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An Extreme weekendCentral Saanich Extreme Fastball hosts eight-team tournament, page 23

100 women who careSaanich Peninsula startup group hoping to raise $10,000 per meeting, page 9

On the ballStelly’s Secondary defender Chloe Beech (in yellow) prevents Parkland Secondary’s Lexie Fleming from turning towards her goal line during the opening round of the Ryan Cup city-wide soccer finals. For more, see page 19.Steven Heywood/

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If disasters such as the earth-quakes in Nepal and Christchurch, New Zealand taught us anything, say officials with the North Saan-ich and Sidney fire departments, it’s that people will need to fend for themselves for a much longer time than previously thought.

Prior to those incidents and

others like them, it was common thinking that as long as people had food, water and emergency supplies for 72 hours, that would be enough to tide them over until help arrived. That’s just not the case any more, says John Trelford of the North Saanich Fire Depart-ment and Mike Harman of the Sid-ney fire hall.

“As part of regional emergency planning preparation,” explained

Trelford, “the trend is looking to a week’s time — based on experi-ences in recent quakes and other disasters.”

While actual emergency crew response times will vary, he pointed out that people will need to be prepared for an extended period of uncertainty. For help to arrive, he added, the infrastruc-ture must be in place — without passable roads or stable facilities

like ports or airstrips, supplies will run out fast.

That’s especially true for Van-couver Island, Harman said. Food and other supplies at grocery stores will vanish quickly and as the Island is dependant upon imported food, re-supply during an emergency could take days.

This is the message behind the Saturday, May 9 Peninsula Emer-gency Measures Organization

(PEMO) expo at Panorama Rec-reation Centre. Crew and equip-ment from Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney fire depart-ments will join the RCMP, Central Saanich Police, B.C. Ambulance, Victoria Airport Fire and others. They are encouraging people to get their kit together.

Preparing for an emergency takes effortEmergency officials on the Saanich Peninsula say people need to prepare for extended periods

Please see: Emergency expo at, page 4

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall, 1620 Mills Road, North Saanich, BC to consider the following proposed amendment to the District of North Saanich O�cial Community Plan (OCP) Bylaw No. 1130 (2007) and District of North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 1255:

1) District of North Saanich O�cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 1130 (2007) Amendment Bylaw No. 1340 (2015).

2) District of North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 1255 Amendment Bylaw No. 1382 (2015).

In general terms, the purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 1340 is to amend the O�cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 1130 in order to expand the Development Approval Information Area to all areas of the District of North Saanich and to add additional exemptions to the Development Permit Guidelines. The lands that are the subject of the amendment bylaw include all lands within the District of North Saanich.

In general terms, the purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 1382 is to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1255 in order to expand the secondary suites program to other areas of the District of North Saanich and to modify secondary suite requirements. The lands that are the subject of the amendment bylaw include all R-1, R-2, R-3, RA-1, RA-2, RA-3, RA-4, RA-5, RA-6, CD-1, CD-3, and CD-4 zoned properties within the District of North Saanich.

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It’s a simple idea: to have a kit in your home that contains enough water, food, first aid gear and other supplies that will allow you to survive on your own for at least a week.

“It’s a big commit-ment to have to go out and buy enough stuff for a week,” Trelford said. “If we can get the idea out now, maybe people can add to their kit over time.”

“We want them to at least start think-ing about it,” Harman added.

They plan of hav-ing demonstration kits at Panorama, to help show people what could go inside. The expo will also show people tips on how to respond in the event of a crisis — such as where the gas shut off valves are typically located in one’s home.

“We want people to think about this,” Har-man added, “especially since emergency ser-vices are going to be bogged down.

“I think back to the snow storm in 1996. People then were OK but if it was much worse, how would they respond? It takes time to learn and to pre-pare.”

The various branches of PEMO (search and rescue, communications, emer-gency social services and neighbourhood preparedness) will be at the expo to explain their role. Harman said the biggest push at this event is on awareness.

Yes, these organiza-tion exist to help — but they will be so over-whelmed in the first few days of a disaster. People have to be self-sufficient.”

The PEMO expo is not all serious. The Sidney Lions Club will be on site and serving food and there will be a collection of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles to explore.

The expo runs Satur-day, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For information on emergency prepared-ness, visit prepareyour-self.ca.


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Emergency Expo at Panorama Rec. Centre


Consultation into the effects of contamination in Reay Creek, as well as the impact of storm water runoff, continue to be investigated in the run up to a May 12 commu-nity meeting.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development at the Victoria Airport Author-ity (VAA), says they have hired a contractor to review storm water flows in the creek on airport prop-erty.

“That will help determine what and where the issues are,” he said, “and if we need to address that.”

In 2012, the VAA spent around $250,000 to remediate the portion of Reay Creek that runs through its property. Contaminated soil was removed and the creek chan-

nel itself moved to avoid what Bogusz said are places of contami-nation that date back to the 1930s and ‘40s.

“I won’t say there’s no more pol-lution on our land,” Bogusz said. “It’s been there for years and now the emphasis is on what can be done downstream.”

The VAA is one of the stakehold-ers in the Town of Sidney’s push to clean up sediment in the Reay Creek pond — just across Canora Road from the airport property. Testing in January, and other work done last year by Peninsula Streams, confirmed the presence of heavy metal contaminants in the sediment — and in the water downstream. In the wake of those results, the municipality has made investigating its cleanup options a priority.

In a meeting with the News

Review, Sidney Director of Engi-neering Tim Tanton and Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble outlined their progress. Not only is the town looking into the pond sediment issue, but the future of the dam that created the pond in the first place.

“It’s a complex project,” said Tanton. “There’s the dam, con-tamination, flows and a myriad of interested parties.”

The Town’s first goal, he contin-ued, is to establish a framework to guide everyone to possible solu-tions.

“It’s a strategic process,” added Humble, “and it’s not a finite plan. We will be meeting with represen-tatives of the VAA, North Saanich and Transport Canada within two weeks to discuss process.”

Bogusz noted VAA has reached out to Transport Canada, “strongly

encouraging” them to attend.For their part, VAA continues to

monitor the creek since their res-toration work. A monitoring shed sits on their land, west of Canora Road. Bogusz said this is a mobile station that Transport Canada contributed to in the early 2000s. Results from it, he said, have always showed pollution.

The level of contamination in the creek today, insists the munic-ipality, is not immediately danger-ous.

Residents nearby and others have questioned that.

Tanton said the levels of con-tamination present were found by the Town’s consulting firm to be at a threshold acceptable for resi-dential habitation.

That said, the long-term impact is a big question mark and one Sidney says they hope to solve

through planning this year and possible corrective action in 2016 or ‘17 — in conjunction with the other parties.

Bogusz added the VAA will do its part and wants to see everyone at the table. He said he’s confident that the good will between them will lead to solutions.

