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No call too smallNewly named chief readies to take the lead
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NEWS: Mystery unearthed in park /A3ARTS: Battling recycling changes /A7SPORTS: Oak Bay skaters have the edge /A8
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Christopher SunNews staff
The Oak Bay traffic island where Fort Street, Cadboro Bay and Foul Bay roads meet is normally just a space where pedestrians wait before crossing. However, that space turns into an attention grabber every spring as the green space on the island becomes a canvas for horticulturist Dan Bell’s creativity.
His first display 18 years ago was a sailboat, which he made,
moored on a telephone pole with flowers. The next year, the shell of a Volkswagen bug was used and an annual tradition was born.
“After two, three years, it became expected,” said Bell, 59. But he yearned to do something different at the nondescript spot. “Every winter time people asked, ‘What are you planting there next?’ and I’d say, ‘I can’t tell you, it’s a secret.’ But most of the time, I didn’t have a clue.”
News staff
Municipality of Oak Bay horticulturist Dan Bell counts down the days, hours, minutes and even seconds until he retires at the end of March. After 30 years of creating garden masterpieces around the community, Bell will keep busy playing soccer, cooking and maybe volunteering to drive the bus on outings for the Monterey Recreation Centre.
End of the road for traffic display
Christopher SunNews staff
Debate will rage on for two Oak Bay High school students.
Sarah Broitman and Rory Hills were disqualified from the Canadian Senior Nationals Debate Championships after the school failed to pay a membership fee to the non-profit Debate and Speech Association of B.C.
Late last week, the disqualification was reversed and the two will be allowed at the competition.
Oak Bay High principal Dave Thomson said the girls were in no danger of missing nationals.
“The debate was basically a non-issue once people talked,” Thomson said. “Our coach had missed paying one of the fees. The DSABC didn’t want the kids to miss (it) so they worked with us on a solution.”
The school and association agreed the requirements for membership were not met by the school, due to human error by the school.
In a statement from its board, the association said numerous reminders were sent to the school and the team was allowed to participate in regional tournaments, because “coaches confirmed that payment had been submitted.” However, payment was never received.
“From the outset, everyone involved has been uncomfortable with the ultimate consequence that deserving students would lose out on an opportunity to represent their province and hone their debate skills at a national level,” the board statement continued.
Broitman, 17, and Hills, 18, placed fifth in the provincial debate championships held between Feb. 28 and March 1.
PlEASE SEE: Student makes YouTube plea, Page A6
PlEASE SEE: Bell plans to continue on a creative path, Page A11
Oak Bay High students fight to compete againError attributed to staff almost silences debaters
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Andy Brinton was drawn to public service at an early age.
He grew up in New Brunswick and joined the RCMP when he was 19. His first posting brought him across Canada to Gibsons, B.C.
“I lucked out with that,” Brinton says. “I have been on the coast for most of my career.”
Brinton has been with the RCMP for 32 years. He worked in Prince Rupert at the West Coast Marine detachment, he was a watch commander in Parksville, detachment commander in Boston Bar, did plain clothes duties in Burnaby and he also served in Whistler and Powell River twice. He has been the Powell River RCMP detachment commander for the last five years.
“Throughout my career, I have done lots of different functions, from working in an isolated community to being
in a large community like Burnaby,” Brinton says, adding he has enjoyed the diversity that comes with being a police officer.
“There’s something new every day. You never know what call you’re going to do next.”
After three decades of “catching bad guys,” he has found an appreciation in developing and fostering positive relationships with his officers and the community. He prefers the community policing approach to crime prevention and punishment, which he described as more than regular policing.
“It’s about looking at the whole package to come to a conclusion,” Brinton says, citing connecting people with substance abuse or other issues to agencies that can help them as an example. “It’s pretty rewarding as opposed to just response-type policing, which you see in larger centres.”
It is that community focus that got him hired as Oak Bay’s new chief constable,
says mayor and police board chair Nils Jensen.
“He comes with the kind of experience we are looking for and a commitment
to community policing which is the mainstay to Oak Bay,” Jensen says. “We have a ‘no call is too small’ approach which is what our community wants.”
Brinton says he and his wife have always wanted to live in the Victoria area and when the Oak Bay posting came, he jumped on it.
“Mark Fisher (current Oak Bay chief constable) was in the RCMP and I worked with him when he was in
Courtenay,” Brinton says. “So when I saw this opportunity, I didn’t hesitate in picking up the phone to get more information (from him).”
