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Elizabeth May is the only member of a federal opposition party to have made the journey to the Conference of Parties in Lima, Peru, this week but the member of parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands says she is glad to have made the trip.

“It’s important that we have someone here to see what Canada is actually contributing to the process,” said May in an interview from Lima. “What we’re being told in Canada isn’t always what is happening in Lima.”

She cites as an example a government press release dated December 9 announcing that the Federal Environment Minister, Leonna Aglukkaq, was hosting a discussion to “highlight the importance of incorporating traditional knowledge into environmental decision-making.”

“What that press release didn’t say was that the ‘discussion’ wasn’t part of Elizabeth May the conference,” said May. “Nor was it open to delegates. It was a private affair, by invitation only, hosted at the Canadian Embassy.”

May said that she was not invited to the ‘Canadian’ event.

“Certainly as the only other Parliamentarian here, I should have been invited.,” May said.

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SIDNEY — Help the Peninsula News Review help local children and their families this holiday season by donating your coins to the News Review’s annual Coins For Kids campaign.

We are accepting pennies, nickels, quarters, loonies and more, with the proceeds going once again this year to the Toys For Tots effort, founded by Rob McMillan and this year being run by the staff at Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre.

As of Wednesday, Dec. 10, the coins tally was at at $660.50.

More coins are always coming to our drop-off points, so thank you Peninsula for your generosity — keep it up.

Last year, News Review readers donated more than $2,400 to the Coins For Kids campaign. Look for Coins for Kids donation cans in Peninsula businesses.

Drop off coins at the Peninsula News Review office at 103-9830 Second St. in Sidney.

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Lucas, Vanessa and Carter Barbosa are thrilled to have their refurbished vehicle. Superior Collision and 53 other community supporters helped refurbish and fill the vehicle full of gifts.

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On Monday evening Vanessa Barbosa was the latest recipient of a refurbished car, due to the generosity of Sidney’s Superior Collision and 53 other community supporters of the annual Christmas program that takes written off vehicles and repairs them to change a family’s life.

“Each year the collision repair industry comes across cars that are written off by either the owner or the insurance company,” said Allison Peters, spokesperson for the AkzoNobel Benevolence Program.

The program, originally started in the U.S.A. in 1999, was embraced by Superior Collision in 2011. Through the program, refurbished cars are presented to deserving indi-

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A single mom tells the community their donations to the local food bank go further than they might think Page 5 viduals in need during the holiday season.

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“I’ve had three vehicles in the past year ... junkers really ... and when the last one broke down I didn’t know what we were going to do,” said Barbosa.

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“A year ago, I was one of those people who donated to the food bank,” said Barbosa.

“Now I’m a client and without their support and the support of the community, I’m not sure we’d survive. It’s all very humbling.”

the program is at least equally due to the generous support of some 53 other sponsors.

“Everything was donated,” said Peters. “The vehicle originally came from Northern Shield Insurance but the program succeeded because of the generous support of others as well.”

Peters explained that the Barbosa family was selected from a group of applicants in a process that had to consider factors beyond simple need.

“We have to look at the insurability of the recipient, whether they have a driver’s licence, and, most importantly, whether the recipients can afford to operate the vehicle,” said Peters. “The last thing we want is to give a family something that becomes a burden to them down the road.”

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that came before me as well.

“This is a story of three generations … my grandfather and father and now me. In fact, it’s a five generation story because my sons and their children are carrying on now. “ Her grandfather, Battan Singh Beadall, was on the docks when the Komagata Maru arrived, trying to help the passengers with basic needs as their food and water had all but run out at the time. He had arrived in Vancouver the year before, in 1913, and was desperate to help others to make a home in Canada. Continuing in that vein, he was later one of the delegation of men who travelled to Ottawa to demand that East Indians, Brit-

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100-year journey from the Komagata Maru to the important role of the Indo-Canadian community in today’s Canadian society.

One of the award recipients at that gala was the Peninsula’s own Buncy Pagely.

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“It’s really not just my story,” said Pagely, “and it’s not just me that’s being honoured.

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ish subjects as well, be allowed to vote in federal and provincial elections. Despite the best efforts of that group, it was a right that they were refused until 1949.

Pagely’s father, born in India in 1913 wasn’t allowed into Canada until 1929, during a time when only men were being allowed to immigrate from South Asia. He soon started his own fuel business, Hillcrest Wood, and continued the family tradition of community involvement and service.

Pagely’s husband, Raj Pagely accompanied his wife to the Vancouver gala and was very proud of the role that his wife and her family had played in B.C.’s development. Along with his wife, Raj had previously received an honourary citizen award from the City of Victoria for his own service to the community.

“Really now, it’s time to start recording the next hundred years,” said Pagely. “I know that my children and their children, and others like them, will continue to make the world better. The journey never ends.”

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Sidney is a wonderful place to live. With its scenic walks, charming downtown, parks and attractions it could quite rightly be considered the perfect place to raise a family or enjoy a peaceful retirement.

Sidney is beautiful, safe and reasonably affluent.

According to Beverly Elder, the executive director of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, while that assessment of the town by the sea may be accurate for most of Sidney’s inhabitants, it isn’t quite the case for the estimated 1,200 people a month who come to the food bank in order to survive.

“The people who are coming to us span every range of our population,” said Elder.

“These are people who are doing everything right, but don’t have enough money left for food once they pay for shelter and other basic needs.”

Elder said that food bank clients (she prefers to call them guests) include single mothers

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Sidney Lions Food Bank Executive Director Bev Elder. Guests of the local food bank include parents, seniors, people with disabilities and more. and dads, people with disabilities, and senior citizens whose pensions have simply not kept pace with the increased cost of food and shelter.

“We’ve had a marked increase in seniors coming to the food bank,” she said. “In fact 13 per cent of our guests are seniors right now and that number keeps going up.”

