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Working group aims to shift toward integrationChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

Oak Bay Police Board member San-dra Waddington and Deputy Police Chief Kent Thom will represent the community on a new working group to investigate integrated policing units.

“We’re reaching out to all of the police agencies and municipalities in order to develop a framework to examine how integrated units can be enhanced to ensure greater public safety,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jen-sen.

Representatives from the Central Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich and Victoria and Esquimalt police boards met last week to talk about common issues that affect all police boards in the Capital Region.

Discussion focused on integrated policing. Topics included how inte-grated police units could be improved to enhance public safety and the role of oversight for such units.

“It’s a fairly major step. It was full agreement amongst all four municipal police forces,” Jensen said. “It’ll be their responsibility to review the next steps, including how to work together with the RCMP.”

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Toy drive Dec. 12 and 13 from noon to 4 p.m. on Oak Bay AvenueChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

Leah Smith plans to spend her weekend collecting new or gently used toys, so every-one can experience the magic of the holi-days.

The 14-year-old Oak Bay girl did a similar

drive in Grade 6 that netted 10 toys, a disap-pointment to her still.

Last year she embarked on a sock drive, and considered another, but with the busy-ness of entering high school as a Grade 9 student, decided to do something a little different.

This year, toys collected will go to the Sal-vation Army Stan Hagen Centre for Families.

Smith is doing it outside of school, and going solo.

“I’m getting a couple friends to help spread the word,” she said.

She’ll camp out Dec. 12 and 13 from noon

to 4 p.m. in front of Pharmasave on Oak Bay Avenue to collect toys for the Toy Shop.

For Christmas, the Stan Hagen Centre For Families holds a pop-up toy shop. Parents who can’t afford presents sign up and are able choose three to five gifts for each child. More than 800 parents are already registered this year.

“Christmas is my favourite thing,” Smith said.

“I want to give kids that kind of Christmas too. So they get to have that kind of a Christ-mas morning.”

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Oak Bay High student Leah Smith will camp out from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 adjacent to Pharmasave on Oak Bay Avenue in a bid to collect toys for kids this Christmas.

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Restaurant liquor rules easedThe latest change to B.C. liquor policy

loosens the rules for restaurant goers who just want to order a drink, without food.

They’re now allowed to sit anywhere in the restaurant instead of being relegated to a separate lounge area or feeling pressured to order food.

That’s expected to provide some more flexibility to restaurants that no longer need to have defined lounge areas.

“This is a small change that will make a big impact,” said Ian Tostenson, presi-dent of the BC Restaurant and Foodservice Association. “The restaurant can open up more physical space that can be used to seat customers who are dining or enjoying a cocktail.”

The rules for music and comedy perfor-mances are also relaxed. Restaurants no longer have to apply for a permit to host entertainment, as long as patrons aren’t participating in the show.

More micro-beer offeringsCraft beer lovers should soon find more

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Oak Bay already works on integra-tion of sorts, with a Saanich Police contract that provides as-needed services such as serious crime detectives and forensic identifica-tion.

In recent years, regional units have fallen apart – such as the Regional Crime Unit that folded after Saanich withdrew last year, follow-ing the departure of other munici-palities the year before – or have been altered without public input, Jensen said, something they’d like to avoid.

“What we want to try to do is look at how, going forward, we can prop-

erly look at the required integrated units and how best to create a mem-orandum of understanding for entry and exit, funding and for civilian oversight,” he said. “We have expe-rience, what we’re looking at is the long-term view of these integrated units.”

The meeting follows a success-ful inaugural gathering of the police boards, which includes mayors of the five communities, on June 12.

With an agreement on a terms of reference, the working group will move forward and seek a partner-ship with RCMP jurisdictions in the region which include Sooke, Sidney/North Saanich and West Shore. [email protected]

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Program seeks families to use and provide feedback on the new technologyChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

CanAssist at the University of Victoria — which develops innovative assistive technolo-gies — hopes to field test two new devices to help people with dementia remain in their own homes.

The professional team devel-ops customized technolo-gies and innovative programs where there are gaps in exist-ing services, while providing meaningful opportunities for student, faculty and commu-nity engagement.

The recent focus is on keep-ing seniors, especially those with dementia, in homes as long as possible, which includes reducing stress and anxiety for caregivers and other family members.

“What we’re really looking for is an extension of the stay at home,” Leo Spalteholz, CanAs-sist engineering manager. “Ulti-mately that would lead to effi-ciencies.”

Focus groups across the province – with organizations and caregivers proficient in dementia concerns – identified the tipping points where people can’t live at home anymore and how to address those stressors.

They’re ready to test two new technologies developed with funding from the BC Ministry of Health.

The Wandering Redirect System’s first line of defense is a small screen bedside that states simply and in large font, the time and whether it’s night or day.

“(It’s designed) to discourage people from wandering outside, especially at night,” Spalteholz said.

“A lot of people with dementia get day-time/nighttime confused or they become active at night. That’s something we’ve heard again and again.”

A second computer tablet screen hangs on the doorway. Motion-activated, at night it displays messages set up by the care-

giver, in either text or video format. For example, the screen might show “Stop. It’s night. The stores are closed,” followed by a clip of a loved one reiterating that it’s not at time to be out.

“It’s specific to the client,” Spalteholz said.

“The other thing is it can display a video, a familiar face giving a message. We wanted to add that familiar.”

If the person does leave during the night, the system can be set to call a fam-ily member.

In the day, again motion-activated, the screen comes alive with a calendar out-lining clearly and simply, verbally and by text, the day, date, time and what activities

are planned for the day. All can be set by the

caregiver, either onsite or remotely.

“We don’t want any of this to require technology,” Spalte-holz said. The system needed to be easy and cost-effective for those on fixed incomes. They heard loud and clear that monthly subscription fees were “just not on the table.”

The Phone-in Monitoring System uses a standard land-line phone and small, unob-trusive wireless sensors to provide information about an individual’s activity when he or she is home alone.

The caregiver can call home and enter a code. The system then offers a variety of infor-mation options, dependent on the caregiver’s needs, that includes noting where motion in the home was detected, if there were any incoming phone calls and whether the front door has been opened.

It can even be activated to phone out to a family member if a door is used between cer-tain times.

When enabled, it can record all calls and attempt to block telemarketers. All can be tai-lored to meet a client’s needs; no data leaves the home and it’s always under the caregiv-er’s control.

CanAssist is looking for vol-unteer families that include someone with early-stage dementia to test the new technologies, installed by the CanAssist team at no cost to

eligible families. In return, families would be asked to provide feedback on the tech-nology’s effectiveness.

They’ll accept clients Island-wide and “if it’s a value to them, (the technology is) theirs to keep,” Spalteholz said.

“The feedback we get from volunteer families will be a tremendous help in our long-term goal to make life safer for people with dementia, and less stressful for their caregivers.”

