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Grieving parents take solace in celebration of Always and Forever Birthday Party at Jeneece Place.

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Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

A small section of road has flared into controversy with the B.C. Transportation Ministry and the District of Sooke.

The ministry is refusing to upgrade a 100-metre section of road in front of Sooke Centre Mall because the district is insisting that the two access points onto Sooke Road remain.

The work was earmarked as part of the $9-million roundabout project.

In a letter to Sooke Centre Mall owners Bruce Logan and Jerry Liedtke, Transportation Ministry district manager Janelle Erwin said the ministry is willing to maintain existing accesses, but it will necessitate a change of design to allow access to remain open.

The design changes will result in a reduced scope of project work undertaken out front of your property, wrote Erwin.

Proposed new curb, gutter and sidewalks planned for the road will no longer be constructed by the province.

The decision does not sit well with Sooke Mayor Maja Tait, who said council has not been informed of the decision, calling it unacceptable. Tait is seeking a meeting with Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone.

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100 metres of roadwork left undone Artwork is a family affair

Sooke family has three entries in this years Sooke Fine Arts Show


When the Sooke Fine Arts Show opens tomorrow (July 24), three members of one family will be front and centre.

Joan Morgan and two of her children Samuel Martin, 18, and Bryn Martin, 16 will see there art showcased in the annual arts festival.

Its the first time in recent memory that three members in one family have had their work displayed, and in different genres. The childrens father, Rob Martin, is a woodworker and has also been in the show in the past, and supports the show as a sponsor through Island Vacation homes.

Morgans work will be displayed in glass mosaic, Bryn will exhibit in digital art and Samuel focuses in on photography.

We were pretty excited, said Morgan when the three found out their work had been accepted by the show.

Weve spent time reflecting on how we got here, knowing that there was a bit of luck in it with the judges all wanting something from each of us at the same time. There are many good artists who dont get in.

This year the Sooke Fine Arts Society received more than 1,400 submission for the show. Only 375 were accepted by the judging panel. Of those, about 50 came from the Sooke area.

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Its the combination of creating an environment where messes were just fine and about doing your own thing.

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The following individuals are wanted by the Sooke RCMP as of July 17. If you have any information on these individuals or their crimes, you are asked to call the RCMP at 250-642-5241.

Police used a Taser on a man at a construction site off Sooke Road after a volatile situation occurred Thursday.

Officers responded to a 911 at 7 p.m. at a residence on Seagirt Road in East Sooke where a 47-year-old man was allegedly threatening to harm himself.

Police believed the man could be in possession of a firearm, and had sequestered himself inside the residence with several containers of gasoline.

The RCMP Emergency Response Team was deployed to the house, along with dog teams and police negotiators, about 40 police officers were involved in the incident.

After further investigation, police believe the man had left the residence in a pickup truck prior to their arriva.

At approximately 8:40 p.m., the RCMP negotiator observed the

suspect vehicle travelling westbound on Sooke Road and followed it to a construction site.

Police attempted to persuade the driver to voluntarily leave his vehicle.

Despite the de-escalation attempts of this highly-trained negotiator, the suspect remained agitated and non-compliant, said Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur, commander of Sooke RCMP.

At one point, the suspect began moving back towards the cab of the truck, forcing officers to move in to prevent him accessing any weapons that may be inside or attempting to drive away.

A Taser was used and RCMP arrested the man. A large hunting knife was found in the cab of the truck.

The man remains in custody. No charges were laid at the News Mirrors presstime.

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Sooke has a hero in its midst.

Six-year-old Gavin Lerik was recognized for his heroic actions Monday at the District of Sooke council meeting by Mayor Maja Tait and Fire Chief Steven Sorenson for the quick action that may have saved his familys lives.

Gavin was awarded the districts Little Hero award.

He was sneaking out to watch cartoons when he spotted the fire, said Sorenson.

In the early morning hours of July 2, Sooke Fire Rescue responded to a call of a dryer fire in the family home.

