Sooke News Mirror, February 05, 2014 by Black Press Media Group

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Council wants work to begin on playing fields Pirjo Raits

Sooke News Mirror

Severing an agreement for playing fields and a school at Sun River seemed to be the general feeling amongst council on January 27. District of Sooke council is wanting things to move along with the promised playing fields at the development. Council wants some action from the school board and some action from the developer. Back in 2002 there was an agreement in place where the developer of Sun River Estates would develop slow-pitch and soccer playing fields and a school site on lands located at Sun River Way and Riverstone Drive. In 2010,

the developer wanted to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve and attempted to relocate the playing fields and school site to a property east of the original site. The original agreement would have seen Sun River develop the fields to the second cut stage but the new proposal would see the District of Sooke complete the final seeding or laying of sod. A $150,000 financial contribution would come from Sun River to finish the fields. Sun River has in good faith put in improvements such as water and hydro to the new site. The playing fields being developed have been contingent on the school begin built but

the school board has not agreed to any specific site. At council on January 27 there was some talk of severing the two entities with the district going for the playing fields and the developer and the school board “sorting the rest out. “Let the school board and the developer sort that mess out,” said Councillor Rick Kasper. “Get an agreement in principle for the fields, separate from the original and present school site.” There was discussion that during Phase Three of the Sun River development the playing fields were to be constructed. Seven years has gone by and nothing has happened,

said Kasper. There is some concern that the district will be stuck with finishing the fields without knowing the end cost and also providing parking at the fields. Operation and maintenance costs have yet to be determined. A community engagement process involving all of the stakeholders will be arranged where council can receive comments from residents regarding the proposed playing fields and related costs. “It would be irresponsible of us not to wrap this up, we need to move forward,” stated Mayor Wendal Milne. “We need cold hard documents from the school district.”

Male arrested in alleged murder plot Sooke RCMP supported by Island District GIS and Westshore RCMP have arrested a 43-year-old Victoria resident after he allegedly attempted to hire a Sooke resident to murder a Langford resident. The incident was first reported to Sooke RCMP on January 23. Trevor Charles Porter was arrested in Sooke on January 24 without incident. Police

executed a search warrant on a residence in Langford on January 25 and seized an unregistered handgun. Police would not disclose who called police to report the incident nor would they discuss motive or evidence. Mr. Porter was held in jail and was remanded into custody by a Judicial Justice of the Peace. Mr. Porterwas released from cus-

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tody on $25,000 bail and numerous conditions by a Provincial Court Judge on January 29 charged with three offences under the Criminal Code: Counselling to Commit and Indictable Offence; Careless use of a FIrearm; and Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm. His next scheduled Court appearance will be February 27.

The file is still open and continued search efforts are being planned for a 59-yearold East Sooke woman who went missing in East Sooke Park on January 2, 2014. The Sooke RCMP recently engaged search and rescue teams and have gone out with police dogs. Mine shafts at Copper Mine have also been searched.

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CounCil Briefs At the regular District of Sooke council meeting on January 27 the following items were dealt with on the agenda: Public Input: A Development Variance Permit was granted for 2680 Otter Point Road to allow the property owner to subdivide and create another lot which would use well water rather than piped water from the CRD. The decision had been postponed from the January 6 meeting to allow for further information, such as a well report, from the applicant. Neighbours had come forward stating their wells were being affected and they had to purchase potable water because of lack of water due to too many people tapping into the aquifer. At issue as well is the statement made by a neighbour that CRD has been promising connection to piped water for years and nothing has happened meaning people had to purchase potable water. R. Low mentioned the low snowpack, less rainfall and diminishing water in the Sooke reser-

said council will run several small contracinto inherent property tors. The contracts will be for a one-year term rights. “Once you own prop- and Request for Proerty for five years you posals (RFP) will be can subdivide for a fam- accepted at the end of ily member. I haven’t 2014 to ensure other seen anything that says small businesses in they (neighbours) are Sooke can compete for a three-year contract. on the same aquifer.” Coun. Bev Berger The total value of all said any new surface the contracts in 2011 well would have to was $149,420. Appointment of Elecmeet today’s standards. File photo “There is a funda- tion Officials: District of sooke Council appointed Councillor Herb Haldane. mental problem with lack of CRD water,” she Thomas F. Moore as Chief Election Officer said. Council voted to and Bonnie Sprinkling voir as indicators of a potential drought situa- issue the variance per- as Deputy Chief Elecmit, with Councillors tion Officer for the 2014 tion in 2014. “There is a way Rick Kasper and Maja general municipal election. around it,” said Low, Tait opposed. Community Grant Kasper stated that “get CRD to put a line the bylaw needed to Program: out there.” Council discussed He said people are be revisited and he considering deferring would not support the the Community Grant Program and comtheir taxes until water motion. OUR OURHeFOODReports: mentsFOOD were made on is piped out there. FARMERS FARMERS dropping the monetary The district has OUR felt a varianceOUR would TY B COMMUNI OURlimit for Category negatively OUR affectCOMMUNITY the renewed agreements grants from the $10,000 with contractors for neighbors. Other issues of run- maintenance and land- limit as some requests off into a surface well scaping of trails, public were reaching that OUR FOOD threshold. During 2013 spaces and washrooms were brought up. the district awarded OUR FARMERS Councillor Herb in Sooke. Previously Y grants. Four $212,991 in COMMUNIT were Haldane stated that the contractsOUR property owners are held by one company grants in Category C “entitled to use water but in 2011 the ser- (Fee for Service) were OUR FOOD awarded with a dolon their own property vices were separated FARMERS lar value of $92,513; 22 out to as they see fit” and and contractedOUR

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Caprina Valentine & Linda Gordon Art Show! February 1-28 • Reading Room Cafe Evergreen Mall 660 Sooke Road www.sooke.org/reading room

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The Lure of Gold essay conTesT open to sooke students. Why is it special, how does it impact people and communities? eLemenTary and middLe school deadline feb. 15; high school apr. 15. deliver entries to sooke news mirror office or the museum.

