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COMMUNITY NEWS MEDIA Black Press Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Mail Agreement #40110541 INDEX ARTS SPORTS News 2 Opinion 8 Community 12 A March workshop will bring the soulful sound of Southern Gospel to Sooke, with two vocal legends from the American south: Kim Pacheco and Markus Temoney Page 25 It’s been a lot of years in the making, but the physical groundwork has finally started for the making of horseshoe pitches at Sooke River Park Page 31 Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror The Capital Regional District board has approved recommen- dations from the Sooke and Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Commission, also known as SEAPARC, to hold a referendum this spring to buy the former DeMamiel Creek golf course, in Sooke. The property, which contains 9.5 hectares, has been negotiated for a sale price of $1 million, which includes cleared and manicured land, as well as a five-bedroom house and miscel- laneous equipment used to maintain the course. In recent years, the property has sup- ported a turf farm, and more recently a par 3 golf course. Sooke Coun. Bev Berger said the initiative was propelled forward to address the future need for recreational space and facilities in Sooke. “As Sooke continues to grow, it is essential for us to secure land for future recreation. Our soccer and ball fields are currently at capacity,” she said. Juan de Fuca regional director and SEAPARC chair Mike Hicks added that SEAPARC will put down $250,000, then the CRD will go to a binding referendum for the other $750,000. See NEW LOAN / 32 MORE LAND EYED FOR RECREATION SERVICES SEAPARC negotiates to buy former golf course, but first a referendum will be held Referendum set for April 30 n EVENT: Referendum to vote on purchase former DeMamiel Creek Golf course. n WHEN: April 30 n WHERE: TBD A new program at Sooke library uses a therapy dog to help children read. Page 3 Reading Buddy Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror Timba, a Labrador cross, at work at the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Sooke. [email protected] www.ShellyDavis.ca Shelly Davis 778-352-3535 Ellen Bergerud 250-818-6441 Lorenda Simms 250-217-5787 [email protected] RealEstateSooke.com [email protected] LorendaSimms.com • What will 2016 bring? Contact me today for a current analysis on your property 2006 4 Bd /5 Bth ‘Above & Beyond’ Heritage Style Home. Sep Det 2 Car Gar + Massive Workshop, Call Shelly 2 Acres! Call Ellen! Time to get Moving! The Housing Market is heang up... Complementary Market Evaluaon Sooke Office: #1B-6631 Sooke Rd. Seaview Business Centre Come Home to the Country, in Style! Call Lorenda FOR SALE 250.642.6361 TAMMI DIMOCK Personal Real Estate Corp. tammidimock .com Selling Sooke for 25 years!

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Page 1: Sooke News Mirror, January 20, 2016

C O M M U N I T Y N E W S M E D I A

Black PressWednesday, January 20, 2016 Mail Agreement #40110541

INDEX ARTS SPORTSNews 2Opinion 8Community 12

A March workshop will bring the soulful sound of Southern Gospel to Sooke, with two vocal legends from the American south: Kim Pacheco and Markus Temoney

Page 25

It’s been a lot of years in the making, but the physical groundwork has finally started for the making of horseshoe pitches at Sooke River Park

Page 31

Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

The Capital Regional District board has approved recommen-dations from the Sooke and Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Commission, also known as SEAPARC, to hold a referendum this spring to buy the former DeMamiel Creek golf course, in Sooke.

The property, which contains 9.5 hectares, has been negotiated for a sale price of $1 million, which includes cleared and manicured land, as well as a five-bedroom house and miscel-laneous equipment used to maintain the course.

In recent years, the property has sup-ported a turf farm, and more recently a par 3 golf course.

Sooke Coun. Bev Berger said the initiative was propelled forward to address the future need for recreational space and facilities in Sooke.

“As Sooke continues to grow, it is essential for us to secure land for future recreation. Our soccer and ball fields are currently at capacity,” she said.

Juan de Fuca regional director and SEAPARC chair Mike Hicks added that SEAPARC will put down $250,000, then the CRD will go to a binding referendum for the other $750,000.

See NEW LOAN / 32

MORE LAND EYED FOR RECREATION SERVICESSEAPARC negotiates to buy former golf course, but first a referendum will be held

Referendum set for April 30

n EVENT: Referendum to vote on purchase former DeMamiel Creek Golf course.

n WHEN: April 30

n WHERE: TBD

A new program at Sooke library uses a therapy dog to help children read. Page 3

Reading Buddy

Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror

Timba, a Labrador cross, at work at the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Sooke.

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We’re seeking shots that grab our attention for their creativity, impact, humour or beauty, taken in the Sooke region. They can be of people, nature or the urban environment. Email your submissions to [email protected].

Reader’s Photo of the WeekBobbie-jo Happell captured this sunset overlooking the Olympic Peninsula. Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by the Stickleback West Coast Eatery.

VIRL executive to mull over plan next monthOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

Sooke’s proposed new library could see the shovel to the dirt as early as 2018.

That is if the three governing bod-ies – the District of Sooke, CRD and Vancouver Island Regional Library board – get their ducks in order and find a suitable location within the next couple of months, said Sooke Coun. Kerrie Reay, a library trustee.

During the library’s annual gen-eral meeting last weekend, Reay was appointed as director to the execu-tive committee board. She hopes the new position will help continue get-ting better traction for the library’s completion.

“I hope to see things pick up over the next couple of months and have it as a priority to keep at it until we find a location. The library is still

front and centre. We’re not dusting anything off,” she said.

Discussions centering on the new library are expected to return to the executive committee next month.

At that point, Reay hopes the three big players will establish more solid ground in terms of making a final decision.

“Realistically speaking, if we get our ducks here in order in the next couple of months, the earliest we could see a shovel to the dirt would be 2018,” Reay said, adding this is why there is such an urgency to find a suitable piece of property.

Even if the property is found, however, a long process still awaits before a building materializes. For one, an architect and designer is needed to mold it into shape based on standards set by the District of Sooke and VIRL.

The proposed $6-million,10,000-square-foot facility is due to replace the current Sooke library, which is outdated and over capacity.

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Construction on new Sooke library could begin by 2018

A pedestrian walking on Sooke River Road was struck by a vehicle on Monday night.

Extent of the inju-ries are unknown, but police don’t believe they were life threaten-ing.

Alcohol or speeding was not a factor in the accident, police said.

Pedestrian struck on Sooke River Rd.

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Therapy dog puts struggling young readers at ease

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

Timba can’t read. Doesn’t talk much. Yet, he’s one of the best literacy ambassadors in Sooke.

Not only that, he works pretty much for free, except, of course for the odd doggie treat.

The 13-year-old yellow Lab-rador cross with a face dis-tinguished with a triangular-shaped head and erect ears, has exactly what kids who struggle with reading need.

He’s a good listener. He doesn’t judge. He has a calm disposition.

Beginning this month, Timba and his owner Josée Bélanger will visit Sooke’s Vancouver Island Regional Library branch to help chil-dren improve their reading skills.

The children will snuggle up to Timba on a blanket with book in hand and read aloud. And read some more. Timba will listen attentively, some-time rollover to get his belly scratched or his ears patted.

Timba is part of Paws 4 Sto-ries, a program of the Victoria branch of St. John Ambulance that uses therapy dogs to encourage reluctant readers.

The therapy dogs are used in hospitals, schools, seniors homes hospices and libraries.

