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OAK BAYNEWSArtist lives on in the works of students

Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Ted Harrison lives on in the halls of École Willows Elementary School.

Bright student artwork mimics the famed Canadian artist’s distinct style, created by classes of children from the youngest to eldest grades, to honour the man who spent many of his latter years living and working in Oak Bay.

The iconic artist died in Victoria Jan. 16 at the age of 88.

Each classroom made the task its own, some featuring whales or inukshuks but one class tackled a larger-scale co-operative artwork.

“I’ve wanted to do one of these collaborative artworks,” said teacher Cathie Makaroff. “When he passed I thought ‘this is the time’.”

The teacher took a donated Harrison poster and set about creating a larger scale model of it, then set about creating grids for her Grade 5 students to choose a segment of the artwork and create their own grid.

“They really took the initiative… They ran with it,” Makaroff said. “They were meticulous about checking with the ones around them that the lines matched.”

In Harrison’s most famous broad strokes style, many squares of the wall appeared simple work, with more detail in a boat and a tree-topped mountain.

“The kids really self-selected. They chose well for what they were up to,” Makaroff said.

The early work was a slow process, lining everything up, says young artist Miles Watson.

“The main painting part wasn’t that hard. The lining everything up was the most difficult part,” the Grade 5 student said. “It was fun to do an art project together and work as a team.”

“It was really fun. We got to make it our own,” agreed classmate Marian Fischer. “Mine was pretty easy, it was harder for some people.”

Both Fischer and Watson knew who Harrison was, as did most of the class.

“All of them knew the name and we talked about him,” Makaroff said.

The Grade 5 class is among the likely many classrooms to embark on a reading and discussion of The Shooting of Dan McGrew or The Cremation of Sam McGee. Harrison illustrated both Robert Service narrative poems for publication.

It’s in keeping with his roots, as Harrison was a schoolteacher before becoming an artist in the Yukon and returned to

instruction after reaching acclaim with his artwork.

Youth were always a part of his repertoire. Harrison taught through the artists in schools program created by now Oak Bay arts laureate Barbara Adams at Monterey Middle School.

After his death, Harrison’s biographer Katherine Gibson said: “He used to say to kids ‘Use your imagination, there’s life in your imagination. Don’t worry about what other people are saying’.”

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Grade 5 students Marian Fischer and Miles Watson stand in front of the group effort artwork created as a tribute to Ted Harrison, former Oak Bay resident and renowned artist who died Jan. 16. Artworks in his style, and honour, fill the hallways of Ecole Willows elementary.

Artwork honouring Ted Harrison lines the halls of Willows elementary

Council eyesnew guidelineson floor areaChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Floor area ratio review comes back to the public this week.

The zoning bylaw regulations that govern single-family dwellings on residential lots zoned RS-4 and RS-5 have been reviewed. Now Oak Bay is considering changes to the allowable floor area, massing controls, setbacks and other guidelines that will impact how homes may be built or renovated in the future.

The review committee suggested more public consultation to augment the work done during the review, said Coun. Kevin Murdoch during a January committee meeting. “So everybody has a clear understanding of what the changes would be.”

Previous public input included a pair of sessions. One targeted professionals such as planners, developers and architects, while the second was geared for the general public interested in house sizes, allowable floor area, allowable site coverage, streetscapes and other aspects of residential properties. Comments from those sessions were used to help craft a draft report of potential regulation changes that will be available at the upcoming two sessions.

They will be held in the Sports View Lounge at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. on Feb. 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Each session will present the floor area review report with public discussions to follow.

Attendees are encouraged to RSVP to Krista Mitchell, Building and Planning Department, 250- 598-2042 or [email protected].

Information from the sessions is expected back before council in March.

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Oak Bay youth hooked on cause to prevent shark finningChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay News carrier Patrick Michalak is on a crusade that he pulled from a hat.

For a school assignment, the Glenlyon Norfolk School student pulled the sand shark from a hat to create a paper for class. He’d heard of the Fin Free club, and had good intentions to join, but this project for his Grade 6 science teacher Margaret McCullough spurred him to join the movement against shark finning.

Fin Free Victoria is a non-profit set up by McCullough and the students of GNS to lead by example for the rest of Canada and the world to ban shark fins in Canada. Fin Free is a global campaign addressing the mass slaughter of sharks to supply a growing consumer demand for shark fin.

