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It seems a guardian angel was watching over two families before Christmas, one in Sooke, another in East Sooke, after suffering house fires. There were several guardian angels watching in fact; from Sooke, East Sooke and Metchosin and fire and rescue departments. The most concerning occurred in East Sooke on Tuesday afternoon, which began in a house complex at Raglan Place just off of East Sooke Road. While firefighters haven’t determined what caused the fire, it originated from within the basement of the house near the furnace. One of the home’s resident, a young man, was able to call 911 and escape unscathed with a dog and two cats. With the combined effort of three fire departments, the fire was put out three and a half hours later, said East Sooke Fire and Rescue Chief Roger Beck. Beck said a working smoke alarm played a major part in fire crews getting there in time before the fire grew even worse.

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While the damage is still serious, the house was saved and repairs can still be made. Luckily, even the Christmas presents under the tree were safe and sound. “The [gifts] might smell a bit like smoke, but the fire didn’t fully ruin Christmas for them,” Beck said. In a separate incident, a fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a townhouse complex on Grant Road West.

The owner of a house left a pot on the stove disinfecting baby bottle nipples. The pot was discarded in time, and fire rescue put out the remaining fire, leaving the home with “fairly minor” damage. Still it could have been a lot worse, Sorensen said. “This townhouse complex has four units in each, so it certainly had a lot of potential to do serious damage.”

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Sookies started 2015 in the annual Polar Bear Swim at Whiffin Spit Park

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ollowing a major fire in Otter Point that completely destroyed a shop, emphasis was put upon the importance of mutual aid agreements between four of the major Fire and Rescue services in the region, Sooke Fire, East Sooke Fire, Otter Point Fire and Metchosin Fire departments. The incident showed how the departments worked together to make sure there’s water for every fire fought, and that there’s an extra hand when needed. Also in February: The Seaparc Leisure Complex commission passed a motion to endorse putting a grant application for an-all weather turf field in Fred Milne Park. Though many agreed the $1.2 million project would benefit the local soccer community, a final decision remains on whether or not the grant will be provided or not. Up in Jordan River, the Capital Regional District increased its efforts on rebuilding the rapidlyfading banks at Jordan River Regional Park campsite and surf beach. Fortunately, the efforts paid off.

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he grand project of a roundabout, new sidewalks and turn lanes first enters consciousness of the local public, after a partnership between the District of Sooke and Ministry of Transportation is formed in an effort to improve Highway 14. Mayor Maja Tait, though happy with the proposed improvements, expressed concern that major construction in the summertime would disrupt the town core significantly. Work on the roundabout did not start until mid-July. Also in January: Sooke equally saw its first challenge

with drugs, after an RCMP officer walked into the Reading Room Cafe and noticed something off with one of its clients. The officer found out this individual wasn’t only wanted by police, but also loaded with crystal meth, heroin, paraphernalia for drug trafficking and stolen property. He was arrested, but this was the first of many drug busts in Sooke this year. As the kitchen scraps program came in full effect in Sooke, with frustrations from residents rose quickly over the attraction of pests and other nightly undesirables over the leftover funk.

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he Sooke Food Bank saw a big spike in clients in early spring, setting a worrying trend for the rest of the year. “All the working people who were just making it with their finances used to be a lot of our donators. Now, they are our clients,” Sooke Food Bank secretary Kim Metzart said in an interview back in March. The food bank received a $8,000 grant from the Sooke District later in the spring, though its numbers of needy did not subside. Also in March: The proposal for a modern local library in John Phillips Memorial Park went back to the drawing board. The idea of a 10,000 square foot building far from the centre of town didn’t sit too well with most of council and many Sooke residents, leaving the Vancouver Island Regional Library board in limbo for months to come. Edward Milne Community School students banded together to form the EMCS cheerleading squad in an effort to spread out the school spirit.

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First Sooke Girl Guides Lindsay Drabitt and Gemini Rogers, both aged 11, helping out at the Sooke Food Bank as part of their Lady Baden-Powell community challenge.