Upon arrival, fire personnel learned that young Gavin had been the one who observed the fire in his familys laundry room and alerted his parents, banging on their bedroom door until they awoke.

Because of Gavins awareness and bravery, his father was able to quickly extinguish the fire with a fire hose.

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The 75-kilometre West Coast Trail is getting repairs to bridges, ladders and other sections, as part of $33.6 million in funding announced for Parks Canada.

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Nearly all of the Grant Manor tenants who were forced out of their apartments after a fire tore through the building in the early morning hours of July 4 have found accommodations.

Everybody at this point except for one person has somewhere to go, Fire Chief Steven Sorensen told district council Monday night.

The fire started in a ground-level suite of the affordable hous-ing building. The occupant was asleep on the couch when the

fire alarm went off. Three apart-ments were destroyed, 17 units received damage.

N i n e t e e n people were left homeless. They have been

housed in new accommodations or staying with friends or rela-tives. The residents are scattered throughout the Greater Victoria region.

The blaze at 6921 Grant Rd. brought out 35 firefighters from the Sooke, East Sooke, Otter Point and Metchosin fire departments. Victim services, municipal staff and Red Cross personnel helped in the aftermath of the fire.

It was a pretty complex inci-dent. Trying to deal with everyone and everything was probably one of the more complex things we have ever done, Sorensen said.

Due to asbestos contamina-tion, the tenants lost everything, Sorensen said, adding none of the tenants had insurance.

Everything that was in that building was classified as a haz-ardous material, since residents didnt have insurance to clean it, it all gets thrown away.

Sorensen urged anyone who lives in a pre-1990 building to get proper insurance to cover asbes-tos contamination.

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Birthdays can be a joyous occasion.For some people, however, especially

those people who have lost a child either mid-pregnancy or shortly after birth, it can be a painful reminder of loss.

Charlene Chambers knows that feeling, having experienced a stillbirth in 2011.

When you experience a loss, you feel you cant talk about it, let alone celebrate it, she says.

After losing her baby, Chambers who has other children felt compelled to undertake a project that would help steer grieving parents to the resources they needed to begin their healing journey.

Thus, Empty Arms, Healing Hearts was born in 2012.

The group recently hosted an event called the Always and Forever Birthday Party at Jeneece Place next to Victoria General Hospital, with the goal of giving parents whove lost babies a chance to share their experience with others in similar situations, and to celebrate children who never saw their first birthday.

We took moments to celebrate and laugh and to cry and support each other, Chambers says, noting there were roughly 35 people in attendance. When parents are not given the opportunity early on to deal with (the loss of a baby), it becomes a long complicated process to get past it.

With less paid counselling options now available for grieving parents in B.C., given changes to provincial health policies, she recognized a gap in the system that needed filling.

Chambers is a bereavement doula who works with parents to start their grieving process sometimes before the death of their child and helps direct people to other resources in the community.

Her plan was to help better coordinate the pregnancy loss community in the region and create an umbrella organization where people can go to find help.

The website emptyarmsvictoria.com offers links to grief counsellors, and a child loss support group, among other services.

Another aspect of the Empty Arms is fundraising for such projects as a cuddle

cot for VGH, which allows parents to spend precious time with their baby before the final separation, as a way to help them begin to deal with their loss. A recent online auction of donated items collected money to pay for perinatal bereavement counselling for family needing financial assistance.

Chambers says there remains a stigma around pregnancy and infant loss, such that other people are afraid to talk to those who are going through it for fear of upsetting them.

Theres very little dialogue around it. Its a very, very tough topic to discuss, she says. I think a huge part of it is the Western cultures unhealthy approach to death.

Encouraging parents to talk about their experiences is a good first step to healing, she adds. Events such as the Always and Forever Birthday Party, which she hopes will become an annual event, can help facilitate that discussion, Chamber says.

