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A far cry from the small change collected at unmanned farm stands along country roads, the business of local produce has stepped up in the world in recent years, becom-ing a major player in the economy.

Saanich Organics, a co-operative between three managing farms

and several contribu-tors, supplies Penin-sula residents, farmers’ markets and more than 30 businesses and res-taurants with fresh, cer-tified organic produce to the tune of about $350,000 a year.

“It’s supporting the local economy, and local economy is so powerful,” says Rachel Fisher, owner of Three Oaks Farm in Central Saanich.

Fisher, along with Heather Stretch of Northbrook Farm and Robin Tunnicliffe of Feisty Field Organic Farm, purchased Saan-ich Organics as a busi-ness in 2002 and has seen it grow exponen-tially.

Fisher herself works with just two acres on Three Oaks Farm, but gets tons — literally — of food each year, and the demand keeps

increasing. “We bag and sell

about 600 pounds of salad greens a week in the height of the sea-son,” she says. “We still can’t meet the demand for salad greens in the winter.”

And that’s just one crop. Three Oaks Farm grows a laundry list of fruit and veg, includ-ing carrots, eggplants, peas, beans, broccoli, cabbage, asparagus, strawberries and basil.

“Everything that grows here, we have, and different varieties.”

It certainly seems to contradict opinions that two acres does not a productive farm make.

“It’s totally viable to farm on even one acre,” she says. “You can produce thousands of pounds of food.”

It’s important to remember the many hours of hard work that go into that acre, Fisher adds.

“A good balance is two people per acre, working full time,” she says.

Those thousands of

pounds of food go out to the community through farmers markets, direct sales to businesses and through Saanich Organics’ produce box program. The lat-ter combines the best of the harvests from all the farms and deliv-ers it straight to your door, bringing home

the ‘farm to table’ men-tality, that has become increasingly important for a lot of people.

“If you know your grower, you know their practices, and you know what you’re put-ting in your body,” says Fisher.

“You have a bigger appreciation for food

when you buy local,” adds farm co-manager Stacee Sloggett. “If you support local farms, you can feel good about that, because that’s a family you’re support-ing.”

Sloggett, who came on as a part-time apprentice in 2011 and never left, is passion-ate about the local food movement.

“It’s bringing us all back together, in a time when there are so many things in society that are driving us apart.”

As well as continuing on with the still-expand-ing Saanich Organics, the next step for Three Oaks Farm is setting up a farm stand in July to better serve the resi-dents in the area.

“We’re doing it to provide a place for locals to come and shop direct from the farm,” says Fisher.

Three Oaks Farm is kicking off the season with a plant sale tomor-row (May 16) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 7900 West Saanich Road.

For more informa-tion, visit saanichorgan-ics.com or call 250-818-5807.

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Owner Rachel Fisher checks on the rows of young radishes coming up at Three Oaks Farm. The plants are kept under cover to protect them from pests.

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COAST SALISH TERRITORY — This sum-mer’s First Nations Elders Gathering on the Saanich Peninsula is going to need more than 400 volunteers — and organizers are hoping people will register early.

People who wish to volunteer as greet-ers, food servers and logistics personnel can contact Mua Va’a at the Tsartlip First Nation at 250-652-3988, email [email protected] or call 250-652-9101.

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CENTRAL SAANICH —A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has pledged $900,000 to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation’s campaign to raise $3 million for an operating room sterilization department.

And they are challenging the community to match their donation.

The donor has made the contribution in memory of a well-known philanthropist, David Freeze. During his lifetime, Freeze con-tributed generously to many worthy causes, both here and in Calgary, Alberta. Though he wished to remain anonymous at the time, Freeze contributed more than $1,000,000 to support the Saanich Peninsula Hospital.

When this pledge is added to the total, donors have now contributed more than $2 million to the campaign. For details, see the campaign video on the Foundation’s website www.sphf.ca and Facebook site www.face-book.com/sphf.ca.

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Travis PatersonNews staff

What started as an attempt to help a student read music has turned

into a project that could open doors to thousands of would-be musicians.

Even if Andrea Blair’s colour-coded adaptation of sheet music doesn’t catch on, it’s already done what it was intended to do: allow one of 200 students to join band.

Blair was the 2014 middle school recipient of the Black Press Great Teachers award, for going beyond the call of duty as music director at Gor-don Head middle school. Her efforts to help former stu-dent Daniel Davenport over-come dyslexia in the music room led to the creation of a colour-coded music scheme. He showed up in Grade 6 hop-ing to join the band and Blair wasn’t going to say no, as long as Davenport put in the effort.

