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Respondingto the Syrian refugee crisisStudents and panelists captivate an inspired audience at Pearson College

Katherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff

For many of us the brutalities of war are something we hear about in a far off land. They are just a brief clip on the evening news or a photograph that captivates our attention for a moment in time. But the realities of the war in Syria have been a way of life for two Pearson College UWC students.

Syrian refugee students Wahid and Ali shared some of their expe-riences with their classmates at a discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis at the school in Metchosin on Tuesday. Their last names have been withheld for the safety of the boys’ families.

“Do you know what is the worst?” asked Wahid, looking out over the faces of the over 100 in attendance. “The petrostates … Do you know how many refugees they have taken so far? Zero.” Ali echoed that last word, too.

“Many of them have been helping terror groups on the ground, send-ing weapons and money,” Wahid said, adding they have done noth-ing to help the people living in con-stant fear for their lives.

While he and Ali spoke, a picture illuminated a screen behind them showing people fleeing a square in Syria surrounded by the crumbling

wreckage of buildings. Wahid said the scene was quickly becoming the normal daily way of life in Syria, and the city of Aleppo, where he was from. “When we just hear that 30 people have died … or we see old women trying to get water from a well … even food is not always there … It’s just hard life.”

When the uprising in Syria began many outside of its borders did not expect it to last more than a few weeks – months at the most. But this civil war has been decimating the country for several years and stems from a long and complicated history of third-party intervention.

Three panelist followed Wahid and Ali to try and give some con-text to the situation as well as pro-viding some answers to students questions. Topics ranged from what Canadians should do, racist rhetoric, history and politics.

Ronald Crelinsten, associate fel-low at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies, said “the first question we need to ask is why are people leaving Syria?” His answer was the war and the Islamic state.

“Bombs won’t solve it, military won’t solve it. It will only make it worse.”

Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff

Building a fastball futureUnder-18 women’s fastball players Jessica Lusk, left, and Avalon Grass flank coach Jacquelyn Novak at Centennial Park, where the girls have played a lot of games over the years with Langford fastball. The trio are part of the Canada Futures Collegiate Showcase team set to play games against university level teams in the U.S. starting next week. See story page A22.

Painter Rd. public hearing on tapArnold LimNews Gazette staff

John Vincer says it is all about character.

The Colwood resident said the proposed development intro-ducing nine single-family homes and two apartment complexes onto properties at 3320 Metcho-sin Rd. and 3319 Painter Rd. would adversely affect the char-acter of an area he has called home for more than a decade. He hopes a public hearing set for Sept. 30 is another opportunity to show Colwood council why.

“(They) will be introducing

about 80 different cars to that intersection right where there is a lot of school kids walking around,” said the Painter Road resident. “Right now it is a low-density neighbourhood. It is changing the whole feel of the neighbourhood.”

The co-development between Genco Construction Ltd. and Fairwest Construction Co. Ltd. has passed second reading.

Vincer said residents are frus-trated and feel their voices are not being heard, despite gather-ing 200 local signatures oppos-ing the density of the project.

“I don’t see this development

contributing to any increase,” said Colwood engineer Michael Baxter regarding traffic con-cerns.

“The development traffic would amount to about an extra 20 cars in rush hour, which is one car every three minutes... But when Royal Bay is built out there could be 7,000 (more) peo-ple living there. Obviously that is the traffic that will really dictate the future of that intersection.”

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While the City of Langford is seeing a slight decline in illegal garbage dump-ing, it remains an issue, especially with disposal fees on the rise.

Combined with a rise in the volume of solid waste being removed from the West Shore, and an increase in sorting fees due to the Capital Regional District kitchen scraps ban the situation has City staff requesting that council rethink at least some of their budget for waste removal.

In the past, dealing with illegal dump-ing, from old couches and TVs to house-hold garbage, has cost the City over $20,000 a year. But a recent staff report on the matter stated that with bylaw enforcement efforts and having staff col-lect the dumped material instead of con-tractors, the City has reduced that to between $12,000 and $15,000 a year.

Currently, $15,000 is budgeted annu-ally for dealing with illegal dumping, which the report calls manageable, but it doesn’t allow for the purchase of more bins and receptacles for problem areas.

“Generally it’s getting way better than it ever was,” said Mayor Stew Young. He said the City would do whatever it takes to keep all areas of Langford look-ing beautiful.

Garbage disposal is costing the City more money due to the ban on kitchen scraps that took effect earlier in the year. Haulers, contracted by the City, are responsible to ensure that no organic waste is included in regular garbage and have increased their tipping fees to reflect the extra sorting required.

The Capital Regional District has also increased its tipping fees, which are expected to soon hit $140 per tonne, up from $90. This rise is partially attributed to a change in CRD subsidies, which cost jurisdictions such as Langford more money.

Those fees could have a big impact on budgets. The Langford staff report stated that the tonnage of garbage col-lected from the West Shore has nearly doubled in recent years, a fact attrib-uted to the growing population.

One of the City’s contractors, Victo-ria Contracting and Municipal Mainte-nance Corp., sent a letter requesting an increase of more than $16,000, or

roughly 21 per cent, given the extra ser-vice required for overflowing city recep-tacles. Langford spends almost $76,000 annually in its roads and maintenance contract for servicing and disposing of waste in City-owned cans.

Victoria Contracting tracked the amount of cans it services for a month. It found that 88 of 156 cans contained bags of residen-tial garbage and 76 of those cans were overflowing, often causing garbage to get strewn about by animals.

George Henshall, Langford’s manager of public works, said word is spreading that the City is cracking down on illegal dumping.

“We’ve actually been going through garbage and finding them,” he said of the people caught illegally dumping. Once perpetrators are found, the City requires them to pay for the cleanup costs.

In terms of dumping waste in rural areas that have historically been prob-lem areas, Henshall said, “of the (peo-ple) we have caught, none of them are from Langford.”

The City tries hard to clean up dumped items as quickly as possible, he

said. If something like a unwanted couch is left sitting for an extended period of time in a rural area, he said, suddenly there would be a coffee table and two

television sets with it. The end of the month is espe-cially bad, he said, point-ing to people moving as a prime reason.

He also attributed some of the decline in illegal dumping – defined as the

depositing of garbage or unwanted items on any open land – to actions taken by the City. These include setting up cam-eras in problem areas, such as along Fin-layson Arm Road near the Goldstream Park, and having City staff members col-lect waste, instead of contracting it out, from bins provided in areas such as the one by the Luxton fairgrounds.

Henshall said city residents have been requesting more garbage cans and staff are looking to council for more direction on the issue.

Young said the City has added more receptacles over the past 10 years to match its beautification program.

“If you don’t have the receptacles it’ll end up on the ground. I hate seeing gar-bage on the sidewalks.”