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ooke reSidentS were unSettled when representatives from Kinder Morgan came to town to discuss the increase of oil tanker traffic passing through the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Despite a fairly-civilized meeting, the council chamber was full of tension and skepticism over what may lay in store for Sooke and indeed the Island, in the future. Also in April: The milk money program run by local parent advisory councils dried up in April after fewer and fewer shoppers took part. The total was an OK-but-not-great $1,203, compared to $2,400 in 2014. The money was distributed through local PACs to help fund school projects and playground improvements.

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he pacheedaht nation, as well as residents of Port Renfrew were taken in by surprise after developers announced the building of a massive new marina (called the Pacific Gateway) near the mouth of the San Juan River. Threatening to disrupt flow of the coho and the river, the community stood against it. As a result, the project floundered, and its current status remains unknown. Also in May: A serious head-on collision on Sooke Road near Saseenos blocked traffic from leaving or entering Sooke for nearly

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eight hours. Though all occupants of the horribly-mangled vehicles were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the accident rattled residents, raising the call for alternate routes. The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry confirms the Sooke roundabout, along with a handful of other improvements to Highway 14, are going ahead. Jordan River campside re-opens after B.C. Hydro re-assessed its risk warnings concerning the failure of Diversion Dam in the event of a big earthquake.

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hat could easily be one of Sooke’s biggest drug busts this year, the RCMP’s three-month investigation in June led to the arrest of 13 local drug traffickers, recovering quantities of heroin, cocaine, meth, marijuana, stolen Canadian currency and a Cadillac Escalade. While successful in halting a major drug operation, the investigation also revealed a worrying network of drugs that flow into Sooke via Langford and abroad. The Salvation Army’s Sooke branch closed its doors after decades of service to the local community, leaving the only other thrift store in town, St. Vincent’s, at the Hope Centre. East Sooke’s Sci’anew Nation revealed its ocean thermal energy project that will power a new neighbourhood of 50 homes in the area, called Spirit Bay. The project came as the second renewable First Nations energy project in the greater Sooke region, with the T’Sou-ke’s solar arrays successfully operating since 2009.

Kris Obrigewitch, far left, executive director of the Trust for Sustainable Development, along with Sci’anew First Nations Chief Russ Chipps (middle) and Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad at the unveiling of a new ocean thermal clean energy project at Spirit Bay. Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

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n abnormally-dry summer throughout B.C. raised the alarm bells with Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society president Robert Gamache. With creeks drying up and rivers reduced to mere trickles of water, Gamache said coho risk getting trapped in unsustainable pools where they die. “During the summertime parts of DeMamiel Creel actually go underground, so we set traps

here and there, gather those fish that are stranded in small pools and in danger of drying up and we transport them into the larger pools that we know will stay all summer,” Gamache said. Also in August: Property crime – commercial and domestic break and enters and theft from vehicles – is trending up due to the added factor of substance abuse, according to Sooke RCMP. “Crystal meth contributes to

it, though most of the violence is spawned by alcohol use,” said Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur. “There is no one cause, but the prevalence of street drugs also adds to it, not necessarily the physiological effects of the drug itself, but the violence that comes along with the [drug dealing] trade.” McArthur said there’s no one place the drugs come from, as there are lots of hands in the drug dealing business.

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Sooke Mayor Maja Tait and B.C. government representative Comox Valley MLA Don McRae with the ceremonial first dig at the location of the new roundabout on Sooke Road.

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ooke Fire rescue saw unprecedented demand for service while dealing with volunteer staff shortages. “This year can only be described as the busiest time on record for the fire department,” Fire Chief Steven Sorensen said in a report to District of Sooke council back in July. Sorensen expects the volume to increase as the warm, dry summer continues throughout the South Coast. To make matters worse, the fire department is challenged to respond to calls with fewer volunteer firefighters. Also in July: Construction of the controversial Sooke roundabout began. The District of Sooke contributed $3.1 million for the roundabout, which fuses Sooke Road, Brownsey Boulevard and the Evergreen Centre entrance into one loop. The provincecame in with an additional $6 million for a complete revamp of Sooke Road between Otter Point and Church roads. That includes new sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting, curbs, new shoulder bike lane and new bus shelters. All that in total, to the tune of $9.1 million-worth of work. Otter Point and Sooke Road also gained an extra right turn lane along with a sidewalk.

