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Sooke Soccer Club players in the Sandlot program battle for the ball during play on Saturday at Fred Milne Park. Sandlot is fun, small-sided, teamoriented soccer for younger players and teaches fundamental elements of the game. For more on the program, please turn to Page A23.
Mayor Maja Tait gave birth to her first child Friday. Ewan Eric Vedel Tait came into the world at 3:09 p.m. at Victoria General Hospital. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce and is 49 centimetres long. Tait and her husband Alec are overjoyed with their new arrival. “Our family is so grateful for all of the kind support and encouragement from friends and the community,” Tait said. “It’s so wonderful that Ewan will be raised in Sooke.” Tait is currently on a leave of absence from her job as Sooke mayor.
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A series of recommendations that could slash funding to several Sooke arts groups will have a trickle-down effect that could cut programs or see the end of some organizations, warn community art leaders. The community grant review committee is recommending to District of Sooke council to slash funding to both the Sooke Community Arts Council and the Sooke Fine Arts Society, among others. Sooke Community Arts Council was seeking
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$4,000 from the municipality. The committee is recommending that the council receive no funds. The fine arts society saw its $7,000 request cut in half. Two years ago council gave out more than $250,000 in annual grants, bi-annual grants and servicing agreements. Last year council began a new process of reviewing grants, starting with its bi-annual grants. This year that review covered the annual grants. Coun. Kerrie Reay said the process was open and letters were sent to organizations. Some of those groups showed up at the meeting to discuss their grants, others did not.
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“There was no hidden agenda. This was very public in the budgeting process [last year],” she said. “I think the grant committee did a good job going through all the grants. It’s very hard when you’re trying to use taxpayers dollars and when you want to use them for the majority of the community.” Reay said the committee decision was only the first step. The recommendation still must go to council for ratification, and she suggested all or none of the recommendations could be voted down. See ARTS, Page A6
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Sooke became the seventh municipality to hop onboard a new regional economic agency on Monday, potentially opening some big doors for the district region-wide. The newly formed South Vancouver Island Economic Development Agency is expected to receive funding from all 13 Greater Victoria municipalities. The idea met with warm support from majority of council, including Mayor Maja Tait, who pointed out the sole importance of keeping Sooke’s residents employed, as more than 60 percent of Sooke’s workforce commute to other parts of the region anyway. Despite a successful vote, there was still some initial reticence from council, mostly due to concerns of simply “selling the region” and Sooke’s interests becoming lost in the masses. Dan Dagg, SVIEDA’s acting chair, responded to council by saying the idea here is to collaborate as a region, not assimilate and consume individual regions. “We have no intention to replace the [Sooke Region] Chamber of Commerce. We’re going to help it achieve its potential,” Dagg said. “What you want to think about is leveraging dollars, and what you would be able to do with dollars you have now versus what we can
do as a larger community.” As such, SVIEDA will take the money and lever it into $9 million worth of economic development activity over a five year period, doing it municipality by municipality. The existing Greater Victoria Economic Development Agency is associated with the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and receives funding from Victoria, Saanich and other groups. Coun. Rick Kasper, who supported the idea from the beginning, hopes the new economic plan can bring into perspective what this region offers beyond its own borders, housing in particular. “I want to make sure our community gets sold as a package with things that we want to be selling,” Kasper said. The economic model is based on one vote per municipality, so even though Sooke is smaller than Victoria, it will still get one vote just like everybody else to drive the strategic direction of the organization.
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Up Sooke Pair face multiple fraud charges Two people will appear in provincial court today facing multiple fraud charges that stem from incidents in the East Sooke area. Rebecca Donszelmann and Steve Weeres face six charges each of fraud over $5,000, some of which date back two years.
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Man arrested for sexual assault Sooke Mounties have arrested a man on charges of sexual assault, sexual interference of a person under 16, importing or distributing child pornography and possession of child pornography. Police would not comment further on the incident, due to a courtimposed publication ban.
Christmas bureau needs volunteers Want to help the Sooke Christmas Bureau provide families with a special Christmas this year? Volunteers are needed at the Sooke Community Hall to help sort donated food items into categories on Dec. 18. On Dec. 19 they pack all the food into hampers and on Dec. 20 they hand out the hampers. The hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and volunteers can also choose to do a half day. Volunteers must be over 14 years of age. The Sooke Christmas Bureau is still accepting food donations in community donation boxes. Cash and cheques are being accepted until Dec. 31 and can be mailed to P.O. Box 983, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 1H9. To volunteer, please call 250-642-1534 and leave a message.
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“It’s for Sooke residents, period. If you have an operation, or break your leg, and the doctor says you have to be in crutches or in a wheel chair, that can get expensive, so we provide the alternative,” said Elleanor Schneider, one of several volunteers at the Cupboard. The Cupboard does charge a fee, albeit small, for renting stuff out: for canes and crutches, it’s $5 for two months, and wheelchairs or four-wheel walkers are $10 for one month. All the earnings go towards keeping the equipment functional, clean and up to date. “We use the money for cleaning supplies, because everything has to be cleaned and sterilized before it’s put back on the shelves,” Schneider said, adding that the Cupboard is always looking to update its inventory with newer and more efficient equipment, but that proposition can get expensive. The Cupboard isn’t alone though. The Sooke Community Association also pitched in by allowing the organization to operate from the community hall free of charge, and the Sooke community has been good at donating just about anything to the cupboard, thus expanding the availability of the equipment. “The community is very generous at
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Unionized municipal workers reach five-year deal with Sooke Kevin Laird Sooke News Bulletin
The District of Sooke has reached a five-year deal with CUPE Local 374 representing unionized municipal workers. The agreement includes wage improvements of five per cent over the five-year term. Unionized municipal workers will see successive pay increases of one per cent on Jan. 1, 2016, one per cent on Jan. 1, 2017, one per cent on July 1, 2017, one per cent on Jan. 1, 2018 and one per cent on July 1, 2018. The agreement also includes changes in contract language and provides greater clarification and certainty for
both the union and district, say officials. “Mayor and council are pleased to have a new five-year agreement that will continue to foster a positive working relationship with our unionized employees,” said Mayor Maja Tait. “This agreement reflects a commitment to fiscal responsibility and the long-term financial sustainability of the organization.” Traditionally, the two groups have waited until after the Greater Victoria Labour Relations Association bargaining units inked new deals. The GVLRA represents larger municipalities in the region.
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Sooke workers have been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2013. CUPE Local 374 president Shireen Clark called negotiating a long process. “There’s been much back and forth. Nobody could agree,” she said, adding there has been a lot of changeover with management. The union represents 20 employees among the district’s departments including recreation, public works and administration. “We’re happy to conclude this round of bargaining and look forward to working productively with the employer,” Clark said.
