peninsula news review, september 24, 2014

Superintendent says school year will go as originally planned

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

After teachers agreed to a six-year contract with the provincial government on Thursday of last week, school has been in since Monday. And although a total of 14 days of the 2014/15 school year were missed, the superintendent of School District 63, Dr. Keven Elder, says the year will take place as originally planned.

“We don’t have any means by which we can add time to the school year, either by hours in a day or by days in a year. So, the year will go on as originally scheduled,” said Elder.

“Some people were won-dering about removing a week from the two week spring break, but in real-ity the time from that week was already accounted for by extending the length of

the school day, so we would have no net gain of learning time by moving those minutes back in,” he said.

Elder continued to say that the plan is for administrative staff to work with teachers, sup-port staff, parents and students.

The goal will be to compress certain projects and sections of the curriculum to make sure that the whole curriculum is met properly by the end of the year.

School’s back in session

PleaSe See: Semesters balanced, page 4

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Bev Elder, right, Administrator of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, and North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall show off swiss chard and fresh apples provided to the food bank by the District of North Saanich from their edible garden. For the story turn to page 3.

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SIDNEY — Beacon Community Services invites the public to a free open house at the SHOAL Activity Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event wraps up the international celebration of a spe-cial week designed to encourage older adults to lead healthy, active lives.

“We now know that people can — in fact, should — stay active well through their senior years,” says Bea-con CEO Bob Boulter. “There are health and social benefits to keep-ing the brain and body as active as possible. The open house is a good way to learn more about ways to do that.”

Boulter noted Bea-con has regular volun-teers who are well into their 90s. At Sidney’s SHOAL Activity Cen-tre, operated by BCS, adults can participate in a wide range of activ-ities,

“More than 700 people currently have SHOAL memberships,”

added Glenys Cavers, SHOAL Centre Direc-tor. “But we’d love to add to that number because we know that, ultimately, people who come through our doors end up enjoying a fuller, richer, healthier life.”

Attendees at the Sept.

27 Open House at 10030 Resthaven Dr. in Sidney will be treated to door prizes, complimentary refreshments, tours of the centre, demonstra-tions of various drop-in activities, and several information sessions and booths on active, healthy aging.

Regular membership rates ($46/year) will also be cut in half for new members who join at the Open House.

Established on the Saanich Peninsula in 1974, Beacon Com-munity Services has evolved to become one of B.C.’s largest non-

profit social services organizations. It serves more than 6,000 cli-ents across the Capital Regional District.

More information about Beacon Com-munity Services can be found at www.bea-concs.ca.

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Active Aging Week at the SHOAL Centre


A slew of fresh Red Jonagold apples and Swiss Chard were dropped off at the Sidney Lions Food Bank this week by the District of North Saanich.

The municipality has their own edible garden at the municipal hall where they grow several varieties of vegetables and an orchard where they grow different types of apples.

“We’ve been doing this for about four years,” said North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall.

“In June we had lots of beautiful butter lettuce and now we have this beautiful chard and the apples,” Finall continued. “It’s wonderful to be able to provide this kind of nutritious, fresh food to people who need it.”

Food Bank Administrator Bev Elder said that donations of good, fresh food (no fallen apples or overripe fresh fruit like plums) make a big difference in what the food bank is able to give out.

“Fresh produce is so expensive to buy and getting donations like this of fresh vegetables and fruit extends someone’s food budget,” she said.

Elder said that, contrary to popular belief, the food bank accepts donations of fresh food and not just non-perishable items.

“We have the cooler storage to accept fresh food now, so it’s always nice to have people donating fresh items,” she said.

Other items the food bank needs most are things like personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, etc.)

“Those are things that can break a bud-get so those are always great donations

as well,” she said.Donations can be made at the Sidney

Lions Food Bank (9586 5th St.) between 8

a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday to Friday. For more information call [email protected]

Keeping it freshNorth Saanich donates fresh food from their edible garden to food bank


Bev Elder, Administrator of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, holds up a box full of swiss chard provided to the food bank by the District of North Saanich from their edible garden.

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SIDNEY — Beacon Community Services invites the public to a free open house at the SHOAL Activity Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event wraps up the international celebration of a spe-cial week designed to encourage older adults to lead healthy, active lives.

“We now know that people can — in fact, should — stay active well through their senior years,” says Bea-con CEO Bob Boulter. “There are health and social benefits to keep-ing the brain and body as active as possible. The open house is a good way to learn more about ways to do that.”

Boulter noted Bea-con has regular volun-teers who are well into their 90s. At Sidney’s SHOAL Activity Cen-tre, operated by BCS, adults can participate in a wide range of activ-ities,

“More than 700 people currently have SHOAL memberships,”

added Glenys Cavers, SHOAL Centre Direc-tor. “But we’d love to add to that number because we know that, ultimately, people who come through our doors end up enjoying a fuller, richer, healthier life.”

Attendees at the Sept.

27 Open House at 10030 Resthaven Dr. in Sidney will be treated to door prizes, complimentary refreshments, tours of the centre, demonstra-tions of various drop-in activities, and several information sessions and booths on active, healthy aging.

Regular membership rates ($46/year) will also be cut in half for new members who join at the Open House.

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Active Aging Week at the SHOAL Centre


A slew of fresh Red Jonagold apples and Swiss Chard were dropped off at the Sidney Lions Food Bank this week by the District of North Saanich.

The municipality has their own edible garden at the municipal hall where they grow several varieties of vegetables and an orchard where they grow different types of apples.

“We’ve been doing this for about four years,” said North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall.

“In June we had lots of beautiful butter lettuce and now we have this beautiful chard and the apples,” Finall continued. “It’s wonderful to be able to provide this kind of nutritious, fresh food to people who need it.”

Food Bank Administrator Bev Elder said that donations of good, fresh food (no fallen apples or overripe fresh fruit like plums) make a big difference in what the food bank is able to give out.

“Fresh produce is so expensive to buy and getting donations like this of fresh vegetables and fruit extends someone’s food budget,” she said.

Elder said that, contrary to popular belief, the food bank accepts donations of fresh food and not just non-perishable items.

“We have the cooler storage to accept fresh food now, so it’s always nice to have people donating fresh items,” she said.

Other items the food bank needs most are things like personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, etc.)

“Those are things that can break a bud-get so those are always great donations

as well,” she said.Donations can be made at the Sidney

Lions Food Bank (9586 5th St.) between 8

a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday to Friday. For more information call [email protected]

Keeping it freshNorth Saanich donates fresh food from their edible garden to food bank


Bev Elder, Administrator of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, holds up a box full of swiss chard provided to the food bank by the District of North Saanich from their edible garden.

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“It’s an unusual circum-stance but I know we’re going to adjust well,” Elder said.

For secondary schools, the two semesters would have been unbal-anced, but the Dis-trict worked with the ministry to change the exam dates to ensure both semesters will be equally balanced at 83 and 84 days respectively.

“The original exam sched-ule was supposed to be Janu-ary 19 but instead it will be

pushed back to February 2 to balance out the two semes-ters,” Elder explained. “All programs and everything else will to carry on as if it was

a normal year and we’ve been working to make sure we are more than ready.”

Elder said the only other consideration is to make sure last year’s school year is put away properly.

“Administration will be working with teachers to ensure the 2013/14 school year is closed off with proper marks for all students,” he said.

Continued from page 1

Semesters balanced as exam dates are moved Tom Fletcher

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B.C. Ferries is convert-ing its pair of Spirit-class vessels to a dual-fuel sys-tem that uses liquefied natural gas, estimated to be half the price of marine diesel.

The Spirit of Vancouver Island and Spirit of British Columbia are the work-horses of the Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay run, carrying a quarter of the fleet’s pas-sengers and vehicles and accounting for about 15 per cent of the fuel used.

The conversion will be part of their mid-life refit, aiming to save $9 million a

year in fuel costs for their remaining 27 years of ser-vice. It is scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2017.

