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Shopping service caters to home-bound people Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Carol Harding is a woman about town who is known for her plethora of commu-nity-minded activities. As if she doesnt have enough to do, she has started what she hopes will become a tremen-dous success a gro-cery shopping service.

The whole idea came from CHI and the District of Sooke, said Harding. Originally I think it came from the doctors office when they asked a senior the question, What can we do to keep you safe and happy in your own home?

Later at a gathering where a lot of seniors happened to be, the question was raised

once again and the one thing they came away with was, yes, they needed a shopping ser-vice.

Harding and Judy Planes went to see Buz Merriam, the general manager at Western Foods and he agreed this was a good idea. Western already has a delivery service, Mon-day to Friday, and the addition of shopping would add to the ser-vices they have been providing to people in Sooke over the last 20 years.

I think its some-thing we need in the community, said Buz Merriam. The seniors requested someone do this for them and since we have seniors day, we would be a good fit for them. I hope it goes

well and people use it.The shopping will be

done by Harding and Planes and they will deliver the groceries to

the client in their own vehicles. A $5 charge will offset the cost of gas.

The service is avail-

able to those who are shut-in and cannot eas-ily get out and shop for themselves. It is open to anyone of any age

that is house bound.Starting March 5

from 9 to 11 a.m. and every Thursday after, the client will call the telephone line at West-ern, (250-642-6525), and give Harding or Planes their grocery order.

One of us will answer and we will need to know exactly what you want, said Harding.

She said the person ordering needs to know the brand and size as well of quantity of everything they order. They need to be spe-cific, she said. Do they want butter, if so, what brand, and is it butter or margarine?

While one of them is on the phone the other will be shopping and as it is Thursday the customer will get the

10 per debt discount for seniors. This, said Harding, can offset the $5 cost for delivery of the groceries. The shoppers will have a float and they will be reimbursed when the groceries are deliv-ered. They cannot pro-cess credit or debit cards. All of the money raised with the delivery charge will go to a local charity.

I hope we can get it going, said Harding. It is something that is needed, even for peo-ple who are sick.

If all goes as hoped, Harding foresees the need for another volun-teer.

Its a Sookie thing to do, isnt it? said Hard-ing.

Pirjo Raits photo

Carol Harding, Judy Planes and grocery supervisor for Western Foods Luc Walters, are gearing up for the start of a shopping for shut-ins service.

The ViolinIt was a cold winters night in

late January, as a visitor to Sooke I was looking for a store to buy a few groceries. I parked my car and began walking across the square towards the lights.

Reaching me, through the dusk, resonating high and low came the sound of a violin. I stopped to listen. How could such a small instrument have such carrying power, such richness, and versa-tility?

Drawing closer, I saw a tall, lean man, his smile beaming through the darkness. He was playing a Celtic melody with such energy and enjoyment, foot tapping,

his whole body swaying to the rhythm. I searched in my purse for some coins, adding them to the violin case.

The violin was eye-catching, made of smooth, dark curled maple. I stayed; enjoying the moment, his enthusiasm catching,

and my foot began tapping in spite of myself!

Just then an older white haired gentleman walked towards us, he walked slowly, listening, he took his wallet out of his pocket and began folding a note and reaching the player he bent down and put the note into the violin case. As he straightened up he said to the violinist, When I was younger I used to play the violin. The man stopped playing, he hesitated, thoughtful, trustingly his younger hands held out the violin and bow. The older mans hands eagerly took them. He felt the curved lines of the violin, as if sensing its strength and weakness and he began to play. The violin changed

tune, as with the help of the player each violin sings its own song. It was haunting, soulful, a classical piece, it filled, warmed the spaces deep within the heart.

The younger man was spell-bound, and finally he said to the gentleman, I had better pack up now and leave you to it. The older man smiled and returned the violin to its owner. He then invited him to play at a venue on Saturday night, the man thanked him but declined explaining he was just passing through Sooke and would not be here then. The older man continued on his way into the store. I went on mine, qui-etly reflecting on such a poignant moment.

As serendipity would have it, a couple of days later I was dining at a local spot with a friend and picked up an advertising leaflet for the 2014-2015 Concert Season. Sooke has a Philharmonic Orches-tra - Wow. Reading the leaflet I saw a picture of a white haired gen-tleman, it was of Norman Nelson, a man who had studied violin at the Royal College of Music in Lon-don, internationally acclaimed. I thought I recognized him, but could this possibly be the same man who had so modestly enter-tained us the previous evening? What a magical introduction to Sooke.

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Sooke Night

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The Sooke Region Museum is pleased to announce that appli-cations for vendors to participate in the Sooke Night Market are now available. 2015 will be the second year that the market operates at the Sooke Region Museum. This year the market will open on Thursday, June 4 and run every Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m, until September 3.

There is space for 35 vendors, plus we are also looking for buskers to participate. We want vendors of all types, and are very interested in working with poten-tial food vendors.

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Sooke Cadets

celebrate On Sunday, June 7,

2015, the Sea Cadets of 325 Admiral RC Waller and the Navy League Cadets of 207 Admi-ral Girouard will be celebrating 20 years and five years respec-tively as Cadet Corps in Sooke.

The culmination of the training year, the Annual Ceremonial Review will provide the opportunity for the Cadets to show fam-ily, friends and guests the knowledge and skills they have learned over the year. We are delighted to announce

that the namesakes for the Corps, Rear Admi-ral (ret) Richard Waller and Rear Admiral (ret) Roger Girouard will be in attendance.

Hoping to connect with past cadets, Corps officers, Branch mem-bers, and sponsors, a Meet and Greet? hosted by the Navy League of Canada Sooke Branch, will be held at the Sooke Legion on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 7-10 p.m.

