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The proposed 2014-1018 Financial Plan was defeated in a vote at council on April 14. Opposed were Councillors Maja Tait and Herb Haldane. Councillors Kerrie Reay and Bev Berger declared a conflict of interest and left council chambers. Reay serves on the CREST board and Berger said her husband is a volunteer fireman.

Mayor Wendal Milne said declarations of con-flict of interest were, “frankly a stupid mess” and “how do you do business?”

Left to vote were Mayor Wendal Milne, Council-lors Rick Kasper, Tait and Haldane. Coun. Kevin Pearson was absent.

The proposed budget would have seen a 0.21 per cent tax increase for 2014, but showed prop-erty tax increases of 2.98, 2.96, 5.26 and 2.90 per cent over the next four years to total 14.31 per cent over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018.

Mayor Wendal Milne said that from a financial perspective the District of Sooke was healthy. “I don’t think we are in any difficulty.”

Councillor Rick Kasper, Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, said the number one priority in 2013-2014 is to be fiscally responsible and Sooke received good value for tax dollars.

“It’s important the future council is mindful of the work done in the past and more importantly in the future… and constantly monitor expendi-tures,” he said.

In opposing the vote, Tait said she is “troubled by the outlook over the years,” and didn’t like the process that occurred here. “I don’t think the out-look is sustainable,” said Tait.

Haldane said council had made previous resolu-tions to look into tax reductions and he would not be supporting this financial plan.

The district is looking at a $17.4-million budget for 2014.

The District of Sooke must adopt two bylaws before May 15, 2014, first the 2014-2018 Five Year Financial Plan and then the 2014 Tax Rate Bylaw.

CAO Gord Howie stated the district can go ahead and prepare the bylaw as it is now and council can then amend it.

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Easter bonnets with all the ribbons on it...Michelle Madil, left, and Verna Anderson get into the spirit of the season. They were working on Easter Sunday at Western Foods and decided to fashion themselves a couple of Easter bonnets. Hats off to them for getting into the spirit making the day just a little brighter for their customers.

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History of the BC Provincial Police topic for noon time series

The Sooke Region Museum is hosting a series of talks during the lunch time hours.

On Thursday, May 8 from noon to 1 p.m. author Lynne Stonier-Newman will be read-ing from her book and taking questions.

Her book is titled, Policing a Pioneer Prov-ince: The British Colum-bia Provincial Police 1858 – 1950.

Lynne Stonier-New-man was born in Ques-nel, where her father was the BCPP high-way patrolman. She now lives in Kamloops, where she is a technical writer, marketing con-sultant and history buff whose articles, fiction

and poetry have been published in a variety of periodicals.

On Friday, May 9, she will also be doing a talk at Point Ellis House from 1 – 2 p.m on her book: Peter O.’Reilly: The Rise of a Reluctant Immigrant.

The Sooke Region Museum is located at the corner of Sooke and Phillips Roads. For more information on the museum and its programs and exhib-its call 250-642-6351 or www.sookeregionmu-seum.com. Within the

museum’s exhibit gal-leries, highlights of the region’s history and culture are presented through First Nations artifacts, historic pho-tographs, dioramas, displays and scale models depicting the history of the region.

The boy and the plane that crashedWe’ve men-

tioned the two viva-

cious daughters of Major George Nichol-son, Bonnie and Gre-tel, but the Nicholsons also had a son, Cecil, or ”Mickie.” In March 1920 his name hit one of the Victoria newspapers, The Daily Colonist, as he too, earned his own little claim to fame.

There weren’t more than a few hundred people living in the quiet village of Sooke in 1920, and when some-thing unusual hap-pened, everyone came out to watch. In this case it was the excite-ment of an aeroplane flown by a pilot called Brown, who was pro-viding a rare opportu-nity for local residents to enjoy viewing the vil-lage from on high.

This photo shows adults and children alike gathered to experi-ence the novelty of the visit. The landing site chosen by the pilot was a field just east of Sooke School. Today the loca-tion of this upper field is dense with hous-

ing, encompassing as it does, the develop-ments on Dover, Har-wich, Golledge and Charters.

While we don’t have the names of all, the woman seated almost at the cockpit of the biplane is May Hatcher. This photo was taken just prior to the next flight aloft that was to end in a crash.

The biplane took two passengers on that next dramatic flight – one was a Mrs. Reid, the other the excited youngster, Cecil Nich-olson, whose dad was manager of the famed Sooke Harbour Hotel situated on the head-land above Sooke River estuary.

The Colonist account of the day notes that

in the crash Mrs. Reid was severely shaken, but tells us … “A few scratches and bruises were all that were suf-fered by the youngster as a result of his sud-den fall to land … The first words of young Cecil on being picked up were ‘Mr. Brown, can I fly again when you mend the aeroplane?’”

It’s interesting to

note that much later, a daughter of Cecil Nicholson married a helicopter pilot, Bruce Payne, of the Gold-stream Payne family.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum

Lunch time speakers at the museum

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Items on the agenda at the regular District of Sooke council meeting on April 14.

Delegations:The EMCS Society

Awareness Film Night received a community grant of $2,200 to pur-chase a new projec-tor in 2013. The group secured one for a good price and had $616.57 left over and came for-ward asking council if they could use the sur-plus for soundboards for the theatre. Council approved the request.

Mary Brooke came before council request-ing changes to the Townsend Road inter-section. She stated people were at risk at the crosswalk and busi-nesses along Townsend were disadvantaged because of the restric-tion on left turns into and out of Townsend Road. Council dis-cussed the issue and will be in contact with the Ministry of Trans-port and Infrastructure.

Public Input and

Information Meetings:Council authorizes

approval of a Develop-ment Variance Permit for 6215 Marilyn Place to reduce the minimum setback to 10 metres from 15 metres; and issue the DVP provid-ing the owner registers a covenant to restrict the use of the building to a recycling depot.

Bylaws: Council adopted zon-

ing amendment Bylaw 587 to rezone 6695 Rho-donite Drive from R2 (Medium Lot Residen-tial) to R3 (Small Lot Residential).

Council adopted zon-ing amendment Bylaw 588 to amend the zon-ing at 2346 and 2350 Sooke River Road from RU4 (Rural Residential Zone) to RU5 (Neigh-bourhood Residential Zone).

Council gave first and second read-ing to Bylaw 592, Fire Protection Services Amendment Bylaw. The amendments were housekeeping mea-

sures.Knox Presbyterian

Church was granted a property tax exemp-tion for church hall and lands. The amend-ment passed first, sec-ond and third reading and was to update the legal description of the church properties.

Reports:A Site Specific Flood-

plain Exemption for 2896 Sooke River Road was tabled by council

in order to deal with outstanding issues. The proponent is wishing to reduce the floodplain setback from 30 metres to 11.5 metres to the natural boundary of the Sooke River; and reduce the floodplain setback on Charters River from 30 metres to 13 metres to the natural boundary of the river. The property is zones Rural Residential.

The District of Sooke

has no definition for “solid waste transfer stations” and a report came before council to consider amendments to the industrial desig-nation of the OCP and the General Industrial (M2) zone of the Sooke Zoning Bylaw and add a definition.

Councillor Bev Berger said with no definition or designa-tion this is “hindering the economic develop-

ment of our commu-nity.” Council tabled the item to obtain more legal advice.

The Finance and Administration Com-mittee recommended a Community Service Agreement with Sooke Region Community Health Initiative for 2014 to 2106 with and annual fee of $17,500.

The next regular council meeting is on April 28.

Plant SaleAnnuAl plAnt sAle

at Knox presbyterian Church, saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 2110 Church Road.

eaSt Sooke SeniorS lunch

On thuRsdAy, ApRil 24eAst sOOKe seniORs

are invited to a light lunch and conversation at the east sooke Fire hall. the coffee pot will go on at 11:30; lunch will be available at 12:30 and end at 2:00 p.m.

 correction lAst weeK’s pApeR

indicated the Garden Club would be meeting at 7:30 p.m., on April 23, at st. Rose of lima Catholic Church. the correct meeting time is 7 p.m.

aDult hike COuGAR RidGe,

sundAy, April 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Roche Cove Regional park. scenic hike with a naturalist, wear sturdy shoes and pack a lunch. Meet at the parking lot off Gillespie Road.

CounCil Briefs

Pirjo Raits photo

Picnic time

Anytime is a great time for a picnic as this family demonstrated a short while ago. They were enjoying the beach at sooke Bluffs Park.

There are many places where you can access the numerous beaches and parks in the sooke region. There is a great map in the sooke lion’s phone book which shows where most of the public parks in sooke are located.

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Good connections made at volunteer fairBritt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

On the weekend before Easter, the Vol-unteer Centre together with the Sooke Fam-ily Resource Society hosted a Volunteer Fair.

According to Mar-lene Barry, chair of the Volunteer Centre, the event was well attended.

“Not everyone found the special connec-tions they were hop-ing for, which is to be expected, however several really valu-able connections were made which will bene-fit everyone in the long run,” wrote Barry in correspondence. “The general feeling was of valuable exposure and interest in what each group had to offer.”

Barry indicated that a number of potential volunteers were at the event, ranging from teens looking to ful-fill their high school requirements, to young families and moms.

“It could not have been pulled together

as smoothly as it was without the help of my team: Sheila, Trudy, Les, Nicky, Doreen, Bobbie, and the crew of six from the Royal Bank, Sooke Branch,” summarized Barry.

