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The term “milk money” is one that’s become lost in translation over the years; does it still mean the leftover change from that school cafeteria burger, or, perhaps, the change that appointed bullies drain from their victims while holding them upside-down at lunchtime.

Either way, it’s not what you think it is in Sooke; in fact, it’s called the Milk Money Program, run by a conglomerate of parents (called the Parent Advisory Council, or PAC) in partnership with the local Village Food Markets.

How it works? When a milk purchase is made, 15 cents from a Dairlyland 2 L bottle and 20 cents from every Dairyland 4 L bot-tle is donated to the program.

In turn, this pile of cash is then compiled and donated a local school of your choice. Then, in partnership with the schools, PAC figures out where the funds are used.

But the pile of cash is fading. After run-ning the numbers, Carey Radsma, office manager at Village Food Markets, says the total for this year is about exactly half of what they gave out last time - nearly $2,400 in 2014, compared to $1,203 in 2015.

“What runs the milk money program are the people who buy milk here. If people are buying milk someplace else, it hurts the success of the program,” she said. “We’re just not getting the numbers we used to.”

Introduced in 2010, the milk program has filtered a total of $29,829 into school funds. At Saseenos, a baby salmon incubation tank was put in last year for grade 2 and 3 classes, with a new compressor this year.

At Journey, a new playground is underway, with several other field trips and fun school programs.

This year, Saseeons gets $123, Poirier $162, Edward Milne $215, John Muir $202, Sooke Elementary $254, Journey $129, and Port Renfrew $118. The numbers are run every six months. Radsma says those num-bers could improve in the coming months if more parents knew more about it.

“It would be nice to see the schools try and get the membership out, do an announcement, send out a newsletter, mak-ing sure if you’re with Village Food Market and you’re buying milk that you’re signed up for the program,” she said.

She also pointed out that if your child moves to another school, you can still sign up for the program and just simply transfer the funds to the new school.

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Sooke’s U16 Girls Silver Wildcats duking it out versus Saanich Fusion on Saturday’s epic Soccer District Cup Finals at Fred Milne soccer fields. Sooke’s U16 and U14 girls took home the gold, while silver went to U13, U14, U16 boys and U17 girls.

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Grade 2 and 3 teacher Chantelle George stands beside the salmon tank and its milk-money-funded new compressor at the Saseenos Elementary school.

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CRD Clean Air Bylaw taking effect April 1A new bylaw will be

implemented on April 1 that makes all parks, playgrounds, playing fields, public squares and bus stops smoke-free.

It also extends the smoke-free buffer zone outside of doorways, windows and air intakes from three metres to a total distance of seven metres.

Regional and Com-munity Parks are included but Provin-cial and Federal Parks are not included. Beaches below the high tide mark are not subject to the bylaw and the restriction is for tobacco and does not include e-cigarettes or marijuana.

Travellers, surfers and campers will still

be able to partake in smoking various substances around the campfire outside of CRD Parks and on the wind swept beaches of the Juan de Fuca, Sooke and Port Renfrew.

CRD says the pur-pose of the bylaw is to raise awarenss about the risks of second-hand smoke.

Finally!The shovel hit the ground recently at the upcoming RBC branch on sooke Road.


Edward Milne Com-munity School (EMCS) students in grades nine through to 12 can dem-onstrate their writing talent again this year in the annual Sooke Writ-ers’ Collective contest on Wednesday, April 8. The contest starts at 11:10 a.m. and it includes a block of time that extends into the lunch hour.

EMCS English teacher Mrs. Zanardo will run the contest at the school on around lunch time.

There are two cat-egories – junior and senior - with a first and second prize for fiction in each category and an overall first prize for poetry. Winning entries will be published in a print anthology created by the Sooke Writers’ Collective in May.

“This will be our sec-ond anthology,” said Deb Clay, SWC mem-ber, “We are continuing the tradition started by Shirley Skidmore, Peter Lee and the Sooke

Scribblers. Each year they hosted a writing contest with EMCS and now we have added to the event by including the student writing in our print anthology.

“The student submis-sions have been a lively and fresh addition to the anthology,” Clay added. “Whether it’s poetry, a short story or other form, the quality stands up to submis-sions from writers with many more years of experience.”

Students are given a selection of prompts compiled by SWC mem-bers to help inspire the writing they will complete within the short time frame of roughly 75 minutes.

The second anthol-ogy of the Sooke Writ-ers’ Collective will be published later in the spring and available at several local stores and outdoor markets such as the Sooke Night Mar-ket. For more informa-tion, visit: www.Sooke-Writers.com.

Eighth Annual Writing Contest for EMCS Students

The Vancouver Island Regional Library has approved the District of Sooke with a Request For Proposal (RFP) regarding the new library.

This will be an opportunity for local individual property owners and developers to bid on a proj-ect in their community.

More info to come in the coming weeks!

New library revised

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SEAPARC STAFF and all those who threw a helluva an opening party at the Sooke Bike Skills Park on Saturday, March 28.

$2,200 raised for Sooke causesCash raised at this year’s Appe-

tite for Art fundraiser saw two local causes each received a cheque at a presentation held earlier this week at the Prestige Hotel in Sooke.

Both the Sooke Food Bank and the Sooke Community Arts Scholarship Programme received a cheque for $1,100 towards their ongoing proj-ects.

Appetite for Art combines culinary and visual arts by inviting local art-ists and chefs to pair artwork with food and drinks. This year the sec-ond annual event was held and incor-porated talented works of art with pairings from West Coast Grill, Yesa-ki’s, Stick in the Mud, Little Vienna Bakery, Sooke 2 for 1 and Nature’s Chef Tom Kral.

“We are thrilled to have reached such a great total this year,” said Dan Houle, general manager at West Coast Grill and Yesaki’s.

Appetite for Art took place on Sat-

urday, March 14 attracting a crowd of approximately 200 guests. The event is run by a committee made from members of Sooke Community Arts Council, West Coast Grill and Sooke Fine Arts Society.

Funds were raised through ticket sales, art commissions and a raffle held on the night.

“We’re pleased to say that thanks to the success of this fundraiser and last year’s, the Sooke Fine Arts Soci-ety is able to award two $750 Youth Art Scholarships this year to talented EMCS students looking to pursue post-secondary studies in the arts,” said Catherine Keogan, executive director of Sooke Fine Arts Society.

“That kind of encouragement and support early in a young artist’s career can make such a difference, and allow them to take their place in the creative economy that underpins the kind of innovation that allows communities to flourish,” she said.

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(left to right) Sooke Fine Arts vice president Geraldine McGuire, Sooke Food Bank president Ingrid Johnston, West Coast Grill and Yesaki’s general manager Dan Houle, Sooke Fine Arts executive director Catherine Keogan.


Cutting the ribbon at the SEAPARC Bike Park opening event last Saturday (from left to right) Juan De Fuca Regional Director Mike Hicks, Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen, Juan De Fuca MLA John Horgan, SEAPARC Manager Steve Knocke, T’Sou-ke First Nations Elder Shirley Alphonse and Mayor Maja Tait.

