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National championsCentennial Stadium in Saanich was packed to see the UVic Vikes win the national men’s soccer title.

Sports, Page A24

Campaign trail Coming home Trustees warnedCandidates running for the board of education in Greater Victoria told to stop campaigning on or near school grounds.

Slippery skaterWes Myron, left, loses an edge as he fights for the puck during the gold medal game at the 2011 World Junior A Championships in Langley Sunday. The Lambrick Park secondary school grad and current member of the Victoria Grizzlies helped Canada West beat Canada East in the nationally televised final.See story on Page A12.

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Excitement builds for Mount Doug Idol finals as famous alumni come home to help celebrate the school’s 80th anniversary.

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KNOW YOUR CANDIDATESFor a look at all the candidates running for the Greater Victoria board of education check out our full-page feature.

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VOTING LESSONS

Too young to vote, Saanich’s Youth Council still wants those who can to get out to the polls.

MAIL-IN BALLOTS A BUST

Plan to replace mobile polling stations at seniors homes hasn’t worked the way Saanich hoped.

KNOCK KNOCKMayoral hopefuls go door-to-door.

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SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 www.saanichnews.com • A31

All-candidates meetingsThere are two all-candidates meetings remaining before the Nov. 19 election.

■ Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m., Cadboro Bay United Church (2625 Arbutus Rd.)

■ Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m., Gordon Head United Church (4201 Tyndall Ave.)

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Policies and procedures that promote a greener, more sustainable Saanich are meaningless if the municipality isn’t walking the talk.

Mayoral candidate David Cubberley says Saanich needs to be led by someone who has an understanding of what it means to live green – and that’s not the case right now.

“I find that Saanich, on paper, has a strong commitment to farms and farming and food security, and on the ground it’s mixed,” he said. “My record shows I’m innovative and creative in building alternatives to single-occupant vehicle use. I am an avid cycler, and I have a strong commitment to make progress on improving mobility and walkability. I am an

inveterate recycler; the blue box program, getting electronic waste out of landfills – all that interests me.”

He says Saanich, under the direction of Mayor Frank Leonard, has missed several opportunities to capitalize on being a greener community – one that promotes local farming, diverting waste from the landfills and getting people out of their cars.

Leonard, however, points to the recent municipal acquisitions of Panama Flats and Haro Woods as indicators that the community is getting more than it could have expected from its mayor and council when it comes to the sustainability file.

“We’ve taken the mandate from citizens and created sustainable documents that we work from. These are community goals, set out in the strategic plan,” he said, adding that his opponent is imposing more of a personal agenda, rather than working on the pre-established goals.

“We faced challenges with both of those (acquisitions), but (council) gave clear direction to staff

based on our goals. We’ve shown that we can deliver outcomes that this community can be proud of,” Leonard said. “I take these as council achievements, but I’m proud to be the mayor that leads this council.”

Council candidates Nichola Wade, Vicki Sanders, Dean Murdock, Paul Gerrard, Judy Brownoff and Susan Brice say Saanich has demonstrated its commitment to the environment. They each point to their personal background on sustainability, and say Saanich needs to do more of what it’s already doing.

“I’m a firm believer that we, as individuals, need to be responsible for ourselves and not expect somebody else to pick up after us,” Sanders said.

“(Saanich’s climate action mitigation strategy and an adaptation strategy) will take us quite a ways with what we need to accomplish, which includes smart growth planning and reduction of our own emissions and community emissions,” added Wade.

Harald Wolf, a geologist, says Saanich’s discussions on the environment are too superficial.

“My understanding of the concepts are much deeper than the vocabulary, and the idea that we can meet our carbon reduction targets by fudging numbers in spreadsheets and paying carbon offsets,” he said.

Leif Wergeland says his priority for the next

term would be encouraging residents to change their habits. “We really do have a part to play in the whole climate issue. In reality each one of us has to change, in every area of our life.”

Candidate Ingrid Ip is championing curb-side compost pick-up as the best sustainability goal for Saanich to set.

Rob Wickson and Vic Derman say a different approach needs to be taken to tackling the environmental issues facing Saanich.

“You have to embed (environmental policies) in the decision-making process so they consistently guide the direction of the community,” Derman said. “We’re trying to be greener … but we haven’t got that long-term vision of what sustainable should be and look like.”

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Integrated Road Safety Unit member Cpl. Ryan Bacia, dressed in plainclothes, speaks to a colleague on his radio while monitoring traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway at McKenzie Avenue. The IRSU is increasing its enforcement at the Captal Region’s most dangerous intersections. Story on Page A5.

Parks users are once again being reminded not leave anything of value in their vehicles after a set of smash-and-grabs around Mount Douglas Park.

In the late afternoon on Nov. 3, two vehicles had their passenger windows broken and items that had been out of sight were stolen.

“We believe park users are being watched,” Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said.

The incident is similar to one that occurred in September at Beaver Lake Park. As well, there was

a rash of these incidents last fall.“I don’t know what else to say other than leave

your stuff at home,” Jantzen said. “If you don’t, it’s subject to being taken.”

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Ryan Bacica stands at the corner where McKenzie Avenue meets the Trans-Canada High-way during Thursday afternoon rush hour.

Donning a pair of khakis, a blue hoodie and a pair of sun-glasses, the Integrated Road Safety Unit corporal inconspicu-ously works undercover, watch-ing road users’ every move.

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Bacica and his fellow Capi-tal Regional District IRSU offi-cers are conducting increased enforcement at intersections throughout Greater Victoria until the new year.

“We’re going to be targeting intersections with different types of enforcement techniques,” said IRSU Const. Rob Figueiredo. “We’re there to reduce crashes and injuries, but we’re also watching for any bad driving behaviours. … We’re not going to let anything slip by.”

The regional unit will be step-ping up its watch at five intersec-tions in Greater Victoria deemed the most dangerous.

McKenzie at the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 17 at Say-ward Road in Saanich; Hillside Avenue at Shelbourne Street, Douglas Street at Finlayson Street, and Douglas at Hillside

and Gorge Road in Victoria are the highest crash areas in the Capital Region

“From 2008 to 2010, there have been nearly 1,000 colli-sions involving injuries just at these five intersections alone,” Figueiredo said.

Officers will be looking for red and yellow light infractions, as well as compliance with the seatbelt and hands-free laws. Cyclists and pedestrians will also be watched to ensure they’re not putting anyone’s safety at risk with their behaviour.

“These are obviously some of the busiest intersections and some of the biggest intersec-

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The intersection crackdown coincides with a month where IRSU will also be ensuring driv-ers are travelling at speeds rel-ative to the conditions of the road.

“As the weather gets worse, the days get shorter, it gets darker earlier, the roadways get slipperier, so your driving hab-its must change,” Figueiredo said. “We’re not out there to write tickets. The whole point is to make the roads safer. We are serious about enforcement – we’re trying to reduce the number of crashes, so we hope people think twice before they do something they shouldn’t behind the wheel.”

Next month, heightened inter-section enforcement will run concurrent to IRSU’s campaign to combat impaired driving.

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Cops crack down on crash cornersThe 5 worst areasIntersections with the highest number of crashes in the Capital Region:

■ McKenzie at the Trans-Canada Highway.

