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Classical Orchestra opensConductor Stephen Brown leads Sidney Orchestra into its new season, page 19

Family remembers a builderService for Gobind Farms founder, Harbhajan Singh Dheenshaw Saturday, page 3

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Young skateboarders check out a map of potential locations for a new skate park. The Town of Sidney and New Line Skateparks of Langley, held a workshop Tuesday, Nov. 24 seeking ideas for the proposed park. Its currently being considered for a portion of Tulista Park. See page 16 for the story.

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A new water detention pond could be built on Reay Creek if the work into cleaning up contamination along the waterway calls for it.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development for the Victoria Airport Authority (VAA), told a gathering of residents who live along the creek on Nov. 24 that the VAA has retained an engineering consulting firm to give them detailed plans for such a detention pond, looking at a construction period of nearly two years, ending in 2017.

However, Bogusz noted the VAA does not want to do the work in isolation from a Town of Sidney-led working group currently discuss-ing options to clean up contaminants in Reay Creek Pond and to fix up the water course.

The VAA hired the firm Kerr Wood Leidel to conduct a study of water flows in the creek on airport property. It was done to address resi-dent concerns that high water incidents have caused the banks of the creek and a pond to erode, harming local property values.

VAA to go with the flowNew water detention pond proposed for airport portion of Reay Creek

PleAse see: Pond sedmient studies, page 10

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Award for Sidney author HayesVICTORIA The

work of three Greater Victoria women writ-ers has been hon-oured at the inau-gural Cedric Literary Awards for unpub-lished B.C. writers aged 50 or better.

Susan Braley, 59, of Victoria, won in the poetry category for her collection The Imminence of Fracture. Honour-able Mention in the poetry category went to Wendy Donawa of Victoria for Sakura, Sakura. And, another Honourable Mention in the creative non-fiction category went to Eileen Hayes of Sidney for her work Silk Sis-ters, 5 and 6. Submitted

Sidney signs on to partnershipSIDNEY The Town of Sidney will con-

tribute $16,000 in 2016 to become a part of a new regional economic development strat-egy. On Monday, Nov. 23, council approved the Towns particiaption subject to seven out of the 13 Greater Victoria municipalities also taking part. Town of Sidney

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Gurmej Kaur and her late husband Harbhajan Singh Dheenshaw pose with grandaughter Jasmin, son Satnam and their daughter-in-law Rupinder at Gobind Farms in Central Saanich in this undated photo.

Gobind Farms founder rememberedSteven HeywoodNews staff

Harbhajan Singh Dheen-shaw is being called a pioneer and a builder among farmers in Central Saanich.

The owner of Gobind Farms died Nov. 18 of a heart attack. He was 75.

His family is remembering the family patriarch as a hard-working man, who immigrated to Canada in November of 1970.

His daughter, Subjit van Kempen Seket, says her aunt Chanan Vinning sponsored her brothers arrival in this country, bringing with him his wife Gurmel Kaur and two oldest daughters Inderjit and Kuldip. Daughters Subjit and Tirath and son Satnam were born in Canada.

She wanted her big brother to be here in Canada with her, she said.

Her dad, born Aug. 10, 1940, found work at the Plumper Bay sawmill around that time and would later get a job at Victoria Plywood. His son Sat-nam said his dad saw the writ-ing on the wall for the saw-

mill. Knowing it would close soon, Harbhajan or Harry, as he was known went back to his roots from India and bought five acres of land in Central Saanich where the current headquarters of Gobind Farms and the family home is on Veyaness Road.

Satnam said he father worked very hard in those early days on the farm. He even took jobs with other local farms to ensure he could provide for his family.

Farming was his roots back in Punjab, said Subjit. In those early days they used cattle for plowing.

Their dad was not afraid of hard work, said the siblings nor was he afraid of putting his own kids to work, learning the family business.

The farm at first grew vege-tables lettuce, spinach, cau-liflower and more, experienc-ing the ups and downs that all farmers face, said Satnam.

There were hard times, said Subjit. Agriculture is very tough.