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Rotary Club drives youth housing forumGrowing West Shore population increases need for youth homelessnessDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Maureen Hobbs is excited about the possibili-ties.

The Colwood Rotary Club president is in the throes of rallying the troops, so to speak, in advance of a Sept. 28 forum addressing the need for stable, safe housing for youth at risk in the West Shore community.

Hobbs says estimates are as high as 20 to 30 the number of youth whose families or primary home is on the West Shore, but sleep outdoors or “couch surf” on any given night.

“We decided we need to do something; let’s not wait,” she said. “We’re hoping to get stakeholders in one room over a coffee or a glass of wine and talk about the options.”

Key to the discussion, she says, is the involve-ment of the Threshold Housing Society, which spe-cifically provides transitional housing for youth in the region.

The society, which has its annual general meet-ing coming up Oct. 3, operates two group homes in the Victoria area, one each for women and men aged 16 to 21.

Hobbs says with the growing population on the West Shore and its incumbent challenges, the need to start talking about creating a facility out here, or at the very least spreading the word about avail-able family resources, is growing.

Vulnerable youth for whom going home isn’t an option can gain a level of stability in their lives, she says, “if you have a secure home with a resident caregiver, close to resources.”

Next Monday’s meeting will feature a panel of speakers, including housing advocate Bill McEl-roy, Threshold Housing Society director Mark Mul-doon and Mitzi Dean, executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services Association.

Hobbs says the goal is to reach out to area schools, health-care providers, businesses, churches, politicians and especially young adults to “begin the process of framing the issue on hous-ing” and work to prevent homelessness on the West Shore.

Anyone is welcome to attend the gathering, which runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Royal Col-wood Golf Club, 629 Goldstream Ave. Registration is requested; interested parties are asked to email Brian Davison at [email protected] or call 250-474-1665.

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City’s garbage bill piling upNon Langford residents continue to treat city’s urban, rural areas like a dump

Katherine Engqvist/ News Gazette staff

Bags of garbage and other items lay piled in a corner of a parking lot near Langford Lake. City of Langford officials are monitoring illegal dumping.

“Generally, it’s way better than it ever was.”

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Highlands grand openings Saturday for new fire and community hallsKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff

One Highlands resident had a special hand in crafting the new community hall that will be unveiled in the community Sat-urday.

Bob McMinn may not have been quite aware of what he was volunteering for when he took on the task of building the stage, but the end result has many singing his praises, including the mayor.

“When I volunteered I’d thought it would be a much sim-pler design,” McMinn said. But even he admitted that, “when one first looks at it… It looks quite impressive.”

“I had it designed by a local architect and I had some help from a carpenter,” he said. Visual aesthetics aside, the stage was engineered for sound absorp-tion and offers practicality with the ability to store the venue’s tables underneath it on dollies. “I guess I masterminded the whole thing.”

In fact, McMinn put roughly 350 hours into the construc-tion of the stage, which even included milling some logs from the site so the lumber could be used. He said the sound quality is fantastic and the hall’s floor was made for dancing.

The grand opening of the new community hall, at 729 Finlay-son Arm Rd., will be marked with celebrations for Highland-ers commencing at noon on Sat-urday (Sept. 26) and wrapping up around 8 p.m.

Mayor Ken Williams said the afternoon will be like a “neigh-bour meet and greet.” He encour-ages members of the Highlands community to come join the fes-tivities.

“We want the community to take ownership of the hall and be aware of it,” he said. “We just want to get people talking about

it and (have it be) used.”For those interested, more

information on how to rent the space will be available at the open house, which runs from noon until 5 p.m. The theme is, “who we are and what we do” and will be illustrated in table displays inside the hall, with larger displays outside that cel-ebrate the diversity of Highland-ers and local community groups.

Topics include beekeeping, astronomy, rainwater harvest-ing, food preservation, emer-gency preparedness, perennial edibles, community gardens and many more. But don’t worry, if all of the excitement has your

stomach rumbling, there will also be a food truck on site, with free lunch vouchers for the first 100 residents.

Rounding out the entertain-ment for the day will be an offi-cial ribbon cutting at 5 p.m., after which the hall will be trans-formed for a free concert with performances by local musi-cians between 6:30 and 8 p.m.

A task force made up of mem-bers of the Social Sustainabil-ity Committee and members of the Highlands District Commu-nity Association, with help from council members, organized the events for the day.

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Mark your calendar:This Saturday will be a busy day for Highlanders and anyone else in

the area wishing to join them. There is not one, but two grand open-ings being unveiled, both packed full of events for the day.

The first big event is the unveiling of the new East Fire Hall, hosted by Highlands firefighters. This runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3613 Woodridge Pl., with a ribbon cutting at noon.

Mayor Ken Williams encourages everyone on the West Shore to come and see the new hall, which has been responding to calls since the early summer, but has been undergoing a few cosmetic touches since. Now that the furniture is in, everyone is invited to come take a look.

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Celebratory eatsThe line up for free burgers, courtesy of Brown’s Social House in Langford, kept owner Scott Rumpell, head chef Mike Walton and Claire Towers busy at the 10th anniversary celebration of the West Shore Child, Youth and Family Centre on Wale Road. Members of all services in the building, from the Ministry of Children and Family Development to the Pacific Family Centre Services Association, enjoyed cake, face painting, a children’s dance group and more.

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The public hearing for the Painter and Metchosin rezoning is sched-uled for Sept 30.

To turn a churchyard into rental apartment buildings is the worst of development nightmares for those of us who live in the area or try to navigate children to and from Sang-ster School.

In spite of a huge opposition from citizens of Colwood, a majority of the council still seems determined to ram through this high density project, and with a sinking heart I realize it is all my fault.

Thirty years ago a group of us decided we did not want to be incor-porated with Langford, and started our own committee to make Col-wood an independent municipality. Residents voted to have their own local control, in part to avoid the tsu-nami of development which Lang-ford harnessed later with such awe-some efficiency.

At that time Colwood was a peace-ful and gracious community, almost completely built out to single family residences. Because of the high den-sity of population to land area which this had created, when I filled out the application form to the BC Govern-ment, we had to call it a City.

It sounded ridiculous to everyone at the time, but no, we could not be a District Municipality like Metchosin or Langford, because the province thought we were already too popu-lated.

Little did we know that down the road some new residents on Col-wood council would actually take that word City seriously, and create a big expensive bureaucracy devoted to high density development. They should all be happy now, Royal Bay is enough city for anyone.

Because of the planned density in Royal Bay, there is all the more reason to draw a proper zoning line and preserve our old single family neighbourhoods. This is all that the residents are asking for, and what good loyal local government should provide without question.

Lois GardnerColwood

Community associations help View Royal

Living in a small town, like View Royal, you notice the things that go on around you that increase the attractiveness of the area. One of these “things” is the opportunity to volunteer and contribute to the com-munity where we live.