Those who feel the technology would benefit them can contact Megan Yon, cli-ent relation co-ordinator, CanAssist at [email protected] or 250-853-3874.

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Leo Spalteholz, Engineering Manager, CanAssist at UVic, with the Wandering Redirect System that aims to reduce nighttime wandering, a common behaviour among people with dementia.

Send us your 2016 community eventsJennifer BlythOak Bay News

While Oak Bay is all a-twinkle and deep into the holiday season, it’s also time to look ahead to the New Year, and with that in mind, we’re asking you to tell us what your community group has planned for 2016.

Each December, the Oak Bay News pro-duces a month-by-month Community Cal-endar, publishing this year on Thursday, Dec. 31.

While not exhaustive by any means, it’s a snapshot of the year ahead, some of the big events to look forward to, and many well-loved smaller events as well.

We’d like to include as many events and community organizations as possible, so we encourage you to tell us what you have planned for the year ahead.

From church garage sales to sports fund-raisers, lacrosse registration to community events, we want to share your events with your friends and neighbours.

Send dates and event information to Oak Bay News editor Jennifer Blyth by email at [email protected] or mail or drop off to the News’ Athlone Court office at 207A-2187 Oak Bay Ave., V8R 1G1.

Due to the Christmas holidays, submis-sions must be received by Monday, Dec. 21 to be considered.

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Feb. 17 – Coast Capital Free Skate, OB Rec, 6:30pm.

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Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

Oak Bay’s Rob Reid earned the Generosity of Spirit Award during the during the sold-out National Philanthropy Day Awards event at the Fairmont Empress Hotel Nov. 17.

Reid was nominated by the Victoria Cool Aid Society for his work with the Every Step Counts program.

Since it began four years ago, Every Step Counts has helped more than 425 people struggling to overcome mental illness, addic-tions and homeless-ness to make positive change in their lives through active living.

“It started out as a program around home-lessness but it’s more than that … most of them would have a home but there’s a reason they are there. They may be shut in or in recovery,” he said.

“I don’t have the background who’s there and that’s part of the equalizing effect – we’re all just there to get out and be active.”

Every Step Counts came to fruition in 2009, after the year before, someone from the Victoria Founda-tion called Reid after hearing about a similar Philadelphia program,

looking to duplicate it in Victoria. Victoria Foundation kicked in funding and Victo-ria Cool Aid Society became the co-ordi-nator.

“It’s about getting people who have been vulnerable back to health through physi-cal activity,” Reid said.

“I came in as a vol-unteer and a sponsor where we would gift footwear to partici-pants who kept coming out and got settled in as longtime partici-pants.”

Recruits and volun-teer community par-ticipants meet twice a week for a run or walk – at participant-appro-priate levels – followed by healthy snacks.

Short talks cover various topics such as correct running form, healthy eating, tips and tricks. Par-ticipants have cited longer sleeps, reduced anxiety, weight loss, increased energy, improved moods and new friends.

“Everyone leaves their issues at the door and it’s all about get-ting out and getting physical,” Reid said.

“It’s been a great therapeutic program, for the volunteers I think as much as the participants. Any phys-ical activity is great for

a our mental health and then my Buddhist side would say giving back and doing charity work is good for the spirit as well.”

Part of his philan-thropic award is rec-ognizing Reid’s con-stant work to keep the program alive, despite cuts to funding.

“I’m just fortunate that I’ve been in busi-ness and seen success where I have time and understanding staff so I can get involved,” said the owner of owner of New Balance Victoria and Frontrunners Vic-toria.

“People talk about retirement, I feel like being self-employed I’m able to do what I want when it comes to the business. This is one of the four or five things I’m involved in.”

He also chairs the five-year, $5 million campaign to build

360 homes in Victoria and has another iron in the fire, a centre to honour Terry Fox in Vancouver. Another is the coming presenta-tion of Us and Them by local filmmaker Krista Loughton, following the lives of four home-less people for years.

“One could almost say one shouldn’t say anything about home-lessness until they see this movie,” Reid said. “We’re about educating people about the sub-ject through this film.”

Us and Them showed at Victoria city hall Dec. 3 and is at the Vic Theatre Dec. 9.

“I get excited with different projects like that. It’s very impact-ful,” Reid said.

Visit coolaid.org to learn more about the Every Step Counts pro-gram.

“We’re leading the charge in doing this. There aren’t any other cities in Canada that I know of that have picked this up yet,” he said.

“Heartfelt funders just have to get behind it and see the differ-ence it can make in a life. It’s filling the needs of a lot of people … even seniors that need a group to get some social life with.”

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Oak Bay’s Reid recognized for philanthropic efforts

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Philanthropy Day honoureesn In addition to Rob Reid’s Generosity of Spirit award for the National Philanthropy Day Awards, Reynolds secondary school received the Youth in Philanthropy Award for its work in raising $658,000 to fight pediatric cancer and send sick children to Camp Good Times, while Tanya Smith received the Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer Award for her efforts in putting on the Victoria Festival of Trees.The Rotary Club of Victoria took home the Outstanding Philanthropic Service Club Award for numerous donations to local groups. École Victor-Brodeur’s Club des Joujoux – made up of five Grade 2 students – were recognized for their grassroots toy drive for the Our Place Society. Country Grocer was recognized for its contributions to such organizations as the MS Society, the Prostate Centre and the Canadian Breast Cancer, among others.

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In a bid to raise the final funds to purchase the Salish Sea artwork by Chris Paul and bring the Salish Sea itself to the forefront, Bill Smith organized a selfie cam-paign.

Salish Sea started as an artwork on loan for Oak Bay’s inaugu-ral summer art walk in 2014. Since then, arts laureate Barbara Adams has been work-ing toward raising the purchase price to make the Salish Sea sculpture the first municipally owned piece of fine art.

“Everybody’s feeling now that they know what the Salish Sea is,” Smith said.

Smith devised a way to do that using the maintained popularity of the selfie – the Sal-ish Sea Selfie contest – as “an intensive pre-Christmas fun cam-paign.”

Entrants have three ways to snap themselves with the Salish Sea: in front of the sculpture adjacent to Oak Bay Marina, in front of the giclée at Oak Bay Beach Hotel, or in front of the vast Salish Sea off our doorstep.

“The selfie is a bit of a con, any photograph is fine,” Smith says.

Submissions will be entered to win one of five pairs of pool passes to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel with a grand prize of a stay in a panoramic ocean-view room at the hotel.

“We’re affecting the consciousness of Oak Bay and we want to pay off the artwork,” Smith said. “(Adams) doesn’t want it stuck in a pile of rocks. She wants a performance area.

… I want it to be a cool place and it will fit in with whatever’s developed in the area.”

With future endeavours in mind, Oak Bay Beach Hotel offered its lobby area display through the first three months of 2016 to promote the Salish Sea, both sculpture and biore-gion, as Smith has two more events in the planning phase for coming months.

