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Ballerina Sasha Beardmore balances a passion for dance with top school marks. She heads back to New York this spring for the Youth America Grand Prix finals in New York. Here she models the handmade creations of Pamela Martin of Matryoshka Rehearsal Tutus.

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A pair of deferred motions for second-looks mean more delayed discussion at the core area liquid waste management committee.

Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen’s motion to have a second look at McLoughlin Point for a wastewater treatment plant and Victoria Coun. Jeff Young’s motion to have a look at cost allocations for the project were deferred to the next meeting, slated for Feb. 10.

Jensen pressed pause on his plan to have the Technical Oversight Panel look at the testability of McLoughlin Point as a site for wastewater treatment plant. “There’s obviously a growing interest in that as an issue that people are just awakening to now because they’ve only recently learned of the costs of the new options,” Jensen said.

“It’s to allow the public discussion to take place, also for the directors around the table to take a look at it themselves and find out how their constit-uents feel about it.”

He feels it’s a significant conversation required region-wide with options on the table between two and three times as much as the McLoughlin alternative.

“There no doubt would be a slight increase in the cost but not when you compare it to the costs for the cur-rent new options, it’s a very significant difference,” Jen-sen said. “What other ways would we want to consider spending the money? $250 million could buy three new public assisted living facilities. … There are a lot of other needs in the region that we hear a lot about so it is a mat-ter of having a public discussion.”

Jensen presses pause on McLoughlin site

Wastewater workshopsn Eastside Wastewater Workshops: Feb. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Victoria Conference Centre and Feb. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Cadboro Commons at UVic. Provide input about where to build treatment facilities, what technology is used, what the costs will be and how we can make use of the water and energy produced. Visit CoreAreawastewater.ca for details and the most recent public survey.

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Victoria Hospice can offer 62 more bereave-ment sessions after Oak Bay High students asked their peers to imagine they were facing a terminal diagnosis.

The statistic on what $5,000 could provide was just one tangent of information and emo-tion offered by Marissa Louie, Sydney Chan and Xin Yin Wang last week during the finale for Youth Philanthropy Initiative.

“Now I want you to imagine what it would be like if just received news that someone you loved … just passed away,” Louie beseeched her peers. “Most often this thought of losing someone is a million times worse than the thought of you passing away because you would do anything just to be in their place, and you would do anything just to take their pain away.”

The philanthropy initiative, funded by the Toskan Casale Foundation, aims to raise aware-ness of charitable organizations and social issues. In Canada it’s geared toward students in Grade 9 and 10. Under the YPI program, teams of students research social problems in the community and create persuasive pre-sentations about a charity they believe is well positioned to tackle the issues they care about.

At Oak Bay, students connected with about 30 different charities before they were whit-tled down to the final three competitors for the award, said teacher Roxanne Taggart, who encourages the youth to become “advocates for change.”

The other two groups championed notewor-thy causes during the finale – The Mustard Seed Food Bank and The Help Fill a Dream Foundation.

When tasked with investigating a charity,

Wang suggested they explore Victoria Hospice, which she discovered as a volunteer at Royal Jubilee Hospital (hospice volunteers must be over 19). It was a charity, the trio discovered, that hadn’t been tackled in the five previous years of YPI presentations at Oak Bay High.

“It was definitely something we wanted to share,” Louie said. “Even if we didn’t win, we wanted to at least have people know about it.”

Their youthful enthusiasm was well received as they investigated the cause for their award-winning presentation.

“Hospice is sometimes a difficult issue

because it does deal with death,” said Tom Arnold, of Victoria Hospice, whom the trio interviewed for the piece. “That they under-stood our work is about life and quality of life was really exciting.”

Hospice offers support for home and hos-pice end-of-life care. They help with the emo-tional pain of those suffering loss through an array of different bereavement programs designed for all aspects of society.

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Jensen pulled his motion but says he intends to file a similar notice of motion for the Feb. 10 meeting.

Young’s motion asked that the committee task staff to report back on procedural changes or governance enhancements that ensure participants anticipated to use or pay for a component of the eastside or westside wastewater treatment sub-systems be included in the governance system directing the design and eventual oper-ation of the system.

“The circumstances have changed since I first put this on the floor and since some of us put on a similar motion. I would note that cir-cumstances do seem to keep changing so … I may well wish to place it on a future agenda,” Young said.

Instead, Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt made the motion to shift it to the Feb. 10 date to keep the topic alive and “to ensure we have taxation with repre-sentation.”

The Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee next meets Feb. 10. Meetings are streamed live online at [email protected]

Motion to return Feb. 10

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Tom Arnold (left) of Victoria Hospice with Xin Yin Wang, Sydney Chan and Marissa Louie who tackled the charity for the annual Youth Philanthropy Initiative led by teacher Roxanne Taggart (right). After making a presentation to their peers, the trio earned the $5,000 YPI award for their charity of choice, Victoria Hospice.

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Saanich Police continue to seek leads in the sexual assault and robbery which took place in the 1500-block of Church Avenue last Wednesday.

An unknown male got the atten-tion of two college-aged women by banging loudly on the patio door to their ground-floor apartment suite.

The women answered the door believing ”it was going to come off the hinges,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen with Saanich Police.

The male then entered and com-mitted a sexual assault on at least one of the women within the suite. Police wouldn’t say if the attacker assaulted both women. The sus-

pect then escorted the women to a bank machine in the Shelbourne corridor. “Under duress, money was extracted from the girls’ bank accounts, and once turned over they were able to flee,” Jantzen said.

Once free, the women entered the Starbucks at 3600-block of Shel-bourne Street, clearly in distress, at just about 8 p.m. Saanich Police were called and were able to make out the series of events. Police used interpreters to speak with the women who know little English.

“The women are well supported, their family is involved and com-munity outreach groups [such as victims services],” Jantzen said.

Despite releasing security foot-age showing the suspect, police

were still without any substantial leads as of Monday afternoon.

The suspect is described as a white male, 30 to 40 years of age, five-foot-11, with medium build, unshaven and balding, wearing grey hooded sweatshirt, grey or dark sweatpants and light-coloured shoes.

The number of tips is in the doz-ens, as is the number of Saanich officers dedicated to the case.

“We’re getting lots of tips and processing those and our detec-tives are [still] out talking to peo-ple,” Jantzen said. “There is a significant number of detectives assigned, as this requires we check with schools and post-secondary schools.”

A team of officers is tasked with

canvassing the Shelbourne corri-dor with the “sole job of talking to people in hopes of finding tips, and to provide personal tips for com-munity safety,” Jantzen added.

It’s unknown at this point if it’s the same suspect from the previ-ous night’s (Jan. 26) encounter between a young woman in her 20s who was grabbed by a male while walking through the Mount Doug-las secondary school grounds.

Jantzen said police are working hard to connect the sexual assault to an ongoing string of break and enters in the Shelbourne area that dates back to late November. There are certainly similarities, he said.

“We’re open to anything and everything, given that this is a ground-floor suite, there are pos-

sible linkages,” Jantzen said.In this instance, it does appear

the specific suite was targeted. “Our entire general investiga-

tion section is at work on this, our detective division, street crimes unit, forensics, K9, it’s upwards of 24 officers. We’re in plain clothes and in uniform in the community area, speaking to schools, univer-sity and college campuses, and door to door canvassing.”

Nothing to this point suggests the assault suspect is related to a recent string of bus-stop flashing incidents.

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It’s a coming home of sorts for Marina Uzelac, owner of Wholistic Chiropractic and Wellness, recently opened in the bottom of Monterey Mews.

Returning to Greater Victoria with her chil-dren after living in the United States for sev-eral years, Uzelac spent many happy hours growing up around the Avenue and looked forward to opening her own practice in the heart of the village.

“It’s really quaint and that’s really what I wanted,” Uzelac says, noting her goal is to create a space that feels welcoming and relaxed, where clients feel comfortable and not rushed.

Since her soft opening in mid-December, response has been positive, she says, noting there weren’t any other chiropractors in the immediate area.

“I’m excited to let people know I’m here.”It was Uzelac’s personal journey that led

her to chiropractic as a career. After suffer-ing headaches following a car accident as a youth, she met an exceptional chiropractor who was able to fix the underlying problem.

Building on her background in kinesiology and massage therapy, chiropractic seemed a natural extension.

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A Friday evening incident serves as reminder to “be aware and be obser-vant,” say Oak Bay Police.

Officers are investigating after a girl reported being approached by a man in Windsor Park. Police were called around 7 p.m. Jan. 29 after a 10-year-old girl was approached by a man while she played with friends. The friends became separated and the girl saw a figure in the shadows.

She told police the man approached her and she felt afraid and uncomfort-able. He did not say anything to her. She called out to her friends and they all went to the girl’s home to tell her parents. The girl was not harmed.

