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Tackling diabetesYoungster adapts to the challenges of Type 1 diabetes

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Fran Day of the Canadian Red Cross Corps and Royal Air Force veterans Jim Bottomley and John Hillman reflect on their comrades from the Second World War during Tuesday’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the Oak Bay Memorial Cenotaph. See page A15 for more photos from the Oak Bay ceremony.

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Police hold the line on budget increaseChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

The defunct Regional Crime Unit can claim some credit for keeping the increase down in the Oak Bay Police budget for 2015.

The total provisional budget, including transfers from reserves, shows a 0.46 per cent increase, according to the budget prepared by Chief Const. Andy Brinton. The operating fund of just over $4.4 million shows a 0.16 per cent decrease.

The RCU was a $90,000 budget item in previous years, Brinton told council

Monday night.“That offsets many of these increases,”

Brinton said.The regional dive team folding also

caused a $5,000 boon to the budget. Increases on the tech side of things

include $11,000 for the CREST upgrades and a new security feature in records management that includes an ongoing licensing fee.

The budget includes $67,000 – the estimated cost for renovation of a ladies locker room in a building that now includes nine women in policing and administration roles. Of that, $35,000

would come from a structural repairs reserve. It will also require modifying an existing bathroom in the building for the public.

The department also saved for replacement of a vehicle in 2015. While no vehicle type is yet identified, $40,000 is set aside in the vehicle replacement reserve to replace Car 74, a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria.

Conferences and meetings will see a rise as the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, held in Victoria this year, is scheduled to take place in Quebec next year. Also five members plan to attend the Leadership Conference, which wasn’t held

in 2014. A more than $3,000 reduction in

overtime is credited to special event overtime now billed back to event organizers and savings in support staff backfill by increasing the front counter employee hours from 0.5 to a 0.6 full-time equivalent position.

The police budget will be incorporated into to the 2015 municipal budget.

While administration and protective services salaries are unchanged from 2012, collective bargaining for those salaries is expected to begin later this year.

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Most 10-year-olds would balk at the sight of a needle, let along plunge it into their own thigh.

Lucas Cunliffe lives with Type 1 diabetes, and has seen enough jabbing in the past two years that last month he took on the mature task of administering his own insulin.

“I never really liked them [needles], and now they’re my whole life,” says Lucas.

For his parents, “needle school” as dad Michael calls it, started the day after diagnosis.

When the Monterey middle school student was eight, he suffered tummy aches and frequent urination.

“He was skin and bones,” says mom Trisha. Both parents say their usually mellow eight-year-old was irritable.

“I just wasn’t really feeling well,” says Lucas.

Trisha took the now 10-year-old to the doctor, who after hearing the symptoms immediately tested his blood sugars, which were so high the meter couldn’t read them.

They rushed to the hospital and were stunned how quickly things moved after that.

“You’re living life and boom here’s your new life,” Michael says.

For five days Lucas stayed in hospital figuring out his insulin levels. With Type 1 diabetes the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone that helps the body control sugar levels in the blood. Without insulin, glucose builds up instead of being used for energy. The body both produces glucose as well as gets it from foods like bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, milk and fruit. The cause of Type 1 diabetes is unknown and it is not preventable.

The day after diagnosis, mom and dad started two days of intense schooling

that covered pokes for both blood testing and administering insulin. Education covered counting carbs, something Trisha does on a daily basis, marking them down for her oldest son’s school lunches so he can figure out his blood sugars.

“He has to use his math skills,” points out Michael.

“And I’m still not good at math,” Lucas adds with a sly grin.

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youth pricks a finger, dabs it to a testing strip and reads the blood monitor to determine his blood glucose (sugar) level. He calculates and administers insulin for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He must plan for snacks or exercise.

Insulin can be injected by pen, syringe or pump. Lucas isn’t comfortable with a pump that is attached at all times. He prefers to carry his life-saving kit with a monitor, testing strips, pens and insulin. Of course they come along to school.

“Some teachers educate themselves on it,” Michael says.

Educating is a task that Lucas too takes on. “Last year, he got up in front of the whole class,” Michael says.

“It was kind of scary because I’m not that good at [public] speaking,” says Lucas.

But he tackled his classmates’ questions, which of course included how many needles a day? The answer: six to 10, depending on how much, for example, Halloween candy he wants to eat.

And family, friends and community continue to come together in a wave of support. At this year’s Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes, a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser held on the West Shore, Team Lucas raised $5,000 (the goal was $500).

“Eighty people showed up, there was this sea of Team Lucas T-shirts,” says Trisha. “It was overwhelming in a supportive way.”

They scored the top fundraiser award – the Gold Sneaker.

Then there was the “purple bejewelled toilet”.

“We delivered it late at night and the plumbing policy was for $10 we’ll take it away; for $20 we’ll take it and you can nominate someone; for $30 we take it, you nominate and you never see it again,” Michael explains. “Amazingly, people were willing to pay $30.”