History items will be on display, there will be prizes to bid on, music and some light refresh-ments to be enjoyed by all. For updates on the weekends events, infor-mation can be found on our event pages:

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February is Heart & Stroke Month

Each year countless volunteers go door to door in a campaign to raise funds for life-sav-ing research. This Feb-ruary canvassers will be knocking on doors in Sooke in an effort to raise money for the Heart & Stroke Founda-tion.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation relies on 100,000 passionate vol-unteers to help erase heart disease and stoke from the lives of Cana-dian families. Every dollar helps fund heart disease and stroke research, prevention and recovery programs that create survivors.

Regardless of the great strides made to save lives, population changes and risk fac-tors for heart disease are set to rise sharply.

Today the percent-age of survivors is down to five per cent, a sharp decrease from 30-35 per cent since the 1950s and 1960s.

Learn the signs of stroke: F.A.S.T.

Face is it drooping? Arms can you raise

both? Speech is it slurred

or jumbled? Time to call 911 right

away.If you or someone

with you experiences any of these signs, call 911 or your local emer-gency number imme-diately. Acting quickly can improve your sur-vival and recovery.

Do not drive yourself or the person having a stroke to the hospital an ambulance will get you to the best hospital for stroke care.

Patrick Welsh passes

On February 13, 2015 Clifford Patrick Welsh passed.

Patrick Welsh was the last surviving grandson of Sooke pioneer Jamie Welsh who immigrated from Ireland and set-tled on property in Sooke in 1865.

Historian Elida Peers has written an obitu-ary for Clifford Pat-rick Welsh which will appear in the March 4 edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

Later Life Ramblings

Grief Our family suffered

a great loss last week when a beloved oth-erwise healthy 65- year-old sister- in-law passed very suddenly with a brain aneurism. This shocked everyone to the core and cop-ing skills are tested. Each week we read in the paper loving tributes to lost fam-ily members and feel great empathy. We can never imagine the loss until we experience the death of someone close. The depth of loss is personal to each indi-vidual and the support of family and friends must be ongoing. While researching grief I found many words of wisdom such as:

Grief has its own life span, unique to each of us.

Grief has a rhythm of its own. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less over-whelming, less upset-ting and less scary. The people we trust with

that important talk can help us to know we are not alone.

There are several stages to grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance and hope. Each feeling can spring up long after the loss, at any time. We must allow our grief to play out and come out of the darkness with the happy memories. Time heals - as does nature. Earl Grollman wrote: Grief is the price we pay to love. The only cure for grief is to gri-eve.

To quote Wm. Shake-speare: Give sorrow words - the grief that does not speak whispers the oer-fraught heart and bids it break.

It is sure that we will all face loss in our lives and it seems unani-mous that grief should be shared. To celebrate the life of a loved one with a gathering of friends and family can bring everyone closer and may help shorten the healing process. Winston Churchill said, If you are going through hell Keep going!

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cole Poirier news:

cole Poirier has a great way of teaching children everything they need to know.

Every student has a fantastic teacher and a great education. The school brings many events and activities for every single stu-dent. For example, we have had Anne Glover come and tell stories with string, and we had Johanna come from Saltspring Island teach us how to write graphic novels. We also had lit-eracy week at the end of January. The famous author from Sooke, Julie Lawson, came and told us about her books. We also had lots of book draws, and we read a lot that week.

We have lots of sports that many people par-ticipate in like four cor-

ners, wall ball, basket-ball, floor hockey, road hockey, and volleyball.

There are even many clubs that are available and fun for everyone such as choir, chess club and book club.

Grade 5 students like to step up to join Poirier in helping too. We are a group of lead-ers who help kids get in the Poirier spirit and join in. Many Grade 5 students have signed up for jobs like office monitoring, tea cart, lunch monitoring, and assembly set-up crew. Every day, there are people working hard, making new friends, and joining in.

cole Poirier is a great place to learn!

By Katrina StehleGrade 5 French

Immersion student at cole Poirier

And in French:Ici PoirierIci Poirier, on fait

des choses trs excitan-tes! En janvier, on a fait de la gymnastique pen-dant quatre semaines. C`tait trs amus-ant! Pendant le dner, chaque mercredi, les filles jouent au basket-ball dans le gymnase. la fin du mois de janvier, on avait la semaine de l`alphabtisation! On a

fait un projet o on a dessin nous-mmes, et puis nous avons crit propos de notre livre prfr. Au mois de fvrier, une femme qui sappelle Anne Glover est arrive l`cole et elle nous a racont une histoire propos de sa jeunesse avec de la ficelle. C`tait trs

drle! Pour les petits, une femme de Mad Science est venue l`cole et elle a fait une prsentation que je nai pas vu parce que je suis en cinquime anne. Mon activit prfre en cinquime anne tait le projet de bandes dessines avec une artiste de lile de

Saltspring qui sappelle Johanna. Selon-moi, c`tait la meilleure activit quon a fait cette anne.

a c`est ce qui est arriv lcole Poirier. Jadore lcole Poirier!

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Think PinkJoin others on Pink

shirt Day to draw awareness to bullying and the need to prevent it.

two Places in sooke today, one is at the kiosk and the other at sooke and anna Marie road at 2 p.m. show your support by wearing pink.

TRAVELinG STEAM ShOW

FreD eaglesMith brings his show to eMcs on thursday night. Proceeds go to the sooke crisis centre and the eMcs society. Doors open at 7 and show at 7:30 p.m. tix at the stick and sDM.