■ Highway 17 at Sayward Road.

■ Hillside Avenue at Shelbourne Street.

■ Douglas Street at Finlayson Street.

■ Douglas at Hillside and Gorge Road.

“We’re not out there to write tickets. The whole point is to make the roads safer.”– Const. Rob Figueiredo


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A man is in hospital after a single-vehicle crash that shut down a portion of the Pat Bay Highway just after midnight last Friday.

Saanich Police say a Mazda 323 hatchback trav-

eling south on the highway near the Quadra Street over-pass crossed over the centre median and across the north-bound lanes before rolling over. The driver, a 28-year-old Victoria resident, was ejected from the vehicle.

The driver was still con-scious when help arrived.

The severely injured man was removed from the scene on a spine board by paramedics, and taken to Victoria General Hospital.

The Pat Bay Highway was shut down in both directions in the area near the overpass for about two hours while investigators tried to deter-

mine what led to the crash. A thermal imaging unit

was used to confirm that the driver had been the vehicle’s only occupant.

The cause is still under investigation, though initial information suggests alcohol may have been a factor.

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Voting lessonsNatalie NorthNews staff

Ninu Forrest wants to give young people in Saan-ich a voice at the municipal level. Forrest is rally-ing for local youth – specifically the region’s large population of post-secondary students – to get out and vote on Nov. 19.

The thing is, at 15 years old, Forrest has three years before she’ll be able to go to the polls her-self.

“I feel like sometimes these days people com-plain about stuff in their communities, but if you don’t go out and vote then there’s no way that you can change that,” said Forrest, recruitment direc-tor for Saanich Youth Council. “It’s such a privilege to be able to vote that many countries don’t have and sometimes we take it for granted here.”

Saanich Youth Council is a group of a dozen high school and university students who meet monthly at municipal hall to discuss issues in their com-munity and consult with Saanich council advisory committees. During Youth Council’s inaugural year, much of their efforts were focused on reach-ing beyond their own relationship with municipal councillors to identify common concerns of young people in their community – the most common, Forrest said, is transportation.

Youth Council has partnered with the Gordon Head Residents’ Association to host an all-candi-dates meeting with the aim of getting more young people interested in the discussion and out to the polls. The meeting is slated for 7 p.m., Thursday (Nov. 17) at the Gordon Head United Church, 4201 Tyndall Ave.

“We do want youth to come out to these kinds of events because we are the leaders of tomorrow, but if we don’t start doing something today, we won’t be able to take over once the time comes,” Forrest said.

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Mail-in ballots, which were brought in this year to replace mobile polling sta-tions at retirement homes during elections past, aren’t generating nearly the same inter-est from elderly voters.

At Highgate Lodge, where general manager Linda Bishop estimates about 70 per cent of the residents are engaged in the munici-pal election, only four people have taken advantage of the mail vote.

“Saanich was extremely good at making us aware of the mail-in ballots, but we’re dealing with an elderly group,” Bishop said. “They’re cautious of the mail-in ballots. It’s new to them, it doesn’t feel as private

as going to put their X in the box when all the formalities were there to keep things secure.”

Bishop says an addi-tional two residents – out of 58 total – have signed up to get a ride to a polling station on election day.

She says 15 of the residents can drive, so she hopes they’ll take advantage of their mobility to get to a polling station.

“They liked it when the mobile poll came here. It was nice and easy for them to just come down and vote,” Bishop said.

It’s a sentiment echoed by mayoral candidate David Cub-berley, who’s been to three retirement homes where most residents have told him there’s confusion around how they can vote.

“They’re understand-ing there isn’t a mobile poll (this election), but there isn’t any clear sense of what the alter-native is,” Cubberley said. “We’ve gone from convenience to ‘you have to help yourself to get to vote,’ and that’s the wrong direc-tion. It’s not the way to get more people vot-ing.”

Mayor Frank Leon-ard says he’s hearing more positive com-ments than anything else about the mail-in ballots at retirement homes.

“We’ll have to review the practice and rec-ommend what to do three years from now. We’ll all learn from this experience,” he said.

As of last week about 300 Saanich residents had applied for a mail-in ballot. The bal-lot is available to snow-birds, students study-ing abroad and those with mobility issues.

You can still apply to receive a mail-in ballot (until 4 p.m. on Nov. 17) by calling 250-475-1775, visiting Saanich municipal hall (770 Ver-non Ave.) or by check-ing saanich.ca/living/election.html.

If you receive a mail-in ballot it is your responsibility to ensure it is returned to the chief elections officer before 8 p.m. on Nov. 19, otherwise it will not be [email protected]


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Helen will continue to:• Focus decision-making in the best interests of students• Work with education partners and community to promote open, accessible and accountable public education• Raise awareness locally and provincially on the issues facing public education

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Dean MurdockSaanich Council & CRD

On November 19th

✔ Affordable housing✔ Better public transit & transportation options✔ Quality sidewalks & bike lanes✔ Climate & environmental leadership✔ Farmland protection & food security

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Together – we can ensure that Saanich remains a great place to live, work and playTogether – we can ensure that Saanich remains a great place to live, work and play

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Natalie NorthNews staff

Two of Victoria’s best-known musical talents return to their hometown this weekend to judge the city’s latest singing competition with the chance of welcoming its next superstar.

Producer David Foster and artist Nelly Furtado, both alumni of Mount Douglas secondary school, are back as celebrity judges for Mount Doug Idol. The talent show is the culmination of nine days of events hosted by the Mount Doug Alumni Asso-ciation in honour of the school’s 80th anniver-sary. More than 100 alumni – many living in other areas of Canada or the U.S. – applied in September to take part in the competition. A panel of local judges narrowed the field to 15 semi-finalists and then down to five finalists on Nov. 2 at the Spec-trum Community school theatre.

Justin Hewitt and Kale Penny of Victoria, Joni Anderson of White Rock, Amanda Wood of Van-couver and Cristine Seeber of California are now vying for the top spot.

“We’re all so proud of coming from Mount Doug,” said Foster in an interview with the News in an ear-lier interview. “It’s a pact, it’s a bond that we share. I’m super proud to be a Canadian and to be from Victoria. I tout Victoria everywhere I go.”

On Saturday, alumni ranging in age and musical genre from teen to senior, and from opera to coun-try will perform at the University of Victoria’s Far-quhar Auditorium. Furtado and Foster, honorary president of the alumni association, will take the stage as well as participate in a pre-event social.

While there is no promise that the winner will get a record deal from the multi-Grammy award-winning producer, Wendy Gedney, co-chair of the anniversary celebrations, said the top vocalist will be rewarded with a trip from Air Canada and prizes from Tom Lee Music.

“The purpose of the Idol is to showcase talent of the alumni and the bonus is we have David Foster and Nelly Furtado to help us with that because they’re both from Mount Doug and they’ll be play-ing a little bit and doing their little bit,” Gedney said. “It’s not the David and Nelly show. It’s about Mount Doug. (Foster) wants it that way and so do we.”

The competition was open to past and present staff and students of Mount Doug and its feeder schools. The children and grandchildren of former staff and students could also apply.

“There’s a huge chance that we could find some-thing great,” Foster said.