In so doing we increase the well-being of others and can make our lives feel more worth living.

There are many clubs and orga-nizations in our area where we can participate and contribute (View Royal: Fastball, Reading Centre, Garden Club, Emergency Measures Organization, Archives and Shore-line Community School Association to name a few).

One of the longest standing is the View Royal Community Association. They own, maintain and operate the community hall (since 1943) for the promotion of social, recreational, economic, political and general wel-fare of the View Royal taxpayers and residents.

They provide a meeting place for members to rent, organize town hall type meetings where matters deemed to be of importance to the View Royal community can be debated, and provide a venue where

the voice of the community can be heard.

They have organized community picnics and fairs for the benefit of the community. They could do more, but need more supporting members who can bring their ideas and exper-tise to the association.

You may not want to volunteer your time (there is no pressure), but your support as a member is needed. If you’re interested in join-ing, come and become a member at the Fall BBQ and meeting 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 at the View Royal Community Hall.

Jim PowellView Royal


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Syrians need to be heard

It’s hard to put a face to a war that isn’t knocking on our doorstep.

Recently the image of three-year-old Syrian Aylan Kurdi’s body laying on beach in Turkey captivated audiences across the world and humanized a conflict many had previosly chosen to continue flipping past when it appeared on the evening news.

While two new students on the West Shore may have taken different paths than Kurdi, they are all too familiar with the horrors of daily life in Syria. These two refugees, now attending their first year at Pearson College in Metchosin, shared some of their experiences with their new classmates on Tuesday at a discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis. These experiences extended past bombs and included many things we here on the West Shore take for granted, like electricity for more than two hours a week.

But for them, their greatest disappointment was the way the world viewed the war in Syria. Their basic human rights, not to mention their lives, have been decimated as political powerhouses make a game out of this war.

They showed a short video when they finished saying their piece. The sound of a pin dropping could have been heard as the clip started to play, describing what Manhattan would look like if millions fled. The only screen this audience was glued to was the one playing in front of them as it announced that 1.5 million Syrian children have been forced to flee their homes.

Suddenly the war in Syria didn’t feel so foreign.

But the two Syrian students were not the only ones in the room with first hand experience overseas. A group of nine Pearson students travelled to Turkey this summer to work with Syrian refugees. Their experiences can only be imagined by some.

These young voices have stories to tell, and West Shore residents need to listen. It is not often that we can hear the first hand experiences of individuals who have lived through a war. Unfortunately, it is something that too many Pearson students, past and present, have in common.

Maybe by sharing their stories and learning from the experiences of their peers these students can go on to be the politicians, diplomats and peacemakers of tomorrow and create a world free of conflict. But for the time being their voices can shed a little humanity on the rest of us.

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What do off-roading, hiring a contractor, creative writing and genealogy have in common? Experts in these and 22 other topics will be available for free 15 minute brain picking sessions at The MidLife Crisis Show on October 3rd, that’s what. “Often people want to start a project or make a change, but don’t know where to start and what resources are available”, says show organizer Barbara Newton. “The “Ask an Expert” series is designed to offer an introduction that will allow them to move forward with confi dence”.Interested in adventure? There are experts on off-roading, learning to ride a motorbike and various forms of travel. Exploring your creativity? There are experts on writing and getting your work published, picture framing, sewing, bicycle maintenance and genealogy. Have you targeted an area for personal development? There are experts on starting and growing a business, fi nding your match, overcoming your fears, developing your personal brand, and fi nding focus through the use of counselling or coaching. Do you have a practical project to get to work on? There are experts on hiring a contractor, raising grandchildren, using video, selecting the right cell phone, managing your fi nances, knowing your consumer rights, being a family caregiver, protecting your hearing and Canadian immigration law. You will fi nd a complete listing of the topics at www.midlifecrisisshow.com/ things to do/ ask an expert series along with a signup form.Panel discussions at the event are also free and cover • When is it Time to Move? • Building a Life of Possibility • The Future of Travel • Publish Your Writing • Stay Frisky in Body and MindIn the exhibit and demonstration area, start with comedian Diana Kuch & the Laughing Buddha’s MidLife Quiz and move on to check out ziplining at AdrenaLINE, the latest in art materials at Island Blue, electric bicycles at Oak Bay Bicycles, funky antiques at Calla Designs, test drive a Honda Fit, try tasty samples at Fairway Market, learn yoga poses at Bikram Hot Yoga, try the “impact calculator” at the United Way, sit on motorcycles at Savage Cycle, learn about the birds and the bees at Buckerfi elds and much more. Need a moment to think? Take a break in Vision Travel’s Cruise Ship Cafe and ..oh look ...there’s the Tasting Room and the Technology Petting Zoo waiting for you to check them out, too. And something new every hour on the Main Stage.

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Bucky’s Taphouse pub owner Simon Fearn pours a lager from a specially outfitted pink tap, the beer from which is helping raise funds for breast cancer research. Fearn is donating 100 per cent of proceeds from the sale of Lighthouse Company Lager until the end of September at the CIBC Run for the Cure on Oct. 4.

Family connection strong to breast cancer fundraiserBucky’s taps into important causeArnold LimNews Gazette staff

Raise a pint to fighting cancer.In honour of his mother,

Brenda, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, and his wife, Cheryl, who received similar news in 2011, Bucky’s Taphouse owner Simon Fearn is donating 100 per cent of the pro-ceeds from sales of their house beer Lighthouse Company Lager to the CIBC Run for the Cure.

Through challenging times, it is a cause he said has been a fulfilling one for his entire family.

“These women have been through a lot and will continue to go through a lot (for) the rest of their lives and the amount of strength they have is unde-niable,” said Fearn, a longtime Highlands resident. “If I can help

donate a few dollars for breast cancer research, I will keep doing it.”

Both his wife and mother underwent radiation, chemo-therapy and surgeries to stay on top of the disease. Both are currently cancer-free, following a single mastectomy for Brenda and a double mastectomy on Cheryl, operations that came almost exactly one year apart.

So far, Fearn said, the fund-raiser has raised approximately $250, with some regulars partak-ing even when the LCL isn’t their go-to beer.

The $4-per-sleeve fund-raiser started Sept. 11 and runs through Sept. 30. Lighthouse Brewing Company is also help-ing sponsor the event by provid-ing some free kegs to the pub.

“Sept. 11 is such a dark day, so we decided to start it (then) to make it happy and raise every-one’s spirits and have some-thing good come out of the

(date),” Fearn said. “I hope that no matter where anybody does any fundraising, I hope everyone partakes in their own little way to beat breast cancer.”

The CIBC Run for the Cure starts at the University of Vic-toria’s Parking Lot 4 (near Cen-tennial Stadium) on Oct. 4, with registration from 7 to 9 a.m. The five-kilometre walk/run starts 9 a.m. with closing ceremonies starting at 10 a.m.