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there are any number of special interest courses being taught through the edward Milne community school society.

take a course in stained glass, First aid, blues guitar, Driftwood art, Foodsafe or any of the other courses.

Most courses start the end of February or early March. www.emcsprograms.ca or call 250-642-6371

kirby Road connection to Galloping Goose a goOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

If the recent sunny weather wasnt enough to inspire dusting off your bicycle or running shoes, heres some-thing that just might: the Galloping Goose will become a lot easier to get to, thanks to a new $75,000 grant from BikeBC.

The grant, which is part of 22 other other projects chosen by the province, will help fund the construction of a much-needed trail con-nection from the Gal-loping Goose at Kirby Road to Sooke Road to allow safe access to the Sooke core and avoid an otherwise lengthy trip along the busy Sooke Road.

Filed under the Dis-tricts cycling infra-structure partnership program, the multi-use trail connection will stretch approx. 1.14 kms to the Goose.

That means pedes-

trians, and cyclists in particular, will soon have the chance to be travelling in and out of the Sooke town cen-tre without having to worry about logging trucks suddenly roll-ing up behind them, as

would be the case for Sooke Road/Highway 14.

The cost-sharing BikeBC program will fund one-half of the approximately $150,705 multi-use trail project.

For Sooke Mayor

Maja Tait, an active cyclist and fan of the outdoors herself, the new multi-use trail means more than just access its safety as well.

Any opportunity you have to create a

safer connection is just better for every-one, she said, noting that otherwise unsafe access to local parks and trails deters people from getting out and being active.

Experienced cyclists can manage because theyre comfortable with being in traffic, but parents who want their kids to be active and out and about, they want to know that theyre going to be safe, Tait said.

The new multi-use Kirby Road trail con-nection is one of sev-eral grant-awarded projects to make Sooke a safer place for both its residents and visi-tors: new trail connec-tions now go though Church Road, Pine Park and John Phillips, respectively.

This includes the Goose crossing over Hwy 14, which is just a stones throw away from Coopers Cove.

And fortunately,

Sookes on the map when it comes biking trails, notes Tait.

Theres a real drive now to promote B.C. as a cycling destina-tion, and we naturally fit with that, she said. We have year-round infrastructure here for the road cyclist, that wants to be competi-tive, just look at all the hills and natural infra-structure already avail-able for that.

Between the prov-ince resurfacing Hwy 14, widening to accom-modate better shoul-ders for cyclists and the addition of multi-use trails, things are shifting gears in the right direction.

With the weather being as nice as it is and the trails becoming safer and safer, theres no more excuse to not go out and be active [laughs] just get your bike tuned up and off you go, Tait said.

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Sooke Mayor Maja Tait taking her mountain bike for a spin down the Galloping Goose Trail near the Sooke Potholes.

Thumbs Up

UpSooke

to the sooke Philharmonic orchestra society and sooke community choir for upgrading the stage area at the sooke community hall.

Sooke Night

Market vendors wanted

The Sooke Region Museum is pleased to announce that appli-cations for vendors to participate in the Sooke Night Market are now available. 2015 will be the second year that the market operates at the Sooke Region Museum. This year the market will open on Thursday, June 4 and run every Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m, until September 3.

There is space for 35 vendors, plus we are also looking for buskers to participate. We want vendors of all types, and are very interested in working with poten-tial food vendors.

www.sookeregion-museum.com/SNM_vendor_package_2015.pdf

(250) 642-6351 fax 250-642-7089.

Sooke Cadets

celebrate On Sunday, June 7,

2015, the Sea Cadets of 325 Admiral RC Waller and the Navy League Cadets of 207 Admi-ral Girouard will be celebrating 20 years and five years respec-tively as Cadet Corps in Sooke.

The culmination of the training year, the Annual Ceremonial Review will provide the opportunity for the Cadets to show fam-ily, friends and guests the knowledge and skills they have learned over the year. We are delighted to announce

that the namesakes for the Corps, Rear Admi-ral (ret) Richard Waller and Rear Admiral (ret) Roger Girouard will be in attendance.

Hoping to connect with past cadets, Corps officers, Branch mem-bers, and sponsors, a Meet and Greet? hosted by the Navy League of Canada Sooke Branch, will be held at the Sooke Legion on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 7-10 p.m.

History items will be on display, there will be prizes to bid on, music and some light refresh-ments to be enjoyed by all. For updates on the weekends events, infor-mation can be found on our event pages:

Meet and Greet: h t t p s : / / w w w .f a c e b o o k . c o m / sookeseacadets?fref=ts

February is Heart & Stroke Month

Each year countless volunteers go door to door in a campaign to raise funds for life-sav-ing research. This Feb-ruary canvassers will be knocking on doors in Sooke in an effort to raise money for the Heart & Stroke Founda-tion.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation relies on 100,000 passionate vol-unteers to help erase heart disease and stoke from the lives of Cana-dian families. Every dollar helps fund heart disease and stroke research, prevention and recovery programs that create survivors.

Regardless of the great strides made to save lives, population changes and risk fac-tors for heart disease are set to rise sharply.

Today the percent-age of survivors is down to five per cent, a sharp decrease from 30-35 per cent since the 1950s and 1960s.

Learn the signs of stroke: F.A.S.T.

Face is it drooping? Arms can you raise

both? Speech is it slurred

or jumbled? Time to call 911 right

away.If you or someone

with you experiences any of these signs, call 911 or your local emer-gency number imme-diately. Acting quickly can improve your sur-vival and recovery.

Do not drive yourself or the person having a stroke to the hospital an ambulance will get you to the best hospital for stroke care.

