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Part of what makes our neighbourhoods special are the businesses that thrive within them. As Saanich Peninsula entrepreneurs we strive to meet the needs of and give back to our diverse community. We ask that you please take a minute to think about the large potential of your consumer dollar. You are investing in your community by supporting its unique businesses. Appreciate what makes our neighbourhoods different. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an inherent part of the distinctive character of our neighbourhoods; that is what brought us here and will keep us here. Shop local and stay connected to the merchants in your community.
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ur Put yo ere y wh mone s ouse i h r u yo When you shop local, more revenue remains in your community, supporting parks, schools and more! For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $46 is recirculated back into the local economy.
live local / give local Community involvement works both ways. Many retailers believe in being involved: giving back to their communities is the right thing to do. They cheerfully donate five times more per dollar of revenue to groups in their community. When businesses “give back,” communities appreciate the support and reciprocate.
helP the environment Local businesses reduce transportation impacts associated with global supply chains when they work with local producers, manufacturers and distributors.
If you have a favourite business in your community, please continue to support it all year round. This will ensure we are all here for the long haul! courtesy www.locobc.com
get better service Local businesses often hire people who have a better understanding of the local products they’re selling and take more time to get to know their customers as they’re also neighbours!
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Lego Returns to Sidney Museum Star Wars has landed in Sidney! Once again Lego models will be the feature exhibit of Sidney Museum from January through March as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of this popular show. During this time more than 100,000 visitors have enjoyed over 300 creative models from Star Wars to pirates, castles to the Eiffel Tower. This year there are over 30 exciting new models including the Star Wars Sand Crawler, Benny’s Space Ship from the Lego Movie, The Tower of Orthanc from The Lord of the Rings, and The Tumbler from the Batman movie. The theme this year is ships and there are many to see including a harbour scene built by Victoria Lego Users Group (VicLUG).
Ten years ago, when challenged with what to display at the museum during the quiet months of January through March, Museum Director Peter Garnham offered to display his family’s collection of models. For the first few years he and his two sons would build and then dismantle the kits each year, but now there are so many that they have to be stored between shows. Not all the models are for young children, and some carry the advice 16 years and up. One such model is the Taj Mahal with nearly 6,000 pieces that took 35 hours to build, and the Star Wars Millenium Falcon with over 5,000 pieces, and a collectible value of $2,500.
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Lego started in 1932 in the Danish village of Billund where Ole Kirk Christiansen created wooden models. Two years later he called his business Lego, a combination of the two Danish words ‘leg’ and ‘godt’ which means ‘play well’. Although his wooden toys were well made, he struggled to make a living, and then in 1947, when plastic was more readily available, Ole developed a modular truck that could be built and taken apart. In 1949 the Lego Group started producing interlocking building blocks with studs on the top, but they had difficulty with quality control. It was not until 1958 that the bricks that we know today were developed. The present day models can be quite sophisticated with a wide variety of building blocks. LEGO is also used in high schools and universities teaching computer programming with the ‘Mindstorms’ range, and robotic competitions are held across the country.
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If your business is 51% or more owned by a woman, and you are doing business on Vancouver Island, you are eligible to apply. All applications will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges and a winner will be selected. Please answer all questions below. Winner will be notified by February 12th and will be honoured at a reception to be held March 6th as part of Seaside Magazine’s Women to Watch event.
Please answer the following questions about your business: • Describe your business: Please provide a summary and description of your business, including how long you've been in business, number of employees and products and services offered. • Innovation & Change: Please list all of the changes and innovations your company made in 2014. • Environmental and Community Advances: How does your business contribute to the community and environment? • Challenges: What is the single most difficult challenge you have faced and how was it overcome? • Integrity: What three words best describe your business values?
