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INDEX NEWS SPORTSNews A2Opinion A8Arts B1

Sooke School District board of education chair Wendy Hobbs chooses not to accept nomination when she believed she didn’t have support of other trustees.

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Sooke teen Morgan Couture, 14, is one ‘amazing’ kid as she leads efforts in volunteering and helping others.

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Smiles all aroundEast Sooke Fire and rescue opened its new fire hall on East Sooke Road on Saturday with an official opening. The $2.5-million, two storey building can house six vehicles. Officials taking part in the ribbon cutting were CRD Juan de Fuca director Mike Hicks, left, T’Sou-ke Nation Chief Gordon Planes, East Sooke Fire Commission chair George May, CRD chair Barb Desjardins, East Sooke Fire Chief Roger Beck and MLA John Horgan.

ARTS FUNDING CUTS REVERSEDKevin LairdSooke News Mirror

Funding cuts to some of the com-munity’s most high-profile organiza-tions have been reversed by Sooke council.

Last month the community grant review community decided that several groups, including the Sooke Fine Arts Society and Sooke Com-munity Arts Council, would face funding cuts due to a new protocol introduced by council earlier this

year.However, council decided Mon-

day night to go against the com-mittee’s recommendations and rein-state some funding.

The Sooke Community Arts Coun-cil will receive $4,000 as requested. The committee had recommended no grant. Sooke Fine Arts Society saw its request of $7,000 reinstated. The committee recommended $3,500. Sooke Region Food Chi will get $7,000. The committee recom-mended no money.

This year the grant process was marred with controversy when the committee’s recommendations were announced. That controversy rolled into council on Monday when council chambers was standing room only, mostly art supporters.

The committee was tasked with reviewing grant requests against council policy during budget debates earlier this year. The grants are not intended to provide ongoing support for an indefinite time.

Few groups attended the commit-

tee meetings, but all were sent let-ters.

“It is important to have public input anytime these sorts of deci-sions are being made,” said Coun. Kerrie Reay, chair of the grants com-mittee.

“As projects grow and become successful there is some expec-tation that organizations should become more sustainable finan-cially rather than to continue to rely on public funding,” she said.

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Around 15 vehicles had their tires slashed around midnight Monday night between Maple Avenue South, Caldwell and Eustace roads.

One of the vehicles also had a broken windshield.

Sooke RCMP are currently investigating at the scene and looking for suspects, as well as a possible motive for the attacks.

It’s unknown at this time whether they were related.

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Conservationists are delighted that the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement to the provincial government requesting that it protect the Central Walbran Valley from old-growth logging.

Port Renfrew has been transformed in recent years into a big tree tourism destination as hundreds of thousands of tourists have come from around the world in recent years to visit some of Canada’s largest trees in the nearby Avatar Grove, the Red Creek Fir, Big Lonely Doug (Canada’s

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The publicity about the old-growth forests near Port Renfrew in recent years has brought in a flood of visitors from Europe, the U.S. and Canada to visit Port Renfrew. Dan

Hager, president of the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce said that if the Central Walbran were to be protected, it would be a great addition to the town’s repertoire of big tree attractions.

“Along with sport fishing, old-growth forest tourism has become a staple of our local economy,” Hager

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Sooke parents could see changes to how their child gets to school once the board of education presents its 2016 budget.

The school district subsidizes its bus routes and needs to look at ways to manage transportation costs and find efficiencies.

The Sooke School District, however, will seek “substantial public input” before any changes are made,” said Bob Phillips, the new board chairman.

It’s not yet clear what form those

efficiencies could take, but Phillips said increased fees and changes to transportation services are being considered.

“There will be consultation. Busing is a big issue in this part of the district, and it’s certainly not an option for families living in Shirley, Otter Point or East Sooke,” he said.

In the past, busing was funded by the district. Now parents and the district share the costs.

The busing issue came to a head this fall when school began and demand for transportation outpaced resources available. The district was forced to use spare buses to answer

the need.Last week the board received

approval from the Education Ministry to buy four new buses.

Much of the problem is the growth of the district where more than 300 students enrolled in September. To keep up with the demand on bus services, the district was forced to add another route in Sooke.

School trustee Margot Swinburnson said the district needs to look at how it delivers transportation services.

“We need to look forward,” she said.

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Parents have said they don’t mind higher fees for busing if they get good service and there is no untoward on early pick up and late arrivals, Phillips said.

“We really need the parents to tell us what are their goals and aspirations and limits,” he said.

The Sooke School District has an annual operating budget of $97.1 million. The 2016 budget must be approved by May.

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Otter Point resident Bob Phillips steps in as Sooke School board chairArnold LimSooke News Mirror

The Sooke School District’s board of educa-tion has a new chair.

Otter Point resident Bob Phillips, who accepted a nomination from fellow trustee Ravi Parmar, was installed last week as head of the board when previous chair Wendy Hobbs chose not to accept a nomination from trustee Denise Riley.

Rather than run for a seventh consecutive year, Hobbs read a prepared statement to the board and those in attendance.

“I have been thinking about this. Although I would like to continue the work we have done as a board in the past, it has come to my attention from a trustee … I do not have his support, or full support of the board,” Hobbs said. “The job of board chair here is difficult enough when you do have full support and even more strenuous without it. For that rea-son I have made a decision not to stand for the position of chair.”

Following her statement, Hobbs stood up and walked out of the meeting before elec-tions were complete and rest of the board meeting began, saying she was heading to watch her granddaughter in her first PACE performance.

In a follow-up interview, Hobbs did not name the non-supportive trustee, and said she hadn’t heard any reason why she no lon-ger had the support of the board.

“It’s very difficult for me,” she said. “I felt the board has been doing great; it ran well, got

things done, was going in right direction.“So to be told I need change was a bit shock-

ing to me … I knew I didn’t have enough votes to become chair … I felt that I would not run so the majority of trustees could have the change they wanted.”

Elections concluded with Dianna Seaton taking over Phillips’ previous position of vice-chair, Margot Swinburnson as the provincial council representative, Neil Poirier taking the spot as the B.C. Public School Employers Asso-ciation representative and Ravi Parmar as the BCPSEA alternate. None of the elections went to a vote, as all positions were acclaimed.

Despite taking over her long-time position as chair, Phillips said he was grateful for the work Hobbs has done over the years.

“There are no adjectives that could describe the amount of time that is required when you are building new schools, when you are hav-ing job action, when you are having govern-ment changes,” he said.

“This is why Wendy leads the polls, she is so completely caring when it comes to kids and families and staff. She should feel justifiably proud of all of the things she has done for this district.”

Phillips described himself as a poor farm boy from Ontario who became a clinical social worker. He taught in Africa twice, taught at university and has been a school trustee for 19 years.

“I really don’t see any difference in the direc-tion or the work or whatever that goes on with the board. The voice and the face change,” Phillips said.

“Wendy and I worked closely together and we will continue to (do so). The story to me is how do we continue to support our staff and produce the educational outcomes that are expected from a board and a superintendent.”

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Former Sooke School District board of education chair Wendy Hobbs led the district for the last six years, including the construction of two high schools.

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Every weekday morning and every rush hour on Sooke Road, a phenomenon erupts to the tune of frustration, idling engines, and bright-red brake lights as far as the eye can see: the Colwood Crawl.