Patrick Welsh passes

On February 13, 2015 Clifford Patrick Welsh passed.

Patrick Welsh was the last surviving grandson of Sooke pioneer Jamie Welsh who immigrated from Ireland and set-tled on property in Sooke in 1865.

Historian Elida Peers has written an obitu-ary for Clifford Pat-rick Welsh which will appear in the March 4 edition of the Sooke News Mirror.

Later Life Ramblings

Grief Our family suffered

a great loss last week when a beloved oth-erwise healthy 65- year-old sister- in-law passed very suddenly with a brain aneurism. This shocked everyone to the core and cop-ing skills are tested. Each week we read in the paper loving tributes to lost fam-ily members and feel great empathy. We can never imagine the loss until we experience the death of someone close. The depth of loss is personal to each indi-vidual and the support of family and friends must be ongoing. While researching grief I found many words of wisdom such as:

Grief has its own life span, unique to each of us.

Grief has a rhythm of its own. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less over-whelming, less upset-ting and less scary. The people we trust with

that important talk can help us to know we are not alone.

There are several stages to grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance and hope. Each feeling can spring up long after the loss, at any time. We must allow our grief to play out and come out of the darkness with the happy memories. Time heals - as does nature. Earl Grollman wrote: Grief is the price we pay to love. The only cure for grief is to gri-eve.

To quote Wm. Shake-speare: Give sorrow words - the grief that does not speak whispers the oer-fraught heart and bids it break.

It is sure that we will all face loss in our lives and it seems unani-mous that grief should be shared. To celebrate the life of a loved one with a gathering of friends and family can bring everyone closer and may help shorten the healing process. Winston Churchill said, If you are going through hell Keep going!


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Sookes premier seed and local food growing event, Seedy Saturday presented by Sooke Region Food CHI takes place at the Sooke Com-munity Hall on Febru-ary 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The family-friendly day will feature a seed exchange and trading table, a diverse range of seed and plant vendors, local wild har-vesters and food arti-sans, information from local non-profits work-ing to enhance food security and tons of educational displays featuring information on everything from composting to bees to the history of farming in our region. Work-shops will be happen-ing throughout the day, come by to check out:

Manon Tremblay (Edibella Organic Land-scapes, HCP, Gaia Col-lege)

Fruit Tree Pruning Marika Nagasaka (ALM Organic Farm/Full Cir-cle Seeds)

Garden Calendar-ing & Germination Kim Greenwood

Kitchen Gardening for Small Spaces

Seedy Saturdays are very popular with new and experienced gardeners, alike, said Jessica Boquist, Food CHI member, Com-ing to the Sooke event ensures that locals are buying seeds or start-ers from plants that have proven success-ful in our climate. This is probably the most gardeners you will find, under one roof, all year. The networking is amazing with a wide

variety of skills and experience among our participants.

Local farmer, Mary Alice Johnson said, It is wonderful that we have so many Seedy Satur-days in our region, and Sooke is an excellent addition. These events started in Victoria and have spread across the country. Seedy Sat-urdays have allowed many small seed com-panies to grow, and more are starting each year. They offer won-derful varieties vari-eties from immigrant grandparents or world travels, or varieties from neighbours who have a great tomato or

broad bean that they have been growing out for decades.

Sooke Fall Fair will be hosting a healthy lunch downstairs as well as their monthly market which include a bake table, crafts, plants, canning and much more. Admission is by donation ($5 sug-gested).

More information: [email protected]

Vendor registra-tion and info here or if interested in volun-teering? Contact Emily at [email protected] .

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Thurs Feb 26TODTODDLERTIMEAt the Sooke Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Hands-on activities for ages 18-36 months. Register at 250-642-3022.ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC 10-11 a.m. Registration required. 250-642-8000.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCRIBBAGE 7 P.M.BINGOSrs Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community HallBABYTIMEOn the first Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Sooke Library.FRED EAGLESMITHEMCS Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at The Stick, SDM or eventbrite.ca

Fri Feb 27italVITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6-7:30 p.m.Karaoke 8-11 p.m. SOOKE SENIORS BUSLunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250-642-5828 for information.DROP IN HOCKEYSEAPARC, 7 to 8:15 p.m. all ages.SACRED CHANT CIRCLE7:30 p.m. Sooke Yoga & Wellness, Hope Centre. 6750 West Coast Road.

Mon Mar 2PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152.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 SENIORS BUSAyre Manor Residents trips.DROP IN HOCKEYAt SEAPARC, all ages from 3 to 3:50 p.m.

Sun Mar 1YACANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5, kids welcome.Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. All ages are welcome.

Wed Mar 4WALKING GROUPPeoples 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.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOLMeet and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.AWARENESS FILM The Price We Pay, 7 p.m. at EMCS theatre. Admission by donation.

Sat Feb 28ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.FALL FAIR MARKET10-3, lower Sooke Community Hall, handcrafted items, knitting, jams, etc. SEEDY SATURDAYSooke Community Hall, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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A water main cleaning program will be carried out in various areas of Colwood, Langford, View Royal, Metchosin, Sooke, and East Sooke between October 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.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.In no case can responsibility be accepted for any damage arising out of the use of discoloured water.

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This month were discussing toys in our artifact collec-tion. We have a wide variety of toys mostly dating from the 1920s to 1980s. Among our collection are plenty of dolls, doll clothes, trucks and figurines but very few games. While the museum does not do artifact appraisals, you can use eBay as a tool to see how much money the toys you kept from your child-hood are worth.