When a calm dog is lying beside the child who is read-ing, then the child is reading to a non judgmental, warm and accepting friend, says Liz Barlow, coordinator of the Paws 4 Stories program.

“Timba is a gentle old man who is so content to sit and be read to,” she says.

“He’s been beautifully trained and handled by Josée. She is a wonderful role model

to everyone for taking care of our elders. She spends the time, effort and money to make sure he is living a lovely life.”

For Sooke librarian Adri-enne Wass, the Paws 4 Stories program is another oppor-tunity to promote reading. Some kids struggle with lit-eracy, others face problems reading aloud.

The program is expected to start within the next week, and will be held in a quiet area of the library, where children can read undisturbed avoid-ing the hustle and bustle of the library. It then allows chil-dren to read without feeling self-conscious.

“Timba has a great calm-ing nature, and he’s very Zen, in a way. He’s very good at just laying down and looking at you. He’s very relaxing. I’m hoping that’s going to trans-late well into the reading pro-gram,” Wass says.

“It’s all about supporting children and introducing the joys of reading. I think this program will be very success-ful.”

Timba has had his own struggles in life.

He was abandoned in Northern Ontario when he was 11 weeks old and found cold and shivering under a car in the dead of winter.

Timba was full of fear and

adoptive mom Josée Bélanger, who now lives in Sooke, enrolled him in obedient class so he wouldn’t turn that fear into aggression. It didn’t take long to discover that Timba wanted to be around people in need.

Bélanger, a registered nurse, would take Timba to work and he would soon find people suffering from all sorts of ailments.

“This dog was meant to heal people. He just calms them down,” she says.

Once Bélanger discov-ered Timba’s true nature she worked him as a therapy dog, and when she moved to B.C. enrolled him in the St. John program where he became certified.

He passed with flying colours.

He has since worked with children, seniors and pallia-tive patients. He recently vol-unteered at a homeless shel-ter in Victoria and Sooke’s École Poirier elementary school.

“There’s something really special about Timba,” Bélanger says, admitting most people say that about their pets. “[But] Timba has another something there because of his intuition.”

When Bélanger puts on Tim-ba’s red collar and the white St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog bandana, he knows it’s time to go to work.

His demeanor changes: he stands up a little straighter, ears erect and chest pumped out.

When he arrives at work, there is the usual glee from those he comes to visit, but his demeanor is always the same, never too excited, only happy to be there.

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■ Sessions for the Paws 4 Stories reading program are by appointment only, please call the Sooke library at 250-642-3022 or email [email protected] for more information or to register.

The making of

DOGGONE GOOD READERS

Contributed

Beginning this month, Timba and his owner Josée Bélanger will visit Sooke’s Vancouver Island Regional Library branch to help children improve their reading skills through the Paws 4 Stories program.

Briefly3 named to newly created Sooke Fire Commission

District council has named three members to the new Sooke Fire Commission.

The three include Kenneth Ebbs-Canavan, Cameron McIntyre and Marie Lambert.

The commission, created last fall, oversees the long-term planning of the fire department.

Fire department operations will remain with the fire chief.

Under the B.C. Community Charter, a commission can administer and operate a municipal service, including the management of budgets without having to come to council to expend funds.

Commission members receive an annual honourarium of $2,500.

Mounties answer 367 callsSooke Mounties responded to 367 calls and

occurrences in November, according to statistics released by the RCMP last week.

Police saw increases to business break and enters (5), theft of vehicles (5) and theft from vehicle-under $5,000 (16).

Up to the end of November, RCMP responded to 4,009 calls, a slight increase from 2014.

The Sooke RCMP detachment has a complement of 15 police officers and covers an area from East Sooke to Port Renfrew.

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Concern sparked from incident in DecemberOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

EMCS students are lobbying the District of Sooke for a side-walk on Edward Milne Road for their classmates that connects the school to Sooke River Store.

Nick Gakena and Jordan Shutt with Edward Milne Com-munity School’s Youth for Change group say the roadway also needs a new crosswalk as well, since the current one near the store is both faded and not reflective at night.

“Students aren’t going to walk up to the other side and then walk down to cross. You

have to make it as easily acces-sible as possible,” Gakena said.

The idea to improve students’ safety along that corridor isn’t new, but it did become the fore-front of concerns for teachers and parents, after a driver lost control of her car and collided with two students on Edward Milne Road last month.

The accident renewed calls for better infrastructure, but also highlighted how well the road is used by students, said teacher Scott Rothermel.

“There are 600 students that migrate back and forth on that road every day and basically, it’s just a foot-and-a-half gravel edge,” he said.

Rothermel added even with new sidewalks and crosswalks, everyone, from drivers to stu-dents, would still need to keep an eye out.

“Will a curb stop a car com-pletely from hitting a kid? Maybe not, but it might encour-age them to be more careful,” he said.

And the initiative is thought out and organized by students, for students, which is a great way to create discussion and awareness about road safety, both for the school popula-tion and the Sooke community, noted Ebony Logins, EMCS Society community school coordinator and Sooke council-lor.

“With the [Youth for Change] group bringing this forward and being entirely engaged in the entire process, that itself will be a good promotion [of road safety] just by the word of mouth through the students in the school,” she said.

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Edward Milne Road has many danger points for pedestrians, says an EMCS student group.

Around 42 B.C. Hydro customers in Sooke last week were out of power for several hours as Hydro relocated four of five hydro poles along Sooke Road.

The fifth pole, which affects only one cus-tomer, TD Bank, was scheduled to be relo-cated last weekend, but was pushed back due to rainy weather.

The relocation effort for the last power pole is now set for this Sun-day (Jan. 24).

B.C. Hydro spokes-person Karla Louwers said power to several of the affected busi-nesses was restored around 5 and 5:30 p.m. Initially, the power pro-vider estimated power was to be out anywhere between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Village Foods was still closed Jan. 11 for the full day, but everything still went as planned, said store manager, Wayne Kneeshaw.

Hydro promised to give affected busi-nesses a 24 hour notice if the weather turned ugly, as crews cannot work in wet conditions due to safety risks.

As for future planned power outages, be pre-pared as best you can, noted Louwers.

“Everyone should be prepared for an outage, planned or unplanned,” she said, adding that assessing the poles for safety and functionality is an ongoing process.

“It’s an ongoing pro-cess throughout the province. Pole replace-ments happen, they are a part of our day to day business, this [Sun-day’s] outage is the last of the group.”

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Canadian Revenue Agency collection scams among worstKatherine Engqvist Black Press

In an effort to thwart potential fraud, the Vancouver Island Bet-ter Business Bureau last week announced the top 10 scams, frauds and things to watch for in 2016.

“We get calls all year long,” said bureau president and CEO Rosalind Scott. “We always have scams that are ongoing.”

The top item on the list? Cana-dian Revenue Agency collection scams.

Telemarketers pretend to rep-resent the CRA and use aggres-sive and threatening tactics to scare taxpayers into handing over payment for a fake tax-return debt.

Victims have been told if they didn’t make an immediate pay-ment (by regular or pre-paid credit card) they would face court charges, jail or deporta-tion.

Other scams on the list relate to unclaimed prizes, computer virus telemarketing, impostor phishing schemes, vacation

rentals, fraudulent kiosk ven-dors, smishing (text message phishing), online stranger dan-ger, helpful Harry/Helen sce-narios and counterfeit merchan-dise.