It’s an unfortunate but familiar experience to anyone traveling to and from Sooke, and with the town’s popula-tion estimated to grow 40 per cent by 2026, it’s not likely to improve either.

Hope is on the horizon however, with the Ministry of Transportation and Infra-structure’s proposed Highway 14 improvements next year, which includes widening of lanes, as well as the addition of more lanes.

Two desperately-needed arteries are also in the works: the Langford bypass and Leigh Road interchange.

The bypass will come through from West Shore Park-way and merge just northwest of Slegg Building Materials in Colwood.

Both projects (which are expected to cost between $16 million and $20 million) will bring traffic relief to the area and close down the notori-ously-dangerous and current alternative route, Humpback Road.

This is separate from the $85 million for the long-overdue McKenzie Road interchange in Saanich.

“Doing away with Hump-back and creating a real two or three or four lane ability to scoot through Langford with-out having to go all the way through Colwood will improve things for everyone,” said MLA John Horgan, adding that improvements on Sooke Road over the last few years include widening, bigger shoulders, better asphalt, as well as paint which helps drivers see the

divisions in the road a lot bet-ter.

Despite modern improve-ments though, Horgan said it still takes him longer to get to his constituency office than it did 10 years ago, which is why adding or widening another lane may not be a long-term solution as that space will get filled up as well.

“You can’t just keep adding lanes and widening, at some point you have to find new and improved ways to move people around,” he said, add-ing that the infrastructure just isn’t keeping up with the population growth of Sooke or Langford.

Horgan also suggested that the government should look more towards making use of the E&N Railway corridor, with or without a train running on it.

“Pull up the track, throw down some asphalt, and you could be running buses in and

out of town from Langford in 20 minutes, and you could do that without affecting the existing commute,” he said.

Another popular sugges-tion is making use of Sooke’s pioneer-era corridors that run through bush and moun-tains and bypass Sooke Road altogether, but that is a very expensive and unnecessary proposition at this point, noted Horgan, saying there are other, more accessible cor-ridors right now to be taking advantage of.

“That’s something you’d want to look at in 2025 or 2035, because you’re not going to blast through a new road unless you need to do it to meet population growth.”

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work, which is mostly by car.Technically, that number

could be curbed by high-occu-pancy vehicle, also known as HOV, lanes and improved bus service, encouraging drivers to get out of their cars and get on a bus, though Pearson believes there’s an even better alternative to that: give resi-dents the opportunity to work locally.

“Root cause of congestion is vehicles. Root cause of the vehicles is the jobs. If you can somehow move the jobs and strategically think about how you can do that, then you’re making progress,” Pea-son said, adding that creating satellite offices could be an option for at least a portion of Sookies, which would gener-ate local employment and take more vehicles off the roads.

Construction on Highway 14 is expected to begin sometime late next year and extend into 2017.

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Highway 14 has been the scene of many car crashes over the years. Next year major reconstruction of the roadwill take place.

Police will be out in force this month keeping an eye out for drunk drivers.

While attitudes have changed considerably over the years, an average of 86 people are killed each year in B.C. Thirteen of those deaths occur on the Island, according to ICBC.

“Impaired driving enforcement is important all year round, but there are certain times of the year such as December when there is an increase in alcohol consumption,” said Staff Sgt. Jim Anderson with the Capital Regional District Integrated Road Safety Unit.

IRSU will partner with police units throughout Greater Victoria, including Sooke RCMP, and conduct road checks.

“IRSU hopes those that are consuming alcohol don’t drive for the safety of themselves and others,” Anderson said.

Authorities are reminding drivers to be smart, safe, and to plan for a ride home before the evening begins.

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From Page A1“If we don’t have

some mechanism then how do we provide opportunity for new groups? New organizations who are also looking for funding that will also provide a valuable service and contribute to the wellness of the community.”

Municipalities are not required to fund grants. The district has had a grant program in place since 2001. In that time, more than $1 million has been awarded to non-profit community groups. Since 2006, arts and culture funding has reached $553,000.

This year, council budgeted $72,000 in grant funding. There was $20,000 in new

grant requests. To keep the status quo, the grants committee could not accept new projects without cutting back on other recipients.

Sooke Community Arts Council and others say they were “blind-sided and stunned” by the committee’s recommendations, and some stated they did not receive notification of the meeting.

Without municipal funding the arts council does not receive funding from the B.C. Arts Council. That, said arts council president Caryl Wilford, would have affected many events in the arts community.

At issue was the committee’s

assumption that municipal money was being re-granted to other groups, which is not permitted under council policy. The arts council said it was not granting any money, but sponsoring some events.

On Monday night, the Sooke Fine Arts Society made an impassioned plea to council members: “Let’s not lose our heart. Lets not lose our vision, Let’s not lose our fiduciary responsibility,” said Geraldine McGuire, society president.

Acting mayor Kevin Pearson said the grant committee had a tough challenge this year when council, unanimously, asked it to review the grants

policy.“What’s been

missing in Sooke is rigour around the grant process. There are many expectations it will just happen,” he said.

Pearson said what the debate has created is an awareness of the grant process and council’s expectations. It will open dialogue.

“It’s telling people that council will look through everything through a fiscal lens and put rigour around process, and if there are conditions with grants, you must meet those conditions.

“There is absolutely no doubt in all of our minds that the arts is a viable part of our community,” Pearson said.

Grant process will open dialogue, says acting mayor

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They Said It

Our View

The holiday lights are up, casting a warm glow over the streets and sidewalks of Sooke and inspiring us all to enjoy the best of this Christmas season. But there are another series of lights we see this time of year that don’t carry such a happy message.

The flashing lights of police cruisers and emergency vehicles serve as an unfortunate reminder that all too many holiday celebrations end in tragedy.

Police in Sooke and across the province are in the midst of their annual Christmas CounterAttack

campaigns, targeting impaired drivers in an effort to keep the roads safe.

But you don’t need police to punish you for drinking and driving, there are far worse consequences than that; the Grim Reaper can permanently remind you that a single bad choice can haunt you for the rest of your life.

And those bad choices add up to thousands of injuries and dozens of deaths each year as a result of alcohol-related crashes in B.C., some which, unfortunately, trickle down

to Sooke as well. The good news is the numbers are decreasing, with fatalities down significantly from just a few years ago.

That said, there is still no OK level of carnage caused by impaired driving. Each of those crashes represent a tragedy for someone’s family, one that could of been easily avoided.

And don’t kid yourself, if you’ve had too much to drink, no amount of coffee or fresh air will sober you up.

So when you’re celebrating the season this year with your family

and fellow Sookies, make sure those celebrations include planning for a safe ride home. Arrange for a designated driver, call a cab, plan to stay over with friends – anything it takes to prevent becoming another unfortunate statistic this holiday season, not to mention the potential loss of your driver’s licence.

Think of the victims, think of the potential consequences, think of what you would have to tell your family – just think, and let us all enjoy a safe and happy holiday season.

Drinking and driving not worth the riskWE SAY: The consequences of drinking and driving is the gift nobody wants on Christmas, but many still get. Let’s change that.

Publisher Rod Sluggett

Editor Kevin LairdOpinion

Let’s not lose our heart. Let’s not lose our vision. Let’s not lose our fidicuciary responsibility.

I really don’t see any difference in the direction or the work or whatever that goes on with the board. The voice and the face change.

We’re two steps in the right direction for a kilometre walk. It’s definitely in our quest to win our division. It’s very encouraging.