The contest is by donation. Learn more and upload photos online at selfie.cattlepoint.org, the Canada Trust branch in Athlone Court, 2187 Oak Bay Ave. or at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

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Co-operation among emergency services just makes sense

Oak Bay Police Board member Sandra Waddington and Deputy Police Chief Kent Thom are joining counterparts across the region to look at new ways to create specialized integrated policing units that work.

Recent discussions explored common issues affecting all police boards in the Capital Region, how they could capitalize on expertise where it exists to enhance public safety, and how oversight would work with those groups, Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said. “It’s a fairly major step. It was full agreement amongst all four municipal police forces.”

The idea of integration is not new. Oak Bay already contracts as-needed services such as serious crime detectives and forensic identification, and past units have addressed issues of regional interest – few crooks recognize municipal boundaries, after all.

However, some of those units have fallen by the wayside over the years and the police board members are interested in re-visiting the issue.

They’re not alone. In October, Oak Bay Fire also announced a review with Victoria, Esquimalt and Saanich of mutual aid agreements between the departments, looking at how fire departments service individual communities, and how they share their skills and staff.

While Oak Bay has not shown an appetite for full-scale amalgamation of municipalities, it is demonstrating its willingness to work together with neighbours to create efficiencies and utilize expertise.

And that benefits taxpayers both in value and service.

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Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal government’s “strategic growth plan” for farm and food products.

After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and agri-food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020.

It’s mostly a status quo plan, continuing current marketing efforts and encouraging higher-value production of a wider range of products.

The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and bev-erage production. It’s a reflec-tion of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and bever-age processing. This contin-ues the government’s push to improve economic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and sales on Agricultural Land Reserve prop-erty.

Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number that’s holding steady even as the average age of farmers increases.

Opposition MLAs formed their own agriculture committee to tour the prov-ince over the past year, chaired by NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham and inde-pendent Delta South MLA Vicki Hunting-ton. Their report speaks to some of the

issues not discussed by the government.One of those is foreign purchase of

farmland, a matter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C.

Properties have also been purchased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Huntington says she con-tinues to hear of costly farm-land in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-estab-lished farm families can’t afford.

We’ve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests. Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inventory of for-

eign purchases, to determine if regula-tion is needed here as climate change shifts growing patterns.

Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. can’t continue to depend on imports for more than half its food.

“We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties producing under drought conditions,” Popham said. “So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food secu-rity.”

Neither Letnick nor the opposition MLAs could produce results from the government’s decision to split the Agri-cultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land Commission panels working with local governments.

The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow devel-opment of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport.

The agreement says there is a need for a “defensible and durable urban/ALR edge.” If you think everyone loves farming, you’ve likely never lived on this “urban/ALR edge.”

The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmer’s deci-sion to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

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Occasionally one uses prescription or non prescription eye drops to treat certain eye conditions, infections or dis-eases. It is always a battle to try and aim the drop so that it has a perfect “landing” without most of the contents run-ning down your face.

Before you use any eye drops, be sure to tell your Op-tometrist about any other prescription or nonprescription medications that you are taking or any allergies that you have.

Here are some general tips about correctly putting eye drops in your eyes.

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2. The best way to ensure the drop remains in your eye is to gently pull the skin of your lower eyelid between your thumb and index finger to create a “pocket” for the drop. If you are unable to master this, gently pull your lower lid down with your index finger.

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4. If you are unable to get the drop into you eye because of blinking, try this: close your eye and pull the lower lid down. Aim the drop into the inside corner of your eye. Open your eye and let the drop run into your lower lid. (Be sure to try the open-eye method at your next scheduled dose as it is a more reliable way to ensure the drop remains in your eye).

5. To help keep the medication in your eye and prevent it from escaping through the tear duct, your optometrist may instruct you to “occlude” this duct by gently pressing on the inside corner of your closed eye with your index finger for about three minutes. If drops have been placed in both eyes, you can perform occlusion by placing your thumb and index finger (or the index fingers of both hands) on either side of your nose and gently pressing down on the inside corners of both closed eyes. This step is very impor-tant with some medications, so do not skip it if your doctor specifies it.

6. Gently blot your closed eyes with a tissue to wipe away any excess drops.

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Be sure to follow all of the instructions that your doc-tor of optometry gives you and to complete the course of medication or treatment he or she recommends. If you ex-perience any side-effects, (such as burning, inflammation, puffiness, itching, etc.) notify your eye care practitioner immediately. Many eye drops should be thrown away six weeks after being opened. Ask your pharmacist at the time of purchase.


Time Flies in Oak BayDavid Blacoe captured this interesting image during a blustery Saturday evening on Oak Bay Avenue waiting for the annual IEOA Lighted Truck Convoy, which delighted fans and collected donations for the Mustard Seed Food Bank despite the weather.

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Oak Bay Tourism sought and received comments about its residents from outsid-ers or those peasants outside of the tweed curtain.

The words they heard basically summed up people’s attitude in your community but one which seemed to be missing was entitled.

Once you get through the curtain, the atti-tudes are a lot different and entitled, espe-cially among the newer generations.

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It is anticipated that Oak Bay Municipal Council will consider adoption of Bylaw No. 4660, Financial Plan Bylaw, 2015, Amendment Bylaw No. 3, 2015 at its Special Council Meeting to be held December 14, 2015 commencing at 7:00 pm. This amendment to the 2015 Financial Plan adjusts the 2016 spending estimates to provide spending authority until the 2016 Financial Plan is adopted in May.

Copies of the Bylaw and relevant background information are available for public inspection at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall. Persons wishing to comment on the Bylaw may make their views known in a letter addressed to the Director of Corporate Services. Letters received by December 14, 2015 will be placed on the Council agenda for consideration before a vote is taken to adopt the Bylaw. The meeting will be open to the public, and you are welcome to attend as well.Loranne HiltonDirector of Corporate ServicesThe Corporation of the District of Oak Bay2167 Oak Bay AvenueVictoria, BC V8R 1G2

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Dr. Sybil Seitzinger joined PICS leadership last month, succeeding leading climate scientist, Dr. Tom Pedersen. Seitzinger was appointed a profes-sor in the University of Victoria’s School of Envi-ronmental Studies.

Hosted and led by UVic in collaboration with Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Northern British Columbia, PICS was created in 2008 through a B.C. government endowment. The institute brings together leading researchers from B.C. and around the world to study climate change impacts and advise on mitigation and adaptation measures.

Seitzinger joins PICS from her position as execu-tive director of the International Geosphere-Bio-sphere Programme based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Her proven leadership in globally co-ordinated environmental research will be invaluable for advancing PICS’ critical climate solutions agenda for B.C. and beyond, says Dr. David Castle, UVic’s vice-president research and chair of the search committee.

