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Hot weather puts fire crew on high alert Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

Sooke fire chief Steven Sorensen was on his way to a meeting at the Otter Point fire hall when he saw columns of smoke billowing out near the Little Vienna Bakery on West Coast Road – a hedge fire was spreading quickly towards the building. Given a long wave of dry heat moving through B.C., it was one of many fire calls on Thursday. Last Week Sooke firefighters answered 10 calls, four were grass fires. The majority of calls have been bark mulch and grass fires caused by flicked cigarette butts, Sorensen said, adding that since the dry spell began more than two weeks ago, the fire department averages around three fire calls a day. “It doesn’t take much in this weather. We got a couple of beach fires that got away, and our fire numbers are up significantly,” he said. “We’re about six weeks from where we typically are for the dryness. This is like mid-August, so we wonder what midAugust will be.” Sorensen hopes the campfire ban that took effect on Friday will come as a warning of how dry and volatile the landscape has become. “If we can prevent even one fire by not having camp fires, that helps,” he said. “I feel bad for people who like to camp, but burning half the town down is not a good option either.”

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Sooke firefighters Ben Temple, left, and nick Robinson check for structure damage at the Little Vienna Bakery after a fire in a nearby hedge spread to the building Thursday night. Sooke and otter Point fire departments responded to the blaze. The fire caused minimal damage, say fire officials.

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a resolution before the Union of B.C. Municipalities in September asking the province to make the pump labels a requirement province-wide. The Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities has backed the resolution. Our Horizon B.C. campaigner Matt Hulse said he believes any municipality could make gas pump labeling a condition for gas stations in its local business licence bylaw. Local gas distributors would not comment on the proposal, referring questions to corporate offices. No jurisdiction in Canada has yet made pump warning labels a requirement. Hulse said the labels would help make the routine act of filling up the tank a choice to be considered more carefully. “It places responsibility right in the palm of your hand,” Hulse said. If the concept takes off, he said, specific impact wording and imagery could be developed to tailor the labels to each area.

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Canadian Joe Danyleyko served around the world with the Canadian Forces, and says Canada is without doubt the best country in the world Kevin Laird Sooke News Mirror

Like most Canadians, Joe Danyleyko isn’t one to show an over-the-top expression of swelling national pride. But he has every right to be a proud Canadian. Danyleyko has travelled coast-to-coast and around the world in service to his country in the military for more than 37 years. He has seen the best Canada has to offer, and he’s witnessed the gratitude other people have for Canada. Canada Day (July 1) is something special for the 75-year-old Sooke resident. Danyleyko joined the Royal Canadian Army out of high school in 1958 after working for a brief time in an underground mine in Bancroft, Ont. He started his military career with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Edmonton for basic training before being posted to Work Point Barracks in Esquimalt. His battalion headed to Germany for three years starting in 1963, and when he returned he became a parachutist. It was off to Cyprus for UN peacekeeping duties in 1968. He returned to the small Mediterranean island in 1975. In between those two tours, he was part of the new Canadian Airborne Regiment. Danyleyko received his officer’s commission in 1977 and led a French-speaking commando unit, before heading back to Victoria in 1980 as a support officer of the Canadian Scottish Regiment, an army reserve unit. He ended his military career as the adjutant for the Canadian Scottish’s commanding officer in 1995, when he was forced to retire.

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Does Danyleyko consider himself a patriot? Yes. And the military likely encouraged that pride. “The three years I spent in Germany, the Canadians had a good reputation with the Germans and other NATO nations,” says Danyleyko. “I think Canadians overseas, not only with the UN, take pride in representing their country. I haven’t met a person yet that didn’t have a good thing to say about Canada.” He believes that has changed in recent years as Canadians become more of a target – much like the British and Americans – with radical groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda. “You can still be proud about being a Canadian, but now you have to be careful about displaying it,” Danyleyko says. Danyleyko will be at today’s Canada Day celebrations at Sooke River Flats. He’ll be the one wearing a red and white Hawaiian shirt and a red Canadian Airborne Regiment ball cap. klaird@blackpress.ca

no fireworks or logging show The Sooke Lions Club is hosting a Canada Day celebration at Sooke River Flats today (July 1). However, two big events have been cancelled: the West Coast Lumberjacks show and fireworks. The Sooke Fire Department cancelled the fireworks show, citing extremely dry conditions. Canada Day festivities begin at 1 p.m. The event features cake, entertainment, pie-eating contest, flag parade and children’s events.

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in East Sooke Regional Park, while providing an important green space buffer from nearby development areas, said Susan Brice, CRD regional parks committee chair. “[The sisters] have provided a prudent investment for the public which leaves a legacy for future generations. It also directly contributes to the ecological integrity of the park,” added Nils Jensen CRD board chair. East Sooke Regional Park is now 1,457 hectares with this addition. The regional park received more than 145,000 visits in 2014 and features more than 50 kilometres of trails.

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One of the Capital Regional District’s largest parks just got bigger. The Sisters of Saint Ann have donated a 23-hectare parcel of land adjacent to East Sooke Regional Park to the Capital Regional District. The land is located in the Juan de Fuca Area, adjacent to East Park Regional Park, near Anderson Cove on the Sooke Basin. The parcel features 300 metres of frontage along East Sooke Road. The property was assessed in 2014 by B.C. Assessment at $587,000.

