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Matt Sommer, 12, left, Kai Stevenson, 8, and Chris Burrows, 11, were among almost 200 students involved in the Vancouver Island First LEGO League regional competition held at the University of Victoria on Dec. 15.
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Almost 200 elementary and middle school students in 13 teams from across Greater Vic-toria gathered at the University of Victoria for a competition aimed at helping seniors overcome daily challenges.
Students were charged with the challenge of creating, designing, and programming a Lego robot that can locate the correct medi-cine, move furniture, garden, fix a broken chair and walk a service dog.
“(They) look at the way robots or tech-nology can enhance the lives of senior citi-zens,” said event co-ordinator and UVic PhD student Michael Hammond-Todd. “It is an inquiry-driven process where stu-dents are looking for real solutions for
real-world problems.”Young competitors brought their existing
Lego robots and programed them on the spot for a battery of tests, all which repre-sent challenges seniors face in their daily lives.
“Vancouver Island has a very active community of educators and students inter-ested in robots and tech-nology. The programs are designed to inspire students in the fields of science, tech-nology, and engineering,” Hammond-Todd said. “I think this is a realm of science and research (that) can be a benefit. … It is pro-viding an opportunity to talk to people out-side of their generation and peer group and think about solutions they may work on as
secondary or post secondary students.”All robots were created from a standard
Lego Mindstorms NXT kit, but modified to tackle different solutions to the problems.
Students use the included software to program com-mands, including how many seconds to move, degree of motion and rotation, and even simple voice commands.
The event, hosted by the faculties of education and engineering, was meant to
get more kids interested in science and math, and acted as the Vancouver Island First Lego League regional competition.
“How fitting that the challenge theme for the first Lego league event happening on the UVic campus is ‘senior solutions’ – solv-
ing problems faced by seniors as they age,” said Holly Tuokko, director of UVic’s Centre on Aging.
Building Lego robots was a hit with 11 year old Chris Burrows, who was excited to get the opportunity to compete at UVic.
“I think this is really fun, a lot of people who like Lego and robot stuff would really like it,” he said. “When I grow up, I want to be a Lego designer.”
Burrows started playing with Lego two years ago and is one of the founding mem-bers of Legobotics, a team of three that hope to advance to the provincials in Vancouver in January.
“I like programming and robotics,” he said. “You can get a lot of freedom in what you build.”
Finding solutions is childs’ play“Students are
looking for real solutions for real-world problems.”- Michael Hammond-Todd
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No environmental study for sewage treatment plant
Oak Bay’s environmental concerns fell on deaf ears at the Capital Regional District.
A resolution calling for an independent, comparative environmental impact study, passed by Oak Bay municipal council and taken to the CRD’s Liquid Waste Manage-ment Committee meeting, failed to gain sup-port.
“We had support from View Royal, Esquimalt, Colwood, but we just couldn’t get it through,” said Jensen. “That’s how democ-racy works in our federated region.”
The resolution called for the CRD and fed-eral government to fund and perform the study prior to proceeding with the proposed $783-million waste management project planned for Greater Victoria.
The vote was 10 to 5 against the review, with Langford, Saanich and Victoria leading the no vote.
Municipal water and sewer costs increase
Water and sewer utility rates are set to rise in 2013.
On Monday (Dec. 10) council passed a water consumption rate increase of 10.5 per cent over 2012 rates, or an average 6.23 per cent average household increase. The fixed daily charge of $0.43 will remain the same as in 2012.
The proposed 2.69 per cent increase in wholesale water by the Capital Regional Dis-trict board will be discussed today (Dec. 14).
The wholesale price, Mayor Nils Jensen said, doesn’t necessarily translate directly to an the increase for taxpayers.
Council also passed an amendment to the sewer user charge bylaw. The municipal por-tion of the sewer utility budget will be $1.22 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed, a 20 per cent increase from 2012. The charge for regional costs also increased 28 per cent from $0.76 to $0.97 per unit of water con-sumed.
Regional costs relate to sewer debt incurred by the CRD for Oak Bay sewer proj-ects and the municipality’s portion of regional sewage treatment.
Police parking post now doubles as taxi stand
Oak Bay visitors travelling by taxi can expect a smoother transition to and from the village.
Council approved a request from the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association and Owen Brandon to designate the existing police post on Oak Bay Avenue adjacent to municipal hall as a taxi stand. The motion was passed on Monday night’s committee of the whole meeting without discussion. Oak Bay’s chief of police Mark Fisher had pre-approved the change.
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Arnold LimNews staff
Research at the University of Victoria has demonstrated remarkable results in stroke victims working to redevelop physical abilities on the weakened side of their bodies.
A study led by UVic neuroscientist Paul Zehr showed that a stroke patient exer-cising the strong side of their body will have muscle gain on their weak side.
“One of the things that is a big prob-lem after a stroke is one side is more affected,” Zehr said. “We are trying to understand what has happened after the stroke, and take that information and use it to guide interventions … to help push the system back (to normal).”
The study, focusing primarily on the lower body to help patients regain strength and mobility, showed muscle gains in the injured side of the body as roughly equivalent to the uninjured side. Overall, people who participated in the six-week study gained about 30 per cent muscle mass.
Cross-education of strength, or the idea that training one side of the human body can have benefits to correspond-ing muscles on the opposite side, has been known since 1984 – but the idea that stroke patients have higher than the nor-mal five to 10 per cent benefit is new.
“A lot of times when you study the human nervous system and you try to
translate that to a clinical population, it doesn’t always translate,” he said.
“The really important observation was when we went to see what happened to the leg not trained, we found the same strength gain which means 30 per cent (gain) on both sides,” Zehr said. “Not only could we access the same mechanisms, it wasn’t weaker it was stronger.”
Nineteen post-stroke patients ranging in age from 26 to 81 and averag-ing 84 months post-stroke, completed the full six-week program that involved high-intensity exercises, such as lifting a fitted block of wood with their unaffected ankle and foot. While more tests are being done, the results of the study, completed with PhD student Katie Dragert, startled even the professor.
