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Chief Constable to retireCentral Saanich Police Service boss is calling it a career in the fall, page 3

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Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff of Victoria was the top finisher among the women in Sunday’s Bazan Bay 5K race in Sidney. For the results, see page 19.

Fire hall site rejected by trusteesSidney’s alternate sites for a community safety building are now back on the tableSteven HeywoodNews staff

Trustees with School District 63 (Saanich) have decided not to proceed with a land sale process with the Town of Sidney, effectively putting the municipality back to square one in finding a place for a proposed commu-nity safety building.

In a media release March 5, the Town stated it accepts the board of trustees’ quick decision during the March 4 school board meeting. The Town had sought to buy approximately three acres of school district property next to Sidney Elementary School. They are proposing a three storey building to house a new fire hall, ambu-lance station and other community emergency services. It would replace the existing fire hall, which does not meet current earthquake survival standards and is being outgrown by an expanding fire department.

“Board chair (Victoria) Martin called me at 10:30 last night to let me know of their decision,” said Mayor Steve Price in an interview the day after the meeting.

“We will now have to find a new site.”Price said Martin told him the board sided with con-

cerns raised by their education directions committee in late February. That committee recommended the board not continue with the land sale process, citing conflicts with having a fire station next to a school. Price, who attended that committee meeting, said they felt the pro-posal was not compatible nor in the best interests of the students.

“We don’t have any problem with their decision,” Price said. “We really appreciate they made their decision and didn’t drag it out.”

Price added the school district’s finance committee had also sought the highest and best use and zoning for the site, which could have raised its price to an estimated $3.5 million.

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After more than four decades of serving in uniform, Central Saanich Police Chief Consta-ble Paul Hames has announced his retirement.

The decision wasn’t made lightly. “I’ve been thinking about this for a while,”

he said. Hames first entered into the RCMP on his

19th birthday, and will officially retire Septem-ber 3 when he turns 60, giving him exactly 41 years in service.

“I think it was just time,” he said. “I still enjoy coming to work and I wanted to leave feeling very positive, knowing there’s still time in life to do things.”

Hames held the position of top cop in Central Saanich for over 16 years after his move from the RCMP, and said he’s been extremely fortunate to work with exceptional people throughout his career, both in policing and in the community.

“I’m honoured to have had the opportunity to have been involved with such a great organization,” he said.

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Central Saanich police chief Paul Hames is retiring this fall on his 60th birthday after more than 16 years as top cop in the District, and more than four decades in the force.

Central Saanich police chief to retire this fallChief Constable Paul Hames will have served exactly 41 years in uniform

“I’m honoured to have had the opportunity to have been involved with such a great organization.”

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PleaSe See: Chief looking to next chapter, page 4

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Mayor Ryan Windsor, Chair of the Central Saanich Police Board, com-mended Hames for his years of ser-vice and said in a statement the Chief will be missed in policing circles across the country, but noted that Hames’ “participation in community events will ensure he remains a famil-iar face on the Peninsula for years to come.”

“I still have a lot of interest in the community,” said Hames, who doesn’t have any firm plans for his

retirement years yet, but plans to remain involved with the Hospital Foundation Board and the Peninsula Co-op Board, at least for now.

“I look at my life like a book, and this is the next chapter, but it hasn’t been written yet. So I’ll write it as I go.”

The Central Saanich Police Board will announce its plans for replace-ment of the Chief Constable at its monthly meeting, tomorrow (March 12).

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Chief looking to next chapter

Price said that would have played a role in the Town’s decision, even if the board had agreed to proceed with the land sale process.

The site rejection leaves the Town of Sidney with six or seven alternate locations for the community safety building to consider.

The current location of the fire hall and an adjacent parking lot, one of the seven sites, has already been ruled out, the mayor said. He said it’s too small for their current com-munity safety building plans — as well as being downtown in a more congested area.

Other sites considered for the project are: Victoria Airport Author-ity land across the Pat Bay Highway (next to Beacon Avenue); 2114 Bea-con Ave. West (west of the highway and adjacent to the airport prop-

erty); 2180 Beacon Ave. West (simi-lar to previous); Iroquois Park; the south Memorial Park Society lands and skateboard park, and; Ministry of Transportation lands (south of the Town’s public works yard).

Price said council will be meeting in-camera on Monday, March 9 (after the News Review’s press deadline) to begin discussions on alternative locations. He said they’re going in-camera to ensure land prices or lease rates aren’t affected while any nego-tiations are going on.

He added the Town is still pre-pared to engage the public on any new site selected. The school dis-trict, as a condition of the consider-ation of the Sidney Elementary prop-erty, had demanded the municipality consult with the community.

“Once we find another site,” Price confirmed, “yes, we will do that.”

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Unless the residents of Central Saanich offer up serious opposition, mayor and council will likely approve a plan to install pedestrian refuge islands at the Mount Newton Cross Road and East Saan-ich Road intersection this year, at a cost of roughly $50,000.

Following a report from late 2014 outlin-ing several options for increasing pedestrian and traffic safety at the intersection, District staff approached ICBC for potential cost-shar-ing through the com-pany’s Road Improve-ment Program.

ICBC committed to contributing $13,000, on the condition that construction be com-pleted in 2015. Coun-cil has to respond to ICBC by June 1 to guarantee the funding. The remaining $37,000 would come from the District’s gas tax reserves.

At the March 2 coun-cil meeting, staff rec-ommended council provide early budget approval for the con-struction of the inter-section improvements this year and that coun-cil approve the execu-tion of the agreement with ICBC to secure the $13,000 grant.

Staff recommended the pedestrian refuge islands after engag-ing Opus International Consultants to prepare a report outlining sev-eral options to improve safety at the intersec-tion, including install-ing signals, two styles of roundabouts and the refuge islands.

The costs of either a fully-lit intersection or a roundabout with a two-metre refuge island exceeded $250,000. A roundabout with a splitter island came in at approximately $250,000. And the cost for installing two-metre pedestrian refuge islands and retaining

the current four-way stop configuration was an estimated $50,000.

Aside from the sub-stantial costs, neither roundabout options were deemed feasible, as both would require significant land acqui-sition. The roundabout option with the two-metre refuge would actually require con-struction in the foot print of existing build-ings.

