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Five acres of land adjacent to Island View Beach won’t be chang-ing any time soon after a rezoning application was rejected by Cen-tral Saanich council.

Council initially received a letter stating the applicant was planning to develop the land at 3215 Island View Road in July of last year. The property owner had hoped to cre-

ate a subdivision of seven residen-tial lots and one commercial.

“This property, in the past, has had a commercial compo-nent, it was a place people could come and get ice cream, use the go karts,” said property owner Michelle Koski during last Monday night’s council meeting.

Koski said the idea behind the project was to provide services to people in the park.

“Right now it’s wasted vacant

land,” she said. “It’s zoned agricul-tural [but not in the ALR].”

When the application was received in 2013, Director of Plan-ning and Building Services, Bruce Greig, said that staff sent the appli-cant back to the drawing board to find different pieces of information including various reports on soil, engineering, water and more.

Koski said she had hoped the project would get to the public hearing stage so the people of

Central Saanich could have their say.

“I’ve already spent over $50,000 doing all the reports I did in good faith to move forward with the planning department on the assumption that we were work-ing together to do the right thing,” said Koski.

“I can’t spend any more money doing more and more and more reports if you’re just going to reject it without getting the pub-

lic’s view on it.”Mayor Alastair Bryson said he

feared the worst with the applica-tion from the beginning.

“People can apply for all kinds of things in our municipality. We don’t limit people from making applications but I’m sure that staff guide them and provide them insights,” he said.

Laura Lavin/News staff

Saanich School District teachers gathered at the Mary Winspear Centre this past Friday during a rally. The BCTF offered binding arbitration but the provincial government rejected the offer over the weekend. Read more on page 5.

Island View Beach rezoning won’t proceedApplication to rezone five acres of land near Island View Beach voted down by Central Saanich council

Please see: Land use faces, page 6

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Men’s health day in VictoriaVICTORIA — Mens Health Day at TillicumThe Prostate Centre wants to get men

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Panorama pool closedNORTH SAANICH — Panorama’s pool will

be closed for annual maintenance this week.The closure is scheduled until Sept. 14.

During that time the entire aquatic facility will be closed. All other facilities in the Centre will remain open during the aquatic facility clo-sure. Panorama Active Pass holders may use the following pools during the closure: Gor-don Head, Oak Bay, SEAPARC, Westshore, YMCA-YWCA and Esquimalt.

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Breaking the silence for silvanWednesday, Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day and North Saanich’s Renate Herberger is ready to share her storyDevon MacKenzieNews staff

Almost two years after losing her son, Renate Herberger is ready to speak out about her family’s experience with sui-cide.

“I chose this time to talk about my experience because Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day,” explained Her-berger while sitting in the quiet sanctuary that is her North Saanich home.

Herberger’s son Silvan was only 23 when he took his life, something she thinks of every day.

“He was so young and he had his whole life ahead of him. He was an incredibly passionate, loyal and beautiful luminous individual, and that’s how I will always remember him,” she said.

Silvan, who grew up in Victoria and in his late teens became involved with the Capoeira community (a Brazillian martial art that combines dance, acrobatics and music), touched many people’s lives, Her-berger said.

“He had many friends and acquain-tances he met through Capoeira. He was well-liked and he was an amazing ath-lete,” she explained.

Herberger continued that Silvan told her at one point that he was pressured to take anabolic steroids.

Another hurdle in Silvan’s life occurred two months later, according to his mom.

“He told me he had a lump in his chest which doctors suspected could have been malignant. Two weeks later he would have the surgery to remove the mass and he began his recovery,” Her-berger explained.

Months later, Silvan would stop partici-pating in an activity he had enjoyed.

“I think when he walked away from Capoeira he really had nothing and nobody. He had been a part of the com-munity for many years. He took to it like a fish to water,” she said.

Herberger, who is a long-distance swim-mer and swims in South America every year to raise awareness about marine ecosystems, had invited Silvan to go with her on her trip that year.

“I offered for him to come along know-ing that he had quit Capoeira. The fact that he didn’t come with me on my trip

will break my heart for the rest of my life,” she said.

“In hindsight, I see that these were signs of depression. He loved travelling, he loved Costa Rica, it just didn’t make sense.”

It would be during that trip that Her-berger would get a call informing her that her son had taken his own life.

“I’ll never forget that night,” she said. “Getting that call, that is every mother’s worst nightmare.”

Moving forward through tragedy

Herberger said the stigma of suicide can affect a family — especially mothers — in a way that nothing else does.

“For me, I was shunned, and from talk-ing with other mothers in support groups like Compassionate Friends, this is quite a common occurrence. People don’t know what to say or how to react when some-one loses a child to suicide so their reac-tion is nothing. That can be devastating.

“A bereaved mother or father should never be abandoned, but it happens all the time. Which puts bereaved parents at the top of the list for suicide attempts of their own. Isolation is killer.

“When I buried Silvan I buried our Capoeria family, which was a group of people we had both grown close to.”

Herberger said the only solution to the problem is more education around sui-cide prevention and the effects of suicide on families.

“Suicide is still such a taboo topic,” Herberger said.

“It is something that, instead of being ignored, should be talked about. I think it should be a part of the curriculum in schools. Teaching children from an early age about suicide, in an appropriate way, is important. They need to know growing up what the warning signs are, what do to if they or a friend are experiencing those types of thoughts, and where to go if they need help. Parents need to be educated as well to be able to recognize the warn-ing signs.

“In Silvan’s case, there were many fac-tors. Because I didn’t have the informa-tion, I didn’t read and I wasn’t as sensitive to all the potential warning signs.

“If I had been more aware of the signs I could potentially have been able to help. Instead, that’s a question mark I have to live with for the rest of my life.”

Herberger said that education around how to deal with those who have been affected by suicide is also needed.

“As a group, we are often ignored, stigmatized and shunned. Especially as mothers.”

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Renate Herberger sits at her son’s memorial bench in Pat Bay. Herberger is speaking up about suicide prevention after losing her son Silvan in 2012.

“As a group, we are often ignored, stigmatized and shunned. Especially as mothers.”

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Education Minister Peter Fass-bender has rejected the B.C. Teachers Federation’s call Fri-day for binding arbitration to end the teachers strike.

He said the BCTF never gave the province a detailed written proposal and the union’s insis-tence on several preconditions would have tilted arbitration in its favour.

“It became very clear that it was another empty effort to give parents and teachers a false hope that there is a simple way to resolve the dispute,” Fass-bender said Saturday.

BCTF president Jim Iker urged the province to agree to arbi-tration and leave class size and composition to be settled by the courts, promising the union would then hold a membership vote on suspending the strike and returning to work.

“Our position is that we hope arbitration will see a solution,” said Colin Plant, Second Vice-President of the Saanich Teach-ers’ Association. “We believe our bargaining position is rea-sonable and we are willing to be flexible at every turn.