B.C. Ferries awarded contracts this summer for construction of three medium-sized ferries

designed for dual fuel.The refits will also

include a low-friction hull coating and modifications to the bow and stern to reduce drag.

The refit will include electrical and passenger service modifications and

“increase ancillary ser-vices net income,” B.C. Ferries said in a media release.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced in February a pilot project to put slot machines on fer-ries.

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BC Ferries’ Spirit class ships will get dual-fuel capability and hull modifications to reduce their fuel costs.

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‘Vaping’, party buses among issues at Union of B.C. Municipalities conferenceJeff NagelBlack Press

The growing popularity of “vaping” with electronic cig-arettes instead of smoking tobacco is among the topics up for debate this week at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention.

Harrison Hot Springs has a resolution before the annual gathering of mayors and council-lors that calls on the province to regulate the use and sale of e-cig-arettes and similar vaporizers.

Health officials fear e-cigs are too easy for children to get and that, while they may reduce the damage of smoking for nicotine addicts, they act as a gateway into smoking for others.

The B.C. Healthy Living Alli-ance argues there’s inadequate research on health risks from tox-ins or potential nicotine poison-ing from inhaling the vapours. It wants the same restrictions on smoking and tobacco sales slapped on e-cigarettes, so they can’t be sold to minors, adver-tised or used in public places where smoking is banned.

Their use to defy public smok-ing bans risks unravelling a “powerful deterrent to tobacco use” and could “lead to renor-malization,” says the alliance, whose members include UBCM, health authorities and other

organizations.It also recommends a ban on

candy and fruit flavours that appeal to youth, enforced stan-dards for the “e-juice” liquids and that e-cigarettes look differ-ent from traditional ones.

The battery-powered devices are also sometimes used to dis-creetly ingest cannabis instead of smoking marijuana.

Several other public safety issues are also before UBCM this year.

Resolutions from Vancouver and Maple Ridge call on the province to crack down on party buses, which have become noto-rious as rolling nightclubs for under-age drinking.

The provincial government warned the industry last year to police itself or face regulation after a 16-year-old youth died in Surrey after riding a party bus, but Vancouver’s motion says nothing has been done.

Lower Mainland cities are also jointly calling for the province to retool its latest reform of the B.C. Ambulance Service to cre-ate a new integrated emergency response service that includes firefighters.

They say their fire depart-ment first responder costs have climbed due to the provincial decision not to send ambu-lances speeding to as many calls with lights and sirens – a change that’s left many patients waiting much longer.

The province contends the downgrading of less urgent calls has enabled faster, prior-ity response to the most serious emergencies.

Burnaby wants UBCM dele-gates to vote to oppose Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Moun-

tain oil pipeline twinning. The city is fighting the pipeline com-pany’s attempts to access Burn-aby parkland for route design.

Another Burnaby resolution would oppose Fraser Surrey Docks’ planned coal export ter-minal pending further indepen-dent assessment of coal dust health risks and formal public hearings.

The project was approved by Port Metro Vancouver last month and is expected to begin construction soon, despite sub-stantial opposition.

Other issues on the agenda:• A call from Victoria for the

province to share any gains in liquor tax it reaps through looser liquor policies to bolster liquor licence inspections, addiction treatment, policing and late night transit service.

• A Maple Ridge call for the province to set up sobering cen-tres for the severely intoxicated to reduce pressure on local first responders.

• A call from New Westmin-ster for Ottawa to accelerate the phase-out of older substandard tanker train cars and that they immediately be banned from carrying dangerous goods. The least crash resistant DOT-111 tankers – the type that exploded at Lac Megantic – have already been pulled from dangerous goods service.

The federal government in April ordered the remaining ones used to haul crude oil and ethanol be phased out or upgraded within three years.

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B.C. municipal leaders gathering in Whistler

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Earlier this year repre-sentatives of Amalga-mation Yes met collec-tively and separately with North Saanich

council to consider a request for the municipality to place a non-binding question on the Novem-ber municipal election ballot.

Since then we have been informed by the variety of responses from area councils and residents that the question was viewed with some ambiguity about whether a Yes vote meant a desire for studies, or a vote to support amalgamation, or both.

The question, as posed, sup-ported an appeal for the opportu-nity for a public voice on whether to conduct a study. But it may have implied an acceptance of amalgamating some or all munici-palities.

This may have created confu-sion for councillors and residents.

Depending on how individual councillors interpreted the ques-tion, it was either supported or

rejected for differing reasons. Furthermore, an appeal for a stan-dard question across the entire Capital Region District suggested instead that shared sub-regional interests across common bound-aries was sparking intense inter-est from residents.

The province is taking a sharply renewed interest in municipal matters and some dis-turbing reports from the Auditor General for Local Government are pending.

The political landscape is dynamic with emerging and ongo-ing challenges and a fall election is on the horizon.

It is apparent that without some form of consolidation or restructuring, the only mecha-nism for municipal cooperation is to give the CRD Board more control for inter-municipal mat-ters, encroaching on municipal jurisdictions.

A majority of residents and some local political leaders are becoming increasingly alarmed

that the current structure of the CRD board lacks accountability to individual councils and voters and has little ability to consider or manage regional needs.

Now is the time for political leadership.

Apart from generic CRD issues,

the Peninsula area will be faced with several sub-regional issues. New retail outlets, the decline of downtown Sidney, ongoing traf-fic issues/highway upgrades, and interfaces with B.C. Ferries and the Victoria International Airport are among the local challengers.

Municipal neighbours to the north-west, the City of Duncan and District of North Cowichan, have recognized their common interests and are placing a ques-tion on the fall election ballot.

The major objective and core request of Amalgamation Yes remains unchanged: for local councils to support the demo-cratic right of their residents to provide policy advice through a non-binding referendum question. It is apparent from media cover-age and thousands of signatories to the AY petition that there is growing voice of anger and frus-tration from residents who are being denied the opportunity to be consulted and heard.

The consensus of a need for a

review of possible re-structuring of local government within the CRD is almost universal.

AY is offering enhanced infor-mation to solicit council support for the objective of a democratic voice for residents.

A background paper, A Case for a Saanich Peninsula Municipality: A Second Look, will assist munici-palities on how to ensure that the best interests of the community are taken into account. It pro-vides an opportunity to enfran-chise the electorate, through a non-binding question on the next ballot.

For example, a revised question might be:

Are you in favour of approach-ing the Province of B.C. to provide funding for a study to investigate the feasibility, costs and implica-tions of amalgamating the munici-palities of the Saanich Peninsula?”

Earle Anthony, Secretary, and Susan Jones, Chair,

Amalgamation Yes

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OUR VIEW

This November, voters will be hiring local politicians for a four-year term, rather

than three. It’s a good time to ask some tough questions about the performance of councils on the job they are assigned to do, as opposed to posturing about senior government matters.

Remember when it was fashionable for city councils to declare their communities “a nuclear weapons-free zone”? You can still see the signs entering Vancouver and Nanaimo. Alert voters may wonder: “Did they really think we’re that stupid?” Yes, they did. And some of them still do.

To illustrate, allow me to introduce my poster child for bad local government, Victoria city councillor Ben Isitt. A long-time NDP activist, Isitt got elected three years ago after raising his name recognition with a couple of runs for mayor. His rookie term has been notable for a series of stunts that extend his career as a professional student, campus radical and occasional history lecturer.

One of Isitt’s big studies is the influence of Soviet communism on the B.C. NDP. He was on one of his visits to Russia earlier this year when President Vladimir Putin was having his way with Crimea.

Isitt’s fondness for state control

was on display last fall when aboriginal protesters disrupted natural gas drilling in New Brunswick, torching several police vehicles in the process. Isitt took to his Facebook page to decry the federal government’s use of police against the population and suggested Canada should emulate Venezuela, where petroleum

resources benefit the people rather than corporations.

