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It’s noisy, dirty and looks completely out of control, but for the participants of drifting at Western Speedway, it’s the safe, legal thrill they’re looking for.

“At the end of the day your face is covered in tire, your lips are cracked, you’re completely exhausted,” said Dorian Redden, a driver from Saanich. “You’re so happy, you’re so satisfied.”

Drifting is the act of taking a vehicle through a turn using controlled oversteer. In other words,

it’s a sideways burnout, where the rear wheels of the car slide through

a turn at a greater angle than the front wheels. It feels like you’re a moment away from getting in a terrible accident, but it’s all under control.

The sport, defined by the sound of squealing tires and the smell of burnt rubber, has been going on at the Langford speedway for about six years, with the Capital Drift organization running events for the past three.

In competition, drifting is typically done in tandem. Drivers are judged on speed

and angle, but mostly style. Proximity to one another and to the wall are also considered.

The occasional “wall tap” – touching the track wall with the back bumper without losing control of the car – also impresses judges.

“It’s difficult. It’s a lot of concentration and control, and very, very quick reactions,” said Danny Cox, also from Saanich. Cox’s car, a Nissan 240SX, the staple of drifting, proudly wears a target

decal and is scuffed with the paint of a few of his friend’s cars, with their signatures above the marks.

The combination of elements make this sport an obsession and addiction for participants. They refer to the night before a drifting event as “Driftmas Eve,” and get as little sleep as a child waiting to unwrap their toys.

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Their cars may not be much to look at, but members of Capital Drift show off their prized possessions at Western Speedway in Langford. Pictured, from right, are Brayden Bulger, Matt MacLeod, David Nykl, Dorian Redden, Danny Cox and Andrew Casey. The first drifiting event of the season happens tomorrow (April 19).

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Tom FletcherKyle WellsBlack Press

School District 62 superinten-dent Jim Cambridge is waiting for word on what job action from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation will look like before making a plan on how to deal with it.

If it happens at all, that is.After rejecting an offer from the

school district bargaining agency for a long-term contract, the BCTF went to the Labour Relations Board this week to establish essential ser-vice levels for strike action.

Teachers voted 89 per cent in March to endorse a three-stage strike plan that can begin with 72 hours notice. Phase one includes restricting communication with school managers, arriving no more than an hour before and leaving an hour after school hours, and refus-ing supervision of students outside class time.

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Sooke School Dis-trict is looking at cut-ting positions and resources at all levels to make up for a nearly $3.5 million deficit trustees blame on ris-ing costs and stagnant funding.

Teachers, support staff, parents and oth-ers crowded into the district office for a public budget meeting Tuesday night to hear details of cuts they have been expecting for months.

“We’re underfunded,” superintendent Jim Cambridge told the gathering. “It’s been awful work. It’s where can we do the least amount of damage to students and where can we have the least impact on our employ-ees and their families. ... This has not been fun stuff.”

SD62 secretary trea-surer Harold Cull said reasons for the pro-jected deficit include increasing energy costs, provincially mandated wage and benefit increases, costs associated with fall trustee elections and other factors.

The deficit equals about four per cent of the district’s overall

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already been found, primarily through a funding adjustment from the ministry and scrapping plans for raises for some employee groups, leaving a shortfall of $2,766,500.

Now the district is looking at other cuts to make up the remain-ing shortfall. A tenta-tive plan to do so has been created but will have to be passed by the board.

Teachers would take the brunt of the cuts, with the loss of five middle school posi-tions for counsellors, librarians and other non-enrolled positions.

Some kindergarten and Grade 1 classes will be combined for an estimated saving of $350,000.

The Elements Pro-gram, a middle school initiative for students with challenges, is on the cutting block, as are support services co-ordinator hours, and a position and a half worth of time in the curriculum depart-ment.

At the district office level, a position will be eliminated, execu-tive hours will be cut back and trustees will see a reduced travel

budget. The district is also looking into shar-ing some services with other districts.

Principals and vice-principals will see a reduction of four posi-tions through attrition and the loss of 2.25 full-time equivalent posi-tions worth of adminis-trative time, primarily in smaller schools.