“She was just doing what kids do,

playing with her friends,” said Const. Rick Anthony, community liaison offi-cer. “She did all the right things – she remembered a description, got her friends and they went home.”

The man walked to his vehicle and departed quickly in a white or silver SUV. No make or model was noted, no license plate was obtained and no direction of travel was given. The man is described as a white male, 40 to 60 years of age, balding, with a thin build, wearing a green camouflage jacket and jeans.

“Should people be afraid? No, but people should be aware,” Anthony said.

Anyone with any information can call Oak Bay Police at 250-592-2424 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS

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“Every person is unique and their problems are also unique so you can’t approach it in a cookie-cutter way.”

With many people still not understanding how chiropractic works, “my goal is also educa-tion,” Uzelac adds. “It’s for all ages and every-body. I really believe everybody can benefit at some level.

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Balance takes more than pointe shoes for ballerina Sasha Beardmore. The 14-year-old juggles near-perfect school grades, strenuous training and international competition.

A former Monterey middle school student – and Oak Bay resident recently relocated inside City of Vic-toria borders – she self-directs her studies through South Island Distance Education.

With the fully qualified teachers who “are really helpful” Sasha main-tains a 99.9 per cent average.

“My grades don’t have to suffer. School has always been really impor-tant to me. I want to excel in both areas,” Sasha says.

“You have to keep yourself in the right frame of mind. All the time, I have my goals in mind.”

The teen dances five to six times a week, with 90-minute classes then multiple solo rehearsals for competi-tion.

“She works very, very hard,” says mom Kate Beardmore. “She does probably 20 hours a week of training and rehearsals and that sort of thing.”

The hard work pays off. In May 2015 she earned a competition spot in New York for the Youth America Grand Prix finals where she won junior classical solo and was in the top 12 in contem-porary.

After the fierce competition, she was also offered three scholarships – from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, ROCK School for Dance Edu-cation in Philadelphia and the Prin-cess Grace Acadamie in Monaco.

Beardmore, then 13, also scored a full scholarship to the School of Amer-ican Ballet in the Lincoln Centre, New York – the training school of the New York City Ballet.

“She went for their summer intensive. It’s basically an audition and they do a draft pick,” Kate says. “She was picked after the second week and given a full scholar-ship to attend.”

“I decided to stay (home) because of family. I wasn’t ready yet,” Sasha says, adding she already had high quality instruction in Victoria from Maureen Eastick at Pacific Dance Centre.

“I have really good training here. I’m happy that I stayed.”

It also meant another year of competition, something she enjoys immensely, and continues to see suc-cess.

Sasha recently won first in con-temporary and second in classical repertoire during the regional Seattle junior YAGP competition that fea-tured 130 contestants from as far afield as Hawaii, Alaska and New Zea-land.

“She really upped her game even from last year,” Kate says.

Sasha earned a return trip to the finals of the Youth American Grand Prix this April.

“I think she is one of the most tal-ented dancers I have taught and I very much want her to experience the New York finals,” says Eastick. “She will have a chance to be seen by the directors of the world’s leading dance companies.”

Always striving, practical yet with dreams, Sasha is one of the hardest workers, according to Janie Keenly-side of Pacific Dance Centre, where Beardmore trains.

“For what Sasha has accomplished she has to go this year,” Keenlyside says, adding they’re planning a fund-raising campaign to help cover asso-ciated costs.

Sasha also earned an invite for the summer intensive at the School of American Ballet again this year, and should a scholarship be offered she’ll again weigh the options.

“She just wasn’t ready to leave home (last year), but she’s been say-ing for a while now she’s ready,” says Kate.

The teen also strikes balance between dreams and reality as she reaches for a career en pointe and plans for post-dance possibilities. “Ideally I’d like to dance profession-

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Communities around B.C. are struggling to cope with the continued influx of what poli-ticians call “homelessness,” a term that suggests the prob-lem can be solved merely by providing more homes.

Taxpaying citizens see the daily reality behind the soothing euphe-misms – mainly transients squatting in parks and “tent cities” blighted by drug abuse and crime, and “home-less” shelters that fill up as soon as they open. They worry that the con-tinued costly sup-ply of supports only invites more arriv-als, particularly in the gentle climate of southwestern B.C.

Their worries are well founded. In Abbotsford, a 40-bed “temporary weather shelter” made from indus-trial camp trailers opened in December with a $450,000 operating grant from B.C. Housing.

It was full in 10 days. Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich told city council in Jan-uary that his bike officers don’t recognize most of the

shelter occupants from their constant patrols of local tent camps, the largest of which has been on a city-owned roadside site since 2013.