“What is happening (is) there are con-nections across the brain and spinal cord that are spilling over to help the other side,” Zehr said. “We know this works in people without damage … but not only did it work – it outstripped any expecta-tion on how it would work. The fact it had equivalent strength gains on both sides is a remarkable result.”
Retired school secretary Barb Oliver was one of those patients, having had a stroke 11 years ago. She said studies like this are important both for her and future stroke victims to live their lives and do
the things they want to do. “While I was doing it, I noticed the dif-
ference,” Oliver said. “My muscles were looser, not as tight.”
The 61-year-old is fresh off a trip to Africa in the fall, despite the misgivings of her travel agent, who suggested Africa was no place for a “disabled person.”
She went anyway and hopes others can do the same, as research into post-stroke patients continue.
“I went and had the time of my life. It is the hope you get stronger and use less of the health care system and less medication,” Oliver said. “Dr. Zehr’s program and the work of all the PhD
students (is) wonderful and (they are) great to work with. I would recommend anybody do it.”
Zehr and the PhD students hope more post stroke patients get involved. They also believe their research is making a difference.
“It is a piece of a number of different puzzles. What we do now is refine it and maximize it,” Zehr said. “It is a way to make that intervention better. The bigger overarching vision is to help restore and recover walking ability.”
Post-stroke patients looking to be involved in future studies can contact the doctor at [email protected]
Locals bring new hope for stroke victims
Arnold Lim/News staff
Paul Zehr, a professor of neuroscience, led a recent study with PhD candidate Katie Dragert that showed stroke victims who trained their less-affected leg had equal strength gains on the affected leg.
“The fact it had equivalent strength gains on both sides is a remarkable result.”
- Paul Zehr
Six months after WorkSafeBC issued a critical report ordering the University of Victoria to better protect the health and safety of its employees, WorkSafe issued
another report, highlighting the need to better respond to employee health complaints.
The latest report, issued on Oct. 18, 2012, says the twice-yearly local safety committee meetings are “not effective” and they fail to meet obligations as set out in the Workers Compensation Act.
“A review of the minutes from one of the local safety committee meeting shows that the issue of air quality in one building remained on the meeting agenda for many
years and did not make it to the University Safety Committee,” wrote WorkSafeBC prevention officer Dawn Ianson.
That building in question is Sedgewick, built in 1969 and the source of multiple health complaints since 2000.
A report issued April 17, 2012 indicated UVic found high levels of mould and carbon dioxide in the Sedgewick building in December 2009, the first time the university took air quality tests and fungi samples.
While UVic took remediation steps between December 2009 and April 2012, “the area remains without adequate housekeeping and, in discussions with workers … there remains chronic health/wellness concerns,” Ianson wrote in her April report.
In April, Ianson issued four orders that
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Bi-annual meetings to address concerns are ‘not effective’
UVic ordered to improve safety committeesthe university must comply with, including the requirement to improve the reporting system for health and safety issues to ensure each one is investigated and addressed. The most recent report, issued in October, includes an order that UVic’s local safety committees must meet at least once a month.
“There’s about 40 to 50 primarily building-based committees that were put together (years ago) to deal with local issues,” said Andy Mavretic, acting director of occupational health, safety and environment at UVic. “We’re making sure that however many of these local safety committees we have, they are all fully engaged in safety, reporting, inspections, reviewing incidents and communicating any findings and issues to the university safety committee.”
The local committees were meeting twice a year, while the overarching University Joint Health and Safety Committee met monthly.
Doug Sprenger, president of CUPE 951, says all the attention that’s been paid to health and safety at UVic over the last year has been hugely beneficial to employees.
“I think it’s helped particularly the occupational health and safety department understand they have to be more proactive with regards to safety of buildings,” he said. “I think they’re going to be doing a better job from now on. … It also kind of reinvigorated the health and safety committees – they know they also have to be more vigilant.”
Additionally, after the April report was released, CUPE requested Ianson’s orders be reviewed, in hopes that WorkSafeBC would also issue financial penalties to the university.
“(The union states) that their issue is with the delay in addressing issues in (Sedgewick), in this case eight years,” reads the decision on the review request, issued late last month. “The way that it was dealt
with was unacceptable. They want a penalty levied for the exposure to workers.”
Review officer Melina Lorenz highlighted that Ianson did not issue penalties as “the violations do not meet the criteria (for imposing a penalty). (Ianson) stated that the violations did not result in a high risk of serious injury, serious illness or death,” Lorenz wrote.
She upheld Ianson’s decision and denied CUPE’s request for penalties. Mavretic says the decision not to penalize UVic was “appropriate,” as the university is attempting to address any and all concerns that are brought to their attention.
“We’re motivated to make any changes that improve our systems. Our committment has always been and continues to be that we take those concerns seriously,” he said.
Lorenz also noted that there is new management in place at UVic – referring to Mavretic replacing director Richard Piskor, who’d been in that role since 1987, as of Sept. 1 – “and the new management appears motivated towards compliance.”
Mavretic says UVic has taken steps to address air quality in Sedgewick. The most recent tests show steps taken earlier in the year have resulted in no more mould or building moisture problems.
“The only thing that was discovered (recently) was the crawlspace was positively pressurized, meaning any of the potential stale, dry crawlspace odours might’ve come upstairs,” he said. “We just reopened the air vents along the outside walls to encourage air flow outside.”
Mavretic says the changes to the local safety committees should be implemented in the next two or three months.
To read the full reports from WorkSafeBC, visit ohs.uvic.ca/wsbcir.php.
Kyle SlavinReporting
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Prepayments on 2013 taxes may now be made. Payments received prior to January 1, 2013 will receive interest from January 1 to July 2, 2013. Payments received from January 2, 2013 to April 30, 2013 will receive interest for the number of days from the date of payment to July 2, 2013.
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Cutbacks at the University of Victoria resulted in the lay-off of at least 24 employees so far, as departments have been instructed to cut four per cent from their budgets this year.
Melissa Moroz, labour rela-tions officer for the Professional Employees Association, calls it a “very sad situation” that UVic handed pink slips to two dozen of their full-time workers, including some who’ve been employed at the university since the 1980s.
