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Oak Bay High senior girls finished second in AAA basketball provincials at the Langley Events Centre this weekend.
“The girls made an incredible run at B.C.’s,” said Coach Rob Kinnear. “They played their best ball of the year.”
The team scored victories over Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools before an exciting one-point comeback victory 67-66 over No. 1 seeded Holy Cross. The team dropped the final 64-57 to Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats.
“They played a great final, coming up just a bit short in the end,” Kinnear said. “All the girls made awesome contributions and as a group they truly battled right until the end.”
Holy Cross finished third.
Morgan Roskelley and Lauren Yearwood were named first team all-stars for the tournament. Marisa Harrington also earned an honourable mention as well as the Quinn Keast Foundation scholarshipand a Telus scholarship.
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Oak Bay’s Marisa Harrington, right, fights off Brookswood’s Natasha Tadic during the B.C. AAA senior girls basketball championships gold medal game at Langley Events Centre. The Brookswood Bobcats beat the Oak Bay Breakers 64-57 in the final match.
“All the girls made awesome contributions and as a group they truly battled right until the end.”
- Rob Kinnear
Oak Bay High second in B.C.
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Grade 6 art students from Monterey Middle school were recently honoured by the Oak Bay Heritage Society and council for a collage they made of the Trial Island Lighthouse.
The students, under direction of art teacher Sara Conkin, produced the collage by replicating a photo provided by lighthouse keeper Meredith Dickman. Each student was assigned a square to replicate, using pictures from magazines.
The special presentation honouring the kids was held before a council meeting
on Feb. 24 and was attended by retired senator Pat Carney, who spoke about the importance of Canada’s lighthouses.
The Oak Bay Heritage Society has applied to the federal government to have the local lighthouse designated under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. A decision is expected next year.
Each student was presented with a small block print, local chocolate and a municipal pin by mayor Nils Jensen and arts laureate Barbara Adams.
Note cards are on sale at local stores. Partial proceeds will be donated to the Monterey middle school art program.
The collage can be seen in the Oak Bay municipal hall [email protected]
Recognition lights up Monterey studentsStudent artwork honoured
A collage made by Monterey Middle school students helped note Heritage Week.
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Contributors to the fine arts will get centre stage as Oak Bay High launches its
Distinguished Fine Arts Legacy Wall.
The legacy wall will be a permanent installation at the new Oak Bay High school, recognizing individuals who have contributed to the development of fine arts within
the community, said band director Jeff Weaver. He added that recognition of local arts contributors has been lacking in Oak Bay.
“We do a good job with recognizing and promoting our kids here when they are in school, but we’re not doing a good job recognizing kids that have left here and become amazing artists,” Weaver said.
“We also want to build an alumni community.”
Nominations are being sought for the first inductees in four categories, professional artist, teacher, builder and patron. The builder category recognizes a person who has helped to promote, develop, mentor and/or fundraise for the fine arts in Oak Bay. The patron category recognizes a person who
financially contributed to the school’s fine arts department.
Nomination forms can be found at oakbay.sd61.bc.ca, the deadline for nominations is June 27. Successful nominees will be named in September and then recognized at an event on Oct. 3.
For more information, email [email protected] or call 250-598-3361.
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A touchy subjectOak Bay Lodge activity worker Siobhan Collins, left, reacts as a Ball Python starts crawling down her arm while day program client Shirley D'Estrube calmly touches the snake during a reptile presentation held at the lodge by Swan Lake program naturalists.
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Former deputy superinten-dent Sherri Bell officially took helm of the Greater Victoria School District last Thursday (March 6).
Her promotion to CEO/superintendent of school replaces John Gaiptman, who retired in February after 12 years on the job. She was named interim superinten-dent after he stepped down.
“I am honoured to be appointed as the superintendent of schools for the Greater Victoria School District,” said Bell. “This is an exciting time in education with the changes in curricu-lum and the focus on person-alized learning. I look forward
to working with our education partners to ensure that all of our students are engaged and successful in their learning.”
Bell was hired by the Greater Victoria School District in 1996
as the principal of James Bay commu-nity school.
She was previously a teacher in Calgary and Cranbrook, an instructor and practi-cum supervisor for the University of Vic-toria, and a principal in Lake Cowichan.
She also worked as a contractor for the Ministry of Education in curriculum and
assessment providing support to over half the school districts in the province.
In 2001 Bell was the district principal responsible for recon-figuring the Greater Victoria
School District to implement the new K-5, 6-8, 9-12 struc-ture. Since 2002 she has held a senior leadership positions in the district.