Tasked with one “action” in relation to the sand shark project, he did two – joined Fin Free and created informational posters.

“I really liked it and decided

I would contribute,” he said. “Every 10 seconds 30 sharks are killed and only three per cent of the shark is used. It doesn’t make sense. It’s only for soup.”

The flyer is filled with those tidbits of information and images of shark finning in action. He made 60 flyers to share around the neighbourhood and with fellow carriers to share around their neighbourhoods.

“It was to raise awareness that they’re not what we see them as: evil, savage killers,” he said. “Before, I thought sharks did want to eat you.”

The 12-year-old has put one poster up at his martial arts school, Fierce Studio, and is seeking just the right place for his one large poster.

Michalak credits his teacher for inspiring him to learn. Earlier this year, McCullough earned one of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence. Only 35 of these awards were presented nationally this year.

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Patrick Michalak, 12, developed an informational brochure about shark finning to hand out around his neighbourhood. It included a note from the youth: ‘If you have already read this please, pass the information to friends and family. Better yet photo copy this sheet and give it to your neighbors! Thank you for reading about this cause, Patrick Michalak’.

Oak Bay High students put social causes in the spotlightChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Kathleen O’Donnell can’t remember a year they didn’t get the family Christmas tree from Anawim House.

“I never really knew fully what they do,” said the Oak Bay High student.

That changed a couple months ago not long after teacher Roxanne Taggart tasked the Grade 11 students with Youth Philanthropy Initiative projects.

Teams identify and research a social issue in the community, then analyze local charities that address those issues before visiting that charity and creating a presentation to champion the cause to their peers and a panel of judges.

“(Anawim) was the first charity that popped into my head. It’s the one I was exposed to.” O’Donnell said. She and classmates Eve Kelly-Ralph and Asia Martell created a presentation good enough to earn the top prize at Oak Bay High – a $5,000 donation for their cause, Anawim House.

The program is a win-win-win situation, said Fiona MacInnes, the YPI representative on hand to issue the

winning team the cheque for their cause. Students learn about research and

presentation, teachers can utilize it in the curriculum and, of course, the charities receive funds and gain exposure.

“I’m amazed and enthralled every time.

They’ve learned something new about the world and they want to share,” said MacInnes. “They had good stage presence. They were very calm. They had lots of information and presented it well.”

The trio of presentations included

spoken word poetry, statistics, personal stories and interviews and interaction with the audience, all interspersed with performances by the senior jazz ensemble.

Along the way all the students learned something, from participant to audience member.

“It’s so easy to end up in poverty,” said O’Donnell, recounting the tale of a man they met at Anawim who lost his job. “It really opened our eyes.”

Anawim House started as Anawim Companions Society, a small group of volunteers at St. Andrew’s soup kitchen in the early 1980s. It now features a family-size kitchen, dining area, a large living room and entertainment centre, shower and laundry facilities, a library/board room, offices, an arts and crafts studio, computer work stations, a well-equipped workshop and private bedrooms for seven residents.

“Every aspect of Anawim is a family home,” the girls said in the presentation. The Victoria charity runs on a $220,000 a year budget with four employees, one of which is full time. They provide more than 13,500 meals a year, along with 35,000 cups of coffee, at least 1,800 showers and more than 1,800 loads of laundry.


Fiona MacInnes, VPI representative, presents $5,000 to Oak Bay High students Eve Kelly-Ralph, Kathleen O’Donnell and Asia Martell who championed for the cause that gets the money, Anawim House in Victoria.

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The annual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

The BCNU is the last big public-sector union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks. Feeding horror stories to the media is part of its strategy, and this time it was a patient at Abbotsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic overcrowding. Hospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expansion is built and is immediately overcrowded. We are reminded every winter that influenza season brings a wave of people into emergency, expecting treatment for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work. And as fewer doctors choose the endless demands of family practice, the expectation that all problems must be dealt with quickly and for free

seems to grow as inexorably as the health care budget.

An emergency physician of my acquaintance provided a typical

scenario for night shift at the ER. Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk, and one has urinated on the floor. Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, from overdoses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion. The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assuming that this is where you bring a kid with a cold.

This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to the moment when half of all provincial revenues go to keep the health care system running.