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Springtime comes to rescue us from the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) syndrome that can overtake some of us in the months before some serious sun. A new outlook is possible when we are able to find joy in the new buds, flow-

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Professor Verena Menec, director of aging at the University of Manitobia, says, “The fact that people live longer should be celebrated as one of the biggest suc-cess stories in history and getting old is better than the alternative.” Her ques-tion was – How do seniors contribute to society? The answer: Like any younger person. They shop, use services which employ people, pay taxes and vote. They also volunteer and make more charita-ble donations per capita than any other age group. She reminds us that seniors baby sit, help care for grandchildren, do housework, home maintenance, mechan-ics and yard work for others as well. They provide emotional support and friend-ship. Seniors provide care for spouses or friends.

The wife takes on more and more responsibilities inside and outside the home as the husband starts to get frail. As well there are husbands who take care of a wife who has Alzheimer’s and

requires care and constant reminders. He makes sure she gets dressed, eats prop-erly, takes her medications and keeps her life as normal as possible. Because of him she is not a “burden” on the health care system.

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Curator’s Corner: Spring cleaning and upcoming projectsBrianna ShambrookSooke Region Museum

2015 will see a number of new and exciting projects at the Sooke Region Museum. This year sees new exhibits, renovations, inventories, and the return of some of our most popular events and programs.

Spring ExhibitOn Saturday, March 28, a

spring art show opened in the museum’s upstairs gallery. The show, called ARTiFACTS, is coordinated by Linda Gor-don and has over 40 pieces on display. All of the art is representative of the Sooke region and includes paint-ings, photographs, sculpture, textiles and multi-media. The show will run until Sunday, May 30, and is open during the museum’s regular hours (Tuesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). On Wednesday, April 1, this exhibit will be featured on Shaw TV’s “Go Island” on channel 4. It will be shown at 6 p.m. and repeated a few times throughout the evening. It will also be aired on Friday April 3 during the day until 6 p.m.

Summer ExhibitFor this year’s summer

exhibit we will be utilizing our textile collection for a dis-play on fashion. The exhibit is called Fashion Files: Dressing Sooke and will explore fash-ion throughout the 1900s with a focus on the style, stories and experiences of Sooke resi-dents.

In addition to utilizing our own collection, we are look-ing to residents of the Sooke region for object loans. We are looking for unique textiles and accessories that are in good condition. Examples of things we hope to get are uniforms, gowns, day and evening wear,

shoes, jewelry, and makeup containers. Items from the early 1900s are ideal. As for technical objects we are seek-ing dress forms, mannequins and plinths with lids taller than 32 inches. We particu-larly need children’s clothing and display forms or manne-quins. Our interactive compo-nent will be a dress up sta-tion for photo-ops using our costume collection. We are in need of boy and girl children’s costumes for this activity.

The exhibit will be opening at our annual open house and salmon barbeque on Sunday June 28 and will run until Sun-day September 20. Addition-ally, there is an essay competi-tion, themed around fashion, taking place in Sooke schools. Teachers will be giving out information to students shortly. Winners of the com-petition will be announced at the open house during the exhibit’s grand reveal.

ArchivesOne of the biggest projects

we will be undertaking is an inventory and reorganization of our archive collection. This will help extend the useable life of our archive material and make it more accessible to staff. This inventory will make it possible for us to digitize our collection and eventually make a portion of it accessible online.

This will be a very techni-cal, labour intensive and detail orientated mission. So far, we have bought and installed new rolling shelves in our archive space. We’ve also built a heat box for treatment. For con-servation and preservation purposes, all materials will be treated via the heat box or one of our deep freezers to reduce possible insect damage.

Our next step is develop-

ing a system for our collec-tions team to efficiently col-lect and input data and pro-cess and inventory all of the archival material. This project will include inventorying our collection of over 8,000 pho-tographs. We estimate that this entire project will take a few years to complete. We are looking for volunteers who have archival training and experience to aid us in this undertaking.

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Night Market will be starting

up again on June 4 and run until Sept. 3. The market will be every Thursday through-out the summer and will fea-ture local artists, crafts, prod-ucts, food and entertainment. Vendors can get applications from our website or at the museum. School tours at the museum are also about to begin again. Tours are avail-able by appointment only between April 15 and June 19.

Contact Brianna Shambrook with any questions about what’s happening at the Museum at 250-642-6351.

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Top: a view of the Sooke Region Museum’s textile collection. Bottom: The new rolling shelves installed in the museum’s archives.

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While soccer is likely the most poular sport in the world – based on the global participa-tion level, at least – it’s never really been seen as a typically “Cana-dian” one, despite its seemingly continual rise in poularity.

We all know soccer has been around a long time, but how long has it been a part of our own culture here on the coast of B.C.?

While we didn’t have the carefully-tended playing fields or con-cession stands back a century ago, we did, apparently, have the enthusiastic players and loyal fans.

Sports have always been an extremely important part of life in Sooke. The team of Sooke fellows in the accompanying photo-graph posed at a field in Metchosin in 1915.

Several of the names will be familiar to read-ers as they are remem-bered by road names or geographical features. Standing at left in the accompanying photo-graph is Bert Mugford. eldest son of the Mug-ford family who built the boarding house that stood at the corner of Church and Sooke Roads, Bert became a wireless operator and served many years on the CGS vessel Estevan.

Four of the men in the photo are the sons of matriarch Mary George and her husband Harry George Sr. who was lost at sea when the sealing schooner Wal-ter Earl went down in 1895. Three of Mary George’s four sons in

turn served as chief in the years 1930-62.

Danny George is at centre rear. He became well-known fishing with his seiners Sasee-nos and Atalasco, and mentoring a number of youths as crew during his many seasons fish-ing for salmon.

Peter Lannan, right rear, was one of the sons of the Lannan fam-ily who lived on the waterfront and farmed throughout the fields and forests that were to become the subdivi-sion of Saseenos.

Centre row, first from the left is Louis George, who with his wife Agnes was stationed on the Sooke fishtrap as watchman for many years. While we’re not sure of the next player, it may have been a member of the David-son family of Otter Point. Last in the row is Eddie George, young-est of the four broth-ers. Eddie’s daughter Jean Whitford, a T’Sou-ke Elder, and young-est daughter Karen are both well-known in the community today.

In the front is Arthur Stuart whose family pre-empted on Otter Point Road. Tommy Wright is next, he mar-ried schoolteacher Win-nifred McGibbon. With the soccer ball is Eric Pyrah; his family had a farm which was known for producing hams. Harry George, another of Mary’s sons is next; later on, he became well-known for enjoying touring with his motor-bike and sidecar.

The final figure on the right is Tommy

Cartwright, a son of William Cartwright and Mary Finlay, who had come here in 1872.

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Canadians, Eh?As Canadians, we are an intelligent, courteous

and right-minded kind of folk. We are world-renown for our willingness to help, our kindness and acceptance of other views, as well as other cultures.

So why is it that when something does not agree with us - like the subject of Kinder Morgan - all that courtesy gets tossed aside in an instant, rage sets in and we haphazardly throw signs of protest up in the air - with minimal thought provided on what exactly we are screaming at.

Is there a pipeline running through Vancouver Island? Is there an ominous Sooke-based oil platform going catchunk-a-tchunk out in the strait, endlessly pumping out the black fuel and clubbing our baby seals to death? No. There isn’t.

But we like to be involved in the bigger picture - or more so, involve ourselves. And in that process, we sometimes end up throwing our opinions against our supposed evil-doers with little regard to respect and common courtesy.

Let us remind ourselves that we are better than this, and that we, the community, as well as our city council - have invited Kinder Morgan to come here and talk to us on April 7.

So please. Drain out the molotovs and keep the pitchforks in the garden shed where they belong. No one wants this to be a slug-fest.

