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Crawling the crawlRoyal Roads students plan to use a slow moving flash mob to highlight daily traffic gridlock.

News, Page A3

The time is rightLangford athletes with a passion for running carve out a thriving business connected to road races.

Sports, Page A17

Edward HillNews staff

Langford is mulling its place within West Shore Parks and Recreation as frustrations mount from political infighting and conflicting priorities at the Colwood-based complex.

“It’s been the elephant in the room for a while now,” announced Metchosin Mayor John Ranns at the West Shore parks and rec annual general meeting on June 23. “Is Langford in or out?”

Langford’s possible exit from the West Shore’s largest recreation complex has circulated through the municipal rumour mill for months and years, charged by conflict at the board table and underscored by Langford’s drive to build City Centre Park.

Langford Coun. Lanny Seaton confirmed Lang-ford has held informal talks about pulling out from the owner group.

“We’ve talked about the possibly of walking away from Juan de Fuca because we’ve done our own recreation on such a dramatic scale,” Seaton said.

“It’s definitely not something we’ve made a decision on. It’s something we’ve talked about because over the last few years, working here has not been fun.”

The 110-acre recreation facility is owned by Langford, Colwood, Metchosin, View Royal, High-lands and the Juan de Fuca electoral area, and all pay an annual requisition based on population. Of the $4.45 million gleaned from the owners in 2011, Langford paid about half, or $2.2 million.

But friction arises through the owners having an equal vote on capital spending despite having vastly different population sizes.

Langford ponders future at West Shore parks and rec

PLEASE SEE: Friction frequent, Page A6

Edward Hill/News staff

View Royal firefighters Buchanan Elliott and Gerry Cadwallader search the shoreline of Upper Thetis Lake Tuesday morning for a missing 67-year-old woman from Saanich. The search was called off after 18 hours.

Thetis park search comes up cold


The search for a Saanich woman thought to be lost overnight in Thetis Lake park was called off after crews found no trace of the 67-year-old.

The final search team hit remote McKenzie Creek trail early Tuesday afternoon, but emergency responders had dismantled the command

centre around noon after 18 hours of scouring the park.

“There’s been nothing at all,” said Linda Hillard of Metchosin Search and Res-cue. “It’s very discouraging. We’ve got no clues, no signs to her preference for a partic-ular area. It makes searching very difficult.”

Maria Huyben parked at Thetis Lake sometime Mon-day morning and her car was slapped with a violation ticket at 11:31 a.m. for not having a parking pass.

Family members told police she was “distraught” and search and rescue teams

were called in just after 6 p.m. June 27. A purse was visible in the front seat of Huyben’s car.

West Shore RCMP Const. Mark Haggan confirmed that family members feared Huy-ben could be out to harm herself.

Metchosin SAR and Capital Regional District parks teams hit the main trails around upper and lower Thetis lakes until 3 a.m., calling her name and blowing whistles.

View Royal Fire Rescue, Langford Fire Rescue, West Shore RCMP, Saanich Search and Rescue and a Victoria

police canine unit also sup-ported the search effort.

Emergency crews found a few hours to grab a nap on cots in the parking lot and the search resumed at first light Tuesday.

Searchers on land and in boats hit shorelines of Upper and Lower Thetis Lake, Prior Lake and Highland Road, and retraced main trails and hiked dozens of unmarked trails. The effort covered the southern reaches of the vast, 833 hectare park.

Saanich woman remains missing

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Royal Roads University students plan to hold a flash-mob style protest at the inter-section of Trans Canada High-way and McKenzie Avenue during evening rush hour on Wednesday.

Completing a final project in a professional communi-cations class, the group of five hope to recruit at least 100 people to participate in their “Crawlture Jam,” crawl-ing on their hands and knees through the intersection while the event is captured on video.

The RRU students will use the footage in a documen-tary about culture jamming, a form of activism that uses irony to inspire people to question the status quo.

“We hope drivers see us and make the connection between what we’re doing and what they’re doing every-day in the Colwood Crawl,” organizer Erin Richards said.

“If (drivers) think we look stupid, they can look in their rearview mirror and see all the people behind them crawling through traffic twice a day.”

On the pedestrian over-pass west of the McKenzie intersection, the students will hang a banner that reads “Stop crawling and stand up” in hopes of encouraging peo-ple to change their commuter ways.

“We’re not attached to any particular cause — we’re not calling for an overpass or improved transit,” Richards said. “We’re just raising the issue, asking people to notice

how absurd it is, and leaving them to find their own solu-tion.”

The group plans to spend about 15 minutes at the intersection, crawling legally through the pedestrian cross-

ings as the walk signal per-mits.

“We hope we don’t totally enrage any drivers,” Richards said. “We want to make them smile, and think.”

To participate in the event meet July 6 outside St. Joseph’s Church Hall (785 Burnside Rd) at 5 p.m. The group will start crawling the intersection at 5:30 p.m. sharp and disperse shortly afterward.

The finished documen-tary, about 10 minutes long, will include interviews with authorities on culture jam-ming and will be available free on YouTube.

For more information and updates, RSVP to the Face-book event “Crawlture Jam” or follow @crawlturejam on Twitter.

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Royal Roads students (from left) Solange des Vignes, Justine Shu, Eric Berg, Erin Richards and Andrea Klassen are organizing a “Crawlture Jam” to poke fun at the time commuters spend in traffic. They hope to see 100 people crawl across crosswalks at the McKenzie Avenue intersection on Trans Canada Highway, July 6 at 5:30 p.m.

Students plan roadway crawl to highlight ‘Colwood crawl’

“If (drivers) think we look stupid, they can look in their rearview mirror and see all the people behind them crawling through traffic twice a day.”

–Erin RichardsCrawlture Jam organizer

Charla HuberNews staff

Teachers across B.C., including those work-ing in the Sooke School District, voted in favour of taking job action this September if there is no progress at the provincial bargaining table.

Nintey per cent of the ballots netted a “yes” vote, according to the B.C. Teachers’ Federa-tion. The Sooke Teacher’s Association wouldn’t release the local voting results.

“None of the locals are releasing their indi-vidual results. We are bargaining provincially,” said Patrick Henry, president of the STA.

If September rolls in without a contract, teachers will continue teaching students and running extra curricular activities under a “teach only” job action, but will relinquish administrative tasks, such as attending man-dated meetings.

Henry said teachers are calling this Phase 1 of the job action and will begin the first day of the school year, Sept. 6, 2011.

Two of the largest issues instigating the vote are class size and composition, the ratio of chil-dren with special needs in the classrooms. In April, the B.C. Supreme Court overturned leg-islation that banned teachers from negotiating class limits and composition during contract talks.

“Composition is always going to be the big-gest issue,” Henry said, adding that current class configurations make it “impossible to offer the best possible education to students.”

With large class sizes, Henry said it gives each child fewer minutes a day with their teachers’ personal attention. “This is under-mining what teachers are trying to do,” he said. “It is restricting opportunities for students.”

B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Susan Lambert said the strong “yes” vote shows that teachers are united and prepared to take action over learning conditions, salaries, ben-efits and local bargaining rights.

“Facing a concerted campaign by the govern-ment and the employer to turn back the clock on teachers’ rights and reverse hard-won provi-sions on due process, we have no choice but to take a stand for ourselves, our students, and our profession,” Lambert said in a release.

The vote was held across the B.C. on June 24, 27, 28 and 70 per cent of teachers partici-pated. If teachers do not see any improvement in classroom conditions, Henry said teachers’ unions will hold another vote on further job action.

Teachers vote to take ‘teach only’ job action this September


Huyben frequently walks and hikes marked trails around Thetis Lake and is known to be a fit person.

The weather was mild Monday night and the forest extremely dry, giving Huyben an excellent chance of surviv-ing alone in the elements, if she was in the park.

Finding no sign of Huyben is distressing for her family and for search crews, Hillard said.

“I’ve been at this a long time, and it’s never easy,” she said. “It’s hard on the whole team. They take this stuff very per-sonally.”

An extensive search involv-ing dozens of volunteers yielded no clues either way as to the fate of Huyben, and the operation wrapped up around noon Tuesday. RCMP released Huyben’s car to her relatives.

West Shore RCMP say the case has been handed to Saan-ich police as a missing person file.

“It is very unfortunate, we really feel for the family,” said CRD parks manager Janette

Loveys. “We had hoped for some news.”

Sgt. Dean Jantzen with Saan-ich police said two detectives have been assigned to the Huyben case and are forming a strategy. Investigators are con-sidering an aerial search of the park with a thermal camera or possibly employing the depart-ment’s dive team.

“We consider the park well searched,” Jantzen said. “The investigators are considering their options.”

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Maria Huyben

Saanich police take missing woman case

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Downtown booze crackdown on Canada Day

With more than 200 police officers roaming the streets, Canada Day revellers should be wary of breaking the rules, Vic-toria’s police chief says.

Chief Jamie Graham said people busted with open liquor or found to be drunk in public will be ticketed. “If you have open liquor, you’re going to get a fine,” Graham said.

The fine for consuming or being in possession of open liquor is $200, plus officers could slap another $150 fine on people who are drunk in public.