“Bringing together experts across a range of disciplines and institutions to col-lectively work on cli-mate change solutions is a core mandate of PICS,” he says.

Seitzinger’s work in Sweden involved facilitating and integrating the work of scientists and researchers across Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe on global environmental change. Her work at Rutgers cen-tred on land-atmosphere-ocean biogeochemistry, with a focus on changes in the global nitrogen cycle and how humans are affecting it. Seitzinger says climate change is already affecting B.C., the nation and the world, with signs of degradation and change visible in B.C. forestry, water resources and rising sea levels.

“As executive director of PICS, I’ll continue to advance the institute’s mandate to develop informed solution options for climate change miti-gation and adaptation for B.C.,” she says. “I also look forward to developing more partnerships and linkages between PICS and other world climate change institutes who are tackling similar issues, as we face this critical global challenge together.”

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The Sisters of St. Ann are establishing an endowment at the University of Victoria that will continue their legacy of providing education for young people most in need.

The $2-million Youth in Care Student Award Endow-ment will cover the annual tuition costs for an under-graduate degree for up to 15 former youth in care.

“This generous gift from the Sisters of St. Ann is a legacy that will enable dis-advantaged youth to pursue their life’s dreams through higher education,” said UVic President Jamie Cassels. “The sisters have ministered to community needs in B.C. for more than 150 years. The

University of Victoria enjoys a long history with the Sis-ters of St. Ann and we are privileged to further their mission to educate young people who would not oth-erwise have access to post-secondary education.”

The Sisters of St. Ann founded their first school in Victoria in 1858 to deliver quality education and health care. The Roman Catholic women’s order dedicated themselves to establishing schools and hospitals across the province, freely providing these services to underprivi-leged new Canadians and Indigenous peoples.

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Lilia Zaharieva, who stud-ies in the School of Child and Youth Care in UVic’s Faculty of Human and Social Devel-opment, is among the first students to receive a Youth in Care Award.

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After years of a slogging through process, Shir-ley resident John Walls is ecstatic at the finished product, To the Lighthouse, An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC.

“The idea was to produce a book on lighthouses, which there weren’t any, to raise money for the (Sheringham Point) lighthouse,” said Walls, also an executive on Sheringham Point Lighthouse Pres-ervation Society. “I’d always be on the (society meeting) agenda to talk about the book and there were times I’d have to get very creative because I had nothing to say. I just kept on it and it came to fruition.”

The guide features five Greater Victoria light-houses, including those on Trail Island and Dis-covery Island off the shores of Oak Bay, as well as Fisgard, Race Rocks and Fiddle Reef.

Featuring only the local lighthouse would limit sales and interest, so he set out to feature 25 sites to cover a decent market area. “The original con-cept was a coffee table book. I wanted to do a hard cover (as) there are beautiful shots … 60 from all of BC. It was an aggressive project,” he said. “I went through a couple authors who took up the project and couldn’t finish.

Then he came across Peter Johnson, known locally for his award-winning 2013 historical book Quarantined: Life and Death at William Head Sta-tion, 1872-1959.

“Once he agreed to do the writing it went into hyper speed,” Walls said. The duo pulled the proj-ect together in less than a year.

“It’s got a neat format where each one has a ‘getting there’ and a rating which is dead easy to really hard,” Walls added. “It has namesake, his-tory, weird stuff … some of them more weird.”

They did however, need a photographer in that new short timeline and discovered Richard Pad-dle.

“He went crazy … he even hired helicopters for aerials,” Walls said. Filled out with images of the more challenging sites, sourced from friends and

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the pages were complete and are now on shelves.

The guidebook includes tidbits on getting to the lighthouses, the names, the weird, design/con-struction and keepers’ tales.

“It’s a guide book number one, but there’s his-tory on every lighthouse. You can see why it’s called Trial Island… and Discovery as well, you can see the namesake,” he said. “It’s got those kind of things the lighthouse geeks want to know about.”

The tidbit missing on Trial Island is that it was designated a federal heritage lighthouse this sum-mer.

“That’s great news. Without all of this work by different groups, some of them can just end up like on the East Coast where they’re bulldozed and it’s history… it’s high-demand property,” Walls said. “We want people to leave their homes and start wherever they want and go see these places.”

To the Lighthouse: An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC is available online and at Ivy’s Bookshop, Bungalow and Oak Bay Marina gift shop.

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Did you know?n The Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society John Walls belongs to is on the cusp of owning Sheringham.“We plan to work on it, restore it. It needs work,” Walls said. “We want to open up a passive park there for people to come for years to come. … The royalties from the book go to the society.” A Sooke community dance for the lighthouse is in the works – a celebration for achieving ownership with a book launch component at the beginning of the event. “It’s for the community to come out and enjoy that this has happened and what a big deal it is.”

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A local dental office has turned unwanted

gold from old crowns and other dental pros-theses into a valuable resource for local charities.

Dental team’s donation idea is pure gold

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From left, Michelle Voll, Sidney Pickrell, Dr. Ted Kolsun and Dr. Dawn Webster, some of the crew from Avenue Dental who have been collecting gold donations from patients to support local charities.

Over the last 10 years, the husband-and-wife team of Dr. Dawn Webster and Dr. Matt Evans, owners of Avenue Family Dental on Oak Bay Avenue, saved bits and pieces of gold dental pros-theses donated by patients, and every few years have that gold melted.

Previous commu-nity donations have added up to more than $25,000 contributed to Janeece’s Place, Mustard Seed, Victoria Cancer Lodge and the Hopkins Fund at BC Children’s Hospital.

This year, thanks to patients’ generosity and higher gold prices, the gold amounts to close to $20,000, Web-ster notes.

“Everything stays local and we try to choose something where close to 100 per cent goes to what we’re donating to.”

With each donation, the Avenue Dental team selects local char-ities with a connection to a family member or friend.

“Over the years, it

was just very personal to us,” she says. “This year we had a staff member lose a child to mental disease, who had suffered with schizophrenia all his life and was on and off the streets,” Webster says. “It was and still is a devastating loss, and we had hoped to pick a charity (where our donation) would go to helping someone just like him, to get them off the streets and keep

them safe.”With that goal in

mind, Webster and Evans opted to send this year’s donation to Al Tysick’s Dandelion Society, “a grass roots, ground zero team that is out there every day trying to do just that,” Webster says.

“We’re trying to make it as meaningful as possible for her.”

While the money raised is important, so too is the opportunity

to raise awareness.“We hope that our

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Patients have been vastly supportive of their efforts, Webster

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Karoline Ouellet says her boss Alan Pang is generous by nature.

“He has to be one of the nicest peo-ple on the planet,” agrees regular cus-tomer Rosemary Hahn. “He has a heart of gold, and is very respectful. He just does something for this area.”

