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For the past two months, more than 500 “elves” have secretly sorted, packed and prepped packages for 1,400 Greater Victoria families in the former Emily Carr Library branch at 3500 Blanshard St. The building has been vacant since the Greater Victoria Public Library branch moved into Uptown in January 2014, and until today, the location of CFAX Santas Anonymous remained a secret for security reasons. “We’ve been homeless for 37 years,” said CFAX Santas Anonymous president Dan Deringer. “Every year, we start the process again of finding a space that can accommodate us. For 2015, that starts next week.” The surprisingly nomadic charity organization provides 5,200 bags of groceries to families across the region each holiday season. For this year’s work, crews used each and every room in the Emily Carr library, one of two facilities donated to the organization. (The old North Douglas Distributors warehouse off Boleskine Road is where the final package of toys and groceries are delivered by local firefighters or picked up by receiving families.) “We’ve run this program from vacant schools, warehouses, storefronts and buildings,” Deringer said. The retired DND worker has been with Santas Anonymous for four years. Between 2011 and 2013, they were blessed with the use of the vacated Richmond elementary school. But with the current seismic upgrade schedule, Richmond is an active school once again, as George Jay elementary students have moved in. PLEASE SEE: Holiday charity, Page A3
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Christmas Eve n St. George’s Anglican Church, 3909 St. George’s Ln. Carols and children’s Christmas story 4:30 p.m.; communion 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. n Cadboro Bay United, 2625 Arbutus Rd. Family celebration & nativity 4 p.m.; candlelight service 7 p.m.; candlelight communion 10 p.m. n St. Michael’s Anglican, 4733 West Saanich Rd. Family service 4 p.m.; carol singing 10:30 p.m.; midnight eucharist 11 p.m. n New Life Community Fellowship, 3900 Carey Rd. Carols, candle lighting and refreshments 6:30 p.m. n Holy Cross Church, 4049 Gordon Head Rd. Family mass 6 p.m.; Christmas Eve mass 8 p.m. n Gateway Baptist, 898 Royal Oak Ave. Christmas Eve service 6:30 p.m. n St. Aiden’s United, 3703 St. Aiden’s St. Candlelight worship service, 7 p.m.
Christmas Day n St. Luke’s Cedar Hill Anglican, 821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Family communion, 10 a.m. n St. Michael’s Anglican, 4733 West Saanich Rd. Christmas Eucharist 10 a.m. n Hope Lutheran Evangelical, 1924 Carrick St. Christmas service 10:30 a.m. n Holy Cross Church, 4049 Gordon Head Rd. Christmas Day mass 9:30 a.m.
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Jackie Smith of CFAX Santas Anonymous stands in front of the former GVPL Emily Carr library branch at Blanshard Street and Saanich Road. Saanich donated the space to the charity organization this season to assemble Christmas packages for 1,400 Greater Victoria families. Travis Paterson/News staff
Holiday charity seeks permanent home Continued from Page A1
Saanich donated the old Emily Carr building to Santas Anonymous free of charge, but it’s unlikely it will happen again in 2015. “There will be discussion in the new year and, likely, an engineering assessment to upgrade (the 1972) building,” said Harley Machielse, Saanich’s newly appointed director of engineering. “Right now, there’s no plan for the building, so I can’t speculate too much, but I would think a future tenant is ideal.” Selling the building has not been in the preliminary discussion, though Machielse wouldn’t rule it out. “We have a lot to look at plumbing and seismic upgrading, if needed, so selling it is not on the radar, but we will need to know more about it before we can move forward,” he said.
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It means Deringer and crew are back to the same place they are every January, putting their heads together in the executive directors’ home office. “We knock on wood that something will come up. There’s a lot of hard work going into this, but we can’t streamline the process without a space,” Deringer said. Ideally, the charity hopes to find an expansive space it can share with another tenant. Santas Anonymous would need to take over most of the building in November and December. From January to mid-October, they have an army of volunteers and a grant program to offer a partner willing to share the rental fees for a permanent location. Santas Anonymous programs such as Kids helping Kids run all year, but are not as demanding in terms of space.
Did you know? n Santas Anonymous relies heavily on community support. This year, Matthew Store Fixtures and Shelving provided shelving to maximize the empty rooms of the former Emily Carr library branch. n The City of Victoria provided 80 tables and chairs, Thrifty Foods leant about 30 grocery carts to move food and toys around, Broadmead Pharmasave provided gift wrap, Coast Environment supplied portable, compostable washrooms and Western One donated a heater to warm up the cold North Douglas building. n Eurosia Flowers will supply a bouquet of flowers to the mom of each family.