In our collection is a very special dollhouse that was commis-sioned by the museum and built by Ed Easton (2014.FIC.225). It was commissioned to hold a collection of over 75 pieces of dollhouse furnishings that were donated in 1983 by Betty Gibson. The dollhouse, on display inside Moss Cottage, is modelled after one of Victorias oldest estates called Went-worth Villa located at 1156 Fort Street. The villa was built in 1862 for Captain Henry Ella and had been used as an antique store since 1940. It was one of the first buildings to be added to the citys heritage register and is

representative of the Gothic Revival move-ment on the northwest coast. In 2012, an arti-cle in the Times Colonist stated that the house was up for conversion into condos but that a heritage conservation plan was pending.

The dollhouse fur-nishings belonged to the donors grandfa-ther and were probably made in England. The collection includes a

wide variety of items such as dishes, uten-sils, chairs, couches, cabinets, tables, beds, dolls, and even decora-tive pieces like sculp-tures and clocks. The items have incredible detail. For example a clock is made from gold-painted metal and has a copper cherub on the top playing a pipe (1983.056.006). The base of the clock is ornately decorated

with curlicues (decora-tive twists and curls).

The museum has a large collection of various dolls, but the Kewpie doll is the most common. Kewpie dolls were an idea that started with illustra-tions, by Rose ONeil, in the Ladies Home Jour-nal. The editor of the journal wanted Rose to create illustrations of a cupid-like character to accompany a writ-ten piece. The Kewpie illustration became an instant hit and she soon began drawing for other publications. In 1912 Kewpie Kut-outs, or paper dolls, were created. That same year, Rose was approached to develop a line of figurines and dolls. At first, the dolls were made from a high-fired German bisque and later, in the 1920s and 1930s, they were made from celluloid. It wasnt until the mid-1900s that the dolls were created using plastic. We have one bisque Kewpie doll and several celluloid ones in our collection. Char-acteristics of a Kewpie doll are typically large wide eyes, pink-ish skin, large heads, short arms and legs that stand together. Many of the celluloid dolls have their arms attached

by a string. There are many different themed Kewpie dolls includ-ing soldiers and doc-tors. We have a 15 cabaret-themed Kew-pie doll in our collec-tion (1979.114.001). She wears beaded jewelry, a gold and silver top hat and has multi-coloured feathers attached. Her lips, cheeks and fin-ger nails are bright red and her hair is gold. We also have teeny Kewpie dolls that are as small as 3 cm high and have no clothing (1978.077.029a-b).

We also have a few monkey toys including an Amazing Magic Cym-bal Monkey from the 1950s (2009.006.002). The monkey is made of metal but has clay feet and light orange fur. He is wearing a red hat, red plaid shirt, and beige felted shorts. These monkey toys came with a set of cymbals, but ours is missing one. A red cord attaches to his back and has a clamp mechanism at the end. When the clamp is squeezed the monkey sits upright, his head moves and his arms pull apart. When the clamp is let go, his cym-bals would clash.

During the museums 2014 exhibit renova-tions, the toy display was temporarily dis-

mantled. There are plans to make a new exhibit that will have samples of toys from multiple generations. If you have any toys that youd like to donate, that pre-date 2000, then please bring them to

the museum!

Brianna Shambrook Collec-

tions and Exhibits

Manager Sooke Region Museum

Curators Corner: Toys

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Clockwise: Dollhouse made by Ed Easton (2014.FIC.225), Amazing Magic Cymbal Monkey (2009.006.002) and a bisque Kewpie doll (2006.006.023).

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Looking Back

Feb 26, 1975Inmates move Some inmates from

Wilkinson Road Jail have been moved into the new corrections centre west of Jordan River. The Capacity of the camp is 40 inmates.

Feb 28, 1990Road closure blocks

access to park A decision by the

Greater Victoria Water District to close off a section of Harbour-view Road in Saseenos with iron gates firmly planted in concrete footings has angered Sooke conservationists and off-road enthusi-asts.

Ron Lowe, a member of the Island Rovers 4x4 Club, said a major off-road event involving vehicles from B.C. and Washington State had to be cancelled at the last minute last Decem-ber because organizers turned up one day to go over the route, prior to the event and found the gates had been erected.

Feb 23, 2005Phillips Road bones

were animal remains

Rumours ran ram-pant last week about bones being found on Phillips Road around Feb. 11.

Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Jennie Latham said the remains are not human. They were sent away and verified to be animal bones. It is not unusual for bones to be

turned into the RCMP, Latham said.

Feb 27, 1985Jordan River pub up

in air To be or not to be?

That appears to be the question as far as open-ing a Neighbourhood Pub in Jordan River is concerned.

Two applications have been filed with the provincial Liquor Control and Licens-ing Branch and so far one man has been told outright that Jordan River will not have a pub, period, and the other applicants have been informed that the situation is still under

review. Van Henderson of

Victoria had hoped to build a pub on the former site of the Jor-

dan River Hotel which burned to the ground last September, but he was told that 39 people didnt constitute a large

enough community for a pub.

When you drive by the shop today where RAZU Welding and Sooke Backhoe have been doing business for 40 years, you prob-ably wouldnt believe that this was the scene 90 years ago when the garage first opened. No superhighway, that gravel/dirt road!

The garage, Sookes first, was built in the mid-1920s, and for almost half a century, brothers Bill and Ken Cains pumped gas (Imperial) out front and repaired vehicles in the pit. Going home for lunch was easy for them, as each brother had built a home on the north side of Sooke Road. The house built by Ken and Jean Cains still stands, now oper-ated as a veterinary

clinic, while the house owned by Bill and Irene Cains has been replaced.

Interviewed in 1976, Ken Cains recalled that in those days much improvisation was nec-essary in repair work. Mostly they devised repairs to faulty parts,

rather than purchasing replacements, which became the custom later.

