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Earth DayCelebrate with multiple speakers at the Mary Winspear Centre on Saturday, Page A5

Collapsed walkwayCould be costly to repair much-used seawall in Sidney, Page A3

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The District of North Saanich stuck to its zero tax increase promise as it passed its budget last night (April 16). But as with any budget discussion, it didn’t come easy.

Some members of council were concerned that staying at zero this year would cost resi-

dents in the future. “In order to reach

zero for this year, we will probably have to make increases next year,” said Coun. Celia Stock.

She noted that the district is not passing CRD increases in water and sewer charges on to the residents this year.

“We cut the grants in aid. We cut council con-ferences [by] $9,000. We’ve cut the contin-gency fund, we’ve cut paving as a road safety, all kind of things,” she

said. “In order to do this, we’ve made big cuts in lots of services. I’m going to be a good council member and try and vote for it, but I want people to understand this little caveat: not all reductions listed above are sustainable, making the cuts to the budget has the effect of leading to larger increases in future years … in order to maintain current service levels.”

Coun. Dunstan Browne, one of the early proponents of the zero tax increase agreed it’s “prudent” that people understand there will be increases in costs in the future.

PLEASE SEE:Zero budget passes unanimously, Page A4

North Saanich sticks to zero tax increase

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A size restriction on retail-ers in the Keating X Road area of Central Saanich is well on its way to becoming history.

After more than 30 min-utes of discussion, council voted 5-2 on third reading last night of a pair of bylaws that would remove the restriction.

“It was good to hear the

views and there was a good airing of the issues,” said Mayor Alastair Bryson.

Bylaw 1760 would amend the official community plan in Central Saanich for large retail uses in the industrial area on Keating X Road by removing the 5,000 square metre floor area restriction for single retail use.

Bylaw 1761 would amend the land use bylaw similarly, allowing for larger floor area ratio, but would affect all

land in the district zoned light industrial (L1).

“I think the prevailing thoughts were that this limit that Central Saanich has imposed upon itself of 54,000 sq. ft. maximum retail footage, has been a useful policy in the past, but it’s past its service life and the community is already making a significant amount of their buying decisions at larger stores in neigh-bouring communities,” he added.

“It’s something that per-haps Central Saanich has outgrown.”

Councillors Adam

Olsen and Zeb King voted opposed.

“I suggested that there are some more planning implications that need to be addressed with this,” Olsen said.

That’s expected back before council in about a month, meanwhile Central Saanich will continue to

work on the Keating busi-ness case.

“It’s not intended to be the be all and end all of eco-nomic development in any way. It’s one piece of per-haps a larger strategy,” Bry-son said.

The district is planning a focus meeting in early May to discuss economic

development ideas for par-ticularly the Keating busi-ness area. The ministry has expressed a desire to see a business case for improved access from Highway 17 to Keating X Road, Bryson said.

“What it will do is bring parties together in a conver-sation, out of which there may be the expressed desire on the part of the business folks to take this on, and take the ball,” he added.

“We would like them to work with us to develop that business case.”

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The damage is done.The question is how Sidney combats ero-

sion threatening to further affect the Loch-side seawall where the 4,000-pound con-crete blocks protecting the banks tumbled onto the beach.

“The feeling of council is we needed to do this properly. We don’t want another council facing this problem,” said Sidney Mayor Larry Cross. “Our concern is if we don’t do it, erosion would continue onto the bank and get into the safety of the road.”

The damage runs 160 metres from the south end to Captains Walk along Loch-side Drive.

Presented with options from removal of the lower walkway and seawall on the south end to the tune of $257,800, to rebuilding the seawall with concrete lock blocks similar to what was in place before for $321,400, council elected to move for-ward on rebuilding it with a rock revetment for an estimated price tag of $418,400. The most expensive option on the report to council relies on large boulders to protect the walkway and is believed to be the most durable plan so council voted to get more precise estimates before making a final deci-sion. They expect to do that in June.

“We are looking ahead to rising water

year by year. Long term this is the way to go,” Cross said. “It will be a little more expensive and we are on a timeline to get it fixed. It is not an option.”