Within a few weeks they began to sort out a solution and nearly four years later Davenport still plays the clari-net.

“I don’t have time to think about the position of each note on the staff,” he said. “The colour tells me where to put my fingers. When I was able to communicate that to Mrs. Blair, we got to where we are today.”

As soon as he found he was relying on the colourized notes on the staff to find the position, he suggested it would be easier to simply do away with the traditional nota-tion and go with colour only.

Throughout Davenport’s three years at Gordon Head, he met with Blair for a weekly one-on-one session. And now that he’s at Lambrick Park sec-ondary, he continues to play in the band using the coloured music that Blair developed.

“Daniel is performing well with Lambrick band and con-tinues to use the colour nota-tion. We meet two to three times a month for a clarinet

lesson and continue to tweak the system,” said Blair, who also teaches strings programs at Torquay elementary.

“I’m very excited about the software progress. When my second cousin was visiting last summer he reminded me he is a programmer and would love to be involved in the proj-ect. So he is now developing the software for the colour nota-tion. Hopefully by summer it will be ready for a test drive.”

Blair’s efforts to colour the music for Daniel started with a basic approach, attempting to add colours to his music, the same sheet that everyone else uses. It came from her desire to make

the music room a supportive environment.

“In my music room, a lot of kids consider it a safe place and feel they can really step out of their comfort zone,” she

said. “They can develop that love of music. I’ll find kids who are not academi-cally strong in here, and they

shine.”It’s some-

thing she’s car-ried with her since she stud-ied Grade 6 band with “Mr.

Creswick” in North-ern Alberta. “He was

the one that inspired me and sup-

ported me in everything I did in music. We remained friends for 28 years.”

Coincidentally, Blair teaches in the neighbourhood where

Creswick grew up and some of her students’ parents were in the same school band he was in at Mount Douglas Sec-ondary.

If all goes well, Blair is hop-ing to submit an article to music educator journals as soon as the fall, regarding Davenport and the coloured music notation.

Other Great Teachers from 2014’s first feature series have either moved on, or continue to grow their school.

Last year’s elementary school Great Teachers win-ner Marilyn Hodgson retired from Kelset elementary in North Saanich after 35 years of teaching.

Great Teachers high school recipient Jamie Davis spurred the Spectrum Community School band to yet another big year. In nine years he has built the program from two dozen students to approxi-mately 200. His band students end the school year with a full calendar of events, including marching band performances in the upcoming Victoria Day Parade on Monday, May 18, the Oak Bay Tea Party Parade on June 6 and the Esquimalt Buccaneer Day Parade on June 13.

Band teacher’s special student going strong with the clarinet

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Andrea Blair holds the original and a colour-coded, translated copy of the sheet music for Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik using the style she designed to suit a student’s needs.

Nominate your Great Teachers

Black Press and Sta-ples present the second annual Great Teachers celebration to recog-nize and honour educa-tors who go above and beyond for students. We invite you to nomi-nate a currently working teacher(s) who you feel goes the extra mile to make learning and grow-ing enjoyable and mean-ingful.

Click on the Great Teachers link at the peninsulanewsreview.com contest list and follow the directions to register, then fill in your nomination form. The deadline is May 31.

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Steven HeywoodNews staff

• Mayor Steve Price has assured the com-munity that the munici-pality plans on replac-

ing its skateboard park, should plans for a new fire hall on the site proceed. A citizen urged council not to let it vanish, as it provides youth some freedom

and joy. Price said the Town would seek out a new location for what

he called a “profession-ally designed” park.

• A council majority voted down plans to review Sidney’s parks use policy. Sparked by a few noise complaints over music and other events at the Beacon Park bandshell, council had planned on asking staff to summarize the existing policy, look-ing at commercial use and ‘private exclusive’ access of the park.

Coun. Barbara Fallot said she read the cur-rent parks use policy and said in her opin-ion, “it’s fine as it is.” Most of council agreed, voting to end the staff

work on a review.

• Council unani-mously approved the establishment of an Economic Develop-ment Commission, rati-

fying an earlier decision out of their May 4 com-mittee meeting. Sid-ney will also seek out nominees to the com-mittee from the Sidney Business Improvement Area (SBIA), Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and the West Sidney Industrial Group.

• The public will have more opportu-nity to comment on the municipality’s budget plans next year. Coun-cil approved changes to its budget meeting schedule to allow pub-lic feedback earlier. Coun. Peter Wainwright said people should have the chance to comment on council priorities, tax rates and more, as soon as staff prepare draft financial and strategic plans.

