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The Prestige hotel became a Hollywood star last week when a Los Angeles-based film crew shot parts of a made-for-TV movie in Sooke.
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The Fort McMurray forest fire tragedy has hit home in Sooke with several families and friends affected. The community has also started fundraising.
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Commercial and recreational fisheries along the south-ern Vancouver Island coast could be in rough seas as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans considers more restrictions on chinook salmon fishing this summer.
DFO’s proposal also includes the full closure of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Georgia Strait approach waters to the Fraser River salmon fishery from May to July.
In a letter to stakeholders and First Nations, Jeff Grout, DFO Pacific regional resource manager, wrote the proposal is a “cautious management approach to the assumption that returns of Fraser River spring and sum-mer chinook will be less than 45,000 to the Fraser River this year.”
When there is a low salmon return, DFO sends a signal to all harvesters – commercial, recreational and First Nations – that there’s an anticipation of little or no fish-ing, and must get back to the sufficient spawning beds through conservation.
Grout added First Nations have raised concerns about whether DFO’s salmon integrated fisheries management plan is providing sufficient priority for First Nations’ food, social and ceremonial fisheries, given expectations for reduced harvest opportunities for Fraser chinook and sockeye.
While DFO is expected to confirm sometime this week, which direction it will take, the suggestion of more restric-tion and possible closure has left people like Christopher Bos, president of the South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition, concerned.
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DFO MULLS REDUCED FISHERYManagement plan could see closures on chinook salmon fishing this summer
Ocvtavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
Greater Sooke residents are cautioned about a possible wolf sighting after a swan was reportedly killed in the lower Sooke River area last week.
Conservation officials were contacted, but cannot confirm the animal was a wolf.
“I can’t say for certain based on the qual-ity of the photos, but it does have similar characteristics to that of a coastal wolf,” said conservation officer Sgt. Scott Norris.
“We can’t guarantee it’s a wolf. It could be an old mangy dog, it’s hard to say.”
Norris said reports of the animal were first reported last Wednesday. It killed the swan on Thursday was sighted later in the week and again Tuesday morning near the Sooke River Bridge.
Norris said it’s important to remain vigilant, as wolves do exist in the Sooke Hills and can occasionally pay a visit to more urban regions.
“It may have just made its way down the river and got into an urbanized area and realized that it’s not a good place, and back up in the bush it goes,” he said.
Pet owners are also cautioned to keep their animals on a leash. Norris said there have been fatal incidents in the past.
“We’ve had that in the past up Island where fluffy decided to run and check out this animal they thought was a dog but turned out to be a wolf and just killed him.”
So far, though, this is the only reported wolf sighting in Sooke in recent memory, and conservation is still yet to confirm the animal is what is thought out to be.
“If it definitely is a wolf, then we may have to intervene. We’ll see how it plays out,” Norris said.
For any possible sightings, call the con-servation service at 1-877-952-7277.
Officials probe wolf sighting
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A security patrol in Sooke could put more eyes out on the street to reduce crime, according to a proposal to district council.
The proposal, made by Shadow West Secu-rity, suggests provid-ing night-time patrols between two and four hours on residential streets in Sooke, seven days a week.
“With the increasing crime rate for the past year in Sooke, we deal with trespassers, suspi-cious vehicles, every-thing,” company owner David Babbage told council last week.
“Broom Hill, Sun-river, Harbourview, we’ll go wherever we’re needed.”
The Sooke-based security company, started by Babbage 10 years ago, offers secu-rity and first aid ser-vices to residential and commercial develop-ments, individual cli-ents, as well as con-struction sites around Sooke.
Shadow West also assists with guards and traffic control personnel at public town events such as the Santa Claus Parade.
There is no set num-ber of guards it employs either, as that number changes on the situa-tion and the event.
“We can be as large as
the community wants us to be, or as small as we are,” Babbage said, adding he has 23 years experience in the pri-vate security industry.
Though interested in the proposal, Coun. Kevin Pearson asked about the company’s relationship with the RCMP and how the two work together.
“I’ve spoken with them [RCMP] on many occasions, and I think they appreciate what I do for them, as I take care of the small things so they can focus on the larger issues,” he said, adding they will only contact police if a situ-
ation is beyond their control.
Mayor Maja Tait said the added patrol ser-vice could be benefi-cial for Sooke, if all the details such as cost and terms are considered.
“There’s always an appetite to look at doing something to improve safety, as long as it’s rea-sonable,” she said.
Chief administrative officer Teresa Sullivan said the staff will work with Shadow West to pull together a detailed analysis on how much the service is going to cost, which will be pre-sented at a furue meet-ing.
Plan floated to allow security to do night-time street patrols
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Hollywood comes to SookeBriefly
Prestige hotel gets starring role in made-for-TV movie
Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
Ever saw a scene in a movie and thought, “Hey, I know that place.” Well, get used to it, because you’ll see it a lot more.
Already a film industry darling, Sooke’s Prestige hotel became the star location of the latest movie to be filmed here last week, The Convenient Groom, a romantic comedy.
The story goes that a young celebrity marriage counsellor finds herself abandoned at the altar of her own highly publicized wedding. To save face, she accepts an offer from her building contractor – who secretly has a crush on her – to step in as groom and marry her.
The movie stars Vanessa Marcil and David Sutcliffe. Marcil, an American actor, is best known for her TV roles as Brenda Barrett on General Hospital and Beverly Hills, 90210. Sutcliffe, a Canadian actor, is notably known for playing Christopher Hayden on the show Gilmore Girls.
Based on a book of the same name, the action takes place in Nantucket, Mass. at a colonial-era hotel called the White Elephant, which the Prestige holds a close resemblance to.
“The Prestige looks as similar as we could get to it, so we booked it,” said the film’s production manager Darren Robson, adding that while they had the main setting, it was hard to find the rest of the Nantucket look such as the sand and wispy grass.
But they figured that one out too.“We ended up rewriting it into the Pacific
northwest. Sooke is such a beautiful location that we decided to keep it, since most of the movie takes place here anyway.”
Other filming locations around Sooke also included the Whiffin Spit and the ALR Beach in East Sooke, where the final scene of the movie was filmed (hint: it includes sand castles). The rest was shot in Deep Cove and Fort Langley.
Robson said it was the hospitality and peacefulness in Sooke that drew many impressions from the film crew.