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‘Twas the night before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas at municipal hall Neither staff nor directors were present at all The statements were crafted by council with care In hopes that their discontent soon would be aired The mayor was nestled at home in his bed while visions of change danced ‘round in his head The veterans all fuming and warning of dangers ’bout what would transpire when they re-entered chambers. When out in the public arose such a clatter about severance packages. What was the matter? “Our taxes, our cash should be spent on the roads And sidewalks and sewage aren’t yet up to code” When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But an Oak Bay-bound herd of unkempt urban deer “That 30-head cull hasn’t fixed things one bit” Said a lead-footed driver, his horn in a fit With the speed of a sloth, local leaders convened With a promise to do more in 2015 “Now Sewage! Now, Food Scraps! Now, Climate Change Measures! On, McKenzie car Overpass! Commutes should be better! “To the CRD boardroom! To the halls of the leg! Now study and study and study to death!” And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of small reindeer hooves As I drew in my head, and was turning around Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound “I had trouble finding this District at all” Said Santa, his iPhone map causing a glow “Your address said Victoria, but Saanich it is Just what in the hell is the purpose of this?” His questions continued, his cheeks turning red “There are 13 town halls?” he laughed, scratching his head I ventured my best to explain why it was But the big man just stood there, his mind in a fuzz He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle And away they all flew like the down of a thistle But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight “2015’s a New Year, and you’ll need it alright!” -borrowed in part from ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore (1799 - 1863)
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Worse culprits than Canada on emissions which should help put all those “tar In case you missed the outcome sands” protests into perspective. of the latest United Nations climate Days later, Environment Canada change conference in Lima, Peru, it released its latest national emission was another costly, embarrassing statistics, an event ignored failure. by most media. There was the “Between 2005 and spectacle of Canada’s 2012, total Canadian GHG national media, emissions decreased by reflexively denouncing 5.1 per cent, while the Ottawa’s supposed economy grew by 10.6 inaction on greenhouse per cent over the same gases after U.S. President period,” the report states. Barack Obama unveiled B.C. Environment a surprise climate Minister Mary Polak agreement with China in joined the throngs who advance of Peru. Tom Fletcher jetted to Lima. There The U.S.-China B.C. Views she met officials from announcement served California and other U.S. as a preview of Peru, states to re-announce where developing their modest efforts to put a price countries would again refuse any on carbon emissions. TV anchors substantive restrictions on their and other wide-eyed innocents fuel use. China graciously agreed might have been left with the to continue ramping up its worldmistaken impression that the huge leading greenhouse gas emissions U.S. petroleum industry is cutting until 2030, while lame-duck Obama pretended he could commit the U.S. back, when in fact it has grown enormously thanks to shale oil and to further reductions. Between them, the U.S. and China gas production. And California continues account for about half of global to produce, by its own state human-caused carbon emissions. government measure, the most Due mostly to the surge from carbon-intensive heavy crude in China and India, Canada’s share North America. has fallen from two per cent to 1.5,
Overshadowing all of this is the drop in the world price of oil, mainly the result of Saudi Arabia flooding the market in an effort to push competitors out of business. In the latest sign of the U.S. public’s lack of interest in reducing emissions, sales of larger vehicles immediately spiked up as gasoline prices fell. I’m still receiving criticism for a recent column in which I declared myself an “agnostic” on humancaused global warming. Agnostic means searcher, and my search has continued for real signs of climate change and its potential causes. Our glaciers are receding, no question, but the current trend started around the 1850s, when a sport utility vehicle had one horsepower in leather harness and B.C. was about to be declared a British colony. But amid the noise, there is serious evidence being put forward that our province is undergoing a climate shift with major consequences. And there are calls for action. I’ll discuss that next week.. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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Members of the Odd Fellows Columbia Lodge #2 brave an early morning shift at Country Grocer in Royal Oak to fill a five-ton truck with $20,000 worth of food. The group fundraised and purchased the food at cost from Country Grocer to benefit the Mustard Seed Food Bank and delivered the truckloads on Dec. 18 and 19.