Take a Hike or a walk

did you knoW there is a great pamphlet on user-friendly trails in the sooke area? a Guide To userfriendly Trails is available at the Tourist information centre at the sooke region museum. iT is a great little guide that provides lots of information on the trails, distances, walkability and how to get there.

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The sooke harbourside Lions’ Taste of bc takes place this weekend at emcs. TickeTs aT emcs box office, pemberton holmes,shoppers and peoples drug marts and Little Vienna bakery. proceeds Go To many charities.

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The sooke neWs mirror offices will be closed monday, feb. 10.

Thumbs Up To Those Who pick up after their dog.

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The Olympics on a cool February morning.

How to avoid scam paving companies 101 Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror

Willy Loman, from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, is a wellknown (fictional) doorto-door salesperson. There was a time when it was a common profession. Nowadays, door-todoor sales still happen, but with less frequency. Sometimes, legitimately; other times, not. Legitimate door-todoor sales Sometimes, as in the case of Square One Paving, it’s legitimate. Square One, who laid the stamped asphalt in front of the Evergreen Plaza in Sooke, are an example of legitimate contractors who utilize door-to-door sales. Owners Gord and Jan Stewart get a lot of business by knocking on doors. “I go around and bang on doors when there’s a reno going, or a new house being built,” details Gord. “I give them my brochure, I talk, and I get jobs.” Consumer Protection BC says that legitimate door-to-door sales people are regulated by the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act. To be in compliance with any contract established in a doorto-door sale, the contract needs to include (among other things)

the suppliers name, address and contact information, detailed description of the the goods and services, payment terms, and the consumer’s cancellation rights. Which, by the way, include a 10-day cancellation right. Gord adds to this. As a professional contractor, Gord’s business is listed with the Better Business Bureau, he has brochures, a website, and references. “I have a portfolio, I bring my iPad with me, I show them all the local jobs around where they are, I use every tool I can possibly use.” He also advised to check for credentials, and ask for a business card. Sketchy door -todoor sales Other times, there are the more shady snake-oil salespeople. Take, for instance the rumours swirling around town of a fly-bynight paving company in the greater Sooke region. According to some posts on the Sooke News Mirror Facebook page, there’s been a paving truck offering incredible driveway paving deals in Otter Point, East Sooke, Mt. Matheson, Kemp Lake, and elsewhere. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has, over the years, repeatedly posted warnings about general fraudulent

door-to-door sales, and specifically about scamming paving offers. Top techniques to guard yourself • First, don’t give in to pressure sales. A common pitch is they were working on a local job, and that job either got cancelled, or, they over estimated their materials. If you take up their offer now, they can give you a really great deal. To which the BBB advises, “Don’t give in to high pressure sales tactics” (Top 10 Scams for 2012). Guy Rimmer, a Sooke resident and former backhoe operator with over 30 years experience with contract work including paving, reinforces that advice. “The lowest quote isn’t always the best,” Rimmer forewarns, adding that a good operator knows how many

hours it would take to complete a job, and how much the supplies would cost. When asked if he engages in pressure sales — like saying this offer is only good if you say yes, now — Gord Stewart of Square One Paving doesn’t hesitate. “No, no. I’ve never done that. I’ve never done a pressure sale. It’s not worth my time and effort.” • Second, don’t fall for the old “I have extra supplies leftover from a job just up the road” scam. The BBB, in a 2010 alert (“Beware of Summer Paving Scams”), addresses the accidental extra-supplies tactic: “Professional asphalt contractors will know, with great accuracy, how much paving material is needed to complete a project. Rarely will they have

leftover material.” • Third, if a deal seems to good to be true, it probably isn’t a good deal. Jan Stewart from Square One Paving suggests consumers “get a couple of quotes, so that you know that whoever you’re using is not incredibly cheap.” There can be a difference in price, she notes, but it shouldn’t be a massive difference. To which Guy Rimmer adds, do your research. “Find out what other jobs they have done, and go look at them.” Other suggestions from various publications from the Better Business Bureau include checking out the contractor to see if the are registered with the BBB, check references and ask to see examples of previous work, make payment

out to the company (never an individual), and don’t pay cash. These scams are not new. Jan (Square One Paving) said she was also once approached with a quick paving offer, noting her gravel driveway, and not knowing she was in the business herself. “It was this time, two years ago,” she recalls. The story the “contractor” told her was that he was doing well in Edmonton, but wanted to set up here. “By getting a few people out to your door, you start to pick up terms, you start to educate yourself. So then you can make a little bit more of an intellectual decision on who you’re going to use, because you’re starting to get the lingo, you’re starting to talk the talk a bit. And that really helps.”

