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Sidewalks still a distant dreamBritt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

The Land Use and Envi-ronment Committee held their monthly meeting on Monday, March 18.

The first item for dis-cussion, the impact oflogging on Strata 5352, presented by Dr. ParvezKumar. The neighbouring land is owned by BeecherBay First Nations, also known as Scia’new, and there is some indication that logging might occur. It came up during this conversation that Sooke does not have a Steep Slop Development plan.

By the end of the discus-sion, members of the Stratawere encouraged to start a dialogue with the Beecher Bay First Nations to dis-cuss their concerns. Maja Tait made the motion that staff should investigate a steep slope bylaw for pre-sentation to council so that council can follow up with this. The motion was seconded and it passed.

The next item on the agenda was the Silver Spray development in East Sooke. A presentation was made by Michael Thorn-ton, where he requested approval for a temporary cottage to be built on a rocky area within the required 15

metre horizontal setback, subject to an engineer-ing assessment. Council agreed with his proposal.

Once the presentations were done pre-application meetings with potentialdevelopers and property owners was discussed.

Randy Clarkston, a Sooke resident who owns andruns West Coast Design and Development Ser-vices, said that the Sooke process is immature and cumbersome, and that he advises his clients to wait until Sooke matures as a municipality. One time, said Clarkston, it took eight months for a variance request for one inch in a garage to be sent out, fromthe time of application.

Council agreed that the conversa-tion needs to continue.

The discussion of Bylaws 65 and 70 was tabled for another meet-ing, possibly a special meeting, as this committee meets only once a month.

There was also some discussion on the require-ment of amenities that developers are required to bring into a development (sidewalks, services and other amenities). The issue of amenties was ultimately referred back to staff for more research and input.

Judy Burgess photo

Dinner time!A photograph of a Cooper’s Hawk, taken this week in our plum tree on Broom Hill. The Cooper’s Hawk is one of the smaller hawks. Beautiful but deadly — if one happens to be a Pine Siskin. This Cooper’s Hawk waits near our bird feeder to catch meals, often an unaware Pine Siskin. His hunting skills are fast and effective. We call him “Zap.” Sad for the small bird, but Zap has to eat!

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Arthritis not just for adultsDisease doesn’t

discriminate with age

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

When one hears a medi-cal diagnosis of arthritis, they might fairly assume the patient is elderly.

This was not the case when Sandra Cameron of Sooke first heard the diagnosis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Her first response was “Yeah, right!,” in utter disbelief, fol-lowed by a sharp, “This can’t be right!”

In this case, the patient being diagnosed was not elderly — quite the opposite. The patient being diagnosed was Sandra’s one-and-a-half-year old daughter, Kailen. For Sandra, it was inconceivable that her toddler could have arthritis.

It all started with a visit to the beach. “Last year [Kailen] was with my in-laws. They have a trailer down at the beach,” explained Sandra, “When she came back the next day, she was limping. We thought she had rolled her ankle. We took her to the doc-tor, and the doctor said it was just a mild injury.”

Sandra and her husband Scott have two other chil-dren (Paiton 12 and Averie 5). They were used to the normal aches, tumbles, and growing pains. But this time around things were different. Young Kailen’s pain was not subsid-ing.

“A week later it still hadn’t gone away,” Sandra contin-ued, “So we went back to the doctor who then said there is something more to this, and she referred us to an orthope-dic surgeon.”

It took two months to get in to see the surgeon — a long time when you are watching your young child in constant pain. “She was really stiff in the morning. She couldn’t walk properly, and she really was in pain,” said Sandra. Bearing

witness was difficult, espe-cially in one so young. “You don’t know what she’s going through. You don’t know how much pain she is really in.”

By the time the surgeon’s appointment came around, Kailen’s foot had completely turned out at the ankle. Even though the two-month wait seemed painfully long, the diagnosis from the surgeon came relatively quickly. Many are not that lucky. According to the Arthritis Society’s web-site (arthritis.ca), “It may take longer for children and teen-agers with JIA to be diagnosed because many people (even doctors) do not realize that children and teenagers can get arthritis!”

Kailen had what’s known as oligoarticular JIA. Accord-ing to the Canadian website, aboutkidshealth.ca, this is the most common type. “It affects up to four joints in the first six months of symptoms.” The most affected joints are knee, ankle, wrist and elbow, comes with a high risk of eye disease called uveitis, and tends to affect girls more than boys. When the joints are seri-ously affected for a prolonged period of time, growth can be impeded.

Kailen has the eye disease, and has “three joints on her left side that are affected: her

index finger, her knee and her ankle,” said Sandra.

Her family doctor confirmed the diagnosis, and it was then a relatively short two-week wait to see the pediatrician, Dr. Roxana Bolaria, from the Victoria Arthritis centre.

Having a diagnosis often helps put suffering into con-text — a manageable frame-work. But when something unexpected hits you, it often hits full-force. For Sandra, the additional emotions were overwhelming.

One of the hardest things Sandra had to cope with was the sense of guilt — the belief that there was some-t h i n g she as a m o t h e r c o u l d h a v e done dif-ferently. “ W h e n we first got diag-n o s e d , I ques-t i o n e d e v e r y -t h i n g . I ques-t i o n e d f o o d

choices, medications I’d given her when she was sick, immu-nizations. A whole host of things go through your head, like ‘How could I have stopped this?’ There was the impend-ing sense that the choices that I’ve made have done this.”

But, as the Arthritis Soci-ety explains on their website (arthritis.ca), “’idiopathic’ means the cause is not known.”

After a time trying to find the right treatment, Sandra and Scott settled on an oral medicine. When they went to a type of autoimmune medi-cine that also acts as a chemo drug, Sandra broke down. “You feel bad and you want to be strong, and you want to be able to handle it all ... you can’t. And I completely broke down. And they [at the Victo-ria Arthritis Centre] said, ‘This is a normal response, it’s ok.’”

Sandra was told that it takes time for the medicine to work. After three months, the change came ... literally over-night. At first, Sandra was cau-tiously optimistic, as it may have been just the euphemis-tic good day.

But the change was real. “In one day, she became a differ-ent kid,” said Sandra. “These good days have continued, and now Kailen is jumping, skipping and singing as a two year old should.”

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Two-year-old Kailen Cameron was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis six months ago.

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Lioness 10th annual Garage Sale takes place Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sooke Community Hall (2037 Shields Road). For tables or info, contact Anne at 250-642-2359 or Jo at 250-642-3885.

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group called “Show Time” is holding a silen t auction fundraiser at the Holy Trinity Church on Friday March 22 starting at 6 p.m.

John Muir’s students worked hard to raise funds for the Sooke Food Bank, not the Sooke News Mirror as we mistakenly wrote on Pg. 11 in last week’s paper! The money did indeed go directly to the intended destination. We’re sorry for any distress this error may have caused. The kids worked hard, and both they and their beneficiary — the Sooke Food Bank — deserve proper recognition.

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SOOKE R.C.M.P. FOR keeping our roads safe from distracted and impared drivers! They had a road block Saturday night on Grant at West Coast Road.

“It’s been an incredible journey thus far, and it’s getting easier. The nicest thing is seeing Kailen’s change, the day-to-day not being so difficult. She jumps downstairs now, she runs more than she used to.” Kailen is now “doing great.”

Sandra’s words of advice cut to core of maternal guilt: “The biggest thing is, it’s nothing you did. It’s not your fault. And that with the help [of whatever resources are available to you] that it will get eas-ier.” She adds that parents should “Watch for the signs, and be persistent.” You will have to be your child’s advocate.

Resources that are available include the web-sites mentioned above (arthritis.ca and aboutkid-shealth.ca) as well as the Victoria Arthritis Cen-tre, located at 2680 Richmond Avenue in Victoria. There are currently 1 Rheumatology, 5 Physiother-apists and 1 Pediatrician available to assist you. Dial Toll-Free (888) 549-5651 ext. 40709

Juvinile arthritisContinued from page A2

Arthritis 101Just the facts

March is Childhood Arthritis Awareness Month. The following information comes from the Canadian Arthritis Society, (arthritis.ca). If you have any concerns, speak with your doctor.

Childhood arthritis, or juvenile arthritis (JA), occurs among boys and girls under the age of 16. It can be defined as continuous inflam-mation (pain, stiffness and swelling) of one or more joints lasting at least six weeks for which no other cause can be found.

Symptoms of JA include joint pain, morn-ing stiffness, joint swelling and problems with mobility. These symptoms interfere with regu-lar activities, such as being physically active, playing with friends and going to school.

The pain of arthritis affects a child’s quality of life and overall well-being.

The onset of JA may follow an event that turns on the immune system, causing it to be overactive by perhaps responding inappropri-ately to an infection or mistakenly identify-ing something as an infection, thereby causing continuous inflammation.

The warning signs of JA include any of the fol-lowing symptoms occurring over a few weeks:

Inflamed joints (red, swollen and warm to • the touch).Stiffness in the morning or after waking • from naps.Limping or difficulty using an arm or leg.•

JA differs from arthritis that affects adults. The unique features associated with JA are:

a) irregular growth problems that cause dis-comfort;

b) an increased likelihood for “chronic uveitis,” which is inflammation of the eye caus-ing reduced vision; and

c) painful flare-ups and disease remission that can come and go without warning.

POLICE BEAT

Steve Arnett photo

Police held a roadblock Saturday, March 16 on the corner of Grant and West Coast Roads.

The Sooke RCMP have no major incidents to report. The police were out on Saturday evening performing road checks at Grant and West Coast Road. They will be performing safety checks on a regular basis throughout the spring, where they will be looking for alcohol consumption and seat-belt compliance. They will also be looking for driv-ers who are talking, texting or tweeting.

Drivers are reminded that using hand-held

devices while driving is illegal, even when you are stopped at a red light. According to ICBC, dis-tracted driving is the third leading cause of fatal card accidents in B.C. There are an average of 94 deaths per year due to someone using a personal electronic device (aka a cell phone) while driving. “Keep your eyes upon road, your hands upon the wheel” has never made more sense.

The organizer of the Shirley Market is look-ing for vendors. There are 30 tables available, and half of them have already been spoken for.

This year’s Shirley Market has its season’s opening on May 4 and will run on Sundays through until Septem-ber 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Founder and orga-nizer Christopher Lucas says that the Shirley Market received over-whelming support from the community last

year. Then, the market ran every second Sun-day, and it achieved a total yearend gross rev-enue of $21,000. This year, the market will run twice as often, open every Sunday. Lucas would like to thank the CRD for their support for this season.