Brinton and his wife have two grown sons. The oldest who is 20, is studying in Toronto. His youngest, 18, is a student at UVic.
Brinton starts in his new role April [email protected]
No more just ‘catching bad guys’
Andy Brinton
New chief’s focus is on crime prevention
Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Claudia Parfitt didn’t anticipate detective work when she volunteered to pull invasive plants in a park near her home.
“I was just pulling ivy and I pulled up this wallet,” Parfitt said last week at Bruce Hutchison Park.
After scrubbing decades of muck from the red wallet she discovered a social insurance card, driver’s license and a 1977-78 Oak Bay senior secondary ID belonging to Nicola Mary Ker.
Parfitt phoned all the Kers listed in the Greater Victoria phone book, but had no luck tracking down the owner. She assumes Ker married and changed her name, or moved away.
“It would be nice to return it to her,” Parfitt said. “I could give it to the police, but I don’t know if they’re interested in returning a 37-year-old wallet.”
If you have any information to help track down Nicola Ker, email [email protected].
Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff
Claudia Parfitt shows off an Oak Bay senior secondary school ID from 1977-78 and a red wallet she discovered while pulling invasive species at Bruce Hutchison Park.
Park clean-up uncovers mystery in the weeds More than 20 per
cent of Greater Victoria businesses expect to hire more workers over the next three months, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
The bad news? Seven per cent anticipate cutbacks.
“A modest hiring climate is projected for the second quarter of 2014, with new business growth at its weakest in five months,” said Byrne Luft, vice-president of operations for Manpower Canada.
“There are some bright spots amidst the slow growth, with employers in the construction, transportation and public utilities industry sectors expecting the strongest gains.”[email protected]
Jobs forecast: bright spots amid slow growth
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EDITORIAL Penny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorLaura Lavin Editor Oliver Sommer Advertising Director
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OUR VIEW
OAK BAYNEWS
2009
Canada’s sleek, imported green propaganda machine rolled into the capital last week for a couple of days of meetings.
You wouldn’t have heard about it, because they didn’t stage any protests or press conferences. Instead they met quietly with selected reporters as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle. They didn’t invite me for some reason, but from what I can gather, it was a friendly networking session.
When I speak of our U.S.-directed environmental movement, many people still don’t know what I mean. They see the sign-waving on TV and assume it’s all spontaneous, driven by passionate volunteers. Nuke the Whales for Jesus, as we used to joke in the 1970s.
It’s an industry now, and as with our automotive industry, Canada is a branch plant of the U.S.
The Victoria event was an annual conference called Organizing for Change, sponsored by Tides Canada. Thanks mainly to the work of B.C. researcher Vivian Krause, this offshoot of the U.S. Tides Foundation now at least identifies itself while it pulls B.C.’s political strings.
Organizing for Change currently includes Ecojustice, Greenpeace, Sierra Club B.C., ForestEthics Advocacy, ForestEthics Solutions, Georgia Strait Alliance, Dogwood Initiative, Pembina Institute, West
Coast Environmental Law, Wildsight and Seattle-based Conservation Northwest.
Tides is itself a front for wealthy charitable foundations based mostly in Seattle and California, funded by billionaires who see “saving” B.C. as their personal eco-project.
Their hired activists met with Environment Minister Mary Polak to discuss her just-introduced Water Sustainability Act. This was to demand heavy fees and choking regulations on water used
for “fracking,” that nefarious gas drilling technology so demonized in fake documentaries and celebrity protests.
Tides no longer attempts to hide its strategy of targeting energy development in B.C. and Alberta. Its tactics are well known, too. Environmentalists need high-profile wins, and the economic pain is best inflicted outside of the U.S., the biggest polluter in world history.
Organizing for Change’s stated priorities for the year are the “last stand of the Great Bear Rainforest,” the “Sacred Headwaters” and the Water Sustainability Act.
Professional protesters are mainly just taking credit for the 2012 buy-back of Shell’s coalbed gas licences around the headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. Tahltan Central Council declared that territory theirs in 1910, and having pros roll in with slogans and graphics wasn’t exactly crucial to
the outcome.Their greatest marketing success
so far is the Great Bear Rainforest, which is continually portrayed as being in peril from hunting, logging and of course, oil and gas development.
