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Coching Mortgage Corp. 103 - 6739 West Coast Rd. Sooke
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
C O M M U N I T Y
N E W S
Agreement #40110541
M E D I A
Across the street from the Post Office
Derek Parkinson 250-642-0405
Sunriver school site, playing fields caught
in council spotlight Pirjo Raits
Sooke News Mirror
Residents of Sunriver Estates want their proposed school site to be located off Phillips Road for a variety of reasons, the main one being safety of the students. To this end they had 157 residents sign a petition which was presented to District of Sooke council on October 28. Sooke District 62 also prefers the new site as it is flatter and would accommodate the playing fields. The developers at Sunriver had requested a change in the site of the school and playing fields in 2010 to a six hectare site to the east of the original site. An Agricultural Land Reserve exclusion/inclusion request received conditional approval. The new site has extensive assessments done through test pits and it was determined that more study needed to be carried out on the extend of the unsuitable soils discovered through the survey. There has been a one-year extension granted by the ALC. At issue with council
File photo
Mayor Wendal Milne
was the original agreement whereby the developers agreed to build both a soccer field and a slo-pitch field. There was some talk of the developer (Shambrook Hills Dev. Corp.) providing $300,000 to the district to build the fields rather than the developer. This did not sit well with council who felt it could cost considerably more than $300,000 because of the assessments done on the property in question. At issue as well is the fact that the original agreement stated that two appraisals of the property needed to be completed as well as School Site Acquisition Charges (SSAC) be paid to the district and in turn to the school district.
Councillor Rick Kasper brought up these other issues. He asked if money (SSAC) had been paid to the school district by Sunriver for units created in accordance with provincial statutes. The answer was ‘no.’ If each unit paid an average of $500, and there are 715 units at build out, the total monies in SSACs total over $357,000. “The monies were supposed to be paid,” said Kasper. “The property was never transferred to the school district. I’m at a loss as to why certain things haven’t moved forward.” On the minds of other members of council was the playing fields. “My only concern is the playing fields,” said Mayor Wendal Milne, “we need those now. My preference would be to see you guys build those fields. You could do it cheaper than the municipality... we don’t want to be caught with geotechnical unknowns.” A motion was passed at council to have staff go back and talk to the proponents regarding the preparation and construction of two playing fields.
Pirjo Raits photo
Casting about for salmon
Fly fishers in the Sooke River enjoy a perfect fall day.
Crash claims victim on West Coast Road At 9:30 p.m. on Monday night, October 28, the Sooke RCMP, BC Ambulance Service paramedics and local fire crews from Otter Point and Sooke responded to a single vehicle crash in the 8700 block of West Coast Road (Hwy. 14). Despite the efforts of emergency crews at the scene, the 29-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the 2006 Toyota Corolla, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The cause of this crash remains under investigation by
the Sooke RCMP, South Island Traffic Services, RCMP Traffic Analyst/Reconstructionist, and the BC Coroners Service. Preliminary information indicates that the road surface was dry at the time, and the weather was clear. West Coast Road was closed for several hours as police conducted their investigation. The road was opened again at 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The Sooke Fire Department offered mutual aid to the first responder which was the Otter
Point Fire Department. Sorensen said the accident occurred close to Gordon’s Beach and the vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree. He stated there were many witnesses and people on the scene. Any witnesses to this crash who have not yet spoken to police, are asked to contact the Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241. The identity of the deceased will be released at a future date by the BC Coroners Service.
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Your Community Food Store SOOKE
LANGFORD
6660 Sooke Road Open 7 Days a Week 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
“Locally Owned & Operated Since 1974”
We reserve the right to limit quantities
5-A-Day for Optimum Health
BUTCHER’S BUTCHER’S BLOCK BLOCK
PRODUCE
Beef Sirloin Tip AAA
3
$
Steaks & Roasts $8.80 /kg ..................................................... Boneless
299 $ 99 6 $ 99 5
450g ............................
Chicken
999
Fresh, Canadian
$
3
Pork Back Ribs
ea
$11.00 kg ............................................
Fresh
Fanny Bay Oysters
$ 99
1
$ 59
Pepper Salmon
1
$ 79
/100g
/100g
NATURAL FOODS
4
2/
00
5
2/
ea
480ml
Lemon Plus 100% Organic
Limonitz
79 ea
VIJ's
Lemon or Lime Juice 250ml ....... Simply Organic
ea
300g ...
300g ..............
ea
Old South
Orange Juice
Eggo
Waffles or Pancakes 280g All Var.
283 ml
Naleway
$ 39 ea
Perogies 1 kg 3 Varieties ................
ea
Wong Wing Entrées 400g All Varieties .................
ea
Remember Your Calcium
DAIRY Island Farms
Island Farms
1 $ 49 Cream Cheese 250g All Varietis ..... 3 Island Farms ¢ Buttermilk 473ml .............................99 Tropicana Pure or Blended $ 99 Juice 1.75L All Varieties... ...................... 3 Chocolate Milk Jug 1L .............
$ 89 ea
Kraft Philadelphia
ea
2% Yogurt
DELI
Maple Brown Sugar Ham
1
$
Sliced Havarti
2
$
49 /100g
Ambrosia Salad
$
29
/100g
1
09
/100g
Assorted
Corn Dog
4
$
All Varieties 600g
All Varieties 270g
Purina
Royale Royale
29
680g
.......
3
99
¢
69 /100g 79¢ /100g $ 79 1/100g $ 19 1/100g
Munchie Mix ................................... Deluxe Roasted Mixed Nuts .............. Apricots ......................
ea
Senior’s Day Thursdays • Save 10% on Most Items
Picnic Sauce Trio
$
¢
449 ea
Hostess Multi Pack
Chips
18x504g
599
$
ea
Betty Crocker
Hamburger or Tuna Helper
2/ 00
400
2/
3
All Varieties 1.6-1.8 kg
2
3 kg
8 kg
4's
1
50's
70-80's
BAKERY
Juice Berries .........................
250g
Heinz 3x375 ml
600g
Triple
49 ea
400
2/
675g
Bounce
ea 213g
Bistro Express Entrées All Varieties
6's
Jonny Cat
345-500g
ea +dep
Uncle Bens
158-255g 4 $ 69 Dole Pure or Blended Sesame Bagels ....................................... 2 ea Pineapple $ 39 Thick Sliced Bread ................................ 2 ea Juice 1L 00 2/ 00 2/ 12 Grain or Flax Bread .................. 5 +dep 1L $ 99 Vlasic Beneful Dog Food ...................... 5 ea Dill Pickles $ 99 All Varieties Chef Blend Cat Food ................................. 9 ea 69 $ 79 $ Scooping Cat Litter ................................... 6 ea ea 1L 2/ 00 Kraft Pourable Bathroom Tissue ........................................ 3 Salad ¢ King Size Facial Tissue ................................ 99ea Dressing $ 99 99 Fabric Softener Sheets ................................ 3 ea $ ea 250 ml
Friskies
99
399
$
225g
Dempsters
Bulk Foods
Chicken Cordons
375 ml
D'Italiano
Sockeye Salmon
Healthy Choices in our
504g
Dempsters
00
2
355 ml
Lumberjack, 100% Whole Wheat, 12 Grain or Sunflower & Flax Bread
Juice
All Varieties 12x355 ml
ea
All Varieties 55g
750g
Dad's
Realemon
$
ea
500 ml
Lays
Gold Seal
5
700
2/
Coca Cola
125-283g
Dalton
ea 144's
Cheerios Cereal
2/ 00
ea +dep
3lbs
All Varieties 170-255g
Unico
ea 500 ml
3
Potatoes
85g
449
$
700
Twizzlers
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2/
Yams & Sweet
Dinner Cups 58g ..................................................
Kraft
Gallo
945 ml
/lb
Organic
2/
3lbs
69¢
$1.52 /kg
Gala Apples
Sunmaid
69
$
4
2/ 00
Organic
Campbell's
General Mills
650g All Varieties
ea
ea
ea
1 pint ...........................
