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through referrals from youth detention, probation officers and counsellors, but Chiu said all clients will leave the house with direction in their lives and a new support network. “This is small, intimate and is an opportunity for young men to bond and rebuild relationships and get counselling,” she said. “For many of these young men, their family atmosphere is not healthy. This give them the opportunity to live like a family. The staff become like parents, aunts and uncles.” Turning around the lives of drug addicted youths, who are often alienated from family, friends and school, requires a full-court press of services and planning.

The justice presiding over the sentencing hearing of a former Saanich priest found guilty of touching a young person for a sexual purpose has delayed her decision until September. Justice J. Miriam Gropper said she didn’t want to rush her decision on handing down her sentence to Phil Jacobs. Crown prosecutor Clare Jennings argued Friday during the sentencing hearing for a four- to six-month sentence for Jacobs, following by two years probation. He would also be put on the National Sex Offender Registry, and be included in the National DNA Data Bank. The guilty charge stems from a witness testimony regarding tutoring sessions at Jacobs’ house on the grounds of St. Joseph the Worker Parish on Burnside Road West. The church is connected to St. Joseph the Worker school, where the young victim went to school. The witness said he ended up in a position of laying on the couch with his legs over Jacobs’ lap. During testimony in December, the young man told the court that Jacobs’ right hand would slide up and down the witness’s left thigh over his pants – “he went from my knee to my groin back and forth ... the back of his hand touched my genitals.” Gropper agreed with the Crown’s assertion that Jacobs’ touching of the victim’s genitals was “deliberate,” and not accidental brushing. According to a psychiatric report conducted after the guilty verdict, handed down in February, Jacobs is deemed at a low to moderate risk to re-offend.

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Beacon of Hope House co-ordinator Keltie Manderville, left, and Maj. Kathie Chiu, executive director of the Salvation Army’s addictions and rehabilitation centre, show a typical bedroom in the detox facility for teen boys. The Salvation Army has re-opened the facility at a new location this year in Saanich.

A nondescript 1970s-era home in the Uptown area of Saanich holds six simple but tidy bedrooms, gardens, offices and a long dinner table. For young men struggling with drug or alcohol addictions in Greater Victoria, it’s the home away from home to regain control of their lives. “There are very few treatment centres for youth (in B.C.). You’ve got to scour the province for a place to take youth and have it not cost a fortune. This program is really needed in the Capital Region. Youth need a place to go,” said Maj. Kathie Chiu, executive director of the Salvation Army’s addictions and rehabilitation centre. Chiu and other Salvation Army staff gave

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community groups an inside look at the renewed Beacon of Hope House last Friday, which relocated from Vic West to Saanich earlier this year. Up to six young men between 13 and 18 years old can stay at the house at any given time, typically for a month to three months. “It is a very home-like atmosphere,” said Sarah Jenkinson, a counsellor at Hope House. “It’s important for youth in detox not to be institutionalized. This (facility) blends in well with the neighbourhood.” The Vancouver Island Health Authority chips in 25 per cent of the Hope House’s $550,000 annual operating costs, and the Salvation Army funds the remainder for six beds, and 14 counsellors and residential staff members. Youth can find their way to Hope House

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Defence attorney Chris Considine asked Gropper to consider a conditional sentence, given the incident Jacobs was found guilty of wasn’t “more physical, long-lasting or aggressive” compared to other similar crimes. “This offense has to be at the very lowest of the scale of this type of offense that I can think of,” he said. While Jennings’ argument focused on the crime as being sexual touching of a young person, Considine repeatedly told Gropper it was a breach of trust offense. After both counsels pleaded their cases, Jacobs, 63, stood up

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Money argument leads to stabbing

A dispute over money early Saturday morning led to a stabbing that resulted in a 42-year-old requiring emergency surgery. Saanich police were notified of the incident around 12:30 a.m. after the victim took a taxi to Victoria General Hospital. He got into a dispute in the 200-block of Regina Avenue with a man he knew and a scuffle ensued. The victim did not know he’d been stabbed in the neck, thinking he had only been punched, and he made his way to a friend’s house in the 300-block of Davida Ave. He caught a taxi to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Police arrested a 45-year-old suspect outside a residence in the 3200-block of Harriet Rd. Charges of assault with a weapon and breach of probation are being considered.

Chloe Faught, left, and Colene Wood, centre, both involved with Girl Guides of Canada, sit with Pathfinder Natalie Fischer, 15, at the Girl Guides Kingswood Camp in Saanich. The southern Vancouver Island area is lacking in leaders for Sparks, Brownies and Pathfinders, meaning some young girls may not get the opportunity to participate in Girl Guides next year. Kyle Slavin/News staff

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Girl Guides of Canada is in dire need of adult volunteers in Greater Victoria, so young girls in Brownies, Sparks, Guides and Pathfinders don’t find themselves missing out on opportunities. Colene Wood, public relations advisor for the southern Vancouver Island area, says there are leader to girl ratios that need to be

A drunk driver who pulled a U-turn on Columbine Way caused a T-bone collision last Thursday night. Saanich police say a 31-year-old Victoria man in a PT Cruiser parked on Columbine turned into the path of a Toyota 4Runner at around 4:30 p.m. Both vehicles were badly damaged, but the Toyota driver wasn’t injured and the drunk driver suffered minor injuries to his hand and leg. Saanich police say the PT Cruiser driver told officers he had consumed large amounts of alcohol the night before. He blew a “fail” with a roadside breath samples, and received a 90 day immediate roadside prohibition from driving, a 30 day vehicle impoundment, and was charged with failing to yield.

as an example of where skilled leaders with first aid are mandatory for such an excursion to take place. “We can get innovative – some leaders with certain skills can be on call (to help out another unit), but everything’s thinner. It makes everything a little bit harder,” she said. Faught says there are great benefits to adults interested in volunteering, from their own personal growth to training for new skills. “We have financial trainings, we have enrichment trainings on things like anti-bullying and inclusiveness, there’s conflict resolution training, music training, drama

training,” she said. “You can also get reimbursements for third-party training like first aid or FoodSafe.” It’s through these trainings that Faught says she’s gained the most as a volunteer leader. “For me, I like that I’ve been able to build up my skill set, and then I enjoy the challenge of finding a way to give that skill to youth,” she said. “The reward you get out of kids going, ‘Yes, I can do this,’ makes it all worthwhile.” Adult women interested in volunteering as a Girl Guide leader are encouraged to visit bc-girlguides.org/join-guiding. Leaders must undergo a criminal record check.