A sports social, highlighting Mount Doug’s ath-letics history, will run from 3 to 6 p.m. at the adja-

cent Mount Doug campus, 3970 Gordon Head Rd. This event includes a no-host bar and is open to members of the public over the age of 19.

Tickets to the Idol show (across a variety of price ranges), the pre-event reception with Foster and Furtado, as well as the sports social can be purchased through www.mountdougalumni.com.

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Mount Doug Idol contestants take the stageKyle SlavinNews staff

Mail-in ballots, which were brought in this year to replace mobile polling sta-tions at retirement homes during elections past, aren’t generating nearly the same inter-est from elderly voters.

At Highgate Lodge, where general manager Linda Bishop estimates about 70 per cent of the residents are engaged in the munici-pal election, only four people have taken advantage of the mail vote.

“Saanich was extremely good at making us aware of the mail-in ballots, but we’re dealing with an elderly group,” Bishop said. “They’re cautious of the mail-in ballots. It’s new to them, it doesn’t feel as private

as going to put their X in the box when all the formalities were there to keep things secure.”

Bishop says an addi-tional two residents – out of 58 total – have signed up to get a ride to a polling station on election day.

She says 15 of the residents can drive, so she hopes they’ll take advantage of their mobility to get to a polling station.

“They liked it when the mobile poll came here. It was nice and easy for them to just come down and vote,” Bishop said.

It’s a sentiment echoed by mayoral candidate David Cub-berley, who’s been to three retirement homes where most residents have told him there’s confusion around how they can vote.

“They’re understand-ing there isn’t a mobile poll (this election), but there isn’t any clear sense of what the alter-native is,” Cubberley said. “We’ve gone from convenience to ‘you have to help yourself to get to vote,’ and that’s the wrong direc-tion. It’s not the way to get more people vot-ing.”

Mayor Frank Leon-ard says he’s hearing more positive com-ments than anything else about the mail-in ballots at retirement homes.

“We’ll have to review the practice and rec-ommend what to do three years from now. We’ll all learn from this experience,” he said.

As of last week about 300 Saanich residents had applied for a mail-in ballot. The bal-lot is available to snow-birds, students study-ing abroad and those with mobility issues.

You can still apply to receive a mail-in ballot (until 4 p.m. on Nov. 17) by calling 250-475-1775, visiting Saanich municipal hall (770 Ver-non Ave.) or by check-ing saanich.ca/living/election.html.

If you receive a mail-in ballot it is your responsibility to ensure it is returned to the chief elections officer before 8 p.m. on Nov. 19, otherwise it will not be [email protected]


Seniors don’t mail-in votesPlan to replace mobile polls unsuccessful

Re-ElectPaul Gerrard

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OUR VIEW

EDITORIALPenny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorJim Zeeben EditorOliver Sommer Advertising Director

The Saanich News is published by Black Press Ltd. | 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 | Phone: 250-920-2090 • Fax: 250-386-2624 • Web: www.saanichnews.com

SAANICHNEWS

The Saanich News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: [email protected] or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

2010 WINNER

The red-headed stepchild of democracy is shivering on the doorstep again. Most won’t open the door.

Local government elections are always overshadowed by louder events, and this year is no different. The “occupy” nonsense, the teachers’ strike, the precarious economy and the media’s fixation on them are part of the problem.

But let’s face it. Public indifference to local government has left it mainly to self-serving politicians and special interest groups. Community newspapers soldier on through the three years between elections to highlight issues and choices, but few people join the debate when it’s time to vote.

The recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention demonstrated this. Local politicians love to tell senior governments what to do. They’d much rather debate smart meters or bad old Ottawa’s RCMP costs than talk about their own performance.

Most of the mayors and councillors on hand were unhappy with the province’s plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general to examine the efficiency of municipal spending. Just another layer of bureaucracy, according to these experts on the subject.

At the convention, I asked NDP MLA Carole James about this. A veteran of local government, she observed that it would be awkward

for local politicians to go back to their communities and campaign against accountability.

There is much that is not discussed and it goes beyond technical details like performance

auditing. How about amalgamation in places where there are clearly too many municipal boundaries, policing is fragmented and administration is duplicated? You won’t hear much about that, unless a lot more voters insist on it.

Business groups and community newspapers raise it, and it fades away. Not enough people care.

Few challengers and even fewer incumbent politicians signed the taxpayers’ pledge offered up at local election time by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. It’s a modest proposal to match spending growth with real growth.

Candidates don’t want to talk about the fact that B.C. municipal spending, adjusted for inflation, is growing almost four times as fast as the population. Pay and benefits for municipal employees grow much faster than private sector rates. Not enough people care.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is campaigning against contracted private development of water utilities. They prefer their high-cost monopoly. And outside their special interest support, not enough people care.

School board elections have

become even more of an insider activity. To take one example, a school trustee candidate forum in Abbotsford last week started with a protest march by 18 teachers. They carried their message inside, demanding smaller classes, more special needs support, the familiar list of demands in their dysfunctional relationship with the provincewide bargaining agent.

Of course school trustees have no actual authority over these huge and costly issues. The province took away school board taxing authority long ago, because the teacher and support staff unions have the money and voting numbers to control low-turnout local elections for their own benefit. Now the unions have to settle for vetting candidates according to their willingness to lobby the B.C. government on behalf of unions.

(If anyone has attended a trustee forum that wasn’t taken over by teachers, please e-mail me. I haven’t heard of one for years.)

There are still things you can do to compare candidates, and it doesn’t take long to sort through a dozen or two hopefuls.

Please, check this paper’s website for recent surveys and stories on the local candidates, and take some time on Saturday to back the people who you think have the best experience, independence and understanding of the community’s needs.

Occupy the voting booth.Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter

and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

[email protected]

Local gov’t neglected again

‘Municipal spending is growing almost four times as fast as the population.’

Let candidates talk to parents

Never would we want to hear of a teacher grooming little Johnny or Sally to one day vote NDP, or for a public school to endorse the Liberal party. But to bar trustee candidates from approaching parents on school property to discuss issues affecting those schools doesn’t make sense.

The Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, or VCPAC, sent out a letter last week to all trustee candidates in the Greater Victoria school district reminding them that this past spring, the current board of education unanimously voted for a policy that bars campaigning in schools or on school property. The letter goes further, saying some candidates are violating the “spirit” of the policy by having their supporters distribute material to parents on school grounds and by campaigning next to school property.

VCPAC’s stance, along with the nine incumbent trustees who voted for it, does a disservice to democracy. With turnout so low for trustee elections (trustees’ names go on the same ballot as council candidates, but earn few X marks), we should be encouraging campaigning in locations where there are people who are most likely to vote. Trustees matter more to parents of students than most other voters and candidates should have access to their potential electorate.

At an all-candidates meeting last week for trustee candidates, David Bratzer was more vocal on the policy than others, saying it is a “core Canadian value to stand on the sidewalk and talk to parents. … It teaches kids about democracy.” He added he is respecting the policy by staying off school grounds.

Is campaigning so intimidating to parents that regulations are needed to keep it at bay? Perhaps parents who aren’t interested in a candidate’s speech could turn them away. At worst, the process could spark a debate between parents and their children about elections, democracy and school governance.