In Maple Ridge, a “low-barrier harm-reduction” shelter was opened last fall

in response to a growing tent camp and accompanying drug dealing, pros-titution and petty crime.

One resident noted bitterly that a mayor’s task force had identified 42 unsheltered home-less people, then found places for 77 from the camp, 40 from a closing

“temporary” shelter and 40 in a new shelter. “How exactly does one house 157 out of 42?” she asked.

Victoria’s camping popu-lation has gathered in an Occupy-style squat on pro-vincial land next to the court-house, after years of uncon-trolled camping in Beacon Hill and other city parks.

The city opened a shelter in a vacant Boys and Girls Club gym, complete with new indoor tents. By the time

that was full, the courthouse camp was bigger than ever, with some occupants describ-ing how they came to town for the opportunity. One said Vancouver Police gave her a bus ticket to Victoria.

The latest plan by a local agency that runs Victoria shelters is to convert an old, empty seniors’ care home into a 101-bed permanent housing facility. This would also be “low-barrier,” a euphe-mism for allowing drug and alcohol consumption in the rooms.

The city has come up with around $1 million for this proj-ect, in a residential area next to a school, but it still needs millions more to renovate and run it. This would presumably come from B.C. taxpayers via our social housing czar, dep-uty premier Rich Coleman.

Coleman pioneered this “housing first” experiment in 2007, buying up 13 century-old “single-room occupancy” hotels in Vancouver’s noto-rious Downtown Eastside. These crumbling bedbug hab-itats were bought and reno-vated for a staggering $143 million, plus a 15-year main-tenance commitment and a cop assigned to each one in

an effort to contain the chaos inside.

Coleman brags endlessly about the great job he has done, but how is that actu-ally working? A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers provides a more objective assessment.

Tracking 433 mentally ill homeless adults over 10 years, the study found the concentration of low-rent accommodation, food hand-outs, street outreach and medical supports resulted in “significant personal decline rather than recovery, as evi-denced by their involvement in the criminal justice system, large increases in acute care and prolonged homeless-ness.”

The rate of people arriving in this service-intensive hell-hole has tripled in the last 10 years, a finding similar to studies of concentrated ser-vices in New York, Sao Paulo and Osaka.

It’s a cautionary tale for other urban communities where this failed containment model is proposed.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

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YOUR VIEW

I read with interest two articles in your recent editions.

The first states that Oak Bay council has budgeted $30,000 to deal with deer.

And in the next arti-cle, Oak Bay Volunteer Services is desperately short of cash – to the tune of some $80,000.

A little research shows two things: Oak Bay budgeted a paltry $25,000 last year for the Volunteer Services, and Oak Bay Volunteer Services helps hun-dreds of people a year.

Do the math, Oak Bay council, that’s money spent very badly on attacking wildlife when those with just two legs need it a lot more.

BD YoungOak Bay

Investors fuel real estate prices

I received by mail at my home last week a card from a local real-tor soliciting homes for purchase by inves-tors and foreign pur-chasers from across Canada and in China. It said that they see excellent value in my neighbourhood and are able to pay top dol-lar for my home.

It is the third card of this kind that I have received from different realtors in the past 12 months.

Unfortunately hous-ing, which is a neces-sity and the corner-stone of our society, has been allowed to become a commodity. The patent damage that has and continues to be contributed to by

Two-legged residents need council’s attention, tooinvestors, both foreign and Canadian, to hous-ing markets in parts of southwestern British Columbia is notorious and has been well doc-umented in a number of publications.

There is no doubt that soaring house prices and the reduc-tion of available hous-ing has been fueled by investors in those areas.

Oak Bay is as stable as any residential area in Canada. Housing here is valuable and continues to rise in value.

It is right in the cross-hairs of investors looking to buy. It takes no imagination to visu-

alize the same damage happening here as has happened in the Lower Mainland, in particu-lar on the west side of Vancouver.

Each of us who has any concern at all about the health of our community must urge all three levels of gov-ernment to use their legislative powers to stop this from continu-ing.

Bruce FilanOak Bay

Province, feds should revisit sewage need

We think it is time that the Capital Region

asks the provincial and federal governments to listen to scientists and public health experts like Dr. Shaun Peck and not force Greater Victoria to spend mil-lions of dollars on sew-age treatment that is not necessary at this time and may do more harm to the environ-ment than our unique present system.