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Celebrating 90 years in Shirley

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Shirley Women’s Institute turning 90 this year Britt Santowski Sooke News Mirror

There is wisdom that is born from experience, and sometimes — when life is too busy rushing forward — we forget to pause and reach back into the past to learn old and possibly forgotten lessons. In Shirley, there are a group of women who are doing just that, pausing and reaching back. As expressed by president Stephanie Croft in an article she wrote for the Rural Observer a few years back, “there is a movement among younger generations which to learn more eco-friendly, health conscious, sustainable ways of living of past generations. That this is what the revived Shirley Women’s Institute strives to do: share knowledge on healthy living practices and support community.” This year this group, the Shirley Women’s Institute, marks its 90th birthday. The Shirley Women’s Institute is a branch of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (fwic.ca). FWIC was conceived by Adelaide Hoodless in 1912, and has since expanded across Canada with 1,000 branches, and 13,000 members. By 1919, the Institute was established, and within five years, it had travelled west and piqued the interest of the women from Shir-

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Above, a picnic at Muir Creek in 1930, and below, Stephanie Croft, the president of the Shirley Women’s Institute at the Shirley Community Hall.

ley,. According to Croft, the Shirley Women’s Institute was founded by eight women in late October, 1924. They met at the Shirley School House, and would discuss (and advocate for) the concerns of local residents. Safer road conditions, school improvements, and health clinics were often on their list. One of the most nationally notable influences achieved by the Shirley Women’s Institute was their success in preventing the “combining of Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day in 1929,” said Croft in a speech she delivered to the National Women’s Institute Conference in June, 2012. “Starting with a simple

resolution, this movement gained national momentum, inducing the federal government to make November 11 its own public holiday.” This was quite the achievement, managing to circulate a petition throughout Canada at that time, Croft laughs, especially given that it was accomplished well before social media — a tool that has just recently arrived in Shirley. By 2010, interest was ebbing. “Three years ago, they couldn’t find anyone to take over,” recalls Croft. “There were maybe three members left.” Croft received a call from a friend who thought it might be a perfect fit for her, and it resonated.

The established age of the Institute appealed to her, and the values reflected her own. She has since stepped up and has grown the membership over the past few years. Interestingly, much of the issues that they advocated for when they first established continue to be today’s issues of concern. Dumping garbage, road safety and road conditions still prevail, says Croft. “It’s interesting that these issues have always existed in this area.” Membership is open to all women. A perfect fit would be a woman who shares their values. “In the past,” said Croft in conversation, “they tended to be of an older generation. But for us, I would say we are in our 30s, mostly 30s and 40s, we’re living rurally, and most of us didn’t grow up living rurally, so we have an

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interest in the rural lifestyle. Being more self sufficient, growing our own food, and preserving our own food, trying to make things from scratch and living more wholesomely.” Celebrating 90 is a pretty significant milestone, and there are a few events planned throughout the year. Some of the events planned this year include a membersonly Adelaide Hoodless lunch on February 26 in Shirley. This lunch will be opened up to other south Vancouver Island WI branches, and will include a guest speaker, Later in the year, there will also be a travelling exhibit, which will be put together sometime later this summer, and a tree-planting picnic sometime in September. As with their mandate to increase the self-sufficiency of their members, the Shirley Women’s Institute is also entirely self sustained. They raise their own funds through events, craft tables at the Shirley Market, and in the past, through the sales of a cookbook. Membership is $42 per year, and there are currently 12 active members with a few other potential sign-ups pending. Some of the fundraisers throughout the year are used to subsidize memberships. Any one interested in learning more about the Shirley Women’s Institute can contact Stephanie Croft at stephaniecroft@hotmail.com.

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This "as new" former show home includes some great extras! The current owners installed screens, laundry counter over the w/d, and the electric fireplace and sound system is to be included. This 3BR, 3BA townhome features 1665sqft of living space. Main floor features a gourmet Kitchen with lunch counter, ample cupboard space, and pantry, cozy LR, in-line dining plus 2pce bath. Upstairs you'll find 2BRs, main bath, and huge MBR w/walk-in closet and ensuite . MLS® 330658

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The dry land log sort Forerunner to the Sooke Business Park, located at 3220 Otter Point Road, five kilometres west along Otter Point Road from Sooke’s central traffic light, this plot, deep within the forest, was cleared in the 1970s for a dry land log sort. This piece, northeast of Kemp Lake, was on the route to the water from Section 55, Otter District, which had been purchased in a timber sale early in 1946 by the Butler brothers, Claude, Wally, Tom and Eric. Most of the trees Butlers harvested were Douglas-fir, amabalis fir and western hemlock, with some falling of red and yellow cedar, Sitka spruce and white pine. Logging took place in the watersheds of the Golledge and DeMamiel Creeks, up to the west fork of the Leech River. Superintendent for Butlers during much of this period of extensive logging was Jim Brandon,

followed by Ernie Jay. The company built the road called Butler Mainline and in time the many spur extensions created a logging road system of 1,000 miles. Butlers, and later their successors, employed over 100 workers. While it is not possible to mention them all, Dick Herrling was for some years the well-known bullbucker who worked with a team of up to 20 fallers. Changes in operational structure and ownership meant it

was T.W. McKenzie Logging that built the log sort and shortly afterwards several logging entities amalgamated to become Pacific Forest Products Ltd, continuing the same operations. According to Joe Zigay, who shared this photo, it took about a year for the 41-acre site to be cleared, the surface paved and readied for use as a sorting site for logs that were trucked down from the uplands. Twenty-two men were employed