Emma
ea
4 2/ 00 4 $ 29 2 $ 99 3
Grape Tomatoes
Maxwell House
All Varieties 2L
5
Choy
California
Bakers
ea
29
3
2
/lb
2/ 50 Bok and Suey
99¢ea $ 79 Chocolate Baking Squares . 3 ea $ 49 3 Café International Coffee .. 3 $ 89 Balsamic Vinegar ................................. 1 ea ¢ Hearty Noodles ...................99 $ 69 Raisins ............................................ 4 ea $ 89 Tartar Sauce ............................................... 2 ea $ 99 Red Licorice Bonus Pack .................. 1 ea 4/ 00 Tootsie Rolls ........................................................ 3 ea 2/ 00 Kalamata Olives ..................................... 5 ea $ 99 Red or Mixed Glace Cherries ................ 3 ea $ 79 Cookies ............................................. 4 ea 3/ 00 XXL Potato Chips ....................... 8
ea +dep
$
1lb ..............................
00
Kraft
Orange Pekoe Tea Bags
Snowcrest Fruit 600g All Varieties......................
California
Washington
Baby Peeled Carrots
169
$
$3.73 /kg
/lb
GROCERY GROCERY
+dep
$
59¢
in all departments
Tetley
FROZEN FROZEN FOODS FOODS
Crowns
/lb
“Secret Super Saver Specials”
use
Western Foods Cloth Bags
ea 4's
Quality and Convenience
1
Go Green
+dep
VIJ's
Gravy Mixes 24-28g ....................
49
09 Broccoli
Come in Every Wednesday for our
1 2/ 00 3 $ 99 4 Lipton Soup Onion or Chicken Noodle $ 99 7 $ 29 2
355ml ........
$
$1.30 /kg ........................
400
/lb
00 4 Pepsi Cola
+ dep
Hard Squashes
2/
2/
00
¢
Green & Red Leaf Lettuce
Apple Juice 1.82L
1 Mint Sparkling Lemonade $ 99 1 Curry Vegetable Entrées 4/ 00 5 Curry Meat Entrées
Organic Pasta & Cheese 170g.....
$
California
California
1
$
B.C. Assorted
/lb
Mott's Fruitsations
Organic Kombucha
$2.40 /kg .......................
69
Living Basil
99
GT's
Kettle Chips Annie's
4
$1.52/kg
Hothouse
/lb
Tangerines
Yukon Gold Potatoes
2/
69
$
Honey
B.C. Grown
Smoked
Grey Cod Fillets
ea
$3.73 kg ......................
ea
1
$
For Your Healthy Lifestyle
220g
ea
Nuggets or Burgers
Fresh,
8 oz
Chicken Wieners
ea
/lb
$1.52/kg ....................................................................................
ea
Sunrise Fresh Ground
615g ....................................................
/lb
369 $ 99 1
Sunrise Chicken Breast Strips
907g .......................................
SEA
Maple Lodge
69¢
Ambrosia Apples
$
375g ............................
/lb
650g ............................
Treats From the
99
Bacon
Buffalo, BBQ or Honey Garlic
Olymel Wings
B.C.
Olymel
Pork Sirloin $ Roasts $6.59 kg ......................
Battered Cod
We reserve the right to limit quantities
AD PRICES IN EFFECT October 30 THRU November 5, 2013
Fresh, Great Tasting Meat
Jane's Tavern
772 Goldstream Ave. Open 7 Days a Week 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
Chocolate Cake Garlic Cheese
Focaccia Bread Butter Buns 6’s
1
$
99 ea
8"
3
$
1499
$
39 ea
Carrot Cake
www.westernfoods.com
ea
2 Bite Cinnamon
489
$
ea
Crunchies $ 510g
459 ea
SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, OctOber October 30, 2013 2013
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Britt Santowski photo
Up Sooke
Fire Chiefs for the Day On October 24, four Fire Chiefs of the Day were given the full tour (though not full gear, thank goodness) at Sooke’s fIre station. Fire Chief for the Day is an annual event where four students are selected through a draw from each of the four elementary schools in Sooke. They enjoy lunch at the fire station, a tour, an opportunity to use some of the equipment, and at the end of it all, are driven back to their schools in a fire engine. From left to right: Dakota Kozina (Saseenos), Mathew Gosselin (Poirier), William Howard (John Muir), Steve Sorenson (the Fire Chief on the other 364 days of the year), and McKenzie Johnson (Sooke).
AGM
Sooke Br. 88, BC Pensioners & Seniors org. General meeting, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. in the dining room at the Sooke Community Hall. Lunch available.
SPO AGM
Sooke PHiLHarmoNiC orCHeStra Society aGm at Sooke Harbour House, Nov. 3 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Seeking board members for president, publicity committee, co-chair for concert and venue committee and a secretary. Nominations to Pat Phillips at: phphilli@ shaw.ca by oct. 31.
HALLOWEEN FIREWORKS
otter PoiNt Fire FiGHterS aSSoC. annual Halloween bonfire and fire works. 6 p.m. oct. 31, at Camp Barnard, Young Lake road. Fireworks at 7:30 p.m. Hot chocolate, hot dogs and candy bags.
GUY’S NIGHT OUT
tueSdaY, NovemBer 6, 6 p.m. all dads, step-dads, uncles and other guys with kids. david will entertain your kids at the library with a puppet show. For ages 0-6 years, to register call 250-642-3022.
Thumbs Up to our emergency service personnel who deal with unpleasant situations on a daily basis.
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EMCS evacuated after stink fills school Reactivity and compounds lead to afternoon break from school
carried away.” EMCS student Alex Thurlborn posted on the Sooke News Mirror Facebook page stating, “it was fumes from a chemical experiment, that the chemistry 11 class that I happen to be in was doing an experiment bromine and aluminum foil. The fumes somehow got into the air ventilation I suppose and went through the school.” The emergency evacuation was a good test of their procedures. Teachers exited the building with class lists in hand, and students used cell phones
Britt Santowski/ Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror
No, it wasn’t a scene from Breaking Bad but they did look like something from an alien movie, or perhaps some sort of beings in Halloween costumes, but it was two members of the CRD HAZMAT Response Unit carrying out their jobs. They were checking for errant odours and air quality after responding to a call from the Sooke Fire Department. Just around lunch time, a science experiment went horribly awry at Edward Milne community school. A chemical smell, that emanated from the science wing, quickly spread throughout the halls, prompting an evacuation of the build-
Pirjo Raits photo
Two members of the CRD HAZMAT Response Unit enter the science wing at EMCS to check for noxious odours after an experiment
ing. “Everyone is fine,” said principal Patrick Swinburnson, standing in the midst of students in the sports field behind the building, a half hour after the evacuation. “We had a science experiment that got
to notify their parents. According to Swinburnson, 70 per cent of the students were released within the first hour of the evacuation, and the remaining students — including those from Port Renfrew — went to Journey middle school. The school was closed for the duration of the day while the Sooke fire department ensured the school was safe. Assistant Superintendent for SD62, Roberta Kubik, said principal Pat Swinburnson, “did an amazing job” looking after the safety of the students.
Did You Know? Our Sooke REALTORS® have been very busy, our sale numbers are almost the same this month as October 2012. What is interesting is there are fewer listings currently on the market from a year ago. November and December typically do not have many new listings coming on. The listings that do come on, should be priced sharp, as the buyers are very aware of current market value. They are doing their research, making sure they are comfortable with what they purchase.
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Once or twice a year, make a habit to go through your medicine cabinet and check for any outdated medications. Most medications become less effective after the suggested expiration date, however there are a few that may become toxic. Also it is a good idea not to take any prescription medication that was prescribed long ago... they may interact with medications that you may be using now. Remember to think about the environment when disposing of expired medication.... do not flush them down the sink or toilet. Tablets, capsules, and most liquids can be taken to your pharmacy to be destroyed properly. Make sure to take any tablets or capsules out of any blisters before bringing them to the pharmacy... this helps with the disposal process.