Venezuela sells gasoline for nine cents a gallon, the late Hugo Chavez’s gift to his people after nationalizing the oil industry. The capital, Caracas, is famous for extreme poverty, brutally suppressed riots and a crime rate so bad it ranks among the world’s most dangerous cities.

How does Isitt’s political outlook translate to his role in local government?

This week local politicians gather in Whistler for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. One of Isitt’s first contributions a couple of years ago was at a UBCM workshop on how to finance local infrastructure. Isitt proposed setting up a municipal income tax. Presumably this would be on top of property taxes.

In its wisdom, Victoria council appointed Isitt as their Capital Regional District representative.

In that capacity he led the charge against Canada Post’s decision to wind up door-to-door delivery for the minority of people who aren’t already using community mailboxes.

After instructing Ottawa to accelerate the bankruptcy of this Crown corporation, Isitt began ordering the province to intervene in a dispute over Grace Islet, a rocky point off Salt Spring Island where an Alberta man is trying to build a retirement home. The dispute centres on aboriginal burial grounds and artifacts and Isitt appointed himself advocate for the grievances of native people. When the B.C. government didn’t follow his instructions, he demanded that the CRD expropriate the land and evict the owner. Island politics being what it is, this was actually considered before cooler heads prevailed.

And how are things with the CRD’s real job while the Isitt circus rolls on? The most over-governed region in B.C. remains locked in a bitter turf war over a federally mandated sewage treatment project and is on the verge of forfeiting hundreds of millions in provincial funds.

So voters should ask themselves a couple of questions this November. Is your council doing the job it was hired to do? And do you trust these individuals with your wallet until the fall of 2018?Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-

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Bank on a new habitI

t never hurts to be reminded about the need of our neighbours and in recent days, various organizations have ramped up their efforts to collect food and money for the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

An early Thanksgiving food drive was held on the weekend, with the goal of collecting up to 22,000 pounds of food — a great start. That was preceded by a donation of fresh veggies from the District of North Saanich, which has its own garden and the goal of growing fresh food for the local food bank.

Each in their way are reminders that there are people in need on the Saanich

Peninsula. This need is happening throughout the year

— not just during the busy winter months. It’s over the December holiday season (there’s more than just Christmas, after all) that food banks across Canada see the rapid filling of their shelves.

For many of these organizations, it’s that time of year — and people’s generosity — that tides them over for a while.

While it would be very difficult to wish that sort of giving was more spread out over an entire year, that’s essentially what food banks need — especially if the volume of food on their shelves increases as a result.

The Sidney Lions Food Bank fills a need on the Saanich Peninsula as families and individuals look for ways to help make ends meet each month.

It’s through the generosity of their community that they are able to provide what their family needs and get that leg up when they need it most.

Consider making a donation or two to your local food bank — try doing it once or twice a month. If more people make it a habit, think of the full shelves better able to ensure neighbours get a good meal when otherwise they might have to do without.

‘Is your council doing the job it was hired to do?’

If more people made it a habit, think of the full shelves

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Earlier this year repre-sentatives of Amalga-mation Yes met collec-tively and separately with North Saanich

council to consider a request for the municipality to place a non-binding question on the Novem-ber municipal election ballot.

Since then we have been informed by the variety of responses from area councils and residents that the question was viewed with some ambiguity about whether a Yes vote meant a desire for studies, or a vote to support amalgamation, or both.

The question, as posed, sup-ported an appeal for the opportu-nity for a public voice on whether to conduct a study. But it may have implied an acceptance of amalgamating some or all munici-palities.

This may have created confu-sion for councillors and residents.

Depending on how individual councillors interpreted the ques-tion, it was either supported or

rejected for differing reasons. Furthermore, an appeal for a stan-dard question across the entire Capital Region District suggested instead that shared sub-regional interests across common bound-aries was sparking intense inter-est from residents.

The province is taking a sharply renewed interest in municipal matters and some dis-turbing reports from the Auditor General for Local Government are pending.

The political landscape is dynamic with emerging and ongo-ing challenges and a fall election is on the horizon.

It is apparent that without some form of consolidation or restructuring, the only mecha-nism for municipal cooperation is to give the CRD Board more control for inter-municipal mat-ters, encroaching on municipal jurisdictions.

A majority of residents and some local political leaders are becoming increasingly alarmed

that the current structure of the CRD board lacks accountability to individual councils and voters and has little ability to consider or manage regional needs.

Now is the time for political leadership.

Apart from generic CRD issues,

the Peninsula area will be faced with several sub-regional issues. New retail outlets, the decline of downtown Sidney, ongoing traf-fic issues/highway upgrades, and interfaces with B.C. Ferries and the Victoria International Airport are among the local challengers.

Municipal neighbours to the north-west, the City of Duncan and District of North Cowichan, have recognized their common interests and are placing a ques-tion on the fall election ballot.

The major objective and core request of Amalgamation Yes remains unchanged: for local councils to support the demo-cratic right of their residents to provide policy advice through a non-binding referendum question. It is apparent from media cover-age and thousands of signatories to the AY petition that there is growing voice of anger and frus-tration from residents who are being denied the opportunity to be consulted and heard.

The consensus of a need for a

review of possible re-structuring of local government within the CRD is almost universal.

AY is offering enhanced infor-mation to solicit council support for the objective of a democratic voice for residents.

A background paper, A Case for a Saanich Peninsula Municipality: A Second Look, will assist munici-palities on how to ensure that the best interests of the community are taken into account. It pro-vides an opportunity to enfran-chise the electorate, through a non-binding question on the next ballot.

For example, a revised question might be:

Are you in favour of approach-ing the Province of B.C. to provide funding for a study to investigate the feasibility, costs and implica-tions of amalgamating the munici-palities of the Saanich Peninsula?”

Earle Anthony, Secretary, and Susan Jones, Chair,

Amalgamation Yes

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days out of insurance and was literally 300 yards from her house.Another guy was almost 4 months out (doesn’t drive the truck but 4-5 times a year),was allowed to park it in my driveway while he went and got everything sorted out.Cost him nothing.So when I was asked “what happens when you are out of insurance”, I explained to my customer that it pretty much depends on which Policeman you are dealing with.Some are more relaxed about people making honest mistakes and others are more inclined to be by the book and let you have it.I really wish I knew who was who, but I don’t.So just keep a heads up on having current insurance on your plates.It could be really expensive.

Let North Saanich speak

Some municipal governments in the Capital Region are will-ing to include a simple question on election ballots this fall seeking an indication from vot-

ers of how widespread are concerns regarding proliferation of munici-pal governments and staffs within the region. It seems a pretty sim-ple, non-threatening and appropriate kind of question to put to voters and enlightened

governments are will-ing to take advantage of this timely and inex-pensive opportunity to measure public opin-ion.

Not so in North Saa-nich where the council has again voted against including such a ques-

tion on the ballot, apparently concluding that this is a non--issue for its citizens. Such a parochial attitude does a considerable disser-vice to North Saanich voters who, whether they are interested in amalgamation for their

own municipality or not, likely have opin-ions on the broader issue at hand.

The non-participa-tion by North Saanich also does a disservice to voters in other municipalities by ignor-ing the opportunity to contribute to a wider regional overview of voter opinions.

It is not too late for North Saanich council to see light and reverse its decision.

Failure to do so will earn council the dubi-ous distinction of deny-ing its voters a timely opportunity to join with voters of other regional municipalities to express an opinion on a matter of signifi-cant interest through-out the Capital Region.

North Saanich voters deserve better.

Doug MitchellNorth Saanich

No vote means yes

If there were any uncertainty about the way residents would vote, North Saanich council would have placed the amalgama-tion question on the ballot.

Seeing as residents are not being asked, council already knows the answer to the question is yes. So as I watch the results of the referendums in our sister municipalities of Sidney and Central Saa-nich roll in, I will rest assured that my com-

munity would have said yes were it asked.