About 50,000 people are expected to flood the city streets around the harbour to catch the festivities and watch the fireworks, which launch at 10:20 p.m. Police cannot per-form random searches — they must have grounds to check bags and pour out drinks.

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Now anyone can take a stroll or a roll though Mount Work Regional Park in Highlands.

A 630-metre loop trail has been revamped and made accessible for people with mobility challenges, including those in wheelchairs.

Debris and large rocks were removed from the trail and por-tions of it were gritted to make it level. Capital Regional District Parks staff were careful not to damage trees or tree roots dur-ing the upgrade.

“In one case a little bit of tree root had to be taken out but there was no tree attached to it,” said Janette Loveys, man-ager of park operations for CRD Parks.

Once level, crews laid out a blend of gravel that allows wheelchairs to easily travel along the path. The material cost in the trail improvements was about $3,000.

The project was a partner-ship between CRD Parks, Dis-trict of Highlands and Intermu-nicipal Advisory Committee on Disability Issues.

“We tried to (make the path accessible) without taking away from the natural aspects,” said Marnie Essery, chair of the Intermunicipal Advisory Com-mittee on Disability Issues. “We want to take barriers away from people who are in wheelchairs.”

Prior to path’s reconstruc-tion, Essery helped identify some key issues to improve accessibility.

Essery has lived with juve-nile rheumatoid arthritis since the age of three. She was taken on the path on a trail rider, an all terrain wheelchair that is pushed and pulled by others.

“It was helpful to pinpoint the problems,” Essery said.

Essery, a Highlands resident, had tried the trail in a manual wheelchair. After being pushed over tree roots and a bumpy path, Essery found herself in the air a few times.

Then after a few short min-utes she was forced to turn around and go back to the park-ing lot.

“It was too dangerous,” Essery said. “There is ‘off road’ and then there is ‘I am going to kill myself.’ Now the path is smooth and there are no more tree roots and no more rocks.”

Now that Essery is able to access the trail, she has taken it in a manual wheelchair being pushed by someone and on an

electric scooter.The trail meanders to a view-

point of Fork Lake and then continues back to the parking lot.

“It’s still has some challenge to it,” said IACDI member Bobbi Neal. “It’s not easy-peasy, but it’s a nice strolling trail.”

CRD Parks also built an acces-sible one-person washroom for $20,000 at the trail head. All of the money came from the CRD Parks budget. The trail and washroom were officially open June 11.

“I think it’s a wonderful proj-ect and we really appreciated working with the District of Highlands and IACDI,” Loveys said.

In 2009 IACDI met with West Shore communities and dis-cussed areas where community members would like to see

made accessible. Highlands resi-dents voiced an interest in hav-ing an accessible trail.

“In Highlands it’s so rugged here,” Essery said explaining that several parks in the district were looked at as potential sites for the trail improvements, but eventually Mount Work was deemed the best option.

Although the park is in a remote location and not acces-sible by BC Transit, Essery said IACDI has hopes the park will become an accessible destina-tion for group outings.

“I am a nature lover and I love to get out and explore,” Essery said.

Other popular accessible locations that have become des-tinations for people with mobil-ity issues include an accessible fishing dock at Florence Lake in Langford and the art space at Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood.

An accessible trail at Witty’s Lagoon in Metchosin is in the works, Essery said.

IACDI would like to form part-nerships with other municipali-ties to help make other parks accessible for everyone. For more information email Essery at [email protected].

Charla Huber/News staff

Marnie Essery and Bobbi Neal, members of the Intermunicipal Advisory Committee on Disability Issues, enjoy the upgraded loop trail at Mount Work Regional Park in Highlands.

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“Langford supports a very large variety of recre-ational opportunities and pays the lion’s share here,” Ranns said. “It continues to underscore the inequity ... there is a fundamental unfairness.”

Langford Mayor Stew Young said he doubts the City would abandon WSPR, but said the politics behind building and upgrading facilities is frustrating and onerous.

“The governance at Juan de Fuca is too convoluted. There are roadblocks put up by other municipalities,” he said. “Langford wants to build recreation facilities for families and that’s not happening fast enough at JDF.”

A proposal some years ago to build an indoor velodrome and fieldhouse, and then a proposal to build a stadium and turf field on the velodrome site

prompted angry clashes at the board table and own-er’s meetings, usually with Langford and Colwood fac-ing off against Metchosin.

Heated conflict also arose during construction of Bear Mountain arena almost a decade ago and the weight room expansion last year.

Young contends, as does the recent capital planning consultant report, that the velodrome site takes up too much space for too few users — the land would be better used as sports fields.

Metchosin, among oth-ers, argues the velodrome helps provide a broad spectrum of recreation. Metchosin councillors were key players in getting it reopened this summer after being fenced off for almost three years.

Young said if WSPR become intolerably bogged down in politics, Langford taxpayers may demand the City pull out.

“Down the road it might be residents saying ‘why are you spending $2.2 mil-lion per year down there?’” he said. “In the end it won’t be politicians deciding, it will be the people telling us what to do.”

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recognized its governance structure can be dysfunc-tional and can’t reconcile philosophical and personal differences between differ-ent municipal leaders.

The group agreed to hire a consultant to review the co-owner’s agreement, which is up for renewal at the end of 2011.

“There has been conflict and hard feelings, but I think there is an opportu-nity here to build a differ-ent model,” Ranns told the owner’s group. “The win-dow is now to get together to look at a positive resolu-tion.”

Ranns suggested a model where Langford doesn’t give up ownership rights, but walks away from par-ticipating in overseeing operations.

He said Langford could pay 50 per cent of its req-uisition, recognizing its citi-zens will still use the West Shore facilities — of the 7,700 pass holders, 40 per cent live in Langford.

Under that plan, WSPR would lose about $1 million per year.

“That would step us back two years in the budget, but I think we could sur-vive that, ” Ranns said.

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Friction frequent on capital spending Business group targets tax ratesTom FletcherBlack Press

Local governments in B.C. have shown “a sliver” of improvement in their tax policies, but still place too heavy a burden on business, the Canadian Federation of Indepen-dent Business says in its annual survey.

“In 2010, small businesses paid 2.79 times more in property taxes than residents on the same value of property,” the CFIB says in its latest report, released Tuesday. “The business share of property taxes has been increasing over the last two decades, but dropped slightly over the past year.”

Out of 160 B.C. municipalities surveyed, 24 kept business taxes down to twice the residential rate or less. That’s the CFIB’s target rate for taxes.

Reaching the business group’s target of a two-to-one ratio would result in a tax hike of $230 for the average B.C. homeowner.

The federation’s list of “worst offenders” list for 2010 is topped by North Saanich. It charges more than six times the tax on business property as the equivalent residen-tial value (6.05).

Metchosin (4.12), View Royal (3.77) and Colwood (3.67) made the list of top 20 “offenders.”

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Two Langford residents have been charged for cruelty towards their cat.

The male cat, Romeo, was brought by friends of the accused to the Victoria SPCA last January where a veterinar-ian treated numerous bone frac-tures and had to amputate one of his badly injured legs.

Romeo was an indoor cat and his condition was “consis-tent with high impact injury,” according to the vet, leading the SPCA to file a criminal com-plaint against the cat's owners.

Military police from CFB Esquimalt initially investigated the allegation that one of the owners was physically abusive to the animal and that both neglected the cat by failing to seek medical attention for his

injuries.“It’s very disturbing that

someone could treat a helpless animal with such violence,” SPCA animal protection officer Erika Paul said in a release. “It’s obvious the animal had suffered for some time."

Tyler Miskow and Andrea Mills each face two counts of neglecting and failure to provide adequate care for an animal under the Criminal Code of Can-

Langford pair charged with animal crueltyada and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

They were scheduled to make their first appearance in Western

Communities Courthouse yesterday.New owners have since adopted

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Chris HamlynBlack Press

Restoration of passenger rail service on Vancouver Island is a step closer following a $7.5-million investment from the B.C. government.

Premier Christy Clark arrived at the Nanaimo train station on Tuesday aboard a pair of South-ern Vancouver Island Rail loco-motives to make the announce-ment.

The funding is in two parts, with $7 million for track repair and $500,000 toward an engi-neering inspection of about 40 rail bridges and trestles.

The $7 million is conditional on the Island Corridor Founda-tion raising an additional $7.5 million to complete essential repairs to the Island service.

Passenger rail service was shut down in April due to safety concerns arising from the deteriorating condition of the

tracks, which were found to be far worse than anticipated dur-ing routine maintenance and inspection this spring.

“It’s really important for people on the Island to have a passenger service for tourism, but also for freight,” Clark said. “We want to do what we can for people on the Island because it would be shortsighted to stop here and say there’s no more rail on Vancouver Island. We have to look a little bit further ahead than that.”

Clark said whether additional money gets spent on the rail service is up to the foundation and its business case.

“We’ll see what happens with the money we’ve commit-ted now,” she said. “They can put together their plans and hopefully keep attracting new customers and that will tell us whether or not the railway is sustainable in the longer term. I believe it is, otherwise we

wouldn’t have committed the seven and a half million dollars that we did today.”

Graham Bruce, ICF execu-tive director, said the provincial commitment enables the foun-dation to embark on more com-prehensive planning around passenger and freight service and he’s confident he will hear from the federal government on matching the $7.5 million.

