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FOR SALE 250.642.6361 TAMMI DIMOCK Personal Real Estate Corp. tammidimock .com Selling Sooke for 25 years! C A M O S U N W E S T S I D E #1 REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN SOOKE FOR 2015 OLIVER KATZ Personal Real Estate Corporation CRISTINA STAICU Personal Real Estate Corporation S t i l l t i m e t o b e i n c l u d e d i n o u r u p c o m i n g r e a l e s t a t e m a g a z i n e COMPLIMENTARY MARKET EVALUATIONS 250.642.6480 COMMUNITY NEWS MEDIA Black Press Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Mail Agreement #40110541 INDEX NEWS COMMUNITY News A2 Arts A23 Sports B1 A fire early Friday morning just East of Sooke forced the closure of Sooke Road for several hours. The Metchosin house was destroyed in the incident. Page A3 Sooke’s Hard Times Dance returns to the community hall this weekend. The annual tradition helps Sookies party away their dreary winter. Page A16 Word challenge Christine Bossi, left, and Lindy Philip prepare for tonight’s Scrabble tournament at Edward Milne Community School. The tournament, hosted by the EMCS Society, runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entry fee is $10 and each player is guaranteed three games. The tournament is part of Family Literacy Week in B.C., and helps fund local literacy programs operated through EMCS Community Association. Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror Kevin Laird Sooke News Mirror The District of Sooke will amend its firearms discharge bylaw to allow the expanded hunting of geese on farm- land. There is an estimated population of 6,000 non migra- tory geese in the Capital Regional District – many resid- ing in the Sooke area – and that num- ber is estimated to grow to 60,000 over the next 20 years, said Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks in a presentation to council Monday night. “These 6,000 geese are already caus- ing tremendous harm to our farmers’ crops – 60,000 would be devastating,” Hicks said. Hicks is proposing that if rural municipalities amend their bylaws to allow farmers already possessing crop-protection per- mits to hunt on their land, the number of geese could be reduced. The move would allow hunters and farmers to hunt on their land using decoys and blinds. The hunters could eat the geese they shoot. Farmers and hunters taking part in the program would need to follow federal rules and have the proper permits, Hicks added. Other methods are also used to manage the numbers of geese, including egg addling and sanctioned kills. Last year, the CRD OK’d an organized hunt, which can only be held during molting season, and 43 birds were killed at a cost of $31,200. Hicks, with the blessing of the CRD, has also written North Saanich Central Saanich, Saanich and Metchosin asking them to amend their firearm bylaw. [email protected] DISTRICT EYES BYLAW FIX FOR GEESE SHOOTING Burgeoning bird population must be slowed: CRD director Mike Hicks

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Page 1: Sooke News Mirror, January 27, 2016

FOR SALE

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T A M M I D I M O C KPe r sona l Rea l E s ta t e Co rp .

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Selling Sookefor 25 years!

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IN SOOKE FOR 2015

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COMPLIMENTARY MARKET EVALUATIONS

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C O M M U N I T Y N E W S M E D I A

Black PressWednesday, January 27, 2016 Mail Agreement #40110541

INDEX NEWS COMMUNITYNews A2Arts A23Sports B1

A fire early Friday morning just East of Sooke forced the closure of Sooke Road for several hours. The Metchosin house was destroyed in the incident.

Page A3

Sooke’s Hard Times Dance returns to the community hall this weekend. The annual tradition helps Sookies party away their dreary winter.

Page A16

Word challenge

Christine Bossi, left, and Lindy Philip prepare for tonight’s Scrabble tournament at Edward Milne Community School. The tournament, hosted by the EMCS Society, runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entry fee is $10 and each player is guaranteed three games. The tournament is part of Family Literacy Week in B.C., and helps fund local literacy programs operated through EMCS Community Association.Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

The District of Sooke will amend its firearms discharge bylaw to allow the expanded hunting of geese on farm-land.

There is an estimated population of 6,000 non migra-tory geese in the Capital Regional District – many resid-ing in the Sooke area – and that num-ber is estimated to grow to 60,000 over the next 20 years, said Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks in a presentation to council Monday night.

“These 6,000 geese are already caus-ing tremendous harm to our farmers’ crops – 60,000 would be devastating,” Hicks said.

Hicks is proposing that if rural municipalities amend their bylaws to allow farmers already possessing crop-protection per-mits to hunt on their land, the number of geese could be reduced.

The move would allow hunters and farmers to hunt on their land using decoys and blinds. The hunters could eat the geese they shoot.

Farmers and hunters taking part in the program would need to follow federal rules and have the proper permits, Hicks added.

Other methods are also used to manage the numbers of geese, including egg addling and sanctioned kills. Last year, the CRD OK’d an organized hunt, which can only be held during molting season, and 43 birds were killed at a cost of $31,200.

Hicks, with the blessing of the CRD, has also written North Saanich Central Saanich, Saanich and Metchosin asking them to amend their firearm bylaw.

[email protected]

DISTRICT EYES BYLAW FIX FOR GEESE SHOOTINGBurgeoning bird population must be slowed: CRD director

Mike Hicks

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Briefly

Council does housekeeping

The District of Sooke cleaned house Mon-day, slightly tweaking the term of reference for a commission and a committee.

The newly created Sooke Fire Services Commission will now report directly to the chief administrative officer, instead of coun-cil and the hiring com-mittee is responsible only for the hiring of the CAO.

The CAO will hire all staff.

Technically, council has only employee: the CAO.

Job skills program set

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is offering a free job skills program, beginning Feb. 11.

The seven-session program will assist people with significant barriers to employment, and is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. until March 3.

The job skills program is at Hope Centre, 6750 West Coast Rd.

For more information, please contact Margaret MacIntyre by email at mmacintyre@

svdpvictoria.com or phone 250-727-0007.

Mounties probe property damage

Sooke RCMP inves-tigated 20 incidents of property damage and 14 thefts from vehicles in December, Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur reported to District of Sooke council Monday.

There were also 19 investigations opened under the Mental Health Act.

In total, the local detachment responded to 5,789 calls or occur-rences – 444 in Decem-ber.

Halibut openingset for Feb. 1

Fisheries and Oceans will have a limited opening for halibut, beginning Feb. 1 running to March 31.

Halibut is one of the most attractive of a host of sport fishing opportunities available in local waters.

The maximum size limit for a halibut is 133 centimetres. The daily limit is one fish. The annual limit is six halibut.

CorrectionsA story in the Jan.

20 Sooke News Mirror misidentified a com-missioner on the Sooke Fire Commission. The three commissioners are Kenneth Ebbs-Canavan, Cameron MacIntyre and Murray Lambert.

•••A photo in the Jan.

20 Sooke News Mirror misidentified a player with the Sooke Thun-derbirds. The player was Sean MacDonald, not Steven Piatkowski.

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Brian Rundle photo

Take that!Sooke wildlife photographer Brian Rundle captured this crow “mobbing” an eagle near the Sooke Basin. Mobbing is an obvious form of behaviour that birds engage in to defend themselves or their offspring from predators. To see more of Rundle’s work, please go online to brianrundlephotography.com

Some Sooke residents question efficiency, costOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

With the Capital Regional District recently awarding a new kitchen scraps con-tract to D.L. Bins Ltd., the program is here to stay — and possibly grow — in the coming years.

But despite the pro-gram’s extension in the municipality, concerns among Sookies continue about its environmental impact, efficiency and cost.