Besides being well attended, visitors also provided excellent feedback. “It was such a great opportunity to network,” wrote one visitor. Another one added, “I didn’t know there were so many supports in the Sooke area.” And a third piece of feedback simply said, “Thank you so much for putting this on. It is such a value to the community for these groups to get together and talk.”

There was a door prize at the event, drawn by a visitor. The winner was our own mayor, Wendal Milne.

This was Sooke’s third annual Volunteer Fair.

With notes from Marlene Barry

Britt Santowsli photo

Dr. Leslie King sitting in front of the quilt that will be raffled off by the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra at the upcoming Fling, held at Ed Macgregor Park on July 13 this year. Tickets are $2 each or three for $5, and can be bought through the Sooke Philharmonic.

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

On a bright and cheerful Sunday in March, the day sud-denly turned nasty for a family new to Sooke. The Warren family had just moved to Sooke a month earlier and settled into a home on Eakin Drive. Sometime between between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. some-one came and stole all of the meat from their freezer. They had thought to leave the freezer outside close to the door and hadn’t gotten around to put-

ting on a lock.The thieves took

everything and had even tried to take the whole freezer but it was too heavy.

The Warren family, Jen and Luke and two sons ages seven and nine, moved to Sooke from Kelowna for Luke to work in the construction industry. They chose Sooke because Luke likes to fish and enjoys the outdoors.

“Seems to me it’s kind of a crappy thing to happen,” said local resident Steven Mul-len. “To have some-thing like his happen is a bummer. Sooke is

better than that, it’s so lame for someone to come and empty their freezer.”

Mullen was angry enough to set up a fund-raiser for the War-ren family. He is ask-ing people in Sooke to donate meat to help re-fill their freezer and will be collecting donations on May 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. at 2 For 1 Pizza and Western Foods at Evergreen Centre. Extra donations will be given to the Sooke Food Bank.

Laid off from Telus, Mullen himself is searching for work in marketing and sales.

“I’ve been in Sooke for six years,” said Mullen, “and I have three kids myself. I’m helping out where I can. They (the Warren family) didn’t ask for help - I did.”

Unfortunate as this is for the Warren fam-ily, there are many fami-lies in the Sooke region who require help from the food bank, and the number continues to grow. The Sooke Food Bank is always in need and non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at the Sooke News Mirror office during regular week day work hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery received top certifi-cation from the Van-couver Island Green Business Certification (VIGBC) on March 24.

According to Jill Doucette, a founder of VIGBC, the green stan-dards are high.

“To develop a set of specific green certifi-cation standards we studied international best practices from established programs in San Francisco, Port-land and others around the world,” Doucette writes. “The develop-ment of the VIGBC cer-tification criteria was a collaborative process working closely with industry experts, aca-demics, local govern-ments, and members of the business commu-nity.”

The tasting room at Tugwell Creek will be receiving Green Level Certification (the high-est level) for their initia-tives to reduce waste, water consumption and energy usage.

Owners, Bob Liptrot and Dana LeComte are passionate about improving the local environment and go above and beyond to ensure a healthy eco-

system on their prop-erty.

“Sustainability at Tugwell Creek Farm and Meadery is fully integrated into the operations, our prod-uct and how we do business,” commented Dana LeComte. “This certification gives our customers an under-standing of what we do behind the counter to be an environmentally-friendly company.”

Their certification criteria is built to offer a “simple and effective guide for making sig-nificant environmental improvements to small and medium sized busi-nesses on Vancouver Island.”

Business at the mead-ery, located along West Coast Road, has always been environmental.

“We started with composting and recy-cling. (We) moved to better insulation and power smart appli-ances and lights,” remarked LeComte. “Slowly we evolved to consider the environ-mental impact of every decision. Going forward we want to take advan-tage of solar hot water incentives through the CRD (Capital Regional District). The harder part for many is buying organic and recycled items as they are pric-

ier but so worth it!”Their philosophy, as

posted on their web-site (tugwellcreekfarm.com) is straight for-ward. “Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Mead-ery was born from a passion for bees. Bees are the central focus of our business. With-out their success, we would not have honey. Without honey there is no mead.”

Everyone can con-tribute to both being green and saving the bees said LeComte.

“Don’t spray pesti-cides in your garden,” advises LeComte. “Look for organic treat-ments and advocate for them wherever you buy garden supplies. If you must spray, never spray anything in bloom. Learn to love dandelions, they are

an important source of nectar and pollen to bees and other pollina-tors.”

Our North American version of a pristine lawn is like a barren desert for your aver-age honey-making bee, comments LeComte. “Leave a wild space for pollinators somewhere on your property, even behind a shed is fine. Grow lots of pollina-tor friendly flowering plants that bloom at different times of the year.”

Made from local honey and berries all from within 20 kilome-tres of the farm, the award-winning mead from Tugwell is both sustainable and deli-cious. Co-owner Bob Liptrot has been keep-ing bees for over 43 years and making mead for over 25.

To learn more about bees, take advantage of Tugwell Creek’s Honey-bee Awareness Day, on May 25 from 12-5 p.m.

Organizations aspir-ing for Vancouver Island Green Busi-ness Certification, or if you’re just curious, can contact info@vigbc.ca today to get started. The process for cer-tification is online at: http://www.vigbc.ca/get-certified.php

Tugwell achieves green status

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Bob Liptrot shows how honey is made at last year’s Honey Bee Awareness Day.

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

You’ve probably seen this guy. He’s wearing a yellow retro-reflective jacket and an orange construc-tion hat, holding a stop sign on Sooke Road, by the alley behind Sooke Health Fitness.

You’ve probably wondered what he was doing.

We, too, wondered the same thing.

And like many of you, we’ve also asked him.

His name is Don Wilkinson, and he works for Shadow West Security, traffic con-trol division. He is a part of the team build-ing the new road, join-ing Church Road to Townsend.

You may also have noticed that turning left in Sooke is, at the best of time, challenging. Your success hinges on the kindness of strang-ers, or sheer luck.

Having the construc-tion vehicles depend

on luck or kindness could add months to the road construc-tion. So, Wilkinson, on seeing a construc-tion truck coming down from Anna Maria Road, stops the traffic in either direction on Sooke Road, allowing for a timely exit for the construction crew.

Wilkinson is impressed with the congestion on Sooke Road. In a 10 minute period between 1-2 p.m., (not even rush hour) he counted the number of cars passing him by for a period of 10 minutes. He got to 350. That’s 2,100 in an hour, and in a 10 hour span, that’s 21,000 cars.

He’s also impressed with the surprising number of drivers who assume that the sign is intended for the person behind them, but not themselves. Indeed, there are those who drive right through.

Wilkinson works from 7:30 a.m. to about 5 p.m. If you see him standing in the road

holding a stop sign, please comply. It might slow cause you a two or three minute delay, so adjust your travel time accordingly if being on time really matters to you. He’s not a forever

fixture, but he will be there for the next cou-ple of weeks.

For you, it’s a couple of minutes of the day. For him, it’s well over nine hours. Be nice.

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Don Wilkinson has become a road fixture for the time being.

He’s there for your safety

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Library grows poetry tree

From the base up, the poetry tree is a work of art. Visually, and literally. April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the Sooke Library Branch has created a community poet-tree. They invited members of the community to share a poem of their own creation or to share a favourite verse; as you can see by the attached photo. it’s been a great success. Leaves of poems are being added every day and many people enjoy browsing the poems written by their friends and fellow Sooke residents. This tree will be up all month, which means that there’s one week remaining to add your leaf of poetry. David Findley, a supervisor at the library, said people can “make up their own poems or submit their favourite. Prizes are to be won,” he adds.

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Conflicts of interest hamstring council

There is something wrong with a system where people who volunteer can be ham-strung if they choose to run for public office.

At the last council meeting, two councillors excused themselves from the council table because of what they felt would be a conflict of interest. This wasn’t a pecuni-ary conflict where they would gain financially in any way. In one case, a councillor sat on the CREST board, and felt she could not vote because of a line item in the Telecom-munications section of the district’s proposed Five Year Financial Plan. The councillor would receive no pecuniary benefit, so it seems absurd for her to excuse herself from such an important vote.

The other situation involved a councillor whose hus-band was a volunteer fireman, repeat volunteer. There is a line item in the budget for volunteer fire fighters, so how is this a pecuniary benefit to the councillor or her spouse? Volunteers are not paid.

These types of declarations of conflict are absurd. This would mean that anyone, or their spouse, who volun-teered in the community and if their organization or group received a grant or fee for service they would be in a con-flict of interest position.

Each of the councillors and the mayor receive a stipend for their work, so one could argue that voting on the finan-cial plan would then become a conflict.

This is carrying the perception of conflict of interest too far and some common sense needs to be used in these sit-uations. If a councillor was voting on a bylaw which would see their business benefit then that would be a conflict, but sitting on a volunteer board doing their public duty is not a conflict as defined in the Community Charter (under Ethical Conduct). They are not benefiting personally or business-wise. Council enacting bylaws which would sup-port a councillor’s business is a different thing altogether, and that needs more scrutiny.

These two councillors are trying to be responsible but in fact they are not, in that they are impeding the business of council. Let’s be realistic about how we define conflict of interest because in these cases the interests of the tax-payers are not being met.

ANOTHER VIEW

My name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspa-per. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on November 30 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitu-men. Given that there is an abun-dance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admis-sion the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that  even the slightest  risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unac-ceptable. 

 The grounding of the Exxon Val-dez in Alaska in 1989 is often held

up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recov-ered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fish-ery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecover-able and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imag-ine if we lost a full tanker load.

Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not pos-sible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instru-ments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the Internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many

more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the B.C. coast on our watch.

Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitu-men.

The second part of this OPED will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.

Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good perma-nent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for govern-ment coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitu-men in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Cana-dian government makes a decision on this next month.

David Black

Refinery would help protect coastline

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Taking exception to Fletcher’s comments

My husband and I recently moved to Shir-ley from Victoria.  

We appreciate Sooke News Mirror’s efforts to retain an inde-pendent, small-town focus, unlike the usual Black Press newspa-pers.   Sadly,  Boulevard and Monday Magazine are poor shadows of their former selves, and with each issue, the amount of people they employ decreases, and the amount of arti-cles v. ads decreases as well.

This week I was dis-mayed to see Sooke News Mirror publish an “editorial” (April 16, “Farmland fights sheds little light” pg. 8) by the Black Press favou-rite Liberal govern-ment mouthpiece, Tom Fletcher.

Anyone who eats food understands how crucial it is to protect the Agricultural Land Reserve. But, accord-ing to Fletcher, farming is the greatest attack on land in North Amer-ica. There’s no ques-tion vast hectares of land have been cleared for a century or more in order to grow food. What Fletcher doesn’t say, is the defenders of the ALR are not trying to protect and use what already exists, includ-ing wilderness habitat.  

IMO, the most impor-

tant point Fletcher fails to address is, at least the “cleared” land is being put to good use, i.e. growing food to feed British Columbians, and the growing num-ber of organic and bio-dynamic farms means little to no toxic chemi-cals polluting the soil, watersheds, animals and plants.  

Clearly Fletcher and his buddies Premier Christy Clark, and MLA Bill Bennett, see land as wasteful and empty if it’s not being used (“developed”) for com-mercial and industrial uses and real estate.  

As the California drought and other unstable climate events prove, growing food is more difficult and expensive, not to men-tion the costs of truck-ing and shipping. And the nutrients decrease the longer food even organic, spends in trucks and containers.  

At one time, I believe, Vancouver Island pro-vided something like 80-90 per cent of its own food, now, it’s something like 5-7 per cent. Information which should at the very least make everyone attempt to grow something edible, even in patio planters. Even better, start/join community gardens and support local farmers through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA’s) and other organizations which are increasing in number and more avail-able to more people all

the time.  One has to wonder

if Fletcher believes there’s a never end-ing supply of food at his favourite grocery store?   Or if he under-stands what an “indus-trial park” really is?

Helene Harrison  Shirley

Bunnies require work

The temptation to give your child a pet rabbit for Easter is not always a good idea.

Although rabbits in themselves are not high maintenance, their living conditions are. A rabbit habitat or cage must be cleaned out daily along with its water and food bowls. This takes time and after a while many chil-dren quickly tire of the chore and it falls onto the parent. As a parent do you have extra time to devote to this or will it become a burden making you want to rid yourself of the rabbit?

Before you even con-sider adopting a rabbit ask questions from a reputable rabbit per-son, not just someone who wants to sell you a rabbit. Children and rabbits do not always mix well. Rabbits being prey animals can be easily frightened to death and even the act of holding one could scare it to the point of struggling to get away

and badly injuring itself in the process.

If you have a rab-bit you wish to give up then please do not dump it in a field. That is a death sentence. Contact a humane soci-ety first.

William JesseVictoria

Two groups should join forces

I would like to express my concern about the $28,000 given to both SRTA (Sooke Region Tourism Asso-ciation) and the Sooke Chamber of Commerce and also for the mon-ies for the awards night ($300) and the trip to Calgary for a course ($2,800).

I would like to, and so should council, ask to see the results of the survey asking what people like or dislike in Sooke and why or why not they shop in Sooke. Those results would show what the folks in Sooke would like to see improved. There is value in this for the council and for busi-ness.

I do not believe that these monies should be paid to either group as that would appear that council is giving mon-eys to private business. I believe that the role of council is to provide services and a stage where a business can develop and thrive.

Ways council can do this is to provide those lovely ways and means signs a previous plan-ner provided a tem-plate for. For $56,000, perhaps we could start with four signs in the core, a sign for John Phillips Memorial Park, indicating this is a park and some benches for folks to set and rest or contemplate. Perhaps a portion of stamped concrete or brick could be places for attrac-tive sidewalks and the contemptible turn on Townsend could be corrected or a proper light and crosswalk in the town centre would make it easier for peo-ple to live, work and play in Sooke.

In our Saanich busi-ness, we paid our $100 business license fee for that the fire chief would inspect our premises two times a year as we were a restaurant. We had a merchant group to which we paid a sum and had meetings once every six months to decide where we would put our mon-ies to advertise our businesses. We would never have approached

Last Thursday, BC teachers voted 89 per cent in favour of job action. We asked: Do you support their job action?

Yes. I think their classrooms are far too crowded, and I also feel there should be more

done for children with learning disabilities.

Debbie StolthSooke

No. The school year is almost over and it will impact us stu-

dents.

Celine LacroixSooke

No. We need our teachers to be there for us.

Christina Thurlborn,Sooke

No. Not at all. If they keep strik-ing, how are the kids going to get

an education?

April RenaudSooke

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city hall to subsidize us and I am quite sure we would have been thrown our on our ear and should have been.

SRTA and the cham-ber share members and even board members. They should become one and charge their membership accord-ingly to what they can afford and work together to promote and create an environ-ment where we all like to work, live and play as this I believe will add further value to their business when folks can get around easily, prices are competitive and service is excellent.

Ellen Lewers Sooke

Vehicles want in

To illustrate how little thought or effort goes into some peo-ple’s opinion, copy and paste the second paragraph of Mr. Eber-hardt’s flowery essay in last week’s paper into Google (April 16, “Keep all vehicles out” pg. 9). What will come back is a link to the CRD website that he plagia-rized his opinion from. He simply copied and pasted the web site lan-guage into a mindless letter to the editor.

People that hog to themselves what they make everybody else pay for are the real threat to be banned from parks because they undermine the funding. The value of a park can be calculated with a formula known as the travel cost method. Simply put, the capital value of a park is a multiple of the sum of what people are willing to pay to travel to it. The less people, the less it’s worth.

The flip side of that calculation is called the opportunity cost. Simply put, the cost of operating a park is

increased by the cost of the opportunity lost to whatever management policy is imposed. The less people, the more it costs to sustain the capital value of the park.

But enough about worthless parks with no people. The actual issue here is the public right to use an existing road. A road, by defini-tion, is not a park. In fact, the only thing the road has to do with the park is to keep vehicles out of it. The gate, on the other hand, keeps vehicles off the road and forces them into the park.

If there is a more ass-backwards way of man-aging a park than by blocking the road into it, I would like to hear about it. Our whole-ecology proposal of a key for the gate and a permit to use the road is the best way of pro-tecting the park.

Terrance MartinSooke

Reliving memories

I was quite pleased to see the photo of the Syrett family in your latest issue (April 9, 2014).   It brought back many memories for me.

Years ago I inter-viewed Mrs. Alice Syrett regarding her son Vic-tor which resulted in a book I published titled, Dear Mum (about Vic-tor’s RAF life and prison time). I am now 93.   I was privileged to read all of the letters that Victor had written to his mum during WWII. I was greatly interested, because Victor visited an Aunt Maud in Lon-don and I had an Aunt Maud in London. Vic-tor went to the Far East and I went to the Far East. Victor died in a Japanese prison camp.  

When writing about

him I actually found and met the chap who was with him in the prison camp and was actually with him when he died... also several of the lads who knew him in the camp, and on troopships.  

It was a wonderful research experience and quite a moving experience for me. That is a wonderful photo of the Syrett family and one I will treasure. Thank you so much for the article.  

Years back, both my wife Lynette and I wrote articles for the Times Colonist in the old Islander. Today I just enjoy my laptop and now have a blog of my own, as does my wife Lynette.   Sorry to be so long-winded.

Ken StoferVictoria

Consider which charities to support

A line in Tom Fletch-er’s recent column on NDP leadership selec-tion and the profligacy of executives of the Portland Hotel Society (PHS) charity in Van-couver highlights to me the hypocrisy of activ-ists, non-governmental organizations, and gov-ernments who claim to be helping the poor and saving the planet.

Fletcher points out that Kwan attended a poverty conference in a very nice hotel in Eng-land. Conferences in general seem to be an excuse for the expense account crowd to live high.

If employees of a com-pany are overspending, its owners suffer the

financial effect of the inefficiency. (If people stay in a lower priced hotel they miss the best knowledge gained from interacting with other attendees.) NGOs get an inflated idea of their role – for example, the Canadian Diabetes Association spends on heart disease when there is a separate organization working on that, and the West Shore Chamber of Commerce overspent on things like a glossy magazine.

But for people sup-posedly helping to reduce poverty their choices of hotel are hypocritical. For gov-ernments, the unnec-essary cost comes out of the taxpayers’ pockets. For organiza-tions like the PHS the cost reduces services to those the organiza-tion exists to help, as donations and govern-ment contribution are not very elastic. Peo-ple, like Kwan, should object to organizations who choose expensive venues and boycott unresponsive ones.

And in the climate alarmist field hypocrisy is widespread. Al Gore, for example, has two houses that consume a great deal of energy, and he spews carbon dioxide from jetting around the world to urge other people to go without the ben-efits to life of fossil fuels. Locally, David Suzuki has two houses, each on expensive real estate – gosh, he’s just like some of the capital-ist CEOs he blames for ruining the climate.