But their dad persevered and continued to grow the farm. Today, Satnam said the

family leases or owns 90 acres of land in Central and North Saanich. These days, they grow mostly berries a tran-sition Harbhajan undertook in the mid-2000s. Satnam said they took the farm name Gobind and from it found a way to market their prod-uct, as it sounded a lot like Go Best. Today, they are well known for their quality berry crops.

The name of the farm itself, said Subjit, is the name of a god within her familys Sikh faith. She said he was register-ing the farm after he bought the original five acres and was asked what he wanted to call it. Gurmel said the first thing that came into her husbands mind was Gobind Singh, and Gobind Farms was born.

Subjit said her dad was a proud man and in many ways the typical farmer, strong and silent. He was however, always on top of world events and they would have discussions about it. She added while he was often stoic in nature, his seven grandchildren brought out a joyful nature that she will not forget.

He was so caring towards his grandchildren, she said. They would always just brighten up his day.

Harbhajan suffered from kidney disease and suffered a major heart attack approxi-mately 15 months ago. Subjit said he outlives doctors pro-jections, revealing a zest for life in his last months.

Satnam, who runs Gobind Farms today, said hell remem-ber his fathers work ethic and all that he taught him about the business.

We are going to continue on with the farm, he said. That is what he would want to see.

Satnam said his father was well-known among the farm-ing community in Central Saa-nich, having built up Gobind Farms to what it is today.

A funeral service is set for Sat., Nov. 28 at 11 a.m. at First memorial Funeral Services at 4725 Falaise Dr. in Saanich, followed by a celebration of life at Khalsa Sikh Temple at 1210 Topaz Avenue. The fam-ily asks that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kidney Foundation.

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West Sidney to get liquor storeApproval now awaits transfer of a licence by the provinceSteven HeywoodNews staff

The owner of a West Sidney property says he has made good on a promise to help clean up parking issues.

Steve Weller, owner of 9429 Canora Rd. the site of Enterprise Car Rentals and Clair Downey Service says he has negotiated a change in the lease, allowing the rental company to use a fenced compound for parking, effec-tively removing vehicles from Canora and the Frost Street residential area.

This was a commitment he made to the Town of Sidney as he sought approval to open a cold beer and wine store on the property.

On Monday, Nov. 23, council narrowly approved a zoning change and development per-mit to allow the liquor store to proceed.

However, Weller said while it is his intent to open a store,

the timing will depend on get-ting a license from the B.C. Liquor Licencing and Control Branch.

This is not done by a long shot, Weller said. I need (LLCB) approval to relocate a license to the property.

As part of his plan to upgrade the building, Weller said he worked with the Town on the contentious park-ing issue that saw residents upset over congested streets, caused when rental vehicles were being returned. He said hes been talking with Enter-prise and his other tenant there for close to five months to get the compound free.

During Mondays meeting, Mayor Steve Price criticized Weller for not acting on the parking issue sooner.

The parking issue there is whats causing the problem, Price said, adding he didnt think anything will be done, considering nothing was done in the past.

Price said he was concerned the property owner had used a promise to fix the parking as a way of getting his liquor store approved by council.

Price was one of three coun-cillors to vote against the pro-posal, however it did pass in a 4-3 vote.

Councillor Peter Wain-wright, who lives in the area, agreed with some people who spoke against the proposal during a public hearing Mon-day night, that a residential area is not the best location. However, he said after speak-ing with the local RCMP, con-cerns over crime around such stores is not a concern.

As well, Wellers promise to do something about the park-ing left him torn on the issue but ultimately in favour of it, based on what he said were improvements in West Sidney.

Councillors Erin Bremner, Cam McLennan and Barbara Fallot pointed to the potential of the plan to fix the parking

issues, as high on their list of reasons to support the liquor store idea.

Coun. Tim Chad and Mervyn Lougher-Goodey joined Price in voting against the proposal.

Weller said afterwards hes pleased with the result and thanked the Town for being open to new business.

We cant please everyone, Weller noted, but we do have a vision. If we have a stable business there, its the begin-ning of making more improve-ments to the property.