In the meantime, a Reay Creek Residents group, formed in the wake of the environmental stud-ies, plan to meet May 12 with officials from the Victoria Airport Authority. On the table will be details of discussions between VAA, Transport Canada, Sidney and North Saanich. The Town of Sidney, too, is promising to have updated information available at that meeting. It’s scheduled to take place at 6:30 p.m. at the B.C. Air Museum on Norseman Road, off Canora Road in North Saanich.

Reay Creek plan back on the table May 12


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After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had changed for

B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras last week.

Iker droned on about how B.C. schools are under-funded by hundreds of millions of dollars, echoing demands from the disastrous strike he led the union membership into last year.

The B.C. Court of Appeal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a constitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of taxpayers’ money.

The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ compulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s self-righteous fantasy of controlling education spending in B.C.

The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin. It shredded her legal reasoning and bluntly corrected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misinterpreted.

The appeal court confirmed at great length what I said when Griffin’s second decision came

down in early 2014: it was far worse for B.C. schools than when judges decided in 2005 that teachers can bring union propaganda into classrooms.

Did the government bargain in bad faith? No.

Did they conspire to provoke a strike? No.

Did they illegally strip working conditions from the teacher

contract? No. Turns out our kids

are not just “working conditions” for teachers, and public policy still matters.

And it turns out that making special needs assistants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for students with learning difficulties, which

probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segregation.

In the negotiated settlement reached last fall, teachers shared $105 million to make thousands of baseless grievances go away, after the union filed one for student numbers in every class in the province. This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize.

Parents understand the strikes, though. They remember a union that scrapped report cards, disrupted

administration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time.

The strike then dragged into the fall, as the government held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t special needs support, where student performance has continued to improve. No, it was the BCTF demanding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted.

In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected government on the run in court.

Wrong again.Next up for the ministry is taking

control of professional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards, once the NDP is done denouncing it.

Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the union-controlled College of Teachers — onto the scrap heap of history.

There are BCTF members who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking critically at the performance of their leaders, who are too often distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

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n the event of a natural disaster or other emergency, fire departments, police and other officials can only hope that the vast majority of people on Vancouver Island can fend for themselves for an extended

period of time.This weekend, that lesson will be on

display at a Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization expo at Panorama Recreation Centre. Officials from the Saanich Peninsula will show how a kit is supposed to be fitted out for just such an emergency.

Taking examples of earthquakes in metropolitan areas — and even rural ones — into consideration, emergency personnel are pushing the idea that it will take much longer to respond than originally thought.

Instead of the estimated 72 hours, it could take up to a week for crews to reach people in need — or at the minimum to re-open roads and supply lines.

On the Island, as in most of B.C., homes are made of wood — which is one saving grace, say John Trelford and Mike Harman of the North Saanich and Sidney fire departments, respectively. Most homes, they say, should remain standing after a large quake. That helps ensure people will have shelter, at least.

What folks need, they say, is a kit of supplies — food, water, first aid gear — that will last a week or longer. During some of the more harsh weather events on the Island, store supplies are snapped up. That’s a relatively minor occurrence. Imagine a big one.

It’s a big commitment to have a kit like that just sitting around. It’ll take time, money and follow through to have one on hand. And while it might be frustrating to even consider having one, just think of the position you’ll be in if something happens (jinx, jinx) and you’re without essential supplies, with no way to get any.

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Hats off to North Saanich council-lors Heather Garts-hore and Geoff Orr for their prompt

response and having the fore-sight to realize the unique gate-way platform potential (the McTa-vish Road interchange) has to offer for welcoming visitors and in improving the quality of life for all our local residents.

Often times a community inher-its unwanted innate responsibil-

ities and trying to avoid it only drags the problem out until some-one finally realizes it’s not going to go away by passing the buck.

I think the cost sharing partner-ship should be expanded to all the surrounding communities who would benefit from aesthetically improving the site.

Also, a corporate and business advertising component should be explored.

There’s a Federal election on the horizon — maybe someone

could give Prime Minister Stephen Harper a call since this all started with federal infrastructure money.

I would also recommend having a preliminary water source and irrigation cost estimate done for the two highly visual circle Islands prepared for those talks.

One other issue that should be considered is having at least one of the local participants assist the provincial ministry in overseeing the improvement process and maintenance standards of the site.

I’ve been in the landscape design and horticultural field for over 40 years and I’ve noticed a lot of the trees have been damaged at the base from inexperienced con-tracted staff and a poorly designed landscape.

I don’t blame the contractor — it’s a very common problem but could have been avoided by having one of our knowledge-able, local municipal staff over-see and insist that the mainte-nance standards and practices

are being met and finding that balance of implementing an aes-thetically pleasing landscape with an affordable maintenance budget schedule.

Thank you, North Saanich mayor and council for picking up the ball where it was dropped and at least giving a serious consider-ation to this shared opportunity.

Douglas E. Lewis Saanichton

Is it worth discussing?After a couple of excellent letters to

the editor in the PNR recently, I am disap-pointed North Saanich council appears not to have even been involved in a discussion regarding combining municipal facilities in one building in Sidney instead of patch-ing up our municipal hall on Mills Road. So many people that I have spoken to have been enthusiastic about this idea.

It would be most cost effective to share amenities, i.e. building and maintenance costs, heating, electricity, office machines, toilets, cleaning services and right down to coffee machines and so forth, but keep-ing separate sides of the premises for the North Saanich and Sidney municipal halls.

This no way means amalgamation, just sharing of facilities. The patching up of the North Saanich Hall is not a worthy long term solution and it is likely that we will require new premises in the future.

Wouldn’t it be an idea to go in with Sidney as they are considering a replace-ment of their existing premises now? The ideal position is on the land south of Mary Winspear Centre, in which North Saanich already has a mutual benefit agreement with Sidney.

It would be more convenient for resi-dents to get to a hall in Sidney than to Mills Road. This could also likely result in increased attendance at council meetings.

Surely it is well worth at least discussing this point?

Hans & Valerie Edwards,North Saanich

Pursue amalgamationIn the editorial, Fighting for farmland,

PNR April 29, residents of Central Saanich are reminded to stand up and be heard if they want to preserve farmland.

They need to be reminded also what the implications are of doing so. Without industrial, commercial and residential development the tax base is eroded over time and that means higher municipal taxes.

The conflict between maintaining valu-able farm land and a sustainable tax base is real.

It’s a challenge for the elected officials and requires both political courage and leadership on their part.

The solution for Central Saanich is to actively pursue amalgamation of the three municipalities on the Saanich Peninsula to create a larger planning area.

If that is done, a sustainable tax base is possible without having to sacrifice vital agricultural lands to industrial, commercial and residential development.

Carl EriksenCentral Saanich

Success a two-way streetRe: Erasing party lines possible, PNR

May 1. If Elizabeth May wants to erase party lines, she should cease using every available opportunity to denigrate the fed-eral Conservative party and its leader.