Constructed in the 1980s, the wall fell to two heavy windstorms in January and March that eroded the bank enough to tip concrete blocks protecting the walkway and road. With tides expected to increase dur-ing the winter, Cross believed action was needed before further damage was done – and residents’ inability to enjoy the walk-way wasn’t unnecessarily prolonged.

Cross estimated a completion in Octo-ber or November, financing the project by borrowing money from their own reserves and using their own works crew to expedite the process.

“We can borrow our own money with the assump-tion you will pay it off over time but it is zero interest,” he

said. “You never want it to fall below a cer-tain point [but need] to be able to use [the funds] in circumstances like this and not go to a major referendum.”

For North Saanich resident Tim Christian, who makes his way to the beach two to three times a week with his wife Kate and his Boston terrier, he hopes something is done soon.

“It is a magnificent beach and the seawall is incredible. It is a fantastic walking trail,” he said. “It is too bad it happened, but I hope they find a sensible way of fixing it. It

is a magnificent view … This whole aspect is beautiful, it is a treasure.”

His dog Sidney, who happily sprints along-side him on his seawall walks is named after the town and being a Peninsula resident he hopes the issues are resolved quickly for all involved.

“I appreciate the financial concerns but something will have to be done,” Christian continued. “If you simply leave it as it is when you get high winds and heavy water, the whole bank will erode. It is a serious problem.”

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Three-year-old Huxlee Hiebert leaps into the waiting arms of father Mitch Hiebert on the seawall on Lochside Drive where the concrete blocks slid onto the beach.

Next step:■ The land use bylaw amendment must go to the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for approval before council can adopt it. The bylaws are expected back before council by mid May.

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“The feeling of council is we needed to do this properly. We don’t want another council facing this problem.”

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“This year we got to zero with a lot of sacrifice,” Browne said. “We may not be able to do it again. We still are faced with the same factors that we are a dormitory suburb with very little growth, and the continual growth in our tax burden is not sustainable, and that goes for all municipalities across British Columbia … everybody’s facing the same problems.”

Coun. Elsie McMurphy agreed that cuts will lead to larger increases and proposed to nix the reduction in traffic safety and paving.

“It just seems to me to be fool-ish to take $25,000 out of a plan to make our roads more safe,

and to take $10,000 out of pav-ing … it just seems to me if you don’t pave the potholes this year, they’re even bigger next year,” she said.

“We had a comment from the engineering department to say that this was not going to affect traffic safety, and the pav-ing was not going to affect the ongoing maintenance,” noted Coun. Conny McBride. “These are extras.”

That motion was defeated.Cutting services to keep lower

taxes is a philosophical discus-sion, said Coun. Ted Daly.

“I understand maybe the exer-cise this year was a bit of an anomaly, but I’m confident … that next year and as we work together, we can maybe find

some more savings. It’s a philo-sophical thing I guess.”

The mayor too voiced con-cern, before adding her vote to the unanimously passed bud-get.

“All of us ran on a proposal to keep taxes as low as possi-ble,” said Mayor Alice Finall. “I am impressed that we’ve been able to achieve a zero per cent increase this year, but I do under-stand that [it] can mean very significant increases in future years.”

Increases are always approached with caution, she said. “We do them because we see services or matters that need to be addressed and need to be paid for,” Finall said. [email protected]

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Zero budget passes unanimously

Peninsula leads shark billArnold LimNews staff

Elizabeth May’s first bill could spell the end of shark fin on restau-rant bills.

The MP for Saanich-Gulf Island tabled C-417, hoping to amend the Fish Inspection Act and Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act in the hopes of curtailing the unregulated importing of shark fin to Canada.

“My efforts to get a shark fin ban actually started because of my constituents. A group of local divers formed a group to press for protection for sharks,” May said. “Consump-tion is driving the prac-tice and driving multi-ple species of sharks to the brink of extinction.

It is important to me to come back [to the Pen-insula] because this is where I started.”

May worked with New Democrat MP Fin Donnelly who has another private mem-bers bill which hopes to ban the importation of shark fin altogether which, if passed, could mean May’s would

no longer be needed. Either way, May hopes the practice of shark finning is curtailed one way or another.