“This gift supports our continuing commitment to respect the traditional territory of the Coast Salish people and to preserve the environment; it is also a way of contributing, in perpetuity, to the health and well-being of the people of Greater Victoria and surrounding area,” said Sister Marie Zarowny, province leader for the Sisters of St. Ann. The property was purchased in the late 1950s as part of a larger parcel in the Sooke basin that included Glenairley, which the sisters used as a place of relaxation. The parcel complements the natural and recreational opportunities found

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As a realtor for more than 30 years, Lois Dutton learned to listen, counsel and educate both her clients and business associates. So it’s not surprising that when Dutton sold her business she decided to use her skill set to help others. Dutton is a peer outreach counsellor – someone who advises others her age – with Senior Peer Counsellors, a program through Greater Victoriabased Seniors Serving Seniors, a referral agency. Volunteer counsellors provide compassionate listening and encouragement to help people get more in touch with their own feelings, gain a clearer understanding of their situations and difficulties, and make the decisions necessary to solve their own problems. “We try and lead people to see if there is a way out of whatever situation they’re in,” Dutton said of the seniors she counsels. The peer counselling program began 26 years ago and sees an average of 50 clients a year. All counsellors take an intensive four-month training program. Counsellors range in age from 50 to 80. Each counsellor handles about one to two clients. They meet once a week for about a one-hour session, usually at the client’s home. There is a broad range of issues clients will bring

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to a counselling session from grieving to financial. Oftentimes all a client needs are three or four sessions. Others need a longer commitment. “Sometimes the counselling is like peeling an onion,” Dutton said. “There are layers and layers and we need to look at many issues.” Dutton has been a volunteer counsellor with Senior Peer Counsellors for two years, after stints in similar roles in other organizations. Along with her counselling duties she also interviews potential clients with a suitable counsellor. “It’s not easy [being a counsellor], but it’s very rewarding,” Dutton said. “I think seeing the progress that clients can make is its own reward – seeing them being much more comfortable than they originally were than when we first met them.”

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Not enough cooks Meals on Wheels needs kitchen help to continue serving up nutritious meals Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

They cook. They drive. They deliver. For more than 40 years, the folks at Meals on Wheels have been feeding those in the Sooke community who are physically unable to do so themselves, due to age or disability. But given Sooke’s increasing population, the service – which is run by a small army of volunteers – is in need of more cooks in the kitchen to keep those wheels spinning and bellies full. Alma Anslow, Meals on Wheels president and a volunteer with the organization for more than 10 years, said the operation has become short-staffed, especially since one of the cooks got injured recently. It doesn’t take much to join. Anslow said the only qualification you need is to enjoy cooking and cooking for others. Meals on Wheels runs every first and third Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each month. The service charges a small fee, but at the same time it comes as a relief to many Sooke residents who require ongoing care and support, Anslow noted. “If you fell, broke both your arms and you couldn’t cook anymore, someone would call us and have us deliver you meals,” she said, adding that

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Meals on Wheels volunteer Patty Gertsma hands over a freshly-cooked meal to Hellen Bridden. The non-profit organization is in need of cooks for the program. the service has been around for more than 45 years. The whole idea came out of necessity, as the resources available back then to those in need were essentially nonexistent. “That’s the only reason why we’re doing it now, it’s to keep some people in their home and not have them lose all their money by going and living in a old-age home,” Anslow said. “Sooke’s always been a good community to help each other, and I presume that’s how it started.” Anslow said to be able to run optimally, Meals on Wheels would need three or four cooks for the two Mondays and the four Fridays. At this point there are only six out of a volunteer base of 50. “One person buys all the

meat, then another person buys all the staples, but we all buy fresh vegetables when we cook,” Anslow said, adding that as a cook, you make up your menu and what you want you put on a calendar, so everyone else will know what to buy. If it’s something that takes a lot of time, such as pies or desert, she noted that many of the volunteers will cook and prepare the meals at their own home. “You really don’t have enough time sometimes to make a bunch of pies when you’ve only got three hours to make up a complete meal, vegetables, starch and meat,” she said. The crew works out of Sooke Community Hall from 9 a.m., then the drivers, who use their own vehicles, set off

around 11 a.m. and usually return by 12:30 p.m., depending on how many clients are in the roster that day. Drivers receive a small stipend. The cooks need to put in 3.5 hours per each shift, which is all volunteer time. “Think of it if you asked your mom to do a big dinner, she would probably say, ‘I don’t want to do it’, but she’d do it for you anyway. This is the way it is. It’s like cooking for Christmas dinner, but in a less elaborate way,” Anslow said, reminding future volunteers that the whole pleasure of being part in Meals on Wheels is to really enjoy cooking. For more information, or if you would like to sign up, please call Alma Anslow at: 250-642-2184. reporter@sookenewsmirror.com

Young female ‘problem’ bear shot in Sooke Kevin Laird Sooke News Mirror

B.C. Conservation officers killed the first bear of the season in Sooke late last month. The three-year-old female bear was caught and then killed because it was classified as “habituated” by conservation officials. The young bear was systematically going through garbage put out on garbage day, and it was likely the same bear that showed interest in entering a chicken coop in the same area, said Debbie Read, com-

munity coordinator for Wild Wise Sooke. Wild Wise Sooke is issuing a public advisory to help raise awareness of the issue and encourage residents to manage all bear attractants. “Everyone should know that relocation of bears is not an option,” Read said. “Research has proven, the bear who no longer has a fear for humans, usually ill from all the garbage it’s been eating, starves slowly in an unfamiliar area.” Read said about four bears are killed every year in Sooke due to human complacency.

There are currently three areas in Sooke that remain problem areas for bears: Philips Road, Sooke River Road and Dixon Road. “The problem is not the bear,” Read said. Homeowners must reduce all bear attractions and encourage the animals to forage in the wild. Wild Wise Sooke has begun a campaign by placing advisory messages on signs, flyers, posters and on social media. For more information, email wildwiseSooke@gmail. klaird@blackpress.ca

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The Sooke Philharmonic Society’s Secret Garden Tour Committee wishes to sincerely thank the generous garden owners, volunteers, musicians, artists and patrons who contributed their valuable time, energy and enthusiasm to make our 2015 Secret Garden Tour a huge success!