Very ‘Odd’ Christmas helps local families Odd Fellows raise $20,000 for holiday food hampers Daniel Palmer News staff
They may be self-described odd fellows, but they do good work. Last Thursday, about 40 members of a local Odd Fellows chapter descended upon the loading dock of Country Grocer on West Saanich Road to load $20,000 worth of food destined for The Mustard Seed Food Bank. “A lot of times we find a charity we want to support, and then when we put together an event, we have 40 guys right there ready to help,” said Josh Miller, financial secretary of Odd Fellows Columbia Lodge No. 2. Miller started the Ton of Love Project five years ago for The Mustard Seed, with the aim of donating a ton of non-perishable food. The project grew the next year, but Miller and his colleagues realized that piecemeal food donations weren’t always
what families needed during the holidays. “We wanted to be able to bring healthy, nutritious food instead,” he said. “That really made an impact, and it really became about the love rather than the tonnage.” For the past two years, the Odd Fellows have paired up with Country Grocer to purchase and deliver thousands of pounds of fresh produce, proteins and dairy products to families at The Mustard Seed during the Christmas rush. “Last year, we actually got to hand out the food to families in line and we saw what it meant to them,” Miller said. “These hampers were twice the size they were last year with five times the amount of produce. It’s food that makes you feel human.” The Mustard Seed director of food services, Brent Palmer, connected with Country Grocer to discuss the facility’s needs over the holidays, and the Odd Fellows went about raising cash. In the end, they brought together nearly $20,000, mostly from local business donations and till donations from customers at Country Grocer. “That cash buys enough
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Evan Horvath scored a goal and an assist as the Saanich Braves broke their six-game losing streak last week, winning 3-1 over the Kerry Park Islanders in Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League action (Dec. 17) at Pearkes Arena. It was the Braves’ second win in the last 13 games. More importantly though, the win snapped a streak of five games where the Braves had allowed three or more third period goals that turned close games into losses. That was far from the case last Wednesday, as the Braves took a 2-1 lead into the third period thanks to second period goals from Alex Schleuter, his fifth of the season on the power play, and Jordan Parmar, his fourth and second in as many games. Zack Smith had replied for the Islanders shorthanded, also in the second. Horvath netted the insurance goal in the third, a power play marker 1:18 into the period. Schleuter earned an assist on the play to finish with a twopoint evening for the Braves. After that, the Saanich defence and goaltender Riley Mathieson, making his third start as a Brave, ensured there would be no collapse this time, keeping all 12 Kerry Park shots out of the net and preserving the 3-1 win. Mathieson stopped 31 of 32 Islander shots, a big turnaround
to earn his first win as a Brave and sixth win of the season after he allowed six goals in each of his previous two starts. For Horvath, a Whistler native, the goal was his second in as many games and the two point night vaulted him into second place in team scoring with 10 goals and 10 assists. It was his second two-point game in a row and the Braves will hope he can continue scoring at that pace as they head into the new year and the home stretch of the season. The win bumped the Braves record to 9-19-0-5 and put them eight points up on Peninsula for
fourth place in the South Division. It also moved the Braves back to within seven points of the Islanders for third. Saanich, who also hosted the Peninsula Panthers on Dec. 19 (results were past press time), are currently enjoying the Christmas break and renew their schedule on New Years Day with a return engagement with the Panthers, this time at Panorama Arena in a 6 pm start. - Christian J. Stewart is a Saanich-based communications professional and contributing editor and photographer with Independent Sports News.
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Capital Region birdwatchers are keeping a close eye out for the one that got away last Christmas. Dec. 20 marked the 115th annual Christmas Bird Count. “It’s the longest lasting citizen science project ever,” said Ann Nightingale, co-ordinator of the Victoria Christmas Bird Count. Last year, 145 different kinds of birds were spotted. Victoria holds the Canadian record at 154 different kinds of birds in one day in 2004. However, even with 250 volunteers in the
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birds will come to feeders,” said Nightingale. “Unless we get these feeder reports, we might never know about [them].” Victoria has the highest number of participants out in the field every year, but on average there are only 35 people recording birds at their home feeders. “We can’t control the birds. They’re here or they’re not. We can’t control the weather. But what we can influence is participation,” said Nightingale. “We’re trying to get 250 feeder watch reports.” Although finding rare birds is a treat for birdwatchers, Nightingale said they are still inter-
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ested in counting the common ones as well. “If all you know are robins and crows, you can still send me how many robins and crows you had in your yard.” Nightingale said the main purpose of the count is to “get a sense of the wintering populations of birds and the changes that are happening over time.” Having been involved in the annual count since 2000, Nightingale has seen many changes in the kinds of birds that are seen in the area. “There [are] some birds that were common back in 2000 that are no longer seen on every Christmas Bird Count, like ring-necked pheasants. “There are some birds that were considered rare in 2000 that we now see most winters, like turkey vultures and whitethroated sparrows.” The Christmas Bird Count is done in over 2,000 locations across North America. One community in particular is in direct competition with Greater Victoria. “In Canada, the top honours each year tend to go to either Victoria or Ladner, in terms of number of species seen,” said Nightingale. “We watch each other’s numbers pretty carefully. It’s bragging rights.” To find out more about the bird count, contact Ann Nightingale at 250-514-6450 or motmot@shaw.ca. editor@saanichnews.com
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