Number 1 is proper dis-posal and where the organic refuse ends up; a concern that, technically, shouldn’t really be that concerning, noted Tom Watkins, CRD’s solid waste operations manager, pointing out that there are consequences for those who either mix gar-bage with kitchen scraps, or treat scraps as garbage.

“Anyone who wants to dump it as garbage is run-ning the risk of coming against the bylaw,” he said, adding that regardless of whether it gets mixed up in different bags or different garbage trucks, the viola-tion will be caught anyway at the Heartland landfill in

Saanich, where everything gets processed.

And it’s not even a matter of saving money either.

“We take it in at the same load that we would take garbage at, so there is no incentive for anybody to mix the two together to try to save money, because you’re paying the same thing,” Watkins said.

If the haulers them-selves are dishonest about what they’re bringing in, they run the risk of getting caught and ticketed by the municipality on a load by load basis, ranging between $100 and $200.

Not that such practices are encouraged among haulers, said Mike Winters, co-owner of Sooke Dis-posal, who uses two sepa-rate trucks — one for waste and one for kitchen waste — when servicing the local community.

“People have a choice if they want garbage or com-posting, or both. It all gets separated in a roll-off con-tainer and we dump into that,” Winters said, add-ing that at Heartland, their

trucks get weighed, along with a cost of $110 per met-ric ton.

His company hauls around 3 tonnes a day from Sooke just in kitchen stuff, which goes to Saanich and back down to a composting facility in Victoria.

And despite reservation from some, the program is still fairly popular, noted Watkins.

“Most people want to do the right thing, so if they’re provided with the right mechanisms, they’ll take part,” he said.

Watkins suggested that if a homeowner is suspect of the service not playing by the rules, they look else-where for a provider that they trust.

There are alternatives, however, albeit not as uni-versal, where residents needn’t rely on haulers. As such, one can choose home composting in areas that are larger and more rural, as long as it stays within the rules.

“[A backyard composter] is far more cost-effective than having it picked up and transported all over the place and processed some-where else,” Watkins said, adding that people should still check what they put in their compost piles in their yards, as doing other-wise will attract vermin and other undesirables.

CRD finds local solution to kitchen-scraps program

People have a choice if they want garbage or composting, or both.

••

Arnold Lim Sooke News Mirror

A home in the 4100 block of Sooke Road was destroyed by fire following an early morn-ing blaze Friday that completely engulfed the building.

A single resident and two dogs escaped the fire, but there was no saving the home.

“The house is a complete destruction,” said Metchosin Fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop. “(Even) power lines had burned through on

the house and dropped across the road.”Because there are no hydrants or public

water along that section of the road, water had to be trucked in to fight the fire. Crews from the Langford and Sooke departments joined Metchosin to battle the blaze.

Once crews hit the fire with water it took approximately 30 minutes to extinguish the flames, Dunlop said.

Firefighters remained on scene doing mop up and to keep watch for smoldering spots. “Most crews were out of here by 8 a.m.,” she

said.The call came in at approximately 5:16 a.m.

and closed Sooke Road in both directions for several hours.

Dunlop said the fire originated in the kitchen but the cause was still undetermined.

“We wish to express our thanks to all of our mutual aid supporters, Sooke and Langford fire departments as well as B.C. Ambulance, RCMP and Mainroad (Contracting) for their assistance at this fire,” Dunlop said.

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Early morning blaze destroys Metchosin homeFire forced closure of Sooke Road in both directions for several hours on Friday

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Kerry Cavers looks towards growth, cooperation between buisnesses

Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The new president of the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce looks towards maintaining and developing Sooke’s “wild by nature” brand.

Kerry Cavers, who joined the cham-ber last year as a director, replaces Sean Dyble as president.

She said she’s excited to follow through the groundwork that past chamber presi-dents laid down with community devel-opment, and that now it’s time to finish what they’ve started.

“We have a gem of a town, so I think with a little bit of elbow grease, we can really set ourselves well for the future. I want to contribute to that.”

Cavers and her husband moved here from North Vancouver four years ago. She loved Sooke because it reminds her of the town she grew up in: Tswwassen. She pointed out that another part of the reason of moving here was to relive that small-town experience and get involved more with the community.

And involvement will surely be critical of the chamber’s overall role and suc-cess, Cavers noted, adding that a clearer and louder dialogue needs to get going between the chamber, the business com-munity and the District of Sooke.

She also pointed out that in Sooke, there are more than 180 organizations, many of which are “siloed” in their initia-tives.

In that respect, she hopes to raise the level of involvement and cooperation.

“We need to be working together more to be able to increase our general buy-ing power,” Cavers said, adding that the chamber is planning a collaboration meet-

ing at the beginning of February, inviting representatives from all local businesses and organizations to come together and discuss how one can help the other.

Another of the chamber’s overarching goals is to promote Sooke and its “wild by nature” brand, including its unique busi-nesses and volunteerism, but there are a few things that Sooke, and indeed the chamber, needs to do to maintain that.

“I really want to see Sooke’s character be maintained and developed, and I want our businesses here to thrive, because right now many of them are struggling,” Cavers said, adding that diversification of services offered and identifying every stream of income is something the cham-ber will focus on in the coming months.

She said there are several projects planned, but the first few are about bring-ing people to Sooke and getting them to experience its full potential in a very “organic” way, and that they are interact-ing with the town.

For more information on the Sooke Chamber of Commerce and how to join the discussion, please visit sookeregion-chamber.com or contact Aline Doiron, Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce office manager, at 250-642-6112 or via email at [email protected].

[email protected]

Sooke Chamber welcomes new president

Kerry Cavers

With a little bit of elbow grease, we can set ourselves well for the future

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Thurs Jan. 28

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 P.M.BINGOSr. Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community Hall. Info: 250-664-6612.ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC 10-11 a.m. Registration required. 250-642-8000.MEDITATION TALKSooke Yoga and Meditation Centre, 7:30 p.m.SOOKE WINDSConcert band rehearsal. Journey Middle School band room, 7:30 p.m. Info: 250-8918433.

Mon Feb. 1

PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30 to 11 a.m. 250-642-5152.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Info: 250-642-0789.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.ART EXHIBITTales of Woe and Whimsey. Sooke Region Museum, all day

Sun Jan. 31

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5.Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday.Bluegrass Jam, first and third Sunday, 2:30 to 5 p.m. October to May.FAMILY CONCERTThe Kerplunks. EMCS Theatre, 1:30 p.m.QI GONG & TAI CHIBy donation. Sooke Yoga and Wellness, 6750 Westcoast Rd., 6 p.m.MINDFULNESS MEDITATIONBy donation. Sooke Yoga and Wellness, 6750 Westcoast Rd., 7:15 p.m.ART EXHIBITTales of Woe and Whimsey. Sooke Region Museum, all day

Wed Feb. 3

WALKING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30 to 11a.m. Information: 250-642-5464.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOLMeet and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERSVillage Foods meeting room, 7 p.m. Info: Allan at 250-642-7520.SOOKE COMMUNITY CHOIRPrestige Hotel, 7 p.m.ART EXHIBITTales of Woe and Whimsey. Sooke Region Museum, all day

Community Calendar

Tues Feb. 2

BABY TALKBaby sign language. Youth and Family Centre, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 250-642-5464.