Roger LamNorth Saanich

Consult the electorate

Re: Elected officials should consult the electorate before pro-ceeding to investigate Amalgamation.

Ms. Brash, in her letter to the editor on Sept 10, is correct in that current provin-cial legislation allows for consensual (not forced) municipal amalgamations.

Any form of amalga-mation must be initi-ated either by munici-pal councils or through a bottom up, citizen driven process.

Any council would be foolish to proceed with a study on amal-gamation without the consent of the elector-ate.

Clearly the way to do so is to put a ques-tion on the November 2014 municipal ballot. This is exactly what AmalgamationYes is proposing: a non-binding question on amalgamation which will give direction to elected officials on whether to start the conversation and study the options. If councils do not feel that the question pro-posed by Amalgama-tionYes is the right question they can pose their own question and a number of them have

done so.AmalgamationYes

believes the time is now and the public is ready to look at the possibilities for gover-nance in this region.

Petitions, letters to the editor and a recent Angus Reid poll shows that many local resi-dents want an exami-nation of options to collect sufficient infor-mation for them to make an informed deci-sion on possible future mergers.

AmalgamationYes has not lobbied in favour of any particu-lar model of municipal mergers as more infor-mation is required.

It merely requested that each council solicit the views of resi-dents through a non-binding vote to see if they support a request to the province to fund a study of current municipal governance within the CRD.

Five councils under-stand the need to consult the electorate, hopefully the rest will do the same.

No actual change in municipal structure can occur unless a second binding refer-endum is held in the future, after a thorough provincial investigation of alternate possibili-ties by way of a future (and binding) vote by effected residents.

Tony HeemskerkSaanich

(board member, Amalgamation

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What is wrong with replacing the money for public education that was taken out of the system so the government could lower taxes? Why not raise taxes a little for our chil-dren?

The Sept. 17 opinion piece by Tom Fletcher shows where the author and the Liberals stand when it comes to my grandchildren.

A healthy public education sys-tem is integral to B.C.’s economy. The BCTF is the only organization that up until now fought for our kids. After this latest attack by the Liberals, B.C.’s parents have started to get involved and are now more knowledgeable. The Liberals do not have a mandate to change educa-tion, just to fund it properly.

David Eyckermans Saanichton

Students and parents deserve more

I want to thank the hundreds of parents, teachers and students who contacted me regarding the Teach-ers’ dispute with the B.C. Liberal government.

I am pleased an agreement has been reached, although in my view government’s intransigence has led to unnecessary, and very disrup-tive school closures. I visited teach-ers on the picket lines a number of times.

They made it clear that their pri-mary concern has never been about wages and benefits — despite gov-ernment claims to the contrary, the two sides were not that far apart on this issue.

The heart of the dispute has always been about class size and composition and the lack of classroom support for kids, par-ticularly those with special needs. The Supreme Court of B.C. has twice rejected Liberal government attempts, initiated by Premier Clark when she was Education Minister, to strip class size and composition from the teachers’ contract. Shock-ingly, the court actually found that government tried to provoke a strike and fined government for bargaining in bad faith.

The province continues to defy these court rulings and yet another appeal by government will be heard in the courts this October. If this appeal is rebuked again, it is my hope that government will stop wasting taxpayer dollars on unpro-ductive court action and provide the resources to make real improve-ments in classrooms.

Students and their parents deserve this and we will all benefit from these investments.

Gary HolmanMLA, Saanich North and the

Islands

The cycling menaceBiking is a great means of get-

ting around and most cyclists are respectful and law-abiding.

The glaring exception is the span-dex-clad testosterone-fueled swarms of wannabe racers.

We live on a street which unfor-tunately happens to be on a couple of racing clubs’ route and thus have the dubious pleasure every Saturday and Sunday morning to watch them roar past — two and three abreast — at speeds which significantly exceed the posted limits.

Putting pedestrians in harm’s way and impeding traffic is of no con-cern to these people. Anyone brave enough to attempt to cross the street way ahead of the swarm, or honk their horn to encourage single file biking is subjected to vulgarity of both the verbal and non-verbal kind. Not exactly improving the public image of cycling.

One weekend in June, one biker pulled out of his swarm to pass the two riding abreast in front of him, lost control and came off his bike at full tilt, splat into the middle of the traffic lane, narrowly escaping being run over by a pickup truck. This self-inflicted injury was sufficiently seri-ous enough to earn him an ambu-lance ride to the hospital but hasn’t encouraged his cohort to behave any less recklessly since.

In short, they’re a menace. Per-haps the police should start ticket-ing them to get their attention and start obeying the law.

Tom BodyNorth Saanich

Ticketing interestsNorm Ryder suggests (PNR letters

Sept. 19) the Central Saanich police don’t care about policing smaller traffic issues, and he is dead right. The major problem with for-profit police forces is their sole interests are ticketing drivers and seizing property.

Noel GagnonSidney

Sidney’s businesses make me feel welcome

I have just returned home from another successful shopping trip to charming Sidney-by-the-Sea.

I found what I was looking for with the help of friendly and knowledge-able staff in a variety of different stores. I had a pleasant time with all of them and parking was free and easy right on Beacon Avenue.

I always enjoy my trips to Sidney whether it be to shop, to see the doctor, or even to see my dentist.

Thank you to all those who con-tribute to the vibrant business dis-trict of Sidney. You always make this visitor feel welcome.

Arlene AntonikSaanichton



Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Sidney will hold a Public Hearing in respect of Bylaw No. 2070, being the proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 for the Town of Sidney. Council is also considering the issuance of a Development Permit and Development Variance Permit in connection with the above noted amendment for the site shown below in Figure 1. All persons who believe that their property is affected by the proposed amending bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw at the Public Hearing to be held at Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Written submissions can be received at the Town Hall prior to 4:00 p.m. on September 29, 2014 or at the Public Hearing itself.The purpose of Bylaw No. 2070 is to amend the text of the Comprehensive Development 40 (CD40) zone in Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 to change the amenities required in exchange for bonus residential density on the subject property. In conjunction with the Development Permit and Development Variance Permit under consideration, this change would allow for a 5-storey development consisting of one ground floor live/work unit, 24 apartment dwelling units, and surface parking.The property which would be affected by this application is:Location:

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I’m waiting for Bar-bara (my eldest kid) to appear. She is coming over from Pender

Island to see the bank. Evidently she has either lost her credit card, or left it in the bank and she plans to leave within a week, on a 40-day cruise from Vancouver to New Zea-land. It takes this long because the ship goes several other places on its way down. She is fly-ing back.

Great celebrations! Her credit card was

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Oh yes! This is not a family social, it’s a garden column. At this time of year there is not a lot of new stuff to chat with you about but I better try to find a few things!

There is a glorious golden yellow flower, fully out on the hibis-cus which is still out-side and should be

brought in very soon. I have spent a whole

year worrying and watering this plant and there is one mea-sly flower as a reward but it is really a beauty and one must not be greedy, I suppose.

My guess is that if I were to fertilize the plant more regularly, there would be more flowers. I do know bet-ter but am inclined to sit back and enjoy the view of the condo gar-dens across the street. There are a few flowers and mostly shrubby things which remain

green, but the dog-wood leaves are gradu-ally changing colour to a rusty red, which will be pleasant to see.

I can hardly wait for the arrival of bulbs in garden centres.

I really love bulbs. They look like a collec-tion of stones of differ-ent sizes but there the similarity ends.

These plain, dusty objects hold such beauty it is almost unbelievable. I hope you’ll forgive me rav-ing on (and on and on) about bulbs. They were what started me out in what was a small gar-den business in Sidney, a good many years ago.

Now I have to buy them and there isn’t a lot of room on a bal-cony, but never fear, I’ll

find a spot for as many as possible.

I hope you love the small bulbs — they are so dainty and so lovely. The scilla, the crocus, snowdrops, winter aco-nites, chionodoxa, etc.

