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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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The shovel is in the dirt New JDF services building started Pirjo Raits
Sooke News Mirror
It all started out with a drawing on a napkin and now it’s official and it is set to get rolling immediately. The new $1.5-million, 4,500 sq. ft. Juan de Fuca services building should be complete by the end of October. The idea of the new services building was floated around in 2012 and in November the Capital Regional District authorized a loan of $1.5-million to build the structure on three lots in the industrial park on Otter Point Road, next to the 16-acre William Simmons Park. “Mike is so excited,” said Robert Gutierrez, CRD Chief Building Inspector and project manager. “It all started in September,” said Mike Hicks, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Regional Director. “I took my napkin drawing to Randy Clarkston and that (result) went to Doran to spruce it up and then to the CRD for funding and now here we are.” Doran Musgrove is the CRD architect for the project. Hicks came up with the idea of building when he realized how much they were paying for rent. They paid $117,000 per year along with $17,000 in utilities. The building has been sold and their lease runs out on December 31, 2013. He quickly came to the con-
clusion that borrowing and building would be cheaper for the taxpayers in the long run. Hicks said they are moving in on December 1 of this year. Construction will finish in October and November will be spent catching up with deficiencies, which may or may not be there,” said Gutierrez. Verity Developments Ltd., from Langford, will be constructing the building. The building was tendered out at 80 per cent ($781,000) so they would have what they absolutely needed to make the move. “It’s enough to complete it on time and on budget,” said Hicks. “It’s probably the only office building in the JdF.” Hicks said the building they are presently renting on West Coast Road is inadequate. They had to use the Sooke council chambers and the downstairs of the Sooke Community Hall when larger spaces were required for public meetings. They did build a small room in the existing building. Hicks thinks the new services building will be a good place for the community to get together for activities such as karate, pilates and other recreation programs, which Hicks said the JdF pays $50,000 for. The building will have an 80-seat meeting room, 10 offices, a lobby and kitchen. The building will also utilize as much green technology and initiatives as possible.
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Pirjo Raits photo Getting ready to start the new Juan de Fuca Electoral Area services building on a lot off Otter Point Road (inset) are: Doran Musgrove, CRD architect; Chad Bryden, contractor with Verity Developments Ltd.; CRD Regional Director Mike HIcks, with shovel; and Robert Gutierrez, CRD Chief Building inspector and project manager. The building, plan on right, will be located on three lots just up from William Simmons Park.
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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Up Sooke Do you have a farm gate where you sell eggs or vegetables? SenD uS an email with your address and contact information and we will publish a list. SenD it to: editor@ sookenewsmirror.com
Logging songs
Big timBer in Sooke for three performances on June 14 and 15 at emCS theatre.
Congrats grads
emCS graDuateS will be holding their formal ceremony on Sunday, June 16 at SeaParC. good luck in your future endeavors.
Jam at tHe Legion
every SaturDay night, drag out our musical instruments and head on down to the legion for a jam.
Knit one, purL one
if you work in fibre, you are invited to the library lawn to celebrate worldwide knit in Public Day on June 15, 1-4 p.m. Call 250-642-3022 for more info.
Thumbs up to maywell wiCkheim for having such a tremendous positive attitude all these years and doing so much for Sooke.
NEWS • 3
Local student gets scholarship to military college Britt Santowski
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What do you do when you’re graduating from high school and you’re offered a one-year scholarship to attend the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston Ontario? With one admiring eye on her father’s military career and another hopeful eye on her own future, Bouvier has decided to accept. An organized gogetter, Bouvier began her application for the scholarship back in September with her narrative letter (why she should be accepted, what she has to offer). In October she completed the other forms and paperwork. By early November her application was signed, sealed and delivered. The deadline for applications was the following February. One could say she was very keen to apply. With her applica-
tion in so early, there was a lot of anxiety in the waiting. Half a year later in the third week of May, a very thrilled Bouvier received word she was accepted into the program. Although a recipient of a scholarship, school wasn’t always smooth sailing for Bouvier. Her first year at Edward Milne comunity school was a challenge. “It was just a big change from what I was used to,” said Bouvier. “Things fell apart,” concurred Trish McNabb, the Aboriginal Support Worker at EMCS. “But I got my head back on,” smiles Bouvier. “I definitely grew a lot from all my mistakes.” When asked if she would undo her mistakes given the magical opportunity for a do-over, Bouvier sagely answers, “No. They gave me a lot of learning and I got a lot of great memories out of them,” she reflects with a mischievous twinkle
in her eye. “I can look back on it now and laugh.” Bouvier learned about the Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) Program through the EMCS Aboriginal department, maintained by Trish McNabb, the Aboriginal Support Worker, and Kathryn Sudlow, the Aboriginal Sup-
port Teacher. Together, McNabb and Sudlow run the All Nations Room at EMCS, and a part of their function is to help students become aware of academic opportunities and programs for which they might be eligible. As a Métis, Bouvier qualified to apply for the ALOY scholarship.
Academic achievement was considered, as was extra-curricular activity (homework, employment, sports, hobbies, music, volunteer and all other communityrelated activities). The ALOY program, which helps Aboriginal students bridge from high school to university life, currently accepts only 20 people Canada-wide. In early August, Bouvier will be travelling to Kingston for basic officer training. Classes begin on September 3. She currently aspires to achieve a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering, or in Military and Strategic Studies. The ALOY Program, which is a one-year program, will set her up to take her next four years of University through RMC, should she decide to continue. This education will launch a career as either an aerospace engineer officer or an intelligence officer. “The ALOY program was created in August
statements - $5,000. Some discussion ensued on the need for other municipalities to contribute to the JdF Search and Rescue as their work is done in
federal waters. Their jurisdiction is from Race Rocks to Bamfield and they receive no funding from Metchosin or the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Coun-
cillor Rick Kasper said he was “absolutely shocked” that the JdFMSR could get a new vessel for $500,000 but Sooke is footing the bill for them in many
Britt Santowski
Emma Bouvier (centre) sits with Kathy Sudlow, left, and Trish McNabb.
2008 to provide a military education and learning experience for members of aboriginal communities in Canada,” declares the RMC website (http://www. rmc.ca), “ALOY is one of several programs created to demonstrate to aboriginal communities in rural, urban and remote locations, that the Canadian Forces offers a fair and equitable environment in which to serve.” Bouvier grew up in a military family, and so she is familiar with the disruptive rhythm of life. In spite of the many moves, Bouvier and her two older brothers, Cody and Jordan, have all graduated from EMCS. Bouvier’s younger sister, Hanna, has also attended the high school. “Trish and Kathy have been a huge support throughout my high school education,” says a very appreciative Bouvier. “The All Nations room helped me succeed greatly.”
Community groups get grant funds from district Pirjo Raits
Sooke News Mirror
District of Sooke council gave out $43,049.13 in community grants at the council meeting on June 10. The Category B grants are project specific grants. The following groups and organizations were given the funding they requested: Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra - $3,000, Awareness Film Night - $2,200, Cowichan Energy Alternatives, Carbon Footprint Assessment $3,500, Cowichan Energy Alternatives, cooking oil collection - $2,000, Edward Milne com-
munity school - $2,500, EMCS Student Bus Shelter Project $2,254.81, Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week - $200, Juan de Fuca Marine Search and Rescue to upgrade training vessel - $5,000, Navy League of Canada for CPR mannequins - $984, Navy League of Canada cutlasses - $1,500, Sooke Animal Food & Rescue Society for shed - $4,300, Sooke Classical Boating Society - $3,000, Sooke Fall Fair $4,000, Sooke Food Bank, for promotional material $2,610.32, Sooke Harbour Players subject to financial
ways. This includes free wharfage, while other municipalities get the benefit of having a the valuable search and rescue crews available.