Geraldine McGuire, Sooke Fine Arts Society – Page 6

Bob Phillips, School board chair– Page 3

Trevor Bligh, EMCS basketball coach– Page 10

8 I OPINION I SOOKENEWSMIRROR.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015

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It’s funny how power gives politicians amnesia.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have been in government for just a few weeks — but that’s been more than enough time for them to forget one of the biggest promises that put them there.

Less than two months ago, the Liberals won the federal election with a platform that pledged tax breaks for the middle class, tax hikes for the rich, new infrastructure spending and carefully-limited deficits to make it all work.

The last vow was the foundation for all the others and existed to prove the Liberals could be trusted as astute and responsible money-managers.

How strange, then, that when it comes to this promise, the Liberals have experienced a sudden memory lapse.

Last week, the Liberals confirmed the tax cuts and increases as well as the new infrastructure spending are all on the way.

But their repeated election promise to run annual deficits of no more than $10 billion over the next three years and produce a surplus in the final year of their mandate was nowhere to be found.

In place of that solemn election vow was a vague commitment to a “responsible” fiscal plan “suited to challenging economic times.”

Sorry, but that’s not good enough. The government’s credibility and the good of the country depend on the Liberals sticking to their initial deficit vow.

That this will be difficult is increasingly obvious.

On Monday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau admitted that far from being

revenue-neutral as originally planned, the Liberal tax changes would actually cost the federal treasury $1.2 billion a year.

The new tax on the rich, it turns out, won’t pay for the new tax cut to the middle class. There’s a gaping hole in the Liberal budget plans. But it isn’t the only one.

They’ve counted on billions of dollars in revenue that won’t be coming.

As a result, instead of enjoying a surplus for this fiscal year, the Liberals are headed for a $3-billion deficit. It gets even worse in 2016-17 when a $4-billion deficit is expected. Unless the government changes course, its annual deficits will be far greater than $10-billion.

Let’s be clear: The Liberals’ original commitment to spend $5 billion a year more on infrastructure while running limited deficits was reasonable.

It was a gamble, but it represented a calculated risk that could jolt Canada’s lacklustre economy out of the doldrums.

Thing is, the government is now in danger of falling into the trap of writing budgets where its spending reach always exceeds its revenue grasp. It is in danger of condemning the country to perpetual federal deficits and unsustainable debt.

This doesn’t have to be the Liberals’ fate, but it must stick to the original deficit plan.

Keep the infrastructure commitment, sure, but review the billions of dollars worth of spending promises that have little to do with stimulating the economy and more to do with buying votes.

The Liberals may have short memories.The voters do not.

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Liberals’ promises more about votes than economy

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WE ASKED YOU: What does Christmas mean to you?

Being home with the family. Randy Darling

Sooke

Hanging out and spending time with family and friends.

Sheryl FriesenSooke

Having a really delicious dinner with everyone.

Emily QuinnSooke

Spending time with our kids and being together as a family.

Larry SwaykoskiSooke

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Readers’ letters

So fortunate to live in Sooke

The Santa Run on Saturday reminded us just how fortunate we are to live in a small-town Canada example such as Sooke! The Sooke Fire Rescue Service and supporters blitzed the neighbourhoods with their festive fire trucks, collecting non-perishable food donations on behalf of the Sooke Christmas Bureau, a seasonal function of the Sooke Food Bank.

As with other events throughout the year in our region – Canada Day at the Flats and Help Fill A Truck are but two examples - thank you to the SFRS staff, volunteers and their families for “giving” to our greater community in so many ways. We are all blessed.

Vicki and David Bennett

Toxic tar sands not wanted here

Re: Sooke won’t get ocean spill response base (Online, Dec. 10)

No toxic tar sands for B.C. coastal waters, because there is no world-class equipment to clean up a spill.

The tar sands have to be refined into synthetic crude on the tar sands.

Earl RichardsSooke

Flooded highwayneeds repair

Last summer there was a major reconstruction and resurfacing project on Highway 14 going to Langford.

Much of the work was well done.

There is one section which floods water over the road surface that is poorly done.

The area, near the four lane section, is poorly marked and the

batteries in the barrier lamps need attention.

Accidents, including deaths are likely to occur at this section.

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure are GOD in relation to elevations on highways, so please fix this danger.

We all make mistakes and many we can learn from.

Ted Mehler Sooke

Time to reflect on role of arts

Whatever I might have thought about Steven Harper, his cuts to the budget of the CBC made me reflect on how important that institution has been in making me feel part of a very special country.

Similarly, whatever we feel about the members of the District of Sooke’s community grant committee, their recommendations to cut grant funding

to the work done by the Sooke Fine Arts Society and the Sooke Community Arts Council has obviously made many Sookies take time to reflect on the vital role that these organizations have and are playing to make Sooke a more vibrant, exciting and noteworthy place not only for those of us who live here, but also for visitors from many corners of the globe.

As a volunteer with the Sooke Fine Art Show for the last three years, I have come to greatly respect the decision made by all those who are responsible for keeping the arts alive in this community.

The continued success of the fine art show alone suggests that the society’s decision making is not only sound but vital for the maintenance and growth of the creative spirit hat makes Sooke, Sooke.

Hopefully members of Sooke council will consider the role of the arts and show their continued financial support for those who are interested in extending the benefits of the arts through imaginative project for all ages.

Wilf WenzelSooke

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ButtSteak8.80/kg ................................399

Frozen Grade A

Turkey2.18/kg

99¢

4/500

299

Hawaiian Gold

Pineapple

2/500

2/900

China Lily

SoyaSauce483 mL ........................229

Maxwell House

Café InternationalCoffee125-283g All Varieties .379

Old Dutch Double Dutch

Thick PotatoChips235g All Varieties ...

3/800

Bounty Large Print

PaperTowels2's ...............................359

Mott's Pina Colada, Straw-berry Daiquiri or Margarita

Mix1L ................................299

VH

SpareribSauce341 mL All Varieties .....229

Tostitos

Salsa or TortillaChipsVarious Weights ....

2/600

Beaver

MixedNuts225g .....................

2/500

Western Foods White or,60 % Whole Wheat

Bread570g ........................99¢

Purina

KittenChow1.8kg ...........................799

Welch's

GrapeJelly500 mL .......................269

Charmin Double Roll

BathroomTissue12's .............................799

Vlasic

Dill Pickles1L All Varieties ............299

Campbell's

Cream of Chicken or Celery Soup284 mL ..................

2/300

/100g

1.08/kg

Tomatoeson the vine3.28/kg .....................................149

Hass Avocados

.......................................