However, keeping candidates from approaching parents at schools will only further erode a process that is already ailing.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views


Keep the Trust in Trustees

Jim Holland • Anglican Clergyman • Educator

• Founder of Island Parent Magazine

Michael McEvoy• President, BC School Trustees Association

• United Way of Greater Victoria, Campaign Chair 2009 • Lawyer • Public Servant

Dave Pitre • Retired Principal, Associate Superintendent and Teacher

• Co-chair of Success By 6

Greater Victoria Board of Education

OUR VIEW

EDITORIALPenny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorJim Zeeben EditorOliver Sommer Advertising Director

The Saanich News is published by Black Press Ltd. | 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 | Phone: 250-920-2090 • Fax: 250-386-2624 • Web: www.saanichnews.com

SAANICHNEWS

The Saanich News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: [email protected] or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

2010 WINNER

The red-headed stepchild of democracy is shivering on the doorstep again. Most won’t open the door.

Local government elections are always overshadowed by louder events, and this year is no different. The “occupy” nonsense, the teachers’ strike, the precarious economy and the media’s fixation on them are part of the problem.

But let’s face it. Public indifference to local government has left it mainly to self-serving politicians and special interest groups. Community newspapers soldier on through the three years between elections to highlight issues and choices, but few people join the debate when it’s time to vote.

The recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention demonstrated this. Local politicians love to tell senior governments what to do. They’d much rather debate smart meters or bad old Ottawa’s RCMP costs than talk about their own performance.

Most of the mayors and councillors on hand were unhappy with the province’s plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general to examine the efficiency of municipal spending. Just another layer of bureaucracy, according to these experts on the subject.

At the convention, I asked NDP MLA Carole James about this. A veteran of local government, she observed that it would be awkward

for local politicians to go back to their communities and campaign against accountability.

There is much that is not discussed and it goes beyond technical details like performance

auditing. How about amalgamation in places where there are clearly too many municipal boundaries, policing is fragmented and administration is duplicated? You won’t hear much about that, unless a lot more voters insist on it.

Business groups and community newspapers raise it, and it fades away. Not enough people care.

Few challengers and even fewer incumbent politicians signed the taxpayers’ pledge offered up at local election time by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. It’s a modest proposal to match spending growth with real growth.

Candidates don’t want to talk about the fact that B.C. municipal spending, adjusted for inflation, is growing almost four times as fast as the population. Pay and benefits for municipal employees grow much faster than private sector rates. Not enough people care.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is campaigning against contracted private development of water utilities. They prefer their high-cost monopoly. And outside their special interest support, not enough people care.

School board elections have

become even more of an insider activity. To take one example, a school trustee candidate forum in Abbotsford last week started with a protest march by 18 teachers. They carried their message inside, demanding smaller classes, more special needs support, the familiar list of demands in their dysfunctional relationship with the provincewide bargaining agent.

Of course school trustees have no actual authority over these huge and costly issues. The province took away school board taxing authority long ago, because the teacher and support staff unions have the money and voting numbers to control low-turnout local elections for their own benefit. Now the unions have to settle for vetting candidates according to their willingness to lobby the B.C. government on behalf of unions.

(If anyone has attended a trustee forum that wasn’t taken over by teachers, please e-mail me. I haven’t heard of one for years.)

There are still things you can do to compare candidates, and it doesn’t take long to sort through a dozen or two hopefuls.

Please, check this paper’s website for recent surveys and stories on the local candidates, and take some time on Saturday to back the people who you think have the best experience, independence and understanding of the community’s needs.

Occupy the voting booth.Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter

and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

[email protected]

Local gov’t neglected again

‘Municipal spending is growing almost four times as fast as the population.’

Let candidates talk to parents

Never would we want to hear of a teacher grooming little Johnny or Sally to one day vote NDP, or for a public school to endorse the Liberal party. But to bar trustee candidates from approaching parents on school property to discuss issues affecting those schools doesn’t make sense.

The Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, or VCPAC, sent out a letter last week to all trustee candidates in the Greater Victoria school district reminding them that this past spring, the current board of education unanimously voted for a policy that bars campaigning in schools or on school property. The letter goes further, saying some candidates are violating the “spirit” of the policy by having their supporters distribute material to parents on school grounds and by campaigning next to school property.

VCPAC’s stance, along with the nine incumbent trustees who voted for it, does a disservice to democracy. With turnout so low for trustee elections (trustees’ names go on the same ballot as council candidates, but earn few X marks), we should be encouraging campaigning in locations where there are people who are most likely to vote. Trustees matter more to parents of students than most other voters and candidates should have access to their potential electorate.

At an all-candidates meeting last week for trustee candidates, David Bratzer was more vocal on the policy than others, saying it is a “core Canadian value to stand on the sidewalk and talk to parents. … It teaches kids about democracy.” He added he is respecting the policy by staying off school grounds.

Is campaigning so intimidating to parents that regulations are needed to keep it at bay? Perhaps parents who aren’t interested in a candidate’s speech could turn them away. At worst, the process could spark a debate between parents and their children about elections, democracy and school governance.

However, keeping candidates from approaching parents at schools will only further erode a process that is already ailing.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views


LETTERSProvince needs to answer questions about sewage treatment costs

Perhaps Ida Chong could reveal what eco-nomic, environmental, or social benefits have been identified that would justify spending $782 million on sewage treatment? And perhaps Christy Clark could tell us what economic impact the additional taxes we will all end up paying (for-ever) will have on our community?

How about everyone, especially our candidates for election, start demanding “Not another penny without proof?” What is there to hide?

Bob WheatonSaanich

Tax money could be better spent than on flowers in medians

I agree fully with the general message of the letter writer regarding the excessive plantings of flowers (annuals). The Maplewood/Cook and Cedar Hill/Blenkinsop areas are just a few. We have many great parks – some with abundant flowers for viewing. These median plantings and their maintenance just take away from much needed spending on infrastructure. In many areas, items like sidewalks and curbs – if they are present at all – are a patchwork of asphalt with the luxury of concrete at intersections. It is no wonder that some people are so glued to their cars and don’t walk along some streets (Tattersall /Blenkinsop) since they have to walk on the street itself.

Let’s put the tax dollars where they are truly needed and less on the esthetics. Issues like infra-structure spending are almost enough to make a person run for council.

Dave FellowesSaanich

Smart meter fears evoke fallacies once touted by John Birch Society

I was disappointed to see that Saanich News published a letter (Oct. 26), regarding smart meters, with nothing but baseless, evidence-free fantasy and fear mongering. There is abso-lutely no evidence to suggest smart meters pose any threat to human health, and a great deal of evidence to suggest they don’t. Recently, the larg-est study on the effects of cellphones on human health ever conducted was published in the British Medical Journal. This study found no cor-relation between cellphone use and any health outcomes. In the past 20 years, per capita rates of cancer overall and brain cancer in particular have fallen in North America, even as cell phone use has risen from almost zero to almost 100 per cent. More than 40 studies have been con-ducted on individuals who claim to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and systematic reviews of these studies clearly show there is no correlation between exposure to non-ionising radiation like that produced by smart meters and the symptoms from which these individuals claim to suffer. Furthermore, if low-level, non-ionising

radiation were harmful to organic life, life on this planet would never have evolved – the largest source of non-ionising radiation any of us are ever exposed to is the sun, from which we are exposed to hundreds of thousands of times the amount of radiation produced by household electronics.