“That ($15 million) secures the future and allows us as a foundation and Southern Rail to work co-operatively to really improve the rail service on the Island,” Bruce said.

Bruce said the foundation’s timeline requires federal sup-port as soon as possible.

“We’ve been clear we needed an answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ by June. To maintain train service, we need [funding] now,” he said. “We should hear from the fed-eral component in the next couple weeks.”

Province gives $7.5M for E&N rail

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Fireworks fun without boozeThe message has been made loud and clear.

If you want to take in the annual display of Canada Day fireworks in Victoria’s Inner

Harbour you better plan on being sober.Over the past few years, the patriotic party has

carried the unwanted baggage of being seen as an excuse by some for public drunkenness. It’s the kind of behaviour that can become enshrined in an annual event if left unchecked.

Canada Day is about celebrating a lot of things, including the exceptional level of freedom we enjoy. However, we think the City of Victoria and local police departments are right in reminding people that, despite what some might think, the usual laws still apply.

Victoria is a fun place to go out for a night and there are areas of downtown where police should take a progressive approach to partyers whose revelry spills out into the street.

But the boozy behaviour of past Canada Days has too often created an edgy atmosphere that’s unsuitable for families. The Inner Harbour is a public space that belongs to everyone and July 1 is a special day for all Canadians.

We support the efforts to ensure the few don’t ruin a good time for the many.

Good enough, but getting better

There’s a philosophy based on being “good enough.” The simple explanation is you find a

way to make something work and allow it evolve over time rather than struggling for unreachable perfection from the start.

In many ways our own country has followed this approach, especially when compared to the grandiose planning and pomp that led to the founding of our neighbours to the south.

For some people, stressed out by the rat race, the philosophy allows them a personal way to find their footing.

It’s worked well for Canada, with our current attempts at Senate reform and the ongoing tinkering with our constitution (Quebec, are you finally onboard?).

And that’s good enough for us.

As advanced as we may now be in terms of technological progress, we’ve

always had the ability to seek out a better life or, at least, a change.

For some of us that means the condo down the hall, for others, a continent on the other side of the globe. For me, it means a promotion to a newspaper in the province next door.

It’ll be sort of like going against the flow during rush hour, trading in the end-of-the-line, frontier land-rush environment of Sooke for the wide open landscape directly east of Red Deer.

As editor of the Stettler Independent (another paper in the Black Press chain) I get a new set of people, facts, figures and burning issues to become acquainted with. There are even two other papers to oversee in neighbouring villages called Bashaw and Castor.

The situation will be just about as different as it could be: going from Sooke, a scenic, relatively-affordable bedroom community with nagging growing pains, to a young municipality with a lot of catching up to do, especially in terms of infrastructure keeping pace with an exploding population.

Geography and maturity (not to

mention a fairly healthy oil- and gas-driven economy) have teamed

up to furnish Stettler with some of the amenities so badly craved in a town like Sooke, things taken for granted elsewhere, such as enough sidewalks and streetlights.

The town has a population of close to 6,000, about half that of Sooke. But it seems much bigger because it serves a regional population of 30,000. It’s kind of like Langford East with all of the commercial

accoutrements you’d expect. Stettler is home to a healthy arts and culture community, along with — as the pamphleteers eloquently assert — a world of recreational opportunities.

Claustrophobia is less likely to occur on the sprawling prairie than in a foggy rock-and-conifer dominated Island environment. But if a need for more cosmopolitan stimulus shows up in Stettler, there is a city of 90,000 just 40 minutes to the west.

These points indicate a rewarding, interesting future is possible in an area that residents like to call “the heart of Alberta.” But they will not dilute the fond feelings for Greater Victoria and the West Coast climate I’ve built up

over so many years.The last five years have been a

good start on a connection with Black Press I’m pleased to be continuing.

I get to trade in my fear of earthquakes and tsunamis for a fear of tornados and droughts. As for flooding, I don’t yet know enough to cultivate a decent phobia.

Many thanks to the thoughtful folks who have reminded me of the lower temperatures I’m likely to notice in the winter months — it’s very caring and I appreciate it, a lot. Thanks to you, I’ve made a note to consider switching to long-sleeve shirts in late October.

Truth be known, my wife Barb and I have spent many years in an area with much more extreme weather than Stettler, and we can report we’ve retained 100 per cent of the feeling in our extremities.

I’ll keep up with what’s going on in the Capital Regional District and watch with interest what happens to Sooke’s transportation arrangements and the ongoing development controversies in the Juan de Fuca electoral area.

Thanks to Rod Sluggett, Pirjo Raits and Mike Kraft for the past five years, and to the very good friends we’ve made here — we will stay in touch.

[email protected]— Jim Sinclair has been the

reporter at the Sooke News Mirror.

Time to swap scenes, hazards

‘It’s kind of like Langford East with all the commercial accoutrements.’

Jim SinclairJust Suppose

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GOLDSTREAM NEWSG A Z E T T E

The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: [email protected] or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Fireworks fun without boozeThe message has been made loud and clear.

If you want to take in the annual display of Canada Day fireworks in Victoria’s Inner

Harbour you better plan on being sober.Over the past few years, the patriotic party has

carried the unwanted baggage of being seen as an excuse by some for public drunkenness. It’s the kind of behaviour that can become enshrined in an annual event if left unchecked.

Canada Day is about celebrating a lot of things, including the exceptional level of freedom we enjoy. However, we think the City of Victoria and local police departments are right in reminding people that, despite what some might think, the usual laws still apply.

Victoria is a fun place to go out for a night and there are areas of downtown where police should take a progressive approach to partyers whose revelry spills out into the street.

But the boozy behaviour of past Canada Days has too often created an edgy atmosphere that’s unsuitable for families. The Inner Harbour is a public space that belongs to everyone and July 1 is a special day for all Canadians.

We support the efforts to ensure the few don’t ruin a good time for the many.

Good enough, but getting better

There’s a philosophy based on being “good enough.” The simple explanation is you find a

way to make something work and allow it evolve over time rather than struggling for unreachable perfection from the start.

In many ways our own country has followed this approach, especially when compared to the grandiose planning and pomp that led to the founding of our neighbours to the south.

For some people, stressed out by the rat race, the philosophy allows them a personal way to find their footing.

It’s worked well for Canada, with our current attempts at Senate reform and the ongoing tinkering with our constitution (Quebec, are you finally onboard?).

And that’s good enough for us.

As advanced as we may now be in terms of technological progress, we’ve

always had the ability to seek out a better life or, at least, a change.

For some of us that means the condo down the hall, for others, a continent on the other side of the globe. For me, it means a promotion to a newspaper in the province next door.

It’ll be sort of like going against the flow during rush hour, trading in the end-of-the-line, frontier land-rush environment of Sooke for the wide open landscape directly east of Red Deer.

As editor of the Stettler Independent (another paper in the Black Press chain) I get a new set of people, facts, figures and burning issues to become acquainted with. There are even two other papers to oversee in neighbouring villages called Bashaw and Castor.

The situation will be just about as different as it could be: going from Sooke, a scenic, relatively-affordable bedroom community with nagging growing pains, to a young municipality with a lot of catching up to do, especially in terms of infrastructure keeping pace with an exploding population.

Geography and maturity (not to

mention a fairly healthy oil- and gas-driven economy) have teamed

up to furnish Stettler with some of the amenities so badly craved in a town like Sooke, things taken for granted elsewhere, such as enough sidewalks and streetlights.

The town has a population of close to 6,000, about half that of Sooke. But it seems much bigger because it serves a regional population of 30,000. It’s kind of like Langford East with all of the commercial

accoutrements you’d expect. Stettler is home to a healthy arts and culture community, along with — as the pamphleteers eloquently assert — a world of recreational opportunities.

Claustrophobia is less likely to occur on the sprawling prairie than in a foggy rock-and-conifer dominated Island environment. But if a need for more cosmopolitan stimulus shows up in Stettler, there is a city of 90,000 just 40 minutes to the west.

These points indicate a rewarding, interesting future is possible in an area that residents like to call “the heart of Alberta.” But they will not dilute the fond feelings for Greater Victoria and the West Coast climate I’ve built up

over so many years.The last five years have been a

good start on a connection with Black Press I’m pleased to be continuing.

I get to trade in my fear of earthquakes and tsunamis for a fear of tornados and droughts. As for flooding, I don’t yet know enough to cultivate a decent phobia.

Many thanks to the thoughtful folks who have reminded me of the lower temperatures I’m likely to notice in the winter months — it’s very caring and I appreciate it, a lot. Thanks to you, I’ve made a note to consider switching to long-sleeve shirts in late October.

Truth be known, my wife Barb and I have spent many years in an area with much more extreme weather than Stettler, and we can report we’ve retained 100 per cent of the feeling in our extremities.

I’ll keep up with what’s going on in the Capital Regional District and watch with interest what happens to Sooke’s transportation arrangements and the ongoing development controversies in the Juan de Fuca electoral area.

Thanks to Rod Sluggett, Pirjo Raits and Mike Kraft for the past five years, and to the very good friends we’ve made here — we will stay in touch.

[email protected]— Jim Sinclair has been the

reporter at the Sooke News Mirror.

Time to swap scenes, hazards

‘It’s kind of like Langford East with all the commercial accoutrements.’