Opus’ report also stated a roundabout is not warranted, as there are no capacity or queuing problems.

Councillor Chris Graham noted if traf-fic lights were to be installed at the Mount Newton Cross and East Saanich intersec-tion, the District would likely have to look at the adjacent intersec-tions at Mount Newton Cross and Wallace, and Mount Newton Cross and Central Saanich, to avoid negatively impacting traffic flow.

For the signals

option, the District could be looking at close to $1 million if improvements were undertaken at all three intersections.

Conversely, install-ing pedestrian refuge islands would improve safety, minimize curb reconstruction and utility pole reloca-tion, and would also allow for the potential addition of bike lanes along the East Saan-ich approaches, with a much smaller price tag. Installing pedestrian refuges now would not preclude the option for signalization at a later date.

If the refuge island option is approved, Central Saanich Director of Engineer-ing David McAllister explained that a reduc-tion in the current eight lanes would be phased in, with an initial reduc-tion to six lanes and the potential to move to four.

The aim would be to simplify traffic patterns

without reducing travel time, he said.

Despite the tight timeline for completion, Coun. Bob Thompson pushed to defer a deci-sion to allow council time to make the pub-lic aware of the options available and council’s rationale behind select-ing the refuge islands over the more expen-sive options.

Both Mayor Ryan Windsor and Coun. Carl Jensen expressed con-cern over introducing a delay, as they both felt there had already been significant public input regarding the intersec-tion to date.

“I think the residents would be comfortable that we are taking steps to make this intersec-tion safer,” said Jensen.

“My concern is in regard to this fitting into the works plan,” said Windsor. “We’re talking about poten-tially a month and a half delay.”

Windsor pointed to the expertise of ICBC regarding traffic safety and emphasized that it

was the refuge islands option that ICBC spe-cifically recommended and offered to partially fund.

“We often rely on information from inde-pendent bodies,” said the mayor, “and I’m not sure to what extent the public would not have confidence in this report.”

At a vote, the pro-posed improvements and budget approval were deferred so coun-cil could notify various community groups of the proposed changes and to allow a period of public input.

The improvement plans are tentatively scheduled to return to council on March 23.

McAllister also noted that the Central Saan-ich website will soon have a detailed page for the project, in the “District Projects” drop-down menu on the main page.

For more informa-tion, visit centralsaan-ich.ca.

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A Saanichton intersection fixCentral Saanich council seeks public input on improvements, lane reduction

Image courtesy of Opus International Consultants (Canada) Ltd.

The proposed refuge islands at Mount Newton Cross and East Saanich roads would improve pedestrian safety, and cost the District approximately $37,000, after a cost-sharing grant from ICBC.

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OUR VIEW

B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs and inquiries go to their local offices. Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for systemic challenges and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.

“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864

cost of individual MSP premiums is waived.

Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance called Fair

Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.

The survey also found that the biggest fear of low-

income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above.

Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places.

So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the

SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems and use those to ambush the government.

A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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Consider the impactI

f we trust the information from the Sidney fire department (and we have no reason not to) that most of its members live on the east side of the Pat Bay Highway, then the community should

not consider moving its fire hall across this obstacle.

Consider the impact. When time matters most, can we risk having these volunteers waiting in their own vehicles at the light when one of the ferries arrives? It’s much easier for a fire truck with sirens and lights to get across the busy intersection.

In fire fighting, as in all emergency services, time is vital — whether it’s saving property, lives or dollars on our insurance rates.

With the school board of District 63 rejecting the use of land next to Sidney Elementary School for a new community safety building, the municipality says it will look for an alternate spot out of its secondary options.

We hope that the municipality will focus its search for a new location where most of the firefighters live — and where most of the emergency calls take place.

That could mean the people who were in favour of a new fire hall — just not the school site — may see the building go up in their back yards.

In not wanting a fire hall next to a school, the board of trustees has set in motion a different impact on the community. It’s not necessarily their concern now, but the issue remains alive for everyone else.

Sidney doesn’t have a lot of open land from which to choose. Its options are limited and that means one of two things: a large tax impact to buy land, or potential opposition from people who don’t want a fire hall next door. We must then consider the impact of every decision made to date on this project. They have ramifications on the outcome of the proposed community safety building.

As Sidney looks at new sites, we must realize it’s going to go somewhere and have an impact on someone else.

‘The government does a lot of advertising, but not about old news ...’


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LETTERS

Concerning airport noise letters of March 6, 2015.

I agree with and empathize with the

two contributors’ comments. Living near the airport myself, I am subject to the same two significant noise problems men-tioned: helicopters and training flights.

It should be noted that military helicopter pilots do undergo training in simulators but even with many hours in sims there is no substitute for real flying.

To gain and maintain pro-ficiency for combat and SAR operations pilots and crew must function as a team. Only real flying can achieve this.

Simulators do not simulate whole flight crews working together.

One thing that would reduce the noise levels of these machines over our homes would be vertical take-off.

Apparently, the VAA insists that the helicopters take off using the runways in order to collect fees.

The result is that these heli-copters are forced to fly over our neighborhoods when they

could easily avoid them.In my mind the real noise cul-

prits are the training flights.

In one day last summer I counted 30 such flights in a single hour!

However, these training flights should be re-routed for a far more important reason — safety.

According to the FAA and the TSB, small, private, single engine planes flown by amateur pilots account for the greatest percentage of crashes every year.

In other words, the VAA per-mits these high risk flights over our homes, schools and places of work every day and refuses to re-route them. Why?

This type of training would really benefit from simula-tion which is zero risk, far less expensive and more environ-mentally friendly than thou-sands of training flights every year.

It is time the flying clubs implement simulators and for the VAA to mandate them in order to reduce the number of flights.

Lower risk, less expensive, less noise — it’s a win-win sce-nario. Why are they dragging their feet?

Richard SmithSidney

Small planes more worrying

Bird cannons have been around

I am writing in response to a letter from M. Hansen of Sidney, printed in the Peninsula News Review on March 6, 2015.

When you live very near an airport, as I do, you can expect to hear airplanes coming and going.

When you live near a Cana-dian Armed Forces Helicopter Squadron base, you can expect to hear helicopters in their training practices.