The jazzy throne made its way around the region, travelling as far afield as Sooke and raising $2,000.

Raising money for the cause, to find a cure, is important to the Cunliffes.

“The main goal is to have a cure in Lucas’ lifetime,” says Trisha.

With today (Nov. 14) World Diabetes Day the family, including younger siblings Jacob and Joshua, are determined to spread awareness about the disease.

“We didn’t know anything [about diabetes],” says Michael. “We know now how deeply it affects people and their family.”

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Founda-tion recently raised $210,000 in one night at Victoria’s 10th annual Promise Ball fun-draiser, named the Diamond Decade Gala.

“We are the world’s largest non-govern-ment funder of Type 1 diabetes research,” said Jason Parkhill, JDRF manager of fund-raising and development in Victoria.

November is national diabetes awareness month. Visit jdrf.ca or diabetes.ca to learn more about the disease and associated fundraising.

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Lucas Cunliffe, 10, is growing comfortable with needles, to the point last month he started giving himself insulin shots, after being diagnosed with Type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes two years ago.

Did you know?■ A tip from our young pro: If you’re right handed, take the pokes for the blood test on your left. “I did it once [on the right] and it hurt all day and it was hard to write,” Lucas says.

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Oak Bay Toastmasters celebrates 20 years Tuesday.

Founded in November 1994 as GVHS Toastmasters, it was revived in May 1998 as the Oak Bay Toastmasters we

know today.“Toastmasters is not

just communication, it’s leadership skills and it really does assist you on a path to that,” said John Sherber, also a Distinguished Toastmaster with Oak Bay who serves as district governor. “It’s an amazing organization.”

He’s been a member since 2001.

Tuesday evening agendas generally include three prepared speeches and a series of impromptu talks to keep everyone involved in the meeting. The Toastmasters International program is designed to help develop skills in speaking, listening and providing constructive supportive evaluations

as well as organizing and conducting meetings.

The two paths – communication and leadership – of the organization are by design, says Sherry Morgan, competent communicator and current vice-president of public relations.

Morgan began in Toastmasters in Toronto and joined last year in Oak Bay after moving west.

“I want to be confident and comfortable and effective,” she said.

“People’s goals are anything from being less shy, learning to speak the language better to communicating better. For me, I have some important things to say and I want to say them in

an effective way.” Each year for the

last 15, the Oak Bay Toastmasters club has earned the President’s Distinguished Club status honour from Toastmasters International. For more than a decade the group has met at St. Patrick Parish Hall, 2060 Haultain St. They gather on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

They celebrate 20 years with a special fun agenda and invite the public and past members to enjoy the meeting and have some cake. Fun starts a little early at 7:15 p.m. upstairs at the parish hall.

Learn more about the club at oakbaytoastmasters.ca.

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The magic moments between daylight and dark draw Margaret Case.

The Oak Bay artist routinely finds herself, iPhone in hand, at sunset or sunrise capturing that surreal skylight to translate later onto canvas.

Moments occur while walking the family dog around their Beach Drive home, or simply while she’s out and about.

“I paint from photos. I’m kind of an iPhone painter,” she says with a laugh. Sometimes the images get as far as the iPad and on a rare occasion she’ll actually print out an image, but more often than not technology is her go-to. At times, she applies an app to bump up contrast to recreate the image how she remembers it.

“I can see in my mind’s eye what I saw that day,” Case says. “That sets the stage – then it usually goes sideways … because I’m not a perfectionist.”

She’s learned recently to reflect on the human impact that is in all her work. A big-box store in Langford is recreated among trees and sky reflecting with that magical light. Her work showcases the ironies of human impact.

“A lot of the beautiful landscape we wouldn’t even know was there if we hadn’t knocked down the trees,” she says.

Case studied visual art at the University of Victoria, and works in communications. She studied under Pat Martin Bates, Robert Youds and Doug Morton. But art was pushed aside as family and career took priority.

“There’s not a lot of jobs for painters, so I gave it up for quite a few years,” she says.

She created a series of pencil drawings over about a decade in the 1990s that hang in the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame at Western Speedway in Langford. Then, in the past three years, as her kids got older, she’s created time to dive back into her acrylics.

Now she invites guests on the free Oak Bay Artists Studio Tour to enjoy her work and her home. She did two last year, which

were only slightly complicated by the fact she didn’t consult the family.

“It’s a bit of a challenge,” she admits. Her daughter does the baking for the day and often hangs around for the few hours of the event. “But my son and husband kind of melt away.”

They reappear after 4:30 p.m. when the tour ends.

While she’s cleared a small space for herself to paint in the family basement, surrounded by storage, sports

equipment and a weight bench, the upstairs of her Beach Drive home transforms into a gallery for the event.

Case prepares and hangs originals and creates copies and cards to provide a range of affordability.

“There are lots of options to share images in some way,” she says.

In the previous tours she earned validation as an artist, both with positive feedback and sales. But the real coup is the connections made and community created. Case now

knows her neighbours, and runs into her fan base in the community.

