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Sidney’s Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre has reached what it estimates will be its average annual visitor rate and that alone is not enough to balance the budget.

The aquarium is in the process of changing its business model and is advertising for a fun-draiser to help increase their bottom line. SODC

Executive Director Alison Barratt says the Town of Sidney’s annual grant of $42,600 has expired fol-lowing a five-year term and there’s no guaran-tee the municipality will continue supporting the aquarium in 2015.

“That was the origi-nal commitment by the Town when the Centre

opened five years ago,” Barratt said. “The Town, in 2015, is expecting to contribute zero dollars.”

Barratt said she hopes the municipality will continue to support the aquarium, but that will be up to a new council after the November elec-tion.

To give the SODC some breathing room, the Town has agreed to provide contingency fund-ing of $50,000. A letter of understanding exists between the two parties, said Barratt, outlining its purpose. That money, she said, may never be used at all.

“We’re not in need of that money right now.,” Barratt said.

Aquarium gets boost from TownShaw Ocean Discovery Centre to change business model to improve their bottom line

“We could continue for some time this way, but not for the long term.”

– Alison Barratt

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One of Saanich’s most prominent farm-ers is throwing down the gauntlet to Capital Region municipal can-didates by asking them to publicly pledge to protect farmland.

Nathalie Chambers, who runs the 11-hect-are Madrona Farm on Blenkinsop Road with her husband, will host the first Municipal Farmland Challenge to coincide with the farm’s annual Chef Sur-vival Challenge on Sept. 7.

“We’re inviting all councillors who have a good record of protect-ing farmland as well as new candidates to take part,” Chambers said.

Once at Madrona, the friendly competition will see politicians turn soil and plant a row of crops. After a winner is declared, each par-ticipant will pledge sup-port on video for the protection of the Capi-tal Region’s supply of arable land.

“Saanich is so good with protecting farm-land, but many munici-

palities aren’t,” Cham-bers said. “We’re some of the highest food bank users in B.C. Our failure of food secu-rity is right here in our backyard.”

Central Saanich Coun. Zeb King is

already firmly behind the pledge event.

He said the province is weakening the Agri-cultural Land Reserve, and that means active farmland protection is even more crucial in urban areas.

King said municipal land use bylaws and other local author-ity can “determine whether or not urban sprawl will be allowed to intrude further into our region’s finest and fertile arable land.”

Chambers hopes all of the region’s mayors will take part in the event, though she still hasn’t received a defi-nite yes from Saanich

Mayor Frank Leonard.“We had 500 people

show up at last year’s Chef Survival Chal-lenge, so there will be plenty of cheerlead-ers,” she said.

Sign up for the event as a candidate or sim-ply as a foodie on the Chef Survival Challenge website at chefsurvival-challenge.ca.

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pher Rob Vanderford attended a recent work-shop at the Shawnigan Lake Private School, featuring eight top photographers from North America.

They were on the Island, coming from places like Illinois, California and Texas, to share their knowledge with other professional photographers from as far as Texas and as close as the Saanich Peninsula.

Vanderford created the above image with help from instructor Joel Grimes for Phoenix, Arizona.

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Grandmothers for africaCENTRAL SAANICH — On Sun., Sept. 7

about 28 bike riders will make the Mill Bay to Brentwood Bay ferry crossing on the return leg of their cycle from Campbell River to Vic-toria — which starts on Sept. 5.

The riders are raising money for the Ste-phen Lewis Foundation, which supports children and their grandparents in Africa who have been affected by the death of parents due to AIDS.

Local rider Joanne Lomax said even before the ride began, the group has raised around $50,000.

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Correction• In the Aug. 29 story on Shaw ocean Dis-

covery Centre Executive Director Alison Bar-ratt, the PNR had some of her previous jobs out of order. Barratt’s first job at Monterey Bay Aquarium was training volunteer guides. Her last position was communications for their ocean policy and conservation science programs. We regret the error. — Editor

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Sidney photographer Rob Vanderford created Man and His Bike during a recent workshop in Shawnigan Lake.

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Nathalie Chambers of Madrona Farm is issuing a challenge to incumbent and new municipal candidates ahead of the Nov. 15 election by asking them to publicly commit to protecting farmland in the Capital Region and across the province.

Candidates challenged on the aLRMadrona Farm operator invites politicians to Sept. 7 Farmland Challenge


Activity is brisk in the Town of Sidney as potential municipal election candidates have taken out 13 nom-ination packages from town hall.

The packages became available on August 22. Sandi Dunic, the Town’s chief elec-toral officer, says only the number of pack-ages picked up can be released. Names of can-didates do not become official until the nomi-nation deadline next month.

In North Saanich as of Aug. 28, no packages had been taken out, says the District’s Chief Electoral Officer Curt Kingsley. He said poten-tial candidates seem to be holding their cards close to their chests.

In Central Saanich, Chief Electoral Officer Liz Cornwell did not return phone calls by

press time.The official campaign

nomination submis-sion deadline begins on Sept. 30 and ends Oct. 10.

Dunic said that under the Local Government Act, which sets these timelines province-wide, candidates then have one week to change their minds, offi-cially qualify as a candi-date or be deemed to have withdrawn. None of the three Saanich Peninsula municipali-ties charge the optional $100 fee to take out

nomination packages.A candidate will be

deemed to have with-drawn when they do not submit the original nomination forms by Oct. 17, or otherwise is unable to run as a can-didate in the municipal election.

By Oct. 20, all juris-dictions will make their official declaration of candidates eligible to take part in the elec-tion.

The 2014 municipal elections in B.C. takes place Sat., Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONAre you eligible to vote at the November elections for The District of Central Saanich? Is your name on the current list of electors?If you are not sure, you can find out by contacting the Central Saanich Municipal Hall at the address below. Deadline for registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period of September 23, 2014, to November 15, 2014, inclusive. If electors register provincially after the local government list of electors closes on September 23, 2014, they will not be on the local government list and will be required to register at the voting place.

Elector QualificationsResident Electors: ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and ➢A Canadian citizen; and ➢A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢A resident of the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election and not otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-Resident Property Electors: ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and ➢A Canadian citizen; and ➢A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢A registered owner of real property in the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢Not entitled to register as a resident elector; and ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and ➢If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

VOTING DAY REGISTRATIONResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who have not registered in advance may register at the time of voting.Voting will be held:

Resident Electors may register by producing two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity and residency.Non-Resident Property Electors may register by producing satisfactory proof of property ownership and, if applicable, written consent from the other registered owners of the real property, and two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014, until the close of general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the Municipal Hall. Electors may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors, to protect privacy and security.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in writing, in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich.

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONPublic Notice is given to the electors of the District of Central Saanich and School District No. 63 (Saanich), that nominations for the office of: Office Number of Persons to be Elected Mayor One Councillor Six School Trustee Twofor a four year term, will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall by hand, mail, other delivery service, fax, or email, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, and 4:00 p.m., on Friday, October 10, 2014.

Originals of completed nominations forms must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Nomination packages are available at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall from 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2014 to the close of the nomination period.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualified to be nominated, elected and to hold office, as a member of a local government or as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria: ➢Canadian citizen; ➢18 years of age or older on general voting day (November 15, 2014) ➢resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and, ➢Not disqualified under the Local Government Act, (the School Act – for office of School Trustee), or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

MAIL BALLOT VOTINGElectors May Vote By Mail If They: ➢have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, OR ➢expect to be absent from the District of Central Saanich on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities (November 5, 8, 12 and 15, 2014).

Requesting a Mail Ballot Package:Between 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2014 and 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014 requests for mail ballot packages may be made by submitting a completed “Application to Vote by Mail Form” (available online at www.centralsaanich.ca) or by submitting the following information in writing to the District of Central Saanich office: 1. Full name, 2. Residential address, 3. Address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non- resident property electors), 4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at the District of Central Saanich office, OR (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to residential address, OR (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package, 5. If you are not on the list of electors, to ensure you receive the correct registration application form in your package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident or non-resident property elector.

The District of Central Saanich will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 27 until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014. To be counted for the election, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 pm on November 15, 2014.

CONTACT INFORMATIONFurther information on the 2014 Local Elections, may be obtained by contacting:

District of Central Saanich Municipal Hall1903 Mount Newton Cross Road Saanichton, BC V8M 2A9 Phone: (250) 652-4444

Email: [email protected] Website: www.centralsaanich.ca

November 5 - 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Advance Voting Day #1 – Municipal Hall

November 8 – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Advance Voting Day #2 – Municipal Hall

November 12 – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Advance Voting Day #3 – Municipal Hall

November 15 – 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. General Voting Day – Municipal Hall and Central Saanich Cultural Centre

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“We have reserve funds and it is the summer. We’re hav-ing a very busy sum-mer — better than last year. We think we have enough (money) to cover everything.”

Barratt said the con-tingency is there, show-ing the support of the current council and as a fallback in case it’s needed. Barratt added the Centre will have to negotiate with the new council and make a request for funding dur-ing the 2015 municipal budget process.