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Canada ‘a fantastic place to live’ Canadians are famous for being quiet patriots. But we’ll say it anyway, Canada is the best country in the world. We’re doing things right on most fronts. When we read about world affairs, we shake our heads at the atrocities happening. We say: Canada has Whether it’s the geopolitical turmoil its pimples, but in a place like Ukraine, the sectarian rifts we’re still the best in Iraq or the human rights atrocities in nation in the world Nigeria – Canadians can be thankful we have none of those problems. We’re not cultural relativists. We’re proud of how stable, secure and peaceful this country is. That’s why so many people want to come here. While the United States has a greater raw number of

immigrants arriving every year, on a per-capita basis Canada opens its doors to a lot more. And there’s no shortage of hopes and dreams for the future among thoughtful Canadians of all backgrounds. We’re still looking forward, not back. We have some pimples, who doesn’t? We are lacking leadership on the enormous challenge of climate change, where Canada has shamefully lagged. The country also needs to address Canada’s original “two solitudes” – the vast and stubborn gulf between Canada and its indigenous nations. The growing urban-rural divides: differences in populations and values are playing out in attitudes on issues like immigration, environmental regulation and

gun control. The truth is we can do better. But today, on Canada Day, the overriding theme is potential, the limitless possibilities offered by a country that is by any measure one of the most successful, prosperous and just ever known – “a fantastic place to live,” as author Margaret Atwood says. We can and should aim higher – to unleash our power as a nation. Happy Canada Day! >> We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to editor@sookenewsmirror.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and your name.

Thumbs up, Thumbs down A way to go to the Sooke Region Museum’s salmon barbecue and open house on Sunday. A few hundred people showed up for the annual event that saw delicious spring salmon grilled over an open fire and the doors of the museum swung open for all to learn about our local history. One of the highlights of the afternoon was the art gallery’s new exhibit Fashion Files: Dressing Sooke (see page 14). The museum collection team spent the last two years putting this exhibit together. The exhibit features artifacts and archival material from the museum’s collection and items loaned from the public. Nicely done. To the smokers who think nothing of flicking their lit cigarette right now – with no concern for the safety of others. From the backyard to the back country in Sooke, it’s really dry out there. That means heightened fire risk and extra vigilance by everyone is needed to prevent fires from breaking out, say officials. The Sooke area has already seen a few hedge fires, bark mulch fires, and grass fires, and the Coastal Fire Centre has had to put out a few wild fires across the Island. Now is not the time to be careless with cigarettes.

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Kevin Laird Readers’ Advocate

What goes around comes around. A month ago I was sitting in my cozy downtown office putting together another edition of the Victoria News when Sooke News Mirror publisher Rod Sluggett gave me a phone call. It seems longtime News Mirror editor Pirjo Raits was retiring, calling it a career and Rod was looking for a replacement. It’s not surprising he phoned me, after all Rod and I have worked with each other twice before in Powell River and Port Hardy. So, why not a third time? Well, I guess by know you’ve figured out that I said yes – and here I am as the new editor. I started out in the news business

back in the early 1980s in Ladysmith. From there, it’s been a world tour (OK, more like a West Coast-Alberta tour). Journalism has taken me from Ladysmith to Calgary and back again. I officially started with Black Press in 1994 when I joined the staff of the Nanaimo News Bulletin. We went from a shoppers’ newsletter to a full-fledged three times a week newspaper in my tenure. Once I established myself in Nanaimo (it took me 14 years), head office came calling and asked me to take over the editorial management of the Victoria operation. All this ended up with me arriving in Sooke on Thursday. I’ve seen a great metamorphosis of our newspapers in Greater Victoria

over the last seven years. Our newspapers – from Sooke to Peninsula – routinely publish groundbreaking investigation pieces and each paper is filled with compelling stories, columns and other features that deliver on our promise to readers. Great work is evident in each edition. But a lot more can be done. With the few of you that I’ve talked to over the last few days, you want practical information and advice you can use in your daily lives from your newspaper. You want us to tell stories that you can share – and these don’t have to be the ‘important’ stories of the day. People have many choices for news and information, and if we’re

not prepared to give you what you want, you can – and will – go elsewhere. So that’s where I need your help. I want to hear from you on what you like and don’t like about the Sooke News Mirror. And what issues are important to you and this community. The News Mirror is the voice of the community and we want to hear it loud and clear. Next time you’re by this way make sure you stop in and introduce yourself. ••• Kevin Laird is editor of the Sooke News Mirror. He can be reached by email at klaird@blackpress.ca or by phone at 250-642-5752.

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I come from South Africa, so I’d say equality, freedom and opportunity. Basil Devries Sooke

The mild climate and quality standard of living. Dan Foster Sooke

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It means freedom and having a choice. Janet McTavish Sooke

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Starving deer need to be fed To the person that reported me for feeding the deer: I hope you can sleep at night. If there is an afterlife, I hope you come back as a deer. These animals are starving – thanks to all the building going on in Sooke. In my neighbourhood alone, four hectares were sold and cleared to build houses. This was a feeding area for the deer which they no longer have access. You must lead a very boring life if you have nothing better to do than report people. Obviously, you must have been one of the people that complained about them. To me they are beautiful creatures and I rejoice every spring when they bring their new babies around. Unfortunately, the doe that was killed on Whiffen Spit Road was one of our regulars and we won’t get to see her or her twins anymore. Wait a minute … I forgot; I’m not allowed to feed them anymore. But you can’t stop me from enjoying their company. What’s next? Don’t feed the birds! Marion Ells Sooke

Fishers, hunters help protect environment As an avid outdoorsman, I would like to take this opportunity to respond to the Rain Forest Alliance’s latest attempt to ban salmon fishing and derbies. Sport fishers, hunters, hikers, kayakers and backpackers are great supporters of the environment. We spend a lot more time on the water or in the woods than the sandalwearing vegan who pays the occasional visit to the wild West Coast. We respect the outdoors and contribute greatly to the protection of the environment that we love.

The Sooke News Mirror welcomes letters to the editor, but we reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, taste, legality and length. We require your hometown and daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first and last name.