If you have had opportunity to read her parliamentary newsletters, sent to all households in her riding at taxpayers expense, you would see that the entire newsletter is often an anti-Conservative diatribe.

If there are other MPs who vote her the best parliamentarian, I expect it has a lot to do with the fact she and her party are viewed as no real political threat. The will-ingness of the ruling Conservative minis-ters to work with Elizabeth May, even after her criticisms of the government, shows strength of character of the ministers.

Bill Wilson Saanichton

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‘100 Women Who Care’ meet tonightAngela Cowan News staff

The inaugural meeting of the Saanich Peninsula chapter of 100 Women Who Care kicks off tonight at Glen Meadows, with the hopes of raising $10,000 in one hour for a local charity.

Part of an international organization, 100 Women Who Care asks each of its members to commit to a one-hour meeting and a $100 donation four times a year to support local charities.

Saanich Peninsula chapter co-founder Debra Bartlett had attended a meeting of the Victoria group, and was amazed at the results.

“I thought, this is really neat because it’s one hour,” she says. “It’s the most efficient thing I’ve ever seen.”

Often busy with work, motherhood and other volunteer obligations, many women simply don’t have time to commit to all the causes they’d like to, says Bartlett. The group offers them a chance to be a part of something that can really make a difference in their local communities.

As of late last week, the group had nearly 70 members already signed up, but there’s always room for more, says Bartlett.

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“It’s not asking a huge amount from people,” says fellow co-founder Shelley Mann. “People already have causes they give to, to the United Way or to cancer research.”

The initiative is something a little extra to sup-port local organizations. It’s a modest financial commitment individually, but when combined with 99 other women, makes a substantial impres-sion on the chosen charity.

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Unrepeatable moments from the brush of a masterWatercolour painter Rodger Garbutt featured at Tulista Gallery May 11 to 17Angela CowanNews staff

Master of watercolours Rodger Garbutt is the featured artist at the Tulista Park Gal-lery next week, showcasing his decades of experience with his collection Unrepeatable Moments.

Known for colourful portrayals of danc-ers and an engaging impressionistic view of landscapes, Garbutt has been painting his entire life, though his efforts began in ear-nest in his teens, he says, with a few artistic detours along the way.

Early on in his career, Garbutt wanted to study commercial design, but his school, England’s Hartlepool College of Art, didn’t offer it as a course. So instead, he went into window design.

“I very quickly realized that wasn’t what I wanted to do,” he says with a smile, explain-ing he couldn’t abide the wasted effort.

A handful of designs would be made, one chosen, and the rest would just go in the trash.

He moved to Canada in 1965, settling in Powell River for four years before mov-

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instantaneous and mercurial. “Watercolours are unrepeatable,” he

says, echoing the show’s title. “It’s light, it’s fluid. It has a freshness to it. There’s a lot of accident in it, but it’s controlled accident.”

Another aspect of watercolour that’s always drawn Garbutt in is the unfinished feel of the paintings.

With no strict lines or borders, and largely impressionistic details, Garbutt’s paintings have an openness about them that invites observers to view the pieces with their own, individual slants.

“It’s why with a lot of pictures I won’t put a face on them,” he says. “You’re bringing your own perspective to it.”

Like reading a poem by Yeats or Cum-mings, it’s about taking extra moments to sink into the art, finding its edges and deeper layers, and experimenting with com-bining one’s own impressions and the art-ist’s intent.

It’s a sentiment Garbutt agrees with wholeheartedly.

“Painting is visual poetry,” he says. His tango dancers sweep across the can-

vas, dark hair piled high, with a shoulder or calf clearly defined but with only a hint of facial features. Similarly, Garbutt’s land-scapes draw the eye in, through trees and across lakes, but always in a meandering sort of way.


Watercolour master Rodger Garbutt shows off Flooded Lake, one of the pieces he’ll be featuring in his upcoming show at the Tulista Community Art Centre May 11 to 17.

PLEASE SEE:Infusing movement in every piece, page 12

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William Pint and Felicia Dale are bringing their unique blend of traditional maritime music with a modern twist to Deep Cove Folk Society’s next club night, May 8.

Folk duo William Pint and Felicia Dale performing May 8 at Deep Cove Folk Society’s club nightAngela Cowan News staff

Invoking the feel of a rocking deck beneath, the sound of waves slapping against a wooden hull, and the creak of rigging far above, folk duo Wil-liam Pint and Felicia Dale are bring-ing their unique blend of maritime music and sea shanties to Deep Cove Folk Society’s club night this Friday.

“I used to play a lot of traditional songs from the British Isles, and if you do that you eventually start running into sea shanties,” says Pint of their beginnings.

“Over the years we’ve found our-selves focused on music from that tradition of the sea. The mid-19th century was the heyday of that style of song. We realized there was a whole lot of material that we thought was really interesting, and it became our mission to present this mate-rial.”

The duo have not only helped keep the tradi-tion of maritime music alive, they’ve taken it and infused it with their own style.

Traditionally, sea shanties are performed in har-mony by several singers and with no instruments. Pint and Dale, however, turn those harmonies into big sounds.

“We do a very different thing,” says Pint. “The arrangements are usually much more contem-porary sounding, with instruments, and a lot of energy and drive.”

“We make a lot of noise,” says Dale with a laugh. With six- and 12-string guitars, an octave man-

dolin, ukulele, whistles and a hurdy-gurdy accom-panying their vocals, energetic might be bordering on an understatement.

Hurdy-gurdy you ask? It’s not a barrel organ, Dale says pointedly. Dating back to the 12th century, the hurdy-gurdy features a keyboard and a cranked wheel and sounds similar to a bagpipe with drones, melody and rhythmic percussion.

“It sounds a lot sometimes like an electric violin. It’s mostly used for French dance tunes, but it can be used for almost any kind of music,” she says.

Featured in everything from clas-sical music to heavy metal bands,

it’s as versatile as it is complex. “The engineering involved in building a hurdy-

gurdy is very intense, and keeping it in tune is just as difficult,” says Dale.

Bringing a modern twist to sea shanties and maritime music

Please see: Folk concert featuring, page 12

“There’s a lot of connection in form between sea shanties and even modern pop music and rock and roll songs ... things that are very rhythm oriented.”

– William Pint

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Eye hazards inthe backyard

Some day soon the rain will stop, and we will venture outdoors to do our bit in making Victoria “the Garden City”.

Before setting out to tame your own personal wil-derness, stop and think about your eyes (and other body parts). Pruning and trimming can be hazardous. A branch snapping back and hitting the eye can cause mechanical damage and possibly toxic reaction or in-fection. A projectile, from a weedeater or lawnmower, can also cause serious damage to your body.

Perhaps you use an arsenal of herbicides and pesti-cides to help control your garden? Or you have a pool which requires chlorine? These chemicals aren’t eye-friendly either. If you do splash a chemical in the eye, � ush the eye immediately with vast, huge, enormous quantities of clean cold water; then go to Emergency if necessary.