In the legislature, NDP health critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Minister Terry Lake for the government’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyone in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still working on that, and then plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study showing B.C. ranks third in

the world in health care outcomes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in question period, the minister of health going back to the record of the NDP government in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health outcomes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Columbians.”

We also have more elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the federal government changed its financing formula.

After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above inflation. But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests continues.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Students providinga lesson for us all

For those who fret about what the future holds for our nation need look no further than Oak Bay’s schools to alleviate their fears.

One group of Oak Bay High students are learning a lesson that promises to not only make them better people, but improve the community around them.

Oak Bay High teacher Roxanne Taggart has assigned her students to work on Youth Philanthropy Initiative projects. Teams identify and research a social issue in the community, then analyze local charities that address those issues before visiting that charity and creating a presentation to champion the cause to their peers and a panel of judges.

The program teaches students about research and presentation, while charities receive funds and gain exposure. But perhaps most importantly, it teaches the students the impact one person can have on the lives of those around you.

Just a few blocks away, a tribute to a great Canadian artist lines the halls of École Willows Elementary School.

Cathie Makaroff used a donated poster by famed artist Ted Harrison to serve as an inspiration for a collaborative artwork by her Grade 5 class. It was one of just a number of projects by Willows students to honour the man who spent many of his latter years living and working in Oak Bay.

After his death, Harrison’s biographer Katherine Gibson said: “He used to say to kids ‘Use your imagination, there’s life in your imagination. Don’t worry about what other people are saying’.”

The vivid details of children’s imaginations are on clear display for anyone walking through the doors of Willows Elementary.

Meanwhile, a student at the Glenlyon Norfolk School is devoting his time to prevent the senseless destruction of wildlife.

Patrick Michalak has created posters to raise awareness of the practice of shark finning. The 12-year-old is adding his name to the campaign to ban the the mass slaughter of sharks to supply a growing consumer demand for shark fin.

These are but a few examples of the commendable work being done by some of the youngest members of our community. Their efforts should be a lesson for us all.

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LETTERSCurrent zoning formula flawed

I am certain I am not the only one that has noticed the increase in single family homes with dumpster bins outside awaiting their final hour. With this comes the sickening realization that the mature gardens and stately trees that have stood decades, sometimes even centuries, will be destroyed along with the home.

It is extremely disheartening to witness our neighbourhood losing the lovely and unique character that drew us here in the first place.

As many Oak Bay residents realize, the recent municipal election was largely focused on the implementation of the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the floor area ratio (FAR) report.

Unbeknownst to the majority of Oak Bay residents, however, is the new OCP does not even mention the words “single family home” or “neighbourhoods” let alone the protection of them.

The FAR committee was formed to correct the zoning mistake made by Oak Bay council in 2007 that allowed monster houses on small lots. The FAR committee has now made strong recommendations to remedy this problem of over development. Although the council has had the FAR recommendation for some time they have not ratified it.

The original FAR committee in 2007 inadvertently changed the zoning bylaw formula from a ratio to a fixed formula. This was even against the advice of the chief administrative

officer, who correctly predicted large intrusive houses on small lots would result.

They also removed in 2007 ancillary buildings like garages from the allowable square footage. This has allowed much more massing which has led to the decimation of our neighbourhoods’ trees, gardens and quaint houses here in Oak Bay.

Existing residents who built under the old bylaw pre-2007 had to conform to rules that allowed much lower density, and now with the current FAR find themselves negatively impacted by overly large houses which block their sunlight, views and destroy privacy.

After exhaustive community input and $300,000 worth of free consultation from the building industry, council could choose to dilute it or even take no action at all.

Oak Bay council is about to hold public sessions this week on the implementation of the FAR committee’s report.

It is extremely important as Oak Bay residents we attend these FAR report sessions open to the public, to show council our concern with the over development of our community. As residents we must endorse the implementation of the FAR committee’s report and demand that it be ratified immediately and not left to languish on the top shelf in city hall. Time is of the essence.

Rachel McDonnell Oak Bay

Mayor deserves blameWhen I started reading the

Feb. 6 editorial on the deer cull I thought that it would not be biased. It wasn’t but it did hold some questionable comments, especially about the mayor being the brunt of the anti-cull persons.

Firstly, the mayor is the only person from Oak Bay municipality who comments, and often times his comments are incorrect. The fear mongering attitude is wrong especially when it comes to safety and health. Car/deer incidents were far less in number than he has said. Not a single person has been attacked by a deer on Vancouver Island.