Fassbender said binding arbi-tration hands over control to a third party and risks an out-come that compromises B.C.’s balanced budget and unaccept-ably damages the province’s finances.

The last use of binding arbi-tration by the province in 2001 led to a surprise $400-million increase in fees for B.C. doctors that prompted the government to raise the provincial sales tax by 0.5 per cent.

Fassbender remained firm

that the province wants a nego-tiated settlement in line with the pay raises accepted by other government unions.

“The BCTF leadership is try-ing to avoid having the tough conversation with their mem-bers about what is realistic and achievable at the bargaining table.”

Iker reiterated the offer Sun-day, calling it a “fair, workable, and pragmatic plan to end the strike, open schools, and get children back into classrooms.”

He said his only precondition is that the province drop its pro-posed E80 clause, which allows either side to dodge the effect of a future appeal court ruling against them on class size and special needs resources.

“Their attempt to bargain their way out of their two court losses has been the biggest obstacle to a settlement,” Iker said.

“E80 has to go,” added Plant. “To say we don’t have a right to negotiate on class size and composition is not bargaining. It would reverse any work teach-ers have done on class size and composition since 2002.”

Prior to the BCTF offer, gov-ernment negotiator Peter Cam-eron said arbitration was unde-sirable, not just because of the financial risk to government, but because it takes the decision out of the hands of both the govern-ment and the BCTF.

“The parties end up not really having made the hard decisions and owning the outcome,” he said.

“And it involves a third party, who would likely be a labour relations person rather than an educator, making educational decisions.”

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Arbitration call rejectedEducation Minister calls BCTF proposal ‘empty effort’ giving false hope; B.C. Teachers Federation ready to vote

VICTORIA – B.C.’s striking teachers will vote Wednesday on the union’s proposal to take their long-running dispute with the province to binding arbitration, B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker said Monday.

The BCTF is willing to send not only its wage and benefit demands but its proposal for class size and special needs sup-port to an independent arbitrator, Iker said. The BCTF wants $225 million a year to improve classroom conditions, spent only on new teachers, and the government has budgeted $75 million, some of which is paid to teaching assistants who belong to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Iker said results of the vote will be available Wednesday eve-ning. A yes vote will give certainty to the union’s position and binding arbitration is the “easiest way” to get schools open again, he said.

NDP leader John Horgan also called on the government Monday to make the “unprecedented” move to accept arbitra-tion. Horgan said if the government is as secure in its belief its wage offer is fair, it should have no concern about the results.

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“If I remember correctly, I broke with my usual practice at that first meeting and I laid it out that,

from my perspective, it was a significant challenge for this application to be successful,” said Bryson.

“I don’t normally weigh in on these things but I was concerned that what has happened would happen, quite frankly. If a person wants to go con-sult with engineers they will quite happily take your money and they will come up with a plan to accommodate your vision on the property. That’s not the same, in any stretch of the imagination, to meaning that it’s an appropriate land use from a political or OCP land use perspective,” Bryson said.

Bryson moved that the application be denied and that motion was unanimously supported by council after discussion on concerns, which pri-marily centred around the OCP and the regional growth strategy.

“Moving to build outside of our urban contain-ment boundary just doesn’t make sense to me right now,” said Councillor Cathie Ounsted.

Bill Kennedy, a Central Saanich resident who uses the park at least twice a week, said he was relieved the application didn’t go through.

“It’s such a pristine beach, people go there for a specific reason. I spent days talking with people about the rezoning application and I didn’t meet one person who supported the idea. It’s such a beautiful area down there and it would be won-derful if it remained like that for at least another 50 years.”

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CENTRAL SAANICH — A Cen-tral Saanich police officer was awarded the Order of Merit yes-terday along with four other Van-couver Island police officers in Ottawa.

During the Rideau Hall cere-mony on Sept. 9, Deputy Chief Les Sylven was invested as a Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Gover-nor General David Johnston. The Order honours the leader-ship and exceptional service dis-played by the men and women of Canadian Police Services.

Membership in the Order is based on the highest quality of citizenship, service to Canada, to the police profession and to humanity at large.

“Representing Central Saanich at Rideau Hall and meeting the Governor General while wear-ing my Central Saanich Uniform [was] something I never imag-ined and [was] a highlight of my career,” said Sylven in a media release.

Sylven is being recognized for his many contributions in build-ing community engagement and

improving police officer safety and wellness including creating a national officer safety confer-ence and organizing the 2014 B.C. Law Enforcement Memorial.

“I am very humbled and hon-oured to see my name on this list of outstanding police officers. I consider myself very lucky to have found a job that I am passionate about and to have worked with such great people in some exceptional communi-ties,” Sylven said.

— News staff with files from CSPS

Central Saanich officer to receive Order of Merit


It’s just about time to start feeding the birds. If you start early they will know they can get a good meal at your place and will return often when food becomes scarce around the neigh-bourhood gardens.

It was one of our great pleasures to have flocks of bush tits (those dear little brown birds who fly in flocks) visit us on a regular basis.

And then there was a downy woodpecker who loved the chunks of suet we either hung from a branch or nailed to the trunk of the Hawthorne tree outside the dining-room window.

We fed the ground feeders on the surface of the deck as well and the robins and towhees on the grass adjacent. These fellows liked slices of apple the best, although when we felt especially generous they got a handful of raisins which were very popular.

One warning, though: if you go somewhere warm for several weeks during the winter, either don’t start feeding until your return or arrange for a neighbour to keep your feeders filled.

Another suggestion will save some avian lives. If you have large windows or glass doors leading to a deck

where you plan to feed the birds, do hang ribbons or some sort of warning that there is glass between them and the lighted rooms inside.

There is little more troubling than to find a shattered small body under the window they have just smashed into. Another song, now gone forever.

Of course you will attract other birds as well. Starlings and crows get hungry too but they are a greedy bunch and will clean up everything in sight unless you can somehow discourage them.

I do not recommend a shotgun! I found that by watching what was happening I was able to

dash out and drive the interlopers away. Of course everyone left when that happened, but gradually the desirable ones kept returning until it was no longer a problem. The others sat on the fence and shouted and whined to show their displeasure

and left nasty deposits on the stairs when the oppor-tunity arose.

Let’ talk about the business of composting. Something that is wonderful for your soil is apply-

ing a thin layer of seaweed, kelp being the best. It needs to be chopped up before being dug under but I used to do this after spreading it on the vegetable beds.

I used to wash it off by spreading it on the driveway, just to remove any lingering salt, but this step is prob-ably not really necessary.

Winter rains would do it for you. Gardeners speak of “green manure.” I think sea-

weed fills that description although I believe the accepted meaning is a “green cover crop grown over

the winter and dug under the following January or February.”I used to do this as well. In October I planted fall rye, which

germinated and grew slowly over the winter. It would be only a few inches tall by spring and, when dug under, decomposed rapidly as the soil warmed up. I loved that garden.