There are three differ-ent rates available, full season pre-paid, blocks of time, and drop in.

You can reach Lucas by phone (250-900-8817) or email ([email protected]).

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Ruth passed peacefully in her home after a 5 year battle with Dementia. She is survived by her husband of 46 years Floyd Miller (Fruitvale), her fi ve daughters, and 9 grandchildren. For the past year she had become well known in the Fruitvale area for her love of music, long walks and her mischievous smile. But most of all for her love of Jehovah God. Previously Ruth and Floyd had been an active part of the Sooke Community, on Vancouver Island where they had owned and operated the Otterpoint Bakery for 12 years. She will always be lovingly remembered for her playfulness, generosity, hard work and ability to create specialness out of the ordinary. Please join us in a memorial of her life at the Sooke Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, March 23, 2013 at 2pm, 2207 Church Road.

RUTH MILLER May 1949 – March 1, 2013


Community logo contest opensWhat does volunteering mean to you? Did you know that

prior to the Second World War the Sooke area was home to fivenon-profit organizations? Now, we boast 160+ strong. We are touched on a regular basis by those in our midst who give backto the community where they live. National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to find out more, offer our gratitude and findopportunities to give back.

The Sooke Region Volunteer Centre (SRVC) Committee isgearing up to celebrate National Volunteer Week April 21 – 27, 2013. The main event will be the Second Annual Sooke RegionVolunteer Fair to be held Saturday, April 27 at the Sooke Com-munity Hall.

The Committee is also sponsoring a logo competition. They invite the community to submit their ideas for a logo for the Sooke Region Volunteer Centre. Draw or print your ideas on a standard sheet of white paper. On the back please write a one paragraph description of what volunteering means to you, as well as your name, age if a minor, and contact information.Submissions should be in an envelope and can be mailed to or dropped off at Volunteer Centre Committee , c/o Sooke ChildYouth and Family Centre, 2145 Townsend Road, Sooke, B.C. V9Z OH3, or email them to [email protected].

The entry deadline is April 2. The contest is open to residents of the Sooke region of all ages. The winner will be announced atthe April 27 Volunteer Fair.

“Our Mission,” says Johanne Thompson, Volunteer Coordina-tor, “is to enhance community spirit within the region by being a strong and relevant voice that promotes and supports volun-teerism through collaboration with volunteers and volunteer-involving organizations. Our first ever Volunteer Fair in June of last year was a huge success. This one will be even better!”

Thompson is excited about the projects SRVC has on the go, with more in the works. Recently, the District of Sooke was awarded a grant from the Union of B.C. Municipalities for the Sooke SeniorsVolunteers Connections project. SRVC will be con-ducting the work of this grant and it will bringtogether youth and seniors in the Sooke Region to collaborate on a vision for volunteering and coop-erative intergenerational needs. It will also offer groups the opportunity to provide input on thedevelopment of a Volunteer Centre for the Region.

The second annual Volunteer Fair will be open to non-profit and community groups to showcase their work. Community members are invited to come and see what’s happening in our region, meet the agencies that are hard at work in the area, and find out what makes us a ‘Volunteer Capital of Canada.’

“It will be a family event” says Nicky Logins, SVRC member, “with even more fun activities thanlast year’s fair.”

To find out more please watch our website at www.sookere-gionresources.com, or contact Johanne Thompson, Volunteer Coordinator at 250-514-8865 or [email protected].

Johanne Thompson, Sooke Region Volunteer Centre

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The Sooke Region Volunteer Centre is looking for a new logo. Submit your entry to the SRVC by April 2.

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A Great Big Thank YouA Great Big Thank YouTake a look at the upper right hand side of the Legion building (above the stairs) when you come to the Legion or drive by. Our *new* sign for the Sooke Pipes and Drums was installed on Sunday, February 3rd and it looks fabulous.Tom Warran and Doug McKenzie with the Sooke Fire Department brought over the ladder truck to help with the installation, with prior approval from Mayor Wendal Milne and Fire Chief Steve Sorensen. Dave Green, Kevin Duffett and Peter McBride were also instrumental in the installation of the sign.Tom and Dave went up, down, across and over on the ladder taking down the old signs and installing the new sign. Doug worked the remote control from the ground and appeared to be having a lot of fun doing it. Kevin (a new member with the Legion), a lines man in the military went up on the roof with Peter (a member of the Sooke Pipes and Drums) and lowered the sign for the guys to power drill into the wall. I actually think they all had fun doing this project.The Sooke Pipes and Drums gave a donation to the Sooke Fire Fighters Historical Fund as they are refurbishing their antique fi re truck in preparation for their 100th Anniversary Celebrations.Dave graciously donated his time and skills to framing, painting and installing the new sign. The Band is indeed grateful for all the hard work performed by all to install the sign.A great big thank you goes out to Tom, Doug, Dave, Kevin and Peter. You guys ROCK!

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A water main cleaning program will be carried out in various areas of Colwood, Langford and View Royal between January 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013.Short periods of low pressure and discolouration of water can be expected. Commercial establishments such as laundromats and beauty salons will receive advance warning of flushing in their vicinity. If you require such notification, please contact CRD Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC, at 250.474.9619.In no case can responsibility be accepted for any damage arising out of the use of discoloured water.

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25-million-year-old fossils from Sooke on displayThe Victoria Palaeontology Society

will hold its 17th Fossil Fair on March 23-24, 2013, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Road in Victoria. Admis-sion is by donation.

The Fossil Fair will display a rich and diverse variety of ancient fossil animals and plants from the Cambrian (550 mil-lion years ago) to the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago). Fossils will be displayed from Vancouver Island, other parts of British Columbia and other areas. The fossils include dino-saur bones, ammonites, trilobites, cor-als, mollusks, insects, giant palm leaves and microscopic fossils.

“Among the displays will be 25 million year old Sooke Formation fossils from the Muir Creek area which may be of

interest to the Sooke community,” writes Tom Cockburn, the Vice-Chair of the Vic-toria Palaeontology Society in an email.

Special displays will include:Large fossil teeth (loaned by Royal

British Columbia Museum) and informa-tion about extinct sea mammals called Desmostylids that lived on the Pacific coast, including Vancouver Island;

A poster that transforms a large fossil ammonite into an in-life image, bringing visitors eye-to-eye with the extinct giant cephalopod;

An initiative to designate a Provincial Fossil for British Columbia.

The Fossil Fair is an educational expe-rience for all age groups. The public is invited to bring in fossils for identifi-cation. Specific activities for children include a sandbox fossil dig, fossil scav-

enger hunt with prizes, fossil colour-ing and rubbings and looking through microscopes.

The Victoria Palaeontology Society cooperates with professional palaeon-tologists undertaking research on fossils collected by society members. Informa-tion will be provided on some of the sci-entific contributions made by members, including the discovery and naming of new species. All scientifically impor-tant fossils are donated to the RBCM. The Society is a member of the British Columbia Paleontological Alliance, an umbrella organization representing the interests of a number of paleontological organizations in the province.

Visit www.vicpalaeo.org for more infor-mation.

The first Anglican priest resident in Sooke was the Reverend John Lancaster. The year was 1963 and John and Miriam were newly married. A cottage next to the church had been reno-vated as a manse.

The young couple were just the right assets for the parish and for Sooke in that time. Tall, dark and handsome John got right to work improving the church alongside the men of the parish.

This 1964 photograph, copied from the Grapevine (forerun-ner of the Sooke News Mirror) demonstrates hand mixing con-crete for the basement floor of the original Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Murray Road. Holy Trinity celebrates its 100th anni-versary this summer, and the Lancasters mark their 50th wed-ding anniversary this August as well.

Miriam joined in with other Sooke women to teach Red Cross swimming classes at Sunny Shores open air pool. John got right to work with the guys in the community, helping with All Sooke Day and the activities of Sooke Community Association. He served as a director, and in 1967 as chair of that organization.

1967 was Canada’s Centennial year, and it fell to John to chair Sooke’s Centennial Committee as well. His easy humour made him a favourite with youth groups who met in the refurbished church basement, and with the adults as well. He laughingly recalls “I started out at All Sooke Day, clearing the picnic tables and picking up garbage, and rose through the ranks to become chair.”

John and family left Sooke in 1968, he then studied in Princ-eton, N.J. before joining the staff of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. They spent 1976 in St. Andrews Scotland, then returned to Victoria. He was then appointed Archdeacon of Quatsino and rector of the Church of St John the Divine in Courtenay. Both John and Miriam, a piano teacher and church music director for many years, are now retired and live in Vancouver.

Elida Peers, HistorianSooke Region Museum

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Rev. John Lancaster, leveling off the floor of the Holy Trinity Church basement.

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On March 9, 2013, one of Sooke’s family doc-tors, Dr. Anton Rabien, received a Top 20 Under 40 award.

This first annual Top 20 Under 40 was to rec-ognize business and community leaders on Van-couver Island under the age of 40 who are con-sidered to be ahead of our time. According to the 20under40.ca website, “’This means they’ve progressed up the ranks of their company, indus-try or organization or have built their own com-pany and demonstrated professional success and responsibility at a relatively young age.”

The awards were determined by five judges, one from each of the five regions on Vancou-ver Island (Victoria, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni/West and Comox/North). The ceremo-nies were held at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtney.

Rabien was one of over 100 people nominated, and on March 9th he received his award.

Rabien’s passion for medicine took him to var-ious cities and towns in B.C., the Territories and New Zealand. After his return home to Sooke and starting a family medicine practice he spent the last six years, with his local colleagues, to successfully lobby VIHA to select Sooke as an Integrated Health Network and provide special-ist care to the patients

Additionally, Rabien is involved in the provi-sion of community-based palliative care in the region, works as a clinical assistant professor at UBC, and volunteers as a mentor with the Island Medical Program.

And as if that weren’t enough to keep him busy, Rabien is also one of three professionals

who created B.C. Coastal Homes, whose man-date is to convert the 40-acre Montague estate into a community built with minimal environ-mental impact.

Rabien’s medical practice is located at the West Coast Family Medical Clinic, at 6660 Sooke Rd. in the Evergreen Mall.

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Dr. Anton Rabien, one of Sooke’s family doctors, was awarded a Top 20 Under 40 award March 9, at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtney.