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offered three landscaping options for the area once the tree is cut including annual and perennial fall and spring plantings, installing a bubble rock water feature, bench with landscaping or the bubble rock water feature with a bench. Coun. Ebony Logins questioned why the Municipal Hall entrance was being favoured over other projects in the community, such as a water park. It was a sentiment echoed by other council members.
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Police urge driving caution Arts group say cuts will have trickle-down effect From Page A1 Caryl Wilford, acting president of the Sooke Community Arts Council, said her group did not receive a letter of the meeting and fears a funding cut could be the end of her organization or at the very least curtail its activities. “We were blind-sided and stunned,” she said. Without municipal funding, the arts council will lose matching funding from the B.C. Arts Council. Wilford said without the funding other arts programs are at risk including Art in the Park, Beach Art and Family Art Fair. The Sooke Community Arts Council used the municipal money and re-granted it to other organizations, which is not permitted, said Reay. Wilford disagreed. She said the money used to help other organizations came from the B.C. Arts Council, but Reay points out that money from the B.C. Arts Council wouldn’t be available if the municipal grant was available. Kerrie Reay “If we don’t have support of local government and if that carries on for two years, it means that we no longer have the mandate from the B.C. Arts Council and we’re done,” Wilford said. Catherine Keogan, executive director of the Sooke Fine Arts Society, said she fears what the grants committee has signaled to the rest of the community. “There were many implied criticisms of the arts in general and that perhaps they’re not for everyone. I would be hard-pressed to think of any good cause that is for everyone, which doesn’t make it any less worthy of support,” she said. “There certainly is a tremendous cascade of negative effects that we can see coming out of these recommendations, particularly how the community arts council has been affected.” The 2015 budget allocated $72,788 for annual grants and $50,000 for bi-annual grants. More than $76,000 was requested for the annual grants this year. District of Sooke council will make a decision on the grants at its Dec. 14 meeting.
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Remember the first thing you built as a kid? Whether it was cool tower out of Lego, or a car out of wood, it likely felt like the greatest engineering feat since the Great Pyramid of Giza. It’s the same kind of pride and excitement that Grade 6 and 7 students at Journey Middle School, along with Grade 9 students from Edward Milne Community School, get to enjoy every week, thanks to a joint robotics and shop program that engages young minds into the world of engineering and mechanisms. The students work together with shop teachers to build Sumo-bots, which involves assembling motors and gears, and creating components out of metal and wood. Once these are complete, the students will enter them into the Skills Canada competitions, which begin locally and progress to a national level. As such, the robotics club has two divisions: Junior and Senior Robotics, where the complexity of the bots is substantially different.
In the junior division, all bots have the same twin motors and gearbox setup, allowing them to go forward, in reverse, as well as turn left and right, similarly to a tank or a bobcat. But as all animals are equal, some are more equal, such as David Lambert’s unique twowheel pyramid robot design, which provides protection from all sides of the battlefield. “It’s built for the ultimate defence, and yeah, there’s a chance of someone getting under the wheels, but it’s not very likely,” Lambert said. Miles Drabitt’s Mini Wheels takes a more traditional design of having two wheels in the rear and a deep cowcatcher-type plow in the front. Both designs, albeit simple in nature, offer a not so simple scenario for the students to figure out: do you protect your robot from all sides, but risk getting scooped up and rolled over, or do you provide the robot offensive capabilities, while leaving its sides and rear exposed to attack? And building a successful bot is only half the challenge, as its final victory on the field will also depend
the analogue-based drive-by-wire junior sumo bots, to the more complex remotecontrol sumo bots that use digital components that come with their own programming language. Last year, his team won silver in the Scouts Canada competition in Abbotsford, and aims to get a group going next April as well. The club is considered an extracurricular activity as it is after school hours, with a onetime entrance fee of $20, and is open to all students in Grade 6, 7 or 9. Club meetings are every Wednesday, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at EMCS, and Thursday, from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. at Journey.
on the user. “I think a big part of it is not only how you design it, but how well you drive it yourself,” Drabitt said, adding to add better, grippier wheels on his robot soon. Drabitt, who’d like to be an engineer or architect, hopes to one day build a robot that could walk, something like a sumo wrestler. But the club isn’t about competition, or who can build the best robot, after all both groups of students help each other out for a common purpose: to learn. One of the club’s instructors, Trevor Royale, has worked for three years with sumo bots of all kinds. He oversees both ends of the club, from
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Arts funding conundrum could be solved WE SAY: A
little compromise will go a long way to end the stalemate
If the world was a perfect place, the Sooke arts community would be showered with money, and the district’s grants review committee would have money to burn. Unfortunately those scenarios are more about dreams than reality. The community grant review committee is recommending to District of Sooke council to slash funding to both the Sooke Community Arts Council and the Sooke Fine Arts Society, among others. The committee has been faced with
the prospect of not having enough money for all the requests and has been forced to recommend, in some cases, drastic cuts. Sooke Community Arts Council was seeking $4,000 from the municipality. The committee is recommending that the council receive no funds. The fine arts society saw its $7,000 request cut in half. The decisions, of course, will have ramification. Without the funding from the district, the arts council will not be able to get matching funding from the B.C. Arts Council and in
more funding and perhaps the arts council and fine arts society could ask for less? By shooting slings and arrows, nothing gets accomplished. The arts are important to Sooke and council has to recognize that with several initiatives over the years (most recently the reestablishment of the Sooke Program for the Arts), but it also has a responsibility to be the wise caretakers of taxpayers’ money. A little compromise on both fronts would go a long way to end the stalemate.
turn not help with many art- and culturally based activities within the municipality. The committee takes its direction from council, and looks to get the best value for the taxpayers dollar. It’s at this crossroad where this year the two sides have come to a Y in the road. Perhaps there is a solution here that can be taken either by the committee or council. How about taking a look at the funding again? Could the district open up its pocketbook for a little
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There was no hidden agenda. This was very public in the budgeting process. Coun. Kerrie Reay, District of Sooke – Page A1
If you have an operation, or break your leg, and the doctor says you have to be on crutches or in a wheel chair, that can get expensive, so we provide the alternative. Elleanor Schneider, Sooke Loan Cupboard – Page A3
It’s not just going to be us walking into a room and singing, it’ll be more like an event. Sally Titchkosky, Sooke Community Choir – Page 1B
Charlie Brown tree or not, it’s the spirit of giving
Kevin Laird Editor
This week’s musings and meditations. A GRINCH CHRISTMAS … There are a few Grinches living in Sooke. As the district celebrated the light up of the town centre, not many were fond of the so-called Charlie Brown Christmas tree placed in the centre of the roundabout. As quick as you could say Facebook, social media was on fire with negative comments about the tree. Several called the tree a disgrace, others were more polite and used a Charlie Brown reference. Still, many don’t seem to get it. The Christmas tree idea was first floated by Mayor Maja Tait in late summer when council was discussing
decorating the town centre for the holidays. She said the roundabout needed a tree. Most agreed. The tree was donated to the district, and the spirit of Christmas giving was alive and well. Or so we thought. Yet, it’s hard to accept many people’s attitudes towards the tree. It’s a darn fine tree and one we should all be proud of. And yes, it’s not perfect, but it kind of grows on you. Charlie Brown Christmas tree? You bet – and let’s embrace it for what it represents. ••• OFF TO RETIREMENT … District of Sooke Coun. Kerrie Reay is calling it a career.