The Pastor's Pen For those who drive, particularly those who drive on secondary roads rather than major highways, it is very important to be aware of the edge of the road. Catching your tires on the gravel can be very dangerous. At the same time, focusing on the edge is dangerous as your eyes are drawn away from the road in front of you. Living on the edge is just as dangerous as driving on the edge. The Bible teaches us that we are to live our lives in relationship to God. If we spend all our time and focus on the things that catch our attention (the possessions, distractions and worries of the world) we fail to see the main path through life. Now is not the time for edge living. As Eugene Peterson translates it from Hebrews 12 in The Message: Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed - that exhilarating finish in and with God - he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honour, right alongside God. Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg Rev. Richard Steele

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in the off-loading, sorting and bundling. Prior to this dry-land sort coming into use in the late 1970s the logs had been trucked all the way down Butler Main to the sea, where they were boomed in the salt chuck. Visiting the acreage that once rang out with the clang and growl of heavy industrial equipment, the roar of truck engines and hydraulic loaders, today you will find not only a calmer “business park” but the new administration headquarters for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area of the Capital Regional District. It’s a spanking new building, almost completed – how fitting that it’s address is “Butler Road.” Watch for a photo of Butler Brothers’ behemoth off-road log hauler next column. Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum

Upcoming Public Meetings

Committee of the Whole Community Amenity Contribution Policy Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm Regular Council Meeting Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Mayor’s Public Advisory Panels The public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel meetings at the Prestige Resort Meeting Room: - Economic Development – 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm - Arts and Beautification – 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm

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Help for first responders Enclosed information may help save a life

came on board. The bottles are given out freely and the SPSO only ask for a donation to help defray the costs of the project. The Orange Bottles are available at each of Sooke’s drug stores. B.C. Pensioners’ and Seniors’ Organization (BCPSO) Branch #88’s is a seniors advocacy organization. The organization was instrumental in helping acquire the land for Ayre Manor Lodge and the cottages. Meetings are held in the Sooke Senior Dropin Centre in the dining room of the Sooke Community Hall on the third Thursday of the month at 11 a.m. Meetings are open to all residents of Sooke. No meetings July and August. For more information contact Shirley at 250642-3847.

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They are small, bright orange and life saving. A small orange bottle which looks like a elongated pill container could save the life of yourself or a loved one. The Sooke Pensioners’ and Seniors’ Organization Branch 88 came up with the idea as a way provide information to first responders in the case of an emergency. When someone calls 9-1-1 the first responders will look for an orange magnet on the fridge to direct them to the medical information stored inside the bottle. The information contained inside will list medications, conditions, allergies, contact information for physicians and family. Family pets can also be included in the information contained in the orange bottle. This project is not limited to seniors, it is open to anyone who may have need of such a service. “The town is excited about them and we want all the seniors in Sooke to have one, said Shirley Lowe, Regional Director, South Island,

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Profits shouldn’t override amenity Sun River at build out is expected to have 650 homes, 715 if on sewer. The development takes up a whole mountain side and it isn’t finished yet. It’s big and it is profitable. The residents have some amenities but not many and the district didn’t ask for much when the development plans first came to council. What has been promised and is still missing are the playing fields and elementary school which have been on the drawing board for years. The district is becoming concerned that they will be delayed even longer and they want to sever the playing fields/school scenario so kids and adults can start using some fields. There has been some switching of the property for various reasons including ALR requirements, etc. No one has really complained about that much but it is time to get on with what has been promised by the developer. Sun River is already in phase three and no sign of the community amenity. It’s time to move it along and not at the taxpayers expense. What needs to be considered is the fact that the District of Sooke gets so excited about something being built here that they forget to ask for what they could reasonably expect as far as community amenities go. This area is prime for further development and it will come once the economy improves, there is no doubt about that. It is a natural expansion area and people really do like living here. The district needs to get more from developers not less. Anyone with money in their pockets and a dream knows they can expect to pay for their profit from a development. Banks don’t lend money to developers unless they can prove they have real money not promises. It’s the cost of doing business. Sooke needs to get tougher in what they ask for, put in some design guidelines and help speed processes along. Then we will grow.

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Pesticides kill more than pests Open letter To: Mr. Ted Menzies, president of Croplife Canada (a lobby group representing the agricultural biotechnology industry) and Russell Hurst, executive director, sustainability and stewardship of Croplife. Sirs, What does it take for you and your lobby group to admit that neonicotinoid pesticides kill not only bees but many insects and birds critical to the natural chain of life. They are also being linked to human health hazards. Any decent person, government, company, or corporation would immediately stop the use of such poisons when they are scientifically linked to such huge environmental problems as these have been. But, I guess that’s the big difference between a decent person and a lobby group who’s sole purpose is to promote the interests of corporations such a Monsanto, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, FMC Corp., Sumitomo and Syngenta. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) -- bowing to pressure from lobby group Croplife and the pesticide