A majority of the 11 people who spoke to the matter dur-ing Mondays public hearing were opposed to the liquor store. They cited safety con-cerns, increased traffic and crime as reasons for their opposition.

Those residents who spoke in favour, liked the idea of improvements in West Sidney, as well as the convenience of having a cold beer and wine store closer to home.

VICTORIA The latest change to B.C. liquor policy loosens the rules for restaurant goers who just want to order a drink, without food. Theyre now allowed to sit anywhere in the res-taurant instead of being relegated to a separate lounge area or feeling pres-sured to order food.

This is a small change that will make a big impact, said Ian Tostenson, pres-ident of the BC Restaurant and Food-service Association. The restaurant can open up more physical space that can be used to seat customers who are din-ing or enjoying a cocktail.

The rules for music and comedy per-formances are also relaxed. Restaurants no longer have to apply for a permit to

host entertainment, as long as patrons arent participating in the show.

More micro-beer offerings

Craft beer lovers should soon find more local varieties in B.C. government liquor stores. The stores are reserving dedicated shelf space starting Nov. 30 for beer from local microbreweries that has not typically been offered in gov-ernment stores. Exactly whats sold will vary by location. There are more than 100 eligible microbreweries producing no more than 15,000 hectolitres a year and each store is expected to carry up to 12 currently unlisted varieties.

Drive to conditions

Police are warning drivers they can actually be ticketed for driving the speed limit.

The caution from B.C. RCMP Traffic Services comes with the onset of short days, rain, frost and snow.

Speed limits are maximums in ideal conditions and many drivers disregard this when the weather changes, said Cpl. Ronda McEwen.

If youre in a crash and police deter-mine you were travelling at an unsafe speed for the road conditions you could be issued a violation ticket for speed relative to conditions, she said.

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A meal more than foodN

eighbours can often get lost in the hubbub of the holidays. And thats where organizations like the people behind the annual Christmas Dinner in Sidney come in.

Yes, its early to be talking about Christmas and all that it entails, yet there is a special group of people who deserve a little early recognition.

Already they are getting ready to host more than 200 people for a Christmas dinner at the Mary Winspear Centre on Dec. 25.

These volunteers and community supporters are getting ready now for an event that brings people

together.They might be without

their family this year, or maybe they have no family to speak of. They might be shut-ins and they might not otherwise

be able to afford a holiday meal.Every one of them is being invited to the

community dinner, created by volunteers who know that the season is not easy on everyone. Some may complain about the stress of the holidays but most have houses and loved ones to go home to. As this free, annual meal proves, not everyone enjoys the same privileges.

This years dinner is a bittersweet one for the volunteers and organizers.

This year, their chef, John Mackleson, died in a motorcycle crash.

This was the man behind the meal. He de-boned turkeys and worked days in advance to help prepare the food donated by local grocery stores. And while volunteers will step up, as they do, to fill the void, his presence will be missed.

This years event is a tribute to the man, who organizers said played a big role in getting the job done.

The community Christmas dinner is about people and creating connections, not just a simple meal. Not only do people who come to eat form those bonds, but so do the organizers and volunteers. Its this bond that has helped the event last for so many years.

Heres hoping this years dinner is a success, measured in friendships and in the company that people keep around the dinner tables of the Bodine Hall.

Re: Housing, not green spaceI am in agreement with Pat Car-

sons letter, especially the para-graph Why does North Saanich insist on keeping the racetrack land agricultural? There is plenty of agri-cultural land in North Saanich but not nearly enough affordable hous-ing.

1. The land in question is going to need extensive remediation to bring it up to agricultural standards.

2. There is plenty of good farm land in North Saanich that is not being actively farmed.

3. I work on a local farm and I can attest to the fact that local farm-ers, can, and do, grow more pro-duce than the locals are willing to purchase.

The residents of North Saanich and Sidney for that matter have been given the opportunity to do something unique and beneficial for both communities, which could be a model for others to follow.

I envision a dementia friendly, self-contained village with a mix of residential care for seniors and non-seniors and affordable work-force housing for employees.I have a background in nursing and there are an increasing number of non-seniors requiring residential care.