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deer are being pushed out of their natural habitat and as a result are starving, says letter-writer Marion ells. As an avid sport fisherman, I contribute a great deal both indirectly through licence fees and directly as a volunteer at a salmon hatchery to the preservation of the environment that we all enjoy. Chinook derbies encourage individual sports fishers to pay attention to the health of the salmon and draw in corporate and groups sponsors who contribute enormously to the salmon enhancement societies, most of whom would not survive without the support of environmentally aware fishermen like us. In an average year I probably catch and keep with my barbless hooks and catch

and release, considerably less chinook than an adult male sea lion eats in a week. Last year I caught about a dozen spring salmon. How any salmon gets past Race Rocks is a mystery to us all. So, if you really want to save the orcas and keep the Salish Sea as a marine park, get yourself a gun, head down to Race Rocks and pop off a few sea lions. It’s not nearly as politically correct as taking cheap shots at us environmentally responsible fishers and hunters, but a whole lot more effective, eh ? Martin Hill Sooke

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2015 Property Taxes due July 2nd, 2015 2015 Annual Municipal and Statement of Financial Information Reports Highway 14 –Town Centre Improvements – ongoing updates Age-Friendly Community Amendments to Animal Regulation and Impounding Amendment Bylaw for wild and exotic animals New Council committees - Sooke Community Centre and Parks & Trails advisory committees

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The farm property in this photo is today covered in buildings, whether the boat building enterprise on the corner of West Coast Road and Maple Avenue or the commercial building that until recently housed the Juan de Fuca Planning Office of the CRD, or independent housing for individuals. This photo shows a threshing crew at Burnside Farm. Many readers will know the name Burnside House, now a bed and breakfast, but originally it was built in 1884 as the home of Michael and Matilda Muir and their family of six daughters. This photo is believed to be dated 1906. Typically in those days, threshing outfits were hired by the different farms, so crews would move about through the farming districts, Metchosin, Sooke and Otter Point, as farmers waited in turn to have their crops harvested. The six horses we see here were the teams of Henry Fisher, a member of the Metchosin Fisher family. Married to a Muir daughter, Fisher owned a farm on Church Road and also used his horses to drive a stage to Victoria. It was the oatfield that was being threshed, and one can be sure that the women working in the kitchen of Burnside House were also labouring for long hours preparing the hearty meals that would keep the crews expending so much energy from dawn to dusk. We aren’t able to identify the men and women in this photo, but we do think it is a fascinating view of a way of life now long gone. What we do know is that by 1906 Michael Muir, the John Muir family’s entrepreneurial son, had left his wife a widow almost 20 years earlier. Of Michael and Matilda’s six daughters, Marion

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This year our annual summer exhibit is called Fashion Files: Dressing Sooke. Our textile collection has more than 1,200 items that includes clothing, shoes, purses, jewelry, accessories, textile samples, doilies and blankets. Also included in the collection are objects such as dolls made from fabric, feathers, hat boxes and vintage dress forms. Our collections team has spent the last two years reorganizing and inventorying this collection and excited to finally be able to show off some of our most unique pieces. The exhibit will feature artifacts and archival material from our own collection and items loaned to us from the public. The content will look at what Sooke residents have donated to the museum and how these items were important to them and the community. There is a variety of outfits in the exhibit. Myrtle Pedneault’s (nee Currie) eye-catching canary yellow knitted wool wedding dress is on display with a photograph of her wearing it. A sealskin jacket worn by Kitty Gordon is one of many items from the 1900s displayed. You will also see Dan Haverty’s work outfit that he wore in 1982 during his last year as a local high rigger in the logging industry. Other objects to look forward to include a B.C. Auxiliary Police jumpsuit donated by Capt. P.W. deP Taylor, a replica of Manuel Quimper’s Spanish

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uniform (discovery of Sooke), a 1950s Sooke ball uniform and a funerary necklace made of human hair. Additionally, there will be a sewing corner that features an early 1900s Singer sewing table and various fabric samples, projects and tools. This year the photo-op station will be bigger than ever. It will feature an array of costume pieces that visitors can dress up in and take a fun picture that, if emailed to the museum, will be printed out and featured in the exhibit. A picture of Sooke in the 1920s is used as the background for the photo-op. The exhibit runs through Sept. 20. ••• Brianna Shambrook is collections and exhibits manager of Sooke Region Museum.

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Free lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 Meat draw 3 p.m. p.m. Holy Trinity Church. SOOKE COUNTRY MARKET Otter Pt. Rd., 10 a.m.-2 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION p.m. Every Saturday. Steak Night, 6-7:30 p.m. Karaoke 8-11 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call June 250642-2032 for information.

Sun July 5 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Sunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5. Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday. SHIRLEY FARMERS’ MARKET 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shirley Pioneer Park every Sun. to Sept. 13. CYCLE TOUR Sooke Potholes to Kapoor Regional Park. Call 250478-3344 for details.

Mon July 6 PARENT PARENT & TOT DROP-IN

Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152. CALLING ALL QUILTERS Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Euchre 6:30 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Ayre Manor Residents trips.

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SHOPPERS 250-642-5229

DRUG MART

COMMUNITY CALENDAR DEADLINE: THURSDAY @ 3PM Items for Community Calendar must be non-commercial and free to the public. Please limit to 25 words.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams Way Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd Legion #54: 6726 Eustace Rd Library: 2065 Anna Marie Rd Museum: 2070 Phillips Rd Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke Rd SEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend Rd Sooke Senior’s Bus: $15 annual membership. 250-642-4662 Municipal Hall: 2205 Otter Point Rd Sooke Community Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd.

Tues July 7

Wed July 8

Taking care of yourself. At the Child, Youth and Family Centre, from 1011:30 a.m. 250-642-5464.

People’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m. PARENT DISCUSSION GROUP Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Dominos 10 a.m. Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOL Meetl and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.

BABY TALK

YOUTH CLINIC

Ages 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic. KNITTING CIRCLE

Sooke Library, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Free, all levels. Dropin. 250-642-3022. STORYTIME Ages 3-5, 10:30-11 a.m. Sooke Library. Free but call 250-642-3022 to register WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Sooke Harbour House. 7-9 p.m. Ongoing every 2nd Tuesday of the month. SOOKE HIKING CLUB Every Tuesday and Thursday in July. Meet at 9 a.m. at EMCS.