Saanich tops gun haul during amnesty Daniel Palmer News staff

Gun Amnesty month raked in an impressive slew of weapons throughout Greater Victoria last month. More than 80 handguns, shotguns, rifles, replica guns and other weapons were turned in to Victoria, Saanich and Oak Bay municipal police forces in June. Saanich police received the majority of the firearms.

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and allowed people to turn in documented or undocumented firearms not used in a criminal offence without being charged. Provincewide, more than 1,800 firearms and 31,000 rounds of ammo were turned in to police. The most peculiar story came from the Abbotsford Police Department, who received a non-detonated 1.8-metre military missile, brought back by a veteran from overseas. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Gun amnesty totals n Saanich Rifles: 22 Shotguns: 12 Handguns: 13 Replica guns: 1 Pellet guns: 13 Ammunition: 2,082 rounds n Victoria Rifles: 8 Shotguns: 4 Handguns: 7

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While police in the Fraser Valley are warning about a potent form of heroin on the streets in Abbotsford, after a spike in overdoses – and one death – in recent weeks, police departments in Greater Victoria say that's not the case here. There are concerns the potent heroin either has a higher purity than usual, or it could be mixed with the synthetic drug fentanyl, which is about four or five times as strong as heroin. "If it's pure fentanyl you only need about a fifth of the amount that you would normally take. So if you drink scotch, it'd be like having five scotches in the volume of one scotch," said Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.'s provincial health officer. Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie says so far Victoria and Saanich haven't seen a noticeable jump in

overdoses in the community. Kendall says he supports the police putting out the warning to heroin users, especially given that there could be an increased risk in overdosing on the drug. "The advice is to avoid injected or ingesting illicit drugs at all possible. If not and people are going to ingest, they should do so cautiously," the health officer said. "It's particularly risky for people who may have been off drugs for a while. … You really do run the risk of the amount you've been used to taking can be way too much, and if you run into a strong batch or something mixed with fentanyl, it can be really serious or cause death." Victoria-raised actor Cory Monteith died on July 13 in Vancouver from an overdose of heroin and alcohol. The B.C. Coroners Service said fentanyl did not play a role in his death. – with files from Vikki Hopes kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Keltie Manderville, Hope House co-ordinator, said its about giving the youth structure, tempered with flexibility. Morning involves one-onone and group counselling, and then activities like golf, basketball, swimming or hikes. Staff members are currently offering the clients Japanese and Spanish lessons, and the house has frequent guests to engage the kids through music, writing, poetry and arts. Staff teach them life skills like cooking or resume building or job hunting. “We try to draw out their passions, be it through arts, music, drawing or writing. We draw out what they’re passionate about and build on that,” Manderville said. “Art is huge in the house, although not all youth like art. So it could be bookmaking or bookbinding and we have gardening. It’s about choices and feeling as much apart of a real family as we can.” Hope House started accepting clients in March after a long hunt for a new facility, when their former location was sold. Online classified ad company UsedVictoria (owned by Black Press, which owns Saanich News) helped outfit the house with donated sports gear, TVs and a barbecue.

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Manderville said they’ve taken the opportunity to revamp and expand Hope House programs, to make broader connections with agencies throughout Greater Victoria, and the province. For one, it’s now connected with the South Island Distance Education school to allow the young men to continue their high school education. A fundamental part of Hope House is establishing an individual care plan for each youth – goals they want to achieve while in the centre, and what they plan to do when they leave. “It evolves from wanting to stay off drugs and wanting to build relationships with family members, to wanting to get back to school and back to friends, and wanting their life back,” Manderville said. But it’s those community connection that are crucial for post-Hope House. Ensuring the youth returns to a safe home environment and to school or work is key to keeping them off the trajectory of using drugs or engaging crime. “Reintegrating the youth into the community is a big challenge,” Chiu said. “We can’t do everything. We have to partner with community agencies.” To contact Hope House, call 250-

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All Victoria letter mail to be routed through Vancouver No layoffs, but positions cut at mail processing plant in Saanich

through attrition. The corporation insists delivery service levels won’t change – the standard for local-to-local mail service remains two days. Anick Losier, spokeswoman for Canada Post in Ottawa, said the reality is that most mail in Victoria is sorted in Vancouver already – mail deposited in any mailbox in Victoria before 5 p.m. is shipped to the Mainland, and any mail after 5 p.m. is shipped to the Glanford plant in Saanich. A network of Canada Post trucks travel between Vancouver Island and Vancouver multiple times each day, Losier said. “We are using the existing network. There is space on the trucks,” she said. “The equipment in Vancouver processes 40,000 letters per hour. The process is faster than the Victoria facility.” The Glanford plant at the winter holiday peak processes 100,000 letters per day, Losier said, and about half that in the summer. “Victoria will continue to process parcels and direct marketing mail. Those are two lines of business we are trying to grow,” she said. The centralization and restructuring of mail delivery is the continuation of Canada Post trying to stem losses due to less people mailing letters – a billion less per year compared to 2006 and 2012. A business model that relies on earning half its revenue from delivering letters “isn’t sustainable,” Losier said. “What we are trying to do is maximize our equipment and maximize our people’s time. ... Consumers expect us to make responsible decisions.” Barney argued that Canada Post is “making millions” and isn’t a burden on taxpayers,

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In Greater Victoria, a letter mailed to your neighbour across the street will journey through the Lower Mainland and back, starting this September. Canada Post is shutting down processing of local letters at its Glanford Avenue plant starting Sept. 16. All mail currently split between mailboxes as “on Vancouver Island” and “off Vancouver Island” will merge into one for a trip across the water. Victoria’s Canada Post plant will continue to process parcels and other mail that can’t be sorted automatically. “I think (delivery) will be slower,” said Janet Barney, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers local 850 and a letter carrier in Langford. “Canada Post says standards will be maintained, but it is being slowly eroded. “Letters (in Victoria) used to be processed that night and on the street the next day. That is gone.” Barney said 10 positions in the automated sorting section will be eliminated, but those employees have job security and can bid on vacant positions elsewhere in the city. “Victoria is losing 10 wellpaid, stable jobs. The community is effected. Those jobs are going to Vancouver.” Canada Post disputes the union numbers, and says five positions in Victoria will be lost