My impression is that the PHS is still worth supporting, having many dedicated people in a tough environment and now a change of management.

But voters and con-tributors to charities should always be vigi-lant about who they are

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of understanding that people are individuals of varying content of character and a collec-tive efforts can actu-ally make things worse, reinforced by the Marx-

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Community choir to sing songs arranged by conductor

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three arrangements  by our talented conductor, Bruce Ruddell. Reflect-ing our love of our east, west and northern shores, our concert is aptly named SEA TO SEA.

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Don DescoteauBlack Press

Schools are at the heart of our commu-nities, from Sooke to Sidney and Oak Bay to Esquimalt, and educa-tors play a major role in shaping our children’s lives.

To honour them for helping young people gain skills, confidence and, in many cases, providing the inspira-tion for them reach a little higher, Black Press community news media is partnering with Staples in Greater Victoria to present the Great Teachers recogni-

tion program.From nominations

received from readers, three teachers will be selected – one each from the elementary, middle school and secondary levels –  to be honoured at a spe-cial recognition event in June and profiled in an upcoming edition of this newspaper.

“I think most people would agree, there is nothing like a special teacher to make a differ-ence in a person’s life. In our Black Press com-

munity newspapers we tell many stories about special teachers who are making a difference in their classrooms, science labs and gym-

nasiums. We wanted to recognize just how important these pro-fessionals are to fami-lies and to our future,” said Penny Sakamoto, Group Publisher.

“So many teach-ers go the extra mile, giving extra time for after-school activities or even just spending a few extra moments helping a child who needs a little more attention. Teachers are often the ones who rec-ognize the best in our children. Our Great Teachers program gives local families an opportunity to do the

same for educators.”Harmen Berghuis,

who oversees Staples’ School Tools program (staplesschooltools.ca) – it partners with parent advisory com-mittees to streamline parents’ school sup-plies purchases – says the company connects with numerous teach-ers over the course of a school year.

Along the way, he adds, store associates and managers get a feel for the kinds of initia-tives teachers under-take to make projects special or learning fun for students. “We really

admire teachers and the work that schools do,” Berghuis says. “I think they deserve all the recognition we can give them.”

We’d like to invite those of you with chil-dren currently in the school system to nomi-nate teachers whom you believe are worthy of special recognition for making a difference.

To nominate a favou-rite teacher, simply visit vicnews.com/con-tests and find the Great Teachers icon. Tell us where they teach, what grade and why you think they deserve spe-cial mention. The nomi-nation period ends May 23.

ddescoteau@vicnews.com

Special teachers make a differenceNominate your favourite grade school teacher for going that extra mile

Kyle Wells/News staff

Staples Langford store general manager Gerry Denis, left, Goldstream News Gazette acting editor Don Descoteau and Staples Langford sales manager Shawn Gowitt help kick off Great Teachers, a joint initiative that puts Greater Victoria’s grade school educators in the spotlight.

Horgan gets NDP/MLA supportNDP leadership can-

didate John Horgan welcomed support today from fellow MLAs Rob Fleming, Gary Hol-man and Lana Popham and Victoria NDP MP Murray Rankin.

Rankin, Fleming, Hol-man and Popham join the other Lower Island NDP MLAs and MPs, Carole James, Maurine Karagianis, Bill Routley and Randall Garrison, who endorsed Horgan at his launch on March 17.

“I’m proud to be joined by my fellow Lower Islanders as New Democrats unite to defeat the B.C. Liber-als in 2017,” said Hor-gan. “Together, we will show British Columbi-ans they can have con-fidence electing a New Democrat government that will invest in fam-ily supporting jobs and services, and the envi-ronment.”

Fleming, first elected MLA for Victoria-Hill-side in 2005, is Educa-tion Critic.

“As a father, I know firsthand the impor-tance of investing in

the success of our kids, but I hear from families and educators in every region that a decade of the B.C. Liberals’ con-flict and cuts are under-mining our education system,” said Fleming. “John has the skillset and team to win gov-ernment and deliver on the right priorities for B.C. families.”

Holman, first elected MLA for Saanich North and the Islands in 2013, is Democratic Reform Critic and Deputy Critic for Environment and B.C. Ferries.

“John gets that Pre-mier Clark’s empty slogans, deep service cuts and indifference to the environment have made many Brit-ish Columbians cynical about politics,” said Holman. “He is inspir-ing people with a con-fident message that there is a better way that includes them, and I’m excited to be part of that.”

Popham, first elected MLA for Saanich South in 2005, is Small Busi-ness, Tourism, Arts and

Culture Critic.“Experience-based

tourism is highly sought after and First Nations play a leading role; yet just as sustainable, cul-turally rich Aboriginal tourism is growing, B.C. Liberal cuts to ferry service and the Aborig-inal Tourism budget take important oppor-tunities away,” said Popham. “The united team that John is build-ing will ensure that New Democrats are focused on economic opportu-nity for all B.C.”

Rankin, first elected MP for Victoria in 2012 is federal Opposition Critic for National Rev-enue and Pensions.

“My life’s work has been to ensure we develop our natural resources in a man-ner that provides good jobs, sustains our envi-ronment and respects First Nations’ rights,” said Rankin. “For over thirty years, John has been a part of that work with me. His expe-rience and proven lead-ership will make him a superb Premier.”

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Don DescoteauBlack Press

Schools are at the heart of our commu-nities, from Sooke to Sidney and Oak Bay to Esquimalt, and educa-tors play a major role in shaping our children’s lives.

To honour them for helping young people gain skills, confidence and, in many cases, providing the inspira-tion for them reach a little higher, Black Press community news media is partnering with Staples in Greater Victoria to present the Great Teachers recogni-

tion program.From nominations

received from readers, three teachers will be selected – one each from the elementary, middle school and secondary levels –  to be honoured at a spe-cial recognition event in June and profiled in an upcoming edition of this newspaper.

“I think most people would agree, there is nothing like a special teacher to make a differ-ence in a person’s life. In our Black Press com-

munity newspapers we tell many stories about special teachers who are making a difference in their classrooms, science labs and gym-

nasiums. We wanted to recognize just how important these pro-fessionals are to fami-lies and to our future,” said Penny Sakamoto, Group Publisher.

“So many teach-ers go the extra mile, giving extra time for after-school activities or even just spending a few extra moments helping a child who needs a little more attention. Teachers are often the ones who rec-ognize the best in our children. Our Great Teachers program gives local families an opportunity to do the

same for educators.”Harmen Berghuis,

who oversees Staples’ School Tools program (staplesschooltools.ca) – it partners with parent advisory com-mittees to streamline parents’ school sup-plies purchases – says the company connects with numerous teach-ers over the course of a school year.

Along the way, he adds, store associates and managers get a feel for the kinds of initia-tives teachers under-take to make projects special or learning fun for students. “We really

admire teachers and the work that schools do,” Berghuis says. “I think they deserve all the recognition we can give them.”

We’d like to invite those of you with chil-dren currently in the school system to nomi-nate teachers whom you believe are worthy of special recognition for making a difference.

To nominate a favou-rite teacher, simply visit vicnews.com/con-tests and find the Great Teachers icon. Tell us where they teach, what grade and why you think they deserve spe-cial mention. The nomi-nation period ends May 23.

ddescoteau@vicnews.com

Special teachers make a differenceNominate your favourite grade school teacher for going that extra mile

Kyle Wells/News staff

Staples Langford store general manager Gerry Denis, left, Goldstream News Gazette acting editor Don Descoteau and Staples Langford sales manager Shawn Gowitt help kick off Great Teachers, a joint initiative that puts Greater Victoria’s grade school educators in the spotlight.

Horgan gets NDP/MLA supportNDP leadership can-

didate John Horgan welcomed support today from fellow MLAs Rob Fleming, Gary Hol-man and Lana Popham and Victoria NDP MP Murray Rankin.

Rankin, Fleming, Hol-man and Popham join the other Lower Island NDP MLAs and MPs, Carole James, Maurine Karagianis, Bill Routley and Randall Garrison, who endorsed Horgan at his launch on March 17.

“I’m proud to be joined by my fellow Lower Islanders as New Democrats unite to defeat the B.C. Liber-als in 2017,” said Hor-gan. “Together, we will show British Columbi-ans they can have con-fidence electing a New Democrat government that will invest in fam-ily supporting jobs and services, and the envi-ronment.”

Fleming, first elected MLA for Victoria-Hill-side in 2005, is Educa-tion Critic.

“As a father, I know firsthand the impor-tance of investing in

the success of our kids, but I hear from families and educators in every region that a decade of the B.C. Liberals’ con-flict and cuts are under-mining our education system,” said Fleming. “John has the skillset and team to win gov-ernment and deliver on the right priorities for B.C. families.”

Holman, first elected MLA for Saanich North and the Islands in 2013, is Democratic Reform Critic and Deputy Critic for Environment and B.C. Ferries.

“John gets that Pre-mier Clark’s empty slogans, deep service cuts and indifference to the environment have made many Brit-ish Columbians cynical about politics,” said Holman. “He is inspir-ing people with a con-fident message that there is a better way that includes them, and I’m excited to be part of that.”

Popham, first elected MLA for Saanich South in 2005, is Small Busi-ness, Tourism, Arts and

Culture Critic.“Experience-based

tourism is highly sought after and First Nations play a leading role; yet just as sustainable, cul-turally rich Aboriginal tourism is growing, B.C. Liberal cuts to ferry service and the Aborig-inal Tourism budget take important oppor-tunities away,” said Popham. “The united team that John is build-ing will ensure that New Democrats are focused on economic opportu-nity for all B.C.”