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Village Food Markets
Congratulations to last weeks winner of a $100
Village Food Markets Gift Certificate
Denise Wright
W e e k l y S p e c i a l s i n E f f e c t , P r i c e s A d v e r t i s e d a r e C a r d h o l d e r P r i c e s W e d n e s d a y , O c t o b e r 3 0 - Tu e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 3 Open 7:30am - 10:00pm, 7 days a week including holidays #103-6661 Sooke Road • Locally Owned • Locally Operated
WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE & HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Bring in your little Ghosts & Ghouls for some tasty H a l l o w e e n Tr e a t s T h u r s d a y f r o m 3 : 3 0 - 6 : 3 0 p m
Fresh Meat Lean
Fresh
Ground Beef $6.59/kg......................... Fresh Grade A
2
$ 99
California
Green Leaf Lettuce .............
/lb
Fresh Regular or Marinated
Roasting Chickens $4.39/kg .....................
Chicken Drumettes
1 /lb
$ 99
Canadian Beef AA or Better
$8.80/kg ................... Value Pack
6 20% 2/ 99 6
$ 99 /lb
Striploin Grilling Steak $15.41/kg Schneider's
Wieners 375-450g All Varieties........... Schneider's
Frozen
Meat Pies 400g All Varieties ............
off at till
Oven Roast $6.59/kg ....................... Schneider's Sliced Regular or Thick-cut
Side Bacon 500g.............................. Schneider's Frozen, Stuffed
2
Oven Roasted
149 German $ 09 Salami 2 Ginger Beef, Honey Garlic Pork or Thai Chicken $179 Chinese Meat ...........................................................................................
$
/100g /100g
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/100g
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4
Bulk Foods
$ 99 ea
$ 99
3lb Bag
1lb Bag
Made from Scratch
3 Seed Bread
......................................................................................................
Cinnamon Scones 6 Pack ......................
/100g
Assorted Flavours
1
19
French Coffee Cakes 454g .............
/100g
Jelly
Chocolate
Made from Scratch
89
ea
¢ ¢ ¢ Sesame Seeds 45/100g Macaroons..... 65/100g Pumpkins ....... 75/100g
454g .............................................
.................................................
ea
¢ Rockets ............ 99¢ Pistachios ......... $199 /100g Crunchy Mix . 75 /100g /100g
/100g
¢
ea
Salad
Roasted & Salted
Baker y
7 Layer
Dip
5lb Bag
ea
2lb Bag
/100g
Oyster Tubs 8 oz ...................
Noodle Salad
Organic!
ea
¢
Asian
3
10/ 00
ea
ea
Fresh
1
$ 00
ea
$3.99 /kg
Turkey Breast .........
........................
2 Red Chard ............................. 2 Russet Potatoes ...$300 Organic! Organic! $ 99 $ 00 4 Black Kale ............................ 2 Cooking Onions .... $300 Organic! Organic! $ 00 $ 00 Celery Hearts $ 99 Carrots ........... 3 ............................ 2 4
Manilla Clams or Mussels ...88
/100g
Kiwi Fruit
3
Organic!
$ 99
Fresh, West Coast
$ 86
Old Fashioned
4 Varieties
Chicken Breasts 284-340g.........
Steaks or By The Piece
Deli
3 /lb
$ 99
1
$ 00ea
California
Pink Grapefruit 6/ 00 ........................... Boneless
Halibut
...................................
Florida
Canadian Beef AA or Better Outside Round
Fresh, West Coast
Sea Food
Ham
Produce
All Sizes
3 $ 99 4 $ 49 ea
ea
2
$ 19 ea
Pizza Pretzels 2 Pack .............................. Made from Scratch
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 12 Pk
2 $ 99 3 $ 79
ea
ea
Check out all our Grocer y Specials in our Instore Flyer! Level Ground
Kraft
Premium Coffee $ 99 6 300g........................
Dinner 225g......................
Pasta Sauce
2
3/ 00
650g ...............................
ea
China Lily
Coca Cola $ 39 5 20 pack All Varieties .................
ea +dep
483 ml ...................
Juice
1L ...................................
ea
Pepperridge Farms
Post
Goldfish Crackers
Cereal 6 Varieties 340-550g .............
6
2/ 00
Frozen
170-227g...............
5
4 pack .....................
Dair y
4
Wong Wing
Dairyland Light Creamo or
680g .....................
3 ea
$ 99
Old South
ea +dep
500ml ............................
Juice Blends 283 ml ...... 2/300
Ricotta Cheese
500g ...........
Paper Towels 6 roll .......................
ea
400g ....................
ea
4 ea
$ 99
2
$ 99
4
Tropicana
Saputo Sliced Cheese
Organic Apple juice
398 ml ...............................
Mary's Organic
ea
Knudsen
Amy's Organic
00 Soup Orange Juice 946 ml ....... 2/5+dep
2/ 00 Table Cream 500 ml ................ $179 ea Swiss or Havarti 160g .. 6
2 kg ........................
2.84L.............
ea
ea
White or Brown Rice $499
2/ 00
Natural Foods
4
$ 69
Texana Long Grain
Marshmallows
1
+dep
Cascades Jumbo
Kraft Jet Puffed
$ 00
5
3/ 00
ea
Triple Fruit Jam $299
1
2L................................
Sundae Cups 12x100 ml .. $399ea Pizzas 627-927g ......................... $599 ea
5
2L All Varieties .....
$ 99
E.D.Smith
Milk Cartons Homo, 2%, 1% or Skim
Bari
Egg Rolls
900g...............................
Dairyland
2/ 00
Lucerne
Delissio
ea
$ 00
Snack Pack Puddings
2/ 00
Sweet Potato 454g ..................
$ 00
Hunt's
McCain
Superfries
1
Cheez Whiz
Minute Maid or Five Alive
Soya Sauce $ 99 1
Pepsi Cola
Kraft
Hunt's Thick & Rich
5
2/ 00
699
$
+dep
Earth Balance 425g
Buttery Flavour Spread$399ea Island Bakery Organic
Crackers 184g ........................... 2/700 Sunflower & Flax Bread 680g ....$299ea
B.C. Transit Bus Passes, Lottery Centre, Gift Certificates and Canada Postage Stamps • We reserve the right to limit quantities • Proud member of Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce
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Canada Post gives back to youth Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror
Did you know there is money available for special community and school projects that benefit children up to age 21? Parent Advisory Committees, schools, and local non-profits, if you have a project in mind that can positively impact youth, there might be funding available through the Canada Post Community (CPC) Foundation. According to Lori Jeyes who works at the Sooke post office, the Canada Post Community Foundation has raised over $8.4 million, Canada-wide, since it’s inception in 2007. “Nancy Low the Postmaster at the Sooke Post Office and her team would like to let all the organizations, associations, non-profit organizations and the community know about the grants available to help out the children in our community,” writes Jeyes in commu-
Britt Santowski photo
Sooke’s Post Master Nancy Low and colleague Lori Jeyes display the Canada Post Community Foundation poster. nication. “The money raised from the CPC Foundation goes right back out to the communities 100 per cent with the grants that are provided.” This year alone, $1.5
million in grants went to 109 organizations throughout Canada. The CPC Foundation is a two-phased undertaking. The first phase is to collect funds each year, and the second is
Little hosers
to return the money to community programs. There are a few ways to contribute to the foundation: through the current fundraising drive, through ongoing donations, and by purchasing select stamps. Funds are raised by donation at each post office, and this year the fund-raising drive has run from Sept. 30 to Nov. 2. There is still an opportunity to contribute to foundation through the Sooke post office. If you want to donate monthly, or give money outside of this window, visit their website at http://www.canadapost.ca/ and click the Donate Now! button. Alternatively, the post office is also selling special stamps dedicated to the cause. The post office sells premium Community Foundation stamps (pictured) that include a $0.10 surcharge on each stamp. This money is directly donated to the foundation. The second phase, the distribution of the
funds, is a bit longer. In February, there’s call for applications, and the deadline for these is in April. The applications are reviewed over the summer and successful recipients announced in September. And while it seems like too far into the future to be a concern, non-profit and charitable organizations should be setting their sights on applying for the grants. It’s free money for those whose grant applications are selected. According to their Website (http://www. canadapost.ca/community, under Grants >Areas of Concentration), preferred grant recipients are those with projects that emphasize lasting change, education, health and safety, and special needs for children (up to age 21) and their families. Eligible organizations are register charities, non-profits and schools. Aboriginal communities are also encouraged to apply.