Reay, who has been with B.C. Corrections for more than 30 years, will retire on Dec. 17. But don’t think she’ll be taking it easy in retirement. She takes her turn as acting mayor in January and February and will make herself available three or four days a week at Municipal Hall. Congrats, Kerrie. ••• SPEAKING UP … This town’s Fred Jones, a founding member of the Sooke Harbour Toastmasters, was honoured at the fall conference by the Toastmasters of B.C. as Toastmaster of The Year for District 21. The selection committee chose Fred from almost 3,000 members for his tireless work for Toastmasters and
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in particular for his leadership of the youth leadership program. The Youth Leadership Program encourages young people between the ages of 8 and 17 to enhance their communication skills, increase their self-confidence, by learning the art of public speaking. ••• FOREST ART … Ten-year-old Tessa Wirtanen, 10, won an honourable mention in the recent Association of B.C. Forest Professionals’ and the Truck Loggers Association’s National Forest Week art contest. ••• Kevin Laird is editor of the Sooke News Mirror. He can reached by email at klaird@blackpress.ca or by phone at 250-642-5752.
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December. I love winter, it’s so Christmasy. Donna Dertien Sooke
December. It’s nice because it’s Christmas, and the whole family comes together. Dylon Watson Sooke
July. No school and it’s my birthday. Acoya Williams Sooke
December. Love the cold, and the Christmas spirit in the air. Tanya Flood Sooke
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Readers’ letters Sooke needs nice park for families Re: Ideas offered for future development (News, Nov. 25) I’m all for development in Sooke. One thing council might consider is a nice park for the citizens of this beautiful place to enjoy – a park that has provision for children’s slides and play area as well as family picnic and barbecue areas. Other things to be considered would be a horseshoe pit, badminton, basketball hoops, etc. It’s just something to think about. Kent Malm Sooke
Remembering Const. Williams Late Mountie remembered with street sign (News, Nov. 11) I was on duty at Colwood detachment when this terrible thing occurred. I remember them trying to get Const. Reg Williams on the police radio. They finally located Lew Dempsey. He went to the Government wharf in time when the vehicle was pulled from the water and he saw that the car was an RCMP cruiser. Lots of grief on the part of RCMP members on Vancouver Island. Art Pruett Maple Ridge ••• I think a street name is adequate. He was only here a short time. Doing more isn’t necessary. Pirjo Raits Sooke
Arts funding benefits entire community I’m writing in response to the recommendations of the District of Sooke’s grant review committee to slash funding for the arts in Sooke. My feeling is that this committee of four individuals neglected to show due diligence
in reaching their decisions. They don’t seem to be aware of the major impact these cuts will have on our reputation as a welcoming arts community, the financial loss to local businesses, and loss of employment opportunities for the people of Sooke. The loss of our matching grant from B.C. Arts Council means SCAC sponsorship of the Sooke Fine Arts Society ends. An example of the consequences this brings: Appetite for Art has already been cancelled. This in turn means no funding for the Sooke Food Bank from that event. It means the loss of income for local businesses involved. It means loss of income to the Prestige who employ local people. And on and on it goes. No funding from them means no matching funds means no Appetite for Art and that is just one example. What the grants committee fails to understand is the money all goes back into the community and then some. Hundreds of volunteers participate in bringing these events to fruition. Such a small investment on the part of the district creates a huge benefit financially and culturally to our community. I implore the Council of the District of Sooke to not accept the recommendations of the grants review committee with respect to the arts community of Sooke. Maureen Savoy Director, Sooke Community Arts Council
Site C opponents take fight to court Re: Site C dam will destroy pristine Peace River Valley (Letters, Nov. 11) A couple of weeks ago I stood at the overlook above the proposed Site C dam site near Fort St. John, and saw a swathe of clearcuts. Residents described how Hydro cut old-growth eagle trees, crushed beaver dams
with machinery, and chipped tall trees despite promises to salvage merchantable timber. However dramatic this may look as Hydro’s spin fodder, when viewed against the nineyear engineering plan these are baby steps. Logging riverbanks and harassing eagles is not dam construction. There is plenty of time to stop this costly boondoggle that has been purposely kept sheltered from full regulatory scrutiny. And yes, agricultural soils – not just the boreal forest – do store globally significant amounts of carbon. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, agricultural soils are among the planet’s largest reservoirs of carbon and hold potential for expanded carbon sequestration. Even more to the point, agricultural soils produce food, which we can no longer afford to take for granted in an era of droughts and extreme weather. The Peace Valley has the capacity to provide fruits and vegetables for one million British Columbians every year. When the government doesn’t listen – the only option left to citizens is to go to court. Treaty 8 First Nations and Peace Valley landowners are giving it all they’ve got. Ana Simeon Sierra Club B.C.
Don’t handcuff future property owners Re: Ideas offered for future development (News, Nov. 25) Why rezone it and handcuff a buyer to a roundabout and amenities without understanding the development costs first? The old Mulligan site has suffered a similar fate. Do not rezone this just to have it come back later once new owners realize they can’t make it work. Herb Haldane Sooke
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Motorhome fire sparks other dangers on Sooke Rd. The Metchosin Fire Department was not only battling a vehicle fire Sunday, but icy conditions. Crews responded to a vehicle fire on Sooke Road, near Kangaroo Road in Metchosin, just after 8 p.m. They arrived on scene to find a motorhome fully engulfed. Fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop said the motorhome was travelling on Sooke Road when its occupants realized it was on fire. They were able to pull over, but could not put out the blaze. The fire started in the rear of the vehicle, but the cause is still undetermined.
“We extinguished it and had it towed away,” Dunlop said, noting none of the occupants were injured in the fire. But she said crews were not just concerned with putting out the fire. With freezing temperatures, the water run-off from the scene was in danger of freezing on the road, making it dangerous for other vehicles. For precautionary purposes, she said, “we called Mainroad (Contracting) in to put salt and sand on it.” Sooke Road was closed in both directions for roughly half an hour as a result of the motorhome fire. No other
incidents were reported for that area of Sooke Road for the remainder of the night. Meanwhile, RCMP seized over $60,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency, along with instruments used to manufacture counterfeit money, after executing a search warrant at a home in Langford Nov. 25. Deborah Lynne Thomas, 32, has been charged with nine counts of uttering, using or exporting counterfeit money. Police are also warning local businesses that they may have fallen victim to counterfeit bills and are encouraging them to come forward.
