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The Price is right Steve Price is Sidney’s new mayor; Windsor takes over in Central Saanich; Finall stays on in North Saanich Steven Heywood News staff
More voters turned out in Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich on Saturday to elect new municipal councils and school board trustees than in 2011. In the Town of Sidney, where incumbent councillor Steve Price made the transition to mayor, 43 per cent of registered voters cast ballots, compared with only 31 per cent three years ago. That 12 per cent jump in voter turnout was mirrored in North Saanich, where 53 per cent of registered voters came out, compared with only 41 per cent in 2011. In Central Saanich, a lower voter turnout than their neighbours remained the trend, with only a 36 per cent response. That’s still up a couple of percentage points from 2011’s 32 per cent turnout. With voter interest higher than in 2011, change was on offer at the polls in North Saanich and Sidney, while Central Saanich voters elected to maintain a status quo council for the next four years. Town of Sidney Councillors with experience make up the lion’s share of Sidney’s new council, including three incumbents and a past councillor. Please see: Rounding up the vote, page 3
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Coen Wallace of North Saanich stops to smell the flowers during the launch of the Help Fill A Dream Foundation’s fourth annual fundraising campaign at Central Saanich’s Eurosa Farm.
Children’s dreams can come true Help Fill A Dream Foundation lunches its fourth annual fundraising campaign Steven Heywood News staff
For the families of Ayvrie Monaghan and Coen Wallace, coping with the stresses of their children’s health concerns has been alleviated by the help of their communities and by the efforts of organizations like Vancouver Island’s Help Fill A Dream Foundation. Ayvrie, 16 months, and Coen, four, both have had medical conditions that threatened their lives. Ayvrie, from Victoria, was born premature and with a chronic lung
disease. Mom, Liz, says her daughter spent the beginning of her life in various levels of intensive care. Coen, from North Saanich, was born with diseased kidneys and received a transplant more than a year ago. His dad Chris said Coen’s transplant was life-changing but he will face future procedures as he grows older. Today, their parents say the prognosis looks good, but both of the kids will require a lifetime of medication and care. This month, the Help Fill A Dream Foundation launched its fourth annual fundraising campaign, partnering with Country Gro-
cer, Eurosa Farm in Central Saanich and Wintergreen Christmas Tree Farm in Mill Bay. Country Grocer stores Island-wide will be promoting Dream Bouquets (grown by Eurosa Farm), a special six-pack of cupcakes, Christmas trees (from Wintergreen), T-shirts and more to help the Foundation reach its goal of $15,000 this year. The money, said Foundation Executive Director Chris Smith, is used to fulfil the dreams of 100 Island and Gulf Islands children and their families. Please see: Families grateful for the community’s, page 4
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Rounding up the vote: Peninsula Continued from page 1
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Victoria Airport Authority CEO Geoff Dickson, left, joined Sidney Town councillor Kenny Podmore Nov. 14 to cut the ribbon on the trail connecting the Town’s Heartsmart Walk along Weiler Avenue to the Airport Authority’s Flight Path. It was Podmore’s final public event as a Town councillor.
North Saanich writer Lane awarded Order of Canada
NORTH SAANICH – Author and North Saanich resident Patrick Lane has been awarded the Order of Canada. Lane’s appointment to the Order was announced Nov. 13. He earned the honour as one of Canada’s “most renowned writers. His distinguished career spans fifty years and over twenty-five volumes of poetry as well as award-winning books of fiction and non-fiction.” He will be traveling to Ottawa later this month to accept the award at the investiture ceremony. Lane this fall published his latest work, Washita, the first collection of his new work to appear in seven years. — Harbour Publishing
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Mayor Incumbents Tim Chad and Steve Price - 1,312 Mervyn Lougher-Goodey sur(elected) vived to serve the new, fourCliff McNeil-Smith - 1,180 year term, while two-term Don Amos - 706 councillor Melissa Hailey Steve Duck - 674 did not. Kenny Podmore and David Shebib - 15 Marilyn Loveless decided not to seek re-election and Larry Council Cross did not seek another Erin Bremner - 2,269 (e) term as mayor. Barbara Fallot - 2,085 (e) Peter Wainwright, a councilPeter Wainwright - 2,046 (e) lor from 1993 to 2008, made a Mervyn Lougher-Goodey comeback in this election. 