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For those who were not able to speak to a hearing aid technician than the last time the clinic was held, we are pleased to announce that we will be holding another clinic on Thursday June 13. If you have any questions about hearing aids,want to make sure your hearing aid is working properly, or want to have a free hearing screening, we will have the mobile hearing aid team here at the store to help you. Drop in or make an appointment. Clinic hours will be between 10:00am and 3 pm.
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Sooke recognizes Good Samaritans At the June 24 District of Sooke Council Meeting, Mayor Wendal Milne and Sooke Fire Chief Steven Sorensen will be recognizing two local residents for their heroic actions in saving lives during a serious motor vehicle crash that occurred on November 22, 2012. Off duty Sooke volunteer firefighter Tom Warran and
Students helping students through book drive
resident Brian Ruddick were on their way home from work when two vehicles collided head on in the 5200 block of Sooke Road. Both drivers were trapped in their severely damaged vehicles and both vehicles had caught on fire as a result of the impacts. Using the fire extinguishers from Mr. Warran’s logging truck the fires were quickly extin-
Do you have outgrown children’s books at home, waiting to go to a good home? You can help support literacy in our community by donating those books (as long as they’re new, gently used, and appropriate for elementary school
guished and first aid was provided until the arrival of emergency rescue personnel. “This was one of the most difficult extrications the Sooke Fire Rescue Service had ever attended,” commented Fire Chief Sorensen, ”It took over an hour to free one of the victims.” Without the immediate life saving efforts of these two
kids) to our EMCS Leadership Book Drive! Drop boxes will be at Village Food Markets and the Reading Room until June 14, 2013. We will sort the books and then we’ll take them to our local school libraries – Sooke elementary, École Poirier, Sas-
“Good Samaritans” it is highly unlikely that the two victims would have survived before arrival of emergency responders. After many months of surgery and rehabilitation, the trapped driver of one of the vehicles will be on hand to take part in the presentations to the two heroes.
eenos lementary, and John Muir elementary. Wouldn’t the kids love to come back to school to a new, fuller library? Help us fill these empty boxes! If you have any questions, or too many books for the drop box, call 250-642-7555 and
Art students display their creativity This year’s art pieces at Edward Milne community school came from the Visual Art classes and Wood Working classes, and were selected to include as many students as possible. The wide selection also includes a wide variety of projects. The art show works in collaboration with EMCS’s annual performance called “Tick Tock,” and the performance includes students from Musical Theatre senior and junior classes, Film class, the EMCS Tech Team, Journey Musical Theatre. Props were made by the Senior Sculpture class. The visual art pieces will be on display at the “Sooke Fine Arts Show” in the bistro area and many will be available for sale.
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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Brownie Camp has a long history A secluded oasis in our midst, the Brownie Camp on Sooke River Road, with its 75 year old Brownie Hut, has seen a lot of history and speaks to the forethought of Girl Guide organizers so many years ago. Entering into the green bower through a leafy portal, one passes through “Faith’s Gate” named in memory of Faith Jacobsen, longtime Guide leader and District Commissioner. An avenue of gigantic Douglas-firs, stately red cedars and feathery-foliaged hemlocks leads to the hut itself, kept in fine condition by decades of dedicated volunteers. One of the first youngsters to attend sessions at the Brownie Hut was Audrey Wilson, who posed on the steps last week. As 10-year old Audrey Sullivan, she rode
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Audrey Wilson poses on the steps of the 75-yearold Brownie Hut. her bicycle to the centre from downtown Sooke with her friend Merle Forrest in 1939, a year after the hut was built. At that time Girl Guide meetings
were held there, with Zara Pike of Kaltasin Road as the Guide Captain. During the 1960s, Audrey was back at the hut again, this time as a leader herself, when as Brown Owl, she supervised camping stays for Brownie groups. She recalls having all the youngsters seated in a circle around the fireplace, practicing their knots, before they settled into their bunk beds for the exciting weekend sleepover. After the Sooke Region Museum was built, it became a favourite destination for weekend campers, and the roadside pathway would be filled every Saturday with little uniformed figures marching neatly from the campsite and across the bridge for personal tours of the museum exhibits. It was fun for museum volunteers as well as for the kids.
Many Victoria Guide and Brownie leaders took their turns coming out to the camp and providing safe, supervised camping experiences for tiny youngsters beginning to stretch their wings. It was a particular pleasure to recognize faces year after year shepherding new groups of little campers. One such Brown Owl we remember from the 1980s, from the Oak Bay/Willows area, was Angele Segger, one of many Victoria women who took shifts at Milne’s Landing as camp supervisors. Guide leaders today have arranged an Open House for July 21 and are hoping to welcome the community back to the 75-year-old hut, to revisit old memories or start new ones. Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum
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‘Toonie Tuesday’ set for June 18 Pirjo Raits
Sooke News Mirror
Community service is what the Sooke Harbourside Lions is all about, and that fits in perfectly for Rae Williamson. Williamson joined the Harbourside Lions in September when she saw what they were doing and it, “excited me,” she said. The SHL are wellknown and visible in the community with their hot dog sales, Pennies for Diabetes, Toys for Kids, Easter Seals 24-Hour Relay and many other community-oriented projects. Now, they have taken on a new cause, raising money for the Sooke Food Bank, and Williamson is the chairperson for this project.
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Lions Maggie Vause, Rae Williamson and Diane Kent prepare the collection tins for Toonie Tuesday. “I was talking to Ingrid about how des-
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keep the doors open,” said Williamson. “What struck me was the desperate stage they’re at. They are servicing 9.3 per cent of the population each month and that’s a lot of kids.” The Sooke Food Bank serves over 672 adults and 312 kids in 435 households. These are not just extremely low income people, they are also someone’s grandparents or parents who are having a struggle on fixed incomes. Williamson and the other Lions want to help. So, they have chosen June 18 as a day where they will be collecting twoonies for the food bank. Twoonie Tuesday will happen in over 18 locations in Sooke, including spots at the shopping malls and the schools.