CUPE, which rep-resents support staff, is looking at $500,000 worth of cuts, mainly through the elimi-nation of 288 hours across departments and, most troubling to those in attendance, the reduction of 112 hours of student sup-port services for spe-cial needs students.

“I’ve seen it on the chatter across the province, that all dis-tricts are facing these tough decisions,” said Sooke Teachers Asso-ciation president Ian

Johnson. “We want to make sure that we tar-get as much money as possible in support of students with special needs, the most vul-nerable.”

Increasing bus fees from $120 to $150, eliminating one bus route and eliminating two custodial posi-tions is also part of the plan.

Sooke School Board chair Wendy Hobbs said the along with the budget, the board will be submitting a “needs” budget to let the provincial govern-ment know the depth of the cuts being made and what funding the district actually needs to maintain levels of education.

“To be at this place again, I’m very dis-heartened. ... They give people raises but they don’t give us the fund-ing,” she said in an ear-

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Board will debate the proposed plan and pass a first reading on Tuesday (April 22) at a public meeting. Any-one wishing to speak to the board at the start of the meeting can contact the district office at 250-474-9800.

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“When I first started drifting, I would do a lap and I wouldn’t even remember the lap, I’d be so intense and high on the sport,” said Langford driver Andrew Casey. “It gets your blood flowing.”

“If you do a good run, you’re smiling, you’re freaking out, you’re high-fiving your buddies. It’s just the best,” Cox said.

Most of the guys doing it – primarily males get involved – have an auto mechanical background, but also come from the skateboarding and BMX bike world, lending to the extreme sport appeal of drifting.

The typical story sees the car-crazy youth attend a drifting event before trying it out for themselves and getting hooked.

“For kids that are skateboarding, breaking ankles,

going to emergency, beating their bodies up, you get a little older and get tired of that,” said Matt MacLeod, who lives in Victoria. “This is a way to still get out there and do something stupid … but not risk your body.”

While the drivers may seem like a ragtag bunch of ex-skaters, they put a lot of work and passion into their sport. For that reason they discourage other drivers from ruining their fun by doing things like drifting on public roads.

By being big on inclusion, Capital Drift helps discourage reckless drivers from giving all drifters a bad reputation. New members are warmly welcomed and those interested in learning about the sport are always welcome at practices and events, to speak with drivers, watch the show and even go

on ride-alongs during non-competitive runs.

Capital Drift practises about once a month and runs competitive events typically five times a year at Western Speedway.

The first of 2014 happens tomorrow (April 19) at the track. Drivers practise throughout the day, with the competition starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 to watch, with children under 12 free.

For more information, search Facebook for “Capital Drift.”[email protected]

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Portage Park playground plannedKyle WellsNews staff

A nice walk in the View Royal woods may soon be followed with playtime for the children.

View Royal council has ear-marked $100,000 in this year’s budget to build a playground in Portage Park, possibly by late summer.

“Although it sounds like a lot of money, it never really goes that far when you start buying playground equipment,” said Coun. David Screech, chair of the parks and recreation advisory committee, which endorsed the plan.

“That is to prepare the site,

put down the neces-sary things and buy playground equip-ment.”

About $10,000 for the amenity comes from a townhouse development on Island Highway, while the rest comes from the parks equipment reserve fund and casino funding.

The design for the playground is not yet deter-mined, but it will target five to 12 year olds. The site will be an area near Island Highway and the Four Mile Pub parking lot.

“There’s quite a nice, open

grassy area and it’s exactly where the (Capital Regional Dis-trict) E&N trail is going to come through,” Screech said.

The drive to create the playground came from residents in the area, he added.

“There really isn’t that much in that part of town. For people who venture out on

the trail, coming from town, it’ll be a good spot just to stop if you have kids.”

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Heading into the weekend, Cambridge said the details of how the job action will affect his district won’t be fully known until members make their final decision and 72 hours notice is given.

“I’m actually really curious, more than anything, to find out what it means,” he said. “I’m sure there’ll be some job action, I just don’t know what it will look like. We’ll have to roll with it.”

Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for B.C.’s 60 school districts, said there are some rural schools with no management staff to supervise playgrounds. Typically it is the employers’ association that seeks an essential services order, but this time the BCTF applied.

