double cut saw 24-feet in length to shape the slab specially ordered by the hotel to be cut from this massive oldgrowth specimen. While no longer towering aloft, this section of the Douglas-fir lives on today, still a prize of the rainforest as it attracts the attention of hotel guests, its patina showing off the fabric of its grain - a bit of our West Coast culture still. Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum

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Police Beat

Vehicle break-ins continue to plague Sooke RCMP On May 17, on the 7000 block of Maple Park Terrace, Sooke RCMP supported by the Island District Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant. The search warrant was for a weapons offense contrary to an existing order. The police found a variety of drugs, including crystal meth, marijuana and some other

items, and about $2,500 cash on hand. The services of the Emergency Response Team was not required. Charges were laid against 33-year-old Brent Barry Bruce Brown. A second person from the same residence was also arrested, and charges are pending. Brown was held in custody and later released. • On Thursday night,

May 23, 15 cars were broken into in the Sunriver area, and these were reported to the police on May 24 and 25. Someone was arrested in another jurisdiction, and items stolen from the vehicles in Sooke were found on that person. Found among the stolen items was a set of car keys, presumably left in the vehicle.

This is a reminder to car owners not to leave valuables in the car. Keys are considered valuables. • With EMCS grad night upcoming, Staff Sergeant Stephen Wright alerts parents to the dangers of hosting under-age after-grad parties where alcohol is served. Parent can be charged under the Liquor Act, and this charge includes a man-

datory court appearance. He encourages parents to support dry grad parties. Other words of advise are to know where your kids are, ensure they have a phone with them so they can call for help or for a ride, and to be without judgement in the moment. Reserve any words of wisdom for the following day, when cooler heads prevail.

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We’ve got talent here at Poirier! Last week on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16 we had our Talent Show. We had singers, dancers, piano playing, comedy skits and more – we had it all. The show began at 1 p.m. and the teachers hosting it were very busy. A special thanks to Mrs. Blatchford for organizing this year’s Talent Show and all the talent shows in the past. We thank you! The grade 4-5s were the stars of the show and the younger grades look forward to starring in the show when they get old enough. Thank you to everyone for bringing in a non-perishable food item for the Sooke Food Bank because we know their supplies are running low. Our school participated

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be a great benefit to us, particularly for those firefighters in hard to reach areas. We used to have blind spots where members weren’t able to get pageout calls.” This is a classic example of everyone working in one direction with a terrific outcome” said Hicks. “I want to thank everyone and especially C.R.E.S.T for recognizing the problem and investing in the solution.”

Region’s emergency communications provider, CREST Inc. “The new repeater extends coverage and will make a huge difference for fire and rescue personnel relying on pagers to call them out for emergency services,” says CREST general manager Gord Horth. “Given its remote location, solar panels will provide the power needed to operate the equipment”. “We’re expecting a vast improvement”, said Shirley fire chief Marty Gilbertson. “The new service will

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Spotless beach Harbours District Girl Guides spent the morning of May 11 at the beach – cleaning it. Approximately 30 girls met at Ed Macgregor Park to participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The original location was to be Billings Spit but a survey of the site revealed a spotless beach, so efforts were transferred to the beach underneath the boardwalk. In two hours the girls collected 70 pounds of garbage, ranging from tiny bits of glass to a soaking wet sleeping bag and everything in between. Sooke Disposal provided the bin and picked up the garbage and the District of Sooke supplied gloves and garbage bags.

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Did you know that all of the worker bees are female, that they live for about six weeks, and that one bee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime? These female worker bees are equipped with a stinger which, if engaged, sees her ultimate demise. The males, or drones, are sans-stinger and their only job is to sit around and procreate. And the queen bee, who can live for up to five years, lays up to 2,500 eggs per day. Sooke’s own honey

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Bob Lipton shows how the honey is gently extracted from the hive using this honey extractor. farm, Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery, celebrated National

Honey Bee Awareness Day in style on May 25. On the tour, co-

owner Bob Liptrot showed how the honey was extracted from the hive, and discussed the process of making mead. He also discussed the importance of maintaining the health of the bee and, as an “old-fashion beekeeper” with more than 35 years of experience, Lipton continues the tradition of feeding bees with their own pollen and honey. Back at the tasting room, co-owner Dana LeCompte offered mead tastings along with an informed description. Needless to say, that was a popu-

lar, post-tour gathering spot. And outside, as expected, bees hummed busily about, too busy with their own labours to bother with the curious humans mulling about.

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May 28, 2008 OCP: snap-shot of the community If the Sooke Official Community Plan survey results say anything, it is that Sooke is a good place to live. Respondents, 1,600 of them, filled in the youth and adult surveys indicating their views on such issues as: transportation, housing priorities, growth initiatives, as well as their likes and dislikes in the community. Both groups (youth and adult) liked the small town, friendly people, and the access to nature and the ocean. Twenty-eight percent of youth respondents said they did not feel safe in their neighbourhoods, citing roads with no lighting, forested areas, and wildlife as things of concern. Adults indicated the downtown appearance, traffic ingestion, lack of shopping, one road in, and lack of sideways as the top five things they disliked about Sooke. May 28, 2003 Sooke nets $11.6 million for sewers Finally!

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After almost three years of applications and lobbying by many, the District of Sooke was rewarded by the announcement last Thursday the municipality would be receiving a Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Program grant for about $11.6 million for the proposed $17.4 million community sewer project. The project had been an initiative of Sooke’s first council. The project will include a collection system and a treatment plant. The plant will provide secondary treatment with disinfection. A timeline for the project has not yet been set.

May 27, 1998 Rough estimate shows incorporation would make average taxes jump by $93 Taxpayers would have to shell out about $93 more annually is Sooke were to become an incorporated municipality, according to a draft interim report presented to the Sooke Incorporation Review Committee Thursday. The report is based on obtaining the same level of service as currently provided. The analysis has been based on the Sooke core area, and costs and revenues of the outlying study area to the north of the core have yet to be factored. The final report is expected to be com-

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Sooke MLA Rick Kasper was the most prominent victim of a string of brazen breakand-enters in Saseenos last week. A thief, or thieves, snuck in the ground floor kitchen window of the Kasper’s home May 19 while he and his wife were sleeping, and made off with a wallet and a purse, a ghetto blaster, car keys and Kasper’s car. The home of noted Sooke resident Elida Peers was hit the same night, and a few other homes in the vicinity have also been hit.

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Public process appears flawed Sometimes one has to wonder why public input sessions are ever held. In many cases, the decisions have already been made and it seems the public part of the process is just for show. It won’t change any minds. Three examples come to mind. An off-leash dog park which will run through a residential area, and a bike skills park and horseshoe pitch in John Phillips Memorial Park. Each of these are things we could use in Sooke, but why is it the taxpayers (through the District of Sooke) are all of a sudden responsible for Everything maintenance, upkeep costs money, the and associated costs? The district paid $3,600 for a plan except the for the bike park which we promises. haven’t seen yet, the district will pay for fencing for the off-leash park and the district is “giving” the horseshoe club about half an acre for use by the private club and thinking about building them some parking. If this were truly a democratic process then decisions would be reserved to the end of the public process. Council appears so eager to please everyone that they say ‘yes’ to them all. Of course there is need. Of course people need recreational opportunities. Of course it is all of us who pay for others to play. The district and council needs to seriously consider where they are spending the taxpayers money. Much of the present council ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and now it seems that was just the right thing to say, because it doesn’t appear to be the right thing to do. Everything costs money, except the promises. Our priorities should be to infrastructure, not fun structures.