• Town staff reported a surplus from 2014’s financial results. Total annual surplus from all of the Town’s eco-nomic resources was $2.23 million. Based on spending and funding from 2014, the surplus from operations ended up at $727,842.

• Sidney will take ownership of a water supply pipe from the Capital Regional Dis-trict. Council approved an agreement that would see the Town own and maintain a water supply station on Canora Road and pipe-line to the Sidney bor-der. The cost of main-taining the infrastruc-ture would be included in existing budgets.

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Sidney’s skate park would be dismantled if a proposed community safety building project goes ahead.

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Sidney will hold a Public Hearing in respect of Bylaw No. 2088, being the proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 for the Town of Sidney. All persons who believe that their property is affected by the proposed amending bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw at the Public Hearing to be held at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC on Monday, May 25, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Written submissions can be received at the Town Hall prior to 4:00 p.m. on May 25, 2015 or at the Public Hearing itself.The purpose of Bylaw No. 2088 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 by adding “Parking Lot” as a permitted use in the Regional Transportation (Land) U2 Zone, and as a conditional permitted use for one property in the Downtown Commercial (C1) Zone. The Town of Sidney is proposing to construct a parking lot on the lands to the south of the Mary Winspear Centre, and this change is required to allow that project to proceed. The lands that would be affected by this amendment are as follows:

Lot 1, Section 9, Range 4 East, North Saanich District, Plan 12493 (2499 Ocean Avenue – Sidney/Anacortes Ferry Terminal)Lot 1, Section 9, Range 4 East, North Saanich District, Plan VIP89480 (9591 Fifth Street)Lot 2, Section 9, Range 4 East, North Saanich District, Plan VIP89480 (9589 Fifth Street – NAV Canada)Lot A of Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Range 1 East, and of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Range 2 East, and of Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12, Range 3 East, North Saanich District, Plan 38759 (Victoria Airport Authority)Lot B, Section 10, Range 3 East, North Saanich District, Plan 38759 (Victoria Airport Authority)Lot 2, Section 10 and 11, Range 3 East, North Saanich District Plan VIP74500 (2243 Beacon Avenue – Mary Winspear Centre)

The subject properties and current zoning are shown as hatched in the map below and the site of the proposed parking lot is outlined in dotted line:

To view a staff report for this amendment, please go to www.sidney.ca then click on “Town Hall” → “Council Meetings - Agendas & Minutes” → “April 13, 2015 Council Agenda.”Copies of the proposed bylaw and all background documentation may be inspected during normal working hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from April 14, 2015 to May 25, 2015 at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC. Further inquiries may be directed to the Development Services Department, telephone 250-656-1725 or by email at [email protected] may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to [email protected] and must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the Public Hearing. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.First Advertised May 15, 2015Second Advertised May 20, 2015 Corporate Administrator

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The simple act of placing one foot in front of the other can offer excellent health ben-efits — including for one’s mind and soul.

Dr. Fiona Coleman, one of three doctors on hand at Wednes-day’s Walk With Your Doc event at Sidney’s Rest Haven Lodge, says walking can be the gate-way exercise to bet-ter overall fitness and health.

“If you can get out and walk on a daily basis — you don’t always have to do a big workout — it can be very beneficial,” she says. “For the elderly, it’s great for balance. They should always use a walker or cane if they need to, but walk-ing is a great exercise.”

She adds getting outside does wonders for one’s overall well-being, as it promotes socialization.

Coleman says the Walk started in 2010, an initiative of the Doctors of B.C. On Wednesday, she says, there were 45 regions hosting an estimated 60 walks, with 3,500 people and around 400 doctors.

Her own father is a resident at Rest Haven Lodge and says he is getting excellent care. She adds she is also a member of the Rest Haven Foundation, the facility’s fundraising wing.

Residents and care-givers from Sidney care homes gathered for the Walk and started off with a few stretches and warm-ups, led by Michelle Peike of the Physios of B.C.

Led by piper, Dr. Brian Saunders, par-ticipants — including local politicians, health professionals and staff from Panorama Recre-ation Centre and the Heart and Stroke Foun-dation — went along Mills Road to Rest-haven Drive on a cir-cular route. They were watched over by mem-bers of the Sidney Fire Department.

Coleman says the event shows how any-one can get outside and go at their own pace, fast or slow.

“You’re never too old.”


Dr. Brian Saunders pipes in the many

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Angela Rolfe and her mom Doreen Judge, during Wednesday’s Walk With Your Doc event at Rest Haven

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Walk for your health, says doc


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Let’s be clear about one thing regarding Elizabeth May’s Ottawa Press Gallery outburst: it was all about her.