I’d like to mention “sheet composting” which is done right where it is needed.

You dig trenches about eight inches apart and eight inches deep, putting your vegetable peelings (etc.) into these trenches, covering them as you dump the refuse in, with the soil you removed to make the trench. Scatter some bone meal or chemical fertilizer on the refuse before covering it.

By spring everything will have become fer-tile soil, right where it is needed.

No fuss, no mess! A lazy gardener’s idea of the easy way to compost!

You’ll probably need about six weeks for your final peelings to decompose before you start planting seeds, although this may not be necessary.

When you think about it, why shouldn’t these two co-exist?

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

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VICTORIA — B.C.’s electoral boundar-ies are being tweaked once again, and the team overseeing the project is seeking public feedback.

The non-partisan B.C. Electoral Bound-aries Commission is established every

second election to adjust MLA electoral districts based on population growth and movement.

Beginning on Sept. 22, the three-mem-ber commission will hold meetings in 29 B.C. communities. The commission

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It’s just about time to start feeding the birds. If you start early they will know they can get a good meal at your place and will return often when food becomes scarce around the neigh-bourhood gardens.

It was one of our great pleasures to have flocks of bush tits (those dear little brown birds who fly in flocks) visit us on a regular basis.

And then there was a downy woodpecker who loved the chunks of suet we either hung from a branch or nailed to the trunk of the Hawthorne tree outside the dining-room window.

We fed the ground feeders on the surface of the deck as well and the robins and towhees on the grass adjacent. These fellows liked slices of apple the best, although when we felt especially generous they got a handful of raisins which were very popular.

One warning, though: if you go somewhere warm for several weeks during the winter, either don’t start feeding until your return or arrange for a neighbour to keep your feeders filled.

Another suggestion will save some avian lives. If you have large windows or glass doors leading to a deck

where you plan to feed the birds, do hang ribbons or some sort of warning that there is glass between them and the lighted rooms inside.

There is little more troubling than to find a shattered small body under the window they have just smashed into. Another song, now gone forever.

Of course you will attract other birds as well. Starlings and crows get hungry too but they are a greedy bunch and will clean up everything in sight unless you can somehow discourage them. I do not recommend a shotgun!

I found that by watching what was happening I was able to dash out and drive the interlopers away. Of course everyone left when that happened, but gradually the desirable ones kept returning until it was no longer a problem. The others sat on the

fence and shouted and whined to show their displea-sure and left nasty deposits on the stairs when the opportunity arose.

Let’ talk about the business of composting. Something that is wonderful for your soil is apply-

ing a thin layer of seaweed, kelp being the best. It needs to be chopped up before being dug under but I used to do this after spreading it on the vegetable beds.

I used to wash it off by spreading it on the driveway, just to remove any lingering salt, but this step is prob-ably not really necessary.

Winter rains would do it for you. Gardeners speak of “green manure.” I think sea-

weed fills that description although I believe the accepted meaning is a “green cover crop grown over the winter and dug under the following January or February.”

I used to do this as well. In October I planted fall rye, which germinated and grew slowly over the winter. It would be only a few inches tall by spring and, when dug under, decomposed rapidly as the soil warmed up. I loved that garden.

I’d like to mention “sheet composting” which is done right where it is needed.

You dig trenches about eight inches apart and eight inches deep, putting your vegetable peelings (etc.) into these trenches, covering them as you dump the refuse in, with the soil you removed to make the trench. Scatter some bone meal or chemi-cal fertilizer on the refuse before covering it. By spring every-thing will have become fertile soil, right where it is needed. No fuss, no mess! A lazy gardener’s idea of the easy way to compost!

You’ll probably need about six weeks for your final peelings to decompose before you start planting seeds, although this may not be necessary.

When you think about it, why shouldn’t these two co-exist?Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden

columnist for more than 30 years.

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Composting, not just for the birds

Herberger speaking out after son’s death in 2012“Bereavement isn’t a contagious dis-

ease, people shouldn’t be so afraid of it.”Herberger attends monthly meetings

with support groups for parents who lost a child to suicide, but says there aren’t many options for people looking for sup-port.

“The only support group up until about

a year ago was in Nanaimo,” she said.Because of that, she welcomes anyone

who is dealing with the same things to reach out.

“It helps to be around other people who understand what you’re going through,” she said, adding that anyone who is inter-ested in contacting her for information can reach her at [email protected]. For now, Herberger said, she copes

with her loss by remembering Silvan at his best.

“I try to remember him dancing and singing, all the happy times we spent together. When I swim, I swim for him. He will always be in my heart.”

Herberger, who has swam 6,688 kilome-tres already, sets out on her next swim in October. Her progress can be followed at costaricamermaid.net.

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The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s latest demand, for binding arbitration on selected

pocketbook issues of its members, is going nowhere.

This follows months of the union’s insistence on mediation. First a B.C. Supreme Court judge met with both sides and walked away. Then the BCTF’s preferred choice, Vince Ready, agreed that mediation won’t fix the current version of the mess he last examined in 2007.

BCTF president Jim Iker announced the arbitration gambit on Friday, in one of the webcasts he uses to rally the union’s exhausted membership. Education Minister Peter Fassbender replied that with five minutes’ notice to the government’s chief negotiator and lacking specifics on what would be subject to arbitration, the proposal would forfeit the government’s mandate to control costs.

“This government will not raise taxes in order to provide a settlement to one union that does not reflect what the other public sector has done,” Fassbender said.

In short, there will be a negotiated settlement, eventually. The union chose to begin the strike and now must find a way to end it.

The government’s position in this dispute is unlike any of the many that preceded it. And it points the

way to an evolution of education that cannot be stopped.

The announcement of a $40-a-day payment for days lost during a fall strike for children under 13 was greeted with scorn by the BCTF and its echo chambers. Parents won’t be bribed, they want school, not daycare, it’s an insult, went the refrain.

Before the first week of the fall strike was over, nearly two thirds of eligible parents had enrolled, faced with pickets at their schools and real and mounting child care and tutoring costs. The union executive, collecting their hefty salaries while teachers do without even token strike pay, said members who are parents should refuse the money.

Some B.C. teachers have begun advertising tutoring services online. With distance learning and other online education options expanding in all 60 public school districts, the digital revolution is unfolding quickly.

The B.C. government made a couple of announcements in April, one about moving to digital versions of textbooks and another about a digital merger of 1,600 school libraries with public and post-secondary schools. Growth of options accelerates.

Largely drowned out by the noise

of 1970s-style industrial labour strife, the B.C. public school curriculum is being refashioned for this new age. Among its goals is to “allow teachers and students the flexibility to personalize their learning experience to better meet each student’s individual strengths and needs.”

One of B.C.’s early models for self-directed learning is Thomas Haney secondary in Maple Ridge, where senior high students are expected to make their own way through course work, learning to manage their own time.