“I am pleased that someone with so much talent, knowledge and experience in the Greater Victoria School District and the province will be leading our District as we face the many challenges ahead” said Peg Orcherton, GVSD board chair.
New superintendent for Greater Victoria schools
Sherri Bell
“I look forward to working with our education partners to ensure that all of our students are engaged and successful in their learning.”
- Sherri Bell
A Mowat Street resident got the fright as he arrived home just after 7:30 p.m. March 1 to find his kitchen on fire.
The Oak Bay Fire Department responded to the blaze and arrived to find the homeowner had extinguished the fire on his stove top using the retractable hose from the faucet in the sink.
The Oak Bay Fire prevention office Ken Gill said the public should use extreme caution if they decide to enter a home to fight a fire that has produced considerable smoke and toxic gases.
“Always dial 911 first and notify the fire department before making an attempt to extinguish a fire,” said Gill. “Remember that fast developing fires can double in size every 30 seconds.”
Firefighters entered the residence to check the fire area to confirm it was properly out and to check to ensure the fire had not spread.
An investigation revealed the fire started when an element had accidently been left on earlier in the evening causing it to ignite a dish towel and plastic
dishes that had been placed on top of the stove to dry.
The family was not home at the time the fire began to smolder.
Significant damage was caused to the kitchen of the home.
Gill also reminds residents to make sure your smoke alarms are working and to keep stove tops clear of combustible materials at all times.
Damage to the home are estimated at approximately $25,000.
Stove top goes up in flames
Daniel PalmerNews staff
The Capital Regional District is leasing an Esquimalt industrial property it purchased last year back to the building’s current tenant.
The 4.2-acre Viewfield Road site, in Esqui-malt’s light industrial park, was purchased last March for $17 million as a potential alter-native to Hartland landfill for a biosolids plant, part of the CRD’s $783-million sewage treatment program, Seaterra.
The proposal was eventually axed after overwhelming opposition from surrounding residents and local politicians. But the site’s current tenant, Wilson Foods, wasn’t meant to vacate the space until next September when the CRD takes possession.
Instead, Wilson Foods will pay $1.3 million to stay at the site for another year with the option for renewal.
The lease agreement will cover tempo-rary loan interest, operating costs, insurance and property taxes and help the CRD pay down mortgage principal, said Andy Orr, CRD spokesman.
The CRD board has a three-month lease termination clause to vacate about 20,000 square feet of the 126,000 square-foot site if it finds a more suitable use for the property, Orr said.
The Viewfield property is valued at $13,950,000 in 2014 by B.C. Assessment.
CRD leases back failed sewage site to food supplier
The Maritime Museum of B.C. is inviting nominations for the Beaver Medal, an award that rec-ognizes outstanding contributions to the marine sector.
The museum encourages nomina-tions for anyone who has contributed to B.C.’s marine environ-ment.
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OUR VIEW
Proceedings here at the B.C. legislature were briefly thrust into the spotlight last week, firing up the radio talk shows and Twitter feeds.
No, it wasn’t the B.C. Liberal government forcing through legislation to allow industrial “research” for things like pipeline routes in provincial parks, or the debate on sanctioned wolf and grizzly kills. It wasn’t the teacher strike vote, as the scripted motions of that ritual combat are well known to weary parents.
It was muffins. More specifically, “free” muffins in a newly relocated and equipped MLA lounge, and a rack installed to hold the said muffins at a cost of $733.
This was portrayed as part of a spending spree by Richmond East MLA Linda Reid, elected Speaker last summer. In fact it’s just the latest phase of a strikingly expensive refit to provide wheelchair access, which Reid has championed.
The new MLA lounge replaces a seldom-used one at the top of steep stairs high in the 1898 stone structure. The new lounge is served by a ramp near the chamber exit to another under-used room in the library, and equipped with big-screen TVs to follow proceedings, similar to those installed in the legislature chamber last year.
Everything done here is expensive, from matching ornate woodwork to upgrading ancient plumbing and wiring. But the
public, conditioned by media to expect corruption and scandal, would rather be outraged about free muffins.
Prior to this, MLAs had to troop down to the basement dining room to put muffins and coffee on their expense accounts, or have an assistant fetch them. The outraged talk shows didn’t mention that. There are access issues in the dining room too, a fact more difficult
to ignore with Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux, Paralympian Michelle Stilwell and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan now elected to serve using their wheelchairs.
A costly new outside access ramp assisted Kenny Michell, who visited last week to tell his harrowing story of the Burns Lake sawmill explosion that nearly burned him to death in 2012 and left him in a wheelchair.