When they appear you know another marvelous gardening season has started.When you plant them

in the fall it conjurs up beautiful pictures in your mind; fields of daffodils, tulips, hya-cinths, lilies, crocus. Well, maybe not fields — flower beds, more likely, or pots, or win-dow boxes, just a con-tainer where you’ll be able to see them from a window as you go about your busy day or pass them on your way out to work. Some of them are not just pretty. They smell divine.

My wonderful crop of beefsteak tomatoes (all five of them!) are a thing of the past.

All that trotting back and forth with the heavy watering can, didn’t do much for making giant fruit.

The tomatoes weren’t only “few

and far between” but smaller than adver-tized. They were tasty enough but I could have eaten them all in one small salad. I’ll hope for better things next year (all gardeners say this!).

I’m tempted to soak the remainder of the package of the green pea seeds and plant them. Peas are pretty hardy.

The weather so far is wonderful and the seeds need to go into the soil. Actually they would still be viable next spring. I just need to keep them dry and they should be fine.

I’d really be pushing my luck to plant them this late in the growing season. Hard to wait, though, isn’t it?

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s

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The Bayside Big Band hits the stage this week-end at St. Paul’s United Church in Sidney.

The band, directed by Norbert Ziegler, features a 16-piece line up and vocalist Darlene Haynes. They will play a musical mix from the 1930s to ‘60s.

Tickets for the event, which will also feature refreshments (by donation), are $12 and are avail-able through Tanner’s Books in Sidney or at the St. Paul’s office (2410 Malaview Ave.)

For more information, call 250-656-3213.

Bayside Big Band playing at St. Paul’s United Church

Local filmmaker raising funds for Ebola patients in Sierra LeoneDevon MacKenzieNews staff

Sidney resident and filmmaker Grant Faint will be showing his lat-est film at the Mary Winspear Centre this month and all proceeds will go to help victims of Ebola in Sierra Leone.

Faint, a professional photographer and vid-eographer, filmed his latest movie LOVEWINS in 16 different countries over six years.

“The film is all about love,” Faint explained.

“It explores love and all the different types of love there are and what they mean to people around the world.”

Faint said the film explores all facets of love, including roman-tic love, family love, the

love of faith, the love of animals and the love of nature.

“Those themes are intertwined with a cou-ple of segments relating to the opposite of love, which people often think of as hate, but it’s really more about indifference,” Faint explained.

He added that the film is what he calls an ambient film, meaning there is no main narra-tion, just the voices of those who were inter-viewed about love.

When he filmed LOVEWINS, Faint asked each person he inter-viewed the same ques-tion: what has love meant in your life?

“It’s absolutely amazing the range of answers you get to one

simple question,” Faint said.

“It varies so much person to person and

country to country.”Faint, who worked

for BCTV in the 1970s as a cameraman, comes by filmmaking honestly.

“I now work as a pho-tographer and I shoot

photos for publica-tions of all kinds,” he explained, adding that his passion for his work allows him the chance to travel and explore filmmaking.

Faint and his wife Donna are supporters of a local charity called the Friends of Taiama, which is an organiza-tion dedicated to help-ing those in need in Sierra Leone.

“We were originally giving to the Sierra Leone project to help build a school, but now we’re building even fur-ther on that and there’s been a medical centre built.

“But because of the Ebola virus, both the medical cen-tre and school have been closed,” Faint explained.

The proceeds from the screening, which takes place on Satur-day, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Winspear Centre, will go into a reserve which will help ensure that there is food and water available for

people in the small town where the school and medical centre are located.

“The virus is get-ting close to the town now and the school and medical centre have been closed for some time. Food prices are getting higher and higher, so these funds will go to ensure there’s enough money to keep the village from going hungry,” said Faint.

Tickets for the screening of LOVEWINSon Oct. 4 are available in advance in Sidney at Cameron Rose, in Brentwood Bay at Dol-lar Den or on the eve-ning of at the door.

The film will also be shown in October at the Tribeca Film Festi-val in New York.

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Children from a village school at Taiama in central Sierra Leone. A showing of the film Love Wins in Sidney this month will benefit the Friends of Taiama charity that helps to build resources like this school and health centres.


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• Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone takes place at the Mary Winspear Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27. There are two shows, one at 3 p.m. and one at 8 p.m. Tickets are $68.25 and are avail-able at the Mary Win-spear box office by calling 250-656-0275 or online at marywin-spear.ca.

• The Autumn Expe-rience at the Butchart Gardens. From Nov. 1 to 30, come for a brisk walk in the autumn sunshine followed by an elegant Dining Room Restaurant High Tea experience.

Bring a friend and even take in a Green-house Tour on the weekends. Admission plus lunch is $44.60 per person plus tax or $27.62 plus tax for 12 Month Pass holders. For more information visit butchartgardens.com.

• The HiFi Ben-efit Concert for Thrive Malawi takes place Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38 and are available through the Mary Winspear Centre box office at 250-656-0275 or marywinspear.ca.

• Screening of the film LOVEWINS at the Mary Winspear Centre takes place Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Sidney travel pho-tographer and film maker Grant Faint will be showing his latest film and all ticket sale proceeds go to sup-port a village in Sierra Leone which is now under going a crisis of ebola.

The film was filmed over five years in 16 countries and is an examination of the meaning of love in our world. Tickets avail-able in Sidney at Cam-eron Rose, in Brent-wood Bay Dollar Den or at the door.

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HiFi to play in benefit concert at the Mary Winspear CentreDevon MacKenzieNews staff

Two local groups are collaborating to benefit children and youth in Malawi.

The Friends of Thrive Malawi and the Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club announced their col-laboration last week in a benefit concert fea-turing the The HiFi, a group of four talented Victoria-based profes-sional jazz and blues musicians (Nick LaRiv-iere, Ryan Tandy, Art Booker and Damian Graham).

“We’re really looking forward to the event on Oct. 3 at the Win-spear Centre,” said Ste-phen Eng, President of Thrive Malawi.

The Friends of Thrive Malawi is a group com-mitted to supporting Thrive Malawi, a regis-tered Canadian Charity that supports rehabili-tation and nutritional programs for disabled and disadvantaged chil-dren in Malawi.

The programs are offered by the Children of Blessing Trust in Malawi under the lead-ership of Kathy Bowler, a Canadian trained physiotherapist and occupational therapist,

and one of Eng’s family friends.

Sidney By The Sea Rotary has for many years supported the Atsikana Pa Ulendo (Girls on the Move) Secondary School in Malawi, an organization committed to helping young women achieve self-sufficiency through education.

When The Friends of Thrive Malawi started organizing the fund-raising benefit earlier this year, the Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club seemed like a logical first choice to bring on

board.“Recognizing the

value of a collaborative approach in promoting our common interest in helping children and youth in Malawi, we approached the Rotary Club with the idea of working together to promote our upcom-ing benefit and to share in the proceeds of the evening,” said Bert Boyd, a Thrive Malawi Board member.

“Sidney By The Sea Rotary welcomes this opportunity to work with The Friends of Thrive Malawi on this

exciting benefit con-cert, and to jointly pro-mote the programs we support in Malawi,” said Club President Bob Leitch.

The benefit will fea-ture a pre-show recep-tion at 6:30 p.m. with appetizers and a cash bar, which will be fol-lowed by The HiFi in concert at 7:30 p.m.

“We are so pleased to be able to lend our sup-port to this worthwhile benefit,” said HiFi drum-mer Damian Graham. “It’s so great knowing we can actually affect change by being a part of this event.”

Tickets are $38 (including taxes) and are available through the Mary Winspear box office (250-656-0275) or at marywinspear.ca.

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From left, Damian Graham (drummer for HiFi), Stephen Eng (Thrive Malawi) and Bob Leitch (Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club).


The Corporation of the District of Central Saanich NOTICE OF TAX SALE

In accordance with Section 254 of the Community Charter, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction, to be held in the Council Chambers of Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton X Road, Saanichton, B.C., on Monday September 29, 2014, at 10:00 A.M., unless the delinquent taxes and interest are sooner paid by cash, debit card or certified cheque.