It was here that the first couple of Grade 12 students showed up last week to begin making up for lost time from the strike that set in last spring. Self-directed study has become a crash course.

Private schools are also swamped with applications from Grade 12 students looking for particular courses they will need by next year.

In the short term, Fassbender says the lost strike days will likely have to be restored to the school schedule.

“Do you put it on at the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said.

In the longer term, the whole factory model of school is on the way out.Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-

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Ask about amalgamationA

malgamation — or at least a question about how it might look — should be on the ballot in all Saanich Peninsula municipalities during the November municipal election.

Already the council of the District of Central Saanich has voted to include a question on their Nov. 15 ballots. It will ask electors if they want the municipality to petition the province for a study on the feasibility of amalgamating with the District of North Saanich and the Town of Sidney, essentially forming a single, larger

municipal entity.The question

will be non-binding, meaning that a new council elected that day

may wish to put aside the opinion question. Or, it may wish to act on it, should the result weigh heavily in the direction of the positive. It’s a safe stance to take as it won’t tie the hands of new councillors and those who are re-elected. That sort of wiggle room shouldn’t be a surprise, given mixed reviews on amalgamation throughout Greater Victoria.

The Town of Sidney, in the meantime, considered the amalgamation question Monday night. A Town staff report recommended adding a similar question to Central Saanich’s on the Town’s own ballots. Councillors should not reject it out of hand, but instead seek some clarity from voters.

One council could be a holdout, however. The District of North Saanich’s mayor earlier this year, when the amalgamation issue was more front-and-centre, stated they would not ask the question, since their residents haven’t been asking for one. While a little softer in their stance towards the idea, North Saanich councillors also have not pushed for a ballot question.

Loathe as they may be to do so, North Saanich should join with their neighbours and ask the question. If nothing else, it will give them and future councils some direction from their electorate.

‘... Lost strike days will likely have to be restored to the school schedule.’

If nothing else, it will give them some direction from their electorate

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ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONAre you eligible to vote at the November elections for The District of Central Saanich? Is your name on the current list of electors?If you are not sure, you can find out by contacting the Central Saanich Municipal Hall at the address below. Deadline for registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period of September 23, 2014, to November 15, 2014, inclusive. If electors register provincially after the local government list of electors closes on September 23, 2014, they will not be on the local government list and will be required to register at the voting place.

Elector QualificationsResident Electors: ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and ➢A Canadian citizen; and ➢A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢A resident of the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election and not otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-Resident Property Electors: ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and ➢A Canadian citizen; and ➢A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢A registered owner of real property in the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢Not entitled to register as a resident elector; and ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and ➢If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

VOTING DAY REGISTRATIONResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who have not registered in advance may register at the time of voting.Voting will be held:

Resident Electors may register by producing two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity and residency.Non-Resident Property Electors may register by producing satisfactory proof of property ownership and, if applicable, written consent from the other registered owners of the real property, and two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014, until the close of general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the Municipal Hall. Electors may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors, to protect privacy and security.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in writing, in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich.

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONPublic Notice is given to the electors of the District of Central Saanich and School District No. 63 (Saanich), that nominations for the office of: Office Number of Persons to be Elected Mayor One Councillor Six School Trustee Twofor a four year term, will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall by hand, mail, other delivery service, fax, or email, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, and 4:00 p.m., on Friday, October 10, 2014.

Originals of completed nominations forms must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Nomination packages are available at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall from 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2014 to the close of the nomination period.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualified to be nominated, elected and to hold office, as a member of a local government or as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria: ➢Canadian citizen; ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day (November 15, 2014) ➢resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and, ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act, (the School Act – for office of School Trustee), or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

MAIL BALLOT VOTINGElectors May Vote By Mail If They: ➢have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, OR ➢expect to be absent from the District of Central Saanich on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities (November 5, 8, 12 and 15, 2014).

Requesting a Mail Ballot Package:Between 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2014 and 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014 requests for mail ballot packages may be made by submitting a completed “Application to Vote by Mail Form” (available online at www.centralsaanich.ca) or by submitting the following information in writing to the District of Central Saanich office: 1. Full name, 2. Residential address, 3. Address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non- resident property electors), 4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at the District of Central Saanich office, OR (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to residential address, OR (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package, 5. If you are not on the list of electors, to ensure you receive the correct registration application form in your package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident or non-resident property elector.

The District of Central Saanich will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 27 until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014. To be counted for the election, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 pm on November 15, 2014.

CONTACT INFORMATIONFurther information on the 2014 Local Elections, may be obtained by contacting:

District of Central Saanich Municipal Hall1903 Mount Newton Cross Road Saanichton, BC V8M 2A9 Phone: (250) 652-4444

Email: [email protected] Website: www.centralsaanich.ca

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November 12 – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Advance Voting Day #3 – Municipal Hall

November 15 – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. General Voting Day – Municipal Hall and Central Saanich Cultural Centre

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The push for a vote on some unknown form of amalgamation con-tinues. There is no need for every municipality in the CRD to answer the ambiguous question on a refer-endum with no parameters (which ones are to be reduced, which are to be combined? a. Victoria and Oak Bay, b. Victoria and Saanich, c. Vic-toria, Oak Bay and Saanich, d. Victoria and Esquimalt, e. Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, and Esqui-malt).

Citizens in the Capital Regional District should know provincial legislation already allows for any municipalities to amalgamate should they want to. The government can-not, under current legislation, force any amalgama-tion. However, that same current legis-lation says if a vote has been taken in accordance with Section 8 of the Local Government Act separately in each of the existing municipalities, and for each of those municipalities, more than 50 per cent of the votes counted as valid favour the pro-posed incorporation, the amalgama-tion could proceed.

Simple then; municipalities, indi-vidually and with their potential willing partners can study the reams of research available on amalgama-tion. Then, if a group of citizens and/or politicians can get more than 50 per cent of the voters of each of the municipalities choosing to support

amalgamation, it can be done. In other words, the impetus must

come from the citizens of individual municipalities on a clear question (Do the citizens of A want to amal-gamate with B and does B want to amalgamate with A?)

This proposed referendum has an unclear question that does not fur-

ther the debate nor is the referendum necessary given current legislation.

Mona BrashCentral Saanich

Teachers, government must be clearMay I make this suggestion to both sides in the ongoing teachers dispute:

To the teachers’ union: Publicly and concisely list your demands, point by

point. Please leave aside all emotions and sentimentalities.

To the government: Publicly and concisely list what you are offering in response to these demands. Please also leave aside all emotions and sen-timentalities.

Once you both have carried out this exercise you will be surprised about your urge to come to the round table and really work this out.

We, the public and your commu-nity, are not stupid and we ask that you treat us with the respect we deserve.

Leonhard BraunizerSidney

LETTERSAmalgamation is up to the majority of citizens

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Autumn’s imminent ar-rival presents the ideal time for cultural pursuits, and Victoria’s Royal BC Museum offers an array of fascinating exhibitions to enthrall visitors right through summer.