YOUTH CLINICAges 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.SOCIAL CONTRACT BRIDGESooke Community Hall, 1 to 4 p.m.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Library, 6:30–8:00 p.m. 250-642-3022.SENIORS LUNCHSooke Senior Drop In Centre at Sooke Community Hall, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.BINGOSooke Senior Drop In Centre at Sooke Community Hall, 10 a.m. FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPParent Education and Support Group. Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre, 7 p.m.

Sat Jan. 30

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.ART EXHIBITTales of Woe and Whimsey. Sooke Region Museum, all day.IRON MINE BAY HIKEEast Sooke Regional Park, Pike Road parking lot, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-478-3344.HARD TIMES DANCESooke Community Hall, 9 p.m.

Fri Jan. 28

VITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6-7:30 p.m.Karaoke 8-11 p.m. SOOKE SENIORS’ BUS Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call June at 250-642-2032.ART EXHIBITTales of Woe and Whimsey. Sooke Region Museum, all day

All Community events purchasing a

display ad will appear in our current com-munity event cal-

endar at no charge. FREE EVENTS will be listed at no charge, space permitting.COMMUNITY CALENDAR DEADLINE: THURSDAY @ 3PM

Items for Community Calendar must be non-commercialand free to the public. Please limit to 25 words.

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Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams WayFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray RdKnox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd

Legion #54: 6726 Eustace Rd

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Ken Stratford left the crowd excited and optimistic about what lays ahead for Sooke in the future

It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our dear friend Ken Stratford who died peacefully on Jan. 10.

With nearly five decades serving in senior executive capacities leading prominent organizations such as B.C. Ferries, B.C. Transit, Small Business B.C., Greater Victoria Economic Development Commission, Business Victoria, Royal Roads University, and others, Ken developed an internationally-acclaimed reputation as a business leader, innovator, strategist, educator, futurist and mentor.

He has been honoured with numerous accolades including the City of Victoria’s Business Leader of the Year in 1998, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Vancouver Island Coast Economic Developers Association in 2011, the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce’s President’s Award of Recognition in 2014, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the City of Victoria in late 2015 for his contributions to furthering the community with economic development initiatives.

Ken moved to Sooke in 2012 and completely immersed himself into small-town life. He used his incredible business acumen and lifelong commitment to empowering people to create opportunities for numerous Sooke businesses to find their niches and prosper.

One such business was the Little Vienna Bakery and Cafe where his insights and business coaching helped create tremendous operational and marketing efficiencies, which served to increase annual sales revenues by more than 60 per cent in the last five years.

In addition to providing guidance on economic development initiatives to our past mayors and councils, Ken also took on the role as strategic advisor to the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce in 2012.

He can be credited with much of the chamber’s short- and long-term strategic planning exercises, as well as the development of numerous successful chamber portfolios such as the Newcomers’ Club, Resident Relocation Program, Business Education Series,

Conference and Convention Marketing portfolio, and many other initiatives.

Always looking for ways to help, Ken also gifted our local chamber office with an extensive library of business books, presentation display stands and a number of other resources worth many thousands of dollars.

Most recently Ken was the keynote speaker at the Sooke Region Chamber’s Economic Development Symposium in September 2015, where he delivered a powerful and inspiring speech to more than 50 of Sooke’s most respected business and community leaders.

Addressing issues and opportunities ranging from local transportation infrastructure to telecommunications technology, green manufacturing to eco-tourism, town centre design fundamentals to relationship building with First Nations, Ken left the crowd excited and optimistic about what lays ahead for Sooke in the next five to 10

years.A visionary, a Renaissance man,

a brilliant intellectual mind, and an individual who was very much ahead of his time, Ken will also be remembered for his humour, warmth, compassion, thoughtfulness and incredibly giving nature.

He leaves behind a tremendous legacy which will be built upon by the many thousands of people he came into contact with and helped throughout his lifetime of service.

A celebration of life ceremony to honour Ken and his achievements will be held in March, with more detailed information available at the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce office in the coming weeks.

•••Submitted by Michael Nyikes, a friend of

Ken Stratford and 2014 chamber president, on behalf of the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber Chatter

Sooke loses business leader

Ken Stratford always looked for ways to help his community, be it through mentorship, or the kindness of his heart.

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The region’s new economic develop-ment group made a huge step forward on Jan. 15, laying its con-stitutional ground-work.

The South Vancou-ver Island Economic Development Asso-ciation meeting drew unanimous votes for every motion, said Dan Dagg, a lead on the SVIEDA plan.

“[It] was a pretty crit-ical meeting in which we needed agreement on the constitution and bylaws which can hang an organization up. We had unanimous approval on the critical pieces,” Dagg said.

“The public and pri-vate sector is working together to make this happen.”

SVIEDA is in the

process of accepting applications for the nine-person board of directors, which will be strictly reserved for members of the busi-ness community.

The board is sched-uled to launch April 1. SVIEDA will employ five full-time staff to deliver its projects.

To date, 26 private partners are on board as well as 12 of the 13 municipalities in the region, only Metchosin has abstained.

Under the SVIEDA’s proposal, each com-munity would pay to operate the economic agency based on a five-year fixed funding for-mula of a 50/50 blend of per capita (2011 cen-sus) and a percentage of total tax collected in dollars.

In Sooke’s case, the muncipality would pay $2,500 in startup costs, $7,300 the first year of operation and another $$16,422 in years two to five.

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Sooke’s Most Wanted

Jeremy MURDOCHAge: 27Wanted: Breach of probation X2

Jamie DOLPHINAge: 22Wanted: Breach of probation

Michael GODOLPHINAge: 35Wanted: Theft under $5,000Posession of break in tools

The following individuals are wanted by the Sooke RCMP as of Jan. 26. If you have any information on these individuals or their crimes, you are asked to call the RCMP at 250-642-5241 or anonymously through Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at victoriacrimestoppers.com.

Parents in B.C. schools will soon have the option of introducing their kids to computer programming as early as Kindergar-ten to grade three.

Premier Christy Clark told a tech-nology confer-ence in Vancouver Monday an intro-duction to cod-ing option will be available in some schools starting next September.

It is expected to be available across the province within three years, and Clark said her goal is to make it mandatory for all students entering school.

Post-secondary technology pro-grams already include co-op job placements for 80 per cent of stu-dents.

Coding to start in kindergarten

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$5.00 Per Person.Dress Code: Casual or Hard times Costume

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Our View

Canada’s banknotes are polymer, counterfeit-resistant, holographic and modern. And they’re hopelessly behind the times.

Canadian women need to be represented on Canadian currency. It’s a notion that was put forward by a citizens’ movement in Victoria and has now been championed by Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Sheila Malcolmson, the NDP’s critic for the status of women.

The lack of women on our bills wasn’t always this concerning. Our $50 notes used to feature the Famous Five and Thérèse Casgrain, advocates

for women’s voting rights. But those ladies have long since been replaced by a decidedly masculine-looking Arctic icebreaker. With the removal of the human-rights heroines, that leaves us with an anonymous clip-art medical researcher on the back of the $100 and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the $20.

The problem won’t solve itself. After the Queen’s passing – long may she live – the monarchy will be headed by king after king after king. And although we fully expect Canada will elect female prime ministers over the

coming decades, it takes a long time for partisan politicians to become respected historical figures.

It’s only right and it’s only fair that women appear on our money. Our country’s cabinet is 50 per cent women because it’s 2016, and other institutions should be similarly scrutinized.

There are countless candidates whom we can honour on our banknotes. If worthy women don’t come to mind, then we aren’t looking hard enough. Their stories are under-represented in history texts, but of

course women have always been here, building our country, our culture and our identity right alongside the men.