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NORTH SAANICH — Marion Farrant has been nominated for a Victoria Butler Book Prize for 2014.

The North Saanich author is one of the five finalists for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize — awarded to a Greater Victoria author for the best book pub-lished in the preceeding year. Farrant’s work, The World Afloat, was published by Talonbooks and is a work of fiction.

The book is a collection of stories described as sometimes irreverant and often humorous.

“Master of the absurd and expert observer, M.A.C. Far-rant interrupts every-day routine — daily rounds of doctor’s appointments, meet-ings, and mealtimes — with intensely sur-real, frothy moments that help keep chins up and thrust bravely forward,” reports vic-toriabookprizes.ca, operated by the Victoria Book Prize Society.

Farrant has authored nine col-

lections of satirical and humorous short fiction and two non-fiction works. Her novel, The Strange Truth About Us: A Novel of Absence, was selected as a Globe and Mail Best Book in 2012.

The $5,000 Victo-ria Butler Book Prize will be awarded at the

same time as the $5,000 Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize — Wed., Oct. 15 at the Union Club

of British Columbia at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and more informa-

tion, call the Society at 250-595-8430 or visit www.victoriabook-prizes.ca.

Established in 2004, the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize is a partnership between the City of Victoria and Brian Butler of Butler Brothers Supplies.

The Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize, founded by Mel Bolen in 2008, provides authors and illustrators of children’s lit-erature an increased opportu-nity for recognition. — News staff

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Victoria Butler Book Prize finalists:

• Dede Crane: Every Happy Family (fiction) Coteau Books• M.A.C. Farrant: The World Afloat (fiction) Talonbooks• Catherine Greenwood: The Lost Letters (poetry) Brick Books• Michael Layland: The Land of Heart’s Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island (non-fiction) TouchWood Editions• Audrey Thomas: Local Customs (fiction) Dundurn Press

Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize finalists:

• Penny Draper: Day of the Cyclone (ages 8 - 12) Coteau Books• Daniel Loxton with Jim W.W. Smith: Pterosaur Trouble (ages 4 - 7) Kids Can Press• Ann Walsh: Whatever (ages 12+) Ronsdale Press

SIDNEY — Interested in supporting arts and culture on the Saanich Peninsula? Ready to take a more active role in a vibrant arts community in one of the premier arts events on the Peninsula?

The Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula (CACSP) is seeking a volunteer coordi-nator or coordinators (a team of two or three coor-dinators would enjoy sharing this position) inter-ested in directing the 2015 Sidney Fine Art Show.

This is one of B.C.’s largest juried fine art shows and one of the Peninsula’s major arts attractions.

Committees to support the new coordinator are

in place and a CACSP Director will assist the new coordinator/s in getting their bearings. The appli-cant, or applicants, should have a combination of an arts background, administrative experience and ideally some experience in events coordina-tion.

This is your chance to shine and make your mark on the Saanich Peninsula arts and culture scene. Please contact [email protected] or call 250-656-7400 with expressions of interest and CV by Oct. 31, 2014.

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Panthers rookie #9 Grayden Hohl moves in for a scoring chance in a game against the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Friday night at the Panorama Recreation Centre.

Panthers fall to BucsDevon MacKenzieNews staff

The Peninsula Pan-thers fought hard but lost to the Nanaimo Buccaneers, 3-6, during their game at Panorama Recreation Centre this past Friday night.

Holding a 2-1 lead after the first period with goals by Connor Logan and Cole Glover, the crowd in atten-dance had been treated to a good start.

And when veteran Brett Sjerven wired a direct shot to the net early in the second period, all looked good for the local cats who were sitting at 3-2 by the end of the period.

But, the final 20 min-

utes of play were rough and saw the Bucs score four unanswered tallies, including an empty net goal to dash the hopes of the home faithful.

The Bucs outshot the Panthers 38-33 with American newcomer Jacob Krupp making the start between the pipes (he only arrived the previous Monday to join the Panthers.)

“We were playing a solid game but our discipline in the third period was the cause of our undoing,” said Pete Zubersky, hockey oper-ations manager and the team owner.

“Discipline cost us against the Kerry Park Islanders last weekend and once again it bit us

in the butt on Fri-day. Right now it’s our older players that are sitting in the box when the other team is scoring goals and that is something that we have to address right away if we are to find success.

“I like a whole lot of things we are doing right now, the wins will come when we do the right things. We have the talent to win hockey games.”

The Panthers host the Victoria Cougars on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Panorama Rec-reation Centre.

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Sidney Stop: Stantec Tour de Rock Block Party & Mary Winspear Centre – Thursday, October 2Join Stantec from 12:30-3:30pm for a block party for delicious food, fun activities, a dunk tank and more! Show your support for our Junior Rider Rene and meet the 2014 Tour Team when they arrive in Sidney! $10 for lunch at 2042 Mills Road. Mary Winspear Centre 2243 Beacon Avenue from 2-4pm.

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EventsChange is always

happening – SHOAL Activity Centre is combining both proposed Tuesday classes (Take it to the Mat and Cardio Fix) into a single one-hour drop-in: Cardio

and Mat. Every Tuesday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Try out this energetic, mild to moderate cardio workout to music that will encourage you to move, burn calories, build muscles and strengthen your heart. Includes mat/floor work to help strengthen and stretch. Call 250-656-5537 for information on fees.

The publiC is Cordially invited to a service and luncheon celebrating our new grand piano at Peace Lutheran Church in Sidney (2295 Weiler Ave.) on Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Guest musicians David Watson and Claire Mackelson will join us. Call 250-656-2721 for information.

FolkdanCe is Fun! Sidney International Folkdancers meet on Mondays 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.

Mayoral all Candidates Meeting takes place Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Charlie White Theatre. Open to all Sidney residents and businesses. No admission fee.

huMMingbirds up close at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Eric Pittman invites you to see hummingbirds in ways you never have before. Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at

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aCTive Living 50+ in Brentwood Bay (1229 Clarke Rd.) invites you to a series of speakers through September. They will be held every Friday from 1:30 until 3 p.m. Admission by donation, refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome. For information call 250-652-4611 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. or visit centralsaanich seniorscentre.org. Friday, Sept. 26 — John Adams with Victoria’s Neighbourhood Histories.

sing wiTh The geTTin’ Higher Choir! All voices can sing and all voices are welcome! See gettinhigherchoir.ca/choir_life for more information.

FundraiserssT. andrew’s

helping African Grandmothers Luncheon and Bridge takes place Saturday, Oct. 18 from noon to 3 p.m. Cost $20.00 each and tickets are available by calling 250-655-7149. Event happens at St. Andrew’s Church Hall (9691 Fourth St. in Sidney) and all proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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.

as Men age, They often develop prostate concerns. Join us at SHOAL Activity Centre for a presentation from The Prostate Centre in Victoria, followed by a question and answer period. Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Please call to register at 250-656-5537. Free for members; small fee applies for non-members.

annual aCTive aging Open House at the SHOAL Activity Centre on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join us at the Activity Centre for demonstrations, information booths, refreshments and tours of the Activity Centre. Door prizes are available in all the Activity departments, our Bridge Instructor will be on hand to answer questions about upcoming courses, and our Computer Lab Volunteers will be in the Lab. Free Admission. First time members may purchase their first year membership for half price on this day only. Call 250-656-5537 for information.