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Camosun College received $246,400 to fund 32 health-care assistant program spaces and North Island College (Comox Val-ley campus) received $133,371

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We’re working with FortisBC to help you save energy.We’re working with FortisBC to help you save energy.

When you’ve lived in the same house for many years, you know it inside and out, and so you recognize when it’s time to move forward with renovations.

Perhaps you’re done with a home that’s too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter and you are looking for added comfort. Whatever the case, BC Hydro wants to help and is offering various incentives to make it worth your while and a little easier on your bottom line.

Andrew Swan and his wife had been living in their 2-bedroom, 850 square foot Oak Bay bungalow for 17 years when they decided to renovate. Despite its smaller size, the Hydro bills for their older electrically heated home were close to $150 per month, so the Swan’s were happy to learn that they qualifi ed for the Home Energy Rebate Offer.

The Home Energy Rebate Offer is a partnership program between BC Hydro and Fortisbc. This program offers a variety of incentives for home energy renovations such as insulation upgrades, draftproofi ng, ventilation, space heating, water heating, and a bonus for installing three upgrades.

The Swans wisely decided to plan their renovations with the unbiased advice of a Certifi ed Energy Advisor.

It was recommended that they change their

electric baseboard heaters to a more effi cient heat pump, which could qualify for an $800 rebate.

“The paper work to apply for rebates was done by our energy advisors. They had to retest the house effi ciency after the upgrades. Their bill for advising, testing and rebate work was very reasonable.”

The Swans had more fi breglass insulation blown into their attic and foam insulation installed into

the half of their house walls which were not previously insulated. Finally they had a ductless heat pump installed in their living room, which now heats (and could also cool) most of the house, so that the baseboards come on rarely or not at all.

“We had been aware that there were rebates for energy effi ciency upgrades prior to our renovations but did not realize how generous they could be. It has made the costs of renovation a ‘no brainer’ in that our savings on electricity will pay off the costs in only three or four years,” says Andrew. “We think of ourselves as green consumers who want to minimize our energy footprint in the world for the sake of future generations. So, it was exciting to fi nd a way to make a signifi cant reduction in our heating needs. More of a surprise to us was how much more cozy the house felt after the

draftproofi ng and insulation.”In addition to receiving a home renovation rebate,

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“Our Hydro bills for the nine months since the renovations are less than half of the previous - currently around $60 monthly,” says Andrew.

If you’re interested in renovating like the Swan’s, but are worried about costs or fi nding the capital, BC Hydro is working with Vancity to help eligible customers take action with affordable fi nancing options, including an additional $200 rebate to homeowners completing energy effi ciency renovations until November 30, 2015.

Also, the Vancity Home Energy™ Loan offers great fl exibility at a great rate. One loan keeps it simple, if you’re doing multiple home energy effi ciency upgrades and are using different contractors for various energy effi ciency technologies, you can get a single loan for the whole project opposed to arranging fi nancing with each contractor.

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When Dave Cuddy travelled to East Africa to do outreach work with Canada World Youth, he was struck by the importance and value families there place on education.

For many, having an education means a person can contribute in more meaningful ways to their family’s well-being, said Cuddy, a relatively new resident of Metchosin.

“There’s been a number of things that have struck me about it,” he said, reflecting on his initial trip and his newest undertaking, a national program called Education is Power (EIP). “I would say that the lack of opportunity is what is preventing people from making a better livelihood for themselves, and giving back to their community in a more sustainable and healthy way.”

With secondary school costing families as much as $450 a year, many are unable to continue sending their children to school, which leads to a cycle of poverty and stagnancy.

“Education is the major force that was lacking. With all of the other challenges that were surrounding people in East Africa, education was a tool that could help them solve each and every one of those challenges. I found that people were very passionate about receiving an education; they see it as a gift.”

Current initiatives for which EIP partners are raising funds include providing tuition for five post-secondary and 16 secondary students in Kenya and Tanzania, the continuation of youth empowerment programs, the hiring of two new teachers at an overcrowded school in Kenya, and helping sponsor 19 high school and seven college/university students to continue their studies.

Cuddy, a founding director for EIP and a student in Royal Roads University’s global management master program, and his wife Robyn Penfold,

a teacher-on-call in the Sooke School District, are looking to rally support here for this non-profit charitable program, and are focusing on local youth.

The initial goal, Penfold said, is to get students and staff at West Shore schools excited about the opportunity to help these people for whom education is a critical element to a successful life.

She and Cuddy have classes in five Vancouver Island schools on board so far, and they welcome requests to speak to local students and staff about the program.

“We really like the students to own it, because it’s really about them figuring out their place in making a difference,” Penfold said. “We like students to brainstorm, think it out, feel that much more proud about what they do. Putting together a project themselves builds confidence.”

While fundraising on a school-by-school basis is one of the ultimate goals, there is an even bigger push right now to give students and teachers the tools with which to help the cause.

Thanks to a commitment by

the Karen and Fred Green Foundation, every dollar raised by Canadian classrooms or youth groups between now and Dec. 1 will be matched with a $3 donation to EIP, up to $25,000.

“They wanted to do this to engage more youth,” Penfold said of the donors. “They liked what we were doing as an organization. They didn’t want to just give a chunk of money, they wanted to make sure it was being productive.”

Youth helping youth is a key premise of the volunteer-run charity.

“Definitely we’re planting the seeds of the idea,” she said. “We want to get into schools and motivate kids. The goal with this matching funds campaign is to motivate the kids to make it at least a little ways further. It’s an opportunity to see their change magnified.”

To jumpstart the local campaign, the couple are giving a presentation outlining EIP’s next Monday, Sept. 28, starting at 7 p.m. in the boardroom at Stephen Whipp Financial, 734 Goldstream Ave.

For more information on the organization, visit educationispower.org, find them on Facebook at Education is Power Africa, email [email protected] or call 250-999-9556.

editor@goldstream gazette.com


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Dave Cuddy and Robyn Penfold are looking to rally support locally for Education is Power, a program which helps provide young people in poverty stricken East Africa with more educational opportunities.

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Tracey Trousdell is the o� ce manager, who also keeps Prosperity’s social media up to date and helps facilitate an active community presence. Tracey is the one who will greet you at the o� ce, in person or over the phone.

� is is a dynamic team with a wealth of experience and knowledge to help you achieve the highest level of your � nancial goals.

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The Frankfurt international auto show covers an area roughly the same size as a small European country.

At least my feet figured that to be true after covering most of the premier Euro show’s 23 hectares. By the end of the day,

the hybrid powered shuttles that I had pooh-poohed earlier in the day as transport for the lazy looked a mighty attractive method of returning to the main gate.

The show is a feast for the automotive senses with everysegment represented from tiny micro cars to oversized, grossly modified and, frankly, oddified BMW X5s.