“It’s so good for our community to have these free opportunities to go and see something different. We as a community need those social experiences,” she says. “It knits us together as our own tribe. It’s a gathering opportunity.”

The Oak Bay Artist Studio Tour is Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day. The free, self-guided tour includes up to 30 local artists showing paintings, ceramics, jewelry, photography and more.

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Tour sheds light on Oak Bay artists

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Artist Margaret Case commands a small space in her Oak Bay family’s basement so she can pursue her love of painting. Upstairs will provide the venue when Case is one of the many artists participating in the Oak Bay Artist Studio Tour Nov. 15 and 16 from noon to 4:30 each day.

Did you know?n The Oak Bay Artist Studio Tour runs Nov. 15 and 16 from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day. The free, self-guided tour visits up to 30 local artists showing paintings, ceramics, jewelry, photography and more. Visit oakbayartists.com for a tour map.

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The Oak Bay News is published every Wednesday and Friday by Black Press Ltd., 207A-2187 Oak Bay, B.C. V8R 1G1. Phone: 250-598-4123. Web: oakbaynews.com

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Good morning Oak Bay. I’d like to introduce myself as the new editor of the newspaper I hope you will welcome into your home.

I arrive in your midst after following a trail for close to a quarter-century that led to newspapers scattered across the province. I left the beaches of Kitsilano that I had grown up up on to arrive literally at the end of the road.

For three years I called Kitimat home, a town of about 10,000 literally built by Alcan on B.C.’s north coast at the end of Highway 37. More than once I awoke to knee-deep snow hemming in my car. But with the help of well-equipped neighbours and a town rich with the tax dollars from an aluminum smelter, pulp mill and petro-chemical plant to purchase the best snow-clearing equipment I’ve ever laid eyes on, I never recall being overly delayed.

But the mere sight of roads lined with massive snow drifts accompanied by the -30 C winds that blew up the Douglas Channel in January had me packing my bags for the sunshine and vineyards of the Okanagan Valley.

I started at the Vernon Morning Star as a sports reporter and weekend photographer. That was before that digital age that had me spending Saturday mornings in the dark room developing photos from previous night’s hockey game. The

air was always filled with suspense – well that and the vinegar smell that seemed to stick with you throughout the day – watching the print slowly develop to see if you actually had

anything. Digital cameras and Photoshop are probably the biggest game changers I’ve seen to the industry in my career.

It was in Vernon where I learned probably 90 per cent of what I know today. At the hands of publisher Don Kendall and managing editor Glenn Mitchell, I learned that a

newspaper can only be successful by responding to the needs of the community it serves. But it was from Mitchell’s brother, Kevin, that the most valuable lesson came. The longtime Morning Star sports editor’s demand for perfection remain with me to this day.

I moved from the sports arena to council chambers and the courthouse, covering crime in Vernon during one of the bloodiest times in the city’s history. After 13 years in Vernon I headed to the other end of Okanagan Lake in Penticton where I took over as editor of the Western News.

My seven years in the Peach City brought me a host of lifelong friends too numerous to mention. If there’s one piece of wisdom I hope has stuck with the reporters I worked with, it was to embrace your ignorance – to never walk away from an assignment without asking

a question for fear of appearing stupid. It’s some advice I plan to adopt myself as a new arrival on an island that had been an unknown to me save for a few weekend visits.

While the Okanagan is a wonderful place to raise a family, children grow up, and mine moved on to Vancouver. My son Keith now works in Vancouver and my daughter Veronika is attending UBC. So I packed up and headed back to the coast. I spent close to a year at the Tri-City News, a paper serving the communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. The majority of my time there was spent covering sports and Port Moody council and community issues.

After a year in the Lower Mainland I found I actually saw more of my kids when they were trapped with me for days at a time far from their friends and lure of the city nightlife. And what better method of trapping unsuspecting kids than the B.C. ferry system.

So I now find myself in your midst in probably the most beautiful area I’ve had the fortune to work. My wife Tracey will join me next month, along with our dog Marley and cat Kai (although I call him Monkey Boy).

So that’s my story. I hope you will share yours with me and I look forward to sharing those stories through the pages of the Oak Bay News.

Dan Ebenal is the editor of the Oak Bay News and probably the guy you’ll see trying to find his way around his new community.

Following a winding trail into your midst

The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Election will shapecommunity’s future

No matter how the voting shakes out there’s bound to be a lot of change around Oak Bay city hall after the final ballots are counted Saturday night.

With two councillors not seeking re-election and a third opting to make a run at the mayor’s chair, Oak Bay is certain to have a few new

faces around the council table in the upcoming term.

But new faces or old, the choices will have a profound impact on the future of Oak Bay. Municipal governments have the most significant effect on the day-to-day lives of citizens, from property taxes to water and sewer

systems, from business incentives to parks and sidewalks. And the impact will be long-lasting, with mayors and councillors now being elected to four-year terms.