“This is the first pri-vate members bill now I have been able to intro-duce as an MP for Saan-ich-Gulf Islands,” she said. “I am enormously pleased to come back to where we started. We had our first press con-ference here in August and we have tangible progress to report.”

The bill would add requirements for the importation of shark or shark product to include the name and country of harvest in writing to an inspector. It would also prohibit sale or importation unless it is prepackaged and labelled to show

mercury contamination may make it unfit for human consumption.

Currently four U.S. states and six munici-palities in Canada ban the sale of shark fin products and the exec-utive director for Wil-dAid, Rob Sinclair said he hopes communi-ties in B.C. would join them.

“WildAid inter national specific tar-get is to target the $10 billion illegal trade in wildlife. The largest ille-gal trade is shark fin,” he said. “Our hope is B.C. and Canada will become leaders in this international fight against the greatest trade in illegal wildlife product in the world.”

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After 35 years, Brian Falconer still loves navigating B.C.’s coastlines.

Unfortunately he finds himself navigat-ing the political landscape, as often as the geological one, and wishes for a day that is no longer the case.

“Earth Day is a day we really contem-plate the incredible blessings we have on this coast,” said the coordinator of marine operations for Raincoast Conser-vation. “It is a day to contemplate what makes our lives really rich and a day to contemplate what we could do to protect that.”

Preceded by a non governmental orga-nization tradeshow, the Mary Winspear Centre hosts Earth Day 2012 Dedicated to an Oil Free Coast, featuring keynote addresses by Falconer, renowned artist Robert Bateman, former CBC person-ality Arthur Black and Green Party MP Elizabeth May speaking to the Embridge Northern Gateway project. The proposal Falconer believes could see large oil tank-ers, “double the size of the Exxon Valdez” make their way through the waterways of the Great Bear Rainforest on their way to the U.S. and China.

“I think if you really are interested in this, instead of a quick brush assessment, I think it is really important to learn about what is behind the figures that have been thrown about so misleadingly and find out what you can do,” he said. “It becomes clear when you look at the numbers, it is not a question of if [an oil spill happens], it is a question of when.”

Fred Gregory, executive director for the Saanich Gulf Islands Green Party, stresses

the importance of the educational aspect of Earth Day and hopes to attract more than 300 residents from across the Island to take the opportunity to listen, learn, and make informed decisions.

“The importance of Earth Day is to provide knowledge and education. In our case we felt we would focus on the tanker issue and the marine environment,” he said. “We want to inform people and give them the power to help and do some-thing about this. I fear we will be rail-roaded through it. The emphasis of the talk will be to educate.”

For Falconer, a lifetime of navigating

the waters of B.C., have taught him to be proactive about a lifestyle he is pas-sionate about - and hopes the day sheds light on a proposal he believes would be a costly mistake.

“In the 35 years I have been sailing on the coast… I very quickly fell in love with it,” Falconer said. You can’t live here long without falling in love with it and when you love something, you stand up for it.”

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I have two older people in my life. For the purposes of this column, I’ll refer to them as M and D.

This is not so much to protect their identities, but more so I can maintain my regular supply chain of freshly baked muffins, scones and chocolate-chip cookies from M, and the occasional car wash and yard work from D.

Being a bit older, the pair came late to the technology party. M could never be bothered with having a computer (“takes up too much room”), and years of watching Oprah frightened her into thinking just turning one on could bring hundreds of child molesters to her door.

When my kids were little, I was forever receiving warnings about letting them use the computer, lest they be snatched away in the night. Or, heaven forbid, I would have my identity stolen by some computer hacker. Why anyone would want to break into my bank account is a mystery in itself.

Why M, being well over 60, worried about child molesters affecting her is a good question too.

D was a different story. He would use the computer, but is a tidy sort and would be forever getting himself into trouble by deleting programs, or portions thereof, because “there’s too many folders.” Trying to explain that if you just

put them all into one and try to forget about them unfortunately didn’t stop the flow of phone calls

complaining, “I can’t open PDFs,” or “Why doesn’t my Word program work anymore?” A quick look usually revealed that the programs had been deleted in an effort to “get rid of some junk.”