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A portable mortgage can save you money Mortgages usually have an amortization period of 25 years, with a typical mortgage term of fi ve years, but you can get one that offers the option to move that mortgage from one property to another. If you think your new home will not be your last home, mortgage portability is an option you should consider.

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LOOKING BACKA look through the Sooke News

Mirror archives:

March 19, 2008Townhouses get go aheadThe delegation representing

Roads End Holdings was happy as it left District of Sooke council chambers on March 10.

Council had followed a staff recommendation to approve a development permit application for the construction of a 20 town-house complex in the Stone Ridge Estates residential subdivision west of the corner of French Road and Beaton Road.

The plan calls for 20 premium two-story townhouses in a devel-opment called The Rise on an ele-vated location with ocean views.

March 19, 2003Gas prices continue to riseHow high will it go?Last week gasoline unexpect-

edly jumped from 88.4 cents per litre to 91.4 a litre jump on March 1, leaving everyone to ponder when it will stop.

Faye Thompson, a co-owner of Sooke’s Petro-Canada station, said she got a call last week telling her to raise the price to 91.5. There had been no forewarning about the 3.1 cent/litre rise.

March 18, 1998Journey’s bully-proofing pro-

gram recognized among Cana-da’s top five

Journey Middle School stu-dents were celebrating Friday

after learning their Bully Proof-ing program had been selected as one of five finalists for the 1998 Regional Commonwealth Youth Service Awards.

The program was selected from 31 Canadian entries and was cho-sen because it meets a need in the community and is man-aged and run by youth.

March 16, 1988Sooke bingo’s number is

almost up because of city competition

The Sooke Athletic Associa-tion’s weekly bingo night in the Community Hall is feeling the pinch from the competition of the bigger bingo parlours in Victoria, says Monique Joli-

coeur, bingo director. She says that despite offering

new games and improving the facilities with the addition of a board on which to display num-bers, attendance is still dwin-dling.

This would be a serious turn of events for the Sooke Athletic Association, which relies on 20 per cent of its income to finance such activities as hockey, soccer, lacrosse, figure skating and soft-ball from Bingo.

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The Sooke fire department attends a gas-spill clean-up on the corner of West Coast Rd. and Whiffin Spit Rd this morning around 9:30. Chief Stephen Sorensen estimates it to be a five to 10 litre spill, and none of it reached the creek. The source is unknown. The fire department received a call from the local RCMP about the gas on the road.

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EDITORIAL Rod Sluggett PublisherPirjo Raits EditorBritt Santowski Reporter

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VICTORIA – There was some public business conducted in the final frantic days of the B.C. legislature session last week, but you likely wouldn’t have heard much about it.

Premier Christy Clark’s skimpy governing agenda was overshadowed by the delivery of an internal investigation report into her government’s ethnic outreach program.

A review by four deputy ministers detailed what reporters already knew from a memo and meeting notes leaked to the NDP. The plan started in the premier’s office, led by Clark’s deputy chief of staff, who resigned as soon as it was made public.

A B.C. Liberal Party employee attended the first meeting, expressly intended to organize events to impress immigrant communities, then harvest the goodwill in the form of contact lists for the coming election campaign.

After 10,000 e-mails were collected and 27 interviews conducted, they revealed a few significant details.

Former multiculturalism minister John Yap knew or should have known that the scheme was being kept secret because it was an inappropriate use of government resources. He won’t be back in cabinet, although Clark said he intends to run for re-election in Richmond-Steveston.

Yap’s executive assistant resigned when the report came

out, admitting he helped cover the tracks of political meddling in the hiring of three outreach contractors with sufficient loyalty to the party.

Clark insists she knew nothing of this plan. She tabled the investigation report, and then announced that the B.C. Liberal Party had written a $70,000 cheque to the government to cover the estimated cost of the inappropriate political work done by non-

political staff.Here’s the part

taxpayers may not fully appreciate. There

are authorized political staffers all over the legislature, in the premier’s office, the opposition leader’s office and two teams of caucus employees who spend much of their time digging up dirt on the other party. All are paid by you and me.

A line is crossed only when a non-political employee such as a ministry communications director acts on behalf of the party. The main offender in that capacity was one Brian Bonney, whose records suggested he spent half of his time on party work. He quit in February, before the plan was leaked, and the party paid back half of his salary for the 18 months he was on the public payroll.

NDP outrage over this was blunted by another leaked document. This one was from a never-released 2010 report by Auditor General John Doyle, which condemned a five-year program

of skimming money from NDP constituency office budgets all over the province and using it for political work.

In a nice bit of symmetry, much of the more than $400,000 was spent to put three-time candidate Gabriel Yiu on the NDP caucus payroll. Yiu’s Vancouver-Fraserview candidate page boasts of his ethnic outreach work, which included tirelessly warning B.C.’s Chinese community about the evils of the harmonized sales tax.

In fact, it was the NDP-Yiu operation that inspired a B.C. Liberal copycat plan.

The NDP quietly stopped the budget skimming after Doyle pointed out the blindingly obvious, which is that constituency funds are to serve constituents and are not to be diverted to political organizing.

It was kept under wraps by the secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. This is the B.C. Liberal-NDP co-managed trough of undocumented MLA expenses and other questionable payments that Doyle has only recently dragged into the light.

Both of these schemes have the same stink. Both are intentional abuse of taxpayers’ money for the political gain of the dominant parties. There is no moral high ground for either of them.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Two-week March break too costly

OUR VIEW

When I was in grade five, March break promised a wonderful time where I could just play, play, play. Nowadays, looking at it through the lens of a single working parent, it’s not so deliciously simple.

Our education system was structured in an era that saw families living on a single income. One parent worked at a job (for pay), and the other worked at home (typically without pay).

Today’s harsh reality is that single-income homes

exist only when there is no other choice (i.e. it’s run by a single parent). Fact of the matter is that the costs of living over the past 40 years have escalated, and wages have not kept pace. According to a UBC study, incomes have flatlined since the 1970’s whereas housing costs have skyrocketed 76 per cent. These numbers account for inflation. Nowadays, March break is a gross inconvenience. Why? Because March break in today’s framework means that parents — whether it’s one or two — need to either dole out extra money for expensive day camps or take time off work — which can be equally expensive when measured in terms of lost income. And when that one week threatens to become two, it can consume the entire annual vacation entitlement of one parent. It means choosing between time off in March or at Christmas time.

That’s asking a lot. Especially of single parents who don’t have a second calendar to fall back on.

Bottom line: A two-week spring break is primarily a cost-saving strategy for school boards. According to the Vancouver Courier, school board closures in their district returns a savings of about $100,000 a day. Whatever the district, downloading that cost to parents is just another hidden tax. One we can certainly do without.

Downloading costs to parents is unacceptable

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We asked: What do you think of a two-week March break? (For those without kids in the education system, the Greater Victoria School District, or SD61,

currently has a two-week March break, whereas Sooke, or SD62, has one)

They should co-ordinate them so that families with

kids in different districts can have the same time

together.

Helen McNeil,Sooke

It would be awesome! Victoria is lucky to get two

weeks. I would be really happy with that. I’d play

hockey and visit my best friend a lot.

Andre Dupuis Jr, Sooke

I would like two weeks. I would jump on the

trampoline, play a lot and visit my friends

Zoe Evans,Sooke

We’re lucky we don’t have it. It’s expensive and hard

to co-ordinate. What parent has two weeks to burn ei-

ther in vacation time or with additional child care costs?

Andre Dupuis,Sooke

Compassion for pets needed

The Sooke Animal Food and Rescue soci-ety has entered in their second year of serving the community. How did we feel in the first year? What have we learned?

In the beginning, we felt we were pulling a very heavy wagon uphill. From a very small group of vol-unteers starting with nothing, we are ecstatic with how much we have achieved. We knew from the start that our task would be difficult, but we never imag-ined to what extent.

Our first mission was to control the feral cat colonies to prevent overpopula-tion, but as the months passed our phone calls increased by 90 per cent. Sooke residents finally have someone to rescue the hurt pet that someone has dumped in their yard.

In our first year, we rescued 50 abandoned animals; can you imag-ine how many unwanted pets in the years to come? People abandon their pets because they cannot pay for their food or vet bills. Appar-ently, helping a pet found in somebody’s yard is not a govern-ment duty; so we have to act. And in order to act, we need help from you, the community.

The most recent and sad example was a 14-year-old boy losing his dog due to a severe skin infection. This

tragedy could have been prevented just by donating hypoaller-genic dog food to the boy’s mother. We have three similar cases where we cannot pro-vide this expensive food to pet owners. The point we want to make is that we should not discriminate against those who cannot afford to buy food for their pets. In many cases a pet is the only moral support that a child, elder, abused/disabled/depressed person has. When a child is bul-lied in school, or when a disabled person is socially belittled, their pet is always waiting with unconditional love.Please, open your hearts and donate to our rescue society; call us at 778-352-2999 or check our website www.safars.org.

Margarita Dominguez,

Sooke Animal Food and Rescue Society

$300,000 bike park wasteful

I can’t believe the bike track proposal for John Phillips Memorial Park is actually back on council’s agenda. This time with a $300,000 price tag and construc-

tion of storage sheds and outdoor toilets, and in full view of quiet residential neighbour-hoods. Also, I believe the understanding is that the Sooke Bike Club will maintain said 1.8 hectare park and their toilets with the help of all their vol-unteers/members/supporters. Right!

The Sooke Bike Club couldn’t even man-age to come up with the $3.600 they need for planning costs. Sooke tax payers had to foot that bill. Oh, and don’t forget, this is a “five year project.”

Mr. Mayor and Sooke Council why not give some thought to the following more relevant issues that really mean something to Sooke residents:

1) The Sooke Food Bank is desperately in need of goods to help Sooke residents in need. Even Grades 1 and 2 students at John Muir School seem more eager to contribute to the food bank than you do.

2) The COmmunity Hall needs a new roof and the Association has to cover substan-tial monthly expenses.

3) The sewage treatment plant is severely underfunded. Does that mean our taxes are increasing?

And the list goes on!Yet, for some reason,

Sooke Council and cer-tain staffers seem to be irrationally obsessed

with investing time, effort and substantial amounts of taxpayer money on a bike race track. For you to take our public green space without public consul-tation and hand it over to a small, private, spe-cial interest group is absolutely outrageous.