Mayor Larry Cross said council wanted to show its support of the aquarium.

“It’s important to our business community,” he said, noting the attraction draws a lot of people into town.

But with economic pressures on the facil-ity, exacerbated by a lack of school program bookings due to the recent labour dispute, Cross said council is supporting a change in the Centre’s business model.

“They may not need (the money,” Cross noted.

He added it will be up to a new council and the Town’s annual bud-get process to deter-mine if the Centre will continue to receive a contribution from the municipality beyond this year.

At an average of 100,000 visitors each year, the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre has reached a plateau, Bar-ratt said, based on the location and fixed size of the attraction. The aquarium makes money through ticket sales, gift shop sales, seasons pass hold-ers, summer camps as well as through grants and donations. A non-profit operation, SODC can reach out to other funding sources — such as corporate sponsors and donors

— and increasing that revenue stream is the reasoning behind plans to hire a fundraiser. Barratt said the Cen-tre has $65,000 allo-cated for the position and in the short-term, a successful candidate would be expected to raise at least enough money to pay their sal-ary. Beyond that, she said the expectation is to fundraise up to two times that amount for the Centre.

In its five years of operation, Barratt said the aquarium has never had a balanced budget. The society that runs it has, however, a reserve fund that it has been able to draw from since day one. That has been used to make up the dif-ference each year but Barratt said it’s not sus-tainable.

“We could continue for some time this way,

but not for the long term.”

Five years of contin-ually-running pumps, salt water impacts, staff costs, visitor experi-ence upgrades and ongoing maintenance have their costs as well.

“There has to be a change,” she said. “There could be a day that there won’t be the money. Today is the day we draw the line in the sand.”

Barratt said the Cen-tre has also been trim-ming costs where it can. Marketing Director Christina Smethurst, Barratt said, is leaving the SODC this week to take a job with the Dog-wood Initiative. Her job is being rolled into the duties of the executive director for now, saving money and enabling the Centre to seek out a professional fundraiser.

Barratt said the busi-ness model change will see the Centre try to increase its grant and donation revenue to 20 per cent of its overall budget. The goal, she said, is to continue to deliver top quality visi-tor experiences that the community can be proud of.

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Dipping into reserve funds not sustainable, says Barratt

Continued from page 1Grants still in place for museum, Winspear Centre and others

For five years, the Shaw Ocean Discov-ery Centre, or more specifically the soci-ety that runs it, has received a grant in the range of $42,600 from the Town of Sidney.

The municipality also contributes to other local amenities each year. According to the 2013 Annual Report, which outlines the Town’s contributions, grants and budget pattern, those supports also include:

Mary Winspear Centre (its parent society) - $191,132 ($197,856 in 2014)

Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Com-merce - $60,000

Peninsula Celebrations Society - $12,500Community Arts Council of the Saanich

Peninsula - $9,000Sidney Historical Museum - $72,000That list represents only municipal grants

in their annual budgets. Some of the groups also receive property tax exemp-tions which saves them more money.

— Steven Heywood/News staff

Larry Cross

CENTRAL SAANICH — Municipal councillors in the District of Central Saanich are con-sidering an amalgamation question for the ballots during the November 15 election.

At their Sept. 2 meeting, council was to vote on a recommendation by

staff to consider a non-binding opin-ion question, asking electors about the idea of amalgamating with other Greater Victoria communities.

The question itself was not yet determined but it would involve the provision of background information and a communication plan. — PNR

Amalgamation question to be considered in Central Saanich


NOTICE OF NOMINATION PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Town of Sidney that nominations for the offices of: 1 Mayor, 6 Councillors and 1 School Trustee (School District No. 63) will be received by the Chief Election Officer, or a designated person, as follows:

NOMINATION PERIODNomination forms may be submitted by hand, mail, fax or email

from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 30 to 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2014 to the:

TOWN OF SIDNEY2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 1Y7

Fax: 250-656-7056 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

(excluding statutory holidays & weekends)

Nomination forms are available at the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION Are you eligible to vote in the November elections for Mayor, Councillors and School Trustee? Is your name on the current list of electors? If you are not sure you can find out by contacting the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the Town of Sidney office until September 23. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 24 and November 15, 2014.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONSResident Electors:

Non-Resident Property Electors:

ELECTOR REGISTRATIONResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who are not on the list of registered electors and who have not registered in advance may register on voting days. Resident Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove both residency and identity.Non-Resident Property Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the other property owners. This consent must be provided at the time of registration. (Consent forms are available at the Town of Sidney office).

The following are examples of acceptable identification:

VOTE BY MAILQualified electors may vote by mail ballot if they have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity or expect to be absent from the Town on advance voting days and on general voting day. Please complete an application form, available at the Town of Sidney office, and return it to the Town prior to November 13, 2014. The Town will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 27. Important: To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00pm on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS Beginning September 30 until the close of the general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection at the Town of Sidney office during regular office hours. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Town of Sidney and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the Town of Sidney.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact Sandi Dunic, Chief Election Officer, or Charlene Nash, Deputy Chief Election Officer, at 250-656-1139 or [email protected].

Town of Sidney2014 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

Saturday, November 15 at the Mary Winspear Centre

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• 18 years of age or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers

are filed; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for,

being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

• 18 years of age or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a resident of the Town of Sidney for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election

and not otherwise disqualified by law.

• 18 years of age or older; and • a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the Town of Sidney for at least 30 days immediately

before the day of registration; and• not holding the property in trust for a corporation or any other trust;• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election

and not otherwise disqualified by law; and • if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with

the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.


“We have reserve funds and it is the summer. We’re hav-ing a very busy sum-mer — better than last year. We think we have enough (money) to cover everything.”

Barratt said the con-tingency is there, show-ing the support of the current council and as a fallback in case it’s needed. Barratt added the Centre will have to negotiate with the new council and make a request for funding dur-ing the 2015 municipal budget process.

Mayor Larry Cross said council wanted to show its support of the aquarium.

“It’s important to our business community,” he said, noting the attraction draws a lot of people into town.

But with economic pressures on the facil-ity, exacerbated by a lack of school program bookings due to the recent labour dispute, Cross said council is supporting a change in the Centre’s business model.

“They may not need (the money,” Cross noted.

He added it will be up to a new council and the Town’s annual bud-get process to deter-mine if the Centre will continue to receive a contribution from the municipality beyond this year.

At an average of 100,000 visitors each year, the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre has reached a plateau, Bar-ratt said, based on the location and fixed size of the attraction. The aquarium makes money through ticket sales, gift shop sales, seasons pass hold-ers, summer camps as well as through grants and donations. A non-profit operation, SODC can reach out to other funding sources — such as corporate sponsors and donors

— and increasing that revenue stream is the reasoning behind plans to hire a fundraiser. Barratt said the Cen-tre has $65,000 allo-cated for the position and in the short-term, a successful candidate would be expected to raise at least enough money to pay their sal-ary. Beyond that, she said the expectation is to fundraise up to two times that amount for the Centre.

In its five years of operation, Barratt said the aquarium has never had a balanced budget. The society that runs it has, however, a reserve fund that it has been able to draw from since day one. That has been used to make up the dif-ference each year but Barratt said it’s not sus-tainable.

“We could continue for some time this way,

but not for the long term.”

Five years of contin-ually-running pumps, salt water impacts, staff costs, visitor experi-ence upgrades and ongoing maintenance have their costs as well.

“There has to be a change,” she said. “There could be a day that there won’t be the money. Today is the day we draw the line in the sand.”

Barratt said the Cen-tre has also been trim-ming costs where it can. Marketing Director Christina Smethurst, Barratt said, is leaving the SODC this week to take a job with the Dog-wood Initiative. Her job is being rolled into the duties of the executive director for now, saving money and enabling the Centre to seek out a professional fundraiser.

Barratt said the busi-ness model change will see the Centre try to increase its grant and donation revenue to 20 per cent of its overall budget. The goal, she said, is to continue to deliver top quality visi-tor experiences that the community can be proud of.

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Dipping into reserve funds not sustainable, says Barratt

Continued from page 1Grants still in place for museum, Winspear Centre and others

For five years, the Shaw Ocean Discov-ery Centre, or more specifically the soci-ety that runs it, has received a grant in the range of $42,600 from the Town of Sidney.

The municipality also contributes to other local amenities each year. According to the 2013 Annual Report, which outlines the Town’s contributions, grants and budget pattern, those supports also include:

Mary Winspear Centre (its parent society) - $191,132 ($197,856 in 2014)

Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Com-merce - $60,000

Peninsula Celebrations Society - $12,500Community Arts Council of the Saanich

Peninsula - $9,000Sidney Historical Museum - $72,000That list represents only municipal grants

in their annual budgets. Some of the groups also receive property tax exemp-tions which saves them more money.

— Steven Heywood/News staff

Larry Cross

CENTRAL SAANICH — Municipal councillors in the District of Central Saanich are con-sidering an amalgamation question for the ballots during the November 15 election.