One of the biggest issues with the Green Party, not just May but Adam Olsen as well, is that the party becomes a platform for the leader, rather than a platform for important issues and policies. Case in point: at the Press Gallery goof, Elizabeth hurled insults at the Conservative cabinet (I thought she was against attack style politics) and then apologized, calling the whole thing a poorly planned comedy routine and then telling the media how tired she is.

I’m not sure, as someone who spent years writing letters calling on the federal government to support Omar Khadr and get him released, how he or his family would feel about his plight being used as fod-der for a failed comedy routine.

Despite apologizing, May fails to take full accountability for her actions. Trying to explain your way out of a situation isn’t taking responsibility. It’s called making excuses.

With what I’ve seen of May, both online through her surrogates and in public, she really isn’t that dif-ferent from the politicians she has been castigating all these years.

When you become the priority instead of the cause you are advo-cating for, it’s time to take a step back and re-examine whether or not you are doing more harm than good.

Sue StroudBrentwood Bay

Disappointed in May

While I am “dis-appointed” by our Saanich Gulf Islands Member of Parliament, Elizabeth May’s recent Press Gallery Dinner performance, “dis-mayed” might be the better choice of a word.

Time doth heal.Graeme RobertsBrentwood Bay

Support Pat Bay launchAfter reading Steven Heywood’s

article on the proposed boat ramp at Pat Bay I found it to be ironic as it starts out “When the weather is good …” as the weather is one of the most compelling reasons to have another public access facility to our local waters.

As a life-long resident, I know how fast the weather conditions can change out there — putting lives at risk no matter how well you think you are prepared. Unfortunately, we have a lot of careless boating opera-tors sharing our waters as well.

The Tulista Park boat ramp is a great facility but as stated does not always have the capacity to handle the diverse boating traffic. Anglers seem to be the dominant users, braving the prevailing southeast winds, knowing all the while it’s probably like a pond [on the Saan-ich Inlet] but getting there and back would put them more at risk .

A lot of recreational boaters just want to cruise the Gulf Islands and/or have Pat Bay on that more pro-tected side of the peninsula as a preferred destination.

We should throw our support behind Brian Dunic and the Saanich Peninsula Marine Access Group. Providing another safe harbour in a storm option will not only address the over capacity issue, it will potentially save lives.

Douglas E. LewisSaanichton

Return the propertyRe: Police seize realistic air guns

from students, PNR April 29.The article states that RCMP offi-

cers seized airguns from a group of exchange students who were firing them harmlessly over the ocean, then goes on to state that the stu-dents were “unaware of the havoc they were causing.”

What “havoc” was wrought? Was anyone threatened or shot? Was any property damaged?

Usage may be prohibited in Sid-ney but the students appear to have done nothing to justify seizure of expensive personal property. Pel-let guns, paintball and related sup-plies are commonly sold at sporting goods and hardware retailers.

When I was a kid, plinking targets with a Daisy was a fun way to spend a summer afternoon. It seems to me that the airguns should be returned to their owners.

Mark JohanssonVictoria

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Small farms have potentialP

roductive farms on very little land are possible — and at least one Saanich Peninsula farm is proving it.

Rachel Fisher of Three Oaks Farm is working hard to ensure her farm

is a big contributor to the financial success of Saanich Organics, a company that brings several local farms together to supply organic produce to the community. Hers is a two-acre, two-person operation that shows big gains can be made from relatively small spaces.

One of the arguments people made in support of the Future Growth Area plans in Central Saanich this month was the idea that small farms such as this are not viable. And if that’s the case, they argued, why not earmark land for potential commercial and residential development?

Fisher’s example, however, backs up the District council’s recent decision to

drop the Future Growth Areas concept — helping retain land north and south of Keating X Road for agricultural purposes, now and into the immediate future.

Saanich Organics has a distinctly local flavour and contributes around $350,000 each year to the local economy.

That’s nothing to sneeze at — especially since that economic contribution is coming from only four or five farms.

Their production stays right here on the Island, supplying markets, grocery stores, as well as restaurants on the Peninsula and in Greater Victoria.

It is no longer an anomaly to go to a store and find local produce of excellent quality — no mealy lettuce or shrunken carrots here. Local farms, big and small, are stepping up their efforts to be a part of the local food production scene and making sure they can compete with all the pretty produce out there. It’s also easier now, more than ever, to source that produce. The sheer volume being produced on Peninsula farms helps ensure that we can maintain a local diet. Supply is continuing to rise to meet demand.