Rankin, first elected MP for Victoria in 2012 is federal Opposition Critic for National Rev-enue and Pensions.

“My life’s work has been to ensure we develop our natural resources in a man-ner that provides good jobs, sustains our envi-ronment and respects First Nations’ rights,” said Rankin. “For over thirty years, John has been a part of that work with me. His expe-rience and proven lead-ership will make him a superb Premier.”

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Sometimes a sad event sparks a good thing, and

that is what happened in Lorna’s Bjorklund’s young life at eight years old. Her grandfather passed away, but his piano was left to her parents. The instru-ment fascinated her, and she would race home from school just to think up new pieces to play.

Once she was able to have piano lessons, she surprised everyone including her Estonian teacher, to cover three grades in one year.

Playing in compe-titions truly inspired Lorna to press on fur-

ther in order to com-plete her ARCT diploma at 17 years old, as well as the LTCL in England at 19 years of age with hopes of becoming a concert pianist.

Sometimes hopes have to redirect and for Lorna, life took twists and turns so that she chose to return to the University of Saskatch-ewan to complete her teaching degree. She has lived in several areas of the world including Ottawa, Mon-treal, Brazil, London (where she was the pia-nist for the ballet com-pany), Guyana and the Cayman Islands before returning to Victoria.

But with her father being in Sooke and Lorna intending to

have advanced lessons with Robert Holliston of the Victoria Conser-vatory of Music, Sooke became her home.

Her current position as the music teacher at Journey middle school is an amazing gift to the Sooke community as Lorna has developed music programmes to initiate youth bands, youth orchestras and chamber ensembles.

Her work has cata-pulted these youth to the National Music Competitions in Rich-mond, B.C. in May, because the school’s young musicians have already won many awards on Vancouver

Island. In fact, Lorna is cur-

rently directing several fundraising events to

help with the costs of getting the Sooke youth to this competition. Donations made to the

Journey middle school are matched by the Sooke Philharmonic Society.

Sooke Philharmonic Society presents the 9th Annual Don Chrys-ler Concerto Competi-tion for Young Musi-cians.

A wonderful evening of music performed by the six finalists, a show-case of some of  Victo-ria region’s extremely talented young musi-cians.

Part of the Sooke Philharmonic Society’s commitment is to sup-port and encourage youth in their musical development. It takes place at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at UVic on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m.

Each finalist will perform his/her com-plete concerto, with piano accompaniment. Admission is by dona-tion, and you can vote for your favourite per-

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The finalists are:

Rae GallimoreWalton, Concerto for

Viola and Orchestra

Ashley Green Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33

Ya-Ping HuangLiszt, Piano Concerto

No.1 in Eb major, S.124

Masahiro MiyauchiBeethoven, Piano

Concerto No.5 in Eb major, Op.73 (Emperor)

    Leo Y PhanichphantMozart, Clarinet Con-

certo in A major, K.622

Hailey PhillipsMozart, Violin Con-

certo No. 4 in D major, K.218

Prizes once again

generously donated by Long & McQuade.

The winner of the competition will per-form his/her concerto with the Sooke Philhar-monic Orchestra at the Celebration of Young Artists concerts in

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Dining Out For Life at 17 Mile pubPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Once a year restau-rants from Port Hardy to Victoria get involved in Dining Out For Life, an annual fund-raiser for AIDS Vancouver Island.

For the past four years, the 17 Mile Pub has been giving 25 per cent of their sales from meals to the cause.

“It’s an island thing and it’s a good cause,” said Ken Whitaker, owner of the 17 Mile Pub. “All we have to do is open the doors.”

On April 24, the 17 Mile Pub will give a por-tion of food sales from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Over 75 of Vancou-ver Island’s best-loved restaurants will come together to take part in Dining Out For Life, an annual fund raiser that supports island pro-grams and services for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

The annual event, now in its ninth year, has raised more than $200,000 for programs and services across Vancouver Island.

The 17 Mile Pub, built in 1894, is a well-known landmark. It has been many things, including a hotel, school and a house of worship. Only the pub has been continuous and it is still a gather-

ing place for locals. It is hoped nearby resi-dents from the Sooke area will come out and support the cause. Last year, patrons contrib-uted close to $500 for the cause.

“There are no spe-cific food specials,” said Whitaker, “it’s any-thing off the menu.”

Chef Neil Meija will create his usual pub grub, including the Thursday scallop spe-cial.

For restaurateurs, the event offers a chance to give back to their community as well as a promotional boost—diners are encouraged to get out and enjoy a meal at their favourite

local establishment, or to try out a new one, with many restaurants offering special menu items on the day.

Fighting HIV and AIDS in your commu-nity is as easy as pick-ing up  a  menu. Find a complete list of par-ticipating restaurants at  http://www.dining-outforlife.com/van-couverisland/restau-rants/  and join in on Dining Out For Life!

Since 1986, AIDS Van-couver Island has been working to improve the lives of people living with HIV or AIDS and to prevent more indi-viduals from becoming infected with the virus.

Britt Santowski photo

John Clarkson from the BC Pensioners and Seniors Organization, with Wynn Lecomte from the Sooke Elderly Citizen Housing Society were participating at the Volunteer Fair on April 12.

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Public Tours of Water Supply FacilitiesMay 5 - 10, 2014The Capital Regional District will be hosting their 25th annual public tours of the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area and water supply facilities including the Sooke Dam and the ultraviolet treatment plant. Learn how our high quality drinking water is delivered from the source to your tap.Three free bus tours will leave each day from the main parking area at Thetis Lake Regional Park from Monday, May 5 to Saturday, May 10. There are two tour options available and both require advanced reservations. Location: Main parking area at Thetis Lake Regional Park - End of

Six Mile RdTimes: Full Day Tour: 9:30 am (returns at approximately 3pm)

Half Day Tour: 9:15 am (returns at approximately 12:15 pm) 1pm (returns at approximately 4pm)

Advance reservations can be made by calling 250.940.0200 from Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm. The tours are not recommended for children under 12. Free parking is available. Visit www.crd.bc.ca/watertours for more information.

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

There are free books to be had throughout our town, available to anyone in our com-munity. It’s called the Book Bin, and it’s been around since 2011.

The Book Bin Pro-gram delivers a wide variety of books for all ages from various loca-tions in Sooke.

In December 2009, Sooke Literacy Project hosted a Book Drive and the response was overwhelming, with over 4,000 books col-lected.

These books are in various locations around town, includ-ing the Sooke Family Resource Centre, Stick in the Mud, the T’Sou-ke Health Office, and SEAPARC.

Books are in well-marked boxes (and bookshelves) filled with books. Readers are wel-come to to take them home and enjoy with your family. Any book you choose is yours until you no longer

want it. You can return it to any of the Book Bin locations, or pass it on to someone else to enjoy! Bins are replen-ished every month, so you have new books to

choose from.There are child-ori-

ented Book Bins at The Stick in the Mud cof-fee shop, on the floor at the CASA building, and at Strong Start at

John Muir elementary school. There are also

some children’s books in the bin at SEAPARC.

Smaller donations can be left in the Book Bins themselves; if any-one has a larger dona-tion, please contact Jodie at 250-580-2252 or sookeliteracy@gmail.com.

According to last year’s literacy plan, “Approximately 5,200 books were distributed by the Book Bin pro-gram in 2011-12, based on average of 50 books distributed every sec-ond week in each of 4 book bins; community feedback about this program is excellent and frequent; three dedicated volunteers now manage this pro-gram on behalf of SRLP and the LOC. “

If you wish to donate new and/or gently used books for the Book Bin Program, donate them to a box nearest you.

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Julie Muttitt checks out the books at the Book Bin at the Sooke Family Resource Society (2145 Townsend Rd.).

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Deb, after a lengthy and courageous fi ght against cancer. Deb is survived by her loving husband Ken, her children Elizabeth and Vincent Pungente, her mom Florence McFetridge, brother Robert (Louise) McFetridge, sister Linda (Bill) Bussanich, as well as several aunts, and many nieces, nephews and great friends.

Deb was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and came to Victoria in 1957.

Deb was passionate about gardening and had her own business for many years. She enjoyed volunteering in the Sooke community.

Many thanks to all the doctors, nurses, home care workers and Sooke Hospice for the wonderful care given to Deb, with special thanks to Dr. T. Vally and Dr. E. Anderson.

In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Sooke Hospice or the Cancer Society.

Celebration of   life details will be placed in the Times Colonist.

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Stephens, Ralph CliffordJune 20th, 1934 to April 14th, 2014

Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Friend.

It is with great sadness and a greater love that we mourn the loss of our father.Predeceased by his wife Bonita(Goudie) and daughter Darcy. He is survived by his sons, Cliff & James, daughters Tracey (Peter) & Naomi, Sister Sylvia (Pierre) Boivin.7 Grandchildren, Branden, Tamara, Tyler, Lauren, Elyse, Myles, James and 4 Great-Grand children, Kassidy, Dreyden, Rilynn, Emilee, family & friends.Dad lived his life with little needs, full instead of selfless deeds. For everyone you did your best, may you now have eternal rest.Your presence we’ll miss, your memory we’ll treasure. Loving you always, forgetting you never.At families request there will be no service.

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Meeting will be held on Wenesday, April 30, 2014

at 7:30pm. At the Otter Point Fire Hall,

Otter Point Road.