Within the property there would be an agricultural component which would directly benefit the village, both in terms of feeding the resi-dents and the therapeutic benefit for those who wish to work the land. A local farmers market could also be incorporated into the agri-cultural component.

Holland has created dementia friendly villages.

Given the 12 acres of commer-cially zoned property adjacent to the land it could become a self-contained village: mixed complex residential care for seniors and non-seniors, daycare for all ages, retail, services, multi-use trails and paths, ornamental gardens, affordable housing and agriculture.

I know this sounds like I am day-dreaming, but it could be done. Land can be removed from the Agri-cultural Land Reserve, which would be step number one.

Tilda MadsenSidney

Stop the Site C damRe: Lights go out for Site C oppo-

nents, PNR Nov. 25.

Just a couple weeks ago I stood at the overlook above the proposed Site C dam site near Fort St John and saw a swathe of clearcuts. Local residents described how BC Hydro cut old-growth eagle trees, crushed beaver dams with machinery and chipped tall trees despite promises to salvage merchantable timber.

However dramatic this may look as Hydros spin fodder, when viewed against the nine-year engineering plan these are baby steps. Logging riverbanks and harassing eagles is not dam construction. There is plenty of time to stop this costly boondoggle that has been purposely kept sheltered from full regulatory scrutiny.

And yes, Virginia, agricultural soils not just the boreal forest do store globally significant amounts of carbon. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, agri-cultural soils are among the plan-ets largest reservoirs of carbon and hold potential for expanded carbon sequestration.

Even more to the point, agricul-tural soils produce food, which we can no longer afford to take for granted in an era of droughts and extreme weather. The Peace Valley has the capacity to provide fruits and vegetables for one million Brit-ish Columbians every year.

When the government doesnt lis-ten the only option left to citi-zens is to go to court. Treaty 8 First Nations and Peace Valley landown-ers are giving it all theyve got.

Ana SimeonVictoria

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VICTORIA A Cen-tral Saanich Police offi-cer and a Sidney North Saanich RCMP member were presented with the Award of Valour at B.C.s 35th annual Police Honours Night on Thursday, Nov. 19.

The award of valour is the highest award for a police officer in B.C. and recognizes officers who put their own lives at risk to save others.

On April 14, 2015, Constable Gary Lacey of Central Saanich Police Service and Cor-poral Erin Fraser of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP worked together to arrest a violent sus-pect carrying a loaded handgun who was flee-ing from area police.

The situation began when Westshore RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle in the Highlands area.

Police agencies across the Capi-tal Regional District worked together to locate the vehicle. Con-stable Lacey and Cor-poral Fraser eventually located the suspect who was armed with a loaded hand gun. Fol-lowing a struggle with

the armed suspect the officers were able to safely apprehend him.

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ven says, this situa-tion could have easily ended tragically.

Ultimately, it was the determination and teamwork of these two

officers that resulted in the suspect being safely taken into cus-tody. It was exemplary work.

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Businesses in down-town Sidney were left without power for nearly four hours after a seagull flew into power lines.

On Nov. 16, the day before a serious wind and rain storm on Van-couver Island and the mainland, a gull flew into some power lines, contacting two lines at once.

It caused a phase to phase fault that caused the outage, wrote Karla Louwers, public affairs officer with BC Hydro.

She said in an inter-view afterwards that the company was told by various witnesses that it was the bird that hit the lines, causing the outage. Crews on the scene to repair the damage, however, did not find a carcass.

Tim Tanton, direc-tor of public works and parks for the Town of Sidney noted gulls hit-ting lines does happen from time to time.

Louwers stated 224 BC Hydro customers

were left without power, as crews fixed the dam-age and inspected the lines prior to re-ener-gizing them at approxi-mately 4:40 p.m. that

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Constable Gary Lacey, Central Saanich Police Service, top left and Corporal Erin Fraser, Sidney North Saanich RCMP, joined Hon. Suzanne Anton, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of B.C.Hon. Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and Chief Constable Les Sylven, Central Saanich Police Service Nov. 19 at B.C.s 35th annual Police Honours night.