ooke representatives on the Capital Regional District board said a nearly doubly pay increase for board members was too much. CRD directors voted to give themselves a pay hike, increasing the base pay for the board’s 24 members to $17,000 a year from $8,940. The board chairperson will be paid an additional stipend of $25,000 a year, up from $20,000, for a total of $42,000. The raises take effect Jan. 1. The pay for directors has not changed in 20 years. Also in September: Problem bear complaint reports hit an all-time high in September with more than 500 calls recorded. The Grant Road and Maple Avenue areas have become favourite hangouts for bears. “People are seeing two to three bears at a time,” said Debbie Read, coordinator of Wild Wise Sooke. The District of Sooke marked the Queen becoming the longestreigning monarch in British history with a special ceremony at Municipal Hall. Queen Elizabeth II passed Queen Victoria, her greatgreat-grandmother who was on the throne for 63 years and seven months. The Sooke event was one of only a few marking the milestone in the region.

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MP Randall Garrison won another term on Monday night, but the New Democrats suffered huge losses nationwide.

u October Oct. 19 was a bittersweet night for local MP Randall Garrison. While he rolled to a third consecutive term as a member of Parliament, his New Democratic Party was reduced to third party status in the House of Commons. Garrison won the Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding by more than 5,000 votes. The Liberals won the nationwide vote and formed a majority government. Also in October: For months the Capital Regional District debated whether to restrict growth by refusing to allow piped water into rural areas. Mike Hicks,

the CRD director for the Juan de Fuca electoral area, convinced other directors that everyone should have access to city water – no matter where they live. Said Hicks: “Water can no longer be used as a planning tool to determine density.” The Capital Regional District decided to borrow $6 million to help build a new library in Sooke. A new library has been planned in the region for several years, as the current one on Anna Marie Road is outdated and in need of replacement. No decisions has been made on a location of a new facility or when construction will start.

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u November Changes to protocol have led to slower ambulance response times – meaning Sooke Fire Rescue have had to respond to more medical emergencies this year. Sooke was once considered a rural station with two stations and one fulltime unit chief. Other paramedics were parttime and available by pager. With the reallocation, Sooke became part of the Greater Victoria cache of ambulances. Now Sooke is just one station that responds to incidents throughout the region, based on availability. The result? Ambulances are taking time to respond and more pressure is being applied to Sooke Fire Rescue firefighters, who respond to medical emergencies when ambulances aren’t available. Also in November: The future of the Seniors Drop In Centre

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District of Sooke council members along with Jordan Sturdy, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, celebrated the completion of the Brownsey Boulevard Roundabout and Sooke Towncentre Improvements. is in limbo as the organization faces dwindling membership and a place to call home. “I’ve worked so hard to try and get a place for us. I’d just hate to give it up, but I don’t know what’s going to happen,” said president Carol Pinalski.

Sooke council creates a fire services commission to oversee the long-term planning of the fire department. The new commission will conduct “long-term capital planning [with] high level overview,” according to a staff report. Fire department operations will remain

with the fire chief. Mayor Maja Tait gave birth to her first child on Nov. 27. 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.

u December 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 $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.

In the end, council reversed the committee’s recommendation and gave full funding to the arts groups. In other December news: The District of Sooke 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. The Sooke School District announced it was adding four new buses to its fleet. The buses are necessary due to the increase in student enrolment throughout the district. One of the new buses will service the Sooke area, said district officials.

Mariner’s Village announced it was going into receivership. Once touted as a $300-million, mixed-use waterfront development, Mariner’s Village has debts estimated at more than $20 million. Of the total 49 condominiums and townhouses built, 13 are being rented, 24 were purchased and 12 are empty. As a result, its tenants have been given notice to move out. Tenants must be out by the end of February. Sooke RCMP investigate the illegal dumping of 50 bags of asbestos waste at Beecher Bay, off East Sooke Road. The incident was one of several reported this fall.