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Rhymetime at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursday, Sept. 18 to Oct. 30 from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Drop-in or register at 250-656-0944.

lego sTories aT The Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our Lego to build your own creation. A new theme will be explored at each meeting and your work will be displayed at the library. Ages five years and up. Friday, Sept. 26, Oct. 10 and 24, Nov. 7 and 21 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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 peninsula garden Club will meet on Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. The speaker will be our own, long time member, Jack MacAuley, who will give a talk entitled ‘Mums the Word’ with tried and true growing tips. Jack is a grower and an official Chrysanthemum judge who has been honoured to judge the National Chrysanthemum Show in Stafford, England. All welcome. Non-member drop-in-fee applies.

inClusive, inForMal, friendly monthly networking. Join us for Green Drinks Saanich Peninsula on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Zanzibar Café (1164 Stelly’s X Rd.) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dr. Peter Carter, of the Climate Emergency Institute, and GreenHeart Education’s Julie Johnston will be the

featured speakers. Peter and Julie, from Pender Island, will be presenting the Climate Emergency Countdown, and will show how everyone can contribute to achieving a global agreement at the Paris climate change conference in December 2015 by supporting and promoting the Climate Action Network (CAN) International June 2014 position statement. Admission fee includes appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages. RSVP to [email protected] or 250-893-5070.

saaniCh peninsula Toastmasters Open House takes place Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney Library in the Nell Horth Room. Come and lean what Toastmasters is all about and how you can benefit. We serve refreshments during break time. For more information contact Gwen at 250-656-3738 or go to http://1288.toastmasters.org.

aTTenTion all reTired and current firefighters; here is an open invitation to those of you who own or have access to a motorcycle to join one of the most elite firefighters’ clubs in North America. Become a Red Knight in the New B.C. Chapter. An informational meeting will be held at Central Saanich Fire Station #1 (1512 Keating X Rd.) at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 (park in the back parking lot and enter through the training room doors).

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. Membership is open to any woman who has moved to the Peninsula area within the last two years. We will be happy to provide you with further information and welcome you to our club. See the website at peninsula newcomers.ca for more information on the club.

The News Review provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference

to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events

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Ocean Walks Anyone?1232 square feet, two Bedroom, two bath SUITE LIFESTYLE in Marina Park, a 45 year-plus community (Relatives 19 years+ may reside also!). 2011 Updated Sunroom tile � ooring, Energy Star Windows, New Bathroom sinks and Stove. Smartly Designed Kitchen with pull-out Pantry, Dishwasher, and Plenty of Storage. Very Affordable, with Heat and Hot Water included. Located steps from the Ocean and Marinas, close to the Ferries, Airport, and several parks and trails. $215,000

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Lawrence Woytowich, Lynn Wilson, Wayne Scott and Jack Campbell won their fourth provincial B.C. Seniors Games curling championship. More recently, they won a silver medal at the nationals in Alberta.

NORTH SAANICH — Law-rence Woytowich, Lynn Wilson, Wayne Scott and Jack Campbell successfully defended their sta-tus as top senior mens curlers with a fourth provincial win at the B.C. Senior Games held in Langley.

The championship game turned out to be an all-Island event with Glen Meadows beat-ing the North Island represen-tatives from the Comox Curling Centre.

The team would go on from there to bring home a silver medal from the 2014 Canadian Senior Games hosted by Strath-cona County in Alberta at the end of August.

Woytowich, who throws last rocks for the team, claims their good fortune is due to a talented Glen Meadows Senior pool of curlers that has produced four gold and one bronze at the pro-vincial level and a bronze and sil-ver at nationals — all since 2009.

Alongside Woytowich, Wayne Scott is the only player who has played in all seven of the medal victories. Wilson joined the team as third in 2010 after the team’s first gold medal win. The posi-tions of lead and second, over the years have been filled by Jack Campbell, Ken Wigbers, Grant Marshall and Frank Nash who have all shared in a mini-mum of two championships.

Ken Wigbers assisted in the recruiting and formation of a Glen Meadows competitive team and Bill Tschirhart, a renowned international coach, guided the team through the many hours of practice and preparation.

— Submitted

Glen Meadows team wins its fourth B.C. titleSuccessful curlers urge folks to try the sport - at any age

Interested in Curling? Check out these two events, free to all new curlers:• Try Curling for free — Oct. 4 from noon to 4 p.m.• Ice Breaker - Sept. 27 and 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Please register with Glen Meadows, 250-656-3136.

NORTH SAANICH — Fifteen-year-old tennis player Aaron Diemer will be in the mix at the Victoria International Junior Under 18 tour-nament next month at Panorama Recreation Centre.

The Brentwood Bay youngster, who cur-rently splits his train-ing between Panorama and a Surrey tennis academy, is currently ranked 73 in Canada and has obtained a world ranking following his performance at an ITF event at Kitsilano Beach in July.

Diemer will play among 32 singles ten-nis athletes and 16 dou-bles teams. The event includes the same num-bers in girls singles and doubles.

The tournament runs Oct. 6 to 11 at the ten-nis facility at Panorama.

Last year, Diemer played for the Pacific Christian School Pacers in the local high school tennis circuit. His dad Greg is a former pro from the Netherlands.

— News staff, with files from Travis Paterson

Brentwood Bay tennis player in action in Oct.

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Aaron Diemer from Brentwood Bay will be on the court at Panorama.

A18 • www.peninsulanewsreview.com Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - PENINSULA NEWS REVIEWA16 www.peninsulanewsreview.com Wed, Sept 24, 2014, Peninsula News Review

Lucy Whitehouse, loving mother and wife, pioneering kindergarten teacher, keen Scottish country dancer, writer, singer and traveller, died peacefully in her sleep on August 24. She was 88. Lucy was born in 1926 in Victoria, the youngest of three daughters of midwife Ethel (née Harvey) and CPR sailmaker John (Jock) Spark, immigrants from Glasgow. After completing school, she worked at the Land Registry Office and caught the eye of Pete Whitehouse. They married in 1948 and raised five daughters on North Saanich acreage. Lucy moved to Sidney after Pete’s death. Held with love in the hearts of her daughters Pattie (Robert Irvine), Susan (Doug Cowell), Rosemary (Glenn) Derksen, Jenny (Charlie Parker) and Karen (Pat Hrushowy); grandsons Daniel Beland and CJ Whitehouse-Parker; step-grandchildren Jason Parker (Nancy and son Liam), Paula Hrushowy, Jamie Hrushowy (Tammy McVicker and children Alexander and Elizabeth), Andrew Hrushowy (Livia Careiro) and Tricia Hrushowy; niece Dianna Seaton; nephews Toby and Frank Hird and Bruce Neil; cousin Hettie Jamieson. We will celebrate Lucy’s life on Saturday, September 27, 2:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church, Third St. and Oakville, Sidney. Reception at the church hall.Donations in Lucy’s memory may be made to the Canadian Red Cross.

Whitehouse, LucyMarch 13, 1926 -August 24, 2014

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

Ukrainian SupperLive Music

Take-out availableFriday, Sept 26.

5pm to 8pmdoors open at 4:30pm.

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Info at (250) 475-2585

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DID YOU KNOW? BBB pro-vides complaint resolution ser-vices for all businesses and their customers. Look for the 2014 BBB Accredited Busi-ness Directory E-edition on your Black Press Community Newspaper website at

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PERSONALS

MAKE A Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat Call FREE! 250-220-1300 or 1-800-210-1010. www.livelinks.com 18+

MEET SINGLES right now! No paid operators, just real peo-ple like you. Browse greetings, exchange messages and con-nect live. Try it free. Call now: 1-800-712-9851

DEATHS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

LOST AND FOUND

LOST: WALLET in Sidney on Sept. 17. Please return to R.C.M.P. Very important,belongs to disabled person on pension!

TRAVEL

TIMESHARE

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TRAVEL

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. Full de-tails call now 1-866-668-6629. Website www.tcvend.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EXPERIENCE IS an asset - We offer free recruitment ser-vices for people aged 45 and over across Canada. Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca or call toll-free: 1-855-286-0306.

DEATHS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online train-ing you need from an employ-er-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career to-day!

HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

HAIR STYLISTS Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria location. Must have

hairstyling qualifi cations. Guaranteed $11/hr, benefi ts, paid overtime, vacation pay,

25% profi t sharing, paid birthday, advanced

training and advancement opportunities

For an interview call 866-472-4339

HELP WANTED

An Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

MID-ISLAND DAIRY Farm re-quires F/T non-smoking per-son for spilt shift. The suc-cessful applicant must be punctual, a team player and have a habit of neatness, exp’d preferred but willing to train. $13-$16/hr depending on exp. Housing possible. Start date: Oct. 1st. (250)752-1213.

RETAIL

SALES ASSOCIATES NEED-ED! We are LS Travel Retail and we operate 2 beautiful stores in the Victoria Airport: Harbour Walk and Breakwater Boutique! We are looking for someone who can create won-derful experiences for our cus-tomers. The ideal candidate is engaging and friendly with a great work ethic. Willing to help and to learn while bring-ing energy and good humour wherever they go. Successful applicants must be 19+ as we sell Duty Free liquor and cigar-ettes and must be available for any shift which includes our early birds at 4:15am and 5:00am – just think, you get to go home early too! If this sounds like you, visit our web-site to apply today:www.lstrna.com

TRADES, TECHNICAL

PCL ENERGY - Now hiring Journeyperson: Millwrights ($40+/hr) and Scaffolders ($38+/hr) for immediate shut-down work on an industrial project in Vanscoy, SK. LOA of $145/day worked, travel and bonuses paid! We offer com-petitive wages and benefi ts. Call 780-468-8026, email: [email protected]

TRADES, TECHNICAL

VOLUNTEERS

CANADIAN MENTAL Health Association-Victoria Branch is looking for volunteers to sup-port cyclists during this year’s Ride Don’t Hide event. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

LUXTON STATION Market Society is in need of reliable volunteers for the weekly Sat-urday farmers market to assist with set-up, take-down, greet-ing visitors, and helping ven-dors as needed. Volunteers choose hours and duties as they see fi t. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

RETURN TO Health Volunteer Visitors are needed to provide social support for isolat-ed/lonely seniors following hospitalization. Training to address age related issues be-gins in mid October, Wed af-ternoons for 7 continuous weeks. Seniors Serving Sen-iors at 250-382-4331.

THE KIDNEY Foundation of Canada is looking for volun-teers to assist with the annual Kidney Walk/Run for 2014. Become a part of the team! Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

VICTORIA WOMEN’S Transi-tion House, seeking board members. http://www.transi tionhouse.net/news-events/

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com

HOLISTIC HEALTH

Trager® Bodywork allows you to move more freely with less pain and

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

Rae BilashCertifi ed Trager PractitionerWomen only, call for appt.

250-380-8733www.raebilash.ca

* Also Hot Stone Massage

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ARE YOU $10K or more indebt? DebtGo can help reducea signifi cant portion of yourdebt load. Call now and see ifyou qualify. 1-800-351-1783.

IF YOU own a home or realestate, Alpine Credits can lendyou money: It’s That Simple.Your Credit / Age / Income isnot an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HOME CARE SUPPORT

LOVING COMPASSIONATElady exp’d w/ elderly & Alzhei-mer’s. Cared for husband w/cancer. Resume & policerecord check. (778)440-6724

LEGAL SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, EditPhotos. Home Movies to DVD.Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family+ Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

PETS

PETS

FREE TO good home: Olderspayed female chihuahua, owner passed away. Needssome attention. Call (778)433-3701 after 7pm or leave msg.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FRIENDLY FRANK

16” DECORATIVE plant pots, $15/each or 2 $25; 9” $10 or 2for $15. Call (250)658-3948.

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26 Bernadine Canning jars 1L, & 250L, all/$10. New electric kettle, $9. (250)383-4578.

LG CELL phone, almost new w/leather magnetic case, $48. Ask for Mike,(778)432-2822.

MTN BIKE- mens 18” 21 spd, black helmet included, 2 new tires, $75. (250)360-1063.

SAM SUNG computer monitor 17” LCD, VGA cable. $10. Call 250-479-1101.

WEED EATER $10. Big wood-en planter box $20. Both good condition. Call (250)472-2474.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

GRANDFATHER CLOCK, like new. New $3000 asking $2000 obo. View call (250)385-5871.

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

SALE. Women’s clothing & ac-cessories. Sizes 14-5X. Up to 75% OFF. Sidney Fashion Ex-change, 2388 Beacon.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Gift-card give-away!” 20x22 $4,358. 25x24 $4,895. 30x30 $6,446. 32x32 $7,599. 40x46 $12,662. 47x72 $18,498. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or on-line at: www.pioneersteel.ca

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 at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

PRESTIGIOUS MAPLE BAY Gated Executive Home$1250/mo. 1 BR / 2 BA, kitchen & appliances. Washer/Dryer. Large living/dining area. Free Parking. Utils. extra. No Pets. Available Oct 1. [email protected]

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

COTTAGES

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

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY- Bright 1 bdrm deluxe. Short term. $1800/mo, (250)514-7747.

HOMES FOR RENT

SIDNEY waterfront home fully equipped, 1500 sq ft, utils incl, 6 mo, 2 people. Roberts Bay. www.eaglesnestsidney.com

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.

SUITES, LOWER

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

SUITES, UPPER

BRAND NEW- Langford (close Costco)- brand new 3 bdrm+ lrg den, 2 bath, W/D, D/W. NS/NP $1550. (250)589-9997.

BRENTWOOD BAY- 3 bdrm, 2 bath, Gas F/P, D/W, laundry, lrg deck/yard. NS/NP $1500. Avail Nov 1. (250)589-9997.

TRANSPORTATION

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

RENTALS

TOWNHOUSES

LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a quiet, bright 2 bdrm townhouse, W/D hookup, inside/outside stor-age, backyard. $912/mo. Share purchase $2500. Gross income $42,000 +. Applica-tions available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

WANTED TO RENT

QUIET, N/S UFV grad with 4 mo. contract starting mid-Sept, seeking Sidney room with Must be close to public trans. Richard 604-217-7279.

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

AUTO SERVICES

AUTO FINANCING

SMALL ADS, BIG DEALS!

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

CARS

CHEVROLET Cavalier Z24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5-speed trans, near new Yokohama tires. Red, sun roof, mint interi-or, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pio-neer stereo w/iPod adapter, Pioneer 6x9 3-way speakers. Original owner, have all re-ceipts. $2500. Chris, 250-595-0370 leave message.

We Buy Cars!$50 to $1000

Scrap Junk Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

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BUYING - RENTING- SELLINGCall 250.388.3535

TRANSPORTATION

SPORTS & IMPORTS

1993 BMW 325i- 198,000 km, lightly driven, only three own-ers, 3.4L V6 engine, automat-ic, 4 disc brakes (brakes and tire tread still in good shape) recently had 02 sensor and throttle switch replaced. $4500. Call 250-580-7876.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1985 VANAGON WESTY GL- Roadtrip Ready. Rebuilt en-gine, excellent condition, stored inside, lots of new parts, full history receipts. $14,000. Call for more details:(250)812-6008.

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

LAURA’S CLEANING has space avail in the Brentwood Bay area. Excellent ref’s, cor-ner to corner thorough, honest work. I specialize in spring cleaning. Call 250-213-8432.

EAVESTROUGH

ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

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.


ELECTRICAL

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

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 Fall clean up, lawn aeration, hedg-es, irrigation repairs.


GARDENING

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

I DO garden clean-ups, weed-ing, (hauling extra), etc $25/hr. 23 yrs exp. Call 250-656-7045


GARDENING

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.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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.

HAUL A WAY• Clean and Green • Junk removal• Free quotes(778)350-5050

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

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

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.

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.


PAINTING

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

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

PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

STUCCO REPAIRMAN- Stucco & Painting Specialist.50 years experience. Free es-timates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

WINDOW CLEANING

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.

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

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning-We clean your neighbourshouse. Gutters, window,roofs, de-moss. 250-380-7778.

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