Ten years ago, the big Euro shows were just an opportunity to gaze

longingly at makes and models we would never get to drive back home. Now it’s a global marketplace and manufacturers are competing with world cars modified only slightly for each country.

And what the likes of Audi, VW, BMW are parading here will be coming to your neighbourhood showroom sooner rather than later.

Particularly interesting this year is the Audi bombardment of alternative energy fuelled cars. Significant because the German manufacturer has never been one to rush into following the latest fad or fashion. Its unveiling of its e-tron Quattro electric concept means it’s come up with solid, performance oriented machines that will not disappoint. The debut offers a foretaste of a production car set for the model year 2018. A single charge will haul a car load for up to 500 kilometres, courtesy of the all-wheel quattro drive, which features a front-mounted and two rear-mounted motors.

Sharing the platform are some not too shabby hybrids! – The Q7 e-tron 3.0 TDI quattro plug-in hybrid promise an all-electric range of with up to 56 km. The Audi A4 g-tron is expected to consume less than four kilograms of natural gas per 100 km driven. Doubt that one will sail our way despite the excesses of natural gas we have in our corner of the world. Sneak peeks of the A4 range are there to see but

more about that popular line soon as Driveway is heading to Venice to spend some time at the wheel.

VW group stablemate, Porsche is also going electric this year with its four-seat Mission E concept. It also boasts a 500-kilometre range and 600 horsepower performance. Don’t hold your breath for its arrival.

It used to be that Asian manufacturers soft pedalled the Euro shows but not anymore. Nissan is dazzling the crowds with its oddly named electric powered Gripz 2+2 Crossover concept. Its design is inspired by classic desert rally cars and racing bicycles.

Kia from Korea is showing its new Sportage and promises it will go on sale early next year. The Sportage back story demonstrates how serious the manufacturer is about producing sport utility vehicles that have backwoods performance capabilities.

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“The more outlandish and futuristic the concept on display the more wide-eyed showgoers become as they trudge around. The difference today is that they tend not to be wild dreams but an indication of the shape of things to come within the next couple of years.” Keith Morgan

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“The more outlandish and futuristic the concept on display the more wide-eyed showgoers become as “The more outlandish and futuristic the concept on display the more wide-eyed showgoers become as they trudge around. The difference today is that they tend not to be wild dreams but an indication of the shape of things to come within the next couple of years.” Keith Morgan

Visit the Frankfurt Auto Show gallery at DrivewayCanada.ca

Nissan Gripz 2+2 Crossover concept

Porsche Mission E concept

Volkswagen Tiguan

Mazda Koeru crossover concept

Kia Sportage

Audi e-tron Quattro electric conceptPredictors of an

electrifying future at Frankfurt show

of a worldwide development program, which has seen test vehicles subjected to numerous durability and reliability tests, equivalent to a cumulative distance of more than 5.5 million kilometres, as Kia pointed

out recently, that’s “approximately 137 circulations of the Earth around the equator, and a far greater distance than many motorists will cover in a lifetime of driving.”

The little company that could is reminding us why Mazda deserves to be among the big boys, unveiling its Koeru crossover SUV concept.

Which brings me back to another Volkswagen Group offering from VW itself. The all-new Tiguan was announced with great fanfare at last week’s media preview. Take a look at the picture then stretch your imagination. No, I mean stretch it in your imagination because we are apparently only getting an extended version of the utility vehicle. And it’s unlikely to arrive for at least another [email protected]

Question of the WeekToday’s Frankfurt auto show coverage ‘celebrates’ global cars. Is it something to celebrate or do you yearn for the return of uniquely North American cars?Visit DrivewayCanada.cato weigh in

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The Victoria Hospitals Foundation for Pediatric Care at Victoria General Hospital received a donation of $6,200 from the Provincial Employees Community Services Fund.

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The Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers unit has unveiled its new vehicle, which will double as a rolling crime prevention bill-board.

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(Above) Vancouver Canucks’ winger Adam Cracknell competes for the puck against San Jose Sharks defenders during the Kraft Hockeyville North Saanich 2015 pre-season action at The Q Centre. The Colwood native scored the winner in overtime and happily faced the media afterward (left).Arnold Lim/ News Gazette staff

Region’s fans in Hockeyville heaven this weekLocal boy scores OT goal in 1-0 Canucks victory

Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

It was clear who was the “home” team for Monday night’s Kraft Hockeyville game at The Q Centre in Colwood.

The sea of blue and green jerseys gave the Vancouver Canucks a distinct edge over their opponent, the San Jose Sharks, in the fan support department.

And one particular Canuck, Colwood native Adam Cracknell, no doubt gained a new following after he scored the win-ner 1:38 into the NHL’s newly minted three-on-three overtime to give Vancou-ver a 1-0 win in their first pre-season game. The newest Canucks signee, who played his minor hockey up the hill at Juan de Fuca Arena, snapped a shot over Sharks goalie Aaron Dell’s shoulder to send the sellout crowd to their feet.

“I had a lot of time and picked the cor-ner,” he said afterward, amid a throng of media members. He added it felt good to score the winner and play in front of some of the old hockey buddies.

“I’m sure I scored a lot of Stanley Cup winning-goals on the road (playing street hockey), but this was pretty big.”

The 30-year-old journeyman for-ward, who has played 82 NHL games in abbreviated stints with St. Louis and Columbus since 2010 and once played for the Saanich junior B Braves, had many friends and family in the crowd. Among them was Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton, who posed for pictures after the game with the 6-1, 216-pound right winger.

Panorama Recreation Centre had won the right to host an NHL game plus $100,000 for arena upgrades from the national Hockeyville contest. The game was shifted to the larger arena from Pan-orama for various reasons, not least to accommodate national TV coverage.

Nonetheless, there was very much a North Saanich flavour to the night.

Given the numerous banners around the place celebrating the municipality as Hockeyville, longtime Peninsula Minor Hockey volunteer Cliff Orr dropping the puck for the ceremonial opening face-

off, and the collection of young Eagles players doing the ice scrapes during the commercial breaks, a person dropped into the building might have believed they were actually in North Saanich.

“There’s a nice ambiance here,” Cen-tral Saanich resident Ethelwyn Smith said during the second intermission. Unlike most of the jersey-wearing adults at the game, she showed her loyalty by donning a Peninsula Eagles minor hockey shirt.

“My son and daughter both played minor hockey at Peninsula,” said Smith, whose son, Brian, grew up and played hockey with the NHL’s Benn brothers, Jordie and Jamie, and “spent hours on the tennis courts” with them on the Smiths’ property. “Everyone is quite proud. I think it’s remarkable that this community (North Saanich) was able to pull this off.”

Veteran commentator Don Cherry, who partnered with CBC’s Ron McLean for an on-ice Coach’s Corner instalment, made reference to the Benns, as well as Victoria’s Courtnall brothers – NHLers from a previous generation – in his com-ments.