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uch analysis and speculation has been done on how the B.C. Liberals scored a shocking, seemingly come-from-behind victory over the NDP in the last provincial election. Guided by research being undertaken this summer by a diverse, five-person panel, the New Democratic Party plans to tackle the issue of just how they lost an election they had no business losing. NDP president Moe Sihota, no stranger to the election process and campaigning, admitted his party must do some serious soul-searching to solve the riddle of how to get the better of the B.C. Liberals. Many factors contributed to the loss of the NDP’s grip on the hearts and minds of the province’s voters. There was leader Adrian Dix’s mid-campaign flip-flop on oil pipelines and the party’s lack of laserlike focus on a small number of issues while the Liberals focused on one: the economy. Even the lack of natural charisma of Dix himself helped create the perfect political storm. The NDP can do all the analysis it wants to try and find answers. But the unpalatable fact that negative advertising works, especially when aimed at a relatively large number of undecided voters, is a reality the party must face for the next election. Sihota acknowledged that both his party and the B.C. Liberals were surprised at the effectiveness of the governing party’s approach; the way it stirred up fear on the part of B.C. voters at the prospect of leaving the economy in the hands of the NDP. Putting it into business terms, the voting public in too many areas of the province –the Capital Region excluded – weren’t sold on the NDP brand. It may go against party philosophy, but perhaps the NDP needs to consult an image specialist before the next election. One need only to look south of the border, to the last presidential election, to realize how well creating fear can work.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The SAANICH NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Green MLA on coal and controversy transformation of energy systems After climate scientist-turned-Green away from our combustion party MLA Andrew Weaver had a approach, which is essentially what taste of debate in the B.C. legislature, we’ve been doing since I asked him for his we were in caves. We’ve impressions on that and gone from burning wood other issues. Excerpts to fossil wood, and fossil from that discussion: plants and fossil algae, to TF: You did a study a much more modern era comparing burning all of production of energy the world’s coal reserves through natural means, and all oil reserves, solar, wind, geothermal etc. showing how big coal TF: Liquified natural gas. really is. The federal The NDP says they are government says that absolutely in favour of that when you add up what’s Tom Fletcher now. actually being used in B.C. Views AW: I have questioned North America, carbon the economics of it from emissions from coal are day 1. There’s a market differential about 30 times more than from oil. that exists now. There’s that small Now we have a symbolic coal window because Japan is moving export ban in Vancouver, which from nuclear to natural gas. But doesn’t apply to Port Moody or we’re way behind everyone else. Point Roberts or Prince Rupert. Do TF: Thirty years ago, Japan you think there’s any significance played Australia and B.C. off for to this? metallurgical coal. Those northeast AW: There is no question that B.C. coal mines are back up and the biggest issue around is coal, running again, but you’re seeing a because coal use is on the rise similar thing here? worldwide. Not in the United AW: Yes. And if we start shipping States, because they’re converting natural gas to Asia … the Asian [power production] to natural gas. price comes down, the North This is why American producers American price goes up. British are saying, let’s ship it to Asia. Columbians haven’t been told that. California says no, Oregon says no, TF: How has the legislature Washington says no. Vancouver session been for you? says no, British Columbia, not sure. AW: I sit there and watch the It’s pushing us to start thinking two parties. Rhetorical question, about what I think is going to be condescending answer. Rhetorical the greatest industrial revolution question, condescending the world has ever seen, which is

answer. And I hope more British Columbians watch this, because this needs to change. And I think it can change. TF: The NDP opposition decides when you and Delta South Independent Vicki Huntington get your occasional moments in question period? AW: Yes, and if I’ve asked it’s been no problem. TF: Grudgingly no doubt. If the NDP had their way, the closest Green party member would be in Holland. AW: [Laughs] Yes. Certainly not in North America. There’s this sense of entitlement within the NDP to the ‘green’ vote. And I sense that the B.C. Liberals very much like our existence, as being not NDP. The reality is, we take as many Liberal votes, if not more. It’s because what it means to be ‘green’ has moved out of what the NDP view as green, which is a tree hugger. It’s kids going to school, talking about conservation, and going home to talk to their parents. That’s where our votes are coming from. TF: Are you going to be found standing in front of a coal train any time soon? AW: No, never. They asked me to, and I said no, because I don’t believe in civil disobedience. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Too few sidewalks in Saanich Re: Walkable Saanich, (News, July 12) Saanich has very few sidewalks and sometimes if there is something on the side, it is just a bumpy ribbon of asphalt that can suddenly change which side it’s on. The urban area of Saanich needs more and better sidewalks. Tattersall between Quadra and Maplewood is a prime example. In the meantime, Saanich needs to inform people about how to walk on a road without sidewalks. Although the picture of Dean Murdock on the front page may be artistically appealing, since it shows cars in the background, it also shows how not to do it – walk with your back to traffic. One should walk facing traffic so that you can see the cars coming towards you and thus be able to judge if they see you or not. It’s easier to get out of the way if it looks like they might get too close. And, as a driver, I don’t like coming up behind people walking with their back to the cars – I can’t tell if they know I’m there and I can’t tell if they might suddenly leap out in front of me. I’m glad that Murdock is looking at the sidewalk issue. We need better and safer places for walking, especially in the urban areas of Saanich, where so few seem to know how to walk on a road without sidewalks. Wendy Bergerud Saanich