Liz, a food bank client, is a single mother with two children aged 17 and 8. With no support from the children’s father and only the child support offered by the government and a part time job to rely upon, Liz’s annual salary averages out at about $14,000 a year.

“I’d love to get full time

employment,” she said, “and I keep looking but there just isn’t any out there. But we never lose hope that something will finally improve for us. Right now, though, all we can do is to survive the best that we can.”

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Family’s story a cautionary tale for many others Barbosa is a single mother of two boys, aged 6 and 8, who found her life radically altered when her husband left her and the children about a year ago.

She had been a stay at home mom who suddenly found herself unemployed and with no support of any kind.

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According to Beverly Elder, executive director of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, Barbosa has already demonstrated that desire to give back.

“Even though she was a client of our food bank, she had this old vehicle and she used it at Thanksgiving to volunteer and help us collect donations,” said Elder. “Vanessa’s situation should be a cautionary story for anyone who

thinks that it can never happen to them.

“A lot of people are just a couple of paychecks away from needing help. It’s good to remember that when you think about giving.”

For Barbosa, it’s a lesson that she hopes to pass on to her children.

“I want to teach my children that living in a community is about both giving and receiving, so it’s important to us to look for opportunities to give back,” she said. “We need the help right now, but we’re going to get back and when we do we’ll be here for others.”

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“We got annual passes donated for the Panorama Recreation Centre, as well as passes to Butchart Gardens, the Butterfly Gardens and the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney,” said Peters.

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Liz lives in CRD housing, and that takes up 30 per cent of her income. She also needs to pay for electricity and when that bill arrives, things get very tight.

“There are days when there’s just not enough food,” she said. “I always make sure that my kids eat, though. Sometimes I go without eating ... but that’s just the way it is.”

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In the meantime, Liz’s monthly visits to the food bank are critical to her survival.

“Liz is like so many of our

“You don’t understand how much you’re helping.”

– Liz, a food bank client guests,” said Elder. “And I know that it’s common for our donations to go up in December because people are in the Christmas spirit ... a spirit of giving ... but I need them to realize that hunger isn’t seasonal.

“We’ll need those donations just as much in January and February as we do now.”

As for Christmas at Liz’s home, things may be pretty lean.

“Christmas isn’t really a happy time if you dwell on what you don’t have, so we try to think about the good things that we do have.”

That positive spirit can be hard for her children to achieve.

“The kids know the circumstances ... they know that we’re

poor and that they can’t expect a lot, and it bothers me. That isn’t something an eight-year-old should have to worry about.”

But when asked for a message to the community, Liz had nothing but thanks.

“You don’t understand how much you’re helping,” said Liz, addressing the community at large. “But it makes an enormous difference for people like me.

Thank you, and Merry Christmas.”

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“It is not the Embassy of the Conservative Party of Canada in Peru; it is the Embassy of Canada. I don’t know who was invited or if any media was. The only international participant was the head of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner.”

May said the idea of hosting the discussion at the embassy came on the same day that Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons and stated he viewed the prospect of regu-

lating the oil and gas industry at this time as “crazy”.

“It doesn’t really come as a surprise,” said May. “It’s very much acknowledged that Canada has ceased to pull its own weight internationally when it comes to climate change. Since 2006 we’ve actually been the saboteurs in the room when it comes to global action to save our planet.”

She said she finds it depressing to watch as the current government alienates the world.

May is quick to give credit, however, to the provincial delegations

who are in Peru and are working at a subnational level to try to affect change.

For example, on Tuesday, B.C. Environment Minister, Mary Polak, signed the Compact of States and Regions. It’s an agreement amongst subnational governments to provide greenhouse gas inventory data annually on a shared, public platform. Polak described it as “a blueprint for policy makers looking for proven climate solutions that protect the environment while growing the economy.”

“These initiatives are

important,” acknowledged May. “We saw Ontario agree to close coal fired power plants, for example. It has an impact, for sure, but it’s overshadowed by the federal government’s support of the oil sands.

“We should all have goals where we work together,” May continued.

“Hopefully, by the time the next treaty is developed, we have a different government in Canada,” said May. “It’s time that we get back to punching above our weight when it comes to climate change.”

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B.C. urged to end ‘shadow system’ New call for government action from children’s rep TurpelLafond Jeff Nagel Black Press

B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth has issued yet another stinging rebuke to the province for allowing substandard conditions in 31 cases where youths in care ended up critically harmed or dead.

Mary Ellen TurpelLafond’s latest review of children in care focuses on those with complex medical, psychological or behavioural needs and paints a tragic portrait of a system she says is “in disarray” because of government’s failure to fund an adequate model.

“We’re compounding their challenges by isolating them and giving them this kind of substandard treatment,” she told reporters Wednesday.

One youth dubbed Dean came from a violent, unstable family and mentally ill mother who considered killing him, according to the new report.

He was diagnosed with various behavioural disorders and was hospitalized for self-harm before entering government care and being placed in a foster home at age 15.

The foster father didn’t want his own kids exposed to Dean so the youth was kept in a separate rental home that the dad staffed with workers he met through Narcotics Anonymous or the local coffee shop, with no criminal record checks conducted.

One night worker turned out to be a sex offender who abused the boy, Turpel-Lafond said, calling it an exam-

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ple of a “shadow system of care” where kids who need the most attention are cast aside.

“When we put the neediest kids in these ad hoc group homes that are one-offs where someone can hire someone from the Starbucks lineup or from their Narcotics Anonymous group to care for a child, that’s not good care.”

It’s particularly troubling the province knew of that care plan and agreed to it, TurpelLafond added.

Of the cases reviewed, seven children were sexually assaulted, eight were physically assaulted, while others were suicidal, had drug overdoses or self-inflicted injuries. Two died.