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Their goal? A twoonie from each resident of Sooke. Williamson said if they can do that ,the Sooke Food Bank would have enough money to keep helping others until the end of the summer. They hope to get other volunteer organizations to help them and they would ultimately like to have a Twoonie Tuesday twice a year. The food bank requires approximately $4,700 per month. The money is used to purchase food in bulk. The Sooke Food Bank has been operating since 1982. If any individuals would like to help on June 18, they can contact Maggie-Vause by email at: m_vause@ shaw,ca or phone 250642-3352.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR
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Occupy Love feature of film night
On June 19, Awareness Film Night will be having its season finale with the documentary Occupy Love: Revolution of the Heart. This recently released film by acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred; Fierce Light) explores the growing realization that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The old paradigm that concentrates wealth, founded on the greed of few and encouraging the greed of all, is causing economic, ecological and social collapse. The resulting crises has become the catalyst for a profound awakening: millions of people are deciding that enough is enough - the time has come to create a new world, a world that works for all life. The film connects the dots in this era of rapidly evolving social change, featuring cap-
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Occupy Love: Revolution of the Heart is the last film for the season for the Awareness Film Night group. tivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in
New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement and beyond. Woven
throughout the actionoriented backbone of the film is a deep exploration of public love and compelling stories of an emerging new paradigm. Director Velcrow Ripper said about this film: “Occupy Love is the movie I have been waiting to make all my life. Today’s global awakening is what my earlier films have been anticipating and fostering - a current of potential that was pulsing and rumbling, just below the surface. Suddenly the volcano has erupted. As the popular Occupy sign reads: ‘The Beginning is Here’.” Occupy Love is an invitation to look at ourselves and realize that despite the differences and conflicts we all have, we collectively need to become proactive and love and support one another. Showtime will be at 7 p.m. at the Edward Milne community school theatre, 6218 Sooke Rd. Admission is by donation. For more information on awareness films go to: www.awarenessfilmnight.ca
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VITAL VITTLES Free lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Murray Road. All welcome. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION $12 Steak Night 6-7:30 p.m. Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m. NIGHT STICK @ THE STICK It’s a lovely night for a drink, live music and some cheesecake! 6-9 p.m. JUNE 14-16 SOOKE RIVER BLUEGRASS FEST Sooke River Campground phone: 250-642-6076.
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BABY TALK 2013 Outdoor Safety. At the Sooke Child. CASA building 10-11:30 a.m.
STRAWBERRY TEA Knox Presbyterian Church, 2 to 4 p.m. Strawberries, cake and whipping cream $6. MAYOR’S “PROMOTE SOOKE” TASK FORCE Communitiy groups, individuals and other stakeholders are invited to attend the Mayor’s Task Force. 7pm, District of Sooke. Call 250-6421634 for information. 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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Meat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m. CAMP BERNARD OPEN HOUSE Hosting its first Sooke Open House, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 3202 Young Lake Rd. KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY All fibre artists welcome. 1-4 p.m., Sooke Library Branch (2065 Anna Marie Road) 250-642-3022. HARBOUR PLAYERS AGM Sooke Harbour Players is hosting its AGM at the Sooke Community Hall 7-9 p.m. Free and open to all.
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Society looks to preserve heritage lighthouse “Since it has been made surplus we will continue to work with the CRD to acquire the land. There’s too many hoops to jump through. Everything is a process and nothing moves quickly,” she said.
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Elanie Bruton’s father was the last lighthouse keeper at Sheringham Point. The family was the last of a long line of keepers of the light, who ensured the marine traffic on the Strait of Juan de Fuca was safe and on course. Built in 1912, the lighthouse and the keeper’s house and sundry buildings were a familiar and welcome sight along the strait, a beacon for navigation and a safety net for those at sea. Bruton is a member of the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society, whose goal is to preserve the 101-year-old lighthouse structure and protect the 10-acres of foreshore land as a park, open to the public. Her younger years at Shirley were just like anyone else’s in a rural community, except she lived down a winding road next to the lighthouse along the craggy shore. Her sister Sharon was married at the top of the 68-stairs in the dome of the lighthouse. Her father, James, worked the lighthouse from 1968 to 1986 when he retired. The old keepers’ houses, the bomb shelter and a build-
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still gather information on the wind and weather conditions. “What the public forgets is that weekend fishermen don’t have that equipment (GPS) and older folks don’t have cell phones, and they could get messed up with no horn and no light.” The society has put in a business plan to the federal fisheries department and they have been trying, since 2003, to get the land handed over. The federal government has declared 128 lighthouses across the country “surplus,” even though some are still used for navigation. In 2008, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR
Rod Sluggett Publisher Pirjo Raits Editor Britt Santowski Reporter
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Take in some music and art
Father’s Day (this Sunday) is the beginning of the festival season. Up and down Vancouver Island guitars are being tuned and fiddles are being plucked for the upcoming festivals and in Sooke the same thing is happening. This weekend, the Sooke Flats will be full of bluegrass and square dancing fans for the three day blow out. Head on down for a good ol’ foot stomping time. If we want events to continue in Sooke, we need to support them. Canada Day has new organizers and it will be interesting to see how that all shapes up. It’s been excellent in year’s past and hopefully this year as well. Canada Day - Sooke ... help make Flats, that’s all we know so far. Sooke an The Sooke Fine Arts exciting and show is coming up rather and it is sure to be vibrant place rapidly an amazing show again - for to be in the the 27th year! Make plans to take your guests to this summer. prestigious show which showcases the best art on Vancouver Island and surrounding islands. Wouldn’t it be great if some local or regional musicians got it together and presented music on the 11 days of the show at Ed Macgregor Park or even in other venues? This would keep people in Sooke a little longer if there was more action in town. Some events coming up include: the Tall Tree Festival in Port Renfrew (June 20-23), the Sooke Region Museum Open House and salmon BBQ (June 23), Philly Fling (July 14), Art in the Park (August 17-18), Shirley Day (August 18), Sooke Fall Fair (September 7-8) and scores of smaller events. Take your visitors out to them and help make Sooke an exciting and vibrant place to be in the summer.
How to reach us: General: Phone 250-642-5752; fax 250-642-4767 Publisher: Rod Sluggett publisher@sookenewsmirror.com Office Manager: Harla Eve office@sookenewsmirror.com Editor: Pirjo Raits editor@sookenewsmirror.com Reporter: Britt Santowski news@sookenewsmirror.com Advertising: Rod Sluggett, sales@sookenewsmirror.com Circulation: circulation@sookenewsmirror.com Production Manager: Steve Arnett production@sookenewsmirror.com Creative Services: Frank Kaufman creative@sookenewsmirror.com Classifieds: Harla Eve, office@sookenewsmirror.com Vicky Sluggett
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Expense cleanup must continue B.C. Views As she unveiled her new cabinet, Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year. Statements such as this would have more credibility if politicians subjected their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of now-departed Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the cobweb-covered door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own expenses. Doyle’s audit found that MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room. The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to more than $60 million a year. Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff asked the auditor to give a pass to the $119,000 annual allowance for each of the 85 constituency offices. Transfer amounts and payroll expenses were verified, but constituency expenses were not, likely
because these records weren’t kept either. I’m not suggesting that there has been any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable. A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa. It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the Senate chamber. Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host and then senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east. It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is honour. This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle. Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top
it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts. Cheers! You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it. Here in B.C., the next step is obvious. If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth. Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure. B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum. As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly Management Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available. But MLA expenses are still not itemized. Total expenditures are being reported on a quarterly basis, but with no detail to explain why some MLAs have much higher totals than others. It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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We asked: We asked graduating students at EMCS, “What do you plan to do after graduation?”
I am attending Camosun in the fall and am hoping to go to Taiwan in the winter.
Post secondary. I’d like to eventually work my way up to being a lawyer. Plenty of schooling ahead for me.
I’m going to UVic for Computer Science in their faculty of Engineering, and I’ll be living on campus. I might be trying out for the UVic track team.
I’m going to Bishop’s University in Quebec, for a bachelor of science in Biology.