“It’s devastating to these peo-ple’s lives, and it will directly impact services to both faculty and students,” Moroz said. “The reality is there’ll be fewer ser-vices to students. There’s only so much people can do.”
The lost jobs will come from a variety of places, she said, add-ing many of the employees work in technical support, scientific support and research support. Some of those laid off are already gone, while others will continue to work until spring 2013.
Moroz called this an “unprece-dented amount of layoffs.” She’s seen one-off job losses in the past due to organizational changes, but never anything near to this many at once. “There’s a lot of uneasiness and fear that’s been generated as a result of these layoffs,” she said.
A 2012-13 budget framework document on UVic’s website cites inflation pressure and decreased or flat post-second-ary funding from government as reasons for consecutive four-per-cent budget reductions over
the next two school years.“In prior years, where we
have been required to reduce budgets, the approach has gen-erally been through across-the-board budget reductions. (This) may not be the best approach to address multi-year budget short-falls in that it does not facilitate budget savings from structural changes across the campus in programs or service delivery,” the document reads.
While no one from UVic was available to comment to the News about the layoffs or bud-get process, the university’s executive director of facilities management spoke to the ways his department is meeting bud-get demands.
Tom Smith expects to lose eight janitors in the next two years through attrition, and the frequency of vacuuming and garbage collection from many places on campus will be reduced, as well, beginning in January.
“Instead of a janitor being responsible for an average 27,000 square feet of building, they’ll be responsible for 29,000 square feet of building. In order to do that, they have to stop doing certain things,” Smith said.
Cleaning of classrooms and general offices will be reduced from five times a week to three. Waste removal in private offices and cubicles will be reduced from twice weekly to once a week.
Washrooms, lounges, hall-ways, entrances, science labs and research spaces will not see a reduction in janitorial service levels.
Rob Park, president of CUPE
local 917 at UVic, says reducing janitorial service levels affects temporary workers in his union in the immediate future.
“There’s lots of temporary workers up at UVic who are given an appointment for five months or whatever,” he says. “When a temp’s appointment runs out, (UVic makes) a deci-sion whether there’s enough work for them to continue. … What the university’s doing is reducing the service levels so there isn’t work for them.”
“We’re concerned that UVic seems to be cutting what we consider to be core services. We think they could probably make the cuts elsewhere,” adds Greg Melnechuk, president of CUPE 4163. His union represents ses-sional instructors, and while there haven’t been layoffs there, he says the number of classes offered continues to decrease.
“We’ve had a 14-per-cent drop for our sessional instructors in work for them in the last two years. … This is directly impact-ing education up at UVic,” Mel-nechuk said.
UVic Faculty Association pres-ident Doug Baer said his mem-bers aren’t seeing layoffs, but they’ll be impacted by the cuts elsewhere. He suspects the uni-versity’s financial position isn’t as bad as it’s being made out to be.
“There is some concern out there that the cuts are exces-sive, given the financial position of the university. I am of the view that the university resources do not appear to justify the level of cutbacks we’re seeing,” Baer said.
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Diners had no way to find out whether their prospective restaurant was squeaky clean, or a chronic offender of health and safety practices.
At the time, I was studying journalism. In class, we examined the series of articles by the Chronicle Heraldand their impact. For a wide-eyed student, they presented an inspiring demonstration of the power of media. The series was also a lesson about the tension between the public’s right to know and the desire by private businesses to be just that – private.
I graduated and moved away before the Nova Scotia government folded to public pressure in 2008. But the same issue followed me to Alberta, where I took my first job as a reporter for the Drayton Valley Western Review.
In my new province, the Edmonton Journal published a similar series, which also prompted the government to publish food-facility inspection reports.
Again, I caught the controversy, but missed the policy change by moving to Victoria, where I took a job with Black Press.
Here in B.C., inspection reports are published to the website of the
Vancouver Island Health Authority. Both the cautious and the curious
are free to nose around. Through a few clicks, anyone can learn that in May, Denny’s Restaurant received a moderate hazard rating and instructions to thoroughly clean its whole kitchen. (The business has since complied, restoring its good rating.)
Also available are all the very minor violations discovered by inspectors at hundreds of food facilities during routine inspections. For instance,
during its initial inspection, the new Marzano Pizza learned it needs to mount its paper towels behind the sink. This level of minutiae hardly makes for good reading, but for me the frequency and detail of the reports are comforting. I don’t look them up before eating out, but knowing the reports are available for public scrutiny gives me the confidence that I don’t need to.
All this is a long-winded way to introduce Victoria’s Harbour Airport.
At a recent City of Victoria council meeting, my jaw dropped when I heard overseers of the airport address the issue of transparency.
In a nutshell, Transport Canada “just doesn’t do that.”
Annual reports, outlining risk assessments, complaints and investigations aren’t published.
“Where would they go?’ asked a seemingly befuddled port manager.
“On your website,” shot back an obviously exasperated Coun. Pam Madoff.
The contentious exchange left me feeling embarrassed at my own oversight. Never had I pressed for the documents, even as public concern mounted over the impact of a new marina on the harbour airport.
During his presentation, the port manager assured city council that Transport Canada’s safety procedures are top-notch.
I say the proof is in the pudding.The government already agrees
it’s my right to know that Green Cuisine must dish its ice cream differently to avoid contamination. Surely, the stakes are higher when it comes to flying.
I’d like to know for myself, rather than trust the authorities, that my float plane has passed all its inspections with flying colours and that the runways are adequately wide and clear.
Now, I’m moving on in my career again. But this time, my new job will keep me in Victoria.
As the new talk show producer for C-FAX, I hope to help bring some hard questions about the airport to the airwaves.
It’s been a great five years with Black Press. Thanks to all my colleagues, fans and critics. I’ve learned a lot from all of you.
Roszan Holmen is a reporter with the Victoria News.
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End of daysput on hold
If you’re reading this, then the world didn’t come to an end today.
And you still have a few more days to shop before Christmas.
The doomsday scenario, believed by some to have been predicted by the Mayan civilization more than 5,100 years ago, is just the latest example of people letting fear get in the way of their capacity for common sense.
Some folks have been dreading Dec. 21 for years. Are people simply that unable or unwilling to consider that maybe this highly advanced civilization just didn’t see the need to create a new calendar?