If you care about your community, you owe it to your neighbours to get out and cast your vote on Saturday.

Oak Bay residents deserve some credit for the 42 per cent turnout rate achieved in the 2011 municipal elections, far above the dismal 29.5 per cent average seen around the province. But that still falls short of the 64 per cent of eligible voters in Oak Bay-Gordon Head who turned out to the polls in last year’s provincial election.

The Oak Bay News has profiled all of the candidates for mayor, councillor and school trustee, and their answers to a series of questions can be found in the past two weeks issues of the paper or online at oakbaynews.com/municipalelection/.

Pick an issue that is important to you and find the candidate or candidates that you think will best address that issue. You don’t have to vote for the full contingent of six council candidates if there are only five that deserve your vote.

The choices you make will have a lot to do with the community you live in for the next four years.

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LETTERSChoices face Oak Bay voters

Attending both all candidate meetings at Oak Bay United and St. Phillips, I believe we have excellent choices to make for a competent amd independent council.

Municipal leadership is vital in maintaining the quality of life we enjoy in Oak Bay. I will not recommend who you should vote for, however, I cannot help but point out several issues.

Those councillors that voted against the Oak Bay Lodge proposal will not find my support.

I note that in retirement three years ago our former well-loved mayor, Chris Causton, did not recommend who should succeed him as he left that to the wisdom of the voters. I think it unfortunate that a former councillor should be so concerned to have her position

replaced by her own chosen successor as to represent that absent candidate at St. Phillips. Unfortunately that candidate is now disqualified in my mind. You have six choices amongst the 11 candidates. Please do your research and let’s hit a 50 per cent turnout – it’s important for all of us.

Patrick SkillingsOak Bay

Changes call for a pause in plans for cullWhen mayoral candidate Cairine Green stated

that she would push the pause button on the deer issue she was not implying there would be no cull.

Since the inception of the plan last year much has changed. The number of deer to be culled has been increased, the budget has soared to close to a quarter million dollars and so much information has changed with many unknown factors. Now as the two other communities in the pilot project have decided against it, Oak Bay will be the only municipality bearing the costs.

Green wants to revisit the program, find out what has changed and let the residents of Oak Bay know what is really happening with open transparency. It is the right thing to do rather than plunge in without updated information and suddenly find that it is costing us much more and not really working. Not pushing the pause button as avowed by the mayor reminds me of the actions of Captain Smith of the Titanic. Damn the icebergs, full speed ahead.

William JesseOak Bay

Oak Bay can’t go it aloneIt appears that the mayor of Oak

Bay is determined to have us pay the full costs of culling all of the deer that enter Oak Bay regardless of their origin. He does not want help from any

other community in the CRD. Maybe his honour should also consider the taxpayers of Oak Bay covering the full cost of the sewage treatment plant as well. Same difference but bigger dollars.

Georgina LathamOak Bay

Deer numbersadd up tobig problem

Prior to my voting in the Oak Bay municipal election, I see the need for each candidate to declare where they stand on our ongoing, horrendous deer problem.

Many residents refuse to do the math. If the mealymouthed status

quo prevails, this is what the future brings: 2014, 250 deer; 2015, 500 deer; 2016, 1,000 deer; 2017, 2,000 deer; 2018, 4,000 deer.

I rest my case.Jack Lowther

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Council sets disturbing trendIt is disturbing that during

their three-year term Oak Bay council has chosen to take courses of action that are not always in the best interests of residents. Council pushed through an excessive-development Official Community Plan in just over a year and a quarter. They approved an apartment block that was much too large for the lot, while ignoring community opposition, as well as parking and buffer zone requirements. Council’s record shows they had a 92 per cent approval rate on all variance requests – many of which were opposed.

On the other hand, council has been aware that for four years now many homeowners, from all over Oak Bay, have complained about a zoning mistake that allowed large, intrusive houses on small lots.

Then, three weeks before this upcoming election, council approved a large duplex on a small lot. However, in order to approve this duplex proposal, council arbitrarily changed our zoning bylaw to approve duplexes in Oak Bay.

At a Nov. 4 all-candidates meeting, many of the incumbent candidates’ statements did not reflect the policies and legislation that would be required to control both the proposed additional multi-family housing on existing lots or, the new population and congestion this will bring. None of the incumbents at the meeting explained where the dollars would come from to provide all of the extensive infrastructure upgrades that will be included with this extensive densification. The Official Community Plan refers

to acquiring these required costs as “challenges”. This is particularly disturbing as no other municipality has been able to successfully introduce these densification measures without substantial disruption and expense to existing taxpayers.

It has also escaped council’s attention that for several years now, the Union of B.C. Municipalities has complained to the provincial government it is seriously under-funding municipal infrastructure costs. This council has set the stage for turning all of Oak Bay (except Uplands) into a multi-dwelling community – this will have dramatic implications. We should therefore choose our next council very wisely.