While more industrial and residential development is sure to be needed in the coming decades, it’s good to know that farm production on small plots of land won’t get picked over.

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Angie’s Submissions open for 2016 Victoria Film FestivalAspiring filmmakers can now submit their entries for the 22nd annual Victoria Film

Festival, taking place February 5 to 14, 2016. VFF is expanding its film selection to include a new experimental category, and is returning the popular ConVerge program.

ConVerge encourages filmmakers between the ages of 6 and 24 to submit their short film — up to 30 minutes — free of charge. Films selected to be part of the ConVerge program will be screened at non-traditional venues around Victoria.

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Film commission president to speak at Sidney North Saanich library

If you’ve always been curious about the inner workings of Hollywood, or if you want to find out how Sidney was chosen as the setting for the TV show Gracepoint, then check out the library next week.

Annie Wong-Harrison, president of the Southern Van-couver Island Film and Media Commission, will be speak-ing about the ins and outs of the movie business.

The presentation begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21 in the Nell Horth room at the Sidney North Saanich library, 10091 Resthaven Drive in Sidney. Admission is free. For more information, call 250-655-3467.

Sidney Concert Band swinging into springFrom Sousa to Gershwin, annual concert full of energyAngela Cowan News staff

From the military marches of John Philip Sousa to the famil-iar strains of some of Gershwin’s most popular tunes, Sidney Con-cert Band’s annual spring concert on May 24 has a little something for everyone.

Swing Into Spring will feature renditions of Embraceable You, At Last, excerpts from My Fair Lady, a saxophone solo from the Duke Ellington era, and a Sound of Music sing-along, to name a few of the afternoon’s numbers.

The concert will also showcase the band’s clarinet section with a polka, and a trumpet solo that lends itself to gospel-style clap-ping along, says musical director

Rob Bannister. “We always try to pick a variety

of music for the program to try to cater to our local patrons,” he says.

“They’ve been very supportive, and we try to provide music that’s

going to suit their tastes through-out the community.”

It’s a variety that’s well-informed by the musicians themselves, who range in age from early teens right through to members in their 80s. While a wider age range isn’t

uncommon in community bands, the Sidney Concert Band is unique in the sheer breadth of experi-ences and backgrounds of their musicians.

“We don’t like to turn anyone away, regardless of their age or

their situation,” says Bannister. “They’re always welcome.”

The band is equally committed to giving back to the community that’s supported them since their inception in 1986, and often play at local benefit concerts and fund-raisers, the Sidney Santa Sparkles parade, the Sidney Canada Day parade, and free community con-certs at the Sidney bandshell.

They’ve also occasionally done repairs for school instruments to ensure that, despite budget cuts, music isn’t lost from the curricu-lum.

This year, they’re trying some-thing new, says Bannister, and are awarding Spectrum High School student Jason Gordon with a $1,000 scholarship at the spring concert.

“We’re very proud, because we’ve given three scholarships away,” says Bannister.

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The Sidney Concert Band are gearing up for their Swing Into Spring concert, Sunday, May 24 at the Mary Winspear Centre.

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Angela Cowan News staff

Full of laugh-out-

loud and overly dra-matic moments, Divine Stella Devine opens at Stelly’s Secondary next

Wednesday. Stella Devine is the

aging star of the pop-ular Ritz Theatre, and

she and her fellow actors are preparing for the epic play Civil War Darlin’s, written by the theatre’s acclaimed playwright in resi-dence.

All is going (some-what) smoothly when sweet Southern Belle Ginger shows up, with a suitcase and a story of a sick mother back in Savannah, Georgia. Ginger adores and idol-izes Stella, and most of all is there to try and steal the starring role out from under Devine’s nose. Pretend-ing to be a struggling waitress just trying to get back home, Ginger lies and cons her way into the part, creating sweet-smiling havoc the whole way.

Presented by the Act-ing 11/12 class, the stu-dents have been work-ing hard on the pro-duction and are nearly ready for opening night next week.

“They’re all really great and really keen,” says Alicia Bartlett, who teaches dance, drama, acting and

musical theatre at the school. “We’ve got quite a few boys this year, which is nice, and they’ve all been work-ing really hard memo-rizing their lines and getting ready.”

Going beyond the stage roles, the Acting 11/12 students are try-ing their hands at all aspects of the theatre

production. One stu-dent has taken over all costume design, another has stepped up to be assistant director, and several others are responsible for putting together the marketing materials.

“We’ve been working on it since March,” says Bartlett. “We’re get-ting all the set together

right now, so it’s going really well.”