It is not too late to stop this emotionally charged process and use our tax dollars more wisely by improv-ing the present system, e. g. dilapidated storm drains etc.

Rennie and Ruth Warburton

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Oak Bay playwright shares her accidental entry into theatreJennifer BlythOak Bay News

A happy accident drew Oak Bay’s Joan MacLeod to playwrit-ing, and away from poetry and prose, but Canadian theatre is the better for it.

“I wanted to be a fiction writer ever since I was a little kid. I always loved writing stories and my dad was a great story-teller,” recalls MacLeod, a University of Victoria professor who grew up in North Vancouver and studied creative writing at UVic and the University of British Columbia.

MacLeod’s The Valley comes to the Belfry Theatre from Feb. 2 to 28.

Directed by former Belfry artistic director Roy Surette, The Valley stars Rebecca Auer-bach, Matt Reznek, Luc Rode-rique (all making their Belfry debuts) and Colleen Wheeler.

MacLeod was attending Banff’s Advanced Writers’ Stu-dio in Poetry when a chance meeting with playwright Alan William, paired with hearing an actor from the Playwright’s Col-

ony read one of her poems on stage, planted the seed of a life in theatre.

“I started hanging out with the playwrights and started being intrigued by what they were doing. ...(It was) very fluky my fall into theatre.”

Her first theatrical turn was a one-person show, Jewel, a monologue by a young New-foundland widow addressed to her dead husband. Tested at Edmon-ton’s Fringe Fes-tival in 1985, the script earned MacLeod accep-tance to Tarragon Theatre’s Play-wright’s Unit in Toronto, where she started work-ing on her first full-length play Toronto, Missis-sippi.

“I enjoyed my time there and I ended up staying for almost eight years and premiering four plays during that time,” she says.

Working under artistic direc-tor Urjo Kareda, “Tarragon was kind of where I came of age.”

Moving west, first to Bowen Island, MacLeod has taught at UVic since 2004.

Translated into eight lan-guages, MacLeod’s work has been produced around the world. Multiple simultaneous productions of The Shape of a Girl toured internationally for four years, including a sold-out run in New York.

Amigo’s Blue Guitar won the 1991 Governor General’s Lit-

erary Award for Drama, while additional Gov-ernor General’s n o m i n a t i o n s include The Hope Slide / Little Sis-ter (1996) andAnother Home Invasion (2009).

In 2011 MacLeod won the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre, which honours a professional

director, playwright or designer who is an acknowledged leader in the theatre and whose work is transformative and influen-tial. She’s currently at work on a new play, Gracie, which will premiere next year.

A common thread weaves through MacLeod’s work.

PLEASE SEE: Research fuels story and

characters, Page A9

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Oak Bay’s Joan MacLeod (right) in rehearsals with Rebecca Auerbach and Luc Roderique for MacLeod’s play The Valley, coming to the Belfry Theatre this month.

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With a particular incident often sparking inter-est in a given theme, from extensive research emerge characters and story.

Amigo’s Blue Guitar dealt with refugee resettle-ment, for example, while The Shape of a Girl, explored the aftermath of a high school bullying tragedy.

MacLeod enjoys researching and finds theatre the natural venue to explore broader themes beyond her personal experience.

“For some reason, theatre motivated me to do that,” she says.

For The Valley, first produced in Calgary in 2013, the initial spark came from the case of Rob-ert Dziekanski, who died after being tasered by police at Vancouver International Airport.

What emerged from her research, however, is a story about depression in many forms, related ideas and misconceptions, and its potential impact.

“Ultimately I think it’s a play about depression and everyday mental illnesses,” she says. “Learn-ing about this was really eye-opening for me.”

Included was the changing role of today’s police, often front-line workers for those with mental illness.

“I became really interested in the police and just how their job description has changed since I was a kid,” MacLeod says.

Described by the Calgary Sun as “a gripping,

emotional play that will have you shifting your allegiances from one character to another as the truth is revealed,” The Valley unfolds around a dra-matic police encounter at a Vancouver SkyTrain station that binds four people together: Connor, an aspiring novelist who has just dropped out of university and suffers a psychotic break while in the throes of severe depression and anxiety; his mother, Sharon, who is dealing with his erratic behaviour; Dan, a new father and Vancouver police officer; and Janie, his wife, who struggles with the demands of motherhood and post-par-tum depression.

As their stories intertwine and unfold, we learn just how hard it is to do the right thing.

“I want to get people to reflect a little bit (about mental illness)...It might be a family member, it might be a friend. People are getting much more (aware) and it’s just a good reminder.”