“The scams just reinvent themselves on new platforms,” Scott said, adding anyone can be taken in.

Her advice? listen to your gut. “Somewhere along the way

something in their gut said it wasn’t right … always go on your instincts. The sad part is we all want to believe it.”

RCMP Const. Keith Gibson echoed that anyone and every-one can fall victim to acts of fraud or scams.

Working in major crimes, which include fraud or financial crimes, he has seen a number of residents become victims.

Identify theft is also on the RCMP’s watch list.

Anyone who believes their identity is being used by another person should contact TransUnion or Equifax right away, Gibson said, to have your personal information flagged for your protection.

He also suggested contacting local authorities if your identity is being used somewhere else, so police know you are a victim of a crime and not perpetrating more.

His advice? Protect your per-sonal information. “Shred all documents with any identity information. Don’t put sensitive information into the recycling.”

Some people are using social media sites such as Facebook to obtain personal information. People will send friend invita-tions out to a circle of friends in hopes of targeting one indi-vidual in that group.

Once they have several mutual friends, they will send an invitation to their target in hopes they will accept, gaining access to their personal infor-mation. He warns not to accept any invitations from people you don’t personally know.

While freebies or other pro-motional items offered as incen-tives to sign contracts are not technically fraudulent, Scott said, they can be a distraction.

It’s important for people understand the documents before they sign, she added.

For the full list and tips to pro-tect yourself, go to bbb.org/van-couver-island and click on the Top 10 Scams 2016 link under the news section.

The RCMP also have a web-site dedicated to fraud with tips on how to avoid becoming a vic-tim. To find it web search RCMP and fraud.

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Ever since Sooke was Sooke, many flocked here for several reasons; perhaps it was the natural, wild beauty that provided an escape from the city, or the closeness of its tightly-knit community, though many would agree it was something else: fishing.

After the Sooke Saltwater Series fishing derby held its first event on Boxing Day last year, hun-dreds of tickets sold, attracting close to 40 partici-pants, something that has never been seen before in this derby.

And it wasn’t just exciting to see people catch fish and win prizes, but a community coming together by itself in a time when everything’s cold and slow, said Coun. Kevin Pearson, an avid fisherman.

“It’s a bunch of fishermen that have put this together for very unselfish reasons. They are very motivating,” he said.

The event came as a positive sign for Sooke’s business community, as it managed to invite peo-ple to come here in the off season, a feat not easy to pull off in winter.

“This is true economic development, because they’re not looking for handouts or grants,” Pear-son said, adding that the event’s organizers came to the District of Sooke only for sponsorship, not anything else.

No doubt, local sports fishing is a year-round economic driver that is hard to ignore, especially when it exposes visitors directly to Sooke’s natural setting on such a large scale. More importantly, it stimulates business in town as more faces show up for the fun.

“People are spending money locally on bait, on gas, on food, and accommodations. They’re being exposed to it, and they like it,” Pearson said, calling sports fishing the “single best economic enhance-ment” that Sooke can really push.

Pearson suggested that involving all areas of the local business community into a single charge is what could truly turn Sooke into a major fishing capital, stimulating other businesses in the process such as restaurants, hotels, and outdoor shops.

But that cooperation is already happening, as businesses in Sooke are working together a little more than they used to, said Ron Neitsch, a vet-eran operator of a local fishing charter and one of the central organizers behind the derbies.

Neitsch said derbies will attract more customers in the future, but working together with the dis-trict and the business community is what will help everybody with creating a healthy and positive local business environment.

“When businesses give us gift certificates and funding for this sort of thing and they get their names together on the posters, it’s kind of a join-ing together,” he said, adding that it’s this working-together that have helped in the past with prizes, such as first-place prizes.

So far, first-place prizes in derbies have varied between $1,500 and $2,000, but Neitsch hopes that those numbers will go further up, which is certain to attract more participants.

He suggested one way of upping the prizes is improving that relationship between the derbies and the local businesses, by simply recognizing their efforts and getting them involved as much as possible in events.

“People get pretty tired if they’re in small busi-nesses and they’re giving and giving to events and the events are not giving back, and that’s gotta be a huge part of this,” Neitsch said, adding that in the past, sponsors were invited to come up and give away some of the prizes, even if it was a prize they didn’t necessarily donate themselves.

“It’s all about participation and putting a name to the face.”

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Sooke and Juan de Fuca electoral area residents have a big question to ask themselves this spring.

Do they want to secure recreation lands into the future?

The answer appears easy on the surface, but it comes with caveats.

Last week, the CRD approved a request from the Sooke and Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Commission, also known as SEAPARC, to go to referendum this spring to purchase 9.5 hectares of land located at 6518 Throup Rd. in Sooke.

In recent years, the property has

supported a turf farm and more recently a par 3 golf course. The sale price of $1 million includes the cleared, manicured land, a five- bedroom home and miscellaneous equipment used to maintain the course.

Greater Sooke is maxed out when it comes to land for future recreation use. More to the point: there is none.

Last year when a youth baseball program started here, organizers quickly learned there was no dedicated baseball field in Sooke, and even if there was, no fields were

available. The same problem faces existing leagues.

So, there is no point belabouring the issue that Sooke needs this land.

SEAPARC has offered up to $250,000 for the land purchase with voters asked to finance the remaining $750,000 over 15 years.

Juan de Fuca electoral area director and SEAPARC chairman Mike Hicks said the recreation commission could have bought the Throup Road property on its own, but instead decided that such major acquisition should be determined by residents

through the referendum.The question becomes are

taxpayers willing to take on the extra tax burden?

Hicks points out money from retiring the pool debt will offset the loan for the Throup Road property, but that means taxpayers will get no break for their pocketbook. Like every municipality, Sooke will face major bills in the future that could add to the taxpayers’ burden.

And it’s why Sooke needs to approach the coming referendum with open eyes.

Recreation lands purchase requires debateWE SAY: No question Greater Sooke needs more recreation land, but are taxpayers willing to open their wallets?

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Editor Kevin LairdOpinion

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Tom FletcherB.C. Views

In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal government and seeking optimism in these fragile times.

For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial projects emerge from bedrock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians.

Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges.

Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching the pre-recession peak of 2007.

Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technologist and $346 for a teacher.

Health care costs are rising less dramatically. That should ease the crisis atmosphere at provincial and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding formula, taking place this week in Vancouver.

Health Minister Terry Lake

announced last week that the province is increasing funding for a promising program in cancer research, using genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.

Outside the urban regions, where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find. The mining and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine closures expected.

The forest industry is being helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to have another strong year as Americans

take advantage of a discount on visits to B.C.

Central 1 Credit Union broke down the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo. Province-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oil-dependent economy, it’s pretty good.

The Conference Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declining in 2016.

We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.

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Questions surroundrecreation land

Re: SEAPARC eyes purchase of DeMamiel Creek golf course (Online, Jan. 14)

The question to be asked, is SEAPARC still collecting the extra taxes that were added on for the pool loan referendum? That loan is now repaid (as of this year), so our taxes should go down to reflect that elimination of debt. This needs to be clarified before we vote on a new debt that will add to the tax bill.

Derek LewersSooke

Fletcher’s column off-base, misleading

According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley (Avatar Sequel Bombs in Walbran, Jan 12, Sooke News Mirror online).