Readers’ letters Arts funding must be restored This summer I moved from eastern Canada to Sooke and I love this community. Besides the beauty and the small town friendliness, I have marveled at the community support for a multitude of endeavors in a town of this size. One of the first organizations I joined is the Sooke Community Arts Council. As an artist I have benefited from the support of sharing information with fellow art lovers and experienced the joy of displaying art works in Sooke venues. This sense of belonging and enrichment of one’s commitment to making art has been possible because of the leadership and hard work of the Sooke Community Arts Council --- all on a volunteer basis. I am dismayed at the turn of events with the District of Sooke’s grant review committee’s decision to cut funding to the arts council – and the subsequent loss of the matching grant from BC Arts Council. Some of the negative financial consequences from this withdrawal of funding are: • SCAC’s sponsorship of the Sooke Fine Arts Society ends. • The unique and art event Appetite for Art has been cancelled and there will be no
funding for the Sooke Food Bank from that event. • Year round art events sponsored by the SCAC will no longer take place and consequently no longer will tourists be arriving in Sooke to eat in restaurants, stay in
B&Bs, make purchases and get a good feeling about Sooke as a destination to return to. Art is an essential, vibrant and time honoured part of the human experience. Since moving here I have been excited
Take care of your drains and sinks as if they were a stream, creek or the ocean. Never flush fats, oils and grease from cooking or leftovers down your drains. Instead, they can be disposed of safely for composting in your collection program or recycling at designated depots. It’s a good feeling to know that you’re helping to keep your marine habitat clean and healthy. For more information visit www.crd.bc.ca/fats
that Sooke has such a thriving art community and to keep this alive I urge Sooke council to reconsider and continue to fund art in Sooke through grants to the community arts council. Sue Smith Sooke
We’re moving On Friday, December 4, 2015, this branch at 6525 Good mere Road will be moving to: Sooke Branch 6639 Sooke Road Sooke, BC V9Z OA3 To facilitate the relocation, this branch will be closing at 12 noon on Friday, December 4 and will also be closed on Saturday, December 5. We will reopen at our new location on Monday, December 7, 2015. For those clients with a safe deposit box, your box will be securely moved from the Westshore branch location to the new Sooke branch and will be accessible with your current keys.
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Girls and gangs ▾ MYTH: As a gangsters girlfriend or wife you’ll have everything you want: Reality: Even gangsters’ girlfriends and wives are the target of violence and retribution, with women associated in some way to gangsters murdered, some in front of their children.Over the past several years there have been a number of women associated in some way to gangsters murdered, some in front of their children.
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If this bridge, built in 1927, looks a bit challenging to cross, yes perhaps it was. The cables supporting the planking and narrow deck were strung across the Sooke River, just a bit south of the Sooke Potholes Park. It was built by Icelander Byron Johnson to permit access from Sooke River Road to his family’s isolated home on the west side, which could not be reached by road. The world we live in today seems to require a great deal of caution in order that school children are protected from all the hazards that may be out there. It was not always thus. I recall hearing about a schoolgirl in East Sooke (a daughter in the Brown family) who shot a cougar on her walk to school in the morning. My own class excursion about 70 years ago, when I was in Grade 8 at Sooke School, would give pause, I think, to parents and school officials today. Our Grade 8 class was to have a treat, to go on a hike up the Sooke River. Our principal felt that I was probably more familiar with the terrain than he, so at the age of 13 or 14, I was appointed to lead the expedition. (Little did he know!) All of us on foot, we headed up Phillips Road, passing the Phillips farm and the baying cougar hounds, and reached the Sheilds farm, where our challenge was to skirt the fields where the bull was fenced in, and find our way beyond. Fortunately we navigated our way through the woods, admiring the profusion of wildflowers around us, and reached the yard of the Johnson cabin. Next step was to find the bridge abutment and climb; at this height, one
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SEAPARC Leisure Complex will get a lot brighter and colourful Friday (Dec. 4) with the launching of this year’s Festival of Trees. More than a dozen decorated trees will line the main foyer in celebration of Christmas. A fundraiser of B.C. Children’s Hospital, the idea is to have companies and families pay $250 and sponsor a tree, after which it gets set up and decorated at the donors’ discretion in any theme they prefer. In turn, donation envelopes are made available and the public can put in a cash donation and vote for their favorite tree. Last year, SEAPARC raised $1,700. Running into its seventh year of the festival, SEAPARC is changing it up a bit and focusing more on the giving goodness of the Sooke community, as a lack of sponsorship of trees this year has Don’t miss it left the forest a little n EVENT: Festival of scarce. Trees “This year it’s a bit n WHEN: Dec. 4 to Jan. 4 different, as some of n WHERE: SEAPARC the trees are being donated to nonLeisure Complex profits, so our tree sponsorship portion won’t be as much, but we’re hoping to do more of a drive on the donation end of it,” said SEAPARC programmer Elizabeth Olsen. SEAPARC’s event is a satellite of the same type of tree festival held every year at the Empress in downtown Victoria, with different divisions including Sooke, Port Alberni and Nanaimo. The drop-in tree sponsorship however, is more dire up Island. “Unfortunately, Port Alberni has folded this
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GRASSROOTS of SOCCER Sooke Sandlot program gives children their first taste of organized soccer
On any given Saturday morning, the future stars of the Sooke Soccer Club ply their trade at Fred Milne Park. The Sandlot program is fun, small-sided, team-oriented soccer for younger players. “We learn the basics of handling the ball with our feet, stopping the ball, movement, correct technique on kicking the ball, team work, enjoying yourself and participation,” said coordinator Jennifer Royer-Collard.
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Future soccer stars get their feet grounded in Sooke Soccer Club’s Sandlot program. Sandlot is fun, small-sided, team-oriented soccer for younger players. The program has slowly progressed from one group to three separate groups (Under 4, Under 5 and Under 6) where I supply the the focus is on basic guidance and basics, skills and having fun. “We learn the basics but it is their energy of handling the ball with and dedication our feet, stopping the ball, movement, correct that makes the technique on kicking difference. the ball, team work, enjoying yourself and participation,” said coordinator Jennifer RoyerCollard, who started playing soccer when she was five and now her son plays in the Sandlot program. More than 40 kids are registered in Sandlot, and it is the starting point for children to see if they enjoy soccer. Every Saturday is different based on the number of kids that show up, what the weather is doing and where the kids are at. “Sometimes something just isn’t working and we change direction,” Royer-Collard said. She added encouragement comes with recognition: high fives (from a coach or a parent), words specifying what was done correctly and having fun. Royer-Collard said she is fortunate to have dedicated parent coaches. “I supply the guidance and basics, but it is their energy and dedication that makes the difference,” she said.