Historical experts familiar with the Mayan system of recording time say the new model would have the same characters – what we call numbers – as the one that has just expired, kind of like a car’s odometer rolling over.
Astronomy experts who can see everything around Earth for hundreds of thousands of miles would clearly have known whether our tiny planet was in the pathway of some rogue planet, meteor or giant asteroid, likely years in advance. No warnings came.
Yet a quoted opinion poll indicated that roughly one in 10 Americans (we couldn’t find an equivalent Canadian poll) had real fears that something dreadful would happen today.
There’s a lot of similarities between the hysteria around the year 2000 and the end-of-days scenario. A little over 12 years ago, many people – with relatively little proof to convince them otherwise – felt there was a very real chance that the world would grind to a halt over the inability for computers to read a year with two zeros at the end.
We all know how that turned out – nary a blip was seen on the landscape.
Likely fewer people were taken in by the idea the world would end than feared the consequences of the new millennium. But the snake-oil salesmen were nonetheless busy, whipping fearful people into a frenzy, regardless if what they were selling made little sense upon further investigation.
Thank goodness most of us stuck around to see what happens next.
Roszan Holmen11th Hour Musings
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Re: Calls for Peter MacKay’s resignation abound (Cartoon, Dec. 14)
Cartoonist O.J. Heggen does it again. He is truly gifted at getting at the core of an issue.
After MacKay and Prime Minister Harper gave us bogus cost estimates for the F-35 fighter jet acquisition during the last federal election, then excoriated independent Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page for daring to expose the profoundly understated costs, they have now pressed the “reset button.”
As Heggen observes, they really should be pressing the “eject button,” and for the first time in Harper’s regime, fire a minister for misleading taxpayers and voters, as well as grossly mismanaging the aircraft
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Visitor recalls wartime visit
Recently my son treated me to a trip to Victoria and a wonderful stay at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. I was very impressed with the way the staff took care of us and made our time there extremely enjoyable.
As a young man serving in the RCAF during the Second World War, I was able to save up the princely sum of $12.50 to take my new bride to the Empress for our honeymoon. Returning there 67 years later brought back a flood of fond memories of our life together.
Sadly my wife was not able to enjoy this moment, as she passed away three years ago, but I am sure she was looking down on us smiling and keeping a watchful eye.
I would like to thank the people
of Victoria for their warmth and hospitality during our visit. It made the stay in your city that much more enjoyable.
Ralph E. JohnsonWhite Rock
Teen tanning bannot on federal radar
Our federal politicians should stop bickering long enough to protect children’s rights.
Private member’s bill C-386, “An Act to amend the Radiation Emitting Devices Act (tanning equipment) and to warn Canadians of the cancer risks of using tanning equipment,” was tabled 12 long months ago by a Conservative member of parliament.
But it appears this bill, aimed at prohibiting all Canadian youth under 18 years of age from purchasing a service known to be a Class 1 physical carcinogen, is not on our government’s agenda, nor that of the opposition parties.
When did we become so callous and self-centered that we can’t even be bothered to listen to our doctors and protect children from cancer when we know how?
Linda JeaurondView Royal
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Canada heading in the wrong direction on gunsThe horror of the mass
shooting in a Newtown, Conn. elementary school caused each of us to pause and reflect. The inevitable question kept coming up: How could this have happened to these 20 innocent kids and their six teachers?
In obvious reference to the gun
culture in America, U.S. President Barack Obama forcefully asserted in his address at the memorial service for the victims that “things must change.”
The Canadian government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper are moving in the opposite direction. The Conservatives
are very supportive of the gun culture, as evidenced by their gradual loosening of gun control regulations in Canada.
For example, after the Conservatives killed the long-gun registry, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews met with the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee.
To appease these gun industry lobbyists, the Conservatives eliminated certain gun show regulations. The concern among law enforcement agencies is that the lack of regulatory oversight of these hundreds of gun shows has the potential to facilitate the leakage of even more weapons
into the wrong hands.As one Newtown resident
poignantly stated, the question is not how this massacre could have happened, but rather, “Do we love our guns more than our kids?”
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Regular Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month commencing at 7:30 p.m. The Committee of the Whole meets every third Monday commencing at 7:00 p.m. On holiday Mondays the meetings are held on the immediately following Tuesday. Oak Bay Council usually amends this schedule for the months of July, August and December. A complete list of dates is available at the Municipal Hall, or you can call 250-598-3311, or refer to www.oakbay.ca/municipal-hall/meetings-minutes/meetings-agenda to confi rm meeting dates.
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A celebration was held Dec. 17 to honour 28 recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Dia-mond Jubilee Medal from Greater Victoria.
Among the hon-ourees were Oak Bay-Gordon Head residents Dale Gann, Founding President, VIATech; philanthropist Sardul Gill; Scott Hall, Defense Construc-tion Canada Volun-teer (Afghanistan & Canadian Arctic) and journalist Tessa van Straaten.
The recipients were selected by com-munity leaders from each constituency and recommended to their MLA for nomina-tion. This year, 60,000 Canadians will be rec-ognized with the com-memorative medal for
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Ferries adds extra Christmassailings
B.C. Ferries is add-ing more than 120 extra sailings during the busy holiday travel period.
Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 6, the Tsaw-wassen-Swartz Bay run will see an extra 86 sailings. Another 36 sailings will be added to the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay run between the mainland and Nanaimo. Box-ing Day and Dec. 27 are expected to be the busiest daysl, while Christmas Day and New Year’s Day will see reduced sail-ings on some routes. Check bcferries.com for the latest updates.
One-stop website launched for seniorsDaniel PalmerNews staff
Many seniors are aware of services and programs available to them, but locating those can sometimes be over-whelming.
For the first time, Beacon Community Services has put all of those resources in one place, online at beaconconnects.ca.
“We’ve tailored the website specifi-cally to the needs of what we’ve seen our home support providers needing,”
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egories such as transportation, medi-cation and drugs, food and meals, and financial and legal resources.