The Cains brothers came by their property naturally, as they were sons of Richard Cains, a Newfoundlander who came to this coast to work in the sealing

industry, who in 1896 had married Margaret Charters. She was a daughter of William Bell and Louise Charters, whose pre-emption took up the seafront land from the Sooke River to where Sooke Elementary School is today. I can remember

walking to school past the little one-room cot-tage of Richard (Poppa Cains, he was called) on Sooke Road, just west of the garage, out of range of this camera view.

As far as we know, the Red & White Store, still standing at the corner of Church and Sooke, (think Sooke Signs, etc), was next with monkey-wrench services; they had a bay at the rear and gas pumps in front. Out west at the top of Shirley Hill, Ted Banner ran a gas station and service bay in the early 1940s.

When Eric Phillips came to town and bought the burnt out shop at the n/e cor-ner of Sooke and Otter Point Roads, a whole new enterprise was

born as the Phillips family established a full service B/A garage in 1946, a property still held by the family.

At about the same time, another B/A ser-vice garage was estab-lished at the west end of Sooke River bridge, operated for a time by Frank Erickson, and later, by Dick Andrey-chuk. Again, in that postwar development era, a service garage and pumps were estab-lished in Saseenos, when Walter Bickford built alongside the gen-eral store his dad had built during WWII.

By the 1950s Rick Long had a service centre going on Otter Point Road where Jason Dumont is today. By the late 1950s Fred Henry had established

a Shell dealership at the corner of Maple Avenue and West Coast, where Art Weberg ran the ser-vice garage.

Around 1940 motor-ists could stop for gas at Highway Grocery (corner of Gillespie and Sooke) at Kitching & Hardys Store, and at MacMillans Store, both on Otter Point Road in central Sooke, and in Jordan River there were Ted Lines pumps. This article does not include motorist services established in recent decades; but suffice it to say the industry con-tinues to expand.

Elida Peers, Historian

Sooke Region Museum


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4 Beaches Catering2 for 1 Andy the Pizza ManCathys Corner CafeJDs Sunshine Jams & SuchKelz Sweet & Savoury Bake ShopLittle Vienna Bakery Cafe and MarketplaceMerridale CiderworksParallel 49 Brewery CoPhillips BreweryPizzabilityRiver Road Specialty Chocolate

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A sincere thank you also to everyone who contributed items for our very success-ful Silent Auction, including many of our Sooke Artisans. is is a critical part of our fund raising and your generosity is most appreciated.

Finally words of gratitude to Jan e Music Maam who provided entertainment and Reta Vasey of EMCS who helped us throughout the planning and event day.

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Bullying is the mark of a coward

February 25 is Anti-Bullying Day. People are encouraged to wear a pink shirt to show they are taking a stand against bullying. But what is bullying exactly? If you take the dictionary meaning it says; to treat abusively; to affect by means of force or coercion; to use browbeating language or behaviour. That word could be applied to anywhere from the workplace to home to sibling rivalry.

Pink Shirt Day is about bullying in schools and on the playgrounds. It has been extended to include on-line and text bullying. Bullying is a destructive and psychologically painful experience which can trigger suicide along with destroying self-esteem and confidence. Kids get bullied all the time and this is unacceptable. Adults only get bullied if they allow it to happen. Adults have the means to counteract and affect change for themselves, kids do not.

So what does one do if they are being bullied or if they know someone is being bullied? They take a stand. They talk to someone. Most bullies back down rather quickly once confronted. It is the bully who is the coward and most likely it is a learned behaviour. Bullies, unfortunately, can be other kids and they can be adults. Kids should be encouraged to talk to a parent, teacher, grandparent or someone they trust. They should have a safe haven in any business in Sooke where they can tell someone what is happening. Parents and guardians should ensure they have created a climate where kids will talk to them about what is happening, where disclosure is encouraged and judgement is suspended.

Bullying in the workplace happens as well, but it isnt quite the same thing. The word bullying is being used so frequently it becomes a catch word for all sorts of actions. Bullying is about extremely aggressive behaviour, intimidation and bluster and it is only effective if one lets it happen. The best defense is a united stand against bullies wherever it happens. Talk to your kids.

ANOTHER VIEW

B.C. Views

The B.C. governments third straight budget surplus is the main battleground for provincial politi-cians this spring, with little else on the order paper to argue about.

The main conflict is over the tax cut for the rich that results from removing a two-year surtax on per-sonal income greater than $150,000 a year. Its an outrage, says the NDP, starving our threadbare government services of more than $200 million over the next three years.

NDP leader John Horgan set the tone in his reply to Finance Minister Mike de Jongs budget speech:

I can appreciate that the minis-ter was celebrating with the cham-pagne-and-caviar set, but the rest of British Columbia saw $700 million in increased fees and taxes on their backs.

Old news, de Jong replied. It was a two-year surtax on high-income earners to help get B.C. out of its post-recession red ink, and it expired as it was legislated to do.

This political theatre doesnt help people understand whats actually going on. First, a lot of that red ink was B.C. Liberal blood from dis-mantling the harmonized sales tax and repaying Ottawa for that failed experiment.

Second, this temporary tax on the rich was a political strategy by de Jong and Premier Christy

Clark, limping into an election most expected them to lose. De Jongs debut budget in February 2013 also accelerated a small increase in cor-porate income tax, stealing two pop-ulist planks from Adrian Dixs NDP platform.

Ending the surtax not only kept a promise, it kept B.C. competitive with Alberta on personal income taxes. High wage earners and many of their businesses are more mobile every year, which is why this years budget also extended tax breaks for high-tech and digital media compa-nies.