When you live near water, you can expect to hear the bird cannons chasing the gulls and Canada geese out of the way of incoming and outgoing flights.

Those cannons have been used for years at the Victoria airport. They are not a new addition, as suggested in the aforementioned letter. I am sur-prised that the writer has not heard them in past years.

Lesley PikeSidney

Just what is stunting growth?

Interesting choice of headline for your piece on North Saanich council reconsidering the bylaw allowing for higher density development.

“Stunting Growth” ... kind of brings up connotations of mal-nourished children in an African famine.

When I look across the street

where once stood a green field and blossoming trees, now stands a moonscape, soon to be a collection of 37 designer homes.

Now that is stunting growth.Colleen Ozawat

Sidney

Best spot for a fire hall? Across the highway

I have been following the fire hall location on Seventh Street, next to a school and housing.

With fire alarms, trucks with sirens at all hours, how is this a good idea?

I feel the best place for the fire department would be across the Pat Bay Highway on Beacon Avenue at Sterling Way. This would give full access to all parts of Sidney with no restric-tions on movement and bother to schools or apartments.

I know Sidney is looking at this and I feel this is the place for the fire hall and would look good on this corner.

Gordon GillatlySaanichton

Tax cuts kick debt down the road

Re: Why cut taxes for the rich? (B.C. Views, Feb. 25).

I’m a senior with a defined-benefit pension plan and income splitting. I’m using the tax free saving accounts. I get a seniors’ discount on my property tax. I can defer my

property tax if I want and some point I may. I’m not wealthy, but comfortable.

Both the federal Conserva-tives and B.C. Liberals have reduced income taxes for me. Why would I disagree with their policies? We are the privileged generation — you may enjoy the same privileges, in retire-ment, while they last.

Why the concern? Only because we have grandchil-dren who will be paying for the privileges and lifestyle that the B.C. Liberals and Conservatives think we deserve (for votes), with borrowed government money.

It’s called debt, and the B.C. Liberals have doubled it in the last decade or so.

Bring back Premier Ralph Klein from Alberta, in 20 years. By then I may be gone, and the grandchildren will be working to pay the interest on the debts. There will likely be riots, as there were in Greece.

Greece — still at 173 per cent debt to GDP after four years of austerity — too late for them to get out their own mess. My TFSA will suffer a bit when they default.

As my Grade 11 math teacher said, ”you can pay me now, or pay me later.”

“Pay me later” sounds pretty good to the privileged genera-tion. Hope you can join up soon — while it lasts.

Phil HarrisonComox

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There have been no tax increases in the Dis-trict of North Saanich for the last two years

and now the municipal-ity is considering play-ing a little catch-up.

At the District’s March 5 budget com-mittee meeting, staff are proposing a 2.9 per

cent across the board property tax hike.

In addition, both the water and sewer user rates are set to climb — water by 2.2 per cent, sewer by only 0.8

per cent. Parcel taxes in both areas would remain the same.

In a presentation on this year’s proposed budget by Director of Finance Theresa Flynn,

there are approxi-mately $373,200 cost drivers in the financial plan for 2015. Those include a 2.2 per cent jump in labour costs, an estimated reduction of $73,000 in building permits and $68,000 in inflationary costs.

That would mean a 4.3 per cent tax hike to cover them.

However, she noted that amount is being offset by $77,000 in grants-in-lieu of taxes from the federal gov-ernment’s new home for the 443 Maritime Helicopter Squad-ron. Another $130,900 could come in from grants (such as traffic fine revenue). Total off-sets, Flynn explained, keep the early tax rate increase at only 2.9 per cent.

From this base rate, councillors debated portions of the budget in a five-plus hour ses-sion.

North Saanich is fac-ing some increased costs this year, nota-bly the contract for the RCMP. Even shared with the Town of Sidney, North Saanich’s share is going up $34,200. Flynn said that’s offset by a decrease in the admin-istration costs shared with Sidney — leaving an overall increase of $7,900.

Overall, it will cost North Saanich $1.38 million in direct police costs (officers) for 2015.

This year appears to be one of renewal throughout the Dis-trict’s departments. While still finding cost savings, various depart-ments are still estimat-ing they will need more money in 2015.

Within finance and IT, the largest impact — $18,100 — comes in salary and benefit step increases.

In general govern-ment, it goes up $33,500 for office supplies,

the District newslet-ter, legal services and municipal hall costs.

The newsletter bud-get has been pegged to jump to $15,500 — compared with 2014 when only $683 was spent.

In planning and com-munity services, the District is estimating a 10.5 per cent increase (or $55,000) in the department. The big-gest impact is the esti-mated loss in building permits.

“How can you pre-dict that?” asked Coun. Heather Gartshore.

Chief Administrative Officer Rob Buchan said it’s a rough esti-mate, based on “a need to be cautious.”

“There’s a reason-able possibility of the Canora-Rideau devel-opment going ahead this year, but we don’t know this,” he said.

The District is cur-rently reviewing Bylaw 1352, which allows for more housing develop-ment in specific sectors of the community.

These budget figures are estimates — a start-ing point from which council will decide the eventual tax rates.

Council will discuss and vote on their five-year financial plan and tax rate bylaws later in March or early April.


North Saanich proposes tax increaseDistrict looking at a 2.9 per cent property tax hike after two years of zero increases

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The District of North Saanich has set a figure of $1.8 million for its planned renovation of its municipal hall this year.

The amount was in the capital bud-get for 2015 and is an early estimate only.

The District announced last month it plans to fix the hall, which is beleaguered by mould and rot.

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The official start of spring is just over a week away and it’s the time of year for renewed move-ment and increased energy. As the weather grows warmer, so too does the urge to get up and get moving. A beginner’s yoga class offers an opportunity to really stretch those muscles just waking up from hibernation, as well as having a myriad of other benefits.

“It’s an extensive kind of stretching,” says Angela Turn-bull, a fitness yoga instructor at Panorama Recreation Centre.

“Any stretches that people do, they usually only hold for 30 sec-

onds after a workout.”In her drop-in class, the

stretches are held for much lon-ger, giving the body the chance to really unwind, she says.

“We’re doing a lot of opening up through the hips. There’s a lot of twisting which encour-ages digestion, and opening up through the spine.”