Sooke elementary happenings
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From left to right: McKenzie Johnson (Sooke), Dakota Kozina (Saseenos), William Howard (John Muir) and Mathew Gosselin (Poirier) practice their hosing skills during Fire Chief for a Day on October 24.
At Sooke elementary school we do a lot of fun stuff! We’ve done the Terry Fox Run and Tour de Rock, which was on October 2. Some of our students participated in cross country. Also, we had a scrap metal drive to raise money for our PAC. We participated in the Great Shake Out on October 17 and we’ve practiced a couple of fire drills. We had a Halloween
Dance on October 24. There’s a lot of exciting things coming up at Sooke elementary, such as a pumpkin carving contest. Sooke elementary has kind kids that treat each other with respect. It’s been a great start to the year. We hope that we’ll have a fantastic time for the rest of the year. Happy Halloween! Sooke Elementary Writers Club
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organization. We share the idea that all boaters should be safe on the water, and that we can pool our resources to ensure everyone has an opportunity to learn what they need to know to be confident and safe on the water.” The mission statement of the CPS is: “To increase awareness and knowledge of safe boating by educating
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On September 12, 2013, a flag commemorating the 75 anniversary of the Canadian Power and Sail (CPS) was dipped into the salty sea waters on the beach off Whiffin Spit. “Sooke Squadron was proud to dip the CPS 75th anniversary flag at the completion of its journey west,” commented Barry Gifford, the Sooke squadron commander. “This marks the end of its journey to Western Canada, the part of Canada where recreational boating goes year round, and the need to promote safe boating never takes a holiday.” The story of the 75th celebration began in Windsor, Ontario on May 5, 2013, when two flags departed the home offices. One went east to Newfoundland, and the other went west, to Sooke. Along the way, the west-bound flag visited various squadrons since leaving its central office in Windsor. On the Saturday of the Thanksgiving long weekend, the flag reached its destination, and key members of the Sooke squadron were out on a warm
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Sooke squadron commander Barry Gifford, along with Carol Harding and Sharon Lassey, dips the anniversary flag into the West Coast waters off the beach at Whiffin Spit. and sunny fall day to do the ceremonial dipping of the flag. Along with commander Gifford, present were squadron members and supporters Dick and Bobbie Momsen, Sharon and Don Lassey and Carol Harding. According to their website (sookesquadron.ca), the Sooke Power and Sail Squadron has existed in Sooke since 1990 and has been teaching safe boating since its inception. “CPS is a national organization [that]
and training members and the general public, by fostering fellowship among members, and by establishing partnerships and alliances with organizations and agencies interested in boating.” For more information on the Sooke Power Squadron call Barry Gifford at 250-642-6840 or email to commander@ sookesquadron.ca.
Sooke Region ChambeR of CommeRCe is pleased to announce that the following b oard of Directors are standing for re-election to our 2014 b oard. Na o m i P o n e c h - Sooke Sec ret ar i al J e a n n e tte W ilfo rd - Wood Tr av el & C r ui s e Tra vis B u tle r - but l er b ros Sup p l i es F re de riqu e P h ilip - Sooke har b our h ous e Ka re n Ma s o n - mas on f i nanc i al We are also looking f or additional c andidates f or our 2014 board of Directors. i nterested individuals or suggestions, please email the Chamber inf o@ sookeregionc hamber. c om
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teaches and promotes safe boating at many levels, from helping students to earn their Personal Craft Operator’s Certificate (PCOC) up to advanced courses involving communications, advanced navigation techniques and maintenance to engines and electronics,” explained Gifford. “CPS is a group of over 20,000 dedicated volunteers who have completed CPS safe boating courses and chosen to become part of Canada’s most comprehensive safe boating
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SEAPARC. Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000. YOUNG PARENT’S GROUP Sooke Family Resource Centre, with lunch 11:001:30. Call to confirm 250-642-5152 for info. SAFE HALLOWEEN Sooke: All-ages at the Community Hall, 5-9 pm. Enjoy games, refreshments, bouncy houses and haunted house. Otter Point: Bonfire and fireworks at Camp Bernard, 6:30 p.m.
Free lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church All welcome.
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Meat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m. FOPMAL CENTENNIAL BALL Sooke Firefighters. $55 or $100/2. Sooke Fire Station #1. With dancing & live music. Info 642-5422. FIBRE ART SHOW OPENING South Shore Gallery 2-4 p.m. 250-642-2058. Show open until Nov 30, Mon-Sat 10-5.
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Sunday breakfast brunch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5, children welcome. HOME ALONE SAFETY COURSE Safety and first aid for kids aged 9-14, 1-4 p.m. $32. SOOKE PHILHARMONIC AGM Sooke Harbour House 2:30 4:40 p.m.
Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00. (250) 642-5152 for info. CALLING ALL QUILTERS Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-2484 for info. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Short mat bowling 1 p.m. Euchre 6:30 p.m. MEDITATION EVENING Zenwest Meditation Evening, 7 p.m. Free.
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Street addresses of places mentioned in this week’s calendar Community Hall: 2037 Shields Rd Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd Fire Station: 2225 Otter Point Rd Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd Legion #54: 6726 Eustace Rd Library: 2065 Anna Marie Rd SEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd
Sooke Child, Youth & Family Ctr: 2145 Townsend Rd Sooke Harbour House: 1528 Whiffin Spit Rd South Shore Gallery, 2046 Otter Point Rd. St. Rose of Lima: 2191 Townsend Rd Village Foods: 103-6661 Sooke Rd Zenwest Meditation: 4970 Naigle Rd
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BABY TALK 2013 When to Call the Doctor. Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre 10-11:30 a.m. PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME 10 a.m. Sooke Library. 3-5 years old. Registration required. 250-642-3022. ADULT WALKING GROUP
SEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Call 250-642-8000. Registration required. YOUTH CLINIC Ages 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic. KNITTING CIRCLE Sooke Public Library, 6:30– 8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Pool League 7 p.m.
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Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info. FREE ARTS AND CRAFTS 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sooke Library. All ages, no registration required. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Shuffleboard 6:30 p.m. NASCAR meet & pick 7 p.m. SOOKE FOOD CHI SOCIETY Volunteer at Sunriver Community Garden. 1-4(ish) p.m. TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7 p.m. For info 642-7520.
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Sheringham Point Lighthouse The wreck of the steamship Valencia at Pachena Point in January 1906 with the loss of 126 lives brought pressure on the Canadian government - pressure to provide more navigational safeguards on the western coastline, the “graveyard of the Pacific.” A series of lighthouses such as this one built at Sheringham in 1912 were a result of the international enquiries that followed the Valencia disaster. This photo shows the lighthouse in 1938. Through storms, dense fog and even the threat of enemy submarines, the tower has stood as a sentinel, throwing a shining beacon from its original Fresnel lens. During World War II, however, Eustace Arden, its first keeper, was required to draw blackout curtains. While the Fresnel lens, rotating on its bed of mercury, was replaced by modern equipment in 1976, the mystique of the lighthouse has carried on through the decades. Besides the flashing beacon, which was kept rotating by a clockwork mechanism wound by the light keeper, a foghorn was added as an additional warning signal in 1925. As a youngster I recall being fascinated in stormy seasons and foggy nights as we listened for the alternating wails of the foghorn at Sheringham and the foghorn at Race Rocks. These air foghorns, each with their distinctive sound, were powered by large tanks of compressed air. Perhaps living at the
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family home that had been built onsite for them in 1912, and when they moved into Sooke in retirement in 1946, Eustace was presented with a medal for his 35 year service. Eustace Road bears his name. Latterly, it was Jim and Evelyn Bruton, between 1968 and 1986, that raised their family of four at the Light, in a contemporary family home that had replaced the first distinctively designed house that was set back on the hillside. Looking out towards the lonely tower, automated now, one can still feel the history, the mystique, nostalgia and enchantment that the Point inspires.