“A lot of seniors don’t realize not just rebates are available to them, but pro-grams available for adaptations in their home, as well as some of the require-ments they still have around their income tax,” Mackenzie said.
Other seniors may want to apply for a handicapped parking pass, but may not know who to call, she said.
Beaconconnects.ca, developed in partnership with the Vancouver Island Health Authority, Family Caregivers Network and Seniors Serving Seniors, provides links and relevant contact num-bers for each subject area.
“There was not a comprehensive website such as we’ve put together with Beacon Connects. We created it as a standalone website, because that’s what the problem was – you were having to weave through a bunch of steps on other sites,” Mackenzie said.
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“I think this idea that seniors aren’t tech savvy is quite erroneous. They have a lot of time to work through these things. My own dad is way ahead of me.”
Beacon Community Services partners with VIHA in the delivery of home support services to more than 3,000 clients each day and has almost 40 years of experience in working with seniors.
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Generosity packs
the busFive-year-old Presley Simpson, right, and her eight-year-old brother Parker add food and toys to the donations at B.C. Transit’s fifth annual Stuff the Bus in the Safeway parking lot at Tillicum Centre on Saturday. The event brought in 2,800 pounds of food and $3,000 worth of toys and clothing for the Mustard Seed food bank. It also earned nearly $1,000 for the 1UP, the Single Parent Resource Centre.
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Municipalities need to choose how to manage deer before the Capital Regional District or provincial government will act.
That decision, made by the CRD board last Wednesday, means the framework put forward by the regional deer management advisory committee in October will now make the rounds at 13 municipal councils.
The regional deer management strategy includes options of culling, public education, fencing and other deterrents. The province said in October that local governments need to implement deterrents before it gets involved in any regional strategy.
“The board recognized the importance of moving forward with actions to assist farmers in dealing with the crop devastation caused by deer, directing staff to prioritize municipalities with a significant agricultural base,” stated a CRD release.
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Youth in Greater Victoria feel less connected to their commu-nity and worry about housing, homelessness and education.
That’s according to the results of an annual Victoria Foundation survey.
The Youth Vital Signs report asks people aged 15 to 24 about 13 issues critical to their quality of life, including housing, trans-portation and the environment.
The report has been produced for two years as a supplement to the all-encompassing Vital Signs report, and helps to educate donors and create awareness of youth issues, Richardson said.
Of the roughly 200 young peo-ple surveyed, 75 per cent are female and 25 per cent male. Roughly half of respondents vol-unteer, live with their parents and have lived in the Capital Region all their lives.
The number of youth who reported feeling “very con-nected” or “somewhat con-nected” to their community fell from about 88 per cent in 2011 to 71 per cent this year. Young peo-ple who felt “hardly connected” rose from 10 per cent of total respondents to 26 per cent over the same period.
The reasons behind that
change are more difficult to pin-point, Richardson said.
“Maybe there are more stu-dents living away from home, but I hope the report provides an opportunity to delve deeper into that.”
Vic High Grade 12 students Carina Pologer and Fairahn Reid would be considered very connected. Both volunteer with vari-ous school fund-raisers and commit-tees on top of their studies.
“The people who are involved are really involved. They take on every-thing that they can,” Pologer said. “The people who aren’t involved, it’s probably a matter of appealing to their interests.”
Reid said it’s tough to place all youth into categories, noting that students who don’t display overt leadership qualities may engage in activities of interest.
“I know classmates who are passionate about environmental issues, so they take part in the Enbridge pipelines protests, for instance,” she said. “It depends what your situation is. If you’re trying to go to university and need to move out and pay rent, it’s really difficult … to find a job
and affordable housing.”On the other end of the spec-
trum, the Victoria Youth Empow-erment Society operates Victo-ria’s only youth emergency shel-ter, detox and drop-in centre. About half of the society’s 2,000 annual clients are at-risk youth,
while the other half are just looking for somewhere to go, said Pat Griffin, executive director.
The society’s nightly drop-in cen-tre has seen par-ticipants double in the past two years, an increase attrib-utable to “myriad reasons,” he said.
“A lot of that began when the economy started to go in the tank.”
About 33 per cent of youth surveyed for the report believe more year-round youth shelters are needed in the region.
To view the report and learn more about Vital Signs, visit victoriafoundation.bc.ca.
What do you think?Give us your comments by email: [email protected]. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
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Local singer-songwriter Vince Vaccaro wrote his hit Costa Rica to illustrate a tired man yearning for a fresh start along the shorelines of the picturesque Central American country.
“Can I lose my name, be someone new, and I’ll throw my troubles into the wild blue,” Vaccaro sings.
For the crew aboard a Costa Rican fishing vessel last month, the lyrics couldn’t have resonated more, as the HMCS Ottawa emerged out of the rain and fog of the Pacific Ocean.
Cmdr. Scott Van Will, commanding officer of the Ottawa, directed U.S. Coast Guard members onto the fishboat, where they discovered more than 1,000 kilo-grams of pure cocaine beneath the deck.
“We seized more more than $145 mil-lion in illicit drugs,” Van Will said at the celebratory return of Ottawa to CFB Esquimalt on Friday (Dec. 14).
Van Will led the Canadian component of Operation Caribbe, a U.S.-led multina-tional effort to combat narco-terrorism and stem the cocaine supply routes between cultivating areas in South Amer-ica and the transportation hubs of Cen-tral America.
“Generally, (traffickers) head from Colombia or Ecuador north to drop it off in Guatemala, Costa Rica or Mexico
for onward distribution to the U.S. and Canada,” Van Will said.
Ottawa was at sea for nearly two months. It was the first time a Canadian ship was involved in a large drug bust in the international operation, Van Will said. “The U.S. were very happy and pleased with our efforts (there).”
The weather worked against the crew in locating the small fishing vessels used to transport drugs, primarily cocaine. There were rough seas, with visibility limited in some cases to no more than a half-kilometre. Ottawa crew relied on the deployment of a Sea King helicopter to
cover large areas of water.“This time of year, the weather’s pretty
bad down there,” Van Will said. “It’s rainy, it’s misty and you’re trying to find one of these really small fishing boats that don’t paint very well on radar.”