Let’s have some respect and give them a chance to say what they have to say that night.

ANOTHER VIEW

Why did the B.C. government suddenly slam the door on their old friend George Abbott, after spending months recruiting him to head up the B.C. Treaty Commis-sion?

The instant media narrative, embraced by a shocked Abbott and then by NDP leader John Hor-gan, was that this was payback for grievances nursed by Premier Christy Clark from the 2012 B.C. Liberal leadership contest.

Done on a whim, Horgan said after a week grilling Clark and Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Clark is suddenly a sore winner, lashing out, wrecking two decades of careful and costly treaty-making.

Like many instant media narra-tives, this one makes no sense and is almost certainly wrong.

If Clark was resentful about the roasting she received from leader-ship rivals Abbott and Kevin Fal-con, she had an odd way of show-ing it. She appointed Falcon as finance minister to drive a stake into the harmonized sales tax, and Abbott as education minister to fashion a pre-election truce with the ever-hostile teachers’ union. Both completed their unlikely tasks and retired as heroes of the party in 2013.

Outgoing chief treaty commis-sioner Sophie Pierre was as dis-mayed as anyone at the news of Abbott’s demise. While the two

were in transition meetings, Pierre learned that she was not being replaced, leaving the federal-pro-vincial-First Nations Summit part-nership of 22 years in a shambles.

Clark went further when ques-tioned by reporters about the sud-den reversal. The future of aborigi-nal relations in B.C. may or may not include the B.C. Treaty Com-mission.

“There have been some results, but four treaties in 22 years for $600 million is not enough result,” Clark said. “We have to be able to move faster, and we have to find a way to include more First Nations in the process.”

That $600 million is mostly loans, from the federal govern-ment to First Nations to finance treaty talks. Of every $100 spent trying to honour the century-old duty to sign treaties across B.C., $80 is a loan from Ottawa, $12 is a grant from Ottawa and $8 is a grant from B.C.

The plan was for First Nations to repay their loans out of cash settle-ments made to them for 100-odd years of uncompensated resource extraction, which is now accepted as being contrary to British and Canadian law.

It was the blunt-spoken Pierre who first acknowledged this hasn’t worked. Some of the 50 First Nations stuck at the treaty table have borrowed too much to go on, she said last year, calling for an

“exit strategy” that forgives debt.The probability of the B.C. gov-

ernment making this decision without talking to the federal pay-master is exactly zero. I’m told the province’s clumsy timing had something to do with Ottawa’s late demands.

I asked Clark if her plan to settle land claims faster was anything like the 2009 attempt by Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister Jes-sica McDonald to negotiate a prov-ince-wide deal declaring aboriginal title. Clark sidestepped the ques-tion, saying only that the 150 B.C. First Nations not at the treaty table need a say and a solution too.

(McDonald now faces a simi-lar legal gridlock as the Clark-appointed CEO of BC Hydro, trying to build the Site C dam.)

Pierre, a veteran administrator from the Ktunaxa Tribal Council in the Kootenays, made a prophetic statement when her term as chief commissioner was extended three years ago. She said if Ottawa isn’t prepared to give federal negotia-tors a realistic mandate on com-pensation and sharing of salmon rights, they should “shut ’er down.”

Her advice may have been heard after all.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black

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Kinder Morgan in town

I’m writing to remind your readers that a del-egation from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Moun-tain pipeline expan-sion project will be addressing the District of Sooke’s Committee of the Whole on Tues-day, April 7 beginning at 7 p.m.

There are approxi-mately 75 seats in council chambers, and I anticipate a full house given the thou-sands of locals deeply concerned about the potential impacts of increased tanker traffic in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Get there early if you want a ringside seat!

While the meeting’s format doesn’t allow the public to directly question Kinder Mor-gan’s representatives, we’re counting on our elected officials to ask some tough questions if and when they get the chance that night. We’d like to know if it’s true that the company’s legal responsibilities to the people of B.C. end the moment an oil tanker leaves the dock.

Why should the people of Sooke trust Kinder Morgan when it has refused to answer hundreds of legiti-mate questions from interveners during the National Energy Board review?

And does this Texas-based multi-national corporation recognize that it lacks “social license” to pursue the project when our First Nations and hundreds of thousands of resi-dents have publicly challenged the consti-tutionality of the Trans Mountain review?

Mayor Tait has acknowledged that she doesn’t know if the Kinder Morgan team will stick around on April 7 to hear public comments. Let’s hope they do. More than 70 percent of Sooke vot-ers who cast a ballot on Nov. 15 indicated they were opposed to more

offshore tanker traffic. Now let’s reiterate

our views in respect-ful fashion by packing council chambers next week, listening care-fully, then speaking up in defence of our pre-cious and priceless maritime environment.

Gail ArmitageSooke

Don’t complain about your own life choices

Re: Could be worse, letter to editor, March 25, 2015 Issue.

The loophole I see (with the story) is allow-ing fringe elements to come – or return – to Canada and think they have the right to all the services that those of us who have lived here all our lives have been taxed for.

You left Canada for a “foreign” country to live a life, pursue a career, collect a pension all the while paying nothing into the system of the country you are now complaining about.

You list costs for ser-vices here as a non resi-dent.

You also comment on being able to access all the wonderful medi-cal services in America with no waits.

Oddly enough you didn’t list the costs of being able to access these wonderful ser-vices in this foreign country.

You also didn’t men-tion if you have the ability to attain medical coverage in this won-derful foreign country at a low monthly rate.

Maybe you are not permitted to acquire medical insurance in this wonderful foreign country as you require too much service for monies paid.

Take a number and go to the back of the bus. My wife and I require medical ser-vices too.

We’ve paid our dues!Have a nice life in

which ever country

you choose to live in and complain about.

Bob Halliday Sooke

Clarification regarding Action Plan costing

RE: Council Briefs in Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Issue.

Contrary to the report under ‘Council briefs’ in the March 25 issue, Council did not vote to approve any funding to the Sooke Region Community Health Initiative (CHI) at that meeting. Coun-cil voted in favour of approving the Age Friendly Action Plan as submitted and give direction to Staff to have it published on the website so that we may proceed with the Application for Age Friendly Designation.

In our presentation we spoke to the Action Plan which we had prepared on the Dis-trict’s behalf. With the Service Agreement for $17,500 and the deliver-ables outlined therein, CHI was able to lever-age the District’s initial investment to $66,350, or almost four times the return on invest-ment.

Yes, it included more work done by CHI on behalf of the District and our community, though the funds came from other sources (for example Island Health, the Union of BC Munici-palities, and the South

Island Division of Fam-ily Practice).

We were merely tak-ing the opportunity to mention the $12,500 fig-ure as it relates to the still to be finalized 2015 Service Agreement.

We also wanted Council, based on our successes and the qual-ity of work provided, to give due consideration to the Work Plan we have submitted for the 2016 term.

The $12,500 figure represents a potential increase in this years’ Service Agreement and will align with addi-tional work required.

Service Agreements are not grants nor sponsorships. They are contracts to carry out work.

I hope this clarifies things for everyone.

Marlene Barry,CHI Member

Sooke Quilters Guild raffle

Here are the lovely ladies of the Sooke Quilters Guild, sewing up a storm of quilts for Sooke Family Resource center and also for Hospice. A very good friend of mine was a recipient of one of their fine quilts last year, while under the care of hospice. She was so pleased with her quilt as she had never had a quilt of her own. She was so touched.