The NDP brought a delegation of survivors and family members of the dead from sawdust explosions in Burns Lake and Prince George. They supported the opposition’s demand for an independent inquiry, although their own demands ranged from counselling for long-suffering wives to seeing someone
punished for alleged negligence.The scandal pushed in this tragic
story is that some evidence was not protected by WorkSafeBC and wouldn’t have been admissible in court. Prosecutors also said they had enough evidence for charges, but the companies or executives would be able to show “due diligence” that would likely result in acquittal.
What that means in English is that the explosion risk of extra-dry dust and air wasn’t fully grasped by either mill operators or WorkSafeBC. All B.C. mills are now subject to more scrutiny, and a coroner’s inquest will be calling witnesses this fall to see what lessons can be learned.
Back to pipelines through parks. This may seem like a scandal to urban B.C. residents who already fret about the possibility of the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, or one of several proposed gas pipelines, intruding on a park.
It’s not as well known that Trans Mountain completed a major twinning and upgrading project on the Alberta side in 2008. It crosses Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park, without incident or scandal to date.
But back to muffingate, as it’s become known around here. I don’t know why people are so cynical and uninterested in serious issues. I wish I was.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
Forget issues, pass the muffins
‘The new MLA lounge replaces a seldom-used one at the top of steep stairs’
Ferry service not dead, yet
B.C. Ferries is digging its own grave with a shovel handed to it by the provincial government.
With nearly $19 million in service reductions about to take place, not only residents will be left to mourn – it’s being buried in a coffin called
tourism.Right on the front
page of hellobc.com – B.C.s official tourism site – are three featured places to go, two of them on Vancouver Island.
A visit to the site’s transportation page lauds the fringe benefits of ferry travel: “a deck-side view of breathtaking scenery not accessible by land and a high probability of spotting marine wildlife.”
Great. If you can get on board and in a timely fashion.
With reductions on dozens of routes, the elimination of some 7,000 round trips a year, the cut to the seniors’ discount, and with $4.9 million more in cuts to come, your chances of getting where you want to go are beginning to look dicey, if not pricey.
The tourism site touts the Inside Passage route as a cruise through spectacular scenery. But at a cost of some $1,200 for a family of four, that one-day trip really takes a bite out of the typical family’s overall vacation budget.
Tourism is a major industry in British Columbia, surpassing some of our more traditional revenue sources, and if the provincial government takes it seriously, it will want to take a closer look at how it is planning to not only attract visitors, but move them around the province.
Cutting the already overpriced service is bad economics. It affects commuters, distribution of goods and services and makes it more difficult for visitors to take advantage of areas outside the Lower Mainland.
Christy Clark puts a big emphasis on her BC Jobs Plan with tourism at the forefront, but cuts and rate hikes on B.C. Ferries can only cause job loss province-wide.
The provincial government is responsible for both transportation and tourism – top priorities for all of us – but the government has an absence of vision for the management of B.C. Ferries, unless that vision is to stand by and watch as the ship is sinking.
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LETTERS
It is instructive to look at the attitudes of the Oak Bay municipal council.
It seems to be less than satisfied with the role it has taken on guiding the development of this small community.
Indeed, one may wonder why the members ran for this public office. They feel a need to become involved in big-picture politics, shaping the global climate by offering – at the expense of Oak Bay residents – free fill-ups for luxury electric automobiles.
Are they trying to make a point that British Columbia has excess hydroelectric power that should be soaked up in this way? Hardly.
Or is it an indirect statement of support for Site C Dam? Of course not.
It is simply a feel-good initiative that is ill-thought out and in reality is embarrassingly naive.
The frustration in this is that council seems not to recognize that the most significant steps which can be exercised by any level of
government are those that will strengthen and secure stable family and community life.
Oak Bay is a model of a community-centered municipality which should be cheered from the rooftops as a success.
How then could council support the abomination that is the Clive which, in its proposed form, would bring inappropriate, over-scale development to Oak Bay?
Robert DurieOak Bay
Deer-feeding fines are useless, unenforceable and the beasts would just eat even more garden plants.
Three cheers to Oak Bay council for having the intestinal fortitude to vote for a deer cull against the wishes of a very small but extremely loud group of deer huggers.
Unfortunately, a cull of 25 deer will not make even a dent in the population. My guess is that there are probably that many in one square kilometre and the vacuum will be quickly filled by deer from surrounding areas.
Road warning signs are useless. When a deer comes flying out of the bushes or from between cars there just is not enough time to stop. Deer repellents are expensive, have to be re-sprayed about once a week and do not work. Deer-proof
plantings are ugly and the only decent plants that I have found they won’t eat are rhodos, lavender, Iris and monkshood.