All movement that can par-ticularly benefit those who find themselves in front of a desk for most of their workdays.

And while the fitness yoga class may not follow a particular tradition of yoga, it still follows many of the core practices, such as mindfulness and deep breath-ing.

“It’s setting a tone for mind-

fulness as well,” says Turnbull. “You have to breathe. Especially when people are in a sedentary lifestyle, they tend to breathe shallowly. I always get them to start with a nice deep breath.”

“It’s also about having that hour to themselves. Just to focus on themselves, and how they’re breathing, how they’re moving. To spend some time grounding into that moment.”

Above all, if you’re just get-ting back into an active life-style - whether it’s yoga, lifting weights, or getting out for a jog — remember to be gentle with yourself, she says.


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PLEASE SEE: Go at your own pace, page 14 125596

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For their fourth year, the Sidney Classical Orchestra is welcoming six talented young musicians to the stage for their Young Soloists concert this Friday (March 13).

It’s a prime opportunity for the musicians to get experience play-ing on stage with a full orchestra, says conductor Stephen Brown.

“When they’re taking lessons, they usually just play with pia-nists. When they play with a string orchestra, they get that feeling of support from the big group.”

Playing with a full ensemble also has its challenges, however, and that helps strengthen the musicians’ performances.

“When you play with a pianist,” says Brown, “they adjust to you if you make a mistake. That doesn’t happen in a full orchestra. It’s great experience for them.”

The musicians range from 11 to 21 years old with just as wide a range of experience on stage, but all are incredibly talented.

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and Telemann, respectively. Emma Reader-Lee, a Grade 10

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Jaling Kersen, 16, also has over a decade of playing experience,

and will be performing Hoff-meister’s viola concerto in D major. Kersen switched from violin just three years ago.

And Leo Phanich-phant, who was chosen as one of six finalists for the Don Chrysler

Concerto Com-petition last year, will be performing Handel’s clarinet concerto. Phanich-phant is a soloist and chamber musi-cian, and has been recognized with numerous awards for his talents on the clarinet, piano and soprano saxophone.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 at St. Elizabeth’s Catho-lic Church, 10030 Third Street in Sid-ney.

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THE ARTSYoung soloists take the stage this Friday

Rae Gallimore, finishing her last year of a diploma in Viola Music Performance at Camosun College, will be performing Telemann’s viola concerto in G major.Submitted photo

Eagle Heights Africa ensures students can afford school


Sidney-based charity Eagle Heights Africa is hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Bridge Lun-cheon fundraiser Saturday (March 14) in the hopes of securing a spon-sor for 16-year-old Kenyan Eugene Kiprotich so he can continue attending high school.

The organization matches local benefactors with Kenyan students to ensure that, no matter the fami-lies’ means, the kids have access to a quality education right through to graduation.

Eugene is currently without a sponsor and his future and con-tinued education are in jeopardy.

Bill German, president of the organization and a longtime

Sidney resident, says they’re not only hoping to secure

a sponsor for Eugene, but to bolster

the charity’s reserves and h o p e f u l l y expand the number of students they support.

T h o u g h there is a pub-lic school sys-tem, the level of education offered is of a drastically lower stan-dard, says G e r m a n . Class sizes are unlim-ited, for e x a m p l e ,

and can reach up to 70 children. In Kenya, where a large portion of

the population lives in poverty, not every child even gets to go to primary school.

“Parents don’t always have employ-ment and are forced to eke out a

survival growing their own food on a small plot of land,” says German. “They just don’t have the funds to send their children to school.”

Compounding that, high school costs roughly three times that of the lower grades, he says.

“About 90 per cent go to primary, 30 per cent go to high school, and only one or two per cent make it to uni-versity. And then it’s usually because they’ve managed to get scholarships.”

Education is paramount to a bright future, he continues.

“It’s very important to get a job in Kenya that’s more than just a labour-type job paying minimum wage.

“I’ve thought about this a lot, and with education, the young people are motivated to get jobs and do well,” he says.

“With no education, they’re more inclined to join the extremist groups that have been moving into Africa.”

For his part, Eugene has been work-ing diligently to maintain his grades and stay in school and wrote in his Christmas letter that he was looking forward to working with his grandpar-ents over the holiday.

Local charity seeking sponsors for Kenyan kids


Photo contributed

Joan German hands out Canadian lanyards to Eugene and Boniface, two of the students Eagle Heights Africa sponsors during a 2010 trip to Kenya.

Photo contributed

Eugene Kiprotich, 16, is a high school student in Kenya who needs a sponsor to continue his education. Local charity Eagle Heights Africa is aiming to find him one at their annual Bridge luncheon and fundraiser Saturday, March 14.

Please see: Sponsor group hopes to, page 12

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BY SA MU E L B E C K E T T

Directed by Jacob Richmond

StarringPeter AndersonandBrian Linds

Six musicians, from 11 to 21 years old, perform a selection of concertos at the annual event Angela CowanNews staff

For their fourth year, the Sidney Classical Orchestra is welcoming six talented young musicians to the stage for their Young Soloists concert this Friday (March 13).

It’s a prime opportunity for the musicians to get experience play-ing on stage with a full orchestra, says conductor Stephen Brown.

“When they’re taking lessons, they usually just play with pia-nists. When they play with a string orchestra, they get that feeling of support from the big group.”

Playing with a full ensemble also has its challenges, however, and that helps strengthen the musicians’ performances.

“When you play with a pianist,” says Brown, “they adjust to you if you make a mistake. That doesn’t happen in a full orchestra. It’s great experience for them.”

The musicians range from 11 to 21 years old with just as wide a range of experience on stage, but all are incredibly talented.

Sophie van der Sloot, the young-est of the group, has been playing the cello for five years and is a member of the Collegium program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She’ll be playing Vocalise by Rachmaninoff.

Leslie Opatril on piccolo and Rae Gallimore on viola are both finishing studies in music from Camosun College this year, and are playing concertos by Vivaldi

and Telemann, respectively. Emma Reader-Lee, a Grade 10

student at Claremont Secondary who’s been playing violin from age three, will be playing Mozart’s Vio-lin Concerto No. 3 in G major.