The good news is that eye protection is simple and inexpensive. Safety glasses and goggles that � t over prescription glasses are all that is required, and you can � nd them in your local hardware store. Our local eye surgeons would rather spend their weekends with their families than treating ocular injuries that are eas-ily prevented.

Have a happy and safe spring and summer.

peninsulanewsreview.com

A12 • www.vicnews.com Wednesday, May 2, 2014 - PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW

Many of his works are inspired by his extensive travels through Latin America, he says. Potato sell-ers in Peru, sidewalk markets in Argentina, fleeting moments in Chile, Garbutt has captured them all in a few masterful brushstrokes.

So too has he immortalized wil-derness scenes from Quadra Island and from the Saanich Peninsula, but the pieces aren’t tied to their sources. One of his paintings nearly always evokes a Parisian sense in his audience, though it actually hails from South America, he says.

There is no ‘right way’ to look at his paintings, no single focal point that onlookers must train their eye on, and part of that is also due to Garbutt’s love affair with capturing movement with his brush.

Whether it’s the swirl of a danc-er’s skirt, the bustle of a city sidewalk or the slow amble of a river beneath a canopy of trees, look at one of Garbutt’s paintings for even a moment, and you’ll find your eye following a natural flow across the canvas.

Recently, Garbutt has been focusing on waves

and water in his paintings, trying his hand at something a little different.

“Like dances, water is moving,” he says. “Most of my pictures I try to get movement into.”

Though he uses familiar themes, Garbutt never stops stretching his art and staying

true to his own vision, always striving to keep movement and growth in his own life as well as his paintings.

“We never stop learning,” he says. “You can’t compare your own art with any oth-ers, and you can’t do what people think is popular. If you do that, you’re stunting your growth.”

Unrepeatable Moments runs May 11 to 17 at the Tulista Community Art Centre, 9565

Fifth Street in Sidney. The show is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit cacsp.com.

[email protected]


“You can’t compare your own art with any others, and you can’t do what people think is popular. If you do that, you’re stunting your growth.”

– Rodger Garbutt

So much so that you could say it’s been around since the 1100s and people have just about got it tuned, laughs Pint.

With the singular sounds of the hurdy-gurdy, Pint and Dale’s performances are always memorable, but also for the way the duo interact with their

audience. “We like to relax with

an audience and get to know each other,” says Dale.

“We do tend to talk about the songs and

the background, and set up things,” adds Pint.

“A lot of the songs really benefit from audi-ence participation.”

Singing along isn’t too difficult, as many of the songs follow a familiar pattern with repeating choruses.

“There’s a lot of connection in form between sea shanties and even modern pop music and rock and roll songs,” says Pint. “Things that are very rhythm oriented. It’s fun to take the tradi-tional music as a start-ing point.”

Some of their tunes have blues or rock lean-ings, and yet it all still has that definitive folk feel, he adds.

So while the lyrics - and some of the instru-ments - may be brand new to the audience, Pint and Dale are hop-ing to entice some sing-a-longs.

“That’s really nice when people feel com-fortable enough that they can do that,” says Pint. “We have fun doing what we do, and hopefully that will be

conta-gious to the audi-ence, and then we all have a good time.”

“We abso-lutely love travel-ling up to Canada,” adds Dale. “We always have the best time playing.”

The evening opens at 8 p.m. Fri-day, May 8 with an open mic after which Pint and Dale take the stage. Deep Cove Folk club nights run the second Friday of the month at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. Admission is $7, and coffee, tea and other refreshments are by donation.

For more infor-mation, visit deepcovefolk.ca or pintn-dale.com.

reporter@ peninsu-lanews review.com

“The engineering involved in building a hurdy-gurdy is very intense.”

– Felicia Dale


Folk concert featuring hurdy-gurdy, ukulele

Infusing movement in every piece PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Wednesday, May 2, 2014 www.vicnews.com • A13

Another spectacular day today! Not a cloud in the entire sky!

We are getting spoiled and beginning to expect it,

which is pure greed, because the gar-dens need some rain or we’ll have to start hauling hoses to keep those seed-lings moist until they develop a sturdy root system that can tolerate a little drought.

Always something to worry about. If it isn’t the gar-den we can always

worry about the mess the world is in right now and there is always the dreaded chance of an earthquake to keep us awake at night.

If you need help in the worry department you can always contact me ... I’m something of an expert, having had years of practice. Where do you think I got these furrows in my fore-head?

You guessed it! Yes, good old-fashioned worry will do it every time.

Oh, yes. Gardening? I’ll get right to it! Let’s talk about pansies, shall we?

These dear humble plants are so un-demanding they get overlooked when we should celebrate them. In Sidney, the municipal gardeners know their value and plant them in the highway divid-ers, knowing they will perform beautifully for many months with little to no encouragement.

I have one in a planter that looks great and it has been outside all winter with no protection, little water, nor any fertilizer, but it lifts its cheerful face and smiles at me when I tell it how pretty it looks.

I love pansies! Two annuals that think they are perennial are

a couple of petunias, one red and the other pur-ple. They are both flowering as though they know

what they are doing and they are very welcome indeed. I’ll add to them, since I have no idea ifthey intend to stay for another summer, or are just waiting for a good day to die.

A balcony garden is a new challenge for most of us and a lot of what we do is “trial and error.” I’m sure there are books about balcony

gardening, but if their suggestions don’t work, they may hear my screams of anguish in Duncan!

My youngest daughter has moved to Victoria so guess who now has to lug the watering can half-full of water to those thirsty plants out on that hot, dry balcony? Right! Me!

Oh well, it’s not as though I had a job and was at work all day, so I do have the time. It’s just the effort to get moving that’s a problem.

There is another name for it called “laziness” but I refuse to believe that is the case.

I quite like the word “inertia’ instead. It doesn’t sound quite so threatening.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than

30 years.

Helen LangOver the Garden

Fence

We’ve come to expect the sun

“A balcony garden is a new challenge for most of us and a lot of what we do is trial and error.”

– Helen Lang

With gardens, there’s always something to worry about — except the tough and pretty pansies

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Eye hazards inthe backyard

Some day soon the rain will stop, and we will venture outdoors to do our bit in making Victoria “the Garden City”.

Before setting out to tame your own personal wil-derness, stop and think about your eyes (and other body parts). Pruning and trimming can be hazardous. A branch snapping back and hitting the eye can cause mechanical damage and possibly toxic reaction or in-fection. A projectile, from a weedeater or lawnmower, can also cause serious damage to your body.

Perhaps you use an arsenal of herbicides and pesti-cides to help control your garden? Or you have a pool which requires chlorine? These chemicals aren’t eye-friendly either. If you do splash a chemical in the eye, � ush the eye immediately with vast, huge, enormous quantities of clean cold water; then go to Emergency if necessary.

The good news is that eye protection is simple and inexpensive. Safety glasses and goggles that � t over prescription glasses are all that is required, and you can � nd them in your local hardware store. Our local eye surgeons would rather spend their weekends with their families than treating ocular injuries that are eas-ily prevented.