Jim SinclairJust Suppose


LETTERS

For years, I’ve been very curi-ous about what it takes to be happy in our

lives. This was a personal

exploration I took on when I was 13, when my parents sepa-rated and my mother explained, “Paul, you see, your dad and I just weren’t happy together anymore.”

Not happy anymore ! What do you mean? How could that be?

Thus arose a passion and research in my life. This is a report on some of my findings and principles I discovered.

The first exciting breakthrough: “Events themselves don’t make me feel ...”

I saw that, to use the words of the Greek philosopher Epict-etus, “People are disturbed not by what happens to them, but by their thoughts about what hap-pens to them.”

This was a principle so clear and simple in its obviousness that most people totally ignore it or

pass it by. Certainly we don’t live that way. We live like “the events

makes us feel.”Yet it was true. When-

ever I experienced a stressful feeling — any-thing from mild discom-fort to sorrow, anger, anxiety, fear — I could see there was a clear and specific thought causing my feeling reac-tion.

Waiting in the line up at the bank did not make me angry. It was the things I believed

about the events, what I was say-ing to myself, that caused my experience. This was a break-through. At this point I became curious and began to look within.

What was the nature of these thoughts, reactions and sto-ries? What were their concerns, desires and opinions? What were they driving at?

Clearly as I openly watched my chatter and stories, I saw an enormous amount of fussing and self-interest. These thoughts were, of course, all about “me”

— my opinions, fears, hopes and strategies. And always a judging of “reality” of things that were happening in “my” world. Always a sense of “I know,” “I want,” “I don’t want.” I saw a sense of con-tinually trying to prove something — striving and dissatisfaction.

Secondly, as I watched, I could see that if I thought something to myself, I believed it. I rarely re-examined or questioned the truth of my thoughts.

This startled me. My thoughts and stories gave me my experi-ence, my world and the quality of my life. Yet they remained un-investigated.

Then I noticed a lot of what I was saying to myself, while on first cut I believed to be true and real, wasn’t true or real at all.

At this point I saw something else. I saw there was a vast differ-ence between the reality of this moment right here, right now, — and the thoughts or stories I was telling myself. I saw that what we may call “reality” is not found in my thoughts.

Reality is a very pointed here-and-now thing. My stories were

ideas and memories after the fact. They were not real life. This too was a welcome surprise.

I began to desire reality, to let go, to drop, into the experience of this moment here and now, as a practice.

Questioning thoughtAt this point in my explora-

tion, I met the author Byron Katie through her best selling book Loving What Is. Katie designed an exciting and powerful way to examine and inquire into our thoughts and their impact on our experience of life.

Katie proposes all our stress and suffering is caused whenever we “quarrel with reality.” It is our quarrel with “what is,” the want-ing things to “be some other way” that was the source of our unhap-piness.

For Katie, the way to end suf-fering is to investigate and ques-tion our thoughts behind it. She invented a set of four simple yet profound questions to do this. Questions, which when asked and engaged in authentically, produce release and whole new perspec-

tives. Katie promises that anyone can do this.

My work continued. Using the tools of inquiry, I saw that when I began to watch and question my stressful thoughts, there was an authentic sense of release.

By watching openly, quietly, without believing so many of my thoughts, long held stories of quarrel judgment and resistance to life disappeared. Life became lighter and simpler. I was left, sim-ply, present.

As I learned to become still, I saw I was already was free and satisfied. The natural state in my life was free and peaceful. I simply had to surrender.

My search into happiness was bearing fruit. I was getting my hands on the magic wand. I was discovering what it takes to look after my own satisfaction and well-being.Today it has become my passion to share this work and this exploration with others.

[email protected]— Paul Beckow is an individual,

marriage and family therapist on the West Shore. See www.paul-beckow.com.

Gaining control of negative thoughts

Paul BeckowLet’s Talk

Setting the record straight on View Royal

Re: View Royal on the wrong path, Letter, June 22, 2011.

I wish to bring to your readers attention a different view than portrayed by a recent letter on a number of subjects.

Library services and View Royal Reading Centre:

The letter claims that the com-munity library was evicted from available space at the town hall.

It is hard to claim eviction when in 2007 the 10 year lease expired. By that time our popu-lation had almost doubled and Town hall space was required for operational purposes. Dur-ing the following two years, our local library operations contin-ued occupation at town hall on a monthly basis until alternative space was found at Admirals Walk. That’s not eviction.

View Royal has provided some $140,000 through annual support to the Reading Centre as transi-tional funding, in the form of rent support, operating costs and the purchase of books.

During this same period, the casino funding agreement that required View Royal’s participa-tion as a member of the Greater Victoria Public Library system. GVPL reports there are now more than 4,300 View Royal members of the GVPL. Our annual costs for GVPL services run to some $372,000.

Community halls:Community halls in View Royal

have lost some of their eligibil-ity for permissive exemptions as a result of occupancy by com-

mercial for-profit private enter-prises. Permissive exemptions are governed by legislated rules, and commercial operations are excluded from eligibility.

Parkland:It is not correct to say that

small amounts of park land were exchanged for density.

The zoning already permits the subdivision of land. The legisla-tion requires that where three or more lots are created, five per cent of the land must be dedi-cated as park or cash in lieu of land provided to the Town.

Where parkland has been created through the rezoning process we have achieved large parkland donations, including at the corner of Burnside Road and Watkiss Way and throughout the Chilco area. We also have Centen-nial park and we are full partners in West Shore Parks and Recre-ation.

Road ends:There are some road ends on

paper that have never been con-structed in View Royal. Some of these road ends beg to become park to preserve the current use and to provide neighbourhood amenities.

The Town has permitted and continues to permit property access including those provided through agreement with BC Hydro. We welcome community involvement and encourage our residents to express concerns about actions contemplated by council.

As council members, we too live in the community. As five individuals elected and joined through work, we continue to act in the best interest of our com-

munity. Sometimes decisions are difficult, divisive and on occasion will have an adverse effect on a few while overall creating greater benefit to the community.

It is inappropriate, misleading and perhaps even self-serving to disparage successes of View Royal when incorrect or incom-plete information is used to beat a well worn, tin drum.

Graham HillMayor, View Royal

Neighbours want frontage road

At the June 21 View Royal council meeting, Mayor Graham Hill said the reason for rezoning the Heddle Avenue dedicated road into a park was to provide a buffer zone to protect the neigh-bours from the new View Royal fire hall.

The mayor knows full well that 99 per cent of the neighbours who will be most impacted by the fire hall want to keep their road frontage or property access which this new park, as pro-posed, will terminate.

If Hill is genuinely concerned about the impact of the fire hall on the immediate neighbours, he does not have to take away there road frontage and means of accessing their property, he can put his buffer park on the 2.38 acres of land bought by the town for the fire hall.

These poor people will be more adversely impacted by the may-or’s park on the Heddle Avenue dedicated road than by the new fire hall.

View Royal’s mayor and coun-

cil can stop hurting these people by modifying their two proposed bylaws so that they do not take away from these people their cru-cial road frontage and property access.

Francis BlundellView Royal

Langford traffic circle dangerous

The attractive if not practical traffic circle in Langford’s core is an accident waiting to happen.

Too much distraction for driv-ers: fountain, sometime lighted, abundant planting that’s not low growth and deficient crosswalk signalling.

How are drivers supposed to see the lighting strips imbedded in the asphalt and watch out for other cars and pedestrians — all at the same time?

Better crosswalk warning sig-nals are required, even if they do offend the décor. As is, seeking an alternate driving route is safer.

Don WilkesLangford

Hard choices with lingering illness

Re: Death’s shades of grey, Gen Y lens, June 24, 2011.

I was pleased to read a well bal-anced column. My mother suffers from MS and has done so since I can remember.

While the Jack Kevorkian trials were in the news (I was 12 or so) I told my mom, through tears, if that was her choice I would sup-port her, however, I would have

no participation in the end result. At the time I felt that was the

best I could do in a single parent, single child home. She is tena-cious but now bed ridden with late-set dementia. She has not had a terrific time of things. Her choice has always been hers.

Although I would never, after 40 years of watching, carry on in that direction of decay, I respect her wishes and would still help her if she chose to euthanise her-self. Note this is never an easy decision to offer nor witness. The whole situation stinks. Never was my opinion offered in anyway other than lovingly.

Angela Hanes View Royal

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Facing wind, rain, sun or hungry deer, large scale instal-lations of flower art, if anything, need to be robust.

Broad and towering “land art” displays dot the forested grounds of the Havenwood House, providing the whimsical backdrop to the Coast Collec-tive’s Acres of Art show this Sunday.

“I love the challenge. There’s a lot working against you doing large arrangements in nature,” said Dacia Moss with the Vic-toria Flower Arrangers Guild, while working on a display sprouting with white callas lil-ies.

“Deer don’t eat the lillies — so we think. We need to use what will survive the sun and won’t blow away. And a big challenge this year is the tent caterpillars.”

Five teams of guild members have assembled seven land art installations, all offering a mix of flowers and ornamental objects — such as a hanging model of the solar system or a 20 foot long log draped in fox gloves and California lilacs.

Moss said she originally envi-sioned installations covered in sunflowers, but it’s been a soggy spring and a poor grow-ing season. They have to use what they can get.