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BCTF digs in for endless war B.C. Views Like those Japanese soldiers who didn’t hear about the end of World War II, the militant fringe that controls the B.C. Teachers’ Federation is digging in for endless battle against the B.C. government. Their nemesis, Premier Christy Clark, reiterated last week that seeking a 10-year agreement with the BCTF is a top priority when the legislature is recalled this summer. The current one-year truce ends June 30. The BCTF grudgingly agreed to that extension last year, then ran TV ads calling for an NDP government that promised concessions and union bosses on both sides of the negotiating table. “You know, I may be a lame duck,” outgoing BCTF president Susan Lambert crowed to cheering classroomwarfare radicals at the union’s convention in March, “but I think Christy’s goose is cooked.” We’ll never know how much this sort of gloating contributed to the epic collapse of the NDP, champion of public sector union members whose pay and benefits make them the new upper class. But I can tell you the prospects for sparing children from this ideological warfare are not good. Last week the B.C. Court of Appeal handed down an ivory-tower decision that upheld the “right” of teach-

ers to bring their union demands into the classroom in the form of posters, buttons and black armbands that to some self-absorbed teachers symbolize the “death” of education. During the election campaign, The Globe and Mail carried a story on one of those mock elections held in schools around the province. An elementary-level student was quoted as saying she voted against the B.C. Liberals because Clark “caused a teachers’ strike.” If this kid was talking about the most recent strike, I wonder where she got that idea. In a negotiating performance that was appalling even by BCTF standards, Lambert and her team conducted months of disruptive work-to-rule action before they could even articulate a wage and benefit demand. When they finally did, it was outrageously out of touch with reality. An indication of how the union’s ruling class wants to conduct itself in the classroom can be found in the latest issue of the BCTF newsletter to its members. Joanna Larson, president of the Prince Rupert union local, contributes an article headlined: “What kind of citizen do we hope to graduate from our K-12 public schools?” Larson first quotes the education ministry’s current goals. They include preparing citizens who are “creative, flexible, self-motivated, and who have a positive self-image.”

Another goal is citizens who are “skilled and who can contribute to society generally, including the world of work.” Larson then mocks these goals, as follows: “Essentially, the Ministry of Education has a vision of citizens who will maintain the status quo, not rock the boat, and participate on a superficial level in aspects of political and societal change. It doesn’t challenge individuals to take direct action against exploitation, marginalization and violence.” In case you missed the political message, Larson later asserts: “The educated citizens we graduate from our schools cannot just be content to wear a pink shirt once a year…. Educated, engaged citizens must be willing to take direct action to change and shape our society for the better.” What is this ghastly “status quo” that must be challenged by “direct action”? In these campus-radical screeds, the final answer is generally the same: capitalism. This call to arms is a blend of the NDP election platform and a rant from the Occupy Vancouver squat of a couple of years ago. It’s no wonder we hear of students making BCTF picket signs in art class. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS • 9

We asked: What can we do to better promote Sooke as a tourist destination?

Put some flowers on the lamp posts.

Open up little shops on the waterfront.

Linda Kelly Sooke

Slow response from OSMV Alan Perry gave an outstanding presentation to the seniors’ group here recently (see the Sooke News Mirror, May 15 pg. 5). I was particularly interested in the DriveABLE program. On September 23, I first learned about it when I received a letter from the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) asking me to get a medical from my doctor, do the DriveABLE program and possibly take a driving test. I’m 82 and I didn’t think I’d have any trouble with that. That was about eight months ago and I have yet to receive a letter from the OSMV advising that I’m okay to drive. When Alan phoned me the next day to say that he checked and I had passed. I still haven’t heard anything from the OSMV. They advised me not to drive until I heard from them. Barry Baldwin Sooke

The good and bad about Sooke Last week I visited Sooke from Edmonton and experienced the good side of your community. I required medical attention and was very courteously and professionally taken

Fix up the crumby old building along the road and put in some sidewalks.

Jodie Nicholson Sooke

Have more big activities, like all Sooke Days, Art in the Park and other outdoor activities, so people can get out and enjoy the day.

Joan Sharp Sooke

letters care of by the welcoming staff of the Harbour Family Medical Clinic. I am very grateful to them and feel that they demonstrate the best caring aspects of your town towards a tourist in need. The less pleasant aspect of my visit was what made me need medical care. I was bitten at the Alyard Farm Beach by an out of control local dog, “Boomer,” permitted to run off leash on the beach and indifferent to the people trying to control it and its companion. Alarmingly, the custodians of these dogs had an infant and toddler in their party, and I can only wonder about the children’s safety or that of other vulnerable people in light of the aggressive behaviour of these dogs. The potential harm to young children is troubling to contemplate. Ironically, there is a clear sign on the beach approach about leashing dogs. Even if disregarded when the area is quiet, I expect that the dog owner should be able to restrain and control their animal when others approach to use the area. I can testify to the quite painful consequences of this not happening and hope that your readers will take heed and control their dogs properly. Sooke and the GVRD

do an excellent job of promoting tourism and providing outstanding recreational opportunities for visitors. I would hate to see their hard work undermined by the careless behaviour of some reckless dog owners. A dog bite is not my favourite souvenir of your beautiful region. Denis Haughey Edmonton

No need for another dog park I cannot understand why we need an offleash dog park. There are many places in and around Sooke that already are people/dog parks. Whiffin Spit is one such spot where dogs can run, jump, play and swim to their heart’s content while still under effective control by their owners. Whiffin Spit already has all the amenities that any dog and its owner could wish. One of the biggest things that bothers me is that if an “official” offleash dog park is created, wasting taxpayers money, is that by creating such an area it could lead to areas in Sooke where dogs will be banned from being off leash or just being banned completely. We moved here from Victoria 15 years ago

to get away from such rules and regulations. If anybody here wants an off-leash dog park they should move to Victoria or elsewhere where such areas are already mandated by the local government. In reality they should have considered this when they chose to move here. We do not need more rules and regulations, and we certainly do not need more fences — we need less fences. It would be greatly appreciated that when people move here to Sooke that they leave their Victoria or big city attitudes back where they came from and enjoy the freedom that we do have here in this wonderful town. Thomas and Storm Kowalchuk Sooke

Wreaking havoc in the woods

It is interesting to see how the news everywhere (not just in the Sooke News Mirror) is being slanted on the clearcut logging being done on Ender Ilkay’s properties near the Juan de Fuca Trail. The gist of it is: poor Ender had no choice but to clearcut. After all, a man has got to make a buck, or five-million bucks, as the case might be. Apparently “bucks” are still the