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Sheringham Light was lonely at times, especially at first in 1912 when there was no road connection, and supplies had to be brought in by Coast Guard tender, but there was a glamour and enchantment at the rocky promontory as well. While a number of light keepers and assistants have managed the light over the years, for the two families who have made history by their tenure there, the Arden family and the Bruton family, the beautiful ocean setting cast a spell which lingers with them still. Eustace and Anne Arden raised six children at the original
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It’s that time of year again... It’s that time of year again, the purgatory between fall and winter. Daylight savings time comes to an end and the days are getting shorter and the nights longer. We wake up in the dark and the sun sets earlier. This transition takes time and we need to remember to drive just a little slower, allow ourselves more time to get where we are going and to pay attention to the roads. They may be slick from overnight frost and the light gets sucked up by the dark on the West Coast. Just this week a fatal accident took the life of a young man and the local volunteer fire fighters had to respond to a grim scene. Their jobs are not all glamour and joy riding in shiny vehicles. Their jobs are often harsh and the visions they come home with are gruesome. No one wants to see what they see, but they respond anyway and try to shake those images from their minds so they can sleep. It takes special people to do what they do. The time changes on November 3rd and it is a reminder to clean and check your vehicle’s headlights, tires and radiator coolant. Make sure your vehicle is safe so that you will be as well. If you are planning on driving into the interior of the province, you will need winter tires. Halloween is upon us and drivers are reminded to watch out for little ghosts and gobelins on the roads on Thursday night. They will be scrambling all over the town centre, so be extra cautious at the crosswalks. Keep your pets indoors as fireworks are a frightening experience for them. A Safe Halloween community event is being planned at the Sooke Community Hall, on October 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. It’s all ages, and everyone is welcome. There is also Eeerie Acres in East Sooke as well as fireworks at Camp Barnard hosted by the Otter Point Volunteer Fire Dept. Adults partying should remember to plan for a ride home. Winter is here — plan for it.
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Perils of an ‘entitlement state’ B.C. Views With the B.C. and federal governments once again struggling to climb out of deep operating deficits, it’s a good time for the release of Mark Milke’s book Tax Me, I’m Canadian. An update of the same title published 12 years ago, the book retains the history of taxes in Canada, detailing how Canada’s tax system was initially built to mimic the United States system in the late 19th century. Beyond the history, it is mostly new material. Included are chapters on the global meltdown of 2009, the surge of pension liabilities as the baby boomers retire and the flawed logic behind the “Occupy” and “Idle No More” protests. Some readers will immediately note that Milke works for the Fraser Institute and was previously B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. But the book is not just an argument for cutting taxes. It also dismantles persistent myths that income taxes are illegal, and launches a broadside on what Milke calls “Canada’s corporate welfare carnival.” Many people will be able to identify some top names in the government subsidy game: Bombardier, General Motors, even poor old Rolls Royce Canada. Some will also be well aware that our supposedly tight-fisted Conservative federal government has continued to pour out
“regional development” and other funds to every part of the country. But I did not know that Industry Canada grants were handed out to pizza parlours (including the remote pizza-starved village of Kamloops), or to help open gas stations or convenience stores in Kelowna, Vernon and Chilliwack. Milke makes a useful point for B.C. about royalty rates for timber, natural gas and other resources. They are resource rents, and if they are too high the tenants will move out. Reducing them isn’t a subsidy, especially if it leads to big revenue gains as B.C.’s unconventional shale gas incentives have done. On the Occupy movement: The infamous “one per cent,” who in Canada earn $250,000 a year or more, earned 10 per cent of all income and paid 20 per cent of all taxes in 2010. The bottom 73 per cent of tax filers paid just 17 per cent of all taxes. About a third paid no tax at all. On Idle No More: When Attawapiskat Chief Teresa Spence played to the Ottawa media with her soup strike, former Liberal leader Bob Rae suggested a nearby diamond mine should share more revenue. Milke omits the substantial support and employment that mine provides, and glosses over the misguided blockades that disrupted that and other job-creating enterprises. But he does detail the disastrous effects of passive resource wealth bestowed on impoverished
aboriginal communities, and contrasts it with the success stories of reserves that build their own enterprises through hard work. On public sector pensions: Milke notes that historically, public employees traded higher wages for better benefits and job security. Now their wages are generally higher, and taxpayers have to cover their personal pension contributions (as a portion of those wages) as well as the employer contributions, plus the “defined benefit” payout, which has to be subsidized far beyond what the pension fund can support. On the debt-financed welfare state, there are memorable observations, like this one: “For the record, the generous Quebec welfare state and its ostensibly more progressive model are paid for in part with the taxes of other Canadians; Quebec is merely the North American equivalent of Greece.” The recent B.C. political crisis over adoption of the harmonized sales tax showed that there is too much emotion and too little knowledge about how taxes work. This book is a step towards addressing that. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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We asked: What is your Halloween costume this year?
A gypsy.
A sumo wrestler.
A mummy. We’re making it out of sheets, me and my dad.
A Fifties, like from 1950s.
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Pace cars in Langford Today, while driving to work listening to the news, I hear of a plan to put pace cars on the roads in Langford thereby ensuring everyone does the speed limit and is safe. There has been a grant approved and one of the champions of this initiative is a fire fighter from Langford. I, for one, applaud him for his efforts to keep our streets in the CRD safe. Lord knows he has seen his share of tragedy in his career as a first responder. The pace cars will be driven by volunteers. This program is a waste of resources and money. What is the difference between a person driving their own car at the speed limit, which will slow down traffic, and driving a specially marked car and slowing down traffic? I suppose one would argue the optics and making drivers more aware. My argument is that’s great for the first couple of cars behind the pace car, but what about the freight train of traffic behind that? What happens when a speeding driver passes the pace car? Probably nothing, unless there is an RCMP officer around. So what is the difference? If you really want to make a difference in driver behaviour, perhaps putting speed trap signs up would be a wiser idea. All drivers will see their speed, if you are over the speed
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way. Nor will it stop the aggressive driver in the freight train of traffic behind the pace car. It is an idea, but not the best one. Rod Holt Sooke
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On Monday, October 21, 2013, I was walking my dog at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tregear Road, when I came across a dump site again of three deer skins. Whoever did this must not have any care in the world as to what this could bring into our neighbourhood. We have bears up here, also cougars. We are sick and tired of these filthy pigs who don’t give a damn about anybody’s yard or property as they just keep on dumping up here as they are too lazy to go to the dump. We do have a dump in Sooke on Marilyn Road which is off of Sooke River Road if you don’t know where it is. You spend more money on gas driving out here to do your dumping then it would cost to go to the dump and dispose of these skins the proper way. It is unsanitary, unhealthy and very gross and disgusting looking for the people who live up here. What would you do if your dog dragged this skin home and started rolling on it? Pretty disgusting. There are bones all over the place and they are not old ones. They still have the blood on them and some meat. They were dumped up here very recently because I go up here every day to go for a walk and see what other crap is being dumped here. We are not the dump as said before. We would appreciate it if the public would take into consideration that this is someone’s property, that someday they would enjoy living here. How would you like it if the public used your yard for the dump from now on? Not very pleasant looking or smelling. So, next time you think of coming here to dump, think of what your yard would look like if everyone in Sooke used it as a dump. C.J. Malooney Sooke limit it flashes your speed in red. I see the speed signs, check my speed and slow down. More enforcement perhaps, nobody likes a ticket. Increasing the speed limit will only
make it worse as the majority of drivers go 10 km/h over anyhow. Reducing the speed limit? The majority of drivers are already speeding and will probably speed more.