“It was a good experience, so I would definitely say it’s worth coming back to Sooke.”
This year was still a slow start for the film industry on the Island though, considering last year there were a record-breaking 24 movies filmed in the Capital Region, said Kathleen Gilbert, Vancouver Island film commissioner.
With two films in the bag so far, Gilbert said the ups and downs are common in an industry that is unpredictable.
“We’re getting a lot of requests for location pictures and many requests for familiarization tours, so the office is very busy, it’s just that things are not landing as quickly as we’d hoped,” she said, adding that there are still a few movies looking “very good” for this summer.
There is also something unique Sooke has that a lot places don’t: a natural charm that can’t really be replicated anywhere else.
“Sooke has some amazing locations that work for some pictures, certainly when they want a more wilderness look, so we send out Sooke a lot when it’s a small town,” Gilbert said.
The Sooke Harbour House, potholes and East Sooke Park are popular filming locations, along with the Whiffin Spit and the Sooke Regional Museum. Gilbert added that the museum’s lighthouse is an ideal spot as it is one of the few that offers ample interior room.
Without a studio on the Island though, don’t expect the next Star Wars movie to be filmed here.
“We don’t really get the big budget films here, we get television movies, low-budget features, fair amount of documentaries,” Gilbert said, adding that the Island’s bread and butter are television movies.
Still, last year, the Island’s film industry brought in $20 million into the local economy, which is everything from crew, gas, food and accommodations to rental cars.
“We have at least 200 people that work regularly full time in the industry here in Victoria, so as long as we’re busy here, they’re buying houses, they’re buying televisions, they’re investing locally.”
As for Robson, he returned to Burnaby with his crew, already preparing to shoot their next movie.
Sooke will also appear in the credits, along with a thank you to the Prestige and the community of Sooke.
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Tradesmen work on the movie set of The Convenient Groom the convenient groom, which was filmed partially at the Prestige hotel last week.
The stars …
Vanessa MarcilAmerican actor Vanessa Marcil is best known for her TV roles as Brenda Barrett on General Hospital and Beverly Hills, 90210.
David SutcliffeDavid Sutcliffe, a Canadian actor, is notably known for playing Christopher Hayden on the television show Gilmore Girls.
Burning restrictions takes effect in region
Burning restrictions came into effect in Sooke on Monday, due to fire dan-ger levels and increased fire activity.
The ban is for all out-door burning, except campfires.
East Sooke has already banned burning.
Burning bans take effect in Metchosin and Otter Point on May 15.
For more information on the fire ban, please call Sooke Fire Rescue at 250-642-5422.
District CAO earns permanent status
It’s official: Teresa Sullivan is officially the District of Sooke’s chief administrative officer.
Council confirmed Monday that Sullivan passed her mandatory six-month probationary period. She was hired last December.
Meanwhile, the district has hired Patti Rear as its new deputy corporate officer. She replaces Tina Hansen, who left the municipality earlier this year.
Council says no to mosaic project
The District of Sooke has withdrawn from the Canada 150 Mosaic project.
Sooke Program for the Arts recommended on Monday that council not proceed with the program due to costs and other factors.
Canada 150 Mosaic is a national project that will see 150 communities create murals that represent their part of Canada. The program is part of next year’s national 150th anniversary celebration.
The original cost for the program was $10,000, but after further investigation SPA discovered the district would have other expenses, which could possibly double the costs.
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Although more than 1,220 kilometres separate Fort McMurray and Sooke, the two communities have a connec-tion between friends, family – even those who commute to the oil sands community for work.
As flames from wildfires have consumed swaths of Fort McMurray and chased away most of the city’s residents — more than 88,000 people — in a panic-stricken last-minute mass evacuation that is already leaving emotional scars, there are Sooke resi-dents who fear for their loved ones.
One such resident is Heather Cochrane, whose friend May-ghan Poirier was caught in the fire’s wrath.
“Naturally, I was wor-ried for her well being along with everyone else up there, whether I knew them or not, you put yourself in their shoes,” she said. “I couldn't imagine not knowing whether my home was there or not.”
Cochrane pointed out that seeing Poirier’s "check in safely from the Fort McMurray fire" feature on Facebook was a really handy tool in keeping the fear at bay.
Now, she’s more concerned as to what’s next for her friend.
“Will her first home she was about to sign the papers for still be there? Will her job or
workplace still be there?” Poirier lives in a suburb
of Fort McMurray and has worked in administrative for Hertz Equipment Rental with Shell for four years.
“I feel like I’m in a post apoc-alyptic movie. It doesn’t feel real,” she said.
“Even as I drove through downtown and passed Beacon Hill and both were on fire, it
felt like it must be fake because how on earth could it be real?”
Poirier is now safe and stay-ing with friends in Wandering River, volunteering her time to help with the recovery effort. She is unsure when she will be allowed back home, but the good news is her home is still standing.
“The crazy thing is that I was in the process of buying a house. My first house. I was supposed to take possession on May 27,” she said, add-ing that the new home is still standing.
“I was supposed to be sign-ing the papers at the bank on Friday. I don't even know if the bank is still there.”
Poirier said that despite the vivid damage and destruction, there is still a lot left of Fort McMurray that isn’t shown in the mass media, with build-ings intact and untouched by the flames.
Sooke is one of Western Canada’s leading black bear hot spots.
Continuing its education campaign as a new season heats up, Wild Wise Sooke is presenting the first Sooke Bear Day at SEAPARC Leisure Complex on Sunday (May 15), from noon to 3 p.m.
Wild Wise coordinator Debbie Read and conservation officers will present talks and field questions. Displays, children-friendly activities and information on bear-smart strategies for homeowners is also planned.
Food and drink will be available from the Sooke Harbourside Lions.
Read will kick things off at noon with the first of her three discussions about how residents can best ensure that black bears stay wild and Sooke neighbourhoods safe.
Poor household garbage storage is by far the top reason bears stop their traditional foraging routines and instead seek tastier, quick-fix calorie boosts from trash cans, compost bins, pet-food storage, birdfeeders and barbecues, Read said.
Conservation officers will step up from 1 to 2 p.m. to offer insights into the challenging realities of life on the front lines of wildlife management.
For more information, please go online to wildwisesooke.com or Facebook at facebook.com/wildwisesooke.
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Mayghan Poirier, left, and Heather Cochrane. Said Cochrane: “Naturally, I was worried for her well being along with everyone else up there, whether I knew them or not, you put yourself in their shoes.”