She noted the Ministry of Children and Family Development continues to use hotels in all regions of the province to house some children in care who have not been placed elsewhere.

“You basically go to sleep in a hotel

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Mary Ellen TurpelLafond is B.C.’s Representative For Children and Youth.

Her latest report titled ‘Who cares?’ is critical of the province’s handing of children in care with complex needs. with one worker and wake up with another worker,” said TurpelLafond, who wants the province to disclose each time hotels are used.

“Sometimes the kids sleep overnight in the after hours office [of the ministry], which

isn’t even as good as a hotel – they’re sleeping in an office.”

Her chief recommendation is the province stop putting children with complex needs in inappropriate placements and that new residential services be created that aim for a loving family-style environment, not institutionalization.

Letting at-risk kids drift toward poverty, homelessness, jail, abuse and untreated mental illness is much more costly than a comprehensive, fully funded and properly supported residential care system, she said.

She’s also urging a hybrid approach of shared guardianship that lets parents and other family members continue to participate in the upbringing of a child who must be in government care.

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Cadieux called Turpel-Lafond’s proposed three-month timeline for action “unrealistic” because the ministry is tackling other priorities, including the hiring of 200 more frontline child protection staff.

Turpel-Lafond said the government has had adequate time to act – it’s been nearly two years since she issued similar recommendations after an 11-year-old boy with complex needs was tasered by police.

“I’m certainly not happy that I continue to see children in this state,” she said.

“They need to get on this.”

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onations made by residents of the Saanich Peninsula do make a difference in the lives of our neighbours.

That’s the main point we hope that readers pick up on in two stories in today’s edition of the News Review.

There are two sobering accounts of how a pair of single moms went from donating to the local food bank themselves, to having to use their services and struggling to make ends meet.

In probably the moist poignant of comments, we learn that there are many people living paycheque to paycheque — and some who are one paycheque away from poverty and desperation.

It’s something to keep in mind as we start seeking out those must-have holiday gift ideas this month.

For many people, the must-haves are the things many of us take for granted — shelter, clothing and food. Even a running vehicle becomes an essential item if you’re living on the Peninsula and can only find work in another community — or simply need a car to get to and from work on time. Without it, that job could be taken away and the threat of poverty looms once again.

There have been arguments made that food banks were only supposed to be temporary measures in and of themselves — not meant to last as economic conditions got better. It seems, however, that no matter how the economy is doing, there are always people living, for whatever reason, close to the margins.

It is for that reason that organizations like the Sidney Lions Food Bank and others in the region continue to serve our communities. And it’s for this reason that residents and businesses step up to lend a hand.

The holiday season always seems to be the focal point for these stories, but those who work closely with families and individuals in need know that help is required almost every day.

If these stories have your attention today, please go a step further and try to remember the year-long battle many people have and how you might be able to help.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

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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.

YOUR VIEW

Silence makes abuse more powerful Thank you for your recent article, Royal LePage Shelter Foundation: Partnership between groups broadens help for transition houses. (www.peninsulanewsreview. com) One of the agencies who will benefit from this partnership, the Victoria Women’s Transition House, was instrumental in helping me extricate myself and my two children from an abusive marriage through their Stopping the Violence counseling program.

Thanks to the knowledgeable, supportive counselors in that program, today my children and I enjoy a peaceful, loving home.

It is estimated that one in three women will experience abuse sometime in their lifetime; abuse that recognizes no socio-economic or ethnic boundaries. Abuse does happen here in our communities and silence only makes it more powerful.

I commend Country Grocer, Royal LePage and Creekmore Coffee on their commitment to use their resources to make a positive change in their communities.

Frankie Allen North Saanich

We need politicians prepared to act Keith Sketchley (PNR letters, Dec. 5) is confused about what we can and cannot predict.

It seems certain that adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will lead to warming, sea level rise, ice melt and acidification. All of these are observed.

The “15-year pause in warming”

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was always a distraction emphasized by people who felt that the peak temperature due to the El Nino in 1998 somehow implied cooling ever since. It took more than 15 years for averages to get above that peak, but they have now done so.

The pause has ended.

As a Canadian, I can be happy to see some warming, especially at this time of year. Even the ice melt does not sound so worrying, though I am planning to go and see the Comox Glacier soon, before it vanishes. The sea level rise and the acidification are of more local concern.

I hope Canada will join in what has to be a global effort to stop

emitting carbon dioxide. Stopping burning coal would be a good step, though the coal ports at Roberts Bank and in North Vancouver show that we are heavily involved in the market.

We need politicians who are prepared to act. There are many people who would support them.

Jim Gower Sidney

Speak up against Bill C-13 I am writing this letter in opposition of Peter MacKay’s online spying Bill C-13 which will enable authorities to monitor the private lives of innocent Canadians, without any real oversight.

Victims of these privacy breaches wouldn’t even be informed.

As Canadians, we do not live under a totalitarian police state where internet is under surveillance like it is in China. We are a democracy. Privacy has generally been upheld throughout Canadian history and it’s time to hold onto that privilege, as our country seems to be slipping more and more into fear and surveillance. I urge all Canadians to speak out against this bill of paranoia, stalking, and personal invasion.

I encourage Canadians to learn more about how we can work together to safeguard our privacy at OurPrivacy.ca Zak Workman Sidney • • • •

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The consequences of timing the markets An investor’s motivation for selling their holdings can sometimes be attributed to fear

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espite compelling evidence on the folly of attempting to time financial markets — equity or fixed income — many investors still cannot resist the urge to try periodic moves in and out of various investment products.

A recent Dalbar Inc. study, Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior — 2014, delivered perhaps the most startling proof of the price investors pay when making investment changes based on personal predictions of market moves.