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SAANICH Saanich is looking into an ongo-ing report of low-flying aircraft that have been particularly bother-some for the residents of Worthington Road in Cordova Bay.

Since 2012, Dorothy Pearson of Walema Avenue has gathered a petition of 53 resi-dents from the immedi-ate area who say Van-couver and Victoria harbour-bound aircraft have been flying too close over their homes, roads and properties.

Our houses actu-ally shake, especially with [helicopters], its very loud, Pearson said. It interrupts your speech, and theres so many during the rush hour times, you cant have a barbecue in the summer, it affects your quality of life.

Pearson said about 30 to 40 aircraft come through on a busy day right now and as many as 100 would come through during busy summer days over the past three years. Shes lived there since 2001 and recalls hardly any aircraft to speak of prior to September

2012.Jonathan Bagg, man-

ager of public affairs for Nav Canada, said the regulation of routes is a broad one, and wasnt able to speak specifi-cally to the Worthing-ton area directly.

Its a busy region, [this] part of B.C. has a lot of airports, a lot of flights, and its normal to have aircraft over different areas. Aircraft can fly on different routes.

However, Bagg did say theres been no changes to the area since 2007. Both Bagg and Transport Canada said theyll look further into the flight paths of the area.

Pearson and a trio of neighbours brought the issue to council as a delegation on Nov. 16 and were met with a positive response. Council recognized the issue as similar to one in 2006, in which the Healthy Saanich advi-sory committee helped a group of citizens from Saanich, Central Saan-ich and North Saanich to redirect low fly-ing float planes and helicopters away from densely populated ares of Saanich and Victoria.

Mayor Richard Atwell passed a motion to fol-low the same steps it did in 2006.

In that case, decibel levels reached 65 to 80

but in this case Pearson says it doesnt matter. There are designated flight paths to follow. The Victoria bound map shows a south-bound flight path along the Pat Bay Highway which Pearson says is often deviated from. And she says no one will share the north-bound routes from Vic-toria to Vancouver with her.

I would like to find out whos behind it, that theres no one to answer, why cant they fly on their routes? Its almost like they dont want to fly over Elk Lake.

One of the problems is that the homes are in a virtual no mans land between the air spaces governed by both the Victoria Airport and the Victoria Harbour Aero-drome.

Because the air traf-fic is harbour-to-har-bour, Pearson and the company looked for answers from the Vic-toria Harbour Aero-drome, learning it exists in virtual theory only, said another Worthing-ton homeowner, David Gerrior.

As far as we can tell, a Victoria Har-bour Authority doesnt

exist, Gerrior told council,

Pearson did however manage to contact and work with MLA Lana Popham, MP Elizabeth May, Nav Can, Trans-port Canada, Helijet, Harbour Air and more.

But after three years, shes left wondering if theres some sort of conspiracy behind it all.

I was told wed have a meeting by several people only to have them cancelled or put off with no word of a rescheduling. Do you know how hard it is to get 30 neighbours to commit to a meeting? Pearson said.

I talked to Victoria tower control but the more people I talk to it doesnt matter. Its actu-ally a very, very compli-cated issue.

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That report is complete and available on the Town of Sid-neys website. It, in a nutshell, shows that there has been an increase in peak flows in their portion of the creek between 1997 and 2012. It does not nec-essarily account for the erosion problems, however.

Craig Sutherland of KWL said they found water outflow from VAA land has increased slightly over the time period. At the same time, he noted peak water in the pond downstream of Canora Road within the Town of Sidney did not change sig-nificantly.

As well, they found that the soil around the pond is soft and saturated with water, which can be causing the erosion problems people experience.

Bill Collins of the Reay Creek Residents Association and other concerned citizens challenged the report, pointing to observed periods of high water flows. One resident asked Sutherland if his firm actually measured real water levels.

Sutherland said they did not, instead using historical data to create estimates. To actually take readings, he said, would take years to get similar infor-mation. He did, however, agree that their report could be cat-egorized as good estimates.

The issue of erosion along Reay Creek is a decidedly sec-ondary one to the matter of heavy metals like zinc and cad-mium found in the pond sedi-ment. Sidney is currently leading a group including the VAA, District of North Saanich, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Capital

Regional District and Transport Canada discussing what can be done to clean it up.