Operation Caribbe began in November 2006 and was expanded in October 2010 with of a memorandum of understanding between Canada and the U.S. Depart-ment of Defense. In 2011, the joint opera-tion helped remove $4 billion in illicit drugs destined for U.S. and Canadian shores.
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Sailors aboard HMCS Ottawa keep an eye out for family and friends as their ship docks on Friday at CFB Esquimalt. Ottawa finished a six-week deployment in the Caribbean where it aided U.S. Coast Guard teams in seizing illegal drugs worth more than $145 million.
Putting a dent in the international drug tradeHMCS Ottawa plays key role in Central American enforcement operation
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Georgia Murray still remembers her first singing gig.
Sneaking into the guest lounge of her parent’s fishing lodge in Port McNeil, the then five-year-old sang an unannounced rendition of The Little Mermaid’s Part of your World to an audience of unsus-pecting dinner guests.
“From the beginning all I could dream of doing was becoming a singer, songwriter,” Murray said. “It is not a question of how bad (I) want it, it is what I am, what I do and what I will always do.”
Today, the stages are bigger, the stakes are higher and the guests know she is performing – but her childlike enthusiasm remains.
“It is part delusion, part passion mixed,” she said laughing. “Once you reach one goal it is all about reaching the next goal and the next one, and the next one.”
Perseverance secured her spot among eight performers to com-pete in reality TV show Cover Me Canada, where singers cover pop-ular Canadian music on live tele-vision and bands are eliminated
every week, but it proved to be more of a learning experience than a fun one where she endured one of the most challenging segments of her musical career.
“It was a soul-crushing expe-rience, but one of these things that doesn’t kill you (but) makes you stronger,” she said of some of the harsh judges’ comments. “The month that we were there you felt crushed on a regular basis and being able to pull through was miraculous. … All of that was amazing, to up your game as a performer (and) to deal with per-forming under such stressful situ-ations.”
The intense run ended with her elimination in week four. But the opportunity to perform as one of eight bands selected from more than 4,000 applicants was a confi-dence boost and positive exposure for the 28-year-old who worked years as a server and housekeeper to keep her dreams alive. It is that dedication that struck radio host Dylan Willows who knows Mur-ray’s work ethic first hand.
“I think the first thing I have noticed (about her) is unflinching commitment and dedication to
her craft,” said the Zone 91.3 host. “In this business there are a lot of very talented people out there, it is the people that stick through hard times that find success in the end.”
Her performances still inspire the 12-year veteran of the radio industry who enjoys the unique nature of her sound, a package he says doesn’t necessarily fit into the musical sub categories of the industry, and sets her apart.
“She has a unique ability to blend all sorts of different genres
and make it original and her own,” he con-tinued. “I tell her every time I see her … I am amazed she is not an interna-tional star yet. When it hap-pens, and it will happen, I won’t be surprised.”
While inter-national star-dom hasn’t arrived yet, international
recognition has. In 2010 she picked up the phone to be greeted by law-yers in South Korea who discov-ered her song We’ll Never Knowhad been plagiarized and stolen by a producer who repackaged the song for popular South Korean pop musician Hyori Lee. The song climbed the South Korean charts as a hit single before being derailed when news of the scan-dal broke. It proved to be both an eye opener and an opening for the songstress who may now be more popular in Asia than she is in her
hometown. Her initial anger is now mel-
lowed by a newfound fanbase and an undisclosed settlement that laid the foundation for her latest EP Just a Dream, released in 2011. With high-profile setbacks behind her, and a new six-song EP in con-junction with her producer and partner D Whiz set for release in 2013, she is confident her success – that now includes singing the national anthem for the New York Rangers in Madison Square Gar-den and a stint playing herself on Boston Legal with William Shatner and Candace Bergen – is just the beginning.
“Things keep moving forward and happening, which is my goal in music. Things are just on this upward, propelling forward motion which is the only thing I can hope for as a musician,” she said. “It is what I wake up for, what I live for. Everything, everyday is music, it is just what I do.”
Unbeknownst to a five year old Murray, singing of a desire to be a part of your world, may prove to be foreshadowing of a future where she ends up doing just that.
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A special day of music and holiday fun takes place Dec. 22 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria.
Daniel Lapp’s ninth annual Home For Christmas Concerts highlights Christmas events on Vancouver Island.
To make this homecoming even more special Lapp received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award for community service on Monday at the Legislature.
This year’s special guest is Juno nominee Mae Moore, in addition to performances by The Joy of Life Choir, The B.C. Fiddle Orchestra, Folkestra, and The Swingin’ Shepherds House Band featuring local music icons Adrian Dolan, Adam Dobres, Rick May and Kelby MacNayr.
Both shows are on Saturday, Dec. 22 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 680 Courtney St. The matinee is at 2 p.m. and the evening show is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, students and seniors $5; Children 10 and under are $3, and are available in advance at Ivy’s Books, 2188 Oak Bay Ave., Hemp & Co., 1102 Government St. and at the door, if available, 30 minutes before the show.
Guests are asked to bring an item to donate to the food bank.
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It’s the second annual A Pinnacle Brass Christmas
December marks the start of traditions: putting up lights, buying a Christmas tree, shop-ping for presents, and listening to Christmas music.
On Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m., the Church of St. John the Divine will ring with the sound of the Pinnacle Brass, so bring the whole family and check one tradition off your list. The show will feature Christmas music both popular and less familiar.
Last year marked the release of their debut album The Earth Shall Ring! “It features the Christmas music that Christ-mas forgot,” explains trum-
peter John Ellis. “We decided that we wanted to produce a recording that refreshed some older tunes that may have been forgotten, but with a cur-rent sound.”
What better way to get into the holiday spirit than with the glorious sound of brass in a gorgeous cathedral.
Join the Pinnacle Brass Quintet on for this festive holi-day event. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $5 for students and youth.
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Showtime is at 8 p.m. doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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Dec. 31 tickets are $45 (reg-ular) $58 (Sid Vicious Pit). New year’s eve tickets include bub-bly at midnight, snacks, and a rockin’ dance party.
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Former youth triathlete Hilary Wille of Saanich is making her last transition into cycling with the Russ Hays elite/development team. Race season starts in March.