“At the Coast Collective it’s a big landscape so we need big pieces to stand out against the grass and trees,” she said. “We always get a fabulous response because it’s so unusual.”

Acres of Art, now in its third year, draws hundreds of artists and art admirers to the Col-wood property for a packed day of events.

The flag drops at 9 a.m. for the wet canvas competition, where artists spread out on the property and work feverishly to complete a painting master-piece before 2 p.m.

The show is juried and the top three artists get cash prizes — $100, $75 and $50, certainly enough for winners to make the claim of being a “working art-ist.”

Last year 10 painters entered the contest. A number of art-ists of note plan to participate, including Keith Hiscock.

“You can go observe the artists at work,” said Barbara Giuliany, one of the four found-

ing members of the collective. “They don’t like to be inter-rupted, but they don’t mind being watched.”

Creating an eclectic mix of guests, a number of animal res-cue organizations will be on the grounds with animals, and a number of women in Victorian period costumes will be stroll-ing the grounds.

“They relish creating their costumes,” Giuliany said. “They will be in character, putting on airs.”

At 2 p.m., Sidney Allinson, of the Sir Winston Churchill Soci-ety of Vancouver Island, will give a lecture about the famous wartime British prime minister as an artist. The lecture is $10 and goes toward the society.

“There’s a lot going on,” remarked the Collective’s Terri Rodstrom. “There’s something that should appeal to every-body in some way or another.”

Acres of Art is July 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coast Col-lective, 3221 Heatherbell Rd. Free entry.

The wet canvas competition has a $10 entry fee and starts at 9 a.m. For more see www.coast-collective.ca.

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Victoria Flower Arrangers Guild artist Dacia Moss assembles a lily display at on the Havenwood property in preparation for Acres of Art.

Wet canvas, ‘land art’ at the Coast Collective


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FRIDAYFORT RODD HILL Canada Day

celebrations, July 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., includes 21 gun salute, a giant birthday cake and children’s activities. Free entry. Free shuttle from West Shore Parks and Rec park and ride.

SATURDAY GOLDSTREAM STATION FARMERS’

market runs Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bryn Maur Road. See www.goldstreamstationmarket.ca.

CANADIAN TIRE AT WestShore Town Centre is accepting gently used clothing, linens and cloth goods, Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

SUNDAYACRES OF ART festival at the Coast

Collective, July 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 3221 Heatherbell Rd. Land art, wet canvas contest, animal rescue displays, art talks, entertainment. Free. See www.coastcollective.ca.

METCHOSIN FARMERS’ MARKET, Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4450 Happy Valley Rd. See metchosinfarmersmarket.blog.com.

METCHOSIN VILLAGE FARMERS’

market, Metchosin elementary grounds, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WESTERN SPEEDWAY SWAP and shop flea market, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, 2207 Millstream Rd.

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Celebrate Canada weekendat Hindu Temple

Get your hand painted, enjoy the vegetarian dishes and take in the music and dance of India this week-end.

The Cultural and Arts Festival of India takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday (July 1 and 2), and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

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The Victoria Shakespeare Society’s popular “Shakespeare In the Summer” festival is back for its ninth year, with a pair of favourites from opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum.

This year’s productions are Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors.

Hamlet, which opens the festival on Wednes-day (July 6), features a woman in the role of the titular Dane, which allows for a whole new interpretation of the play’s central relation-ships and themes.

The Comedy of Errors, opening the next night, is among the most lighthearted of Shake-

speare’s works. Mistaken identities abound in a play which features not one, but two sets of identical twins.

The festival runs until Aug. 13 at its tradi-tional outdoor site on the grounds of the Camo-sun College Lansdowne Campus. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Ska Fest is going back to its roots this year with the addition of the festival’s original outdoor venue and a musical legend.

Those who were among the 1,000 people moving to ska beats 12 years ago in Market Square at the first Ska Fest can relive the good vibes this year with the return of the much-loved venue, poised to host some positive par-tying throughout the event, includ-ing late on Friday and Saturday night.

This is just one feature that has festival founder Dane Roberts look-ing forward to next week’s celebra-tion. Fly in Jamaican rocksteady star Ken Boothe and extend the festival by a day and Roberts is a happy man.

“There’s been a lot more buzz about rocksteady because a lot of the singers have started to pass (away),” Roberts said.

“Now we have Ken Boothe, who is one of the living embodiments

of the genre.”Roberts describes rocksteady

– loosely the 2011 festival theme and the focus of this year’s accom-panying art exhibit – as less politi-cal and more light-hearted than ska or early reggae.

Breaking down the sounds for the untrained ear is something Roberts is used to doing.

The Victoria B.C. Ska Society considered changing its name at one point to include the word reg-gae, in hopes of attracting new members. But in the end, Rob-erts explained, the group elected to keep its original moniker as an educational tool.

“A lot more people on Vancou-ver Island will know what ska is because of the festival, but in terms of North America, it’s still pretty unknown,” he said. “People listen to ska all the time and don’t know that they’re listening to it.”

Bands from Colombia, Mexico City, Australia and New Orleans perform at various venues around town from July 5-9, starting with a free show at Ship Point in the Inner

Harbour at 5 p.m. next Tuesday.Styles from traditional dance

hall ska to global electronic roots will be featured throughout the festival.“And maybe a light sprin-kling of punk with the Hillside Hooligans,” Roberts said.

Hillside Hooligans are a six-piece reggae-ska-punk band born from the ashes of OneDrop in 2009 and include four of the band’s original members. The Ska Fest vets will

sample songs from their new CD, Tales from Rock Bay, July 8 in Mar-ket Square.

“It really brings the city together,” said Hillside Hooligans’ frontman Brandon Leahy. “Ska is more of an underground genre, not really widely listened to or played, except for by the people who love it and keep the scene going.”

“We don’t care what people in North America are saying or lis-

tening to as the flavour of the month – the quality and the vibe of (Ska Fest) was worth keeping … we always had the core audi-ence because we believed in it so much,” Roberts said.

Tickets are available through TicketWeb and in person at The Reef and Lyle’s Place. For full schedule and more details, visit www.victoriaskafest.ca.

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Summer is alight with song Conservatory of Music’s Summer Series fills July schedule

Travis PatersonNews staff

For musicians, the Victoria Conserva-tory of Music’s summer academies are an all-consuming, week-long study of music.

For music fans, they mean a blissful July schedule of shows known as the Summer Series.

“It’s the best thing that’s happening in the summer and (the performances) shouldn’t be missed,” said Gergana Velinova.

The accomplished jazz singer is teach-ing and performing in a week-long sum-mer jazz workshop, one of 25 VCM acad-emies running July 4 to Aug. 6.

Each academy organizes at least two performances, with faculty and students holding court in venues as low key as Moxie’s Classic Grill and as big as the Alix Goolden Performance Hall.

It’s a regime of theory and rehearsal by day, followed by performances at night.

“People who visit and do the workshop with me talk about it for the rest of the year. It’s so different than having just a lesson. It’s growing with each other and getting in the zone of studying music intensely.”

The News caught up with the Victo-ria-based singer on Tuesday at the con-servatory. She recently returned from doing a show in New York, where she performs semi-regularly. From September

to April, Velinova is the vocal teacher and instructor for the Camosun College music diploma program through VCM, and con-ducts the VCM vocal jazz ensemble.

From July 4 to 9 she is leading the “jazz and gospel days” portion of the jazz work-shop’s itinerary.

And she’ll have some help.Joining her from South Carolina are

gospel singer Kim Pacheco and gospel and jazz pianist Richard White Jr. Guest instructors are what make the VCM work-shops so valuable, and the visiting musi-cians find them mutually beneficial too, said VCM community school registrar Bethany McNeil.

Not all students are youths, but many are and it prepares them for life as a pro-fessional musician.

“It’s a concentrated week of study with master classes and quick concert prepa-rations. They get the music a week before the class starts,” McNeil said.

Some classes, like VCM’s baroque vocal, draw musicians from across Can-ada, she said. “Some of the students are quite advanced and many of the shows will be high quality.”

Velinova, Pacheco and White Jr. will take part in the faculty jazz show of professional musicians hosted by Don Thompson in the Alix Goolden Hall next Friday (July 8), followed by a different era of jazz on Saturday (July 9) with Brad Turner and the All Star Faculty Big Band, also in the Goolden Hall. Both shows are at 8 p.m. and cost $20 to attend.

The first show in the series happens at 7:30 p.m. Sunday night (July 3) at St. Michaels University School, a string recital led by Michael van der Sloot. Tick-ets are $15, or $10 for students.

See this story on www.vicnews.com for a complete listing of the Summer Series concerts.

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Vocalist Gergana Velinova sits at the piano in Alix Goolden Hall in the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She is performing and teaching as part of the school’s Music Summer Series, including a jazz recital in the hall July 8.Sharon Tiffin/News staff


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From the relaxing sound of gently run-ning water after a

long day to watching the wildlife attracted to their pond, the water garden plays a central role in the landscaping of sisters Mary and Margaret Segul.

Moving to the North Saanich property from Broadmead 13 years ago, after building their new home, “we started putting the garden together incrementally,” Mary says.