Our polymer bills, however durable, will wear out, and we will need to print new ones, and we should always try to find ways to celebrate different segments of our society. Leaders, pioneers, artists, thinkers and difference-makers. Heroes and heroines.

•••We want to hear from you.

Send you comments to [email protected].

Honour women on Canadian currencyWE SAY: There are countless candidates we can celebrate on our banknotes.

WE SAY: January is Crime Stoppers Month and a fine time to recognize the valuable service that the program provides along with its partners in the community, media and Sooke RCMP.

Publisher Rod Sluggett

Editor Kevin LairdOpinion

Most people want to do the right thing, so if they’re provided with the right mechanisms they’ll take part.

We have a gem of a town, so I think with a little bit of elbow grease, we can really set ourselves well for the future.

You see some people come in uptight, but they go home happier than hell..

Tom Watkins, CRD– Page 3

Kerry Cavers, chamber president– Page 4

Mike Thompson, Sooke Lions Club – Page 16

••

••Crime Stoppers valuable resource for communities

It isn’t only men and women in uniform who can curb crime – anyone is capable of contributing.

The Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers proves that, year after year.

January is Crime Stoppers Month and a fine time to recognize the valuable service that the program provides along with its partners in the community, media and Sooke RCMP.

Technology has the potential to make things easier on tipsters. Those who witness crimes don’t

have to call the tipline from a pay phone and hang up; it’s simpler than ever to submit information electronically – even via your

smartphone – and create useful dialogue with

law enforcement.Crime

continues to be troubling in

Sooke and in any community, but there

are sometimes indicators that the statistics are moving in the right direction.

Certain individuals who have been responsible for an inordinate number of crimes have been caught, often thanks to the help of individuals utilizing the Crime

Stoppers resources.While the overall crime rate

tends to fluctuate depending on where you are in the Sooke Region, across Canada, the crime rate has been on an overall decline for two decades.

There is an argument that society nowadays lacks good, old-fashioned values, and while that may be true, we do possess good, modern values. Forms of abuse and violence that may have been socially accepted in past generations are no longer tolerated.

So if we know that crime is intolerable and unacceptable, then it shouldn’t be a stretch to want to be a part of the solution.

And that’s where Greater Victoria

Crime Stoppers comes in. Whatever the stats show, crime happens and will continue to happen. Certain heinous crimes we can only lament from afar and feel powerless, but in our own communities we can make a difference.

We can all be deputies, in a way – eyes and ears, Block Watchers, Crime Stoppers, the superhero’s sidekick who sometimes, improbably, saves the day.

Hopefully the situation will never arise where we’re anywhere close to a crime in progress. But when it does happen, let’s try to be Crime Stoppers.

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WE ASKED YOU: What’s the most exciting thing to do in Sooke?

Playing sports, especially football. Lots of opportunities here in sports in general, which is pretty exciting.

Jordan ShuttSooke

Meeting people at really neat community events, night markets in particular.

Lajah WarrenSooke

Downhill biking at Broom Hill and Harbourview Road, it’s wicked fun.

Wil BattenSooke

Walking on all the local trails and beaches is pretty exciting, and there’s lots to choose from.

Emily BattersSooke

Readers’ lettersNo more talking: build the library

After reading the front page story, “More Land Eyed For Recreation Services,” in the Jan. 20 Mirror, and then the page 2 story, “Construction on new Sooke library could begin by 2018,” I was perplexed.

Here we have local politicians, willing to spend $1 million to buy a 9.5-hectare golf course for future recreational use. Meanwhile, a much smaller chunk of land for a library cannot be found.

Sooke has needed a new library for several years. The library is too small and parking is severely limited. Still, the very patient, friendly and skilled staff continue to serve dozens of customers each day, six days a week.

Purchasing more land for ball diamonds and soccer fields is wise, given our growing community. But, our ballooning population, which means many more library patrons, is why a new library should be a high priority, not merely a talking point.

Has Sooke council and Juan de Fuca’s regional director thought about how expensive it will be to convert the undulating nine holes into flat ball fields?

As for finding a library site, what’s happening at the financial mess known as Mariner’s Village? Seems there’s lots of ready land there, or at the former golf course site on Otter Point Road.

Sooke Coun. Kerrie Reay reportedly said that there’s urgency to find a suitable property for a new library. This tired discussion has been on the books for at least three years, yet nothing concrete has happened. Does anyone believe that construction will start in 2018?

Shannon MoneoSooke

Ministry’s actions on fixing culvert shameful

The Transportation Ministry has now cleared a block culvert

– the reason for a river running across Highway 14 before Christmas.

If memory serves me correctly, the river was running freely over the highway for close to a month and now the ministry has finally figured out the problem.

For such a major road to be left in such a dangerous manner is unthinkable and unacceptable and for the powers to be ignorant or indifferent is shameful. Hopefully this is not allowed to occur again.

Linda BessantSooke

Ambulance calls goes unanswered

Where is the ambulance?That’s the question I have

after an accident at Sombrio Beach on Jan. 17.

The RCMP had to rescue the poor guy who got walloped by a wave and was injured.

Constant requests to find out where the ambulance was from Port Renfrew, the answer I found out was it was closed for the day.

This happened before while my hiking group was visiting Botanical Beach in Port Renfrew.

I would like some answers from the government on why they close stations when the public needs urgent help.

Tom MabePort Renfrew

Ban smoking in public places

We know tobacco is a killer – in fact, it is the only legal product in Canada that kills one of every two people who use it, but what about the health impacts of second-hand smoke?

Second-hand smoke is extremely toxic and there is no safe level of exposure.

Why should people who like to spend their time outside be forced to breathe toxic air? And what about public playgrounds? Is it fair to expose children to second-hand smoke while they play in parks, rather than staying in to play on their iPad?

We are all impacted by the air we breathe and so having a right to clean air should take precedence over having the right to smoke in outdoor public spaces.

As a masters of public health student who is concerned about the health and well-being of the population, I think it only makes sense to take local municipal tobacco bylaws one step further by banning smoking in outdoor public places and creating safer environments for all.

Cher GhafariVictoria

Open purse strings to international aid

Under the last 10 years of Conservative rule, Canada’s share of global aid became the lowest of all industrialized nations.

The usual argument for this parsimony is it’s somehow better to help Canadians than foreigners, and yet I know of no recognized ethic, religion, or accepted system of morals that says only help those that live near you and forget everyone else.

If human life has value, if we believe that every human being has potential, the accident of one’s location of birth shouldn’t be relevant.

Recognizing this, Canada has pledged to spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign assistance. We are now at less than half that, while our global partners have reached or are close to that goal.

The second usual argument is our weak economy, but despite a deficit of nearly $200 billion, the UK still met its international obligations in 2014. At the height of the 2008 recession, Ireland increased its aid, exceeding Canada’s. The difference between 0.24 and .07 percent is a rounding error in the federal budget, yet means life and death for millions.

The Conservatives are now gone, and it’s time to fulfill your predecessor’s oaths, Mr. Trudeau.

Nathaniel PooleVictoria

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The Sooke Christmas Bureau looks to local community for help

The Sooke community has once more shown its commitment to help those in need over the holidays and as a result the Sooke Christmas Bureau’s 2015 campaign was a big success.

A record number of 514 hampers were distributed, up 24% from last year. CFAX Santas Anonymous provided 172 of these hampers and toys for families, this support is invaluable.