industry -- shockingly punted any action on the bee-killing pesticides until at least 2016. The European community put a ban of these poisons last year once the true science was out, but I suppose since the Harper regime doesn’t want science to be part of any policy setting in Canada and since you Ted, are a former Alberta Conservative MP it is no wonder Croplife wants to wait two more years before doing anything. This marriage of former government heads (MP’s, Senate and Congress members etc..)., who turn to the so-called “public sector” jobs always seems to be a marriage made in Heaven. To me the conflict of interest here is as obvious as the nose on my face. The biotech seed and food manufacturer’s have an obvious mission to control and reap the profits of supplying the world’s foods. As with most such corporations they are not satisfied until they have a total strangle-hold on all aspects of that business. Now, since the lines between corporate interest and elected governments (which are supposed to be for and by the people) have become very blurred, it is not hard for a common citizen like me to assume

that business and consumerism is guiding all policy making while science, and common sense are being not only ignored but actively dismantled. This realization has a terrible impact on the morale and life of all citizens who see more to life than money, consumerism and economy. There is such a thing as “human” and “societal” economy which incorporates many aspects of life and the planet than just those associated with money. How many times have we heard and seen first hand that many of those with loads of money are not happy? To feel good as a human being takes alot more than just a thick wallet. In fact, I would argue that how you made that money, has much more to do with how you feel as a person. Do the right thing, admit that wrong is wrong, and allow a moratorium on neonicotinoid’s in Canada. You may not get richer... but you’ll feel better... and so will the bees, insects and birds. Tom Eberhardt Sooke

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BC’s second Family Day is this Monday, February 10. We asked: What does this day mean to you?

Every day is the same.

My dog, Storm, is my family.

I like that it’s not a commercial day, and for me it’s a day to be with family.

It's a reminder to get in touch with family from out of town.

“Your Sooke Specialist” Sooke Real Estate

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Festival noise annoying After reading the update regarding the new initiative and partnership between Tall Tree Festival and the township of Port Renfrew, I went to the mentioned website to view these trails. Some of these trails would be under the jurisdiction of the CRD and some on logging lands (some private, some TFL). If my memory serves me right, as funding disappeared for upkeep of some of the trails and when we went under the CRD in 1990 they had no money for upkeep or insurance. So, is Tall Tree Festival going to be paying for upkeep and insurance, the extra garbage, toilets, etc.? I wonder who they have been talking to on behalf of the township of Port Renfrew, your article was the first that most of the residents had heard anything. Tall Tree puts on two music festivals per year in Port Renfrew, with one Feb. 7-9. Way to wreck the locals’ weekend. We put up with non-stop noise. This is a sleepless weekend for most non -goers. Tall Tree is selling 250 tickets to this three night event. Saturday and Sunday night it is to be held in the Rec Center and this building does not have that capacity to hold this many people. The 250 does not include event organizers, bands,

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security, or first aid. Last year the building was left with a very dirty floor, their signage left up. As for the festival held at the end of June, the whole valley hears the non-stop music from up Browns Mountain. Last year we had campers pulling out of town because of the noise. And this after we have fought so hard to get a good name with tourists after years of out of control parties on weekends out here. The cars waiting to get up the mountain block one lane on an already narrow road. There is going to be an accident here one year because they do not use traffic control. I like to party with the best of them, so I have been thinking of maybe finding out what neighbourhoods the organizers live in and hold an all weekend party. Don’t think they would like it. Tall Tree has held enough events in our quiet little town and it is time to put an end to them — no more. I do have a challenge for the Tall Tree Festival organizers, put on a family music festival, some good old rock & roll, some country, bit of jazz. Who knows, could have a warm welcome here. Start in the afternoon and by 11 at night, everyone is happy. Now an event like that would bring lots of business to this town, what do you

think Tall Tree, up for the challenge? If families are planning to come spend a nice quiet Family Day weekend camping, sightseeing or whatever in Port Renfrew, my advice is to make different plans. Brenda Buck Port Renfrew

Orange bottles save lives Thanks to the generosity of both our pharmacies, Ayre Manor and Carol Mallett the Orange Bottle Campaign is going very well. Since these bottles could save one’s life, I think everybody should have one. Though we are grateful for the generosity – there are still costs involved and we can only rely on others so long. With this in mind, a donation for your bottle, even retroactive, would be welcome. Thank you. Eric Hurwood Director Sooke Branch B.C. Seniors and Pensioners Organization.

Wrong facts on medical pot Maggie-Rose Veri might want to think

twice before calling for a nation-wide vote on the legalization of pot. She seems to believe that the 73 per cent of the population who apparently say that they don’t use drugs (doesn’t mention alcohol) would vote against legalization. A recent EKOS poll ( http://www. ipolitics.ca/2014/01/30/ half-of-conservativevoters-back-decriminalizing-marijuana-ekospoll/ ) shows that even more than half of Conservative voters would support decriminalization. Other parties’ voters were even much more supportive. She also doesn’t seem to understand what the new law is about. It isn’t about the government selling it, and it isn’t a new law. It’s just a change in the way the medical marijuana law works. She also seems to think that it’s all about fibromyalgia and arthritis, and that these can be cured with massage. What a fantasy. And what about the people with cancer or AIDS who can’t eat and nourish their bodies. Medical marijuana helps those people. Veri also believes that drugs and clean needles are given out somewhere. Clean needles yes, and those help protect even those who don’t use drugs, like maybe their spouses? I assume she means Insite, which has prevented quite a

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few overdose deaths. I guess she believes those people deserved to die? I do agree that many more treatment opportunities need to be made available for those who want to leave their addictions behind, so we agree on that. Also, one person out of how many millions does not in any way equal one percent of those 73 per cent who don’t use drugs. It seems our schools don’t teach math very well. Tia Leschke Sooke

Hotel tax is sleazy

Park-Like Property — $399,900 Lovely one acre property close to Town Center. Easy walk to schools and shops. 2,000 sq ft split-level home with 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths and large Living Room. Self contained 1 bedroom suite in daylight basement. Large assumable mortgage. Will consider vehicle or WHY as Down Payment. Drive by 2372 Church Road or call Michael @ 250-642-6056.