4/400Silver Hills

FlaxBread615g ..........................329

/lb

ea

2/600

/lb /lb

/lb

Fresh

SteelheadFillets

2/400

WESTERNFOODS

BULKFOODS

B.C. Grown

With $30

grocery order

not including turkey

Limit 1 per order

No rainchecks

Machine

PeeledShrimp

/lb

3.51/kg 1lb

ea

Mexican

California

Canteloupe

129

Purina

DogChow2kg ..............................499

Organic

Green Beans

349

/lb

/100g

Organic

Yellow Onions7.69/kg

2.84/kg

Pot of Gold

Chocolates

283g ...........................699

Grimm's

Pepperoni

450g ....................................649

Hunt's

TomatoSauce

99¢

Thick Cut, Peppered orApplewood Smoked

890 mLAll Varieties

ea

Clover LeafWhole Baby

Clams

229142g

Red Oval

Stoned Wheat ThinsCrackers300g All Varieties ........269

PepsiCola

2L All Varieties .......2/300

ea

Capri

CanolaOil3L ...............................499

ea

/lb

2/300

Campbell's

Broth

900 mL All Varieties

SunRypePure or Blended

Juice

4/500

Mott's Fruitsations

AppleDessert

2296x111gAll Varieties 469

Tropic Isle Whole

MandarinOranges284 mL .....................79¢

PlantationLong GrainWhite Rice8kg ..............................999

469

6991.15kg

Kraft Miracle Whip

SaladDressing

890 mL890 mL

Kraft Miracle Whip

SaladDressing

Clubhouse

GravyMixes

4/500

ea

900 mLAll Varieties

Nestle

Turtles

300g ...........................899

ea

227g

900 mL All Varieties 700 mL

Kellogg's Jumbo

Raisin BranCereal

25gAll Varieties

398 mL3 Varieties

Deep CoveFlaked or Chunk

Light Tunain Water

119170g

/100g

ea

ea

900 mL900 mL

144's

Red Rose Orange Pekoe

Tea Bags

599ea

ea

/lb

E.D. Smith

Mincemeat

ea ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea 900 mL900 mL900 mL900 mL +dep

Christie

Cookies

449500g

All Varieties

Lays XXL

PotatoChips

3/800255gAll Varieties

ea

Coca Cola orDasani Water

2/800+dep

ALl Varieties12x355 mL

Kraft Pure Straw-berry or Raspberry

Jam

379

Kraft Pure Straw-berry or Raspberry

Jam

500 mLea

Robin Hood All Pur-pose or Unbleached

Flour

4792.5 kg ea

+dep

ea

ea

ea ea

ea

/lb

ea

ea

ea

ea

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FOODS

Treats from the

SEA

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Chocolate

Macadamia Nuts ....179/100g /100g

Wine

Gums .............99¢/100g /100g

Sooke DeliverySooke DeliverySooke DeliveryWe offer a shopping service in Sooke for shut-ins

Call Thursdays between 9am and 12pm at 250-642-6525

Bits & Bites ....................179Cranberries ...............99¢

Dempster'sOriginal

Bagels6's ...............................279

ea

Canadian & U.S.

Parsnips

159

California

Strawberries

2/700

B.C. Grown Large

RussetPotatoes

49¢Mexican

AtaulfoMangos

2/300

Mexican

Eggplant

79¢

Grimm's

SmokedRings375g .................................599

Harvest

Bacon

500g ......................................899Grimm's

Old FashionedHams..............................................149

Chinese

Mandarin Oranges 5lbs

299

ea

599/lb

Cook's

HamButt or 1/2 Shank7.03/kg ..............................319

AAA

Beef Tenderloin

39.66/kg ..................1799

Ocean Jewel

ShrimpRings 3lbs

Pork

ButtRoast7.69/kg .............................349

Pork

ButtSteak8.80/kg ................................399

Frozen Grade A

Turkey2.18/kg

99¢

4/500

299

Hawaiian Gold

Pineapple

2/500

2/900

China Lily

SoyaSauce483 mL ........................229

Maxwell House

Café InternationalCoffee125-283g All Varieties .379

Old Dutch Double Dutch

Thick PotatoChips235g All Varieties ...

3/800

Bounty Large Print

PaperTowels2's ...............................359

Mott's Pina Colada, Straw-berry Daiquiri or Margarita

Mix1L ................................299

VH

SpareribSauce341 mL All Varieties .....229

Tostitos

Salsa or TortillaChipsVarious Weights ....

2/600

Beaver

MixedNuts225g .....................

2/500

Western Foods White or,60 % Whole Wheat

Bread570g ........................99¢

Purina

KittenChow1.8kg ...........................799

Welch's

GrapeJelly500 mL .......................269

Charmin Double Roll

BathroomTissue12's .............................799

Vlasic

Dill Pickles1L All Varieties ............299

Campbell's

Cream of Chicken or Celery Soup284 mL ..................

2/300

/100g

1.08/kg

Tomatoeson the vine3.28/kg .....................................149

Hass Avocados

.......................................

4/400Silver Hills

FlaxBread615g ..........................329

/lb

ea

2/600

/lb /lb

/lb

Fresh

SteelheadFillets

2/400

WESTERNFOODS

BULKFOODS

B.C. Grown

With $30

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not including turkey

Limit 1 per order

No rainchecks

Machine

PeeledShrimp

/lb

3.51/kg 1lb

ea

Mexican

California

Canteloupe

129

Purina

DogChow2kg ..............................499

Organic

Green Beans

349

/lb

/100g

Organic

Yellow Onions7.69/kg

2.84/kg

Pot of Gold

Chocolates

283g ...........................699

Grimm's

Pepperoni

450g ....................................649

Hunt's

TomatoSauce

99¢

Thick Cut, Peppered orApplewood Smoked

890 mLAll Varieties

ea

Clover LeafWhole Baby

Clams

229142g

Red Oval

Stoned Wheat ThinsCrackers300g All Varieties ........269

PepsiCola

2L All Varieties .......2/300

ea

Capri

CanolaOil3L ...............................499

ea

/lb

2/300

Campbell's

Broth

900 mL All Varieties

SunRypePure or Blended

Juice

4/500

Mott's Fruitsations

AppleDessert

2296x111gAll Varieties 469

Tropic Isle Whole

MandarinOranges284 mL .....................79¢

PlantationLong GrainWhite Rice8kg ..............................999

469

6991.15kg

Kraft Miracle Whip

SaladDressing

890 mL890 mL

Kraft Miracle Whip

SaladDressing

Clubhouse

GravyMixes

4/500

ea

900 mLAll Varieties

Nestle

Turtles

300g ...........................899

ea

227g

900 mL All Varieties 700 mL

Kellogg's Jumbo

Raisin BranCereal

25gAll Varieties

398 mL3 Varieties

Deep CoveFlaked or Chunk

Light Tunain Water

119170g

/100g

ea

ea

900 mL900 mL

144's

Red Rose Orange Pekoe

Tea Bags

599ea

ea

/lb

E.D. Smith

Mincemeat

ea ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea 900 mL900 mL900 mL900 mL +dep

Christie

Cookies

449500g

All Varieties

Lays XXL

PotatoChips

3/800255gAll Varieties

ea

Coca Cola orDasani Water

2/800+dep

ALl Varieties12x355 mL

Kraft Pure Straw-berry or Raspberry

Jam

379

Kraft Pure Straw-berry or Raspberry

Jam

500 mLea

Robin Hood All Pur-pose or Unbleached

Flour

4792.5 kg ea

+dep

ea

ea

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ea

/lb

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Blue DiamondAlmondBreeze946 mL .....................229Kettle BrandPopcorn

142g .......................229

Della TerraRoasted RedPeppers500 mL .......................279

Thai KitchenNoodleBowls68g All Varieties ..........129

TazoChaiLatte946 mL ......................399

WESTERNFOODS

Nature's Path Organic, CrunchyGranolaBars200g ........................299

FROZENFROZENWESTERN

FOODS

Quality and Convenience

If You Care, LargeBakingCups60's ...........................179Seventh GenerationPaperTowels2's .............................429

ORGANICWESTERN

FOODS

Quality and Convenience

Lundberg Organic

White Basmati Rice907g .........................................................................699

Earth's Choice Organic

Coconut Milk160 mL ..................................................................99¢

ea

Everland Organic

Coconut Water350 mL ..................................................................99¢

GoGo Organic

Quinoa Flakes350g .........................................................................599

GLUTEN FREEOPTIONS

NATURALFROZEN

ea

Farmer's Market Organic

Pumpkin Purée398 mL ..............................................................