WALKING GROUP

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Certified Organic Coffee Beans

California “New Crop”

Red Flame Seedless Grapes 4.39 per kg

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9 400gr

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Wednesday, July 1

This year’s theme: Heroes & Villains

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Extra Lean Ground Round Beef

Fresh

Pork Back Ribs

1kg

13.20 per kg

Per

Bone In Pork Butt Steak

Canadian AAA

Inside Round Marinating Steak

Tenderloin Grilling Steak 37.45 per kg

Sunrise Traditional

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Shoulder Cut, 8.79 per kg

13.20 per kg

1kg

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Per

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Croutons 150gr

3$ for

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220gr

156gr

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Naked 100% Fruit Smoothie 450ml

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Locally Raised BC Poultry No Animal By Products Used Antibiotic Free Grain Fed

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Dairyland

Rising Sun Farms

Balsamic Dressing 354ml

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Bertolli

RJ’s

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180-200gr

474ml

100gr

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Unsweetened Essence Water

Liquorice

Olive Oil Spray

4$ for

Sour Cream 500ml

2$ for

Hormel

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79-100gr

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Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs

Locally Raised BC Poultry

Canadian AAA

Inside Round Oven Roast

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12x100gr

399

Prime Chicken Nuggets, Strips or Burgers

800gr

4 30%

Per

Schneiders

Prime Chicken Wings

Selected, 375-450gr

Best Gourmet Coffee Company

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454gr or 2lb

Offer in effect June 22-28, 2015

Kellogg’s

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560gr

255gr or 1lt

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699

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500gr

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1.36kg

650-750gr

for

Adams

Fun Pac or Variety Cereal Boxes

Margarine

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210-275gr

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Kellogg’s

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2$ for

Orange Pekoe Tea 80’s

2$ for

Lynch

Olde Style Cider Mix 10x23gr

2$ for

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Ocean Spray

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Powerade

Wave Drink

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Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese

De-Alcoholized Pilsener

Sports Drink

946ml

Snowcrest

Less Than 0.5% Alcohol, 6x341ml

946ml

Selectables Frozen Fruit

600gr

890ml

320gr

375ml

Pickles

500-750ml

1lt

PLUS A

Happy Canada Day!

Bick’s

Pickled Beets

Relish

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Lay’s

Christie

The Great Jamaican

Old Tyme Ginger Beer Non Alcoholic, 6x250ml

LICABL PP

Cadbury

LICABL PP

Kraft

Chocolate Bar

400gr

Schweppes

Jet-Puffed Marshmallows

90-100gr

400gr

Ginger Ale, Tonic Water or Club Soda

255gr

12-15x355ml

LICABL PP

Wafers or Crumbs

Family Size Potato Chips

1.5kg

10x250ml

for

Perrier

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Bick’s

6x330ml

Carbonated Natural Spring Water

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for

Sharp Cold Pack Cheddar, 230gr

San Pellegrino

Sparkling Fruit Beverage

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Selected, 175-454gr

340gr

12’s

Imperial Carefully Aged Cheese

Crackers

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

PLUS A

Wonder

Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns

PLUS A

Hellmann’s

Mayonnaise

MacLaren’s

Christie

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LICABL PP

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Saputo

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LICABL PP

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Bull’s Eye

Heinz

Barbecue Sauce

250ml

PLUS A

for

3x375ml

for

Demineralized Treated Water

12x355ml

235-245gr

LICABL PP

Aquafina

Brisk

Tortilla Chips

Lipton

Doritos

Picnic Pack

425ml

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

EES EF

PLUS A

12x355ml

for

Mott’s

Smartfood

peanuts Resealable Bag

1.89lt

185-220gr

for

Planters

Clamato Juice

Popcorn

for

Christie

Bits & Bites

275-300gr

175gr

Nature Valley

Twizzlers

Gourmet Rice Crisps

160-230gr

156gr

for

5$ for

2$ for

PLUS A

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LICABL PP

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Assorted Sizes

300-454gr

for

Chapman’s

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Chapman’s

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Selected, 473ml

1’s

225gr

LICABL PP

Chapman’s

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Regular Chocolate Bars

Classic Dip

299

Snapple

Nestle

Nalley

PLUS A

Rice Works

Granola Bars

Twists, Goodies or Nibs

299

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LICABL PP

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LICABL PP

EES EF

PLUS A

12x500ml

Chapman’s

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18x75ml or 21-28x50ml

2lt

1-1.5lt

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Processed Cheese Product, 1kg

Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese

De-Alcoholized Pilsener

Sports Drink

946ml

Snowcrest

Less Than 0.5% Alcohol, 6x341ml

946ml

Selectables Frozen Fruit

600gr

890ml

320gr

375ml

Pickles

500-750ml

1lt

PLUS A

Happy Canada Day!

Bick’s

Pickled Beets

Relish

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Lay’s

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The Great Jamaican

Old Tyme Ginger Beer Non Alcoholic, 6x250ml

LICABL PP

Cadbury

LICABL PP

Kraft

Chocolate Bar

400gr

Schweppes

Jet-Puffed Marshmallows

90-100gr

400gr

Ginger Ale, Tonic Water or Club Soda

255gr

12-15x355ml

LICABL PP

Wafers or Crumbs

Family Size Potato Chips

1.5kg

10x250ml

for

Perrier

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6x330ml

Carbonated Natural Spring Water

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Sharp Cold Pack Cheddar, 230gr

San Pellegrino

Sparkling Fruit Beverage

EES EF

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340gr

12’s

Imperial Carefully Aged Cheese

Crackers

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

PLUS A

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PLUS A

Hellmann’s

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MacLaren’s

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LICABL PP

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Bull’s Eye

Heinz

Barbecue Sauce

250ml

PLUS A

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3x375ml

for

Demineralized Treated Water

12x355ml

235-245gr

LICABL PP

Aquafina

Brisk

Tortilla Chips

Lipton

Doritos

Picnic Pack

425ml

LICABL PP

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for

EES EF

PLUS A

12x355ml

for

Mott’s

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peanuts Resealable Bag

1.89lt

185-220gr

for

Planters

Clamato Juice

Popcorn

for

Christie

Bits & Bites

275-300gr

175gr

Nature Valley

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160-230gr

156gr

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5$ for

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PLUS A

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LICABL PP

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300-454gr

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Chapman’s

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225gr

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Chapman’s

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Classic Dip

299

Snapple

Nestle

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LICABL PP

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LICABL PP

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Chapman’s

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2lt

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Freybe

Continental Traditional Irish Smoked or Freybe Smoked Bavarian Ham

ALL VARIETIES

Per

100 gr

Per

100 gr

German

Canadian

Cambozola Blue Cheese

8 Piece Happy California Rolls

Oka Cheese

99 Medium

Almond Chicken Chop Suey

27 Piece Party Tray

Deli Salad

Bottom Round

Sushi

Medium

Authentic Smoked Beef

Available at select stores only.