That’s unusual for a union with a history of opposing essential service orders at the LRB and the International Labour Organization, Cameron said. It is also a sign the BCTF is preparing for strike action after the Easter break.

Cameron said if stage one strike action begins, the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association will seek an order that the union pay for its extended benefits during any withdrawal of service. That would cost about $5 million a month for 41,000 public school teachers.

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Kangaroo Road property purchasewill expand size of Blinkhorn park

The District of Metchosin has finalized the purchase of a prop-erty on Kangaroo Road, with an eye to expanding Blinkhorn Lake Park.

The municipality bought the four-hectare lot, which includes most of the top of Blinkhorn Mountain, from the Stack fam-ily for $400,000, with plans to subdivide it. The plan, reported

Mayor John Ranns at this week’s council meeting, is to add two hectares to the park and sell off the remaining land for $275,000 to a buyer who wants to build a home on it.

In addition, Metchosin intends to make offers to the other two other landowners on the moun-tain and would finance the pur-chase through the sale of two

municipally owned lots on Lind-holm Road.

The Kangaroo Road property purchase includes an easement across the other properties for fire and emergency use, but does not allow for public access.

Ranns said the addition of the lands would make Blink-horn a “spectacular park for the region.”

Area residents remember Vimy RidgeStark and sobering lessons

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Surprise! surprise! Rail transit really works in any size city.

You must however connect up as many high traffic generators, such as universities, hospitals, sport facilities, major business centers and malls where possible.

In every city I visited, the rail lines were busy throughout the day. Two new systems that just opened recently in Dijon and La Man in France. Both these cities have large universities and they are very successful in attracting high ridership.

There is no evidence to support that you must have a certain population level for a rail line or a historic streetcar line, what real matters is they are successful in lowering traffic congestion, reducing pollution and attracting more riders to the transit system.

We need to decrease the congestion in our city, reduce fumes, improve the environment, and make it a pedestrian friendly situation. It would be a positive change for the better.

Let’s get started with the proposed downtown streetcar from the cruise ship terminal, through to the city, via Government or Douglas St. There are many good examples of new systems in Europe and North America and after all, tourism is one of our biggest assets.

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There have been numerous letters published lately, suggesting where the sewage plant should or could be sited. We’re not there yet.

We need to first of all, study the options for sewage treatment. What is the best technology to fit our unique, local marine environment? Do we even need treatment in the near future considering the scientific evidence? Is this an environmental emergency? What is a realistic timeline?

Instead of following this path of logic, the Capital Regional District has focused on deadlines and funding. It has designed a system based on expedience. It has grasped at straws to come up with a plan that will merely satisfy flawed regulations from higher levels of government. In its desperate search for property, it came up with a plan that will take wastewater on an amusement ride around the Capital Region at the taxpayers’ expense. It’s all a facade. The CRD has missed the mark.

The real focus should be seeking a realistic deadline to get this

right. A million dollars a month would go along ways toward establishing the facts with Ottawa. Then, somewhere down the road, the horse can lead the cart to a suitable site.

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Easter: a time for renewal

Today marks the start of the annual Easter long weekend. A couple extra days of rest for some, a traditional religious holiday for others and a major magical event for many children.

This weekend Christians will commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus today and celebrate his resurrection on Easter, the most important event in the Christian calendar. As always, special church services and events will be held on both Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Our Jewish community will celebrate Passover, commemorating their freedom from slavery from the Egyptians 3,000 years ago with special ceremonies and meals.

Our Sikh neighbours may have celebrated Vaisakhi Day, their New Year, last weekend but they can take these holidays to enjoy their new calendar year.

We can’t forget contemporary Easter celebrations either, certainly the children won’t. The spring visit of the Easter Bunny with his baskets of candy eggs ranks only second for some to Santa Claus and the treat-filled stockings we look forward to in December and has turned into a major commercial enterprise as well as a yearly children’s treat.

Many of us will use this weekend, with its precious extra days off, to visit or host family or friends for our annual Easter dinner and catch up on both old and new news, meet the newest members of our extended families and make plans for the next time we’ll meet.