These ladies are so dedicated and love their work.

There is quite a bee-

hive of activity with sewing machines hum-ming and the smell of fabric being ironed into place.

These lovely ladies also make the Sooke Fall Fair Quilt and have so, for many years. Each year the Fall Fair holds a raffle with the Quilt always being the center of the focus with second and third and sometimes fourth-place prizes as well.

This is the case this year. This year’s quilt has a value of between $2,000 and $3,000. It is not quite ready for its debut, but it is abso-lutely lovely.

We hope to have the quilt at the Rotary for it’s debut and the tickets ready for sale. Whenever you see any of the Sooke Quilters’ quilts in the commu-nity, know that a lot of planning and care went into their creation.

I grew up in a fam-ily of quilters and totally appreciate the work that goes into the creation of this lovely works of art. The Sooke Quilters work under the guid-ance of Pat Kryer and there is always room for more folks to join up and learn the art. They meet at the Knox Church, downstairs.

See you at the raffle tables – which will be manned by our volun-teers around Sooke.

The monies from this raffle helps to keep our local fall fair in busi-ness.

Ellen LewersSooke

We asked: Should John Phillips Memorial Park be left as a green space?

Yes, it ‘s better to just leave it alone.

Janet KittoSooke

I’m all for keeping it green and the way it is, but it would be

interesting to see what you could put there as well.

Josh BergSooke

I think they should do some-thing similar to what they did at Ed Macgregor. Keep it as a green space but make it more

pretty, add in more trails, make it more accessible.

Cherri Tetreault Sooke

We barely have green space as it is, so let’s keep what we got.

Victoria GordonSooke

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Sooke Harbour Play-ers has been produc-ing shows since 1982. These performances have varied from Dis-ney to Gilbert and Sul-livan to shows that have been written and produced by local tal-ent. One concept in the-ater that has not been truly examined is the concept of Rock Opera. For the first time since 2006, this will be revis-ited with the produc-tion of The Who’s “Tommy” in November of this year.

Marjorie Basker-ville, artistic director and originator of the project, feels excited about having this per-formed in Sooke, and has wished to pres-ent this show for over three years. When asked about what will make this a different experience for the-ater enthusiasts, she was quick to respond, “Tommy is a specific format that most peo-ple know through the movie – it’s adaptation for Broadway allows for great flexibility in that we can make this as big or as small as we like, and we have options as to how we can tell the story. With a live band, the right cast and great visual effects, this will provide something dif-ferent and enjoyable for all who attend.”

When asked about the production, Mar-jorie beams with pride

and excitement. “One of the greatest things about our show is the vast diversity of experi-ence on the production team. There is always an abundance of excel-lent ideas!”

The production team includes people that have performed in or helped organize a vari-ety of shows, including producer Joe Scheu-bel (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Pirates of Penzance, Miss Saigon, Alice in Wonderland), stage manager Alison Arsenault (Joseph, Pirates of Penzance, Alice in Wonderland) and musical director Stephen J. Horak (Laun-dronauts, Radco, Jesus Christ Superstar). Lighting director Jill Sweet (Cabaret, After-life, Cirque du Soleil), Tech lead Landon Kel-ley (Music Man, Pirates of Penzance) and set master Martin Reinders (Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, The Lion King, My Fair Lady) add their production exper-tise, as well.

Tommy is a child who becomes blind,

deaf and dumb upon witnessing the murder of his stepfather; he is proven to have an uncanny knack for pin-ball and becomes an international sensation with a cult following.

Stephen Horak, an experienced musician from Victoria and a pre-vious colleague of Mar-jorie’s, described the intentions for the actual arrangement, “The core rock ensemble will be as close in personal-ity to the Townsh-end/Entwistle/Moon combo as possible, but structurally we’ll be working a lot closer to the Broadway cast recording”

If you’re looking for great live music and an insight to some of “The Who’s” greatest works, this is not a show you want to miss. Perfor-mance dates are Nov 6, 7, 13, 15, 20 and 21.

Auditions are May 9 and 10 and May 16 and 17 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Edward Milne Community Theatre. Questions regarding auditions or volunteers can be directed to the producer, Joe Scheubel at [email protected]. Audition require-ments and details will be available on the Sooke Harbour Players Website at sookehar-bourplayers.com.

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The annual Farm and Film Gala co-presented by Sooke Food CHI and Awareness Film Night is coming up on Wednesday April 8th at Edward Milne Commu-nity School.

The evening will fea-ture the film Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story plus booths in the theatre foyer, fabulous gift bas-ket giveaways, tea and goodies and speakers and discussion after the film.

Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. for a chance to visit more than a dozen booths display-ing local produce, seeds and products for sale and information on farming, gardening, managing waste and food security initia-tives in our region. Sip some tea and munch a delectable dessert created by the EMCS Culinary Arts class (by donation) while you are chatting, browsing and stocking up.

The film will start at 7:30 p.m.. Just Eat It has been screening at film festivals around the world this winter to rave reviews and now Awareness Film Night is bringing it to Sooke. In the film young Vancou-ver couple and film-makers Jen and Grant, whom we met in Janu-ary’s screening of The Clean Bin Project return with another no waste-producing, no money-spending vow: to only consume discarded food that is consid-ered “waste” for six months. Did you say “yuck”? So did they when they first came up with the idea. And, yes, they did do some dumpster-diving. But you will be surprised at the caliber of food they lived on.

In Canada we waste 1/4 of the food we buy, or $31 billion worth of food every year. And globally, one-third of

all food grown and produced is never con-sumed. Interspersed with Jen and Grant’s eye-opening and enter-taining adventures is information from farm-ers, retailers, inspiring food waste-saving orga-nizations, experts in the field of food safety and food waste (such as Tristram Stuart and Jonathan Bloom who look at our obsession

with expiry dates and perfect produce) and consumers. The three post-screening speak-ers will talk for four or five minutes each and then will answer ques-tions and hear ideas from the audience. Frederique Philip, co-owner of Sooke Har-bour House and Dave Patterson, produce manager at Western Foods will discuss how

their respective busi-nesses deal with food waste and Steve Unger, farmer and chairper-son of Zero Waste Sooke will talk about the eco-nomic and environmen-tal impacts of waste leaving Sooke and the mandate of Zero Waste Sooke.

Discussion will go until 9:30 p.m.. As always, admission is by donation.

More info: www.awarenessfilmnight.ca and www.sooke-

foodchi.ca/filmnight


April Awareness Film Night: Just Eat It

Submitted Photo

Just Eat it theatrical poster. The film is tries to create awareness around the issue of food waste.

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9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church ServicePastor: Mike Stevenson

Hidden lives...Hidden deathsTwo days ago I walked the narrow, twisting alleyways

of Jerusalem which make up the Via Dolorosa: paved with uneven ancient limestone blocks, up and down slopes and staircases, dodging hand-pushed carts laden with supplies for the many stalls which open onto the street, with hawkers

selling clothing, food, hardware, religious mementos, and endless tourist trinkets. We were a group of 17 pilgrims stopping and praying at the Stations of the Cross.

Except for the pilgrim bit, it was not unlike this 2000 years ago. But you’d have to replace the groups of armed Israeli soldiers (mostly in their 20’s) with the occasional Roman soldier entourage coaxing a criminal or three carrying the cross-beam of a cross, headed to their execution on Skull Hill just outside the city wall. There’d be a momentary disruption of the din of bartering and chatter as the sad parade went by, but after a few curses of the Roman occupiers, the street would come back to life, marginalizing in the mind any thought of the suffering soon to be borne by the criminals.