The time of the Vikings is drawing to a close at the mu-seum and archives, and visitors will want to ensure Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends is on the calendar before it closes Nov. 11.

Providing fascinating in-sights into the Viking era, the blockbuster exhibition from the Swedish History Museum, Sweden, and Museums-Partner in Austria includes more than 500 rare artifacts, interactive displays and hands-on educa-tional activities. Illustrating who the Vikings really were and how they lived, the exhibition challenges commonly held beliefs and misconceptions, breaking through stereotypes to reveal the Vikings in a fascinating new light.

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“The Royal BC Museum is a bridge between our past and our future, and raising aware-ness and an appreciation of B.C.’s Indigenous languages is a foundation for the pride we have in our province,” notes Royal BC Museum CEO Prof. Jack Lohman.

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Coming up at the Royal BC Museum, next year’s blockbuster exhibition, Gold Rush!: El Dorado in BC, opening May 13 explores how the gold rushes of the late 1800s forever changed B.C.’s political, geographical and social land-scape.

Visitors will venture back to 1858 when word of gold in the Fraser Canyon sparked the dra-matic movement of people to what were largely unexplored regions, broke down existing class and racial barriers, and created extraordinary opportunities and change.

Taking a global view of these transformative events, and including Allure of Gold from the Museo del Oro from Bogota, Columbia, Gold Rush delves into the passions roused by the alluring ore and tells this important chapter of history through interactive displays and rare artifacts.

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Reader María Orozco took this photo of a fully-formed rainbow over the Sidney waterfront on Sept. 2 from Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa.

The skinny:

The Peninsula News Review welcomes reader photo submissions and will feature people’s work in our Wednesday editions.Include: Photographer name, date and time the picture was taken and as much information about the people, places and things in the image. Send them to: [email protected] by Monday at 12 noon.

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CHURCH SERVICESon the Saanich Peninsula

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’s Program at 10:30 amMinister: Rev. David Drake

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Children’s Eyewear Care:A primer for parents

So your child is the proud owner of a pair of glasses! You should be aware that those glass-es, at any given time, could be knocked to the fl oor, stepped on, sat on, squished in the bottom of a backpack, or even used as a sling shot. To ensure your child understands how important it is to treat his or her eyewear responsibly, here are other ideas to prolong the life of a pair of glasses:

Make it an open and shut case. When the glasses aren’t in use, keep them safely tucked inside a hard case, marked with the child’s name and telephone number.

Be a clean freak. Lenses should be cleaned at least once a day with warm soapy water or an appropriate lens cleaner – never wipe your lenses when they are dry!

Jump in with both hands. Remind your child never to remove his or her glasses with only one hand – this is often the cause of many a misaligned and uncomfortable frame.

Get adjusted. Glasses that stay in good shape are glasses that are readjusted from time to time, particularly if pressure marks appear on your child’s nose or behind his or her ears.

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The Second Annual Fall Fair at St. Paul’s United Church in Sid-ney is set for next week-end.

The event, which replaced the church’s boot sale for the first time last year, will be filled with lots of fun, treats and deals for all, said one of the event’s organizers, Judy Bick-nell.

The idea for the fall fair, Bicknell explained, came from the church wanting to do more for and with the commu-

nity.“We had the boot

sale every year but we wanted to do some-thing more ambitious that involved more of the community,” she said.

“Last year the fair was very successful and were able to raise a lot for Our Place, the Sidney Lions Food Bank, the Saanich Pen-insula Hospital Foun-dation and our world relief foundations,” added St. Paul’s Office Administrator, Karen Booth.

This year, the fair will feature baking, home

made jam and pre-serves, household trea-sures, high-end cloth-ing and white elephant goods (saleable goods that people just don’t want anymore).

In addition, there will be lots of activities for children (provided by Sidney Co-op Pre-school) and the church volunteers will be serv-ing lunch — chili or soup with fresh buns as well as home made pie, ice cream, coffee and tea.

“There will be some-thing for everyone,” Bicknell said of the event.

The Fall Fair will also feature a silent auction, with half the proceeds going to the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

“The response from the community in donating items for the silent auction was just amazing,” added Booth.

“We couldn’t put on an event like this and raise the money we do without their generos-ity.”

For event informa-tion on the Second Annual Fall Fair at St. Paul’s United Church or to donate, call the church office at 250-656-3213.

St. Paul’s United Church is located at 2410 Malaview Ave. in Sidney.

[email protected]

— With files from Steven Heywood

Fall fair at St. Paul’s United on Sept. 20Second annual event promises to be full of fun for everyone


From left, Karen Booth, Ray Gordon and Judy Bicknell show off some of the items that will be on sale during St. Paul’s Fall Fair on Sept. 20.

SIDNEY — Volun-teers are needed at Sid-ney Museum.

If you like meeting people and would enjoy sitting in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, Sid-ney Museum would like to invite you to become a volunteer at the front desk.

No prior knowledge of the job is needed, and we will provide basic information.

Drop in and talk to the volunteer on the front desk or call Peter at 250 655-6355 for more infor-mation.

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Move over tennis, pickleball is taking overAndrea PeacockNews staff

The court is smaller, there’s a paddle rather than a racket and a wif-fle ball as opposed to

a tennis ball, but many are calling this sport the new tennis.

Pickleball is played on a badminton-sized court, and is a com-bination of tennis and ping pong. It was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, with the pur-pose of creating a game the whole family could play together.

Originally made of wood, pickleball pad-dles are now made of lightweight composite materials.

North Saanich resi-dent Brenda Hardy and her husband first started playing pickle-ball when they were in Palm Springs this past winter.

“We decided to try it, and it’s probably the best thing we did in terms of activity and exercise,” said Hardy, 63.

Neither Hardy nor her husband played tennis prior to taking up pickleball but she said it was still easy to get used to, despite tennis players having some advantage at first.

Although similar, there are differences in the rules. In pickleball, the ball must bounce once on each side of the court before vol-leys are allowed. Points can only be scored on

the serve. The receiv-ing side cannot score points and service is lost by losing a rally.

“It’s not difficult to learn or play,” said Hardy. “When we started playing in Palm Springs, the best player was 84 years old.”

On the Saanich Pen-insula, there are two public places to play pickleball, both of which are run by Pan-orama Rec. Centre. One is at North Saanich Mid-dle School on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and the other at Greenglade Centre

on Mondays and Fri-days from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Hardy said she would like so see more but said it has been dif-ficult getting municipal-ities on board.

Hardy requested Central Saanich paint one tennis court with pickleball lines. In June, council agreed to add those lines on an exist-ing multi-use court in Centennial Park.

“But you have to bring your own nets,” said Hardy, adding the court will be shared.

A subsequent motion was also made to paint lines on the tennis court in Saanichton Green Park but consideration of that was deferred for six months, said Central Saanich mayor Alastair Bryson.