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Charlene Chambers founder of Empty Arms, Healing Hearts, hangs a wish on a lilac tree outside Jeneece Place near Victoria General Hospital. Her group held an Always and Forever birthday party there for parents who have lost children in or shortly after childbirth, or in pregnancy. Such events help advance the grieving and healing process, she says.

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Future builderNine-year-old Nya Pincombe concentrates as she creates an egg balloon during a childrens Build the Future workshop at the Vancouver Island Regional Library on Thursday. The library offers many programs over the summer for children, including Harry Potters Birthday Party on July 29.

You usually go to the library to get information. This time the library needs information from you.

Vancouver Island Regional Library is hosting community consultation meeting at each of its 39 branches and neighbouring communities. The Sooke meeting will be held July 29 at Sooke Family Resource Society, 6672 Wadams Way, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The objective is to hear what customers, community organizations and the general public believe will take their own library from good to great, said Natasha Bartlett, VIRL communications officer.

Sessions are designed to encourage every participant to be heard through small, group-led activities. Sessions last approximately two hours. The results of each session will contribute to the librarys strategic plan and guide VIRLs operations and direction for the future.

The last community consultation meeting was held in Sooke in 2010.

So far, VIRL has hosted sessions in more than half of its branches this summer, and the results were lively and informative.

The new proposed library in Sooke is not on the agenda but could be discussed with participants.

The focus is not on a new library building, but on every aspect of their library that is of importance to the community. We encourage all feedback in relation to the questions asked at the sessions, Bartlett said.

For more information and to fill out a survey, please go online to virl.bc.ca.

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A study published this year estimates 8.8 million tons of plastic are added to the oceans each year.

Researchers found an average of 2,080 pieces of microplastic (the size of a coffee ground) per cubic metre for Vancouver Island waters.

Most of this plastic debris originates on land. It is blown by the wind off garbage trucks, blue boxes, from dumps or from road sides and carried by waterways to the ocean.

Plastic does not decompose. It ends up in five major ocean gyres. These are large (the northern Pacific gyre, for instance, is estimated to be seven

to nine million square miles) masses of mostly plastic garbage that swirl around just beneath the surface of the ocean.

Larger pieces of plastic have been found entangling many species of marine life and when the plastic does break down, it forms microplastic pieces which absorb toxic chemicals and are then ingested by turtles, seabirds, marine mammals, fish and, ultimately, people who eat fish.

One way we can greatly lessen the amount of plastic that is being dumped onto the land and water is to avoid single use plastic such as plastic water bottles and plastic bags (including biodegradable plastic bags which dont biodegrade effectively

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The Sooke Fall Fair is hosting a Swap & Shop and Car Show on Saturday (July 25) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Those considering a garage sale should consider coming to the market and selling their goods for a $10 donation to the fair.

The car show will include more than 20 vehicles from

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fair trophies please return to the market or call 250-812-2830 to return the trophy or to book a table or bring another car.

The fall fair catalogue will be out for this event as well and will be on the website by Monday at sookefallfair.ca.

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To paraphrase Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz water and power and fire, oh my!

Unlike Dorothys fears of walking through the unknown and creepy forest, the fear of forest fires, of power outages and water shortages are only too real this summer for many B.C. residents.

Hot dry weather has the province raising a flag on water usage, B.C. Hydro expressing concern about power usage across the province and the Coastal Fire Centre declaring a ban on campfires.

Taken together, it all sounds a bit apocalyptic.

But we havent reached the end of times just yet these are necessary precautions being taken by those in positions of authority.

Here in Sooke were fortunate that were still only in stage one watering restrictions.

Thanks to what the Capital Regional District is calling a marked diligence by residents in conserving water, weve yet to enter stage two watering restrictions.

Under stage one, residents are

restricted to watering their lawns only on certain days of the week.

Are these measures inconvenient? Maybe a little.

However, a few simple restrictions may prove to have a huge impact down the road. Perhaps it is time to take notice of these times, when our systems are being pressed to the limit and wonder what it might be like in years to come, when severe restrictions are placed on power and water as a routine measure.