One of the documents Krause unearthed is a 2008 plan entitled “Tar Sands Campaign Strategy 2.1” that has proven remarkably prophetic. As Greenpeace, Sierra and ForestEthics were negotiating the 2007 Great Bear land use plan, other network members were preparing to “raise the negatives” and market Alberta as a unique threat to planetary integrity.
I’ve written before about the distortions and evasions required to present such a fossil fuel fairy tale. Suffice it to say that while we have busloads of protesters in B.C., you don’t see them in those benevolent petro-states Angola, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Kuwait or Algeria. They’re not saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts.
And as I mentioned after the protester-staged Neil Young concert tour, it’s amazing how American oil and gas interests and Alaska oil tankers remain invisible to this sophisticated network.
NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert met with the green machine too. He wants all of B.C.’s groundwater mapped and measured deep into the Earth’s crust. That should take a while.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
Green machine gathers in B.C.
‘Protesters aren’t saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts.’
CRA cuts make tax time worse
It’s tax time again, a point on the calendar that most Canadians dread. Pulling together our receipts, filling out forms and paying for help are not activities we usually embrace.
While the Canada Revenue Agency is probably not on everyone’s Favourite Government Agencies list, the CRA has been able to help out taxpayers by supplying tax forms, advice and one-on-one help for those of us who can’t afford professional help or just find filling out paperwork a challenge.
This role, like many other federal government programs, has been sharply curtailed in recent years as the feds continue to download responsibilities to the provinces, cities and non-profit groups. They have cut back on the availability of paper forms, pushing the citizenry to online tax filing.
This particular trend has hit a couple of groups harder than others: seniors, lower income individuals and those with disabilities.
These groups, for obvious reasons, may have a harder time dealing with online forms, understanding advice delivered via the phone or finding the extra funds to pay for an accountant’s help.
It’s exceptionally curious in the case of seniors, a demographic that has traditionally been supportive of the current Conservative government. This is a group that has not grown up with computers, is less likely to own one and faces diminished financial resources and health issues that can complicate communication that is not face-to-face.
Luckily, volunteer groups have stepped up to fill the governments’ responsibilities. Several local non-profits, such as the Together Against Poverty Society, James Bay New Horizons, Silver Threads and the Victoria Cool Aid Society, offer tax preparation clinics and advice.
Kudos should be extended to these organizations for their efforts, but it highlights a troubling trend. The federal government is continuing to turn its back on some of our most vulnerable citizens and in an area that we are forced, by law, to deal with.
Unlike the federal government, Canadian citizens can’t walk away from our tax responsibilities.
Tom FletcherB.C. Views
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EDITORIAL Penny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorLaura Lavin Editor Oliver Sommer Advertising Director
The OAK BAY NEWS is published by Black Press Ltd. | 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 | Phone: 250-480-3239 • Fax: 250-386-2624 • Web: www.vicnews.com
The OAK BAY 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.
OUR VIEW
OAK BAYNEWS
2009
Canada’s sleek, imported green propaganda machine rolled into the capital last week for a couple of days of meetings.
You wouldn’t have heard about it, because they didn’t stage any protests or press conferences. Instead they met quietly with selected reporters as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle. They didn’t invite me for some reason, but from what I can gather, it was a friendly networking session.
When I speak of our U.S.-directed environmental movement, many people still don’t know what I mean. They see the sign-waving on TV and assume it’s all spontaneous, driven by passionate volunteers. Nuke the Whales for Jesus, as we used to joke in the 1970s.
It’s an industry now, and as with our automotive industry, Canada is a branch plant of the U.S.
The Victoria event was an annual conference called Organizing for Change, sponsored by Tides Canada. Thanks mainly to the work of B.C. researcher Vivian Krause, this offshoot of the U.S. Tides Foundation now at least identifies itself while it pulls B.C.’s political strings.
Organizing for Change currently includes Ecojustice, Greenpeace, Sierra Club B.C., ForestEthics Advocacy, ForestEthics Solutions, Georgia Strait Alliance, Dogwood Initiative, Pembina Institute, West
Coast Environmental Law, Wildsight and Seattle-based Conservation Northwest.
Tides is itself a front for wealthy charitable foundations based mostly in Seattle and California, funded by billionaires who see “saving” B.C. as their personal eco-project.
Their hired activists met with Environment Minister Mary Polak to discuss her just-introduced Water Sustainability Act. This was to demand heavy fees and choking regulations on water used
for “fracking,” that nefarious gas drilling technology so demonized in fake documentaries and celebrity protests.