1,926 (e) Steve Price is the Town’s Tim Chad - 1,741 (e) new mayor, after serving two Cam McClennan - 1,543 (e) terms as a councillor under Sheilah Fea - 1,475 Cross. Bob Jones - 1,381 On Saturday and through Melissa Hailey - 1,378 the advance voting period, Colin Plint - 1,169 electors in the Town of SidMike Barwick - 1,063 ney gave Price the win with Rosemarie Bongers - 817 1,312 votes, according to • All results preliminary preliminary election results posted by the Town. Richard Talbot, He defeated chalchair of Support lengers Cliff McNeilOur Sidney (SOS), Smith, former mayor a council watchDon Amos and Steve dog group that had Duck. sought change on “The residents council and more of Sidney believe in emphasis on local what the past counbusiness issues, cil has done,” Price said he is, on the said Saturday night whole, pleased with after the results the election result. came in. “They want Steve Price “The good thing common sense leadis that the majority ership and the stability this council has worked on (on council) will be there for change,” he said. “It is positive for the last six years.” The experienced crew will and it was a clean campaign.” The SOS group was decidbe joined by newcomer Erin Bremner, who led the ballot- edly in the camp of the other ing with 2,269 votes, Barbara three mayoral candidates and Talbot said Price did not garFallot and Cam McClennan. Bremner and McClennan ner the majority of all of the were among the youngest votes cast in the mayoral race. Price won with 33 per cent candidates running in Sidney. Price said he’s looking for- of all votes cast in the mayorward to working with a coun- alty race — and only 14 per cil of highly-skilled people and cent of all eligible voters in Sidney. the “new blood we need.” Talbot said the new council Price called the group a strong new council for Sidney. is a mix of experience and new “Mayor-wise, the people blood. As for the SOS, he said were happy with the stability they will continue to act as watchdogs and try to broaden of council.” Lougher-Goodey said he’s their scope to include not only happy with the result and the businesspeople but homeowners as well. new council. Price said the new council “It’s a stable group,” he said, “and the new members will will be sworn in at an organizational meeting on Dec. 1. bring in fresh ideas.” He added Bremner and He said the council will then McClennan should bring undergo in-house training and energy and some fun to the joint training with the council in Esquimalt. council as well.
this election’s big issues. District of North Saanich Finall told the News Review Incumbent Mayor Alice Finall survived election night Saturday night that she felt in North Saanich — by 158 the result was a vindication of her position on council these votes. last three years — Finall defeated one of supporting challenger Dorothy the official commuHartshorne with nity plan and trying 2,416 votes to 2,258 to maintain civility in a close race. Finall at the council table. was elected by accla“I’m extremely mation in the 2011 pleased,” she contest. said, adding votFinall will also ers didn’t like the oversee a changing behaviour of the of the guard in North previous council. Saanich as four of the Alice Finall “This vote is five Team North Saaalmost identical to nich slate candidates — including three incumbents the votes I received in 2008,” — were not elected. Making she said. The behaviour of council up the new council will be Geoff Orr, Heather Gartshore, was a hot issue this election Jack Thornburgh, Celia Stock, and Finall said she has no Murray Weisenberger and immediate plans to address the matter, noting that those Jack McClintock McClintock was the lone people elected Saturday night Team North Saanich member “have shown they can conto get in, tied with Weisen- duct themselves in a civil berger at 1,904 votes in the manner.” preliminary results out of the District Saturday night. Results: School The other Team North SaaTrustee nich slate candidates — Steve Pearce, Craig Mearns, Conny Sidney McBride and Dunstan Browne Jason Price - 1,310 (elected) — were not re-elected. The Allan Collier - 1,220 slate held the majority on Jim Standen - 557 council during the last term of office. Their policies on housNorth Saanich ing and development, as well Barb Menzies - 2,723 (e) as their contribution to the Elsie McMurphy - 2,320 (e) discord on council over the Robb Marty - 978 last three years, were seen as Central Saanich Tim Dunford - 2,192 (e) Results: North Nancy Borden - 1,741 (e) Saanich Pat Bryant - 1,553 Mayor Nick Claxton - 1,331 Alice Finall - 2,416 (elected) • All results preliminary Dorothy Hartshorne - 2,258 Peter Miller - 62 David Shebib - 23 District of Central Saanich Council Ryan Windsor is Central Geoff Orr - 3,367 (e) Saanich’s new mayor. Heather Gartshore - 3,248 Windsor topped the may(e) oral poll in the district with Jack Thornburgh - 3,000 (e) 2,998, compared with Jack Celia Stock - 2,938 (e) Mar’s tally of 1,955. Windsor Murray Weisenberger reported the results when 1,904 (e) called by the News Review Jack McClintock - 1,904 (e) at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday Steve Pearce - 1,899 night. His figures were later Craig Mearns - 1,673 backed up by the District’s Conny McBride - 1,601 preliminary count. Dunstan Browne - 1,528 • All results preliminary
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Inaugural meeting Dec. 1 SIDNEY — Town council meetings in the town of Sidney have been cancelled until the December 1 organizational meeting of the new council elected on Nov. 15. On Dec. 1, the new council will be sworn into office and their responsibilities assigned by new mayor Steve Price. — Steven Heywood/News staff
Youngsters Ayvrie Monaghan from Victoria and Coen Wallace from Central Saanich and their families joined representatives from the Help Fill A Dream Foundation, Country Grocer, Wintergreen Christmas Tree Farm and Eurosa Farm to launch the Foundation’s fourth annual Dream Makers campaign.