The list is long of other local groups who made this year such a great success, first and foremost the the fire departments of Sooke, East Sooke and Otter Point. The Santa Run and Fill a Fire Truck campaign delivered much needed food to the Food Bank shelves and supplemented the bulk items purchased by the Christmas Bureau. This purchasing of food was made much easier by the $10,000 collected by the firefighters from the generous people in the region.

The firefighters truly are the backbone of the campaign. The Christmas Bureau also wants to thank the District of Sooke for the $7,000 grant used to purchase turkeys and hams, Stellar Homes who delivered a trailer of food in partnership with Village Foods, and to Western Foods for the great pricing on bulk purchases. More thanks are owed to the Sooke businesses, craft fairs and other organizations who donated funds, displayed our collection boxes and/or gathered food.

The contributions from the district’s schools and youth groups were particularly outstanding this year. The Bureau thanks the students, the staff and parents for their support. EMCS and their amazing inaugural 10,000 Cans Food Drive brought loads of (pre-sorted!) food to the Community Hall. Peer Helpers from Poirier, contributions from Journey, Saseenos, Sooke Elementary and John Muir Schools, district Guides and Rangers, the list goes on.

More thanks go to our service groups for their unshakeable support-the Sooke Lions and Lioness and the Sooke Harbourside Lions. The Christmas Bureau receives funds and many hours of volunteer time from these generous folks.

Thank you to the Sooke News Mirror for the great media coverage.And finally, a huge thanks to the fabulous volunteers who show up each

year with enthusiasm and smiles to help with the enormous job of sorting, packing and distributing the hampers.

Sooke Christmas Bureau Committee

Thank you!

There’s more onlinewww.sookenewsmirror.com

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Elida PeersContributed

These days we’re hearing announcements about a new Vancouver Island Regional Library for Sooke, and it made us think back to an earlier time.

This photo shows the library in 1976, when it was on the south side of the 6600 block of West Coast Road, just west of our busiest traffic light.

Sooke’s library service began with a “Bookmobile” which made regular trips to Sooke.

Bill Zigay, who now has his Husqvarna Power Supplies shop adjacent to the library in the photo shown here, remembers how as a youngster he would go along with his folks to meet the Bookmobile when it stopped at the corner of Harbourview and Woodlands Roads.

By 1965 Sooke actually had a library branch, located in the small space that holds Barb’s Barbershop today. Maude Adams was the librarian.

By the late 1960s the library had expanded to the site across the road that you see in the photo. This structure had originally been built in the 1950s by Walter Jessiman and Larry and Bill Rumsby as a fixit shop.

When the library had moved to the location pictured, if we remember correctly, the librarian was Molly McDonald, with Irene Wooley and Adele Lewis as assistants. Adele recalls that in that period the Bookmobile arrived every six weeks to bring a fresh book supply to the outlet. The residents of the entire area Sooke to Port Renfrew

numbered about 6,000.Alongside the library in

the photo was Betty French’s Sewing Basket, and then the Fisheries Office, where John Stephen held sway, with Donna Collins as assistant.

The structure that houses Bill Zigay’s Power Supplies business, between the library and Lynn and Florence Moore’s house in the photo, was built in 1967 as a government liquor store, with Ralph Grove as manager. When the liquor store moved up to its present site in Evergreen Mall, Harry Corbett ran his furniture store there, until it was sold to Zigay in 1989.

Books had outgrown space by the late 1970s and the library

moved to the site that had been built by Bob Hughes as a bowling alley, and which later housed a Salvation Army outlet. (At writing, a little restaurant called Route 14 is at the front of that building.) A bicycle shop was next located behind the window frontage in this VIRL photo.

A longtime employee even during earlier locations of the library, Edith Newman, recalls the library that we are all familiar with opening in the current building on Anna Marie Road in the mid-1990s. We wait with interest to see what happens next.

•••Elida Peers is the historian of

Sooke Region Museum.

Sooke History

Library has had many faces

Sooke Region Museum

This photo shows the Vancouver Island Library in 1976, when it was on the south side of the 6600 block of West Coast Road.

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Hard Times Dance has been a Sooke tradition for more than 20 years

Dancing away a gloomy winterOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

Around 25 years ago, a group of Sooke Lions got together with a plan: create a local event during the hardest months of winter to help boost spirits and bring some colour into an otherwise gray time of year.

Three pivotal criteria were needed to make it happen: It had to be dirt cheap, include food, drinks and musical entertain-ment, and most importantly, bring everyone together under a warm and welcoming roof.

In 1990, it became known as the Hard Times Dance, and for $3.50, locals were able to enjoy the posi-tive vibes of a good band, all-night-long free coffee, and of course, beans and wieners.

Little wonder that Sookies have loved it and cherished it ever since, especially considering why it began, said Mike Thompson, one of the original minds behind the dance, a long-standing Sooke Lions Club member and food bank volunteer.

“January and February are always the most difficult times for families, because there’s very little to do, there’s little money, so we wanted to get out and do a ser-vice to the community and get the couples out there and give them a very inexpensive evening to lift their spirits,” Thompson said.

And it works. Thompson recalled the count-

less faces who’ve walked in the

dance hall, all stained with sorrow, but left in a completely different state of mind.

“You see some people come in uptight, but they go home happier

than hell.”This year, the dance is at Sooke

Community Hall, featuring Phoe-nix (the venue’s band of choice for the last nine years) with doors

open at 8 p.m. and live music start-ing at 9 p.m.

Two years ago, the fee was upped to $5, but Thompson said that helps pay for the hall, the

music and food. Still, the 450 tick-ets sell out every year.

As for the dress code? Get cre-ative. People show up with unique outfits, some amusing, others with ripped clothing on purpose, just to go hand in hand with the wieners and beans (which will be offered in a bowl along with a bun later in the evening).

Thompson pointed out the rec-ipe of the delicious beans for the Hard Times Dance is a long (and very secret) Sooke tradition.

All the money from the event goes to the Sooke Lions Club charity budget, which is distrib-uted through several community-based initiatives, such as multiple $750 student bursaries, as well as $7,000 that goes into supporting the Grade 2 swimming program.

At the end of the day, it’s an event by the community, for the community, Thompson said.

“If you don’t want to come and spend a lot of money, you don’t have to, you just come out and have a good time,” he said.

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■ EVENT: Hard Times Dance

■ WHEN: Jan. 30; Doors open at 8 p.m.

■ WHERE: Sooke Community Hall

■ TICKETS: $5 – available at Peoples Drug Mart and Shoppers Drug Mart

Contributed

Sooke Lions Club member Mike Thompson, left, watches over the precedings at the Hard Times Dance in 2013, while others danced the nigh away.

Journey Gems

Mindalynn Frelick, Emma and Rachel Houchin and Noella VincentContributed

Our creative writing club is a place for all the writers of the school to get together and write about how they feel and their interests.

This Club is a great way for kids to learn how to write poems and be creative through their writing.

Journey Dragons run to be here, So run to read with us.

The Tree of Life Howling wind at Journey during spring shakes the

branches of the big maple tree. His branches are so big and strong but his leaves are large and frail

In fall when his leaves changes colors. And they start to fall down Kids will have fun and play in them in winter when it’s cold

All you will see is his branches everywhere in fall when his leaves changes colors And they start to fall down

Kids will have fun and play in them in winter when it’s cold

All you will see is his branches everywhereNow during all this time and the changing of

SeasonsThere will always be a Maple tree in the same spot

in the same area forever.•••

Submitted by Journey Middle School.