Tides no longer attempts to hide its strategy of targeting energy development in B.C. and Alberta. Its tactics are well known, too. Environmentalists need high-profile wins, and the economic pain is best inflicted outside of the U.S., the biggest polluter in world history.
Organizing for Change’s stated priorities for the year are the “last stand of the Great Bear Rainforest,” the “Sacred Headwaters” and the Water Sustainability Act.
Professional protesters are mainly just taking credit for the 2012 buy-back of Shell’s coalbed gas licences around the headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. Tahltan Central Council declared that territory theirs in 1910, and having pros roll in with slogans and graphics wasn’t exactly crucial to
the outcome.Their greatest marketing success
so far is the Great Bear Rainforest, which is continually portrayed as being in peril from hunting, logging and of course, oil and gas development.
One of the documents Krause unearthed is a 2008 plan entitled “Tar Sands Campaign Strategy 2.1” that has proven remarkably prophetic. As Greenpeace, Sierra and ForestEthics were negotiating the 2007 Great Bear land use plan, other network members were preparing to “raise the negatives” and market Alberta as a unique threat to planetary integrity.
I’ve written before about the distortions and evasions required to present such a fossil fuel fairy tale. Suffice it to say that while we have busloads of protesters in B.C., you don’t see them in those benevolent petro-states Angola, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Kuwait or Algeria. They’re not saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts.
And as I mentioned after the protester-staged Neil Young concert tour, it’s amazing how American oil and gas interests and Alaska oil tankers remain invisible to this sophisticated network.
NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert met with the green machine too. He wants all of B.C.’s groundwater mapped and measured deep into the Earth’s crust. That should take a while.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
Green machine gathers in B.C.
‘Protesters aren’t saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts.’
CRA cuts make tax time worse
It’s tax time again, a point on the calendar that most Canadians dread. Pulling together our receipts, filling out forms and paying for help are not activities we usually embrace.
While the Canada Revenue Agency is probably not on everyone’s Favourite Government Agencies list, the CRA has been able to help out taxpayers by supplying tax forms, advice and one-on-one help for those of us who can’t afford professional help or just find filling out paperwork a challenge.
This role, like many other federal government programs, has been sharply curtailed in recent years as the feds continue to download responsibilities to the provinces, cities and non-profit groups. They have cut back on the availability of paper forms, pushing the citizenry to online tax filing.
This particular trend has hit a couple of groups harder than others: seniors, lower income individuals and those with disabilities.
These groups, for obvious reasons, may have a harder time dealing with online forms, understanding advice delivered via the phone or finding the extra funds to pay for an accountant’s help.
It’s exceptionally curious in the case of seniors, a demographic that has traditionally been supportive of the current Conservative government. This is a group that has not grown up with computers, is less likely to own one and faces diminished financial resources and health issues that can complicate communication that is not face-to-face.
Luckily, volunteer groups have stepped up to fill the governments’ responsibilities. Several local non-profits, such as the Together Against Poverty Society, James Bay New Horizons, Silver Threads and the Victoria Cool Aid Society, offer tax preparation clinics and advice.
Kudos should be extended to these organizations for their efforts, but it highlights a troubling trend. The federal government is continuing to turn its back on some of our most vulnerable citizens and in an area that we are forced, by law, to deal with.
Unlike the federal government, Canadian citizens can’t walk away from our tax responsibilities.
Tom FletcherB.C. Views
LETTERS
Re: Deal with deer (letters Feb. 26).
The letter-writer says: “A big reason we can’t coexist is because wildlife refuse to follow human rules.”
This is the most arrogant, selfish and short-sighted comment I have ever read about the deer and their interaction with humans.
Why should wildlife follow human rules? What makes the letter-writer think that humans are so superior and separate and above nature that all other animals should follow the irresponsible behaviour and lifestyle which humans are trying to impose on everything
else on Earth?In fact, the very reason our
planet is rapidly falling apart is the destructive, constant action of members of the Homo sapiens species against all natural laws.
The deer wouldn’t be coming to town more and more if humans had not destroyed their habitat in the first place.
It is the responsibility of humans, therefore, to remedy the problem (if there is any at all) but not through yet another destructive action like slaughtering bucks, does and fawns regardless of species, gender, age and
health condition like Oak Bay is planning to do in its pilot project.
To those who say that wild animals do not belong in an urban environment, I would suggest that they move to downtown Toronto or Los Angeles. British Columbia has always been a natural treasure with its forests and wildlife.