This study looked at investors’ actual returns relative to the 20-year annualized returns to December 31, 2013, of both the S&P 500 (equities), and the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index (fixed income).

Annualized returns of Equity investors during this period averaged 5.0%, whereas the S&P had averaged 9.2%.

In fixed income, investors’ returns

averaged 0.7% annually, compared to 5.7% delivered by the Bond Index.

What this extensive survey shows is that had the typical investor, rather than moving in and out of investments, remained invested in his/her equity and fixed income portfolios over the entire 20 years, annual equity returns would have been some 84% higher, and fixed income returns some eight times higher.

Sometimes, an investor’s motivation for selling holdings is not an effort to time the market, but rather fear.

When a significant market sell-off begins and markets adjust downward, some investors bail out, rather than watch their portfolio value decline on paper. The difficulty of course, is knowing when to buy back in.

Many end up buying back into the market at higher levels than when they sold — thus assuring themselves of an actual net loss on the

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Financial Savvy two transactions.

Over the past 60 years, North American markets have experienced a dozen major negative corrections (Bear Markets), with an average decline of 26% and an average duration of nine months.

On the other hand, the major positive (Bull) markets have delivered an average total gain of 120% and have lasted, on average, 44 months.

Even more telling is that in the same 60 years, the worst S&P/ TSX Composite Index performance in any five-year period of was a loss of only 1.9%.

Over their worst fiveyear period, U.S. mar-

ket losses were comparable.

This compelling evidence emphasizes that by staying the course, and riding out the inevitable shorter-term market corrections, an investment portfolio should be worth far more in the long term.

Investors must realize that they do not incur a real loss just because markets adjust downward. However, if they do sell in a downward market, they may well crystallize an actual loss, which will in turn affect their longterm returns.

The key to remaining calm during a market downturn is to already be comfortable with the caliber of one’s investments. Portfolios should be well-structured in low-cost, solidyield, well-diversified holdings, both in terms of asset class, sector, and geographically.

With a solid foundation, waiting out occasional market corrections will almost always prove to be the smartest long-

term strategy.

A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-

retirement as an independent Financial Consultant (www.dolezalconsultants. ca), Peter Dolezal is the

author of three books, including his recent Second Edition of The Smat Canadian Wealth-Builder.

Be prepared for severe winter storms VICTORIA — Severe storms and winter weather remind residents across the Capital Region of the importance of emergency preparedness.

St. John Ambulance encourages residents to understand the risks in our communities and take concrete steps to prepare.

“Being ready to cope on our own for at least the first 72 hours will enable first responders to focus on those in urgent need,” said St. John Victoria Board Chair and retired Fire Chief Doug Angrove.

To ensure you are prepared, St. John Ambulance suggests the following three simple steps: 1. Know the risks: Learn how to prepare for the natural hazards in Canada and in your region. Tailor your emergency plan and kit to the common risks in your area.

2. Make an emergency plan: Having a family emergency plan will save time and make real situations less stressful. Draft or update your plan, and practice it with your family.

3. Get an emergency kit: In case of a major event, you will need some basic supplies set aside. Many emergency kit items may already be in your home. Take the time to update or assemble a basic emergency kit that meets your family’s needs.

People who are pre-

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St. John Ambulance encourages everyone

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SENIORS IN FOCUS

Volunteer Driver Program brings people together Steven Heywood

Without the Volunteer Driver Program

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the Saanich Peninsula, Elsie Fox might not be able to visit her husband Douglas as much as she’d like.

Fox, 89, is one of the many clients of the Beacon Community Services (BCS) program offered via the SHOAL Centre in Sidney.

Fox started using the service after her husband was moved into the Saanich Peninsula Hospital for long-term care. Fox, being of a

certain generation, had never learned to drive and suddenly found her mobility limited.

“I found out about the Volunteer Driver Program when my husband lost his sight,” Fox said. “The hospital is a five to ten minute ride away from where I live and I try to get in to see him there every day.”

However, using taxis or the bus was not always possible, or affordable.

“I don’t drive at all.

But I have to be there for my husband’s sake.”

It was at a recreation program she was taking at Panorama Recreation Centre, when a friend told her about the BCS program.

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They, in turn, put her in touch with some of their volunteer drivers.

She eventually found

a like spirit in driver Jenny Jenner, and the pair have been going on rides together ever since.

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SENIORS IN FOCUS Do you have a story idea?

Let us know.

Seniors in Focus, a regular feature in the Peninsula News Review, runs once each month. These pages are designed to showcase local issues and events important to area seniors.

Do you know of a senior citizen on the Peninsula who deserves a little attention? Do you have a senior-specific event coming up soon? Let us know. Call the editor at 250-656-1151, ext. 128 or email editor@peninsulanewsreview.com.

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Jenny Jenner is one of 82 volunteer drivers on the Saanich Peninsula — and she says the program is always looking for more people willing to take folks like Elsie Fox to their medical and other appointments.

More requests for rides than there are drivers Continued from page 10

Volunteers, Jenner said, must have a clean driving record, undergo a police check and carry additional third party insurance on their vehicle. Volunteers choose when they want to drive and how far.

“I used to go whenever I was needed,” Jenner said, adding as she got older she reduced the number of trips downtown.

She said the program is needed in the community — as are new drivers. It’s supported through grants from local communities and helps keep the service free for clients.

The program does offer a stipend to help cover the fuel costs for the drivers.

“The people we tend to

drive probably wouldn’t manage in a taxi or Handy Dart (bus),” she said. “We will take them to an appointment, help them inside and often wait for them. It’s all something you discuss beforehand with the client.”

Jenner added she will often share other resources with her clients, such as the blue books — the Seniors Service Directories.

Once inside the vehicle and on their way, Jenner said drivers and clients get to know each other, talk and share ideas and advice.

Fox and Jenner know each other well, as they have been driving together for a few years.