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U14 girls draw with Saanich Fusion Sooke Soccer Club’s Girls U14 Tidalwaves battled to a 2-2 draw against Saanich Fusion last weekend. Tidalwaves keepers Mina Louvat and Emma Muttitt both played a standout game. Sooke’s first goal was scored by Marin Clarkston, her hard work against the Saanich defense paid off. The second goal was from Brittney Homer as she blasted a penalty shot from outside the 18-yard line. “Great work by the whole team,” said manager Carleen Dennett. ••• Sooke Loggers played to a 0-0 tie against Prospect Lakers Black on Saurday at Fred Milne Park in Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 2. Shutouts were recorded by Sooke’s Kelton Peck and Blacks’ Kevin Ashcroft. Next up for Sooke is an away game in Powell River this weekend. ••• The struggles continue for Sooke United in Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 4B. United lost again Sunday to Prospect Lake’s Kal Tire 2-1. Mustafa Alsaeed and Toshiki Matsumro scored for Kal Tire. Michael Yuill tallied for the Sooke side.
Board of Variance Committee Volunteers Applications are invited from Sooke residents or business owners interested in serving on the District of Sooke Board of Variance. Two appointments to the three-member Board must be made at this time. The Council appointment will be for a three-year term. If you are interested in volunteering please submit a completed Appointment Application form available at the District of Sooke Municipal Hall or at www.sooke.ca by 4:30 pm, Friday, December 4, 2015 to:
Sooke players driving force behind championship win Spartans knock out Nanaimo in football final After giving up the first touchdown of the game and behind 6-0, the Victoria Spartans Junior Bantam team led by nine Sooke players rallied to win 48-18 against Nanaimo in an all-Island final at Westhills Stadium in Langford Friday. In only their second year in this four-down American High School rules league, the Spartans had a perfect 7-0 record-outscoring their opponents 22660, with most of the starters pulled at halftime. Highlights of the day include MVP of the game Spencer Logan with one touchdown, 115 all-purpose yards, numerous blocks on
defence, tackles and sacks. Jared Steele scored two touchdowns and led blocking on all for other touchdowns. Owen Cheng had two touchdowns and four touchdownsaving tackles at full safety. Caleb Carrier centered his offence, had a kickoff recovery, longsnapped his team and had numerous tackles at interior lineman. Avan Wickheim captained the defence to another stellar performance. Riley Brefelo picked up a fumbled kickreturn and led by Logan expertly ran it back. It was called back due to a penalty, however. Brefelo had
many tackles and superb coverage at corner. Sam Lowden had two receptions at tight-end both screens thrown by quarterback Will Gorchinov, with Lowden running one in for his first touchdown of the season. Simon Hadley blocked and consistently ran his routes as a receiver. Missing on the day was Anthony Tucker with an injury. Peewee call-up player James Mullen played right guard and finished all his blocks. “All in all it was a great season,” said coach Andy Carrier, with Sooke [players] figuring in prominently and leading by example with sacrifice and hard-work.”
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ADVENT 2015 - HOPE is coming...
A while ago at a teachers’ reunion I bumped into a former colleague. I asked her where she was living now and she said, “I live in Hope.” Her husband piped up, chuckled, and said, “I am beyond Hope... I’m in Boston Bar! I am teaching there and on weekends I am in Hope... but I have hope... that I will get a job in Hope too... we live in hope that we will live in Hope together!” I hope that their hope has been fulfilled! Hope, in its most serious and profound meaning, is basic to our spiritual, emotional, psychological, mental and physical well-being. When we have no hope we are hope-less. Hopelessness can lead to darkness, dismay, despondency and despair with possible tragic results for us or others. When we are hope-filled we are strong. Our focus is on the positive and the possible. “Energies flow where attention goes.” Positive focus will lead to energy, perseverance, confidence and strength physically, emotionally and spiritually. In the Old Testament God’s people were walking in a darkness. However there were those who had hope that the promised Redeemer would come and restore fully the people’s relationship with God. It was their hope that was the difference that made all the difference. There are times that we feel lost or in a darkness. Reminding ourselves that light follows darkness we can “power up” by remembering past blessings and times of strength and purpose. This will build hope in our hearts because “by recalling past blessings we are strengthened for future challenges.” This is part of the message of Advent. It lifts our hearts and vision. It calls us to be people of hope and moves us to be agents of hope to others. The best way to realize how hope-filled we truly are is to offer to help others so they, too, can find or renew hope in their lives. Billy Graham put it simply, yet profoundly, when he said, “I try not to worry about life too much because I read the last page of the Bible and it all turns out all right.” The last words on the last page in the Bible are “Marana tha!” “Come, Lord Jesus!” This Advent of 2015 as we reflect upon the hope of those who awaited the Incarnation, the “Word made Flesh” that is, the first coming of Jesus into our world..so are we empowered and hope filled as we await His return in glory at the end of time. “I have come so that they may have Life and have it in abundance.” (John 10:10)... and where there is Life, there is Hope!! Fear not!
Father Ian Charles Stuart HOLY TRINITY Anglican Church 1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172 HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE: 11am The Rev. Dimas Canjura www.holytrinitysookebc.org
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124 SUNDAY SERVICE 10:15 am Pre-Service Singing 10:30 am Family worship Rev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg Parents Room and well equipped Nursery
SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH 7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424 SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries
ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish 2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945 Saturday Mass 4pm | Sunday Mass, 9am Thursday Mass 10:30 am Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 5pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3 Rev. Fr. Marinaldo Batista
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JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403 SATURDAY SERVICE
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The 35th running of the Island Race Series is set for the start line beginning in January. The seven races comprise the Harriers Pioneer 8K on Jan. 10, Cobble Hill 10K on Jan. 24, Cedar 12K on Feb. 7, Hatley Castle 8K on Feb. 21, Synergy Health Management Bazan Bay 5K on March 6, Comox Valley RV Half Marathon on March 20, and Sooke River 10K on April 3. “The seven running clubs that are hosting each of the Island Series races are promoting running and walking all year round in their communities up and down the Island,” said Cathy Noel, president of the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association. The Harriers Pioneer 8K will be the first race in the new B.C. Super Series, a series of 12 races to be run in Vancouver and Victoria. Returning for a second year is charity partner – Victoria Hospitals Foundation. When registering participants will have the opportunity to top up their registration and support rehabilitative services at Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital. In 2015 Craig Odermatt (Prairie Inn Harriers) won the overall series award followed by Derek Vinge (Comox Valley Road Runners) and Claire Morgan (Prairie Inn Harriers). Prairie Inn Harriers won the club standings. To register online for the series go to vira. bc.ca.