At their Sept. 2 meeting, council was to vote on a recommendation by

staff to consider a non-binding opin-ion question, asking electors about the idea of amalgamating with other Greater Victoria communities.

The question itself was not yet determined but it would involve the provision of background information and a communication plan. — PNR

Amalgamation question to be considered in Central Saanich


Raises hopes among B.C. wineries for national free trade Jeff NagelBlack Press

B.C. wineries and distillers are gaining easier access to the Sas-katchewan market as a result of an inter-provincial trade agreement.

Consumers in either province will be able to order wines and craft spir-its directly from producers in the other and have them delivered once the deal takes effect next June.

The agreement was concluded by Premier Christy Clark and Saskatche-wan Premier Brad Wall at a premiers meeting in Charlottetown.

Clark said the deal helps build

momentum for freer trade with other provinces, long sought by the B.C. wine industry. Previously, Saskatch-ewan consumers could only buy B.C. wines or spirits through provincial government stores in that province.

“Access to new markets is impor-tant as we look to build on the strength of our growing industry,” said Tyler Dyck of the B.C. Craft Dis-tillers Guild.

While Saskatchewan isn’t known for its wine, craft distillers like Colin Schmidt of the Last Mountain Lake Distillery in Lumsden, Sask. are now hoping to tempt B.C. drinkers into trying his dill pickle vodka.

“We have a loyal following in Sas-katchewan and cannot wait to share our award-winning spirits with con-sumers in British Columbia.”

Talks among the premiers con-tinue over options to liberalize trade in craft beer.

Saskatchewan deal boosts flow of wine, spirits

SIDNEY — Almost everyone has experi-enced some type of dental or oral problem in their lifetime — the discomfort of a tooth-ache, the piercing pain of a broken tooth or the agony of an impacted wisdom tooth.

Now, imagine that you’re one of the close to 50,000 people living in poverty in the Capi-tal Regional District and you don’t have the means or resources to fix those problems.

Under the leadership of Kenny Podmore and Travis Stewart, local community members are working together to create a benefit concert to support dental care for children and youth from low income fami-lies.

On Sunday, Sept. 14

(originally scheduled in June but was cancelled due to weather) from 1:30 to 4 p.m. the free concert, ORCCA Sings, will take place at the end of Beacon Avenue at the bandshell and proceeds from the con-cert will go to ORCCA (Oral Care for Children and Adolescents), a non-profit dental clinic in Sidney Elementary School.

ORCCA will be the first not-for-profit den-tal clinic serving chil-dren and adolescents from low-income fami-lies on Vancouver Island. While some den-tists do charitable work in the area, the need for ORCCA’s services is great as there are an estimated 500 children on Saanich Peninsula and the Gulf Islands

alone that qualify for the care provided by the clinic.

Children and adoles-cents who are a part of the B.C. Healthy Kids Program (families who have an income of less than $21,000 a year) will have their dental care provided by ORCCA at no charge.

Children and ado-lescents whose fami-lies have an income of between $21,000 and $40,000 a year who do not have dental insur-ance will be provided dental care at a dis-count of 30% off the B.C. Dental Fee Guide through the clinic.

For more information on the upcoming ben-efit concert or ORCCA, visit www.orccadental.com.

— Submitted

Singing for oral healthConcert at Beacon Park to benefit ORCCA


TD managers Dan Mchardy, Samantha Kotzier and James Haley-Browning took the ice bucket challenge after their co-workers issued it this week. In turn, the trio are challenging managers at Sidney’s other financial institutions to take the plunge to rise money for the ALS Society.

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Jim Parker PublisherSteven Heywood EditorJanice Marshall Production ManagerBruce Hogarth Circulation Manager

OUR VIEW

There was an uproar in the B.C. legislature this spring when Transportation Minister Todd

Stone went ahead with $19 million in cuts to low-usage coastal ferry routes.

The plan had been laid out in detail before last year’s election. It targeted sailings where ridership was in the low teens or even single digits.

On some sailings the Transport Canada-mandated crew outnumbered the passengers.

Despite the cries of doom, most of the sailing reductions have been managed — with one glaring exception. The Discovery Coast Circle Tour route saw its ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Coola replaced, using the smallest vessel in the B.C. Ferries fleet, the open-decked Nimpkish.

This move wasn’t a direct response to low usage, a chronic issue with some of the minor route sailings along the coast. It was to avoid ordering a replacement for the Queen of Chilliwack, which sailed directly between Port Hardy and Bella Coola.

This summer the first leg was consolidated with the Northern Expedition, the vessel that replaced the doomed Queen of the North on the Inside Passage run up to Prince

Rupert. At Bella Bella, after a layover of a

couple of hours, the Nimpkish took over with space for 16 standard vehicles on its deck and a midnight arrival time in Bella Coola.

The direct route had been mainly used by European tourists, who sailed from the Lower Mainland to Victoria, drove the length of the

Island, ferried to Bella Coola and drove through the rugged Chilcotin to Williams Lake and back down south to complete the circle tour.

The new route incorporated stops in remote outposts Ocean Falls and Shearwater, making it even longer. Warnings came early.

“That’s where 90 per cent of the [B.C. Ferries] money is being lost, on the milk runs, and that’s the

part they are keeping,” Petrus Rykes, a tourism operator at Anahim Lake for 40 years, said in March.

“The part they’ve cancelled was at 70 per cent capacity, the second highest of all the fleet routes.”

Reports of a bad slump have come to pass. The changes meant bookings couldn’t be made until April, too late for most international travelers.

A survey by Bella Coola Valley Tourism in mid-summer found most operators losing business, from 10 to 90 per cent. A bus tour of Canadian

seniors heading west from Williams Lake was terminated after 14 years. One tourism operator on Highway 20 is considering closing down.

Stone and his family took the new route themselves in early August, with the minister offering sunny reports on his blog.

Stone summed up his experience this way:

“At the end of the day, my assessment is that the Nimpkish is a good tourism product if tourists are made fully aware as to the type of service it provides. If correct expectations are set, I believe the Nimpkish can be marketed as a valuable tourism component of the Discovery Coast Circle Tour.

“The decision to do this rests squarely on the shoulders of the tourism industry and tourism operators who need to decide whether or not they want this service to work, to grow and to be viable in order to capture a share of the thousands of international tourists looking for exactly the kind of adventure the Nimpkish provides.”

Got that, Discovery Coast tourism folks? If this milk run doesn’t work next year, it will be your fault. Heck, the Nimpkish has free snacks and drinks for your 10-hour voyage, much of it in the dark.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Bleak summer for coastal ferry remake

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

Support should be public

There’s little to quibble about in the Town of Sidney’s agreement with the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre to put up $50,000 in a contingency — just in case the aquarium runs into financial difficulty in between the current term of council and the election in November.

After all, it would be foolish to begrudge a well-regarded local amenity some comfort space — an attraction that brings in around 100,000 visitors every year.

Both sides in the agreement have said it’s unlikely that the Centre will have to dip into

that cash, as they are having a busy summer and still have a decent reserve account. It’s from this

account the aquarium has been using to balance the books in each of its five years since it opened. So, yes, as the Centre changes its business model to find new sources of funds, most people in Sidney would hope there’s a bit of a safety net during a transition to a new council.

Where the current council’s opponents will quibble this fall, is on how the Town and Centre reached their agreement — behind closed doors. And they have a valid point.

It’s a decision on $50,000 of taxpayers’ money and should have been made in public. On the surface, nothing about the deal reveals the secret interests of either organization, their workforce or the land they sit on.

Does the community support the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre? We think they do. So it’s odd that this would not be made public sooner.

It walks current councillors running this fall into a debate on the issue with its opponents in the election. And for those opponents who are crying foul, if they go too far and critique more than council’s record on in-camera meetings, they risk alienating themselves.

Few stand to win if that’s the approach in November.

‘A survey by Bella Coola Valley Tourism ... found most operators losing business.’

It would be foolish to begrudge (the Centre) some comfort space

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EDITORIALThe Peninsula News Review is published by Black Press Ltd. | #6 - 9843 Second St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C7 | Phone: 250-656-1151 • Fax: 250-656-5526 • Web: www.vicnews.com

Jim Parker PublisherSteven Heywood EditorJanice Marshall Production ManagerBruce Hogarth Circulation Manager

OUR VIEW

There was an uproar in the B.C. legislature this spring when Transportation Minister Todd

Stone went ahead with $19 million in cuts to low-usage coastal ferry routes.

The plan had been laid out in detail before last year’s election. It targeted sailings where ridership was in the low teens or even single digits.

On some sailings the Transport Canada-mandated crew outnumbered the passengers.

Despite the cries of doom, most of the sailing reductions have been managed — with one glaring exception. The Discovery Coast Circle Tour route saw its ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Coola replaced, using the smallest vessel in the B.C. Ferries fleet, the open-decked Nimpkish.