Smart meter fear mongering is the modern equivalent of John Birch Society “fluoridation is a communist plot” fear mongering, and should be treated with equal scorn and derision.

Sara BainbridgeVictoria

Occupy group has effectively been given control over public space

To occupy is to “take up,” to “take or hold possession or control of” or to “reside in as an owner” according to Miriam Webster’s Online Dic-tionary.

While I wholly support the right to free expres-sion and protest, even if I don’t agree, I can’t sup-port the tactics of the Occupy movement.

They have literally taken over a public space as their own and have stated that they’re not going away.

So if we want to put lights in the Sequoia tree we have to ask them for permission and if the Downtown Business Association wants to put in a skating rink, they’ll need cooperation.

With the (initial) support of Victoria’s city coun-cil, the protesters control the square.

Bob BroughtonSaanich

Wet leaves on roads pose hazard for cyclists commuting in the fall

It’s that time of year when leaf blowers are in full force. I spotted a business on Oak Street that had a leaf blower sending the dry leaves off the lawn and onto the road.

Would everyone who reads this please remind your employees, contractors, friends and rela-tives that leaves on the streets are dangerous for cyclists? I know from experience how slippery the wet leaves are for bicyclists.

Riding on a patch of wet leaves is a good way to slide towards traffic, then fall into traffic as you slide off the leaves.

Jean ChandlerSaanich

Before deer cull supported, we must remember animals were here first

After reading letters from some people who cannot wait for the local deer to be culled, I would like to respond.

The reason deer are now in the urban areas in Victoria is because their habitat is being taken away by building where they once lived. It’s a sad thing these lovely wildlife are roaming around with no place to call their own.

Iris NunnSaanich

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With a whirlwind three weeks behind him, Wes Myron is ready to settle down and help the Victoria Grizzlies get back on track.

The Lambrick Park secondary grad was on the ice for Canada West’s 4-2 defeat of Canada East in the gold medal match of the World Junior A Championship in Langley on Sunday.

Being broadcast on TSN didn’t help the already nervous dressing

room for what was “the biggest stage of my career,” Myron said.

As one of five 19-year-olds on the team, he felt it his duty to help keep his teammates dialed in.

“I guess I was pretty nervous myself. A lot of pucks were held onto a bit too long in the first period but we kept to a simple game plan of dumping it in and forechecking hard to disrupt the breakout of (Canada East’s) top four defencemen.”

Myron skated on a line with Cur-tis Loik of the Penticton Vees and Riley Kieser of the Humboldt Bron-cos (Sask.), but knew neither before making the selection camp cut as an extremely late addition two weeks

ago. Myron recorded his only point,

an assist on one of Loik’s two goals in Canada West’s 4-1 win over the Czech Republic on Nov. 10.

Despite going winless in their first two games, Canada bounced back when the games truly counted includ-ing a 2-1 upset over tournament-fa-vourite Sweden on Friday.

“Beating Sweden showed us we could do it.”

The win caps nearly a month of jumping in and out of the Grizzlies lineup for Myron, who was near the top of the B.C. Hockey League in scoring when he left for a school tour of Boston University and other NCAA

universities in October. Myron committed to a full schol-

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For now, the graduate of Racquet Club minor hockey and South Island Thunderbirds major midget team is excited to get back into the Griz-zlies lineup against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 7:15 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena on Friday (Nov. 18).

“Hopefully we can get rolling again and see about winning an RBC Cup.”

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The B.C. government has introduced sweep-ing changes to family law, to reflect modern trends from test-tube babies to the rising number of common-law relationships.

B.C. now has three times the number of couples moving in together as are getting married, and those common-law relation-ships are more likely to break up. The legisla-tion treats those similar to a marriage, in caring for children and divi-sion of assets.

The new Family Law Act is designed to encourage out-of-court settlements in family breakups, which account for about one fourth of all cases in B.C. courts. It does away with the terms “custody” and “access” and emphasizes paren-tal responsibility and guardianship instead, with new penalties for parents who refuse to provide parenting time or fail to spend time with children as agreed or ordered by a judge.

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Usually actors use improv for warmup exercises before practising their scripts. But the Paper Street Theatre company does the opposite.

To prepare for their latest show, An Impro-vised Samuel Beckett, five local improvisers read Beckett’s scripts in rehearsals then threw away the lines to create a completely new, improvised play live on stage.

“We try to create a play that’s like some-thing Beckett would have written himself,” artistic director Dave Morris explained. “This isn’t a parody of his work, it’s a hom-age.”

Beckett, who died in 1989, is best known for penning Waiting for Godot and Krapp’s Last Tape. He was among the European playwrights who pioneered theatre of the absurd, a genre that defined hopelessness, where characters realize the world has no meaning and they’re stuck in an endless routine.

It may sound depressing, but Morris promises the show will at least be funnier than the group’s inaugural offering, An Improvised Tennessee Williams, which they performed last summer based on the writer of Streetcar Named Desire.

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sie Peters, Chris Gabel, Scott Thompson and Byron Kjeldsen – wear overcoats and bowler hats to get into character. They’ve all studied Beckett’s style and where he got his inspiration.

On stage, the characters adopt Beckett’s bleak outlook on life.

They use physical comedy in place of words, and when they do speak it’s in quick sentences, offering sullen insight into the human condition.

It’s not what you expect to see when you go to an improv show.

“Usually improv focuses on narrative and storytelling, and making people laugh,” Morris said. “With Beckett, he creates these dark worlds where nothing happens, and there’s not a lot of dialogue.”

Morris says he wants to challenge himself and his fellow improvisers with works out-side their usual style.

“We want to create improv that feels like theatre,” he said. “Our goal is to make the audience forget we’re improvising.”

So, why not just work from a script? “Because I’d get bored,” Morris said. “With script work you only really get to be cre-ative in the early stages of rehearsals and then it’s always the same. With improv we’re creating something new every night.

No two shows are ever the same.”An Improvised Samuel Beckett runs Nov.

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Usually actors use improv for warmup exercises before practising their scripts. But the Paper Street Theatre company does the opposite.

To prepare for their latest show, An Impro-vised Samuel Beckett, five local improvisers read Beckett’s scripts in rehearsals then threw away the lines to create a completely new, improvised play live on stage.

“We try to create a play that’s like some-thing Beckett would have written himself,” artistic director Dave Morris explained. “This isn’t a parody of his work, it’s a hom-age.”

Beckett, who died in 1989, is best known for penning Waiting for Godot and Krapp’s Last Tape. He was among the European playwrights who pioneered theatre of the absurd, a genre that defined hopelessness, where characters realize the world has no meaning and they’re stuck in an endless routine.

It may sound depressing, but Morris promises the show will at least be funnier than the group’s inaugural offering, An Improvised Tennessee Williams, which they performed last summer based on the writer of Streetcar Named Desire.