Hilary Wille part of cycling team’s second year growthTravis PatersonNews staff
Hilary Wille is a young cyclist with big expecta-tions.
The 19-year-old from Saanich is a rookie on the expanded Accent Inns-Russ Hay’s Cycling Team for the 2013 season. Well, she’s mostly a rookie.
Wille is transitioning from being a junior athlete with the National Triathlon Centre and a gold medal win-ner at the 2011 Kamloops Western Canada Summer Games. The reason is shin splints.
“I’ve been cycling as a triathlete for years but my career as a cyclist has only just begun,” Wille said.
As a triathlete, one of Wille’s biggest goals was to have the fastest bike split. To do so she trained with the boys. Then shin splints kept her from running, and competing, though she could continue training on the bike and in the pool. And though Wille was also an accomplished swimmer with Island Swimming for nine years, cycling won out.
“To make a pro (cycling) team is part of the dream but the big goal has always been the Olympics,” Wille said. “First swimming, then tri, and now this.”
“Her results in triathlon speak to her horsepower and fitness endurance,” said team co-founder Jon Wat-kin, who also helps organize the annual Bastion Crite-rium.
This year’s Accent Inns-Russ Hay’s Cycling Team has 17 riders, three of them women, up from 10 riders in the team’s first official season of 2012.
“We had great results last year and with more spon-sors we’re entering more races and with more travel covered,” Watkin said.
Leading the way as a junior last year was Jordan Duncan, 17, who returns as the defending provincial time trial and cyclocross champion.
Wille is classified as a member of both the develop-ment and elite rosters for the Accent Inns-Russ Hays Team, as she’ll be up against under-23 women and
pros in her rookie season. But it won’t be too much for the former Claremont secondary student, she insists.
“On the one hand I’m used to cycling, as the bike portion of triathlons would make or break my race,” Wille said. “But the cycling leg of my races were also
limited to 20 kilometres.”Wille’s entry to the
world of the peloton came last year when her NTC teammates jumped into a pair of Victoria Cycling League races in the High-lands district, Newton Heights and Caleb Pike.
She admits a learning curve awaits her and is listening intently to what coach Houshang Amiri has to offer.
“This couldn’t be a better fit for me right now,” Wille said. “I’m completely healthy and lucky to walk into a development team out of triathlon.”
Wille’s story echoes that of Shailie Sanbrooks, a Victoria-based cyclist and former triathlete, who was sponsored by Russ Hay’s two years ago, before Wille’s team existed. With Russ Hay’s help, Sanbrooks rode on the elite roster of U.S.-based Team Kenda (pre-sented by Geargrinder) for 2012.
The South Island is also the home to premier national under-23 cyclists Annie Ewart (Brentwood Bay) and Adam De Vos (Oak Bay), both of whom ride for competitor teams.
“(Accent Inn-Russ Hay’s) is one of just five or six like it in the province. We’re just getting established,” Watkin said.
New to the Accent Inn-Russ Hay’s 2013 men’s elite roster are Victoria’s Lucas Koolman, Vancouverites Jeff Werner and Mike Rothengatter, and the Yukon’s David Gonda. Returning are Cid Martinez, Raph Lalumiere, Curtis Dearden, Emile de Rosnay, Steven Grandy and David Strasser. Wille is on the develop-ment roster with locals Alex Amiri and Evan Carey, as well as Comox’s Jordan Duncan and Courtenay’s Andrew Grant. Victoria’s Nik Vogler and Manitoba’s Haley Warkentin make up the elite women’s team, on which Wille will also compete.
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The Victoria HarbourCats will feature a trio of Lambrick Park baseball academy grads for the 2013 season, pitcher Connor Russell, outfielder Austin Russell (not related) and pitcher Nick Pivetta.
HarbourCats introduce playersTravis PatersonNews staff
They are the first three and might be the only locals to dress for the Vic-toria HabourCats baseball team for its West Coast League debut of 2013.
Then again, there could be more Island players, said HarbourCats gen-eral manager Holly Jones.
Pitcher Connor Russell, outfielder Austin Russell and pitcher Nick Piv-etta, all graduates of Lambrick Park secondary’s baseball academy, have been selected out of Victoria’s cur-rent crop of collegiate baseball play-ers. They were half of the first six players to be named by the Har-bourCats on Tuesday (Dec. 18).
“It’s a good league, with lots of drafted players, and it’s at home, so it’s a great team for me to be on,” Pivetta said.
The HarbourCats expansion season roster has already been selected, but the names will be released gradually so the stories behind each player won’t be lost in one big announcement, Jones said.
Royal Athletic Park will be a lot closer to home than the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League in New York State, where Pivetta played last summer.
“(Perfect Game) is another wood bat league but I think the WCL is going to be a step up, and we’re going to have a strong team.”
During the college season the 6-foot-5 right handed pitcher plays for New Mexico Junior College and has committed to play for the Uni-versity of New Mexico Lobos (NCAA Div. 1) in September 2013. During midget (16-18), Pivetta played for the Victoria Eagles with coach Gautam Srivastava.
“Basically, Gautam put my name forward to the (HarbourCats). I let them know I was interested and it was done by email,” Pivetta said.
Srivastava, the former Canadian youth coach of the year, and Lam-
brick’s Mike Chewpoy, who also coaches the midget Victoria Mari-ners, are two of the most influential figures on male college and universi-ty-bound baseball players from Vic-toria.
So it’s only logical that Har-bourCats co-coaches Dennis Rogers and Bob Miller would lean on them as the two California-based coaches make inroads into the Island’s base-ball scene.
“I had a suspicion (Chewpoy) had put my name forward, then I got a call in September asking if I could play,” Connor Russell said.
The 20-year-old is in his third year at Vancouver Island University. In 2010 he was part of the Victoria Mar-iners’ conquest as B.C. champions, along with Austin Russell. Last sum-mer Connor won five games in eight starts for the Okotoks Dawgs (Cal-gary) of the Western Major Baseball
League.“It’s going to be fun hav-ing a couple of friends on
the team, with Austin and Nick. We’ve all played for and against each other.”