The idea of rebirth, renewal and growth is wound through all of these events and is bolstered by the season, as we watch the trees bud and leaf and our gardens begin to bloom, our lawns to sprout. We see the births of bunnies, lambs, birds and other animals in both nature and on farms. We watch our days getting longer and warmer.

We should all take a few moments during this holiday, no matter how we choose to celebrate it, and reflect on the ways we too can grow and renew ourselves, our communities and our country.

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Unifor Local 333 president Ben Williams called the plan “dangerous” and “distracted driving.”

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Ella Scoville, Grade 4, Julia McLean, kindergarten, and Sarah Scrivens, Grade 3, hunt for Easter Eggs outside of Sangster elementary school as they prepare for the Kinette Club’s 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt at West Shore Parks and Recreation this Saturday, one of many Easter events happening on the West Shore this weekend.

Easter fun brightens West Shore weekendOne of the most family friendly week-

ends of the year promises an array of entertaining events on the West Shore.

The Kinette Club of Juan de Fuca hosts its annual Easter Egg Hunt at West Shore Parks and Recreation tomorrow (April 19) from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is open to those 13 and up. Meet before 10 a.m. on the upper hill behind the Juan de Fuca library branch. Entry is by donation to Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

The Easter Bunny stops by Westshore Town Centre that day for a Children’s Easter Tea Party in the centre court from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children can have their photo taken with the famous rabbit and enjoy some free chocolates and treats.

Easter Seals fun run Saturday Also on Saturday, the Easter Seals Splash

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Mission 1 has been accomplished for the Vic-toria Volleyball Association Chargers in 14-under girls tournament play.

Having won the Island championship in convinc-ing style, the Chargers, largely made up of players from the city Grade 8 champion Spencer middle school team, are preparing to tackle the provincial field next weekend in Abbotsford.

“We’ve been building this team since Grade 6,” said Brenda Cyr, assistant to head coach Mike Toakley, who will coach many of these players at Belmont secondary this fall.

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Grace May of the Victoria Chargers goes up for a tip at the net during the under-14 girls Island championships in Nanaimo.

Juan de Fuca wins soccer CupJuan de Fuca’s Division 3B team finished off

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Cheyenne Holland and Sarah Linde scored for the winners, while goalkeeper Cynthia Maurice recorded the shutout April 6 at Lochside Park.

The West Shore side – made up largely of Bel-mont secondary grads – beat Castaways 3-0 in the Cup quarter-finals, then got past Prospect Lake 2-0 on the turf at Westhills in the semis.

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West Shore players contest B.C. Cup The B.C. Cup under-16 boys hockey tourna-

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Forty players will be selected to attend a pro-vincial camp July 9 to 13 in Nanaimo.

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Riding trainingI absolutely, 100 per cent without a doubt recommend going to a professional school to learn how to ride. I’m not saying your bff who has selflessly volunteered to teach you everything you need to know about riding isn’t qualified or unfit for the task, but they might not be a “teacher.” Sure

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You don’t have to start on the roadMany of the top road racers in the world didn’t start on the pavement. They started in the dirt. Why? Because it teaches you how to control a bike in less than ideal traction environments. Also, if you fall, it doesn’t hurt as much! You can certainly get your feet wet when it comes to learning clutch and brake control on a “softer” surface, too. Furthermore, you don’t need a learner’s permit if you are riding off road. When and if you want to transition to the street riding, you’ll need it for that.Check out Popkum Motor Park’s Lessons/Training (www.popkummotorpark.com) program for all ages, as well as the BC Off Road Motorcycle Association’s website (www.bcorma.ca) for upcoming MSF Dirt Bike Schools. Another perk to starting to build your bike confidence on the dirt, training programs aren’t as expensive.So, this is me, the little white angel on your shoulder whispering, “Go on, get on two wheels!” But remember, safety is paramount. Take the test, go to school and thank me later.