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not-to-be-questioned bottom line when decisions are being made in our world. Have we not arrived, in a screeching head-on collision sort of way, at a point of realization that it is folly to think that it doesn’t matter what we destroy (atmosphere, our health, fresh and ocean water, the lives of displaced and poisoned people, song birds, fish, animals, bees etc.) as long as money is being generated? At the precise moment when the amount of carbon in our atmosphere has hit an all-time high of 400 ppm (while humans have inhabited the Earth, that is), we are still not questioning making profit at the expense of leveling our dwindling forests of carbon-sequestering, oxygen-producing trees. Why are we so quick to blame “environmentalists” for the destruction of these lands? Like a three-year-old who piles his cone with one too many scoops of ice cream and when it

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Cont’d from page 9 topples to the ground yells at his onlooking sibling “now look what you made me do” there seems to be a blatant and ultimately destructive tendency to place blame elsewhere. There are always choices that do not involve wreaking havoc. What about selective logging? Donating the land for a park for a large tax receipt? Or (gulp) taking responsibility and acknowledging that land speculation and trying to amass a grand fortune is dicey business, and not trying to offload the effects of your poor call onto the already pillaged planet? Jo Phillips and George McFetridge Sooke

Solution was there, once Read your front page story and editorial

referring to the Marine Trail lot. Brought back memories of when the Lions were spearheading a drive to acquire the portion of the golf course that the city was not getting. The purpose was to build a seniors’ extended care facility, respite facility, medical office spaces along with meeting places for seniors and other local groups. The uproar from some local residents negated that objective, and now that land still sits as an eyesore and an embarrassment. A letter to the editor this week calls for a home for a seniors’ drop-in centre. What a coincidence and shame, that loud voices a few years back prevented what could have been. Mike Thomas Sooke

Tests are unsuitable Below are some comments on “Knowing when it’s time to hang up the keys,” May 15, 2013, for your interest. Your recent article on B.C.’s DriveABLE test may leave your readers with a somewhat incomplete understanding of this compulsory screening process for seniors. As I have not heard the speaker myself, I am unable to say whether the reasons for this are the speaker’s remarks themselves or possibly inaccurate reporting. Whatever they are, the report falls somewhat short of presenting an accurate, complete or balanced picture of the various steps of the process, and certainly no evidence to support the claim that its objective is “keeping safe drivers on the road.”

In fact, the two (not one) compulsory standardized “virtual” tests for seniors – but not the actual driving assessment — have been widely reviewed and almost universally deemed unsuitable and inappropriate for use as driving ability assessments, except by those who have a vested interest in or material benefit from them, i.e. the provinces of Alberta (where they originated and are in use) and B.C. (where both have become obligatory), and their Albertan inventors. Those of your readers interested in more (and more realistic) information about these controversial tests may wish to consult an opinion piece by Black Press columnist Brian Kieran, Monday Magazine, Oct.27, 2011. Various reports over the years by other Black Press or independent community papers are easily avail-

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NOTICE TO WAIVE PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Section 893 of the Local Government Act, notice is hereby given that the Public Hearing concerning the following zoning bylaw amendment has been WAIVED. Bylaw No. 570, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-2) has been given first and second readings and it is at the intention of the Council of the District of Sooke to give the Bylaw further consideration at the Regular Council meeting scheduled for 7:00 pm, MONDAY, June 10, 2013 in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, B.C.

Bylaw No. 570, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-2) The intent and purpose of Bylaw No 570, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-2) is to rezone the property at 2083 Anna Marie Road, legally described as Lot 9, Section 10, Sooke District, Plan 30302 from Town Centre Mixed Use (CTC) to Large Lot Residential (R1). A Town Centre Commercial zoning was applied to 2083 Anna Marie Road in error in 2008 under Bylaw No. 270, Sooke Zoning Bylaw 2006. This error was identified by the owner and staff during the Bylaw No. 600, Sooke Zoning Bylaw 2013 public consultation process. The owner has requested that the error be corrected and that the property’s zoning be returned to Large Lot Residential (R1). As per the owner’s wishes, the District of Sooke has initiated a rezoning application process to correct the zoning at 2083 Anna Marie Road to its original zoning of R1.

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All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by these proposed bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed bylaws at the above time and place. If you are unable to attend the meeting, we ask that written submissions be provided prior to June 10, 2013. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record. Copies of the proposed bylaws, and relevant background documents, may be inspected at the offices of the District of Sooke Planning Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays), commencing from May 30, 2013 to and including June 10, 2013 until noon (12 pm). If you have any questions regarding this application, please contact the Planning Department at (250) 642-1634.

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Cleaning up in Jordan River — naturally Soapmaker creates artisan soap Pirjo Raits

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ordan River is a haven for many who choose to abandon city life and make their home in the dark forests and seaside community best known for its surfing. The lifestyle there is one of a deep abiding respect for nature and the outdoors. It’s nowhere close to a city and because of that the people who choose to live there are a self-sufficient lot, making a living in the ways that suit them best. “Necessity is the mother of invention,” is a proverb of unknown origin, but it is also the impetus for a homebased business in Jordan River. Jordan River Soapworks came about when Candice Suchocki Weir found her skin could not tolerate strong scents and ingredients. “I have skin concerns that led to an obvious need to find products I could use,” she said.

They come in all shapes and sizes

“Lots of natural products have ingredients I’m allergic to and my products are designed

out of necessity and other people enjoy them too.” Soap making is an

age old industry, with the earliest recorded evidence in 2800 BC in ancient Babylon. These days small batch producers make artisan soaps using a vast array of ingredients. Gone are the days of tallow and ashes. These days oils such as shea, coconut, olive and palm are used replacing the animal fats used over the centuries. The soaps and body products Weir makes use only essential oils and absolutely no artificial colours or preservatives. Nor does she add ingredients for aesthetic purposes. “I’m most proud of my sources,” said Weir. “I source as many local products as possible.” She uses sea salt from Sooke Sea Salts, beeswax from Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery and seaweed gathered by Dakini Tidal Wilds. A natural clay comes from up Island and peppermint is harvested on her property. These products have led to one of Weir’s best selling soap which is made from sea salt and seaweed and a touch of tea tree oil. Everything else she

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Candice Suchocki Weir uses bees wax from Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery in her soapmaking. Left, an assortment of Jordan River Soapworks’ products. uses is organic and is sustainably harvested. Her Plain Jane unscented soap is completed neutral using organic natural products. Others in the line up include lavender and clay, grapefruit and bergamot, rose geranium and hibiscus, as well as peppermint. Body butters and lip

balms are made from cocoa, shea and coconut oils. Her workshop may be small, but her aspiration are huge. Jordan River Soapworks is a young business, in its first year. Weir makes all the soap and body products in small batches, paying special attention to the packaging. She learned

Come Together features work of East Sooke artists

for the month of June at the MAG. East Sooke artists Bonnie Coulter and Angela Menzies are mother and daughter and they, along with sister and aunt Margaret Heywood, are collaborating in painting large-scale artworks. Both Coulter and Menzies are known through their participation in the Stinking Fish Studio Tour and the East Sooke Studio Tour. Both women work in their separate studios and each are inspired by the natural beauty of East Sooke. Menzies’ work is both whimsical and serene, with a healthy scattering of female

Pirjo Raits

Sooke News Mirror

Collaboration has two meanings, the first is to work jointly especially in a literary or artistic production, the second is to cooperate traitorously with the enemy. There is no enemy in the upcoming exhibition at the Metchosin Art Gallery (MAG) — it’s the exact opposite. Three strong artistic women, who also happen to be family, are showing their art work

by trial and error and through books and online information. She developed her own recipes and keeps trying, testing, failing and trying some more. It’s an ongoing process. She is focussed on grassroots marketing and has her products in 15 shops on the Island, in Vancouver and Kelowna. She attends pop-up markets, which seem to be trending these days offering small businesses an opportunity to expand their market exposure. For the month of June and perhaps longer she will set up a popup market in Victoria in the Murchie’s building. She has seen some success as well at the China town night market in Vancouver. “The Internet makes it possible to have a home based business in Jordan River,” said Weir, “and it’s miles from a major centre. This would be impossible without that.” For more information on Jordan River Soapworks, go to: www.jordanriversoapworks. com and you can find them on Facebook.