Students authors join upat creative Writing Club

Briefly

Ray Zimmerman of the SEA to SEA Greenbelt Soci-ety is guest speaker at Sooke Region Food CHI Society’s annual general meeting Thursday (Jan. 28).

Zimmerman has spent decades advocating for regional sustainability of agricultural lands.

Sooke Region Food CHI Society, formed in 2007, is a voluntary organization with 250 members, who support farmers, gardening and food security. The society oper-ates Sunriver Community Gardens.

“There is much our organization still needs to accomplish, working hand in hand with our local gov-ernments, members and communities,” said Phoebe Dunbar, a founding member of Food CHI.

“After the inspiring pre-sentation last Oct. 28 where Harold Steves, former ALC chair, and Richard Bullock spoke to a full house about

the continuing need to advocate for our food grow-ing lands, Zimmerman’s presentation is timely and will encourage more of Sooke’s public to get involved and participate.”

The AGM begins at 7 p.m. at Sooke Harbour House, 1528 Whiffin Spit Rd.

Reay eyes new role with library

Sooke acting mayor Ker-rie Reay has been appointed to the executive commit-tee of the Vancouver Island Regional Library board.

Reay, who represents the District of Sooke, has been a member of the VIRL board since 2012.

CRD Juan de Fuca Elec-toral Area director Mike Hicks is also on the board.

Bruce Jolliffe, who rep-resents the Comox Val-ley Regional District, was re-elected a fourth year as board chair.

Along with Reay, nine members at large were elected to serve on the executive committee: Noba Anderson, Strathcona Regional District; Barry Avis, Town of Qualicum Beach; Bill Beldessi, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District; Diane Brennan, City of Nanaimo; Howard Houle,Regional District of Nanaimo; Andrew Merilees, Village of Masset; Dave Rushton, Mount Wadding-ton Regional District; and Gordon Waterman, Village

of Gold River.The Vancouver Island

Regional Library board is comprised of elected rep-resentatives from 28 mem-ber municipalities and 10 regional districts, adminis-ters a budget of more than $20 million.

Transition Sooke planning AGM

Sooke Transition Town Society, also known as Transition Sooke, holds its annual general meeting Feb. 19 at Harbourside Cohous-ing Community.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck din-ner, followed by the AGM at 7 p.m.

The AGM will include reports from president Jeff Bateman and treasurer Michael Tacon. Board elec-tions will also be held.

The Harbourside Cohous-ing Community is located at 6681 Horne Rd., in Sooke.

Food security on menu at Food CHI

Kerrie Reay

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737g

/100g

/lb4.39/kg

680g

147 pack

/lb4.39/kg

/lb

Organic

BoscPears3lb bag

16 roll

12x284 mL

2kg

Hellmann’sRealMayonnaise

6.2L

249Valu Pak

2.4kg

Case Lot SALE

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400g

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849

255g

24 Pack

1.36kg

10kg

1.75L

B.C. Spartan

Apples B.C. Spartan

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400

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425g 10kg 2kg

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48 pack

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10lb bag10lb bag

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400

Tree TopTree Top Dempster’sDempster’s Tropic IsleTropic Isle

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5/400

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UnicoUnicoVegetableVegetableOilOilVegetableOilVegetableOil

Nonni’sNonni’sFocacciaFocacciaCroutonsCroutons

44

44

Kraft Grated 100% Kraft Grated 100% ParmesanParmesanCheeseCheese

1111

33Prego OriginalPrego OriginalPastaPastaSauceSauceGrocery

FreshFreshFreshFreshSeafood

Village Food Markets

eaeaWild Previously Frozen

Coho Salmon Fillets ...220Golden Dipt 236 mL

Marinades ...................349

B.C. Grown

Red or Yellow Potatoes

300

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799/100g

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999416g 599

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Mr. Noodle

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McCain Traditional Crust

Pizza

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 I CLASSIFIEDS I SOOKENEWSMIRROR.COM A19Sooke News Mirror Wed, Jan 27, 2016 www.sookenewsmirror.com A19

Robert Lee Barron March 18, 1953 - January 22, 2016

Robert fought a courageous fight against cancer with his devoted wife, family, and friends by his side. He was a loving husband, brother and favourite uncle.

A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, January 31 at 1:30 pm at

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1962 Murray Rd, Sooke, BC

Come grow with us, apply with resume to: [email protected]

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Clerks100% Company Paid Benefi ts, Bonus Plan and Group RSP

LEGALS

AUCTION SALENotice is hereby given by West Coast Super Stor-age Ltd, 3220 Otter Point Rd, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0K8 that the following item(s) will be open for bids be-tween 9am-12pm on February 6, 2016 on the premises to cover costs incurred. Only CASH ac-cepted.• Linda Stockton -

ENC3129 - House-hold goods.

• Linda Stockton - ENC7038A - House-hold goods.

• Carmen Heron - ENC3041 - House-hold goods.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

MEALS ON WHEELS AGM

& Election of Offi cers

Sunday February 21, 2016 @ 5:30 pm.

Royal Canadian Legion. Volunteers needed to fi ll the positions of President, V.P,

and 2 Directors. Dinner @ 6:00 pm.

Meeting 7pm. Everyone welcome

SOOKE FOOD BANK SOCIETY

Annual AGM February 1, 2016

@1:00pm

Sooke Community Hall

DEATHS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment

CONTACT LOAN CUPBOARD

RENTALS AVAILABLE FOR

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT“Crutches

Wheel ChairsWalkers

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HIP OR Knee replacement? Arthritic conditions or COPD? Restrictions in walking/dress-ing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today for assis-tance: 1-844-453-5372.

TURN YOUR REFUND into a Donation to the Sooke Food Bank at the Sooke Bottle De-pot. Also accepting cash and non perishable food items.

SOOKE MEALS on Wheels, 1585 O’Neill Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0T5. 250-642-2184.

DEATHS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

SENIORS ACTIVITY

Membership $15.00 Monday - Ayre Manor Resi-dents trips.Tuesday & Thursday - Lunch and Bingo Community Hall.Wednesday - Special trips ad-

vertised in Sooke Mirror. Friday - Lunch and shopping trips in Victoria, Call June, 250-642-2032.Last Sunday of the month - Dinner at different restaurants, Call June, 250-642-2032.

Pickup at home or community hall.

For further information, cal Kay, 250-642-4662

SOOKE CRISIS & Referral Centre, 2043 Church Rd. Open 10am-1pm, Mon.-Fri. 250-642-0215.

SOOKE MEALS ON WHEELS

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

YOUR GENEROUS DONATION

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PERSONALS

ANYONE having any informa-tion on someone that went by the name Evergreen, or the person who placed an ad in the paper years ago looking for information on a baby girl born in the Burns Lake Hospi-tal in 1954 please contact this number 250-847-2842 or email [email protected].

LOST AND FOUND

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ADULT CARE

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snacks and 24-hour/day on-site nursing care, as well as

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Curator’s Corner

Brianna ShambrookContributed

At the Sooke Region Museum, we are fortunate to have such a large art collection that is focused primarily around the Sooke Region.

Our art collection has more 250 objects including paintings, sketches, framed photographs, picture frames and carvings. We have art made by both locally and nationally recognized artists such as Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic and Capt. P W deP Taylor.