Another tweak in de Jongs bud-get was to increase the low-income cutoff for personal income tax from $18,000 to $19,000. Those with the lowest incomes are relieved not only of income tax but also medical pre-miums, which continue to march up by another four per cent, and are mostly paid by employers.

As with the federal election set for this fall, we will hear a lot about the burden on the vaguely defined middle class. In B.C. they have to dig deeper for car insurance, hydro, ferry rides and post-second-ary tuition, while those top-hatted champagne-sippers party on with their tax holiday?

Well, not exactly. Heres an assess-ment from Philip Cross, research co-ordinator at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada.

Just after the 2013 B.C. election, Cross noted that Canada, its prov-inces, Europe and the United States have all been adjusting their tax sys-tems to increase the load on wealth-ier people and ease it from the poor.

This has closed the wage gap considerably in Canada. By 2010, the top 20 per cent of earners were paying 58.3 per cent of all income taxes. Thats up from 50 per cent in 1976, showing how long Canadas income taxes have been progres-sive. This is the main reason why income inequality, that other great cause of the left, started leveling off in Canada around 1998.

Cross points to measures like the low-income exemption from income tax. By 2013, the bottom 40 per cent of Canadian households were pay-ing just 6.8 per cent of income taxes, and more than a third of income tax filers were paying none at all.

Cross asks and answers the cen-tral question: Should the rich pay more? If its a misinformed attempt to compensate for imaginary losses of low-income people, the answer is clearly no.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Missing Marcus

My husband and I were just devastated to notice that Marcus had closed his doors.

We have been a patron there, over the years, many times since he arrived in Sooke. We have brought fam-ily, friends and visitors from overseas to his fine dining establish-ment. Marcus and his staff would not only produce and serve a fabulous meal, but would always, person-ally, appear at our table to make sure all was acceptable.

Marcus, wherever you have gone, you will truly be missed here in Sooke.

If anyone knows where Marcus has moved on to, please let us know.

Ed and Grace Barlow

Sooke

Wrong priorities for roads

Your report (Feb 18, 2015) on the pre-sentation made by Bill Jones and Carol Mal-lett to Sooke Council highlights one of the main reasons that the installation of a round-about on Sooke Road at the Evergreen Mall entrance is such a bad idea it will make pedestrian travel on the north side of Sooke road much more dan-gerous, particularly for those who cant nimbly jump out of the way of

moving vehicles, such as people on scooters, in wheelchairs or push-ing strollers.

The main reason for putting in a round-about is to ensure a nice, steady traffic flow from all directions. Cur-rently, vehicles leaving Evergreen Mall must stop and wait for a break in traffic and for pedestrian traffic on the north side of the road to clear before proceeding. With the roundabout, cars are expected to continue straight into the traffic flow within the round-about, without stop-ping. Pity on the poor pedestrian who steps out onto the road expecting the cars to stop for them, as they always have before.

Similarly, vehicles turning left into the mall have to stop, wait for a break in the traffic, and for pedestrian traf-fic to clear before pro-ceeding. With the new roundabout, eastbound cars going into the mall will go into and stay in the circle until they turn left into the mall. These vehicles in the circle have the right-of-way and so its traf-fic on Sooke Road that has to slow down to let them proceed. The last thing a car in the circle wants to do is to stop halfway through to let a pedestrian cross. A slow moving pedes-trian, such as one with a mobility aid is placed in extreme danger.

But , I think, this issue represents a much big-ger concern what kind of community are we trying to be? Carol Mallett said it as well as it could be said, If you make the town good for people with disabili-ties, you make a town good for everyone. The accessibility issues in the downtown area have been known for at least seven years. The proposed solutions have always had strong community support. Yet council after coun-cil has done diddly-squat to start solving these problems, prefer-ring instead to spend millions of dollars on connector roads and on a roundabout that will make the problems worse, not better. All of these other projects are intended to reduce the commuter time for a relatively small number of car drivers. There is not now, nor has there ever been, a demonstrated show of support for these expensive road proj-ects, yet they continue to get funded ahead of smaller, cheaper proj-ects that will make life easier, safer and more pleasant for pedestri-ans and people with mobility aids.

Hopefully its not too late for council to real-ize that a new round-about that will only expedite traffic move-ment into and out of a mall is not a high prior-ity at this time, and that

more attention must be paid to making Sooke a much safer, more pleasant place to be for those who choose to walk or have to get about in in something other than the ubiqui-tous automobile.

Rick GatesSooke

Wolf cull barbaric

Re: Wolves are not the problem - man is, Jan. 28, 2015.

After numerous futile attempts to get answers to questions on the current wolf kill from the appropriate government ministries, I am resorting to local newspapers.

I am requesting answers to the follow-ing:

Why was the govern-ment not proactive in preventing the decline of the elk population to the point of near extinc-tion?

Did the government not consider the disas-trous effect of clear cut logging, mining, residen-tial development,ever expanding recreational facilities, and industry on the elk population?

What will be the cost in millions of dol-lars to the taxpayer for this five-year proposed senseless and barbaric kill?

If the wolves shot are not checked for mortal-ity and it will be almost impossible to do from

the helicopters, are not B.C.s animal cru-elty laws being con-travened? My concern here is the long agoniz-ing death the wounded, the maimed, and the surviving cubs will experience.

What consideration has been given to the accepted fact that the eradication of hun-dreds of wolves will upset natures deli-cate balance and eco-system? What are the consequences of this reactionary move? And there will be many, mostly negative.