This move wasn’t a direct response to low usage, a chronic issue with some of the minor route sailings along the coast. It was to avoid ordering a replacement for the Queen of Chilliwack, which sailed directly between Port Hardy and Bella Coola.

This summer the first leg was consolidated with the Northern Expedition, the vessel that replaced the doomed Queen of the North on the Inside Passage run up to Prince

Rupert. At Bella Bella, after a layover of a

couple of hours, the Nimpkish took over with space for 16 standard vehicles on its deck and a midnight arrival time in Bella Coola.

The direct route had been mainly used by European tourists, who sailed from the Lower Mainland to Victoria, drove the length of the

Island, ferried to Bella Coola and drove through the rugged Chilcotin to Williams Lake and back down south to complete the circle tour.

The new route incorporated stops in remote outposts Ocean Falls and Shearwater, making it even longer. Warnings came early.

“That’s where 90 per cent of the [B.C. Ferries] money is being lost, on the milk runs, and that’s the

part they are keeping,” Petrus Rykes, a tourism operator at Anahim Lake for 40 years, said in March.

“The part they’ve cancelled was at 70 per cent capacity, the second highest of all the fleet routes.”

Reports of a bad slump have come to pass. The changes meant bookings couldn’t be made until April, too late for most international travelers.

A survey by Bella Coola Valley Tourism in mid-summer found most operators losing business, from 10 to 90 per cent. A bus tour of Canadian

seniors heading west from Williams Lake was terminated after 14 years. One tourism operator on Highway 20 is considering closing down.

Stone and his family took the new route themselves in early August, with the minister offering sunny reports on his blog.

Stone summed up his experience this way:

“At the end of the day, my assessment is that the Nimpkish is a good tourism product if tourists are made fully aware as to the type of service it provides. If correct expectations are set, I believe the Nimpkish can be marketed as a valuable tourism component of the Discovery Coast Circle Tour.

“The decision to do this rests squarely on the shoulders of the tourism industry and tourism operators who need to decide whether or not they want this service to work, to grow and to be viable in order to capture a share of the thousands of international tourists looking for exactly the kind of adventure the Nimpkish provides.”

Got that, Discovery Coast tourism folks? If this milk run doesn’t work next year, it will be your fault. Heck, the Nimpkish has free snacks and drinks for your 10-hour voyage, much of it in the dark.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Bleak summer for coastal ferry remake

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

Support should be public

There’s little to quibble about in the Town of Sidney’s agreement with the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre to put up $50,000 in a contingency — just in case the aquarium runs into financial difficulty in between the current term of council and the election in November.

After all, it would be foolish to begrudge a well-regarded local amenity some comfort space — an attraction that brings in around 100,000 visitors every year.

Both sides in the agreement have said it’s unlikely that the Centre will have to dip into

that cash, as they are having a busy summer and still have a decent reserve account. It’s from this

account the aquarium has been using to balance the books in each of its five years since it opened. So, yes, as the Centre changes its business model to find new sources of funds, most people in Sidney would hope there’s a bit of a safety net during a transition to a new council.

Where the current council’s opponents will quibble this fall, is on how the Town and Centre reached their agreement — behind closed doors. And they have a valid point.

It’s a decision on $50,000 of taxpayers’ money and should have been made in public. On the surface, nothing about the deal reveals the secret interests of either organization, their workforce or the land they sits on.

Does the community support the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre? We think they do. So it’s odd that this would not be made public sooner.

It walks current councillors running this fall into a debate on the issue with its opponents in the election. And for those opponents who are crying foul, if they go too far and critique more than council’s record on in-camera meetings, they risk alienating themselves.

Few stand to win if that’s the approach in November.

‘A survey by Bella Coola Valley Tourism ... found most operators losing business.’

It would be foolish to begrudge (the Centre) some comfort space

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Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,B.C. V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.


Traffic direction only one of SOS issues

Reading recent articles in the PNR pertaining to the upcom-ing election one would get the impression that SOS is simply a small group of people whose main purpose in life is to change Beacon avenue from one-way to two-way. Nothing could be further from the truth.

SOS is in fact a very large coali-tion of business owners, mem-bers of local associations and town residents who have much wider concerns than simply traf-fic flow on Beacon.

This group, organized through the efforts of Richard Talbot, was spawned from the mayor’s intran-sigence with respect to leading the charge with the downtown business community toward

mitigating the threat of big malls popping up on our doorstep. SOS and its membership felt differ-ently and through their efforts, were instrumental in forcing the mayor and council to flip flop on their hands off position and form the downtown revitalization task force.

Not withstanding this welcome initiative SOS hope that they may continue to play a role; influenc-ing the task force and town with their ideas and strategies.

SOS is proposing for example, longer store opening hours, new gateway signage, waterfront enhancements, property tax incentives, architectural stan-dards and many more to improve upon the towns strengths and attractiveness as a tourist desti-nation and place to live.

Changing the one-way portion of Beacon back to two-way was

just one of many ideas debated by the SOS membership who,

based on the evidence of similar findings in other communities fac-ing similar problems, believe it would aid in improving exposure and access to retail outlets.

Ed EastSidney

Not a fringe elementI was surprised to see in your

article on Councillor Steve Price that he had referred to Save Our Sidney (SOS) as fringe elements. To the best of my knowledge Mr. Price attended at least two of my SOS presentations and asked for, and received, a copy of the most recent presentation. At that pre-sentation, which had over 100 residential and business attend-ees, I do not recall him referring to that audience as fringe ele-ments. However I certainly do recall him telling me after that

presentation that “I didn’t fall asleep this time.”

I was also surprised to see that, given he attended two SOS presentations and had received a copy, he was still confusing SOS with STIG (Sidney Tourism Improvement Group) by implying that SOS was only interested in returning to a two-way Beacon. This is incorrect.

STIG naturally has taken this position as the current on-way system is costing downtown businesses at least 10 per cent of their sales.

However, as he could have seen from his copy of my presen-tation, SOS is calling for action by council on at least 10 major items of which only one is traffic and none involved buying new street furniture.

Richard D. B. TalbotSidney

We need to talk. And no, I’m not being sarcastic. We really do need to talk, and in a way that speaks

each other’s language, and in a way that we can each hear the validity in the other’s concerns.

Case in point: I and many of my fellow teachers have written countless public appeals for the government to do the right thing and to fund public education prop-erly, an issue by the way which goes far beyond the proposals currently on the bar-gaining table. Ask a trustee.

The problem is that these letters and blogs almost always appeal to emotional sensibility, altruism and a sense of moral duty. All fine things and not surprising given that teachers are members by choice of a caring nurturing profession.

I think that instead we need to talk about economics.

The basic premise behind the govern-

ment’s public position in resisting media-tion boils down to “protection of the tax-payer.” In other words, what we are watch-ing, in inimitable B.C. world wrestling-style political hyperbole, is really a policy debate over taxation.

It seems to me there are two potential positions for B.C. Liberal supporters: a) that public education should not be sup-ported by tax dollars at all, in principle, or b) that a quality public education should be supported by tax dollars but mitigated by sound financial restraint.

Of the 30 per cent or so of the B.C. popu-lation that openly supports the govern-ment position, according to multiple polls, I am going to assume the majority of you fall into the latter. This is not idle specula-tion, either, as other polls have shown that a majority of B.C. taxpayers (regardless of political affiliation) support higher taxa-tion, provided that the revenues flow to

specific public benefits, such as schools, hospitals, infrastructure, etc.

I would argue that b) is a completely defensible position. My only issue with it is that I don’t believe the leaders you are sup-porting fall into the same category as you.

I will admit that I have no concrete proof that Christy Clark and Peter Fassbender fall into category a) above, but I ask you the following questions in the hopes that you will call for a more complete and trans-parent analysis of the economics of the situation.

• What will cost more? Investing in quality public education now, or paying later for all of the economic fall-out that research shows is correlated to poorer access to quality education.

• What will cost more? Settling 10 years of a retroactive grievance now for an unconstitutional injury, the fact of which is not up for debate, even in the upcoming

court case, or kicking the problem down the road until such point that you are lia-ble for the full damages.

• What will cost more? Paying the dif-ference between the two positions as they stand, or shelling out $40 each and every day to a large portion of the 500,000 public school aged children in B.C.

As I say, I think we need to start to speak each other’s language and debate the issues for what they are. I truly believe that the government’s economic argument is much weaker than it appears, but none of us can assess that properly if we are only offered spin instead of analysis.

Like bargaining, the success of a wider public debate like the one I am proposing will depend upon open, frank and honest commitment to facts and to the process. That’s a long-term aspiration, though.

Mark Skanks, Local President,Saanich Teachers’ Association

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SIDNEY — Susan Dunn at DFH Real Estate in Sidney is encourag-ing people to roll up their sleeves to help the fight against child-hood cancer.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Dunn said her office is support-ing the Gold Ribbon Campaign this year from Canadian Blood Services.

On Sept. 17 and 18, there will be a blood donor clinic at the Mary Winspear Centre from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The Gold Ribbon Cam-paign was started in Ontario to help raise awareness of childhood cancer and to

encourage more blood donations, an important component of cancer treatment.