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Four friends. All firemen. New Year’s ’92 at Camp Barnard. One of them makes a bet to see who has the biggest cojones: jump into the lake and swim with nothing on but underwear. “I dare ya, let’s go for a swim” said one of them, just before they all jumped into the freezing water. The following year, the group upped their game. This time, Young Lake was frozen solid, not that it stopped them much, after all, they are firefighters made of sterner stuff; so they broke the ice and jumped in anyway. After getting out and regaining some warmth back, they realized they were bloodied and full of scrapes from the ice. “It was just good fun,” recalls Dave

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The test of personal courage was to be measured again and again. Gollmer, one of the friends from the group and a volunteer firefighter. Gollmer, member of some 35 years with Otter Point Fire and Rescue, is also president of the Otter Point Firefighters Association. The test of personal courage was to be measured again and again, as the event grew into what became the biggest, most daring swimming event in Sooke: the annual Polar Bear Swim held on New Year’s Day. Gollmer said it was in ’94, when the swim was moved over to Whiffin Spit (where it is

held to this day) when Sookies of all ages joined in on the crazy fun. “We basically told the public, ‘if you want to go for a [New Year’s Day] swim, join us’ and it just evolved from there as more people did it and more wanted to join in,” he said. The swim ran every New Year’s uninterrupted, except in ’97, when it had to be cancelled due to a massive winter storm that blanketed most of Canada in December of ’96. As far as how many shop up to freeze their nether regions for fun, well, numbers change year to year depending on the weather. Polar Bear swims in the last few years has seen between 80 to 100 people show up, depending on the weather. At one time, the swim had more than 100 people join in, some with varying degrees of sanity. Gollmer recalls one particular individual who was so excited that he tried to swim over toward a Coast Guard boat and jump in. No incidents have happened since then, as swimmers don’t stay in too long. In case they do however, there are crews from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Sooke’s own Royal Marine Search and Rescue squad watching over the waters. “We keep it real close to the parking lot, because when people come out, they want to get out, get warm and get dressed,” Gollmer said. Those brave enough are invited to join the Polar Bear Swim on Jan. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The swim officially kicks off at noon with the traditional “cannon start” where a brass cannon fires a shot out in the Strait and launches everyone in the water.

Charges pending in court Two people will appear in provincial court in May, 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. Both are scheduled to appear in court on May 19. A man arrested in Sooke over multiple child-pornography charges is due to appear in provincial court on Jan. 14. The individual, who cannot be named due to a publication ban imposed by the court, was charged with sexual assault, sexual interference of a person under 16, importing and distributing child pornography, and possession of child pornography.

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Out on an ordinary walk on a local beach, a Sooke family found something peculiar recently: a slab of rock that had fallen out of a nearby cliff containing a fossil of sorts. Curious, they rushed the fossil to the Royal B.C. Museum for a proper examination. As it turns out, the fossil is not only 25 million years old, but it belongs to a prehistoric bird never before seen on these shores. Gary Kaiser, a research associate and bird expert at the Royal B.C. Museum was able to distinguish the rare bird’s remains from its equally ancient family of plotopterids, a longextinct family of flightless birds. These groups of wild birds are well known to be from the West Coast of the United States and from Japan, and now, for the first time, in Canada. They were massive in size, weighing between 220 to 440 pounds and standing about six feet tall. Only, this particular bird, an adult, was no more than three pounds when it was alive, making it an unusual, but thrilling discovery, noted Kaiser, who said Sooke’s bird is one of three of its kind found in the world. “Out of 200 specimens of these birds, only three of them are little guys. One in

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An artist’s depiction of a plotopterids, a long-extinct family of flightless birds. TOP PHOTO: The fossil found by a Sooke family. Japan, one in California, and now ours,” he said. Sharing similarity to cormorant bones found in the modern pelagic cormorant, the fossil, known as a coracoid (collar) bone, was one of three bones in the bird that hooked up at the shoulder. Then there’s the wishbone, and the shoulder blade, which hangs literally along the backbone. Kaiser described it as a “long sword-like flexible bone” and the other bone that hooks into that point is the arm bone. Unusual, but then what would you expect from a flightless six-foot bird.