Jaling Kersen, 16, also has over a decade of playing experience,

and will be performing Hoff-meister’s viola concerto in D major. Kersen switched from violin just three years ago.

And Leo Phanich-phant, who was chosen as one of six finalists for the Don Chrysler

Concerto Com-petition last year, will be performing Handel’s clarinet concerto. Phanich-phant is a soloist and chamber musi-cian, and has been recognized with numerous awards for his talents on the clarinet, piano and soprano saxophone.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 at St. Elizabeth’s Catho-lic Church, 10030 Third Street in Sid-ney.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for stu-dents and free for youth 19

years and under. Tickets are available at Tanner’s Books in Sidney, City Scribe in Brentwood Bay, and Long & McQuade in Victoria.

For more information, visit sco-wp.pentire.islandnet.com. [email protected]


THE ARTSYoung soloists take the stage this Friday

Rae Gallimore, finishing her last year of a diploma in Viola Music Performance at Camosun College, will be performing Telemann’s viola concerto in G major.Submitted photo

Eagle Heights Africa ensures students can afford school


Sidney-based charity Eagle Heights Africa is hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Bridge Lun-cheon fundraiser Saturday (March 14) in the hopes of securing a spon-sor for 16-year-old Kenyan Eugene Kiprotich so he can continue attending high school.

The organization matches local benefactors with Kenyan students to ensure that, no matter the fami-lies’ means, the kids have access to a quality education right through to graduation.

Eugene is currently without a sponsor and his future and con-tinued education are in jeopardy.

Bill German, president of the organization and a longtime

Sidney resident, says they’re not only hoping to secure

a sponsor for Eugene, but to bolster

the charity’s reserves and h o p e f u l l y expand the number of students they support.

T h o u g h there is a pub-lic school sys-tem, the level of education offered is of a drastically lower stan-dard, says G e r m a n . Class sizes are unlim-ited, for e x a m p l e ,

and can reach up to 70 children. In Kenya, where a large portion of

the population lives in poverty, not every child even gets to go to primary school.

“Parents don’t always have employ-ment and are forced to eke out a

survival growing their own food on a small plot of land,” says German. “They just don’t have the funds to send their children to school.”

Compounding that, high school costs roughly three times that of the lower grades, he says.

“About 90 per cent go to primary, 30 per cent go to high school, and only one or two per cent make it to uni-versity. And then it’s usually because they’ve managed to get scholarships.”

Education is paramount to a bright future, he continues.

“It’s very important to get a job in Kenya that’s more than just a labour-type job paying minimum wage.

“I’ve thought about this a lot, and with education, the young people are motivated to get jobs and do well,” he says.

“With no education, they’re more inclined to join the extremist groups that have been moving into Africa.”

For his part, Eugene has been work-ing diligently to maintain his grades and stay in school and wrote in his Christmas letter that he was looking forward to working with his grandpar-ents over the holiday.

Local charity seeking sponsors for Kenyan kids


Photo contributed

Joan German hands out Canadian lanyards to Eugene and Boniface, two of the students Eagle Heights Africa sponsors during a 2010 trip to Kenya.

Photo contributed

Eugene Kiprotich, 16, is a high school student in Kenya who needs a sponsor to continue his education. Local charity Eagle Heights Africa is aiming to find him one at their annual Bridge luncheon and fundraiser Saturday, March 14.

Please see: Sponsor group hopes to, page 12

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Things begin to get excit-ing this m o n t h . Spring is def-

initely in the air. There isn’t a single cloud to be seen.

It doesn’t seem warm to me quite yet but it’s early in the morning at the time of this writing, so there is still hope!

It’s a bit soon to try to get a tan but not too soon to get outside and survey the garden. There is bound to be a lot of things that need attention but no trees are down, no fences

toppled, no cows graz-ing on the front lawn. Now, how on earth did cows get into this gar-den column?

I quite fancy the idea. I always did like cows.

We used to have a Jersey cow when we were kids and she was a lovely animal with the biggest, brown, gentle eyes any child would love. I was always impressed with the way nature had things planned: for instance, when she passed a pile of manure, she always washed her back-end off with a wash of

urine. That way the flies wouldn’t pester her. Amazingly efficient.

It really is a beautiful world!

The ornamental flow-ering trees are a delight and I wonder if the fruit trees are also in bloom? Not any apple trees downtown, nor pears, nor peaches. I miss spring in what was our garden on Melissa Street but Anni, who lives there now, will tell me if I call her.

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My Vancouver daugh-ter took things in hand while she was here and the shelling peas are now planted, which is nice for both the seeds and me.

It’s still pretty cool so I won’t begin to peer at the soil, waiting for signs of life, for at least 10 more days.

My youngest daugh-

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Fortunately, I’m not the least bit worried, being a tough, old bag-gage.

I’m half in love with my computer and am thinking of writing a garden book (to join several thousand oth-ers).

For years, I was much too busy digging, rak-ing, picking up worms and putting them in the compost pile (to do their good work, aer-ating the soil as they feed) or planting either seeds or transplants from a greenhouse ... really busy, anyway,

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There aren’t that many things in life that give us gardeners that sense of being a friend ... almost a relative of Mother Nature!

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He added he was spending time with his little sister teaching her how to read.

Established in 2010, Eagle Heights Africa BC has been sponsoring 11 children through their primary and high school educations in concert with Eagle Heights Africa Kenya, and German says they’re hoping to expand their sponsors to sup-port more students.

Sponsorships are $1,000 for the year, and can be made in two payments of $500 to the charity.

Funds go to tuition, school uniforms, accommo-dation at the boarding school and a small allow-ance for personal items.

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The Peninsula News Review’s annual Women in Business mixer Thursday had a good turnout at the Mary Winspear Centre. Here, the women (and a few supportive fellows) listen as News Review publisher Jim Parker celebrates their accomplishments.

Women in Business mixer

Ingrid Jarisz of Newport Realty, Donna Finlayson of Wine Kitz, and Peggy Yelland, CGA, exchange business cards. Below, MP Elizabeth May engages Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce President Ian Brown in a thoughtful discussion.