Dunn said her office got behind the effort after a co-worker experienced child-hood cancer in their family.

“We really want people to attend this clinic, and donate blood throughout the month of September,” she said.

To learn more about the effort, visit www.goldribbon-campaign.com.

To give blood or to find out how, call 1-888-236-6283 or visit www.blood.ca. — News staff

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For the first time in my life I’m kind of relieved summer is wind-ing down. Probably because I’m getting older by the day and most of my many Grandchil-

dren have come to see me. I think they figured they better come

and see me,and bring their off-spring, before I shed this mortal coil. Too much, man! I must have aged 10 years dealing with all this company.

Much as I love each one (and I do) it has been a hectic time and I totter off to bed by eight o’clock each night and crawl in without even getting undressed. (This saves a lot of time in the morning, too.)

Actually all these family visits sort of worry me. Have they heard something I haven’t yet been told?

“I feel great,” said she (flexing the muscles on her left knee-cap to prove it).

I did consider sneaking off to a motel when these family visits started and hiding out there until school starts. But I decided that would be a chicken-hearted way to deal with things, so here I am ... still alive ... sorta.

My balcony garden has suffered too. If it weren’t for my middle daughter, Leslie, who is a keen gar-dener, everything out there would be either dead or dying. She appears and the tap never stops run-ning until every plant is sighing with relief! Saved, just in the nick of time!

I am still in the kitchen, cooking madly for the next group of hungry relatives. I am only partly teasing.

It has been a wild couple of very busy weeks! There are a couple of canvas chairs out on the balcony, but I haven’t had time to sit in either of them. Yet now that summer is almost over, and most of the family have been here, I may just go out there and put my feet up on the rail-ing and relax. That probably will never happen.

I sit down and notice the hibiscus (which has spent the summer outside) has a couple of yellowing leaves and the zinnias in that long planter are fading fast. There is some mildew on one of the clematis leaves. Not very restful, some-how. I think I’ll get changed and go out

grocery shopping instead.One of the Grandsons arrived with a whole arm-

ful of flowers, bless him! Grandchildren are very satisfactory people ... you don’t have to cook for them, do their dirty laundry, change their bed sheets and they still treat you like royalty! Very nice! I recommend it!

I cringe at the thought of how much the glorious bouquet cost and then remember that both hus-band and wife have wonderful jobs and spending a fortune on flowers is not a problem! I long to tell them that I’d be happier if they gave the money to a charity instead and sent me the receipt as a Christmas gift. I’d love to suggest that but don’t want to hurt their feelings. They don’t deserve suggestions from me, just lots and lots of loving.

P.S. I still think that would be a great idea!

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

Feeling great with family

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The inside of an upside down grain hopper built by Sidney’s Ramsay Machine Works Ltd.

Metal fabricating company had contract for 28 grain hoppersSteven HeywoodNews staff

If you’ve ever wondered what the latest big steel creations by Ramsay Machine works Ltd. are, wonder no further.

A collection of UFO or saucer-looking units resting on blocks on McDonald Park Road in the West Sid-ney Industrial Park are, in fact, grain hoppers. Twenty-eight of them were built by Ramsay and are currently being shipped out to their client. Fraser Ramsay, vice-president of the Sidney-based company, says they recently completed the fabricating

work and aded he cannot say who their client is.

The project, he continued, lasted four months and was a unique job for Ramsay.

“This was the first time we’ve com-pleted an order of this size for similar things of this style,” he said.

The fact they look a little like UFOs, he explained, is because they are being stored upside down. Once installed into tanks, he said they will funnel grain towards the bottom (or top, if you’re looking at them upside down).

The hoppers are being shipped across the tarmac of the Victoria International Airport — the same way they moved the giant pieces of a steel coal conveyor last year — to waiting barges at Patricia Bay before being transported to their final des-tination.

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SIDNEY — Susan Dunn at DFH Real Estate in Sidney is encourag-ing people to roll up their sleeves to help the fight against child-hood cancer.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Dunn said her office is support-ing the Gold Ribbon Campaign this year from Canadian Blood Services.

On Sept. 17 and 18, there will be a blood donor clinic at the Mary Winspear Centre from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The Gold Ribbon Cam-paign was started in Ontario to help raise awareness of childhood cancer and to

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Dunn said her office got behind the effort after a co-worker experienced child-hood cancer in their family.

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For the first time in my life I’m kind of relieved summer is wind-ing down. Probably because I’m getting older by the day and most of my many Grandchil-

dren have come to see me. I think they figured they better come

and see me,and bring their off-spring, before I shed this mortal coil. Too much, man! I must have aged 10 years dealing with all this company.

Much as I love each one (and I do) it has been a hectic time and I totter off to bed by eight o’clock each night and crawl in without even getting undressed. (This saves a lot of time in the morning, too.)

Actually all these family visits sort of worry me. Have they heard something I haven’t yet been told?

“I feel great,” said she (flexing the muscles on her left knee-cap to prove it).

I did consider sneaking off to a motel when these family visits started and hiding out there until school starts. But I decided that would be a chicken-hearted way to deal with things, so here I am ... still alive ... sorta.

My balcony garden has suffered too. If it weren’t for my middle daughter, Leslie, who is a keen gar-dener, everything out there would be either dead or dying. She appears and the tap never stops run-ning until every plant is sighing with relief! Saved, just in the nick of time!

I am still in the kitchen, cooking madly for the next group of hungry relatives. I am only partly teasing.

It has been a wild couple of very busy weeks! There are a couple of canvas chairs out on the balcony, but I haven’t had time to sit in either of them. Yet now that summer is almost over, and most of the family have been here, I may just go out there and put my feet up on the rail-ing and relax. That probably will never happen.

I sit down and notice the hibiscus (which has spent the summer outside) has a couple of yellowing leaves and the zinnias in that long planter are fading fast. There is some mildew on one of the clematis leaves. Not very restful, some-how. I think I’ll get changed and go out

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ful of flowers, bless him! Grandchildren are very satisfactory people ... you don’t have to cook for them, do their dirty laundry, change their bed sheets and they still treat you like royalty! Very nice! I recommend it!

I cringe at the thought of how much the glorious bouquet cost and then remember that both hus-band and wife have wonderful jobs and spending a fortune on flowers is not a problem! I long to tell them that I’d be happier if they gave the money to a charity instead and sent me the receipt as a Christmas gift. I’d love to suggest that but don’t want to hurt their feelings. They don’t deserve suggestions from me, just lots and lots of loving.

P.S. I still think that would be a great idea!

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

Feeling great with family

Helen LangOver the Garden

Fence

B.C. Pickles by Helen LangThis week I have another recipe I’d like to share with you. Homemade pickles are delicious and make great gifts if you aren’t a pickle fan yourself.

B.C. Pickles3 B.C. peaches 3 B.C. pears13 ripe tomatoes 3 large onions1 tablesp plain salt 1 pint cider vinegar2 cups brown sugar 1 cup pickling spice • Tie the spice in a cloth bag• Peel and chop tomatoes, peaches, pears and onions(a little smaller than half inch chunks)• Add the other ingredients and boil slowly for two hours, stirring now and then so they don’t stick to the bottom of the pot.• Sterilize washed jars in a 325 degree oven for an hour and remove to sit on spread newspapers until pickle mixture is done. When filling jars with the hot pickle, start with a small amount in each, so the jars won’t break and when jars are full, cover with caps that fit. No need to cook them any further. I have a son who likes his pickle on top of cottage cheese as a snack, or for lunch.• 1 pound dill cucumbers (Small ones are more attractive)• 2 tablespoons pickling salt• 3 or 4 garlic clovesWash the cucumbers thoroughly, then pack in quart canning jars and to each add several garlic cloves. Add one tablespoon white or brown sugar, then pour over top 3/4 cup pickling vinegar and fill remaining space with dill weed and cover with water. Wipe the top of the jars with a damp cloth and screw on sterilized jar tops. Pressure cook for one minute. Store in a cool place for at least a couple of weeks before sampling.

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Paint the Town Red, from left, Barndawg, DJ Goadman and YellowWolf have matured as hip hop artists — but not so much that they can’t still have a good time with their music.

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Success has fallen into the lap of three bud-dies and they’re hoping to make the best of it — as long as it doesn’t change them.

Tommy “Barndawg” Paul, Brian “Yel-lowWolf” Sampson and Serj “DJ Goad-

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These days, they’re getting ready to open for Tech N9ne when the rapper comes to Victoria’s Sugar Nightclub on Sept. 12.

“Music has been a big part of my life since I was a teenager,” says Sampson. “I grew up on hip hop. It was just something we could relate to when we were younger.”

Sampson said he started rapping young and early on, it was just a lot of fun.

“We just did it for fun ... at the start. I kind of started off by being funny,” he explained. “When we kept getting invited back to perform at parties and clubs, I began to take it more seri-ously.”

Paul approached rap and music in a different, more serious way. He said he started writing poetry in high school after the death of a close friend.