Tell us what’s wrong with that picture? Why have the priori-ties of the mayor and council gone so terri-bly wrong? You need to give more consid-eration for the greater good of all Sooke resi-dents and taxpayers.

Speak up Sooke tax-payers. This is our tax money they are wast-ing, and our public land they are giving away.

Stuart and Carolyn Katorsky,

Sooke

Bike Skills Park skips public process

Assuming that Rick Kasper was quoted correctly in the March 13 Sooke News Mirror (Public will have say on Bike Skills Park) as say-ing about a public hear-ing on the Bike Skills Park, that “he did not want council to appear to pre-judge the public process,” did this not already occur when council handed out

$3,600 of our money to “draw up plans” for it?

As pointed out in a previous “Letters” (News Mirror, Nov. 21, 2012), the bike park was not the first instance in which coun-cil and staff have made up their minds well before any pro-forma hearings were held. Granted, such a plug is commonly used by higher levels of gov-ernment to give the appearance of public input when the course of action has already been decided, but must we be so-duped at the local level as well?

Incidentally, I don’t much care about the actual outcome of this proposal, although it does seem that there are other suitable loca-tions available for the Bike Skills Park; but I lost interest in the fate of the John Phillips Memo-rial Golf Course long ago, when a previous administration turned over a large chunk of it to developers.

D i c kMomsen

Sooke

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In response to the letters in the March 6th paper (No dogs wanted at Pond Park, Dog free park at Spit, etc), I would ask that you all think of this as a people park, for peo-ple with, or without dogs, a place where people can socialize and take their dogs for some exercise. I would challenge any of you to visit the dog park in Duncan. It is a place where the “regu-lars” gather with their coffee, their children and their dogs (there is even a coffee/bagel kiosk next to the park). We often find there are people there who do not own a dog, they just enjoy watch-ing the activities. It is clean and every-one picks up after their dogs. It is not noisy. The dogs are free to run and play in a confined space. The people become friends. While I’m not suggesting that giving people a safe place to exercise their dogs will solve the prob-lems at Whiffin Spit, maybe it will help. So, rather than just say-ing “no” to the park, why not work with us to find a solution?

Patricia Marsh,East Sooke

Cash with appology in Asian cultures

Re: Letters: How far back do we go? — a Sooke News Mirror editorial published in the Langley Times, March 13, 2013.

Unfortunately, like many people today, the Editor or Edito-rial Writer for the Sooke News Mirror has no understand-ing of Asian cultures, where a small amount of money enclosed in an envelope that accompanies an apol-ogy, no matter how small the amount is, helps in the forgive-ness of a wrong-doing.

As for apologizing for wrong-doings in the past, some wrong-doings then were in contravention of the law of the day or of

a treaty that was per-tinent to the area in which the wrong-do-ing was carried out, or in the two cases cited, to the morality of the so-called “Christian” Canadians for the day, but ignored for the sake of political con-venience as bigotry seemingly ran amok — undoubtedly a carry-over from our British cultural background.

Unfortunately, peo-ple in Canada, before and after Confedera-tion, have chosen to ignore laws and other wrong-doings that they don’t like or that might upset them.

And as for our polit-ical leaders, it seems that re-election is a greater concern than being morally correct.

As our world becomes more cultur-ally diverse, it is wise to address wrong-doings in a way that will make the recipi-ent of the apology feel that the wrong-doer’s descendants realize the error that their ancestors have made and are genuinely apologizing for it.

G.E. MacDonell,Abbotsford, B.C.

Find better location for Tim Hortons

In March 13 letters by M Reynolds (Tim Hortons has Canadian Roots) and Mary Coll (Stay away from the bland), there was no mention of the specific location proposed for a Tim Hortons with mandatory drive-thru.

If people want one or they don’t, most agree that it is the wrong location, at the corner of Sooke Road and Dover Street. It is an uncontrolled inter-section, at the edge of the elementary school zone where parents turn to pick up and drop off chil-dren. It is already a congested corner, par-ticularly at rush hour.

Downhill, Dover is the only two-way access in and out of our quiet residential neighbourhood. We are not in the down-town core, and no place for this high-impact business.

Highways tells us the access to a Tim Hortons would be on Lanark; our only resi-dential street which is parallel to Sooke Road. It is used as a safer walking route for school children, parents with stroll-ers and dog walkers.

All our other streets are dead ends, and we could very easily be trapped by traffic with no other way out. If there was an acci-dent on Larnark, since it connects us all, we couldn’t even get an emergency vehi-cle in to our homes.

According to B.C. Assessment, our retired neighbours with lovely homes and gardens would see their property values drop, if the company with the Canadian roots were to move in. These long-time residents would be uprooted by traffic, pollution and noise 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. How sad is that?

Linda Batty,Sooke

Open letter to council

There is a miscon-ception that “the naysayers”, ( taxpay-ers) are opposed to a bike skills park.

I believe that the issue is, not in John Philips’ Memorial park, next to residen-tial homes in a park which is for everyone.

The idea that chil-dren need a place to play is much over-used. We have a skate-board park for extreme sports, which is for the most part a head-ache for policing and CRD Parks for repairs. We have a swimming pool, which was sup-posed to give the chil-dren something to do as well as an ice rink.

How much do we do for the children? We live in the center of a lovely wild natu-ral setting. How about dads and moms tak-ing their children into the lovely natural parks? How about tak-ing a mountain bike up Harbourview Park?

Now there is a chal-lenge. Perhaps, the Mountain bike club should be approach-ing the CRD/TLC as their decision was to

only allow bikes and hikers into this park.

There is a bike washing station there, a great parking lot, water, and public wash-rooms. Build the bike skills park here. Resi-dents won’t be affected and all the amenities are already there.

CRD has given approval for an ATV to the Fire Dept., spe-cifically for this area. Why not build on this? There is a bike skills park at the arena, built by the bike club years ago. Larry Hutchings from the arena has no objections to the bike park being updated and refurbished.

Let’s look at options other than a $300,000 expenditure and $15,000 per year main-tainance on a Beacon Hill type park. Base-ball and soccer play-ers are the largest users of the sports fields and activities in Sooke, yet there has been no help to bring the fields up to a good standard. The fields are so wet that 50 per cent or more of soccer games and practices need to be cancelled.

The $3,600 for bike skills design work would have been bet-ter spent to put in drainage on the fields. There is also a dire need for parking and a need for more baseball fields. Council mem-bers were all elected to be fiscally responsible, not politically popular.

We need to pro-tect our children for the future and this means not saddling them with debts that can never be repaid. Future generation will not be able to go out and play in our forests as they, like their par-ents today, spend the majority of their time working to make ends meet. Be responsible and respect our future.

Ellen Lewers,Sooke

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The 25th Sooke Fine Arts Show opened on Thursday night with purchasers waiting in line to get into the show and see the latest

works from the 275 artists who submitted entries.The adjudicators chose 375 pieces from the 551 art-

ists who responded to the call for entries to the juried art show and sale.

The 10-day show was once again staged in the SEA-PARC Leisure Complex where a group of talented and hard working volunteers transformed the cavernous space into an amazing gallery.

“We had a lovely weekend and a lot of people,” said Sally Manning, show coordinator. “It is a colourful and happy show.”

Many Sooke artists stood out as the winners in the 25th Anniversary Artists Awards. They included Pat-rick Irwin for his acrylic and oil two-dimensional paint-ing “Port Alberni,” Best Two-Dimensional work.

The Best Three-Dimensional work award was awarded to Jan Johnson for his “Minotaur Overseeing Intake,” while Debbie Clarkson took the award for the Best Photography for her “La Habana Elegante #3.” Dana Sitar’s “When I Do Not Follow the Rules” took the award for Best Fibre. Honourable mentions were given to Chuck Minten for his “Circle of Friends” wood table and Anne Boquist’s “YoYoTokTik” gourd and found object piece.

Other winners include Heather Hamilton’s “Internal Reflections” pendant (Best Jewellery); Jo Ludwig’s “No Title” glass piece (Best Glass); Metchosin’s Judi Dyelle won Best Ceramic for her “White Series #1”; and Jeff Molloy’ for his mixed media piece “A Man of the Cloth.

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tails it’s activities for the summer, but thisSaturday, July 30, we are delighted to bringback Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart for a spe-cial summer concert at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, as part of their “Driver ‘til she drops”tour; a reference to their Chevy Suburban,which now has some 465,000 miles on theodometer

Stacey Earle andMark Stuart met for the first time 1991 ata songwriters night in Nashville TN. Theyknew that night it was one of them things thatare just meant to be. They were married in 1992.

It would be quite a balancing act at that time raising a family and trying to make a living along with all theother stuff that came with getting by, “but wemanaged,” Stacey said as she looked back ather first encounter with the world of touring.

Stacey Earle’s first show was on an arena stage in Sydney, play-ing rhythm guitar in her brother’s band, Steve Earle & the Dukes.

She spent about a year and a half on tour with her brother, and then returned to Nash-ville to start a career of her own as a country/folk singer/songwriter.

“I was 30-years-old and asking/seeking a recording deal in Nash-ville.At that age it was like asking God to turn back the world clock.”

Mark Stuart went to the finest of music schools, he started his schooling listening and admiring his uncle’s guitar playing and his dad’s fiddling. By age 15 he would find himself

playing in the school ofhonky tonks and beer joints in and around Nashville in his dad’s band.

Mark was off the road when he met Sta-cey and that very night he would play the firstnote of her music never leaving her side. Mark

still somehow foundthe time to work on his own music record-ing his solo record and touring.

Mark, as well, spent some time in the Dukes in the 1990s. Like Earle, he recalls it as a time ofglamour: appearing on the Tonight Show with

Jay Leno, and MTV. “I had someone tun-

ing my guitar, strappingon my guitar,” he said. “Now we carry our stuff three flights up in the Red Roof Inn.”

Over the years Sta-cey and Mark havelearned so much from each other. Their songs are the diaries of their life — good times andbad, thereby complet-ing the love they have.Together they share the full load of gettingby day-by-day.

They’ve gone onto release their duo albums, Never GonnaLet You Go in 2003 and S&M CommunionBread in 2005, and their Gearle Records 2008release Love from Sta-cey and Mark which is available at thehir live shows only.