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Pup was in no danger I wish people would not rush to judgement when trying to do good, it created a bad situation on Monday in the Evergreen parking lot. My husband at the medical clinic, I needed to be there with him, but we also had to take our pup along. He was neutered on Friday, is wearing a buster cone, and it wasn’t possible to leave him home alone. We have a sun roof on our car, which was open, and the window was cracked open an inch. The temperature was mild, not scorching hot, and the pup curled up on the seat for a nap. I was hauled out of the medical center which made my heart jumpy, we love that pup so very much. I was met by a police officer who said I had to release my pup from the car, they had two phone calls complaining about a dog locked in a car and the animal control officers had been notified, ready to come and take our pup away. I explained best I could that we had no choice about bringing the pup along. The officer suggested we leave him with a family member, but we have no other family in Sooke. Then he suggested doggie day care, but in his condition the pup is not allowed to be around other dogs
letters for two weeks. I opened the car to show the officer that the car was no warmer than the outside air, he stuck his head in to verify that. He saw that the pup was just fine, happy, tail wagging. Nevertheless, he said we would be hearing from Animal Control, and made me promise never to leave him in the car again. I said OK, but life’s not like that. Emergencies do happen. This made me feel as though we’d done a criminal act, while in truth, the pup was in no danger, not overheated, not complaining at all, and absolutely no harm was done to him. Since when is it a crime to have your dog wait in a well- ventilated car on a warm, not hot morning? Yes, we all want to prevent suffering for animals, but there was no suffering here, no discomfort for the pup, and the sun wasn’t right on him. The idea that our pup could be taken away is just horrendous to us. Our appointment took just over 20 minutes, the temperature was 17, maybe 18 degrees. Please, be reasonable about when to call in the police, surely they have more important stuff to deal with. We have to bring the puppy sometimes for his own
safety, he bashes into everything with that cone on his head. He’s very well cared for and very beloved. Trix Boyd Sooke
Not painting a pretty picture I would like to thank you for the lovely paint job you left on my vehicle because of your carelessness of your load. I was driving up Phillips Road on June 4, to go to work in Sun River. When I got out of my vehicle to get my supplies, there was nothing there, but when I got home from work, and unloaded my supplies, I noticed a nice trail of paint splattered all down the passenger side of my vehicle from bumper to bumper. I am not a very happy camper about this and neither are the other vehicle owners that this has happened to. I went to West Coast Collission, and they said, ‘Not you too.’ The first vehicle got the worst of it and I got the tail end of it. So are you going to step up to the plate and take responsibility for this and pay for the
damages? I would like to know where to send the bill for cleaning and possibily for a new paint job. It is your responsibility to make sure your load of paint is safe and secure. I always do when I take my trailer with equipment in it to go and do lawns. I sure wouldn’t want my gate to fall open and my lawnmower or weedeater to fall out into traffic and hit somebody’s car and cause an accident. I am a very responsible person to make sure my load is safe and secure before leaving my driveway. Hopefully you will take the extra few minutes before you leave your home to make sure your load is safe and secure, all lids are tight on paint cans, so this does not happen again C.J. Malonde Sooke
Private property is not a dump On Friday, May 31, 2013 I noticed a full size white pickup truck at the Petrocan gas station. It was loaded to the top with freshly cut tree branches and other stuff. I was curious as where it was going. Was it going to
the dump? Of course not. It ended up on my property on Farmer Road Friday sometime. This isn’t the first time that this person has dumped there waste, as they came back and did a second and third load also. This is not the dump, so why are you dumping here? Are you so lazy that you can’t drive to the dump and dispose of it the proper and legal way? You probably wasted more gas coming here to dump than you would going to the dump. We have contacted CRD and they will be watching for illegal dumpers like you. Next time think about it and go to the dump, not my property. It doesn’t cost that much to dump. C.J. Maloney Sooke
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It could have been a child
A few minutes ago, my neighbour’s sixmonth-old puppy Pablo was struck by a car on Townsend Road. I was in my house, but I still heard the loud thump followed by his yelping. The driver did not stop, nor by witness accounts did he/she even slow down. Pablo’s owners are very responsible owners, he has a very good
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retired couple to whom Pablo gave great joy. On top of that, you have traumatized a neighbourhood. Don’t worry driver, I washed away the blood and urine, so my good neighbours won’t be traumatized again. As I type this, Pablo is receiving emergency care and we don’t know the full extent of his injuries. Mark Poppe Sooke
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Little fawns are making themselves visible and drivers are reminded to watch for deer on the road as a little one might be slightly behind mom. If you find a fawn in the woods, leave it alone, the mother has left it there and it is safe. life, but in this case he got away from them as he was being loaded into their car. There are two people who say the white sedan, possibly a Pontiac Sunfire, was speeding northbound, well above the posted 30 kph limit. We can’t say for sure what the car or the driver looked like, because the driver continued on. Now, to the driver, it is impossible for you to not have known you struck Pablo because as I said, the sound of the impact was loud enough to hear inside my home. Also, Pablo could just as easily have been a small child running away from his
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parents thinking it was fun. Driver, I am sure you are aware that Townsend Road is narrow, with family homes all along it as well as a major social services facility, including child care. Also, Townsend Road is used all day by young families as a way to walk into Sooke’s shopping area. Driver, consider the consequences of your actions. You saved a few seconds travel time by speeding, but you have devastated a
In early April of this year the National Energy Board had the audacity to announce anyone who wishes to write their views on the Enbridge Pipeline has to fill out a 10page application and let them decide if they grant you the right to write. Not true. Anyone who wants to write their views on any pipeline does not have to fill out anything that is why it is called a right it is why it is in the Charter of Rights and Freedom. One of the first fundamental rights guaranteed is freedom of expression including freedom of the press and other media. That means you do not need some jackass from the NEB to grant a right you already have; if he can grant you a right he could also deny you. I encourage anyone who has an opinion on the Northern Gateway Pipeline to just go ahead and write to the media, on your blogs, your own newsletter anything and tell the
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Be on the look out for fraud GREAT KITCHEN DESIGNS Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror
When an offer is too good to be true, it’s probably not true. When Astrid Koenig received an unsolicited call offering to significantly reduce the interest on her credit card, an alert Koenig patiently sat through and listened. Then, at an appropriate pause in the sales pitch, Koenig asked them for their information and a call-back number. They hung up. Koenig then entered *69 on her phone, a feature that allows a caller to hear the number of the last call that dialled their phone. The number that came up was 604-2983708. Koenig googled the number. And sure enough, a number of pages came up, warning readers of a scam. Being proactive, Koenig phoned both her bank (to ensure that they weren’t randomly contacting people and making this offer) and the RCMP. She also phoned the Sooke News
Mirror. “People are at risk of losing a lot of money,” she said in conversation. Koenig used to work at a family resource centre in Calgary, and she knows banks don’t make these unsolicited offers by phone. If you really want reduced interest rates on your credit card, Koenig suggests you “call your bank directly.” That was advice she used to dole out at the centre, and she often heard back from surprised clients that, if they made a payment proposal, a reduced rate was often made available. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada offers up the following advice to help consumers protect themselves from fraud: 1. If you suspect someone is trying to get your personal information, ask for the person’s name, name of the organization and A phone number where he or she can be reached. 2. Look up the organization’s telephone num-
ber or website yourself. Look at the back of your credit card statements or other legitimate documents to see if the telephone number or website address matches the one you were given. 3. Call the company by using the phone number you have looked up yourself to verify the person that has contacted you is indeed a member of the company’s staff. 4. Contact the Better Business Bureau and ask questions about the company. If you have been a victim of fraud and suspect your finances are at risk: 1. Contact your local police and file a police report. 2. Contact the financial institutions, credit card companies, phone companies, and other lenders for any accounts you suspect may have been opened or tampered with. 3. Contact the two credit bureaus in Canada, Equifax and TransUnion and ask that a “Fraud Alert” be placed