The mayor has stated time and again that all the suggestions from the province have been met. That is untrue. Where was the public consultation?

When there are knowledgable persons and groups decrying the cull and offering non-lethal options, the mayor will not listen. The mayor has constantly said the cull will be humane, yet in the RFP it allows a deer to bleed out if the gun misfires. How humane is that?

The mayor plans to have the culling done in secret with no witnesses save the contractor. To me that smells of cruelty. Yes the mayor gets the flack but deservedly so. As far as this being forgotten once the traps are put away, I don’t think so. People who oppose cruelty do not forget and yes, as admitted by the mayor, this cull will not be a one time event.

Mrs Ann PassmoreOak Bay

Hysteria evidentAs with most controversies

in Oak Bay there is more than a little hysteria evident in correspondence regarding the proposed deer cull. Regrettably, your editorial of Feb. 6 embraces that hysteria with its claims of a community divided.

I’ve lived in Oak Bay for about a decade and if we are a community divided then the division surely predates the deer issue. This is a community where virtually every major, and some minor, development proposal faces opposition. This is a community where we don’t mind telling our neighbours we dislike their tastes in architecture. This is a community where we cannot agree regarding sewage lines in the Uplands. And what about the community plan?

The reality is that despite all the foregoing, the vast majority of neighbours are still interacting amiably. The police are not being called to mediate heated discussions on any of these issues. People are not leaving the community because it is an uncomfortable place to live.

Shocking though it may be to some, the deer cull won’t change this. Notwithstanding the buzz in coffee shops, most of us are not discussing the proposed deer cull at all. I interact with neighbours and friends every day and not once has the deer cull ever been a point of discussion.

The correspondence on the deer cull long ago stopped offering any new insight or solutions. As Patrick Skillings so aptly said, enough already! This talk of a community divided is taking the entire discussion over the edge and borders on

the ludicrous. James Murtagh

Oak Bay

Cull support silentIn the Feb. 6 edition of the

paper the letters to the editor were mostly about wanting the deer cull stopped (4:1).

I suspect that the many people in Oak Bay who support lowering the number of feral deer in their community are complacent and silent because the cull is being scheduled. Or, as is often the case, those opposed are the most vocal. I sincerely hope that the editor or owner of the News is not being selective with choosing letters. Personally I am extremely tired of reading the naysayers’ letters and would like to see and read more support for Mayor Jensen and the Oak Bay councillors....or read about other topics. I was at the meeting where the vote was taken by council and it was not made lightly.

Jennie SuttonOak Bay

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The News reserves the right to edit letters for style, legality, length and taste.

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Letters to the Editor

Relocation should be option for deerWe agree with many of your readers who feel a

deer cull by shooting a spike into their heads is cruel and barbaric.

As newcomers to Oak Bay two years ago, had we been aware of the mayor’s agenda to rid the deer from Oak Bay, we would not have relocated to this municipality.

Now we understand the rabbits pose a problem in View Royal, and relocation of these animals may be a viable solution. Mr. Oak Bay mayor, why can we not implement a similar action here with the deer?

And one other point, most deer/automobile crashes occur with speeding cars and trucks. I think it’s time Oak Bay police issued a few more speeding tickets which would slow down traffic to the posted speed limits and reduce these accidents.

James SmithOak Bay

A question of prioritiesYour recent article about earthquakes and

tsunamis prompted me to open the tsunami page on the Oak Bay CRD website.

OK, so now (depending on the page) I’m expecting a wave of 13 to 30 feet and I should share this information with my neighbours.

If I lived in Washington or Oregon, signs would be peppered about the lowlands announcing “Entering Tsunami Hazard Zone,” “Leaving Tsunami Hazard Zone,” and “Tsunami Evacuation Route.” Schools would practise drills. We’d know the warning system signals and could even earn a “Tsunami Ready Community” certificate.

However, this is Oak Bay, so the mayor’s priority question would not pertain to one of emergency measures planning, but whether or not deer can swim.

Rhondda TolenOak Bay

A world of bigger problemsRe: The letter to the editor “Deer popular with

international visitors” in the Feb. 13 Oak Bay News.

The letter writer states that she has received comments and letters from students that oppose the deer cull from countries that include China, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.

I suggest those students’ time would be better served dealing within their home countries deplorable human rights record rather than worrying about 25 deer thousands of kilometers away.