And while MacLeod explores some darker themes, “I’m always trying to find the light – that’s always the goal,” she says, noting that in the case of The Valley, depression doesn’t need to be a life sentence.

“The end of the play has some hope in it, with-out a doubt.”

Tickets for The Valley range from $23 to $48 (plus GST) and are available at 250-385-6815 or online at tickets.belfry.bc.ca. A limited number of last-minute rush tickets are available at a dis-count for weekday evening performances.

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Extra, extraAccompanying the Belfry’s production of Joan MacLeaod’s The Valley are several audience events:

■ Tower Talks – Catch an in-depth conversation with an artist from each Mainstage production in the Belfry’s new video series, posted online and to the theatre’s YouTube channel.

■ Free Childcare Performance, Sunday, Feb. 14 – Take advantage of free, professional childcare (for ages 3 to 10) at the Springridge Early Childhood Centre, 1222 Gladstone Ave. Limited number of spots available; reserve with the box office at 250-385-6815.

■ Afterplay – Following every evening performance

(except opening night and Talkback Thursday), this facilitated discussion series offers patrons the opportunity to share thoughts with fellow audience members.

■ Talkback Thursday, Thursday, Feb. 11 – A 15 to 20-minute Q&A session following curtain call, when some of the actors return to the stage to answer questions and offer insight into the play.

■ Booksmack, Monday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. – Fast, furious and fun, Greater Victoria Public librarians return to the Belfry for speed reviews of their favourite books.

■ VocalEye Performance, Sunday, Feb. 21 – Trained audio describers provide descriptions of the visual elements of the show, allowing people with low vision to enjoy the theatrical experience without missing any of the details.

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Squirrel Appreciation Day recently celebrated the enter-taining antics of squirrels.

Coming at that time of year when their food may be scarce and our spirits may be down in the winter dumps, the broader idea is to consider the pleasure we get from proximity to urban wildlife, and what its needs are.

Clearly the pressing need for wildlife is suf-ficient space for for-aging, mating, nesting and migrating, even as urban growth and “pavement-creep” eat up the landscape. To protect habitat, con-servationists promote eco-corridors contain-ing continuous tree canopy above, green under-storey below, and space for animals to roam and plants to re-wild.

The key word is “continu-ous,” for islands of green space usually precede the disappear-ance of wildlife (although not the species that like dumpsters, crawlspaces and attics). Private gardens, parks, lanes and boule-vards must be linked, for viable eco-corridors to form.

In The Dirt (http://dirt.asla.org/2010/05/20), Stephen Handel of Rutgers University explains that eco-corridors facilitate the generation and preserva-tion of soils, cycling and move-ment of nutrients, partial stabi-lization of climate, mitigation of droughts and floods, and purifi-cation of air and water.

Eco-corridors help mitigate global warming. Kristina Hill of the University of Virginia reminds us that concrete turns cities into heat islands. Warmer than surrounding countryside, cities are “at the edge of climate change.”

Locally, the species that ben-

efit from linkage of green space and tree canopy include squir-rels, otters, mink, raccoons, deer, songbirds, bees and butter-flies, but their survival depends on the less obvious need to pre-serve soil, and soil’s microbial diversity. According to famed entomologist E.O. Wilson, 6,000 species of bacteria might live in

one handful of soil. As David Suzuki points out in The Sacred Bal-ance, soil is the inter-face between life and air.

In the UK it’s the hedgehog that is most stressed by urban den-sification. Their num-bers have dropped from about 30 million in the 1950s to under one million today.

The British conservation group Hedgehog Street offers tips on how individual property owners can help.

We have no hedgehogs but we could follow their recommenda-tions to protect our own subur-ban wildlife: leave part of your garden wild, include woodpiles for nesting and insects, leave openings in fences and hedges for small animals to get through, put out water, remove plastic from your beds, hang feeders for birds, make bee houses and plant flowers that attract polli-nators.

Locally, the Habitat Acquisi-tion Trust’s Good Neighbours program “work(s) with land-owners to better understand how urban and suburban prop-erties connect to nearby green spaces and provide a valuable network of habitat for species through private landowner stewardship.”

Wildlife-loving property own-ers can do these things, but what is the municipality’s posi-

tion? What about extending and linking parks to private property through eco-corridors?

