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New role for Deputy Chief Central Saanich Police Service swears in its new Chief Constable August 29 Carlie Connolly News staff
Les Sylven, Deputy Chief Constable for the Central Saanich Police Service will be saying hello to his new role as Chief this month. Sylven will replace outgoing Chief Paul Hames, who is retiring. Growing up in Calgary and attending university there, Sylven joined the RCMP, which sent him off to training in Squamish, B.C for a northern posting for five years. He later worked in Vancouver in an organized crime unit before moving over to the Victoria Police Department in 1996. In 2011, an opportunity arose with Central Saanich Police and he jumped at it and has never looked back. With the departure of Hames, who was with the department for almost 16 years and led them through lots of changes, Sylven said he sees just as many changes coming their way. Those being anything from technology to inside the department, with a whole generation of police officers about to retire and having to hire some new officers. Sylven said with the completion of some new projects like reaching out via social media, it’s all about building trust with the community and hearing what they have to say. “One of the most important parts of an effective police department is its ability to engage with the public, so a police department needs strong community support to be strong,” said Sylven. Part of Sylven’s new role will be to report to the police board along with the mayor, who then provide the governance of policies. The role of the police chief is to look at three to five years down the road. Please see: Sylven has big shoes to fill, page 12
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Jack Price, a member of the Victoria Radio Control Modelers Society, gives his A-10 Warthog a look through. The Society holds its Largrst Little Airshow this weekend in Central Saanich.
Largest Little Airshow this weekend VRCMS welcomes fliers from all over the region to Steven Heywood News staff
Ever see a flying lawn mower? How about a beagle on a doghouse, dressed as a First World War flying ace? Those are only a couple of the flying machines that will be in the sky in Central Saanich this weekend for the Largest Little Airshow, hosted by the Victoria R/C Modelers Society (VRCMS). Organizer Mike Scholefield says there will be a full slate of local scale modelers with their aircraft, as well as some return visitors from the U.S. and the lower mainland. “Dave Sullivan from Sacramento is
back,” Scholefield said. “It’s his ninth year coming up. He’ll bring his large aerobatic model plane.” Other special guests include Utah’s Scott Davies and his one-third scale Stearman biplane with an actual radial engine. It’s his third or fourth time at the air show, said Scholefield. Tom Wolfe from California is back, toting his replica Mosquito fighter/bomber and its 110-inch wingspan. In from Vancouver this year will be Kevin Forsythe and Paul Dries, who will be formation flying with their turbine-
Mitchell Airpark powered, remote control jets, both of which topping 90 miles per hour. This is the 14th year for the air show and Scholefield said it has raised more than $213,000 in that time for CFAX Santa’s Anonymous and the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation. Admission to the site is by donation, he continued, and in the past people have been very generous. “We have kept it a by-donation event for all of the 14 years. I didn’t want a family who couldn’t afford it, to miss out.” Please see: No other show like Largest Little, page 8
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