He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club B.C. to save the some of the last significant stands of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club B.C. is entirely independent.)

Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing stenographer, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points. Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and ecologically acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and destroy complex, delicate ecosystems. Sierra Club B.C. doesn’t, and nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support concerted action to defend endangered old-growth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.

British Columbians know that these things form the

life-support system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, including sustainable second-growth forestry for current and future generations.

A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s Auditor General, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.

It’s long past time for the provincial government to reverse the damage done when it gutted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting corporate interests to manage our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.

Mark WorthingSierra Club B.C.

Minister’s ideas won’t work without money

Re: 2016 brings opportunities for new ways of learning (Opinion, Jan. 13)

Touting “ flexibility, collaboration, and critical thinking” new education minister, Mike Bernier paints a rosy picture for public schools.

Those who have spent time in the system, however, might see these ideas as recycled “ flavour of the month” fads from

times past. None of the ideas in Mr.

Bernier’s opinion piece are inherently bad just unattainable with B.C.’s chronic education underfunding. Either Minister Bernier has some miraculous plans to make these lofty ideas work in an underfunded classroom or he has no clue about the state of education in B.C.

So students in a crowded classroom with unsupported special needs students are to “pursue their passion, learn by doing, and have hands on experiences.” Somehow teachers, stressed and overburdened will help each of 20 to 30 students go in their own direction with measurable and achievable goals targeted in a period of about one hour.

Half baked ideas that are not properly funded should be treated with extreme skepticism as we have learned over the years. Somewhere over the rainbow Minister Bernier sees a golden future for our sons and daughters. There isn’t one new idea in his column that can be implemented without a significant restoration of funding.

Ted RobertsSooke

WE ASKED YOU: Are you tired of winter yet?

Yes. I’m really looking forward to the warmth and sunshine.

Gabe VendittiSooke

Yup. I want my child to get out more without getting soaked by all the rain.

Lisa VendittiSooke

No, I love it here, it’s like spring compared to how cold it gets where I come from.

Teresita RichardsonSooke

I am tired of it. I’d much rather be somewhere nice and warm.

Sean NewmanSooke

EDITOR’S NOTE: Would you like to be considered for We Asked You? If so, contact reporter Octavian Lacatusu by email at [email protected] or phone 250-642-5752.

Readers’ lettersLetters policyLetters should not exceed 300 words in length. All letters must include a full name, community of residence and a phone number, although the number will not be published. Email submissions to [email protected].

File photo

Ideas suggested by Education Minister Mike Bernier are unattainable with B.C.’s chronic education underfunding, says a letter-writer.

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Where in the World ...

Ross, Luke, Holly and Judi Bruce visited Bucerias, Mexico in November and took the News Mirror with them. If you’re planning a vacation make sure to take us along. It’s quick and easy: take a picture of your group holding a copy of the Sooke News Mirror, send it to us and we’ll publish it. Send photos to [email protected].

Sooke’s Festival of Trees raised just under $1,200 for B.C. Children’s Hospital.

The annual fund-raiser, held through-out the Christmas season, saw more than a dozen spon-sored Christmas trees line the hall-ways of SEAPARC Leisure Complex.

SEAPARC’s event is a satellite of the same type of tree festival held every year in Victoria, Port Alberni and Nanaimo.

More than 200 fam-ilies in Sooke use the services of B.C. Chil-dren’s Hospital every year.

SEAPARC is among 16 Island recreation centres offering a 14-week training program for the annual TC 10K race.

Clinics started last weekend.There are four programs – one for walking and

three running levels – for beginners, intermediate and advanced.

Participants in the clinics receive a comprehen-sive training program, technical training shirt, TC 10K registration and advice from industry experts.

All clinics are led by experienced, trained run/walk leaders.

“TC 10K clinics offer a valuable physical train-ing program for participants of all experience and skill levels, along with a really great supportive and motivating environment,” said Jill Shaw, TC 10K clinic manager.

The TC 10K is Canada’s third largest 10-kilome-tre race. In 2015, 10,527 registered for the event, which also includes the Thrifty Foods 1.5K Family Run.

To register for the Sooke clinic, please go online to crd.bc.ca/seaparc or telephone at 250-642-8000.

The TC 10K is April 24 in downtown Victoria.

Local training clinics start for TC 10K race

Festival of Trees collects $1,200 for kids’ hospital

If I could wave a magic menu and change dining out forever, I would start by eliminating three words that leave me mentally mutilating my napkin: “How’s everything tasting?”

There’s nothing worse than getting set to slurp that first scoop of soup or having a mouthful of meatball with a piece of pasta perched precariously on your chin and some server swoops in to ask how everything is so far.

Staff at Rick’s Diner or Rico’s Bistro would be trained to wait a few minutes before disturbing diners once they’ve started their meal.

Servers would approach the table discreetly and simply pause politely long enough to make eye contact with a sincere, silent smile.

It provides customers with the perfect opportunity to address the situation if there is a problem, without intruding

on the mood or interrupting the flow of conversation at the table.

This may come as a surprise to a few servers, but not everyone who eats out is there to share the moment with you and respond to rehearsed robotic banter.

Circumstances can cause people to have to plan a funeral, close an important business deal or deliver the news about a messy breakup over a meal.

Respect the fact that whatever the reason they chose your workplace, there’s a good chance that less chatter is what they’re looking for, unless they’re a regular customer you have forged a friendly relationship with during repeated repasts.

I speak from experience on this one because back in the 1960s I worked with horribly long hair at a restaurant in a resort town that catered to American Legionnaires who mostly hated hippies on general principle.

Whenever I had to occasionally trade in my cook’s apron and work in the dining room, I almost always out-tipped my fellow female servers – all college students who couldn’t wait to tell their customers

where they went to school and what they were studying – with my smile and silent treatment.

If you’ve managed to read this rant and ironically agree that less can be more, here’s another personal bone of contention you can weigh in on.

When did it become common practice to pile two pounds of potatoes disguised as French fries on every plate? Next time you’re on your way out of a place that serves the humble spud in that preferred fashion, have a look at the size of the portions left behind.

Instead of wasting acres of crops and oceans of fryer oil when obesity is a growing problem, cutting back and offering refills could be a money saver for management that promotes healthier eating. Let those who must overindulge fill their boots, but spare the rest of us the canola carnage.

And finally, although this may sound like an old gnat over-picking a nit, can someone please tell me when “No problem” officially replaced “You’re welcome” in the service industry?

•••Rick Stiebel is a

Sooke resident and semi-retired journalist.

Service with a polite pause and silent smile

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KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124

SUNDAY SERVICE10:15 am Pre-Service Singing

10:30 am Family worshipRev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg

Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

HOLY TRINITYAnglican Church

1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am The Rev. Dimas Canjura

www.holytrinitysookebc.org

The Pastor's Pen

SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

Pastor Rick Eby Email [email protected]

www.sookebaptistchurch.com

JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403SATURDAY SERVICE

9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church Service

Pastor Lowell Holmquist Sunday @ 10:30AM | clachurch.com/sooke

6851 West Coast Road | 250.642.4822

Reading Paul’s letter to the Corinthians (Chapter 12)

The apostle Paul tells us; “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”

(I Cor 12:7). This is a blessing for every one; the Holy Spirit is in each of us, because God loves us, we have those

precious gifts from God. What we should do with them? We should share them with every body “for the common good”. Our gift has

to be shared in our community to help each other, if everyone shares their gift we can live in harmony and peace.