Sidneys Director of Engineer-ing, Parks and Works Tim Tan-ton said this technical group, through the Town, has hired a firm to study all of the reports and testing done on Reay Creek and the pond, discussing clean up, erosion and the future of park space along the creek. The goal, he said, is an action plan.

Sidney has hired SLR Environ-mental Consulting to conduct a review of all the work done to date, Tanton said. He added the group got Transport Canada, the owner of the airport prop-erty and operator prior to 1997 when VAA took over, to agree to this process.

Its going to be a much quicker way to get Transport Canada to buy into the results, he said, rather than do their own study, cause that will take a long time.

Tanton said updates and new information from the Reay Creek

working group is constantly being posted to the Towns web-site. The group, he added, is still discussing its terms of reference, adding he hopes the review of the pond and sediment studies will be ready by the end of the year pushing any action into 2016.

Bogusz added while the report they commissioned does not point to runoff from VAA as being a significant contributor to erosion, that doesnt change their role with the technical group.

VAA wants to take respon-sibility for what it does on its property. We will take our time on a new detention pond, taking the work of the committee into consideration, he said.

Bogusz added the VAA is anticipating a 12 to 18 month window to design and develop a new water detention pond, while working to integrate it into the overall plans for the Reay Creek watercourse. The VAA has already restored and improved the portion of Reay Creek on its property, turning a portion of the old creek bed into a water detention area. There is also a water quality monitoring station on VAA land near Canora Road.

Residents asked a variety of questions about the work done to date and appeared generally pleased with the information provided. Some even offered their services to help with water monitoring around the pond.

The residents also heard from architect Art Finlayson and land-scape architect Brad Forth, who talked about what a park space along the creek might look like in the [email protected]

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The kitchen was a som-bre place at the Mary W i n s p e a r

Centre as the Peninsula News Review caught up with the people orga-nizing Sidneys 16th annual Christmas Din-ner.

Its the first year with-out Chef John Mack-elson, who died in a motorcycle crash in North Saanich in April of this year. Yet, accord-ing to the Christmas Dinner group, he was more than just the chef in the kitchen.

We were just talking about him, he was sort of a calming influence, said event co-ordinator Wendy Warshawski. In the kitchen things get kind of hectic on the day and he was just sort of calming and he sort of did the things that nobody else ... had time for. John was always there to help.

Mackelson was the event chef since 2001, the same year Warshawski became involved.

Although his death remains on every-bodys mind, his friends will not forget the man

in the kitchen.Long time cook, Clara

Knight said its going to be a challenging morn-ing coming in as she used to work alongside Mackelson.

He lived for Christ-mas, he lived to give, she said.

Knight added Mack-elson had a contagious and gorgeous smile that was all encompassing.

He was just one of those neat guys to work with who we just locked hearts with the first time we met.

His wife Claire, who

will pop her head in at the event, remembers what it was like in the house when he used to de-bone all the turkeys in the kitchen, with his hands-on prepara-tion starting two days before Christmas day.

He would have 18 turkeys flying around the house, she said with a laugh.

It would be quite the production and he would de-bone them and I would be his lit-tle helper he was so much fun.

Mackelson not only

worked the Dinner but he was a meat cutter at Thrifty Foods for many years and his wife said he would even de-bone neighbours turkeys as well, adding he really had a passion for help-ing.

When asked what she wants him to be remembered for, there was a long, emotional pause.

Id like for him to be remembered for his smile and his love of people, she said through tears. And how much he cared.

The Dinner has two sittings, one at 11:30 a.m. and the other at 1 p.m. and is open to all those who want to join.

They typically serve more than 200 people each Christmas day.

There are a lot of people who dont have any family here, War-shawski said. They have no one to spend Christmas with, there are new arrivals to Sid-ney, people that dont know anybody and its a great way to come

because people just come in and they sit at a table, anybody could be at the table and peo-ple talk.

She said shes even had feedback from peo-ple saying theyve met really good friends at the Dinner.