Fences are not an option. They’re expensive and would need to be seven feet high surrounding the entire property.
The only answer is a massive cull done by all municipalities in the Capital Region. So far, nothing has been done and now the does are all pregnant and will each be spitting out two or three babies in a couple of months.
It’s time to stop dithering and get rid of these mangy, tick laden, Lyme disease carrying, garden destroying beasts before somebody gets killed. Or maybe that’s what it will take to get some action.
Myrna SmithOak Bay
I don’t like the Clive Drive proposal. Here’s why.
1) It’s TOO BIG.2) It’s still TOO BIG, even after
amendments.3) It’s still TOO BIG, even after
further amendments.4) Because all these proposals
are TOO BIG, they contravene the existing bylaws and regulations.
5) Father Jimmy Duncan and daughter Nicole Roberts, the principals of JN Developers, spent a lot of money and without recognizable rezoning conditions, to buy the property.
6) Over a year ago on JN’s initial application for redevelopment, the municipal administrators told JN their project was TOO BIG.
7) Council seems heedless of both intended and unintended consequences from this type of decision.
With these approaches that ignore and disrespect the work and wisdom of earlier councils and jump the gun on the reviews of the community plan, why don’t developers just do projects Texas-style?
From this, if you think Clive Drive is TOO BIG, just wait for the pachyderm proposals that will come rumbling and bumbling along Oak Bay Avenue over the next several years.
And you think the deer are TOO BIG a problem!
Charles Douglas SauerOak Bay
Feel-good not feasible
BIG problemCRD cull should go ahead now
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Boston Early Music Festival brings back 1600s
Don DescoteauNews staff
A couple of points stand out when considering the impact and significance of this week-end’s baroque opera perfor-mances in Victoria by the renowned Boston Early Music Festival.
Not only is it the first time in recent memory that the city has staged an opera based on 17th-century music and dance, Victoria is one of just two places the Boston group will perform French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers (The Descent of Orpheus into Hell) and La Couronne de Fleurs (The Crown of Flowers) on its current mini-tour.
The other? New York City.“This is a huge event for
us,” says James Young, artis-tic director of the Early Music Society of the Islands, which is co-producing the two-night event along with Pacific Opera Victoria. “This is the kind of event you will normally only see in a much larger centre like Boston or New York.”
While listening to and watch-
ing baroque opera performed by musicians and performers from one of the world’s leading early music ensembles will be a treat, what else might audience members notice?
“There’s never been anything staged and performed here in the style of the (1600s), which is what the Boston Early Music Festival specializes in,” Young says.
Not only is dance more prev-alent in 17th-century French opera, the combination of voice and movement is a “very much more stylized and formal kind of performance, he says. “It’s an adjustment to see it, but I think when it’s done properly it can really engage an audience.”
People will also notice a dif-ference when they look into the orchestra pit, Young adds.
Besides such period instru-ments as baroque guitar, violin, recorder, oboe and harpsi-chord, the ensemble includes a theorbo, a multi-headed, 14-stringed, lute-style instru-ment which produces soft mel-low sounds not unlike a harp; and a viola da gamba or viol, which is larger and deeper sounding than a violin and can be plucked or bowed.
Bringing in an ensemble of the stature of the Boston Early Music Festival presents a financial risk for the local baroque group, one it could
not have taken on its own without the help of a company such as Pacific Opera Victoria, Young says. He has other ideas brewing for concerts involv-ing guest performers and as such, the success of this week-end’s shows will go a long way toward planning future special events.
“Pacific Opera Victoria is
interested in doing another co-production,” he says, noting that such a partnership makes sense. “If you look at baroque music, the highlight of it is opera.”
The concerts happen at 8 p.m. Friday (March 14) and Saturday at the McPherson Playhouse. Pre-performance lectures by Boston Early Music
Festival musical directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs precede both nights’ shows, starting at 7 p.m. in the the-atre’s upstairs lobby.
Tickets are available in advance at rmts.bc.ca, at the theatre box office at 1 Centen-nial Sq., or at earlymusicsoci-etyoftheislands.ca.
Reaching back for baroque with rare operatic treat
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The Boston Early Music Festival brings a 17th-century music and dance exclusive to Victoria when the ensemble hits the McPherson Playhouse Friday and Saturday (March 14-15).