It’s a vibe, Hahn says, and the fact Pang – and staffers Ouellet and Thea Analise at Savoury Cafe on Oak Bay Ave-nue – can make coffee for any regular, and seem to know names, even of those who don’t come back on a daily basis.

So when Pang stumbled across a good cause in his personal life, he found a way to make it his business.

“My niece’s grandpa was at the Hos-pice and I wanted to help. It started there and I thought, why not do 12?” said Pang, owner of Savoury Cafe.

So for 12 weeks, each Tuesday, coffee and tea sales go to a different local char-ity. On Oct. 13 they started with $330 toward Victoria Hospice, then $312.25 to the Victoria S.P.C.A. then $450 to the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre.

Ouellet even added her tips, and says the customers often get involved.

“(Some customers) just pitch in an envelope of money. They really want to partici-pate,” Ouellet said.

Dec. 22 is slated to be the last of the giving Tues-days, with the charities selected on recommenda-tions from family, customers and friends.

It offers his customers an opportunity to do a little bit, Pang says, where the price of a coffee makes a difference and can add up to a lot.

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Alan Pang and Karoline Oulette in front of the wall of fame at Savoury Cafe, where 12 Tuesdays dedicated to raising funds for various area causes.

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Bloom Health brings TCM to the village

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Providing “a modern approach to an ancient medicine,” Dr. Jen McCallum says, Bloom Health hosted its official grand opening during the Oak Bay Light Up Nov. 29.

“Traditional Chinese Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, nutritional therapy and life-style support,” McCallum says. “Address-ing the root cause of imbalance, TCM works to address any manifestation of disease in the body, including general-ized pain, autoimmune disorders, anxi-

ety and depression, digestive issues and menstrual imbalances. By customizing the treatment plan specifically to each individual patient, the practitioner of TCM targets not only existing symptoms, but also considers prevention as key to maintaining health and wellness.”

Visit Bloom Health Clinic at #115 Ath-lone Court (facing the parking lot), call 250-598-5555 or visit bloomhealthclinic.com.

Business Excellence Award nomination deadline looming

If you know a local business deserving recognition, the nomination deadline for the 16th Annual Vancouver Island Busi-ness Excellence Awards is Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The awards will be presented Jan. 21 at Nanaimo’s Coast Bastion Hotel.

“The Business Excellence Awards rec-ognize the top companies from all over Vancouver Island in 17 different catego-ries,” says Mark MacDonald of the Busi-ness Examiner, which coordinates the event. “It’s a great opportunity to recog-nize the hard work put in by businesses throughout the year and celebrate their accomplishments and stories.”

“Someone might want to nominate a business they believe is worthy of con-sideration for these awards, and all they need to do is email or call Business Exam-iner, and the business will be contacted,” MacDonald says. “Self-nominations are also accepted. It’s a straightforward pro-cess and it doesn’t cost businesses any-thing to enter the competition.”

For information, email [email protected], call 1-866-758-2684 ext. 120, or visit businessexaminer.ca/events

[email protected]

This holiday season, when you exchange gifts and good wishes at festive gatherings with your family, friends and loved ones, do your part to not share the influenza virus and other winter ill-nesses.

“It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Vaccine is still available at your local pharmacy, doctor’s office or local public health unit,” says Dr. Dee Hoyano, medical health officer for Island Health, who urges those feeling under the weather or sick to stay at home. “Your friends, family and coworkers will appreciate it.”

Frequent hand-washing is the best way to avoid getting sick, but it you do fall ill, it can also help stop the spread. Coughing and sneezing into your sleeve and properly disposing of tissues also helps reduce infections.

To protect patients, those visiting Island Health facilities are expected to wear a mask if they have not received their flu shot. Masks, information and hand sanitizer are available at key entrances across patient care areas. To learn where you can get a flu shot, speak to your health care provider or pharmacist or visitviha.ca/flu.

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Performance also features local favourite Maureen Washington

Tickets are on sale for what promises to be one of the hottest events of the holiday season, the Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show with opening act Maureen Washington.

Hosted by the Vic-toria Jazz Society, the performance is sure to rock the house at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium Tuesday, Dec. 15.

It’s been eight years since the five-time Grammy Award win-ners have been in town, and they bring with them a spectacu-lar holiday show, per-forming songs from 2014’s Talkin’ Christ-mas! album as well as the band’s previ-ous Grammy-winning Christmas recording Go Tell it on the Moun-tain, along with a vari-ety of Gospel classics.

Over the past 76 years, the Blind Boys of Alabama have estab-lished themselves as an American institution and living legends of

gospel music, winning a Grammy “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2009. They were inducted into the Gos-pel Music Hall of Fame in 2003.

Known for crossing musical boundaries, the Blind Boys create remarkable interpre-tations of traditional gospel favourites while collaborating with diverse contemporary artists such as Justin Vernon, Ben Harper, Peter Gabriel and Prince.

The current band includes founding member Jimmy Carter, Eric McKinnie, Joey William, Ben Moore and Paul Beasley.

Washington is a pow-erhouse vocalist who consistently charms audiences at the TD Victoria International JazzFest.

Last year, she won Best Jazz and Soul Art-ist at the Black Cana-dian Awards, and she was named Jazz and Blues Artist of the Year by Monday Magazine in 2013 and 2014.

Tickets for the Dec. 15 concert are $36 to $52, available from the University of Victoria box office at 250-721-8480 or tickets.uvic.ca.

editor @oakbaynews.com

Blind Boys of Alabama share holiday show

Victoria songstress Maureen Washington joins the Blind Boys of Alabama in a holiday performance Tuesday, Dec. 15 at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium.Submitted

The Corporation of theDistrict of Oak Bay

Notice of Proposed Amendment to Business Licence Bylaw

Under the Community Charter, public notice is to be provided for any proposed amendment to a bylaw regulating business and provide an opportunity for persons who consider they are affected by the bylaw to make representations to Council.

Notice is hereby provided that at the Special Council meeting scheduled for December 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., Oak Bay Council will consider the adoption of an amendment to its Business Licence Bylaw to, in general:

• Add new definitions• Update language and requirements to reflect current legislation• Delete out dated sections regarding amusement machines• Amend the offence section raising the potential fine to

$10,000.00 in keeping with other bylaws• Replace Schedule ‘A’, reducing the number of classes of

business• Replace Schedule ‘B’, reducing the various fee tables

These amendments would be made by Bylaw No. 4658, Business Licence Bylaw Amendment Bylaw, 2015, which is available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC.

Persons wishing to comment on the Bylaw may make their views known in a letter addressed to the undersigned. Any letter received prior to the meeting on December 14, 2015 will be placed on the Special Council Meeting agenda for consideration before a vote is taken. The meeting is open to the public, and verbal representations on the Bylaw may be made at that time as well.