David MartinOak Bay

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LETTERSFormer hotel owners deserve accolades

My husband and I are thrilled that Oak Bay Beach Hotel is receiving the accolade of being one of Canada’s top luxury hotels, because it is has been our experience that the hotel deserves this.

But, as Oak Bay residents and frequent guests of the hotel, we would like to have seen the Walkers better represented in your recent article. After all, “intentional hospitality” and the theme “OB - Our Best” is very much the theme that Kevin and Shawna Walker envisioned and

instilled in all their staff when the reincarnation of the hotel, against odds, was created. As the head goes, so goes the body in this case and thank goodness that the staff have remained committed to and are carrying forward the vision during the Walker’s absence.

Free parking, free internet, 95-plus degree outdoor mineral pools, Kevin Walker introducing each server by name at his dinner shows and then proceeding to help them lay and clear the three-course meal

before thanking us all from his heart for our attendance are all examples we have witnessed first hand.

The success of the hotel is due to owners passing down their own character to the entire operation and we wish there had been more credit allocated where due in your recent article, while at the same time honouring the hotel and staff for their fine accomplishment.

Mitch & Helen BrooksOak Bay


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Oak Bay is reviewing the Zoning Bylaw regulations governing single-family dwellings on residential lots zoned RS-4 and RS-5. As a result, Oak Bay is considering allowable floor area, massing controls, setbacks, and other guidelines that will impact how homes may be built or renovated in the future. Prior input opportunities were held on December 11, 2013, and April 23, 2014 where general ideas and recommendations were gathered, and those comments have been used to help craft a draft report of potential regulation changes. Two additional public review sessions are now planned for February 18th and 21st and these sessions will include the opportunities for the public to be informed on the draft report and provide further input.Both session times are open to the public: Session 1: February 18, 2015 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Oak Bay Recreation Centre (Sports View Lounge)Session 2: February 21, 2015 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Oak Bay Recreation Centre (Sports View Lounge)Each session will present the Floor Area Review Report with public Q & A and discussions to follow each session.Light refreshments will be provided. Attendees are encouraged (but not required) to RSVP to Krista Mitchell, Building and Planning Department, (250) 598-2042 or [email protected]

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Oak Bay High shares a classic tale appealing to a vast audience as the finale for the annual Oak Bay High musical theatre.

A cast of 45 brings Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to the stage this month as they prepare for the final curtain to fall on the old theatre come fall when the new school is slated to open.

“It’s a big deal,” said teacher Steve Price, theatre manager who also designed the sets. “It’s bitter sweet. This is the last show.”

Grade 11 student Veronique Beaudet plays Belle, her first lead role in the high school musical, though she’s been performing for years.

“It’s still nerve-wracking to perform in front of my friends,” she said. “It’s a much higher calibre show that we’ve been doing in recent years, which is fun.”

Oak Bay High theatre is the latest stage to feature the fantastic costumes from the

Victoria Operatic Society’s production of Beauty and the Beast a few years ago, adding to the drama and professionalism for the finale at the old school.

“Mr. Price has done an amazing job on the set,” Beaudet added.

“I’m really liking the set,” agreed Jay O’Connell, who plays the Beast. “It’s really extravagant. I’m looking forward to some end scenes,” as he hinted at some action-packed final scenes.

With a cast of 45 plus those working in costumes, makeup, stagecraft and lighting, “there’s a lot of kids involved so it’s great,” said Karen Adams, director and choreographer. “This is a fantasy tale so it’s a wonderful musical to direct. The actors have been phenomenal, very committed.”

The Oak Bay High musical is based on the Walt Disney animated fantasy musical that will be familiar to many generations.

“Hopefully a lot of people can enjoy it, it’s a fairly wide target audience. It’s going to be fun to see kids in the audience,” Beaudet said. “It’s good to have an old school show for the final show in the theatre.”

“It should be a good send off. It’s a classic, lots of people know it. It’s going to be a great way to end this theatre’s life.” O’Connell agreed.

The final show in the Oak Bay High theatre opens Feb. 20 and they’ll gather as much alumni and family to fill the audience as possible.

“It’s a really good family show. A lot of younger kids will know it,” Adams said. “It’s a fantastic way to end Oak Bay’s time in this theatre.”