Chow Mein

White Cheddar or Mozzarella Goat Cheese 190gr

995

Medium

Szechuan Beef

per 100 gr

Woolwich Dairy

Medium

per 100 gr

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Ling Cod Fillets

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Sole Fillets

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Sockeye Salmon Steaks

Unblanched Raw Almonds

Quality Fresh

230gr

99 Per

100 gr

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Machine Peeled Pacific Wild Shrimp

100 gr

Quality Fresh

Organically Yours

400gr

Roasted & Salted, 200gr

Sweet Treats Cranberry Trio

2$ for

Per

Family Favourites Banana Chips

per 100 gr

499

Per

100 gr

Organic California Pistachios

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Bakery

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2 Old Fashioned Donuts

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7” Keylime or Mango Cheesecake

Country Harvest

Bread

Selected, 675gr

99 8 pack

Cheesecake Slice

Sara’s

8” Apple Pie

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Cake

2$ for

Villaggio

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1.4lt

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2$ for

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Blue Diamond

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Organic Granola Bars

Almond Breeze NonDairy Beverage

250ml

175-210gr

for

299

2$ for

Applesnax

Blue Diamond

Nature’s Path

650ml

170gr

Selected, 325-350gr

Organic Apple Sauce

for

Glad

Airwick

Household

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Jumbo Paper Towels

Assorted Sizes

225-226gr

for

White Swan

Containers & Lids

Aerosol Air Freshener

Ultra Luxe Bathroom Tissue

6’s

299

Organic Granola

Almonds

Veggie Straws 142gr

946ml

Sensible Portions

2 Ply Double Rolls, 12’s

399

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Green or Yellow Zucchini Squash

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Sooke student surprised with award at graduation Katherine Engqvist Sooke News Mirror

Bronwyn Stauffer was on stage, diploma in hand, at her high school graduation when she heard the news for the first time. The Grade 12 graduate of Edward Milne Community School in Sooke had just been awarded a scholarship to cover her entire tuition. “My family is just going crazy and I was almost in tears,” she said. Her father videoed the whole thing and her mother? “She broke her belt when she found out,” Stauffer said. She is the recipient of a $13,800 scholarship for the esthetics/ spa therapy program at Colwood-based Academy of Excellence, the largest the company has ever awarded. The extensive 1,500hour program teaches

all aspects of tradition esthetics and advance spa therapy, with 30 per cent of the program spent in the classroom and 70 per cent in the spa. Students also get to sample, at least once, all of the treatments they are learning. “This is the beginning of my career and I just can’t wait to get started,” Stauffer said. “I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about this school.” Danielle St. Jacques, registrar of the Academy of Excellence, met with the future student recently to give her a tour of the facilities and formally begin the enrolment process so she can begin classes in September. “We’ve never done anything like this before. We wanted to do something relevant to the excitement of our 50th,” St. Jacques

said, adding they wanted to give back to the community that has supported them. The scholarship was open to all local high school students, but Stauffer’s 17-page application describing her commitment and passion for the beauty industry well exceeded the requirements, St. Jacques said. “She stood out as someone very deserving of the scholarship and we’re very excited to give it to her.” Most of the Academy’s students are funded by student loans, St. Jacques said,

and once they graduate they have six months before they have to start paying back their loans. “It’s an amazing opportunity,” said Stauffer. She is already looking to her future with plans of one day opening her own shop and looks forward to the business component of the program, which teaches the realities of starting a business. “It still hasn’t hit me,” she said, after delivering a thank-you card to the school. “It’s such an honour.” editor@sookenewsmirror.com

Katherine Engqvist/Sooke News Mirror

academy of excellence’s danielle st. Jacques, left, and academy director lorie Chadsey congratulate edward Milne community school student Bronwyn stauffer for winning a scholarship worth nearly $14,000 for the school’s esthetics and spa program.

Mysterious artwork pops up in Sooke Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

Art is, without doubt, a mysterious part of human nature. Whether it flows from the deep and dormant subconscious mind, or from the soul, it comes out in different forms; albeit sometimes in bizarre forms, but unique nonetheless. Ah yes, unique. That, at least, is one explanation for an odd spree of art that has hit the centre of Sooke over the course of the last two weeks – by someone dubbed the Art Bomber. At first, a radish popped up one day at the farmer’s market, chuckled Debi Anderson, co-owner of Barking Dog Studio, the only Sookie who took notice of the strange artwork. Or, more accurately, the artwork took notice of her. “I got a note on my door a couple of weeks ago saying that mysterious art was going to appear,” Anderson said. “Nobody said anything about it, or noticed it, but I did.” Then, last Thursday night, between midnight

and 8 a.m. two more pieces appeared. Anderson said the artwork created such a buzz in the area that people thought she was the Art Bomber, though that’s not the case — she laughed that if she’d be the one doing it and reporting on it, there wouldn’t be much of a mystery. Whoever the Art Bomber is though, one thing’s for sure: they’re not going to stop anytime soon. “I’m very excited about it, I think it’s fantastic, because it’s not graffiti, and it can be removed if someone wants to take it down,” Anderson said, noting that all the pieces appear to be installed either by rope or wire, making them non-permanent. The radish, the carrot and the flower are made out of canvas, and they’re wired together. At this point, there’s still no indication on where the art pieces are coming from or when they pop up, as their sporadic nature of appearing randomly don’t dictate a pattern. reporter@sookenewsmirror.com

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The Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce reminds all residents of Sooke to support their local businesses during road and building construction this summer.

Help local merchants thrive and survive by spending money in our community ﬁrst. Brought to you by

Sooke Region

Chamber of Commerce

Call 250.642.6112

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Blood donor clinic planned A one-day blood donor clinic will be held in Sooke on Monday (July 6) at the Royal Canadian Legion from noon to 7 p.m. “Communities need to rally together because it takes many units of blood to save a patient,” said Robin Fleming, team participant with Canadian Blood Services in Sooke.

SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH is hosting Day Camp 2015

FIESTA: WHERE KIDS ARE FIRED UP ABOUT JESUS! A summer program for children from Kindergarten to Grade 5 (ages 5 to 11) A time for GAMES, SNACKS, CRAFTS, SINGING, STORIES, AND FUN!!!

When: Monday July 13 to Friday July 17 from 9:00 AM until noon Where: Sooke Baptist Church, 7110 West Coast Road, Sooke Please Pre-Register at:

www.sookebaptistchurch.com

or http://sookebaptistdaycamp.weebly.com/contact.html

Be Water Smart

July Is Smart Irrigation Month July is a peak month for outdoor water use and a good time to make sure you are using water as efficiently as possible. Adopting water-savvy habits will help to conserve water, maintain a healthier lawn and landscape, reduce your water bill and help sustain and extend our water supply. Properly watering your landscape can result in significant water savings. For smart irrigation tips contact CRD Parks & Environmental Services at 250.474.9684 or www.crd.bc.ca/water or contact the Irrigation Association of BC at www.irrigationbc.com. www.crd.bc.ca Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror

Artistic touch artist susan Isaac helps Jadyn Gardy, 12, create a glass pendant during a fused glass workshop at the Vancouver Island Regional library on Friday. Isaac offers glass workshops throughout the summer. she can reached at shards Glass studio online at shardsglass.com.

Library hosts summer book club The Vancouver Island Regional Library is encouraging kids to read, build and create this summer. The theme for the library’s Summer Reading Club is, Build It, encouraging children to build their reading skills. Participation is free. Children can register at the Sooke library branch at 2065 Anna Marie Rd. or online at virl.bc.ca/kids. Summer Reading Club officially kicks off tomorrow (July 2) and runs until Aug. 22. Children registered receive a free Summer Reading Club package with goodies including a reading record, a bookmark, a VIRL tattoo, stickers and a tape measure. editor@vicnews.com

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Susan Winter ( Gladys) passed away suddenly at the age of 81, due to a short courageous battle with cancer. She will be dearly missed by her two sons Kenneth Winter, Michael Winter and her daughter-in-law Kathy. Her grandchildren Jesse and Mercedez Winter, Matthew Howlett & all her friends at the Sooke Drop-in-Center. She is also survived by her two sons previous children Cathy & Charles. Susan will be greatly missed by other family members and all the staff and customers of Sooke Disposal. She was involved and volunteered in many Sooke organizations with the Senior Centre, Canada Day events, Fall Fair, Legion. Susan Winter in now reunited with her husband Bob Winter, her daughterin-law Deborah Winter, and her son David Winter and her grandson McKenzie Winter. May these Angelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watch over all of us. Private services will be held for the family. Hatley Garden July 4th , 11:00am. Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;celebration of lifeâ&#x20AC;? will be held in the lower section of the Sooke Community Hall on July 4th, at 2:00pm. Please donate to the Canadian Cancer Society in lieu of flowers.

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GranFondo race passes through Sooke Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, a convoy of dedicated cyclists briskly huffed and puffed their way into Sooke, just as organizers and volunteer were laying out the fresh muffins and coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the annual GranFondo bike race was back. Only with a slight difference this year: it was bigger; raising the length of the route to a staggering 270 kilometres; big enough to both shy away intermediate cyclists and entice those experienced enough who are looking for a challenge. After starting near the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Sooke was the first of six support stations, with the Sooke Mountain Cycle bike shop being the host. Complete with racks for riders to hang their bikes, full shuttle service, snacks and drinks (non-alcoholic, of course) and storage for their luggage, stations were placed 40 kilometres apart to ensure the riders didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overexert themselves. Not that the GranFondo (which means â&#x20AC;&#x153;big rideâ&#x20AC;? in loose Italian) was easy to begin with â&#x20AC;&#x201C; also why this year it was called the GranFondo â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doppioâ&#x20AC;? meaning itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double the length of the last one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Done the Fondo three times before, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty hard,â&#x20AC;? said Andrew Drennin, an experienced rider from Victoria, adding that the natural beauty on this part of the Island is worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too many hills on this route, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty nice. It really is a beautiful, scenic ride.â&#x20AC;? Some riders even took the Galloping Goose down to Victoria for extra points, which was the idea for the race in the first place: to explore new horizons that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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Experienced riders from all over B.C. arriving in Sooke for the first pit-stop during the GranFondo Doppio bike race last Saturday. The riders were greeted with racks to hang their bikes, coffee, muffins and other goodies before hitting the road again. involve an engine. As such, Lorien Arnold, owner of Sooke Mountain Cycle, said the GranFondo is more than just a bunch of strangers passing through, but also about putting Sooke as a town and as a naturallybeautiful area into perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The motivation here is to get

people to stop in Sooke and see the town a little bit,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to attract people who want to live here for the right reasons, such as the beautiful and unique environment weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living in, because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just pieces of it.â&#x20AC;? It was also the creation of the Pacific circle route connecting

the lower and middle parts of the Island that makes the GrandFondo very unique; both in length and location, noted Karl Ullrich, one of the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main organizers and owner of Oak Bay Bicycles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that we have this unbelievable loop with a great view of the landscape is pretty unique,

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especially that you have 270 kilometre to enjoy it first-hand,â&#x20AC;? Ullrich said, adding that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longer than the ideal ride that attract lots of experienced riders.â&#x20AC;? This year there were more than 100 riders involved, with more expected to sign up next year. reporter@sookenewsmirror.com

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Hot Car: 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (6) Octavian Lacatusu

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It’s been a while since we featured a special Sooke car, last one being a very classy sport ute from the Outback. This time, we head over to Japan to catch a glimpse of one the world’s most successful rally cars: Aaron Kasper’s right-handdrive 1999 Mitsubishi Evo (short for Evolution) 6. With its 747-like rear spoiler, flared wheel arches and low fascia, the Evo looks like it fell off the screen of a Playstation racing game – but don’t be fooled, this is no boy’s toy; underneath all that flare is a 276-horsepower, all-wheel-drive race machine capable of going 0-60 mph in under six seconds. Given the Evo’s clever all-aluminum four-cylinder engine, dual camshafts and a turbocharger big enough to suck in a baby, that’s hardly surprising. And neither is the Evo’s stellar record. In the hands of racing legends Tommi Makinen and Ritso Mannisenmaki it won the World Rally Championships several times, keeping neck-in-neck with its long-standing rival, the Subaru Imprezza. Got a cool car? Shoot your info and a photo to: reporter@sooknewsmirror.com.