Loranne Hilton, Director of Corporate Services

Capital Regional District

The Capital Regional District is seeking individuals to serve on the Arts Advisory Council. The AAC adjudicates funding programs and provides advice to the CRD Arts Committee on issues relating to the arts in the capital region.For details and how to apply: crd.bc.ca/arts/service/arts-fundingApplication deadline is Friday, January 29, 2016 at 4:30pm.Contact: CRD Arts Development 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1R7 T: 250.360.3215 [email protected]

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BUSINESS NEWSIN BRIEF

Bloom Health brings TCM to the village

Oak Bay residents have a new option for their health and wellness repertoire.

Bloom Health is a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic located in Oak Bay Vil-lage, in Athlone Court, in the location formerly occupied by Coast Life & Style.

Providing “a modern approach to an ancient medicine,” Dr. Jen McCallum says, Bloom Health hosted its official grand opening during the Oak Bay Light Up Nov. 29.

“Traditional Chinese Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, nutritional therapy and life-style support,” McCallum says. “Address-ing the root cause of imbalance, TCM works to address any manifestation of disease in the body, including general-ized pain, autoimmune disorders, anxi-

ety and depression, digestive issues and menstrual imbalances. By customizing the treatment plan specifically to each individual patient, the practitioner of TCM targets not only existing symptoms, but also considers prevention as key to maintaining health and wellness.”

Visit Bloom Health Clinic at #115 Ath-lone Court (facing the parking lot), call 250-598-5555 or visit bloomhealthclinic.com.

Business Excellence Award nomination deadline looming

If you know a local business deserving recognition, the nomination deadline for the 16th Annual Vancouver Island Busi-ness Excellence Awards is Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The awards will be presented Jan. 21 at Nanaimo’s Coast Bastion Hotel.

“The Business Excellence Awards rec-ognize the top companies from all over Vancouver Island in 17 different catego-ries,” says Mark MacDonald of the Busi-ness Examiner, which coordinates the event. “It’s a great opportunity to recog-nize the hard work put in by businesses throughout the year and celebrate their accomplishments and stories.”

“Someone might want to nominate a business they believe is worthy of con-sideration for these awards, and all they need to do is email or call Business Exam-iner, and the business will be contacted,” MacDonald says. “Self-nominations are also accepted. It’s a straightforward pro-cess and it doesn’t cost businesses any-thing to enter the competition.”

For information, email [email protected], call 1-866-758-2684 ext. 120, or visit businessexaminer.ca/events

[email protected]

This holiday season, when you exchange gifts and good wishes at festive gatherings with your family, friends and loved ones, do your part to not share the influenza virus and other winter ill-nesses.

“It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Vaccine is still available at your local pharmacy, doctor’s office or local public health unit,” says Dr. Dee Hoyano, medical health officer for Island Health, who urges those feeling under the weather or sick to stay at home. “Your friends, family and coworkers will appreciate it.”

Frequent hand-washing is the best way to avoid getting sick, but it you do fall ill, it can also help stop the spread. Coughing and sneezing into your sleeve and properly disposing of tissues also helps reduce infections.

To protect patients, those visiting Island Health facilities are expected to wear a mask if they have not received their flu shot. Masks, information and hand sanitizer are available at key entrances across patient care areas. To learn where you can get a flu shot, speak to your health care provider or pharmacist or visitviha.ca/flu.

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Fight the spread of flu this holiday season

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The 2016 BC Com-munity Achievement Awards are looking for a few good men and women who have made a significant con-tribution to their com-munity.

Nominees will have made a contribution in any area that pro-vides a benefit to the community – either as a volunteer or in the course of their work.

These include, but are not limited to, arts and culture, sports and recreation, multicul-turalism, environment, healthcare, education, civic duty, business, community volun-teerism, philanthropy, and youth or seniors’ leadership.

The deadline to sub-mit your nominations is Jan. 15. Submissions can be made online at bcachievement.com/community.

[email protected]

Achievement Awards to recognize community contributions

Looking back to 1987, the Oak Bay News’ precursor, the Oak Bay Star, fea-tured the municipality’s new mayor, Susan Brice and her views of what the year ahead would bring.

Welcoming long-time alderman Peter Bunn, with then newcomers Christopher Causton and David Nicholson, along with sitting aldermen Diana Butler, Ed Flana-gan and Gordon Holms, Brice looked forward to Oak Bay’s co-hosting of the B.C. Summer Games in 1988.

Not only would the regional Games be an opportunity for the local volunteer com-munity, but “they will pro-vide invaluable experience for Greater Victoria in prepa-ration for the hosting of the 1994 Commonwealth Games.”

Brice also looked forward to the 50th anniversary of the Oak Bay Fire Department coming up in 1988 and credited the hard work of the Oak Bay Police in the munici-pality’s citation as having the lowest crime rate among 55 B.C. centres.

On the police blotter this week in 1987, a would-be thief chose the wrong car to try to steal. When a Victoria police offi-cer caught the apparently drunk would-be thief trying to hotwire his car near Oak Bay High, the 19-year-old was soon arrested.

In Oak Bay sports action, Oak Bay High took home the gold from the 1987 Victo-

ria City Police Association’s high school boys basketball tournament.

Upsetting the Abbotsford Panthers 65-50 at Belmont High, Tristan Tonndorf, Peter Walton, Jamie Ball, Bill Jones and Christ Whittaker were cited as standouts for Oak Bay in the final game.

In the community, members of the Bays United Division 6A Rangers were shop-

ping holiday holly door-to-door to help boost team travel funds.

* * *

Fast forward to the Dec. 10, 1997 issue of the Oak Bay News, and Christ-mas captured the front page as the district pre-pared to light up munici-pal hall for the holiday season.

“Thanks to your gener-ous donations of outdoor

Christmas light bulbs, the Oak Bay News is able to light up the large maple tree in front of municipal hall Friday night,” the News reported. With promises of photos with Santa at Ivy’s Bookshop and com-plimentary candy canes and Mandarin oranges, “It’s an evening for the whole family. Please come down and join us as we officially kick off Christmas 1997.”

In local schools, the battle for music education was heating up, with Maureen Luney, chair of Advocates for Music in Our Schools, arguing that while music

might be an easy target for budget cuts, fine arts should in fact be a part of the basic education program.

“Music doesn’t make you the bright shining star,” Luney said, “but it helps.”

* * *

What it cost December 1987:

• Perm/Body Wave special at Fantastic Sam’s: $19.87

• Mincemeat tarts at the Village Bakery and Deli: 60 cents

• Portable electric typewriter from Island Office Equipment: $499.

[email protected]

History’s headlines: Christmas and a look ahead

Got a story?Share it with readers of the Oak Bay News. Call editor Jennifer Blyth at 250-480-3239 or email [email protected].

Jennifer BlythPages from the Past

The District of Oak Bay would like to hear from residents of Oak Bay on the six options under consideration to separate the combined sewer system in the Uplands neighbourhood as mandated by the provincial government under the Municipal Wastewater Regulation.