While, no doubt, each still remains an individual solo artist with solo releases, suchas the 2008 release of Mark Stuart’s Left of

Nashville and Stacey Earle’s The Ride also in 2008), it is throughthe respect of each oth-er’s work and years ofplaying together that they have created theirunique sound. And that sound allows each indi-vidual to shine through. Stacey and Mark are no doubt together ‘til death do they part.

Please be sure to join us for what will bea memorable evening with these two very engaging singer/song-writers.

The gig is on Satur-day, July 30 at Holy Trin-ity Anglican Church, at 1962 Murray Road.Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with show at 8. Ticketsare $15 and are avail-able at the door or in advance at Shopper’s Drug Mart.

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Sooke Amateur Boxing Club

In Sooke for about 10 years now, according to boxing instructor Tony Brogan, who said that Derek Hoyte was the driving force behind the opening of the Sooke Amateur Boxing Club.What they teach

As detailed on their Facebook page, the Sooke Amateur Box-ing Club offers “Safe instruction in the art of boxing.” A class typi-cally consists of warm-ups, shadow boxing, form practice, and the application technique. Brogan lists the skills that are mastered in class, which include “Footwork, balance, co-ordination, reflex ... arobic, anarobic exer-cises, strength and stamina building.”Where and when

The Sooke Amatuer Boxing Club meets at the Sooke Community Hall at 2037 Shields Road, across from Mom’s Cafe. They meet on Tuesday and Fri-day nights starting at 6:30 p.m and go until about 9 p.m. Brogan

also puts in an occa-sional Sunday meeting.A bit about the art

As Brogan puts it, box-ing is “the noble art of self-defence.” He adds that “it’s non-agressive in its attitude, totally defensive in terms of the teaching, but in that comes aggressive defence where you know how to move forward and accost your aggressor. You learn how to be alert and stay safe. When someone is coming at you, you need to know how to move away and still deliver the blow.”A bit about the school

As they outline on their webpage, the level of intensity is set by the capacity (and desire) of the student. “Workouts will be conducted with skill level, interest and safety in mind while at the same time provid-ing participants with the opportunity to chal-lenge their limits. If you want to compete, we want to walk you to the ring. If you just want fit-ness, we want to help you with that, too.”About the instructors

Coach Tony Brogan

is a former boxing com-petitor and enthusiast. He is a certified and reg-istered coach with the B.C. Boxing Association.Student profile

This martial art holds appeal for both men and women who want an intense work-out. Brogan adds that the Amateur Boxing Club has seen women train with them from time to time. “It’s emi-nently suitable” for both men and women he says. “Nobody has to get into the ring, we use it as a model for training. Once they get some condition-ing, we get them into the ring.” It’s also ideal for families who want to train together “It’s something the parents can be involved in.”Monitoring individual progress

There are no belts or levels in this program. The ultimate drive is fitness, with back-drop knowledge of self-de-fence. “Anyone who can do three three-minute rounds in the ring, they can play a full rugby or soccer game, they can go for a five

mile run, they can do anything,” says Brogan.Website

http://www.facebook.com/SookeAmateur-BoxingClub

Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi™ in Sooke

Taoist Tai Chi has been teaching classes in Sooke since 1987.What they teach

Taoist Tai Chi con-sists of a series of gentle movements that work on muscle relaxation, body align-ment, and overall co-ordination and balance.Where and when

Classes are held upstairs at the Sooke Legion Hall at 6726 Eustace Rd. Beginner classes are on Tues-days starting at 10:30 a.m. Continuing classes begin at 9:30a.m.

The beginner’s class is an introduction to the 108 movements, and the continuing class is for students who know the movements and are then aspiring


Last week in part 1 of this guide, we looked at the various Taikwondo and karate schools available here in Sooke. This week, we looking at boxing and tai chi.

Martial arts are defined as studies in self defence that apply strength, power and speed, and/or directed energy and balance. They can be armed or unarmed. Skills development focusses on self-defence and combat, and often involve a mindset component. Here in the West, mindset

tends to focus on discipline and positiv-ity, and classes are treated more as fit-ness-focussed than spiritually-focussed.

Following is a bird’s eye view of what the boxing and tai chi programs. They cater to a range of ages, skill levels and desired outcomes, and hold appeal

for both female and male students.If you are interested in previewing

or attending any of these schools, con-tact the school directly to confirm time and place as some of these schools are still settling into regular schedules.

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On Saturday, March 23, Sooke’s very own international figure skating pair, Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa, will be skating at SEA-PARC. Supporters of

this dynamic due are invited to join in on an hour-and-a-half public skate, after which Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa will perform.

This skate will serve as a fundraiser, and the funds raised will go towards the costs

of this year’s Olympic training.

“This new season is the Olympic one, and for that they will have to train harder than usual,” writes their mother, Conchita, in an email. “For this pur-pose they will be travel-ling to Detroit to train for four weeks. This will give them the opportu-nity to skate with the best in the world (the Canadians and Ameri-cans) and train with them.”

Most recently, Pilar and Leonardo when to Japan to compete at the Four Continents Competition where they placed 13th.

“They had the opportunity to com-pete against the World

Champions, the Ameri-cans Meryl Davies and Charlie White and 2010 Olympic Champions the Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir,” contin-ues Conchita, “For Pilar and Leonardo, sharing the ice with them was an extraordinary expe-rience. They didn’t only compete against them, but they got to meet them in person, on and off the ice!”

This Saturday’s skate will be a “Skate Bur-sary,” meaning that all of Sooke is invited to share the ice with Pilar and Leonardo. Admis-sion will be by dona-tion.

At the end of the public skate, Pilar and Leonardo will perform for everybody.

to improve their form and continue in Tai Chi.

Classes are two hours long, but fear not, the group breaks for a very civilized and traditional cup of Chinese tea halfway through the session. A bit about the art

Tai Chi is a gentle form of stimulating the body and the mind. The international website (taoist.org) sums it up thus: “Taoist Tai Chi™ internal arts are distin-guished at the physical level by stretching, full range of motion and the continuous turning of the waist and spine. The movements exer-cise the whole physiol-ogy; including the ten-dons, joints, connec-tive tissue and internal organs. At the mental and spiritual level, they are a method of ‘taming the heart’ and devel-oping an attitude of calm, compassion and reduced self-centred-ness both during prac-tice and in daily life.”A bit about the school

The program in Sooke offers Tai Chi classes as a satellite of the Vic-toria Branch. Debbie Clarkston, an instruc-tor here in Sooke, says that the focus for the Sooke Tai Chi group is focussed “entirely on health improvement.” Tai Chi is an excel-lent way to be proac-tive with your health. “We work with people who face health issues like MS and fibromy-algia,” said Clarkston. About the instructors

All instructors are volunteers, and classes are operated on a non-profit basis. According to the website of the international co-ordi-nating body (taoist.org), all instructors are accredited to teach by the National Instruc-tion Co-ordination Committee. They must attend regular train-ing workshops and meet annual accredi-tation requirements. Student profile

“Even though the majority of the partici-

pants are adults, we encourage participants of any age to attend,” said Clarkson. “Dues are structured so that any-one can attend class.”Monitoring individual progress

There are two levels: beginners and continu-

ing students. Begin-ners are introduced to the 108 moves, and the continuing students refine and master them.Website

http://www.sookere-gionresources.com/resource/fung-loy-kok-taoist-tai-chi

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Your guide to martial arts

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Tai Chi students go through a series of 108 movements. Beginners learn them, and continuing students master them.

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If you are interested in following Pilar and Leonardo Maekawa (pictured above) on their journey, you can become a fan on their Facebook page at facebook.com/PilarLeonardoMaekawa.

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The Atom Girls team (pictured), from left to right: Elayna Stewart, Danielle Bonilla, Shayla Brown, Makayla Craig, Chloe Berger, Moyra McHugh, Madison Durstan, Ruby Spurr, Molly Irwin. Front row: Ireland Greenhough, Laura Clarke. Coached by Mike Craig, Bill Greenhough and Kevin Berger.

Typically, most hockey teams consist of 15-18 players; Sooke’s Atom C girl’s team is a smaller, but clearly a more powerful force to reckon with. This tiny team consists of 11 players. They played their entire season short handed. And in spite of that, the girls only lost one game during their season.

These girls have competed as a team and sup-ported each other throughout the year. The end result? This team won their league championship as well as their playoffs.

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Wild about communal diningBy Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The sun-dappled meadows and forests along Metchosin’s backroads are rife with small farms and properties where the intent is to enjoy the country and the lifestyle it affords. Apple trees bulging with fruit and fat sheep grazing in the meadows speak of abundance and life taken a little slower.

The gourmands who come to enjoy the chef’s creations at Wild Mountain Dinners are among a growing clientele who enjoy dining together. They are strangers, for the most part, but they do have one thing in common — they love good food, well prepared from local sources. They sit together at a long table and share their food and conversa-tion with others in a communal dining experience.

Chef Oliver Kienast calls it a private dinner party.The table champetre takes place at Glenrosa, a rebuilt

heritage house in rural Metchosin. The original house was built in 1880 by a family who homesteaded in the area. The house itself has had a number of reincarnations but it has always maintained the air of a grand home set above Ped-der Bay on a rocky outcropping. It is now a B&B which transforms its great room into a dining room for the twice-monthly private communal dinner parties. Glenrosa own-ers Jane and Peter Hammond welcome the dinners and the guests.

“It’s about humans connecting, which everyone is crav-ing,” said Brooke Fader, the chef’s wife and business part-ner.

As the guests begin to arrive they gather on the veranda for conversation, canapes, and the first of the wines they’ll taste throughout the evening.

The dinner itself will be seven courses, served with wine pairings or fresh juices. Each of the wines selected for the dinner are from British Columbia. Fader has a lot of knowl-edge about local wines and pairs them perfectly with each of the dinner courses.

Fader said it is like a play, along with the nerves, anxiety and excitement, and each of the courses is an act.

“When the curtain opens the show is on,” said Fader.And a show it is. The plates are beautifully presented.

The first course is a cold summer soup with crab, cucum-ber, fava beans, mint, nasturtium leaves and chili oil served with a 2010 Sauvignon blanc semillon from the Similkameen Valley, or an elderflower water.

The courses keep coming. The second course is a stacked salad of fresh local heritage tomatoes, water buffalo mozza-rella, hand made pancetta and eggplant.