Have things changed much in 2000 years? Does the Christ who suffers as the homeless, cart-pushing through the din our our lives, or the mentally ill talking intensely to no one in particular, or the depressed person sleeping on a couch afraid to be seen--does the Christ of today soon evaporate from our consciousness, and suffer alone, ignored in the midst of our busyness?

As often as you do it to one of these-- my brother or sister-- you do it to me.

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His father was Red Shea, the man who wielded the axe behind our seminal Canadian folk singers: Gordon Lightfoot and Ian and Sylvia.

So it’s little wonder that Scott Shea’s debut album already sounds like the kind of stuff Canadian classics are made of.

It’s literally in his DNA, and he’s com-ing to the Holy Trinity Anglican Church on April 18 to share it with our community.

The songs on Let it Storm, which releases next month, feel instantly familiar. Their combination of memo-rable hooks and rugged authenticity have been the hallmarks of Cana-dian radio mainstays for decades.

It’s a stunningly-crafted, mature collec-tion of numbers about maturity itself – specifi-cally, about arriving at a place of contentment in life, learning to live with one’s “issues,” valuing close relationships with

loved ones and search-ing for spiritual mean-ing in life.

From the title track – a triumphant cel-ebration of hard-won self-acceptance – to the tear-inducing “When She Prays,” about Scott seeing his father in his daugh-ter and the wist-ful “Beverly Lane,” with its clever turn of phrase about driving a woman “to the point where a woman walks away,” Scott takes lis-teners on an emotional

journey, his versatile voice delivering the rough-hewn lines of the title track as easily as it soars to mournful high notes on “Any Day Now.”

The album was recorded in Austin, TX and produced by Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar. The almost orchestral arrange-ments feature keyboard by Willie Nelson’s sis-ter, Bobbie Nelson, and drums from Nel-son’s nephew, Freddie Fletcher.

Scott wrote the album on the vintage Martin D-28 guitar that his father played on all the early Lightfoot recordings.

It may come as a sur-prise to some to know that Red Shea played

almost no direct role in his son’s musical devel-opment.

Scott’s early talent as a songwriter was rec-ognized when a song he wrote as a teenager was featured on a com-pilation from the Foun-dation to Assist Cana-dian Talent on Record-ings (FACTOR).

As a young adult, he and his brother Brett partnered in the suc-cessful duo The Shaes and provided a song for the soundtrack of the film Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms. The pair also opened shows for Iris Dement, Blue Rodeo and Big Sugar, and released an album called Zero to One.

Now, at last, Red Shea’s son has an album to call his own.

And it’s everything you’d expect from the offspring of Canadian folk royalty.

The doors of the show at the Holy Trin-

ity Anglican Church open at 7 p.m., and tick-ets are available for $7 at the door.

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Scott Shea, son of Candian guitar icon Red Shea, finally has a solo album, and is sharing it with the people of Sooke at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church on April 18 at 9 p.m. (doors at 7). Tickets are $7 at the door.

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Where in the WorldEvery now and then, our readers send us images from the far-away exotic places of their travels - whether it is on top of a glacier, or in a hot, tropical paradise, it seems the Sooke News Mirror is never too far away. Here’s a collection of the latest submissions…

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Carley and Jessica Hearsey travelled to Gold Coast, Australia for March Break! They visited the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and fed the kangaroos.

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The Wass-Little in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 2014.

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Debbie and Peter Fiddler took the Sooke News Mirror along when they got married in Mexico.

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Amy Chwojka, Karen Chwojka and Yvonne Osborne in Alaska.

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Heath McRae reading the Sooke News Mirror by Eilan Donan Castle in Dornie Scotland October 1, 2014. Donja Blokker Dalquist Photo

Photo of Doug on January 14, 2015 on a lovely winter morning in Jordan River.


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It is with heavy, saddened Hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our Beloved Mother Diane who passed peacefully in Victoria with her 3 children and “Love” Don Lencucha at her side. Predeceased by Lov-ing parents, (Ted and Phyllis Mills) Diane was born and raised in hometown Victoria. Survived by daughters Can-dice (Marlin), Laurie (Clarke) and son Wade (Jeanette); 10 Grandchildren - Seanna (Darcy), Kirsten, Shayne, Cassady, Jaydon, Ricky, Jordan, Kylie, Dylan and Rachel; 1 Great-Grandchild Kohen and another on the way she also leaves behind 4 siblings, Carol (Hal), Gail (Peter), Pam (Steve) and Greg (Cindy) and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

There are so many words that describe the amazing and phenomenal woman that we have the privilege of calling our Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Wife, Auntie, Cousin, Friend and Acquaintance. The fi rst word that comes to mind is Beauty. Everything about Mom was Beautiful, inside and out. She epitomized BEAUTIFUL. Loving, Kind, Compassionate, Selfl ess, Tal-ented, Creative, Funny, Gorgeous! She had Integrity,

Style, Grace and Class!! Her dynamic, fun loving aura was undeniably contagious. We all Loved being in her presence, she gave so much of her beautiful self! Spending time with Family was pure joy in life! Always there when needed she just had that “Mom way” of knowing when the embrace of her loving arms and shoulder to cry on was exactly what was needed … even before we might! If it meant canceling or rearranging her own plans to help, consider it done, “No big deal” whether it be good bad or ugly. Her sincerity was tangible. She had such enthusiasm and got such joy from the simple things in life that made her happy; family events, homemaking, sewing, painting, building, fi xing, sleepovers with her grandchildren. Mom and Don spent much of their time and took pride in beautifying their lovely home in Sooke. With the ocean steps away, they spent endless hours beachcombing, exploring and enjoying the great outdoors. They went on several camping road trips both with family and on their own with their “renovated” motor home. To know her was to Love her. Mom had many close friendships including some from her years of employment at both BC Hydro and the District of North Saanich. A true confi dante and dear friend to so many, Mom was a true inspiration and adored by all who knew and Loved her.

“We Love you so very, very much Mom and not a day will ever pass that we will not feel the huge void in our lives. We will miss your beautiful smile, your soothing voice, your laughter and all of your Love. You are our Heart and Soul and forever will be”.

To the VGH 6S Staff – We are so grateful for your compassion and the care given to our Mom and our family. We just can’t say enough – “Thank you from the bottom of our Hearts”. In Lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to Canadian Cancer Society.

A service at Hatley Park Memorial Gardens will be held April ???? A gathering of family and friends will follow at the home of Debbie and Mike Hayden.... Address

Diane C. Nikkels (nee Mills)November 30, 1943 – March 9, 2015

A private gathering will be held for family and friends on April 18th at 1:00 PM.

Advertising SalesRepresentative Black Press Community News Media is seeking a motivated and cheerful individual to join our growing advertising sales team.

The right candidate will bring excellent customer service and telephone selling skills and enjoys working with our sales team and advertising clients. You are creative, organized and thrive in a competitive market with frequent deadlines. Candidates for this position are results oriented and possess the ability to service existing clients, develop new business and understand meeting sales targets. Ideally you have experience in telephone sales or service environment with a focus on client interaction.