Has the government reviewed Albertas failed attempt at reviv-ing their elk and cari-bou populations by means of a wolf cull? As a matter of interest, a 2007 survey in Mon-tana revealed the elk population increased from 90,000 to 120,000 in the first 12 years after wolves were returned there. By 2011, the state-wide estimate was more than 140,000.

There is an old Nun-avut Keewatin saying The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou

We asked: Have you heard the booming noises in Sooke recently?

I heard one a week ago; I wasnt really aware where it came from,

like a really loud thunder type of sound.

Bob TullySooke

Months ago, but not recently.

Robin DewdneySooke

Heard 'em for sure. Every Thursday morning. They feel

more like an earthquake.

Chantel McNaughtSooke

One yesterday, one this morn-ing, followed by a long reverb.

Sounded like it was 50 kms away.

Philip DupreezSooke

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Knee jerk corporate decision

When in the process of discussing impor-tant issues my conser-vative friends have a habit of emphasising insignificant points while de-emphasising the real issues at hand. This is done in an effort to eradicate any true debate and to discredit the other participants in the debate. Our federal governments inclusion-hidden unciv-ilized legislation within omnibus bills in dire need of consideration and debate parallels this attitude.

The true issue at Jordan River is not the dam or the accuracy of childhood memories, it is the people. The peo-ple living by the river mouth are in danger of losing their homes because of a knee jerk corporate decision that lacks merit and a proper debate process.

This issue should not be treated like it is

a high school debate where participants are trying to prove their intelligence to them-selves, its far more serious than that. It involves real people and real peoples lives.

Rodney NybergSooke

More cell towers for safety

The safety improve-ments to highway 14 (West Coast Rd.) have been a welcome addi-tion. The reflective kilo-metre markers at five km intervals are useful but the ability to com-municate this informa-tion in a timely fashion to 911 operators is lim-ited once you get past Otter Point and almost impossible past Jordan River.

There is no Canadian cell service and limited American cell service. If you need to contact 911 operators you need to drive to the nearest pay phone or landline which could be multi-ple kilometres away or you can go through an American 911 operator. It can be anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour before first responders get the call.

I believe the most useful safety improve-ment would be the addi-tion of cell towers at points along the coast. Most people have cell phones and most cell phones now have GPS and maps. Having an accurate location and direct way to commu-nicate that information would be beneficial to boaters, tourists, hik-ers, search and rescue, fire departments, BC Ambulance, RCMP and countless others.

The 5 km markers are nice but ultimately only useful to those who know they are there. Time to spend some gas tax and put up some cell towers.

Donovan Ray Jordan River

Exploiting others

Your photos of dogs harassing wildlife illus-trates the irresponsibil-ity of some people.

Thats why dogs are banned from Beacon Hill Park in Victoria the parks department puts branches on the ground so herons dont destroy trees to keep adding to their nest, but dogs harassed the herons.

I think its the same people who litter and deliberately drive dan-gerously they believe in exploiting others for their own conve-nience and psychologi-cal jollies. Yes, some dog owners urge chas-ing wildlife, apparently enjoying the sight.

Will voters push poli-ticians to increase fund-ing for police to patrol parks, trails, and roads?

Keith SketchleySaanich

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Not a black and white issue

As a Sooke voter, I for one appreciate Council-lor Reays position of wanting to hear more and not get swept along with a very visible No More Tankers cam-paign which painted the issue as black or white.

The comment by Dr. Alcock her lack of respect for the knowl-edge of Sooke voters is off the mark.

I have no particular beef with the Dogwood Initiative and assuming of the many commut-ers to and from Victo-ria, with most being car and driver only, were part of the savvy vot-ers he refers to. The dependency on fuel is not changing in the short term for our local population.

When speaking of the intelligence of the vot-ers, we should not have to remind people that we live on an island. The fuel we put in our cars, trucks, boats, etc. has to get here some-how. The likelihood means it has arrived over water. Do you call that by tanker, barge or a BC Ferries with a tanker truck? It has to be moved somehow.

I spend a good deal of time in, on or around our local waters and do not want to see any marine mishaps.Where I think the empha-sis needs to be is on mitigating the risks involved with support-ing our modern way of life, and then the well informed voters along with the less informed public will need to change their approach to transit and lifestyle if the general public are to impact climate change.

Waving banners and voting no isnt going to cut it.

Roy SinkeSooke

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Canadian documentary for film night

Over one half of the worlds stock of money is beyond the reach of public treasuries. Read that sentence again!

Multinational corpo-rations are depriving governments of tril-lions of dollars of tax revenues by stashing their profits in offshore tax havens, placing the tax burden on small businesses, the middle class and the poor.

On March 4 Aware-ness Film Night will be

screening The Price We Pay, a recently released documentary by Cana-dian filmmaker Harold Crooks (The Corpora-tion, Surviving Progress) that examines the dark history and dire pres-ent-day reality of big business tax avoidance.

Juxtaposing inter-views with leading economists (includ-ing Thomas Piketty), tax justice campaign-ers and former finance and industry insiders

with outrageous foot-age of CEOs squirm-ingly trying to defend their big name multi-national corporations while under question-ing for tax evasion by no-nonsense British parliamentarians, this film clearly explains how tax havens work and how they affect the worlds economy and our lives.

The next time you hear a government spokesperson tell you

that there is no money for much-needed ser-vices, infrastructure, project and art grants, cost and fee reduc-tions, wage increases, resource monitoring, pollution control, etc., bear in mind that off-shore tax havens by corporate and financial giants are depriving government coffers of trillions of dollars. The Price We Pay is a smart, eye-opening, incendi-ary movie but it does offer some solutions to this (arguabl