Work began in the front, where rocks and boulders were brought in to create a space for evergreens, shrubs, and a few perennials dot-ted here and there with vines, bulbs and annu-als for colour. Then, moving to the rear of the acreage, “we added a section every year.”

Venturing to the side garden visitors are greeted with a glimpse of the amazing garden that awaits – including a beautiful, relaxing pond with small waterfall and a lower pond fed by a creek, which together creatively accom-modate water flow from higher properties.

While Mary suggests she “doesn’t like plan-ning,” the property has evolved in a way that

feels well-planned. The two have created a beau-tiful garden that truly feels like it was designed for their sloping site, a challenge both for man-aging waterflow and for bringing in materials – necessary as the site sits on rock and clay. Not inclined to fuss over a plant or battle the deer too much, “if something

grows, it grows. You have to work with what you have.”

Starting first with the area closest to the house, which features perennial beds circling a large patio and leading to the water garden, the Seguls then moved forward, creating wind-ing paths that invite visitors to come explore. At the bottom of the property is a dog run and small orchard, backed by beds of berries and rhubarb.

The gorgeous garden is among the many beautiful properties on the fifth annual Water Garden Tour July 9, hosted by the For the Love of Africa Society.

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For any race director, the elec-tronic chirp as runners pass over timing mats is music to their ears.

The beeps acknowledge that timing is triggered and logged — recording hundreds or even thousands of personal victories. For those who run, weeks and months of training can come down to a precise record of min-utes and seconds.

But when Nick Walker and Mark Nelson faced the “blue screen of death” computer failure while timing their Bear Mountain 10K race last year, fortunately it wasn’t panic stations. The mantra of any race timer is data backups and backups of backups.

“Every timer has a primary and backup (computer) for redun-dancy,” Nelson says. “We have a lot of systems to ensure your time is correct.”

After starting the popular Bear Mountain 10K and then tak-ing over the Gutbuster trail run series, the two elite athletes from Langford are poised to become the dominant players in race tim-ing and organization services.

Under the umbrella Langford Running Company, Nelson and Walker bought RaceDay Timing services two years ago and are now timing the vast majority of running, triathlon and adventure races on Vancouver Island, and are quickly expanding to the Mainland. Complementing that, they’ve also developed Raceon-line.ca, an online race registration company.

“It’s a real growth time for the business. The last three or four years have been the real punch forward, but with 80 hour work

weeks,” says Nelson, who with Walker also operates and owns Langford Frontrunners. “It’s nice to grow the company and afford to have staff.”

In 2010 they timed about 30 events on the Island. They’re on track for 45 this year and 60 in 2012, including events on the Mainland.

“The number of events have swelled,” Nelson says. “The region has such a large running, walking and fitness population.”

Small runs of less than 500 peo-ple can work with a push-button timing system at the finish line, but such events tend to be volun-teer heavy. Last year Nelson and Walker jumped into paper thin radio-frequency tags (RFID tags) glued on race bibs.

“They are crazy accurate and you can have a million people crossing the line,” Nelson says. “The fun part for me is the race timing. There is pressure. Every-one’s time comes down to you not messing up.”

Now owners of 40 mats and five computers to log runner times, the company is timing sizable events such as the Oak Bay, Comox and Whistler half marathons, the Tour de Victoria and the Frontrunners Island race series.

They are busy enough to turn down timing the growing and popular Subaru Western triathlon series. But they’ve got their eye on other big prizes — the Victo-ria marathon and TC10K, both events which attract more than 10,000 runners.

“We’ve got to keep growing with the industry. We’ll be doing Twitter and Facebook updates as people cross the line,” Nelson says. “People want results right

away and the technology allows for that now.”

Nelson estimates they’ve invested $100,000 in gear and web development to be in a posi-tion to grow the running services company, but notes that what people pay to enter a race usually doesn’t match actual production costs.

Equipment rentals, race announcers, traffic control, polic-ing, medical crews, food and liq-uids, and portable washrooms often can’t be covered by entry fees alone. Creating safe but fes-tive race atmosphere comes at a price and business sponsors are critical.

“People don’t want to pay a lot to get in, but they want a lot of features — live results, announc-ers and all things around a race costs huge money.

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When she isn’t practising with the national team, Ali Lee works to promote it

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When it’s game time, Ali Lee does everything she can on the field to help Canada win.

After the game, win or lose, it’s her job to post the result on the national women’s field hockey team’s website, as well as to Twitter and Face-book.

She also handles media inquiries.Lee’s been doing it all this week, pulling double

duty as a player with Team B.C. Blue while han-dling her media relations duties as the face of the national field hockey champi-onships at the University of Vic-toria. Before the tourney started on Wednesday she had already run through Victoria’s media gaunt-let to raise awareness about the event. Add in post-game responsi-bilities and it can make for a heavy workload on game day.

“If I personally have a really hard game, I’m not in the mind state to put together a game report,” Lee said.

“But fans, (media) and sponsors (across Canada) don’t know what’s going on and we owe it to them to share what happened, so I have to cool down, get a shower and get back to the hotel.

“They want to know the good and the bad.”The former Vikes star and St. Margaret’s School

grad now lives in Vancouver where she trains full time with the national team.

It’s all part of the 24-year-old defender’s poten-tial career in sports media (post hockey), a signifi-cant detour from the biochemistry degree she just completed at UVic.

“It’s about promoting field hockey and that’s

what we need to do in this country,” she said. “Just from my own experience I’ve become interested in it. Field Hockey Canada asked if I wanted to help with the national championships (in Victoria) last year and this year I’ve taken the torch.”

Lee’s brought FHC up to speed with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and makes regular post-

ings to the team’s website, www.field4dreams.ca.

When her days as an interna-tional player eventually come to a close, she plans to look at con-tinuing her education in broadcast journalism or communications.

Of course, the current chal-lenges for Lee go beyond suffering a tough loss. For the second year in a row, the senior nationals are being played in Victoria, a plus for the many hometown players.

But there’s always a backlash from hockey’s other hotspots, namely Alberta and Ontario, who want just as badly to see the nation’s best.

“It happens with the nationals at all age levels. People aren’t paid, all the work is volunteer work.

“We have that strong group in Victoria and UVic’s water-based, field hockey-only turf, one of a few in Canada, which is a major criterion for host-ing the event.”

Playoffs for the nationals go all day Saturday (July 2). Women’s and men’s gold medal games at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, respectively.

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Ali Lee packs more than sticks in her stick bag, as she switches hats from player during games to handling the media post game.

Media Game

and the

Follow FH Canada■ On Twitter Field Hockey Canada @fieldhockeycan and Ali Lee @AliLee05. ■ On Facebook at www.facebook.com/FHCanada. ■ Field Hockey Canada is on the web at www.field4dreams.ca, www.fieldhockey.ca.

Royals, Giants set early rivalry

To the Victoria Roy-als fans who want to see an early rivalry with the Vancouver Giants, you’re in luck. The teams will play each other 10 times this year.

Just as the Giants were recently announced as the Royals’ first visitor to Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in a preseason game on Sept. 16, the Giants will also play in the Royals first regu-lar season Western Hockey League game on Sept. 24.

The game will be broadcast on SHAW TV at 7 p.m.


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For any race director, the elec-tronic chirp as runners pass over timing mats is music to their ears.

The beeps acknowledge that timing is triggered and logged — recording hundreds or even thousands of personal victories. For those who run, weeks and months of training can come down to a precise record of min-utes and seconds.

But when Nick Walker and Mark Nelson faced the “blue screen of death” computer failure while timing their Bear Mountain 10K race last year, fortunately it wasn’t panic stations. The mantra of any race timer is data backups and backups of backups.

“Every timer has a primary and backup (computer) for redun-dancy,” Nelson says. “We have a lot of systems to ensure your time is correct.”

After starting the popular Bear Mountain 10K and then tak-ing over the Gutbuster trail run series, the two elite athletes from Langford are poised to become the dominant players in race tim-ing and organization services.

Under the umbrella Langford Running Company, Nelson and Walker bought RaceDay Timing services two years ago and are now timing the vast majority of running, triathlon and adventure races on Vancouver Island, and are quickly expanding to the Mainland. Complementing that, they’ve also developed Raceon-line.ca, an online race registration company.

“It’s a real growth time for the business. The last three or four years have been the real punch forward, but with 80 hour work

weeks,” says Nelson, who with Walker also operates and owns Langford Frontrunners. “It’s nice to grow the company and afford to have staff.”

In 2010 they timed about 30 events on the Island. They’re on track for 45 this year and 60 in 2012, including events on the Mainland.

“The number of events have swelled,” Nelson says. “The region has such a large running, walking and fitness population.”

Small runs of less than 500 peo-ple can work with a push-button timing system at the finish line, but such events tend to be volun-teer heavy. Last year Nelson and Walker jumped into paper thin radio-frequency tags (RFID tags) glued on race bibs.

“They are crazy accurate and you can have a million people crossing the line,” Nelson says. “The fun part for me is the race timing. There is pressure. Every-one’s time comes down to you not messing up.”

Now owners of 40 mats and five computers to log runner times, the company is timing sizable events such as the Oak Bay, Comox and Whistler half marathons, the Tour de Victoria and the Frontrunners Island race series.