Anthony Mears (no relation to candidate)

Oak Bay

Deer numbers in debateWhen asked about the deer cull recently the

mayor said there is clearly an over-population of deer in Oak Bay. Well that fooled me. Last year one councillor estimated the number to be 250 but last April the municipality and the CRD did a deer count over five days and found 94 deer. That is over-population? I guess some deer haters would call one deer an over-population.

Things desperate people say when the chips are down.

Steven B. LinkOak Bay

Council overlooks the simple stuffWith all of talk coming from our local

politicians about their collective expertise in managing any number of complex issues, you would think that one of them could come up with a way to post approximate leaf pick-up dates for residents across the district.

If this is truly too big a problem for any of them to tackle you have to wonder what they would do if faced with a really complex problem.

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The Oak Bay Barbers have found themselves in familiar territory.

The Oak Bay senior boys volleyball team travels to Nanaimo this weekend for the Vancouver Island championships.

The Barbers swept through the competition last week to win the Judy Bourne Memorial Cup, their seventh city championship in the past nine years.

Oak Bay easily handled the Lambrick Park Lions 3-0 before knocking off the Reynolds Roadrunners 3-0 in the final.

“The first set was close, 25-23, but then we started rolling,” said Oak Bay coach Al Carmichael.

The final was a rematch of the Lower Island AAA Championship two days earlier, where the Barbers needed to go to extra points to win the deciding game 20-18 and claim their seventh straight Lower Island title.

“Our offence was working much better, our passing was much better,” Carmichael said of his team’s play at the city championships.

The Barbers’ coach said a number of factors have led to Oak Bay being a perennial powerhouse. Carmichael said being a teacher on staff at Oak Bay gives him an edge on the court

as he is more familiar with his players. He also credits a quality junior program at the school and good feeder schools filtering players to Oak Bay.

The No. 5-ranked Barbers are one of four top-10 teams who will hit the court at the Island championships, with Dover Bay ranked sixth, Vanier eighth and Reynolds ninth.

“They’ll all be close matches but our toughest competition will be Dover Bay. They’ve beaten us twice and we’ve beaten them once this year,” said Carmichael.

The top four teams from the Island will move on to the provincials, slated for Nov. 26-29 at the Langley Events Centre.

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Walking tour unveils hidden historyChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Kate Humble leads a Sunday morning stroll through the neighbourhoods of her youth.

Humble moved back to Victoria last year, and now works at the Marine Museum of British Columbia but has worked for a decade on and off with John Adams both here and overseas. Now the Oak Bay High grad uses her love of history to lead residents through Oak Bay’s hidden neighbourhoods with Adams’ Discover the Past walking tours.

“I try to pick little areas of Oak Bay and do different areas each season,” she said. In the spring she led residents through the York and Prospect Place area. On Sunday’s stroll, and one in late October, she explores Anderson Hill.

“We used to go sit up there and do French homework and we never thought about the story of Anderson Hill,” she said. “These are the things you never think about when you’re 16.”

The 90-minute tour reveals heritage homes

designed by Samuel Maclure and new homes of unique design, the beauty of Anderson Hill Park and a First World War tale with a link to novelist P. G. Wodehouse.

“I tell the story of a variety of well-known historical families, and the story of the golf course,” she said. “I talk about our own aristocratic connection here. We’ve got Lady Chatfield who still lives in the area.”

She delves into the history of Anderson Hill and the early Spanish explorers.

“I have some wonderful stories about (Francis) Rattenbury,” she said. “There’s one wonderful connection with the author P.G. Wodehouse, one of the men who lived along the route is supposed to be one of the characters in one of his famous books.”

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LooksThe first leg of the launch event was held at Ronald Reagan airport, in a hangar cleared to display the entire Charger lineup. They looked like colorful jellybeans scattered in different trim levels ranging from the base V6 model to the R/T models featuring a 5.7L V8, then to the SRT high performance 392 model, and the all-new, for 2015, Hellcat with 707 hp. The 2015 Charger gets an all-new exterior, the only holdover pieces are the roof and rear doors, and the rest is new, more aggressive, sleeker and muscular. The nose now has a less blunt look, with a slimmer headlight design that is meant to look like a bandit, wearing a mask. Each trim has different grille openings and in the case of the high horsepower Hellcat, all the air intakes, scoops and vents not only make the car look more menacing, but they all serve a function. The Charger has an aggressive stance but this is also a car that can blend into the crowd: it doesn’t need to scream at the top of its voice. That is left for the engine to do.