“Elsie and I have become close, we share things. She’s an amazing woman.”

“She’s such a dear soul,”

Fox said of Jenner. “My worries cease when I know she’s driving.”

After hitting it off, Fox now tries to have Jenner drive as often as she needs — making sure to book the rides a week in advance, as the program requires. Advance notice is necessary, added Jenner, as there are often more requests than there are drivers.

“We always need more drivers,” she said.

The BCS Volunteer Driver Program is available to all residents of the Saanich Peninsula who need transportation to medical and other related appointments.

To learn more, or to become a volunteer driver, contact the SHOAL Centre’s volunteer services desk at 250-656-5537.

By the numbers The Volunteer Driver Program is operated by Beacon Community Services out of Sidney’s SHOAL Centre on Resthaven Drive.

Here are some of the facts about the program.

• Volunteers are offered the 55 Alive driving refresher courses each year.

• There are 82 volunteer drivers.

• To date in 2014, there have been more than 2,700 drive requests.

• Drivers deliver program clients to local destinations, as well as to places such as the Victoria General and Royal Jubilee hospitals in Victoria.

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Verdict Hyundai has done it again, delivering a very attractive car, full of features, at an attractive price. 2.4L models range from $23,999 to $32,999 in the top Limited trim. This model has most of the features found in the top 2.0L turbo but without the added power. The base 2.0L turbo starts at $30,999 and the top Ultimate model, seen here, is $34,799. Both the Limited and Ultimate get the forward collision warning system and lane departure safety features, plus they also get adaptive cruise control. For 2015, the Sonata is a big step foreword in design. The added safety features will be attractive and the constant pushing-of-the-envelope from Hyundai is welcome.

The Lowdown Power: 2.4L 185hp or 2.0L Turbo with 245hp Fill-up: 9.8L/6.7L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $23.999-$34,799 zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca

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Hello winter, my old friend

By Ian Harwood

The rain and windstorms have started and it won’t be long before the temperatures start to dip. Northern BC and the Interior have already experienced the cold.

At the coast, it seems every year the first snowfall creates chaos and adjusting to the conditions is a big challenge for many people. That said; driving in the winter season generally presents more problems than driving in other seasons wherever you call home. The vehicle and the driver must be prepared as well as possible to cope with these kinds of driving conditions.

In winter driving, braking and stopping the vehicle, of course, cause the most difficult moments. The tires play a critical role in stopping the vehicle, and they need even more care and attention than in the other seasons.

Most SUVs have a passenger car tire classification with M+S stamped on the sidewall, for Mud and Snow and are considered all-season tires. If it is not, your vehicle must be fitted with tires suitable for any type of climate, even the most severe ones.

In winter the pressure of the tire must also be controlled more frequently. This is because a reduction of the outside temperature causes a contraction of the air inside the tire, accelerating the normal and gradual pressure loss process by a value around 1-2 PSI for each 5° C decrease in temperature.

Contrary to popular opinion, a lower inflation pressure than normal does not

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improve tire traction on snow. It makes them much more liable to damage. Always remember that in any season and with any temperature, insufficient pressure is always the main cause of tire damage. Here is some advice to always bear in mind it is during winter driving conditions: Use brakes carefully. Brake early. Brake correctly.

It takes more time and distance to stop in icy conditions. Watch for slippery bridge decks, even when the rest of the pavement is in good condition. Bridge decks will ice up sooner than the pavement. Do not use the cruise control in winter conditions. Even roads that appear clear can have sudden slippery spots and the short touch of your brakes to deactivate the cruise control feature can cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Don't get overconfident in your 4x4 vehicle. Remember that your four-wheel drive vehicle may help you get going quicker than other vehicles but it won’t help you stop any faster.

Many 4x4 vehicles are heavier than passenger vehicles and actually may take longer to stop. Don’t get overconfident in your 4x4 vehicle’s traction. Your 4x4 can lose traction as quickly as a two-wheel drive vehicle.

If your vehicle is equipped with anti-lock brakes, do not pump them in attempting to stop. The right way is to step on the brake pedal and steer against the slide. Look further ahead in traffic than you normally do. Actions by cars and trucks will alert you more quickly to problems and give you a split second extra time to react safely. ian.harwood@drivewaybc.ca

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The 2015 Canadian Car of the Year competition moved in to its final phase with the announcement of the final fifteen “Best New” category winners by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, better known as AJAC. These category winners were chosen by 73 Canadian automotive journalists following a recently completed hands-on, five-day, backto-back evaluation drive event, known as “TestFest”, in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The testing is both detailed and a challenging process that generated 1,640 evaluation drives, approximately 106,405 data points and 500 category ballots.

"TestFest is the most intensive new vehicle evaluation process on the planet," said CCOTY Co-Chair, Gary Grant. “No other organization employs such stringent testing methods to determine their car of year award winners. Data driven and Canadian expertise: that’s what makes an AJAC winner”.

The 2015 Canadian Car of the Year “Best New” award winners are: City Car: Kia Soul EV Small Car (under $21k): Honda Fit

Small Car (over $21k): Family Car (under $30k): Family Car (over $30k): Luxury Car (under $50k):

Volkswagen Golf Subaru Legacy 2.5i Hyundai Sonata Mercedes-Benz

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2015. In addition, AJAC will also present 2015 awards for Best New Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Subaru were all double winners and, as usual, there were a few surprises.

You can look at the voting and scoring details plus all the collected data on performance (acceleration, braking, fuel economy, etc.) on the AJAC web site (ajac.ca). You can also DBL CAB SR MODEL SHOWN look back on previous winners going all the way back to 1985, when the Volkswagen Golf (an omen perhaps?) was 2015 DBL CAB SR 4.6L SR5 Plus 4x4 Auto $37,300 MSRP includes F+PDI a winner.