Speeding is indeed a problem that needs to be addressed. This one idea is not in the best interest for the volunteers that will be driving these cars as road rage will surely come their
Your October 23, 2013 issue was interesting in that your letters included several against columnist Tom Fletcher’s “conservative clap trap” about teachers while also printing his new column about oil spills, about which the same could be said. Even if, as he claims, “The Sierra-Greenpeace-Forest ethics-Dogwood gang” are foreign bankrolled, who do you suppose pays for all those pervasive, if lovely, TV ads with scenes of pristine forests, babbling brooks, and lively fish that will be “protected” by the Northern Gateway Pipeline? How about the ocean? Citing a U.S.-based Nuka (whoever they are) study, Fletcher points out that Alaska oil has been safely
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Letters Cont’d from page 9 “shipped along B.C.’s North Coast for 40 years.” But the tankers are well out to sea by then and are irrelevant to our tortuous inland passages. He also manages to turn a Dogwood study showing that ocean conditions are such that half the time “there would be no immediate way to respond to an oil spill” into there being no reason to curtail tanker traffic. Would you bet your life and those of myriad seals, fish and birds on such odds? Finally, Fletcher wonder whether it’s better for “spilled oil to sink rather than wash up on beaches.” How about neither? Even though he concludes that a “spike in oil-eating bacteria… leads to an increase in fish populations.” Shall we spread oil for our diminishing salmon runs? The oil interests, Stephen Harper and our own premier must love this guy. And I suppose it’s one way for the Sooke News Mirror to generate letter writers. Dick Momsen Sooke
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When Stagewest Players became Sooke Harbour Players a shift happened. That shift was in the name which was not as recognizable to many community theatre fans. Since 1981 thespians, singers, dancers and musicians have been entertaining Sooke audiences with such productions as South Pacific, Grease, On Golden Pond, The Pirates of Penzance and scores of other well-known and not so well-known musicals, plays and theatre performances. Community theatre is the one place where whole families can get involved, a place where young and old are valued for their contributions and where you don’t need physical prowess to succeed. Steve Anderson is the new president of Sooke Harbour Players and he wants to jump start his term with a new focus and energy. His first all out theatre show was Howl and it got him more hooked on being involved on the stage, not just behind it. He spent the last three years as director for Fawlty Towers. “Community theatre is vitally important, not
Steve Anderson everyone is involved in sports and there is a void for creative types, they need an outlet,” said Anderson. He wants more people to join the players group. Being involved is free, although there is a small fee for membership (individuals $15 and family $25). “There’s no cost to participate. Parents, if you want to keep your kid off the street, send them to us. If they (the kids) are seeking attention, this is the best way to get it,” he said. Sooke Harbour Players involve kids — a lot. They can be involved on the stage singing and dancing, or behind the scenes working and learning about theatre by doing sound, lights, costumes, make up, front of house or sets, you name it. The same goes for adults. There are some slots to fill and Anderson said they are seeking a music director who could take over, as well as some assis-
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tant directors. Upcoming is Show Time a production with an issue important to many — bullying or in this case anti-bullying. “It will be positive and self-empowering,” Anderson stated, “and it will have skits and music.” They have the theme but they don’t yet have a title. Rehearsals will restart in January, with the show scheduled
for the spring. Other plans include a possible dinner theatre in the spring. Sooke Harbour Players are involved in a number of other productions coming to Sooke — Barney Bentall and the Grand Cariboo Opry on November 17. They are working backstage and front of house for the oneof-a-kind variety show featuring some of B.C.’s best musicians. The players are also helping with Seussical, a Dr. Seuss musical performed by Langford’s Four Seasons Musical Theatre. “Since we didn’t have a huge fall show, we thought we would help with these,” said Anderson.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY “HONOUR THEIR SERVICE, REMEMBER THEIR FALLEN”
Year after year we view Remembrance as the most meaningful tribute to those who died in war. Two expressions have come to describe this: the “Ultimate Sacrifice”’ and “They gave all their tomorrows so that we could have today”. Both of these have a common reminder: FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. When we ask ourselves, “What is a veteran?”, let me answer with this thought. A veteran is one who has who has written a check to the people· of Canada for a value up to, and including his/her life. The government of Canada has cashed that check almost 117,000 times, including 25 from this community. Most were young, under 25 years of age. This is a debt that can never be repaid. The best we can do is pay tribute to them by holding November 11 as our gift to them by honouring their service and remembering their fallen. We can do no less. These days The Royal Canadian Legion is heavily involved with programs for those veterans have had their check only “partially cashed”. Many have returned to civilian life suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after having been witness to the horror, violence, and brutality that is war. For them the Veterans Transition Program (VTP) is available. Some have been unable to adapt to civilian life and have turned to alcohol or drugs. Cockrell House in Colwood serves Lost Veterans to find assistance aiding them to secure meaningful employment and housing. Many have returned with non-civilian adaptable trade skills. BCIT funding may be available to them. These programs, along with community support for needy veterans, seniors initiatives, seniors and veterans housing, food bank, and others are where your poppy donations are spent. For the remembrance of the fallen, please, wear a poppy. For your support of those in need, we thank you for your continuing generosity. Sincerely Comrade Tom Lott, Chair, Poppy Fund, Branch #54 R.C.L.
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11th Hour ~ 11th Day ~ 11th Month Remembrance, summons each generation to understand the finest of Canadian valuesfreedom, democracy, human dignity and caring for the greater good of mankind. When the guns fell silent on the First World War battlefields and the Armistice was signed at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, this sacred moment in history was embraced as Armistice day. As Britain and its Commonwealth Dominions began planning Armistice Day services for the following year, and Australian journalist proposed in a letter, that a respectful silence to Remember the Fallen be included in the ceremonies. This letter, scribed by Edward George Honey, was published on May 8, 1919 in the London Evening News and brought to the attention of His Majesty King George V. On November 8, 1919, His Majesty King George V proclaimed... “...all locomotion should cease, so that, in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead...” Some historians believe that the tradition of the silence was in honour of the last soldier killed before the Armistice, Pte. George Price, a Canadian. Pte. Price was killed in action by the last shot of the Great War, two minutes before guns fell silent. In Mons, France at the ornate Grand Place, a commemorative plaque honours the memory of Pte. George Price. He is buried at Saint Symphorien Cemetery in Mons. This silent observance was incorporated into the first Armistice Day service held on November 11th, 1919 in Britain and the Commonwealth Dominions. Following the Second World War, Armistice Day was renamed as Remembrance Day to honour the Fallen from all wars, past, present and future. Over time, the silent observance was not consistently observed by all countries. In the year 2000, The Royal Canadian Legion and other Commonwealth nations rallied together to revitalize the significance of the silence observance and called for an international “Two Minute Wave of Silence.”
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Students’ Corner by Sydnee Moore
Edward Milne community school lends a helping hand For most students, September 26 was just a normal day at school, though it wasn’t for Edward Milne. EMCS Leadership students organized a Spin-aThon, raising money towards Cops for Cancer. Even though it meant rising at 6 in the morning, it was all for a good cause. Riding from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m., the students formed 11 groups and switched places on the bikes every 30 minutes. There had been talk for years about trying to break the old record of raising $5,000 but it was not until this year that Edward Milne did more than talk about it. They did it! The cyclists raised a grand total of $7,500, $2,000 more than the past record. With encouragement and
effort, our community helped raise money for a world-wide disease that has also affected many Sooke families. Two weeks after the record-breaking event, the students of Edward Milne helped Victoria’s homeless through Project Connect, a one-day event to help the people living on the streets in downtown Victoria. Every year, students all over Greater Victoria make approximately
700 care packages. The homeless also receive a variety of free services such as medical attention and haircuts. EMCS students were asked to donate socks and dental items until October 19. The results filled three huge industrial bags, which were taken downtown as a contribution, along with many other items given by the public.