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fascia, which has not migrated to the shifter surround. The shifter too has been updated to a T-style that re-minds older drivers of the Chargers sold in the original muscle car era. The steering wheel is new and has up-dated switches to control two new screens in the dash. They include a base 5-inch screen in the console or optional 8.4-inch version, plus a standard programma-ble screen in the instrument cluster for a quick glance

when driving. The high performance SRT models get a steering wheel with a flat bottom and heavily bolstered seats for track-ready driving. The real story is that this isn’t a track car, rather a solid family 4-door with room for all passengers.DriveOn the way to the racetrack, I drove the ($39,495) R/T, Hemi-equipped Charger over highways and some backcountry roads. This new model has a much more grownup feel and is a fantastic long road trip machine. Passing is a snap but the Charger was happiest at about 130km/h, maybe thanks to an all-new 8-speed automatic on all trim levels. Greeting us at the track were 5.7L Hemi cars, the 6.4L V8 Scat Pack model and the new Hellcat with a 6.2L V8 and with a big supercharger bolted on. This engine has 90 per cent of the parts

upgraded from the regular engines and each one is put on a 40-minute dyno test before being shipped to the customer. When the supercharger is up to full capacity, this engine will gulp 13,000 litres of air in one minute. I had a chance to drive all the models starting with the least powerful 5.7L with 370hp, then the 485HP 6.4L and continuing the rest of the day with the 707hp Hellcat. Each is very capable on the track but the Hellcat is so much more car, capable of a run to 100km/h in less than 4 second and it can stop with just as much viciousness. The impressive thing is just how easy this monster is to

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The watercolour creations, drawn then layered in colour called to her decades ago in Britain.

“I thought I could do that … so I turned it into a career,” said the 43-year Victoria resident. “I’m very, very happy teaching it and doing it. You’re nose-to-nose with toadstools and feathers.

“It’s also always available. You don’t have to wait for a model or a sunset.”

The James Bay resident prowls for filmy leaves and lurking fungi and feathers in Ross Bay Cemetery or Beacon Hill Park. She shares her talent at Monterey Recreation Centre where she has been teaching for the last 19 years.

“I’m learning from my students even more than they’re learning from me,” Wynne-Jones said, adding there’s a renewed North American interest in the work.

“It takes patience but it’s almost like meditation. You end up almost like a little bug creeping along the mushroom.”

The greatest joy is in the finding, whether it’s out hunting up something to draw, or simply on a walk.

“Stumbling on things and the anticipation of setting it up,” she said. “Being at one with nature, as schmaltzy as that sounds … it’s my thrill.”

Explore the shapes textures and smells of her favourite subject, mushrooms, as Wynne-Jones leads the

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Dan EbenalNews staff

It doesn’t have to be time-consuming or expensive, but a few simple steps can save you time and money on the sale of your home.

Miles Takacs of Re/Max Camosun said the proper staging of a home can be just the edge needed to make your home stand out in a crowded market.

“Your staging is your only opportunity to create a lasting impression with people. If you and I are going looking at homes, there’s a good chance we’re looking at five, 10, 15 homes, so how are we going to remember it?” said Takacs.

He said properly staging a home starts right at the curb, with a freshly cut lawn and nicely trimmed hedges showcasing your home for potential buyers.

“You want to show pride of ownership to the new buyers. Obviously this time of year is a little more difficult but you can do different things in different seasons,” said the Oak Bay realtor.

“If it doesn’t look good from the outside, how are you going to get people through the front door? If you’ve got an unkept front yard I’ve had a lot of times where people don’t even want to get out of the car.”

And once you walk through the front door Takacs is a firm believer that less is more, advising sellers to declutter as much as possible and avoid an abundance of personal items like family portraits and religious ornaments.

“Your classic cases are kitchen counters, nowadays everybody has big blenders and espresso

machines, containers of flour and sugar. If you can just get rid of it when it’s time for photography and showings it will just allow people to look at it and say ‘Oh look at all the countertop space’,” he said.

“The same thing with closets. With a lot of the product in Oak Bay the closets are quite small. So if you’re jamming 20 coats into your little shoebox closet maybe take 15 of them out. It just accentuates there’s space in the closet, it’s not as small as it would appear.”

He said just a small investment in time and money can pay big dividends when the house is being shown.

“It doesn’t have to be thousands of dollars, just moving stuff around and maybe taking some stuff out,”

said Takacs, who also advises sellers to eliminate any odours and take care of all minor repairs. “You want people to envision themselves living there, not looking at cracked mouldings or paint chips and dirty fridges.”

New homes or those that are vacant offer more of a challenge.

“An empty home doesn’t show well, people just don’t get it. They’re often cold and just don’t look cared for,” he said. “Obviously there’s costs involved but at the end of the day what people tend to focus on is the negative side of things when places are empty.”

Takacs said the solutions can be simple but sometimes can be overlooked in the excitement of getting ready to move to a new home. But the time you spend before your home goes on the market can pay off when showing potential buyers through the doors.

“By staging your home and taking the time, you are taking the opportunity to give yourself the best competitive advantage,” he said.

[email protected]

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Seller’s tip: Most people want to move into their home without have to make updates

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NEW LISTINGS/TOTAL, NOVEMBER 2013

ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS/ TOTAL, NOVEMBER 2013

AS OF NOV. 10/14 COURTESY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD


Oak Bay realtor Miles Takacs with Re/Max Camosun emphasizes the need for clean, clutter-free countertops when preparing your home for sale.