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It is also used to help lift the burden of medical costs. Smith said the Foundation reaches families in three ways: family assistance — helping pay for travel to and from treatment; quality of life — the purchase of specialized equipment, programs and even unique medial treatments, and; dream fulfilment — family vacations, meeting celebrities and more. “We want to be able to help families stay together,” Smith said. “While we help with the costs of medical treatment and supplies, it’s also about hope.” Denyse Koo, president of the Foundation, added their work is for children and their
families and being able to meet their needs that are not met by the medical system or by government. “We are so grateful for the help and the support of the community on the Peninsula,’ said Chris, Coen’s dad. “It brings it to the forefront how special this place is.” The Wallace family hopes to take a big trip now that Coen is doing well. Liz, Ayvrie’s mom, said the Foundation is hoping to provide much-needed medical equipment for her daughter, adding the costs to the family do add up. This year’s Help Fill A Dream Foundation campaign at the Island’s Country Grocer locations, runs until December 14.
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Ayvrie Monaghan from Victoria reaches for balloons with the help of Denyse Koo, president of the Help Fill A Dream Foundation of Vancouver Island. Ayvrie’s mom Liz looks on.
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Youngest candidate topped the polls “I was just hoping to squeak by, but I’ll take it,” he said. Paltiel noted he kept his Windsor will be joined on council by Zeb King (incum- expectations realistic. “I’m a first time candidate and bent), Alicia Cormier (incumbent), Carl Jesnen (incumbent), had little name recognition,” he explained. “I think Christopher Graham, the odds were against Bob Thompson and me.” Niall Paltiel. ThompHe said things son and Graham have started to change after been on Central Saanthe all candidates ich council in the past. meetings, where he Paltiel is a newcomer. found he was no lonWindsor said the ger running into peoresult shows that votple during his camers were looking for a paign who wanted to stable, middle of the know who he was and road council. what his background “I’m happy to be Ryan Windsor is. working with this “It went from that, to new council,” Windsor said. “I am prepared to work talking about the issues.” Paltiel said his message of with them.” He said the next two weeks growth, jobs and affordable before the new council’s first housing seemed to reach the meeting on Dec. 1 will give him electorate. A native of Central time to think about appoint- Saanich, Paltiel said his age ments to the various council should not hamper his work as committees, and to work out a councillor. “Honestly, the first six months what his first priorities are going is going to be about learning the to be. “It’ll give me time to think role,” he admitted. “Then, we about how we are going to shape can review our priorities (on council) on local walkability, this new council.” Paltiel, 22, was the youngest growth and zoning clarity.” Paltiel said he has been attendcandidate on the ballot and garnered the mote votes, 3,168. Pal- ing council meetings regularly tiel told the News Review that and now he’ll get to see what he did not expect to lead the goes on behind the scenes. He said he will rely on the district’s polling. Continued from page 3
Voters on the Saanich Peninsula voted overwhelmingly in favour of a non-binding amalgamation question in each of three municipalities. While each community’s question differed slightly, the basic question asked if people would support a provincially-funded study into amalgamating Sidney, North and Central Saanich. North Saanich Yes - 2,881 No - 1,727
Mayor Ryan Windsor - 2,998 (elected) Jack Mar - 1,955 David Shebib - 91 Council Niall Paltiel - 3,168 (e) Zeb King - 3,018 (e) Alicia Cormier - 2,968 (e) Carl Jensen - 2,897 (e) Christopher Graham - 2,820 (e) Bob Thompson - 2,648 (e) John Hannam - 2,276 Susan Mason - 1,966 Shawn Munro - 1,147 Baldev Lalli - 612 William ‘Tex’ Moodrey - 203
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esults of the 2014 municipal elections in Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich are in and now the speculation over what’s to come from our civic leaders over the next four years begins. One thing is clear, only in North Saanich did the voters look for wholesale change among its elected officials. In Sidney, the electorate returned three incumbent councillors (including Steve Price, who will now be the The election may mayor) as well as a former long-time be over, now the councillor in Peter real work begins Wainwright. This core will provide the continuity on council as they are joined by three newcomers. Sidney council has the potential to hold the line on some policies, while forming new ones out of then energy of what could be termed the new guard. In Central Saanich, four incumbents were re-elected, including new Mayor Ryan Windsor, as well as two former councillors in Christopher Graham and Bob Thompson. The only wild card on this council is 22-year-old Niall Platiel who comes in with the strongest support. A status quo council, from the look of it. North Saanich voters, for their part, reverted back three years and elected a council that could be described as the polar opposite of the crew of the last term. Four of the five Team North Saanich candidates, who held the majority from 2011 to 2014, did not get elected. There’s only one amongst a field of three newcomers and two incumbents, including Mayor Alice Finall. This new council is already being seen by some as champions of North Saanich’s current official community plan — meaning a priority on slower growth than under the last council. Most of the new councillors have said they support renewing the OCP, but with a potential majority, it will be interesting to see if they follow though. The election may be over, now the real work begins. Will all of the candidates live up to their election promises? Time will tell. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,B.C. V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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trustees that their collective financial he saddest manifestation of acumen wasn’t up to his standards British Columbia’s modern and some of them would have to go democracy has produced its judgment, with the election of school this fall. “Obviously, the chore I have is to trustees for the next four years. find new trustees,” Ginter clarified in There are still independent, an interview with the Tri-City News community-minded trustees but as the union’s candidate selection mostly “boards of education” have machine stirred to life. become the neglected, exploited Ginter seems to have stepchild of B.C. politics. made them an offer Teacher union locals they couldn’t refuse on and CUPE-dominated Saturday, with formerly “labour councils” organize union-blessed trustees candidate forums and ask turfed out in favour of a most of the questions, new group. often to former teachers Then there’s Vancouver holding and seeking Island, where the 1970s school board seats. Unions survived, at least until finance the campaigns of Saturday night. those who pledge to act Cowichan school as a bullhorn for constant demands for more Tom Fletcher board got itself fired by the province in 2012 provincial money and B.C. Views for refusing to submit a instruct their members to balanced budget. Two of vote for what should be the trustees who think the job is to called the Conflict of Interest slate. This has been going on for so long flout the balanced budget rule and instead demand a “needs budget” in B.C. it is seen as normal. ran again. Trustees who most loudly plump They were joined on a slate for their union masters tend to win, by two others who apparently thanks to low turnout. The public still believe the answer to every mostly doesn’t give a damn, since problem is to shout for “more school property tax authority was government funding.” They didn’t centralized in Victoria many years get in, as voters appear to have been ago, largely because of this special unimpressed by seeing their school interest pressure. board replaced by a provinciallyThe classic case is in Coquitlam, appointed manager for two years. where one could almost hear the That brings up a modest theme from The Godfather as local proposal. How about an appointed CUPE boss Dave Ginter appeared trustee for each of the 60 before the board of education in school districts? School boards February. He informed the elected
have lost authority over taxation, curriculum (another area of constant union social engineering pressure) and now labour relations. Do we really need them any more? After the 2013 B.C. election, the Christy Clark government wasted no time taking control of union bargaining on behalf of school districts. Trustees were pushed out of the bargaining agency, no longer trusted to represent taxpayers for that duty either. The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike. When the province opted to pay parents for the disruption, there was a chorus of protest from those supposedly elected to represent the interests of parents and taxpayers. School tax rates are now set by cabinet order and the B.C. Liberal government is considering a move to regulate local industrial taxes. (This would presumably be to keep unioninfluenced municipalities from trying to get too many golden eggs from those liquefied natural gas plants.) Would Education Minister Peter Fassbender and his team continue their remake by amalgamating or eliminating school boards? Not likely. With a rare teacher settlement in place, trustees will have less incentive to grandstand. And their meetings may become something more than union beef sessions. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
‘The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike.’
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LETTERS Lack of warming must be from different cause
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he article printed in the October 17, 2014 Peninsula News Review by Tom Fletcher on particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere, while accurate to some extent, has completely missed some very important points. Although there has been an “apparent slowing” of global warming attributable to our continued use of fossil fuel use and presumably too from
some natural contributions such as volcanic eruptions overall the slowing, indeed even a complete lack of warming, must be from an altogether different cause. There has according to a number of climatologists been no warming of our planet for more than 15 years. Careful analysis of reliable data has arrived at this conclusion. There are also a number of other important indicators to noted, including arctic
sea ice extent, that is now showing definite signs of recovering from very low geographical amounts. The past few winters are again showing increased arctic sea ice coverage. What must be kept in mind, is that much of the concern was based upon a monitoring program set up since the mid to late 1970s. During most all of this time arctic sea ice coverage has been quite low. However, not that long ago in the late
1920s and early 1930s, similar low ice cover was also documented. And too, much further back in time, during an interval called the Medieval Warm Period (1200 - 1400 A.D. approximately), ice extent was considerably less than the two more recent intervals noted above. The implications are obvious, that both during the 1920s to 1930s, and even more so during the Medieval Warm Period, man had little or no affect
upon the climate during and a number of somewhat dependent factors such as arctic sea ice extent. And still arctic sea ice reached very low levels. This raises the question, what could have been responsible. The answer, is our sun. Quite small variation in solar output and receipt here on Earth, leads to a chain of other factors that can and do cause significant climate changes on Earth. These important