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Make it clear what you want or what is both-ering you at the beginning of the exam. Some people wait until the very end of the exam to mention what is really worrying them. Perhaps this is from embarrassment or the feeling that the complaint is trivial, but the Optometrist will be better able to give the problem the time and attention it requires if it is mentioned early. Few complaints are silly and even minor symptoms can be important.

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“Everyone comes from a different physi-cal background. Go at your own pace, and know what level you’re at. If you’re just start-ing out, know that you

might only be able to do 10 or 20 minutes, and that’s OK. You want to start with the basics and go on from there.”

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This month’s Celtic Vespers service wel-comes internationally renowned fiddler Ivo-nne Hernandez to the stage to perform a med-ley of both lively and melodic pieces with several of her students from the youth fiddler band Coastline.

Despite her extensive career and experience performing, Hernandez has never played a ves-pers before.

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might only be able to do 10 or 20 minutes, and that’s OK. You want to start with the basics and go on from there.”

Turnbull’s drop-in fitness yoga class was borne out of her desire to incorporate deeper

stretching into her own routine, and because it’s a “general yoga” class, it’s ideal for any-one who’s interested, but might not know which branch of yoga practice they’re most attracted to.

“As a beginner, they can come try this out, and then they’re going to be able to decide where they want to move to, whether that’s Vinyasa or Iyengar, or something else. It’s a platform to go onto deeper and more spiri-tual practices.”

Turnbull is a regis-tered personal trainer and fitness program assistant at Panorama Recreation Centre and teaches her drop-in class Thursday nights, 5 p.m., at Greenglade Community Centre. For details, visit panora-marecreation.ca.


This month’s Celtic Vespers service wel-comes internationally renowned fiddler Ivo-nne Hernandez to the stage to perform a med-ley of both lively and melodic pieces with several of her students from the youth fiddler band Coastline.

Despite her extensive career and experience performing, Hernandez has never played a ves-pers before.

“I’ve had many

friends play at (celtic and jazz vespers) before and tell me about it,” she says. “And I thought this would be a perfect time to see what it was all about.”

Hernandez began playing violin by ear at three years old, and soon moved on to gui-tar, piano, cello, flute and percussion, before joining Daniel Lapp’s B.C. Fiddle Orchestra as a child.

As a pre-teen, Her-nandez played on the Orchestra’s Fiddlehar-

monic CD and in front of 60,000 people at a Commonwealth Games performance with the Crash Test Dummies.

She has since per-formed with Jann Arden, U2’s the Edge, Natalie MacMaster, Burt Bacharach, Ben Hepner and legendary film composer Howard Shore.

With the vespers service just two days before St. Patrick’s Day, Hernandez says she’s picked out quite a few Irish tunes, but she’ll also be pulling music from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and Scot-land, among other influ-ences.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” she says.

Celtic Vesper ser-vices begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road.

There is no admis-sion charge. An offering will be taken to cover

the cost of the musi-cians and the Vespers program.

The series continues

June 14 with Coastline, an ensemble of B.C.’s top young musicians.

For more informa-

tion, call Eva Kerr at 250-656-5273, or email [email protected] to be included on an email

list of upcoming con-certs.

[email protected]


Internationally renowned fiddler to play Celtic Vespers

Photo contributed

Fiddler Ivonne Hernandez performs for St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Vespers this Sunday, March 15.

Ivonne Hernandez to play with several fiddlers from youth band Coastline


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March is PRO-BUS month across Canada.

Not sure what PRO-BUS is? Well, ask a retiree in your commu-nity and you might get an answer.

The club is a haven for retired profession-als of almost any age. It’s a group of like-minded people who gather to share ideas, ask questions and stay healthy — both in mind and body.

And that name — PROBUS — it’s a combi-nation of “professional” and “business” or the backgrounds of all of their members.

There are three PRO-BUS clubs on the Saa-nich Peninsula. The Brentwood Bay group is the youngest of the three, having split off from the Saanich Penin-sula club, says its presi-dent Bob Erickson.

“It was created in 1990,” he says. “As a spinoff from Saanich Peninsula, it was a way to address the long waiting list.”

Each club, he notes, has a cap on its mem-bership. For the Brent-wood Bay club, it’s 100 people; at Saanich Pen-insula it’s 125; Sidney’s group is set at 200.

“We started the Brentwood club from 20 people who were on that waiting list,” Erick-son says, “and it grew from there.”

As local social clubs, PROBUS members do not actively seek out public works, says Jane Hall, president of the Sidney branch. Their focus instead is on their own members.

“There are many retirees on the Penin-sula,” she says.

“Some are not that old at all.”

There are 400 mem-bers between the three clubs, adds Ron McLeod, president of the Saanich Peninsula branch. He notes there are approximately 240 clubs across the coun-try — and more world-wide. In Canada alone, there are 32,000 mem-bers.

“We just thought that in this area, we should try to raise the profile of PROBUS,” he says. “The groups keep our minds and body active and encourage every-one to be social.

“It’s a great way to

meet people in your own communities and stay active.”

Hall says each club has a variety of sub-committees, based on its members’ interests. Those can vary from golf, dinner and theatre tour groups, to arts and culture activities.

She adds PROBUS regularly hosts speak-ers, invited to talk about hot issues of the day — and to answer probing questions from the professionals in the group.

“It’s a good group,” says Hall of the Sid-ney branch. “I’ve met some very good friends through PROBUS.”

PROBUS officially began in Canada in Ontario in 1987, although Hall says its roots are older than that and grew as a sort of offshoot of Rotary Clubs.

While no longer a part of Rotary, the club acknowledges that

bond.As PROBUS clubs

were established on

the Saanich Peninsula, they started as men’s-only groups — a tra-dition maintained by both the Brentwood Bay and Saanich Pen-insula clubs. McLeod and Erickson note their clubs are the only men’s only branches on the Island.

The Sidney branch is co-ed, says Hall, as are 60 per cent of Canada’s PROBUS clubs.

She says the oth-ers are evenly divided between men’s and women’s only branches.

To learn more about

PROBUS, attend one of their regular meetings.

The Sidney club meets at 9:15 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre every second Tuesday of the month.

The Brentwood Bay club meets at 10 a.m. (9:30 for coffee) at the Brentwood Bay Com-munity Centre on the third Tuesday of each month.