A bottle drive will be held at 2088 Parkland Rd., in Sooke, this Saturday (May 14). The bottle drive runs from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For pick up or more information, please call 250-882-1773. proceeds to the Red Cross.
The West Coast Grill will host a Beer and Burger fundraiser on Saturday, from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 with proceeds to the Red Cross.
The Canadian Red Cross has set up a fund to help the residents of Fort McMurray, with the federal government matching all donations. Please go online to donate.redcross.ca.
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Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30 to 11 a.m. 250-642-5152.CALLING ALL QUILTERS
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Sunday breakfast brunch, 9 to 12:30 p.m.Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday.Bluegrass Jam, first and third Sunday, 2:30 to 5 p.m. October to May.SEAPARC MUD RUN
SEAPARC Leisure Complex, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 250-642-8000SOOKE BEAR DAY
SEAPARC Leisure Complex, noon to 3 p.m.MUSIC JAM
Kemp Lake Store Music Cafe Music Jam. 7875 West Coast Rd., 1 to 5 p.m.
WALKING GROUP
People’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUP
Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information: 250-642-5464.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
Dominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR Pool, 7 p.m.PAWS 4 STORIES
Sooke Library, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Info: 250-642-3022.TOASTMASTERS
Village Foods meeting room, 7 p.m. Info: Allan at 250-642-7520.SOOKE COMMUNITY CHOIR
Sooke Community Hall, 7 p.m.ART I FACTS SHOW
Featuring photography, weaving and carving. Sooke Region Museum, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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First Foods. Youth and Family Centre, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 250-642-5464.BINGO
Sooke Senior Drop In Centre at Sooke Community Hall, 10 a.m.SENIORS LUNCH
Sooke Senior Drop In Centre at Sooke Community Hall, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
Sooke Library, 11 to 11:45 a.m. Info: 250-642-3022.YOUTH CLINIC
Ages 13-25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.KNITTING CIRCLE
Sooke Library, 6:30 to 8 p.m. 250-642-3022.WOMEN’S CANCER GROUP
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Sooke Country Market. Otter Point Road across from Eustace Road, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
Meat draw, 3 p.m.GERMAN PLAYGROUP
Sooke Library, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Info: 250-642-3022.ART I FACTS SHOW
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Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call June at 250-642-2032.ART I FACTS SHOW
Featuring photography, weaving and carving. Sooke Region Museum, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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A public information meeting will take place tomorrow (May 12) in Port Renfrew to discuss a temporary-use permit for a new marina.
The proposed permit will allow the construc-tion and operation of a 60-slip commercial marina, providing moorage for commercial ves-sels and private pleasure craft, as well as offices, food services, retail sales, helicopter landing, boat trailer parking and boat storage within the designated marine and community residential zones.
The commercial marina, also known as the Pacific Gateway Marina, will also feature a full-serve gas station, as well as accommodation for a 60-foot yacht.
The overall footprint of the marina is approxi-mately 3.86 hectares, covering the waterfront lands north of Baird Road.
The public is invited to provide comment on the permit on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Port Renfrew Community Centre, 6638 Deering Rd., Port Renfrew.
Public information meeting gives details on marina plan
Test runBrixton Cole tests out the jumps at the recently-reopened bike park at SEAPARC Leisure Complex. The bike park was closed down during the winter for repairs.
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District to Adopt Financial Plan and Tax Rate Bylaws
The Council of the District of Sooke intends to adopt the following bylaws at a Special Meeting of Council on May 11, 2016:
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• Bylaw No. 639, Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2016
• Bylaw No. 640, Property Tax Bylaw, 2016
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From page 1“There is no more room for additional
restrictions without seriously damaging the fishery,” he said, adding that the exploitation Juan de Fuca and Haro Strait chinook salmon anglers has dropped by at least 77 per cent of Fraser chinook stocks since restrictions began falling into place in 2008.
“Implementing a closure and introducing more restrictive measures will only further harm businesses that rely on our traditional year-round salmon fishery for their income,” Bos said.
“Lodges, guides, tackle stores, marinas, boat sales and repair businesses will all be negatively affected by these proposed DFO actions.”
In 2012, DFO implemented more restrictive measures and closures of fisheries with the idea to help conserve spring and chinook stocks. In this report, DFO noted the daily limit for the Juan de Fuca recreational fishery was two chinook per day (wild or hatchery marked) from March 1 to June 15.
Under the same report, First Nations fisheries were also limited in their exploitation rates on Fraser spring and summer chinook with a reduction of 45 per cent.
While no numbers or decision have been officially released by DFO, others, such as the Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. hopes federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo will work with both sides to find a compromise that could avoid further restrictions or closures of fisheries.
“We sincerely hope that DFO understands the need for a clear and transparent science-based
approach to this issue which respects the value and needs of all sectors,” wrote the the Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. in a letter to members.
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We can’t guarantee it’s a wolf. It could be an old mangy dog, it’s hard to say.
It was a good experience, so I would definitely say it’s worth coming back to Sooke.
I feel like they’ll win everything. I’m absolutely confi-dent that they’ll play hard, and I’m really happy where they got to so far.
Sgt. Scott Norris, conservation officer – Page A1
Darren Robson, movie production manager – Page A13
Morgan D’Ganigian, EMCS coach– Page A29
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Wednesday morning musings and meditations.
•••If you think taxpayers got dinged
in the recent SEAPARC land purchase referendum, you may not want to read this.
The cost to hold the referendum was $22,000 and just 9.6 per cent of 12,307 eligible voters cast a ballot.
If you break down the expenses, each Yes vote cost you $1,000.49.
And there’s still the issue that the land purchase won’t cost taxpayers a dime. That’s sort of correct.
SEAPARC will make the payments from its existing pool requisition, which was retired last year, but taxpayers never got that money back.
So what’s the first thing a politician
wants to do? Keep the money and push it into another program, of course.
Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks said SEAPARC never needed to hold the referendum and could have paid for the property outright, but decided instead to “let the people” decide if that’s what they wanted.
Obviously, we voted with our wallets.
•••We live in one of the most beautiful
spots of the world, yet we don’t treat it kindly.
You have to laud the efforts of people like Shirley’s Jan and Meg Toom, who got tired of finding illegal dumps along trailways and wooded
areas and set out a plan to clean up the mess left by others. In one day, the Tooms and other volunteers collected more than 5.5 tons of garbage.