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Readers respond: Local election results, oil pipelines Majority of Sidney voters were looking for change Steve price, a sitting council member, is Sidney’s new mayor. His campaign position paper was an endorsement of past mayor and council and how council conducted town business. However, with this being the cornerstone of his campaign, he garnered only 34 per cent of the popular vote; not a strong showing of support of how mayor and council have functioned in the past. In fact, all other elected mayors with the exception of Victoria obtained 50 per cent or better of the popular vote. If it were not for such a strong field of opposing candidates splitting the vote for change, our new mayor may not have been elected. I hope that Steve Price understands the message that the majority of those voting in Sidney were looking for a change in the way council functioned and the way our town was being run. It remains to be seen if our new mayor understands this message and is able to work with the largely new council to deliver on those expectations. Ed East SIdney
Democracy may yet thrive in North Saanich It has always been my belief that democracy is rooted at the local level and last Saturday’s municipal election in North Saanich supports that belief. For three years, I have watched a municipal council irrevocably change the face and character of North Saanich. I have watched meeting after meeting in which the agenda of Team North Saanich along with that of their close ally, Councillor Ted Daly, push through spot zoning changes and discount, ridicule and even silence the opinions of those opposed to their agenda. I watched this group run roughshod over the Official Community Plan against the protests of hundreds of North Saanich residents. It is interesting to note that in the 2011 North Saanich municipal election, only 41.2 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots. In looking at the 2014 results, 4,812 (just over 53 per cent of eligible voters)
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ballots were cast and of the nine individuals running for council, the incumbent Team North Saanich council members placed 7th, 8th and 9th and the spread between the first and last place finishers, Geoff Orr and TNS member Dunstan Browne respectively, was 1,839 votes. By any standard, this was a drubbing and total rejection of the TNS agenda and may have also been a statement on their conduct during the course of their tenure. Only one member of Team North Saanich was elected, I suggest, through default as there were only five independent candidates in the running. If Councillor Daly still believes that the objections of so many to the slate that he and TNS so avidly supported and presented to the CRD were simply the voices of a “vocal minority,” he review Saturday’s results. Those objections, which he discounted before the CRD, were in fact the voices of a very vocal majority and the recent election results clearly supports that observation. Like many, we can hope our faith in the democratic process is restored over the next four years. I am certain that this incoming council
will listen and will not walk out of council meetings in mass to thwart business nor will it pass motions to silence those with opposing views. Further, I believe it will treat all constituents with the respect they expect and deserve. I think I now have a rational basis for optimism that democracy my yet thrive in North Saanich. James P. Crowley North Saanich
Pipelines necessary for our economy Many articles have been published in newspapers against transporting oil by pipelines. This opposition has almost become a mania in our west coast society. Have opponents considered that there are many worse dangers in our industrial society? Highways kill people, ships sink with a loss of life, planes are known to crash, fires can also destroy life and rail road transport of oil has proved hazardous. All of these potential accidents are heavily shrouded in protective legislation and compensation, but they occur. We need pipelines to support our economy and they can be regulated but it is doubtful that we will ever make the process foolproof. Compared with the currently acceptable activities above, the impact of pipelines is relatively insignificant. Oil spills are a part of the nature which has gone on for millions of years in terms of oil seeps. When we come to industrial oil spills, particularly those in the marine environment, two of the biggest occurred as the result of the sinking of the tankers, Torrey Canyon and Amoco Cadiz and locally the smaller and more recent Exxon Valdez. By visiting these sites today, there is no longer any visual impact of the oil spills. The oil evaporates, decomposes or is buried in the sediment as asphalt — the same asphalt as is on the road outside your door. It is important that we stand back and see that pipelines are necessary for our economy, if properly managed, and that they do not present the catastrophic effects which are often depicted in public articles. Tim Parsons Brentwood, Bay
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complete incompetent, I’d rmistice Day is like to mention my success over, and for in Sidney. It’s mostly the the first time climate, of course, not just since my darthe poor, silly, wanna-be ling Jim died, I farmer (me). didn’t attend the parade. I have a bouquet of I was sick in bed (I’m OK choisya ternata (Mexican now). orange blossom) which Two of my kids went in has beautifully scented the my stead. All of those prewhole apartment, thanks cious, dear men getting Helen Lang to Anni. She brought these pretty ancient now but still with heads held high, Over the Garden from Melissa Street where Fence the shrubs I planted sevproud to have served their eral years ago continue country in its time of need, to flower so generously. more than 60 years ago now. And still there are wars raging Lovely of her to share! My Pender Island daughter, Barin parts of the world. People never seem to learn,do bara, called today to tell me that she still has Zinnias flowering. I got even they? I have very little to tell you this by telling her I had a rose-coloured week, having been lying in bed (or geranium blooming on the balcony. rushing to the bathroom) but there Sometimes you gotta boast a bit are two stately amaryllis plants nod- (especially when your entire garden ding to one another as they stand would comfortable fit on the surface on the coffee table in the middle of of a large tree stump)! Across the street, the gardens the living room. Because the daylight there is not very strong they have there have a number of pink-purple heathers in rampant bloom. They become enormously tall. There has been a definite change look lovely and completely content in our weather the past couple of with the growing chill