Now, I am no computer genius, but years of working in small newspaper offices without the advantage of on-the-spot tech help has led me to the school

of hard knocks as far as computer troubleshooting goes. I have developed pretty good skills for figuring out how to fix relatively simple problems, and as such, I have become the family techie.

Last year, M decided to get an iPad (“so small, it takes up no room”). Setting it up and getting it running wasn’t too much trouble. And she was eager to learn how to use email to keep in touch with friends who apparently weren’t avid Oprah viewers. She now enjoys the simple pleasures of tracking ships at sea and planes in the sky from the comfort of the living room couch – without one assault from a molester.

She completely took me by surprise when she purchased an e-reader just a few months later. Her most frequent complaint is, “I don’t have enough bars. It won’t work.” This, in relation to the

WiFi connection. Getting her to understand that once the book is downloaded, the “bars” make no difference seems to fall on deaf ears. It often looks as though she is re-enacting a scene from the Lion King as she wanders through the house and holds aloft her iPad or e-reader, in an attempt to “get more bars.”

D also went from a computer to an iPad and an iPhone at the same time. Instead of making his life easier, it just seems to have doubled his frustration factor. It must be a male thing to want to understand how something works.

Guys enjoy getting under the hood of a car and learning the mechanics of how it works. But with a computer, I feel the less you know, the better. The why and how a program works is much less important than whether it works at all. I understand that a plane can fly – I don’t need to know why.

D, on the other hand, is always trying to understand how a program works, and trying to determine if there’s one that is better, faster or easier to use.

One thing that works to my advantage is that M can use her gadgets to look up new and interesting recipes. And D, when he gets frustrated with technology, usually slaps the offending item down on the coffee table and announces, “I’m going to go wash the car.”

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Comedian George Carlin famously said: “There is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The people are [doomed].”

His theory was that the planet has been around for four-and-a-half billion years, and humans have been here one or two hundred thousand. And we’ve only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over 200 years. “Two hundred years versus four-and-a-half billion,” said Carlin. “And we have the conceit to think that somehow we’re a threat?”

Unfortunately, it’s taken our species less than a century to do some damage to this big blue marble we live on. And Earth Day is a good reminder to us all to keep it clean – something Carlin never did with his language.

What first started as an environmental awareness event in the United States in 1970, Earth Day (April 22) has become more widely celebrated in recent years. On the Peninsula there are many activities, including tomorrow’s Earth Day 2012 Dedicated to an Oil Free Coast (story page A5), which hopes to inspire environmental awareness and build community through creativity. But is this enough?

Does attending a weekend festival make us want to become better stewards of the planet? Does joining a broom bash or ivy pull lead us to build a compost in our backyard or take transit instead of the car to work?

Three Victoria businesses decided to take up a Garbage Challenge to mark Earth Day this year, taking an hour to collect garbage from around the city and the one who collects the most wins the Golden Garbage Award.

Sure, it’s a small step, but an acheivable goal. It should be noted that the Inn at Laurel Point, Harbour Air Seaplanes and Eagle Wing Tours – the founders of this Garbage Challenge – are all carbon neutral businesses and want to encourage other businesses to get involved in the care of the environment.

Big changes, like becoming carbon neutral, begin with small steps. As recycling began with old newspapers being dumped into a separate bin and water conservation with turning the taps off when you brush your teeth, so must other changes begin.

Earth Day give us the opportunity to remind ourselves that each small step we take toward sustainability will become a giant leap one day. Each time we walk or ride our bike to a local farm stand to buy a carrot makes a difference. Each time we put the carrot peel into the compost instead of the garbage bin makes a difference. Each time we spread that compost on our own garden bed … well, you get the picture.

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Hugging the helpKathryn Mason, coordinator of volunteer services at Beacon Community Services, greets Rene Laprairie (33 years volunteering) while 25-year volunteer Chester Brown looks on with a smile during the annual BCS luncheon to celebrate volunteers. Canadian national volunteer week ends tomorrow, April 21. See video of the event online at www.peninsulanewsreview.com.

Collision a matter of time on Wallace Drive

I feel compelled to bring to your attention the increas-ingly dangerous driving conditions on Wallace Drive between Willis Point Road (Saanich) and Newton Place at Bayside middle school (Central Saanich).