Visit their page at facebook.com/obhsbeautyandthebeast2015 to download a colouring page for kids (up to Grade 8) who can win tickets to the matinee on Feb. 22. Completed pictures will go on display in the lobby of the school theatre.

The audience can meet those characters during the Sunday matinee and elementary students will see some select scenes during in-school performances.

Shows start Feb. 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 is the Meet the Characters matinee starting at 2 p.m.

Feb. 25 to 28 features 7:30 p.m. shows.

“We want to sell it all out,” Adams said. “Let’s let the theatre have a wonderful send off.”

Tickets are available at the Sheiling in Cadboro Bay Village, Ivy’s Books on Oak Bay Avenue and at the school, 2151 Cranmore Rd. by cash or cheque. Tickets are $12/$10. [email protected]


Belle (Veronique Beaudet) soothes the Beast (Jay O’Connell) in a scene from the Oak Bay High’s upcoming musical theatre production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

Curtain set to rise on Disney classicCast of 45 brings Beauty and the Beast to Oak Bay High stage


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Squash players heading to GamesTravis PatersonBlack Press

With nearly half of Team B.C.’s squash roster for the Canada Winter Games coming from the Cedar Hill Squash Club, it’s no surprise the club’s coach, Cedar Hill pro Ben Uliana, is going too.

“It’s been a long four to six years with these players, I’m very proud of them,” Uliana said. “To have five of the (province’s) 10 players named from our club, it just shows how much hard work they’ve done.”

Cedar Hill is represented for both age brackets at the Games, U19 and U17. Grace Thomas, a 16-year-old St. Michaels University School student, could compete at the U17 girls level but will instead represent B.C. at the U19 level, pitting the Grade 11 student against top NCAA players from other provinces.

Saanich resident Nicolas Vincent will compete on the (U17) boys side while Oak Bay’s Gavin Maxwell, a student at St. Andrew’s secondary, will play at the U19 level. Cedar Hill’s Matthew Henderson is the designated spare for the U19 boys.

“It’s definitely exciting to finally get to the Games, the process for this started almost four years ago,” Thomas said.

As a 13-year-old, Thomas was named to a long list and since then she’s won provincials (she was second in 2014) for her age group. Meanwhile the long list was whittled down, until finally in December she was named to Team B.C. for the Winter Games, which began Friday in

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Oak Bay’s Gavin Maxwell, left, will join fellow Cedar Hill Squash Club members Grace Thomas and Nicolas Vincent at the Canada Winter Games.


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Unsightly wall given the brush offChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay council OK’d a proposal from the Vancouver Island School of Art – in partnership with Oak Bay Parks and Recreation – to create a mural on the public works retaining wall that overlooks the Oak Bay High running track. Council approved it in principle to allow VISA to apply for funding.

VISA administrator Wendy Welch has experience leading public mural projects and would provide guidance and specifications to create a mural envisioned to reflect the nature of Bowker Creek.

Artists would submit works to be part of the project. Submissions would be accepted from Oak Bay residents, high school and VISA artists to be adjudicated.

The costs for the project, including the building base paint, mural art paint, anti-graffiti coating and artist honorariums, is estimated at $10,000. An estimated $3,200 would be for public works to paint the waIl and would come from Oak Bay annual operating funds. The remainder of the funds would be sought by VISA through applicable arts grants for which VISA is eligible to apply.

“This is something that has been in the works for a long time,” said Coun. Hazel Braithwaite, adding it goes beyond Jensen’s first term as mayor back to longtime mayor Christopher Causton.

Zhelka joins CRESTCoun. Eric Zhelka replaces

Mayor Nils Jensen as Oak Bay director for the board of CREST (Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommunications) to avoid any perception of conflict.

“At the CRD there’s money going from the CRD to CREST,” explained Jensen, who serves as chair of the Capital Regional District board.

Coun. Kevin Murdoch will serve as alternate representative.

Spring brings new stafferA new superintendent of

public works starts March 16 in Oak Bay.

David Brozuk will come from Vermilion, Alta. where he is the current director of transportation and utilities for that town. Prior to that he worked for the Ministry of

Transportation and the forest industry.

“David has extensive experience in water, sewer, storm drainage, road works, budgeting, planning and estimating in an area that has experienced unprecedented growth,” Mayor Nils Jensen said during the announcement Feb. 10. Brozuk also has experience in fleet management, sidewalk and trail development and recycle operations.