Community garden warrants discussion Re: Group pushes for community garden in Royal Oak, (News, June 12); and Saanich runs risk of no community garden, (Letters, June 19) Why is it so difficult to have open discussion regarding a Royal Oak area community garden? Mayor Frank Leonard reminds us that a particular property across West Saanich Road from Royal Oak shopping centre is zoned for commercial use. Yet the mayor himself in 2008 (inaugural address) suggested the parcel could become a “naturescape” park (same zoning as community garden). Saanich pursued the mayor’s suggestion by hiring Cityspaces consultants to draw plans for a park to present to residents (in January 2011). The plans, coming from Saanich’s own consultants, would rezone the parcel. Throughout 2011 area residents held community meetings, gathering over 1,000 hours of response to Saanich’s request. Views were mostly positive about a naturescape border along West Saanich Road

and below the Fireside restaurant, with a terraced community garden in the interior, and a small heritage park area (recalling the historic railroad). Although this was supplied to Saanich, requests for discussion are refused. The mayor comments that “Royal Oak (community association, ROCA) doesn’t support it” and the President of ROCA characterized members as “indifferent at best.” Marsha Henderson’s letter describes a very different reality. Members of ROCA openly voted on May 30, 2012 as 17 to 3 in favour of asking Saanich to consider the community proposal. There’s more. Forty-four members of ROCA wrote letters and signed petitions asking for consideration. Two members wrote letters opposed to the idea. Beyond ROCA, 290 residents, 45 local businesses, the community church, Lions club and others joined the request for discussion of garden and park (submitted Nov. 15, 2012). These views are hardly “indifferent at best” and certainly not “firmly opposed.” The subject needs a little daylight. That’s all the area residents, local businesses and members of ROCA are asking. Greg Holloway Saanich

NDP goes negative after the election Failure to acknowledge the facts: 40.3 per cent of 858 participants in a recent post-election poll feel that the NDP lost the election because negative campaigning trumped the NDP’s “positive” approach. Another 23.9 per cent felt the NDP lacked views with appeal, 22 per cent felt Adrian Dix was a flawed candidate and 7.3 per cent blamed it on media bias. Finally, 6.4 per cent blamed it on a split vote with the Conservatives. The discernible stat that catches the common eye is the 40.3 per cent who felt the NDP’s negative-free approach ultimately failed them. A question now arises: why begin negative political propaganda after the smoke has cleared? Long-time devout public servants, such as Michele Cadario, Nick Facey, and Rishi Sharma, were targeted by the opposition at the legislature for receiving sudden payraises upon Premier Clark’s discretion. Take Rishi Sharma: he has served the The Saanich News welcomes opinions and comments. Please enclose phone number for verification of your letter’s authenticity.

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B.C. legislature for 14 years, and has not only worked vigorously to promote his party, but has devoted considerable time to volunteering in the community as well. What the opposition has failed to mention are the facts. For example, Sharma promised to donate to his community any lift he received in pay – promising to donate back two months worth of his salary each year. Gary Nagra Saanich

ings and promote our early history. Perhaps a local building moving company could be enticed to help with the costs entailed in the transportation of the schoolhouse to its new location. The resulting historic landscape could then become a visitation site for hop-on hop-off and other tour company buses with a return down the beautiful Gorge waterway. Darryl Radick Saanich

Hartland sewage plan not a crazy idea

Sloshed drivers help preserve history

Re: Hartland comes into focus for sewage sludge plant, (News, July 12) Opponents claim pumping sewage sludge to Hartland landfill is a crazy idea, bound to create all kinds of serious problems. Is putting sewage in pipes and pumping it from one place to another in a city such a new and unusual idea? Well, if you stop to think about it, all houses, hotels, businesses and public facilities are connected to a sewage system. In Metro Vancouver, there are approximately 15,000 kilometres of pipes in its system. Is it unusual to have pumps in a municipal sewage system to pump raw sewage great distances? The City of Richmond operates 163 sewage pump stations that pumps its sewage to Metro Vancouver for treatment. So, as you can tell, the 17 kilometres of sewage piping proposed for the Hartland option is not so unusual. Once again, we see that the opponents are spreading misinformation in their goals to “Stop a Bad Plan.” It would be more helpful if people with concerns did a bit of research. It isn’t as if, for example, the City of Richmond’s systems are a big secret. Tyler Ahlgren Victoria

Re: Relics of history remain hidden in Gorge (News, July 5) As a resident of the Gorge, I was very interested in your excellent feature about how old bottles collected from the Gorge waterway provide clues to the history of beer-brewing and partying that occurred in this area long ago. The story also perhaps helps to explain why I see so many apparently sloshed drivers rocketing along Gorge Road at night. I assume they must simply be trying to help maintain a century old tradition. Gordon Pollard Victoria

Move Craigflower buildings to one property Re: Province eyes ‘new model’ for Craigflower historic sites, News, July 12) Richard Linzey of the province’s heritage branch suggested that the Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse sites could become “one big recreational landscape site. That is a great idea, but I would like to see the schoolhouse uprooted from its present site and moved across the bridge to join the Manor House somewhere on the same property while the bridge is undergoing reconstruction. With both buildings in the same municipality it would be easier, with the participation of the province, to manage the build-

Some enjoy deer in the garden Reading the various letters in the News it seems that the majority of the writers are firmly against a deer cull. I am as well, and an avid gardener. The deer have only bitten the heads off some of my tulips in the spring and nothing else. I wondered why they only got so far in the garden and did not eat the other tulips. Then one night I realized it was my motion detection light. Once it came on, the deer stopped and moved away. Coincidence? Maybe. A neighbour who is a much more avid gardener discovered that some of her plants could be toxic to deer and promptly replaced them. She has no qualms with the deer at all and, like the majority of us, enjoys seeing them. As far as tranquilizing the deer and relocating them, it could be risky. A deer must be deeply asleep because if it awakens during a relocation trip it could harm or even kill itself in panic. As was mentioned in a previous letter, the university wanted to cull the rabbits in spite of groups wanting to remove them. People have not forgotten the attitude of the administrators and will not forget mayor and council of Oak Bay if it carries out the cull. Whatever happed to “Beautiful B.C.?” Ralph Burns Oak Bay

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Science and technology critic Kennedy Stewart (MP Burnaby-Douglas), Saanich South MLA Lana Popham and Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison sign the petition asking the government to restore funding for the Centre of the Universe, the public outreach arm of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich.