2/400

ea

WESTERNFOODS

TwiningsTea

20's ...................

2/700

WOW!

Kraft

CheeseShreds320g All Varieties .......699

Island Farms

TraditionalEgg Nog2L .............................399

Kraft Philadelphia

CreamCheese227g All Varieties .........379

Island Farms

SourCream500 mL ......................199

Ristorante

Thin CrustPizzasAll Varieties325-390g ..........

2/800Wong wing

WontonWrapers454g .........................279

ea

ea

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299

eaAll Varieties

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GlutinoGluten Free

Pretzels

400g ......................599

ea

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Island Farms

18%TableCream1L

Tender� ake9 inch

Pie Shells3 Varieties

320-350g ..................299

ea

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FROZENFROZENFROZENFROZEN PizzasAll Varieties325-390g

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Que Pasa

CarnivalTortillaChips

425g ...................299

All Varieties

Hilary's Eat Well

VeggieBurgers

181g ............299

ea

All Varieties

ea

299ea

Breeze946 mL

Kettle BrandPopcorn

142g

Nature's Path Organic, CrunchyGranolaNature's Path Organic, CrunchyGranolaNature's Path Organic, Crunchy

Bars200g

All VarietiesBreeze946 mLAll Varieties

Barbara's BakeryCheesePuffsAll Varieties155-198g

899

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McCain

FrenchFriesAll Varieties900g

Island FarmsVanilla Plus or Classic

Ice Cream1.65L All Varieties ........399

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All Varieties

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ea+dep

Red'sAll Natural

Burritos

142g .....2/500

ea

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Creekmore's Organic Fair Trade

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The Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce executive recently met to lay out a slate of ambitious programs for 2016.

Much of the program agenda stems from the highly successful day-long retreat held in September with 50 community leaders who were asked to lay out their vision and the challenges regarding the future of Sooke.

Like any community, residents had an extensive shopping list, much of which has already been reported in the Sooke News Mirror.

Improvements to Highway 14 for the purposes of increased safety was considered a top priority and the chamber feels the time is right to push for change given the recent announcement by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure allocating $85 million toward a new McKenzie Road interchange.

Chamber president Sean Dyble reminded the ministry that some 14,000 vehicles use the most westerly part of Highway 14 and a relatively small investment is needed to make this portion of the highway safer.

Dyble points out that in reviewing the ideas that emerged from the September symposium, much of the needs list is interwoven. An example is that improvements to the highway would in turn, encourage more families and job-creating businesses to

move here. As more families move to Sooke they stimulate the building trades and that in turn creates even more employment.

Other priorities for 2016 include upgrades to electronic infrastructure such as better cellular and bandwidth connections which would end the frustration we all have as cellphone users and at the same time, encourage more telecommuters that work from home.

The chamber’s Better Buy Sooke program has been well received and some consumers have asked if that means that they should only buy local.

Dyble points out that the intent is to simply give local retailers and service providers the first chance at meeting your needs and if price and quality are a match with Victoria companies, then that deserves their support.

Next year will also see a concentration of effort in the chamber’s relocation strategy which will campaign to encourage more pre-retirees to

relocate to Sooke. Dyble points out that if

most of the families that move to Sooke buy a family home in the $350,000 to $400,000 range this can bring enormous initial economic benefit often followed by major expenditures in renovations and services.

One of the chamber’s more entertaining responsibilities is to work with the community in the Sooke Santa Parade. In spite of the work underway in the downtown, the parade attracted more participants than last year and more of Santa’s fans crowded along the newly designed route. The challenges that all this brought to traffic management was solved by the professional services of Sooke’s Shadow West Security who hired extra staff as a commitment to making sure things ran smoothly.

All Sooke residents should be impressed and pleased at the vast improvements to Sooke Road with the completion of the roundabout and the new Royal Bank building.

The chamber now hopes to initiate discussions with building owners in that part of town that are willing to consider enhancements to their properties reflecting the town centre guidelines while adding to the “curb appeal” of the area.

•••Submitted by the Sooke Region

Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber Chatter

Chamber of Commerce eyes more economic growth

Next year will also see a concentration of effort in the chamber’s relocation strategy which will campaign to encourage more pre-retirees to relocate to Sooke.

••

The Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island is warning would-be travellers to use extreme caution when booking an owner- operated vacation rental property.

Travellers who are thinking of renting a house or condo instead of staying in a hotel or resort need to consider whether it is a genuine and legal opportunity, said Rosalind Scott, president of the BBB. To avoid vacation nightmares, consumers should do online research and work with a reliable company to find their vacation rental.

For more information about scams, frauds and tips to protect yourself go to: bbb.org/Vancouver-island. To report and monitor scams, please go online to BBB’s new Scam Tracker at bbb.org/scamtracker.

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Helping the needyFor the third year in a row, Village Food Markets and Stellar Homes have joined forces to donate more than $6,000 worth of food to the Sooke Food Bank. The two businesses are challenging other Sooke businesses to come together this holiday season to do what they can to make this Christmas a little brighter for some local Sooke Families. In the picture (left to right) are Geoff Steele of Stellar Homes, Jared Steele, Spencer Logan, Scott Logan of Village Food Markets, Kyra, Hailey and Cori Steele.

Harbour to shallow for clean up boats, says federal agency

Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

The federal agency responsible for spill clean up on the B.C. coast will acquire five new bases along the South Coast oil tanker route and add 100 new jobs if the National Energy Board approves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Western Canada Marine Response Corp. communications manager Michael Lowry told district council last week no bases will be established in Sooke.

New spill-response bases

would be located at ports in Delta, Nanaimo, Sidney, Ucluelet and Beecher Bay, he said. The $100-million investment is being

paid for by a fee charged by Trans Mountain to shippers.

Sooke was o r i g i n a l l y considered as a base, but the harbour is too

shallow for the boats required. Sooke currently has a cache of oil-response equipment and that would be upgraded.

Under the federal Shipping Act, the Western Canada Marine Response Corp. has an 18- to 72-hour response time in local waters, depending on the size of the spill.

“We’re well below those [minimum] standards, but those

are what Transport Canada expects,” Lowry said.

Kinder Morgan hopes to triple the bitumen-carrying capacity of its existing Trans Mountain line by laying almost 1,000 kilometres of new pipe between Edmonton and Burnaby. The expansion would increase the number of tankers on the South Coast.

Last fall Sooke voters passed a referendum in opposition to the expansion of oil traffic through coastal B.C. waters.

“[The people of Sooke] are very passionate about our coastline and our waters,” said acting mayor Kevin Pearson. “We can appreciate quicker response times, but there many issues underlying it.”

The National Energy Board is expected to make a decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in January.

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Unpaid 2015 Property TaxesA reminder that unpaid 2015 Property Taxes will begin to accrue interest as of January 1st, 2016. 

Also, a reminder that December 31st, 2015 is the deadline to claim a retroactive

Home Owner Grant for 2014.