Its anatomy aside, it’s still very rare, as bird bones don’t preserve very well as they are thin and light. The last fossil bird discovered along the shorelines northwest of Sooke was more than 100 years ago, according to the Royal B.C Museum. It’s not the first time this has happened, either. Kaiser said a couple of tourists once found a whole skeleton of a prehistoric hippopotamus-like behemoth at Sombrio Beach that was just laying in the creek, along with many other fossils. A type of “beach bear” was another native species from

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Christmas elves Sooke Christmas Bureau co-chair Mike Thomas, left, and Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan sorting out food and hampers. The Christmas Bureau, an extension of the Sooke Food Bank, played a significant role in collecting funds, food, and toys to help around 320 families this Christmas living in the Sooke region.

The Council of the District of Sooke will hold a Public Hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act in the Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday The Council the District of Sooke will hold January 11,of2016 commencing at 7:00 pm. a Public Hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act in the Application Information: Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday Bylaws:11, 2016 commencing Bylaw No. at 627, Official January 7:00 pm. Community Plan Amendment Bylaw (400-8) Application Information: Bylaw No. 628, Zoning Amendment Bylaw Bylaws: Bylaw No. 627, Official Community Plan (600-21) Amendment Bylaw (400-8) File No: PLN001202 Bylaw No. 628, Zoning Amendment Bylaw Civic Address: 2017 Idlemore Road (shown outlined in black Input: (600-21) Public All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by the proposed bylaw(s) will be afforded an oppor be heard at the Public on the mattersmap) contained in the proposed bylaw(s). Should you have any concerns and hatched on theHearing subject comments you wish to convey to Council, please submit in writing by fax to 250-642-0541, email bsprinkling@soo File No: PLN001202 person to the Corporate Officer at the District Municipal Offices no later than Monday, January 11 , 2016 at 4:00 Legal Description: Lot 4, Block 3, Section 7 Sooke District, Plan Please be advised that submissions to Counciloutlined will become part of the record. Civic Address: 2017 Idlemore Road (shown inpublic black Public Input: All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by the proposed bylaw(s) will be afforded an opportun 2434. beNOTE: Council cannot receive further information concerning this application after the Public Hearing ha heard at the Public Hearing on the matters contained in the proposed bylaw(s). Should you have any concerns o and hatched on the subject map) concluded. comments you wish to convey to Council, please submit in writing by fax to 250-642-0541, email bsprinkling@sooke Applicant: Rob Peters c/o Sooke Moving and person to the Corporate Officer at the District Municipal Offices no later Storage than Monday, January 11 , 2016 at 4:00 p Bonnie3, Sprinkling Legal Description: Lot 4, Block Section 7 Sooke District, Plan Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record. Corporate Officer #2018 Idlemore Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0A9 2434. NOTE: Council cannot receive further information concerning this application after the Public Hearing has concluded. Proposal: Applicant: Rob Peters c/o Sooke Moving and Storage Bonnie Sprinkling Corporate Officer The purpose of Bylaw No. #2018 Idlemore Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0A9 627, Official Community Plan Proposal: Amendment Bylaw (400-8) is to The purpose of Bylaw No. change the current designation 627, Official Community for 2017 Idlemore RoadPlan from Amendment (400-8) is to Community Bylaw Residential (CR) to change the current designation the proposed Technical Industrial for 2017 Idlemore Road afrom (TI), which will support range Community Residential (CR) to of commercial and industrial the proposed Industrial activities thatTechnical are primarily indoors, (TI), which will support a rangeunits ‘clean’, allow for a live/work oforcommercial and industrial residential above the business activities that which are primarily activity, and have a indoors, higher ‘clean’, for adesign live/work level ofallow building and units street orfrontage residential above the business improvements similar to activity, and which have a higher that of commercial areas. level of building design and street The purpose of Bylaw No. 628,toZoning Amendment Bylaw (600-21) frontage improvements similar is toofrezone 2017 Idlemore that commercial areas. Road from “Rural Residential (RU4)” to the proposed “Service Commercial (C3)” zone, which permits service The purpose uses of Bylaw Zoningdependent Amendment Bylaw (600-21) commercial that No. are 628, automobile including: is to rezone 2017 Idlemore Road from “Rural Residential (RU4)” to Theproposed purpose “Service of Bylaw Commercial No. 628, Zoning (600-21) the (C3)”Amendment zone, whichBylaw permits service is to rezoneuses 2017that Idlemore Road fromdependent “Rural Residential commercial are automobile including:(RU4)” to the proposed “Service Commercial (C3)” zone, which permits service The purpose of Bylaw No. Zoningdependent Amendment Bylaw (600-21) h) Parking including: lot, parkade a) Auto service facility commercial uses that are 628, automobile is to b) rezone Idlemore Residential i) Place of worship(RU4)” to Body 2017 and paint shopsRoad from “Rural a) Auto service facility i) Parking parkade the proposed “Service Commercial (C3)”j)zone, whichlot, permits service Restaurant c) Car wash c) Bodyuses and that paintare shops j) Placeincluding: of worship commercial automobile dependent k) Vehicle repair d) Carpentry shops d) Car wash k) Restaurant sales/rentals e) Auto Equipment rentals l)i)Vehicle a) servicesales/service/ facility Parking lot, parkade e) Carpentry shops l) Vehicle repair m) Wholesale, storage or f) Gas c) Bodybar and paint shops j) Place of worship f) Equipment sales/service/ rentals m) Vehicle sales/rentals g) Car Machine d) washshops k) warehousing Restaurant g) Gas bar n) Wholesale, storage or e) Carpentry shops l) Vehicle repair h) Machine shops warehousing Adoption of Bylaw No. 628 will be subject to the registration on title of a f) Equipment sales/service/ rentals m) Vehicle sales/rentals Section 219 Covenant relating to funds offered by the applicant to Adoption Bylaw No. 628 will be subject n) to Wholesale, the registration onhelp title g) Gasofbar storage or develop a trail along Idlemore Road as a community amenity contribution. of a Section 219 Covenant relating to funds offered by the applicant h) Machine shops warehousing The contribution is dedicated towards offsetting some of the long term to help develop a trail along Idlemore Roadonasthe a community amenity impacts that the increase in will zoning will have Billings neighbourhood Adoption of Bylaw No. 628 bededicated subject totowards the registration onsome title of contribution. The contribution is offsetting and community. ofthe a Section 219 Covenant relating to funds offered by the applicant long term impacts that the increase in to help develop a trail along Idlemore Road as a community amenity Further Information: contribution. The contribution is dedicated towards offsetting some of Copies of theimpacts bylaw(s), supporting written the long term that the increase in reports and any relevant background documentation may be viewed in the “Public Notices” Further section Information: of the District of Sooke website www.sooke.ca or inspected Copies of the bylaw(s), supporting reports and any relevant at the District Municipal Offices atwritten 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, background documentation may be viewed in the “Public Notices” between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding section of the Districtcommencing of Sooke website www.sooke.ca orand inspected statutory holidays), December 30, 2015 to including atJanuary the District Municipal Offices at 2205 Otter Pointneighbourhood Road, Sooke, BC, 11, 2016. zoning will have on the Billings and between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding community. statutory holidays), commencing December 30, 2015 to and including Public Input: January 11, 2016. zoning will have on the Billings neighbourhood and All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by the community. proposed bylaw(s) will be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public PublicInput: Hearing on the matters contained in the proposed bylaw(s). All persons their interests in property affected by the Should youwho havebelieve any concerns or comments youare wish to convey proposed bylaw(s) will be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the to Council, please submit in writing by fax to 250-642-0541, email Public Hearing on the matters contained in the proposed bylaw(s). bsprinkling@sooke.ca or in person to the Corporate Officer at the District Should youOffices have any comments you wish convey Municipal noconcerns later thanor Monday, January 11th,to 2016 at 4:00 pm. toPlease Council, please submit in writing by fax to 250-642-0541, be advised that submissions to Council will become email part of the bsprinkling@sooke.ca or in person to the Corporate Officer at the District public record. Municipal Offices no later than Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 4:00 pm. NOTE: Councilthat cannot receivetofurther Please be advised submissions Councilinformation will becomeconcerning part of the this application after the Public Hearing has concluded. public record. th