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maintenance and utilities. The centre opened in 2001 as an educational arm of the observatory. Last year, the centre attracted nearly 10,000 people. “There is a real value to our education system that is being lost here,” Popham said. “This is science that is right in front of our children’s eyes – it’s not something they are just watching on YouTube, and it’s an opportunity that not everyone has. It’s hard to really grasp how this will impact people, and I know a lot of people are in disbelief.” There are no current plans to repurpose or remove the building, although the National Research Council is looking for volunteer groups to take it over. The closure, Stewart says, is a grave loss. “We’re losing our scientists by the dozens … saying this is an attack on science sounds like rhetoric, but it isn’t,” said Stewart. “If we’re not training our kids, or giving our scientists a place to grow, then we are halting our own knowledge economy.” The written petition will be available at all south Island NDP MP and MLA offices and at public events throughout the summer.

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Despite having deep roots and a historically strong electoral showing in this region, the B.C. NDP left Vancouver Islanders off a panel appointed to analyze its disappointing loss in the May 14 provincial election. B.C. NDP party president Moe Sihota, the former NDP cabinet minister who represented EsquimaltPort Renfrew (later Esquimalt-Metchosin) in the legislature for upwards of 15 years, said, however, geographical representation was not among the criteria used to select the five panelists. “We tried to select the panel based on a range of skills and experiences,” he said. Gender and ethnic representation were “I think our also factors, he added, as were “independence weakness really of mind,” and level of lies in the public’s success in life. The panel, which perception of our includes former Mani- capacity to manage toba NDP cabinet minister Eugene Kostyra the economy for and Newton-North the province. That Delta MP Jinny Sims, will receive input from seems to be less people around the of a variable on province, with a final the Island than report due to the party executive in time for elsewhere.” this fall’s party conven– Moe Sihota tion. president B.C. NDP The panel is charged with asking “tough questions” about the party and its approach to B.C. politics. “We’re trying to see where we are successful and why, and where we are not successful and why,” Sihota said. “In particular, I think our weakness really lies in the public’s perception of our capacity to manage the economy for the province. That seems to be less of a variable on the Island than elsewhere.” He expects the panel to “look very much at the DNA of the NDP.” When the NDP won elections, in 1991 and 1996, its victories were largely due to a split of the rightwing vote, Sihota said. Since suffering near annihilation in 2001 then reestablishing itself under Carole James, NDP leader between 2003 and 2010, the party has struggled to find the formula to overtake the B.C. Liberals. Over the years, Sihota said, the party has experienced tension between those who view the party as a political movement for change and those who measure success by electoral victories. This year’s election loss followed months of public opinion polls showing the NDP well ahead of the Liberals. What that demonstrated, Sihota said, is that “substantial changes are required, particularly as it relates to our brand and the way our brand is perceived and marketed.” On Thursday the B.C. NDP appointed a fivemember panel to review the party’s election night collapse May 14. The panelists are: • Former Manitoba NDP cabinet minister Eugene Kostyra, a special advisor to Premier Gary Doer • Cindy Oliver, president of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C. • Andy Ross, former president of Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union Local 378 • Pam Sihota, a law student from Terrace • Jinny Sims, NDP Minister of Parliament for Newton-North Delta ddescoteau@vicnews.com

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Saanich aims to ease bike-car conflict Sizzling Summer Clearance Event! Saanich is looking to boost cyclist safety on a popular bike route with new signs that will hopefully give clarity on how to share the road. Ash Road, a long, straight stretch without bike lanes that is part of several bike touring routes, is now asking motorists to pass cyclists in the oncoming lane when safe, but to stay single file when moving through the S-curves approaching Mount Douglas Parkway (Cedar Hill Road). The strip of Cedar Hill Road through the park has a sign asking cars to pass in the oncoming lane when safe. It’s unlikely either stretch of road will get bike lanes in the near future, said Darrell Wick, who sits on Saanich’s bike and pedestrian committee. “We felt Ash Road was so narrow and dangerous and cars go fast, and they try to pass in a blind corner,” Wick said. “The hill is a problem as cyclists go up, there isn’t enough room (for cars) and its not fair for a car to

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Darrell Wick, who sits on Saanich’s bike committee, shows a new sign meant to clarify rules of the road near Mount Douglas Park. create a single file. “Let’s face it, there’s a lot of touring cyclists going around the waterfront. It’s amazing the number of cyclists going by (on Ash Road).” Wick said the committee isn’t pushing for bike lanes on

Ash or Cedar Hill roads near Mount Douglas Park, due to other priorities, such as building bike lanes into McKenzie Avenue near the University of Victoria, and on northern sections of Shelbourne Street. He advocated for new signs, which found strong support with Saanich. “There was good support from the committee and engineering. They agreed the road is narrow and doesn’t have bike lanes. They felt a sign was an appropriate next step,” he said. “I think it will help. The signs will emphasize there is not enough room in one lane.” Wick, who has sat on the cycling and pedestrian committee for 20 years, said Saanich went from zero bike lanes two decades ago to an extensive network that is constantly a work in progress. “We’ve come a heck of a long way, and the number of people cycling has gone up considerably,” he said. editor@saanichnews.com

Fire damages businesses on Quadra A towel placed over a smoking hair dryer led to a fire in a hair and nail salon Saturday evening in Saanich. An employee at Brooke’s Secret Nail and Hair Design at 4011 Quadra St. noticed smoke coming from a handheld hair dryer around 5:30 p.m. A towel was placed over the hair dryer to pat it down, but it quickly ignited and the building

soon caught fire. Saanich fire crews quickly attended the scene and knocked the fire down, with minimal structural damage to the surrounding businesses. Two food outlets – Sarpino’s Pizzeria and Indian Food Market – both suffered smoke damage. Rich Pala, acting assistant chief for fire prevention with the Saanich Fire Department, says