Hamilton, representing the host municipality, said to her belief the Hock-eyville program is all about bringing the game back to its roots.

“I think it’s about reiterating a sense of community,” she said. “Every one of those guys out there started out on a rink like this, or smaller, like a backyard pond.”

For the young fans in attendance, she said, “memories are being made here. Kids are going to go off to school tomor-row and be talking about being here.”

With the ice back in, the B.C. Hockey League’s Victoria Grizzlies and Island junior B league’s Westshore Wolves regain their home arena.

The Wolves were scheduled to play Kerry Park on Wednesday (after the Gazette deadline), while the Grizzlies play their home opener next Thursday (Oct. 1) against the Coquitlam Express.

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Former Lightning softball players hitting the roadShowcase team provides collegiate-style experienceDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Jessica Lusk and Avalon Grass have been teammates many times over the years as they’ve moved up the ranks with the Langford Lightning in girls fastpitch softball.

Lusk, 16 and Grass, 17, played together this past season on the Vancouver Island Impact under-18A travel team and are united once again on the Canada Futures Collegiate Showcase team. The fel-low Belmont secondary Grade 12s leave next week for a competitive trip that will see them travel to Seattle, then head south to Geor-gia and Alabama, where they’ll play 10 games against junior col-lege and NAIA-level ((National Association of Intercollegiate Ath-letics) teams.

The goal is to give the play-ers not only a chance to play a high level of ball and get a taste of post-secondary life – they’ll bus it from college to college like old-time barnstormers – but perform in front of scouts and coaches who recruit for college teams in the U.S.

“We don’t get much opportunity

living on the Island to see scouts and university coaches and all that,” said Lusk, who is primar-ily a pitcher but also plays short-stop and third base. “Going over to the Mainland and playing B.C. (rep) teams – B.C. is known for U-18 softball – so it’s hard compet-ing with them, but we’re up there. I’m excited just to see some new faces.”

Jacquelyn Novak, who coached the girls with the Impact and is in her first year as an assistant coach with the Futures team, said they’ve shown a real commitment and dedication to getting better, through attending regular week-end practices on the mainland and working out together at home. As such, they have demonstrated a level of coachability that any team or coach would welcome, she added.

“The excellence is in the details. To get up to a certain level requires a certain amount of discipline, but to push past that it takes real dedi-cation,” she said.

Lusk and Grass, who plays right field, first base and catcher, took part in the Beyond the White Lines Academy in August and were invited to join the Futures team along with 34 other players from across Western Canada.

While there’s been back and forth trips to the mainland for training, the opportunity to go on a major road trip like this one is

exciting, Grass said.“My teams have never travelled

a lot, and with (the Impact) we went so many places with each other and got so much closer as a team,” she said.

“The opportunity to go some-where with a team of girls – I only know a couple of them but we’ve really bonded well together – it’s like one big family.”

To gain more higher-level play-ing time, the Impact played in the Victoria-Saanich Women’s Soft-ball Association at Hyacinth Park. While it proved to be a tough go

in their first season, Lusk said, the young squad “definitely improved towards the end of the year.”

“That was fun, playing experi-enced ball players and meeting new girls,” she added.

Novak said the games against college teams will be a good test for the young Canadians.

“It does give them an opportu-nity that not every player gets,” she said.

One stop on the busy tour will see them take in a practice at Auburn University in Alabama, home of the 2015 NCAA No.

3-ranked Tigers women’s softball team. “Just the exposure to the coaching styles and the rigour and the dedication that the college athletes show sets a good exam-ple for the athletes that do choose to (pursue a college career).”

Sharing the softball load … As a way to defray the $2,000 indi-vidual cost of the U.S. trip, Lusk and Grass have set up a fund-raiser page at www.gofundme.com/dh4mpu3c. Anyone wishing to assist them in achieving their goal can donate on that site.

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Under-18 women’s fastball players Jessica Lusk, left, and Avalon Grass flank coach Jacquelyn Novak at Centennial Park, where the girls have played a lot of games over the years with Langford fastball. The trio are part of the Canada Futures Collegiate Showcase team set to play games against university level teams in the U.S. starting next week.Don Descoteau/ News Gazette staff


Langford Lanes prepares for October reopeningKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff

Langford Lanes is silent and dark. The glass doors and windows are smeared with greasy hand prints where people have tried to peer inside at the neatly stacked colourful bowling balls and metal chairs.

But all of that is about to change. “Our number one goal opening the door is going

to be customer service,” said City Centre Park facility manager Gerry St. Cyr.

He expected Langford Lanes and the restaurant to be fully up and running by mid-October, with league play and party bookings. But even with no official opening date as yet, St. Cyr said they have still been receiving calls from people wishing to book their holiday parties already.

He stressed that the facility will be under new management and ownership. Langford Lanes and the Galloping Goose Grille were previously sepa-rate entities from the adjacent City Centre Park facilities, but they will now be owned and operated by Performance Plus Inc., St Cyr’s company.

Planex Development and Langford Bowling and Entertainment Ltd., which operated Langford Lanes under an agreement with the City, went into receivership earlier in the summer. Langford Mayor Stew Young told the Gazette in June that if the situation was not resolved within 30 days, the City would find a new operator.

Since that time, the sound of bowling balls thun-dering down wooden lanes and the crash of pins have been absent from the popular spot.

“We’re definitely making some changes for the better,” St. Cyr said. He added that the bowling alley would focus on catering to league play while making open lanes more accessible to the public.

The restaurant will also be getting a complete redesign, with a new menu and look. A new kitchen staff has been hired to create a menu from scratch with less expensive items, and offer faster service.

“Our goal is to service people that are here at the park,” he said, mentioning the addition of a party room to cater to youth teams and other groups.

The facility is looking to hire between 40 and 50 new staff members, St. Cyr said. While many former staff members moved on, he added, he’d love to speak with them if they’re interested in returning.

A side concession with a full breakfast menu will also stem from the restaurant, to be open at 5:30 a.m. for early morning skaters and others using the facilities. Another focus will be the new lunch rush created by Belmont secondary students, St. Cyr said. He’s noticed students walking through

City Centre to reach other amenities and the goal is to provide them with alternative meal options from what they would find at the school or else-where.

Even with the new plans in place, St. Cyr said they still want more input from the community. Upgrades to the facility have been spurred by pre-vious suggestions by the public about areas that needed improving.

For more information on league play or to book the facilities, phone 250-391-1738.

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This week, the News Gazette introduces a new weekly feature by student writer Colin Gall, which aims to keep sports fans up to date on weekend hap-penings around the West Shore and what area teams are up to elsewhere. We’re happy to welcome Colin to our team.