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Upcoming Public Meetings Committee of the Whole Meeting Monday, December 7, 2015 at 7:00 pm
What’s New! The District of Sooke website at www.sooke.ca has information about your community – including: • Highway 14 –Town Centre Improvements – ongoing updates • Driving tips for Roundabouts • Employment and Volunteer Opportunities
2015 Property Taxes A reminder that unpaid 2015 Property Taxes will start to accrue interest as of January 1st, 2016. Also, a reminder that December 31st, 2015 is the deadline to claim a retroactive Home Owner Grant for 2014. This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to confirm meetings. Council meeting agendas may be viewed at www.sooke.ca
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Edward Milne Community School’s Lautaro Cepeda (22) gets a hand in on Bulldogs ball carrier Jasper Fernando during junior B boys basketball action at Belmont secondary in Langford Monday. The host team won 41-23.
Midget girls double up on Victoria Sooke Thunderbirds Midget Females beat Victoria 6-3 Sunday in Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association play.
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Tell us what you think! The Draft Regional Trails Management Plan is ready for feedback. It will guide decisionmaking, priority setting, and budget planning for the next 10 years for the Galloping Goose, Lochside and E&N Rail Trail - Humpback Connector, and for future regional trails. Before Jan. 31, 2016 visit the CRD website to review the draft plan and provide your feedback. Watch the site for upcoming open houses in the new year.
For musicians, bands and choirs, sheet music can be prohibitively expensive. A grant from the Victoria Foundation enabled the Victoria Conservatory of Music to expand their music library into a communitywide resource centre accessible to all. In collaboration with School District 61, the project opened doors to the District’s extensive Choral Octavo collection. Both organizations’ annotated collections of scores are now available for loan to individuals and groups.
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WE SEE A BUDDING ARTIST This holiday season, you can help a family with a child in need by tuning in to the Timmy’s Christmas Telethon in support of the BC Lions Society’s Easter Seals programs and services. Watch Sunday December 6th from 6-10pm on Shaw TV Channel 4, Shaw Direct 299, or affiliate stations throughout the province or live stream on your computer at www.timmys.org.
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Where in the World ... The News Mirror wants to go on vacation with its readers. Paul Tsai went back to Taiwan, and took this photo at Taipei 101 building with the News Mirror. The Taipei 101 tower in Taipei, Taiwan, was the world’s tallest building from 2004 until 2010, standing at 1,667 feet (508 metres. It is considered the tallest green building in the world for its innovative and energy-saving design. Rich with symbolism and tradition, Taipei’s iconic landmark is a standing monument to feng shui and modern design. If you’re planning a vacation make sure to take us along. It’s quick and easy: take a picture of someone in your group holding a copy of the Sooke News Mirror, send it to us and we’ll publish it. Send photos to editor@ sookenewsmirror. com.
NOTICE OF REGULAR COUNCIL 2016 MEETING SCHEDULE (section 127 Community Charter) Regular Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m., except on statutory holidays, then the Regular Council meeting must be held on the following Tuesday. Meetings are held in the Sooke Council Chamber located at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC.
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Zero Waste: A state of mind Steve Unger Contributed
“Is zero waste some new recycling thing?” Respectfully, this is like asking if the Internet is some new computer thing. In the same way that the Internet has forever changed how we view and interact with the world, zero waste is a shift in our beliefs as to what constitutes waste. More accurately, it’s a view that society’s attitude to waste needs to be completely re-thought. The concept of “zero waste” is a new lens through which we can do a 180 on our perspective of garbage. It is nothing less than a state of mind. Before we talk about zero waste, however, we need to talk about waste. No other species generates garbage. Humans are the only one. Waste plays no part in the natural world. In fact, there is no equivalent to garbage in the ecosystem. It simply does not exist. One organism’s waste is another’s food. Mother Nature recycles, reuses, repurposes, reconstitutes everything; its a perfect system. Waste and garbage are human creations that started with the industrial revolution, exploded with the advent of plastics, and have now become a fundamental aspect of
our human industrial growth economy. In fact, our economic system today – founded on the rapid purchase and disposal of “stuff” – requires constant and manufactured obsolescence (i.e., waste). The economic treadmill we’re running on cannot afford for us to reuse, recycle or repurpose.
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Waste plays no part in the natural world. In fact, there is no equivalent to garbage in the ecosystem. It simply does not exist. And while our economy cannot live without waste, our ecosystem cannot live with it. We are left to choose between the ecosystem and the economy. The problem really came with modern technology, specifically the invention of plastics. Plastic takes tens of thousands of years to decompose. And since the rise of its generalized use less than 50 years ago, plastics are everywhere now. And when plastics do finally decompose, they leave toxic fibers in their wake. So, for the sake of discussion, let’s reimagine waste as by-product. The
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by-products of making dinner, for instance, are food scraps, peels, possibly a few bones. In turn, this becomes compost, food for animals or stock for soup. It’s not waste. Likewise, the by-product of a construction project is firewood, materials for other projects or salvage to reuse on another build. Surplus old clothes become new quilts. And so on. This is not new thinking. Quite the contrary, it is extremely old and once commonplace logic for the countless generations before us that understood and lived with scarcity. So what to do? We need to rethink waste. In fact, we need to stop thinking of waste as a something to get rid of. Waste – I mean by-product – is an opportunity, it’s a resource, and more importantly, it’s a responsibility. We can no longer be “wasters,” we must steward a healthy ecosystem for our kids.
Rather than automatically tossing stuff out, become a “recycler” or a “reuser.” Be creative! Take back your power to do it yourself. Fix that old whatever or turn it into something new. Stop wasting. Once you get the idea of zero waste, you’ll realize that it applies not just to stuff. It applies to time, energy, people. You’ll stop wasting hours in front of the TV and instead use your precious life-force to plant a garden, visit a friend or do some community work. And let me leave you with one last thought. There is no better measure of our sustainability, of our resilience, than looking at our waste. It’s the crap we leave in our collective cultural wake that is our legacy. Let’s not be wasters. ••• Steve Unger writes for Zero Waste Sooke.
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The Capital Regional District is seeking public opinion on its draft regional trails management plan. The Regional Trails Management Plan will guide decision making, priority setting, and budget planning over the next 10 years. The CRD regional trails system is made up of the Galloping Goose, the Lochside and the E&N Rail Trail - Humpback Connector. The regional trails management plan will also apply to any new trails that are developed in the future. The draft regional trails management plan and a related comment form are available online at crd.bc.ca/project/regional-trailsmanagement-plan. Comments will be received until Jan. 31. Open houses will be held in January.