Business Licence Renewals A reminder to all Business owners that you’re current Business Licence will expire on December 31st, 2015.

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Upcoming Public MeetingsSooke Community Centre Advisory Committee

Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 10:00 am

This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to con� rm meetings. Council meeting agendas may

be viewed at www.sooke.ca

For further information, please contact the District of Sooke at 250-642-1634 or visit www.sooke.ca

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Dairyland and Village Food Markets are both teaming up to donate money to local schools. We’re proud to offer a full range of high quality Dairyland products and help our schools overcome funding shortages for activities and programs. Milk Money is a great fundraiser everyone can participate in! Sign up Now!

Frozen Grade A

TurkeysUnder 7kg

Coca ColaAll Varieties

Lays XXl, Tostitos Salsa orTortillaChips

Pepsi ColaAll Varieties, 2L

Parkay

SoftMargarine

2/500 S.O.S.Soap Pads10’s ................................

2/300 AlcanFoil Wrap12 inch x100 feet .................399

RoyaleLunch Napkins120’s ........................................199

RoyaleBathroom Tissue24 Roll .....................................699

Royal ChinetLuncheon Plates40’s ........................................699

GladCling Wrap90m ..........................................399

DuracellBatteriesAA, C or D cells, 2-4 Pack ......499 PurinaBeggin’ Strips170g .....................................199

Beaver Roasted & SaltedMixed Nuts275g.....................................199

HeinzTomatoJuice

2/600

399

299

3492/400

3/400

169

299McCormick InternationalGravy &Sauces

Aunt Jemima Complete

PancakeMix

Pepsi ColaMini Cans6x222 mL

ButtercupBread567-570g

McLaren’sOlives, Gherkinsor Sweet Onions

Mitchell’s

ToupieStyle HamsBoneless Whole or Halves,

Frozen

Cornish Game Hens8.80/kg ...............................399

Grimm’s

Pepperoni Sticks450g ...................................699

Grimm’sLiver Chubs250g ...................................349

Grimm’s Smoked

Sausage Rings375g ...................................599

Grimm’s Ukrainian, Kolbassa or

Garlic Sausage300g ...................................399

HarvestBacon500g All Varieties ...................799

3/500 2/500

399

899

Alberta Beef AA

RibGrilling Steak19.81/kg

99¢ 299

Meat

Fresh Boneless, Skinless

ChickenBreasts13.20/kg

Green Giant

Baby Carrots 2lbs ..........298

Litehouse

Salad Dressings 384 mL ..298

Organic!

Russet Potatoes 5lb ......398

Mexican

Broccoli Crowns 6.57kg ..298

Washington Tri-Coloured

Onions 3lb Bag .................298

Taylor Farms

Caesar Salad Kit 227g ...398

BulkSPECIALSSPECIALSSPECIALS

KraftJet PuffedMarshmallows

199

Ocean SprayCranberryJuice Blends

KraftCoolWhip

2/300 299

Blanched Salted or Unsalted

Peanuts .............59¢

Salted

Pumpkin Seeds ..175

Cajun

Supreme Mix .......129

Jelly Beans ........59¢

Rockets ...............119

Natural

Filberts ..............325

Organic Quinoa ...............209

Deluxe

Fruit Mix ............149

Max VoetsTribal JavaCoffee

Peek FreanCookiesAll Varieties

CarnationHotChocolate

299

499

Terra DelyssaOrganic Extra VirginOlive Oil

699899

499

Jelly Beans

Rockets

Natural

Filberts

Kraft PhiladelphiaCreamCheese

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Clover Leaf SmokedOystersor Mussels

KraftJet PuffedJet PuffedMarshmallowsMarshmallowsMarshmallows

KraftSaladDressings

/100g

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Diane Elaine Raney (Wilson)September 13, 1965 – October 19, 2015

Diane passed away sud-denly at her farm home in Williston, North Dakota.

Born Diane Ulrich in Calgary, Alberta, she spent her early childhood years on her fam-ily’s farm in Saskatchewan. She attended High School in Edmonton, Alberta, and later moved with her son Robert to Vancouver Island, B.C., where she met and married Dale Wilson, and became the proprietor of Diane’s Cards and Gifts. Diane and Dale became the proud parents of their daughter Dedriane.

Diane resumed her education, becoming profi-cient in accounting and financial management. She became Chief Financial Officer for Direct Grading and Paving Co. in Las Vegas, a position she held until her death. After the company start-ed operations in North Dakota, she moved the fi-nancial office to Williston, where she also acted as North Dakota Operations Manager.

Diane leaves to mourn her children Robert Ulrich and Dedriane Wilson; her mother, Darlene Ulrich (Ernie); her father, Wayne Ulrich (Helena); her sister, Karen Robertson (Don); her husband, Mark Raney; her former husband, Dale Wilson; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Her first grandchild, Hunter Noordhoek (named after Diane) was born in Las Vegas as Diane was being buried in Williston.

Diane was buried on October 24, 2015 at Faith Lutheran Church in Williston, North Dakota. A celebration of her life will be held in Duncan, B.C., at 2pm, Sunday Dec 20.

For details call Wayne Ulrich at (250) 597-4427.

On January 8, 2015, at 6660 Sooke Road and 2076 Church Road, both in Sooke, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Sooke RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: an iPhone (Sooke Road) and $1,000 CAD (Church Road), both on or about 15:26 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in and/or obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 354(1) (possession of property obtained by crime) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3233, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil

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Morgan Couture, 14, turns her busy life to volunteering and helping othersKevin LairdSooke News Mirror

Morgan Couture is one busy teen.

A student at École Victor-Brodeur, a French first language school in Esquimalt, Couture has many activities on her plate. An elite hockey player, she spends several hours on the ice, while also maintaining a straight-A average and mentoring younger students.

But she doesn’t stop there.She’s also a local referee, who

is expected to officiate at the provincial hockey championships this spring, helps with an all-female atom team, and hopes to travel to Africa in two years in the improverished nation of Senegal.

“I think volunteering is built inside me,” says Couture, 14, a Sooke resident.

“It’s fun, but I find it a great experience, too. Why do I do it? I don’t know.”

Couture says when she was younger she wasn’t sociable at all. Seven years ago things changed when she started playing hockey.

Her parents encouraged her to try the sport, but she refused. After all, she reasoned, hockey was a “guys sport, and I was a girl.”

It wasn’t until a friend invited her to play hockey that she got hooked.

The game brought her out of her shell, says mom Melanie Dube

“I love hockey a lot. Hockey is one of my biggest passions,” Couture says with a grin.

Once she learned the sport, Couture looked for a different perspective. Her dad, Steve Couture, was a referee and encouraged his daughter to try it.

She was 11 years old when she officiated her first game. Now she’s being mentored to

referee at the provincial hockey championships early next year.

One of her new challenges this year was to join the Sooke Atom Female team as an on-ice assistant helper. Couture says she loves working with her younger counterparts, and seeing them develop throughout the hockey season.

Sooke Atom Female manager

Donna Perman says Couture has been a welcome addition to the team.

“She is a natural leader and has proven to be an excellent mentor for our aspiring new and returning players. The girls love having a fellow female player on the ice to teach and motivate them in a way that is different then our “dads” who coach,”

Perman says.Couture took her volunteering

to a new level this fall when she got involved with YAAKAAR, a humanitarian and educational project supported by the Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) under its virtual school.