EvEntsSun. March 16Persian new Year - Persian food, music, dance and theatre will fill Centennial Square from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in celebration of Nowruz, Persian New Year. The event is presented by The Iranian Students Association.
musicWed. March 12LiOna BOYD - Canada’s First Lady of the Guitar, renowned around the world as a classical guitar virtuoso and composer, visits Victoria for her Return to Canada Tour. McPherson Playhouse. Tickets, $54.50, rmts.bc.ca.a triBute tO GerrY MuLLiGan anD Chet Baker quartet - Gord Clements on baritone saxophone, Rob Cheramy on guitar, Olivier Clements on trumpet, Bruce Meikle on bass, and Michael Zurmehly on drums offer an ode to Mulligan and Baker at Hermann’s Jazz Club 753 View). Tickets, $12/15, at the door and at Larsen Music.
ThurS. March 13wake OwL - Lyon joins newly Juno-nominated Vancouver
group Wake Owl (breakthrough artist of the year) stops by Lucky Bar, 517 Yates, with Lyon. Tickets, $15 advance at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.
Fri. March 14OLD Man LueDeCke - Jordie Lane accompanies Luedecke at St. Ann’s Auditorium. Tickets, $20, at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.
BOstOn earLY MusiC FestivaL The Early Music Society of the Islands and Pacific Opera Victoria present the Boston Early Music Festival’s inaugural Victoria performance, a double-bill of operas by baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, La Descente d’Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs. At the McPherson Playhouse. rmts.bc.ca. Until March 15.
tOwer OF DuDes - Celebrate the release of T.O.D.’s record, along with he Revolutionary Cyborg Wedding Band Mobile Unit, The Cavaleros, and Clunt and The Scrunts. 8pm at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates. $12 advance at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records.
Sun. March 16ChiCaGO - The first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six decades is still at
it and brings the horn-infused harmonies to Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Tickets, from $56.50 at 250-220-7777.
stagEWed. March 12the GraDuate - Langham Court Theatre offers up an evening of impure theatrical delight with the adaptation of the novel and infamous coming of age ‘60s flick. Tickets, from $16, langhamtheatre.ca. Until March 22.
ThurS. March 13unitY (1918) - UVic’s Phoenix Theatre closes out their season with a piece penned by Kevin Kerr, associate writing professor at the university. And it happened to win a Governor General’s Award. Tickets, from $14, 250-721-8000. Until March 22.
Fri. March 14BaLLet Du GranD théâtre De Genève: rOMéO et JuLiette - In this 2009 version of Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and loss, choreographer Joëlle Bouvier has abstracted the Prokofiev score and concentrated on the story’s essential turning points, allowing the medium of dance to speak directly to the
audience’s hearts and emotions. At the Royal Theatre. rmts.bc.ca.Until March 15.
Mon. March 17sPark FestivaL - The Belfry Theatre presents its annual SPARK Festival,with 40 free events, readings and mini-plays. Check out the full schedule of offerings at belfry.bc.ca. Until March 30.
visuaL aRtWed. March 12CarOL wainO - Newly honoured with a Governor General’s Award, Toronto-based painter Waino speaks as a part of a free visiting artist talk series at the University of Victoria. Hear her March 12 from 8 to 10 p.m. in room A162, Visual Arts Building, UVic.
SaT. March 15 wiLL MiLLar - Step into “Scenes from my Irish Rovings” at Winchester Galleries (2260 Oak Bay Ave.) just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Millar will be there to present his new selection of paintings, as will members of the Victoria Single Malt Club for an Irish whiskey tasting at the opening reception from 1 to 5 p.m. The show runs until March 29.
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The Merry McKen-tys, an eight-piece fam-ily band have brought their folk tunes from the Kootenays to Cor-tes Island, Europe and back. This week, they’ll pack their instruments aboard a ketch and set sail for Victoria.
The six adult sib-lings and their parents, with fiddles, guitar, accordion, mandolin, banjo, and cello, play a selection of cheerful Canadian, Irish, Scot-tish and Scandinavian tunes, adding impro-vised fiddle harmonies
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The Merry McKen-tys recorded their first studio album, Out of the Woods, at Dove Creek Studios in Courtenay last fall.
Check them out at The Cornerstone Cafe March 13, the Spiral Cafe March 14, and the Hillside Moka House March 15 (and a con-tra dance at St. Aid-an’s United Church on March 22). Visit mer-rymckentys.com for more on the band.
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Photo album contains very early images of B.C.Daniel PalmerNews staff
Some of the oldest known photographs of B.C. are safely in the hands of Royal B.C. Museum experts this week after the museum purchased the rare items at auction.
The 52-page family photo album, containing more than 90 photographs from the collection of British Royal Engineer Col. Richard Clement Moody, was purchased for about $26,000 at English auction house Bonhams on Dec. 4.
“There was big competition for this collection,” said Don Bourdon, the museum’s curator of images and paintings. “(The album) reveals some stunning images that were unknown up to now.”