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Upcoming concerts will focus on the spirit, joy and celebration of the holiday season as a whole, not just Christmas Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror
An orchestra may sway your heart with its high and low strings, bring on the rising fanfare with its army of brass and then tingle your soul with its repertoire of wind and reed, but a choir will join it all into one epic ensemble of music, passion and expression. Little wonder really, that when the Sooke Community Choir joins the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, audiences abroad are left open-jawed and mesmerized by their performance.
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It’s very spiritual and uplifting, but not necessarily religious.
The choir is still very much a unit of its own, however. This year, as many as 64 members are taking part, each one bringing a different voice into the ensemble, be it an alto, soprano, tenor or baritone. Regardless of who it is that is going “aaaa” one thing’s for sure: these folks are very much their own musical instruments. To make sure those vocal chords stay in tune, artistic director Bruce Ruddell, a veteran of the music industry, also returns at the helm, running into his second season with the Sooke Choir. And this Christmas season, the concerts will be a bit different too, focusing not only on Christmas, but on the holiday season as a whole, which is why the choir will split its holiday concerts into two different parts. “I just didn’t want to do another Christmas show, but a winter show,” Ruddell said, hoping to change the beat this time. “I’m looking forward to the community coming in here and listening to some beautiful music. It’s very spiritual and uplifting, but not necessarily religious.” The first concert will be on Sunday (Dec. 6), from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Church, called the Christmas Kickoff Singalong, where the choir will sing traditional carols with members of the community. Second concert, called Song for a Winter’s Night will officially start on Dec. 11 at the Sooke Community Hall at 8 p.m., and will continue on Dec. 12 at 2 p.m., until Sunday
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Sooke Choir members Hildegard Burkart, left, Lise Henderson, and Denise Rempel (Melannie Clark in background on far left) test the strength of their vocal chords during last week’s choir practice at the Prestige hotel. (Dec. 13) at the Metchosin Community Hall. Choir president Sally Titchkosky pointed out the second concert will be the centre piece of the Choir’s performance, as it will also include a set and interspersed poem reading between songs where choir members will read poems, either of their own or ones they enjoy. “It’s not just going to be us walking into a room and singing, it’ll be more like an event,” she said, pointing out that new additions this year also include new lighting, as well as a donated grand piano, which will take the community hall stage on the night of the second concert. Titchkosky joined two years ago, becoming a successful
member and eventually president of the organization. She said anybody can join, because in the end, it’s about having fun and creating something truly unique in the community. The Sooke Community Choir is also behind numerous performances, including its usual set on Remembrance Day, as well as several fundraising shows held at Edward Milne Community School. Suggested donation for the Christmas Kickoff Singalong this Sunday is $5, plus a nonperishable item for the Sooke Food Bank. news@sookenewsmirror.com
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Awards celebrate family-owned businesses Nominations are being accepted until Dec. 15; awards gala on Feb. 11 Jacob Zinn Sooke News Mirror
In recognition of family-owned businesses on Vancouver Island, the local chapter of the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise is accepting nominations for its 2016 Family Enterprise of the Year Award. The annual award by CAFE was started in an effort to honour, celebrate and promote the achievements and contributions
of Canadian family businesses. CAFE is Canada’s only national not-forprofit that celebrates and supports family business. Past Vancouver Island recipients include Country Grocer, Accent Inns, McCall Brothers Funeral Directors, Capital Iron, the Canada Homestay Network, Pacific Sands Resort, Robinson’s Outdoor Store and Monk Office. “It’s extremely
important to recognize the contributions family businesses make to the economy,” said managing director Bernadine Rudichuk, “and the best way we find of doing that is to honour someone locally who has done well as a family business.” Rudichuk said CAFE places importance on family businesses because they support the local economy through job creation and often give back to their communities. “Vancouver Island has a very high percentage of family businesses, and many
of them have been around for many generations,” she said. “We appreciate the fact that not only do they contribute to the economy, but they provide employment and they’re local. It’s always a great feeling
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Enterprise of the Year Award. In 2014, Victoria’s Capital Iron won the national award, making it the first Vancouver Island recipient of the accolade. “It was amazing – it was the first time it’s
It was amazing – it was the first time it’s happened for us. It was just great. to support local businesses.” Additionally, the recipients of the local FEYA from CAFE’s 11 chapters will be entered to win the national Family
happened for us,” said Rudichuk. “It was just great.” Nominations are being accepted until Dec. 15, with the Vancouver Island celebration gala
taking place on Feb. 11 at the Victoria Golf Club. Residents can nominate eligible businesses that they feel are worthy of recognition in their community. Eligible businesses must be family owned, defined by several criteria, including ownership or operation by different generations of a family, potential ownership to be passed on to a younger generation, more than one family member with active employment, and a head office located in Canada. Nominations are being accepted until
Dec. 15, with the Vancouver Island celebration gala taking place on Feb. 11 at the Victoria Golf Club. Residents can nominate eligible businesses that they feel are worthy of recognition in their community. To nominate a family business (self-nominations are welcome) or for more details on the nomination process, visit www.cafecanada. ca/chapters/ vancouver-island and fill out the form, or contact Rudichuk at 250-532-2402 or vancouverisland@ cafecanada.ca. editor@sookenewsmirror.com
Restaurant liquor rules eased The latest change to B.C. liquor policy loosens the rules for restaurant goers who just want to order a drink, without food. They’re now allowed to sit anywhere in the restaurant instead of being relegated to a separate lounge area or feeling pressured to order food. That’s expected to provide some more flexibility to restaurants that no longer need to have defined lounge areas. “This is a small change that will make a big impact,” said Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservice Association. “The restaurant can open up more physical space that can be used to seat customers who are dining or enjoying a cocktail.” The rules for music and comedy performances are also relaxed. Restaurants no longer have to apply for a permit to host entertainment, as long as patrons aren’t participating in the show. Meanwhile, Craft beer
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946ml
5
for
Dare
Classic Egg Nog
Almonds
5
4$
2$
99
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Best Brown, Demerara or Golden Yellow Sugar
1kg
100gr
250gr
E.D. Smith
RealJoy Candy
Candy Cane, 300gr
350-450gr
100gr
1kg
5
2$ for
2
Stuffed Manzanilla Olives
Marinated Artichoke Hearts
375ml
170ml
5
4$ for
5
3$ for
for
Keebler
Kraft
170gr
225gr or 1lt
for
for
Ocean’s
Ocean’s
Wild Pink Salmon
Baby Clams
Mayonnaise
1lt
4
213gr
142gr
890ml
5
3$
2$
for
BE THE HOST WITH THE MOST Hellmann’s
Pickles
Smoked Oysters or Mussels
for
Farmer’s Market
397gr or 398ml
5
2$
Organic Pumpkin or Pumpkin Pie Mix
Cool Whip
Ready Crust
2
5
99
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Vlasic
Clover Leaf
Unico
5
2$
99
99
HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Unico
2
3
99
Ocean’s
Wild Sockeye Salmon 213gr
85gr
5
3$ for
5
2$ for
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2$ for
5
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Deli & Cheese
Grimm’s
Freybe
Authentic Smoked Beef
Freybe
Bottom Round
Smoked Bavarian Ham
1
1
99
1
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Per
100 gr
Sushi
8 Piece Happy California Rolls
227gr
5
for
7
Comox Brie or Camembert
4
Medium
Chow Mein
9 Piece Philly Rolls
Sweet & Sour Pork 16 Piece
6
Deep Fried Prawns
75
549
Available at select stores only.