“The new multi-use court will be an excel-lent venue for enthusi-asts to play and show-case the sport to oth-ers who may be inter-ested,” said Bryson.

“As participation and awareness increases, staff will monitor demand for court time and make future recom-mendations to council as necessary.”

Since coming back from Palm Springs in April, Hardy has been playing pickleball at Greenglade Centre.

“It’s a really good bunch of people, all interested in being active,” said Hardy, adding her favourite part of pickle ball is just playing a good game.

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Helen Brandon serves the ball up while Errol Fisher looks on during a Pickleball session at Greenglade Community Centre.


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Fall is in the air and music classes have begun at the Peninsula Acad-emy of Music Arts (PAMA) on Mills Road.

“Children who love to sing now have the opportunity to join one of two children’s choirs starting this month for ages 8 to 11 and 12 to 16,” explained Diana English of PAMA.

English said the classes allow chil-dren to sing their favourite songs while being guided in the fundamen-tals of music and performance by instructor Anna Shill. Shill holds a Masters in Vocal Performance and

has a background in dance, acting, musical theatre and opera.

English also added that program-ming at PAMA this fall isn’t just for kids — the Ukulele Orchestra for Adult Beginners starts this week as well.

“No music experience is necessary for these classes, only enthusiasm and a ukulele,” she said.

The choir classes run Thursday afternoons and the Ukelele Orches-tra classes run Saturday afternoons and Monday afternoons and eve-nings. For a full schedule see pen-insulaacademy.com or call 778-426-1800.

— With files from PAMA

School is in at PAMA

• Magazine Writing to Capture Hearts and Minds at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Doreen Gee, writer and social media manager at Seaside Magazine, shares her secrets for writing articles that will hook publishers and readers.

Learn how to choose compelling subjects, create your own brand and style, turn ordi-nary facts into extraordinary content and more. Thursday, Sept. 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hosted by the Sidney North Saanich Library Writers Group. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

• The Winspear Art Show takes place Sat-urday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. (dinner follows at 7) and tickets to the event are $75. Proceeds go to support the Mary Winspear Centre’s capital fund. For more information call 250-656-0275 or see marywinspear.ca.

• On Sunday, Sept. 14 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. a by-donation concert benefitting ORCCA (Oral Care for Children and Adolescents, a non-profit dental clinic in Sidney Elementary School) will take place at Bea-con Park.

Enjoy an afternoon of music and sup-port a great cause. Visit www.orcca-dental.com for more information.

• David James and Big River: A Tribute to Johnny Cash takes place at the Mary Winspear Centre on Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $42.53. Call 250-656-0275 or see marywinspear.ca for more information.

• St. Paul’s United Church Second Annual Fall Fair happens Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church (2410 Malaview Ave. in Sidney). Fun for all ages, lunch, sale featuring antiques and collectibles and more.

For more information call Karen at the church office at 250-656-3213.

• The Balfour’s Friends Foundation Calendar Release takes place Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

Come out and enjoy an evening in support of the Balfour’s Friends Foundation. Tickets are $25 and available at marywinspear.ca.

• Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone takes place at the Mary Winspear Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27. There are two shows, one at 3 p.m. and one at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $68.25 and are available at the Mary Winspear box office by calling 250-656-0275 or online at marywinspear.ca.

Send your arts and entertainment listings to [email protected].

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SPORTSDevon MacKenzieNews staff

The Peninsula Pan-thers lost their home opener this past Friday night to the Westshore Wolves, 8-2.

The Panthers, a young new team, were down 4-0 after the first frame but seemed to gather their footing in the second period. Although the team trailed 7-1 after the second, they actually outshot the Westshore Wolves 11-7 and 9-5 in the second and third periods.

Veteran Rylan Ball scored both markers for the Panthers while Kyle Richter paced the Wolves with two goals. Six other Wolves

notched single mark-ers.

New Head Coach Grant Sjerven said he will make adjustments this week as the Pan-thers get set to take on the Victoria Cougars

Friday night at 7:30 at Panorama.

“The Wolves scored five power-play goals and a shorty so obvi-ously that is something we cannot allow,” Sjer-ven said.

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Peninsula Panthers Kai Turner (#11) and Spencer Loverock (#7) battle with Kyle Richter of the Westshore Wolves for a loose puck during Friday night’s home opener at the Panorama Recreation Centre.


NOTICE OF NOMINATION PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Town of Sidney that nominations for the offices of: 1 Mayor, 6 Councillors and 1 School Trustee (School District No. 63) will be received by the Chief Election Officer, or a designated person, as follows:

NOMINATION PERIODNomination forms may be submitted by hand, mail, fax or email

from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 30 to 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2014 to the:

TOWN OF SIDNEY2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 1Y7

Fax: 250-656-7056 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

(excluding statutory holidays & weekends)

Nomination forms are available at the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION Are you eligible to vote in the November elections for Mayor, Councillors and School Trustee? Is your name on the current list of electors? If you are not sure you can find out by contacting the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the Town of Sidney office until September 23. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 24 and November 15, 2014.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONSResident Electors:

Non-Resident Property Electors:

ELECTOR REGISTRATIONResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who are not on the list of registered electors and who have not registered in advance may register on voting days. Resident Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove both residency and identity.Non-Resident Property Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the other property owners. This consent must be provided at the time of registration. (Consent forms are available at the Town of Sidney office).

The following are examples of acceptable identification:

VOTE BY MAILQualified electors may vote by mail ballot if they have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity or expect to be absent from the Town on advance voting days and on general voting day. Please complete an application form, available at the Town of Sidney office, and return it to the Town prior to November 13, 2014. The Town will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 27. Important: To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00pm on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS Beginning September 30 until the close of the general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection at the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Town of Sidney and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the Town of Sidney.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact Sandi Dunic, Chief Election Officer, or Charlene Nash, Deputy Chief Election Officer, at 250-656-1139 or [email protected].

Town of Sidney2014 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

Saturday, November 15 at the Mary Winspear Centre

1. BC Driver’s Licence 6. Owner’s Certificate of Insurance & Vehicle Licence2. BC Identification Card 7. Real Property Taxation Notice3. BC CareCard 8. Credit Card or Debit Card issued by a bank4. Social Insurance Card 9. Utility bill – water, electrical, gas5. Citizenship Card

• 18 years of age or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers

are filed; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for,

being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

• 18 years of age or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a resident of the Town of Sidney for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election

and not otherwise disqualified by law.

• 18 years of age or older; and • a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the Town of Sidney for at least 30 days immediately

before the day of registration; and• not holding the property in trust for a corporation or any other trust;• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election

and not otherwise disqualified by law; and • if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with

the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

Grow a Native Plant Garden.

Residents of the Capital Region are invited to participate in a FREE workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Instruction on native plant identification, their benefits and how to use them will be included. An overview of CRD Water Conservation programs will be provided and participants will be given a tour of a native plant garden. These informative workshops will be held at Swan Lake Nature House, located at 3873 Swan Lake Road in Victoria.