Detail from collaborative work, Holding Back the Storm

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Cont’d from page 11 nudes and dogs. Coulter draws her inspiration directly from her surroundings, landscapes and fishscapes, seaweed and seaside. Heywood is a long time student of the arts who lives in North Vancouver and succumbs to landscapes and florals. They have collaborated on a piece entitled, “Holding Back the Storm” which depicts a child with threatening clouds behind and a dog at his side. Menzies painted the portrait and Coulter the landscape, each contributing what they knew best, The work solicits different responses and a first reaction is one of fear, for the child. “Funny enough, the photo was one of my son laughing,” said Menzies. Menzies explained that the work is about transition and kids as they grow. It’s about the anxieties and worry from parents and grandparents as they see the approaching storm of adolescence. “It’s the only joint piece in the show,” said Menzies. There will be plenty to look at in the show.

Each of the artists will hang up to 25 works each. Menzies will have a new series called “Sizes,” which looks at how women perceive themselves when they take the number off the free size. “It’s the essence of their personality,” said Menzies. She said they are nudes of 23 real women she knows. She asked each of them how they say themselves if they took their body image out of the equation. The paintings are their answers. All of the work will hang for the duration of the show, which runs from June 6 to July 7. Opening reception with the artists on June 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. The MG is a brand new non-profit gallery located at 4495 Happy Valley Road in Metchosin. The 1,000 square foot gallery is located within the old Metchosin school library. The MAG is a contemporary art space that supports the local arts community and offers innovative exhibitions, performances and artist talks.

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Abandoned dream The old abandoned resort which was to be built at the Sooke Potholes holds testament to the dreams of another time.

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Have you ever been in a situation where everything seems to be falling apart? Perhaps you're there right now. You feel cast adrift, not knowing what is expected of you or where life is going. You were on course and then the winds of change occurred, and suddenly you are in uncharted waters, not sure of where you're heading or what you'll do when you get there. This is definitely how most of us feel at one time or another. Numerous changes and adjustments rock the quiet little pond of our existence, and though we don't know where it is all going to lead, we do know that we do not like it. We want things back the way they were. We don't like these waves and what they mean. And worst of all, there is nothing We can do about it … or is there? As the book of Acts begins, we find Jesus' disciples caught up in their own situation of change. Life with Jesus as they knew it had been washed away. For three years, they had lived and travelled and learned from Him. They had been part of an extraordinary time in history, and then it all changed. Jesus' presence with them changed. Once He was alive and then He was dead, and now He was alive again, but different, and there was nothing they could do about it either … or was there? Jesus said to wait. "Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my Father promised, and you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you." And that is exactly what they did. They waited. They trusted. And when the time was right, on the day of Pentecost, all the good which God was planning for them fell into place. Good falling into place. I like the sound of that, don't you? So today, amidst whatever waves may be rippling the ponds of your life, just like the disciples, there really is something you can do about it. Wait. Trust. And in the fullness of time, as you wait for God, and trust in God, you shall receive the good gift that God has prepared for you. It won't be the same as it was before, but because of God's immeasurable love for you, it will be 'good falling into place' and it will give you power and strength to carry on. Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg

hoLy trinity anglican church 1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172 Holy coMMunion ServiceS Sunday & Wednesday 10am Saturday 5pm Revs Dr. Alex and Nancy Nagy www.holytrinitysookebc.org

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

Sooke BaptiSt ChurCh 7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424 Sunday Service 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries Pastor Dwight Geiger Email sookebaptistchurch@telus.net

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Buying your first home is a thrill, a lifestyle commitment and probably creating the largest debt you will ever take on. But when is large too large? How much house can you really afford? That’s a tricky question with no easy answers. Your lender determines your eligibility for a loan through two simple calculations: • the Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDSR) that considers your monthly income versus your proposed new housing costs (including mortgage payments, property taxes, and/or 50% of condominium fees, if applicable); • the Total Debt Service Ratio (TDSR) that measures your gross monthly income versus your total debt obligations (such as loans, car payments and credit card bills). These are useful ‘loan eligibility’ indicators -- but they don’t give you an accurate assessment of the mortgage amount you can realistically afford. Here are some tips to help make sure your dream home is a financially comfortable fit. Look to the long-term You’re going to be in your home for many years and your financial obligations will change over time. Assess your current annual household income and then consider the financial impact of changes like having children or one day moving from a dual-income to single-income situation. Look at all the costs When you’re caught up in the home buying process, it’s easy to overlook costs like closing costs, homeowner’s insurance, home maintenance costs and even the new furniture you’ll need to buy. At the time of purchase, the assessed value of the home is typically increased to match the purchase price. If the previous assessed value was low, the new assessment can materially increase the amount of property tax you’ll have to pay versus what was paid by the previous owner. Look at your purchase realistically Once you’ve got an accurate fix on the real cost of your dream home, consider the financial trade-offs you’re willing to make. Maybe a smaller house would give you more lifestyle and spending flexibility? Or are you willing to put your family on a tighter budget in order to afford a bigger home? Look to your plan Work with your professional advisor and a mortgage planning specialist to incorporate your housing costs into your overall, longterm financial plan. Determine which mortgage options and payments work best for you. Look at your current spending and lifestyle, how your earning power will change over time, and how much you’ll need to save for retirement. That way, you’ll feel perfectly comfortable in your new home, safe in the knowledge it’s a home you can really afford – now and in the future. This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact a financial advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Con

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GIANT CASE LOST! SAVING

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Back Ribs

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Pork Loins $5.49/kg

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Vinegar

Money’s Sliced

Ranch Salad Dressings

Hidden Valley

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Large Green Perlette

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Harvest Original Smoked or Applewood Smoked

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Gallery West features bold close-ups

A new solo show has opened at Gallery West featuring the works of Sooke artist John GreyNoble. Noble graduated from the Alberta College of Art, majoring in painting and printmaking. He moved to Sooke inn 2006 after a career in Vancouver. He built his studio Ravens Home which looks across the valley towards Otter Point and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. His paintings are in private collection throughout Canada, U.S.A., Denmark, Australia and England. He has shown his work at the Sooke Fine Arts Show for the past five years. Grey-Noble’s has 17 canvases hung at Gallery West in the South Shore Gallery at 2046 Otter Point Road. “They are bold, close-ups of the natural world,” said Elizabeth Tanner, gallery owner. The show will run to June 24 and Grey-Noble will be in attendance at the gallery for four Saturday afternoons (June 1, 8 and 15) during the duration of the show from 12 to 3 p.m. For more information go to: http://theravenshome.blogspot.com/ For more information on the gallery go to: southshoregallery@ yahoo.ca

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Reader’s Photo of the Week

Gallery West is located at the South Shore Gallery

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Andrew and Glenna Ferguson view the works of John GreyNoble.