Have a happy and safe spring and summer.

peninsulanewsreview.com


Many of his works are inspired by his extensive travels through Latin America, he says. Potato sell-ers in Peru, sidewalk markets in Argentina, fleeting moments in Chile, Garbutt has captured them all in a few masterful brushstrokes.

So too has he immortalized wil-derness scenes from Quadra Island and from the Saanich Peninsula, but the pieces aren’t tied to their sources. One of his paintings nearly always evokes a Parisian sense in his audience, though it actually hails from South America, he says.

There is no ‘right way’ to look at his paintings, no single focal point that onlookers must train their eye on, and part of that is also due to Garbutt’s love affair with capturing movement with his brush.

Whether it’s the swirl of a danc-er’s skirt, the bustle of a city sidewalk or the slow amble of a river beneath a canopy of trees, look at one of Garbutt’s paintings for even a moment, and you’ll find your eye following a natural flow across the canvas.

Recently, Garbutt has been focusing on waves

and water in his paintings, trying his hand at something a little different.

“Like dances, water is moving,” he says. “Most of my pictures I try to get movement into.”

Though he uses familiar themes, Garbutt never stops stretching his art and staying

true to his own vision, always striving to keep movement and growth in his own life as well as his paintings.

“We never stop learning,” he says. “You can’t compare your own art with any oth-ers, and you can’t do what people think is popular. If you do that, you’re stunting your growth.”

Unrepeatable Moments runs May 11 to 17 at the Tulista Community Art Centre, 9565

Fifth Street in Sidney. The show is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit cacsp.com.

[email protected]


“You can’t compare your own art with any others, and you can’t do what people think is popular. If you do that, you’re stunting your growth.”

– Rodger Garbutt

So much so that you could say it’s been around since the 1100s and people have just about got it tuned, laughs Pint.

With the singular sounds of the hurdy-gurdy, Pint and Dale’s performances are always memorable, but also for the way the duo interact with their

audience. “We like to relax with

an audience and get to know each other,” says Dale.

“We do tend to talk about the songs and

the background, and set up things,” adds Pint.

“A lot of the songs really benefit from audi-ence participation.”

Singing along isn’t too difficult, as many of the songs follow a familiar pattern with repeating choruses.

“There’s a lot of connection in form between sea shanties and even modern pop music and rock and roll songs,” says Pint. “Things that are very rhythm oriented. It’s fun to take the tradi-tional music as a start-ing point.”

Some of their tunes have blues or rock lean-ings, and yet it all still has that definitive folk feel, he adds.

So while the lyrics - and some of the instru-ments - may be brand new to the audience, Pint and Dale are hop-ing to entice some sing-a-longs.

“That’s really nice when people feel com-fortable enough that they can do that,” says Pint. “We have fun doing what we do, and hopefully that will be

conta-gious to the audi-ence, and then we all have a good time.”

“We abso-lutely love travel-ling up to Canada,” adds Dale. “We always have the best time playing.”

The evening opens at 8 p.m. Fri-day, May 8 with an open mic after which Pint and Dale take the stage. Deep Cove Folk club nights run the second Friday of the month at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. Admission is $7, and coffee, tea and other refreshments are by donation.

For more infor-mation, visit deepcovefolk.ca or pintn-dale.com.

reporter@ peninsu-lanews review.com

“The engineering involved in building a hurdy-gurdy is very intense.”

– Felicia Dale


Folk concert featuring hurdy-gurdy, ukulele

Infusing movement in every piece PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Wednesday, May 2, 2014 www.vicnews.com • A13

Another spectacular day today! Not a cloud in the entire sky!

We are getting spoiled and beginning to expect it,

which is pure greed, because the gar-dens need some rain or we’ll have to start hauling hoses to keep those seed-lings moist until they develop a sturdy root system that can tolerate a little drought.

Always something to worry about. If it isn’t the gar-den we can always

worry about the mess the world is in right now and there is always the dreaded chance of an earthquake to keep us awake at night.

If you need help in the worry department you can always contact me ... I’m something of an expert, having had years of practice. Where do you think I got these furrows in my fore-head?

You guessed it! Yes, good old-fashioned worry will do it every time.

Oh, yes. Gardening? I’ll get right to it! Let’s talk about pansies, shall we?

These dear humble plants are so un-demanding they get overlooked when we should celebrate them. In Sidney, the municipal gardeners know their value and plant them in the highway divid-ers, knowing they will perform beautifully for many months with little to no encouragement.

I have one in a planter that looks great and it has been outside all winter with no protection, little water, nor any fertilizer, but it lifts its cheerful face and smiles at me when I tell it how pretty it looks.

I love pansies! Two annuals that think they are perennial are

a couple of petunias, one red and the other pur-ple. They are both flowering as though they know

what they are doing and they are very welcome indeed. I’ll add to them, since I have no idea ifthey intend to stay for another summer, or are just waiting for a good day to die.

A balcony garden is a new challenge for most of us and a lot of what we do is “trial and error.” I’m sure there are books about balcony

gardening, but if their suggestions don’t work, they may hear my screams of anguish in Duncan!

My youngest daughter has moved to Victoria so guess who now has to lug the watering can half-full of water to those thirsty plants out on that hot, dry balcony? Right! Me!

Oh well, it’s not as though I had a job and was at work all day, so I do have the time. It’s just the effort to get moving that’s a problem.

There is another name for it called “laziness” but I refuse to believe that is the case.

I quite like the word “inertia’ instead. It doesn’t sound quite so threatening.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than

30 years.

Helen LangOver the Garden

Fence

We’ve come to expect the sun

“A balcony garden is a new challenge for most of us and a lot of what we do is trial and error.”

– Helen Lang

With gardens, there’s always something to worry about — except the tough and pretty pansies


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Two-day fundraiser event promises music and a variety of landscaping

Don DescoteauNews staff

The Victoria Conservatory of Music hosts its 33rd annual Mother’s Day Garden Tour this weekend, with nine sites open to viewing, with a background of music.

These pockets of greenery and flowering plants, accented with natural and manmade elements, are spread throughout Greater Victoria, from the national treasure that is Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site in Colwood, to a classic Oak Bay garden with contemporary updates.

Adding to the ambiance, students and faculty members from

the conservatory will perform at many of the stops on the tour, while other sites will have recorded music playing throughout. As well, master horticulturists will be on hand to answer gen-eral and specific questions about gardening.

A perennial favourite, the annual plant sale, will happen at the Midland Road location on the tour in Oak Bay.

Tour attendees are also invited to stop by the grand finale to the weekend, the Joy of Life concert led by Daniel Lapp at the conservatory’s Alix Goolden Performance Hall, starting at 3 p.m. Sunday. Garden tour tickets allow the holders $10 off the concert ticket price.