Paul said, “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; All these are activated by one and the same Spirit,” (vss. 4-11). I believe what Paul said because here in our Sooke community all of us share our gifts doing different things, like volunteering, assisting those in need, donating goods, donating food to a different institutions to feed people in need, and many more things in which we all take part in order to have a great community.

How to � nd our gifts? Search the scriptures, pray to God in order to have communication with him and ask your religious leader what she or he thinks about your discernment about your gifts. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you in this New Year.

Rev. Dimas CanjuraHoly Trinity Anglican Church

ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 4pm | Sunday Mass, 9amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3-4pm Of� ce Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Marinaldo Batista

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big packs!

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Some restrictions apply. Offer in effect Jan 18-24, 2016

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KraftPhiladelphia Cream Cheese Spread340gr

PaceChunky Salsa1.7lt

Hellmann’sReal Mayonnaise1.42lt

OlivieriFilled Pasta500-800gr

KraftParmesan Cheese250gr

EmmaExtra Virgin Olive Oil3lt

San RemoRipe Olives12x398ml

Hunt’sTomatoes12x398ml

San PellegrinoSparkling Fruit Beverage6x330ml

NestlePure Life Water24x500ml

San PellegrinoMineral Water12x750ml

CanadianBeef Simmering Short Ribs13.21 per kg

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699PerLB599

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big packs!Coke or Canada Dry20x355ml

Nestea or Minute MaidBeverage12x341ml

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MelittaSingle Serve Coffee CupsVariety Pack, 36’s

Tetley Tea80’s or 144’s

DareOriginal Wagon Wheels630gr

DareBear Paws Family Pack540gr

MelittaEstate Whole Bean Coffee907gr

Dairyland1% Chocolate Milk4lt

DairylandCottage Cheese600-750gr

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EliasUnpasteurized Honey1kg

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Nuts To YouAlmond Butter365gr

Dr. OetkerGuiseppe Pizza465-900gr

KraftCheez Whiz900gr

Mr. NoodlesMr. Noodles Bowl12x110gr

Snack Pack Pudding Cups12x99gr

Sparkling IceSparkling Water Based Beverage12x502.8ml

Kellogg’sEggo Waffles1.68kg

Mr. NoodlesKimchi Bowl Noodles12x86gr

Cracker BarrelShreds300-320gr

El MontereyTaquitos794-853gr

Nature Valley, General Mills or Betty CrockerValue Size Granola Bars or Fruit Snacks272-552gr

SnowcrestSelectables Frozen Fruit1.5kg

Minute MaidSimply Orange Juice2.63lt

CapriCanola Oil3lt

ItalpastaPasta900gr

Del MonteVegetables12x341-398ml

Mr. NoodlesInstant Noodles24x85gr

699

CheemoPerogies2kg

Green GiantFrozen Vegetables750gr

SkippyPeanut Butter2kg

Campbell’sTomato or Cream of Mushroom Soup12x284ml

777

FolgersClassic Roast

Ground Coffee920gr

Del MonteFruitSelected, 12x398ml

ChristiePremium Plus Crackers900gr

KraftSingles Processed Cheese Product900gr

General MillsFamily Size Cheerios Cereal525-685gr

BecelSoft MargarineOriginal, 1.81kg

Steak HousePieces & Stems Mushrooms12x284ml

CascadePlatinum Dishwasher Action PacsFresh Scent, 39’s

Clover LeafChunk or Flaked Light Tuna in WaterSkipjack, selected, 12x170gr

OlympicYogurt1.75kg

4$10for

GainLiquid Laundry Detergent2.95lt

Hunt’sTomato Paste12x156ml

Arctic GardensMix1.75kg

Bassili’s BestLasagna2.27kg

2$10for

Del MonteFruit BowlsFruit Salad & Orchard Peach, 16x112.5ml

SnowcrestFrozen Fruit3kg

TideLaundry Pods57’s

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KraftCheez Whiz900gr

Mr. NoodlesMr. Noodles Bowl12x110gr

Snack Pack Pudding Cups12x99gr

Sparkling IceSparkling Water Based Beverage12x502.8ml

Kellogg’sEggo Waffles1.68kg

Mr. NoodlesKimchi Bowl Noodles12x86gr

Cracker BarrelShreds300-320gr

El MontereyTaquitos794-853gr

Nature Valley, General Mills or Betty CrockerValue Size Granola Bars or Fruit Snacks272-552gr

SnowcrestSelectables Frozen Fruit1.5kg

Minute MaidSimply Orange Juice2.63lt

CapriCanola Oil3lt

ItalpastaPasta900gr

Del MonteVegetables12x341-398ml

Mr. NoodlesInstant Noodles24x85gr

699

CheemoPerogies2kg

Green GiantFrozen Vegetables750gr

SkippyPeanut Butter2kg

Campbell’sTomato or Cream of Mushroom Soup12x284ml

777

FolgersClassic Roast

Ground Coffee920gr

Del MonteFruitSelected, 12x398ml

ChristiePremium Plus Crackers900gr

KraftSingles Processed Cheese Product900gr

General MillsFamily Size Cheerios Cereal525-685gr

BecelSoft MargarineOriginal, 1.81kg

Steak HousePieces & Stems Mushrooms12x284ml

CascadePlatinum Dishwasher Action PacsFresh Scent, 39’s

Clover LeafChunk or Flaked Light Tuna in WaterSkipjack, selected, 12x170gr

OlympicYogurt1.75kg

4$10for

GainLiquid Laundry Detergent2.95lt

Hunt’sTomato Paste12x156ml

Arctic GardensMix1.75kg

Bassili’s BestLasagna2.27kg

2$10for

Del MonteFruit BowlsFruit Salad & Orchard Peach, 16x112.5ml

SnowcrestFrozen Fruit3kg

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Quality FreshFamily Favourites Cocktail MixCranberry, 500gr

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Donini ChocolateChocolate Covered Almonds

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199Available at select stores only.

Egg Roll

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JanesBreaded Fish

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LilydaleKentucky Chicken Breast

Grimm’sClassic Oven Roast Ham

FrozenWhole Head Off Sockeye Salmon

Frozen or Previously FrozenMachine Peeled Pacific Wild Shrimp

8 Piece Happy Tuna Rolls

16 Piece Maki Platter

199

249

799

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FreshSole Fillets

LargeDeli Salad

149

249Per

100 gr

SchneidersTomato Basil Turkey

Breast

Per100 gr

169Per

100 gr

ViennaRoast Beef or New York

Style Corned Beef

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99¢Per

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Sooke History

Elida PeersContributed

When Sheila Anderson, mother of former federal cabinet minister David Anderson, gave us this photo years ago, she called the vehicle an “Overlander.”

It was stopped on the Metchosin/East Sooke Road; no doubt the driver had gallantly gotten out to take the photo.

Under a magnifying glass, the licence plate shows 1914. This automobile was built by Willys-Overland, the second largest auto producer after Ford in that time period.

Note the hand crank on the engine front, and the hard tires. Driven on a bumpy dirt road, the passenger comfort level would be a far cry from today’s luxurious forms of travel, but still a big step up from horse and buggy.