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I guess you could say I was addicted. Only my drug of choice wasn’t coke or meth. No - it was the thrill of getting away with it all. And the easy cash, of course.Throwing the camper into that last deal was a great marketing idea.And, like last time, I decided to branch out again. There’s so much more than just cars! This time I decided to go with a motorcycle.I purchased it off the internet – I guess you could call it a curber-to-curber transaction. Oh, of course I knew every trick in the book by now. The seller gave me my old story and said that he was the real owner.Did I care? Not a chance. It was a nice Harley. And, it was a steal. I knew I could fl ip it for more.Why? Because I was a better marketer.But I needed to do it fast. And, I had to make sure I had a buyer that was naive enough not to do a lien check through carproof.com, or the province (bcregistryservices.gov.bc.ca).As usual, I put up a generic, one-line Craigslist ad. With a price like mine, I had a buyer within an hour.I made sure the Harley looked its best. I polished it until it sparkled and fi lled it with gas. Hey, what’s a few bucks?Then I ran into a small problem. I found out that my seller was the real owner. Wow. But he sold me a vehicle that was about to be repossessed.

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People that talk and text on their hand-held smart-

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technology of choice.There you go; I have made my position clear on the current red-hot driving topic

of the day in the letters pages of every newspaper coast to coast. However, that does not mean I am

offering my unqualified support for the countrywide torrent of get-even-tougher legislation, designed to pick the pockets of delinquent drivers.Currently in B.C., the fine is $167 and last year police here issued 51,000 tickets for distracted driving. Vic-toria knows a vote winner when it sees one and it is pondering big fine hikes and additional demerit points. The local action comes on the heels of On-tario introducing legislation last month that increases fines from the already high $300 to $1,000.Fanning the public outrage, BC Attorney General Suzanne Anton announced that distracted driving is killing more British Columbians than impaired driving. I question the rush of statistics showing how deadly a crime this is.I have always advocated for hands-free calling while driving and figured “driving without due care and

attention” was a sufficient catch-all for those causing a collision. The fine is $368.When I began writing on this topic about five years ago, there were no such statistics available. It was all anecdotal because, let’s face it, it’s an offence very visible to other drivers. It’s always seemed to me that drivers who talk and text are reckless risk-takers, who run red lights, follow too closely and make dangerous lane changes even without a phone in their hand. My point being that when they crash with phone in hand it’s a little too convenient to blame it all on operation of the device.Much of the current public debate was spurred by the revelation that a serial of-fender in Vancouver racked up 26 tickets and fines of $4,300 for distracted driving since 2010. He may be the pin-up boy for those seeking tougher penalties but interestingly, it appears he never once caused an

accident.Now the law is in force, I’ve no problem in accepting it but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking this will stop idiots from taking risks that threaten us all. The fines are already high enough to deter regular drivers tempted to err oc-casionally. I do worry about how zealously this law is enforced. I frequently hear of tickets issued to drivers who merely glance at their device while at a red light or move it to a new resting place around the dash.I fear the debate about the fines is a distraction in itself from getting to the heart of dangerous driving. I am pleased to hear Anton is also considering public education campaigns on distracted driving, similar to previous initiatives targeting seatbelt use and drinking and driving. That is smarter. Research shows that many distractions con-tribute to road carnage. [email protected]

Distracted driver fines a big distractionKeith Morgan

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Crossover for crosstown onlyThe Nissan Rogue compact crossover has been sub-stantially updated since its appearance in 2008. The current design is very similar to the Murano but on a smaller scale. It has a sleek profile and features a rolled back front grille, large moulded LED headlights and the roof rails combined with the rear spoiler give it a sporty look.There are three trim levels, S, SV, and SL. The base S comes standard with 17-inch steel wheels, EZ Flex seating system, cruise con-trol, a tilt steering wheel, air-conditioning, full power accessories, keyless entry and a four-speaker audio system with a CD player and a USB connection. The SV model adds 17-inch aluminum wheels, power panoramic moonroof, heat-ed front seats and a six-way power adjustable driver’s seat with power lumbar support.The SL trim level starts with the SV model’s standard equipment and adds 18-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, dual zone auto-matic temperature control and auto dimming inside rearview mirror. The SL’s leather package includes

heated front seats, a leath-er-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, heated side mirrors, a six-way power driver seat, plus a one-touch up/down driver window. The SL premium package includes a seven-inch colour touch-screen monitor for navigation, eight-speaker Bose audio systems with a six-CD/MP3 changer, Sirius satellite radio ready, steer-ing wheel mounted audio controls and ND Richbass sub-woofer. This package also give you a power liftgate and an around view monitor.