She adds that the pro-cess has been remark-ably hiccup-free, a tes-tament to Bartlett’s and the students’ talents and hard work.

Stelly’s seniors present Divine Stella DevineSweet Southern Belles, Civil War antics and runaway toupees in store for audiences

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Longtime star of the stage Stella Devine (Rebecca Battilana), left, has to try and keep aspiring actress Ginger (Elise Hill) from stealing her lead role in Stelly’s Secondary’s production of Divine Stella Devine.

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Malaga Spain -Southern Spain isn’t a place one gets to quickly, especially from the west coast of Canada. Trekking across the Atlantic Ocean, arriv-ing late in Frankfurt with only 40 minutes to connect to our flight to Malaga, result-ed in a dash though the airport. Slumping into my seat, sweaty and tired I awoke a half hour before landing looking out the window at the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the location of our off-road experi-ence the following day. Volkswagen has what they call “Driving Experiences” in far-flung places like Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, getting to drive the Touareg SUV through spectacular scenery and experience the true capability of this vehicle. The two-day adventure our group was on was a condensed version of the four-day experience the public can book. The cost is 2,300 Euros ($3,115), which includes the vehicle, fuel, food and transfers for the full four days but not airfare. When you break it down by the day, it’s rather good value and would be a wonderful side excursion for anyone already on holiday in one of these locations.Our TDI clean diesel Touareg featured a leather interior and navigation, almost identical to our Canadian spec versions with one difference. This vehicle had an adjustable air suspension to raise or lower the vehicle depending on the road surface. Since we don’t get this feature in Canada, all the off road driving was done as close to the ride-height of the passive springs and shocks used in the Canadian spec trucks.For the first leg, we drove on the highway to the city of

Granada, an hour away. The group was excited to visit the World Heritage Site of the Alhambra (The Red Castle). This stunning site dates back to roughly 800 BC but the structure seen today has roots in the 14th century. It has been used as a fortress and palace and several different religions have called this home. The architecture is stunning from the inside but even more fascinating from across the valley floor, as we had dinner and watched the cas-tle glow under the clear moonlit sky.The next day was the business day, with 290 km of off-road driving, making our way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, back to Malaga. The eight identically equipped Touareg SUVs were quite a sight travelling through the

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The scholarship funds don’t have any specific conditions, though it’s hoped the student will use it to further their music studies, he says.

“We’re trying to encourage kids to come into the band. And it’s important for us to try and keep the community aware of the importance of music in schools,” he adds.

Swing Into Spring is the first major concert for the band this year and with their multitude of instruments and high level performances, is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

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Tickets are $15, available at the box office, mary-winspear.ca or by calling 250-656-0275.

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Supporting community important for local band

Students working hard on big production, says teacher

Especially consider-ing that Divine Stella Devine will be the first production ever for a handful of the students.

Full of humour and quick wit, it’s a great play to cut their teeth on.

“It’s a unique play. Some of the scenes are the play within the play,” says Bartlett. “The kids get to try out Southern accents, and there’s a lot of diverse characters. It’s a big cast.”

A big cast, indeed. With 22 parts, the

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Saanich council will discuss whether the munici-pality should participate in a province-led study of regional amalgamation at its May 25 meeting, after Councillor Colin Plant pushed the issue forward on Monday night.

Under questioning last week in the B.C. legisla-ture, Community Minister Coralee Oakes said Saa-nich and Langford have yet to express interest in a provincially funded study of Capital Region amal-gamation. Oakes said Victoria, Esquimalt, Sidney, Central Saanich, North Saanich and Colwood have all sent formal letters to her office requesting the study, which would be non-binding and examine several models of regional integration.

On Monday, Plant put forward a notice of motion allowing council to discuss Saanich’s participation in the province-led study. The motion was unanimously supported, which will bring the issue forward for discus-sion at the May 25 meeting.

“If you were think-ing about painting your house, and everyone on your street was getting a quote on house painting, why wouldn’t you get a quote,” Plant said.

Saanich voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot question in November that asked if they support “a community-based review of the gover-nance structure and policies within Saanich and partnerships within the Region.”

Coun. Fred Haynes, who seconded Plant’s motion, said participating in a study on the ben-efits and risks of amalgamation will provide “another set of data” for reference in addition to the municipality’s own review.

The B.C. Ministry of Community, Sport and Cul-tural Development told Black Press in 2013 that any municipal amalgamation would require a pub-lic vote from affected residents. At that time, vot-ers would be provided with the details of what a proposed government structure would look like.