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It doesn’t have to be time-consuming or expensive, but a few simple steps can save you time and money on the sale of your home.

Miles Takacs of Re/Max Camosun said the proper staging of a home can be just the edge needed to make your home stand out in a crowded market.

“Your staging is your only opportunity to create a lasting impression with people. If you and I are going looking at homes, there’s a good chance we’re looking at five, 10, 15 homes, so how are we going to remember it?” said Takacs.

He said properly staging a home starts right at the curb, with a freshly cut lawn and nicely trimmed hedges showcasing your home for potential buyers.

“You want to show pride of ownership to the new buyers. Obviously this time of year is a little more difficult but you can do different things in different seasons,” said the Oak Bay realtor.

“If it doesn’t look good from the outside, how are you going to get people through the front door? If you’ve got an unkept front yard I’ve had a lot of times where people don’t even want to get out of the car.”

And once you walk through the front door Takacs is a firm believer that less is more, advising sellers to declutter as much as possible and avoid an abundance of personal items like family portraits and religious ornaments.

“Your classic cases are kitchen counters, nowadays everybody has big blenders and espresso

machines, containers of flour and sugar. If you can just get rid of it when it’s time for photography and showings it will just allow people to look at it and say ‘Oh look at all the countertop space’,” he said.

“The same thing with closets. With a lot of the product in Oak Bay the closets are quite small. So if you’re jamming 20 coats into your little shoebox closet maybe take 15 of them out. It just accentuates there’s space in the closet, it’s not as small as it would appear.”

He said just a small investment in time and money can pay big dividends when the house is being shown.

“It doesn’t have to be thousands of dollars, just moving stuff around and maybe taking some stuff out,”

said Takacs, who also advises sellers to eliminate any odours and take care of all minor repairs. “You want people to envision themselves living there, not looking at cracked mouldings or paint chips and dirty fridges.”

New homes or those that are vacant offer more of a challenge.

“An empty home doesn’t show well, people just don’t get it. They’re often cold and just don’t look cared for,” he said. “Obviously there’s costs involved but at the end of the day what people tend to focus on is the negative side of things when places are empty.”

Takacs said the solutions can be simple but sometimes can be overlooked in the excitement of getting ready to move to a new home. But the time you spend before your home goes on the market can pay off when showing potential buyers through the doors.

“By staging your home and taking the time, you are taking the opportunity to give yourself the best competitive advantage,” he said.

[email protected]

HomeFinderFind a place to call home

Seller’s tip: Most people want to move into their home without have to make updates

Staging can make all the difference

» 137/412

» 195/698» 3,722/4,017

NET UNCONDITIONAL SALES/ TOTAL, NOVEMBER 2013

NEW LISTINGS/TOTAL, NOVEMBER 2013

ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS/ TOTAL, NOVEMBER 2013

AS OF NOV. 10/14 COURTESY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD


Oak Bay realtor Miles Takacs with Re/Max Camosun emphasizes the need for clean, clutter-free countertops when preparing your home for sale.

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

IN BUYING AND SELLING YOUR

HOME

Do you have a house-hunting story you’d like to share

with us? Email: editor@

oakbaynews.com

To advertise in HomeFinder, contact the Oak Bay News at Email: clare.radford@

oakbaynews.com

The Oak Bay News is looking to help tell your stories

about buying and selling your home.

Home� nder is going local and our staff is collecting story

ideas for this page. Whether you are a � rst-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact

us to share your story and it just might help

someone else going through one of the biggest events of

their lives. You can call editor

Dan Ebenal at 250-480-3239

or email [email protected] to share your ideas.

A small investment in time and money can pay off with potential buyers

Did you know?■ Experts recommend for selling your home you want buyers to focus on the best features of your home and not your personal things or collections. So sellers are advised to pack away family photos and treasures to showcase in your new home.

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Bringer of PeaceA Work of Art. Architect Franc D’Ambrosio designed this modernist masterpiece. Newly crafted nestled by parkland to unparalleled speci� cations & quality. The open plan features wood beams, � oating oak stairs & � r window walls framing views of the surrounding parkland. Numerous outdoor living spaces including a south-facing patio, a large roof-top terrace & a covered patio provide a wonderful stage to enjoy the stream & songbirds from the adjacent park! $2,090,000

High & MightyBreathtaking views of Ocean, City, Gulf Islands and Mt Baker. This 5048 ft. home has a professional chef-designed kitchen. Spoil yourself: Master Bedroom with walk-in closet is next to a huge ensuite complete with a tiled shower/sauna/steam room, and an air-jetted tub. A custom curved staircase leads downstairs to large family area, bedroom with walk-in closet, bedroom/o� ce, media room/study and large library. Two large decks give 1500 ft. of outdoor enjoyment. $1,188,000