There are dual stage front driver and passenger airbags with seat belt sensors, roof mounted curtain side-impact airbags. The vehicle is also equipped with four-wheel ABS and traction control systems, rollover sensor, anti theft with immobilizer key systems. Vehicle speed sensitive electric power steering adjusts automat-ically to become easier at lower speed and firms up at higher speed.This vehicle gets you around town but the four-cylinder engine just doesn’t have enough power on the highway. I found myself constantly push-ing the gas pedal to the floor just to keep up with traffic. Perhaps it is the CVT transmission but I would

like to see a V6 option for this vehicle. Interestingly, the windshield wipers are noteworthy but not for a good reason. It was raining one day during my test drive and as I stopped at a light I felt the car sway back and forth with the wipers, I quickly dismissed it as a big truck driving by, but it continued at every stop. I turned them on fully and the car rocked back and forth with every swipe. I have heard about soft suspension but really?If it is a small crossover vehicle you are looking for and like the feeling of sitting up higher than a car, try this one. Just don’t pack five adults in there and try to tackle the steep terrain of the Coquihalla [email protected]

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For 30 years, the Metchosin Interna-tional Summer School of the Arts has hosted small workshops where professional artists guide inquisitive minds to explore their work in an inspiring location.

Known for their excellence in ceramics, painting and 2-D arts, those at the helm of the non-profit organization are striving to update its reputation.

For the first time, the school is offering workshops in steam-punk jewelry, comics and visual storytelling and music, alongside the more traditional programs for which it is known. Daniel Lapp leads a two-day West Coast fiddle workshop, while DJ Chris Long teaches a two-day introduction to digital music-making.

Executive director Dave Skilling sees the programs, held on the Pearson College cam-pus, as an opportunity for any artist regard-

less of ability to take a couple of days out to explore their creativity. For those in the resi-dency program, it’s a chance to spend two weeks focused on their art with a mentor. The school is also designed to get artists across disciplines meeting and learning from each other.

“One of the things that’s kind of neat, is that all of our studios are open and we wel-come people to walk around and see what everybody else is doing and talk to each other,” Skilling said. “It may be a bit corny, but we call it the MISSA magic that happens out there for two weeks.”

Founded by artists in 1984, the school has continued to provide immersive programs that operate on several levels of creative stimu-lation.

“They wanted to get a program together that one, was taught by practising artists, but two was for the whys behind art, as opposed to just the how-tos,”

Skilling said. “It gives people an opportunity to express their individ-ual search and creative passions, rather than in a strictly craft situation where you all learn to do one thing, one way.”

The magic happens on Pedder Bay, 650 Pearson College Dr., June 28 to July 11.

The school operates on a break-even model, with the price for most weekend workshops set at $210, including lunches and snacks, with the option of pay-

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Colwood’s Church of the Advent is partnering with Sierra Club B.C. to present the 2011 documen-tary film Peace Out for Earth Day, which happens next Tuesday (April 22).

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After the screening, Terry Dance Bennick, a Sierra Club member and Dogwood Esquimalt orga-nizer, will present insights gained from her trip to the Alberta tar sands. Bennick will also pres-ent information on her Victoria Solidarity Healing Walk, which is being co-ordinated to coincide with the First Nations Keepers of the Athabasca annual Tar Sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alta. on June 28.

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Camosun Chargers Elyse Matthews (bas-ketball) and Lucas Del-labough (volleyball) were named co-win-ners of the prestigious Presidents’ Cup at the school’s annual athletic ceremony last Thursday (April 10).

The award recognizes Camosun athletes who excel on both athletic and academic fronts.

Matthews, 23, a fourth-year wing and a student in the environ-mental technology pro-gram, earned a perfect 9.0 GPA in the fall while playing on a team that made playoffs this sea-son. In February, she was selected as a 2nd Team All-Star in the PACWEST provincials.

It was Matthews’ sec-ond consecutive year winning the Presidents’ Cup.

“This represents, for me, just how hard I work both athletically and academically. It really showed me that I’m able to succeed at both athlet-ics and academics, which has been a high priority for me and one of my goals,” she said.