The tour runs Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10. Tickets are $30 (children 12-under are free) and may be purchased online and at many locations throughout Greater Victoria. Find more information at vcm.bc.ca/tickets-garden-tour. All pro-ceeds support the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

Tour Greater Victoria gardens with mom this weekend

Photo contributed

Visitors on the Victoria Conservatory of Music’s 33rd annual Garden Tour will experience backyard scenes like this at sites around Greater Victoria.


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The weather can change quickly in early spring. Always check the (marine) forecast to be alerted of incoming weather systems. This is also a good time to realistically assess your paddling skills against potential weather. Don’t be fooled by balmy breezes into dressing in light cloth-ing. The water is still very cold. Either wear or bring along thermal protective clothing that

can be layered. A wet-suit or paddling drysuit would be best — that will help slow the onset of hypothermia should you suddenly find your-self in the water.

A key piece of safety equipment is a marine radio or, where service is reliable, a cell phone to call for assistance.

At this time of year, there are fewer boats on the water to spot you and help. Cell phones should be kept in a watertight con-tainer to avoid poten-tial water damage.

Before departing, tell a reliable person where you are going, when you expect to return and the number to call should you not return as scheduled.

As you head out, be sure to wear your life-jacket.

With the number of styles available today, some specifically designed for paddlers, there really is no rea-son not to wear one. It might just save your life.

Finally, make sure you have practiced and

are skilled enough to quickly reboard your boat both assisted and unassisted in case you capsize or fall into the water.

There is no reason why, with a little prepa-ration, we can’t indulge our passion and take full on-water advantage of the paddling season from ice off to ice up.

For more safe boat-ing tips, visit www.csbc.ca.

— Submitted by the Canadian Safe

Boating Council and Paddle Canada


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Alice Finall, Mayor of North Saanich; Chief Vern Jacks, Tseycum First Nation; Gary Holman, MLA, Saanich North and the Islands and Greg Ramsay, Ramsay Machine Works Ltd. stand at North Saanich’s time capsule - built by Ramsay Machine Works - on display at the Mary Winspear Centre. Holman is presenting Jacks with his B.C. legislature presentation on the government’s purchase of Grace Islet. That move allows First Nations burial cairns contained on the island to be protected from development. The presentation, with a DVD and hard paper copy, were placed in the time capsule, which is to be opened in 2065.

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Residents and staff at Legion Manor Victoria in Saanichton raised more than $1,100 to donate to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation.

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The B.C. government is adding new trades seats to 12 post-secondary institutions to allow students to sample different trades.

The “trades discovery” program runs 10 to 12 weeks, providing hands-on experience. Those who complete the program can then enrol in a “founda-tion” program for the trade or seek an apprentice-ship place with an employer.

Premier Christy Clark donned her hardhat and joined high school students in new secondary trade programs for the announcement at the B.C. legislature last week. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the government has made progress in the Skills for Jobs Blueprint, launched a year ago to redesign the B.C. education system from elemen-tary to post-secondary to match education up with high-demand jobs in the future.

The additional funding of $727,500 is to pro-vide 68 seats at Camosun College, 32 at College of New Caledonia, 32 at College of the Rockies, 16 at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 16 at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, 12 at North Island College, 40 at Northwest Community College, 32 at Okanagan College, 16 at Selkirk College, 30 at Thompson Rivers University, 16 at University of the Fraser Valley and 16 at Vancouver Island Uni-versity.

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkin-son said the blueprint assigns 25 per cent of post-secondary funds to in-demand jobs, to fill posi-tions left vacant by a wave of retirements in the coming decades.

New or expanded trades facilities are underway at Camosun College, Okanagan College and Nicola Valley.

According to the Industry Training Authority, more than 41,000 participants are now involved in an adult, youth or foundation trades program. Shane Simpson, the NDP’s critic for labour and skills, said the problem is not getting students started in trades, it is finding them apprenticeship places that put them on the job.

The B.C. Federation of Labour has called on the government to put apprentice requirements into contracts for public construction projects. Simpson said there are also few apprentices in the public service.

Bond said in the legislature last week that she is concerned about the low completion rates in trade programs, and she expects to make an announcement soon about placements in govern-ment activities.

“That work is nearly finished,” Bond said. “My goal is to ensure that we have incremental growth of apprentices on projects that are funded by tax-payers.”

Photo contributed by Don Craig/B.C. government

Student carpenters demonstrate their skills at the B.C. legislature April 29.

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Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government is adding new trades seats to 12 post-secondary institutions to allow students to sample different trades.

The “trades discovery” program runs 10 to 12 weeks, providing hands-on experience. Those who complete the program can then enrol in a “founda-tion” program for the trade or seek an apprentice-ship place with an employer.

Premier Christy Clark donned her hardhat and joined high school students in new secondary trade programs for the announcement at the B.C. legislature last week. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the government has made progress in the Skills for Jobs Blueprint, launched a year ago to redesign the B.C. education system from elemen-tary to post-secondary to match education up with high-demand jobs in the future.

The additional funding of $727,500 is to pro-vide 68 seats at Camosun College, 32 at College of New Caledonia, 32 at College of the Rockies, 16 at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 16 at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, 12 at North Island College, 40 at Northwest Community College, 32 at Okanagan College, 16 at Selkirk College, 30 at Thompson Rivers University, 16 at University of the Fraser Valley and 16 at Vancouver Island Uni-versity.

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkin-son said the blueprint assigns 25 per cent of post-secondary funds to in-demand jobs, to fill posi-tions left vacant by a wave of retirements in the coming decades.

New or expanded trades facilities are underway at Camosun College, Okanagan College and Nicola Valley.

According to the Industry Training Authority, more than 41,000 participants are now involved in an adult, youth or foundation trades program. Shane Simpson, the NDP’s critic for labour and skills, said the problem is not getting students started in trades, it is finding them apprenticeship places that put them on the job.

The B.C. Federation of Labour has called on the government to put apprentice requirements into contracts for public construction projects. Simpson said there are also few apprentices in the public service.

Bond said in the legislature last week that she is concerned about the low completion rates in trade programs, and she expects to make an announcement soon about placements in govern-ment activities.

“That work is nearly finished,” Bond said. “My goal is to ensure that we have incremental growth of apprentices on projects that are funded by tax-payers.”

Photo contributed by Don Craig/B.C. government

Student carpenters demonstrate their skills at the B.C. legislature April 29.

Around the province

More trades positions added at colleges


SPORTSSteven HeywoodNews staff

The Stingers dominated the game — but it was Vanessa Guerra who made sure her team stayed in the match.

Guerra, one of two seniors on the Parkland Panthers senior girls soccer team, was the game’s busiest goaltender in the opening Ryan Cup semi-final match Thurs-day, April 29 at Layritz Field in Saa-nich. The Ryan Cup is an annual battle among Greater Victoria A, AA and AAA girls soccer teams for the city-wide title.

Parkland, who finished fourth among the AA division teams, had the unenviable task of facing Stel-ly’s, the AAA league winner and last year’s Ryan Cup champs.