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Tiny Tim the perfect role for an outgoing boy Travis Harfield making new friends on and off stage Steven Heywood News staff

Travis Harfield is an outgoing and smiling seven-year-old and at his young age seems to be adapting well to the stage.

Travis, a Sidney Elementary School student, is playing Tiny Tim in this month’s Peninsula Players’ production of A Christmas Carol: the Panto.

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Travis came to the role after his parents, Beverley and Tyler, asked him if acting would be something he was interested in. It was an important decision, because Travis is still making friends after his

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family moved to Sidney — and Canada — after living in the U.K. for a decade.

Tyler and Beverley are both originally from Sidney. After high school, Tyler said he wanted to travel and see the world. Beverley said she went to England to be with her family. The two young people met, continued to travel together and would eventually get married.

They also decided to adopt a child and start a family together.

Adoption in the U.K., however, was not an easy process.

“We were part of a nine-month program, a pre-adoptive program,” Tyler said, adding Travis at that time had been deemed not a good candidate for adoption.

Tyler, however, works with children (he’s a teacher on call in School District 63 right now) and teens who are in the autism spectrum. Beverley is a private tutor. They outlasted the adoption program and what they saw as an overworked and understaffed system in the U.K. “Travis made so much progress in the program,” Tyler continued. “He was their statistical star.”

In all, it took more than a year for the couple to adopt Travis. And once that process was complete, the adoption official, Tyler said the new family looked at taking a trip

wit the money they had saved up. They decided to come back to Sidney and visit family — and that fateful choice set in motion a big move.

“This is where I grew up,” Tyler said, “so it’s where I would want to raise my son.”

They enjoyed a great summer and decided to move back to Canada.

They had a lot of support from family and friends, who helped set them up with furniture and more in a new home in Sidney.

Their biggest worry was how Travis would adjust to his new home.

So far they said, so good. He’s making new friends at school and is really enjoying theatre with the Peninsula Players. Tyler said he’s a bit of an actor himself and it’s nice to see his son taking to it so readily.

Travis said he’s enjoying the acting and likes the role of Tiny Tim. “He’s the one who is happy all the time,” Travis said.

He added he’s memorized all his lines and has learned to sing and dance as well.

Travis, who enjoys science and arts at school, also likes that he sometimes gets to stay up late while performing. Mom and dad make sure he gets his rest, however.

“He really is a talented little boy,” Beverley said.

A Christmas Carol: the Panto, runs Dec. 19 to 21 and 26 and 27 at the Mary Winspear Centre.

Seasonal gypsy jazz Continued from page 17

“This music was made famous in the 1930s,” Wilson explained.

It’s a combination of jazz and gypsy music that’s lively and inventive. Van Django Bells takes that style and mixes it into its Christmas Variety Show on Sun., Dec. 14 at the Mary Winspear Centre’s Charlie White Theatre.

Van Django first performed their Christmas show last year at Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club.

They have also performed on the Saanich Peninsula, at the Butchart Gardens during the summer, for instance.

Wilson said while it’s not their first time on the Island, it’s the group’s first Christmas show here and it kicks off their mini-tour that will get them back on the mainland for another four performances.

“It’s going to be a peppy, jazzy event, where people can tap their toes,” he said. “It’s also quite elegant, as it’s all strings.”

Wilson added the show appeals to all ages and audiences can expect a good time through the two hour concert.

Details about the band can be found at www. vandjango.com. For tickets, contact the Mary Winspear Centre at 250-656-0275 or visit www.marywinspear.ca.

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Local paddlers light up the Christmas spirit Tim Collins News staff

One might not expect to make a natural connection between kayaking and a Christmas parade, but for the folks at Pacifica Paddle Sports it’s a logical fit.

“This is our way of giving something back to the community and, at the same time, helping to support a fabulous non-profit organization for kids,” said Sandra Baron, Pacifica spokesperson and parade organizer.

“We’re decorating our whole fleet of kayaks and we have a bunch of people signed up to paddle the route.”

That route will see the fleet of about 30 kayaks leave the Portside Marina on Brentwood Bay at approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 20.

The paddlers will then travel past the Mill Bay Ferry, past the Brentwood Bay Lodge, past Angler’s Marina

and along the shoreline past the Blue’s Bayou Restaurant and on into the Butchart Gardens Cove. The parade will then circle back the way they came to finish at the Portside Marina.

“It’ll be a lot of fun for everyone paddling or watching from the shoreline,” said Baron.

“We’ll be out there paddling and singing our hearts out … carolling on the water.”

The hour long paddle will culminate with a pot-luck dinner at Pacifica Paddle’s storefront where everyone, paddlers and non-paddlers alike, will be welcome to share in the Christmas spirit.

“We’ll also be accepting donations to the Power To Be Adventure Therapy Society at the dinner,” said Baron.

“They are just this great organization that embrace the therapeutic values of nature to underprivileged youth in the community.

Their values and ours

are very much in synch and we want to support them as much as possible.”

Baron said that organizers have 18 volunteer paddlers signed up at the moment but have room for an additional 10.

“We also welcome any privately owned and decorated kayaks to join in,” she said.

“The more the merrier.”

The organizers do have one final call-out

for support.

“We’d love to have some live music at the potluck event,” said Baron.

“If there’s someone out there who can help us out, we’d love to hear from them.”

For further information on the event, or to volunteer as a paddler or musician, contact Sandra at 250 665 7411 or by email at customerservice@pacificapaddle.com.

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Vitamin C is required to manufacture healthy collagen, the glue that holds coronary cells together, just like mortar is needed for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods in cement, makes collagen stronger. Two-time Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling reported twenty-five years ago it takes a mere 10 milligrams to prevent scurvy, but several thousand to prevent heart attack.