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call. Your heart sinks as you pick up the phone. For we immigrants to Canada know this call from the old country is the one we’ve always dreaded: “You’d better come.” Except this call from my brotherin-law was incomprehensible. He’s had Parkinson’s Disease for many years, says he’s in the final stage and nothing more can be done for him. I confess to screening all Sunday afternoon calls, his favourite time to phone. If he sounds okay, I pick up; if not, I let the call go to voice mail. This was after the time he chatted away for a couple of hours and I could hardly understand a word. Yet he sounded so happy I didn’t have the heart to hang up. I kept saying, “Sorry, can you say that again? We seem to have a really bad connection.” And he’d hang up and call me back. If it was frustrating for me, what must it have been like for him? A few nights ago he called very late. This time I understood perfectly. They’ve just had a progress report on my sister, who’s been in hospital two years. “What’s the news?” I asked. Ignoring my question he said, “You’re invited to a lunch party next week. Will you come?” Now you must understand that I live out on one of the Gulf Islands and my sister lives in SW England. It’s not the sort of place you dash off to for a weekend. But that’s what I’m about to do. “I’ll pay your air fare and your hotel room. If you were my sister,
I’d want you to come.” Apparently my nephews, their wives and children will all be there. I’ve never met any of my great nieces and nephews or their mothers. Last time I saw my nephews they were twelve and eighteen months respectively. They are in their thirties now. Without any idea what to expect, I’ve been researching my brother-in-law and my sister’s conditions. He may well shake, have trouble walking and fall easily. According to the Mayo Clinic, he may experience “cognitive problems (dementia) and thinking difficulties, which usually occur in the later stages of Parkinson’s Disease.” My sister has a “dural arteriovenous fistula.” According to the Mayo Clinic, these types of “dural fistulas are abnormal connections between an artery and the tough covering over the brain or spinal cord (dura) and a draining vein.” Such “abnormal passageways between arteries and veins (arteriovenous fistulas) may occur in the brain [or] spinal cord …” At the beginning, she underwent six surgeries in the space of ten days. Now she has a shunt in her brain, she is nearly blind, the list goes on. I’m weeping at the thought of the beautiful blond baby sister who arrived in 1945, two and a half years after me. I loved helping bathe her even though later we didn’t get along. I was jealous of her, truth to tell. She was always incredibly talented and clever, a marvellous mother, devoted wife, brilliant cook, needlewoman, gardener and artist. It seems so unfair that such horror should befall her. It’s the very least I can do to go see her with her family gathered around her, perhaps say goodbye.
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The Art of People by Susan Simosko
Friends & Neighbours is a column about the people who quietly enrich our lives personally and collectively every day. They distinguish themselves by the incredible things they do, whether or not we even notice. It is my pleasure to introduce you to a few of these remarkable people and to share some of their stories. From the moment you step in her office, it's obvious that Frankie Allen, the Executive Director of the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula (CACSP), loves people. Her face lights up and her greeting is warm and genuine. You immediately feel like you've known her for years. Frankie talks easily about her work, her children and her unique ancestry, which, when all rolled together makes her an extraordinary person doing remarkable work on behalf of our community. Frankie and her children, Samantha, 12, and Allen, 9, moved to the Saanich Peninsula in 2010 from the USA. In 2011, Frankie started working for the CACSP as a cashier in the Community Arts Centre in Tulista Park. But, as Frankie says, "There was so much to do! I jumped in whenever I could be helpful." By8:44:05 2013, she was Seaside ad 2014 Journals one.pdf 12/4/14 PM named Executive Director. As President, Richard Julien says, "It's
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hard to believe we ever managed without Frankie. She brings so much to the organization – and the artists we represent." What exactly does Frankie do? She is the manager of the Centre; handles all bookings; plans, coordinates and markets events; and even does graphic design Frankie says she loves her work because no two days are the same. "But mostly," she tells me, "I love my job because of all the wonderful people I get to work with. Artists are so interesting, each one is as unique as his or her art. Here on the Peninsula, I think we have more working artists than the rest of Canada together! Truly, we have a fantastic arts community." Challenges? "Oh yes," says Frankie. "The very thing I love about my work, the diversity, is also a major challenge. Sometimes I'm pulled in multiple directions simultaneously – it's a tough balancing act. I don't like to disappoint anyone but sometimes I just can't get to things when I'd like to." As the only paid staff, Frankie is acutely aware of another challenge too. "We have a very small budget but high expectations! We need to make every dollar count. That's sometimes a challenge too." She has nothing but praise for the CACSP's volunteers and Board. "I am so lucky to have their support and creative problem solving!" On behalf of the CACSP, Frankie organizes many different programs to encourage public awareness and appreciation of the richness of cultural life on the Peninsula and to provide a collective voice for the arts community. Frankie is especially eager to talk about the Arts in the Schools Program. "Last year, we were able to raise and distribute $10,000 across the Peninsula. I am very proud of that," she says. "Many people were so generous. I hope we can continue this work." And mentioning pride, Frankie's face lights up again when she speaks about her children. "They are just great – given that I'm a single mom with a demanding job, my kids have had to learn flexibility and patience! I love them for that!" Frankie tells me she also feels like she's come 'home.' "My mom was Innu," she smiles, "so my roots in Canada go back a long time. I couldn't be happier to be in a place I love, doing work I adore." Drop by the Tulista Art Centre or contact Frankie at executivedirector@cacsp.com.
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