The near-failure of the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce should be a lesson to business people and taxpayers - that organizations can and do fail, regardless of their status. Unfortunately, while people rescued the chamber, it wants to force hands into the pockets of customers

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Cont’d from page 9 through an additional tax on hotel room prices. Honest business people stand on their own, profiting from voluntary relationships, they trade values rather than initiate force. The chamber should be helping make Sooke a safe place to visit by supporting more policing – for example, I know people who avoid Langford due to bad experiences, and read that drunk partiers have been a problem to the west. Tax grabs on hotel rooms and car rentals are especially sleazy as they target people who can’t vote the enabling politicians out of office. But as people watch their money these days, they’ll vote with their feet by not returning. I avoid businesses who support the coercion the chamber promotes, and will recommend that visitors avoid Sooke, just as I have avoided Seattle’s car rental grab to pay for the infrastructure called “stadium.” Michael Nyikes has some good ideas, such as cooperation among

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promotion. Yes, people will claim that some businesses will get a free ride from those that do pay for promotion. But that’s the case in many respects, including publicity from newspaper articles, it isn’t a moral reason for initiating force. Nyikes uses words behind collectivist tyrannies, such as “the greater good.” Such tax grabs are especially hypocritical of business people who benefit from freedom of migration and freedom to have a business. Keith Sketchley Saanich

Working hard for working families Maurine Karagianis MLS, Esquimalt - Royal Roads

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Jason Arthurs gets a new exhibit ready at the sooke region Museum. the museum is a great place to spend a rainy day. entities which tend to be ineffective but have an exaggerated notion of their importance. But using coercion is a basic flaw. In a telephone debate he repeatedly used the

term “guest services fee” for what he agrees is a tax – that’s fundamentally misleading wording, because the grab is not for a service to guests, it is for the business expense of

Hartland Landfill

The Hartland Landfill Facility will be closed on Family Day, Monday, February 10, 2014.

Family Day Closure

Hartland will reopen on Tuesday, February 11 from 9 am to 5 pm. Registered account customers will have access to the active face from 7 to 9 am.

For more information, please call the CRD Hotline at 250.360.3030 or visit www.crd.bc.ca/waste/hartland

Please make sure your load is covered and secured.

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Mon Feb 10

ADULT WALKING GROUP

VITAL VITTLES

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

PARENT & TOT DROP-IN

SEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Cribbage 7 p.m.

Free lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Short Mat Bowling, 1 p.m. Steak Night, 6 p.m. Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m.

Meat draw 3 p.m. A TASTE OF BC EMCS, 7-9:30pm. Tix $30, Shoppers or Peoples.

Sunday breakfast brunch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5, children welcome. Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m.

WHY WAS CINDEREALLA SUCH A BAD BASKETBALL PLAYER?

Because her coach was a pumpkin.

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, 7:30 p.m. Free. FAMILY DAY

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Baptist Church: 7110 W Coast Rd Child, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend Rd Edward Milne Community School: 6218 Sooke Rd Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke 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 Harbour House: 1528 Whiffin Spit Rd Village Foods. Smack downtown, you can’t miss it

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For the past month, members of the Rotary of Sooke have been attending Mrs. Dawn Riddell’s Kindergarten class at Sooke elementary school. The Club has purchased an educational math game as a teaching aid. The children and visitors have fun playing mathematical games and learning to count with such things as cookies, jewels, peanuts and strawberries. This is the second year for this Rotary program, designed to promote literacy, mathematical literacy in this case. Rotarians Trevor Colley, Roger Temple and Jean Lister are assisted by community members Vicki Temple and Judith Lindsay. Pictured here is Rotarian Jean Lister and friends Ava King, Amelia Welguz, and Hunter Braaten.

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ictoria’s all girl band CURL brings a mix of blues and R&B dance music to the Sooke Legion on Saturday, Feb. 15. “We’re really happy to be returning to the Sooke Legion,” said band leader, Helen Davies. “This is such a wonderful venue and I think this is going to be a special night of dinner and dancing for everyone.” CURL provides a danceable, energetic mix of blues-based music, both original and borrowed from the classics, with vocalist Davies singing in the styles of Etta James, Janis Joplin and Koko Taylor. In 2013 CURL recorded and released their debut CD, All My Fault, which features a danceable mix of oldschool blues and original songs. “We’re really proud of our CD and feedback from our fans has been one hundred per cent positive,” Davies said. “The CD peaked at number eight on CFUV’s