Uplands Combined Sewer Separation Project

The provincial government’sMunicipal Wastewater Regulation requires all BC municipalities to have separate stormwater and sanitary sewer systems. Compliance with the provincial regulation is mandatory for the District of Oak Bay as it is for other jurisdictions in the province such as Burnaby, New Westminster and the City of Vancouver where single pipe infrastructure currently exists. The Uplands area is the last remaining neighbourhood to have a single pipe system to accommodate both sanitarysewer and stormwater flows.Six options have been identified to achieve mandatory compliance.

We Want To Hear From You!

Survey Deadline Extended to Midnight, Friday, December 11

www.oakbay.ca Access the survey from the homepage.

• Go online to www.oakbay.ca and follow links to complete an online survey.

• Download a hard copy of the survey www.oakbay.ca

• Pick up a hard copy of the survey at Municipal Hall and go online to review the project information.

Hard copies must be returned to municipal hall by December 11.

Capital Regional District

The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites applications/nominations from residents interested in sitting on the Water Advisory Committee to provide advice on water supply, water quality, the stewardship of the lands held by the CRD for water supply purposes and water conservation measures. There are vacancies for members representing environmental groups, commercial/industrial organizations, agricultural groups, and resident/ratepayers associations.Meetings are held at 9 am on the first Wednesday of each month at CRD Integrated Water Services office, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC. Appointments will be for a two (2) year term commencing January 2016.Send us a one-page summary telling about yourself, which interest group you represent, your area of expertise, and why you would like to serve on the committee.Deadline for receipt of applications is December 10, 2015. For a copy of the Terms of Reference contact CRD Integrated Water Services.Mail, fax or email your application to:CRD Integrated Water Services Phone: 250.474.9606479 Island Highway Fax: 250.474.4012Victoria, BC V9B 1H7 Email: [email protected]

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The 2016 BC Com-munity Achievement Awards are looking for a few good men and women who have made a significant con-tribution to their com-munity.

Nominees will have made a contribution in any area that pro-vides a benefit to the community – either as a volunteer or in the course of their work.

These include, but are not limited to, arts and culture, sports and recreation, multicul-turalism, environment, healthcare, education, civic duty, business, community volun-teerism, philanthropy, and youth or seniors’ leadership.

The deadline to sub-mit your nominations is Jan. 15. Submissions can be made online at bcachievement.com/community.

[email protected]

Achievement Awards to recognize community contributions

Looking back to 1987, the Oak Bay News’ precursor, the Oak Bay Star, fea-tured the municipality’s new mayor, Susan Brice and her views of what the year ahead would bring.

Welcoming long-time alderman Peter Bunn, with then newcomers Christopher Causton and David Nicholson, along with sitting aldermen Diana Butler, Ed Flana-gan and Gordon Holms, Brice looked forward to Oak Bay’s co-hosting of the B.C. Summer Games in 1988.

Not only would the regional Games be an opportunity for the local volunteer com-munity, but “they will pro-vide invaluable experience for Greater Victoria in prepa-ration for the hosting of the 1994 Commonwealth Games.”

Brice also looked forward to the 50th anniversary of the Oak Bay Fire Department coming up in 1988 and credited the hard work of the Oak Bay Police in the munici-pality’s citation as having the lowest crime rate among 55 B.C. centres.

On the police blotter this week in 1987, a would-be thief chose the wrong car to try to steal. When a Victoria police offi-cer caught the apparently drunk would-be thief trying to hotwire his car near Oak Bay High, the 19-year-old was soon arrested.

In Oak Bay sports action, Oak Bay High took home the gold from the 1987 Victo-

ria City Police Association’s high school boys basketball tournament.

Upsetting the Abbotsford Panthers 65-50 at Belmont High, Tristan Tonndorf, Peter Walton, Jamie Ball, Bill Jones and Christ Whittaker were cited as standouts for Oak Bay in the final game.

In the community, members of the Bays United Division 6A Rangers were shop-

ping holiday holly door-to-door to help boost team travel funds.

* * *

Fast forward to the Dec. 10, 1997 issue of the Oak Bay News, and Christ-mas captured the front page as the district pre-pared to light up munici-pal hall for the holiday season.

“Thanks to your gener-ous donations of outdoor

Christmas light bulbs, the Oak Bay News is able to light up the large maple tree in front of municipal hall Friday night,” the News reported. With promises of photos with Santa at Ivy’s Bookshop and com-plimentary candy canes and Mandarin oranges, “It’s an evening for the whole family. Please come down and join us as we officially kick off Christmas 1997.”

In local schools, the battle for music education was heating up, with Maureen Luney, chair of Advocates for Music in Our Schools, arguing that while music

might be an easy target for budget cuts, fine arts should in fact be a part of the basic education program.

“Music doesn’t make you the bright shining star,” Luney said, “but it helps.”

* * *

What it cost December 1987:

• Perm/Body Wave special at Fantastic Sam’s: $19.87

• Mincemeat tarts at the Village Bakery and Deli: 60 cents

• Portable electric typewriter from Island Office Equipment: $499.

[email protected]

History’s headlines: Christmas and a look ahead

Got a story?Share it with readers of the Oak Bay News. Call editor Jennifer Blyth at 250-480-3239 or email [email protected].

Jennifer BlythPages from the Past


Wednesday, Dec. 9Volkssport walks – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Register at 8:45 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Call Rick at 250-478-7020 or Jan at 250-665-6062 for current schedule.

Victoria Women’s Newcomers Club – December luncheon,11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Victoria Golf Club, 1110 Beach Dr. Cost: $32. Info: vicdaynewcomers.ca.

St. Mary’s Advent Concert – Enjoy music by violinist Raina Saunders and pianist Laura Altenmueller, 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested) with proceeds to the B.C. Cancer Foundation. Bring your lunch, tea/coffee provided. Info: 250-598-2212.

Benefit auction for Syrian refugees – UVic History Refugee Committee benefit auction, appetizers and cash bar, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Michele Pujol Room, Student Union Building, Tickets: $10 adults/ $5 students; children under 15 free. Info: historyrefugee.org

Victoria Jewish Community Choir and The Klez – The choir and six-piece Klezmer band present a concert of Chanukah music at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1451 Blanshard St. at 7 p.m., with candle lighting and light refreshments. Admission by donation. Info: Carol, [email protected] or 250-385-3378.

Thursday, Dec. 10Labyrinth by Candlelight – Take a break from the holiday season and experience the labyrinth by candlelight, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. UVic Parking Lot #6, Finnerty Gardens, Interfaith Chapel. Info: 250-472-4159 or [email protected].

Friday, Dec. 11 Christmas Sing-Along at The Oaks – Sing along to your favourite Christmas songs led by Newfoundland band, Old Black Rum, 7 to 9 p.m. at The Oaks Restaurant, 206-2250 Oak Bay Ave. Songbooks provided. All ages. Reservations: 250-590-3155.