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Tower of Song: Tribute to Cohen For our final concert of the season, the Sooke Folk Music Society is presenting Tower of Song, a creative tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen, this Saturday, June 1, at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. It will feature performances of Leonard Cohen’s music by Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone, as well as Dave Gallant with Grant Jamieson and Jake Grant. Tower of Song will be a night of rare and classic selections from the Leonard Cohen cannon fearlessly interpreted by these artists, with a few original compositions and readings, round out an evening that celebrates Canada’s greatest bard and his influence on modern songwriting. Hear Cohen’s timeless songs arranged for two voices, banjo, string bass, piano and guitar. Together Swain and Garramone have crafted vocal arrangements of the great works of Cohen that will satiate and astonish the die-hard Cohen fan in everyone. After several sold-out shows on Vancouver Island, Tower of Song continues to expand their geographical range to put “more power in the tower!” Produced by Garramone, Tower of Song gave Swain and Garramone the chance to collaborate on Cohen’s rich material, and the chemistry was obvi-

Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone

ous -- to them and to the packed houses and sold out shows. Swain is a worker in song. After a dozen years in some of North America’s most loved roots bands (Outlaw Social, The Duhks, The Bills) Oliver released ‘In a BIG MACHINE’ in 2011 to rave reviews. His performances are a musical journey that takes you from haunting old-time melodies to soaring new songs... sweeping vocal stylings, dazzling and dramatic skills as an instrumentalist, an evening spent with Oliver

Swain will leave you breathless and joyful.” Visit http://www.oliverswainmusic.com/ Garramone’s music is a reflection of her fascination with the edge. Inspired by the geography and spirit of the places she has lived, from Nunavut to Hawaii, she harmonizes the experimental with the classical, and the unexpected with the organic. And that voice, somewhere between Keith Jarrett and Joni Mitchell, Garramone’s unique approach to songwriting was recognized

when she earned the grand prize in the 2010

The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #54 Phone: 250-642-5913 ARCTIC STAR MEDAL AND BOMBER COMMAND CLASP Awarded for service in World War II

Eligibility and application forms at the Legion

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“THE CANADIAN CLASSIC COUNTRY CROONER” Saturday, June 1st Cocktails: 5pm Dinner 6pm

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Announce the marriage of their daughter

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Why not make it your Legion

Artswells Songwriting Contest. Recorded in a solar-powered yurt in Hawaii, her newest album, Thank You Half Moon will be officially released in Summer 2013. When she’s not traveling, she resides in Victoria. Visit http:// glennagarramone.com/ Please be sure to join us this Saturday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Murray Road. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the show commencing at 8. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at Shoppers Drug Mart.

Sooke Residents in Need Society

June 5th, 12 Noon Sooke Seniors’ Dropin Centre Sooke Fire Hall

Bona fide Guests always welcome

Entertainment: 7 pm - 9 pm Dinner Menu: Pasta Extravaganza with Lasagna, Spaghetti with or without Meatballs, Pasta Salad, Caesar Salad and desserts. Ticket Prices: $20.00 Donation to the Food Bank Tax receipts will be given for the donation at the event

Ashley Pearson to Nikolas McGregor Talbot

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The wedding took place on January 18, 2013 amongst family and friends in Maui. Happy couple now residing in Sooke.

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LETTERS Cont’d from page 10 able from the always informed and obliging Ms. Google. The March 2011 B.C. Medical Journal, an informal but telling evaluation of the DriveABLE exam conducted by the Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, is also available on the Internet. And finally, if I may be so immodest, Part 1 of my own article which explores this issue (and in subsequent parts B.C. senior care in general) in some depth is available at www.lotuslandblog.ca. It documents the complete test process in detail, as well as the above references and others. It reflects the status quo as it was about a year ago and likely still is today, except for the improbable (but always possible) event of some major change or revision having occurred to the program since then, other than what may well be little more than a PR exercise by the OSMV (Office of the Supervisor of Motor Vehicles) to counter the extensive critical response to it. Paul Wagner Sooke

Four more years

I may have been a little concerned and was not happy with the ways things went in the B.C. provincial election, but I soon got over it.

I wonder why the voters who held their noses and voted gave Ms. Clark and her Liberals another four years. There are a lot of good NDP MLAs who will do a good job and let the B.C. government know what some of the things are that they are doing wrong. Thanks for the space in your paper. Bill Wilson Sooke

CALLING ALL STUDENTS !! Sooke News Mirror and the Sooke Region Historical Society invite students resident in the region from East Sooke to Port Renfrew to enter a competition answering this question:

“EXPLAIN WHY NATURAL BEACHES ARE IMPORTANT FOR TODAY AND THE FUTURE” $50.00 PRIZES (5) to be awarded by Sooke Lions Club for the winning Kit Juba photo

Orca alert

On May 14 two orcas were spotted in the area between Hutchinson and Roche Coves.

Pesto from scapes and fronds tomatoes you planted ripen in June.

Farmhouse Recipes If we look in our gardens now we will see the garlic, shallots, and leeks sending up seed pods, known as fronds or scapes. These need to be cut out before the head forms, the younger the better, in order to allow the bulbs to grow larger. These fronds are perfectly edible and can be used in pesto or as a nice addition to a stir fry, or even pickled. I prefer to use them fresh, but they can also be dehydrated for later use. The following is a pesto recipe which can be frozen to be used when those heritage

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GARLIC SCAPE (or Fronds) AND ALMOND PESTO Makes about 1 cup 10 garlic scapes, finely chopped 1/3 to 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan (to taste and texture) 1/3 cup slivered almonds (you could toast them lightly, if you’d like) About 1/2 cup olive oil Sea salt Put the scapes, 1/3 cup of the cheese, almonds and half the olive oil in the bowl of a food processor (or use a blender or a mortar and pestle). Whir to chop and blend all the ingredients and then add the remainder of the oil and, if you want, more cheese. If you like the

texture, stop; if you’d like it a little thinner, add some more oil. Season with salt. Refrigerate for up to two days, but make sure there is no air in the container or put saran wrap on and press it down on the pesto to stop oxidation, otherwise freeze in ice cube trays and remove and put into bags to be used when you like. This is great on roasted potatoes, tossed with warm spinach salad, (spinach is ready now), or spread on a lamb roast in it’s last half hour of roasting. Use your imagination. Great on pasta and rice as well. Enjoy the spring vegetables and remember to visit the Sooke and Shirley Country Markets for those fresh vegetables. Submitted by Ellen Lewers @ mrslewersfarmhouse@shaw.ca

essays selected from each elementary grade—1,2,3,4,5 (Essays should be from 50 –150 words) $50.00 PRIZES (3) to be awarded by Royal Canadian Legion Branch #54 for the winning essays selected from each middle school grade-6,7,8 (Essays should be from 100 to 300 words) $100.00 PRIZE (1) to be awarded by Sooke Community Association for the winning essay selected from high school grade level student entries (Essays should be from 200 to 400 words) Entry deadline: Friday May 31, 2013—Deliver to Sooke Region Museum or to Sooke News Mirror. Queries?—250-642-6351 AWARDS PRESENTATIONS—OPEN HOUSE AT THE MUSEUM, JUNE 23RD Essay Entry form Name __________________________________Phone ____________ Address __________________________________________________ Grade level _____________________________ Age _____________ (Home schoolers included)