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COMING EVENTS

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CONTACT LOAN Cupboard call 250-389-4607. Need a ride? Call 250-389-4661.

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SENIORS ACTIVITY

Membership $15.00 Monday - Ayre Manor Resi-dents trips.Tuesday & Thursday - Lunch and Bingo Community Hall.Wednesday - Special trips ad-

vertised in Sooke Mirror. Friday - Lunch and shopping trips in Victoria, Call Celia, 250-642-5828.Last Sunday of the month - Dinner at different restraints, Call June, 250-642-1521.

Pickup at home or community hall.

For further information, cal Kay, 250-642-4662

SOOKE CRISIS & Referral Centre, 2043 Church Rd. Open 10am-1pm, Mon.-Fri. 250-642-0215.

SOOKE MEALS on Wheels, 1585 O’Neill Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0T5. 250-642-2184.

TURN YOUR REFUND into a Donation to the Sooke Food Bank at the Sooke Bottle De-pot. Also accepting cash and non perishable food items.

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SFAS Member Services

Committee springs into

action The Sooke Fine Arts

Society’s recently established Members Services Commit-tee put together its first outing last week. The committee’s first “Members Meander” saw about a dozen SFAS

members take in some of the latest spring exhi-bitions in downtown Victoria on April 2. The group led by team leader Linda Teneycke included new and long-time members;  and began with a pub lunch at the Irish Times Pub, before gallery-hopping between various exhib-its, including the pro-gressive sound proj-ect, curated by Paul Walde, now showing at Open Space Gallery (until June 7), and the world’s largest button blanket, created in con-junction with Univer-sity of Victoria’s First Peoples House, which

will hang at The Legacy Art Gallery  until April 25. The meander ended with East Sooke art-ist Kay Lovett’s latest show (pictured), which came to a close at the Philips Brewing Com-pany. 

For more information on Sooke Fine Arts Soci-

ety annual member-ships ($10) and their benefits, please contact the SFAS office at 250-642-7256 or email Cath-erine Keogan at sfas@sookefinearts.com.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR DEADLINE: THURSDAY @ 3PMItems for Community Calendar must be non-commercial

and free to the public. Please limit to 25 words.

SHOPPERSDRUG MART

250-642-5229

All Community events which purchase a display ad will appear in our current community event calendar at no charge.

FREE EVENTS will be listed at no charge, space permitting.

Thurs April 24ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 p.m.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and Bingo at the Community Hall. See Directory below for information.PUBLIC ADVISORY PANELArts and Beautification. 7 p.m. at the Prestige. Info 250-642-1634.

Fri April 25VITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6 p.m.Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m. TODDLER TIME10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Sooke Library. Hands-on activity, for ages 18-36 months. To register call 250-642-3022 or email sooke@virl.bc.ca.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250-642-5828 for information.

Mon April 28PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00. (250) 642-5152 for info.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSAyre Manor Residents trips. See Directory below for information.COUGAR ANNIE TALESEMCS 8 p.m. start. Tix $15 at Sooke Museum, EMCS, The Stick, or at the door.

Sun April 27ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5, children welcome.Drop-in Pool @ 1 p.m.POIRIER CLOTHING DRIVESpring Cleaning? Poirier is having a clothing drive from 10-11:30. Bring your slightly used clothes to Poirier in a bag.

Tues April 29BABY TALKReturning to Work and Finding Daycare. Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre 10-11:30 a.m. PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME10:30 a.m. Sooke Library. 3-5 years old. Registration required. 250-642-3022. ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000.YOUTH CLINICAges 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Library, 6:30–8:00 pm. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONPool League 7 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and Bingo at the Community Hall.

Wed April 30PEOPLE’S WALKING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.FREE ARTS AND CRAFTSSooke Library. 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. All ages, no registration required.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m. Ladies Darts 12 noon.NASCAR 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7 p.m. For info 642-7520.

Sat April 26ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.ANNUAL PLANT SALEKnox Presbyterian Church, 9-1 p.m.GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Evergreen CentreSPRING CLEANING GARAGE SALE Fire Station 1, 10:00-2:00. Rent a table for $10.00. Proceeds to Muscular Dystrophy. Steve Sorensen at 250-642-5422 or ssorensen@sooke.ca for infoFALL FAIR FLEA MARKET Community Hall 10 - 2 p.m. Crafts and concession.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend RdEMCS (Edward Milne Community School): 6218 Sooke Rd

Evergreen Centre: 6660 Sooke Rd, Sooke, BCFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

Fire Station #1: 2225 Otter Point RoadHoly Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd

Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church RdLegion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdSEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd

Village Foods: Right smack downtown, you can’t miss it

Directory: Where to find what

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The Stick, or at the door.

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Family dance planned for May 8 Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

It appears that good clean fun can be had at high school.

For its second year now, EMCS Musical Theatre will be host-ing a community fam-ily dance. The foot-loose magic happens on Thursday, May 8, beginning at 7 p.m. and wraps up at 9. It will take place at the

Edward Milne commu-nity theatre, and tickets are $4 per person, or $10 for the entire fam-ily.

According to Jill Fader, the director and producer of musi-cal theatre at Journey middle school, the event was initiated “to raise money to support the musical theatre at EMCS and Journey mid-dle school.” Last year they raised over $1,000,

and this year they are aiming to double that amount.

As to where the money goes, Fader pro-vided an extensive list.

“The money goes to sound and light equip-ment, batteries for microphones, sets, props, costumes, pro-grams, publicity, rental of theatre, (and) custo-dians,” she details. The need is there.

The event is coordi-

nated by the junior and senior musical theatre students from both EMCS and Journey, along with the support of teachers Mrs. McLel-lan, Sue Garat and Paul McLellan. It is an all-ages event, and the invitation is extended to the community of Sooke.

Besides enjoying a live performance from the band, Matheson, participants will be able

to see the EMCS Musi-cal Theatre performing 2 Reflections from their upcoming show.

Hotdogs and pop-corn can be purchased at the event.

Tickets can be pur-chased at EMCS (at the office in advance, or at the door on the day of the dance) or from Shoppers Drug Mart.

NOW OPEN for LUNCH

Tuesday - Saturday 11:30 am -2pm

take away available

Lic. Patio w/Harbour View

Set Menu Fri & Sat 5:30-9 pm(reservations recommended)

642-3596 / 1831 Maple Ave. S

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Sports & Recreation Please send sports tips to Britt Santowski at:

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Would you like pickles with that?Pickleball returns to SEAPARC

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Once again this year, SEAPARC is now offer-ing Pickleball drop-in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Pickleball is kind of like playing ping pong on the table, with a paddle and a whiffle ball. Or, as described on their website (www.crd.bc.ca/seaparc/), “It

combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. “This is an all-ages activity, with a drop-in fee of $4.

There’s also a range of other drop-in activi-ties for children, cost-ing only $2. Fridays include Home Learn-ers’ sports sampler (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.), youth floor hockey (2:15-3:30 p.m.), and “Kids Unplugged” (a mixed bag of activities, 3:30-

5:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays).

But wait … there’s more!

Check out the Spring/Summer activity guide recently mailed to homes in Sooke. If you didn’t receive one, you can pick up your copy at SEAPARC, or access the more environmen-tally version on their website.

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

The Sooke Seahawks organization has recently provided sponsorship to a couple of their play-ers, funds that include covering the seasonal cost, cleats, mouth guards and full coverage on clinics. The funds came from Seahawk fundraising activi-ties, such as the most recent steel metal drive.

According to equipment manager Steve Mullen, these sponsorship will provide focus and purpose to the young players, channeling their energy pro-ductively. It gets kids away from the TV — and electronic screen in general, he says.

Andy Carrier, coach for the Atoms Seahawks, adds that the Victoria league has been “incredibly kind and shown much grace” in supporting the Sooke players.

And the Seahawks have been busy fundraising themselves, the proceeds of which have gone to subsidizing the costs to players. The Sooke clinics, for example, are one-third the cost of attending a similar clinic in Victoria.

“We’ve subsidized every clinic we have had this year,” said Carrier.

Parents and guardians interested in grant assis-tant programs, visit http://www.victoriafootball.ca/registration and scroll to the bottom of the page. At the bottom of the Registration page is information on KidSport Victoria, Canadian Tire JumpStart, Langford Sport Assist, and Athletics 4 Kids. Registration information specific to the Sooke Seahawks is on http://www.sookeseahawks.com/

Britt Santowski photo

Submitted photo

Yes, it’s a dumpster. No, he’s not exactly dumpster diving. Nimble Andy Carrier hopped in an out of the steel metal recycling bin in the fundraiser recently hosted by the Sooke Seahawks at the Sooke elementary school’s parking lot.

Seahawks football fundraisers sponsors two young aspiring athletes

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

⍟SEAPARC SNIPPETBeing a star must run in this family because 4 year old Robyn is the second little Kristiansen Star! She comes to SEAPARC often; she is a registrant in our Doodle Bugs Preschool and takes swim lessons here too. Robyn says that she likes coming to preschool because she likes her teachers and the friends she’s made. She is looking forward to starting school this fall in Ecole Poirier’s French Immersion program (just like her big sister Kirsten). She takes tap dancing lessons here in Sooke and wants to learn taekwondo and soccer someday. When she’s at home, Robyn likes playing with her sister, taking care of her cat Sparkles and playing with her (rather large) My Little Pony collection. She loves going on family trips to White Rock where she gets to visit Ampa and Nona. While she’s there, she likes to make pottery with Nona in her studio and go to the park to play with Ampa. She’s looking forward to lots of camping trips this summer and says that her favourite part of camping is being outside, having her friends along with her and sleeping in the trailer. Robyn told us that her sister Kirsten is a very good sister because “she loves me and I love her”! We asked Robyn what she is good at; to which she instantly replied “sleeping”, after a high five, we were told that she is also good at sharing, swimming and riding her bike. Robyn was described as an energetic, friendly and giggly young lady who is VERY TICKLISH! She plans on being a dentist when she grows up, and we are sure that she will be the best dentist ever! Thank you for being our SEAPARC Star Robyn, you are AWESOME!