Each of the courses arrive perfectly timed and include local smoked salmon, quail, elk carpaccio, bacon and fruit all sourced locally. Chef Kienast makes his own sauces from scratch and cures his own pork products. The couple live and grow as much as they can on their property in Sooke.

Chef Kienast is a believer in the slow and local food movements. He likes to forage for items such as sea aspara-gus and wild blackberries.

“Our mandate is to do wild foods with a modern twist,” said Kienast. “I try to go that extra step with fresh home-

made butter, bacons, etc.”At 32 years of age, Kienast is young for a chef setting off

on his own, although he has gained a lot of experience in his short career. Starting out, he worked for free at Cafe Brio to gain experience and said that was his epiphany. He drove to the Sooke Harbour House and peered in the win-dow, and said, “One day, one day I’m going to get my foot in the door,” and he did. It was while working there that he first heard of the Slow Food Movement from Sinclair Philip. This is also where he met his future wife, who is still a cel-lar master there.

Other jobs in prestigious resorts and restaurants led him to create Wild Mountain Dinners.

A trip to one of the world’s best restaurants in San Sebas-tian, Spain was a game changer for the couple.

“It changed my life. We realized the space we have in Canada and the access to creating our own food and sup-plies,” said Kienast.

They built a pig pen and grew a garden in order to culti-vate those slow food ideals.

“It was a huge shift in our ideals and the way of dealing with food,” said Kienast.

The couple’s dream is the same as many who love food and that is to have their own farm and a small restaurant. Kienast hung around Ragley Farm in East Sooke for a year and learned what he could about the farm end of things and this led to his Wild Mountain Dinners at Glenrosa. He met Gillian, the daughter of the Jane and Peter Hammond who own Glenrosa and through a common love of good food, the farm to table dining experience began.

“They changed my life with their generosity, open house, grace and ease,” said Kienast. “They let me do my own thing, they just gave it over to me.”

“My dream was a one menu, one setting scenario, and I knew there was something that can happen at a big table. It’s a lot of work and a lot of reward.”

Fader said they have introduced people who have become friends and potential partners through the infor-

mal dining at Glenrosa.Dinner guest Marion French said, “One of the highlights

is having dinner with friends and making new friends as all the guests are served together at a large communal farm table. I would highly recommend the experience. It is worth the drive and you can always spend the night at the B&B.”

Kienast spends about one-half the week gathering the ingredients for the menu. It is relatively unique to forage through fields and oceans.

“They are value-added products you can’t get other ways,” he said. “It is a real movement ever since Noma in Copenhagen introduced Scandinavian wild foods, there’ s a real push on for this kind of thing.”

He has forged friendships and does business with people who also believe in the farm to table philosophy. To put on a dinner on their own terms is a rare thing for chefs, said Kienast. He never repeats his menus and attempts to use whatever is in season and available.

“It’s about knowing your environment and what’s out there. There is so much great produce grown,” he said. “Local hands, local foods.”

For more information on Wild Mountain Dinners, go to: wildmountaindinners.com or email [email protected].

CONNECTING ON A HUMAN LEVEL MAY BE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE

A course of quail prepared by chef KienastPirjo Raits Photo

Chef Kienast prepares a feast at Wild Mountain DinnersPirjo Raits Photo

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Rocking Youth! Dalton F. settles in for the long haul at the 12-hour rock-a-thon at Sooke’s Christian Life Assembly (CLA). Each youth participant kept a rocking chair rocking for a 12-hour stretch, from 11 a.m. on Monday 18 March to 11 p.m. Half of the proceeds raised will go towards the Sooke Food Bank; the other half will go towards the CLA. In part, they hope to contribute to the tuition for a youth’s attendance at their Rev Camp. In total, the rock-a-thon raised over $1,000, which means the Sooke Food Bank will be receiving at least $500.

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Painted lines can be super slick when wet. Word is, there is a paint available that is less slick, but since we don't know which is which, just avoid all of them. This includes painted arrows, lines dividing traffic, painted islands, and those thick stop lines (the last three of four which you gener-ally shouldn't be on anyway).

3. Increase your fol-lowing distance.

There's no account-ing for the IQ of the driver ahead of you. Slow down, increase the distance between you and the vehicle in front of you to three seconds. And if you have a tailgater trying to read the fine-print on your driver's manual, flash your brake lights at them. Nine times out of ten, they will back off. And if they don't just pull over and let them pass (when it is legal and safe to do so.) Their anxieties need not become yours.

4. Dress appropri-ately.

I'm a bit of a cat. I hate getting wet. But being wet is not really the big danger here. Windchill factor is. When you're dry and it's five degrees Cel-sius outside, and you're travelling at 90km/hour, it's a windchill factor of -3. Being wet increases heat loss through evap-oration, so you're going to get colder faster. When you're riding wet, your fingers will quickly become numb. And your fingers (and toes) are operating five of your six core controls. Riding numb is riding dumb.

5. Know your gear.Have you ever won-

dered what that suede patch is for on the index finger of your leather gloves? If you were told that it is for wiping the rain off your visor, you were lied to. The only thing that does is smudges your visor and blurs your vision. Don't fall for it. They were just being polite. The dirty truth is: it's for wiping the snot from your nose — drying the, um, other liquid from inside your visor.

Interestingly, most accidents happen on clear, sunny, dry days. Probably because

that's when we're least expecting it. According to the definitive MAIDS report (a U.K. study on motorcycle accidents, replacing the U.S. HURT report), "weather con-ditions at the time of the accident were most frequently dry (89.9 per cent)." It would appear

that when conditions are adverse, we seem to ride just that much more cautiously.

Britt Santowski has been riding since she was 25, and served as a chief instructor with the Vancouver Island Safety Council, where she taught for nine years.

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A properly installed and maintained irrigation system will conserve water!

Efficient Irrigation Workshops

Considering the purchase and installation of an irrigation system or do you already own a system that you would like to upgrade?

CRD Environmental Sustainability is hosting free, efficient irrigation workshops for residential homeowners.

Irrigation experts will explain system components, discuss installation and provide scheduling and maintenance tips.

Optional irrigation workbooks are available to purchase for $30.

Space is limited. Please pre-register by calling 250.474.9684

Micro-Drip Saanich — Saturday, May 11Irrigation Systems: Sidney — Saturday, July 13 2 to 5 p.m.ALL Efficient Saanich — Saturday, April 13Irrigation Systems: Sooke — Saturday, June 8 2 to 5 p.m.Controller Saanich — Wednesday, March 27Scheduling: Oak Bay — Wednesday, April 10 Saanich — Wednesday, June 19 7 to 9 p.m.Maintenance: Colwood — Saturday, April 27 2 to 5 p.m.

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Sooke already has identity

My response to J. Bailey’s response let-ter dated March 6th “Perceiving Sooke” to A.J. Barber’s orig-inal letter dated Feb 27th “Sooke fine the way it is.”

I thought your let-ter was very interest-ing and a bit of irony twisted reply, if I may put it that way. When you said, “...saying Sooke is attractive.... are you kidding me? What part??”

Perhaps the only issue is you and A.J. Barber have are dif-ferent tastes or views in what is attractive.

It seems your replied contents may be suggesting that the way the town is, it’s not good enough for you? People aren’t as friendly as they should be? People don’t

know your name? Let me tell you

something. I was born and grew up in Nelson, B.C. Lots of people know all about Nelson, which I don’t need to tell you how amazing the town is or awesome people are etc. I then moved to Victoria as an adult. I moved to Otter Point last year.

What do I see about Sooke? I see a village center with more population than the City of Nelson. The two towns are very different. Sooke has a typical small town feel that is not predominantly defined by anything in particular, i.e. heritage buildings.

If I may remind you, you made the choice to move to Sooke, or maybe you were born in Sooke, then you have a choice to stay or not. However, change is inevitable, of course. Cell tow-ers absolutely make it safer now for emer-gency calls, no doubt!

But one has to won-der... what is Sooke

in a race for? To be the next Tofino? The n e x t L a n g -ford? What? What’s wrong with Sooke the way it is? After all, we moved here because of the way it already is. Per-haps Sooke already actually has an iden-tity that you might not be aware of?

M. Doerfler,Otter Point

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Thurs.Thurs.March 21March 21SOOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Dress-up Storytime. Calling all princesses and princes! Come in costume and join us for a special storytime and craft. You’ll have a “ball” listening to new tales and learning how to behave like a real royal! For ages 3-5; registration required.SEAPARCFree Community Adult Walking Group. Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 p.m. Pool Darts 7:30 p.m.

COMMON COURTESY DAYTry it. You might like it.

Fri.Fri.March 22March 22SOOKE PUBLIC LIBRARYWrite Your Own Fractured Fairytale (March 18-22) Prize Draw. Two-page submissions accepted from March 18-22 in print or by email at [email protected]. Ages 6-12. VITAL VITTLESVITAL VITTLESFree lunch 11:30 a.m. to Free lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Murray Road. All welcome. Murray Road. All welcome. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONShort mat bowling 1-3 p.m. Short mat bowling 1-3 p.m. $$11 Steak Night 11 Steak Night 6-7:30 p.m. 6-7:30 p.m. Drop-in Darts 8 p.m. Drop-in Darts 8 p.m. Karaoke with Pete & Karaoke with Pete & Megan8-11 p.m. Megan8-11 p.m.

GOOF-OFF DAYIronic that this should fall on Britt’s birthday! Universal design perhaps?

Sat.Sat.March 23March 23CADET SCRAP METAL DRIVECadet scrap metal drive, drop off bin on Arranwood Dr. For more info and a list of donatable items, email [email protected] GARAGE SALESooke District Lioness 10th Annual Garage Sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sooke Community Hall. For info. or tables contact Anne at 250-642-2359 or Jo at 250-642-3885FLEA MARKETLearn how to darn socks at the Sooke Fall Fair Flea Market at the community hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m. Drop-in jam session 6 p.m.NEAR MISS DAY, WHEW!The 1989 asteroid missed us.

Sun.Sun.March 24March 24CADET SCRAP METAL DRIVEcontinues

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONBlue Grass Music 2:30 - 5 p.m.

CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISINS DAYWho knew? But now, you do!

Mon.Mon.March 25March 25CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Call 250-642-2484 for info.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONShort mat bowling 1-3 p.m. Euchre 6:30 p.m.Pool League 7 p.m.

PASSOVER SEDERExperience a 3500 yr old celebration supper. 6 p.m. Biblically accurate, non-denominational, $5 per person. Call 250-661-9307.