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Upcoming Public Meetings Off-Leash Dog Park Public Consultation Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7:00 pm

2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke Phone: 250-642-1634 Fax: 250-642-0541 email: info@sooke.ca website: www.sooke.ca

Committee of the Whole Monday, June 3, 2013 at 6:00 pm

REQUEST FOR QUOTES

Finance and Administration Committee

District of Sooke Website Update

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm

The District of Sooke plans to retain a consultant to carry out the update of its municipal website and is seeking quotations for a consultant that best meets the requirements as described in the Request for Quotes. A copy of the Request for Quotes may be obtained from the District of Sooke municipal office, Finance Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 1J2, Telephone 250-642-1634 or from the District website at www.sooke.ca.

Community Grant Review Committeee Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm

LOST CAT Near Manzer Rd

The public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel meetings at the Prestige Resort Meeting Room: - Economic Development - Steve Grundy, Chair – 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm - Arts and Beautification - Brenda Parkinson, Chair – 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm - Community Health and Social Issues - Nicky Logins, Chair –2nd Wednesday of each month 7:00 pm

The deadline for submissions is 4:00 PM, local time, Friday, June 14th, 2013 NOTE: Should any potential bidders download the Request for Quotes, it is the proponents/bidders responsibility to check for Addenda that will be posted on the District of Sooke website. This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to confirm meetings. Council meeting agendas may be viewed at www.sooke.ca WHAT’S NEW AT THE DISTRICTCHECK IT OUT! At www.sooke.ca

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Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 24, 2013, at the age of 85 at Victoria General Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, John (1996) and sons, Ronald (1966) and Herbert (1987). She is survived by her children, Carolyn (Dimas), David (Karen), Donald (Pam), and Robert (Leanne) and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bernice was born on the family farm in Theodore, Saskatchewan, in 1927. She met her husband John in Saskatoon and married on November 4, 1947. They moved to Sudbury, Ontario where they made many friends and then to Sooke, BC in 1966 where they lived their remaining years together. Bernice was an active community member working with local groups such as Meals on Wheels, Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union and was a lifetime member of the Sooke Museum. She was a long standing member of the Sooke Anglican Church. Mom kept her faith in God until she passed away. A service will not be held at this time. Family and friends will gather at the Sooke Flats on Berniceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday, July 13, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to share memories and stories of this wonderful lady. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Berniceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to the Sooke Region Museum. Condolences may be offered to the family at www. mccallbros.com.

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“Lion Kay,” Kay McKenzie (left) and Deb Schenk (right) show the gifts that were awarded at the Walk for Dog Guides on Sunday. Lion Kay helps with the registration every year. be tied to that clip. We’d walk on one side and Thomas would walk on the other, and so if Thomas decided to run away, we’d just give Roland a command to ‘stay’ and then he would just drop and act like an anchor.” Roland serves as an excellent bridging device with other chil-

dren, as it is difficult for Thomas to make friends. Also, “Roland sleeps with him and gives him pressure.” There are six types of working dogs trained by the Lions Foundation Dog Guide School in Oakville, Ontario. 1. Canine Vision Dog Guides, providing assistance to people who

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years.” One of their key supporters, Geraldine McGuire, raised over $2,000 for this year’s event. This walk is an annual event with more than 250 communities participating. The foundation, which receives no government funding, has placed more than 1,900 dog guides with Canadians with disabilities. The Sooke Harbourside Lions will be taking donations for the Dog Guides until June 20. You can donate through any Sooke Harbourside Lion or directly on the website, at http://www. p u r i n a w a l k f o rd o g guides.com/donationGen.cfm. Next year’s walk will start with a bang, says Schenk. It will begin with a dog race. So be there with your dog, bright and smart, at the starting line!

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Sooke’s annual Denmark Basketball Challenge won by Denmark’s EVN Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror

This past weekend from May 24 to May 26, men’s basketball teams from throughout southern Vancouver Island, along with three basketball teams from Denmark, squared up against each other in the Denmark Challenge, a tournament that has been an annual event here since 2007. Trevor Bligh organized this men’s basketball tournament, the Denmark Challenge. It featured teams from Bayside (Central Saanich), Duncan, Mount Tolmie, Victoria Prep, Sooke, Westshore and, yes, Denmark (Efterskolen Ved Nyborg, or EVN). Trevor Bligh summed up the weekend: “First place was won by EVN1, Denmark’s strongest team, in a final game over Vic Prep, with a score of 58-40. It was a great weekend! The Sooke boys didn’t play well on Saturday, losing a one-point game to EVN2. EVN3 beat the Millbay Muckers in triple overtime Saturday afternoon. Sooke’s Quinn Yates and Chris Shankar played very

well for the Victoria Prep team, coached by Eli Pasqualie. Special thanks to all host families who helped with billets. Special thanks to Karen and John Wilson, who made this weekend happen.” The tournament took place at two venues, Edward Milne community school and Journey middle school. EVN Nyborg has been coming to play in Sooke since 2007. In correspondence, Trevor Bligh wrote, “Coaches Craig Pedersen and Geoff Kotila were introduced to me by recent Sooke resident Todd Kozinka, who played basketball with Craig at SFU.” Bligh provides more detail, “The Victoria Prep team is a select team from the Island coached by Eli and Vito Pasquale. Eli has played for Canada in the Los Angeles olympics, as well as several national championships while at the University of Victoria. This team [Victoria Prep] will travel to Edmonton, Seattle and Las Vegas this summer to play in high level tournaments. This year’s Grade 11 Quinn Yates, and Grade 12 Chris Shankar of EMCS

have made this team.” Also a noteworthy point is that, as Bligh points out, Edward Milne student who played for both the Sooke Storm and Victo-

ria Prep, Quinn Yates, attended EVN last season. “The first and only Sooke player to do so,” writes Bligh.

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Maurice Michaud, facing, from Nanaimo volleys the wiffle ball with Lucas Lajeunesse, an auxiliary employee at SEAPARC in a friendly game of Pickleball.

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Sooke’s Quinn Yates stays intense in the game against Duncan on Saturday. More photos on page 25.

You’ve heard of softball, fastball, baseball. Pickleball has nothing to do with these. But have you heard of ping pong, tennis, and badminton? Yes indeed, Pickleball is the happy offspring of the amalgamation of all three. In fact, as the WhatIsPickleball.com website so aptly sums up, “It’s OVERSIZED ping pong! Played on a badminton-sized court with a tennis-sized net.” Other than comfortable activewear and running shoes, you’ll need a wiffle ball that is three inches in diameter, and a wooden paddle for each player that is no longer than 15.5 inches and no wider than eight. Oh, and a net that is 36 inch high and 20 feet long. Maurice Michaud is a bit of a Pickleball expert, and he says in Nanaimo they have eight pickleball courts that can accommodate 48 people, and more often than not their courts are all full. “The average age is probably 60 or 65,” he estimates. “There are a couple of people in Nanaimo I play with that can kick my butt, and they are in their mid to late 70s.” Pickleball, which originated in 1965 as an all-family game invented by US Congressman Joel Pritchard and a few of his friends, was named after the dog who chased the ball every now and again. His name was, you guessed it, Pickles.