Moody’s career in the Colony of British Columbia spanned from 1858 to 1863, when he
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“One of the gems of the album is a pencil drawing of the Moody’s home,” Bourdon said at the album’s unveiling last week. “This is pretty much when New Westminster was hacked out of the landscape.”
Moody also led construction of the North Road from New Westminster to a secondary port at what is now Port Moody, named in his honour.
Most of Moody’s collection contains landscape por-traits and what Bourdon called “19th Century selfies” from Eng-land and elsewhere. But four key images were taken in B.C. as early as 1859, making them highly significant to provincial history, said Jack Lohman, Royal B.C. Museum CEO.
Two of the photographs fea-
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In another photograph, an unknown Royal Engineer with a haunting gaze sits beside Moody. Curators are already digging into the archives to discover more about the strangers.
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This portrait of a First Nations man is undated, although experts believe it may have been taken in 1859, making it one of the oldest photographs of First Nations in B.C.
Photo courtesy of the Royal B.C. Museum
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Nolan Mitchell has gold on his mind.
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The gold he’s mining for is the reward for a national champion.
Mitchell, a 17-year-old grap-pler who attends Claremont secondary in Grade 11 but trains in Duncan with the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club, will compete for Team B.C. at the 2014 Asics Juve-nile Canadian championships April 4 to 6 in Guelph, Ont.
“I love the trip and the com-petition, but I want to bring back the gold,” said Mitchell, who competed in the past two national tournaments and fin-ished third both times.
He expects to see many of the same opponents, but has a good feeling about his chances this time around. “I think they’re pretty good, but it always depends on who comes,” he said.
That modesty somewhat matches his style on the mats.
Wresting for the 48-kilogram division gold medal at the B.C. high school tournament, Mitchell fell behind 2-0 after the first of two rounds, having been pushed out of bounds twice by opponent Navdeep Toor of Rick Hansen second-ary in Coquitlam.
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“It all depends who I’m wrestling, but I always like to stay a little bit conservative,” he says. “I wasn’t letting him control the match and the movement.”
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Claremont secondary’s Nolan Mitchell, left, maintains a firm grip on opponent Navdeep Toor of Coquitlam’s Rick Hansen secondary in the 48-kilogram provincial final. Mitchell captured his third gold medal in as many years with an 8-5 win over Toor.
In the battle for Saanich basketball supremacy, Lambrick Park Lions defeated St. Michael’s University School Blue Dev-ils at the B.C. high school boys champion-ships on Saturday.
The Lambrick senior boys beat SMUS 70-64 in the AA division final at the Lang-ley Event Centre on Saturday.
Matt Neufeld (Lambrick) earned dual titles as both best defensive and most valuable player of the tournament.
Ishmael Abdulahi (Lambrick), Jason
Scully (SMUS) and Calvin Somers (Lam-brick) were named to the first all-star team. Graeme Hyde-Lay (SMUS) was named to the second team.
Also last weekend in Langley, Oak Bay’s senior Breakers girls posted a 67-66 upset of No. 2 Holy Cross in the AAA semifinals before losing 64-57 to the No.1-ranked Brookswood Bobcats of Langley.
Breakers star Lauren Yearwood was named most outstanding defensive player of the tournament and joined
teammate Morgan Roskelley on the first all-star team.
Claremont’s senior girls finished 11th in the tournament.
The Island champion Oak Bay junior girls, initially barred from the provincials due to a clerical error, finished ninth over-all in their tournament.
Claremont’s senior boys compete in the 4A boys provincial championships starting today (March 12) in Langley.
Greater Victoria teams heat up at hoops B.C.s
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MS SOCIETY of Canada is looking for someone to help set up and take down point of interest stops along the Cow-ichan Valley Grape Escape bike route. Must be available for at least one committee meeting prior to event and the mornings and afternoons of July 5th, and 6th 2014. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
PARKS CANADA is looking for volunteers to help remove invasive species from our re-gion and assist in the native plant nursery in order to help protect our natural heritage, and over 100 rare and endan-gered plant species. Call Vol-unteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
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STEEL BUILDING sale. Big year end clear out continued! 20x20 $3,915. 25x28 $4,848. 30x32 $6,339. 32x34 $7,371. 40x50 $12,649. 47x68 $16,691. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700
REAL ESTATE
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BEAUTIFUL WATERVIEW house, approx 3500 sq.ft. level entry, 2 fl oors w/self-contained 1-bdrm in-law suite in sought after area in Gordon Head. Lrg living rm, 4 bdrms, 3 fi replac-es, formal dining rm, family rm, large rec room, lrg dbl garage, 4 full baths. $829,000. 4453 Houlihan Court. Open House Sat & Sun 1-4. (250)744-7129.