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B.C. Views There are two reasons why the B.C. government must appeal the latest court ruling that damns its conduct, assesses damages of $2 million plus lawyer bills and appears to hand the B.C. Teachers’ Federation the keys to the treasury. The first is practical politics. The legislature reopens Feb. 11, ironically right after Family Day. An appeal will give rookie Education Minister Peter Fassbender the cover he will need during the daily 30 minutes of sniper fire that is Question Period. Rise. “It’s before the courts, Madam Speaker.” Sit. Even the triggerhappy Premier Christy Clark will be staying in her trench, after the bleeding wound she received from Justice Susan Griffin last week. The second reason is practical economics. The 2014 budget has gone to press. Government lawyers told the court that retroactively returning to 2001 classroom rules could cost $500 million, an estimate Griffin dismissed as “speculative.” It could include compensation to retired teachers for earnings they gave up. This retroactive lump would be on top of the ongoing costs, running to hundreds of millions more as 60 school districts try to reassemble the world of 2002. This union victory began when the Supreme Court of Canada invented a consti-

tutional right to collective bargaining in 2007, based on “freedom of association” in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The BCTF is piggybacking on that landmark decision, in favour of the Hospital Employees’ Union, after Gordon Campbell ran roughshod over their sweetheart contract from the Glen Clark years. That one was settled for $85 million, including retroactive payments. In case there are parents and taxpayers who still believe that all would be calm had the NDP won the 2013 election, allow me to put that to rest. NDP leader Adrian Dix took to his Facebook page a couple of days after last week’s ruling, joining calls for an apology from Clark. That would be for what Justice Griffin characterized as deliberately provoking a strike to build public support for the latest of a long line of settlements imposed on teachers. Within minutes, Dix received this caustic response from Tara Ehrcke, president of the Greater Victoria teachers’ union. “But where was the NDP during the election campaign?” Ehrcke asked Dix. “You committed a measly $100 million – a third of what it will take to restore class sizes and less than the [NDP] platform in 2009, and only pocket change more than the Liberals’ Learning Improvement Fund of $75 million.”

Note the mindset of this prominent member of the radical fringe that controls the BCTF. “A measly $100 million.” An extra $25 million? “Pocket change.” This is the same union boss who demanded that hundreds of teachers be hired February 3, so reorganizing current classes in the middle of the school year to make them smaller by one or two students. Parents and students would endure yet another major disruption of the public school system. And who needs an increase in rural ambulance service or drug and alcohol treatment for street kids. Let’s get those teacher-librarians back in schools, and slightly reduce class sizes to offset declining enrolment! No government, B.C. Liberal, NDP or Green Party, can let its unions control their own payroll, just as no private company can. That goes double for this union, which had its own obvious role in provoking an illegal strike in 2012. It made outrageous benefit demands and cancelled extracurriculars for months before it even specified its wage demand. Bargaining, if you can call it that, resumes this week. Both sides need to cease fire.

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Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Anglican Church and Belvie went to the Kuper Island school discussed in the film. Alex will accompany his talk with a slide show. Elder Shirley Alphonse will bring healing words to the occasion and offer smudging to anyone attending. (She will explain what smudging is for anyone who doesn’t know.) Carey Newman will present his healing art project Witness Blanket (www.witnessblanket.ca). It is well past time to bring the residential school chapter of B.C. (and Canadian) history out of the shadows and into the light. Everyone is invited to join this Healing Circle as a speaker or as a listener. It will be held at the EMCS theatre from 7-9:30. Donations will be accepted to cover costs. Keep updated at www.awarenessfilmnight.ca

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and instead adopt the Anglo-Christian language, attitudes and beliefs. They often endured physical, psychological and sexual abuse. Some died trying to escape on logs across the water. More died later, trying to escape their memories. In the film Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle, filmmaker Christine Welsh and producer Peter C. Campbell join survivors of the school 20 years after its clo-

sure as they begin to break the silence and embark on an extraordinary healing journey. Following the film two former residential school residents, Alex Nelson and Belvie Brebber will speak about their experiences being removed from their homes as small children and thrust into the residential school environment. Alex went to St. Michael’s school in Alert Bay, run by the

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Above, Bruce Hawkes, #222, at nine kilometres. Below, a celebratory coffee. From left to right: Bruce Hawkes, Jackie Eddy (showing off Bruce’s 3rd place medal, men’s 70-74 age group), Vince Trahan, Tom Burgess, Maggie Curtis. On a perfect day to be running the rolling hills, the Sooke Trail and Road Runners (STARR) participated in their second of 2014 Frontrunners Island Race Series. This 10K Cobble Hill run took place on January 26, with a total of 577 runners crossing the mat. STARR had 10 runners competing in eight age groups, and ultimately picked up four awards. The top STARR performer was Amanda Johnston, running in the 35-39 category, who received a gold medal for her 40:38 finish time. Johnston was first in a field of 26 and placed 75 overall (OA). Next up was Tory Van Ek, in the 45-49 category with 34 others, who won a bronze medal for her crossing time of 43:45. Ek placed 128 OA. The first STARR male to cross the mat was Keven Jolicoeur (35-39) with a time of 49:16. He placed fourth in a field of 28, and ranked 133 OA. Bruce Hawkes (70-74) ran with a Bronze medal time of 51:35, and

came in third in a field of 13 with an OA rank of 311. The other STARR performers included Jackie Eddy (60-64, fourth out of 13, 331 OA), Maggie Curtis (4044, 20 out of 34, 373 OA), Sarah-Mae Adam (25-29, 17 out of 25, 398 OA), Charmaine Munroe (45-49, 22 in her field, 421 OA), Vince Trahan (65-69, 12 out of 16, 454 OA), and Tom Burgess (70-74, 12 in the field, 464 OA). The overall winner was Craig Odermatt (40-44) with a time of 33:29 and the top female was Lucy Smith (45-49) with a time of 36:08, coming in 15 OA. The third race of the series is the Cedar 12K on Sunday, February 9.