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The Special Committee on Local Elections Expense Limits is conducting public consultations on campaign expense limit amounts for candidates for local government positions, such as mayor, councillor, school trustee, regional district electoral area director, Vancouver Park Board commissioner, or Islands Trust trustee. In addition, the Committee is examining limits for third party advertisers in local elections.

British Columbians are invited to participate by attending a public hearing in person or via teleconference in Victoria on Wednesday, April 15 from 9:00 am to 12 noon, Douglas Fir Committee Room, Parliament Buildings. Interested persons may also make a written submission, send an audio or video file, or complete an online survey. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 17, 2015.

Please visit the Committee website www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/leel for more information or contact:

Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224 Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC V8V 1X4 Tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337 Fax: 250.356.8172, e-mail: [email protected]

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LOCAL ELECTIONS EXPENSE LIMITS

Chair: Jackie Tegart, MLA (Fraser-Nicola) Deputy Chair: Selina Robinson, MLA (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

Local Elections Expense Limits

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Have you been involved in a romance scam?

Embarrassing? Yes.Uncommon? Not at

all.It is a seemingly harm-

less approach; a brief introduction between strangers, likely initi-ated via Facebook if an online dating site. Com-munication begins. Fre-quency of messaging increases. Conversa-tions are intense. Pho-tos are shared. A rela-tionship forms. And then — requests for money begin.

“I’m desperate.” “It’s just this once.” “I promise. I will pay you back.” “I love you.” In reality, these ruses are deliberate, well-crafted money schemes embarked upon by savvy fraudsters in efforts to obtain as much money as possi-ble from unsuspecting, and often lonely, adults.

The careful cultiva-tion of the relationship usually continues for months. Sometimes, the fraudster will rein-force the depth of his/

her feelings by sending bouquets of flowers or other token gifts. Often the fraudster will use illness as a ploy, either claiming he/she is sick or has a sick child. The fraudster may claim that medication or sur-gery is required but he/she lacks sufficient funds to cover the nec-essary expenses. Those same medical condi-tions may preclude him/her from traveling.

However, regardless of the despair felt at not being able to travel, reassurances are made that if travel were at all possible the couple would most certainly be together, living hap-pily. Victims, longing for love and emotional connection, become deeply attached to their fraudster and are completely unaware that the fraudster is simultaneously culti-vating numerous other “relationships”.

By the time the fraudster claims finan-cial hardship and expresses sheer des-peration for money,

the innocent target has such a significant emotional investment in the relationship that he or she willingly and eagerly agrees.

Due to the intensity of the ongoing per-ceived intimacy, and the gradual trust which has been built, the deception may involve several transactions, often totalling upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. In many cases those transactions far exceed the person’s means. Simply put, many victims cannot afford it.

Worse yet, when confronted with real-ity, the victim often defends the fraudster’s character and refuses to accept that the rela-tionship is an illusion. The embarrassment felt by every victim adds to the fraudster’s ability to deceive oth-ers, as victims are extremely reluctant to report their losses to law enforcement.

“Although various dating and romance scams have been

around for years, they continue to cause finan-cial and social issues for both women and men,” says Inspector Bruce Ward of RCMP Federal Serious and

Organized Crime. “The RCMP urges you not to send money to any-one you meet through an online forum. If you, or someone you know, have been a victim of

such a scam, please contact your local police.” RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC) investiga-tors are reminding the public to be aware of

these scams. For more informa-

tion, contact the Cana-dian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501, or via email at: [email protected]

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CRDBylaw 3918

Romance scams continue to cause social issues

Capital Regional District Notice to ElectorsWithin the Capital Regional DistrictAlternative Approval Process for CRD Bylaw 3981 - Authorizing the borrowing of $14,800,000 for acquiring, designing and constructing water distribution facilities in the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution AreaNotice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Capital Regional District (“CRD”) proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 3981, “Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Facilities Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1, 2014 “ to authorize the borrowing of up to Fourteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,800,000) for the purpose of acquiring, designing and constructing water distribution facilities in the western communities of the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Area.Over the next five years the CRD will need up to $14,800,000 to meet the cash requirements necessary to fund investments in the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution system infrastructure. Borrowing will only occur after review and confirmation of the cash flow requirements and approval of the projects by the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Commission. The debt servicing costs will be recovered through the retail water rate.Take further notice that the CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 3981 unless at least 5,561 electors within the CRD indicate by signing the elector response forms, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 3981.The elector response form must be in the form as established by the CRD and forms are available from the CRD on request. The only persons entitled to sign elector response forms are electors of the area to which the alternative approval process opportunity applies. The alternative approval process opportunity applies within the following municipalities of the CRD: Colwood, Highlands (that part within the RUCSPA set out in Bylaw No. 3820), Langford, Metchosin, Sooke and View Royal and a portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area (East Sooke participating area). The deadline for delivering the original signed elector response forms, in relation to Bylaw No. 3981, to the CRD is 4:00 pm on Monday, May 4, 2015. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted.The CRD has estimated that the total number of electors within the service area is 55,614 and that 10% of that number or 5,561 electors must submit elector response forms to prevent the CRD from enacting Bylaw No. 3981 without the assent of the electors by referendum.Further technical information concerning Bylaw No. 3981 may be obtained from Ted Robbins, General Manager, Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC V9B 1H7 (Tel: 250.474.9604) during regular office hours Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) from the date of this notice until May 4, 2015.Qualifications for Resident and Non-Resident Property ElectorsResident Elector: You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months and in the CRD for at least 30 days prior to signing the elector response form.Non-Resident Property Elector: You may submit an elector response form as a Non-Resident Property Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months, have owned and held registered title to property in the CRD for 30 days and do NOT qualify as a Resident Elector. If there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an elector response form.To obtain an elector response form, or for questions about the elector approval process, please contact CRD Legislative and Information Services, PO Box 1000, 625 Fisgard Street, 5th Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 or by telephone at 250.360.3129 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.A copy of the elector response form may be downloaded from:www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-votingElector response forms may also be obtained at the following CRD offices, from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays):• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria • Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office, #3-7450 Butler Road, SookeA copy of Bylaw No. 3981 and a copy of this Notice may be inspected during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until May 4, 2015 at the following locations:• public notice board in the lobby of CRD headquarters, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria• Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office #3-7450 Butler Road, Sooke• on the CRD website:

for Bylaw No. 3981: www.crd.bc.ca/about/document-library/Documents/bylaws/bylawssubjecttoreferendumoralternativeapprovalprocess for this Notice: www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-voting

Given under my hand at Victoria, BC this 25th day of March, 2015Sonia SantarossaCorporate Officer

3rd ANNUAL

April 10th-12th

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Sports & RecreationSoccer District Cup Finals: A Grand Finale

Sooke had total of six teams this past weekend to compete at this year’s District Cup Finals - a new record for Sooke! Gold medals for the U14 and U16 girls and Silver for U13, U14, U16 boys and U17 girls.

Saturday started off with the U16 girls playing Saanich; Sooke domi-nated the entire game and final score was 3-1 for Sooke. This team set the bar for the rest of the day.

Coaches Jennifer Petrie and Bruce Milton

Next up were the U14 boys who ended up losing 3-1 against Bays. This team has had a great season, won the Lisa cup, and so maybe the ol’ saying you can’t win em all proved to be true this time around. Great season boys.

Coach Tim Satterford Manager Cherie Duncan

U16 Silver boys played a tough game against Salt Spring in the District Cup final. Our Sooke boys came away with Silver in a very close game. The final score was 2-1 for Salt Spring.