The Saanich Penin-sula group meets at the Presbyterian Church on East Saanich Road at 9:30 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month.


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Ron McLeod, Jane Hal and Bob Erickson are the presidents of the Saanich Peninsula, Sidney and Brentwood Bay PROBUS clubs.

March is PROBUS month across Canada. There are three clubs on the Saanich Peninsula

“It’s a good group. I’ve met some very good friends through PROBUS.”

– Jane Hall

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ArtsWendy Morton,

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CeltiC VesPers at St. Johns celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with five time Grand North American fiddle champion, Ivonne Hernandez on March 15 at 7 p.m. St. John’s United Church is located at 10990 West Saanich Rd., across from Deep Cove School. There is no admission charge. An offering will be taken to cover the cost of the musicians and the Vespers program. For further information, please call Eva at 656-5273.

Book Chat at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Looking for reading suggestions? Like to share good books you’ve read? Join us for an informal book chat and refreshments. Tuesday, March 17, 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

a sMall exPressions Show.

2D and 3D artwork within one cubic foot of space. March 4 to 29, Tuesday through

Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tulista Park Gallery, 5th and Weiler streets in Sidney. Free admission and free parking. cacsp.com.

a FestiVal oF Favourites musical event at Sidney’s Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Ave. (off Lochside) Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. Enjoy great selections from classical to classics of the 1920s through the ‘60s, featuring Laura Cave, pianist and singer. A benefit for the Fireside Room Project. Tickets $10 at the door. Wheelchair accessible. Visit peacesidney.ca or 250-652-6058.

Writers GrouP: Critique at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment in this member-led group. Writers of all genres welcome. Thursday, March 26, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

sCottish Folk Fun. Come try Scottish Folk Dancing at the Centre 1229 Clarke Rd. in Brentwood Bay next to the library. First time free. Tuesdays 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Fridays 7 to 9 p.m. All welcome. Wear soft soled light-weight

shoes. Contact: [email protected].

EventsreCyCled JeWellery

Course, Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. with Wendy Franklin at SHOAL Activity Centre. $30 (supplies included). Create something new from something old, including broaches, decorative bottles, napkin rings, picture frames and much more. You will go home with several completed projects. Call SHOAL to register 250 656-5537.

Kid StuffleGo stories at

the Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Each meeting will explore a different theme, and your creation will be displayed at the library. Friday, March 13 and 27, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Ages 5 years-plus. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

readinG Buddies at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Practice your reading with a Big Buddy! Children in Grades 2 to 4 are paired up with teen volunteers to read books, play games, and have fun. If your child would like to join, please apply to the library before March 16 for program running Tuesday, April 7 to May 12, 4 to 5 p.m. Free. For information, call 250-656-0944.

GruFFalo PuPPet shoW at the Sidney North Saanich Library. What’s a Gruffalo? Find out at our Spring Break puppet show. Thursday, March 19, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. All ages. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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Better Breathers invites Saanich

Peninsula and area residents to network and learn about the Disability Tax Credit — tax tips and credits available to Canadians living with disabilities. Anyone with a lung condition, family, friends and community members are invited to join us on Monday, March 23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the SHOAL Centre, 10030 Resthaven Dr., Sidney.

droP-in yoGa at SHOAL Activity Centre. $12 per class. Mondays 5 to 6 p.m., Thursdays 9 to 10 a.m. Instructor Kathleen Fournier.

Fall PreVention (osteoFit) classes at SHOAL Activity Centre run to April 2 (12 sessions) every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 to 11 a.m. These classes are designed for both men and women to help prevent falls and strengthen bones and muscles in a safe and gentle manner. Call to register 250-656-5537.

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Canadian leGion Branch #37 will be holding their general meeting on Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. at 1660 Mills Road, North Saanich. All are Welcome to attend.

sidney sister Cities Association will meet on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Nell Horth Room, Sidney Public Library. Kenny Podmore will talk about the history of Town Criers. Kenny’s talk will be followed by some Irish treats in honour of St. Patrick’s day. Meeting is open to all at no cost. For more information [email protected] or sidneysister-citiesassociation.com.

the sidney shutterBuGs Club meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays

of the month at the Mary Winspear. Centre. We are a friendly group that meets to learn more about photography and to share our enthusiasm. We also meet at the Jazzania restaurant for coffee every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Join us as a guest and find out what we’re all about. For further information go to our website: sidney-shutterbugs.ca.

desiGninG the Colour saturated garden with Louise Boutin at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Garden designer Louise Boutin will inspire you to transform your garden into a vibrant, colourful oasis for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Get ready for spring planting with this fun romp through the colourist’s best plants. Wednesday, March 25, 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

VolunteersVolunteer serViCes

at SHOAL Centre is looking for volunteers to join our team of Friendly Visitors. An active listening course to support interested friendly visitors will commence March 11. For more information please call Deb Greenaway 250-656-5537 ext. 106 or email: [email protected].

VolunteerinG in PalliatiVe care is a uniquely rewarding experience. Qualified volunteers support end of life patients and families. For more about the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Palliative Care Volunteer Program, now conducting its annual intake, please contact Yasmin Rampuri at (250) 652-7519 or email [email protected].

shoal aCtiVity Centre is looking for a volunteer for two hours a week for our Computer Lab Drop-In to help seniors with iPad and tablet questions. Contact Anna Hudson 250-656-5537 ext. 117 or [email protected]@peninsulanewsreivew.com


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ReporterVictoria NewsThe Victoria News, has an immediate opening for a full-time experienced reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.

A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a competitive newsroom. You will be expected to contribute to regular newsroom meetings and bring your creative talents to readers through concise, accurate and entertaining writing. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge of Canadian Press style is important, as is the ability to take and carry out instructions in a timely fashion. Basic photography skills are required. Must have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop CS6 would be considered an asset.

As the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada, with more than 180 titles in print and online, Black Press has operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio.