“There has been no discus-sion,” says Oak Bay Parks Manager Chris Hyde-Lay, “and it would be difficult to put together, considering how frag-mented the landscape is now.” Any future proposal for such a policy, he explains, would go to Parks and then to the recreation commission, which consists of eight members selected by council. “Urban forest manage-ment is a multi-disciplinary mat-ter,” he emphasizes, having “a biological piece, an engineering piece, a recreation, a planning, and a tourism piece …”

We know that eco-corridors benefit plants and animals and combat climate change, but what do they do for the humans? According to Eva Selhub in Your Brain On Nature, in addition to aesthetic benefits, “exposure to nature-based environments is associated with lower blood pressure and reduced levels of stress,” and “sustainability of the planet is ultimately about maintaining an intimate relation-ship with nature.” We know this instinctively, and few parents want their children to grow up with “nature deficit disorder.”

An “emerald necklace” of green spaces such as Frederick Law Olmstead laid out for Bos-ton, would be welcome in Oak Bay. Olmstead’s nephew John Charles Olmstead designed the leafy Uplands estate, where native deer have returned and want only to safely disappear from view with the famous curve. Many people see an emer-ald necklace as a way of sustain-ing both urban wildlife and Oak Bay’s heritage alike.

Barbara Julian is an Oak Bay writer and nature enthusiast.

‘Emerald necklace’ for Oak Bay?

You already know the sentimental value, but if you’d like to know how much your antiques are really worth, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Gallery Associates invite you to this week-end’s fundraiser, What’s it Worth?

“What’s it Worth? allows you to find out the mar-ket value of your treasure and garner insight into its history,” says event co-chair Bill Huzar.

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Routine trips to Mount Wash-ington build Oak Bay High ski team spirit, which in turn appears to boost numbers.

“The ski team doubled in size this year, and has great energy,” said coach, parent and teacher Tina Horwood.

A scant 10 members last year – up from the year before – rolled

into more than 20 for the ski and snowboard team this winter.

During the race series that ended Jan. 11 at Mount Washing-ton, the girls’ ski team clobbered the competition with a total 19 points. Isfield finished second with six points.

“The girls’ ski team blew all the other schools out of the water,” said Horwood.

The top four times form a team: Patricia Horwood second, Henrike Heitmann third, Fionnu-ala McKenna fourth, and Emma Whittaker seventh.

The boys’ ski team tied for first with Vanier with 14 points. Top four skiers included: Logan

Rampton in second, Liam Mor-gan fifth, Jake MacKenzie ninth and Adam Whittaker 10th.

All of the boarders were in top five. In the Boys Snowboard: Josh Waterlander finished third, Tiger fourth and Alex Hutcheson fifth. A great showing out of the 20 boarders. Even without a fourth boarder, the team took second place. In the Girls Snow-board: Brie Neufeld finished sec-ond and Charlotte Arason third.

Horwood’s most-improved award for that race series goes to Lillian Schreiber, who cut her race time in half between her first and second runs. [email protected]

Girls clobber competition on the slopes

Submitted

The Oak Bay High ski team enjoys a bit more snow this year than the two previous seasons. In its third year the team has doubled to 29 members and chaperones.

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FREE Friday Family Day FestivalHenderson Recreation CentreFri., February 5, 5:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Live Music Series - Pablo DiemeckeLatin EnsembleUpstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation CentreFri., February 5, 6:00 pmDoors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm

Superbowl SwimOak Bay Recreation CentreSun., February 7, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pmCelebrate Superbowl Sunday at the Oak Bay Pool. Join the lifeguards for a football themed afternoon!

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Live Music Series - Groove KitchenUpstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation CentreFri., February 12, 6:00 pmDoors open 6pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm

Maestro Tania Miller - Come, Listen, & Enjoy! Carlton House of Oak BayThurs., February 12, 2:00 pmTania will be sharing the mystery behind the baton. Please RSVP, space is limited. 250-595-1914.

Valentine’s 2 for 1 Admission Swim & SkateOak Bay Recreation CentreFri., February 12, 6:30 pm2 events for 1 admission.Swimming & Skating forjust one price.

Valentine’s Sweetheart SkateOak Bay Recreation CentreSat., February 13, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm

Live Music SeriesLynn Miles with Keith GlassOak Bay Recreation CentreFri., February 19, 6:00 pmDoors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm

The Victoria Chamber Orchestra - BeethovenOak Bay United Church Sun., February 21, 2:00 pmTickets sold on website; www.oakbayunitedchurch.ca

Oak Bay Prayer Shawl KnittersSt. Mary the Virgin ChurchMon., February 22 - 2:00 pm

Live Music Series - The Crooked BrothersUpstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation CentreFri., February 26, 6:00 pmDoors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm

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Friday, Feb. 5Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. No registration required.