In East Sooke at that time, there were two prominent families, the Gillespies of Glenairley and Grouse Nest, and Lady Emily Walker and Rev. Reginald Walker at Ragley. They

would likely have been the only owners of automobiles in East Sooke in that period.

In the photo are Mrs. Jacob Hunter Todd (nee Rosanna Wigley) her sister Mary Ann Wigley, Mrs. Hebden Gillespie, (nee Mary Ann Isabella Todd), and Mrs. Charlie Todd (nee Mary Chatwin

Butchart). J.H. Todd, of course, was well-known as the man who initiated the fishtraps industry on this coast.

A week or two ago, members of the film group who are producing the story of Woodside Farm, met with two Gillespie grandchildren at Grouse Nest, a very

beautiful spot at the far reach of Sooke basin. (Boundary-wise, this is now part of Sooke, but historically it was East Sooke.)

David Anderson stood on the rocky promontory and read an account written by his grandfather Alexander Gillespie, describing how in

1888, as an eight-year old, he had been taken from Grouse Nest in a rowboat down the harbour to the foot of today’s Maple Avenue, where he had watched the Muir oxen haul logs on skidroads from the uplands and dump them into the

water, where they were drawn into the gigantic saws of the Muir sawmill.

We were thrilled that such a dramatic historical account was available for the movie, and it was fun to see David Anderson and his cousin Janet

Broadbent, both of them grandchildren of Alexander Gillespie and Rose Ellen Todd, revisit the Gillespie’s Grouse Nest grounds of so long ago.

•••Elida Peers is the

historian of Sooke Region Museum.

A roadster on East Sooke Road in 1914

Sooke Region Museum

Women of the Todd, Gillespie and Butchart families enjoying a drive from Victoria to East Sooke in an Overlander in 1914.

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If you are interested in volunteering please submit a completed Appointment Application form available at the District of Sooke Municipal Hall or at www.sooke.ca by 4:30 pm, Friday, January 22, 2016 to:

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Loretta FritzContributed

If ever you needed another good reason to grow some of your own food, a quick walk through the produce section of any grocery store today provides it. Yikes!

Knowing that the price of fruits and vegetables is expected to continue its upswing, I’m doing a bit of serious thinking about what changes I can or should make to get the most out of the available growing space.

This, however, will probably necessitate more self-discipline, attention, and efficiency when it comes to preparing the soil, starting seeds, transplanting out, watering, harvesting and preserving. So much to do, so little time … and life will undoubtedly unfold in unexpected ways and completely upend my good intentions.

Granted, serious gardening is serious

work, but it certainly doesn’t have to be onerous. Edible plants can be grown in anything from balcony pots/containers to large in-ground beds.

Few things taste better to me than freshly picked herbs and greens. With seeds so inexpensive and the plants so easy to manage, the results are seldom disappointing.

Many gardeners don’t grow food

at all. They focus instead on cultivating ornamental plants. Some create stunning tapestries through landscaping, others restrict themselves to containers, and many do a bit of both.

In short, gardening can be as much or as little as anyone wants it to be. It can be work, it can be a hobby, it can be therapy … or it can just be something that is done in whatever

capacity for whatever reason and without putting a label on it.

Whether you are a seasoned West Coast gardener, a recently-arrived-on-the-West Coast

gardener, or someone simply curious about gardening and horticulture, you will find a community of interest at the Sooke Garden Club.

January marks the

start of the club’s year, so it’s the ideal time to become a member. Join us Wednesday (Jan. 27), 7 p.m., at St. Rose of Lima Church on Townsend Road. Annual fee:

$15. Questions? Visit our website at sookegardenclub.ca or email [email protected].

•••Submitted by Sooke

Garden Club.

Garden club looks forward to a year of growing

Contributed

Sooke Garden Club 2015 Parlour Show Award Winners, from left: Loretta Fritz with the Olive Brehn Memorial Silver Tray (top grand aggregate points); Carolyn Wyngaards with the Nel Milne Memorial Trophy (best rose) and the Georgi Steele Memorial Award (best flower arrangement); Jan Stope with the Bill Bell Memorial Trophy (best produce entry).

Capital Regional District Notice to ElectorsWithin the Capital Regional DistrictAlternative Approval Process for CRD Bylaw 4042 - Authorizing the disposal of a portion of the Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park ReserveNotice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Capital Regional District (“CRD”) proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 4042, “Capital Regional District Disposition of Part of Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park Reserve Bylaw No. 1, 2015.” The purpose of Bylaw No. 4042 is to authorize the sale or exchange of a 902m2 (0.09 hectare) parcel in the Sooke Hills Regional Park Reserve, more particularly described as that portion of Lot 21, District Lot 8, Block 453 and Block 352, Malahat District, Plan VIP84067. The intention is to exchange this parcel of land for a similarly sized and nearby parcel owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. This parcel will become dedicated road. This exchange is critical to complete the necessary land transactions to ensure that construction of the Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail is completed in 2017.Take further notice that the CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 4042 unless at least 28,055 electors within the CRD indicate by signing the elector response forms, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 4042.The elector response form must be in the form as established by the CRD and forms are available from the CRD on request. The only persons entitled to sign elector response forms are electors of the area to which the alternative approval process opportunity applies. The alternative approval process opportunity applies within the regional parks service area, which is comprised of all the municipalities and electoral areas in the Capital Regional District, as follows: Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Oak Bay, Metchosin, North Saanich, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria, View Royal; and Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands electoral areas.The deadline for delivering the original signed elector response forms, in relation to Bylaw No. 4042, to the CRD is 4:00 pm on Monday, February 22, 2016. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted.The CRD has estimated that the total number of electors within the service area is 280,551 and that 10% of that number or 28,055 electors must submit elector response forms to prevent the CRD from enacting Bylaw No. 4042 without the assent of the electors by referendum.Further technical information concerning Bylaw No. 4042 may be obtained from Stephen Henderson, Manager, Real Estate, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, 250.360.3136, [email protected], during regular office hours Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until February 22, 2016.Qualifications for Resident and Non-Resident Property ElectorsResident Elector: You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months and in the Capital Regional District for at least 30 days prior to signing the elector response form.Non-Resident Property Elector: You may submit an elector response form as a Non-Resident Property Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months, have owned and held registered title to property in the Capital Regional District for 30 days and do NOT qualify as a Resident Elector. If there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an elector response form.To obtain an elector response form, or for questions about the elector approval process, please contact CRD Legislative and Information Services, PO Box 1000, 625 Fisgard Street, 5th Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 or by telephone at 250.360.3642 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.A copy of the elector response form may be downloaded from:www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-votingElector response forms may also be obtained at the CRD offices listed below. A copy of Bylaw No. 4042 and a copy of this Notice may be inspected during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (unless specified otherwise below), Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until February 22, 2016 at the following locations:• public notice board in the lobby of CRD headquarters, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria• Panorama Recreation Centre, 1885 Forest Park Drive, North Saanich• Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office, #3-7450 Butler Road, Sooke• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria• SSI Administration (PARC) Office, 145 Vesuvius Bay Road, Salt Spring Island• on the CRD website:

for Bylaw No. 4042: www.crd.bc.ca/about/document-library/Documents/bylaws/bylawssubjecttoreferendumoralternativeapprovalprocess for this Notice: www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-voting

Given under my hand at Victoria, BC this 9th day of December, 2015Sonia SantarossaCorporate Officer

This schedule is subject to change.Please call 250-642-1634 to con� rm meetings.Council meeting agendas may be viewed

at www.sooke.ca

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

Fax: 250-642-0541email: [email protected]

website: www.sooke.ca

Upcoming Public MeetingsSooke Community Centre Advisory Committee

Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 10:00 am

Regular Council MeetingMonday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm

Emergency Planning CommitteeTuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:00 am

Committee of the Whole Meeting Presentation: Trade Commissioner Service

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:00 pm

Sooke Program for the Arts (SPA) CommitteeWednesday, January 27, 2016 at 9:30 am

For further information, please contact the District of Sooke at 250-642-1634 or visit www.sooke.ca

Business Licence Renewals  A reminder to all Business owners that your currentBusiness Licence expired on December 31st, 2015.