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Harbourside Cohousing membership growing fast Sooke resident Noelle Wass was intrigued when she read a newspaper article about the Harbourside senior cohousing project happening in her own hometown, but her husband Dal Little was skeptical. Little is a guy who likes being in charge, who does things on his own, and who admits he thought the whole idea sounded “kind of flaky.” However, his wife convinced him to attend an information meeting to learn more about the project. “Boy am I ever glad I did,” Little, a former fish camp owner and special needs teacher, says now. When he heard more about the concept, he said to himself, “This is it. This is where we’re going.” Little and Wass immediately felt “comfortable with the people” involved, and were impressed by the site (right on the waterfront on Horne Road). Little, 60, and Wass, 47, both work for the Sooke school district, and currently live in a roomy house with their two teenaged sons. Yet, this project “fit a whole bunch of things we’d been thinking about,” Little says. Cohousing projects are regular strata developments where the residents choose to live in smaller, environmentally friendly private homes and agree to look out for each other, like an old fashioned neighbourhood, while sharing certain amenities. The final design for the Sooke cohousing project has not yet been decided, so Little and Wass are also part of the development process, since they are now official members of Harbourside. They are working with other members, a cohousing consultant, and an architect to develop the definitive design for the site and for the energy efficient homes that will be built there. Little likes the idea of being part of the Harbourside community of neighbours, and, as a lifelong fisherman, likes having the wharf there too. Ellen Candlish, 59, of Colwood, was also “absolutely not sure” when her husband Robert Wells, 63, showed her a recent article on cohousing, a concept they had both heard
boost. The Harbourside development project is currently in the process of applying for rezoning in Sooke. A neighbourhood public information meeting to discuss the rezoning is
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about years ago from a German friend. But when they attended an info meeting in February, Candlish says, “We walked in the door, and saw the people and felt the amazing energy in the room” and were sold. The waterfront location didn’t hurt either. They also realized how important community is to them, along with pursuing an active and healthy lifestyle. Candlish is a runner and
recently completed her first triathlon. She is also a fulltime foster parent whose current foster children will soon be grown and gone. Candlish and Wells have an adult daughter with physical challenges, so they needed to find a future home where all three of them could live easily, i.e. a home with wheelchair accessibility and where they could install their own lift system. Harbourside offers that possibility, since the units will all be designed for people
Ellen Candlish to easily “age in place.” Membership in Harbourside Cohousing is growing fast as area residents learn more about it, but there are still spaces available. Margaret Critchlow, one of the founding members of the project, says Harbourside is attracting active young seniors to Sooke’s downtown core, which is “an energizing thing for Sooke” as these adventurous seniors will give both the local economy and local volunteerism a
The Pastor's Pen
Consider rituals. Daily we repeat actions like robots when we could ritualize them and elevatethem from the commonplace to paths toward the Divine. At one time all rituals were new;choose today to create a new one for your personal spirituality.
The “O Soji,” a Buddhist ritual of daily cleaning, need not be limited to a temple. You can pause in silence before you begin to clean; intentionally focus on the fact that you are cleaning the temple of your personal living space. Recreate, in cleanliness, that part of the world for which you are responsible. Give thanks for the cleaning tools at your disposal and begin your ritual of cleaning with renewed purpose and enjoyment. Before you begin a call, letter or email, pause and center your thoughts on that person. Be grateful for the many means of communication you have at your fingertips. Communication is a blessed thing; be grateful and be intentional when using it. In the Gospels, Jesus had the shortest prayer of thanks. He expressed his gratitude by saying simply, “Thank You!” We too, need not even name the Gift-Giver to acknowledge the gift; just acknowledging that all good gifts come from our Creator is sufficient. When we incorporate rituals of gratitude throughout our day we both enlighten ourselves as well as enliven - others will notice.
The Revs. Alex and Nancy Nagy, Holy Trinity
Acknowledge simple things: the ability to smell, see and hear. It will allow you to more fully enjoy the gift. Stop plowing through the day unthinking, unaware, unmoved. Dull, disappointing repetitious actions with no thought or meaning will reap dull and disappointing lives. Consider creating some enriching rituals.
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
St. roSe of Lima roman catholic Parish 2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945 Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 am Thursday Mass 10:30 am Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-2 Thurs 1-3 Rev. Fr. Michael Favero
scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 13. Additionally, an information meeting for all interested in joining Harbourside, or in learning more about it, will be held June 16 at 7:15 p.m. Both meet-
ings will take place on site at 6669 Horne Road, Sooke. For further information go to www.harbourside.ca, or email s e n i o rc o h o u s i n g @ gmail.com or call 250642-2996.
2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke Phone: 250-642-1634 Fax: 250-642-0541 email: info@sooke.ca website: www.sooke.ca
Upcoming Public Meetings Subdivision & Development Standards Bylaw Review Monday, June 17, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Land Use and Environment Committee Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Mayor’s “Promote Sooke” Task Force Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Notice of Annual Meeting
(pursuant to s. 99(3) of the Community Charter) The 2013 Annual Municipal Report was made available for public inspection on June 10th, 2013 and copies were made available on the municipal website (www.sooke.ca) and at the municipal office. Municipal Council will consider the 2013 Annual Municipal Report and submissions and questions from the public at an Annual Meeting to be held:
In the Council Chambers 2205 Otter Point Road Monday, June 24, 2013 at 7:00 pm The Annual Report will include: • the municipality's audited annual financial statements for 2012; • a statement of objectives and measures that will be used as the basis for determining the municipality's performance during 2013 & 2014; • a list of the permissive tax exemptions for 2012; • a report on the municipality's services and operations for 2012; • a progress report on the performance of the municipality with respect to established objectives and measures for 2012; • the details of any declarations of disqualification made against individual council members during 2012.
Mayor’s Public Advisory Panels 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
INVITATION TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS The Mayor’s “Promote Sooke” Task Force would like to invite community groups, individuals and other stakeholders to attend a “Promote Sooke” workshop on June 19th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the District of Sooke Council Chamber. The Task Force would like to provide an opportunity for local groups to share ideas and stories and to provide examples of projects currently promoting the community. If you are unable to attend the workshop but have something to share, please contact the District of Sooke office at 250-642-1634 or info@sooke.ca
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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On Wednesday, May 29, students from the Environment Studies class at Edward Milne community school, with their teachers Megan Bondurant and Dave Clarke, walked over to Sunriver Community Gardens in the rain. When they arrived the rain stopped. This was a good thing. At school at 9 a.m. no one was that keen to work in the garden this morning in the rain. The teachers told them it’s the least they could do, to work in the rain for the community when considering how much the commuSubmitted photos nity supports them and Above and right, Students from Edward Milne community school, EMCS. Well, we were pictured in the greenhouse and in the garden, were at the Sunriver told they hopped right community garden to help plant vegetables. to it and got over. Left, Phoebe The students helped Dunbar sent along a plant a lot of summer photo of the window vegetables, winter for the new apple vegetable beds were shack. prepared and those The Sunriver garsignature sunflowers den is a community from last summer that garden with garden seeded themselves beds, heritage fruit were planted too. trees and native Lunch was cooked up wetlands garden. over wood fires. When it was time to go the rain began to spit again. Three students planted green peppers and over 80 tomato plants in the greenhouse for the food bank. Thank you Lauren, Kaitlyn and Kim. All of you did a terrific job. The exchange students from Europe, who have been here all year, especially liked coming to the community gardens, where “nothing like this is in our home towns.” The greenhouse girls said, “it was a really fun experience... we will definitely be back.” Food CHI (Phoebe and Mara) commented how pleasant it was to work with this class of senior students and their teachers who were so willing to lend a kind and courteous hand.