ZEN OPEN HOUSEZen Open House at the Zen Centre, 4970 Naigle Rd 7p.m. Free, open to all.

Tues.Tues.March 26March 26BABY TALK 2013BABY TALK 2013Infant Development, Gross & Infant Development, Gross & Fine Motor. At CASA, 2145 Fine Motor. At CASA, 2145 Townsend 10-11:30 a.m.Townsend 10-11:30 a.m.SEAPARCFree Community Adult Walking Group. Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 a.m. Preregistration required. Call 250-642-8000 for info.YOUTH CLINICYOUTH CLINICYouth Clinic (13-25), 1300-Youth Clinic (13-25), 1300-6660 Sooke Rd, Family 6660 Sooke Rd, Family Medical Clinic, 4-7 p.m.Medical Clinic, 4-7 p.m.DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSESDOG OBEDIENCE CLASSESSooke Dog Club, Tues Sooke Dog Club, Tues nights call 250-642-7667 nights call 250-642-7667 for info.for info.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Public Library, 6:30–Sooke Public Library, 6:30–8:00 pm. Free, all levels. 8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in, no reg required. For Drop-in, no reg required. For info, call 250-642-3022.info, call 250-642-3022.

Wed.Wed.March 27March 27MOOD DISORDER SUPPORTMOOD DISORDER SUPPORTMood Disorder Support, Mood Disorder Support, Holy Trinity Church Hall, 1 Holy Trinity Church Hall, 1 p.m., info 778-679-5744.p.m., info 778-679-5744.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONLadies Darts 12 p.m. Ladies Darts 12 p.m. Shuffl eboards 6:30 p.m.Shuffl eboards 6:30 p.m.NASCAR meet & pick 7 p.m.NASCAR meet & pick 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERS TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, Upstairs at Village Foods, 7p.m. For information, call 7p.m. For information, call Allan at 250-642-7520Allan at 250-642-7520SOOKE GARDEN CLUBSt. Rose of Lima, 2191 Townsend Rd. Speaker: Paula McCormick Master Gardener. 7:30 p.m. QUIRKY COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES DAYLike Dan Hicks’, “How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?”

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Arts & EntertainmentFrench flavours for chamber players

The flavour of the month is French when theSooke Chamber Players and Chorus present another in their series of concerts, 7:30 p.m. onSaturday March 23 at the Sooke Baptist Church, and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. March 24th, at the New St.Mary’s Church in Metchosin.

Maurice Ravel and Gabriel Fauré are the twobeloved French composers featured in the pro-gramme, which will be conducted by Wade Noble.

The multi-talented Victoria harpist Josh Layne will be joined by Sooke orchestra members Alison Crone, flute; and Lawrence De La Haye, clarinet; and the Sooke Philharmonic String Quartet for a performance of Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet. Thepiece was commissioned by Erard, a manufacturer of pedal harps, to show off the range of its new lineof harps, something Debussy had already done for a rival firm. The harp was just coming in as a soloinstrument.

Three works by Fauré highlight the singingvoice. The Fauré Messe Basse (short mass) for women’s chorus, will be sung by the women of theSooke Philharmonic Chorus. The Cantique de Jean Racine for mixed chorus, is based on a paraphraseby Racine of “Word of God, one with the Most High,” a Latin hymn. Fauré’s wonderful Requiem features Andrew Greenwood, the Victoria bari-tone, and the Victoria Children’s Apprentice Choir, directed by David Stratkauskas. Audiences will no doubt remember the children’s choir from its per-formance of Brundibar in 2011.

The March 23 concert in Sooke is dedicated tothe memory of Suzanne M. Manley, herself a gifted singer, and celebrates her love of music.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, $5 for youth, and $30 for the family pack.Tickets on sale at the usual outlets.

For more information, please go to www.sooke-phil.ca or call 250-415-0999.

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Victoria harpist Josh Layne will be joined by Sooke orchestra members Alison Crone, flute; and Lawrence De La Haye, clarinet; and the Sooke Philharmonic String Quartet fortheir concert Saturday, March 23.

2205 Otter Point Road, SookePhone: 250-642-1634

Fax: 250-642-0541email: [email protected]

website: www.sooke.ca

This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to confi rm meetings.

Council meeting agendas may be viewed at www.sooke.ca

WHAT’S NEW AT THE DISTRICT-CHECK IT OUT! At www.sooke.ca

Mayor’s Public Advisory PanelsThe public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel meetings at the Prestige Resort Meeting Room:- Economic Development - Steve Grundy, Chair – 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm- Arts and Beautifi cation - Brenda Parkinson, Chair – 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm - Community Health and Social Issues - Nicky Logins, Chair – 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:00 pm

The Mayor’s Advisory Panel on Economic Development wants to hear from Sooke business owners – please nd a link to a survey on the District website www.sooke.ca – the Panel is trying to nd out what is working, what is not working so some ideas can

be generated to improve the overall economy for Sooke. The survey should only take a few minutes of your time. This survey is anonymous and no personal data will be collected.

Upcoming Public Meetings

Regular Council MeetingMonday, March 25, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Emergency Planning CommitteeTuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:00 am

Community Grant Review CommitteeWednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:00 pm

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Show genuine interest in your child’s math program!

Try these questions with your child:

What could you buy with 300 quar-ters? How many potatoes could you fit in a shoebox?

Bill and Marty dry the dishes and Marty dries half as many as Bill. How many dishes did each person dry and what’s the total?

Make math fun and show interest in your child’s math program.

• Practice basic math facts 10 minutes every day.

• Talk with your child about their math class. Find out specifically what they did and what they were working on. What did the teacher talk about? What did the teacher show them? Did they work in groups? What was fun or interesting? Was anything confusing?

• Communicate/meet with the teacher regularly about the math program. What is the math focus for the week, the month, the term? Visit the classroom. Volunteer! Too often, parents only meet with the teacher on parent night and often have limited knowledge about their child’s prog-ress.

• Review the textbook with your child. You can learn more about the content of the math program, brush up on your own math skills, and you will be able to better help your child if difficulties arise.

• Review the BC Ministry of Education math curriculum documents. (www.bced.gov.bc.ca › irp). You will know exactly what the math expectations are for your child’s grade.

• Practice how to solve word problems. Have your child read the problem out loud. Underline important words. Have them draw a picture to help. Substitute smaller numbers for larger ones. What do you have to find out? What do you need to do to find the answer? What is the first step? Is your answer reasonable? Can you solve it another way?

Children will feel more confident when their parents show genuine interest in their math program. We can all do that!

For any questions, comments, suggestions or open-ended problems, please email: [email protected]

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B12 • CLASSIFIEDS www.sookenewsmirror.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 - SOOKE NEWS MIRROR

Bob has left us an enviable legacy of beauty, love, gentleness and unconditional kindness. His story doesn’t need repeating but that such harmless old man could be driven to kill himself is incomprehensible. Those guilty of any responsibility whatsoever, either as accuser or judge, jury and hangman, take heed - because it could happen to you! Find yourself suspected or charged with anything however outlandish and “innocent until proven guilty” fl ies right out of the window. Those around you won’t be any more faithful to you than they were to Bob - so watch your backs. He would forgive what you’ve done. His friends never will.An ironic comment - Bob once told me that his favourite song (as sung by street singer Roger Ridley for the Playing for Change movement) was “Stand By Me”.

Doreen Langmead

ROBERT DE RYCKBONSAI BOB

1939 - 2013BY HIS OWN HAND

Ruth passed peacefully in her home after a 5 year battle with Dementia. She is survived by her husband of 46 years Floyd Miller (Fruitvale), her fi ve daughters, and 9 grandchildren. For the past year she had become well known in the Fruitvale area for her love of music, long walks and her mischievous smile. But most of all for her love of Jehovah God. Previously Ruth and Floyd had been an active part of the Sooke Community, on Vancouver Island where they had owned and operated the Otterpoint Bakery for 12 years. She will always be lovingly remembered for her playfulness, generosity, hard work and ability to create specialness out of the ordinary. Please join us in a memorial of her life at the Sooke Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, March 23, 2013 at 2pm, 2207 Church Road.

RUTH MILLER May 1949 – March 1, 2013

It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, wife, sister and grandmother. Shirley passed away March 14, 2013 after a brave and lengthy battle with cancer; she left us knowing she was surrounded by those she loved most. Shirley graduated from Cowichan District High School in 1967 and shortly after, married David, and relocated to Sooke where she went on to raise three boys and build Cackleberry Hill her successful organic farm. Shirley loved to bake for her family and maintained a stand at the Sooke Country Market held every Saturday for many years; she not only sold meat, eggs and her home-baked goodies but nurtured lifelong friendships with some great women. Children loved the baby animals she brought to the market and if you wanted one of Shirley’s pies? You had to be there early! Shirley’s greatest joy was spending time on her farm with her family, cooking, reading with “The Q” playing in the background. Shirley is predeceased by her parents, Dorothy & Chester Lloyd, her step-mother, Jennie Lloyd and her granddaughter, Amanda Sell. Shirley leaves David her husband of 45 years, her three sons, Neil and his children Gary Lee, Katrina, Niles and Stellar, Aron (Natalie) and daughter Savana and Jeremy (Nicole). She also leaves her two younger sisters, Jean Wilcox (Lorne) of Duncan and Joan Heskin (Garry) of Nanaimo, brother-in-laws Bob, Fred and Tom Sell and several nieces and nephews. Shirley touched so many she will be greatly missed.

SHIRLEY RUTH SELL (Lloyd),

March 26, 1948 – March 14, 2013

In Memoriam

Waller, TerryMarch 15, 1953 Owen Sound, Ont.

- March 20, 2011 Sooke, BC

Remembering my brother is easy. I do it every day.

But the ache within my heart.Never goes away.

Miss you brother.Bonnie Clark and Family

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Meets 2nd & 4th Weds. @ 1:00pm

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MUSIC BY JOHN McNEIL & FRIENDS

Sat. March 23, 2013, 7pm-10pm

The Reading Room Bookstore & Cafe, Sooke

$10 tickets @ Door or CafeAll proceeds go to Sooke Crisis Center. A non per-

ishable item would be appre-ciated.