Animals were here first and we humans have the duty to do everything we can to minimize the effect of our actions on their lives and coexist with them in the most responsible and respectful way.
Nabhraj Spogliarich Saanich
I think that Oak Bay council has a start. My disagreement with the plan is that all the
deer should be removed, not just 25. One deer is too many, as there is never just
one. Deer are prey to critters like wolves and cougars. Maintaining a population of deer is simply inviting them into the community.
The recent report of cougars near a school in Cranbrook is testimony to that. I hope those who learned their wildlife management from Disney’s Bambi do not have to receive a hard lesson from such predators.
Mel Scott Oak Bay
As one of the so-called vocal minority tree huggers (I also drive gas guzzling vehicles and eat meat) I was amused by the letter from the woman who wants a deer cull done now (letters March 12).
Obviously her irate letter showed how little she knows about the deer situation.
How many deer are there in Oak Bay? If she knows then please tell council as they don’t. Lyme disease? Another myth beaten to death.
Is she aware of the process put out by the provincial government regarding a cull or the permits required, let alone the brutal method in which it is proposed. I don’t think so and don’t think she cares.
Maybe her gardens have had a few flowers eaten or maybe she is one of the frustrated persons who wants to speed past the golf course on Cadboro Bay Road. If she wants to avoid hitting a deer with her vehicle may I suggest she not drive in the country.
I know that the real vocal minority are those who want the deer culled.
William JesseOak Bay
Humans not superior
Remove all deerOnly minority are pro cull
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Student makes YouTube plea
The top five advance to nationals, which will be held April 11 to 13 in Winnipeg.
After disqualification, Broitman posted a six-minute video on YouTube to persuade the association to advance her and Hill. By March 17, the video had been viewed 3,000 times.
This is the second time this month that Oak Bay High students were disqualified due to staff error. The junior girls basketball team was disqualified from playing in provincials due to errors and late registration. The team was allowed to play after issuing a letter taking formal responsibility for the error and paid a $500 fine.
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An alliance of business groups opposed to the new Multi Material B.C. recycling system are demanding the province halt the planned May 19 launch and go back to the drawing board.
MMBC, an industry stewardship group, is poised to take responsibility for curbside blue box col-lection – with more containers and material types collected than before – while charging businesses for the recycling of the packaging and paper they generate.
But it’s been in a bitter fight with small business groups that complain they are set to pay punish-ingly high fees, which will then be passed on to consumers.
The battle took a new turn March 10 when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and eight other associations launched a campaign in B.C. newspapers and online at rethinkitbc.ca to amplify the pressure on Victoria.
CFIB provincial affairs director Mike Klassen pre-dicted job losses and some business closures as a result of the MMBC regulations and fees.
“This is public policy run amok,” he said. “We are asking British Columbians to talk to the B.C. govern-ment to push the pause button on its reckless and red tape-laden program.”
B.C. Agriculture Council vice-chair Stan Vander Waal said farmers can’t readily stop packaging strawberries and blueberries in plastic clamshells, because retailers insist that’s what consumers want.
“We have to wear the cost,” he said, adding MMBC fees will cost his Chilliwack farm $60,000 to $100,000 a year. “It goes directly against growing agriculture.”
Canadian Newspaper Association chairman Peter Kvarnstrom, who is publisher of a paper in Sechelt,
Business group battles recycling feeswarned the new system will be “catastrophic” to B.C. community and daily newspapers, resulting in job losses in an already challenged industry and reduced service to communities.
The opposition groups say they support the aim of the program – to make generators of packaging pay to recycle it – but they dispute the fees and say multinational consumer goods firms like Unilever and Walmart control MMBC and are manipulating it to their benefit, not that of local businesses.
Most of the fees for container waste are double or even quadruple what businesses in Ontario pay to a similar agency.
Newspapers say they face a $14-million-a-year bite out of their operations because of the 20 cents per kilogram they will pay on newsprint, compared to less than half a penny in Ontario.
They contend a high proportion of newsprint is already recycled in B.C. through blue boxes.
Kvarnstrom said newspapers are considering options to create their own newsprint collection system – a move that could also deprive MMBC of newsprint revenue and undermine the program’s viability.
MMBC managing director Allen Langdon said MMBC’s higher fees are because they fully finance the program and ensure service for multi-family apartments and rural depots, in contrast to Ontar-io’s more limited focus on single-family homes.