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Every musician has a place they would love to perform in. For Sooke’s Adam Dobres, that place was Royal Albert Hall in London. The Royal Albert, built in 1871 has seen kings, queens, rock stars and classical musicians grace its stage. From the Beatles to Elton John, Verdi to Wagner, anyone who is anyone has shone under the lights on the venerable old stage. Performing on the stage of the Royal Albert is a career highlight for Sooke’s Adam Dobres. It may well be the largest stage with the largest audience he has played to. “The population of Sooke was in there,” he said. Dobres was performing with Ruth Moody (from the Wailin’ Jennys) opening for Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Moody had been asked to sing on Knopfler’s new album and a relationship developed. Knopfler knew of the Wailin’ Jennys and the rest, as they say, is history. “It was such an amazing experience being there,” said Dobres, at home for a brief stint in Sooke. “We did our own thing for 45 minutes as openers.” He said he could feel the energy of all those people who had performed at the Royal Albert. It was a favourite venue for the the world’s best and Dobres said, just walking out on the stage was unbelievable. “It was something so special,” he said. They performed for six nights at the Royal Albert. Dobres performs on Ruth Moody’s new solo CD compilation, “These Wilder Things.” “It was so nice to play
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Adam Dobres on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. our music and have the hall fill with responsive people. On our own tour we’d have 100 people. We hope to go back in a couple of months.” Dobres is an truly accomplished guitarist who has performed with the likes of Toni Childs, Daniel Lapp Outlaw Social, Kendel Carson (who per-
formed recently with Elvis Costello), Dustin Bentall and scores of others during his career. The tour with Mark Knopfler was an eyeopener for a kid from Sooke. The kicker was the way Knopfler toured — with three semi-trucks full of equipment, four tour buses and a private jet.
After each performance he would meet up with other guitarists and talk music, guitars and instruments. He was sad to see it end. There is a lot more in the stars for Dobres. He has always played with other people and is now dreaming up his own thing by writing music. He recently got married and is going along with what is on his path and the momentum of Ruth Moody. “Sometimes it’s hard and difficult, like having three marriages at the same time,” he quipped. But musicians play on and he is set to perform with Daniel Lapp and Adrian Dolan at the Sooke River Bluegrass Festival. That pairing is not new, they performed in Cape Breton opening for the Chieftans, their first gig as a trio.
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Zachary to play last coffee house for the season Well, we’ve arrived at that moment that brings use to the last event of the season for the Sooke Folk Music Society. Our final Coffee House night for this season happens Saturday, June 15 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. For our final feature we are presenting Zachary Doeding, a local singer/ songwriter from East Sooke, who is also an exceptional finger-style guitarist. I asked Zachary to tell us his story and this is what he had to say. “I grew up in Southern Illinois listening to the Grand Ol’ Opry and 78 rpm records with my grandfather, who had played in bands when he was young. He was a major influence and always encouraged me to play music. Many a family gathering would end up with a few guys in a back room strumming on those old arch top Gibson guitars. “When the Beatles hit in 1964 I got my first guitar, a mail-order catalogue Harmony Bobkat, and I’ve been playing ever since. My early influences were a lot like everyone else… the Beatles, Stones, Dylan (we practically wore out The Gates of Eden on the juke box at the local hangout), and luckily in those days radio played a real variety of music: pop, rock, country and soul. And on a clear night you could tune in radio station WLAC in Nashville, the station that literally created R&B, complete with advertisements for Royal Crown Pomade. “In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam war, I immigrated to Canada, and that summer I hitch-hiked and
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Zachary Doeding, from East Sooke will perform at the last coffee house of the season on Saturday, June 15 at Holy Trinity. rode freights across the country, an adventure that would change/ begin my new life. “My first job In Vancouver was playing in a little after hours club owned by Tommy Chong, and through the 70’s I played in a series of Vancouver bands including Northwest Company, The Union Street All-Stars, and Bedrock.
“I moved to the Island in the early 80s’ and kind of put music on the back burner while I raised a family. (Mark Stuart kidded me that I “just got my priorities all mixed up”). “My style is kind of folk/alt/country/pop with a healthy dose of finger-picking. I play and write songs about love, family and politics.
“Even in the early days I tried my hand at songwriting. But in the last few years I’ve gotten into it more, as a way to tell stories and chronicle a little history. Like many others I got hooked on the whole exercise of writing and of perfecting your craft to strike the perfect balance between rhythm and melody, poetry and lyric and between fact and implication. “Currently I’m in the process of recording some of my tunes for a CD and shopping them around to other musicians to play. I play regularly at local open mics including the Smokin’ Tuna, the 17 Mile House, and the Sooke Folk Music Society Coffee House... and I’m still searching for that perfect combination.” Zachary is a gifted songwriter with a unique style and delivery that you are bound to warm up to and enjoy. Katrina Kadoski on guitar and back-up vocals, Bill Negraeff on steel guitar ands Sheri Welsfordon percussion and mandolin will be
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Kids at Saseenos School have been having a lot of fun in the past few months. On May 14, the intermediate students went by bus to the Royal B.C. Museum. The Grade 4/5 class also had a ghost tour around Victoria and learned a lot of history of Victoria. They also saw Flight of the Butterflies at the IMAX. The Grade 3/4 class had a garage sale in their class to make money for the class-
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playing in the school of honky tonks and beer joints in and around Nashville in his dad’s band. Mark was off the road when he met Stacey and that very night he would play the first note of her music never leaving her side. Mark
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Nashville and Stacey Earle’s The Ride also in 2008), it is through the respect of each other’s work and years of playing together that they have created their unique sound. And that sound allows each individual to shine through. Stacey and Mark are no doubt together ‘til death do they part. Please be sure to join us for what will be a memorable evening with these two very engaging singer/songwriters. The gig is on Saturday, July 30 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, at 1962 Murray Road. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with show at 8. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door or in advance at Shopper’s Drug Mart.