Are we ready to handle an extreme

shortage for any serious length of time? Sure, conserving a few drops of water here and there might not seem like a lot, but those drops add up fast.

And developing a conservationist attitude now, both as individuals and as a community, is the path to ensuring there will be resources available for our grandchildren.

A few precautions now save the futureWE SAY: Some conservation measures seem inconvenient, but many are for our better good

When an assassin killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, no one called it the start of the First World War. That happened years later, after the implications, consequences and scale of the response could be assessed. Its often the way. Thats why historians are important; they put events in context.

Similarly, in 1988 when climate scientist James Hansen testified in Washington that human-caused global warming was kicking in, people might have been excused for failing to grasp the significance of his early warning.

But theres no excuse for humanitys subsequent dismissal and denial of the reality of his statements and the deliberate, aggressive

opposition to any action to reduce the threat.

For years, environmentalists have called for an urgent response to runaway climate change. Evidence has poured in from around the world to corroborate Hansens conclusions, from melting glaciers, sea level rise and ocean acidification to increasing extreme weather events and changes in animal and plant behaviour and ranges.

Despite the evidence, few governments have taken the necessary steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Instead of listening to scientists and citizens, many leaders have chosen to heed the fossil fuel industrys massive PR machine and right-wing ideologues

who see the call for global action as a socialist threat to capitalism.

There has been progress, at national and subnational levels, and among forward-thinking corporations and organizations.

More recently, people on the frontlines of climate change such as Pacific Islanders and Inuit have warned of the changes theyre experiencing. The insurance industry and a number of corporations have called for action, with some, like Tesla, designing solutions. But many in the media and government continue to downplay the problem.

Ive been astounded by the lack of response over the years, but Ill go out on a limb and suggest a shift is now taking place. Although we may

not recognize its significance without the benefit of hindsight, we appear to be in the early stages of something huge.

Its easy for governments and industry to prioritize corporate profits and short-term gain over the best interests of complacent citizens. But when enough people demand action, take to the streets, write to business, political and religious leaders and talk to friends and family, change starts happening. We never know how big it will be until its occurred but this time, it looks like it could be monumental.

Lets hope so.

David Suzuki is an internationally acclaimed scientist.

David SuzukiScience Matters

Climate crisis creating a global consciousness shift

To six-year-old Gavin Lerik. The Sooke youngster was honoured for his quick actions by the District of Sooke earlier this week. In the early morning hours of July 2, Sooke Fire Rescue responded to a call of a dryer

fire in a family home. Upon arrival, fire personnel learned that young Gavin had been

the one who observed the fire in his familys laundry room and alerted his parents, banging on their bedroom door until they awoke. Because of Gavins awareness and bravery, his father was able to quickly extinguish the fire. Gavins actions are commendable. The fire could have been a disaster if it had spread and the family remained asleep. Good job, Gavin!

To election goodies. It must feel like Christmas in Ottawa. well at least to the prime minister. On Monday, the Harper Government announced a lump sum childcare benefit for children under the age of

19. Good for parents. Not so good for taxpayers. We suggest its just a start of the goodies coming

our way as Canadians head for a fall election. Back in 2005 the Liberals tried the same one pony trick. It certainly didnt help them when they lost power and the governing party became the Conservatives. Canadians usually see through such a charade, but it always ends up costing us. Cha ching! Cha ching!

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WE ASKED YOU: What flavour of ice cream is your favourite?

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Chocolate. I just love choocolate.

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Chocolate Treasure. Its really good and because its my grandmas favourite.

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Readers letters: Site C dam, bats, parksSite C dam costly to environment

Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. government is going to build the Site C dam even if it is wrong.

The Liberals are going to lose the next election so they just want to leave something with their name on it.

Only 10 percent of B.C. is farmable land. The government wants to take thousands of hectares and tell the farmers some whose families have been there for 100 years to go away.

We need this land to produce food. We cannot afford to do away with farm and ranch land.