Tea Party funds approvedThe three-day Oak Bay Tea

Party is on track with council approving a $7,000 grant.

The $5,500 grant and $1,500 for stage rental were already in the 2015 provisional budget. Council approved rides to run from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Friday (June 5) which also helps fund the popular annual event. [email protected]


Oak Bay Parks and Recreation hopes to create some public art on the large wall of the public works yard that backdrops the Oak Bay High running track.

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Chickens are on the agenda at Monterey this week.

Doug Clarke, who spearheaded bylaw changes to allow chickens in Oak Bay, will bring the bylaw and answer questions for potential poultry enthusiasts.

“I”m having a very informal discussion. I will present the bylaw so people understand it,” Clarke said. “I’m not bringing in chickens. I’m bringing in resources that were really helpful to me.”

Changes to the bylaws in 2013 means raising chickens is easier in Oak Bay after municipal council relaxed the rules on minimum setbacks and yard size. Poultry can be kept on all residential properties with the amount dictated by property size.

Clarke spearheaded the campaign to loosen those laws.

“I’m a parent with two kids and I just find it’s really important that people understand there’s other options for their yards and things like that. I needed my family to think that food doesn’t just come from a grocery store… and it was just one little way to do it,” he said. “I’ve normalized chicken keeping and composting. So you trade your leftover food for eggs and compost.”

Clarke will talk chickens at Monterey Centre, Friday, Feb. 20 from 10:30 to noon. Call 250-370-7300 to pre-register.

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Blue skies, blossoming buds and warmer weather are signs of an early spring in Victoria, while much of Canada is still deep in winter.

To highlight the region’s unique climate, Tourism Victoria is hosting the 39th annual Victoria Flower Count from March 5 to 11.

“It’s a Greater Victoria tradition to celebrate the arrival of spring,” said Paul Nursey, CEO of

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CCPA show gets off the groundThe performance hall on Elgin Street is

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Second year students of the Oak Bay school bring a never-before-seen production, Cities and Girls, adapted and directed by Christine Willes.

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TAJ MAHAL framed picture $20. Tool box with tools $50. Call 778-433-2899.

WHEELCHAIR- BARGAIN,$99. (250)727-2646.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

FURNITURE

ANTIQUE 1900 Sideboard w/ unique hutch. Warm tiger oak, original brass pulls. $550. obo. Could deliver (250)598-7387.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

REAL ESTATE

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

DVD RENTAL business. Sell-ing due to illness. Fully stocked $5500 obo. 250-542-0743www.tigressevideoretals.mydvd kiosks.net

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

LAVENDER CO-OP accept-ing applications for a 1 bdrm, $620/mo. Quiet area, sm pet ok, W/D hook up, insuite stor-age, lrg bright kitchen. Gross income $25,000 +, share pur-chase is $2,500. Applications available in the glass case out-side the Community Hall; 10A-620 Judah St.

HOMES FOR RENT

VIC WEST- April 1st. Bright, sunny, 3 bdrm, near ocean. Sunroom, newly reno’d bath, W/D. 5 appl’s., NS/NP. Ref’s $1650. + utils. 250-383-8800.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

VICTORIA HOUSING. $575. incl. Suits disabled, working, students.778-977-8288 lv msg

SUITES, LOWER

LANGFORD (Costco)- Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, fenced yard, 4 appls, water incl’d, shared laundry, $1050 mo + utils. NS/NP. Avail now. Call (250)881-2283.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. ForALL unwanted Vehicles, anycondition. Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

2006 CHEVY Aveo Automatic,5 door hatchback, red. Lowmileage (72,000 km), ladydriven. Extremely clean, likenew interior. Power locks, win-dows, alarm, cruise, A/C,AM/FM/CD, non-smoking. Folding rear seats, tons of car-go space. Fuel economic,regular maintenance. Perfectfi rst vehicle, family car, greatcommuter. $6750 obo. Pleasecall 250-413-7758.

2008 CHEVY Trail Blazer- bur-gundy, 2 - 4 WD, 6-cylinder,auto, 95,000 km. $9900. Es-tate Sale. Paul [email protected]

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CLEANING SERVICES

EXP. RELIABLE & effi cient house cleaner and home care, 10 yrs exp. $20/hr. Bondable, have own supplies except vacuum.(250)220-4965

DRYWALL

BEAT MY Price! Best work-manship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. #86952. Call Ken-dra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.