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Mar. 16/17, Mar. 23/24.Drop off bin Arranwood Dr. For more info and list

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Tuesday, April 2 @ 6:30pm ALM FARM,

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Sat. March 30th, 10 to 2pmSooke Com. Hall,

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Wednesday March 27th7:30Pm

St. Rose of Lima2191 Townsend RoadNewcomers Welcome

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It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, wife, sister and grandmother. Shirley passed away March 14, 2013 after a brave and lengthy battle with cancer; she left us knowing she was surrounded by those she loved most. Shirley graduated from Cowichan District High School in 1967 and shortly after, married David, and relocated to Sooke where she went on to raise three boys and build Cackleberry Hill her successful organic farm. Shirley loved to bake for her family and maintained a stand at the Sooke Country Market held every Saturday for many years; she not only sold meat, eggs and her home-baked goodies but nurtured lifelong friendships with some great women. Children loved the baby animals she brought to the market and if you wanted one of Shirley’s pies? You had to be there early! Shirley’s greatest joy was spending time on her farm with her family, cooking, reading with “The Q” playing in the background. Shirley is predeceased by her parents, Dorothy & Chester Lloyd, her step-mother, Jennie Lloyd and her granddaughter, Amanda Sell. Shirley leaves David her husband of 45 years, her three sons, Neil and his children Gary Lee, Katrina, Niles and Stellar, Aron (Natalie) and daughter Savana and Jeremy (Nicole). She also leaves her two younger sisters, Jean Wilcox (Lorne) of Duncan and Joan Heskin (Garry) of Nanaimo, brother-in-laws Bob, Fred and Tom Sell and several nieces and nephews. Shirley touched so many she will be greatly missed. Celebration of life will be held at 3727 Otter Point Road at the Otter Point Fire Hall starting at 1:00 p.m.

SHIRLEY RUTH SELL

(Lloyd),

March 26, 1948–

March 14, 2013

Passed away peacefully at 9:47am on March 11, 2013 at the age of 85 years. Born in Veregin, Saskatchewan on March 14, 1927. Adeline is predeceased by her husband Larry (Albert Laurence) Lumley and sister Emelia Petryshyn. Lovingly remembered by her children James (Shannon), Les, Marie and Alexander (Christina); grandchildren Chrissy, Nicky, Taylor, Sarah, Rebecca and Joshua; her sisters Mary Kobelka, Anne (Peter) Oleck, Olga Lylyk, Leona Marchuk and Livina Langernfurth.Adeline was born on the farm in Saskatchewan, fi fth of the 7 daughters, and taught in one room schoolhouses until her marriage to Larry in 1959. They lived in Regina, SK where their four children were born. They moved to the resort in Sicamous, BC in 1970 and then retired to Sooke in 1981 where she lived until her move into Kiwanis Pavilion in Victoria, November 2012. Special thanks to Odessa and Pat for the loving care they provided. Also, thanks to the caring and professional staff from Juan de Fuca and Beacon Home Care and the Kiwanis Pavilion.A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (2191 Townsend Rd., Sooke, BC) on Friday March 22nd at 11:00 am, with the Reverend Michael Favero offi ciating. A small reception to follow. Private interment to be held at St. Thomas Cemetery in Mikado, SK. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, www.alzheimerbc.org. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mccallbros.com. McCALL BROS. 250-385-4465

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

LANGFORD MOBILE home in Seniors Park, upgraded interi-or, fully furnished, A/C, roof re-torched 2009, fenced yrd, shed & workshop. Asking, $39,000. Call 250-590-2450.

OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, fi nished deck & shed in new condition. Open to offers. Call 306-290-8764.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

GRANT MANOR Newly renovated

suites, Starting at

$675 per moTo view call 250-642-1900

SOOKE- TOP fl oor corner, ocean front 2 bdrm condo. Fresh paint, clean, new kitch-en fl oor. NS/NP. $925. Call Cornelia 250-391-8484.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

RAAMCO International Properties

VICTORIA, B.C.“A sign of distinction”

Cubbon Apartments For Seniors - 55+1035 North Park StreetBachelor - $600 and upOne Bedroom - $800 & upTwo Bedroom - $950 & up.Close to sunny downtown Victoria and designated for seniors 55 years or older Amenities include a coffee lounge, games room, exer-cise room, and library and garden plots available for your green thumb. Pets wel-come

Please call Dick or Diane at 250-383-1162 or email [email protected] to view

our available suites.

Wetherby ApartmentsFor Seniors - 55+ 3205 Wetherby RoadSeniors only please - 55+.Bachelor - $750 & up.1 bdrm - $890 & up2 bdrm - $1125 & up.This seniors only building has on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking, Shop-ping at Hillside Mall is just steps away. Pets welcome with some restrictions.

Please call Bonny at 250-598-1650

[email protected] to view our available suites.

Gorge View Apartments258 Gorge Road East1 bdrm - $860 & up2 bdrm - $1075 & up2 bdrm+den - $1160 & upWe offer a full size indoor swimming pool, hot tub, ex-ercise room, squash court underground and above ground parking. Pets wel-come.Please call Doug or Kidest

at 250-380-6566 to view our available suites or

email [email protected] or [email protected].

Hybury House3868 Shelbourne Street1 bdrm - $8601 bdrm+den - $9102 bdrm - $1050Hybury House offers an in-door swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome.

Please call Sharon at 250-477-1039 or email


Maplewood Green 3255 Cook Street1 bdrm - $860 & up.2 bdrm - $1040 & upExtra Lg 2 bdrm- $1250 & up (some w/an in-suite W/D)Maplewood Green offers an indoor swimming pool, on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome.

Please call Sherry at 250-384-3601 or email


Park West Apartments55 Bay Street1 bdrm - $785 & up2 bdrm - $1000 - $1100Park West offers on site laundry, outdoor and cov-ered parking. Save-On Foods and several other great amenities are only one block away. Park West backs a beautiful park in the heart of Vic West, perfect for pet owners.

Please call 250-590-7505 or email [email protected] to view our avail. suites.

Seagate Apartments707 Esquimalt Road1 bdrm - $860 & up- some with a view2 bdrm -$1100 & up - some with a viewSeagate offers an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, ex-ercise room, games room, squash court, bus stop out-side the building and under-ground parking. Pets wel-come.

Please call 250-383-1731 or email [email protected] to view our avail. suites.

COTTAGES

3 ROOM Cabin near 17 Mile Pub, comf., sm pet ok, ref’s. req’d, $800.00. 250-642-0058

RENTALS

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

2 BEAUTIFUL, recently reno-vated 2 bedroom units for rent. Both have ocean view, fridges, stoves, washer and dryer, bal-conies and utilities included. Great yard and 1 minute walk to Whiffi n Spit Provincial Park. Pets considered. Unit #1 $875.00 available immediatelyUnit #2 $850.00 available April 1, 2013. Please call 250-888-4807

SPACIOUS 2 bed duplex on acreage, 1.5 baths, 4 new appls, large carport & storage shed, woodstove, newly reno’d $900/m. For interview 250-642-6661

SPACIOUS 3 BR and den, upper duplex, large deck, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 2 bathrooms, 1 car gar-age, 5 min., walk to Whiffi n Spit. $1200 + utilities, Sorry no pets.Also 2 BR, 1 bah lower duplex with patio, fenced yard, w/d, 4 stainless appl., 5 min walk to Whiffi n Spit $900 + utilities. Sorry no pets. Avail immediately. 250-812-6364

HOMES FOR RENT

3BED/3BATH, 2600 sq.ft. Vic-torian style house, but with all modern, on 25 wooded & very private acres near Sooke. $1400/mo. Avail immediately. 250-642-2923

4 BR, Kemp Lake Waterfront. 1800 sq.ft., $1500/mo. 250-880-0510

SUITES, UPPER

ABOVE GARAGE available Apr.1st (Attention Horse Lovers) Bright, spacious, sundeck, on 21/2 acres, Sooke area, f/s, shared w/d, all utils except phone & cable, $700/m. Re-quire tenant with horse knowl-edge for occasional horse care. N/S, pets negotiable. 250-642-6866 email [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

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AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

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HOMES FOR RENT

3BED/3BATH, 2600 sq.ft. Vic-torian style house, but with all modern, on 25 wooded & very private acres near Sooke. $1400/mo. Avail immediately. 250-642-2923

4 BR, Kemp Lake Waterfront. 1800 sq.ft., $1500/mo. 250-880-0510

SUITES, UPPER

ABOVE GARAGE available Apr.1st (Attention Horse Lovers) Bright, spacious, sundeck, on 21/2 acres, Sooke area, f/s, shared w/d, all utils except phone & cable, $700/m. Re-quire tenant with horse knowl-edge for occasional horse care. N/S, pets negotiable. 250-642-6866 email [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

CARS


CARS


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FRESH & DELICIOUS

Graceful FoldsBlinds & ShadesWood & Faux Wood BlindsPleated & Cellular ShadesVertical Blinds, Roller ShadesAluminum & PVC HorizontalsFree in home consultation

Contact Phyllis 250-642-2937 [email protected]

DRS JEFF & JENNIFER GRATTON

Offering Chiropractic & Naturopathic Health within our Sooke Community

CALL 250 642-3790 GOODLIFEWELLNESS CENTER(2113 OTTER POINT ROAD)

McLAUGHLIN HYPNOTHERAPYin Sooke

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Dr. Grant Parker - Over 30 years experienceNew Sooke practice - Mariner’s Village

New Patients Welcome

250 858 4994

TOO LATE TO TOO LATE TO CLASSIFYCLASSIFY

FOR RENT Quiet 1 bedroom cottage, Sooke River Road area. $625/month call 250-642-5486.

GARAGE SALE 8:30 am - 2 pm. Multi-family 6825 Beaton Road. Saturday and Sunday.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 www.sookenewsmirror.com • B15


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STARTING FRIDAY MARCH 23rd

Thrifty Foods Online Shopping Service is available 5 days a week in Sooke! Visit www.thriftyfoodsonline.com today to

place your order for delivery or instore pickup

up to three weeks in advance!

Your personal in-store shopper will select

your products just the way you like them!

Minimum $50 order is required for all online orders. A service fee of $7.95 will be charged for each online order for next day delivery service, $9.95 for same day delivery

service. Payment for your groceries will be accepted at your door by means of a secure mobile debit terminal that accepts Debit, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, or

Thrifty Foods Smile Cards. Online ordering with instore pick-up service is also available for a service fee of $4.95.

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