“If the municipal councils involved agreed that there was enough public support of amalgama-tion, they could request the Minister to order a restructure vote in each of the municipalities that participated in the process,” a ministry spokes-person said. “In order for amalgamation to take place, the vote would have to be successful in each municipality.”

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Finally, after years of public lobbying, and much debate, the government has announced long-over-due, but very welcome changes.

The recent federal budget established new RRIF rules, which become effective imme-diately.

The minimum draw requirement at age 71 has been reduced from the previous 7.38% of the RRIF value, to 5.28% — a dramatic change for the better. Although the withdrawal per-centage continues to increase with age, it now takes an additional 11 years, before the previous 7.38% mini-mum withdrawal level is reached — at age 82.

Draws from an RRIF may, as before, com-mence any time after age 55. Nor is there a change in the require-ment that conversion to an RRIF must occur no later than age 71, and that draws must commence no later than the calendar year in which the RRIF holder reaches age 72.

However, the new

minimum draw, now mandated at age 72, has been reduced to 5.4% of RRIF value, from the previous 7.48%.

For those planning to convert their RRSP

to a RRIF before age 71, the min-imum-draw percentages remain at their previ-ous levels, which were always much more reason-able.

Based on the pre-2015 budget rules, some of you

may already have with-drawn the full 2015 lump-sum from your RRIF. If you wish to take advantage of the new lower withdrawal rate, you may re-contribute the 2015 excess you withdrew — as long as you do so by February 29, 2016.

These major RRIF changes have two main benefits for the retiree.

First, he/she is no longer forced to with-draw more from the RRIF than is required to maintain a desired standard of living — thereby allowing greater savings to grow and compound, tax-free, for future years.

Second, for those retirees fortunate enough to have achieved a consider-able taxable income, the previous, higher withdrawal percent-ages often triggered a partial claw-back of OAS benefits.

This claw-back begins at taxable incomes of approxi-mately $72,000 annu-ally. Now, by reducing RRIF draws to the new minimums, taxable income decreases; as a result, at least some

of the OAS claw-back should be reduced.

There is no question that the federal bud-get’s new RRIF rules, and the simultaneous enhancement of TFSA

eligibility to $10,000 annually are both of great benefit, not only to retirees but to all Canadians.

Although this may have been designed as

a voter-friendly budget in an election year, it is also a balanced one, which makes these wel-come changes afford-able.

Most of us will ben-

efit, either immediately, or in the future. We should be very pleased.

A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-retirement as an indepen-

dent Financial Consultant (www.dolezalconsultants.ca), Peter Dolezal is the author of three books,

including his most recent, The Smart Canadian

Wealth-Builder.

Federal budget offers more than just an election boost

Peter DolezalFinancial Savvy

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North Saanich gymnasts, Karley Telford, Emily Bolink and Sara Keating are in their final hours of training this week as they, along with the Falcon Competitive team, prepare to compete for the first time this session on their home turf.

Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door. Come out and celebrate local athletes as they show their physical strength and commit-ment to the sport of gymnastics.

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Travis PatersonNews staff

At first glance the renderings for the Emerson, 14-unit condo building coming to 1015 Rockland Ave., suggest a renovated apartment building from Victoria’s earlier generation of brick build-ings.

The Emerson is in fact new (construction doesn’t begin until June) and is designed with a heritage feel to pay homage to the Rockland of old. It’s also a departure of sorts for Abstract Developments, offering up their most affordable condo units to date.

“In this case there were no specific restrictions that affected our design outside of the density and height limits of downtown Victoria,” said Sam Ganong, the vice president of development with Abstract. “The community plan actually calls for up to approximately six stories, but that would have been out of [context] with the surrounding neighbourhood.”

The first five of the 14 units have been released for presale, with one already gone.

The Emerson will feature high-end finishing, typical with Abstract projects. There are three one-bedroom suites with 1.5 bathrooms and den, 650 sq. ft., starting from $349,900. There are seven two-bedroom units with two bathrooms, ranging from 705 to 770 sq. ft., starting from $374,900, and four units with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a den, ranging from 985 to 1,000 sq. ft., start-ing from $504,900.

“Again, the finishings are high-end – we pride ourselves on delivering a higher quality product because we feel it gives us an advantage in the market,” Ganong said.

Optimizing the space is paramount and Abstract is always sure to pack a few tricks up their sleeves. Three of the suites feature a slid-ing dining table that disappears into the kitchen counter, something Mad Men’s Roger Stirling would surely covet.

Parking is partially covered for 11 of the units, while the building will feature a full height base-ment, with bicycle and secure storage lockers that fit two bikes.

The end date for the construction is approxi-mately the summer of 2016.