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ocal musician Danton Jay is hard to pin down. With a taste for travel and a broad musical background, it’s no wonder his debut solo album, Morcenx, is an exercise in diversity. The songs on Morcenx, named for a small town on the west coast of France, range in genre from folk, rock, blues and jazz to spoken word over improvisational guitar, but the message is concise — Jay is a proponent of sustainability and is using his music to both entertain and enlighten, without being preachy. “My key theory is that it doesn’t matter who’s telling them, if people hear something they’re more likely to reflect and act on it,”Jay says. “If it’s on the radio, people will hear it and hopeful reflect on it and enjoy the music, too.” Jay is a UVic psychology grad who researched promotional methods and sustainability. He set out on a six-month journey through Europe to see theory put into practice. It was that adventure that inspired Jay to write the songs on Morcenx. He spent the last month of his trip in France, holed up in an apartment writing. The result is an album of expansive music and percipient lyrical content. “This kind of music requires attention. It’s not for pre-drinking before the club,” he says. Jay returned to Victoria, set up a recording studio in his apartment and started recording the album. “I don’t have a dining room, I have a soundbooth,” he says. He got permission from David Suzuki to use his essay “The fundamental failure of environmentalism” on his track Listen, which Jay reads over completely improvised guitar. Jay is humble about his music and is all about the collective experience. He’s not quick to be centre of attention or to take all the credit. He even goes as far as listing all the session musicians on the album right on the front of the CD jacket. And it’s an impressive list of local A-listers that includes the album’s co-producer Joby Baker (Alex Cuba, The Bills, The Cowboy Junkies, Mae Moore), Adam Sutherland (Armchair Cynics) and Julia Wakal (Aidan Knight, Bucan Bucan). Jay has assembled a six-piece band for the CD release at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas) Wednesday, July 24 that includes Nick La Riviere on trombone, Miguelito Valdez on trumpet, Chris Van Sickle on piano, Ian McElroy on bass and Andrew Rollins on drums. After only one rehearsal, Jay was ecstatic about how well the band was coming together. “There’s so much going on. It’s exciting to hear all the parts together live. Everyone really owns their parts. It’s so rewarding to have full confidence in the talented people behind you. … And playing live allows Morcenx - Local musician Danton Jay is celebrating the release of his debut solo album, Morcenx, with a show Wednesday, July 24 at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas). Photo by Leanne Green Photography. for extended solos.” The show kicks off at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance online at brownpapertickets.com and $12 at the door. Jay is first up on a triple-headline Morcenx is available at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records or is available for download on bill with Van Damsel on tour from Kamloops (vandamsel.com) and Young Pacific from Jay’s website dantonjay.com. Check out the video for the album’s single, The Road, while Vancouver (youngpacificmusic.com). you’re there.

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ictoria’s fifth annual festival of food and wine uncorks Thursday, July 25 with an evening tasting of more than 100 B.C. Wines and local food prepared by some of the best chefs on Vancouver Island. Taste the Difference, the opening night extravaganza, is sold out, as is Sustainable Seafood: Taste and Learn at Finest at Sea and Sharpen your Senses: An Interactive Tasting Workshop (Friday, July 26), but there are still tickets available for Tea and Terroir with Tea Master Daniela Cubelic (Friday, July 26, 2 p.m. At Silk Road), Weird and Wonderful Grape Varieties of Cool Climate Regions (Saturday, July 27, 11:30am at Hotel Grand Pacific), Swine and the Vine (Saturday, July 27, 2 p.m. At Hotel Grand Pacific) and Band, Bubbles and Bennys (Sunday, July 28 at 11 a.m. At Vista 18, Chateau Victoria), featuring a three-course brunch with B.C. Sparkling wine tastings and the jazzy sounds of Lust Life. Tickets and a full schedule are available at victoriataste.com.

en Island musicians are coming together Sunday July 28 to play a show with proceeds going to help flood victims in Alberta. The event is organized by Kerry Jayne, who will play at the show, alongside Vancouver Island Music Award winner Felicia Harding (of the Ghostbird) and Isobel trigger as well as Born in Cities, Krista Di Gregoria, Kyle Truelove, White Hot Jet, Warriors of the Infinite and Spaceport Union. VIMA Vocalist of the Year nominee Jilliam Reece, whose sister lives in Calgary, is also on the bill. Guitarist and 2013 VIMA Pop/Rock Album winner Wil, who lived in Calgary during his “formative years” says he’s playing the show for the people of Calgary. “My connection with the city is simple, it’s the people in it, the people who have lost everything and the people who are giving everything and that’s why it’s important for me to be involved,” he says. The To Brighter Days flood relief benefit concert is Sunday, July 28 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (680 Courtney St) at 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $15/10/5. All proceeds are going to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Flood Relief Fund. For more information, email bluewatergunrecords@gmail.com.

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THURS. JULY 25 TASTE VICTORIA - The fifth-annual celebration of food and wine from Vancouver Island takes over various downtown locations July 25-28. More information and full schedule at tastevictoria.com.

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VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL BUSKERS FESTIVAL - Welcome to what has quickly become one of the world’s most prominent street theatre festivals! Performers from Australia, the UK, South America, the U.S. and across Canada will converge in Victoria for 10 days of incredible family-friendly fun. Various times and locations downtown. Until July 28 Don’t forget to tip your busker. victoriabuskers.com.

AVIATION MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE- The British Columbia Aviation Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary with an open house. 10am-4pm at 1910 Norseman Rd, Sidney. By donation. 250-655-3300.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONSCineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers is calling for submissions from musicians and filmmakers for the 2013 Reel-to-Reel music video challenge. Deadline is July 26 for submissions and registration. Entry forms at cinevic.ca.

EVES OF DESTRUCTION - Roller derby double-header. Rotten Apples junior team takes on the Honey Badgers of Chilliwack at 6pm. Belles of the Brawl take on the Hula Honeys from Jet City afterwards. Doors at 5pm at Archie Browning Sports Centre (1151 Esquimalt Rd). $12/15

QUEEN OF HEARTS DAY- A day for the ladies focused on healthy living and wellness. With a market. 10am2pm at Bryn Maur Rd and Goldstream Ave. 250-507-5767.

OAK BAY HIGH CLASS OF ‘73 REUNION - It’s time for the 40-year reunion of Oak Bay high grads from the class of 1973. Last Supper at the old gym at 6pm (2151 Cranmore). 250-767-6301.