Each workshop is limited to 20 participants and pre-registration is required. Call 250.479.0211 to reserve your spot today.

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Danny DanielsContributor

When it comes to outstanding track and field performances, age is not a factor. At the Peninsula Track and Field Club’s season-ending bar-becue this past weekend on Sept. 6, the 2014 Inspirational Athlete Trophy was awarded jointly to 12-year-old Conor Loughnane and W50 Masters athlete Anne Murfitt, both of whom had stand-out seasons.

Loughnane, who was accorded four Gold Standard achievement badges by B.C. Athletics in the 100m, 200m, 300m and Shot Put events, consistently mounted the top of the podium in every Island meet this summer. Murfitt, looking forward to competing in the B.C. Seniors Games for the first time later this month, won five Canadian Masters Cham-pionship gold medals in Saskatche-wan earlier in the summer and more

gold in the Washington State Seniors Games in August.

The Outstanding Novice Award went to nine-year-old Adrianna Hil-ton, who not only won six events the first time she competed in a track meet, but continued to have multiple victories throughout the season.

B.C. Summer Games competitors Ben Sammons and Brennan Hopkins shared the Fiona Clark Male Athlete Award, while fellow Summer Gamer Finn Battersby was recognized as Runner of the Year.

Alexis Van Den Bulk received the Fiona Clark Female Trophy, while the Eleanor Richardson Trophy garnered two recipients, Michael Johnson and Julia Petersen.

Others sharing awards were Alyssa Jensen, 12, and M75 Les East as Jumpers of the Year and Peggy Morfitt and Peter Auvinen as Throw-ers of the Year. The Masters Trophy was won by Mette Fossberg.

Athletes shine at Pen Track Awards

Submitted photo by Robert Thompson

MP Elizabeth May won the inaugural Zucchini Invitational race for elected officials in a close battle with Central Saanich Councillor Alicia Cormier. MLA Gary Holman looks on. The event was organized by Saanich Peninsula Flavour Trails and was held on Aug. 30 at the Saanich Fair.


ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION

Are you eligible to vote at the November elections for the District of North Saanich?

Is your name on the current list of electors?

If you are not sure you can find out by calling or visiting the District of North Saanich Municipal Hall. The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the North Saanich Municipal Hall until September 23, 2014. With the exception of registrations on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 24, 2014 to November 15, 2014.

A list of registered resident electors for the District of North Saanich has been produced on the basis of the Provincial list of voters prepared under the Election Act. If your name does not appear on the List of Electors and you meet the requirements below by general voting day on November 15, 2014, you may register immediately before voting. You will need two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to confirm residency and identity.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

RESIDENT ELECTORS: • age 18 or older; and • a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and • a resident of the District of North Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and • not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: • age 18 or older; and • a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and • a registered owner of real property in the District of North Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and • not entitled to register as a resident elector; and • not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law; and • if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS

Beginning Tuesday, September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting for the elec-tion on Saturday, November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the North Saanich Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding stat-utory holidays. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of reg-istered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of North Saanich and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the District of North Saanich.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, the following persons may be contacted:

Curt Kingsley, Chief Election Officer at (250) 655-5453Jackie Gretchen, Deputy Chief Election Officer at (250) 655-5455

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The event is in Gijon, Spain Sept. 8 to 14.

Athletes will also be going to the IFSC World Youth Climb-ing Championships in Noumea, New Caledo-nia (France) Sept. 20 to 24.

Heading to Spain for the World Champi-onships are Boulders climbers Robert Stew-art-Patterson and Elan Jonas-McRae who will be competing in the speed and lead climb-

ing disciplines, respec-tively. Stewart-Patter-son is the reigning B.C. champion (Open Cate-gory) and the Canadian men’s record holder in speed climbing. He recently participated in the IFSC Speed World Cup in Arco, Italy.

Jonas-McRae is the reigning B.C. provincial champion in lead (Open and Junior Male) and a bronze medal winner at the 2014 Nationals.

Both Stewart-Patter-son and Jonas-McRae will be joined in Gijon by fellow Boulders climber Libor Hroza.

Hroza, from the Czech Republic, has been training at the Boulders and just com-peted at the IFSC Speed World Cup in Arco, Italy last weekend.

He twice set a new world speed climbing record of 5.76 and then 5.73 seconds, en route to winning a gold medal in the event.

Boulders coach Kimanda Jarzebiak will be the Team Canada official for the trip.

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Boulders climber Libor Hroza competes at the 2014 SCBC Youth Climbing Provincial Championships earlier this year. Hroza, along with other Boulders climbers, will compete at the IFSC Worlds this month.

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EventsMen’s 3KO singles

Tennis Tournament at Panorama Recreation Centre Sept. 19 to 21. Each player guaranteed 3 matches 2 out of 3 sets. Play starts on Friday and continues through the weekend. 15 yrs+. Call 250-656-7271 for more information.

The public is cOrdially invited to a service and luncheon celebrating our new grand piano at Peace Lutheran Church in Sidney (2295 Weiler Ave.) on Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Guest musicians David Watson and Claire Mackelson will join us. Call 250-656-2721 for information.

FOlKdance is Fun! Sidney International Folkdancers meet on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church (9681 Fourth St.) No partner needed, no experience needed, all welcome (even drop ins). Wear comfortable shoes and bring water. See folkdanceisfun.ca for more information or call Linda 250-652-5818 or Karen 250-655-0654.

peninsula garden club 2014 Fall Plant Sale takes place Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. Great selection, great prices and everyone welcome.

evangelisM FOr aMaTeurs takes place Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1973 Cultra Ave. in Saanichton.) Learn to share your faith naturally without embarrassment. Please RSVP to 250-

652-1611 or email [email protected].

FundraisersThere will be a

bottle drive to for the Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church youth mission trip on Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church (9296 East Saanich Rd.) Bottles and cans can be dropped off in the parking lot on the day of or you can call 250-886-0989 for pick up anytime up to and including Sept. 13.

Kid stuffThe 10Th TsarTlip

Scout Group (Saanichton) is holding a registration night for the 2014/15 season on Monday, Sept. 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Saanichton Bible Fellowship Hall (2159 Mount Newton X Rd.) We have registration spaces available for Beavers (Kindergarten to Grade 2), Cubs (Grades 3 to 5), and Scouts (Grades 6 to 8). For more information please contact Carolyn Moeller at 250-655-0210 or [email protected].

MeetingscFuw saanich

peninsula presents Victoria Battlefront Nurses of WWI with guest speaker Yvonne Van Ruskenveld. Yvonne will talk about the “blue birds”, as the soldiers called

the Canadian nurses who served in WWI. Yvonne is a long-time member of the Old Cemeteries Society and of the Western Front Association. Our meeting takes place Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney and is open to CFUW members and community-minded individuals, from all backgrounds, dedicated to lifelong learning.