“We thought this project has a huge opportu-nity to attract a broader market base, delivering a refined specialized offering, which is one of the primary reasons we looked at this project,” Ganong said.

“It’s on the edge of downtown, a quiet tree-lined street, and it’s aimed at an older demographic, bringing to market an affordable Abstract prod-uct.”

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Photographer Tim Van Horn collecting 54,000 images for Canada’s 150th birthdaySteven HeywoodNews staff

Tim Van Horn is turning a Canadian icon into a cul-tural picture of Canada’s people, creating a sense of togetherness and identity to reveal to the country on its

150th birthday in 2017.The Canadian Mosaic

Project is his brainchild — the collecting of 54,000 portraits of individuals from coast to coast to coast, incorporating them into a giant Canadian flag. It’s a project that has taken the Red Deer, Alberta photogra-pher close to seven years — and he still isn’t done.

Van Horn is travelling the country for the fifth time and stopped in Sidney May 12. He was returning to a community he first visited in 2012 and planned to set up on a street corner near

one of the town’s familiar murals.

“Maybe I’ll see some of the characters I took pic-tures of back then,” he said during a stop off at the News Review.

It happens more often than you might think, he said. Over his travels, not only has he met up with people whose picture he took years ago, but has also seen familiar faces in mul-tiple communities. He docu-ments the changes he sees in their faces from years past, but, Van Horn noted, Canada is a large country

and he hopes to get off the beaten track and see new places and meet different people.

“It’s a cultural tour of Canada,” he said. “I feel there’s a need for an accu-rate representation … a real life look at people in Canada.”

Growing up in a military family, Van Horn said he learned a lot in his travels as a child and developed a strong sense of duty. A pho-tographer from an early age, he decided in 2008 to com-bine those traits and give something back. His vision is to “celebrate, encourage

and inspire harmony of all peoples and cultures in Can-ada.”

To do that, he’ll combine the portraits into the flag mosaic and wrap it around a bus.


Red Deer, Alberta photographer Tim Van Horn is making his fifth trip across Canada to collect 14,000 portraits to be added to a large Canadian flag mosaic with 54,000 faces of people from across the country.

Building a Canadian mosaic, one portrait at a time

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He’ll drive it from Victoria on Canada Day in 2017 on a year-long journey from Mile Zero to the east coast of the country. He admitted it’ll be a feel-good tour for the country’s 150th birthday and hopefully get people think-ing about their neighbours and share a national spirit.

The mosaic is one piece of his Canadian Mosaic Project — Van Horn is working on a 150-page book called A New Canada as well as social media, digital and audio material to be part of an interactive pavilion.

Van horn began his latest jour-ney on Salt Spring Island and plans on staying on Vancouver Island for six weeks. He’ll be in the prairie provinces in the late summer, Ontario and Que-bec for the fall and by winter, he hopes to be in the Maritimes. He’s doing much of the work himself — from social media and

planning to collecting donations along the way. Van Horn said it’s important to him that his project not have corporate sponsors.

“This should be something that everyone can be a part of,” he said.

To help him on his quest, people can donate a suggested $20 per kilometre, or any other amount they would like.

To do so, visit canadianmo-saic.ca or reach Van Horn via email at [email protected], at Facebook.com/canadian-mosaic, Twitter @canadianmo-saic or on Instagram: Canadian-mosaic.


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VICTORIA — Canadians of Filipino ancestry in Victoria are hosting an eat-in or take-out dinner to raise funds to help the victims of the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.

The dinner is on Friday, May 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Philippine Bayanihan Community Centre at 1709 Blanshard Street, on the second block south of the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, between Fisgard Street and North Park.

The dinner is $15 per person and all monies raised will go to the Canadian Red Cross to help the earthquake victims. The federal government will match dollar by dollar any amount raised before May 25. The Bayanihan Cultural and Hous-ing Society [BCHS] or the Canadian Red Cross will issue tax receipts for donations beyond the $15 charge for the dinner, depending to whom the donation is made payable.

The first earthquake, almost two weeks ago and another large quake this week, brought tremen-dous loss of lives and property in Nepal.

“We identify with their loss and pain. It is our turn to help,” said Laila Pires, BCHS spokesper-son. “The Philippines has had its share of natural calamities in the past, such as typhoon Haiyan in 2013. It claimed thousands of lives. People around the world responded swiftly and relief operations, financial aid, medical services were immediately deployed.

“Victorians stepped up with such generosity for the Haiyan victims that it touched our hearts. The Philippines is still receiving international aid for rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. We are forever grateful and we will never forget,” she said.

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