Sooke’s goal came from Taylor Cum-mings with Chris Berkeley assisting.

Kudos to all the boys and a very special Thank you to our goalie Rylin Wilsher who played a stellar game and was named MVP. See you all next sea-son!

Coach Michelle

U13 boys played Salt Spring next and after an exciting end to end battle, score was 2-2 and went into power kicks. Goals went in for Sooke and Saltspring, but Saltspring came out on top. Tough loss for a great team that fought hard til the bitter end.

Coach Corey Stratten Last up and a very anticipated game

all day were the U14 girls playing Saa-nich. We knew it was going to be a battle as we have tied this team or lost by one goal all season.

The girls were pumped after many of them watched soccer all day. About midway through the first half, strikers Layla and Faith worked together in the box, Layla didn’t give in, and battled to get the ball in the net.

Getting that first goal really helped

this team to keep their momentum and confidence. Halftime pep talk, heard “we can’t get cocky” about 15 times... Wildcats take the field with fierceness. Saanich had some good chances but they had a hard time beating our awesome defensive line of Georgia, Makenna, Sky, Ciara and Shae.

Not to mention our goal keeper Ella who earned her MVP status hands down. Midfielders Grace and Chalm-ers on the wings with Alex in the middle were strong and were key to our passing possession plays. Han-nah, Sarah and Emma, and Addison all played with intensity. Next goal to go in was by Chalmers flying down the wing and bang! fires a rocket that went through the goal keeper’s hands.

We were ecstatic – but we still couldn’t get cocky. Saanich managed to get a goal soon after and it became even more intense as they wanted to tie it bad. But Sooke never stopped and we pulled Layla back to defense to stave them off.

When Faith got a 1v1 opportunity and beat the defender to fire a bul-let of a shot into the back of the net, Sooke was up 3-1 late in the second half we knew we had it. We kept our cool and only got cocky after the final whistle blew.

This team played their hearts out and deserved to win that Gold medal so bad! Couldn’t be more proud and can’t wait for next year!

Coaches Laura Lockhart and Dave Peters, Manager Lisa Knoles

The Sooke Autobots U17 girls played in the finals on Sunday on Fred Milne park, against U18 Peninsula Falcons, field conditions were not ideal, but the Autobots were hot, all eleven play-ers stepped up to the plate, played 90 minutes of hard soccer, missing three players from their roster due to injuries. Defenders Kiomi Yates, Syd-ney Drysdale, Katija Pallot, Racheal Wiebe were all working hard together as a unit, they did not give up a cor-ner kick until the second half.

Mid-fielders Chloe Mitchell, Riley McLean, Hailey Bryant, Jaime Lafon-taine transitioned well, applying pres-sure to the other team.

Cont’d on page 33.

past weekend to compete at this year’s District Cup Finals - a new record for Sooke! Gold medals for the U14 and U16 girls and Silver for U13, U14, U16 boys and U17 girls.

girls playing Saanich; Sooke domi-nated the entire game and final score was 3-1 for Sooke. This team set the bar for the rest of the day.

ended up losing 3-1 against Bays. This team has had a great season, won the Lisa cup, and so maybe the ol’ saying you can’t win em all proved to be true this time around. Great season boys.

Jack Most Photo

(Above) U16 Girls celebrating their Gold victory. (Below) U14 Boys celebrating their Silver. (Second Below) U13 Girls enjoying their Silver.

Submitted Photos

FOR REGISTRATIONS AND INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 250-642-8000

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has been moved to Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30pm

AT SEAPARC

Saturday, April 4th 10:30 – 12:00AGES 1 – 7Free to attend

Easter EggstravaganzaArena Dry Floor Drop-In Programs

Start Tuesday, April 7Schedule available on-line


Cont’d from page 32Sooke scored first in the 42 minutes from a cor-

ner taken by Taylor Benard , which Chloe Mitchell scored with a header. Sooke was in the lead. Penin-sula came out strong and tied up the game in the second half.

Sooke persevered and scored their second goal in the 69th minute to take the lead, Cassidy Logan took a throw in to Chloe Mitchell, who passed the ball to Taylor Benard who scored from out-side the 18-yard box. The game went from end to end, battle to battle. Goal keeper Hope Millard was out standing, making great saves as Penin-sula increased the pressure. They were success-ful and tied the game at the 87 minute mark. The match went to a shoot out, with the Autobots los-ing to Peninsula.

Goal keeper Hope Millard was awarded MVP in

the match. All Autobots stepped up to the plate and came away with the silver medal in the Lower Island District Cup finals. The team had a great cup run.

Coaches Wendy Cole and Chris Bryant SSC would like to congratulate all teams that

made it into the finals. We have some amazing tal-ent in this club and you are all rock stars.

Spring Soccer registration is in full swing with many people taking advantage of registration this weekend.

Next registration is Tuesday April 7, between 6-8 p.m. and final registration is April 11 10-2 p.m. at wind-up. Also registration for next season is avail-able at these times and we highly encourage teams to register early.

Laura Lockhart, SSC President

Octavian Lacatusu Photos

JUMP!Saturday’s Bike Skills Park opening at the SEAPARC was filled with sun, games, cake, and biking daredevils big and small. Here’s a little visual recap:

(Left) Proof that courage comes in all sizes. (Bottom) These bikers were among the first to try out one of the Bike Park’s most challenging jumps: the Black Diamond.

Got Sports News or Photos?Send them over to our sports reporter, Octavian Lacatusu at: [email protected].

This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to confirm meetings.

Council meeting agendas maybe viewed at www.sooke.ca

Upcoming Public Meetings Committee of the Whole

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00 pm

2205 Otter Point Road, SookePhone: 250-642-1634

Fax: 250-642-0541

email: [email protected]: www.sooke.ca

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Spring 2015 update of activities

Once again this year our dedicated volunteers are hard at work rearingChinook and Coho salmon. This year we will produce approximately 390,000Chinook and 32,000 Coho. Water temperatures over the winter were verywarm resulting in a very hatch of eggs. We have been feeding fry since midFebruary and are already releasing Chinook fry into the Sooke River.

Our volunteers are busy working 2 shifts per day, 7 days a week feeding ourlittle babies and keeping the hatchery clean. Water levels remain an issueonce again this year. Until these recent rains, stream levels in early Marchwere near typical summer water flows.

There are some notable events upcoming………

We have supplied Coho eggs to local classrooms in support of the WatershipFoundation. Once reared to sufficient size, they will be released by studentsinto our local streams.

SSES will participate in this year’s Rotary Spring Fair & Auction

We will receive Environmental Studies students from Edward MilneCommunity School for a day of instruction at the hatchery in mid May.

Our Sooke Harbor net pen project will also go ahead once again this year.We anticipate to rear approximately 70,000 Chinook smolts in May.

As president, I would like to thank all of our volunteers for their dedicationto the cause, the many hours of work at the hatchery & the support of ourother initiatives. We thank the Sooke business community for their support.Our motto is '' Shop Local '' we encourage all to do so.

Robert GamachePresident, Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society

Sooke Salmon Enhancement SocietyTwelfth Annual

CHINOOK SALMON DERBYAUGUST 1 & 2, 2015

Spring 2015 update of activities

Once again this year our dedicated volunteers are hard at work rearingChinook and Coho salmon. This year we will produce approximately 390,000Chinook and 32,000 Coho. Water temperatures over the winter were verywarm resulting in a very hatch of eggs. We have been feeding fry since midFebruary and are already releasing Chinook fry into the Sooke River.