SUN. JULY 28 ART AND WINE FESTIVAL Colwood Rotary presents a festival of food, wine, local art and more at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. 11am-4pm. $40. 19+. rotaryfestival.yolasite.com. FIESTA CUBANA - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Full dinner at 5pm, Latin music by Raices, pinata for the kids. $15 at 12241 Balmoral Rd. (Mitraniketan housing co-op). victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com.

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THURS. JULY 25 SHAKEN AND STIRRED - The Brat Pack (Sara Weicker Partridge, Darold Roles, Ron Schuster and Susan Smitten, with a guest appearance by Jim Hill) present an evening of cabaret-style song and dance as a fundraiser for scholarships for students at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. 7pm at 1701 Elgin. Tickets at thebratpack.eventbrite.ca.

SAT. JULY 27 HUMAN BODY PROJECT - Hosts its 20th Vulnerability Vigil at noon on the corner of Government and Belleville, across from the B.C. legislature. Human Body Project founder Tasha Diamant shows up completely naked and invites others to join her (clothed or not) in a show of vulnerability. humanbodyproject.org.

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STORAGE- Artists Hall, Laycock, MacAuley and McArthur present sculptural works developed at a UVic studio, assembled from a small range of commonplace materials. 7pm at fifty fifty arts collective (2516 Douglas). thefiftyfifty.net.

DANTON JAY - CMTC presents local musician Danton Jay’s CD release, alongside Young Pacific and Van Damsel. 10pm at Copper Owl (1900 Douglas). $12.

THURS. JULY 25 LIVE N’ UNSIGNED - A summer showcase to promote live local music with four of Victoria’s best independent folk bands/artists: Emily Spiller, The Royal Canadians, The Washboard Union and Steph MacPherson. 7:30pm at Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). Tickets at Ditch Records, Lyle’s Place at online at unsignedfolkshowcase.eventbrite.ca. AARON PRITCHETT - Upstairs Cabaret has Gone Country once more with country music artist Aaron Pritchett and band. Doors at 9pm. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Buckerfields Keating and the Logholuse Liquor Store. gonecountrylive.com.

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SAT. JULY 27 ROCK OF PAGES - Literary picnic at Porter Park (behind Sir James Douglas school at Fairfield and Moss). 2-4pm. Free to read or listen. Bring snacks and a folding chair or blanket.

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sent a North American-wide trend hen Wayne Empey and of larger establishments losing his wife Thanh Pham out to “fast-casual” food, Parotta purchased a tired cafe said. on the corner of Broughton and “There’s just a surge in the Blanshard streets, they knew breakfast and casual places right they were wading into a volatile now due to economic times.” industry. B.C. restaurants lost an Four years later, Caffe Teatro estimated $1.5 billion in food has come out ahead of the ecosales during the reign of the HST, nomic downtown by providaccording to the Canadian Food ing Vietnamese cuisine to the suit-and-tie crowd, but Empey’s Daniel Palmer Restaurant and Foodservices Association. upbeat persona fades momenReporting In April, the first month after tarily as he discusses staying the HST was abolished, food sales afloat in Victoria’s saturated shot up between six and nine per cent food service industry. across the Capital Region, Parotta said. “We only manage to survive because “It was a tough few years, because the my wife and I run the place,” Empey said. government didn’t give us the time to “The naiveté of people to open up restaurants today, I don’t know who’s opening up adjust to any of those changes,” he said. “But we’ve all learned to work with it these new places. Where do they get the now, we have taster programs for wines, money?” we can plan drink menus, so by the end There are 534 active food service of a meal, the customer is still under .05 licences in the City of Victoria, including (blood alcohol level). We just need to be 26 new licences for 2013. Those numbers consulted beforehand.” don’t include food trucks or grandfathered The uphill climb for mom-and-pop food food cart licences. establishments like Caffe Teatro was the Despite dwindling tourism, the ill-fated norm even prior to the recession, said harmonized sales tax, a chill on alcohol Frank Bourree, principal of Chemistry sales from stricter drinking-driving laws Consulting Group and expert in food and a 24-per-cent bump in payroll due to minimum wage increases, Victoria’s restau- service trends. “It’s super competitive here, we’ve got rant scene continues to thrive. more and more chains in the market,” “People are still satisfying that urge to Bourree said. “What has changed is fast go out and be social, but they’re just doing food is a much bigger piece of the market it in smaller, tangible ways,” said Bob today than 20 years ago.” Parotta, Victoria chair of the B.C. RestauEmpey suggests the city could restrict rant and Foodservice Association. restaurant density downtown to support Restaurants that have closed in recent existing restaurants and avoid overmonths, like Rick’s Grill and Sauce, repre-

Caffe Teatro owners Wayne Empey and Thanh Pham with banh mi sandwiches. The couple is one example of independent owners who have struggled to compete in the saturated Victoria restaurant scene. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

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Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 ■ Kjeld Brodsgaard (Builder) Brodsgaard was chairman of the organizing committee for the 1993 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships and sport chair of wrestling for the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

hey were the stars of the city, Victoria’s top athletes during a time of depression. The YMCA’s track team from the 1930s was tops in the country. Coached by YMCA physical director Travis Archie McKinnon, the group of short and midPaterson dle distance runners Reporting was led by 220-yard sprinter and quartermile (440-yard) specialist Joe Addison. (Races were done in yards and miles then.) Half-mile runner Bill Dale and mile specialist Chuck Cunningham made up the core three with Addison, while a list of shortdistance sprinters each spent time as the team’s fourth man. It’s been a long time coming, but the Y team are finally going into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, part of the 2013 inductee group to be celebrated on Oct. 26. “We originally wanted to put Bill Dale in about 12 years ago. He was still alive then, but when we sat down with him and told him our intentions, he refused,” said Dave Unwin, a Victoria sports archivist. Unwin has long snooped out the history of athletes in the city. Dale sent Unwin on a new hunt, one that finally ended with a phone call last year. “At first Bill told us about his brother Vic Dale and said Vic was more deserving, his brother being a great basketball player and all-around athlete. Then Bill explained that it was Addison who was the (Y team) ringleader.” The only problem was Addison’s story ended in the Second World War. Unwin knew he was a policeman and a truant officer whose pay was split between the City of Victoria and the school district. He wasn’t with the Victoria police department for long. He signed up with the army, transferred to the air force and was shot down in a bomber during the war. Until a lucky turn of events, Addison’s story had disappeared from history. But the word was out around Victoria that the GVSHOF was on the lookout for Addison’s family descendants, and in 2012 Addison’s nephew Roy Williams called Unwin. “Just prior to Christmas I had a visit from Williams. He ... brought two boxes of Addison’s scrapbooks, photos and awards,” Unwin said. The newspaper stories and information, most of it from the 1930s, suggested the Y team deserved to be in the hall of fame. Among many news articles was photos of Addison playing other sports, including a soccer photo from high school, representing Saanich school district at the city school