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FRASER TOLMIEAPARTMENTS
1701 Cedar Hill X Road (at Shelbourne St)
Deluxe 1 & 2 bdrm suitesBeautiful grounds with resort
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DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
ESQUIMALT- 2bdrm, 1 level, in suite W/D, 4 appls, oak fl rs, deck, near ocean schools, bus. $985. 250-216-2991.
HOMES FOR RENT
VIC WEST- Avail now or April 1st. Bright, sunny, 3 bdrm, near ocean, sunroom, newly reno’d bath, W/D. 5 appls., NS/NP. Refs req’d 1 yr lease. $1650+ utils. 250-383-8800.
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Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,
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SUITES, LOWER
GLANFORD- 1 bdrm, lrg living rm+ kitchen. W/D. $825 inclds utils. N/P. (778)350-2446.
NORTH NANAIMO: 1bdrm private suite. New fl oors
and paint. Shared laundry. Secure, covered parking. FREE hydro, cable & wifi .
N/S, No Partiers. $750/mo. 250-756-9746
QUADRA/ MacKENZIE: 2 bdrm, 2 bath bsmnt. $950. + utils. small storage, street prkg Avail now. 250-516-5556.
SAANICHTON- 1 bdrm bsmt suite. Avail now. NS/NP. $850 inclds utils. (250)652-1730.
SUITES, UPPER
ROCKLAND- lrg 2 bdrm, 2 bath, lving/dining/eating area in kitchen, new carpets, deck,etc.$1355.(250)216-2991
TOWNHOUSES
LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a quiet, bright 2 bdrm townhouse, W/D hookup, inside/outside stor-age, backyard. $912/mo. Share purchase $2500. Gross income $42,000 +. Applica-tions available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
AUTO SERVICES
$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.
CARS
1982 GRAND Prix LJ, only 29 original km on car, 350 4 bolt Vette motor and 350 Turbo trans installed in 1985. Seals done in 2008. A.C. works, New head liner 2014, a true time piece. $5,900 obo. Must Sell. Call Terry 250-478-1426.
1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5- sp trans, near new Yokohama tires. Red, sun roof, mint interi-or, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pio-neer stereo w/iPod adapter, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $2500. Chris, 250-595-0370 leave message.
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ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING
ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi
Certifi ed General Accountant/ CPA
Bookkeeping, Payroll, HST.
Set up & Training. E-FileTAX
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CLEANING SERVICES
AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.
ELECTRICAL
(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN 30 yrs exp. New homes and Renos. Knob & tube replace-ment. Service calls. Senior’s Disc. Free est. Lic.#3003.
250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
FENCING
ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
FURNITURE REFINISHING
FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.
GARDENING
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Lawns have weeds & moss? Aerating ($75 special), pwr raking. Blackberry/ivy removal.
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GARDENING
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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter cleaning & repairs. Seniors discounts. WCB, Insured. Free estimates. (778)433-9275.
(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.
HANDYPERSONS
BIG BEAR Handyman. Paint-ing, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading
JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-881-1221.
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
ARAM RENO’S Basement, bathrooms, additions Free est. WCB/Insured 250-880-0525
COMPLETE HOME Repairs. Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Dry-wall, Painting. Licensed and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
JACK NASH, serving Victoria over 30 yrs. I do it all! Free es-timates WCB. 250-881-3886.
LANDSCAPING
250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new contracts; landscape and carpentry. BBB/Insured. Res /Comm. www.ftguland.com
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
& MOVING STORAGE
DONE RIGHT MOVING $70/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. BBB accredited. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.
PAINTING
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PAINTING
OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
STACYANN SCHIFFNER Painting & Colour Design. WCB + Ins. Professional Guar-antee. Free est.250-213-1054.
PLUMBING
EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
LICENSED. QUALITY work guaranteed, great rates, WCB. Free est’s. Seniors discount on labour. Norm (250)413-7021.
PLASTERING
PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.
PRESSURE WASHING
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
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ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
RUPE’S ROOFING: Torch onshingles or metal. Fully in-sured. References; ticketedroofers. Call Rupe 250-415-7130 or Mike 1-250-533-9410.
SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB / BBBmember. Quality & satisfactionguaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi [email protected]
STUCCO/SIDING
PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.
TILING
SHAWN THE Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. Freeest. Call 250-686-6046.
TREE SERVICES
BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges, lawn care,Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.