It makes you understand then why some Capital Regional District directors are so reluctant to open up the Leech River watershed to full public access.
The political jargon reads that they want to keep the water pure and safe from fire. (It is estimated that water from the Leech River watershed will be needed to supplement the water in the Sooke Lake Reservoir sometime in the next 50 years).
The cold, hard reality is that we don’t treat our natural spaces very well.
Take a trip to any wilderness area and you will find human mess. It can be as small as a cigarette butt or as large as an old truck.
I’ve trekked through most of the provincial and regional parks in Greater Victoria and I am always amazed what I find in the deep woods.
Once, we came across an old car about 1940’s vintage. Over towards Mount Work there is a trail fondly called Bubble Wrap trail for the amount of garbage found on it.
It’s nice for all of us to call this the greatest place to live in the world, but we should all make an effort to at least keep it clean.
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Every ‘Yes’ vote cost local taxpayers $1,000. 49
Kevin LairdEditor
As Sooke and the rest of Canada watched as a cascade of fire consumed Fort McMurray, the question echoed ever so loudly in everyone’s heads: could this be real?
With more than 88,000 people scattered and 2,400 buildings razed, Canada is trying to recover.
And tragic as it may be, there is something far more powerful that rose from those ashes: the human spirit. Just as thousands of cars drove through what appeared to be the hot swirling depths of hell, something hung in the mind of each
driver: fight for life, for your loved ones.
Now, as burning embers cool, comes the other side of human nature: love and compassion.
Reports of people buying a store-load of water or food for everyone, or complete strangers offering up their fuel, their vehicles, even their homes to those who lost everything.
That’s the wonderful paradox here. Canadians came together as a nation to aid their people in a time when it was all deemed lost to the flames. Everything from Gofundme accounts,
to donation boxes and dozens of other ways to help sprouted within days; donate a dollar, donate some water, perhaps a fire truck or two.
With hundreds of locals employed over the years in the oil sands, Sooke pulled its own weight too, from bottle drives, to garage sales, to car washes, to individual donations, the money came out of the woodwork.
The Fort McMurray wildfire wounded Canada, but she’s still standing strong thanks to the superglue made by friends and family, strangers and neighbours,
by Albertans, British Columbians, Ontarians, and everybody else.
This was not a tragedy, but a an example of the primal unity of human nature in the face of the unsympathetic wrath of Mother Nature. Alberta will need time to recover, but she can do it if we all continue to stand by her, whether you’re from Sooke, Vancouver, Toronto, or Ottawa.
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WE ASKED YOU: What kind of movie would you film in Sooke?
A cool movie about animals, like attack of the llamas … because llamas are awesome.
Brooke CameronSooke
A horror movie. Sooke has the perfect natural setting for it. I think it would be terrifying.
Neil FrelickSooke
They should do a supernatural movie in Sooke, I think that would be amazing.
Angie CameronSooke
An old-town romance film. There’s something about Sooke that would work really well for that genre.
Melinda FrelickSooke
EDITOR’S NOTE: Would you like to be considered for We Asked You? If so, contact reporter Octavian Lacatusu by email at [email protected] or phone 250-642-5752.
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Twisted allegations an embarrassment
Re: Transparency needed on CRD controversy (Letters, May 4)
Peter McKay’s letter illustrates and perpetuates the mischief created by those who believe in conspiracy theories where none exist.
The council meeting was stacked by those of a like mind, sort of like bringing in the air force to shoot down a fly.
These people rarely, if ever, attend council meetings.
If he had bothered to attend, he would know that right off the get go Coun. Rick Kasper moved a motion that immediately restored Mayor Maja Tait as Sooke’s Capital Regional District director.
The mayor, however, moved an amendment that her reappointment to the CRD not become effective until September, 2016. She advised that Coun. Kasper was in the middle of some CRD projects and it only made sense that he carries on until the fall.
Both Mayor Tait and Coun. Kasper said that they were happy with that.
McKay’s spurious allegations do not hold water. He needs to know that when council members are appointed to entities, like the CRD, they are appointed by council and that includes the mayor. Such appointments are at the pleasure of Council and can, if required, be rescinded.
Indeed, there are a number of municipalities where the mayor, for a variety of reasons, is not the CRD appointee, so the appointment is not automatic.
As for who supported the
above amended motion McKay needs to review the televised recording of the meeting. He can find it on the Council’s website.
It is the twisted allegations made by McKay that are an embarrassment to Sooke and its residents.
D.R. MatlandSooke
Many questions on gasification project
If Sooke is going to consider having a waste gasification project, I hope council is planning on having some public consultation due to the many serious concerns that these systems raise.
Examples are: release of toxins such as dioxins into the air; what to do with the ash, which has concentrations of heavy metals and other pollutants in it without creating a hazard in our community or another community; gasification is a net producer of greenhouse gases. From what I understand these installations need to be built according to very rigorous standards and be unceasingly operated in a diligent manner lest these pollution concerns be exacerbated.
So, I guess another concern is what is the projected cost of such a project and who will be responsible for making sure it is running properly at all times?
Gasification plants require a guaranteed steady stream of garbage which could mean other communities will be trucking their garbage to Sooke and it would also discourage us from diverting our garbage and reducing, reusing and recycling.
If the district is prepared to transfer or purchase a piece of property for this venture, perhaps a more cost-effective idea would be to create a recycle/compost-creating/re-use store/diverting garbage into commodities centre instead.
Jo PhillipsOtter Point
Money wasted on fish farm court appeal
I would like to know why federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo wants to waste taxpayers’ money on the Liberal government’s decision to appeal last year’s ruling about preventing diseased farmed salmon from being returned to the ocean.
This can hardly be a safe thing to do.
It is bad enough our wild salmon have to endure sharing their pristine environment with farmed Atlantic salmon. But diseased salmon? How can one even contemplate doing this?
Why not put the money the ministry will waste in appealing the decision to good use? Invest in an unbiased study about salmon farming in our inlets. Listen to the people, we don’t want this.
I witnessed Sooke basin’s farmed salmon in the early 1980s and it was a mess. If we need farmed salmon, it is about time to do this with onshore pens where our wild stock remain safe.
I suppose many of the salmon farming documents were shredded or burned by our former government. I am 68 and have lost faith in the
future because I have long lost faith in our leaders. They care nothing about the wishes of the everyday citizens of this country.The corporations win every time.