While the BCHL’s Victoria Griz-zlies are on the road this week-end, the squad is back in action on home ice Thursday, Oct. 1, hosting Coquitlam at The Q Centre. The puck drops at 7 p.m.

Coming off of a hard few days of fitness training, the Westshore Wolves are rested and ready to host the Peninsula Panthers in Vancou-ver Island Junior Hockey League action Wednesday, Sept 30. The game starts at 7 p.m. at The Q Cen-tre.

On Friday, Oct. 2, the Wolves travel to Pearkes Recreation Centre to take on the Saanich Braves, with the action starting at 6:30 p.m.

In AAA midget play, the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies Midget Tier 1 hockey team hosts the Tier 2 Campbell River Tyees Saturday, Sept. 26 at 2:30 p.m. at The Q Centre.

The boys of fall are in action this weekend when the Westshore Reb-

els football team hosts the Okanagan Sun on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. at Westhills Sta-dium.

At the high school level, the Belmont Bull-dogs junior and senior football teams wel-come Spectrum High’s Thunder to Goudy Field today (Friday, Sept. 25). The junior game is at 11:30 a.m. and the

senior game is at 2:30 p.m.On the volleyball court, the Bel-

mont senior boys travel to Clare-mont Wednesday, Sept. 30, taking on the host side, as well as Mount Douglas and Parklands. Royal Bay is at Pacific Christian School, where the team will also face Oak Bay and Lambrick. Games start at 6 p.m.

On the girls’ side, the Belmont Senior squad travels to Saanich’s Lambrick Park Secondary, Tuesday, Sept. 29, for a 7 p.m. start against the hosts and Oak Bay High School.

In soccer, the schedule was still being finalized, but Royal Bay was scheduled to host Oak Bay in Tier 1 play Tuesday, Sept. 29. Kick-off is at 3:45 p.m. Check www.lowerisland-schoolsports.ca to confirm details.

Colin Gall is an athlete, sports fan and Grade 11 student at Mt. Doug-las secondary. Send him information about your upcoming West Shore sporting events to [email protected].

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Crelinsten said the countries with the most resources to aid Syrian refu-gees were the ones furthest away, like Canada, and were doing very lit-tle to speed up the process of accept-ing refugees.

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He said the history of the region surrounding Syria had played a great role in the war. “The writing is on the wall… As long as the fighting in Syria continues unabated so will the flow of refugees.”

He mentioned the argument that it is “not our issue” which is often raised but pointed out that many European and North American coun-tries did not have clean hands when it comes to intervening with less than noble intentions. “We have a moral obligation… due to our own overseas meddling.”

He said that “these people should not be seen as economical or finan-cial burdens,” and it has been histori-cally proven that refugees’ contribu-tions to society were positive in the long term. But he doubted whether Canadian agencies would be able to process the number of applications in the proposed time frame to accept the number of refugees that they had

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He said Canada had the capacity to take in more refugees than the government targets due to its vast size and resources. But he, along with the other members of the panel were disappointed with Canada’s commitment. “We don’t want to be on the wrong side of history on this.”

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His words were deliberate while he spoke. “You can’t really feel the pain unless you go through it.” He paused for a moment. “It just hurts.”

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Panelists David Lau (left), Ronald Crelinsten and Chris Kilford discuss the Syrian refugee crisis at a discussion at Pearson College on Tuesday. Topics discussed captivated students and included subjects ranging from economics, politics and history.

Panelists, students provide some contextfor Syrian struggle

Continued from Page A1 “It’s like a game, like political football. It brings very terrible feelings … No one really cares about the people.”

– Pearson College student Wahid, from Syria

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2 PATIO lounge chairs, foldup w/padded cushions, good buy, $15/e. 250-656-7673.

4 13” speakers, $40. Cell phone, $25. Sm TV, $20. Call (250)592-0947.

6 VHS Tapes of Forsyte saga, $12. 5 tapes Mapp & Lucia $10. (250)477-1819.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

AUTO FINANCING

BUYING OR SELLING?Call 250.388.3535


FURNITURE

OAK TABLE & 6 chairs, in great condition. $185. obo. Call (250)727-3671, evenings.

GARAGE SALES

4027 HOPESMORE Dr, Sat, Sept, 26, 9-3pm. Everything must go! 2 Family Sale. Col-lectibles, lots of variety.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

AUTO FINANCING


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

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SELLING?I charge far less commis-sion. For example only $6,900 on a $600,000 Sale. A Full commission realtor would cost you $21,000 at 6 and 3.✱When you buy with me, I give you $2000 to $10,000 cash!

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RENTALS

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3 min. walk to campus. Only $75/mo. Save $55/mo (or more for long-term). Chris, 250-595-0370.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished. W/D, D/W, A/C. Big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

DEEP COVE: lrg 1 bdrm, acreage, hot tub. W/D, cats ok, N/S. $850+. 250-656-1312

SUITES, UPPER

STUNNING OCEAN Views. 3-bdrm, 2 bath upper. Shared laundry, like new. $1350./mo. In Sooke, close to all amenities. Call (778)352-1618.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

2010 CHEVY Cobalt LT, 4 door, black, power everything, auto, A/C, less then 73,000km, $8,000 with full tank of gas! Call 250-634-8586.

We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk

Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

TRANSPORTATION

MOTORCYCLES

2008 HONDA Motorcycle, 919 (red). Only 22,000 km. Justserviced. No drops. $4,900.Call (250)361-0052.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1993 CORSAIR 36’ 5thWheel. Reconstructed. Fullyfurnished. Everything included:dishes, Linens, pots and pans,outdoor furniture, maintenancetools. $5,750 obo. Serious in-quiries, by appointment only.250-532-5580.

2013 34’ Keystone Cougar 293SAB Fifth Wheel. Immacu-late, only used 4 weeks. 5year warranty available. 3slide outs, rear room withbunks, 2nd bathroom, alumi-num frame, bike rack, electricawning. Lots of extras nego-tiable. $35,500. 250-882-6707.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENTbookkeeping or Payroll Servic-es avail. Call (250)858-5370.

CARPENTRY

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

CLEANING SERVICES

EXPERIENCED HOUSE-KEEPER- Reliable. Call 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. Work Guaran-teed. Any size job. Call (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHINGand repairs, over 40 yrs exp. Free est. Scott (250)896-0758.

SMALL ADS GET BIG RESULTS! Call 250.388.3535


GARDENING

20% OFF! Mowing, power rak-ing, hedge/shrub trim, clean-ups. Call (250)479-6495.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.

GARDEN OVERGROWN?Cleanups, lawn cuts, pruning, blackberry clearing. Call John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

LANDSCAPE & TREE CareLawns, garden, tree prun-ing/shaping, hedge trimming, design, monthly maintenance. Insured, reliable. References. Call Andrew, 250-893-3465.


GARDENING

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, pow-er washing, de-moss, Insured.