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he Sooke Folk Music Society normally curtails it’s activities for the summer, but this Saturday, July 30, we are delighted to bring back Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart for a special summer concert at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, as part of their “Driver ‘til she drops” tour; a reference to their Chevy Suburban, which now has some 465,000 miles on the odometer Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart met for the first time 1991 at a songwriters night in Nashville TN. They knew that night it was one of them things that are just meant to be. They were married in 1992. It would be quite a balancing act at that time raising a family and trying to make a living along with all the other stuff that came with getting by, “but we managed,” Stacey said as she looked back at her first encounter with the world of touring. Stacey Earle’s first show was on an arena stage in Sydney, playing rhythm guitar in her brother’s band, Steve Earle & the Dukes. She spent about a year and a half on tour with her brother, and then returned to Nashville to start a career of her own as a country/ folk singer/songwriter. “I was 30-years-old and asking/seeking a recording deal in Nashville.At that age it was like asking God to turn back the world clock.” Mark Stuart went to the finest of music schools, he started his schooling listening and admiring his uncle’s guitar playing and his dad’s fiddling. By age 15 he would find himself
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he 25th Sooke Fine Arts Show opened on Thursday night with purchasers waiting in line to get into the show and see the latest works from the 275 artists who submitted entries. The adjudicators chose 375 pieces from the 551 artists who responded to the call for entries to the juried art show and sale. The 10-day show was once again staged in the SEAPARC Leisure Complex where a group of talented and hard working volunteers transformed the cavernous space into an amazing gallery. “We had a lovely weekend and a lot of people,” said Sally Manning, show coordinator. “It is a colourful and happy show.” Many Sooke artists stood out as the winners in the 25th Anniversary Artists Awards. They included Patrick Irwin for his acrylic and oil two-dimensional painting “Port Alberni,” Best Two-Dimensional work. The Best Three-Dimensional work award was awarded to Jan Johnson for his “Minotaur Overseeing Intake,” while Debbie Clarkson took the award for the Best Photography for her “La Habana Elegante #3.” Dana Sitar’s “When I Do Not Follow the Rules” took the award for Best Fibre. Honourable mentions were given to Chuck Minten for his “Circle of Friends” wood table and Anne Boquist’s “YoYoTokTik” gourd and found object piece. Other winners include Heather Hamilton’s “Internal Reflections” pendant (Best Jewellery); Jo Ludwig’s “No Title” glass piece (Best Glass); Metchosin’s Judi Dyelle won Best Ceramic for her “White Series #1”; and Jeff Molloy’ for his mixed media piece “A Man of the Cloth. Other honourable mentions went to Debbie Jansen for her fused glass, “Untitled”, Eliza Heminway’s fibre wall piece, “The Haberdasher’s Garden” and Leonard Butt’s “Uchi” raku sculpture. The adjudicators each chose a work for Juror’s Choice. Richard White gave full marks to Nicolas Vandergugten’s lino block print “Bridgework #3”; Grant Leier (substituting for Carol Sabiston) awarded Dee de Wit’s “Still Life with Mango” his kudos; and juror Nixie Barton chose Johannes Landman’s oil painting “Benchwarmer.” Manning said the attendance was keeping in line with past years as were the sales.
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• On Thursday June 6, police received a call at 12:40 a.m. regarding a break and enter at the 17 Mile liquor store, and were on the scene within 13 minutes. The bottle return lock-up had been broken into. Video surveillance shows a dark or black car with a make similar to a Chevrolet Cavalier leaving the lot, heading towards Sooke. • On the morning of June 7, police were notified of another break and enter that occurred on the 6200 block of Sooke Road. The call was made at 9:45 a.m. Access was gained through the back door of a business, which was kicked in. A generator was stolen.
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• On June 7 at 7:45 p.m. a collision occurred between a motorcycle, westbound on Otter Point Rd, and a Toyota Yarris, east-bound on Otter Point and turning left onto Butler. The driver of the vehicle said they did not see the oncoming motorcycle, and glare from the sun might have been a contributing factor. Both vehicles were damaged, and the motorcycle rider sustained nonlife threatening head and cheek injuries.
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Sunriver saw a bit of action just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday June 4. A 2001 Ford Escort caught fire in front of a house on Driftwood. Owner of the car, Troy Dawkins, said he smelled plastic and 10 minutes later saw smoke coming from the car. His wife, Crystal Dawkins, said it took the fire department about 20 minutes to show up with the big truck that could put the fire out. Fire Chief Steven Sorensen provided clarification on the Sooke News Mirror Facebook page. “Just to clarify the
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response time of the Sooke Fire Rescue Service to this incident. After listening to the communication tapes, the ‘big’ fire truck arrived 13 minutes and 6 seconds after receiving the call. As we have to wait for the volunteer firefighters to come from their
looking Back June 11, 2008 School site stays open A tied vote by District of Sooke council left David Mallett saying, “Shame,” on a recommendation to authorize staff to move the new Sunriver school and sports field site to an alternative location pending approval from the Agricultural Land Commission. Discussion ensued on why the location should be changed and on the potential closure of two elementary schools if the new school became a reality. Council felt they were not presented with all of the facts. The vote came in at three for and three against the move. Another vote can take place only if members of council may want to reconsider their vote. June 11, 2003 Minor Hockey nets $5,000 instead of $25,000 from electoral area Instead of scoring a grant-in-aid of $25,000, Sooke Minor Hockey will only get $5,000 this year from the Juan de Fuca electoral area. Last November, as one of his last acts of office, Juan de Fuca area director Brian Henson decided to give the sports organization $25,000. The money was to be used over five years to subsidize young hockey players who hailed from the East Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jorden River and Port Renfrew areas. Now Henson’s suc-
cessor, Erik Lund, has pulled back the fiveyear money and instead provided the minor hockey with $5,000 for this year alone. June 10, 1998 Pool passes by narrow margin Regional director Diane Bernard said she intends to “aggressively” go after the provincial and federal government to relieve the tax burden created by Saturday’s successful pool referendum. Local MLA Rick Kasper said it will be tough for senior lev-
els of governments to come to taxpayers’ aid now that residents have agreed to foot the entire $4.4-million bill for the pool. The vote was 1,951 to 1,827. June 9, 1993 Squatters clear out of Muir Creek camp Muir Creek has been declared squatter-free. But the Sooke RCMP don’t expect the group that has been residing there for over a month to completely disappear. The squatters were chased off the Fletcher
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According to the BC’s Ministry of Transportation information website, it’s a simple fourstep process: You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out .... Oh, no wait, that’s mama-mode, not motorcycle-mama mode. It actually goes like this: 1. Approach 2. Yield 3. Enter 4. Exit They even have an “All About Roundabouts” video, show-
ing you that you only have to use your signal lights when you exit the circle. In the first video, DriveWise instructor Seann Wells says, “I don’t have to signal because I have no choice but to go right. But I will signal at my exit.” Technically, he’s correct. You don’t have to signal in because it is akin to a curve in the road and you have no choice but to travel in
that direction. Wells smoothly enters the traffic circle and then executes a right hand exit, with appropriate signalling. What’s missing from this clip is the conversion of what used to be a simple left-hand turn. Let’s travel back in time to the simple fourway intersection. Executing a left-hand turn was pretty straight forward: Signal left to turn left (duh), and remember to yield to the vehicle on your right. Things get complicated when you plunk in another circular road over what used to be a standard four-way stop. Technically the vehicle operator is now executing a series of left- and right-hand turns to do what used to be a single-operation right turn, straight through, or left turn. To complicate things further, you now have to yield to the vehicle on your left (the ones coming at you), as the vehicles in the circle have the right-of-way. When I am in a traffic circle, I signal through each “intersection” -- defined as a point where roadways meet. In other words, at every possible entry and exit point, I either signal left (to enter, or continue in the traffic circle) or right (to exit). Why? Because as a motorcyclist, one of the most
important things you MUST do to ensure your safety is to be precise when it comes to signalling your intention. Sloppy signalling, as many accidents and near accidents testify, will be to your detriment. Precise signalling, whether mechanical or physical, helps communicate your intention. A shoulder check, for example, communicates an intention depending on when you use it. When in motion, it typically signals a lane-change; when at a stop, it typically signals “I’m going to make sure the intersection is safe before I move off.” Flashing your brakelights, another example, communicates to a tailgater that they are too close for your comfort; or, it forewarns the vehicle behind you that your intention is to stop when that yellow light turns red. On the flip side, signalling left on the Pat Bay just leaving Victoria, when your intent is to exit in Sidney, will in all likelihood get you into an accident. I, for one, give a happy nod to the ministry for bringing in traffic circles. These circles really do eliminate those fatal-for-motorcyclists T-bone crashes, and they blessedly keep traffic moving.