SEAPARC STAR – ROBYN KRISTIANSEN The Ice is out but there is still lots to do in the arena!

* Floor Hockey * Kids Unplugged * Lacrosse

* Pickleball* RC Flyers Drop-in

* SoccerDrop-in Schedule available

on our website www.seaparc.ca

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Metchosin Cricket Club, is pleased to announce the creation of the Metchosin Junior Cricket League, a devel-opment program for boys and girls ages 6 - 16. This is an excellent opportunity for kids in the Western Com-munities and Sooke to learn a new sport and stay active through the summer. All prac-tices and games will be held at the Metcho-sin Cricket Ground, behind the Municipal Hall on Happy Valley

Road. Evening prac-tices are slated to start in mid-May, with the first games on Saturday June 7.

Registration is very affordable too, thanks to the support of the major sponsor Saun-ders Subaru. Rates for the inaugural season are just $45 for each child, less than $2 per session. To encourage families, a second sib-ling plays for $35, or a family of 3 or more for $100. Siblings will play on the same team, each

coached by an experi-enced local cricketer. All players will have a colourful team jersey and a ball cap to keep.

Older players who are ready to move up

may be selected to rep-resent the League in matches against simi-lar junior programs at Beacon Hill, and on the mainland. For fur-ther information, or to

make an enquiry, join the MJCL mailing list by sending an email to met.jr.cricket@gmail.com.

Metchosin Cricket Club was formed in 1976 and fields teams in the Victoria District Cricket Association’s 10-team Div.1, and the 16-team 2nd division. New and experienced players are always wel-come. Practices are Thursdays at 6 p.m. at the Metchosin Cricket Ground.

The newly created Metchosin Junior Cricket League welcomes players from Sooke

Sooke cricket players can hop to it in Metchosin

A bit about CricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played

between two teams of 11 players each on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch.

Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings.

Ultimately, it’s a game where bowler’s bowl to batsmen on the cricket pitch.

Sooke runners receive awards

Judy Burgess photos

Following the Sooke River 10K, Series Awards were awarded.

Top right: In the male 16-19 category, Sooke’s Brandon Willson and Austin Willson receive their six and seven place medals.

Below: In the Young Runners:, male to 15 years, STARR runner Matthew Thomson placed second with a time of 41:14.

Below right: One-month old Little Speedster, Badger, waits in his grandmother’s arms while his mother, STARR Sarah Mae Pyndus, picks up her fourth place ribbon.

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Short periods of low pressure and discolouration of water can be expected. Commercial establishments such as laundromats and beauty salons will receive advance warning of flushing in their vicinity. If you require such notification, please contact CRD Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC, at 250.474.9619.

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Four lacrosse players from Sooke make the cut for the Victoria Shamrock’s team

Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

Four Sooke youth have made the cut to play on the Victoria Intermediate Sham-rock’s Lacrosse team.

Zack Homer, Gabe Harman, Ian Grundy and Alex Garson have all made the final cut.

They are registered as players from Juan de Fuca, and are all from Sooke.

The 2014 season gets under way with the first home game of the sea-son on Saturday, May 3 when the Interme-diate Shamrocks will host the Burnaby Inter-mediate Lakers. Game time is 1:30 pm at the

newly-named Q Center (formerly known as the Bear Mountain Arena). After that, they face the Salmonbellies in New Westminister, on Sun-day May 4, 3 p.m.

As posted on the Intermediatesham-rocks.com website, “One thing fans can be sure of is that this will be a hard-working

group of young men and, while winning a provincial champion-ship is an immediate possibility, the long-term goal is prepar-ing these players to compete in a couple of years for a Minto Cup.”

Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for seniors and students.

File photo

A bit aboutlacrosseSpring sports sea-

son presents a host of opportunities for ath-letic youngsters. But the secret to a success-ful season has little to do with wins and losses and a lot to do with making sure children have fun and take the necessary precautions to reduce their risk of injury on the playing field.

Lacrosse is a spring sport.

It is a game that mar-ries elements of bas-ketball, football and hockey. Players throw and catch a small, hard, rubber ball with a netted stick, called a crosse.

Lacrosse is a contact sport; therefore, pro-tective gear is essential to prevent injury. Play-ers must wear helmets, typically with a safety grill over the face for boys. A mouthpiece, gloves and padding can be worn to further pre-vent injuries.

Water Conservation Tip: Fertilize carefully.

Be the difference

Most people are actively finding ways to conserve water. You can make a difference too. Keep your lawn healthy by watering less, reducing thatch build up, and using organic fertilizers such as compost, manures, and mulches, which help to build your soil and improve the health of your plants.

For more water-saving tips, visit www.crd.bc.ca/water, or call 250.474.9684.

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� e best of both worlds with GNSFor BC residents, Glenlyon Norfolk School’s 5-day Family Boarding program allows students to live with a GNS family in Victoria during the week, but return home for the weekends.

The Glenlyon Norfolk School advantage

• Ahead of the curve, GNS has nearly 20 years experience teaching the International Baccalaureate—one of the fastest-growing enriched education programs in the world. Leading universities recognize IB graduates with advanced standing or credit for their IB courses in high school.

• The average teacher to student ratio is 1 to 8 in our Middle and Senior Schools.

• At GNS, students receive all the benefi ts of being in a smaller school, yet can still choose from a large range of course offerings.

• GNS offers numerous co-curricular options including a thriving Fine and Performing Arts Program, one of the nation’s leading Debate programs, and a variety of athletic opportunities—among them one of the top school soccer programs in Canada.

Visit with The Deputy Head of GNS on the following days:

Western Communities on Thursday, May 1

Bear Mountain on Tuesday, May 6

Call 250.380.6801 or email admissions@mygns.ca to make an appointment. We look forward to meeting you.

Attend a top IB school andbe home for the weekend.

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I’ll bet your mama told you to look both ways before you cross the street. Us moms tend to be smart about things like that.

I’ll also bet that your mama also never really wanted you to ride a motorcycle. Us mamas tend to want to bubble-wrap our children, even when they turn 40.

But when a mama turns motorcyclist her-self, as this mama did (well before mama-hood walloped me submissive to a bawl-ing bundle of joy and spittle), we also have additional wisdom to add to the pile.

First and foremost, ride to live.

Which brings this mama back to looking

both ways. As a motorcyclist,

you need to be contin-ually aware of what’s going on around you, 360 degrees.

At a minimum, ride two seconds behind any vehicle in front of

you. Better yet, count to three. Rear-enders mostly happen because the following vehicle is too close, or the rider is inattentive. Count-ing to three gives you a safe distance; the act of counting keeps you focussed.

Rear-enders also happen if the vehicle behind is so impressed by your biker awesome-ness that they want to be closer to you.

Appreciating their adoration, establish-ing that three second barrier to the vehicle in front doubles as a safety from the vehi-cle behind. But ... this ONLY works if you immediately look at the vehicle behind as you do your emergency

stop, should you need to engage. Mirrors and shoulder checks are your primary tools.

If the vehicle behind you is not stopping as you do, you have a sec-ond or two to scoot left or right, as the situation might dictate.

As far as looking left and right for lane changes and turns, remember the five-step mantra:

1. Shoulder check2. Signal3. Shoulder check4. Turn5. CANCEL that

darned signalAfter you’ve mas-

tered the 360 head bob-bling thing, then you can live to ride.

Ever since Roder-ick Haig-Brown pub-lished his Fisherman’s Winter in 1954, anglers have heard of the phe-nomenal brown trout and rainbow trout of Argentina and may have dreamed about pursuing them in the challenging wind-swept plains of Patagonia. 

They now have the opportunity of a presen-tation right here by an Argentinean fishing guide with decades of experi-ence in this pursuit. 

Fernando Sosa has been guiding for 25 years in the Neuquén Province of Argentina and will treat anglers to a presentation on this dream trip that will raise funds for the Pacific Salmon Foundation

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The Argen-tine portion of Patago-nia includes the prov-inces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, as well as the eastern por-tion of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the southernmost depart-ment of Buenos Aires province: Patagones.

Sosa will talk about the Patagonia experi-ence in Neuquen Prov-ince. Trout fishing is his maximum expression, in one of the last pris-tine places in the world. It is a land of awe-inspir-ing fly water and scen-ery. Offering every-thing from turquoise rivers cutting through the rain forest to tea-stained chalk streams that hold rainbow and brown trout. Casting oversized dry flies that skitter across the sur-face, you see and feel an explosive brown or rainbow hammer your fly it is truly unparal-leled fishing.

You can fly fish the best stretches of leg-

endary Argentine rivers including the Malleo, Chimehuin, Quilqui-hue, Collon Cura, Quil-len, Alumine, Queil-len while you stay at a unique lodge - San Huberto, situated on the banks of the Malleo River. The lodge offers first class service and accommodations, pri-vate access waters and a very limited number of guests, the waters have been protected for many years, every trout caught must be released, assuring superb fly fishing year after year. Every river in Neuquen Province is catch and release.