Interested candidates should send resume, clippings and cover letter by March 15, 2015 to:Kevin Laird Editorial Director-Greater VictoriaBlack Press818 Broughton StreetVictoria, B.C. V8W 1E4or e-mail: [email protected]

www.blackpress.ca

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PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or

machine operator experience would be an asset

• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time

• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment

• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail

• Must have own transportation

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Interested parties may drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

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THE COOL AID Society is looking for a computer access volunteer to help people strug-gling with homelessness to re-connect with their families and build important job-readiness skills. Volunteers help super-vise the free access computer room at Rock Bay Landing. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE COOL AID Society is looking for a computer access volunteer to help people strug-gling with homelessness to re-connect with their families and build important job-readiness skills. Volunteers help super-vise the free access computer room at Rock Bay Landing. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE CRIDGE Centre for the Family is looking for a volun-teer to coordinate their Octo-ber event, Ride for Refuge. The event is a fundraiser to support charities that care for people who are vulnerable, displaced and exploited. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE MUSTARD SEED is looking for volunteers to work four-hour shifts on Saturdays in the food bank, sorting food donations and packing food hampers. Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.

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KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com

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RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

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CORDLESS EWBANK car-pet cleaner w/full bottle of cleaner, $38. (250)656-1238.

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

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CARPENTRY

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CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

RELIABLE INDOOR Cleaning services. Safe, Natural prod-ucts. Shunni (250)415-9528.

ELECTRICAL

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic.#3003. 25 yrs exp. Renos, new homes, knob & tube re-place. Sr.Disc.No job too small

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

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

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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 estimate

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.

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

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$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.

HAUL A WAY- Junk & gar-bage removal. Free quotes. Senior disc. (778)350-5050.


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

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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.

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.


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(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $80=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

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Done Right Moving $85/hr. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. BBB. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

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AFFORDABLE PAINTING Int/ext. Quality guaranty. Free est. Call Dale 250-516-2445.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

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

PEMBINA PAINTING- Ready for Spring Cleaning? We are a full service painting company. Call ahead so you won’t be disappointed. (250)419-1556.


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PRESSURE WASHING-painting, yard work, smallhaul. Reasonable rates. CallDon (250)812-2210 or Bill250-217-1485.

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BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

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

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Today’s S

olution

Sudoku

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle,every number 1 to 9must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

CrosswordACROSS1. Tilting6. Intersection sign10. Distort14. Ride at full speed16. Down under animal17. Metamorphic stage18. Compel19. Force20. Skunk’s defense21. Scar22. Flat-topped formation23. Medieval contest24. ____ homo27. To’s partner29. Removed31. Court, as a sweetheart32. Bright sign33. Marine animal34. Frequently, in poems37. Athens vowel38. Confront boldly

40. Metal fastener42. Slow, in music44. Cozy retreat46. Appear to be47. Away, on the “Bounty”49. Baby’s creep51. Deadfall52. Fewer53. Take it easy54. Singer Gorme57. Withdraw from an alliance59. Ice-cream dish61. Additionally64. Single’s order65. Harsh cry67. Grimm villain68. St. Anthony’s cross69. Data70. Bandleader Weems71. Loopy72. Sheriff’s squad75. Indian palm

12. Heroic poem13. Skin woe15. Without flaws16. Honshu robe23. Shock24. Ma that goes baa25. Bivouac bed26. Join together28. Furniture style30. Oven type32. Indian flat bread33. Ragout34. Musical comedy35. Jumping insect36. Short-term worker, for short39. Foul-up41. Wine region43. Comfort45. Heavy hammer47. Plus48. Viewed50. File

78. Muslim official80. Be adjacent to81. More bizarre82. Pleasant86. Wall Street order87. Distrustful88. Convert to a cryptogram89. Toddler90. Liquid measure91. Doctrine

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Today’s Answers

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measurement56. Fourth letter58. Unit of force60. Official witness62. Lummox63. Not at home66. Amazement69. Yucca fiber71. Fandango72. Previous73. Comply with74. Brood76. Proposal77. Salon treatment79. Lady’s guy81. Antiquated83. Electron-deficient

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Kidney Transplants: British Columbians Have Spoken

Thank you for participating in our Community Conversations. We heard you! Find the full report detailing what British Columbians told us about the barriers and solutions to kidney transplantation and organ donor registration on our website. Continue the conversation in support of those living with kidney disease. Join us on May 1st at the BC Kidney Transplant Summit in Vancouver.

March is Kidney Health Month

For more information visit: www.kidney.bc.ca

Ken Merkley, Victoria, received a kidney from his daughter Christina.


SPORTSDaniels, Stellingwerff tops at Bazan Bay 5KSteven HeywoodNews staff

Sunday’s beautiful weather contributed to an excellent turnout to the Synergy Health Management Ltd. Bazan Bay 5K footrace.

More than 600 peo-ple finished the event and Lochside Drive in Sidney was lined with plenty of supporters.

University of Calgary runner Stefan Daniels placed first overall in a time of 15 minutes and 11 seconds (15:11). He was followed in second by the University of Vic-toria’s Ben Weir (15:18) and Shoayb Baseal (15:24) in third.

The top woman over-all was Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff from Vic-toria at 16:26, followed

by Alison Hooper of Victoria (16:37) and Erin Burrett of Nanaimo (16:34), who was the 2014 event’s top female runner.

It was a comeback race for Stellingwerff, according to the Van-couver Island Runners Association. She had her first child eight months ago and this event is the start of her preparations to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Runners from the Saanich Peninsula also turned in good times.

Sidney’s Peterson Perrin came 26th over-all in a time of 16:46.

North Saanich’s Finn Battersby, racing in the men’s 01 to 15 age cat-egory, completed the course in 17:39.

Lucy Smith from Sid-ney ran the event in 17:39 — as she and Bat-tersby were neck-and-neck at the finish line.

Saanichton’s Simon Thomson ran in at 18:19 and was followed not long after by Randy Humble, the Town of Sidney’s chief adminis-trative officer.

Seen as a quick race, an estimated 618 peo-ple finished with an average time of 25:26.

The Bazan Bay 5K is the fifth race in a series of eight events in the Frontrunners Island Race Series. The next events are the Comox Valley RV Half Mara-thon on March 22, Mer-ville 15K on April 12 and Sooke River 10K on April 19. See vira.bc.ca for more details.

Steven Heywood/News staff

Calgary’s Stefan Daniels was the first across the finish line in Sunday’s Bazan Bay 5K race. He ended up with a time of 15:11.


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