Social Media Mechanics Lecture – at the Word Guild (Christian Writer’s Group), Christian Book and Music Centre, 7 to 9 p.m. Info: [email protected]

Diemecke Latin Ensemble – Upstairs Lounge Concert Series continues at Oak Bay Rec Centre. Doors at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Tickets from Oak

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Dinner Theatre at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – Weekends through Feb. 20, Double Diamond: A Tribute to Neil Diamond featuring tribute

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visit the front desk or call 250-598-4556.

Saturday, Feb. 6Volkssport 5/6/10km Walk – Meet at Esquimalt Rec Centre, 527 Fraser St. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Hazel, 250-385-5439.

What’s it Worth? – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria fundraiser inviting people to bring up to two portable items, and at least one will be assessed by accredited Kilshaw’s Auctioneers. Choose from a morning or afternoon session at the gallery, 1040 Moss St. Tickets $35. Purchase at the gallery or aggv.ca.

Sunday, Feb. 7 Kiwanis Sunday Morning Breakfast – Oak Bay Kiwanis hosts fundraising breakfast, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room, $10. Proceeds support Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Care Facility.

Volkssport 5/10 km Walk – Meet at Fairfield Community Centre, 1335 Thurlow Rd. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Ada, 778-922-1950.

Mezzo-soprano Barb Towell and pianist Tina Chang – Vancouver Opera musicians perform, 2:30 p.m. in, St. mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Enjoy afternoon of vocal favourites, including classical gems, operatic arias and pop and Broadway songs. Tickets from 1-888-717-6121, oakbaymusic.ca or Ivy’s Bookshop.

Three Worlds Sunday Serenade Concert – featuring Brad Prevedoros, Greg Joy and Niel Golden, 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, East Saanich Rd. at Cultra Ave.) Tickets $15 at the door or reserve at 250-652-1611 [email protected] Info: parishcs.ca.

Monday, Feb. 8Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. For current schedule call Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062.

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What’s Up for February 2016? February morn-ings feature Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lined up across the sky – on the Salish Walk of the Planets for all to enjoy.

The last time this five-planet dawn lineup hap-pened was in 2005. The planets are easy to distin-guish when you use the moon as your guide.

Look for reddish Mars near the moon in the early morning of Feb. 4. This will be south over Port Angeles high in the sky.

As always, the planets will be just like a string of beads across the night sky. The arc (the eclip-tic) is lower to the south in the winter. As the Sun takes the same path during the day, we are all familiar with this change from sum-mer to winter.

On Feb. 3, the moon passes near butterscotch-hued Sat-urn. On the sixth the moon, Mercury and Venus make a pretty triangle before sun-rise. Then it’s Jupiter’s turn to pose with the moon on Feb. 23. Through a telescope, Jupiter’s pale yellow is trans-formed into bands of cream, ochre and tan. Finally, the moon passes Mars again on Leap Day, Feb. 29.

In case you miss this string of planetary pearls this month, you can see all five planets again in August’s sunset sky, though Venus and Mercury will be very close to the horizon for Cattle Point Star Park observers.

Last month, comet Catalina’s curved dust tail and straight ion tail were visible in binoculars and telescopes near two galaxies that are close to the handle of the Big Dipper. Early this month, the comet nears Polaris, the North Star over Sidney. It should be visible all month long for Oak Bay observers.

There will be more opportunities to photo-graph comet Catalina paired with other objects this month. It passes the faint spiral galaxy IC 342 and a pretty planetary nebula named NGC 1501 between Feb. 10 and 29.

For viewers using binoculars, the magnitude-6 comet pairs with a pretty string of stars known as Kemble’s Cascade on Feb. 24.

Finally, through binoculars you should be able to pick out Vesta and Uranus near one another this month. You can use the moon as a guide on Feb. 12 and the corner stars of Pegasus all month long.

You can learn about NASA’s missions to the planets and beyond at nasa.gov.

Dark Skies to all friends of Cattle Point Star Park.

Summary by Bill Smith and the RASCals of Cattle Point, volunteers at Cattle Point DARK SKY Urban Star Park, is from the transcript of “What’s Up In February 2016” by NASA announcer and astrono-mer Jane Houston Jones, with specific permission for localization to the Oak Bay News.

Planets align over Oak Bay

Bill SmithDark Skies

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FOOTLOOSEThe Musical

Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter BobbieBased on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford

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