Min. 180gr
49
Medium
Small
Szechuan Beef
Available at select stores only.
Per
100 gr
Natural Pastures
2$
99
100 gr
Cambozola Blue Cheese
Homous or Baba Ganouj
49
Per
German
Royal Gourmet
1
Bavarian or French Herb Meatloaf
$
per 100 gr
9 995 695 95
7
Woolwich Dairy
Chevrai 113gr
8
2$ for
Seafood • Quality Foods
49
Fresh
Fresh
Snapper Fillets
Sole Fillets
1
49
Per
100 gr
Per
100 gr
Frozen or Previously Frozen
FRESH
Little Cedar Falls
Steelhead Fillets
from
NANAIMO
Jelly Beans
2
49 Per
100 gr
Hold the Salt Pecan Halves
Sweet Treats Chocolate Macaroons or Buds
2
$
41/50 Size
Quality Fresh
Quality Fresh
49
Cooked White Tiger Prawn Tails
125gr
Per
100 gr
Organically Yours
Organic Dried Cranberries 200gr
400gr
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100 gr
2
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Mini Apple or Cherry Strudel
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Ice-Box or Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
2
Dempster’s
Bagels
4
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9” Apple Pie
Selected, 6’s
99
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for
Vanilla Slice
Two Layer
Vanilla or Chocolate Cake
6
2$
12 pack
Dempster’s
Signature Bread 600gr
9
6
99
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5
2$ for
6
2$ for
Quality Foods • Taste for Life Hidden Garden
Green Organic
Gluten Free Cookies
Spinach or Edamame Soybeans
150gr
Oasis
Health Break Juice 1.75lt
Hemp Bliss
Nuts To You
Organic Hemp Beverage
PLUS A
2
2
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LICABL PP
EES EF
2
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Eco Pac Organic Cereal 750-907gr
300-500gr
99
Nature’s Path
5
99
R.W. Knudsen
Organic Tahini
Organic Pear Juice
250gr
946ml
for
5
3
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Scotties
399
LICABL PP
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2$
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946ml
Surf
Fasana
Facial Tissue
for
5
Bathroom Tissue or Tiger Towel
Original Fresh, 5.52lt
20’s
3$
Royale
Liquid Laundry Detergent
Napkins
Holiday Collection, 65’s
Household
2$ for
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5
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6.59 per kg
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2 6.59 per kg
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99 Per
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Film night docudrama to benefit Ethiopian orphanage December is traditionally a time to remember the many children who do not even understand what a Christmas wish list is. In keeping with that tradition, as well as one of our own, Awareness Film Night’s Dec. 9 screening will be a benefit for an orphanage for street children in Ethiopia. But not just any orphanage. This one is being started by a friend of Sooke’s own envoy to Africa, Eric Anderson. Awareness Film Night has promoted Anderson’s work with children in Ethiopia at several past December film nights and this year he has brought back a film called
Orphan Girl. This docudrama is the true story of Helen Getachew Abebe, who was born in a brushwood hut in southern Ethiopia and raised in an orphanage in that country that owed as much to Dickens as to Mother Theresa. Today, after dealing with the many adversities portrayed in Orphan Girl, Helen is a strong young woman with a son who is trying to raise enough money to start a small orphanage for street kids. Anderson is the executive producer and assistant director of the film and acts in it, although he points out the other actors and the director are veterans who did not
take a dime for their work. He will be in attendance Dec. 9 to answer questions about the film, the orphanage project and Ethiopia. Showtime is 7 p.m. at Edward Milne Community School theatre. Admission is by donation. All the expenses of the film night will be covered so that all donations received from moviegoers will go directly to Helen’s orphanage project. For more information, please go online to: www. awarenessfilmnight.ca.
A still of Eric Anderson in the docudrama Orphan Girl.
“Did you know our proposed expansion follows the existing route for most of the way?” - Carey Johannesson, Project Lead, Land & Right-of-Way, Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
The proposed Trans Mountain Expansion follows the existing
73
%
route or other linear infrastructure for 89% of the way.
OF THE ROUTE IS ON THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY.
That means approximately 100 kms needs to be moved to undisturbed lands. These reroutes will be made to improve safety and address environmental considerations, and will accommodate
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WILL REQUIRE NEW ROUTING.
changes in land usage since the pipeline was originally built in 1953. We’ve been talking with the public, stakeholders, landowners and Aboriginal communities along the proposed corridor to hear their concerns. We expect you will ask questions. We’ve made
16%
WILL FOLLOW OTHER LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURES, SUCH AS HYDRO, TELUS, RAILWAYS AND HIGHWAYS.
adjustments in many places to address the concerns we’ve heard. Our intention in all of our planning is to minimize the impact on residents, communities and the environment, while ensuring that safe construction and operations are possible.
For more information, go to TransMountain.com/planning-the-route Email: info@transmountain.com · Phone: 1-866-514-6700
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Concert at EMCS
Looking to get into the holiday spirit? Don’t miss out on the EMCS Annual Winter Concert this Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Edward Milne Community School theatre. Admission is by donation, and proceeds go to help support the EMCS band.
A great deal just bubbled up.
EMCS Food drive tonight Students and staff at Edward Milne Community School have been busy getting ready for their first 10,000 Tonight Food Drive, coming up tonight from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Those who would like to donate, but cannot be available that night, EMCS will also be taking donations all of next week – from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, during regular business hours. All of the food collected through EMCS will be going to support the Sooke Food Bank.
$15/mo. for the first year.
That’s over
$295 in savings.†
Volunteers needed Volunteers are needed at the Sooke Community Hall to help sort donated food items into categories on Dec. 1. On Saturday, Dec. 19 they pack all the food into hampers and on Dec. 20 they hand the hampers out. The hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and volunteers can also choose to do a half day if they prefer. All volunteers must be over 14 years of age. The Sooke Christmas Bureau is still accepting food donations in the many boxes within the community. Cash and cheques are being accepted until Dec. 31 and can be mailed to P.O. Box 983, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 1H9. To volunteer, please call 250-642-1534.
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