in the weather. Actually, if I can find it, I have a list days. It’s much colder. It’s time, then, to bring in any of heathers, at least one of which plants you’ve been treating to that will bloom during every month of the year. Bunty, a friend of mine, had just summer in the sun. Actually I hope you’ve already such a bed of heathers and it was a done this, brushing off any moss on marvel. Being a Scot, she knew all about the pots, along with the sow bugs and earwigs (who are hoping you heathers. Being a Canadian, blissfully won’t notice them, as they strive to ignorant about heathers (among get inside for a warmer winter than other things), I planted several of the one they face outside, tucked, them in a small group in a bed facing south. They hated it there, and made shivering behind the garage door). Actually its lovely outside, bril- up their minds to die, which, over a liantly sunny, but that wind is both couple of years, they did. I missed strong and cold ... a good day to sit them, of course and I’m sure my Sotin front of the fireplace with a good tish ancestors were horrified but I knew when I was defeated and finally book. This reminds me that I’m presently planted bulbs for the spring and iris enjoying a book by Brian Brett about for the rest of the year. They, at least, had the decency to Trauma Farm, his beloved farm on Salt Spring Island. It rather reminds survive for a couple of seasons. me of my hopeless attempts at urban farming, once in Prince George and Helen Lang has been the Peninsula the other in Qualicum Beach — both News Review’s garden columnist for !of them resounding failures. more than 30 years. Before you go away, thinking me
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Central Saanich’s Stanhope Farm will resume compost operations soon. and didn’t mind the occa- tract that things started to go sional farm operation smell wrong.” According to Paul, Foundathat was part of the neighborhood,” wrote Donald Wong in tion Organics was asked by response to a 2013 report on the CRD to accept far more this issue. “But the compost- material than they had anticiing smell is constant and mak- pated, pushing the kitchen ing it impossible to keep the scrap portion of the compost mix beyond the 50 windows open.” per cent by volume The odour probmix that he had set lem, while undenias an absolute maxable, wasn’t necesimum. sary, according to “I had actually one composting suggested that they expert. not exceed 25 per “When a comcent for ideal operaposting system is tion, but they went designed properly way beyond that,” and managed to said Paul. “In fact the specifications, Dr. John Paul I understand that there can be virtuthey were contracally no odour problems,” said Dr. John Paul, the tually obliged to do so.” Jordison maintains that designer of the Foundation Organics composting facility Foundation Organics did and a founder of Transform everything they could to alleviate the resulting odour Compost Products. “When that system was problem. She said that, in first made operational, it func- 2013, in consultation with Dr. tioned perfectly. It wasn’t until Paul, the company increased they got the food waste con- air exchange, changed some
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procedures and inspected the biofilters in the enclosed composting facility. They also applied for a permit to construct a secondary building to receive waste in an enclosed, air filtered facility. “Central Saanich wouldn’t let us construct that building,” said Jordison. “The ALC had some issues regarding a hay barn we had on site that was totally unrelated to the composting application but they stopped us from fixing the problem.” Ryan Windsor, Central Saanich’s newly elected mayor, was on council at the time that the application was made. “I recall that we had some correspondence from the ALC that blocked a second building,” said Windsor. “The truth is that I can’t completely blame Stanhope Farm for the situation that finally developed.” PleaSe See: CRD denies they, page 11
Wastewater treatment the CRD’s single biggest issue, says Jensen Continued from page 5
“That’ll be an open position and I’ll wait and see who gets appointed and how people feel about the kind of person they want,” Jensen said, adding it tends to shift between larger and smaller community representatives. “It really will be up to the people around the table.” The CRD learns of its appointments to the board immediately following member municipal council inaugural meetings scheduled between Dec. 1 and 8. Oak Bay’s inaugural meeting is set for Dec. 8. Central Saanich’s Alastair Bryson was the CRD chair prior to Nov.
15. He did not seek reelection after spending the last term as mayor. Jensen has served as Oak Bay’s director on the board and chair of the environmental services committee over the past three years. He says the single biggest issue facing the seven core communities is wastewater treatment and the leadership should reflect that. “It’s someone who’s going to find the way forward amongst those seven and get on with the requirements that have been placed on us by the provincial and federal governments,” Jensen said. “One of the main goals would be that we do it with sufficient time frame so
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According to Windsor, there were mistakes made all around. “I’m in favour of composting and reducing waste going to landfills,” said Windsor. “In this case, though, it seems as though there wasn’t a complete plan in place before the kitchen scrap program began. “We need to handle these things in a way that is sustainable and in this case we may have been asking a limited operator to do something ... who wasn’t able to do it all.” Tom Watkins, the Manager of Environmental Resource Man-
Where are the region’s kitchen scraps going now? Tim Collins News Contributor
After the suspension of Foundation Organics’ contract, the CRD was still faced with the prospect of finding an alternative facility where kitchen scraps could be composted. The solution, according to Tom Watkins, the Manager of Environmental Resource Management and Planning for the CRD, was to send the material to Richmond, B.C. “The material is being processed by Harvest Power,” said Watkins. “They have the capacity to deal with the tonnage that we’re sending over.” Perhaps, according to Dr. John Paul.