“If you like dark humour, you’ll get some

laughs from the show,” Morris said.The cast – which includes Morris, Mis-

sie Peters, Chris Gabel, Scott Thompson and Byron Kjeldsen – wear overcoats and bowler hats to get into character. They’ve all studied Beckett’s style and where he got his inspiration.

On stage, the characters adopt Beckett’s bleak outlook on life.

They use physical comedy in place of words, and when they do speak it’s in quick sentences, offering sullen insight into the human condition.

It’s not what you expect to see when you go to an improv show.

“Usually improv focuses on narrative and storytelling, and making people laugh,” Morris said. “With Beckett, he creates these dark worlds where nothing happens, and there’s not a lot of dialogue.”

Morris says he wants to challenge himself and his fellow improvisers with works out-side their usual style.

“We want to create improv that feels like theatre,” he said. “Our goal is to make the audience forget we’re improvising.”

So, why not just work from a script? “Because I’d get bored,” Morris said. “With script work you only really get to be cre-ative in the early stages of rehearsals and then it’s always the same. With improv we’re creating something new every night.

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Sierra Club B.C. presents a book launch for Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest by Caitlyn Vernon (Orca Book Publishers, 2011).

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Victoria Friends of Cuba is screening a film called Cultures of Resistance, which explores how creative action contributes to con-flict prevention and resolution. It highlights the work of artists, musi-cians and dancers throughout the world who are working for peace and justice. It takes place at 7 p.m., Nov. 17, at 2994 Douglas St. in the BCGEU Hall. Admission by dona-tion. For more info: http://www.vic-toriacubafud.wordpress.com.

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The finale of Island Star Search is fast approaching. The sing-ing competition, which hopes to build on the success of last year’s ReMax Victoria Idol, doubles as a fundraiser for Community Living Victoria. One last preliminary round remains before next month’s semi-finals.

The third and final preliminary round goes Nov. 20 at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Two pre-vious prelims were held on Nov. 6 and 8. The top 20 singers from those three rounds will advance to the semi-finals, set for Dec. 11 and 15 at Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra St. The finale will be held on Jan. 23 at the McPherson Playhouse.

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Mayoral hopefuls spend last days door-knocking


Even in the age of social media, with politicians rallying for fol-lowers on Twitter and Facebook, some things are better done the old fashioned way.

With only a few days left before Saturday’s municipal election, Saanich’s two mayoral candi-dates – incumbent Frank Leon-ard and challenger, former Saan-ich South MLA David Cubberley – have taken to the streets to meet the people they’re hoping to serve.

“It’s pretty low-tech campaign-ing, but it’s the part I enjoy the most: talking to the people I work for,” said Leonard, who has kept up with his full-time may-oral duties around a daily can-vassing schedule.

Leonard calls the election a performance review – one that hasn’t dealt him any surprises as he continues to talk to resi-dents about their top issues.

“Our municipality really is a community-up organization. We

really do focus on community consultation on everything we’re doing and we don’t make deci-sions without community input,” he said. “We have a pretty good idea of what folks are thinking.”

Like Leonard, Cubberley is focusing his efforts on the tradi-tional means of garnering votes: knocking on doors and erecting signs – activities that, in addi-tion to all-candidates meetings, have the mayoral hopeful feeling good, albeit fairly tired leading up to the weekend vote.

“It’s been long, but it’s ener-gizing,” Cubberley said. “Contact with people is good, because there are lots of issues and it’s interesting to engage people in conversation about what we can do.”

Cubberley identifies speeding and cut-through traffic in residential areas as concerns voiced by residents he’s come across while canvassing.

“The doorstep gives you a real barometer for what’s top of mind for people,” he added.

Both candidates plan to con-tinue door-knocking across Saanich until the polls open on Nov. 19.

“We’ve got our map and I’ve got a highlighter pen to show

where I’ve been,” Leonard said. “It’s a big municipality, so it makes you feel humble when you mark down where you’ve been and how much more you’ve got to do.”

Candidate calls for amalgamation talk

Saanich Council candidate and president of the Gorge Tillicum Neighbourhood Association Rob Wickson released a proposal to evaluate the regional governance structure in Greater Victoria.

On Monday, Wickson issued his plan to look at how well regional police, fire, transpor-tation and land devel-opment are currently planned.

“Everyone gets scared off when you use the ‘A’ word (for amalgamation). Well I said, ‘Let’s start up the con-versation,’” Wickson said, call-ing out mayoral candidates for avoiding the topic. “Why are we afraid to have a conversation about the governance structure in our community, whether it needs to be revisited or whether or not it needs to be adjusted in some way?”

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Saanich Police are hoping that new legislation proposed by the provincial government will help curb a growing criminal problem in the Capital Region.

Metal thefts are on the rise, thanks in part to the high value of materials such as copper and aluminum. Phone lines, which are made with copper wire, are among the more popular targets, but increasingly police are seeing other materials being taken.

“We saw one case where there was a break-in and a number of brass fittings were stolen,” said Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen. “That’s exactly the type of thing this legislation could help deal with.”

Saanich Police have handled 15 cases this year in which metal products were the primary target. That’s up from just five a year ago.

The problem with metal thefts, said Jantzen, is that they can create a nui-sance -- and potentially a serious risk -- for the general public. When phone lines

are damaged by thieves, for example, com-munication systems are compromised, cutting people

off from vital emergency services.“When lines go down, 911 goes down,”

said Jantzen. “If all you have is a house phone, you can’t dial 911.”

In another recent case, thieves made off with a large number of sewer grates from a stretch of the Pat Bay Highway, creating a hazardous situation for driv-ers and cyclists.

Part of the reason metal prod-ucts are so attractive to thieves is that they can be sold to scrap dealers with little to no scrutiny, something which the new legis-lation is aimed at stopping.

Under Bill 13, the Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act, scrap dealers will have to keep records of the type and weight of metals they purchase, any distinguishing marks, and where the seller says they got it. That information is to be shared with law enforcement on a daily basis, and the records are to be kept for at least one year.

Dealers will also be required to maintain a registry of sellers’ personal information, includ-ing their name, address, phone number and date of birth. To protect their privacy, each seller will be assigned a unique code. The only way that their personal info will be released to police is with a court order.

At least one local scrap dealer welcomes the new legis-lation.

“Most of the things in this (legislation), we already do,” said Gary Bartlett, general manager of Victoria-based Ellice Recycle. “We already check IDs, we take pictures, we itemize every-thing. To me it’s business as usual.”

What will change, Bartlett hopes, is the public’s perception of the industry.

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Gary Bartlett of Ellice Recycle holds a form filled out each time sellers bring in scrap metal to the yard.

Art auction supports pregnancy resource centre

“Hope through helping hands” is the theme of an art auction aimed at raising money for a local charity.

The auction, in sup-port of Options Preg-nancy Counselling and Resource Centre, is slated for Nov. 25, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., at Lambrick Park Church.

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The names of previous track and field winners are printed too small in the souvenir event program for Stan Gill to read without taking off his glasses. As he scans the catego-ries, his finger picks up the names of Mount Douglas secondary ath-letes and his memory fills in the rest.

From his arrival in 1963 until his retirement in 1997, Gill cultured a track and field renaissance with Mount Doug. The school laid claim to dozens of individual and team provincial championships.