Our most recent art donation is a painting of late Sooke resident Maywell Wickheim (2015.031.001a-b). The acrylic painting on a wooden cradle board is called The Captain and was done by local artist Linda Gordon.

The piece was donated by the Sooke Classical Boating Society in late 2015 in honour of Maywell’s memory.

It is incredibly important to take care of art collections and keep them stored appropriately because a lot of the materials are organic, which are highly susceptible to deterioration.

Since moisture and variations in temperature can accelerate deterioration, the collection is stored in a humidity and climate controlled space.

Most of the objects are stored in vertical cubby holes within a large wooden unit built specifically for the space. Since the cubby

holes are not very wide, some artworks, such as carvings, are stored in a different area. In the summer of 2015 we made it our mission to tie up loose ends and reorganize the collection.

It took two of our collections assistants a few weeks to reorganize and inventory the collection. We recently finished all related data entry in January. Reorganizing included grouping objects by size, artist and content. During this overhaul we lined each cubby hole shelf with archival quality ethafoam to keep the bottom of the objects safe from any damage. Due to our organizing efforts, we now have an extensive guide that enables us to quickly locate each piece and its attached history.

Our art collection also includes displays made by staff and volunteers. Among our exhibits you will see the dedication and creativity of Sooke residents.Many of these creations are miniatures of actual buildings and events from our region. Our longhouse, mining, fishtraps and logging exhibits are all examples of wonderful local talent and skills.

•••Brianna Shambrook

is collections and exhibits manager at Sooke Region Museum.

Art collection focuses on Sooke region

Sooke Region Museum

Seen here is a portion of the Sooke Region Museum’s art collection stored in cubby holes within a large wooden unit.

Some of the finan-cial pressure faced by prospective business students in B.C. can be reduced, thanks to David Black, owner of Black Press and the Sooke News Mirror.

Graduating high school students in 37 of the province’s school districts, intending to study business at the University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business, can apply for a $5,000 scholarship.

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Canadian Tire Westshore donated $5,000 to Victoria Women’s Transition House Society. A cheque was recently presented by local Canadian Tire franchise own-ers Janet and Tim Curry to transition house development director Susan Howard.

The money goes towards children programs.

Transition house gets $5,000 boost

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NOTICE OF SEWER PARCEL TAX ROLLIn accordance with section 208 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the District of Sooke Sewer Parcel Tax Roll is available for inspection at the municipal hall during its regular office hours 8:30 am to 4:30 pm commencing January 27th, 2016 to February 17th, 2016.

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Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

Fine drinks, delicious hors d’oeurves, good music and warm company; you might wonder, what event in Sooke combines all of that into one night?

If you said A Taste of B.C., you guessed right.

Yup, the Sooke Harbourside Lions are back again this year with their eighth annual event, which will be held at Edward Milne Community School on Feb. 6, from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

And, keeping with their usual tradition, the Lions have been hard at work piecing together all the local vendors, restauran-

teurs, as well as connoisseurs of the finest local wines and spirits to ensure Sookies get a night to pleasantly remember.

After all, how many opportunities do you get to savor tasty treats of local food, wine, beers and ciders, all at the same time? Oh, and non-alcoholic drinks are available as well.

In the end, it’s all about tasting something local and meeting face to face with local businesses and community, said Maxine Medhurst, a Harbourside Lion and one of the main drivers behind the event.

“The objective is for everybody to have a good time, to meet and mingle, taste local foods and drinks, and give back to the com-munity,” she said.

The $35 ticket, which can be purchased from Peoples Drug Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart, Pemberton Holmes Sooke office, Lit-tle Vienna and EMCS, covers you for eight drink tickets and a wide variety of appe-tizers, most of which will be supplied by classic favorites such as the Little Vienna Bakery and the Stick in the Mud.

Attendees will also be treated with a silent auction featuring small but unique items from local artisans and various local businesses, with a value of up $200.

And music? The Harbourside Lions thought of that too. Entertainment will be provided by 14 West with musical guest Dave Gallant.

It’s all going to local causes as well. Med-

hurst noted that all the money from the event goes right back into needs of the local community, including the Sooke Food Bank, Sooke Crisis Centre, Vital Vittles, Sooke Christmas Bureau, Sooke Hospice, Transi-tion House, Meals on Wheels, among many others.

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n WHERE: Edward Milne Community School

n HOW MUCH: $35

Thanks for the laughsEdward Milne Community School students descended onto the stage with all their best (and most hilarious) skits and works last week for this year’s Final Projects night talent show. Performances were put on by Grade 11 and 12 Acting class, Film Production Grades 10 to 12, Drama Grade 10, and the EMCS art department.

Octavian Lacatusu

Sooke News Mirror

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Youth get to experience a wide range of musical classics for free

Sheila WhincupSooke News Mirror

Organizers of Harmony Project Sooke invite all lovers of music and supporters of music education to a fund raising concert on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Journey Middle School gymnasium.

The concert will help to kick off an exciting new project to provide music education to a wider range youth in the Sooke area.

Featured performers includes the Strings of the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, soprano soloist Nancy Washeim, Sooke Harbour String Quartet, West Coast Chamber Players and several top local student instrumentalists.

The project is modeled on the award-winning Harmony Project in Los Angeles, which uses music education as an intervention tool for at-risk and under-served youth.

The idea was initiated by Maestro Norman Nelson of the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, who first visited the Harmony Project in Los Angeles a few years ago.

“I found it so moving to walk into a rather downtrodden school and see the kids just gobbling up the music. They held a concert where for 90 minutes, child after child performed to a rapt audience of their families and the public,” Nelson said.

The original Harmony Project was founded by Margaret Martin, who went from being a homeless single mother to earning a doctorate degree.

Harmony Project’s mission is to promote the healthy growth and development of children through study, practice and performance of music, to build healthier communities by investing in the positive development of children through music, as well as to develop children as musical ambassadors among people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.

Harmony Project Sooke will offer enriching music education to local youth, and provide musical instruments and instruction free of charge to those who might otherwise not be able to participate.

Students will enroll in classes appropriate to their progress, and those who demonstrate superior progress or require special attention will be offered private lessons.

Anne McDougall,

concertmaster of the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, will serve as head teacher for the project.

“We hope that these small ensembles will perform several concerts during the year,” McDougall said.

Funds raised at the Jan. 30 concert will help Harmony Project Sooke to begin recruiting students and purchase instruments. Admission is by donation. Concert includes works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok, and Elgar.

For more info, contact Lorna Bjorklund at 250-818-2748.

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Sports

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

Water polo is making a splash in Sooke, with a new program at SEAPARC Leisure Complex.

Myles Wallace, an instructor at SEAPARC, developed the new program after playing competitive water polo in Vancouver.

Aquatic programmer Elizabeth Olsen, who helped launch the program, wasn’t sure if water polo would takeoff in

Sooke.Within days, the water polo program

was booked solid with 21 youth taking part every Sunday morning.

Water polo is a graceful dance of pinpoint passes and creative playmaking, punctuated by powerful shots on net. The game consists of six field players and a goalkeeper. Except for the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles.

SEAPARC’s aquatic program has been growing quickly over the last two years with hundreds of children and adults

looking for new opportunities in the water.

Part of the problem Sooke has in developing new programming is the lack of qualified staff to run certain programs, so when Wallace offered and was keen to try water polo, Olsen grabbed the opportunity.

“I decided to do it to keep people active and it’s a really hard workout as well as fun communication and something else to do with the pool,” she said.