“They have a really cool system there that uses an anaerobic digester that extracts the carbon from the material and then extracts methane to produce power,” Paul said. “The problem they have is that they are still left with material that needs to be composted after that process is completed. They do that in an aerated outdoor facility, as I understand it.” Harvest Power has not been without its critics. In 2012 the Richmond Review reported that the facility had received over 100 complaints about foul odours emanating from the plant. In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Jeff Leach, the company’s regional vice-presi-
dent at the time, blamed the odour on the increased volume of food waste. “It was coming in faster than we could get it ready,” he said at the time. According to Watkins, those problems have been resolved by Harvest Power and he feels that they will be able to handle the new influx of material without any difficulties. Watkins acknowledges that the improvements that resolved Harvest Power’s issues weren’t cheap and that the cost to the CRD of processing at that site is higher than those that had been charged at Foundation Organics. “I guess you get what you pay for,” said Watkins.
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Watkins said “due to repeated issues of non-compliance with CRD regulation” the contract with Foundation Organics was suspended in August of 2013, 19 months after it was initially awarded. Following the suspension, Foundation Organics surrendered their licence for operating a composting facility. That facility is once again operational but is operated on a limited basis by Stanhope Farms. “This has been a long, hard road,” said Jordison, “and, quite frankly, completely unnecessary.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
agement and Planning for the CRD, denies that the operations at Stanhope Farm were unfairly overstressed. He maintained the facilities were inspected prior to the awarding of the contract. “Of course we did our due diligence,” he said. “You can’t say that it was the CRD’s material that pushed them beyond their capacity. “We had a range of tonnage that we could send them, but they were also taking material from BFI, cruise ships, Thrifty Foods ... I think that they were trying to push too much material through their facility.”
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Winspear Centre takes on Toys For Tots effort Steven Heywood News staff
There will be toys under the trees of families on the Saanich Peninsula once again this year. In danger of losing the annual Toys For Tots campaign this fall, staff at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney have agreed to take over the effort to collect toys for children in need. Marketing Co-ordinator for the Winspear Centre, Carey Salvador, says last year’s organizing team could not put the same level of commitment into the program, so the Centre stepped up. “Last year, the Cen-
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Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre is now the main drop-off points for the annual Toys For Tots campaign, helping families in need to celebrate Christmas.
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tre was a drop-off location,” she said. “This year, some of the past organizers had moved away and one of the remaining organizers needed volunteers. “So, the Mary Winspear Centre took it on in a big way.” The Centre is now the main drop-off point for people who wish to donate a new, unwrapped gift for children — girls and boys — between the ages of six months and 16 years old. “For older kids, try buying gift cards,” Salvador suggested. The Centre is also accepting cash donations. The money will be used to buy gifts for children should their age group come up a little short donationswise. There are other dropoff points for the Toys For Tots campaign. The TD Bank on Beacon Avenue is collecting money and the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society is collecting toys and other donations at its Christmas Grotto next to Alexander’s Coffee on Beacon Avenue. Salvador added the Centre will be looking for volunteers to help with a gift wrapping session on December 13 and 14. People who are interested in helping can call 250-6560275 or email info@ marywinspear.ca. Last year, Salvador sad the Centre was involved as well and saw first-hand the generosity of the community. “We were overwhelmed by the support of the community, by all of the toys they brought,” she said. There was a half-abox of toys left over from 2013, she continued, and all will be used in this year’s campaign. She estimated there were close to 900 toys given out last Christmas. Parents can register to receive toys from the program through the Sidney Lions Food Bank near Iroquois Park. Toys will be wrapped and organized by gender and age and will be distributed through the food bank after Dec. 14. editor@peninsula newsreview.com
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Nativity display a gift to the community Tim Collins
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For Nancy Watson the upcoming nativity display at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sidney is the perfect way to start the Christmas season. Watson is one of the primary organizers and a long-time volunteer at what will this year be the eighth annual exhibit of nativity sets which, taken together, are a representation of Christmas and family traditions around the world. The displays hail from Israel, Japan, Brazil, Africa, Norway, Italy, France and a host of other countries. They range in size from life-size representations of the nativity to some sets that are so small that they can only be viewed through a magnifying glass. “Most of these sets have been loaned to us by area residents,” said Watson. “In a way, the displays are actually a representation of the community ... their backgrounds, their travels, and their love of all that the season represents.” The materials used for the sets are equally varied. As one might expect, there are traditional wooden sets, lovingly hand painted by inspired crafters. But there are also scenes made from plaster, plastic, fabric, glass and one set that is
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Tom Watson gets the decorations ready for the upcoming nativity display. housed entirely within an eggshell. In all, more than 500 nativity scenes are on display, all reflecting the cultural origins of their creators. The display is framed by appropriate seasonal music and thousands of lights to enhance the viewing experience. There are also four wall sized murals by local artist Dianne Gavilan on display, along with several other pieces of original art. “This is really a family friendly event,” said Watson. “There is no charge, and we’ve gone to extra effort to make sure that the children are also engaged by the display.” That extra effort includes some hands
on nativity scenes as well as a life-sized exhibit where children can dress up in nativity costumes for those ever popular photo opportunities. Organizers have also arranged
for a craft room and a free supervised nursery with Christmas movies and toys. “We want parents to be able to enjoy the displays while younger children are allowed to have their own fun,” said Watson. The nativity display runs from November 30 to December 7 and is open to the public from 2 to 9 p.m. daily. Additional group viewings can be arranged by visiting free4uevents@ gmail.com. The facility is wheelchair accessible. “I’m very happy that we’re able to provide this free event to the community,” said Watson. “It’s a season that is sometimes seen as too commercialized, and this really takes it back to the real meaning of the season. It’s our Christmas gift to the community.”