“It was a lot of built up sorrow and anger,” he said. “I was encouraged to stick with it and start writing it down. I started with poetry.”

He transformed that writing into hip hop music and when he teamed up with Sampson, the pair found what they had really worked. Sampson said together, they balance the fun and the serious sub-jects to make good music on a variety of topics.

“We were really doing it,” said Paul, laughing “but when we first started, we were pretty bad at it.”

This began their transformation from two friends having a good time with music, to taking it more seriously and with a strong goal in mind — to take the music as far as they can take it.

The ride has been a bit of a roller coaster since around 2007 when many of their ideas started to gel.

“A friend back then bought me studio time as a Christmas present,” said Sampson.

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Central Saanich resident Charlie Scheideman has many memories of being a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and his latest book, When Grampa was a Mountie, strives to paint readers an accurate picture of some of his most memorable experiences.

“My main goal with this book was to tell it as it was, not as it should have been or as we had hoped it had been,” explained Scheideman.

When Grampa was a Mountie is the third book recounting Scheideman’s experiences as a career RCMP officer in British Columbia. His two previous books were collections of short stories.

“This one is also a collection of short stories but it is a bit different because it also features a longer story called Fred Quilt Frame-Up,” he explained.

Scheideman continued to say the Fred Quilt Frame-Up tells the story of two RCMP constables at Alexis Creek who were falsely accused of beating a First Nations elder to death. It would only be

years later, on a deathbed confession, that the two officers would be exon-erated.

“There’s some gruesome moments, some funny moments and some serious moments,” said Scheideman, “but the goal of the book is really to tell it like it was. Some of these stories are things that were never made public until now.”

Scheideman joined the RCMP when he was 21-years-old after training in Ottawa. After he joined, he served in seven different B.C. communities (Nelson, Williams Lake, Lytton, Golden, Quesnel, Prince George and Courtenay) and, after 27 years, he eventu-ally retired in Victoria.

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have a lot of stories to tell.”Currently, When Grampa was a Mountie is available in Tanner’s Books in Sidney

and online on Amazon. For more information email [email protected]@peninsulanewsreview.com

Telling it like it isAuthor and former Mountie Charlie Scheideman recounts his life and experiences in the RCMP in his third book

Charlie Scheideman holds his new book, When Grampa was a Mountie.Devon MacKenzie/News staff

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Central Saanich resident Charlie Scheideman has many memories of being a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and his latest book, When Grampa was a Mountie, strives to paint readers an accurate picture of some of his most memorable experiences.

“My main goal with this book was to tell it as it was, not as it should have been or as we had hoped it had been,” explained Scheideman.

When Grampa was a Mountie is the third book recounting Scheideman’s experiences as a career RCMP officer in British Columbia. His two previous books were collections of short stories.

“This one is also a collection of short stories but it is a bit different because it also features a longer story called Fred Quilt Frame-Up,” he explained.

Scheideman continued to say the Fred Quilt Frame-Up tells the story of two RCMP constables at Alexis Creek who were falsely accused of beating a First Nations elder to death. It would only be

years later, on a deathbed confession, that the two officers would be exon-erated.

“There’s some gruesome moments, some funny moments and some serious moments,” said Scheideman, “but the goal of the book is really to tell it like it was. Some of these stories are things that were never made public until now.”

Scheideman joined the RCMP when he was 21-years-old after training in Ottawa. After he joined, he served in seven different B.C. communities (Nelson, Williams Lake, Lytton, Golden, Quesnel, Prince George and Courtenay) and, after 27 years, he eventu-ally retired in Victoria.

Scheideman said the inspiration for penning the books came from his family.

“My wife and kids encouraged me a number of years ago to start writing all my memories down and eventually I started to realize I had enough mate-

rial for a book,” Scheideman said.“It’s been a very satisfying experience writing these short stories because I

have a lot of stories to tell.”Currently, When Grampa was a Mountie is available in Tanner’s Books in Sidney

and online on Amazon. For more information email [email protected]@peninsulanewsreview.com

Telling it like it isAuthor and former Mountie Charlie Scheideman recounts his life and experiences in the RCMP in his third book

Charlie Scheideman holds his new book, When Grampa was a Mountie.Devon MacKenzie/News staff

“My wife and kids encouraged me a number of years ago to start writing all my memories down and ... I realized I had enough material for a book.”

– Charlie Scheideman


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Desmond Raynor shakes hands with local author Janet Brons during Brons’ book signing last Wednesday at Sidney Pharmasave. Brons’ first book A Quiet Kill was published earlier this year by Touchwood Editions.

Book signingJazz Vespers returnsNORTH SAANICH — A new

season of Jazz Vespers in North Saanich starts this weekend.

The Eryn Sharpe Trio will per-form at St. John’s United Church, opening the 2014 — 2015 Jazz Vespers series on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 7:00 p.m.

Vocalist Eryn Sharpe and gui-tarist Leon Nagasaki will return in a new trio configuration that includes bassist Nick Mintenko, for an evening of jazz standards and original tunes.

Although Sharpe is just 22, she has spent 11 of them garner-ing accolades, awards and hon-ours. She has won “most prom-ising singer” at the Victoria Per-forming Arts Festival, has repre-sented Victoria in the Perform-ing Arts B.C. competition, and has been a featured performer in the TD Victoria International Jazz Festival.

Guitarist Leon Nagasaki began his jazz studies at the Esqui-malt High School Jazz Studies Program. In 2007, Leon earned a degree in Jazz performance, graduating with distinction from Capilano University.

Nick Mintenko is a profes-sional bass player and teacher living and playing in Victoria, B.C. where he graduated from Victoria High School Rhythm and Blues Band and completed a diploma in Jazz Studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

The Jazz Vespers series con-tinues Oct. 5, 2014 with Flying Saucers, on Nov. 2, 2014 with Sunyata and on Dec. 7, 2014 with

the David Vest Trio. Jazz Vespers services begin

at 7:00 p.m. St. John’s United Church is located at 10990 West Saanich Rd., across from Deep Cove School. There is no admis-sion charge. An offering will be taken to cover costs.

For more, call Bernadette at 656-0875 or email [email protected] to be included on an email list. — Submitted

Submitted photo

The Eryn Share Trio performs at St. John’s United Church in North Saanich on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.

Trio are passionate about the music“Last year, we got a shot to

perform with the Heavy Metal Kings,” said Sampson, “but pro-ducers didn’t want to work with us. We were under their radar.”

After a couple more gigs open-ing for other acts, Sampson said they earned praise for their music and performances.

“We started sharpening and fine-tuning our act together,” said Sampson.

Dirassoyan added Sampson and Paul balance each other’s styles really well to write good songs that anyone can enjoy. It’s not overly political, they say, but their music does reflect their

lives and experiences in their community.

Still, a big part of what they’re doing on stage is about having fun and they say that’s one part of their music they hope will never change.

“You’ve gotta be in this for the music,” said Dirassoyan, “You gotta have the passion and be humble.”

Paint the Town Red, the group’s name, started a few years back from a party atmo-sphere where a bunch of per-formers gathered to share the music. Sampson said when he and Paul needed a name, they felt they had to stick with the

event they were helping orga-nize, and so Paint The Town Red they became.

The trio, working with another friend, Ray Ziadeh who’s a film student and helping them with their marketing, are creating an album, The Grand Entry. Samp-son said it reflects their cultural background.

In the meantime, Paint The Town Red is getting ready for a great show when they open for Tech N9ne.

“This is something we have really worked for,” Sampson said.

“This is huge. I’m like a giddy school girl.”

Continued from page 11


CHURCH SERVICES

on the Saanich Peninsula

SAANICH PENINSULAPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

9296 East Saanich Rd.at Willingdon

10:00 a.m. ............................Worship

SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERYA Warm Welcome Awaits You!

Rev. Irwin Cunningham250-656-2241

HOLY TRINITYANGLICAN CHURCH

West Saanich and Mills RoadSunday Services

8:00 a.m. .................................... Traditional

9:00 a.m. .............................Contemporary

10:30 a.m. ......................................... Choral

Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. ............Eucharist

Rev. Canon Penelope Black 250-656-3223

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’s

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Music: Mary Lou Day

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ADVENTIST CHURCH9300 Willingdon Rd.

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The Sidney Street Market wrapped up its 2014 season on Thursday, August 28 and organizer Lau-rie McDermid says it was another successful sum-mer.

“I see it as being great, if not better than last year,” McDermid said the day of the final market.

Sidney Street Markets were held on Beacon Ave-nue on Thursday evenings throughout the sum-mer. They attracted shoppers from in town and from the entire region. McDermid said the markets saw a lot of new vendors this year. Many of them, she added, said they had a good season as well.

“Many of them do this for a living,” she said. “and some of the vendors sold their products really well this year.”

McDermid said that without an official tally of the market’s revenue yet, she still feels it was a success.

“It seemed like we had a lot more visitors. The weather has been really marvellous and the streets have been full.”