The two-year program takes students on an international humanitarian mission for two to three weeks, usually in Senegal, to help in local schools.

Couture learned about the program in school and now is committed to raising $4,000 to the trip slated in 2017.

She’ll be getting help with the trip in a rather surprising way.

Several months ago Couture’s mother was encouraged by a co-worker to enter on CTV’s Save-on-Foods Amazing Kids feature. Every Thursday, CTV Vancouver Island airs a personal story of a featured kid on their newscast, with the winner also receiving $1,000.

Couture’s story will be aired tomorrow night (Dec. 17) on the 5 and 6 p.m. newscast.

“It was a lot fun (to be filmed),” she says, adding though that she’s more interested in the $1,000 being used to help trip with YAAKAAR.

“[YAAKAAR] is just a good opportunity to experience new things and help other people.”

editor@sookenewsmirror.com

SportsTeen helps others in ‘amazing’ ways

Kevin Laird/Sooke News Mirror

Morgan Couture has a passion for hockey and heping others.

I think volunteering is built inside me. It’s fun, but I find it a great experience, too. Why do I do it? I don’t know.

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Kevin LairdSooke News Mirror

It’s suddenly all fun and games for the Edward Milne Community School Wolverines.

The Sooke school’s senior boys basketball team has started the season with a perfect 2-0.

Last week, the Wolver-ines were dominant beat-ing both Glenlyon Norfolk (78-65) and Royal Bay Sec-ondary (68-50).

It was a complete turn-around from exhibition play two weeks ago when the Wolverines were ham-

mered by the competition in three games and were outscored most nights by 30 points or more.

“Those were super, top-notch teams,” said Wolverines coach Trevor Bligh.

“Our competition since has not been at that level and that’s what we wanted: play against the

big boys and then you play like a big boy against the kids that aren’t so big.”

While the Wolverines have made positive strides to open the season, there is still inconsis-tencies in the team game.

The local side needs a better transition game from defence to offence, and to keep the defen-sive intensity for the full 40 minutes, not just in spurts throughout the game, Bligh said.

But every game and practice he sees improve-ment, too.

The Wolverines biggest strength is offensive and defensive rebounding, and team chemistry is gelling.

“We’re two steps in the right direction for a kilometre walk,” Bligh said.

“It’s definitely in our quest to win our division. It’s very encouraging.”

ON THE ROAD: The Wolverines travelled to Reynolds Secondary last night to play their first road game of the season. Last season, the clubs split their four-game series.

klaird@blackpress.ca

Wolverines top Royal Bay for second straight home win

It’s definitely in our quest to win our division. It’s very encouraging.

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Edward Milne guard Alec McKenzie, left, shadows Royal Bay’s Dylen Ross during Lower Island Senior Boys Basketball League action on Thursday night at EMCS. The host Wolverines won 68-50.

Kevin Laird Sooke News Mirror

Registration opens for bike tourRegistration for the sixth annual Ryder Hesjedal’s

Tour de Victoria is now open. Tour de Victoria is a non-competitive, mass

participation bicycle ride that welcomes riders of all ages and abilities.

The 2016 ride features four distances: 140 kilometres for the experienced cyclist; 90 kilometres for the cycling enthusiast; 45 kilometres for the entry-level cyclist; and a kids ride.

To register for the ride, please go online to tourdevictoria.com.

Sooke trail runners hosting seminarSooke Trail and Road Runners will host a free

talk on running on Jan. 21, with guest speaker Nick Walker.

Walker was winner of last fall’s GoodLife Victoria 8K road race and a former winner of the Sooke River 10K. He is also co-owner of Frontrunners, a specialty running store.

The Let’s Talk About Running seminar will be held at Edward Milne Community School in the lower commons area, beginning at 7 p.m.

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We’re dreaming of a green Christmas.‘Tis the perfect season to reduce, reuse and recycle. This year remember to properly prepare recyclables at the curb and use only CRD approved blue boxes for containers and blue bags for paper for holiday recycling.

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It wasn’t just news. It was “good news of great joy.” Something remarkable had happened. The shepherds who cared for their � ocks outside of Bethlehem were told: Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”

 Some children have been born to power and privilege - assuming roles of leadership at an early age. But Jesus was uniquely born as the Savior of the world. Once that astonishing news was announced, a great company of angels broke out in song, singing, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” The birth of Jesus revealed the awesomeness of God. God took the initiative and came to us. What we couldn’t do by ourselves he did for us. The good news of great joy is that Jesus had come to make peace between us and God.

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Yes, saltwater fishing continues for sport fishing enthusiasts in our area.

Poor weather including bone-chilling winds, dark, wet cloud cover and some choppy water have sent some to the couch or even farther in search of comfy warmer conditions.

But there are breaks in the weather, and those getting out on the water are being rewarded with the bounties of the sea.

Salmon, halibut and crab are still in the area and the other boats aren’t.

Winter feeder salmon are right on the bottom just outside the Sooke harbour in 120 to 140 feet of water, easiest trolled with a flasher and an anchovy, hootchy or spoon on a short three-foot leader attached 10 feet behind the downrigger ball.

Halibut fishing has been consistent close to the Sooke harbour mouth in the depths, anchoring in 200 to 250 feet of water, using herring or salmon bellies.

The end of December will close out one

of the best halibut seasons I have ever seen. Crabbing in the harbour has been spotty,

but I’m still hearing reports of success from the Rotary Pier and seeing a few in our traps dropped before leaving the harbour for fishing.

A fun on the water upcoming event: The Sooke Sailpast, where local boats decorated in Christmas lights sail in the harbour, Dec. 19 5:30 p.m. near the Prestige hotel, Government dock and Rotary Pier.

On the local derby scene, the Sooke Boxing Day Chinook Derby, the last in the

Sooke Saltwater Series of Derbies is going to prove exciting.

In the series standings, Mike Koff in first place, has a not so comfortable five-pound lead, and James Cool, Al Kennedy, and Mike Thompson in second, third and fourth place are separated by less than a pound, and are up for a big piece of the prize action. But wait, it’s fishing, anything can happen! More details online at sookesaltwaterseries.ca.

•••Ron Neitsch is the owner of 2 Reel Fishing

Adventures, in Sooke.

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Photo by Ron Neitsch/2 Reel Fishing AdventuresSooke resident Wen Chan out with his family for a winter halibut trip on Nov. 28. Sooke has seen near record numbers of halibut being caught this year.

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The annual general meeting of the Seniors Drop In Centre Society brought a slew of changes to the organization, shining a new light into its future.

The most notable changes are to its leading personnel, as well as the addition of two more desperately-needed positions.

Following a long eight-year term as president, Carol Pinalski passed her role onto Jane Maude, with Pinalski filling in as treasurer.

Another long-time member of the Seniors Drop In Centre, Irene Healey, is the new vice-president, while David Bennett, remains as secretary.

Maude is certainly fit for her position to push the initiative forward. A Sooke resident for 30 years, she worked as a nurse, then later as an administrator for the Vancouver Island Health Authority.

Filling in positions was only half of the AGM however, as plans for expansion at Ayre Manor as well as attracting new members also made the top of the agenda.

But a large part of the organization’s future success will rest on prioritizing its needs and communicating more with the local community, something Maude says is the main focus at this point.