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Williams Stehbens, Professor of Anatomy at Wellington University in New Zealand, proved Pauling was right. Stebhens’ research showed that coronary arteries closest to the heart are under the greatest pressure. This causes collagen to fracture resulting in the formation of a blood clot and death.

Diane Vigeant is the winner of two tickets to tonight’s Celtic Christmas concert by the group Cookeilidh. To win, the News Review asked people to submit their stories about similar memories. This was the winning entry.

Dr. Sydney Bush, an English researcher, has now proven that vitamin C can reverse atherosclerosis. Bush took retinal photographs, then started his patients on high doses of vitamin C and lysine. One year later additional pictures showed atherosclerosis had regressed in retinal arteries.

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few years ago when I still lived in Edmonton, I attended a Celtic Christmas concert in the Great Hall at Fort Edmonton Park. The warmth of the crackling fireplace and the mulled wine in the rustic log room reminded me of what Christmas might have been like for the first Celtic settlers.

The sometimes lively, sometimes soft sounds of the violin, harp, bass, drum and whistles were expertly played by a local family group, Terry McDade and the McDades. Traditional folk carols were sung beautifully by siblings Shannon, Solon and Jeremiah. It was a magical evening. No doubt the performance by the Cookeilidh group will also be wonderful!

— by Diane Vigeant

Sixteen years ago following my own coronary attack, cardiologists claimed it was sheer madness for me to refuse cholesterol-lowering drugs. Instead, I decided to take high doses of vitamin C plus lysine with breakfast and the evening meal.

I knew that Dr. Graveline, a physician and NASA astronaut, had twice developed transient global amnesia from taking cholesterol lowering drugs (CLD’s). I was also aware that patients have died from CLDs. Others have developed kidney, liver and muscle complications.

I also believed the research of Pauling and Stehbens irrefutable. Now, the work of Dr. Bush has convinced me my decision was prudent.

But to take large doses of vitamin C and lysine requires swallowing many pills daily. It’s a tall order for those who dislike swallowing one pill. So for several years I’ve been trying to find a company that would manufacture a combination of vitamin C and lysine powder. Now Medi-C Plus™ is available at health food stores and specialty pharmacies.

The dosage for the Medi-C Plus combination is one flat scoop mixed with water or juice with breakfast and the evening meal. Those at greater risk should take one flat scoop three times a day.

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Fans of Peninsula Panthers hockey should get used to seeing number 33 in net for the local Junior B hockey club for the foreseeable future.

Alex Olson has become the team’s first option in goal, after a series of changes within the team pushed him into the fulltime starter’s job. Olson came to the team back on October 29, picked up after a new Junior A hockey league folded and the team he had been attached to in Langley, vanished.

Olson, 18, is essentially a rookie in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, having played only five games with the Oceanside Generals up in Parksville last season, before a shoulder injury led to his release.

“We’re really happy with him,” says coach and hockey operations manager Pete Zubersky.

He added Olson was called up when their previous starter, Kaelen Leblanc, lost confidence and was let go. Olson has managed to hang in with the Panthers for 14 games, winning five and holding a 3.27 goals against average and a .887 save percentage.

Zubersky said Olson is being backed

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Panthers’ goalie Alex Olson is keeping his eye on the puck this season. up by a tandem of young goalies — Taylor Findlay and Jordan Vander Heiden.

The latter hasn’t been playing and Findlay has only sporadically replaced Olson

between the pipes. However, Zubersky said Findlay will be heading east soon.

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After 35 years, Roger Pires retired from teaching this year but he remained committed to Parkland Secondary School’s senior boys basketball team.

“I’ve been coaching here for 32 of those years,” said Pires prior to a Tuesday night tilt against Reynolds in his home gym. “And during those three years I wasn’t coaching here, I was coaching my kids’ lacrosse team.”

This season, however, will be his last, he says, making his retirement complete.

Parkland has a senior-laden squad this year, made up mostly of Grade 11s and 12s.

There’s one Grade 10 player on the team and Pires said that the school’s junior program is large enough right now to ensure the senior team is able to reload next year.

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This year’s group is quick and tall, but is suffering with a few injuries right now, Pires said. One of their taller players is injured and won’t be available until

January. Even so, Pires said he thinks his team will do well in league play. Overall, he added, coaching has been very rewarding. ”Last weekend (Park-

land hosted a tournament) we had around 120 boys out playing,” Pires said. “I’d rather see that, than see those 120 kids out on the street.”

Olson looks ahead only to the next shot Continued from page 20

As of Jan. 11, Findlay will be on a seven-week course. That means he’ll be done for the season. Vander Heiden will then step into the backup role.

Having so much of the goaltending load put on his young shoulders isn’t bothering Olson.

Before practice this week, he told the News Review he loves the ice time and has a great bunch of guys in front of him.

“After my injury, I got in contact with Pete,”Olson said, “and he was kind enough to give me this opportunity. I couldn’t be happier.”

Olson admitted he thought at first he’d be able to ease into the starter’s job, being a backup for more games than he ended up spending on the bench. His first game with the Panthers, Olson was at the wrong end of a 1-0 shutout loss to the Saanich Braves, but from then on he took

over as the club’s starter.

“There’s no real pressure — except for the pressure I put on myself,” he said. “But I play it shot-by-shot and try to play well enough for us to win.”

Olson has only five wins in those 14 games — the team stood at 7-23-1 on the season as of earlier this week — but he said the team is coming around.

“I have to credit the guys out there, especially the ones who block shots. I’ll try to stop the ones I can stop and give us that chance.”

Olson said the Panthers can hang with any of the league’s top teams and it’s only because of a nasty bounce or two that they come out on the wrong end at the buzzer.

“We’ve come a long way and proved we can play up there with the big dogs.”

Olson added he doesn’t look too far ahead — other than the next practice or the next game.