I had faith in Justin Trudeau, but now I am not sure.
Lynda SlaterSooke
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Gram for tiny gram, hummingbirds have to be the toughest little critters on the planet.
Any creature small enough to fit in the palm of your hand that weighs less than a penny and can handle a 20-hour, non-stop 800 kilometre flight across the Gulf of Mexico deserves a lofty perch atop the animal wingdom.
My first encounter with the magical miniscules occurred during a summer vacation on Quebec’s majestic Lake Memphremagog when I was six or seven years of age.
I was absorbed in a comic book when an iridescent flicker buzzed by my ear out of nowhere to feed on a potted plant less than a foot from where I was sitting.
The sound of those little wings whirring away between sips was almost as impressive as its lightning quick departure in reverse, the only bird that can pull off that backwards manoeuvre.
We’re blessed in Sooke to live in an area where a number of the 338 species of hummingbirds thrive year-round.
A feeder by our kitchen window and another on the back deck affords a variety of views that lets us
watch them fight over seating from dawn until dusk, including in weather stormy enough to blow the hat off your head. It’s always an amazing sight that guarantees an admiring smile on our faces, whatever mood we’re in.
My wife has even taken to naming them based on their personality traits; meet Sippy, Big Gulp, Flitty and Gazy.
Although I am guilty of the occasional grumble and have been known to beak off about our sugar bill when I have to do a cleaning and refill after they tear through both feeders in a couple of days, we won’t go to bed before ensuring there’s enough liquid in each one to get our feathered family through the morning rush hour.
Joan even insists on bringing the feeders in when the temperature drops to freezing. Fortunately, that only happens in
the winter when it’s still dark before she gets up, or she would probably set her alarm so she wasn’t late with their breakfast. Apparently, it’s their most important meal of the day, next to lunch, dinner and all day snacks.
We add the new batches of nectar only after it’s dark. It can be a little unsettling if you interrupt their approach and they have to silently screech to a halt if your movements startle them on their approach to the buffet.
You don’t want to get on their bad side because they can live up to 10 years and may decide to drop you from their route if there’s better service down the road.
They prefer it if you boil the water first – four parts of H2O to one part sugar – and let it cool completely after dissolving the sugar.
A naturalist at Goldstream Provincial Park told me that’s the right recipe, and much better for them than the mysterious liquid of unknown origin
sold in stores. Using a surgically sterilized whisk is optional, but a nice touch nonetheless.
The feeder’s bright colours attracts them, so there’s no need for artificial colouring. It’s best to place your feeders near flowers so the mighty mites have a variety of drive through and fast food options.
•••Rick Stiebel is a
Sooke resident and semi-retired journalist.
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A hummingbird gobbles up breakfast from a backyard feeder.
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COMMUNITY 67%WORLD 14%
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COMMUNITY projects include grants to tireless local community non-profits, literacy programs, a playground shelter at CASA, a gazebo and garden benches at Ayre Manor, the stage curtains at EMCS, the Skateboard Park and the Rotary Pier. Rotary also provides discreet, exceptional assistance associated with family crisis or emergency.
YOUTH are sponsored to attend local, provincial, national and international leadership and career training events. Ongoing bursaries support promising graduates. Rotary financed the purchase of the Community Youth bus, helped develop the John Muir School community garden, improved the camps for local Scouts and Girl Guides and provided computer equipment for Sooke Elementary School.
In the WORLD Rotarians support international projects like a girls’ school in Malawi, worldwide immediate disaster relief, health projects and the global effort to eradicate polio.
To our opening ceremonies guests: Alan Planes and Shirley Alphonse representing the T'Sou-ke Nation; CRD Director Mike Hicks; Mayor Maja Tait; and MLA John Horgan. Thanks to Janet McTavish for singing O Canada and Jon Lynn Moffat for the piping;
To Holy Trinity Anglican Church and T'Sou-ke Nation for the garden sale;
To the Sooke Community Association and Sooke Fire Dept for the chairs and tables (we need a LOT of tables), the Sooke Fall Fair for tablecloths, Kelly Keys/Sooke Flower House and John Topolniski/RONA for the plants, Sooke Home Hardware for the patio stands and Al Zielonka/Sooke Harbour Electric, Rob Peters/Sooke Moving and Al Champ for help with the set-up;
To the RCMP and the private donors for all the bikes;
To École Poirier for providing the stage; to the EMCS Program Office for the big screen; and to Eric James for helping set up the sound system;
Janet McTavish & Jim Zettel; Richard Hopkins & Mitch Rehman and the students of Journey Middle School; Carol Cave and the Sooke Dance students; Linda & Eric James; Katrina Kadosky & Friends; Sooke Youth Show Choir;
To Sooke Signs, Sooke Fax & Copy and Island Graphics Ltd. for the design and printing help and Sooke News Mirror, Sooke Voice News & Sooke Pocket News for the advertising;
To the Sooke Arts Council and Sooke Regional Museum for loaning us the display grids;
With Rotary What You See Isn’t All You Get
More Special Rotary Thanks:
THANKS TO YOU our 26th Annual Auction & Spring Fairwas a huge success. Your generous donations, keen bidding and enthusiastic participation will make it possible for the Rotary Club of Sooke to fund many more projects in the year to come. Many people ask what Rotary does in
the local community and in the world. Some of our projects are well-known and others have a lower profile but they all make a big difference.
To the District of Sooke for providing the Discover Sooke display;
To Cape Links & Coils, Little Vienna Bakery, Stone Pipe Grill, Wannawafel for serving such excellent food;
To Brian Rimmer, our auctioneer, who always does such a great job of inspiring the crowd and raising the bidding;
To the staff at SEAPARC: Sandra, Diana, & May at reception; Luc, Jeff & Don in the arena; Angela, Michael, Wyatt, Kai, McKenzie & Dylan during the free swim; Darcy & Colleen for the promotion!;
To our donors that didn’t make the flyer: 642 Wear; doTerra Wellness Advocate; Les and Penny Hillard; Dog Gone Walking & Co; Adamek Financial; Your Perfect Gift; Cobs Bakery; Route 14 Sooke; 2 Reel Fishing Adventures; HomeWise Plumbing & Drainage; Miles of Smiles Nature Junior Kindergarten; CRD Parks & Environmental Services; Blazing Face & Body Painting; Sooke Sailing Association; Barry Bell; Bedrock Gravel Sales (Les Monnington);
To our many volunteers Al C, Barb S, Sarah W, Maggie F, Tom T, Adrian W, Steve H, Alice G, Duff J, Doug P, Jodi M, Paul L, Sue M, Troy, Riley, the John Muir Commu-nity Garden families and the energetic Sooke Baseball players, coaches, and families;
To the many youth volunteers: Lucy, Ella, Quinlin, Isis, Jared, Ethan, Camille, Kaitlin, Aidan, Craig, J.T., Hunter, Sydney, Hailey, Serena, Michael, Madisson, Dallas;
Finally, and most importantly to all theGENEROUS DONORS & EXHIBITORS
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Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
John Muir elementary is looking more in tune with its surrounding natural environment, thanks to a recent mural completed by the students.