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Healing garden
A circular healing garden was installed at the Sunriver Community Garden by students from the Camosun College horticulture class. Checking it out are gardening volunteers Doug Dalquist, Phoebe Dunbar and Greg Thelin. Healing plants will be grown there.
On 11 November 2013 between 10:45 am and 11:00 am the following road closures will be in effect: The Provincial Public Highway 14 (Sooke Road) between Evergreen Plaza and Otter Point Road; Otter Point Road between Sooke Road and Eustace Road; and Eustace Road from Otter Point Road up to and including Branch 54 Property. The road closure will permit the Legion to orchestrate a parade commemorating Remembrance Day, 11 November MOT and Infrastructure (Saanich Area Office) Sooke Bylaw No.67 Traffic and Highways Bylaw 2002 Contact Number 250-642-2052
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School has started again and Journey is as busy as ever. Basketball has started up for all grades and they’re working hard to represent Journey. Go Team! As well as basketball, intra-mural soccer is going on and the competition couldn’t be more intense. Cross-country runners did well by placing Journey second out of the competition. Mindstorm robotics is up and running. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s LEGO
with robotics mixed in so you can control the robots. Check it out if you’re interested in building things. Of course what we all love is exploratories and they are happening. There are a couple of new ones this year such as: Architecture and Engineering, Viva Mexico, Jewerly Design, Woodworking and Lip Dub Music Video. Students are loving them! Because we just can’t get enough of our teachers, there is a parent/teacher conference on November 21. One of the big events happening at Journey middle school this year is a reconnection of our friendship with the
city of Natori, Japan. Students will have the opportunity to go visit Japan for 10 days in the spring of 2014. In 2015 future Journey and Edward Milne community school students here will host the Japanese students. This will be a yearly thing at Journey. The school is having a Halloween Dance
October 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be food, refreshments and music. Come hangout with your friends! Costumes are encouraged, but you don’t have to wear one. Our very own band students from the string section performed on October 27 at EMCS. Also the Victoria Youth Orchestra will be per-
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A show and sale of textile art by the 12 members of Fibres & Beyond begins at South Shore Gallery on November 2. “We chose the title Roots, Seeds, and Circles for this show and we will all produce two challenge pieces that relate to that theme. Although this analysis of the title came after its acceptance it does seem apt – as we all have our Roots in textile art. The opening reception of “Dragonfly on the Pond,” an invitational show at South Shore Gallery in October 2002, was the Seed from which the group Fibres & Beyond grew. And here we have come full Circle with another show at South Shore Gallery 12 years later,” said Elizabeth Tanner. “Four of the artists in ‘Dragonfly on the Pond’ are still in the group, others caught the excitement the day of the opening and were at our first meeting over lunch at Mom’s Cafe on take-down day. By the end of that lunch we had decided to have a spring show the next
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Stephanie Saleem, above, and a felted piece on the right. year at lily time in the heritage St. Mary’s Church, Metchosin. “Over the years our membership has changed from 15 artists in the first ‘Consider the Lilies’ to the 12 artists who will show this fall. Of the 15, eight are continuing members and four have joined as others left. Twelve seems our perfect compliment. Our newest member is Stephanie Saleem and this will be her first show with Fibres & Beyond. “Although our group name has changed from Friends in Fibre, to Uncommon Threads, to Fibres & Beyond we
affectionately refer to ourselves as ‘The Lilies’ referencing our yearly show Consider the Lilies. Most years we have done a second show in the fall and three of these, ‘Wear Your Art,’ ‘Art to Wear”’Oct. 2004, ‘Filamentary’ Oct. 2006, ‘Never at a Loss for Words’ Oct. 2008, have been at South Shore Gallery. One memorable year we were guest artists at the Filberg Festival. It has been quite a journey to once again circle back to a fall show at South Shore Gallery,” said Tanner. Stephanie Saleem, has been introduced to art and craft work at an early age, inspired and nurtured by her family. She graduated as a certified Soft-Furnishing Seamstress and her love of hats lead her to take up a position as
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The details: Roots, Seeds and Circles Nov 2 – 30, 2013 South Shore Gallery, 2046 Otter Point Rd, Sooke Info: 250-642-2058 www.fibresandbeyond.com Gallery hours:10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Sat.
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2004 TITANIUM 29E34RL (new May 2005), good condition. One slide out, rear living room with fireplace, chair, hide-a-bed couch, sliding glass doors leading to fully screened patio. Patio deck slides out from underneath. Centre kitchen, double door refrigerator, microwave, double sink. Hardwood floors, oak cabinets, washer/dryer, porcelain toilet. Ducted A/C, gas/ electric hot water with DSI. Fiberglass exterior, dual paned windows, Polar Pak insulation, power front jacks, rear stabilizers. Ideal for traveling south in winter, parking at the lake or touring. Length/benefits of 34’ but tows like 29’. $65,000 new, asking $19,900. 250-8818833, chuck.salmon@shaw.ca
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Boys basketball takes to the sky
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! u o y k n Tha A Great big THANK YOU to Queesto Community Forest at Jordan River for their generous donation of wood to the Sooke Community Association for the Sooke River Campground.
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! u o y k n Tha Left: It takes a village to raise a child … high enough to reach. In this case, it took the Harlem Crowns team to lift 4-year-old Jesse Payne high enough to shoot a basket. Upper left: Sean McKenzie; upper centre: John Horgan; upper left: a ridiculously tall Harlem Crowns player. On Thursday night at EMCS, some star basketball players took to the sky when they seemingly walked on air. MLA John Horgan provided the officiating for the game, serving as the referee. “My Dad managed the Victoria Senior Basketball team in the 1950’s,” writes Horgan in a post-event email, “and
the Globetrotters used to come to our house for dinner when they came to town.” The entire boys’ basketball team had smiles on their faces throughout the game. Horgan, too, officiated the game with style, smiles and grace. “Harlem Crowns squeak out a win against the hometown EMCS
Wolverines,” tweeted Horgan after the game. “Ref missed some calls or it could have gone the other way.” The event was coordinated by Trevor Bligh as a fund raiser for the EMCS Senior Boys’ basketball team. The event raised close to $1,000, with about $250 going to the team.
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Sooke football players help lead the the Victoria Outlaws to a first place standing on the Island for the Peewee Spartans for the first time. See story page 22.
Weekend hockey scores
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Saturday October 26 Peewee C2 vs. Saanich C3 5-3 South Vancouver Island Royals vs. Midget C1 1-10 Sunday October 27 Midget C1 vs. Peninsula C2 2-3 Sooke Bantam A vs. Racquet Club T2 2-1 Juan de Fuca Atom C4 vs. Atom C-2 3-4
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Applications/Nominations for Membership Water Advisory Committee The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites applications/ nominations from residents interested in sitting on the Water Advisory Committee to provide advice on water supply, water quality, the stewardship of the lands held by the CRD for water supply purposes and water conservation measures. There are vacancies for members representing Agricultural, Environmental, and Commercial/Industrial groups and organizations.
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Female face-off is coming to Sooke. See story page 24.
MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT 110
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Meetings are held at 9 am on the first Tuesday of each month at CRD Integrated Water Services office, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC. Appointments will be for a two (2) year term commencing January 2014. Send us a one-page summary telling about yourself, which interest group you represent, your area of expertise, and why you would like to serve on the committee.
Join a profession that supports and cares for our community. Medical and dental office clerks and transcriptionists are always in high demand. In addition to basic administrative and bookkeeping skills, you will also learn standard medical terminology.
Deadline for receipt of applications is October 30, 2013. For a copy of the Terms of Reference contact CRD Integrated Water Services at the address below or visit our website: http://www.crd.bc.ca/water/ administration/advisorycommittee.htm .