They are busy enough to turn down timing the growing and popular Subaru Western triathlon series. But they’ve got their eye on other big prizes — the Victo-ria marathon and TC10K, both events which attract more than 10,000 runners.

“We’ve got to keep growing with the industry. We’ll be doing Twitter and Facebook updates as people cross the line,” Nelson says. “People want results right

away and the technology allows for that now.”

Nelson estimates they’ve invested $100,000 in gear and web development to be in a posi-tion to grow the running services company, but notes that what people pay to enter a race usually doesn’t match actual production costs.

Equipment rentals, race announcers, traffic control, polic-ing, medical crews, food and liq-uids, and portable washrooms often can’t be covered by entry fees alone. Creating safe but fes-tive race atmosphere comes at a price and business sponsors are critical.

“People don’t want to pay a lot to get in, but they want a lot of features — live results, announc-ers and all things around a race costs huge money.

“If people paid for what they get, it would be $75 for a 10 kilo-metre race. Most events do a really good job at keeping prices low.”

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Langford runners make dent in race market


Langford runner Mark Nelson shows some of the timing equipment used in road races on Vancouver Island and the Mainland. With business partner Nick Walker, Nelson is timing most of the road and trail running races on the Island.

“It’s a real growth time for the business. The last three or four years have been the real punch forward, but with 80 hour work weeks.”

–Mark NelsonRaceDay Timing

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PUBLISHERThe Morning Star in Vernon, B.C. currently has an opening for the position of Publisher.

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STORAGE AUCTIONUnder the warehouse-man lien act Adams Stor-age Village at #1 Adams Pl, Victoria, BC. Adams Langford Mini Storage at 883 Van-Isle Way Vic-toria, BC. Will be holding an Auction on Lockers.Adams Storage Village sale date 10am on July 11, 2011.Kelly Bystedt H-32 $735.78John Fifi eld G-14 $940.25Gordon Carter L-83 $945.33Peter Smith L-46 $979.62Karren Woods H-40 & 53 $2568.20Donald Ramsay L-66 $1255.315Fred Laundry H-84 $1433.14Michael Corby G-20 $1764.57All from Victoria BC Adams Langford Mini Storage sale date 10am on July 12, 2011.Weilmeier, Kristina. A27c & F60a $1784.16 Bjornson, Andrew. B25: $2417.61Resort Long Distance,. G27: $1210.40Botkin, William “Trevor”. G38: $1429.30Tessier, Timothy. G72: $818.32Hoffart, Margaret. H107 $2236. French Brennen F68 $565.96 All from Victoria BC. These charges on these lockers must be paid in full before 10am on July 11, 2011. Contents of all lockers described as house hold items sold as is.

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ROYAL OAK area, new, bright lrg 1 bdrm, all incl, N/S, N/P, close to all amens, $850 mo, avail July 1, 250-744-1662

SAANICH, GRD level 2 bdrm, newly reno’d, all utils incl, close to all amens, N/P, N/S, $1000,(Immed), 250-704-6613

SOOKE- LRG new 2 bdrm, seperate entrance, W/D, 4 appls, close to amenties, July 15. N/S. Refs. $1000 inclds utils. (250)294-0874.

SUITES, UPPER

LANGFORD, 3577 Kelly Dawn Plc. 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath, upper suite, lrg kitchen, F/S, D/W, W/D, gas F/P, deck, modern decor, cats ok. $1695 plus $100 for utilities.

LANGFORD GORGEOUS brand new 1Bdrm above gar-age, sep ent, own laundry, all util’s incl + cable & internet. Maple cabinets, granite coun-ter-tops, alarm system. N/S, N/P. $1000 mo furn (incls 50” LCD high-def TV) or $900 un-furn. July 1. 250-812-9354.

N. SAANICH, bright upper one bdrm suite, $900 inclusive, full kitchen, full bath, W/D, stor-age, private patio. Avail Aug. 1, call 250-516-8086.

VICTORIA SPACIOUS garden level one bedroom suite. In-cludes in suite laundry, dish-washer and parking. $950. NS, NP 250-480-9810

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CARPENTRY

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

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FRIENDLY HOUSEKEEPER has immediate openings, Mon-Sat. Ref’s avail. 778-440-3875.

HOUSE AND CARPET CLEANING- Carpet Special! $69/2 rooms. 250-514-6055.

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.


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CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

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DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. Home Renovation Plus. Call Steven (250) 881-4197.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Reno’s plus. Visa ac-cepted. Small jobs ok. #22779

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

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BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858.

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ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

DECKS FENCES. Installation & repairs. Vinyl decks & alumi-num rails. Book now and save. Robert (250)580-3325.

SIMPLY FENCING. Custom gates, fences and decks. Licensed & WCB Insured. Visit: simplyfencing.caCall (250)886-1596.

FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

MR Sandless, The Quick, No Sand-ing Solution to Beautiful Wood Floors In One Day at 1/2 the Cost of Sanding. Check out our website for more info. www.mrsandless.ca or Call for a free estimate 250-734-3773

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-382-8602.


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10% OFF! Yard Cleanups, Mowing, Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trim. 250-479-6495.

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: specializing in Lawn (Sod & Seed), Landscaping, Tree & Stump, Hedges, Blackberry, Ivy removal, Yard Cleanup, 23 yrs exp. WCB.

AURICLE LAWNS- Hedge, beds, irrigation, commer, stra-ta. 25 yrs. Insured. 882-3129.

BIG JOBS or small, we do it all. Weekly or monthly visits. Commercial & Residential. Call (250)885-8513.

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INSTALLATION OF patios, ponds, gardens and more. Plus, top quality maintenance. g lenwoodgardenworks.com Call (250)474-4373.

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR- custom design install, gardens, lawns & patios, irrigation & fences. Call 250-858-3564.

PROFESSIONAL LAWN gar-den maint, Spring clean-up. Hammer & Spade accepting new clients. 250-474-4165.

THOUSANDS OF Succulents for sale at Doyle & Bond farm. 6666 W. Saanich Rd. Website www.doyleandbond.ca

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, up-grades, roof demossing. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

V.I.P. GUTTER Cleaning. Gutter guards, all exterior, power washing, roof de-moss-ing, spray, windows. Package deals! Insured. (250)507-6543

HANDYPERSONS

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ACTIVE HANDYMAN Reno’s, drywall, decks, fencing, pwr-wash, gutters, triming, yrd work, etc. Sen disc. 595-3327.

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

★REPAIRS/RENOS. Painting, plumbing, electrical, etc. Free estimates. Call 250-217-8666.

SENIOR HANDYMAN - Household repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-386-1119.

✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

HOME IMPROVEMENTS


IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifi [email protected]


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp. New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens. Senior discounts. Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

BILL’S MASONRY. Brick, tiles, pavers. All masonry & F/P repairs. Chimney re-point-ing. 250-478-0186.

C.B.S. MASONRY Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios Repair. Renew. Replace “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Estimate & Competitive Prices. Charlie 294-9942, 589- 9942 Licensed Insured & WCB

WESTSHORE STONEWORKS Custom Stonework. Patios & Walkways. (250)857-7442.

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton, 5 ton. Prices starting at $75/hr. 250-889-5794.

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 22 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602.

DO IT NOW Painting. 20 yrs exp. Interior/exterior. Also do hauling. Len 250-888-0596.

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.


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PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

EDGE TO EDGE PressureWashing, RV’s, boats, drive-ways, sidewalks, siding, roofs,moss removal. (250)208-8535.

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PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING

PROF & custom installs offl oor & wall tiles. Heated fl oor-ing, Custom Showers. Reno’s,new constr. Bob 250-812-7448

UPHOLSTERY

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DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

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408-373 Tyee, $333,500Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663 pg. 9

1-1827 Fairfi eld, $649,000Saturday, Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 11

4-50 Montreal, $339,999Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz 250 744-3301 pg. 22

504 Cecelia Rd, $439,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 47

1515 Regents Pl, $827,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Meadows, 240-592-4422 pg. 21

1042 St. Charles St., $858,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoxanne Brass 250-744-3301 pg. 44

502-707 CourtneySaturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSladja Stojkovic 250 477-5353 pg. 50

238 Superior, $834,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye 250-384-8124 pg. 13

101-2520 Wark, $244,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 47

164 Eberts St, $629,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdTom Dunn 250 384-8124 pg. 21

309-373 Tyee Rd., $364,900Saturday 2-4burr properties ltd.Andrew Hobbs 250-382-6636

110-379 Tyee Rd., $207,400Sunday 2-4burr properties ltd.Mike Janes 250-382-6636

247 St Andrews St, $664,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 21

210 St Andrews, $949,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateSandy McManus 250 477-7291 pg. 48

349C Foul Bay Rd, $509,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalVicky Turner 250 592-4422 pg. 9

3-1160 Burdett Ave, $479,900Saturday 1-4Century 21 In Town RealtyMagda Melounova, 604-323-6984

124 Rendall St., $574,900Sunday 12-2Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey 250-391-1893

2592 Empire St, $599,900Saturday 1-4Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 48

3815 Campus, $699,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Meadows, 240-592-4422 pg. 26

1-242 Robert St, $449,900Sunday 1-3Burr Properties LtdJohn D McMillan 250 382-8838 pg. 21