The project was two months in the making, following a grant from Art Starts, a not-for-profit organization that promotes art and creativity among B.C.’s
youth. It wasn’t just going
to be any mural, either, but as a symbol of respecting and thinking about the local environment, noted John Muir principal Tess Vally.
“We went down to Ella Beach and the kids looked around and saw the different things in the environment and thought about what would be under the sea and then they sketched different
ideas,” she said. Using what they saw,
the students then came together and every child in the school sketched and painted some kind of creature onto the mural, living either under the sea, on the sea shore, or in the sky.
The mural also had some artistic direction from First Nations’ artist Charlene George about drawing animals and creatures in the same style as First
Nations, an ancient and sacred art form that goes back thousands of years.
Stitching it all together was tricky, but was largely helped by its modular design, of which
two classrooms – a younger and older class – worked on each of the five mural boards.
All the school’s nine classrooms were involved.
One of the panels
was also done by all the students from Port Renfrew elementary.
“It made our school a lot more inviting, which is just amazing,” Vally said, thanking the mural’s main artist Johanna Hoskins
and parent volunteer Nicole Rae for helping it all come to fruition.
Next year, Vally said they plan to do a mural that is in the style of a tidal pool, though nothing is yet confirmed.
Creatures of sky, sea and land portrayed in John Muir mural
Nicole Rae/Contributed
John Muir students working on one of the mural’s five panels.
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HOLY TRINITYAnglican Church
1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am The Rev. Dimas Canjura
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SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424
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JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church Service
Pastor Lowell Holmquist Sunday @ 10:30AM | clachurch.com/sooke
6851 West Coast Road | 250.642.4822
ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945
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Rev. Fr. Marinaldo Batista
The BlessingAll of us long to be accepted. While we may say, “I don’t care what other people think or say about me,” on the inside we really do. We want intimacy and affection, especially from our parents. Getting or missing out on parental approval has a tremendous effect on us. In later years some people are driven by many destructive methods to seek approval in their family and work
relationships to offset the perceived loss of approval. We have a case of missed blessing in Esau. Esau wanted his father Isaac’s blessing primarily because it gave children of his time a tremendous sense of their father’s approval, it pictured a special future for them, and it involved words of encouragement and acceptance. How disappointed he was to fi nd that his father Isaac had already his younger brother, Jacob.
Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me. And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” And he said “I am your fi rst born son, Esau.” Then Isaac trembled exceedingly and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him – Indeed he shall be blessed. When Esau Heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and he said to his father, “Bless me even also, O my father!”
Genesis 27:31-34
The biblical blessing model has fi ve parts: A meaningful touch, a spoken message, attaching high value to the one being blessed, picturing a special future for the one blessed, and an active commitment to fulfi ll the blessing. Isaac called his son near to bless and provide him with a meaningful touch, in this case a kiss - “Come near now and kiss me my son.” (Gen. 27:26) The act of touching provides a caring background to the words spoke. Whether the touch is hugging, kissing or gently laying your hands upon your kids, the point is that blessing our children usually includes a meaningful touch.
Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
The Sooke Commu-nity Choir is launching into its new season this Friday, starting off with a retro, yet captivating musical interpretation one of the funkiest eras ever: the 70s.
Fittingly-called 1970s: All You Need is Love, the concert takes a close look at what choir conductor Bruce Ruddell calls “the most remarkable decade of music in human his-tory.”
The choir will per-form in a series of three concerts starting Friday at 8 p.m. at the
Sooke Community Hall, followed by 8 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
It also covers every-thing from disco to country to the chang-ing of rock n’ roll to rock.
There will even be an 18-minute long Bea-tles medley, as well as a duet of Bohemian Rhapsody, followed by Eagles, John Den-ver and Seven Bridges Road.
“We can’t cover it all, but we’re doing our best,” Ruddell said, adding there will even be a light show to give it that extra retro feel.
Other numbers
include the theme from Sweeney Todd, and Kathy Russell, the choir’s pianist, will play a piece from Chicago, followed by a sing-along to Your Momma Don’t Dance.
And if that isn’t enough to soothe your heart, then a perfor-mance of Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Hollies’ He Ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother, will.
With a choir ensem-ble of around 70 sing-ers, Ruddell seeks to bring all this musical magic to the most epic and exciting propor-tions possible.
“I have to stand in front of them, y’know? It’s like a jumbo jet taking off,” Ruddell laughed.
Joining the choir for the first time in recent memory is a four piece band; an electric guitar, base, drums and key-board.
A new piano also joins the choir in its new home at the com-munity hall.
The band is expected to open the second act
with George Benson’s iconic song, Breezin.
Following this week-end’s concert series, the community choir will head to Parksville for a musical tour on May 28.
Tickets are avail-able at Shoppers Drug Mart, Stick in the Mud or at the door, though for anyone under 29 admission is free.
“The idea is to turn younger people on to live music, so if you’re
under 29, come and catch this show,” Rud-dell said.
The Sooke Commu-nity Choir brought to life a full repertoire of songs during its last major concert in Sooke, Songs for a Winter’s Night, which included several holiday-spirited musical classics.
For more informa-tion, visit sookecom-munitychoir.com, email [email protected] or call 250-642-3566.
Time to experience the 1970s-2016 styleSooke Community Choir will take you back to the musical wonder of the ‘70s with some modern oomph
Don’t miss it
EVENT: 1970s: All You Need Is Love
WHEN: May 13 to 14 at 8 p.m., May 15 at 2 p.m.