For Guerra, it was her final game of the season. Early on, she chal-lenged a Stinger’s player and went down with an injury. Recovering, she stayed in the game, blocking and tipping shots — generally causing trouble for the Stelly’s attackers.

The Stingers missed at least five open nets as they moved the ball quickly and strongly through-out the match. They were able to score three times to seal the win

and their coach, Jackie Cunning-ham, said she is hoping for better in the coming rounds.

“We did OK and we’ve come so far,” said Guerra after the match. “I

was impressed, because we are so young (a team).”

Made up mostly of Grade 10 and 11 players, Parkland is building for next season.

“We worked well as a team.”Stelly’s advanced to their next

semi-final Tuesday, May 5 (after press deadline) against Oak Bay.

Stelly’s junior girls soccer team,

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Parkland Panthers’ goaltender Vanessa Guerra keeps her eyes, and hands, on the ball during the opening game of the Ryan Cup city soccer finals on Thursday, April 29. Stelly’s, the top AAA team would defeat Parkland (AA), 3-nil.

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SIDNEY CONCERT BAND invites you to our Swing into Spring concert, conducted by Rob Bannister. Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m. at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney. Tickets $15 available from the Mary Winspear Centre box office, 250-656-0275.

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Saturday, May 9, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Log Cabin Museum at Saanichton. Tea $5. Reservations necessary: [email protected] or 250-652-1116. Museum located at 7910 Polo Park Crescent (behind Thrifty’s). More info. at saanich- pioneersociety.org.

WORLD OCEANS DAY is June 8 and Oceans Week in Canada is June 1 to 8. Learn how you can be part of the solution, not part of the problem at WorldOceansDay.ca.

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RHYMETIME at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Runs to May 21, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Drop-in. Call 250-656-0944.

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FALL PREVENTION CLASSES, Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 21 to June 30, 10 to 11 a.m. Twelve sessions for $95. Limited to 10 participants, so register early. Call 250-656-5537.

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GARDEN Club will meet on Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Center. Christina Nikolic will share how to stop worrying and start loving your garden and more! Visitors welcome. Non-member drop-in-fee is $5.

THE WHITE CANE Club meet on the first Thursday of every month, at 1:30 p.m. at the SHOAL Centre. Next meeting is on Thursday, May 7. There will be a presentation by the Pacific Institute for the Blind. Please plan to attend.

NEW DROP-IN FOR help with tablets and laptops now available for seniors at SHOAL Activity Centre, Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. to noon.Volunteers will help with questions and tips.

Fundraisers

SAVE THE MOTHERS Walk, Saturday, May 9. Step out to improve maternal health in the developing world. Join us in a 5 km walk/run across the beautiful Mt. Newton Valley, starting at 9:30 a.m. from St. Mary’s Church (East Saanich Rd. at Cultra

Ave.) and culminating at St. Stephen’s Church (St. Stephen’s Rd.) with a BBQ. All ages welcome. Register at www.walkformothersday.com or for more information go to the Parish of Central Saanich website www.parishcs.ca.

HERITAGE FASHION SHOW with Afternoon Tea. At Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Ave. (off Lochside). Friday, May 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets,

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LIONS SWIFTSURE BREAKFAST. The Central Saanich Lions Club, for the fourth year, is serving breakfast at the Saturday, May 23 Swiftsure race.Pancakes, ham, coffee, tea, or juice available. At Clover point, Dallas Road.Breakfast served 8 to 11 a.m.

CAR BOOT AND Craft Sale at St. Stephen’s church, 7921 St. Stephen Rd. off Mt. Newton X Rd., on May 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On the grounds rain or shine. To reserve a spot to sell your stuff, email [email protected]. There is a fee of $15. In the hall, there are tables for rent for crafters, $20. Both must also be booked and paid in advance. Details at parishcs.ca or email [email protected].

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Funny money

Peter Garnham, executive director of the Sidney Museum, holds a 1986 $2 bill. The Museum is running its new exhibit: A Licence to Print Money, throughout May and June. The exhibit features banknotes that no longer exist — and some that never existed. The Sidney Museum on Beacon Avenue is open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Photo contributed

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George LakemanDecember 17, 1922- April 25, 2015

With great sadness,

we announce the death of our much loved father, George Lakeman, in his 93rd year. Born into a fam-ily of eight children in Edmonton, Alberta, George enlisted as a young man in the RCAF during the Sec-ond World War. He trained wireless air gunners in the British

Commonwealth Air Training Plan.After the war, he went into the construction busi-

ness with his father and brothers, and built houses and apartment buildings in Edmonton. During this time, he met his future wife Molly Bracewell, a lively and lovely English girl, at the Rainbow Ballroom in Edmonton. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship that led to a very happy marriage in 1951.

He soon trained as a draftsman, and went on to a career in Alberta’s Public Works department and eventu-ally as a building inspector for the Treasury Branch.

He retired in 1981, and he and Molly moved out to Sidney, B.C., where he fulfilled the prairie boy’s dream of owning a sail boat, sailing the west coast, and golfing year-round. He was a damn fine golfer.

George loved the company of women, and after his loving wife Molly died in 1992, he grieved deeply and then married a second time, to Olivia Moffat, who predeceased him in 1995. He was also predeceased by his brothers Jack, Joe, Billy, Herb and Bob, and his two sisters Dorothy and Eileen. He will be greatly missed by his son Geoff Lakeman (Heather Pringle), daughter Elaine Lakeman (Rick McNeill), brother Roy Lakeman (Joyce Lakeman), good friend Lynn Eriksen Urquhart, many nephews and nieces and great nephews and great nieces, and all his friends at Glen Meadows Golf Course.

A service and reception will be held at St. Elizabeth Church, 10030 Third St, Sidney, BC at 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2015. For those who wish to make memorial donations, cheques may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or to the charity of one’s choice. The family would like to give their heartfelt thanks to Preet Dhanota and all the staff at The Lodge at Broadmead, and especially to Vilma Sevilleja, who took such excellent care of George in his final years and became a much loved member of our family.

Kidde Canada in conjunction with Health Canada has announced a voluntary recall to replace certain Kidde black plastic valve disposable fi re extinguishers.

ABC and BC-rated fi re extinguishers manufactured between July 23, 2013 and October 15, 2014 could be affected.

If you believe you may have one of these fi re extinguishers please contact Kidde Canada at 1-844-833-6394 (8am - 5pm) Mon-Fri or visit www.kiddecanada.com and click “Safety Notice.”

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LIVING SERVICES Victoria, BC

Embracing Hopes, Inspiring Possibilities, Leading ChangeAt TCS we offer highly individualized, solution-focused services to individuals with developmental disabilities, families and communities. Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members.

We are seeking a skilled, experienced and self-directed individual for a management position to develop, enhance and monitor opportunities for community inclusion for individuals with a developmental disability.