Our volunteers are busy working 2 shifts per day, 7 days a week feeding ourlittle babies and keeping the hatchery clean. Water levels remain an issueonce again this year. Until these recent rains, stream levels in early Marchwere near typical summer water flows.

There are some notable events upcoming………

We have supplied Coho eggs to local classrooms in support of the WatershipFoundation. Once reared to sufficient size, they will be released by studentsinto our local streams.

SSES will participate in this year’s Rotary Spring Fair & Auction

We will receive Environmental Studies students from Edward MilneCommunity School for a day of instruction at the hatchery in mid May.

Our Sooke Harbor net pen project will also go ahead once again this year.We anticipate to rear approximately 70,000 Chinook smolts in May.

As president, I would like to thank all of our volunteers for their dedicationto the cause, the many hours of work at the hatchery & the support of ourother initiatives. We thank the Sooke business community for their support.Our motto is '' Shop Local '' we encourage all to do so.

Robert GamachePresident, Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society

Sooke Salmon Enhancement SocietyTwelfth Annual

CHINOOK SALMON DERBYAUGUST 1 & 2, 2015

Spring 2015 update of activitiesOnce again this year our dedicated volunteers are hard at

work rearing Chinook and Coho salmon. This year we will produce approximately 390,000 Chinook and 32,000 Coho. Water temperatures over the winter were very warm resulting in a very early hatch of eggs. We have been feeding fry since mid February and are already releasing Chinook fry into the Sooke River.

Our volunteers are busy working 2 shifts per day, 7 days a week feeding our little babies and keeping the hatchery clean. Water levels remain an issue once again this year. Until these recent rains, stream levels in early March were near typical summer water flows.

There are some notable events upcoming…• We have supplied Coho eggs to local classrooms in

support of the Watership Foundation. Once reared to sufficient size, they will be released by students into our local streams.

• SSES will participate in this year’s Rotary Spring Fair & Auction.

• We will receive Environmental Studies students from Edward Milne Community School for a day of instruction at the hatchery in mid May.

• Our Sooke Harbor net pen project will also go ahead once again this year. We anticipate to rear approximately 70,000 Chinook smolts in May.

As president, I would like to thank all of our volunteers for their dedication to the cause, the many hours of work at the hatchery & the support of our other initiatives. We thank the Sooke business community for their support.

Our motto is “Shop Local” we encourage all to do so.Robert GamachePresident, Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society

Volunteers thinning fish in our Capilano troughs. As fish grow we thin them out to avoid stress. Fish are moved into larger tanks in the lower hatchery.

Coffee time after moving 50,000 fish.


Slo-Pitch looking for new playersOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

April is already here, bringing with it the reminder that it’s going to get a whole lot greener and warmer. That means Sooke’s slow pitch season - among others - is returning to the field once again.

Slo-Pitch season starts on April 25 with its signature “icebreaker” tour-naments - a warm-up period for play-ers before they move on to bigger, games. The sport then runs until the August long weekend, with its last tournament of the year, called the Sooke Invitational.

Like other sports, there’s an A and B league, and there are 24 games their cycle throughout the slow pitch season, as well as two tournaments.

But as much as everyone is excited to get back to the diamonds this Slo-Pitch season, Jason Dumont, presi-dent of Sooke’s Slow Pitch Associa-tion says the number of teams for this year.

“We used to have 22 teams at one point, with the highest peak being around 2002; now we’re down to 11 right now,” Dumont said. “Would be nice to get at least another team to bring it to 12 even.”

Dumont says part of the reason the club’s player output has decreased is that a lot of people don’t even know there’s a slow pitch club right here in Sooke and in need of players.

“I want to get the word out that there is a slow pitch here in Sooke, you don’t have to drive back and forth to Victoria for that,” he said.

“People who come to Sooke don’t know who to contact, or how to start their own team; but it’s actually quite accessible for everybody.”

Criteria to join is simple. If you’re turning 19, got a fastball glove, a hat and a pair of cleats, you’re good to go. The club also supplies its own equipment, including 12 bats for peo-ple to use as well as their own bases at the field. Dumont noted that a in lot of teams in Victoria, you have you bring your own base.

The Slo-Pitch club plays down at Fred Milne park and at the diamond behind the SEAPARC arena. It’s also comprised of a six and four league; six guys, four girls. And best part is, everybody plays. “In our league, you can bat everybody, which makes the game a lot more fun,” Dumont said.

Though there’s more to slow pitch - and don’t let the name fool you - if anything, slow pitch stands on a league of its own.

“It’s also co-ed, which makes it a lot more social. Playing slow pitch hones your defensive skills as well, especially if you’re considering to play fastball afterward,” he said.

Cost? Price per team is $16.50, per person is about $100 for the season. Dumont says those fees helps the club pay for its lawn mowing ser-vices and its umpires. He noted that the club is also looking for umpires - which make $35 a game.

Last day of registration April 15. Those who would like to join should contact Jason Dumont at 250-744-8852. You can also follow them on Twitter at @SookeSloPitch.

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Jason Dumont about to make the swing.

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tue you must have this week, Aries. Oth-ers may not be able to maintain your pace, so exercise patience with those who need it.

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one close to you to enjoy his or her space this week. Find a way to keep busy as this special someone does some soul-searching.

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judgment on an issue this week, Virgo. Rather than speculating on the “whys” and “how comes,” wait until you can get some solid facts.

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Fishing Adventures

The spring salmon have been “out front” of the harbour mouth, Trailer Park, and Otter Point, all month, with locals and visitors on charters taking advan-tage of the many calm water days. Reports of larger springs in shal-lower water have also been coming in periodi-cally as the early Fraser River run makes its way through our waters.

There are still many smaller salmon within the current slot limit taking anchovy, hootchies, and spoons trolled right on the bot-tom in 120 to 140 ft of water. Remember while trolling the bottom that halibut will sometimes take salmon gear, it pays to make sure your leaders are in good con-dition and are strong enough to handle a larger fish.

Best salmon lures have been anchovy in glow bait heads, 3.5” sil-ver spoon, and glow or white hootchy behind bright green or silver flashers. Halibut fishing has been hit and miss, with most successful reports coming from those fishing west of Otter Point. This can be due to many differ-ent factors including weather, tides, and how many boats are actu-

ally getting out to fish for them. Some boats are anchoring deep 200 to 300ft of water while some are hitting halibut shallower 80 to 120ft.

Best baits for hali-but include fresh her-ring, octopus, mackerel and salmon bellies, put on double “J” hook or treble hook leaders attached to spreader bars with 1 to 2lb lead weights. Crab fishing in Sooke harbour appears to be getting better, we have been getting a few keeper dungeness crabs in our traps that we drop on our charter fishing trips.

Fresh fish heads, spines and trimmings, as well as chicken backs and necks work well for attracting crab to your traps. Shrimp-ing in Sooke Harbour is also an activity that can produce more fresh seafood for your table, simply bait your trap with fresh fish heads, punctured cat food or tuna tins and set them as you would a crab trap. Although when dock fishing it’s a good idea to keep the traps just off the bottom to keep the crabs from crawling in and eating the shrimp.

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Fishing Adventures

Al and his sons Taylor and Charlie with three chinook salmon, two Pacific cod and two dungeness crabs.

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