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years old, are following suit as little commuters of their own, which inspired Nelson to take cycling safety analysis to the next level. “I originally thought about a site where you could rant about a nearmiss and community cycling hazards, but that wasn’t enough. The planning community wants to increase ridership and safety is a number one concern,” she said. Bike Map’s main
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data because they’re not vehicle-related and therefore don’t result in claims,” Nelson said. As of last week, Bike Maps’ four categories included 115 collisions, 175 near misses, 131 hazards and 45 bike thefts. Hazards refer to potholes, narrow intersections or other road dangers while nearmisses and collisions include those with another bike or pedestrian. Users can register their riding area and receive tailored monthly updates. A smart phone app is scheduled for the spring, and cyclists will be able to use it in real time. “You would get real time alerts with the phone, you could even change your route based on them,” Nelson said. Building the site was tasked to fourth year undergraduate Taylor Denouden, who spent the summer putting in the work. Now that Bike Maps is live, SPAR
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Victoria associate professor Trisalyn Nelson, who created the project with a small team in the Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research geography lab. “We already have people entering data from nine different countries without any promotion,” Nelson said. “This is the launch site.” The idea started with Nelson, who commutes by bike to UVic. Her kids, three and six
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Parkland Secondary’s senior boys volleyball team holds up their bronze medals won at the Island AA finals in Courtenay over the weekend. The team earned the final berth from the Island to the provincials in Langley later this month.
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Boys volleyball team third at Island finals in Courtenay NORTH SAANICH — The Parkland Panthers senior boys volleyball team is off to the provincial championships in Langley. The team is off to the big tournament Nov. 25 to 29 after earning a bronze medal at the Island AA boys volleyball playoffs in Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld Secondary School over the Nov. 14 and 15 weekend. In round robin on Friday, the Panthers finished second in their pool, beating Esquimalt and Ballenas (Parksville) but lost a close match to host Isfeld. In the quarter-finals, Parkland played Salt Spring Island and won 25-10, 25-15. In the semifinals, they had to play North Island No. 1 and B.C. thirdranked Woodlands (Nanaimo). Woodlands was too powerful and the loss set the Panthers up for the bronze medal match. A win would give the local boys the final berth to the provincials. They would face Mark Isfeld again, who were upset in a three-set tie breaker to Ballenas in the other semi-final. In the first game of the best
“The Parkland defense was outstanding and the team dug the Isfeld attacks.” – Lorne Chan of five bronze medal match, both sides battled with the lead being exchanged throughout the game. Parkland had a slight lead at 22-21 but Isfeld won the crucial points to take the opening game. In game two, the Panthers rallied. A combination of strong play from Isfeld and some serve receive errors from the Parkland team allowed Isfeld to steal the win. Being down two games, the Panthers had to dig down deep to rally a comeback. Ethan Bond started with some red hot serving, together with some excellent team defense to storm to an early 9-1 lead. The Panthers rode the momentum to capture game three, 25-18. Middle blocker, Colin Bishop, really started connecting with
the ball and was pounding powerful spikes. Power hitter, Michael Ram also dialed in his spiking to lead them to a 25-20 game four victory. Game 5 was a 15 point tiebreaker. The Panthers were pumped and excited and started the fifth game on fire. Captain and setter Stephen Erhlich (who was named to the first all-star team) served the first rotation and hit some beautiful jump serves down the line which put the Isfeld attack off balance. The Parkland defense was outstanding and the team dug the Isfeld attacks. At the half time switch, Parkland led, 8-2. Isfeld made a push back to close the gap but the Panthers pushed back as well with some great blocks, spectacular defense and excellent spiking to carry them to 15-9 victory and the bronze medal The Panthers captured the final berth to the provincial championships in Langley Nov. 25 to 29. — Submitted by coach Lorne Chan
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