Even on the nights where there was some rain or drizzle, she said loyal shoppers waited it out and stayed at the market.

McDermid said the summer season was very busy and is happy with this latest market year.

This is the second summer for McDermid and her company, West Coast Impressions, to operate the Sidney Street Market on behalf of the Town of Sidney.


Super season for Street Market


Crowds of people took in the final Sidney Street Market on Aug. 28. Jared Steingard of Jared’s Créperie makes the perfect flip from pan to plate. Megan Heigh and Ella Stoddard enjoy a couple of the Giggles hand puppets.


District Of North Saanich

NOTICE OF HIGHWAY CLOSURE AND DISPOSITION

Pursuant to sections 26 and 40 of the Community Charter, the District of North Saanich gives notice of its intention to close to tra�c that portion of highway known as Rideau Avenue, dedicated as highway by Plan VIP33319, shown shaded and marked as “Road to be Closed” on the sketch below, and to remove the dedication of that portion as highway.

Rideau Avenue Road Closure Bylaw No. 1368 (2014) proposes closing this portion of highway to tra�c and removing its dedication as highway. Rideau Avenue Road Closure Bylaw No. 1368 (2014) will be considered by Council at a special Council meeting at the District of North Saanich Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, B.C., on September 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Persons who consider they are a�ected by the bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Chief Administrative O�cer by 4:30 p.m. (the close of business) on September 8, 2014.

The District of North Saanich further gives notice of its intention to sell the closed portion of highway to 1003739 B.C. Ltd. The closed portion of highway will be sold for $165,568.00, on the condition that it is consolidated with the adjacent parcels. $165,568 would be the assessed value of the closed portion of highway for property taxation purposes, based on the average assessed land values of the six adjoining parcels in Plan VIP33319. 1003739 B.C. Ltd. is a business corporation that has been formed by the owners of the adjoining parcels for the purpose of developing a residential subdivision.


SPORTS

Submitted photo/Gordon Lee

Peninsula Panther Braedan Pearce, #27, jams the Westshore Wolves crease in first-round playoff action last February. It will be the Wolves and the Panthers kicking off the Panthers VIJHL home opener on Friday.


This Friday night the Pen-insula Panthers will host the Westshore Wolves in their first home game of the 2014/15 season.

First-year bench boss Grant Sjerven will be directing the team Friday and after running the club through main camp last weekend followed by a week of practice, he said he feels the club is ready to compete.

“We have a lot of kids from the Peninsula on the team and I am pretty sure that we will play a hard-working and entertaining brand of hockey,” said Sjerven.

“At this time of year we are still trying to put all the pieces of the puzzle together but it makes for exciting hockey.

“We are all pretty excited to lace up the skates for real on Friday.”

Panthers’ owner and manager Pete Zubersky said he has seen his fair share of season openers and is looking forward to Friday night.

“It will be a young team once again and that includes our goal-tending. Seventeen-year-old Will

Harvey is a Nanaimo product and he will get the start between the pipes.

“A kid to watch will be Con-nor Mowatt who played Midget hockey in Nanaimo last season. He will not turn 16 until Octo-ber but is as big as a house and likes to use his size,” Zubersky continued.

“The lineup will feature a lot of locals who played their minor hockey out here on the Penin-sula and I know they are really

excited to get going.”The Panthers beat the Wolves

in five games in the first round of the playoffs last season and the rivalry is expected to heat up once again, Zubersky said.

The home opener beings at 7:30 p.m. at Panorama Recre-ation Centre.

For more information visit ppanthers.bc.ca.

[email protected]

Panthers hit the ice FridayWolves come to town for Peninsula’s first home game

Panthers player of the week

Macy Johnston

Name: Macy JohnstonAge: 7Team:Peninsula EaglesFavourite Panther: Koby Hale

CENTRAL SAANICH — This year marks the 34th Anniversary of the Terry Fox Run.

To keep Terry’s dream of find-ing a cure for Cancer alive, the public is invited to participate in the Terry Fox Run on Sunday, September 14 at Centennial Park on Wallace Drive.

This will be the 14th year for the Central Saanich Run, to date

raising more than $90,000. Registration takes place

between 8 and 9 a.m. and is by donation only.

The five-kilometer walk and eight kilometer run will start at 10 a.m.

All money raised at Terry Fox Runs go directly to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research.

Anyone wanting to collect

pledges, they can go on to the Terry Fox Run site at www.ter-ryfox.org/Run.

There will be a pancake breakfast, head shave and draw prizes, so lots of fun.

Check out www.terryfox.org/Run for more information.

Please participate — together, we can find a cure!

— Submitted

Terry Fox Run Sept. 14 at Centennial Park

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EventsEvEry WEdnEsday

– Bingo at The Centre at 1 p.m. (1229 Clarke Rd. in Brentwood Bay.) Cash prizes, special games and a progressive jackpot. Refreshments

available. Open to everyone over 19 years of age. Proceeds go to operating costs for The Central Saanich Senior’s Centre. See www.centralsaanich seniorscentre.org for more information.

FolkdancE is Fun! Sidney International Folkdancers meet on Mondays starting Sept. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church (9681 Fourth St.) No partner needed, no experience needed, all welcome (even drop ins). Wear comfortable shoes and bring water. See folkdanceisfun.ca for more information or call Linda 250-652-5818 or Karen 250-655-0654.

PEninsula GardEn club 2014 Fall Plant Sale takes place Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. Great selection, great prices and everyone welcome.

christianity ExPlorEd takes place for seven consecutive Wednesdays starting Sept. 3 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1973 Cultra Ave. in Saanichton.) This class gives you the chance to explore and think about the Christian faith. Small cost applies for study guide. Please RSVP to 250-652-1611 or email [email protected].

EvanGElism For amatEurs takes place Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1973 Cultra Ave. in Saanichton.) Learn to share your faith naturally without embarrassment. Please RSVP to 250-

652-1611 or email [email protected].

sidnEy hookErs arE a group of traditional rug hookers meet the third Tuesday afternoon each month. New hookers welcome. Call 250-656-4201 for information.

HealththE PEninsula

strokE Recovery Club meets Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Willingdon Road in Sidney. Speech and exercise therapies offered. Spouses, caregivers, everyone welcome. Bring a bag lunch. Contact Lyall Copeland for more information at 250-652-3016.

Fall PrEvEntion Classes SHOAL Activity Centre, every Tuesday and Thursday from Sept. 9 to Oct. 16 (12 sessions) from 10 to 11 a.m. $95. These OSTEOFIT classes are specifically designed for both men and women who may be at risk of falling. Class limited to 10 participants. Call to register 250-656-5537.

rEGistration is noW underway for Yoga classes at SHOAL Activity Centre: Thursday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m. from Sept. 4 to Oct. 23; Monday evenings from 5 to 6 p.m. Sept. 8 to Oct. 23.

$80 for each eight week session. These

classes are designed for 50+, and help improve balance, flexibility, breathing and over-all well-being. Call to register 250-656-5537.

nEW at shoal activity Centre – drop-in fitness classes. Take it to the Mat takes place Tuesdays from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. An entire class of floor/mat work designed to help give you tighter abs and glutes, a stronger back and improved flexibility through the hips. Cardio Fix also runs Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. This class offers an energetic, mild to moderate cardio workout to music that will make you want to move. A great way to have fun while improving health. Call 250-656-5537 for more information.

Meetingssaanich PEninsula

toastmastErs meets every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney North Saanich library in the Nell Horth room. Do you want to develop better speaking skills, learn to think quickly and clearly on your feet and build strong leadership skills? Contact Gwen at 250-656-3738 for more information.

thE FEdEral suPErannuatEs National Association Sidney and District Branch will hold its third quarterly

meeting for 2014 for members and their guests on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sidney (10030 Third St.) Our guest speaker will be Mark Blandford, Deputy Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C. He will be speaking to us on the role and function of the office. Complimentary coffee will be served from 9:30 a.m.

thE PEninsula GardEn Club will meet on Monday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. The speaker will be Dr. Richard Hebda on ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Local Gardens.’ Dr. Hebda is the Curator of Botany and Earth History at the Royal B.C. Museum as well as teaching Biology and Earth Science at UVic. Richard is also involved with teaching the Advanced Master Gardener Program in Vancouver. All welcome. Non-member drop in fee applies.

sidnEy sistEr citiEs association meets third Thursday of the month at the Sidney North Saanich Library (Nell Horth Room) at 7 p.m. Help us build our sister relationships with Anacortes, Cairns Australia and Niimi, Japan. For more information check our new website www.sidneysister citiesassociation.com.

arE you nEW to the Saanich Peninsula? The Peninsula Newcomers Club offers an opportunity to meet new people and develop friendships in the area through a variety of social and activity groups. See the website at peninsula

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Volunteersvictoria

thEraPEutic ridinG Association provides a riding program for children and adults with disabilities. If you enjoy horses and people, this would appeal to you. No experience is necessary, (we provide training), however, volunteers must be 16 years of age or older. Classes are held Monday through Thursday in the mornings and Tuesday through Thursday in the afternoons. Please contact [email protected] or call 778-426-0506 for more information.

thE bE WEll clinic at the Shoal Centre in Sidney, holds a blood pressure clinic every Monday from 1 to 2 p.m.