Dave Shepherd, President of Pickleball Canada, wrote in the November 2012 newsletter, “Pickleball is an easy game to learn how to play and that is why the growth of this game is phenomenal. There are new groups playing in Canada, from the East to West, from Nova Scotia and P.E.I to places like Sooke and Saltspring Island, BC.” That’s right folks! We’re on Canada’s Pickleball radar. And, it’s available in Sooke. Pickleball “can be played on almost any type of surface, and the only equipment required is a net, some paddles, and a wiffle ball,” says Colleen Hoglund, the Recreation Coordinator at SEAPARC, in correspondence. The second annual Pickleball Canada National Open Championship is coming up. Abbotsford will be hosting Canada’s largest pickleball tournament, attracting over 200 players from throughout North America. The tournament will be held on July 6 - 7. It will be held at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre (ARC), with additional courts at the Yale secondary and William Fraser elementary schools. Registration forms are available at pickleballcanada.org. If you are curious about this newly emerging sport that is truly an enjoyable sport for all ages, drop by SEAPARC on a Saturday between 10 and 11:30 a.m.

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Rocks and soils and machines, Oh My! Beautiful homes and stunning landscapes are a source of pride in Sooke. Whether you have a simple well kept lawn or sprawling gardens and ponds, we have the material and the equipment to help your landscape dreams become your reality. From specialty soils and mulches to aggregates, you will be able to find what you’re looking for locally, without having to worry about hefty delivery charges from out of the Sooke area. Come and stop by, run your fingers through our rich soils, find the perfect colour of mulch to make your gardens pop or find the right product for your walking paths and driveways. If we don’t have a product you’d like to see in Sooke, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We can’t wait to see you to start discussing your visions. No daydream is too small! Let us help you brainstorm your own personal masterpiece!

“Quality materials and the equipment you need to get the job done right!” Sooke Soil & Landscape Ltd is owned by the same people who have made O’Dell Slinger Service a mainstay in the construction and landscaping industry in Victoria and its surrounding areas. From years of experience we have learned the values of running an honest business. We pride ourselves on being local and taking part in the community. We look forward to participating in events unique to Sooke and really getting to know our neighbours.

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Victoria Prep faced off against Duncan on Saturday morning. It was a close game that could have gone either way, but ultimately Victoria Prep walked away with the win, 45-67. Sooke’s own Grade 11 Quinn Yates (#32, pictured below), and Grade 12 Chris Shankar (#4, pictured above), both students from EMCS who play for Victoria Prep, played extraordinarily well.

Pick up yourself, or use any of our delivery options! • Bring your trailers, pickups, or buckets! Pricing is available upon request. • Smaller deliveries can be done by our Ford F-550 single-axle dumptruck for a flat rate of $50 • Larger loads can be delivered by our tandem-axle dump-truck for $89/hr • Don’t want to shovel and wheelbarrow? Deliveries by slinger truck are available for $102/hr.

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Undefeated, Loggers take the fast-pitch trophy Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror

The Sooke Loggers played in the Kelowna May Days fast pitch softball tournament on May 17 to 19, and walked away as the undefeated champions. On Friday night, squinting into the 9 p.m. sunset, the Loggers squared up against the Westbank Cardinals

and made the sport look easy with a 17 to 7 victory. “We hit four home runs in the game and the hitting attack was lead by Nick Medwedrich and Kyle Cowick,” summarized Len Banner, the team’s Field Manager. Rich Haldane pitched the the win with relief from Scott Lieph. Home-runs were hit by Nick Medwedrich, Blake Hunter, Dan Whiteford and Scott Lieph. Rolling out of bed for a mid-morning 10:30 game against the Abbottsford Yard Dawgs, the Loggers squeaked by with a 3-2 win. “Rich Haldane with win over Derek Mayson. Well played game by both teams,” said Banner. “Nick Medwedrich had two RBI and Ben Edgington with the game winning RBI.” The Loggers closed the round robin schedule with a 8-0 five-inning win over the Lacey A’s, and a final standing with three wins, no losses. Entering into the play-offs on Sunday at 8:30 in the evening, the

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Sooke Loggers, above, take home the May Days fast pitch tournament trophy. Sooke Loggers were matched up against the Lacey A’s again. This time it wasn’t such a clean sweep. “Game four was the first playoff game sudden death loss,” recalled Banner. Ultimately, the Loggers won, 1-0 with Scott Lieph pitching. Kris Walushka had two hits in three bats. The late Monday morning 11 a.m. game saw the Loggers pitted against the Kelowna Rangers, which the Loggers took 5-1. The final game, played at 1 p.m., had the Sooke Loggers face the Randy

A’s. The Loggers won with a 3-2 victory. “Scott Lieph with the win over C-Mac [Colin Mckenzie]. Brian Banner with the walk off home run in the bottom of seventh,” said Banner. Scott Lieph was awarded Kelowna May Days 2013 MVP. With this win, the Sooke Loggers qualify for the ISC world tournament in Moline, Illinois alongside the mighty Mississippi River. It will be a weeklong affair, running from August 10 to 17. The Sooke Loggers are Brian Banner, Chad Bryden, Kyle

Cowick, Ben Edgington, Rich Haldane, Blake Hunter, Scott Lieph, Andrew Medwedrich, Nick Medwedrich, Tim Scaber, Adam Shnarr, Kris Walushka and Dan Whiteford. Coaching the team are John Bishop and Joe Medwedrich. In summary, Banner adds, “Every player on the roster had a hand in winning the tournament with hitting pitching or good defence.” Next up for the Loggers is the 2013 NAFA Open/Holm Classic ISC Qualifier tournament in Fargo, North Dakota, June 14-16.

CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS District of Sooke Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel on Arts and Beautification The District of Sooke Mayor’s Advisory Panel on Arts and Beautification is inviting photographers who live in the District of Sooke to submit their photographs for the electrical box wrap project. The Mayor’s Panel visualizes that the electrical boxes being wrapped will be covered in photographs representing Sooke as part of the graffiti prevention program. Photographs may also be placed in the District of Sooke photo library for use on various other District projects. • Applications available on the District of Sooke Website www.sooke.ca • Credit will be given to the photographer for all photo graphs used. • Closing date for submissions is 4:30 pm, Monday, June 17th, 2013. • Submissions may be dropped off or mailed to: District of Sooke – Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel on Arts and Beautification Attention: Brenda Parkinson 2205 Otter Point Road Sooke, British Columbia V9Z 1J2 For further information and applications contact Brenda Parkinson at 250-642-5638.

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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.

VITAL VITTLES

ADVANCED NOTICE: SEAPARC ANNUAL POOL SHUTDOWN

The SEAPARC pool will be closed from June 10 to July 1 for annual maintenance.