Oceanview Soul OasisVIEWS from every room. Highest quality construction & eco-friendly materials: reclaimed old-growth Douglas Fir foyer, maple hardwood, in-� oor radiant heat, auto underground sprinklers, Italian granite countertops, Smart Home with automation, Bowers & Wilkins sound & built-in appliances: Miele, Bosch. 4,300 sq ft w/4 bdrm-5 baths. Furnished 1 bdrm+den suite with AMAZING VIEWS, private entrance-VRBO or B&B? Steps to lagoon & sandy beach. Lovely tiered garden! $1,995,000

Hook Your DreamPeaceful waterfront living is incorporated into this exquisite residence with several private outdoor living areas. The � oor plan features four bedrooms plus a top of the line kitchen. Find a Romantic � replace, and elegant � nishing, views & sunrises. Enjoy luxuriating in the Spa soaker tub-shower ensuite, or gazing over the quartzite counters of your designer kitchen to the magic Blue! This is the stu� that Lakefront Boating dreams are made of. Welcome home! NEW PRICE $1,298,888

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VICTORIA1447 Denman Street, $625,000MLS 342708, Saturday & Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyBianca Rose, 250-360-7599

210-1715 Richmond Avenue, $339,900MLS # 340169, Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124

101-2757 Quadra St., $205,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDan Juricic, 250-514-8261

208-1040 Rockland Ave, $259,000MLS 343309, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunPhil Warren, 250-370-7788

106-1217 Pandora Ave., $284,900MLS 338141, Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Phil Illingworth, 250-477-7291

403-1041 Rockland Ave, $218,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

1770 Bay Street, $444,500MLS 341832, Sunday 12-2RE/MAX CamosunPhil Warren, 250-370-7788

105-380 Waterfront Crescent, $318,000MLS # 344092, Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124

#101-1110 Oscar Street, $319,000MLS 343574, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd G. Sing, 250-744-3301

200 Douglas Street,Saturday - Wednesday 1-4Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250-883-2715

VIEW ROYAL1270 Stancil Lane, $569,000MLS 343907, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX Camosun, Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301

#10-158 Cooper Road, $124,500MLS 340931, Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

43 Eagle Ln, $245,000MLS 341192, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd G. Sing, 250-744-3301

ESQUIMALT#47-850 Parklands Dr., $394,900MLS 343644, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeanna Noyce, 250-744-3301

305-1351 Esquimalt Rd., $141,900Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunLorraine Stundon,250-812-0642

10-850 Parklands Drive, $365,000MLS 343049, Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

14-933 Admirals Road, $409,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291

SAANICH EAST4301 Maltwood Close, $769,900MLS 343970, Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Kerry Couvelier, 250-477-0921

4034 Century RoadMLS 339565, Sunday 2-4Boorman’sJane Lewis, 250-595-1535

834 Maltwood Terrace, $829,900MLS 344144, Sunday 1-3Sutton GroupWest Coast RealtyKormal Dodd, 250-479-3333

1255 Tattersall Drive, $764,500MLS 342389, Saturday 2-4Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyRosemarie Colterman,250-592-4422

#205-1068 Tolmie Ave, $155,000MLS 342841, Saturday 11-1Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

103-1485 Garnet Road, $142,000MLS 340063, Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

1831 El Sereno DriveSunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333

820 Leota Pl., $587,000MLS # 342859, Saturday 1-3One Percent RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011

SAANICH WEST4919 Prospect Lake Rd, $1,298,888MLS 342584, Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

219-40 Gorge Rd. W., $249,900MLS 344102, Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyRick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

211-4529 West Saanich Road, $349,900MLS 343719, Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124

SAANICH PENINSULA1666 Georgia View Pl., $769,000MLS 335919, Sunday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

303-7088 West Saanich Road, $314,800MLS 344157, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608

7182 West Saanich Rd., From $370,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyMurray Lawson, 250-477-5353

1952 Barrett Drive, $874,900MLS 341785, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-744-3301

2391 Moore Place, $569,900MLS 341482, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

6253 Marie Meadows, $698,900MLS 343471, Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Elaine Wright, 250-474-6003

203-2779 Stautw Road, $139,900MLS 336536, Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

6-2115 Amelia AvenueMLS 344164, Saturday & Sunday 1-3RE/MAX AllianceClaude Delmaire, 250-386-8875

HIGHLANDS2004 Hawkins Place, $514,900MLS 342796, Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyJim Parsons, 250-508-0739

2008 Hawkins,Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunShirley Zailo, 250-812-0309

WEST SHORE1047 Braeburn Avenue, $424,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

685 Sunshine Terrace, $319,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

2655 Sooke Rd., from $199,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunJohn Percy, 250-508-1551

2165 Stone Gate, $679,900MLS 341961, Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRobert Young, 250-385-6900

3455 Auburn,Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunShirley Zailo, 250-812-0309

768 Danby Place, $589,500MLS 343972, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-744-3301

404 Proctor Place, $679,900MLS 343012, Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291

3002 Alouette Drive, $549,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

2654 Selwyn,Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRyan Zailo, 250-588-7653

SOOKE6038/6046 Sooke RoadMLS 340950, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunAgustin Torres, 250-886-8520


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