The HarbourCats also announced the signing of
three Americans, all of whom are MLB-drafted: catchers Casey Schroeder (University of Kentucky) and David Schuknecht (Riverside City College) and pitcher Connor Baits (University of California Santa Barbara).
Blue Jays buzz reaches VicDon’t assume Victoria is too far
from Ontario to share in the excite-ment of the Toronto Blue Jays recent trades and signings, including much sought after Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey.
The thrilling memories of the Blue Jays’ back-to-back championship seasons of 1992 and 1993 are being brought to the forefront of Victoria baseball fans, as Vegas odd-makers have the Blue Jays as the 2013 World Series favourites. That in turn could affect the stands as of RAP this sum-mer, Jones said.
“It’s just as exciting to think one of these (HabourCats) could end up on the Blue Jays one day.”
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HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.
MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
COMPUTER SERVICES
A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.
COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
CONTRACTORS
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
DRYWALL
DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.
ELECTRICAL
250-361-6193- NO job too Small or too Large! We do it all. Visa ok. Reasonable rates.
(250)590-9653.ELECTRICIAN 20 yrs + exp. Residential: New homes & Renos. Knob & tube replacement. $40./hr. Senior’s Discount. Lic.#3003.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE
BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.
FENCING
ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
GARDENING
20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.
250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home re-no’s, garden clean-ups.
DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071
SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste. Call John 250-213-2999.
CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
THE MOSS MAN Chemical- Free Roof De-Mossing & Gut-ter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates!www.mossman.ca
INSULATION
MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278
QUALITY INSULATION blown fi berglass. Affordable rates. (250)896-6652.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
& MOVING STORAGE
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
& MOVING STORAGE
DIAMOND MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.
WRIGHT MOVING. $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Free Est’s. Call Phil (250)383-8283.
PAINTING
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
ON POINT PAINTING. Polite, clean cut crew. Professional results. Call (250)744-4927.
SAFEWAY PAINTING
High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior
Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715
Member BBB
Peacock Painting
250-652-2255250-882-2254
WRITTENGUARANTEE
Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PLUMBING
EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fairrates. Insured. Reliable,friendly. Great references. CallMike at KNA (250)880-0104.
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35years experience. Reasonablerates. Call 250-514-2376.
PRESSURE WASHING
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.
RUBBISH REMOVAL
MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.
TILING
A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046
UPHOLSTERY
UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.
WINDOW CLEANING
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.
GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.
WINDOW & Gutter Cleaning, minor repairs. Comm/Res. In-sured, free est. (250)881-3684
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Tips on tipping
your community
newspaper carrierThroughout the year, your newspaper arrives at the doorstep full of local news and shopping information. You may not know who delivered your paper, but carriers are on the job... whatever the weather.
The holiday seasonis a perfect opportunity to
express your gratitudeWe get many calls from readers who want to reward their carrier.
Here are some ideas:
• Leave a greeting card or envelope in a secure spot your carrier will see. Mark it: Black Press carrier.
• Gift cards are a good option.
• Black Press cannot give out the names of our delivery people, but we can forward a tip on your behalf. Just drop
off an envelope to our offi ce at 818 Broughton Street or at 777 Goldstream Avenue with your name and address clearly marked. We’ll direct it to the your carrier.
• Questions: call 250-360-0817 or email: [email protected]
402-1122 Hilda, $219,900Saturday Dec 29th 1-3Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-384-8124 pg. 5
102-415 Linden, $259,900Saturday Dec 29th 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMaggie Thompson, 250-889-5955 pg. 10
982 Mckenzie, $324,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 5
3478 Calumet, $498,000Sunday Dec 23 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 15
9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday, Dec. 22 & Sunday, Dec. 23 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 18
101-608 Fairway Ave, $229,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 13
101-608 Fairway Ave, $229,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 13
102-2733 Peatt Rd, $359,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5
608 Fairway Ave.Daily 1:30-4Century 21 QueenswoodChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100
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sceneandheardP H O T O F E A T U R E
Photos by Arnold LimTo book events call 250-381-3484
or e-mail [email protected]
■ Tweed magazine launch ■ Thursday, December 13 ■ Oak Bay Beach Hotel
Black Press launchesTweed magazine
in Oak Bay
Bruce Read, Tweed editor Susan Lundy and Bruce Cameron celebrate the launch.
Chief constable Mark Fisher and constable Rick Anthony, of the Oak Bay police department.
Al Hasham and Rahim Khudabux flank MLAIda Chong.
Meg Stooke, former Oak Bay Mayor Chris Causton and Elizabeth Spencer mingle at the launch.
Phong Phan, Sarah Taylor, Dianne McKerrell and Dustin Arnell.
Brandy Nielson and Tessa Johnston take a moment to check out the magazine.
Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen and former Oak Bay mayor Chris Causton show off the new magazine.
Oak Bay’s elite turned out in force to greet the new-est member of the community as Tweed magazine was unveiled Dec. 13.
Tweed was offi cially unveiled by Black Press Publisher Penny Sakamoto and Director, Advertising Sales Oliver Sommer in a gala event held in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Theatre.
“Tweed tells the story of a unique and eclectic com-munity through those who know it best, its residents,” said Sakamoto. “Readers from both within and outside its geo-graphic boundaries can look forward to amazing narrative that explores the essence of what makes Oak Bay great.”
Guests included the hotel’s owners, Kevin and Shawna Walker, who, along with their family, are featured in the inaugural edition of the magazine, Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen and former mayor Christopher Causton, who makes his debut as columnist in the pages of Tweed.
The fi rst edition of the Oak Bay-focused magazine, which features work from well-known local photographers and writers, also contains a detailed peek into Jim Kirk’s unique home on the Avenue, in the heart of Oak Bay, and a visit with artist Pat Martin Bates.
Tweed is delivered to doorsteps with the Oak Bay News, and is available at a number of local businesses.
Artist Pat Martin Bates receives her copy of the magazine. Bates was featured in the inaugural issue.
Miles Takacs, with Black Press Director, Advertising Sales, Oliver Sommer.
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A20 • www.oakbaynews.com Friday, December 21, 2012 - OAK BAY NEWS