FRAMING

FRAMING & FOUNDATION crew available. Call (250)361-6348.

GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & Garden overgrown? Tree & hedge pruning. Spring Special. Clean ups & hauling.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.

I AM looking for up to 5 more customers for regular lawn cuts. Full service yard care and clean-ups avail. Please call Chris (250)858-2055.


GARDENING

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.


HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $75=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.


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ALLSTAR MOVING Delivery Service. From $59. Free local travel. Call (250)818-2699.

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.


STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.

TREE SERVICES

BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges. Insured.Call Keith, (250)474-3697.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTER- Furniture re-pairs, scratches, re-gluing, fi xsprings, foam. 250-480-9822.

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.

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Wednesday, Feb. 18Free Caring about

Food Safety course at 10 a.m. in the computer lab at Monterey Recreation. Monterey members and volunteers are encouraged to attend the provincial online course facilitated by the computer club president.

Pacific Opera Victoria’s Lucia Di Lammermoor continues at Royal Theatre Feb. 18 & 20 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets starting at $25.

Victoria Cat Rescue Corps is holding its annual spay/neuter blitz for a limited

time. During the blitz, Victoria Cat Rescue Corps will pay the full cost of spay/neuter procedures for cats belonging to low-income pet owners. Stray and feral cats welcome too. For more information call 250-656-1100 or visit www.victoriacatrescue.com.

Thursday, Feb. 19A Glittery Affair.

Tickets on sale now at 1442 Monterey Ave. for an evening of sparkling elegance, adelicious dinner, dance demonstration, and your chance to dance with the stars (of Monterey) to the wonderful sounds

of the Bob Morrison Orchestra.

Friday, Feb. 20Oak Bay High School

Musical Theatre presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. The classic story appealing to all ages runs Feb. 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 22. It wraps up Feb. 25-28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at Ivy’s Books on Oak Bay Avenue, The Shieling Gift Shop in Cadboro Bay Village, both offices at the school (2151 Cranmore Rd.) and at the theatre on show dates. Adults are $12 and students are $10.

Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Chicken talk with Doug Clarke, the originator of the Oak Bay chicken keeping bylaw, on keeping chickens at the Monterey Centre, Friday Feb. 20 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Saturday, Feb. 21Golden Gavel Novice

Speakers Competition. New Horizons Seniors Centre, 234 Menzies St., 7 p.m. Info: goldengavel.ca.

Seedy Saturday, Victoria’s seed and

garden show, hosted by the James Bay Market Society, Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: jamesbaymarket.com/seedysaturday or phone 250-381-5323.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Judy at 250-385-8519.

Be my Valentine. Maestro Pablo Diemecke leads the DieMahler String Quartet at St. Mary’s the Virgin church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Feb. 21 at 2:30 p.m. This first concert features the DieMahler String

Quartet with guest soprano Haley Tarnow. Tickets are available at the door for $25 (or from McPherson Box Office, Cadboro Bay Books or Ivy’s Book Store).

Sunday, Feb. 22Enjoy a medley of

toe-tapping, wildly rhythmical Klezmer music, lovely Sephardic ballads and traditional Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino folk songs. The Klez takes place Sunday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Centre, 3636 Shelbourne St., Victoria. Admission is by donation; $10 suggested amount. Desserts will be served. For more information contact [email protected].

Bluegrass Mass is back Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. at St. Philip Church 2928 Eastdowne Rd. (at Neil). There’ll be a full band playing sing-along bluegrass gospel and Americana music. There is a free/by donation meal afterwards. More info: [email protected] or 250-592-6823.

Tuesday, Feb. 24An evening with

David Sedaris at Royal Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets starting at: $54.75. Visit rmts.bc.ca.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Drive. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Gail at 250-477-4472.

Wednesday, Feb. 25 Lenten Lunchtime:

Piano Artists of Tomorrow at St. Mary the Virgin Church, 1701 Elgin St. from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested amount) with proceeds to benefit Abbeyfield House Society. Bring your lunch; coffee and tea are provided. Information: 250-598-2212.

Thursday, Feb. 26Bee keeping free

talk in the Pine Room at Monterey from 9:30 to 11 a.m. with bee keeper Barry Denluck. Seating is limited so sign up early at 1442 Monterey Ave.

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