The Sunday water polo program has

a mixed level of skill and the group has been divided into two. There’s even talk of expanding the program into an adult night league.

The ultimate hope for Olsen is to move into a development program for youth, and perhaps enter into a competitive league in Greater Victoria.

“One thing we always need to keep in mind at SEAPARC is that recreation is for everyone – not just the super competitive – so we design our programs for everyone,” Olsen said.

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Sooke kids dive in for water polo

Gabriella Tyrrell splashes for the ball as Jaydon Raymond tries to intercept from the side during Sunday’s water polo practice session at SEAPARC Leisure Complex.

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Thunderbirds set sights on playoffsAtom females has depth with rookies and veterans

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

The Atom Female Sooke Thunderbirds are eyeing a playoff spot in the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association.

With two more league games to play, the Thunderbirds sit in sec-ond spot in their divi-sion with a 3-4 record.

If successful, the Thunderbirds will hit the playoffs running before spring break.

On Saturday, the Thunderbirds came up short against Campbell River, losing 5-2. Neala Gair scored both goals for Sooke, while goalie Megan Brown was named game MVP.

“The team is a great balance of [rookie play-ers] and those that have played, two, three, four or even five years,”

said Donna Perman, team manager.

So far, the Thun-derbirds have played to their team goals to develop good sports-manship and learn the basics of hockey.

And they’ve had fun

doing it.The Thunderbirds

won silver at the recent New Year’s Eve tourna-ment in Saanich and were involved in the Lake Cowichan all-girls jamboree on Jan. 2. The team travels to Rich-

mond for a year-end tournament in March.

The Sooke Thunder-birds are coached by Rich D’Appolonia, head coach and assistant coaches Geoff Gair and Russ Sheriff.

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Sooke Thunderbirds goalie Megan Brown attempts to stop a Campbell River forward make a play. Sooke lost 5-2 on Saturday.

A total of 22 runners from Sooke competed in the second race in the Vancouver Island Race Series, Cobble Hill 10K, on Sunday.

The race was won by Victoria runner Jim Fin-layson, with Jen Millar, also from Victoria, win-ning the women’s race.

Top local finisher was Jonathan Tooms, who took second place behind Finlayson, with a time of 33:14.

Other Sooke results:Howard Mander-

son, 39:30; Jonathan Dvorak, 42:24; Jennifer Smith, 43:43; Claude Laforce, 43:55; Tim Ayres, 44:15; Mark Ziegler, 46:03; Victoria Van Ek, 46:56; Robyn Van Ek, 49:55; Pauline Nielsen, 50:08; Mag-nus Hanton, 50:09; Donna Ferguson, 51:27; Jacklyn Evans, 52:25; Wendy Johnson, 53:18; Robert Butterworth, 55:10; Lemmie Adam, 55:35; Bruce Hawkes, 55:55; Laura Barnes, 58:09; Don Brown, 1:00:52; Sandra Faw-cett, 1:10:51; Vince Trahan, 1:12:09; Sylvia Jones, 1:21:58.

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Sooke Minor Fastball Association welcomes all Sooke families to register boys & girls with a � eld programme honouring Sooke’s rich heritage of fastball!

• Learn To Play – casual skill/co-ordination development and recreational exercise for kids roughly 5 and up Seaparc lobby

• MiniMites (U8) and Mites(U10) – builds on foundations of skills, while introducing game play

• U12, U14, U16, U18/19 – training, structured league play, weekend tournaments, district playoffs and perhaps provincial championships!

• In our ballpark parents can learn to coach/umpire…kids can also take up umpiring!

A great way to spend time with your family and get engaged with your community.

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6851 West Coast Road | 250.642.4822

Jesus said in the gospel of John (9:5), “I am the light of the world.” Who makes that kind of claim? Either someone who is full of themselves; or seriously deranged or someone who is actually telling the truth.

What is amazing about Jesus is that every claim he made was backed up and con� rmed by veri� able action. After Jesus stated that he was the light of the world, he met and restored the sight of a man who had been blind from birth. This blind man whose sight was restored, was well known in his community, so the miracle was a genuine one.

C.S. Lewis wrote, “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”

We all know how important light is. Without it we do not perceive things as they truly are.

What is true physically is also true spiritually. By opening the eyes of a blind man, Jesus demonstrated his unique person and power. This same One who gave us physical eyes to see, is able to open our spiritual perception when we come to him.

Pastor Rick EbySooke Baptist Church

ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 4pm | Sunday Mass, 9amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3-4pm Of� ce Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Marinaldo Batista

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A bird between two clippersSooke Thunderbirds Aiden Wrigley, wasn’t ready to let go of the puck just yet, even though he had two Nanaimo Clippers, Marcus Evans, left, and Cole Prontack on him during Sunday’s Atom A game at the SEAPARC Leisure Complex. The hard-fought game ended in a 5-5 tie. The Sooke squad plays a pair of games in Powell River this weekend.

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The EMCS Wolverines bounced back in a big way from a disappoint-ing seniors boys’ basketball tourna-ment in Esquimalt to take two wins from South Island rivals last week.

The Wolverines beat up on St. Andrews 79-56 on Tuesday before repeating their dominating perfor-mance by walloping Vic High 72-56 Wednesday.

Against St. Andrews, Edward Milne’s starting five dominated with Andy Abel and Brady Greenwood netting 16 points to lead the local side.

“It was a solid, well-played game

all-around,” said co-coach Alex Wright, adding most players on the team scored at least one basket.

The momentum continued at Vic High Wednesday.

EMCS took an early first quarter lead before Vic High clawed back. The quarter ended with a slight 15-11 lead for Sooke.

The Wolverines took control of the game over the next three quarters.

“We got to take a look at a few bench players who haven’t got a lot of floor time,” Wright said.

Guard Max Clouser got his first start of the year, rimming six points. Top point-getter was Frederik Moeller with 27.

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The EMCS Wolver-ines basketball pro-gram will salute their graduating players with a special Seniors Night on Feb. 3.

Taking centre stage in the last game of the year will be forward Brady Greenwood and guard Frederik Moeller. Three international stu-dents from China will also be honoured.

Greenwood has been with the EMCS basket-ball program for four years. Moeller is an exchange student from Denmark.

Event organizers are hoping for a big crowd for the event.

Seniors Night begins at 5:45 p.m. in the school gym.

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Several Sooke Soc-cer Club youth teams played in Lower Island Soccer Association (LISA) Cup semifinals last weekend.

The U13 girls played in Juan de Fuca were up 2-1 until the last few minutes of play when JdF knocked a couple quick goals in to win 3-2. Coach Rob Oyler said it was a very exciting game that could have gone either way and was proud of his young team’s efforts.

•••The U14 girls played

at Juan de Fuca as well and a great battle between the two teams ended in a 1-0 victory for Sooke with Katie Hisco getting the only goal of the game.

•••U15 girls also played

Juan de Fuca with home advantage. A well-matched game with many chances on both sides ended in a 1-0 win for Sooke with Faith Knoles getting the lone goal despite hitting the crossbar on an earlier penalty kick. Coaches Laura Lockhart and Dave Peters are “astounded” at their team’s over-all “performance and teamwork.” The Wild-cats remain undefeated and in first place.

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Sooke Loggers lost to Victoria Castaways 3-2 in Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 2 play on Sunday.

Daniel Bergerud and Jared Cooper scored for the Loggers.

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