Business Licences must be renewed by January 31st, 2016 by remitting the appropriate payment to the

District of Sooke of� ce.

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When it comes to the musical arts, Sooke is well fitted with just about every genre you can think of.

Heck, we have not one, but multiple choirs, bands, a full orchestra as well as countless other ensembles of talented musicians.

But there something missing: something not so easily acquired, or found; a spiritual musical experience that goes beyond instruments, beyond anything earthly even.

It’s called the Sooke Southern Gospel Experience, a planned musical workshop driven by two vocal legends from the American South, Kim Pacheco and Markus Temoney, who hail from North Carolina.

The workshop will help participants to focus less on the mechanics of singing, but more so on the spirit of singing, noted Derek Lewers, who is working towards making the event happen in March at the Holy Trinity Anglican church.

“Because you actually learn the words, when it comes time for the concert, you actually sing with a lot more emotion and vibrancy, because you’re not focusing on words on a piece of paper,” Lewers said.

He added that similarly like a true gospel choir you might see in a church, they’re not using books, “they’re just singing from their spirit”.

Those feeling this to be a religious-only event needn’t shy away, because it really isn’t, Lewers pointed out, adding that you don’t have to be religious at all to enjoy and embrace what the workshop has to offer.

“It’s 100 per cent spiritual, so it doesn’t matter who you are, there will be a connection, or else you wouldn’t feel that emotion,” he said.

The main driving force is Pacheco, a trained musician who’s performed all across North America and a gospel legend in her own right.

She and Temoney have held such workshops on the Island before, but this time, this is a only-in-Sooke special.

The planned workshop is slated to begin on Thursday, March 10, and run through Friday, 7 to 10 p.m., then 9 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a concert on Sunday (March 13) though that is yet to be determined.

Tickets are $120 for early birds, $150 after Feb. 15. For more info, register at Eventbrite, visit the Sooke Southern Gospel Experience Facebook page, or call Derek Lewers at 250-744-0193.

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Sooke looking for the gospel experience

Kim Pacheco performing her “Gospel Experience”. Pacheco is notable for her unique five octave range, allowing her to go from soprano to tenor, to baritone without interruption.

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Final Projects Night tonight at EMCS theatreIt’s that time of the year again, when la creme

de la creme of the student body at Edward Milne Community School comes out to show their latest talent.

Yup. The EMCS Final Projects Night.Performances will be put on by the Grade 11

and 12 Acting class, Film Production Grades 10 to 12, Drama Grade 10, and the EMCS art department.

Show begins tonight (Jan. 20) at 7 p.m., tickets are available for $5 at the EMCS office.

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Sooke wordsmiths will get their fill at the second annual Scrabble tournament.

The tournament, hosted by the EMCS Society, is next Wednesday (Jan. 27) from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the high school.

As with the first tourney last March won by Sooke’s Wilf Wenzel, players can test their wordcrafting skills in a knock-out competition with other Scrabble fans.

The school’s two top cops – principal Pat Swinburnson and RCMP liaison officer Const. Scott Rothermel – will be the night’s judges.

Entry fees ($10) and

proceeds from a silent auction organized by Anne Boquist and Diane Kent are earmarked for literacy programs.

On Jan. 31 at 2 p.m., Gabriola Island quartet the Kerplunks will perform in the EMCS theatre courtesy of the Sooke Region Literacy Project and the Sooke branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for earlybirds and, like last year’s Literacy Week show by Fraggle Rock puppeteer Tim Gosley, admission is free.

The two events mark Family Literacy Week in B.C.

Local wordsmiths prepare for Scrabble tournament

Province seeks nominees for Order of B.C honoursNominations deadline is March 4

British Columbians are encouraged to nominate inspiring individuals who have left a lasting legacy in their respective fields.

The Order of British Columbia is one way of rewarding and recognizing those British Columbians whose extraordinary contributions and achievements have contributed to a better quality of life in the province and beyond.

Since the Order of British

Columbia was established in 1989, the province has recognized 386 British Columbians from a variety of sectors including the business, volunteer, arts and sporting communities.

More information, nomination forms and submission instructions are available online at orderofbc.gov.bc.ca, by email [email protected], by telephone at 250 387-1616.

Nominations must be submitted to the Honours and Awards Secretariat office in Victoria by March 4.

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We are saddened to share the news of the passing of Ken Stratford on January 10, 2016; a warm, loving, brilliant man who affected so many with his compassion, humour, passion and wisdom. Ken’s wife, extended family and friends miss him terribly, and we know that the many people he inspired professionally and personally feel the same. A Celebration of Ken’s Life will be held in the Spring. Details about this Memorial Event and a full obituary will be shared in the coming weeks. The family is planning to establish a special Memorial Project to honour Ken’s lifetime commitment of empowering people. In lieu of flowers at this time, please consider supporting this project as details are announced in the near future. www.dignitymemorial.ca

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AUCTION SALENotice is hereby given by West Coast Super Stor-age Ltd, 3220 Otter Point Rd, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0K8 that the following item(s) will be open for bids be-tween 9am-12pm on February 6, 2016 on the premises to cover costs incurred. Only CASH ac-cepted.• Linda Stockton -

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Loose puckSaanich Braves’ Johnny Harmsworth, left, and Sooke Thunderbirds’ Steven Piatkowski duel for the puck in Midget house game at SEAPARC Leisure Complex Sunday. Sooke made a thunderous comeback mid-game, scoring four goals in under 10 minutes, though the Braves still won 7-6.

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

The EMCS Wolverines entered their game Tuesday night against St. Andrew’s having won four of their past seven games in South Vancouver Island senior boys’ basketball.

Not bad for a team that has struggled to field a full roster, and the squad’s star player has battled through an ankle injury.

Last week the Wolverines split a pair of games. Parkland wal-loped the Edward Milne Com-munity School crew 65-36 before EMCS bounced back 69-54 with a win over Stelly’s.

The Wolverines came out flat against Parkland and were out hustled and gave up a score of rebounds.

Frederik Moeller netted 14 points to lead the local side, while Alex Mckenzie contributed 11 and Andy Abel with five.

It was a different story Wednes-day when the Wolverines lined up against struggling Stelly’s.

“It was a good, well-rounded effort. We came with a lot of energy,” said Wolverines co-coach Alex Wright.

Nine EMCS players hit the scoresheet with Moeller (18), Mckenzie (15) and Abel (14) scoring in double figures.

When the season began, the Wolverines had trouble fielding a full roster due to other sports commitments, injury and vaca-

tion. Over the last two games that has been rectified and the coaching staff is seeing a differ-ence in play.