WHERE: Sooke Community Hall
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Elida PeersSooke News Mirror
Sooke’s first bank, what a red-letter day for our little town!
The year was 1956 and the Canadian Bank of Commerce had undertaken the business venture of establishing a branch here. It stands at left, in a building shared with an insurance broker. We’re told the automobile parked in front is a 1954 Buick, and David McClimon recalls that it belonged to Dal Elder.
Before the bank came, many working men were accustomed to cashing their pay cheques at Gibsons’s Cottage Store, centre of photo. Owner Bob Gibson laid in a supply of cash on Fridays as a convenience to Sooke folk.
If you were standing at the right hand lower corner of this scene today, you would be approximately at the corner of Townsend Road and if you looked straight down the road you would now see the traffic light, Sooke’s first, installed in 1983 at the corner of Otter Point and Sooke Roads. (We thank Linda Gabriel for confirming this date for us.)
In time, of course, a number of changes took place to the bank building, and it amalgamated with the Imperial Bank along the way.
In the very centre of the photo there is a large house, once the home of the Benjamin Acreman family, and probably home to the Olmsteads at the time of photo. This is the corner of Sheilds Road, that leads to the Sooke Community Hall,
though the hall can’t be seen in the photo.
Right at that Sheilds corner, of course, today you would see the three-storey Sheilds Business Centre building. The block running between the Sheilds building and Otter Point Road, is where Cedar Grove Shopping Centre was built.
A house originally built by Eustace Arden stood in this block, later becoming home to the Mandus and Winnie Michelsen family; it’s hidden by the Gibson store, so you can’t see it in the photo. Eric Phillips and his sons were running the B/A station at the right on the corner.
But back to the bank – which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month – the first manager was Doug Archibald, who became a community leader, starting off as president of the Sooke/Jordan River Chamber
of
Commerce. He was much appreciated for
spearheading a fund drive to acquire an ambulance for Sooke. Doug and Jean Archibald raised a son Peter and daughter Jeannette, and built a home on the waterfront way out West Coast Road.
The insurance broker who shared the building initially with the bank was Walter Conder, and shortly thereafter, as the bank expanded, Doug Hedges took over the Conder insurance business.
An interesting note is that first bank manager Doug Archibald’s son Peter married his high school sweetheart Anne, daughter of Bob and Julia Gibson who owned the Gibson’s Cottage store, and the couple have lived in Coquitlam for many years.
•••Elida Peers is the historian of Sooke
Region Museum.
Sooke History
Sooke first bank opened in 1956
This 1956 photo of Sooke’s first bank was supplied courtesy of CIBC Archives in Toronto.
Capital Regional District
Date: May 17, 2016Time: 7:00 pmPlace: Juan de Fuca Local Area Services Building 3 – 7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BC
1. Development Permit Application with Variance a) DV000047 - Lot 22, Section 43, Highland District,
Plan 14620 (6678 Mark Lane)
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District, Strata Plan VIS7065, Together with an Interest in the Common Property in Proportion to the Unit Entitlement of the Strata Lot as Shown on Form V (9 – 6574 Baird Road)
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TAKE NOTICE THAT on 07 Mar 2016an order was made for service on you of aNotice of Civil Claim issued from the Kamloops Registry of the Supreme Courtof British Columbia in proceeding number 52248 by way of this advertisement.
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Regarding Land in the Agricultural Land Reserve
I, the Sooke Community Association of PO Box 198 Stn Main, Sooke, BC V9Z OP7 intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as, Lot 2, Section 15, Sooke District, Plan VIP17066, Except Plan 19246 and located at 2249 Sooke River Road, Sooke B.C.
Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to the District of Sooke, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 1J2 by June 1, 2016
We as a family are sad to announce that the matriarch of our family has died peacefully into the arms of the lord. Leaving behind son, David Peters and daughter, Louisa Peters (Bubs), step daughter Maureen and many grand children and great grand children plus extended family. Predeceased by her 5 younger siblings, husband George Peters, daughter Sherry Peters and step son Brian Peters. There will be a large hole in our lives but through us all she will always be remembered. Isabell was humble, loving caring and had spunk. Most of all she loved her family. We don’t say goodbye, we say; until we see you again. Special Thanks to the 6th floor staff and residents of Selkirk place.
Memorial will be held on Saturday, May 28th 2016, 2pm at Sooke Baptist Church
7110 West Coast Rd, Sooke BC
Isabella Louisa PetersNov. 10, 1919–April 30, 2016
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Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
few months ago, SEAPARC Leisure Complex launched its junior-level water polo program, and now the program is branching out into an adult league
as well. It’s grown, too. Just weeks ago, it began with five people, then eight, now 10.
The idea is to create a water polo community in Sooke that focuses on the basics of playing the sport, not so much on its competitiveness, said Myles Wallace, SEAPARC water polo program coordinator.
After all, it’s about having fun. “No one has to know any of the
rules ... people still throw the ball with two hands, but that’s OK, because everyone’s learning,” Wallace said.
Adult water polo sessions run every Monday night from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m., through spring and summer. The program will be on hiatus between June 14 and July 4 due to pool maintenance.
Sessions are broken down into several intervals: practice drills for the first 10 to 15 minutes where players throw the ball around, warm up and have fun, followed by swimming up the pool, heading up with the ball. During
the last 30 minutes, the teams play a game.
“I put together a few drills to understand how water polo works, and it’s good for fitness, good for fun,” Wallace said, adding that if they get three teams, they’ll extend the game time further.
While this is more of a community and fitness-focused program, Wallace said participants still need to have basic swimming skills.
“You don’t really need to be skilled, you just have to be comfortable in the deep water,” he said, adding that since the program uses 80 per cent of the pool while in session, a third of the pool is quite shallow, so if someone isn’t comfortable in deep water, there are shallow places where they can stand.
Wallace’s experience with water polo goes back to Grade 9 in Vancouver. After coming to Victoria, he played for the University of Victoria’s water polo teams.
As for equipment, you’ll need a bathing suit. No goggles are necessary.
“Water polo’s played without goggles, you never really have your head in the water,” Wallace said.
Water polo participants pay SEAPARC’s drop-in rate of $5.75.
For more info on the program, please go online to crd.bc.ca/seaparc or call 250-642-8000.
Waterpolo league begins at SEAPARCThe idea is to create a water polo community that focuses on the basics of playing the sport
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Number of players per team: 7 (one goalie and six field players).