He said B.C.’s successful container deposit sys-tem also means there’s less recyclable material left here for container stewards to collect and sell, so fees have to be higher to cover the system costs.
Environment Minister Mary Polak said most busi-nesses are exempt from the fees if they have under $1 million of retail sales, generate less than a tonne of material or operate out of a single retail outlet, while generators of one to five tonnes per year pay flat fees of $550 or $1,200.
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Police continue to inves-tigate with the regional domestic violence unit.
Five Oak Bay figure skaters edged their way onto the podium at the 2014 Starskate Superseries final in Kelowna.
The competition determined the skaters’ overall provincial standing
and Oak Bay skating director Jamie McGrigor said the local club did exceptionally well.
“We are the only club that had five people on the podium,” McGrigor said. “We had outstanding results.”
Kennedy Kittleson, 13, placed first provincially for the Star 5 women; Gurshan Riarh, 11, placed second for Star 5 men; Marielle Timmins,16, placed second for senior women;
Mackenzie Poland, 14, placed third for senior women and Jessica Timmins, 16, placed third in junior women.
The Super Series Starskate Final competition was held March 7 to 9 and is the final STARSkate event of 2013-2014 and crowns the Super Series Champions in pre-juvenile and Star 5 – Gold Free Skate with best of three scores determining the overall season winners.
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1982 GRAND Prix LJ, only 29 original km on car, 350 4 bolt Vette motor and 350 Turbo trans installed in 1985. Seals done in 2008. A.C. works, New head liner 2014, a true time piece. $5,900 obo. Must Sell. Call Terry 250-478-1426.
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OAK BAY NEWS - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 www.vicnews.com • A11
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Bell cited being a child of the ‘60s and his travels as inspiration for his work. Other popular displays he created include the Cadborosaurus, an ode to the mythical, local sea serpent; a bookworm covered in red flowers, reading a titled classic each week; and, last year, he honoured the Oak Bay Fire Department with a display celebrating its 75th anniversary. That display however, was his last. After 30 years working for the district, he is hanging up his clippers and retiring at the end of March.
Bell was born in Victoria at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He grew up on Gorge Road in an area that was home to a number of sawmills. He spent his teen years living on Wilkinson Road and attended Colquitz Middle and Mount View High schools.
He started his career as a telecommunications technician, installing and servicing radio systems on mountain tops throughout the coast for the forest industry.
After 10 years, he was let go from his position and in 1982, he went looking for a new career.
“If I made the decision to stay in telecommunications, I would have had to relocate to who knows where,” Bell said. “I’m a Victoria boy
and it would have been difficult for me to leave Victoria. I was 30 years old and thought I’d try something different.”
He got a part-time job doing maintenance work at the Monterey Centre and while working there, he decided on his next career.
“I saw the parks department and how they operated and I thought, gee, that’s something I would like to do because I’m an outdoors kind of guy,” Bell said. “I then got a horticulture degree from the University of Guelph through correspondence.”
While pursuing his degree, Bell was able to get summer work gardening for the parks department until a permanent position became available.
When Bell retires on March 31, he has a long to do list. He plans to study French and
Spanish, spend longer vacations in Mexico, learn a musical instrument, play sports and embark on yet another career.
“I want to write a children’s book or series,” Bell said, adding Dr. Seuss inspires him. “I am a child at heart and I really don’t know if I can do it, but I think I can. I like challenging myself.
“That’s how I created those gardens. It was something I thought I could do.”
Together Bell and his wife have
five adult children, one grandchild and another one on the way. While he lives in Saanich, he will still be seen in Oak Bay as he plans to join the Monterey seniors’ centre, where his wife works.
“I’ll miss my coworkers and I’ll really, really miss all the people I have met through the years,”
Bell said. “Years ago when I was having Chinese food,
I opened this fortune cookie and it said ‘your creativeness will make you famous’ and in a small way, it did.”
Bell plans to continue on a creative path
“I’m a Victoria boy and it would have been difficult for me to leave Victoria.”
- Dan Bell
Continued from Page A1
A12 • www.vicnews.com Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - OAK BAY NEWS
The BC Government is proposing to offl oad the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more effi cient program that costs taxpayers less.
Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.
The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profi ts will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC.
And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?
Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper,
or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you.
How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.
Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is effi cient, managed locally and puts the BC environment fi rst. So why is the BC government fl ipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected offi cials are already calling a “scam?”
It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.
What’s going on here?
Email Christy Clark at [email protected] or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC.
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