Knight added that the guests are usually single people, like sin-gle moms and dads.

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Getting ready for Christmas dinner. From left are Marcos Cerezo (Fairway Market), Mary Grace Logan (Thrifty Foods), Santa Claus (Gordon Churches), Patti Sanders (MWC), Isabelle Yoxall (Volunteer Coordinator), Wendy Warshawski (Coordinator of Dinner) and Clara Knight (Caterer), front and centre.

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The kitchen was a som-bre place at the Mary W i n s p e a r

Centre as the Peninsula News Review caught up with the people orga-nizing Sidneys 16th annual Christmas Din-ner.

Its the first year with-out Chef John Mack-elson, who died in a motorcycle crash in North Saanich in April of this year. Yet, accord-ing to the Christmas Dinner group, he was more than just the chef in the kitchen.

We were just talking about him, he was sort of a calming influence, said event co-ordinator Wendy Warshawski. In the kitchen things get kind of hectic on the day and he was just sort of calming and he sort of did the things that nobody else ... had time for. John was always there to help.

Mackelson was the event chef since 2001, the same year Warshawski became involved.

Although his death remains on every-bodys mind, his friends will not forget the man

in the kitchen.Long time cook, Clara

Knight said its going to be a challenging morn-ing coming in as she used to work alongside Mackelson.

He lived for Christ-mas, he lived to give, she said.

Knight added Mack-elson had a contagious and gorgeous smile that was all encompassing.

He was just one of those neat guys to work with who we just locked hearts with the first time we met.

His wife Claire, who

will pop her head in at the event, remembers what it was like in the house when he used to de-bone all the turkeys in the kitchen, with his hands-on prepara-tion starting two days before Christmas day.

He would have 18 turkeys flying around the house, she said with a laugh.

It would be quite the production and he would de-bone them and I would be his lit-tle helper he was so much fun.

Mackelson not only

worked the Dinner but he was a meat cutter at Thrifty Foods for many years and his wife said he would even de-bone neighbours turkeys as well, adding he really had a passion for help-ing.

When asked what she wants him to be remembered for, there was a long, emotional pause.

Id like for him to be remembered for his smile and his love of people, she said through tears. And how much he cared.

The Dinner has two sittings, one at 11:30 a.m. and the other at 1 p.m. and is open to all those who want to join.

They typically serve more than 200 people each Christmas day.

There are a lot of people who dont have any family here, War-shawski said. They have no one to spend Christmas with, there are new arrivals to Sid-ney, people that dont know anybody and its a great way to come

because people just come in and they sit at a table, anybody could be at the table and peo-ple talk.

She said shes even had feedback from peo-ple saying theyve met really good friends at the Dinner.

Knight added that the guests are usually single people, like sin-gle moms and dads.

The gift of giving from an unforgettable chef16th Annual Christmas Dinner about giving back and remembering John Mackelson

Carlie Connolly/News staff

Getting ready for Christmas dinner. From left are Marcos Cerezo (Fairway Market), Mary Grace Logan (Thrifty Foods), Santa Claus (Gordon Churches), Patti Sanders (MWC), Isabelle Yoxall (Volunteer Coordinator), Wendy Warshawski (Coordinator of Dinner) and Clara Knight (Caterer), front and centre.

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We even had people off of the boats one Christmas and they came in and this was their Christmas, she said.

The annual Christmas Din-ner is put on to the commu-nity by donation and last year they raised $1,500, which goes towards putting the event on again the following year.

Some people cant afford to donate, thats fine, thats why we do it, said Warshawski.

The Dinner which first began at the Old Silver Threads (now the SHOAL) Centre gets bigger and bigger and is now in the Bodine Hall at the Mary Win-spear Centre.

The committee that puts on the dinner is made up of War-shawski as the co-ordinator, Isa-belle Yoxall who is in charge of volunteers and Knight, who is in charge of the kitchen.

There are more than 30 vol-unteers coming in to help make the dinner enjoyable for all and guests can expect live entertain-ment, a visit from Santa Claus and little gifts placed on the table.

Of course, theres the full tur-key dinner.