The rOTary club OF Sidney by the Sea is a non-profit group who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. Our main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and around the globe. Prospective members are welcome to attend one or more club meetings to experience Rotary and learn more about it. Weekly meetings are held year-round on Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Shoal Centre. To attend a meeting, please call Richard at 250-661-4647.

The Federal superannuaTes National Association Sidney and District Branch will hold its 3rd quarterly meeting for 2014

for members and their guests on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sidney (10030 Third St.) Our guest speaker will be Mark Blandford, Deputy Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C. He will be speaking to us on the role and function of the office. Complimentary coffee will be served from 9:30 a.m.

sidney sisTer ciTies association meets third Thursday of the month at the Sidney North Saanich Library. For information see sidneysister citiesassociation.com.

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needed at Sidney Museum on Beacon Avenue.

If you have time on your hands and don’t know what to do, we have the perfect activity for you. If you like meeting people and would enjoy sitting in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, Sidney Museum would like to invite you to become a volunteer at the front desk.

No prior knowledge of the job is needed. Drop in and talk to the volunteer on the front desk, or call Peter at 250 655-6355.

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and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication

is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to [email protected].

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ReporterVictoria News The Victoria News, a twice-weekly publication, has an immediate opening for a full-time reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.

A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a competitive newsroom. You will be expected to contribute to regular newsroom meetings and bring your creative talents to readers through concise, accurate and entertaining writing. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge of Canadian Press style is important, as is the ability to take and carry out instructions in a timely fashion. Basic photography skills are required. Must have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop would be considered an asset.

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Interested candidates should send resume, clippings and cover letter by Sept. 12, 2014 to:Kevin Laird EditorVictoria News818 Broughton StreetVictoria, B.C. V8W 1E4or e-mail: [email protected] Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Happy 60th Anniversary

GEORGE & AGNES COLDWELL on Sept. 11

Love and best wishes from your children and

grandchildren.There will be an Open House to celebrate on Sunday Sept. 14, from

1- 5pm at 9316 Lochside Drive, Sidney, B.C.

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INFORMATION

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HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED for 2x a month. $25/hr. Call (250)656-2564.

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HELP WANTED

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VOLUNTEERS

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RETURN TO Health Volunteer Visitors are needed to providesocial support for isolat-ed/lonely seniors following hospitalization. Training toaddress age related issues be-gins in mid October, Wed af-ternoons for 7 continuousweeks. Seniors Serving Sen-iors at 250-382-4331.

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BISTRO SET- $90. Call (778)440-3334.

LIGHT BROWN “Click Clack” sofa bed+ couch, $20. (250)655-3565.

PATIO SET- complete, $60. (250)472-2474.

RAW FROZEN cat/dog food, $19 obo, 4lbs (-1oz) Carnivora Duck. (250)656-9272.

“UNION CLUB of Victoria, (1st 150yrs)” beautifully bound and boxed. Mint cond., $25. Call (250)727-7741.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Gift-card give-away!” 20x22 $4,358. 25x24 $4,895. 30x30 $6,446. 32x32 $7,599. 40x46 $12,662. 47x72 $18,498. One end wall included. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online www.pioneersteel.ca

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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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APARTMENT/CONDOS

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DEAN PARK area- 2 bdrm, all amenities included except phone and cable. N/S, park-ing. Refs req’d. (250)656-6332

SIDNEY- 1 bdrm, top fl oor, south east corner, balcony, prking. $850. (250)812-4154.

SIDNEY: PATIO suite 45+, 1100 sq.ft. Reno’d 2-bdrm, 2 bath. N/P. Heat, H/W, locker, parking. $1350. Avail. Immedi-ately. Call (250)654-0230.

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DOWNTOWN- Bright 1 bdrm deluxe. Short term. $1800/mo Sidney, (250)514-7747.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.

SUITES, LOWER

CENTRAL SAANICH. 2-bdrm, NS/NP. $970. inclds utils. Oct. 1st. (250)634-3932 after 5pm.

VIEW ROYAL- grd level 2 bdrm, heat & hydro included, shared laundry. $950. Call (250)478-5836.

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1993 BMW 325i- 198,000 km, lightly driven, only three own-ers, 3.4L V6 engine, automat-ic, 4 disc brakes (brakes andtire tread still in good shape)recently had 02 sensor andthrottle switch replaced. $4500. Call 250-580-7876.

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1985 VANAGON WESTY GL-Roadtrip Ready. Rebuilt en-gine, excellent condition,stored inside, lots of newparts, full history receipts.$14,000. Call for more details:(250)812-6008.

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AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

LAURA’S CLEANING has space avail in the Brentwood Bay area. Excellent ref’s, cor-ner to corner thorough, honest work. I specialize in spring cleaning. Call 250-213-8432.

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MASTER CARPENTER does restorations, renovations, sun decks, fences. Good rates, work guaranteed. No job too small. Ward (250)881-0296.

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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.

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You are invited… To the official launch of the Centennial Park Revitalization Improvements. Festivities include plaque unveiling, face painting, visit from “Slider”, cake and refreshments.

*The District gratefully acknowledges the funding assistance received from the Government of British Columbia – Community Recreation Program in support of the Centennial Park Revitalization Project.

District of Central Saanich

Saturday, Sept 13th 2:00-3:30pm Centennial Park Children’s Play Area

You are invited… To the official launch of the Centennial Park Revitalization Improvements. Festivities include plaque unveiling, face painting, visit from “Slider”, cake and refreshments.

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SIDNEY — On Thursday, Septem-ber 11 at 11 a.m., the Sidney Volun-teer Fire Department will unveil a memorial cairn that has been con-structed to honour the 100th anni-versary of the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department.

The unveiling will take place at the cairn which is located on the west side of the Fire Hall on Third Street.

“The existing cairn and Life Mem-ber plaque have run out of space for additional names,” Fire Chief Jim Tweedhope stated. “As a result, it was felt that a new plaque and cairn with room for extra nameplates could be constructed to honour the 100th anniversary as well as our Life Members.”

The stone cairn is constructed of salt and pepper granite and was built by DDM Stonework Ltd. of Central Saanich. It currently contains the names of 39 Life Members with room for 41 more. This includes the old-est living member, 91 year old Ted Clarke who was Sidney’s Manager, then Director of Public Works. His firefighting career spanned 24 years from 1948 to 1972.

The earliest Life Members included on the cairn are Art Gardner, Bob

Jones and Fred Musclow who all started with the department in 1934.

The unveiling will include a brief address by Councillor Kenny Pod-more who was the Council Liaison for the Town on the 100th Anniver-sary Committee, Mayor Larry Cross and Fire Chief, Jim Tweedhope. The Fire Department’s Honour Guard will also be in attendance.

Following the unveiling, coffee will be served. The public is welcome to attend and show their support for Sidney’s Fire Fighters.

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Sidney fire department to unveil memorial cairn

PNR file photo

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