The one Achilles heel of the team has been the ongoing ankle injury to Brady Greenwood.

“Certainly, Brady’s injury prob-lem is creating issues,” Wright said, adding that he’s been asked to play on the outside of the offence because of his superb passing ability.

That, though, reduces his chance to score.

“He’s not scoring 20 points a game right now, but he’s proba-bly getting seven or eight assists per game. He’s always finding a way to affect the game,” Wright said.

This week, the Wolverines play St. Andrew’s and Victoria High.

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Wolverines post wins to go over .500

EMCS struggles in tournament

The Wolverines came sputtering out of the gate at the annual Esquimalt senior boys’ basketball tourna-ment last weekend.

EMCS lost its first game Friday to Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld secondary 71-51 and its second game 60-58 to Reynolds before bouncing back against host Esqui-malt, 68-38.

The Sooke Loggers dropped a 2-0 decision to Cer-maq City Wave in Campbell River Saturday in Vancou-ver Island Soccer League Division 2 play.

Rob Shaw and Eddy Lawson scored for Cermaq. The shutout was recorded by Beau Belle Oudry.

Sooke’s Kelton Peck was named game MVP, along with Cermaq’s Hans Aunet.

The Loggers record drops to 3-5-3.

In Division 4B play, the losing continues for Sooke United.

On Sunday, Sooke lost to Bay Inited 3-1.Bays got goals from Mathew Hammonds and Cal-

vin Litton, with two.Sean Fiset replied for Sooke.Sooke United has won only one game this season.

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Fishing Adventures

Ron NeitschContributed

Fishing for salmon and crab in Sooke is good, although the average fish are small so far this year.

This can, and usually does, change very quickly as the winter season progresses.

Every winter salmon trip I have been on this year has had keeper chinooks landed, except of course the Sooke Boxing Day Derby, where our team tanked. More about that later.

There are mixed reports about larger springs being taken at Beecher and Whirl Bay off East Sooke, and lately there have been a couple salmon in the 10 to 12 pound range taken at the Sooke harbour mouth.

Jamie from Sooke Marine Center reported landing a larger 11-pound spring in the harbour mouth in some shallower water sometime around Jan.10. Yes, there are some bigger fish being caught.

With the smaller chinooks around, good idea to use artificial lures with single hooks attached for easy, clean releases. Please don’t net fish you are going to release, simply turn the hook in the fishes mouth and let it slip free. Most times this can be done without handling

the fish. You can also give the

salmon a little loose line at the side of the boat and sometimes they will get away themselves. Netting can cause substantial scale loss and other damage that the fish may not survive.

Best winter salmon lures include: Coho Killers in the White Lightning series, glow hootchy or squirt,or try some small chrome Coyote spoons, bait will work well, although try using a single J hook rather than trebles until the big fish arrive.

Best results trolling your lures two to three feet behind the flasher, 10 feet behind the downrigger ball near the bottom in 100 to 150 feet of water.

Halibut season remains closed, and is scheduled to open Feb. 1.

Crabbing in the harbour continues to be spotty, although worthwhile considering the price of crab. Crabbing usually picks up considerably in early spring time. Keep loading traps with fresh bait on incoming tides and your traps will be full of large male keepers in no time.

•••Ron Neitsch is the

owner of 2 Reel Fishing Adventures, based in Sooke.

Contributed

Langford resident Henry Deelstra, a longtime Sooke saltwater angler, caught his limit of winter chinooks at the Sooke harbour mouth on Jan. 7.

Winter fishing remains strong

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Octavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

After years of spinning around between munici-pal councils, the Sooke Horseshoe Pitching Associ-ation has finally begun construction of its pitches on Sooke River Road.

The association expects to open six pitches by the end of February and another six later this year.

Association members are now clearing and lev-eling off the land, situated across from Fred Milne Park.

And though it doesn’t look like much yet, it’s a solid start for the association and its 12 members, said Rick Hobday, president.

Hobday hopes the number of members will rise once the pitches are finished and ready to go.

“It’s a place to do this, and we thank everyone who has supported us so far,” he said.

While the Galloping Goose connecting trail will pass through behind the course, it still leaves

sufficient space to accommodate the 12 planned pitches.

The biggest problem so far are amenities such as washrooms, but Hobday said they’ll cross that bridge when they get to it, so for the time being, the Sooke Community Association will provide use of its washrooms.

A clubhouse and an expansion of another eight pitches (bringing it to a total of 20) is also planned, but that won’t happen until the horseshoe asso-ciation acquires more property from the Agricul-tural Land Reserve.

As the association grows, it will be able to hold both provincial and national tournaments.

Memberships for juniors are free up to age 18, while membership costs $30 per year. Participants must supply their own horseshoes.

For more information, please contact Rick Hob-day at 250-642-7657 or via at [email protected].

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Octavian Lacatusu/Sooke News Mirror

Sooke Horseshoe Pitching Association members Rick Hobday, left, and Gordon Butts at the club’s new location on Sooke River Road.

Work starts on Sooke horsehoe pitch facility

Sports RoundupRegistration begins for minor fastball

Sooke Minor Fastball is holding registration for the 2016 season.

The league includes players from under 8 to 19 and includes league play, weekend tournaments and district playoffs.

Registration is Feb. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Feb. 16, 6 to 8 p.m. and Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All registration takes place at SEAPARC Leisure Complex lobby.

For more information, pleaser go online to sookefastball.com.

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The Sooke Seahawks are looking for players and coaches for the 2016 spring season.

The tackle football league is open to boys and girls from ages 7 to 13.

All equipment is included with registration.

For those wishing to coach, experience is preferred, but not needed.

For more information, please go online to sookeseahawks.com or email [email protected].

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From page A1Hicks pointed out

that the new loan will not be added on top of the pool loan referen-dum (which is now paid off) so there will be no tax increase to Sooke or Juan de Fuca electoral area residents.

“The requisition is currently at a rate that is enough for us not to raise taxes. With the current requisition that we have at SEAPARC, we’re making the final payment of the pool this year, and we have the savings,” he said, adding that SEAPARC’s goal is to get the 9.5 hectares for future rec-reational development at the same tax rate. This would also include the expansion of a two-storey, 4,000 square foot weight room/all-purpose activity room.

CRD estimates that the annual cost to ser-vice $750,000 in debt over 15 years will be approximately $61,000 per year, based on cur-rent market interest rate of three per cent

provided by the Munic-ipal Finance Authority of B.C.

The property is nearby the SEAPARC Leisure Complex, sep-arated by a trail that connects the end of Throup Road to the top of the bike pump track. Plans of some-day connecting the two via Throup has been discussed for several years, though nothing is expected to material-ize soon.

Still, getting such a big plot of land for the pub-lic makes good sense for a long term invest-ment for this commu-nity and the people who live in the Juan de Fuca area, noted Coun. Rick Kasper.

“This is good mar-ket value and interest rates have never been lower,” said Kasper, who also agreed on the move.

Whether it’ll remain a golf course is yet to be discussed, but Hicks said SEAPARC’s goal is not to buy and operate a golf course.

“The owner has made it very clear that it’s not going to be a golf course anymore,” he said. “Our goal is to go to the people in the spring and ask them if they support buying this land for the future children of Sooke.”

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