We will also lose 100 kilometres of river. Where will the fish go? With habitat gone, what will this do to the salmon industry?

What is wrong with geothermal energy? Lots of countries use it and its cheaper than spending $1 billion on the Site C dam. This province is already billions of dollars in debt.

With the Site C dam, we may be on the road of no return.

There are many questions surrounding global warming on this project. Scientists around the world say we are producing too much CO2. The more the population grows, the more water and farmland will be needed.

Gordon StewartSooke

First responders earn high praise

Sincere gratitude and well wishes from both my wife and I are extended to the civilian first responders, paramedics, police and rescue team, who attended at their own risk, the accident on the afternoon of July 6 near Coopers Cove.

Because of their heroism and profesionalism, they kept a bad situation from becoming much worse. We also extend thanks to the other driver for

being honest and honourable.David and Sonya Isacson

Sooke

Bats crucial link to our habitat

Re: In search of the elusive bats (News, July 15)

I was pleasantly surprised to see bat research getting front page treatment in the News Mirror.

I can certainly stress the importance of such research for the one important tidbit mentioned the dreaded white-nose syndrome, which is moving west.

I spent the summer of 2014 driving around Digby and Annapolis counties in Nova Scotia posting hundreds of Have You Seen Any Bats posters. The research project was conducted in western Nova Scotia by the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute in Kejimkujik National Park, with naturalist Bradley Toms. I stumbled into being a volunteer by accident.

The fungus which spreads white spores on the noses of hibernating bats has killed them by the millions in Eastern Canada and the U.S. It wakes up bats prematurely while winter is still raging and they starve to death.

The sad part is this fungus is not native to North America. It was first detected more than a decade ago in an upstate New York cave popular with spelunkers.

Now researchers on a desperate search to find an antidote to the fungus.

After living in Nova Scotia for six years, I can tell you the summertime bug infestation is bad, bad, bad. Unless you have a strong breeze blowing, you are not going to be sitting outdoors. The reason? Those little brown bats, who eat up their own body weight in bugs each night, are nowhere to be seen.

Andy NeimersSooke

Trail project money should go to park

District of Sooke council has applied for a $75,000 grant, which will be matched by taxpayers to build a trail off the Galloping Goose coming into to town on a transportation route that already exists.

This was never discussed in public as a need but council decided to jump after the grant. No thought of cost, location, maintenance, etc. were taken into account.

I cant even imagine the amount of district staff time spent on this project. This is a non-revenue recreation trail off a recreation trail. The Galloping Goose is managed by the Capital Regional District, which also doesnt have enough money to maintain the park trail.

In the districts five-year financial plan, it was decided to cut back on maintaining some of the parks as it was too costly. Why add another?

We have a lovely park, John Philips Memorial, in the heart of Sooke, which is already being maintained in the district contract. It is begging for more signage, washrooms, water lines, electricity, benches and, perhaps, a gazebo. This park, because of its size and location, lends itself to revenue from events like picnics, weddings and markets.

Lets just use the monies for park improvements on this park for a start and do it well. There is a lovely trail already in this park , now open it up for more options.

We dont have to do a whole lot of things, just do one thing well and build our community for the community, one step at a time.

Ellen LewersSooke

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Drivers need to slow down

On July 14, a dog was struck on Maple Ave North in Stone Ridge Estates in front of families, children and its owner.

The dog was dragged 16 metres before the truck came to a stop. Her injuries were so severe she was euthanized a couple hours later.

All too often families on this street yell at drivers to slow down. This street has a blind spot on the top of the hill that meets Stone Creek Place and families are asking drivers to be cautious driving this road in the daytime as there are many children and pets that live on this street or families that walk in this neighbourhood to the local park.

This terrible accident could have involved one of our chikdren severely injured or killed.

Drivers must be aware and drive safely, as these are the summer months where children, pets and families are out enjoying the beautiful outdoors.

All too often balls roll into the streets and children and pets bolt out to get them. We all need to realize that pets are part of the family too and losing them can be just as devastating as losing a loved one.