Sweet Lowdown – Award-winning trio blending original songwriting and three-part harmonies with an old-time instrumental groove, in the Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Rec Centre. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets $12 ($15 at the door), from Oak Bay Rec reception or beaconridge-productions.com.

Dinner Theatre at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – A Crooner’s Christmas, with rising star Kristina Helene and surprise guests as they recreate the sounds of Christmas past with the holiday hits from Frank Sinatra, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and other stars. Tickets $89, incl. a three-course meal in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. Continues weekends to Dec. 24. For information or to book your tickets visit the front desk or call 250-598-4556.

Saturday, Dec. 12Christmas Carolling in Estevan Village –

Sing carols with your neighbours and the Oak Bay Band and enjoy a hot apple cider,4:30 p.m. in front of the Estevan Pharmacy. Santa will also make an appearance.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre’s Holiday Circus – The former Moscow Circus star entertains at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium with juggling, pet tricks and clown act. Tickets: $38 adults; $28 students; $18 children. Tickets: 250-721-8480, tickets.uvic.ca or from University Centre.

The Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition Christmas Lights Ride – Join this perennial family favourite, a night route viewing colourful award-winning Christmas lights displays along the Gorge. The ride begins and ends at the Burnside Gorge Community Center, 471 Cecelia Rd. with refreshments and door prizes following the ride. Registration begins at 6 p.m. Decorating your bike is encouraged; front and

back lights required.

Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday Celebration concert – Benefit for the Rotary Club of Oak Bay Foundation’s Sno’uyutth Legacy Fund, at Oak Bay High. Tickets are $45 and available in advance at the Oak Bay Rec Centre, 1975 Bee St. and both Scotia Banks, 2212 and 2290 Oak Bay Ave.

Victoria Soul Gospel Choir Christmas Concert – Learning Through Loss hosts this wonderful and uplifting night of Motown and soul-inspired holiday tunes, while also supporting our programs to bring hope and healing to more youth who are struggling through loss. 7:30 p.m., First Metropolitan Church 932 Balmoral Rd. Seating 7 p.m. Tickets $20 (children under 10 free), available online at victoriasoulgospel.tickit.ca and Ivy’s Bookshop.

Sunday, Dec. 13 Christmas Carol Sing-

along – Join leader Daniel Fournier, accompanied by organist David Berry on the two-manual Casavant, for the sing-along at Pemberton Memorial Chapel, Royal Jubilee Hospital, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Admission free/donation to food bank. Festive organ solos will also be featured. Info: rcco-victoria.org.

Candle Lighting Memorial – The Compassionate Friends’ annual Candle Lighting Memorial to remember children, grandchildren and siblings no longer with us, 7 p.m. at Cordova Bay United Church, 813 Claremont Ave.

Monday, Dec. 14Volkssport walks – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Register at 8:45 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Call Rick at 250-478-7020 or Jan at 250-665-6062 for current schedule.

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The University of Victoria Vikes men’s rugby team captured their second-straight Barnard Cup championship on the back of blistery conditions, strong offence and resilient defence on Saturday, Dec. 5 at Wallace Field, winning 24-5 over the Cast-away Wanderers.

The victory caps off an undefeated Barnard Cup campaign for the Vikes, who finished 10-0 in Island competition.

Third-year Vikes fullback Fergus Hall notched three penalty kicks in the first half while third-year wing Crosby Stewart did the work on the ground, running in a trio of tries to help lift the Vikes to back-to-back championships. The Vikes defence was stellar all afternoon, allowing only one try late in the game after holding the Wanderers to 75 min-utes of scoreless rugby.

“We really dug deep defensively today and it was our best defensive performance of the year,” said Vikes head coach Doug Tate of his champion-ship-winning team. “(Castaways) had a lot of the

possession and they kept coming at us all game. They played smart, but I think we overturned enough balls to win us that game.”

The weather acted as a third party for both teams, giving each an advantage for a half with the winds at their back. Balls constantly changed direction in the air and allowed for the kicking game to play as an important factor.

As the Castaways pressed in the second half with the wind in their favour, the Vikes escaped down the sidelines with a nice run from third-year flanker Isaac Kaay. The Castaways added a try as time winded down through winger Anton Ngogo, but time would expire to give earn the Vikes back-to-back Barnard Cup championships.

The victory for the Vikes over the Castaways in the final is their second in consecutive years after winning 25-17 over the Castaways in 2014. Before that, the Vikes had lost five-straight finals to the James Bay Athletic Association.

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University of Victoria Vike James Pitblado makes a play during the Vikes’ championship win over Oak Bay’s Castaway Wanderers. The win earned the Vikes an undefeated Island season.

Bob CarterSpecial to the News

The Oak Bay Barbers are the AAA senior boys volleyball provincial champions.

Coach Al Carmichael smiled only briefly Sat-urday night when mention was made of his fifth provincial title as a coach.

“That’s not important,” he said after the Bar-bers beat Mount Boucherie in five sets for the AAA championship. “It’s four for Oak Bay, that is more important.”

Carmichael’s fifth (he got his first with Mount Douglas) moved him past Rod Belinski (KLO) and into second place among AAA coaches, behind Revelstoke’s John Campbell.

Oak Bay got a huge boost from outside hit-ter Cole Beaver-Potts, whose two straight blocks gave the Barbers control in the fifth set, 7-4. Mid-dle Matt Griffin followed with another, and two points later Oak Bay was up six on its way to a 15-9 clincher.

“Cole played awesome,” Carmichael said. “Blocking, that’s what he does.”

Carmichael said both Beaver-Potts and another attacker, standout Nick Middleberry, played mid-

dle the last two years. “Both learned how to block there.”

Boucherie stayed alive in a close fourth set as Brodie Kern and Jeremy Bednar provided strong front-row play. Kern’s left-side kill pushed the Bears up 23-21 and two Oak Bay errors gave Boucherie the set.

In the end, the Barbers’ blocks proved decisive, and the Island school had yet another title.

Carmichael said the school’s philosophy of athletes playing several sports contributes to a school-wide sport success.

“The school has a commitment to multi-sport athletes,” he said, “that they should – not can but should – play multiple sports.”

On Day 1 of pool play (Dec. 2), Oak Bay defeated Maple Grove 25-19, 19-25, 15-10, Van Tech 25-19, 25-14 and Fraser Heights 25-20, 25-21.

Thursday, Oak Bay defeated Surrey Christian 25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 28-26 to advance to the quar-terfinals Friday morning. They defeated Kelowna 25-21, 25-20, 25-27, 25-15, then defeated their nem-esis, Dover Bay, 19-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-18 in the semi-finals on their way to gold.

Dover Bay finished with the bronze medal. [email protected]

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