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SPORTS PHOTOS OF THE YEAR: A VISUAL HIGHLIGHT From young and talented hockey players who can outscore an entire team, to athletes so dedicated to their sport that it becomes a way of life, to those who support the local sports community with heart and passion, Sooke has been a year-long powerhouse of sports events. Here are some of the moments that show Sooke’s love for the worlds of sports:

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Sooke took on some tough teams this year, and though it lost a few of them, it only made the Thunderbirds stronger for their next run. Meanwhile, the U10 girls demonstrated their agility out on the field, regardless of who they played. On the water, kayak-polo is officially a thing, and a fun one at that. As for tough, well, the boys at Edward Milne Community School showed everyone how they roll when it comes to rugby, facing their rivals fearless and with victory in mind.

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A century ago, a Sunday picnic at Richard Kemp’s place, near the lake that bears his name.

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It may have been pretty rustic, but good fun nonetheless, for this group enjoying an outdoor meal near Kemp Lake a century ago. The man standing on the right is Richard Kemp, whose friendly nature attracted friends from around the district and visitors from Victoria, as most of those pictured here were. Dolly Sehl is identified as the girl at the end of the table. The Sehl family arrived in Victoria in 1860 and we notice that a daughter called Dolly is frequently mentioned in local activities. Here she seems to be industriously wielding a knife. No fine bone china cups here, these Sunday visitors were drinking their coffee in the more practical enamel mugs. Many folks make their homes in the Kemp Lake area nowadays but when Richard Kemp took up land in the late 1800s, there was quite a distance to walk to find neighbours. Others within walking or horseback distance though, were the Ted Gordons, the Fletchers, Arthur Floyer, Thomas Tugwell and John Fogan Charters. When Richard Kemp pre-empted Section 28, west of Kemp Lake, folks knew his background was the Royal Navy. Jean Robinson, a longtime museum volunteer who collected a great deal of Otter Point history when the museum began in the 1970s, made these comments: “Deserters … It is known that the British Navy, when its base was in Esquimalt, lost many a good man

… for reasons known only to themselves. A number of these men became highly respected residents of Sooke. The man who gave his name to Kemp Lake was one of these but the rest will remain nameless …” The first British naval base on the Pacific coast was at Valparaiso, Chile, but

then relocated to Esquimalt. The Royal Navy operated the Esquimalt dockyard base from the 1840s until 1910 when it was taken over by the Canadian government. A century later we know there are many respected members of the Royal Canadian Navy living in our area, though in the

current world, their method of arrival did not involve “jumping ship.” Our newer navy folk probably have just as much fun with an outdoor picnic as did Richard Kemp and his friends so many years ago. ••• Elida Peers is historian of Sooke Region Museum.

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Single parents head back to work The B.C. government’s new training and employment program for single parents has enrolled more than 1,300 people since it began Sept. 1. The program covers tuition, daycare and transportation costs for up to a year of on-thejob training or education towards in-demand jobs for single parents on social assistance or disability payments. The benefits can continue for up to the first year of employment, including extension of government-paid dental and other health benefits. It replaces the previous system, often referred to as the welfare trap, where single parents would lose their assistance payments and benefits if they went back to school to train for a job. Social Development Minister Michelle Stil-

well called the results of the program’s first four months “a very good sign,” particularly since about 400 of the voluntary participants are not in the ministry’s “expected to work” category because their children are under the age of three. Of the 1,330 people signed up to the program as of mid-December, 50 are already on the job in construction, retail, health and com-

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