Lets make this summer, a safe summer for all people and pets.

Michelle BarneySooke

Volunteers put our best foot forward

Re: Forget the best, try making Canada better (Letters, July 8)

Perhaps, as Damaris Garzon writes, Canada is not and should not be considered the best country in the world. There is always room for improvement.

However, those of us lucky enough to be born or have emigrated here are certainly privileged to call Canada home.

We invite Mr. Garzon and others to join the many individuals and organizations

that selflessly volunteer their time and efforts to do just that within the Sooke region. We can justifiably call ourselves a Volunteer Capital in Canada.

The Sooke Region Volunteer Centre and the Sooke Region Community Health Initiative are but two of the more than 180 organizations focusing on enriching our communities.

If you want to contribute to making our region an even better place to live, the Volunteer Centre will match your skills, experience and passion to an organization where you can make a difference.

The Community Health Initiative is a partnership joining community members and health and social service providers advocating for and supporting healthy communities from Beecher Bay to Port Renfrew. Both organizations welcome your questions and involvement.

If you want to make a difference and these opportunities interest you, please phone 250-642-6364 Ext. 235 or email [email protected]

Marlene Barry, Chair, Sooke Region Volunteer Centre

Rick Robinson, Chair, Sooke Region Community

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Officials must be alerted to sick deer

Re: Starving deer need to be fed (Letters, July 1)

Perhaps you should run a series on geography, so that your letter-writer can learn about all the habitat for deer around Sooke.

Drive toward Port Renfrew for example and shed see a burgeoning replanted forest, which was good deer habitat when younger and is probably surrounded by interface areas with many shrubs.

Or just illuminate more complaints from people whose gardens and trees are being consumed by urban deer.

If she sees a deer around Sooke that looks like it is starving compared to other deer nearby, she should call wildlife authorities as that is likely a sick deer. It happens, due disease or abnormality including mental confusion just as with humans.

Keith SketchleySaanich

Jamboree no problem for camp neighbours

I just wanted to send a huge round of applause to the organizers of the Jamboree at Camp Barnard this week.

We live on Young Lake Road, and were a little nervous at the idea of having the equivalent of 25 per cent of the population of Sooke move onto our road for the week, wondering how they would get all those people in and out (at a smaller jamboree a number of years ago, the traffic jam literally stretched back half way along Otter Point Road on move in day).

The whole event has been incredibly well organized. No back ups at all on move in day, and aside from the increase in school bus traffic along our road, we wouldnt even know they were there.

So thank you to the organizers for Im sure giving the scouts from far and wide a week to remember, with no disruption at all to the locals.

Amanda BoothSooke

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Local rockers Cannibal Bob are among the top bands revealed for this years edition of Sookapalooza.

The one-day music festival will feature seven acts at 17 Mile House Pub, which also include Dirty Harriet, Weak Patrol, Kemal Evans, Johnny Galactic, Sweet Leaf and Illvis Freshley.

S o o k a p a l o o z a , now in its 10th year, also features other entertainment, such as hoola hoop lessons, food and beverages.

Every possible type of music will be presented, said S o o k a p a l o o z a spokesperson Graham Mackenzie.

Cannibal Bob are local rockers with their own take on cover songs and catchy originals, always a crowd favourite.

Johnny Galactic, Mackenzies band, are Sookapalooza alumni who always shows up ready to entertain the crowd with well written lyrics, catchy hooks and rock kicks.

Sweet Leaf is an original seven-piece ska funk band from Victoria.

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Elida PeersSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror

Its a good thing we arent limited to the guidance offered by this map today, but its interesting to view these Surveyor-Generals notes of August 1864.

Captain Walter Colquhoun Grant, a Scot, was the first immigrant settler to purchase land in what would become the province of British Columbia, making the purchase for 100 Pounds Sterling in 1849.

While Grants hundred-acre land purchase was located on the harbourfront between todays Maple Avenue and Gatewood Road, his ambition was to develop a lumbering industry, and he found a suitable spot at the eastern end of the Sooke inlet.