Sidneys three food stores, Thrifty Foods, Save-On-Foods and Fairway Market donate most of the food turkeys, fro-zen food and pop.

Dessert is provided by Bread-stuffs Bakery in Brentwood Bay.

Doors open at 10 a.m. with the first sitting at 11 a.m., the second at 1 p.m. Organizers also welcome the Sidney Lions Club, that will be providing rides for those without transportation. To reserve for one of the two sit-tings and if a ride is required, people can call Warshawski at 250-656-7678 during the day and

leave a message with full details. Reservations will be taken up until Dec. 20.

With the hustle and bustle of the planning for the dinner, War-shawski said she cant help but look down at her list of who is doing what. She said she cant bear to take Mackelsons name off of it.

Weve lost really one of the hearts of this, we really have.

Dinner reaches 200-plusContinued from page 11

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John Mackelson was the chef behind Sidneys annual Christmas Dinner at the Mary Winspear Centre. He died in a motorcycle crash in April and organizers say he is missed.

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Ideas sought on skate parkSteven HeywoodNews staff

Youth at a workshop this week said they were happy they will have a say in what a new skate park in Sid-ney will look like.

On Tuesday, Nov. 24 the municipality and New Line Skateparks of Langley hosted a public working group meeting at the Sidney fire hall to talk about the project and to share ideas.

Sidney is looking at paving a significant por-tion of land south of the Mary Winspear Centre to create a parking lot. While they are still wait-ing for grant money for that plan, if it proceeds, it would displace the current skateboard facility.

The Town has hired New Line to come up with a modern design for a potential replace-ment facility in Tulista Park.

Kyle Dion, New Lines president and chief executive offi-cer, says his company has designed and built more than 200 skate parks and in order to make them work, they

seek out feedback and ideas from the people who actually use them.

A lot of places have facilities that are 15 to 20 years old and are quite out of date, he said.

Dion said the work-shop looked specifi-cally at three types of terrain: plaza or street, traditional obstacles and bowl-style. Their job will be to collect the ideas from the work-shop and an online sur-

vey and come up with an overall design and cost estimate.

Councillor Cam McLennan said Sid-ney is working with New Line to come up with a design that will fit Tulista Park cur-rently the Towns pre-ferred location.

Its a good, safe and secure location, along a major bus route, he said.

McLennan noted it was his and Coun. Erin

Bremners goal when they ran for council, to work on projects to help make Sidney more attractive to young fam-ilies and youth.

Dion said compiling the ideas from youth and other interested people will take approx-imately two months (taking the Christmas break into account). He said he expects a design to be ready for councils review by Jan-uary.

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Sidney town councillors Cam McLennan and Tim Chad join resident Kelly Kurta in looking over locations and ideas for a new skate park.

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Staff at the Town of Sidney have a new addition to their fleet of municipal vehicles and this one takes a little muscle power.

Stacey Lick, an asset manager and map-ping technician for the Town, says she found using a vehicle for many of her duties to be a bit much espe-cially since the Town itself is small and rela-tively flat.

So, near the end of summer, she said she asked her bosses to consider getting a bike. By early September, said Manager of Engi-neering Mike van der Linden, it was part of the fleet.

The bike is being used by staff, like Lick, and building inspectors who dont necessar-ily need a car or truck. For Lick, it enables her to perform inspections of sidewalks, roadways and other municipal assets for tripping haz-ards and more. She said she had been doing some of the work by

foot and the addition of the bike speeds up the process without having to drive around town in car.

Director of Engineer-ing, Parks and Works Tim Tanton said they got councils permis-sion to get the bike and

got favourable pricing from Russ Hays Bike Shop in Sidney.

Tanton said as Sid-ney itself has a strong cycling culture, the idea of municipal staff using a bike seemed a natural idea.

He said close to a

dozen Town staff cur-rently ride their bikes to and from work and they will be looking at expanding their bike storage space.

Tanton said using bikes, even just the one right now, is a win-win for the municipality,

which tries to encour-age a healthy lifestyle among its employees.

Lick said she got the idea after speaking with colleagues in Canmore, Alberta, who also use bikes at work.

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