Applicants must demonstrate extensive experience as a Community Service Worker in a community setting. Supervisory experience, mediation and advocacy skills are assets.

The successful applicant will be an excellent interpersonal communicator and able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary. She/he will also be a team player that is able to build relationships with individuals, staff members, home share providers and CLBC.

This position is based in Victoria. A vehicle is required and mileage will be provided. We offer competitive salary with an excellent benefit package. The closing date to apply is

May 20, 2015. Please submit resumes to [email protected]

Service, Commitment, LeadershipThompson Community Services

www.thompsoncommunityservices.com

www.allcarecanada.ca

We are currently hiring for the following positions:• Registered Nurse & Licensed Practical Nurse • Health Care Aid

• Cook & Dietary Aid • Recreation Aid • Reception• Housekeeping Staff • Administrative Coordinator (Maternity Leave)

Sidney All Care Residence is a private 88 bed complex care facility. Respect, empathy and integrity are the core values that motivate Sidney All Care Resi-dence. These guiding principles help us provide innovative, compassionate and personalized care that we would want for our own family members. You are invited to come and meet our management team. We will have refresh-ments available. We offer competitive wages and benefi ts. Positions available are full time, part time, temporary and casual.

JOB FAIR2269 MILLS RD, SIDNEY, BC • MAY 9TH, 2015 • 1:00 TO 5:00

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campusrequires Heavy Equipment Technician Instructors to com-mence August 15, 2015. formore information visit our web-site: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEATHS

In loving memory of RON DOUGLAS

September 28th 1921 - May 7th 2009.

Oh for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that

is still.

Love you forever Hon, Betty.

Never far from the thoughts of his children

and grandchildren.

We miss you, pops!

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COUNCIL SECRETARY re-quired. Nak’azdli Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applica-tions to:[email protected] Attn: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

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NEW TENT canopy, $40. Call 250-857-7280.

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REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

WATER’S EDGE Village. Lovely 1 level townhouse, 55+ 2-bdrm, 2 bath, dbl garage. $410,000. (778)351-4086.

RENTALS

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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.

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SUITES, LOWER

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WESTSHORE WANTED: Em-ployed, hard working single mom with 14 yr old girl and well trained cat, looking to rent 2 bdrm suite, house, cottage (approx $1000-$1200/month). Exc. ref’s. Please call 250-208-0386, leave message.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

1993 BMW: 3.4 L engine, au-tomatic, Kashmir (beige/gold),4-disc brakes. Brakes, tiretread still in good shape, re-cent O2 sensor and throttleswitch replaced, rear wheeldrive, power windows/locks/sunroof, 2-12” subs and Ken-more amp. 200,000 km, all re-ceipts for work done. Very funcar to drive. $4000 obo. Call250-812-6008 or email [email protected]

We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk

Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY

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SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1984 FORD Bronco XLT, only 100,000 km on 351W on pro-pane, 10-1 compression, KeithBlack pistons, Comp cam. C6auto completely rebuilt. Havereceipts and specs. Body rustybut drivetrain better than new.Good 31” tires. $3500. CallMonty, 250-216-3408.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CARPENTRY

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY- Small repairs, interior fi nishing, weather proofi ng, decks, fenc-ing. Reasonable rates. In-sured. Call 250-857-1269 or www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Reduced rates - Sun Decks, Fences and Siding. Call Ward (250)881-0296.

McGREGOR HOME REPAIR Decks, doors, stairs, walls, etc. Sm jobs ok. 250-655-4518

CLEANING SERVICES

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

HOUSECLEANING SERVICE $25/hr., serious, competent and reliable with European exp. Call (778)677-4780.

ELECTRICAL

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.

FENCING

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FULL YARD SERVICES Spring Clean-ups, Lawns, Gardens, Pressure Washing & more. Keith (778)351-4328.

OVER 20 years experience, lawns, edging, clearing, prun-ing, design. Reasonable rates. Call Andrew 250-656-0052 or 250-857-1269.

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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

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.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

HAUL-ITYou’ve got the Junk, We’ve got the Trunk! Rob, 250-885-1740.

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

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LANDSCAPING

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


PLUMBING

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PRESSURE WASHING

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SportS In BriefSalmon derby winners

The top winner in Saturday’s Sidney Anglers Association Salmon Derby was Len Raslie, who landed a 20.8 pound fish.

Here are the rest of the derby results, courtesy of the Sidney Anglers:

• 2nd place - Dave Milligan 20.6 pounds

• 3rd place - Bob Hamilton 19.7 pounds

• 4th place - Kevin McKenna 19.3 pounds

• 5th place - Ken Birkland 18.9 pounds

• 6th place - Larry Dalziel 18.4 pounds

• 7th place - Eric Martin 17.4 pounds

• 8th place - Peter Payen 17.2 pounds

• 9th place - Ryan Mace 16.6 pounds

• Irene Dunic Prize for top woman - Candace Boyle 16.5 pounds

• Hidden Weight Prize - Dan Scott 12.2 pounds

• Bragging Rights or Spon-sors Trophy - Eagle Eye Outfit-ters.

Climbing new heightsThe Boulders Climbing Gym

in Central Saanich hosts two major events on the May 16 to 18 weekend.

These include the Inter-national Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Speed Climb-ing World Cup and the 2015 Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) National Youth and Open Climbing Championships.

For event details and times throughout the weekend, visit climbtheboulders.com.

C’mon and take a freeride

The North Saanich Freeride Park 2015 annual general meeting will be Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Win-spear Centre, Room 2A.

The Freeride Park functions as a co-operative between The Friends of North Saanich Mountain Bike Park Society and the Municipality of North Saanich. The society is made up of volunteers, parents and riders. This year the society plans to build a viewing deck over the container and rework existing jumps.

The Society needs board members to keep the bike park open and operational. Parents please come to our AGM and get involved with this society.

— News staff


Central Saanich Extreme second baseman Cecelia (CC) Pringle tags the runner from Strawberry Vale (Victoria) to get an out during Sunday’s bronze medal game in Brentwood Bay.

Central Saanich Extreme Fastball hosts U12B tourneySteven HeywoodNews staff

Eight teams — six from Vancouver Island and two from the mainland — were in Central Saanich over the weekend for the Extreme Fastball Under-12 B tournament.

For the local squad, they played their way into the bronze medal game Sunday against Strawberry Vale. It was a close game and saw the Extreme B’s, as they call themselves, take a 6-4 lead into the top of the final inning. Strawberry Vale would score four times, however, taking an 8-6 lead that would hold as the final score.

Parents from both sides cheered the girls’ effort in what was called by one, “a great game, nail bit-ing to the end.”

On the main diamond at Rom Knott Park, teams from Richmond and Cloverdale played in the gold medal game.

In other action, the Extreme’s U14 B team won gold and U14 C team won silver at tournaments on the weekend.

[email protected]


Mackenzie Underwood runs up the first base line as she tries to leg out a single.

Great weekend for ball


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