June 1

Meat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m. SOCLA GARAGE SALE Sooke Options for Community Living (nonprofit) is hosting their second annual fundraising garage sale, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., 6580 Sooke Road. Parking at Sooke elementary.

SOOKE FOOD BANK NEEDS YOU

Canada Post will be accepting food bank donations up until Saturday June 1, 6736 West Coast Road

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June 2

Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m. TRANSTION TOWN CAFE At the Reading Room Cafe downtown Sooke at the Evergreen Mall. This is a free event. Drop by between 2-4 p.m. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY In 455 A.D., the Sack of Rome occured. Vandals entered Rome, plundered the city for two weeks. SECRET GARDEN TOUR 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sooke Philharmonic Society fundraiser. bshy@shaw.ca

June 3

Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-2484 for info. 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. yʻs bi rt hd ay It ʻs someb od w ishe s a to day, so SNM to yo u! ay ha ppy bi rt hd

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Outdoor Safety. At the Sooke Child. CASA building 10-11:30 a.m. SEAPARC Free Community Adult Walking Group. 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000. Community Health Initiative CHI: CASA Building, 2145 Townsend Road 9:30 a.m. 11:30 p.m. All meetings are open. Check out the range of available programs. 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. KNITTING CIRCLE Sooke Public Library, 6:30– 8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.

June 5

At the CASA building, 2145 Townsend Rd. RSVP mdean@pcfsa.org. Starts at 12:00 noon. SOOKE RESIDENTS IN NEED

AGM at 12 noon, Sooke Senior’s Drop Centre, Sooke Fire Hall. 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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The 26Th annual BC ChilDren’s hOsPiTal’s MiraCle WeekenD

BC Children’s Hospital helps kids get care closer to home Keira Caillet’s parents have reason to smile when their six-year-old daughter jumps on her bicycle to go for a ride, particularly when her destination is the office of Victoriabased pediatric cardiologist Dr. Brian Sinclair. Sinclair, a partner of BC Children’s Hospital’s Children’s Heart Center, and his team provide Vancouver Island children and families with many aspects of cardiac care from diagnosis on. Those children requiring cardiac surgery or procedures receive that critical care at Children’s and return to Vancouver Island for follow up. Seeing Keira today, it’s hard to believe her life once hung in the balance. Born with a major heart defect, she received lifesaving heart surgery at BC Children’s Hospital when she was two weeks old. During the next four years, she and her parents made frequent trips to BC Children’s Hospital for specialized care. “It’s so much easier now that we have access to most of the care Keira needs here in Victoria,” says Cherie Caillet, Keira’s mother. “No more 6 a.m. ferry rides. The trip to the doctor now takes less than five minutes, or perhaps a bit more if Keira wants to go by bike.”

Sinclair sees BC Children’s Hospital patients in Victoria and in a pediatric ambulatory clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, which was established with support from Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital aimed at ensuring all BC children have access to a consistent standard of care no matter where in the province they live. Sinclair also sits on the steering committee of Child Health BC, evaluating issues such as provincewide access to specialty care. “The fact that Keira is able to receive specialized care so close to home is exactly what we’re looking for,” says Dr. Maureen O’Donnell, executive director of Child Health BC. Child Health BC’s activities took off after Overwaitea Food Group became the lead benefactor with a pledge of $20 million in support in 2007. TELUS and Scotiabank later made gifts of $5 million and $1 million, respectively. This support had an immediate impact, says O’Donnell. Pediatric clinics established with Child Health BC’s support in Nanaimo and Prince George have thousands of patient visits annually; additional travelling clinics are staffed by BC Children’s caregivers in communities across the province; and over 1,000 health professionals have participated in Child Health BC’s workshops. O’Donnell credits Overwaitea Food Group’s donation with Child Health BC’s growing reach across the province, noting that it’s a perfect fit for an organization with a presence in so many BC communities. Overwaitea Food Group President Darrell Jones agrees. “We’re committed to

the health and wellness of kids and families in BC,” says Jones. “We’ve been proud to support BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades – and with the help of our communities, we’ve contributed millions of dollars toward hospital improvement projects, advocacy programs and important research initiatives. We’re grateful for the amazing support of our local communities, team members, customers and supplier partners who have all played a key role in making this fundraising success possible.” Child Health BC is part of a larger transformation in the way BC’s children receive care, says Larry Gold, president of BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. The transformation also includes the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. “We want to ensure children have access to a consistent standard of care, whether they live in Smithers, Campbell River or Castlegar; and there will always be children who need care that’s only available in a children’s hospital,” says Gold. BC Children’s Hospital Foundation has raised close to $170 million, including Overwaitea Food Group’s gift and $25 million from Teck Resources Limited, in its $200-million capital campaign to support construction of the new hospital and Child Health BC. Gold says that the new hospital, which will open in 2018, will be family-friendly, making it easier for families from outside the Lower Mainland to remain with their children. Beyond the money being raised for the new hospital and Child Health BC, Gold says the hospital also counts on donations of about $14 million a year to support research, equipment purchases and training. On June 1 and 2 BC Children’s Hospital Foundation will hold its annual Miracle Weekend celebration on Global BC, to raise the millions the hospital needs to cover its urgent annual needs. “Every year people from across the province make donations in support of the hospital and it makes a huge difference,” says Gold. “Keira Caillet is proof of that.” Cherie Caillet couldn’t agree more. “When we got to Dr. Sinclair’s office it was so great to hear Keira tell him how awesome she is, that she rode her bike to his office without training wheels and that mommy was running really fast and could barely keep up,” she says. “There was a time when I couldn’t imagine that I would ever hear that.”

last year, 2,236 children from Vancouver island made 6,615 visits to BC Children’s hospital. Five hundred of those children came from Victoria.

JUNE 1 & 2, 2013 On June 1 and 2, tune in to Miracle Weekend, broadcast live from BC Children’s Hospital, on Global BC from 7:00pm on Saturday, June 1 until 5:30pm on Sunday, June 2 The 26th annual BC Children’s Hospital’s Miracle Weekend is a two-day celebration that showcases the best of BC Children’s Hospital: patients, their families, caregivers and supporters who come from every corner of BC. BC Children’s Hospital receives over 200,000 visits from patients from across the province every year. Donations help the hospital deliver the best in care every day, and are helping to prepare for the future by supporting the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital and better access to care for children in or close to their home communities. Please support BC Children’s Hospital.

Donate at GiveSpace.ca or call 1-888-663-3033

At the Overwaitea Food Group, we’re very proud of our longstanding commitment to investing in the health of kids and their families. We’re grateful to everyone who supports us in this effort. Our team members, customers and suppliers have all played a key role in our fundraising success over the years. We’ve been supporting BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades, and we’ve raised millions of dollars in support of capital improvement projects, important research initiatives and advocacy programs designed to help keep our kids safe by reducing preventable injuries. In 2007, we made a $20 million pledge to support Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital that helps get kids in BC get the care they need, closer to home. Since then, we’ve raised more than $10.7 million toward our goal, and Child Health BC has been able to put this concept into action in a number of communities throughout BC. We are grateful for the amazing commitment and fund raising efforts driven by OFG team members who encourage the generosity of our customers and suppliers.

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