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The 1999 Mitsubishi Evo 6. Notice the built-in flared wheel arches to accomodate the wider rims, along with the massive brake calipers and aircraft-like rear spoiler. And best part of all, it’s all stock; that’s right, buyers could walk into a dealership and order a rally car already tuned for sideways fun. Though much more rare, Evo’s are equally part of a massive exodus of JDM cars to make their way across the Pacific, such as the Nissan Skyline, JDM-spec Subaru Imprezza, Toyota Trueno, Toyota Supra, among many others.

Inflatable water slide coming to SEAPARC pool Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

Those looking to cool off and feel like a kid all over again this summer, well good news: a giant dragon-shaped inflatable water slide is coming to town. Yes, you read that correctly. An inflatable water slide in the shape of a dragon. Over 16 meters long and weighing as much as a Mini Cooper, the new water slide will be unveiled at the SEAPARC Dragon Run in the Pool launch party on July 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. Better yet, there’s no age restriction; both adults and kids can share the slide alike, as long as the person riding the inflatable is at least 48 inches tall. But while the slide itself is clearly a dragon, it still needs a cool name. SEAPARC staff is inviting the public to the Name our Dragon contest, with forms available at the SEAPARC reception. Submissions will be accepted until 12pm on July 3 and the winner (plus five friends) will get a free pass to the launch party. reporter@sookenewsmirror.com

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Life in Leechtown portrayed in play Sooke playwright Linda Green Abraham’s play Jake Goes to Leechtown will be re-staged with weekend performances at the Sooke Harbour House pavilion. A cast of local actors, members of the T’Sou-ke First Nation, musicians and staff from the Sooke Harbour House will take part in the production. The play will feature new music with photos projected onto the stage. A Workshop performance of a new vignette show by Katrina Kadoski, about the history of the Sooke Harbour House will be presented. The play centres around a young man searching for his father

in Leechtown, which sprang up in the 1860s when gold was found in the Sooke and Leech rivers. Producers of the show are still looking for old photos from the era and photos of the owners and grounds of the Sooke Harbour House before 1979. If you have any photos, please email kat.music@hotmail. com.

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The sun was shining, the beer was flowing and the music was booming on top of Browns Mountain at the Tall Tree Music Festival last weekend in Port Renfrew. More than 2,000 people and 40 bands took part in the annual party.

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The ban prohibits open fires such as backyard burning or land-clearing bun piles, burning barrels, burning cages, fireworks, firecrackers and sky lanterns. The prohibition does not include cooking stoves that use gas, propane, or briquettes, or portable campfire apparatus that use briquettes, liquid or gaseous fuel, as long as the flame is less than 15 centimetres, according to a Coastal Fire Centre press release. But the reason for the ban is more than clear: a fire can use wind and dry bush to extend itself, Sorensen said. “It’s usually the sparks that start the fires. The other concern is where the fire is left when no one is watching it, and

it gets into roots, or the wind comes up and blows it along,” Sorensen said. In the case of Little Vienna Bakery, Sorensen said the response timing was luckily perfect, both in terms of available volunteers and the lack of wind. “As soon as I saw the building was on fire, I called Otter Point as well because it’s better to have too much than not enough,” he said. “Fire burnt most of the hedge up, and the probability a cigarette as the catalyst is pretty high.” The radiant heat from the cedar hedge was enough to get the flames to the building’s exposed wood on the roof, which allowed it to spread from there. Fortunately, the structure damage was mostly cosmetic and the fire did not penetrate the building.

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But with the dry weather continuing, every city and municipality in B.C., big and small, remains on high alert. “With the exceedingly dry conditions, fires can start with something as simple as a cigarette butt being carelessly discarded to someone deliberately setting it with a match or a lighter,” said Doug Carey, deputy chief with the Victoria Fire Department. Besides risking an actual fire, consequences for lighting up during the ban can be costly. Anyone found in contravention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail.

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Aaron Hook, caught this 34 lb Chinook off Otter Point

Fishing Adventures Ron Neitsch Special to the Sooke News Mirror

The big fish are here! The salmon fishing in Sooke has been very good, with more, and larger chinook and spring salmon arriving weekly. This last couple of weeks saw the Juan de Fuca Salmon Derby won with a 34-poubd spring salmon and many recreational fishers get out on the water to enjoy some hot, sunny weather and calm waters fishing Sooke. There are now pink and coho salmon in our area, which can usually be fished shallower than springs; these fish are great for adding poundage to your catch and can be lots of fun if you’re bringing kids out fishing. Regulations for coho are two hatchery fish only per person, per day, and pinks are four fish per day. Remember you can only retain a total of four salmon of combined species per day. Some springs have been caught off Sooke Bluffs, Otter Point and Sheringham Point; have also heard some reports of chinooks at Possession Point. Many springs are reported being caught shallow, from 35 to 110 feet on the downrigger, in 50 to 120 feet of water. There seems to be a good bite early in the morning and then again at the tide change during the mid or late morning. Bright greens and glow white colouring have been popular both with flashers and bait heads. Halibut fishing continues to be good in our waters, although dogfish (sharks) are passing through, taking any fresh bait, damaging leaders, and wasting valuable fishing time. Many halibut fishers switch to using more artificial bait at this time of year. Halibut are known to come into shallower water at this time of year, although I had a great day last week in 165 feet of water, using herring and salmon spines left over from filleting. Crabbing in the Sooke Harbour has been getting much better with more nice large male dungeoness crabs being caught. South Vancouver Island Rangers Annual Men’s Salmon Derby comes up July 11. ••• Ron Neitsch is the owner and operator of fishing charter 2 Reel Fishing Adventures Sooke.

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