Sosa will give you another great option, fishing with Andes Drifters, for rainbow and brown trout. Lodg-ing choices range from deluxe streamside camps to accommo-dations in one of the four-star cabañas. The streamside camps are set up by their master camp director, this is one of the best way to experience Patagonia, the food is prepared with traditional Argen-tina methods using hot coals from a campfire and will rival anything served in a five-star res-taurant.

You can also choose a town-based stay in San Martin de los Andes with access to very pro-ductive and uncrowded public waters and excellent fly-fishing. These programs offer daily wading or floating trips, or you could add some extra outdoors life and adventure by camping and floating great rivers like the Alu-mine, Caleufu, Collon Cura and Chimehuin with one, two or three nights on the river bank with quality campsites.

Feranado Sosa has being living in Patago-nia for the last 32-years.

He has been a fishing and hunting guide for the   last 25 years. Fer-nado has also been the president of the cham-ber of guides for the province of Neuquen for the last seven years, he is deeply involved in preserving Patagonia resources, specifically wild life, water and the enviroment.

Fishing for details?

• April 26, at 7 p.m.• Westcoast Fly Fish-

ers• Village Food Market,

6661 Sooke Road• Conference Room

Admission is by dona-tion to the Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Sosa talks about fishing Patagonia

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britt@imallowed.com

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, your energy

needs an outlet. Exer-cise is a productive way to expend yourself, so stretch at your desk, skip the elevator for the stairs or take a walk at lunchtime.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Untangle yourself

from conflicts at work, Taurus. This is not the time to get involved in anything that may put your chances for a pro-motion in jeopardy.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21You are full of intel-

lectual energy, Gemini. Answers to trivia show questions come easily to you and you’re ready to solve the world’s most pressing prob-lems.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, give your

finances serious con-sideration this week. Find a solid plan for saving and stick with it because you are going to need extra funds in a few months.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Expect some great

news to come your way this week, Leo. This news may impact your personal or profes-sional life, or even both. Ready yourself.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, be flexible with

your schedule so you can go with the flow as much as possible this week. Try something silly that will put you in a good mood.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Don’t sweat the small

stuff, Libra. Others are more focused on the bigger picture so you don’t need to fret over everything. Relax and things will come together nicely.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Watch out for any

impulses that are out of character for you, Scorpio. You could be feeling like abandoning your usual modus ope-randi in favor of taking a more risky approach.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

You have lots of social energy this week, Sagittarius. Others are relying on you, and you are likely to have many admirers by the week’s end. Take this opportu-nity to impress.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, daily life can be tiring, but you need to find a way to muster a little more energy. Get adequate rest and eat right so you have the energy you need in the week ahead.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Life gets a bit inter-esting this week, Aquar-ius. Embrace change, even if the concept of change is alien to you. It is good to get out of your shell.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, now might be

a good time to reflect and take a break from the hustle and bustle. See if you can fly solo for a little while.

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Reader’s Photo of the WeekAs caputred in this photo by Deanna Brett, the Rufous hummingbird is making its way through BC right now, with at least one stop in Sooke.

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I’ll bet your mama told you to look both ways before you cross the street. Us moms tend to be smart about things like that.

I’ll also bet that your mama also never really wanted you to ride a motorcycle. Us mamas tend to want to bubble-wrap our children, even when they turn 40.

But when a mama turns motorcyclist her-self, as this mama did (well before mama-hood walloped me submissive to a bawl-ing bundle of joy and spittle), we also have additional wisdom to add to the pile.

First and foremost, ride to live.

Which brings this mama back to looking

both ways. As a motorcyclist,

you need to be contin-ually aware of what’s going on around you, 360 degrees.

At a minimum, ride two seconds behind any vehicle in front of

you. Better yet, count to three. Rear-enders mostly happen because the following vehicle is too close, or the rider is inattentive. Count-ing to three gives you a safe distance; the act of counting keeps you focussed.

Rear-enders also happen if the vehicle behind is so impressed by your biker awesome-ness that they want to be closer to you.

Appreciating their adoration, establish-ing that three second barrier to the vehicle in front doubles as a safety from the vehi-cle behind. But ... this ONLY works if you immediately look at the vehicle behind as you do your emergency

stop, should you need to engage. Mirrors and shoulder checks are your primary tools.

If the vehicle behind you is not stopping as you do, you have a sec-ond or two to scoot left or right, as the situation might dictate.

As far as looking left and right for lane changes and turns, remember the five-step mantra:

1. Shoulder check2. Signal3. Shoulder check4. Turn5. CANCEL that

darned signalAfter you’ve mas-

tered the 360 head bob-bling thing, then you can live to ride.

Ever since Roder-ick Haig-Brown pub-lished his Fisherman’s Winter in 1954, anglers have heard of the phe-nomenal brown trout and rainbow trout of Argentina and may have dreamed about pursuing them in the challenging wind-swept plains of Patagonia. 

They now have the opportunity of a presen-tation right here by an Argentinean fishing guide with decades of experi-ence in this pursuit. 

Fernando Sosa has been guiding for 25 years in the Neuquén Province of Argentina and will treat anglers to a presentation on this dream trip that will raise funds for the Pacific Salmon Foundation

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The Argen-tine portion of Patago-nia includes the prov-inces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, as well as the eastern por-tion of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the southernmost depart-ment of Buenos Aires province: Patagones.

Sosa will talk about the Patagonia experi-ence in Neuquen Prov-ince. Trout fishing is his maximum expression, in one of the last pris-tine places in the world. It is a land of awe-inspir-ing fly water and scen-ery. Offering every-thing from turquoise rivers cutting through the rain forest to tea-stained chalk streams that hold rainbow and brown trout. Casting oversized dry flies that skitter across the sur-face, you see and feel an explosive brown or rainbow hammer your fly it is truly unparal-leled fishing.

You can fly fish the best stretches of leg-

endary Argentine rivers including the Malleo, Chimehuin, Quilqui-hue, Collon Cura, Quil-len, Alumine, Queil-len while you stay at a unique lodge - San Huberto, situated on the banks of the Malleo River. The lodge offers first class service and accommodations, pri-vate access waters and a very limited number of guests, the waters have been protected for many years, every trout caught must be released, assuring superb fly fishing year after year. Every river in Neuquen Province is catch and release.

Sosa will give you another great option, fishing with Andes Drifters, for rainbow and brown trout. Lodg-ing choices range from deluxe streamside camps to accommo-dations in one of the four-star cabañas. The streamside camps are set up by their master camp director, this is one of the best way to experience Patagonia, the food is prepared with traditional Argen-tina methods using hot coals from a campfire and will rival anything served in a five-star res-taurant.

You can also choose a town-based stay in San Martin de los Andes with access to very pro-ductive and uncrowded public waters and excellent fly-fishing. These programs offer daily wading or floating trips, or you could add some extra outdoors life and adventure by camping and floating great rivers like the Alu-mine, Caleufu, Collon Cura and Chimehuin with one, two or three nights on the river bank with quality campsites.

Feranado Sosa has being living in Patago-nia for the last 32-years.

He has been a fishing and hunting guide for the   last 25 years. Fer-nado has also been the president of the cham-ber of guides for the province of Neuquen for the last seven years, he is deeply involved in preserving Patagonia resources, specifically wild life, water and the enviroment.

Fishing for details?

• April 26, at 7 p.m.• Westcoast Fly Fish-

ers• Village Food Market,

6661 Sooke Road• Conference Room

Admission is by dona-tion to the Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Sosa talks about fishing Patagonia

Britt Santowski THROTTLE THERAPY

britt@imallowed.com

Looking both ways is only half the messageSOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, april 23, 2014 www.sookenewsmirror.com • 27

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Salmon are running deep Sooke salmon fishing, although

slowing down a little from earlier in the winter season is still very good Not many anglers have been out but, we have been see-ing six to eight boats out front of Sooke Harbour on the week-ends, but only a couple of boats on the weekdays.

There has been some good weather with low winds and sunny skies, but the tempera-tures on the water have been cool.

Salmon fishers are reporting landing good sized winter springs six to eight lbs on anchovy, her-ring, spoons,and hootchies. Coho Killers have been work-ing great on our boats for the winter months. There have been herring in the salmons’ stom-achs lately. Have been doing all of our salmon fishing out front of the Sooke Harbour mouth, but have noticed other boats at Bluffs, Trailer Park and Otter Point. Most reports indicate

the salmon are deep, which is normal this time of year, finding Chinooks at 120’ to 140 ‘ on the downriggers, right on the bot-tom, or very close to it.

Have been seeing more boats heading out for halibut and returning with decent reports from areas between Otter Point and Sheringham. Herring has been the most popular bait so far. Eagle-Eye Outfitters now car-ries large 00 sized chrome Spin

& Glows with bright red or green heads and milar wings for run-ning on your halibut leader, as well as a large assortment of large colourful P-line hootchies.

The halibut regulations change April 1 to a 133cm max. on the West Coast, be sure to buy a new license and check the regulations before heading out.

We had a great halibut fish-ing trip on March 22, getting our limit of four fish in about three hours. There are a couple of exciting Derbies coming up soon to kick off the season - Sid-ney Anglers Derby May 3, Alpine Group Juan de Fuca Fishing Tournament June 14 - 15. Details and tickets for both derbies at Eagle-Eye Outfitters in Sooke.

Crabbing continues to be good in the harbour especially when the tide is coming in.

Tight Lines,Ron Neitsch

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