“I asked all the members, go home and think about what it is that you’re missing. What did you have in that stand-alone building that we don’t have now? We have to draw the clients in and have to be much more open to the people in the community,” she said.

The biggest issue right now is attracting new members, which is difficult, because the ground floor of the Sooke Community Hall is still limited. This, in turn, limits the amount of programs the organization can run.

Maude said that can still change, even if it takes switching the times when the Seniors Drop In Centre meets per week, such as Monday, Wednes-day and Friday, as this could potentially open up the upstairs area, with it opening up new oppor-tunities as well as clearing up what people expect from the organization.

“The kitchen and bingo area seems to be impor-tant to some people, but then again, that’s just a group of people … are other people not inter-ested in bingo and just not coming? That’s what we need to know,” she said.

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Last weekend’s pair of Christmas concerts by the Sooke Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and Chorus once again warmed the hearts of audiences with soothing melodies of Christmas and indeed the holiday season.

As usual, the first concert was performed at the Sooke Baptist Church and the second — by special invitation — at Royal Roads University as part of the university’s 75th anniversary celebrations.

To be a regular member of an orchestra audience is to realize a thing or two.

The first is that young people are all important to adding another perspective to the enjoyment of music, and the second is that Christmas concerts would certainly not be the same without Sooke’s own talented vocalista, Nancy Washeim. Both factors came into play this time around.

The two violin soloists playing J.S. Bach’s Concerto in D minor were young sisters, Robin and Marijn

Butterfield, ages 11 and 13, and Nancy sang a number of favourite soprano solos from Handel’s Messiah.

On top of this, the philharmonic welcomed its new choral director, Nicholas Fairbank, who has been working with the chorus since September. This was his first concert with the chorus and orchestra.

In January, the chorus will begin preparing for Mozart’s Vespers Solennes de Confessore for the philharmonic’s upcoming concerts on March 19 and 20, so if you feel you’ll run a bit dry on orchestral performances this winter, you’re in for a treat.

The choir welcomes any new singers out there to join in, so if interested, please contact Lynda Rose, 250-642-3536.

For more information about the Sooke Philharmonic, please visit www.sookephil.ca or call 250-419-3569.

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The Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra performing their Christmas concert, Festive Harmony, at the Sooke Baptist Church last weekend. Performers wooed the crowds at the Royal Roads University’s exquisite Quarterdeck Ballroom in Colwood.

Chamber Orchestra steals hearts and minds in Sooke, ColwoodSooke Philharmonic finishes another year of concerts with solid vocals and young talent

Youth Show Choir show at EMCS tonightAching for some fresh and exciting musical theatre? The Sooke Youth Show Choir will perform its

winter show tonight at the Edward Milne Community School theatre, called “Stars in their Eyes”. The number is based on a popular the British TV talent show of the same name, where contestants

impersonate showbiz stars. In SYSC’s version of the show, there are going to be “celebrity judges” who will critique each of the

kids’ performances, and the roles of the judges will be played by some “high-profile” Sookies. Kids from West-Mont Montessori will also be joining SYSC in some of the group numbers that night.The event takes place at the EMCS theatre tonight, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the door,

$10 for adults, $5 for youth 16 and under.

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A chestful of airThe Sooke Community Choir performs their Songs for a Winter’s Night concert before a full-house audience at the Sooke Community Hall on Friday. This concert was the first time the choir used background props (courtesy of the Sooke Harbour Players) to bring more detail.

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Festival of trees Come on down to the Seaparc Leisure and Complex and check out some beautifully-ornated Christmas trees. Every tree was donated by local organizations and includes envelopes for visitors to donate as well. Donations go to the B.C. Children’s Hospital.

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This December edition of the Sooke Folk Music Society’s Coffee House event presents Thomas P. Radcliffe, a “musi-cian’s musician.”

His passion and sensitivity exude from the strings when he plays and his voice brings the love and message in a song directly to your heart.

Originally from St. Louis, Rad-cliffe has lived in and travelled to many places in the U.S. and Canada. He is acclaimed as a finger-style guitar virtuoso and legendary folk singer.

His musical resume includes; violin, flute, classical guitar, folk guitar, mandolin, banjo, Appa-lachian dulcimer, auto harp, and more. He has performed in orchestral and solo settings on various stages for many years and is touring as a solo singer-songwriter, solo finger-style gui-tarist.

Radcliffe’s menagerie of stringed instruments now fea-tures the 12-string Spanish laud, which he plays fluently and nat-urally in his own inimitable style, as the Puerto Rican cuatro, a lovely and brilliant 10 string instrument.

Radcliffe’s performances are intimate and personal and touch his audiences regardless of the size of the venue.

Come out this Saturday (Dec.

19) at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1962 Murray Rd. Doors open at 7 p.m. with open stage at 7:30. For more info, go to sooke-folkmusicsociety.com.

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The Sooke Region Museum needs volunteers for its school programs.

Volunteers are required to take a two- to four-hour training program. Tours are two hours each and are done in the winter and spring during school hours.

The museum would like each volunteer to commit to a minimum of four tours in the winter and four in the spring. Each tour usually has four to five volunteers.

If you are interested, please drop by the museum and pick up a volunteer application or visit the website at sookeregionmuseum.com.

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Recreation Integration Victoria is in need of volunteers to assist individuals with disabilities become more involved in the community.

Participants can volunteer a minimum of one hour a week and have the opportunity to participate in recre-ational or leisure activities. For more information or to vol-unteer, please contact the leisure assistant coordinator at 250-477-6314 (Ext. 205) or email volunteers@rivonline.org. RIV provides socialization, life skills, and respite opportuni-ties for people with disabilities through access to commu-nity-based leisure and recreation activities

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This photo was taken about 1960, at one of the finest little retreats once found in the Sooke Hills. Eric and Marjorie Bernard are posed here by their romantic getaway cabin, just a few yards from the shoreline at the east end of Crabapple Lake.

In the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, there were a number of cabins dotted amongst the lakeshores, not only at Crabapple but at Sheilds, Grassie and Peden as well. In addition, of course, there was the substantial lodge of the Alpine Club of Canada, built in the late 1920s on the west shore of Sheilds Lake.

When Eric Bernard began logging in the hills, with truckers such as Bert Acreman doing his hauling, the access road up into the hills as far as the base of Mount Empress was improved to the point where many of us

living in Sooke and Saseenos would drive up regularly to enjoy the semi-alpine beauty.

Then when access restrictions prevented driving later on, hiking continued. I do recall hiking up one memorable summer day with Liz Johnson and swimming in Crabapple alongside the Canada geese. Eric had built a small wharf extending out between the waterlilies. Perhaps it’s a note of interest that Canada geese did not start to overwinter here until the 1980s.

Temperatures in the hills could range as much as 10 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit colder than at sea level, which meant that in winter there was good ice on the lakes. Skating up at Sheilds and Crabapple during the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s became one of winter’s thrills, with families and young couples alike.

I remember

one particularly spectacular clear moonlight night at Sheilds, when the ice seemed to shimmer in the moonlight as young courting couples swept gracefully across the ice. In particular, I recall a group which included Bill Pedneault escorting his girlfriend Sandy Nix.

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Sooke History

Retreats once dotted area’s semi-alpine lakes

While this photo was snapped in summer, when Eric and Marjorie Bernard could sit and watch the loons and hear the call of the whiskey jacks, the lakes in the Sooke Hills also offered a winter paradise.

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