In the third week of February, a relay team of five endurance runners will cover the entire length of Vancouver Island, starting from Port Hardy on February 16, and arriving at the Langford Legion on February 21. The run is called the Wounded Warrior Run BC (WWRBC), and is an undertaking done under the umbrella of Wounded Warriors Canada. The mandate of this non-profit organization is to “help any Veteran in need as they transition to civilian life.” They will “help Canadian Forces members — be they full time or reservists, or retired — who have been wounded or injured in their service to Canada.” Both WWC and WWRBC are independently run, and are in no way affiliated with the Canadian military. This Island-long run was conceived to both raise money for WWC and to raise awareness of the the private programs that exist to help those veterans who need it. This includes all veterans, old and young, as well as anyone currently serving in the military. Allan Kobayashi from Victoria is the creator

Allan Kobayashi at a Tough Mudder run. of the concept as well as the team captain. As a military man currently working for the navy, and as a person effectively dealing with his PTSD, Kobayashi wanted to give something back to his fellow military members. Together with a friend, he conceived the idea of running the island, relay style. “I was diagnosed with PTSD (post-tramautic stress disorder) and OSI (Operational Stress Injuries) in 2006,” explains Kobayashi. He has been with the military for 17 years and counting, and has done multiple tours including in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Running has been therapeutic for Kobayashi. “For me, run-

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ning has always been an outlet.” He’s been running for about 10 years, and has gotten even more serious over the past two or three years. “Running was the way I could deal with the daily stresses and anxieties and everything else, and there was my outlet. … It just became my medicine, my medication.” This particular fundraising run will be gruelling. “The WWRBC team will run the entire length of Vancouver Island, from Port Hardy to Esquimalt spanning a distance in excess of 600 km in six days,” details Kobayashi, “Each athlete will run a total of one-and-a-half to two hours daily in relay style, averaging

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30 to 60 km per day.” The relay team will visit the Royal Canadian Legion branches along the planned route, as the Legions serve as a central donation collection point — and the hub for community relations. At present, Sooke is not included on the route or in the run. “I have many friends in Sooke, unfortunately none are going to be participating in this years event,” said Kobayashi. “Who knows what next year will bring! However that being said, because so many military families reside in Sooke I really wanted to get the word out about the Wounded Warrior Run BC.”

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EMCS senior girls play exhibition game On Thursday, January 30, the EMCS senior girls took on Belmont in an exhibition basketball game at home. While EMCS lost with a score of 60-27 in Belmont’s favour, the EMCS girls played strong. The court coverage was fairly even, though the EMCS girls were not landing their shots. Photos from the exhibition game. Britt Santowski, photos

All the proceeds will be donated to WWC. For it has been WWC that provided him with the education about PTSD. “They kind of fill the gap of the void that people feel that may be there, that they do not have access to.” “My big goal,” he continues, “is about alleviating the dark cloud and the stigma that surrounds post-traumatic stress disorder.” Kobayashi wants to put the information out there, informing people that it’s not a disorder exclusive to the military, and that any trauma can leave its mark. It doesn’t discriminate. For now, with the support of his friends and sponsors, he and his team will run the length of the Island specifically to raise funds for Wounded Warriors, and generally to education

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CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT SOOKE & ELECTORAL AREA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Boardroom, SEAPARC Leisure Complex Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. • Staff News • Staff Report: Digital Sign Public Welcome to Attend For meeting confirmation or for further information, please contact the SEAPARC Leisure Complex at 642-8000 For meeting agendas and minutes, visit http://www.crd. bc.ca/agendas

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people about PTSD. If you wish to donate to the Vancouver Island campaign or otherwise support the runners and their cause, visit http://woundedwarriorrunbc.com For more information about the services offered by WWC, visit their website at WoundedWarriors.ca

look for it NEXt WEEk: The Sooke swim team will introduce a Master’s level swim group. A meeting will be held at SEAPARC, Feb 19 at 7:15 p.m. Details next week.

Welcome to the 2014 Sooke Seahawks Season * Player registration available at www.victoriafootball.ca info @ coachandy@live.ca * Preseason training starting Feb. 3rd Monday’s and Wednesday’s at Sooke Community Hall 3-30 to 5 p.m. Cost is $40.00 Season practises begin March 3rd 4-6 p.m. at Sooke Elementary

At this time we would like to thank all of our sponsors • Sooke Lions Club • Sooke Rotary Club • Sooke News Mirror • Sooke Auto Center • Peoples Drug Mart • Hallgren and Faukner • Dr. Louise Morin • Sooke Disposal • Butler Bros. • Wiskers & Waggs • Royal Canadian Legion #54

• Sooke Home Hardware • Stick in the Mud • Stone Pipe Grill • Eco 2 • Mike Johns • Sooke Subway, • Miller Iron Works • Andy the Pizza Man • Sooke Chiro. • Tony @ Sooke Signs • Stellar Homes

and most of all Scott Logan and the Logan family of Village Food Markets who from the beginning 11 years go financially, physically help start and support Sooke Seahawks through thick and thin and has been very generous with his giving of time, money and tasty treats! Here’s to another great season of outdoor tackle community football in Sooke!

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