■ Keith Dagg (Builder) Dagg chaired the 2005 and 2013 Ford Men’s World Curling Championships and helped bring the PGA tour to Victoria in 1981. ■ Michael Edgson (Athlete) Edgson, a visually impaired swimmer, is one of Canada’s most successful athletes with 18 gold, three silver medals and nine world records from three Paralympic Games in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Paul Roew, Alex Gaunt, Joe Addison and Bill Dale of the 1930s YMCA track team. soccer championship Fragment’s Cup. This year is the first time Addison has been enshrined in the hall, though many of his teammates are already inducted. The Y team were generally known as a group of four, with a frequently changing sprinter. It’s believed Lynn Patrick was the team’s first sprinter, son of Lester and brother of Murray (Muzz), but Lynn left for the New York Rangers where he won the Stanley Cup as a player, with Muzz on his team and dad Lester behind the bench. Navy man Owen Bentley also took a turn as the sprinter, as did Paul Rowe, who went onto win the Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders. There was Noel Morgan, an allaround sportsman, and lastly, Bruce Humber, who went to university in Washington state and was the only member to represent Canada at the Olympics when he went to the 1936 Berlin Games. Addison had been to the 1934 Empire Games, and should have qualified for the 1936 Olympics, as well as Dale, Unwin found. “Addison, Dale and Humber went to the Canadian qualifying championships in Toronto on the way to Olympics (in 1936). When they got there it rained all weekend,” Unwin said. “Addison did both the quarter and hurdles but had bad luck though he could have qualified for both events based on his previ-

■ Derek Porter – Athlete (Rowing) A three-time Olympian, Derek Porter captured a gold medal with the men’s eight rowing team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. For the 1996 Summer Games, Porter made the transition to single sculls and finished in second place to win silver. The 1993 single sculls World Champion also captured two silver medals with the men’s eight at the 1990 and 1991 World Championships. ■ Alison Sydor (Athlete) A former UVic student, Sydor won silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain biking, and three World Mountain Bike championships.

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Hal Beasley (Victoria 1912 Olympian track athlete) with Joe Addison at MacDonald Park, circa 1930s. ous times. For the 220 (yards) Addison drew the inside track which was flooded with puddles and he didn’t make (the time).” During the era, Canada only financed so many athletes (about 100) to attend the Games, though additional athletes who qualified were welcome to pay their own way. “I believe Bill Dale and Joe Addison both had the opportunity to pay their own way to the Olympics, but during the depression, the money wasn’t available,” Unwin said. For tickets to the Oct. 26 banquet at the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence, contact GVSHOF president Nick Tuele at 250652-1455 or ntuele@shaw.ca. – with files from Dave Unwin sports@vicnews.com

■ Gillian Thomas (Athlete) A multi-sports athlete who toured with the national field hockey team in 1965-66, won several batting titles at the Canadian Softball Championships and was a nationallevel squash, badminton and tennis player. ■ 1930s YMCA Track Team (Team) Under the coaching of Archie McKinnon, the team comprised Bill Dale, Joe Addison, Chuck Cunningham and variously, sprinters Lynn Patrick, Noel Morgan, Owen Bentley, Paul Rowe and Bruce Humber. The team excelled throughout the decade and finished fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. ■ 1976-1984 Vic West Soccer (Team) The same core Vic West players won four national senior men’s soccer titles from 1976 to 1984, six B.C. championships and six Jackson Cup Island titles.

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1999 24’ Glendale Royal Expedition Classic Ford Econoline 350 Super duty Motorhome. V10, 125km. Please phone 250-655-4840. Located in Sidney. 1999 Damon Challenger Class A Motorhome, Ford V10, 33’, one slide, 92,000 km, new tires, brakes & batteries, $27,500 obo. (250)365-7152 Castlegar

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18FT FIBERGLASS hull and oak and ash wood finish canoe with paddles and life jackets is suitable for exploring the coast or for more extended canoe trips where carrying capacity is required. To inspect please phone 250.665.6537 Asking price, $1200.

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1993 BAYLINER 2452, in premier condition. 2 sounders & GPS, head, galley, canopy, 9.9 hp 4 stroke Yamaha on hydraulics, downriggers, dinghy in 27’ newer Van Isle Marina boathouse near the ramp. $18,000. obo. 250-656-6136. 19’ BOWRIDER with 135HP Mercury. Galvanized EZ loader trailer. 8.9HP Honda 4 stroke. Fish finder and BHF radio and more. $5,000. Call (250)479-4569, (250)589-4569

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McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

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CLEANING SERVICES ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING. Excellent refs & attention to detail. Keri (250)658-2520. SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Efficient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured. (250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245. BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071 HANDYMAN FOR light maintenance. Leaky taps, caulking, replace electrical outlets & switch. Call (250)818-2709.

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$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

COMPLETE HOME Repairs. Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

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PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694. A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071 DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free estimates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results. LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

PLUMBING FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

STUCCO/SIDING STUCCO REPAIRMAN- Stucco & Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

WINDOW CLEANING BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning. Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190. GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB. NORM’S WINDOW Cleaning. 250-812-3213. WCB. www.normswindowcleaning.ca

WINDOWS ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Windows Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years Construction experience. 250-382-3694.

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Hotel Grand Pacific executive sous chef Ian Gaord holds a tray of grilled vegetable bruschetta at the launch of Taste, Victoria’s festival of food and wine. Taste is set for July 25 to 28 at locations throughout Greater Victoria. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

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