I have been driving and walking this stretch of road for 25 years, and the type and volume of traffic has changed significantly dur-ing this period. Where once it catered to primarily local vehicle traffic with the odd bicycle, pedestrian or tour-ist, there are now numerous cyclists riding two and three abreast, tourists in all sorts of vehicles including RVs, tour buses, commercial vehicles and many more pedestrians.

Besides dealing with cyclists riding in contraven-tion of the Motor Vehicle Act and oversized vehicles too wide for the road conditions, more and more vehicle driv-ers who are inexperienced with the area are being directed by their navigation systems to use this stretch of road, particularly between Willis Point Road and Ben-venuto Avenue, to access Butchart Gardens.

Personally, I have had to avoid four head-on collisions on this stretch of road in the past two months as drivers

have pulled onto my side of the road to pass cyclists. Two of these incidents happened to me in one day and were separated by a matter of min-utes. Fortunately, I have good brakes and tires on my cars that help me to slow down quickly as there is no room on this road to perform an evasive maneuver.

True, some vehicle driv-ers must be more cautious, but you know as well as I do that you cannot teach some people to change their poor driving habits until they have done or caused something disastrous.

I respectfully implore both councils to join together in improving this road with a better surface and bicycle/pedestrian lanes, and enforce both cycling and vehicle restrictions, including speed limits, before someone is injured or killed.

Philip WakefieldBrentwood Bay

Working at it worth it to keep kids healthy

Thank you for the editorial Give kids the gift of health (Opinion April 11).

As a nurse that works in a chronic disease clinic in Victoria and a mother of two children aged 11 and 14, I am always thinking about the bal-ance between food, exercise and the era of electronics.

Every day I work with people that have been diag-nosed with chronic condi-tions such as Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. These conditions could lead to fur-ther health problems such as reduced kidney function and in some cases end stage kid-ney disease requiring dialysis or transplant. The incidence of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease is on the rise. The good news is that in a lot of cases it can be prevented by living a healthy lifestyle. This includes physical activity and a healthy diet.

As a mother and a nurse, I feel it is my job to teach my children the skills they will need to live happy healthy lives as adults.

To me, this starts with set-ting a good example. Our entire family participates in exercise on a regular basis, together during weekend activities and separately dur-ing independent activities or sports teams.

I do my best to make sure fruits and vegetables are a part of every meal and I spend a fair bit of time doing meal preparation to make sure these foods are avail-able. In addition to that I do feel like I am in a constant state of awareness on how much time the kids spend on their ‘down time activities’ such as games and texting in phones etc. as well as trying to teach them moderation with treats and snacks.

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Darlene MichlVictoria nurse clinician

Government should not condone pot use

Why are our Vancouver Island politicians as well as the NDP (and federal Liberal) parties in support of legalizing marijuana when we know that smoking it is many (at least five) times more car-cinogenic than tobacco? Are our social and personal costs associated with tobacco use not staggering enough?

The marijuana being used now is 10 times more potent than it was years ago. Do any of us feel good about meet-ing a person on the road who is driving “stoned” on pot? I sure don’t. How many death related accidents are now caused by pot use? How would we justify to our chil-dren that our government decided to legalize a noxious substance like marijuana to make more tax revenue?

Some parents have failed to adequately warn their chil-dren about the dangers asso-ciated with using marijuana.

What governments need to do is to start ad campaigns which state clearly the sub-stantial harm pot is causing in society, not condone its use.

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Mark Matthews is happy he no longer breaks the law to do what he loves.

Once forced to build illegal ramps in the for-est so he and his friends would have a place to bike, he is grateful for the North Saanich Fre-eride Park he helped build, with countless hours of planning, fund-raising, building and now riding.

However, it isn’t quite

where he wants it to be – and the 23-year-old Camosun College stu-dent hopes the Friends of North Saanich Fre-eride Park can raise $50,000 to maintain and improve the park he loves.

“I would like to see it have more variety than it does today,” he said. “For advanced riders it isn’t as appealing, it would be good to get them out there, they are the ones with spon-sors that could help get this place going.”