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HANDYPERSONSBIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HANDYMAN/LICENSED elec-trician. Complete Home Repair and Improvement Service. Call 250-883-7632.

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, 250-886-3383.

HAULING AND SALVAGE$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

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

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JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

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


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MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.


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Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

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DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

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NEED REPAIRS?


Buying a brand new home is a big decision and an important investment and there is a lot to think about. You want to buy with confidence, enjoy the experience and know you’ve made the best decision for you and your family.

Typically, buying a new home takes place over time and in sev-eral stages. To begin with, you want to take some time deciding on your priorities – what you want in a home, where you want to live and how much you want to spend – and then explore what’s available.

Once you have narrowed your choices down to one community, one builder and one home, you are ready to work out the details

and sign a contract with your builder. Then it’s time to step back and let the builder do the work.

Some of the things you should consider and questions to answer before getting to this stage are:

• what is the surrounding com-munity like; what amenities does it have and what is the proximity to work and schools?

• what size, style and layout of the home – inside and out – works for you and your family?

• how do you plan to finance the project or finished home?

• explore your options; what do the various builders have to offer?

• does the neighbourhood fit your needs; what are the long-

term plans for the area?• do your homework on investi-

gating the builder, their previous jobs and reputation

• what time frame do you expect or need for the project?

Other things will no doubt come up, but remember, there are no dumb questions, especially not when it comes to a purchase as large as a new home.

To advertise in Home� nder, contact Christine Scott at: cscott@goldstreamgazette.

com or Shelley Westwood at swestwood@


Home builder happyto be moving into area Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Developers sometimes get a bad rap for swooping in, buying up a swath of property, carving it into smaller lots, then selling it off at a profit, never to return again.

Chris Bowness likes to think he’s more invested in Vista Estates, a new Triangle Mountain neighbourhood that his company is partnering on building out.

Bowness, president of custom home builder Alair Homes Victoria, is thrilled with the fact he and his family are building their dream home on one of the 18 view lots created since 2011, when developer Fritz Karger decided to do something more with land his own family resided on for years.

“I like to say there’s an added attachment (in building your own home on land you’re developing),” he says. “You feel an added connection to the community around you and there’s an added sense of pride.”

With a five-year-old son already in school and a daughter who’s two, Bowness and his wife Scarlet – she’s the company share-holder and also operates a home-based baking business – are looking to put down roots in Colwood.

“We wanted security and stability for our family,” he says. “We designed the home and picked the lot. This is our long-term plan for the family (to stay here).”

Bowness, who graduated with a mechan-ical engineering degree from the Univer-sity of Victoria 20 years ago and has since shifted his focus to architectural engineer-ing, is jazzed, to say the least. On the day the Gazette caught up with him, they had

just broken ground on the lot for their cus-tom-built home.

Part of what he likes about the Vista Estates project, which is on an elevated and reinforced area bordered by Fulton Road, Karger Terrace and Demel Place and features the more recently dedicated Rob-son Place, is the combination of local com-panies that have worked on the project to date. “You’ve got different professionals involved, virtually all of whom are based on the West Shore.”

Besides Karger himself (F.K. Develop-

ments), who raised his family in the origi-nal Robson homestead, Bowness lists such contributing local companies as architec-tural designer Java Designs; Westbrook Consulting, civil engineers who do “land prep;” structural engineers Mann Engineer-ing, and others having a hand in creating this exclusive neighbourhood.

The lots are a healthy size – 7,500 square feet is common – and the four large, high-end homes built so far use a significant chunk of the available space.

The Bowness home, the fifth to be built

on the property, will be in the neighbour-hood of 4,000 sq. ft. when done.

From an investment standpoint, Bowness said they are considering buying up one or more of the lots and building spec homes on them for sale as a complete package.

The company markets its design/build services to the public, but with connections already in place with tradespeople and other professionals, it may just make finan-cial sense to help move along the progress of the neighbourhood a little more quickly.

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BUYER’S TIP | Check with local home builders to see if one of their spec homes is the right option for you

Neighbourhood feel on Triangle Mountain site

Chris Bowness, president of Alair Homes, digs in on the lot that by next year will be the site of his family’s new home. Alair is part of a local team that is developing single-family homes atop Triangle Mountain, here on Demel Road and on nearby Robson Place, under the Vista neighbourhood branding.Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff

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207-203 Kimta Road, $674,888MLS 356011, Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson, 250-385-2033

#202-640 Montreal St., $475,000MLS 355920, Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216

728 Yates Street, From $371,900Daily 12-5 (except Friday)Concert Properties250-383-3722

VIEW ROYAL9-949 Pemberton Rd., $489,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle, 250-385-2033

ESQUIMALT21-915 Glen Vale Road, $629,900MLS 354634, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunGerry Etcheverry, 250-744-3301

8-1060 Tillicum Rd, $587,900Saturday & Sunday 12-5Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-216-6343

10-850 Parklands Dr, $340,000MLS 350486, Sunday 2-4Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

SAANICH EAST1195 Galey Way, $829,000MLS 356012, Saturday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySladja Stojkovic, 250-208-4154

4992 Georgia Park Terr., $769,900MLS 355820, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDiana Winger, 250-370-7788

203-1725 Cedar Hill Cross Road, $234,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

SAANICH WEST3912 Carey Road, From $249,900Sat. & Sun. 1-3 Macdonald RealtySheila Aujla, 250-744-4441

4005 Prospect Lake, $1,090,000MLS 355637, Saturday 1-2Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMark McDougall, 250-477-5353

SAANICH PENINSULA1115 Treadwell Dr, $825,000MLS 355427, Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

20-10471 Resthaven Dr., $415,000MLS 355100, Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Donna Milljour, 250-858-3805

9939 Swiftsure Place, $492,000MLS 352767, Saturday & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd G. Sing, 250-744-3301

WEST SHORE4719 Kevere Road, $619,900MLS 347940, Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesCarolyn Maycock, 250-588-9810

1016 Grob, $379,900MLS 356292, Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

2843 Leigh Road, $469,000MLS 355283, Saturday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

469 Phelps Avenue, $479,000MLS 356332, Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKathryn Alexander, 250-479-3333

3718 Cornus Court, $499,900MLS 355723, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunPeter Lindsay, 250-744-3301

124-945 Bear Mountain Parkway, $499,500MLS 356280, Saturday 11-1Sotheby’s International RealtyBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

300 Belmont Rd., From $227,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunShirley Zailo, 250-812-0309

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3518 Promenade Cres., $699,999MLS 354676, Saturday 2:30-3:30RE/MAX CamosunCheryl Barnes, 250-413-7943

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944 Dunford Ave., From $359,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunRon Bahrey, 250-744-8772

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3088 Langford Lake Road, $429,900MLS 356345, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

3340 Anchorage Ave., $699,900MLS 351286, Sunday 2-4Sotheby’s International RealtyBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

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