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As explained on B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation website (http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/roundabouts/) above, the rules of operation in a roundabout are relatively simple. Image (left) details signage requirments. Traffic circles are a thing of great beauty. Now all we need to do is to retrain our brain when it comes to navigating these former simple intersections that once required only one signal. They are no longer simple intersections and should not be
treated as such. They are a separate roadway, where you signal in and signal out. Yes, a roundabout is simple -- and even beautiful -- once you rewire your brain. And until then, It’s enough to make you dizzy.
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The Sooke Harbourside Lions will be out in force, hoping to collect $2 from everyone in Sooke in support of our much needed Sooke Food Bank. Please spread the word and let’s work together to help our Food Bank help those in need in our community!
DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ON JUNE 18TH: 9:00 am – Noon and 2:30 – 7:00 pm Shopper’s Drug Mart, Village Foods, Western Foods 2:30 – 3:30 pm All Elementary Schools and Journey Middle School 4:00 – 7:00 pm 17 Mile House, The Castle, Sooke Liquor Store, Coast Capital, Royal Bank 2:30 – 7:00 pm Park ‘n Ride Home Hardware, Field’s People’s Pharmacy, Sunriver Subdivision DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT SEAPARC UNTIL JUNE 18TH
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Girls’ fastball bats it out of the park with three gold medals
Bantam B win big in Nanaimo Donna Ebert photo
Bantam B team members include Kathryn Ebert, Qu Lovbakke, Jaelyn Dumont, Emily Bernard, Shaylin Warren, Cassidy Logan, Jessa Katz, Hailey Dimock, Hailey Bryant, Kama Mollena, Rachel Able, Jessie Power and Alisha Norman. The team is coached by Noreen Lovbakke, Troy Lovbakke and Jason Dumont.
Sooke Fastball association is very proud to say three of our teams brought gold medals home on Sunday June 9. Midget C girls team took gold in their districts and will be going to provincials (pictured and detailed below). Bantam B girls team took gold in their tournament in Nanaimo (pictured left). PeeWee B girls team took gold in their own tournament in Nanaimo. Donna Ebert
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Undefeated not unchallenged, Sooke Midgets C make it to the Provincials This past weekend saw the Sooke Midget U19C Girls Fastball Team win their District Championship playoffs, held at Hyacinth Park in Saanich. The girls came through undefeated, but not unchallenged, in four games to win
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the first place berth to the Provincial Championships in North Delta on July 7, 8 and 9. The team played extremely well with timely hitting, some awesome defensive plays and excellent pitching. Candy Kearney
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Back Row L-R – Roy Anderson, Erin Kearney, Jess Murdoch, Kelly Kearney, Kaitlyn Palle, Eliza Gibb, Alexia Gilbertson-Burnett, Katya Bissky Front Row L-R – Greg Bissky, Crystal Dyson, Patricia Kelly, Taylor Calnan-Ash, Lauren Tallyn, Alyssa Blatchford, Kyla Lovbakke, Mike Kearney Laying down – Gabbii Nielsen, Emma Anderson. Missing – Garnet VanDyck, Ella Ryan.
Bulldogs pitted in battle against Seahawks
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Hunter Nicks (#67) zigged and zagged his way with plenty of good blocking to the second touchdown. Sooke Village Food Markets Seahawks Atom football team fought a touchdownto-touchdown battle against the gnarly fangs of the Cowichan Bulldogs. With plenty of good kicks by Riley Stratton (#71) and special teams led by him, he did not allow any field gain on kick-off returns. Offense was anchored at centre by Caleb Carrier (#2). Quarterback Jared Steele pitched to Kieran Franklin (#68) who ran another 60 yards with
incredible downfield blocking from Thomas Lowerison (#79), only to be tackled at the eight yard line. On the next play, Steele ran a bootleg run for a touchdown. Kicking a two-point conversion added to the lead. After a Bulldog touchdown, Steele pitched to Hunter Nicks (#67) who zigged and zagged his way with plenty of good blocking to our second touchdown of the half. Nicks also caught a hook pass and plenty of
good sweeps and runs by Owen Cheng, Spencer Logan, and Ben Power. Defense sputtered a bit and the next two touchdowns belonged to Cowichan. The last quarter had both teams fighting. Defense was led by Ben Power, L.P. Gagnon, Grayson Hoolaef, Keegan Young and Quinn MacDonald. The final score was Bulldogs 20 to Sooke’s 14. Next Saturday’s first playoff is going for the coveted silver cup. Coach Andy
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Garnet Van Dyck, fourth from the left, aspires to play in the Nationals.
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Soon to graduate from EMCS, Garnet Van Dyck is following her dreams. Since as far back as she can remember, she has wanted to compete on Canada’s Soccer Women’s National Team. “My biggest goal is to play in the national’s,” she said in conversation. While she hasn’t arrived (yet), she is well on her way. A few months ago she got word that she received a scholarship from the University of Regina to play on their women’s soccer team. “I’m exciting and nervous,” Van Dyck said,
‘She didn’t always make the team, but she kept persevering. She went from sitting on the bench to being a starting player.’ -Nadine Smith, mother “It will be a new start with new friends.” Van Dyck has always been attracted to soccer. “I remember playing in Sooke when I was younger. I was pretty good at it, and it came naturally.” As she grew, the competition increased. And as the competition increased, her skills developed. “Growing her skill in
Sooke has meant signing her up to play with higher level teams outside of Sooke,” said her mother, Nadine Smith. Her daughter remains active in Sooke, coaching the Sandlot division for the past three years. “She just keeps working harder and harder,” said Smith. “She didn’t always make the team, but she kept persevering. She went from sit-
ting on the bench to being a starting player.” A starting player is a player who can start the game and continue throughout the entire game. “I like the game. It’s fun, it makes you think. And there are a lot of opportunities,” she says. For instance, she has been to Belize (located on the northeast coast of Central America) for a soccer competition. There, she played for the Kansas showcase team. She was selected for the showcase team when some good friends of hers, who were also trying out, recommended Van Dyck to the selection coach. He contacted Van Dyck, who went to
Virginia for the tryout and where she made the final cut. When asked what advise she would give to other young players interested in pursuing soccer (or any passion for that matter), Garnet speaks encouragingly: “Just keep at it, don’t let what other people say discourage you; and, if you don’t make the team, don’t give up.”
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Sooke’s Mighty Bandits tie up the game fought well with our teams walking away with a 12 to 13 point game for the Thunders and a tie game 12 to 12 for the Bandits. Congratulations on good games and a remarkable season! Angela Mosses
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Art Morris park, Saanich Peninsula made the long drive out to Sooke for a double header to play our very own Sooke Bandits and Thunders from the U-10 Mites League. Both games were
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This year’s Subaru Western Triathlon series was held at Shawnigan Lake, on May 26. Owen Stampflee ran the Half Iron, and finished 20th out of 75 who completed. He completed in 4:55:32. The Half Iron consists of a 1.9 km swim, an 88 km bike ride, and a 21 km run. Stampflee shaved an impressive 20 minutes off his time
from last year’s Saunders Subaru Victoria Triathlon, which he completed in June with a time of 5:15:50 Daralee Hanton and Danny Eddy of Sooke both completed the Sprint. The Sprint consists of a 500 metre swim, a 22 km bike ride and a 5 km run. Their completion times were 1:29:22 and 1:32:17 respectively. Three runners from TEAM X also ran the sprint relay with a time of 1:25:36.
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