Career Opportunities: Medical Office Assistant ● Dental Office Assistant Medical Transcriptionist MSP Billing Clerk ● Ward Secretary Pharmaceutical Firms ● Medical Supply Firms Medical Clerical in Research & Care Agencies
Water Advisory Committee CRD Integrated Water Services Phone: 250.474.9606 479 Island Highway Fax: 250.474.4012 Victoria, BC V9B 1H7 Email: water@crd.bc.ca
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Sooke boys help Victoria Outlaws achieve first place The final Sunday in October saw the Victoria Outlaws (football) win a season-ending battle against the Victoria Hitmen. The Sooke players on the Outlaws team, Jared Steele and Spencer Logan both wreaked havoc along with Caleb Carrier, Hunter Swift, AvAn Wickheim and Sam Lowden. The Outlaws achieved first place on the Island for the Peewee Spartans for the first time. Starting on the 25-yard line, the boys passed, ran and fought through eight plays ending with Spencer “the tank” Logan getting the first touchdown. Two possessions later, with the same kind of ferocity with excellent snapping from Caleb “budder” Carrier and blocking galore from Hunter “the steamroller” Swift, Gorchounov scored the Spartan’s second touchdown. With three minutes left in the game, the Sooke boys, all of them on defence, tackled and fought against the Hitmen. They got a few breaks and ended up on our five-yard line ready to score. With first place on the line — last play of the game — “slippery” Sam Lowden and Jared “man of” Steele made a stellar tackle together on one of the best runningbacks in the league. That team-oftwo knocked him out of bounds at the two-yard line. And with that take-down, the game ended, and the Outlaws won. Submitted by Andy Carrier
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Thanks!
Thanks is a deeper and broader part of life than the Thanksgiving harvest celebration. Canadians are often identified in foreign countries because we say ‘please’, ‘sorry’, and ‘thank you’ so much. Don’t apologize (sorry!) for that – it signals the high value we place on our relationships with other people. Vital Vittles began serving lunch of soup and sandwiches on Friday, November 21st, 2003. The people who volunteer, donate food, and enjoy the meal have almost all changed. Over 500 Fridays later, the meal is more complex: home-made soup, main course with salad, and dessert. What is the same is that the Friday lunch happens because of donated food, time, and money. In the Bible, Luke quotes Jesus that ‘it is better to give than to receive’. As a kid at Christmas, I would not have agreed. As a parent and now grandfather at Christmas, I find it true. Our brains and hearts are wired to enjoy helping others. Service and companionship are fun. The volunteers and the guests both enjoy the meal and social time. Friday, November 22nd is the 10th Anniversary lunch of Vital Vittles. Consider joining us between 11:30 and 1:00 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church as a guest or even as a volunteer. Enjoy the meal of home-made soup, roast beef, salad and dessert. Give thanks with and for your neighbours in Sooke.
The Reverend Wally Eamer Holy Trinity Anglican Church hoLy tRinity Anglican Church 1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172 holY CoMMUNIoN SERVICE: Sunday 10am EVENINg PRAYER: Saturday 5pm The Rev. Howard Jacques 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 Email sookebaptistchurch@telus.net www.sookebaptist.com
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 10-12 Thurs 1-3 Rev. Fr. Michael Favero
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What the stars have in store for you for the first week in November... ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Don’t race ahead to get the early advantage this week, Aries. Practice patience in all that you do this week, and you may find greater success. TAURUS - Apr 21/ May 21 Taurus, there is a high level of uncertainty in your life right now, so it is best to take a conservative approach regarding your finances. Take big decisions seriously. GEMINI - May 22/ Jun 21 Keep your options open, as things look promising this week, Gemini. Many things will catch your eye, but you will have to make
the ropes.
CANCER - Jun 22/ Jul 22 Cancer, your career takes an unexpected turn that leads you in an exciting new direction. But these changes may take a few weeks or even months to fully develop.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/ Nov 22 Scorpio, you may not have the time to be a shoulder to cry on this week, but a trusted confidante will need your assistance. Take the time out for this special friend.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you may have your sights set on an exotic vacation, but you just don’t have the money to make it happen right now. Save for your dream getaway or take a quick jaunt to recharge.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You are not in complete control of your feelings this week, Sagittarius. Make a concerted effort to control your emotions when conflict arises.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may prefer clearly defined relationships, but this week someone comes into your life who you just can’t read. This person makes a lasting impression. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, although your vision for the future is grand, you may not know how to execute your rise to success right now. Find a mentor who can show you
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, surprises are coming your way. Though you may want to control the situation, you have to sit back and let the chips fall where they may. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/ Feb 18 Aquarius, don’t allow daydreaming to distract you from the tasks at hand. Distractions will only derail your plans, so do your best to keep them at a minimum.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, an ongoing issue must be addressed this week. Proscratination will only delay the inevitable, so tackle this issue head-on. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS NOVEMBER 3 Dolph Lundgren, Actor, Elizabeth Smart, Larry Holmes NOVEMBER 4 Ralph Macchio, Actor, Walter Cronkite, Matthew McConaughey NOVEMBER 5 Kevin Jonas, Roy Rogers, Ida Tarbell NOVEMBER 6 Maria Shriver, Sally Field, Emma Stone, Ethan Hawke NOVEMBER 7 David Guetta, Joni Mitchell, Leon Trotsky, Albert Camus NOVEMBER 8 Gordon Ramsay, Bonnie Raitt, Bram Stoker, Margaret Mitchell NOVEMBER 9 Tom Fogerty, Carl Sagan, Spiro Agnew.
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DANCE TO THE FAT CATS Cocktails at 5:30, Dinner from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Dancing from 7:00-11:00 Roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables and dessert
$15 for members/$17.50 for non-members Tickets at the bar at the Legion.
REMEMBRANCE DAY BREAKFAST November 11, 2013 7am - 10am Children Welcome Pancakes with Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Juice, Coffee/Tea $5 per person - 5 and under FREE MONDAY’S TUESDAY’S WEDNESDAY’S N THURSDAY’S FRIDAY’S
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Sooke hosts Island’s longest running female hockey tourney Nov. 11. Girls range in age from eight to 18 years old, with teams ranging from Peewee to Midget. In total, 196 visiting players and their families will require accommodation and meals and shop in Sooke’s local stores. This influx of hockey players is a tremendous boost to our economy. Estimates from previous years are around $60,000. The hotel is fully booked as are the nearest hotels in Langford. Sooke Minor Hockey is very proud to say we have the longest running female tournament on Vancouver Island. If you would like to watch some of the fast paced action girls will be playing games from 6 a.m. until 11:30 p.m., on Saturday and
Hockey is not just a boys sport anymore! Female hockey is in full stride at Sooke’s fifteenth annual Fall Female Faceoff tourney. The District of Sooke and the Sooke Minor Hockey Association are proud to present the 15th Annual Fall Female Face Off Tournament. At this female-centric event, the only lace you’ll see is the lacing up of hockey skates. For the last 15 years, girls from all over Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland have been lacing up their skates and flooding to Sooke in order to participate in the largest female hockey tournament held on Vancouver Island. This year Sooke Minor Hockey is proud to host 350 females from Nov. 7 to
Sunday, with a fun Skills Competition held on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come early to watch the skills as the stands fill up fast! The gold medal games will be on Monday starting at 9 a.m. We will also have great raffle baskets you can enter to win and 50/50. We will be taking time to honour the Veterans who fought, and continue to fight, for our freedom on the 11th during the 11th hour of the day. If you see hockey players and their families in Sooke or the West Shore area that weekend, be sure to give them a wave. The boost to our local economy from the three day hockey tournament is worth a wave. Sooke Minor Hockey
will happily accept new players of both the male and female gender. We also offer a $50 four-week trial period. That’s $50 for up to five ice times per week for four weeks, depending on your age and teams schedule. Registration for next year will be held in the New Year. Please check out our website at sookeminorhockey.org to keep up to date with all the fun happenings at your local rink. Come out between Nov. 9 to 11 and cheer on our hometown girls!.For more information about the tournament please contact Sebastien Tremblay by phone at 250516-2559, or by email at volkz@hotmail.com. Submitted by Sebastien Tremblay
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