Length of game: 45 minutes – four seven-minute quarters that actually last around 12 minutes or so depending on the referee.
Scoring: one point per goal.
Scores are in the range of 6-15 goals per game. With a decent goalie, shooting percentages are in the 30 per cent range so there are usually lots of shots and blocks.
Field of Play: 30 metre all deep pool if available.
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SEAPARC waterpolo polo program coordinator Myles Wallace on the pool deck. Adult water polo sessions run every Monday night from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m., through spring and summer.
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Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror
The Edward Milne Community School Wolverines girls’ rugby team is sharpening its skills and teeth for the final stretch of its epic journey: the city cham-pionships.
And what a season. So far, the Wolverines
lost only one game, and even though there were a few critical inju-ries along the way, the team plowed on.
In provincial cham-pionships earlier this year, the Wolverines placed sixth.
“We’ve gone to Oak Bay [and St. Michaels University School], we’ve been here, played three games each time, so we’re 8-1,” said head coach Morgan D’Ganigian.
This season the young EMCS crew has managed to trample its competition, apart from its strongest rival – Oak Bay – but D’Ganigian isn’t wor-
ried. “Honestly, [the Wol-
verines] just have to play. When we played them, they were lazy,
they weren’t following any sort of structure, they played down to their level,” he said.
Key players in the
team, such as Rori Wood and Alexis Dun-ning are certainly towards the tip of the spear, but D’Ganigian pointed out the whole team’s mixed dynamics turn it into the power-house that it is.
“There are a bunch of players that have been around for a year that are very good now, and there are a bunch of new players who caught on really fast, so everybody plays a huge part of it,” D’Ganigian said.
D’Ganigian added that experienced players help out the younger players who then become just as good, so the whole chemistry just works out.
As for the city cham-pionships, he feels really good of what’s in store.
“I feel like they’ll win everything. I’m abso-lutely confident that they’ll play hard, and I’m really happy where they got to so far.”
EMCS Wolverines set sights on city rugby championship
Octavian Lacatusu/Sooke News Mirror
Rori Wood, left, and Emma Chalmers practice tackling at the Edward Milne Community School field on Monday.
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Sooke Minor Fastball has seen a 40 per cent increase in the number of registered players this year, says president Chris Bryant.
The spring league saw 250 players reg-ister, up from 159 last year.
Much of the growth has come through younger players within the developmental pro-gram, but the rep teams are thriving too.
Teams in the U12 to U19 divisions are full and some players turned away.
“It’s frustrating that the size of the park and the population doesn’t allow us to carry two full teams unless we really ramp it up,” Bry-ant said.
Part of the problem is the lack of qualified coaches and enough pitchers and catchers to fill team rosters.
Still, while all players couldn’t find a team to play on this year, Bry-ant is thrilled the pro-gram is growing.
On the boys side, Sooke Minor Fastball is fielding three teams in U10, U16 and U18, and there are two midget,
two U12, a U16 and U14 girl squads.
“Sooke has become the epicenter for boys fastball in the region,” Bryant said. “We have
more boys teams than any other field on the South Island.”
Bryant points out that much of the suc-cess of this year’s pro-
gram has been the amount of awareness brought to the sport in the last year through media reports, advertis-ing and the hard work of the fastball executive.
Despite the success of this year’s program, Bryant said there is still work to do.
Fastball registra-tion in Sooke peaked in 2000 and 2001 when more than 350 children played.
And the recent refer-
endum for the DeMa-miel Creek golf course has brought in focus the future of recreation in Sooke.
“People who have kids one, two, three years of age have to start thinking about rec-reation,” Bryant said. “What is going to hap-pen to Art Morris and Fred Milne Parks?
“What direction do we want – or need – for sport and recreation in our community?”
Fastball hits big numbersSooke player registration increase by 40 per cent for spring season
Octavian Lacatusu/Sooke News Mirror
Sooke Steelers’ Olivia Cavanaugh eyes up the ball during a match against Saanich Lakehill on Sunday afternoon in the second game of a U14C girls fastball game at Art Morris Park. Sooke lost the game 10-6, but beat Peninsula 17-13 in the earlier contest.
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Fishing in Sooke’s saltwaters has been good this spring with salmon, halibut and crab being brought to the docks daily.
Salmon fishing is consistent with good catches from those trolling 100 to 150 feet with their gear on the bottom.
“Outfront” of Sooke harbour mouth, Otter, Sheringham Points and west to Point No Point have been good areas to look for salmon.
Trolling bright glow green and glow purple flashers infront of glow/white/green spoons, anchovy teaser heads or hootchies, has been productive.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has proposed changes to the usual summer season restrictions for 2016 on chinook and spring salmon retention sizes, in particular for the period between mid-June and mid-July, this contrary to rumors of complete closure. Check the DFO website for details.
Halibut fishing has been spotty for some, but still some great catches for others.
The Island Outfitters Just for the Halibut Derby was won by Sooke fishers Jeff Brohman, Andy Dawson and Cory Arnett on the April 30 weekend, taking the $7,500 first place prize with a 73.9-pound Hali caught locally.
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Video games may be getting increasingly realistic, but nothing satisfies a child more than getting his hands dirty in the garden.
More than 50 Sooke children did just that at the first meeting of the Sooke Children’s Gar-den Club at the Allot-ment Garden in Sun-river last week, with six different workshops to experience.
In each workshop, children got the chance to learn something on the environment, healthy cooking, flow-ers, plants, a garden craft, and the chance to make a Beanie baby necklace.
“It’s just understand-ing the value of kids at an early age to learn about growing things in a garden,” said Anne Boquist, one of the club’s coordinators.
Every year the work-shops also change with a different focus. This year, children are learning about different types of spring bulbs and seeds that can be planted, how to plant peas and how peas grow.
There will certainly be more. The club meets every month at the Allotment Garden, with a different activity every time, depending on the season.
“Every year in the fall we do scare crows and have a party after-
wards,” Boquist said. “Parents love it, and it all ends with juice and cookies.”
The free event is open to children ages three and up. To keep those busy hands dig-ging, the club receives donations from the Sooke Rotary Club, the Sooke Harbourside Lions, Sooke Lions Club and Lionesses.
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Fox Barnes and Metthea Peppley in the process of making their "garden manuals" at the Kids Garden Club event at the Sooke Community Gardens.
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