On Saturday (Nov. 19), Gill and four other coaches, Earl Hockin (basketball), Dave Barker (soccer) Al Cochrane (football) and Mark Townsend (football) will be rec-ognized at Mount Doug’s sports social and coach honouring, with a no-host bar, part of the school’s 80th anniversary celebrations this month.

It takes place in the school’s gym-nasium, where Gill’s influence is omnipresent on Mount Doug’s Wall of Champions.

As “the only phys ed teacher” at Mount Doug in 1963, which was at the site now known as Cedar Hill middle school, Gill willingly took on the role. He was, however, a lit-tle unsuspecting of just what the school would soon accomplish: provincial team championships in 1969, ’70, ’75 and ’76, with second place finishes in 1968, and from 1971 to ’74.

“I guess there was some luck. We had some great athletes,” Gill says. “And I usually had helpers (coach-ing), especially with high jump, long

jump and throwing.”To hear his pupils now, Gill clearly

had a gift and his influence was immediate. In 1966, Stephen Hume was part of a group that “started it all,” Gill says.

Hume, who is now an author and journalist with the Vancouver Sun became the first Islander to crack the two minute mark in the 880-yard dash (805 metres).

“Gill was far-sighted and at the leading edge of training techniques,” Hume recalls. “He coached me in the middle distances but made me work just as hard at sprints and the two-mile as well, which really improved my all round fitness. That summer I broke a Canadian junior record in the 1,500 metre steeple-chase the first time I ever ran the event, entirely due to Gill’s coach-ing.”

Science wasn’t half of it, as Gill

understood the art of coaching, says UVic Vikes track and field coach Brent Fougner, who was B.C.’s top triple-jumper when he graduated from Mount Doug in 1975.

One of Fougner’s first coaching jobs was to come back and assist Gill in the late 1970s.

“Gill got the best out of people. I think back on how I coach now and

I have to admit, I say ‘How would Stan do this, or, approach this situ-ation?’

“A lot of people will say Stan was instru-mental in getting them to continue compet-ing after high school.”

Fougner’s part of a vast network of peo-ple who were influ-enced by Gill. Brent’s wife Trish (Wellman) was B.C.’s top 1,500m runner in 1982, and Keith Butler, who coaches cross country with Fougner at UVic, was B.C.’s top 1,500m runner in 1980.

Because of Butler, Oak Bay High has been the province’s biggest and strongest team, winning six of the past seven combined boys and girls team trophies, including nine

straight girls team championships. He is now full time with UVic.

“The way it is at Oak Bay is what Mount Doug was like in 1969,” Gill says. “We had specialists and drew athletes from other sports.”

Saturday’s social is a licensed event, a perfect place to ‘warm up’ before heading across the street to UVic for Mount Doug Idol with David Foster and Nelly Furtado later that evening, said alumni coor-dinator Les Bryan.

Like Gill, Earl Hockin and Dave Barker no longer coach at Mount Doug but football program creators

Al Cochrane and Mark Townsend do. Cochrane and Townsend are the only currently ten-ured coaches to have been singled out for the sports social and coach honouring. The Rams made foot-

ball history, putting Victoria on the map with the junior and senior AA championships in 2009.

Tickets for the the sports social and coach honouring are $20 and are available from mountdouga-lumni.com. The event runs from from 3 to 6 p.m. in the gymnasium. No one under 19 permitted.

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Stan Gill, centre, holds Mount Douglas secondary’s city track and field trophy in 1973, with John Satchwell, far left, Debbie Reid, Ronnie Hind and Earnie Carson. Gill credited Hind as possibly the top all around athlete to come out of Mt. Doug as both a track star and elite basketball player with the UVic Vikes.


Stan Gill holds the above photo at Centennial Stadium last week. Gill and four other Mt. Doug coaches are being celebrated during Saturday’s sports social at Mt. Doug as part of the school’s 80th anniversary celebration.

Vikes XC run to bronze, silver

A rookie effort pro-pelled the UVic’s Vikes women’s team to silver the men’s team to bronze at the 2011 CIS cross country championships in Quebec City on Nov. 12.

Conditions were snowy and cold but couldn’t slow Vikes first-year Ellen Pennock (Calgary) to third in the country on the women’s five-kilometre course. The result earned Pennock CIS honours as rookie of the year and, along with fifth-place Stephanie Trenholm (Campbell River), a spot on the CIS all-Canadian first team.

Fifth-year veteran Laura Mitic finished 12th to earn second team all-Canadian honours.

UVic’s Grace Annear was 35th and Shauna McInnis was 36th as the UVic’s women’s team fin-ished second behind only Guelph.

It’s also a Canada West conference championship for the Vikes women, who swept that podium.

The same goes for the Vikes men who finished third nationally, and first in Canada West.

Second-year Dylan Haight was eighth and captain Cliff Childs ninth on the national ranking, as both are second team all-Canadians.

Rookies Ryan Cassidy (15th) and Jackson Bock-snick (27th) came in next for the Vikes, with third-year Josh Clouthier in 29th out of 134 runners on the 10-km course.

Vikes coaches Keith Butler and Brent Fougner both won coach of the year for their team’s suc-cess, Butler with the men and Fougner with the women. Cougars iced over by Glacier Kings

The Victoria Cougars have a chance to exact revenge on the Comox Valley Glacier Kings after losing 6-3 on Nov. 11.

Ryan Chan, Robert Zadra and Brody Coulter scored for the Cougars (15-3-1) in the loss.

Comox visit Archie Browning Sports Centre, 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, (Nov. 17).

Saanich Braves host Campbell River tonight (Nov. 16), 7:30 p.m. at George Pearkes arena.

Stan Gill to be honoured as Mt. Doug celebrates its athletic history

I think back on how I coach now and I have to admit, I say ‘How would Stan Gill do this?’”

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Victoria’s Patricia Obee continued her strong season winning both the under-23 and the wom-en’s open lightweight single at the RBC National Rowing Championships in Welland, Ont., over the weekend.

Obee bettered second place Lindsay Jenner-ich and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Tracy Cameron in third. Obee and Jennerich recently won silver in the double at the 2011 Worlds.

“It’s really motivating for the next year,” said Obee. At 20-years-old, Obee is one of the young-

est team members entering the Olympic training camp.

Victoria’s David Calder paired with 2008 Olym-pic silver medal partner Scott Frandsen of Kel-owna to win the men’s pair.

In the lightweight men’s pair, Eric Woelfl of St. Catharines, Ont., paired with Derek Vinge of Saanich to edge brothers Ben and Jacob Cush-nie.

“It’s been fun rowing with Eric (who was a Pan Am team mate),” said Vinge.

“There was a big tailwind, so we’re hoping for a fast time, but it was windier than we thought. We caught a lot of the tops of the waves, but we finished, and then had a little bit of a flip.”

The lightweight pair were removed safely from the waterway.

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CATHERINE ALPHA*I am most passionate about funding for students with special needs that meets the real cost of giving these children equitable access to a quality education. Bev Horsman and I moved a motion that set up the needs budget committee of the board. Part of the work being done by this committee is to advocate for funding to fully support the learning of students with special needs. I work with these students and I know the challenges they face every day.

The Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils asked the 16 candidates vying for seats as Greater Victoria school district trustees: “What potential improvements to the education system are you most

passionate about and what specific actions would you undertake to implement them if you are elected?” Here are their responses, edited for length. See full responses to this question at Saanichnews.com.

DIANE MCNALLYI want to see Reading Recovery continue and be implemented in every K-5 school. I want a return to previous funding levels for the learning needs of students, as well as a return to specific funding for students identified as learning-disabled in any way. Parents and school staff need a detailed line-by-line budget for every school, and need details of staffing for students with special needs. I want more teachers and education assistants, and fewer iPads.

DAVID BRATZERI am passionate about evidence-based student drug education. Unfortunately, the district policy on substance abuse is so old it still references the Narcotics Control Act (a federal law that was repealed in the mid-1990s). Students are getting suspended based on a law that does not exist anymore. Updating the district policy on substance abuse may be one of the best ways to improve student health and safety.

DEBORAH NOHRCertainly the underfunding of public education is the very first priority. I will commit on a variety of fronts to raise public awareness about the impact of underfunding for every child and the absolute necessity of changing the funding formulas. Re-engaging parents and the public with trustees in a respectful manner is another top priority. It is only possible to do our best creative problem-solving in the context of a positive, respectful engaging, discussion with one another.

TOM FERRIS*The most important improvement to the K-12 education system is in the area of improvements to literacy and numeracy from kindergarten to Grade 3. More support in the classroom is needed where there is a great diversity of learning needs. The board needs to continue to emphasize the importance of success for our early learners when meeting with the minister, with ministry staff, with parent groups and with fellow trustees around the province.

PEG ORCHERTON*I am passionate about the needs of all of our students. Proper resources are necessary in classrooms on a full-time basis in order that each and every one of our children have the opportunity to maximize their opportunities. It has been a longtime dream of mine that every child has an individualized education program as they are all special. While I recognize this as a costly endeavour I believe it will pay off for society in the long term.

JIM HOLLAND*Response not provided.

ROB PAYNTERFor me any issue in the education system must be viewed through the lens of students’ needs. The most glaring issue facing our public school system is chronic underfunding combined with downloading of costs and the imposition of new charges. As your trustee I will be tireless in pursuing a provincial budget allocation based upon a ground-up needs assessment that begins with determining the resources needed to support student success.

BEV HORSMAN*I’m passionate about many changes. I would like to see more support for children with special needs so they have an equal opportunity to succeed. I intend to advocate for full funding for the outcome of the teachers’ contract. I would like to work on the establishment of a co-op education agreement between our aboriginal education department and Camosun’s Access Aboriginal Education and Community Connections department to help improve the grad rate.

DAVE PITRE*I have very strong beliefs about the way we work with one another. I seek the opportunity for collaboration, solution-oriented work and peaceful problem solving. I believe trust is a fundamental element. I believe the government must engage trustees as partners in the governance of the public school system. I will urge our board to take advantage of our proximity to the legislature and continue the dialogue with the education minister.

ELAINE LEONARD*Everyone associated with the public school system agrees on one thing: the funding formula needs a drastic overhaul. In order to optimize the learning for all students, supports need to be in place each and every day. We need stable funding we can count on to improve our methods and delivery. The board has started a dialogue with the province about how we see the new funding model being developed. I would like to be at the table to continue that discussion.

DAVID RANDI really believe the time has come in B.C. for a “white paper” on education. I will pursue and advocate this until the minister of education agrees, or gets sick of looking at me.

EDITH LORING-KUHANGAI believe we need to fix the funding formula as it is not working. This includes the formula for students with special needs. We need to address class size and composition since it affects all students in the classroom. Aboriginal students continue to face racism, low expectations and low graduation rates. I have already started discussions with aboriginal parents and will continue to meet with them to determine how we can improve attitudes and retention.

RICHARD STERNI am most passionate about education funding. It seems to me discriminatory practices, including class size and composition regulations, are stop-gap measures to compensate for a lack of adequate human resources. We would not be arguing over how many students with designations were in each classroom if the resources were there. My primary goal will be to advocate more professional educators in schools, and more accessible training for instructors.

MICHAEL MCEVOY*Our graduation rates are good but not nearly good enough. We are not realizing the talent and potential of too many students. My passion as school trustee is to engage more students in learning by broadening their choices. We have excellent sports academies, serving the passions of many children that keep them connected to school. We could widen this approach to encompass more technically focused programs that take our career prep programs to a higher level.

JOHN YOUNG*I would eliminate the use of the letter grade F, indicating failure, from the entire system. There is no satifactory explanation, or definition, of what the letter grade F means. According to existing regulations, the letter grade F means a mark of less than 50 per cent, which means failure. There is no logic in this type of marking system that does not distinguish the subtle differences between student knowledge at the pass level (50 per cent), and the fail level (49 per cent).

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In the last leg of a election campaign this week the Victoria Confederation of Par-ent Advisory Councils (VCPAC) asked Greater Victoria board of education trustee candidates to follow school dis-trict policy and keep election campaigning away from schools.

In March of this year, the nine current trust-ees voted unanimously in favour of supporting policy 8200 which pro-hibits candidates from campaigning on school grounds, including distributing campaign materials on cam-puses. Despite their support of the policy, it’s one that candidates have violated during this campaign, VCPAC president John Bird said.

The confederation reports receiving par-ent and staff com-plaints regarding can-didates visiting school grounds, candidates depositing campaign materials on bulletin boards, use of district email to disseminate campaign materials and a vehicle parked in a school parking lot mounted with a cam-paign billboard.

“The general public votes for all the trust-ees, (and) parents are everywhere…so why do (candidates) decide they need to encroach on the school proper-ties?” Bird said. “They have multiple ways of getting their mes-sage out. I just don’t think it’s necessary to politicize the school grounds.”

On Nov. 8, the con-federation sent a letter to candidates asking

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for their commitment to uphold the policy – as well as the “spirit of the policy” – by not campaigning adjacent to the boundaries of school campuses. Can-didates had a chance to respond the fol-lowing evening dur-ing an all candidates meeting. While all 15

people present agreed to abide by the policy as written, a handful of the trustee hopefuls took issue with being asked not to campaign on public property near the schools.

David Bratzer was the first to openly admit to approaching parents near school grounds, for which he was met by a round

of applause from an otherwise tranquil audience of around 25 spectators.

“I understand how important it is to fol-low the law and any policies that have been put in place, but this is a public sidewalk we’re talking about and it’s a fundamental Canadian value to be able to par-ticipate in an election

campaign on a public sidewalk,” Bratzer said. “People in countries all over the world are envious of these rights and freedoms that we have.”

Deborah Nohr argued that parents have been very excited to meet candidates in this environment and offer feedback.

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ting trustees have done very little campaign-ing and have relied on name recognition,” Nohr said, admitting she has campaigned near Arbutus middle school, along with candidates Edith Loring-Kuhanga and Rob Paynter. “We are very, very concerned about a stagnation and a reluctance to engage with the parents at a school level.”

Board chair Tom Fer-ris said the policy had been in the works for some time following the 2008 election.

“People wanted to keep the politics out of the schools and away from children,” Ferris [email protected]


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