1770 Rockland, $995,000Saturday & Sunday 3-4Pemberton HolmesStace Dewhurst 250 384-8124 pg. 7

301-1665 Oak Bay Ave., $300,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause 250-592-4422

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 7

210-935 Johnson St., $329,900Saturday 2-4burr properties ltd.Mike Pearce 250-382-6636

2736 Gosworth, $474,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 21

2926 Fifth, $598,888Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyInder Taneja 250-479-3333 pg. 21

102-103 Gorge Rd E., $289,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Remax AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 6

905-379 TyeeSaturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGraham Bavington, 250-477-1100 pg. 18

1,2,3 277 MichiganSunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 11

2245 Dalhousie, $624,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyHal Decter 250 385-2033 pg. 22

723 St. Patrick St., $689,999Saturday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love 250-386-8875 pg. 22

4378 Shelbourne, $579,900Sunday 1-3One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 50

44 Caton, $699,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunVinnie Gill 250 744-3301 pg. 48

24-15 Helmcken, $529,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyGordon Lee 250-385-2033 pg. 19

409 Nursery Hill Rd, $689,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKomal Dodd 250 744-3301 pg. 50

2809 Craigowan, $859,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 50

10 Helmcken RdDaily noon-4Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 595-3200 pg. 15

307-1156 Colville Rd., $319,900Thursday 12-2burr properties ltd.Tony Zarsadias 250-382-6636

1213 Juno, $449,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyGina Sundberg, 250-812-4999 pg. 23

8-933 Admirals Rd, $369,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdDorothee Friese 250 477-7291 pg. 12

1245 Esquimalt RdFriday-Sunday 12-4Pemberton Holmes LtdIvica Kalabric, 250-590-8087 pg. 24

310-873 Esquimalt Rd., $364,900Saturday 2-4burr properties ltd.Mike Janes 250-382-6636

1023 Wollaston St., $593,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyCharlie DePape 250 477-5353

617 Lampson, $437,500Sunday 2-4Keller Williams RealtyMac Nanton 250 686-3200 pg. 51

1183 Munro St, $832,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtySheila Christmas, 250-477-1100

pg. 24

612-845 Dunsmuir, $609,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalBrian Andrew 250 217-1048 pg. 10

4-1010 Ellery St.Saturday 1-3Sotheby’s InternationalGeorge Papaloukas 250-888-5335

1530 Cedarglen, $642,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyAmy Yan, 250-893-8888 pg. 25

205-899 Darwin Ave, $299,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalVicky Turner 250 592-4422 pg. 9

3811 EpsomSaturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 27

6-942 Boulderwood, $685,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunLeni Estell, 250-744-3301 pg. 26

5060 Cordova Bay Rd, $819,000Sunday 2-4MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 51

1523 Palahi Pl, $619,000Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJeremy Stillings, 250-744-3301 pg. 27

5000 Bonanza, $949,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 26

4386 Elnido, $639,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdCarol Crabb 250 477-7291 pg. 27

4854 Sea Ridge Dr, $1,877,000Sunday 2-4MacDonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-388-5882 pg. 27

3460 Quadra, $239,900Saturday 1-3Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 33

206-976 Inverness, $223,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdBob Davies 250 384-8124 pg. 20

4716 Amblewood, $949,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodPat Parker 250 882-2607 pg. 16

3573 McInnis Rise, $649,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyStuart Price, 250-479-3333 pg. 26

4961 Thunderbird Plc., $779,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd Sing 250-744-3301 pg. 25

304-3225 Alder St., $249,900Sunday 11-1burr properties ltd.Mike Janes 250-382-6636

4555 Seawood Terr, $699,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause 250-592-4422

1877A Feltham Rd, $625,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

10-3633 Cedar Hill, $474,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye 250-384-8124 pg. 12

1724 LlandaffSunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdJoanne Brodersen 250 477-7291 pg. 27

3720 Craigmillar, $589,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateCarol Crabb 250 477-7291 pg. 25

1642 McKenzie AveSaturday 2-4Boorman Real EstateJeff Shaw 250 595-1535 pg. 13

583 Carnation, $329,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz 250 744-3301 pg. 29

10-4525 Wilkinson Rd., $446,900Saturday 12-1:30burr propertiesMike Pearce 250-382-6636

4921 Prospect Ave, $1,225,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesCharles Baird, 250-384-8124 pg. 28

519 Judah, $434,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye 250-384-8124 pg. 28

5858 West Saanich, $1,379,999Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 47

559-4678B Elk Lake Dr.Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceJason Binab 250-360-1929

874 Pepin Cres, $499,000Saturday 1-2:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyClifton Mak, 250 479-3333 pg. 28

1191 Burnside Rd West, $485,000Saturday 1:00-3:00Sutton GroupPat Saulnier 250-727-8712 pg. 29

820 Roy Rd, $549,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 29

71-7570 Tetayut Rd, $298,000Sunday 1-3Remax CamosunCraig Walters,250-655-0608 pg. 29

510-9808 Second St, $489,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastInez Louden 250 812-7710 pg. 30

2420 Mount Baker, $729,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye 250-384-8124 pg. 14

10421 Allbay Rd., $975,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause 250-592-4422

2115 Brethourpark Way, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max Camosun PropertiesGaye Phillips 250-655-0608 pg. 29

7106 Central Saanich, $545,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastInez Louden 250 812-7710 pg. 30

10421 Resthaven, $384,900Saturday & Sunday 1-2:30, Mon & Tues 4-6Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChris Scott 250-477-1100 pg. 13

2455 Wilcox Terr, $619,900Sunday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 29

2516 Fielding Pl, $849,900Saturday and Sunday 2:30-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ed Ho, 250-477-7291 pg. 29

202-2475 Bevan AVE, $319,000 Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtySharon Schaalje 250-479-3333 pg. 6

8045 Lochside Dr, $599,900Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong 250 590-7011 pg. 44

8506 Ebor TerrSunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephen Postings, 250-656-0131 pg. 31

10613 McDonald Park, $1,499,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateCarol Crabb 250 477-7291 pg. 30

1315 Readings Dr, $649,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesJim Fields 250-384-8124

8704 Pender Park, $597,500Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters 250-655-0608 pg. 29

104-7070 West Saanich, $249,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDavid Silletta 250 744-3301 pg. 30

851 Verdier Ave, $1,049,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sotheby’s International RealtyScott Piercy, 250-812-7212 pg. 39

2415 Amherst Ave.Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceJason Binab 250-360-1929

9115 Lochside, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 3-5, Mon & Tues 4-6Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChris Scott 250-477-1100 pg. 13

1985 Lands End RdSunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDavid Silletta 250 744-3301 pg. 31

2387 Selwyn Rd., $629,888Saturday 2-4Re/Max Camosun WestshoreDarren Day 250-478-9600 pg. 34

211-608 Fairway Ave, $369,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood Realty LtdSheila Christmas 250-477-1100 pg. 7

207-2881 Peatt RdSaturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250 380-6683 pg. 18

2167 Blue Grouse, $859,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 47

114-1244 Muirfi eld, $659,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdShelley Saldat 250 589-4014 pg. 46

65-2587 Selwyn, $189,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Tosczak, 250-474-4800 pg. 34

2200 Harrow Gate, $664,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Richard Funnell 250-656-0131

101-3226 Jacklin $299,900Saturday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250 380-6683 pg. 20

3245 Jacklin Rd, $419,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDarren Day, 250-478-9600 pg. 34

400 Latoria, $738,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdGregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 46

735 Heaslip Pl, $359,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDave O’Byrne 250 361-6213 pg. 35

114-2710 Jacklin, $234,888Sunday 12-2Re/Max AllianceRon Neal 250 386-8181 pg. 52

663 Strandlund, $419,900Saturday & Sunday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier 250-477-7291 pg. 35

301-1375 Bear Mountain, $399,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdShelley Saldat 250 589-4014 pg. 48

206-611 Goldstream Ave., $247,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Sheila Christmas 250-477-1100 pg. 5

3359 Wellsmith Cres, $558,000Sunday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 49

2697 Whitehead Rd, $425,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes RealtyMike Lock,250-384-8124 pg. 34

102-627 Brookside RdSaturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes LtdGreg Long 250 384-8124 pg. 15

118-2733 Peatt Rd., $374,900Sunday 3:30-4:30Re/Max AllianceBon Hollier 250-386-8875 pg. 34

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OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY Real Estate Victoria week beginning June 30, 2011 Page 43

2006 Hannington, $698,800Sunday 1-4Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 48

1005 Wild Ridge Way, $442,500Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 50

1919 Maple AvenueSunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Vernon 250-642-5050 pg. 14

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 11

1888 Tominny Road, $348,000Daily 11-1PMFair RealtyRay Kong 250 590-7011 pg. 36

228-1987 KaltasinSunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 37

121-6838 Grant Rd, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes RealtyJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 11

11-6110 Seabroom, $249,900Sunday 12-2Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 37

3-1917 Kaltasin, $334,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 37

6467 Driftwood, $494,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 37

2733 Countryside Pl.Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyIvan Delano PREC250-744-8506 pg. 50

2125 Butler Ave, $299,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMette Pedersen 250 744-3301 pg. 40

6072 Kaspa Rd, $800,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalLaurene Clark 800-263-4753 pg. 44

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