WINDOW CLEANING
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IT’S TIME FORPHOTOS BYBoulevard’s annual Photos By contest showcases
the work of talented local photographers like you. Four to six photos will be selected and published
in our May issue along with a brief biography of each photographer.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINESDeadline for submission: March 31, 2014.
Maximum of three photos per person.
Specs: Digital files only, high resolution 300 dpi (greater than 1000K in size) with the potential to fit our cover size at
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Capital Regional District
A properly installed and maintained irrigation system will conserve water!
Efficient Irrigation Workshops
Considering the purchase and installation of an irrigation system or do you already own a system that you would like to upgrade?
CRD Parks & Environmental Services is hosting this free, efficient irrigation workshop for residential homeowners.
Irrigation experts will explain system components, discuss installation and provide scheduling and maintenance tips.
Optional irrigation workbooks are available to purchase for $30.
Space is limited. Please pre-register by calling 250.474.9684
ALL Efficient Oak Bay — Saturday, April 12Irrigation Systems: 2 to 5 pm
anaimo’s West Isle Winds will perform a varied program for clarinet, horn, and piano at its Oak
Bay Matinee this weekend.After a successful start in
February, the Oak Bay Matinee Concert Series continues with a concert by West Isle Winds, a group of three professional classical musicians.
Heather Walker (horn), Susanne Bullock (clarinet), and Donna Falconer (piano) each have careers performing with numerous orchestras, opera companies, chamber music groups, and other ensembles throughout British Columbia and abroad.
The trio merges music for clarinet, horn, and piano to present a delightfully varied program. With arrangements ranging from Mozart’s Sull’aria duet (from his successful comic opera The Marriage of Figaro) and Bizet’s Au fond Du Temple Saint (from the opera The Pearl Fishers) West Isle Winds will delight audiences savouring familiar opera songs performed by a chamber music trio.
With the help of pianist Falconer, Walker will play Nocturno for solo horn. This work was composer by Franz Strauss, better known as the father of composer Richard Strauss. Nocturno is a little known gem of the horn repertoire and a favourite among horn
players. Its beautiful melody in combination with a gentle piano accompaniment will make for a perfect romantic matinee piece.
Walker has performed with various chamber ensembles such as the AD Mare Wind Quartet, and larger groups such as the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, and the Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment.
Bullock will give Pablo de Sarasate’s famous showpiece Zigeunerweisen (or Gipsy Airs), originally for violin, a fresh new interpretation on the clarinet. Born in Hong Kong but raised in Victoria, Bullock was the very first clarinetist to win the University of Victoria’s prestigious Concert Competition. Bullock has performed extensively throughout North America, Australia and New Zealand. In Brisbane (Australia) Bullock was Head of Woodwinds at Southern Cross College and principal clarinettist of the
Brisbane Sinfonia. She now teaches clarinet at Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo), the Nanaimo Conservatory and privately.
Respected collaborative pianist Falconer will accompany all works on piano. Falconer has an active history of collaborations. She was a faculty pianist and vocal coach at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Academy of Music. A founding member of Vancouver’s Opera Breve, she was the music director of numerous productions and has been a repetiteur for Vancouver Opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, and Opera Nuova Edmonton. Falconer now maintains a busy voice and piano studio in Nanaimo and frequently collaborates with Vancouver Island musicians and visiting artists.
An original and seldom-heard work for the combination of clarinet, horn and piano is Carl Reinecke’s Trio for Clarinet, Horn and Piano. This four movement work was composed near the end of Reinecke’s life. It demonstrates Reinecke great craftsmanship in composing for this somewhat unusual combination of instruments in the romantic style.
Oak Bay Matinee is a monthly concert series. Go to oakbaymusic.ca for details.
Matinee the Oak Bay way
News staff
Lynne Greenwood, right, and Lanny Pollet entertain a group during the first Oak Bay Matinee at the Oak Bay United Church.
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B.C. Anglicans are celebrating a new bishop.Victoria’s Logan McMenamie, dean of Christ
Church Cathedral was consecrated and installed as the 13th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of B.C. on March 2.
Clergy from Vancouver Island, and bishops from across Canada, as well as Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
and The Most Rev. John Privett, archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of B.C. attended.
The service included a mix of music that hon-oured both the new bishop’s Celtic heritage and First Nations culture.
The gospel was read from a copy of the St. John Illuminated Bible, loaned especially for the occasion.
Hear the performancen West Isle Winds perform seldom heard works by Mozart, Schubert, Bizet, Reinecke and Offenbach at 2:30 p.m. on March 16 at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St.
Old traditions honoured as new bishop consecrated
A16 • www.vicnews.com Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - OAK BAY NEWS
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