If you are an RN who has a free hour once or twice a month, please consider joining our group of volunteers! For information, contact Maureen at 250-656-2489.

thE sidnEy FinE art Show needs volunteers to facilitate both adjudication (from Sept. 7 to 10) and the show (from Oct. 14 to 19.)

For more information and to sign up visit: www.sidneyfineartshow.ca/volunteers.


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COMMUNITY CALENDARThe News Review provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@peninsulanewsreview.

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HUGE GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER

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8am-2pmBy donation - housewares,

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100% of proceeds used by Guatemala farmers to

develop their community farms and businesses.

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

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tension. You’ll feel deeply relaxed & have greater mental clarity.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FREE ITEMS

FREE 32” Sharpe TV, picture in picture, call (250)656-1471, Sidney. You pick up.

FREE: QUEEN mattress, great cond., you pick up! Call (250)514-5323.

FRIENDLY FRANK

24” ELECTRIC range, white, excellent condition, $60. Call 778-433-3252.

3 PIECE dresser set, $75. Dress makers dolly, $34. Call (250)658-0127.

BAMBOO CURTAIN, good for doorway, new $23. Pair of To-piary, $50. Decorative sticks. $15. (778)440-3334.

FISHING RODS, good quality. $49. ea. obo. (250)479-0700.

HANGING CORNER cabinet, 32”L, 2 shelves, glass doors, $70. (250)380-7559.

LOVESEAT, GOOD condition, earth tone in colour, $35. Call (250)595-5734.

PATIO TABLE; white with um-brella and 4 chairs, $60 obo. Call (250)385-3400.


FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

GARAGE SALES

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KILL BED bugs & their eggs! Buy Harris bed bug killer com-plete treatment program or kit. Available: Hardware Stores, buy online: homedepot.com

KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting. Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

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

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

FIREARMS. ALL types want-ed, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed dealer. 1-866-960-0045 www.dollars4guns.com.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ROYAL OAK: Near Common-wealth Pool, 1 bdrm condo, hardwood fl oors, appl’s, prkg. Refs. $950. (250)216-5090.

SIDNEY- 1 bdrm, top fl oor, south east corner, balcony, prking. $850. (250)812-4154.

SIDNEY: PATIO suite 45+, 1100 sq.ft. Reno’d 2-bdrm, 2 bath. N/P. Heat, H/W, locker, parking. $1350. Avail. Immedi-ately. Call (250)654-0230.

COTTAGES

DEEP COVE: cozy 1bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights $950/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

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.

STORAGE

WANTED IN Sidney, storage space for small collector sports car. (250)656-8992.

SUITES, LOWER

CENTRAL SAANICH. 2-bdrm, NS/NP. $970. inclds utils. Oct. 1st. (250)634-3932 after 5pm.

LANGFORD- LARGE 1 bdrm, inclds hydro, heat and water. Shared laundry. $850/mo. Avail Sept 1. NS/NP. Refs req’d. Call (250)478-7950.

BUYING - RENTING- SELLINGCall 250.388.3535

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

SOOKE, Lrg 1 Bdrm + den grnd fl oor suite, f/p/ laundry rm/storage. all incl, pets OK $850 n/s, n/d, ref. req. 250-589-5337

WANTED TO RENT

SEEKING COTTAGE, rural quiet. Wood/elec heat. Prof., mature, sustainable values. Refs. Joanne (250)381-6171.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

AUTO SERVICES

$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

2001 HONDA Accord V6 auto-matic 2-door coupe. Immacu-lately maintained, 1 owner, low mileage. $7000. 250-479-4199

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

We Buy Cars!$50 to $1000

Scrap Junk Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2004 JAGUAR X type, AWD. British racing green on biscuitleather. Immaculate cond.93,500 km. Asking $12,000.Will consider part trade for oth-er car. Call (250)598-3631.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant/ CPA

Bookkeeping, Payroll, HST.

Set up & Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

McGREGOR HOME REPAIR Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

CONTRACTORS

MASTER CARPENTER does restorations, renovations, sun decks, fences. Good rates, work guaranteed. No job too small. Ward (250)881-0296.

ELECTRICAL

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic.#3003. 25 yrs exp. Renos, new homes, knob & tube re-place. Sr.Disc.No job too small

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

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


ELECTRICAL

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

FENCING

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

GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Tree pruning, hedges. Black-berry, Ivy & weed rmvl. Haul-ing. Comm/Res contracts. Pressure washing. 25yrs. Refs

250-216-9476; LANDSCAPE carpentry design and build. BBB/Insured. Accepting new contracts. www.ftguland.com

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance• Landscaping• Hedge Trimming• Tree Pruning• Yard Cleanups• Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd JobsNO SURPRISES NO MESS

www.hollandave.ca

250-882-3129; AURICLE Lawn aerate soil test & lime, garden clean up, hedges & irri-gation.

I DO garden clean-ups, weed-ing, hauling etc $25/hr Please call Dave today 250-656-7045


GARDENING

A&R LANDSCAPING- Certifi ed Horticulturist, yearly maintenance, clean-ups, prun-ing, renovating older gardens, great rates, Seniors Discounts. Call (250) 686-4361.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning- Gutter, windows, de-moss, p wash. We clean your neigh-bours house. 250-380-7778.

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

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.FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $80=(2men&truck) Sr. Disc.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. No travel time before or after local moves. BBB accredited. Free est. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

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PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

DEPENDABLE PAINTER and drywall repair. Free estimates. References available. Call - Joseph - 250-686-0663. I take pride in my work!

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Quality Interiors/Ext.

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

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

PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

STUCCO REPAIRMAN- Stuc-co & Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.


WINDOW CLEANING

ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter &window cleaning. Power wash-ing. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

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District Of North Saanich

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, B.C. to consider the following proposed amendment to the District of North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 1255:

1) North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No.1255, Amendment Bylaw No.1372 (2014)

In general terms, the purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 1372 is for a text amendment to the Zoning Bylaw No.1255 to rezone the land known as Lot 1, Section 1, Range 3 East, Plan 17888 District of North Saanich (8513 Bourne Terrace), from Single Family Residential (R-2) to Single Family Residential (R-1) allowing the subject property to change the minimum lot size required for subdivision.

The land that is the subject of this bylaw amendment is denoted in the cross hatched portion of the supplied map.

All persons who deem their interest in property a�ected by the proposed bylaw amendment shall be a�orded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions at the Public Hearing.

All relevant documentation, including copies of the bylaw(s) pertaining to the above, may be inspected at the North Saanich Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from Friday, August 29 to Monday, September 8, 2014 inclusive.

District of North SaanichPlanning and Community Services

Subject Property: Lot #1 Section: 1 Range: 3 East North Saanich District Plan: #17888 (8315 Bourne Terrace)

Kevin LairdNews staff

Bishop Gary Gordon, who was installed as the new head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic-toria last Thursday, didn’t think he would ever become a priest, never mind a bishop.

Growing up in Burn-aby, Bishop Gordon and his family attended church regularly. He was even enrolled in Catholic schools. But the thought of being a priest seemed foreign to him.

“I think being a priest was a little beyond me,” the bishop, 57, told Black Press during a recent interview at the diocese offices in Saan-ich.

“I didn’t really want to be a priest. I did want to be a missionary. The idea of letting people know the good news, I thought this was a really good idea.”

Bishop Gordon believes every Catho-lic boy thinks about the priesthood at some point, but in his case he thought it was ask-ing too much of him and he wasn’t exactly enam-oured with school.

“Priests go to school a long time,” he chuckled.

His life changed in his early 20s when he was walking down a dark road, looking up at the stars one night, and he heard what he believes was an affirmation from above.

“It was like I heard this big ‘yes,’ and I’ve said yes ever since: yes to becoming a priest and yes to becoming a bishop,” he said.

Bishop Gordon was ordained as a priest in 1982 after studying at Seminary of Christ the King in Mission; at St. Jerome College at the University of Waterloo in Ontario; and at St. Peter’s Seminary in Lon-don, Ont. He served sev-eral parishes through-out B.C., including Van-couver, Chilliwack and Mission.

He was named Bishop of Whitehorse in 2006.

With his new role in Victoria, he’ll be the spir-itual leader of more than 94,000 Roman Catholics on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands — 10,000 of whom attend church regularly, and while that will be a much larger workload than in the North, Bishop Gordon maintains the approach is the same.

“It’s kind of a univer-

sal ministry,” he said.“The approach gets

directed by listening to the people. The min-istry, in a sense, is the same anywhere, but when you listen to the people in the different (cities) then you kind

of get the culture of the place which gives (you) the language to use to communicate the good news.”Read the entire story online at www.peninsulanewsre-view.com and click on the

Victoria News link.


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