Dellabough, a second-year rightside, is a student in the associate science program who earned a perfect 9.0 GPA last semester, and had a cumula-tive 8.765 GPA in the last two years of schooling. He played on a team that saw a great season, but ultimately ending with a bronze medal game loss at provincials.

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his time at Camosun is now complete.“I had a blast this year on the team. As my sec-

ond year with the Chargers, I was more comfort-able getting to know everyone and was able to balance my schedule to have time with the team on and off the court,” he said.

“I was on an incredible inclusive, supportive, and enthusiastic team that made the game more fun and life in general more fun.”

He said all of his Chargers teammates are wor-thy of receiving recognition, given that they all possess a great range of experiences and abilities.

“All of the Camosun Chargers embody this char-acteristic and is it certainly a program that empha-sizes academics, athletics, camaraderie, and excel-lence for anyone who joins,” Dellabough said.

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Lucas Dellabough, above, and Elyse Matthews, left, earned the Presidents’ Cup at last week’s Camosun College Chargers’ Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony. The award recognized both student athletes’ excellence on the court and in the classroom.Photos courtesy Kevin Light Photography

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Coming up with visual ideas to make a home look more appealing, and ultimately make it more sale-able, is something Cheryl Barnes was doing long before securing her real estate licence in 2006.

She was adept at removing clutter, adding colour-co-ordinated accents and arranging furniture – removing it if need be – to give the impression of space.

“When I started talking to people, meeting with them and helping them sell their homes, I would say, ‘we should do this, we should do that,’ she says. “It came natural to me, because I had bought and sold so many properties (of my own).”

These days, the concept of home staging, as it is referred to in the real estate trade, can be a key marketing tool for agents with an eye to selling quickly and getting their clients’ ask-ing price or close to it.

“Selling a home is not just about sticking the sign on the lawn and hoping people will come to see you,” Barnes says.

It takes work and sometimes weeks of preparation by home sell-ers to get their property into peak saleable condition.

Garth and Jeannine Scoular had collected years’ worth of memories in their Royal Oak home by the time they decided to sell earlier this year. Having worked with Barnes once before, they knew what was coming.

“We rented a storage locker and took a whole bunch of stuff out of the house,” Jeannine says.

“We worked very very hard to

make the house look very good. We ripped the carpet out and polished the mahogany floors. We took away a lot of furniture and we made sure the closets were half empty. We did a lot of work prior (to listing), but I think it was all worthwhile.”

And how.The listing went up on a recent

Friday, with an open house set for the following day from 1 to 3 p.m.

“I think somewhere between 6 and 7 that night we had an offer, and by noon the next day we had a done deal,” Garth says. “We were fortu-nate enough to find someone who was very interested in our house.”

Most people remarked how roomy the modest house looked, he says. “This is a not a big house – but how it appeared was the thing. We did the work, but Cheryl kind of gave us the heads up on some things.”

Barnes, who keeps a storage locker full of staging items near her home, brought in some lamps, matched pillows and other acces-sories.

During another two-day staging process, for an “overpriced” home that had been on the market a year and had dirty laundry on the couch in one photo, she instructed the owners to clear as much stuff as pos-sible. She then focused on “making the master bedroom look sumptu-ous, to help create that spa effect.”

She admits to being known as someone who tells it like it is rather than giving clients, prospective or confirmed, the “warm and fuzzy” approach. “I’m here to do a job,” she says. “We talk about what they need to do and I give them the list and we get going.”

For people who have already

moved everything out, staging can help avoid the stark look. For homes with a lot of stuff in every room, less is more. It’s partly about achieving a balance, but it can allow viewers to better envision how the home might look decorated with their own items, Barnes says.

Neutral, bright artwork, clean area rugs and simple furniture can help update an older home. But the key is to get clients involved in the prepa-rations going in.

While he and his wife were pleased with the result and know they played a major role in selling their home, Garth Scoular is con-vinced putting their minds to prep-aration and presentation, with the help of someone who knows its ben-efits, worked.

“We think we got extra value for our home because of it.”

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Realtor Cheryl Barnes sits in the front room of her own home, a spot where she tries out various designs and colour combinations for staging homes for resale. Spending time preparing a home for showings is critical for making a good first impression with prospective buyers, she says.Don Descoteau/News staff

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