He said if you start doing that, you make more mistakes.

Growing up in Comox and playing minor hockey there, Olson said he watched NHL Martin Brodeur and held him up as the model to emulate.

“The guy’s an icon. He’ll be a first ballot hall-of-famer.”

The Panthers and Zubersky have high hopes for the young net minder this season and even into the next. The coach said he hopes Olson will stick around next season, allowing a pair of prospects out of Peninsula Minor Hockey to learn the ropes.

The Panthers are on home ice tonight (Fri., Dec. 12), facing the Victoria Cougars (the two teams play each other eight times this season). Game time at Panorama Rec. Centre is 7:30 p.m.

The Panthers have three games after that before the Christmas break starts on Dec. 22 and ends with the locals on the road in Nanaimo on Dec. 30.

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November real estate sales have proven brisk.

The Victoria Real Estate Board announced 465 property sales in the Victoria region this November, surpassing 2013 sales of 412 by 12.9 per cent.

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Empty nesters looking to downsize Besides the physical aspect of moving, the emotional aspect is often a factor Andrea Peacock Black Press

For many parents whose children have grown up and moved out, they are left with a big house to themselves and are looking for a change.

Making the decision to downsize and leave the family home can be daunting for some, but local experts say it does not have to be with the right help and information.

“It’s just such a daunting process,” said Joanne Brodersen, realtor with DFH Real Estate. “[But] it’s not as scary as it seems. With the right people helping you, that transition can be made much more smoothly than it appears at first.”

Besides the physical aspect of moving, Brodersen said the emotional aspect is often a factor as well, in terms of memories associated with the home. She advises going through items in the home and deciding what can be given away and what should stay when looking to move to a smaller place.

“There’s so many people that can use those things that are sitting in your house that have been collecting dust for the last 20 years because no one’s used them.”

While retirees and downsizers have slotted themselves in to various parts of the West Shore, Brodersen says the phenomenon reaches across the Capital Region.

“I think what it is, is that there are so many baby boomers (reaching that stage),” she said.

Bill Ethier, managing broker president of Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty, said one of the main chal-

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Realtor Joanne Brodersen with DFH Realty stands in front of a home she is selling. A person or couple downsizing from a multi-story house might find a bungalow fits their needs. lenges for many people who are downsizing is being used to the amount of space they had before.

He said most people who downsize are going from a single-family home to a condo.

“It’s easier to go up in space because you acquire more stuff as you move up, but going down it’s making the decision of what to eliminate from your life.”

Another challenge for some people is having unrealistic expectations of how much space they can

get within their budget, said Ethier.

He said people often wonder how they are going to live in a much smaller home.

“Get out there and look at properties and do comparisons and get an idea of what a square footage is,” said Ethier. He added buyers should measure the rooms in their own homes in order to be able to compare it to homes they are looking to move into.

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for people looking for more information and advice. The events include multiple speakers, including herself, a mortgage specialist and a financial planner.

“We find so many people are thirsty for this information,” Brodersen said.

“If you know how it’s going to go, it’s not quite so frightening.”

For more information about upcoming downsizing seminars, visit joannebrodersen.com or call 250-477-7291.

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Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

1568 Eric Road, $659,000 MLS 344522, Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Chris Fairlie, 250-479-3333

358 Christopher Pl., $497,900

4942 Cordova Bay Rd., $775,000

MLS 344759, Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Judy Campbell, 250-744-3301

MLS 343314, Saturday 11-1 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

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Heron’s Landing at Latoria Creek From $294,900

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7182 West Saanich Road., From $370,000 Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Murray Lawson, 250-477-5353

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A group of local women have joined forces to open new businesses on Beacon Avenue in Sidney — and they hope that their hard work will attract like-minded people.

On Saturday, Upstairs on Beacon officially opens its doors at 2405 Beacon Ave. It’s the umbrella organization covering six businesses owned by the women.

Cheryl Young, the spokesperson for Upstairs on Beacon, says if it wasn’t for the group’s willingness to work together and cooperate, most of them probably would not have been able to open up shop.

“Opening up a business is something I’ve always wanted to do,” Young said in her shop, Norma Jean’s Closet. “This was the one way I could afford to do it at all.”

Young said the women all met through the Sidney Meet Up group, a networking organization that regularly gathers in social settings to discuss anything — including business. From that connection, Young said they found others and initially tried their hand at a summer market this year. That didn’t last, but the group’s desire to stay in business remained.

From that initial foray into the local marketplace, Young said they decided to open their six shops upstairs in the Odyssia building at the corner of Beacon and Fifth Street.

In addition to Young’s Norma Jean’s Closet (and its eclectic collection of Mari-

lyn Monroe-inspired goods), there’s Nancy’s Sew Creative, Fashion Hats, NuttyCake Photography, Glamour Girls Vintage and Lady O Tarot Reading. They share the space with Sidney Taxi’s main office. Young added the local operator of Welcome Wagon should be coming upstairs any day now.

“We’re a good group because we are a hands-on group,” Young said.

The owners have been working hard to get their spaces ready for this weekend’s official opening — complete with Town Crier Kenny Podmore and Sidney Mayor Steve Price there to cut the ribbon.

Young said they have had a soft opening already and the key is to get the word out that they are there.

This collective retail development helps each other.

By putting in some sweat equity, they share the spaces and save on rent — in a town where high rents have been noted as potential detriments to small business.

“It’s a no--brainer. It’s a numbers game,” said Stephanie Solyon, owner of Glamour Girls Vintage in a media handout. “On top of that, the like-minded entrepreneurs benefit from being able to learn from one another and take on marketing as a collective effort.”

The Upstairs on Beacon series of shops will be open 12 to 5 p.m. daily (including to 8 p.m. on Thursdays during Sidney’s late night shopping hours this month).

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