The creek that we have come to know as Veitch Creek finds its way to the inlet in a series of small waterfalls heading

down from the hills. A bridge on Gillespie Road crosses over this creek today. It was here that Captain Grant set up his ambitious undertaking, using the force of the water tumbling down the creek to power his sawmill.

Today this site is marked by a historic shield erected by the Sooke Region Historical Society, and if you are hiking along the Galloping Goose Trail, youll find it close alongside Mike and Kathy Hicks

bed and breakfast at Hutchinson Cove.

Captain Grant had a contract from the Hudsons Bay Company to undertake initial surveying of the area, but he appears to have been a restless man. Not content with developing a field crop at his homesite in upper Sooke and harvesting timber for his mill, he preferred to spend time with the social scene of Victoria, and also journeyed as far as the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in search of a

market for his lumber. We have not located, however, a record of a significant cut from the mill.

At the time that the Surveyor General drew this sketch in 1864, Captain Grant had been gone from these shores for more than a decade, and it was the Leech River goldrush that was making the headlines.

Reference the notation Sooke Harbr, in earlier times, the two distinct sections of our Sooke inlet were called the

inner harbour and outer harbour. Today we refer to the harbour, and the basin. Note that the script says the route

from Victoria would be improved, and indeed, it was only another eight years, in 1872, before a road of sorts was put through

connecting us to the metropolis of Victoria.

Elida Peers is the

historian of the Sooke Region Museum.

Grants mill: a historic water-powered sawmill

Thurs July 23TODDLERTIMEAt the Sooke Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Hands-on activities for ages 18-36 months. Register at 250-642-3022.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 P.M.

BINGOSrs Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community HallBABYTIMEFirst Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Library.MUSEUM NIGHT MARKET 5 -8 p.m. at the Sooke Region Museum, 2070 Phillips Rd.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW Purchasers Preview, 7 to 10 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.com

Mon July 27PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30 to 11 a.m. 250-642-5152.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Info: 250-642-0789.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.com

Sun July 26ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5.Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday.SHIRLEY FARMERS MARKET11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shirley Pioneer Park every Sun. to Sept. 13.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.com

Wed July 29WALKING GROUPPeoples Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOLMeetl and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.com

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Tues July 28BABY TALKYour Changing Family, Youth and Family Centre, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 250-642-5464.YOUTH CLINICAges 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic.KNITTING CIRCLESooke Library, 6:308:00 p.m. Free, all levels. Drop-in. 250-642-3022.STORYTIMEAges 3-5, 10:30-11 a.m. Sooke Library. Free but call 250-642-3022 to register WOMENS CANCER SUPPORT GROUPSooke Harbour House. 7-9 p.m. Ongoing every 2nd Tuesday of the month.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SEAPARC Complex. Info: sookefinearts.comArtz4Kids, 2 to 4 p.m.Artz4Youth, 4 to 7 p.m.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams WayFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray RdKnox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd

Legion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdMuseum: 2070 Phillips Rd

Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke RdSEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend RdSooke Seniors Bus: $15 annual membership. 250-642-4662

Municipal Hall: 2205 Otter Point Rd Sooke Community Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd.

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Sat July 25ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.SOOKE COUNTRY MARKETOtter Pt. Rd., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Every Saturday.SOOKE FALL FAIR EVENTSwap and Shop and Car Show. Sooke Community Hall, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For info: 250-812-2830.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.com.SOOKAPALOOZA17 Mile PubARTISTS DEMOSSouth Shore Gallery, 2046 Otter Point Rd. Info: southshoregallery.ca or 250-642-2058.

Fri July 24 VITAL 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 BUS Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call June at 250-642-2032 for information.SOOKE FINE ARTS SHOW 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SEAPARC Leisure Complex. Info: sookefinearts.comSTINKING FISH STUDIO TOUR Through to Aug. 3. Info: stinkingfishstudiotour.com.

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