He hopes to offer more challenging runs, with larger and taller jumps and landings and the addition of berms – steep banked turns – for advanced users. Eventually the dream is to have con-test-sized jumps which could open the pos-sibility of hosting big-ger riding events on the Island which could inject money into the local economy and the park.

In order to reach his goal, he hopes to grow membership of the soci-ety from the hundreds

into the thousands to create a larger com-munity and increase awareness of the sport and the park that draws interest from across Greater Victoria.

“When I am by myself, I could go to the bike park and you always have someone to ride with. It creates a scene that otherwise wouldn’t exist,” he said. “It is a safe place for kids to progress and get better.”

High clay content used at the track requires heavy equip-ment to place new clay when heavy usage packs it down – and approximately $10,000 is required just to keep the facil-ity open. To improve the park to attract even more riders, especially advanced riders, the North Saanich Bike Park Society needs an additional $40,000.

Newly minted as the

vice president of the FNSFP, Matthews’ new role is a passing of a torch of sorts, taking over the reigns from his father and outgoing vice president George. The one-hectare park exists today in part because George took the initia-tive to help create the park, in part for Mark – and the elder Matthews hopes more parents do the same.

“For sustainability, you need a lot more parents involved who can help with the build-ing of the jumps, cre-ation of more pieces and ongoing mainte-nance,” he said. “You [can] get your kids on bikes instead of sitting in front of a TV inside.”

While he is passing some duties to his son - he is still passionate about the park that changed his son’s life and hopes to see the sport continue to grow.

“The best part is seeing a whole bunch of young kids there,” George said. “The young kids shows me the sport is growing, it is continuing.”

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Sheldon Steckman makes a jump off a bike ramp onto the Camp of Champions airbag at Panorama Recreation Centre.

After mentoring from some of the top contemporary artists in the country, the students of both the University of Victoria Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts programs will unveil their graduate work at a pair of upcoming shows.

BLINK, the annual BFA show, and the annual MFA graduating thesis exhibition are both free and open to the public in UVic’s visual arts building. A variety of art forms are on display, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, fabric, drawing, conceptual, alchemy and performance.

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A selection of work from the 240 members of the Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society will fill a gal-lery at Mary Winspear Centre this weekend. Plus there’s the gift shop.

“We’re all artists of one type or another,” said Donna Jean. The painter is in her fourth year as con-venor for the SPAC annual art exhibi-tion and sale. “We have a show once a year, this is the 59th year and it’s all volunteer driven … We’ve got a huge variety of artists from interna-tionally known artists to beginner artists.”

A total of 128 SPAC artists will vie for Juror’s Choice awards judged by Carolyn Hoag and Sylvia Bews-Wright (paintings); Paula Landsman (sculpture); Mavis Mooney (pot-tery); and Vijaya Taylor (crafts).

Jean will be among those artists whose works are on display.

“I’m going to have four peices in the main gallery,” she said. “We also have a gift shop ... if someone pur-chases something from the main gal-lery, they’re not allowed to take it until the closing of the show. The gift

shop is cash and carry. People like to have a souvenir so that’s where they go.”

As well, see three works by a cel-ebrated Canadian guest artist.

“This year we’ve got probably the best known we’ve ever had,” Jean said.

Norman Yates has garnered sev-eral major Canadian awards and has work in public and private collec-

tions including the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank and the Alberta Foundation of the Arts.

“He’s a fabulous artist,” Jean said. “He’s done great things, we’re very proud to have him.”

The abstract artist will show three one-by-two metre works, and be on hand to meet the public.

He’s already had an influence on

Jean, who’s been painting about five years.

“I started out pretty traditional style, representational and I’m mov-ing more to impressionistic and abstract. I just enjoy it more, you can get so many things happening that you weren’t expecting,” she said. “I am going to try his method, I was quite inspired by seeing his work.”

The art show and sale will be held April 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Mary Winspear Centre.

Admission is $4 for adults. Visit www.spacsociety.com for details.

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Did you know?■ A preview of the work will be held on April 27 for patrons and the artists only. Patrons pledge $125 with $100 going towards the purchase of art and anyone is eligible. “We always will welcome any patrons right up until the day before,” said convenor Donna Jean.

Norman Yates painting

Landspace by Norman Yates. Yates is the guest artist featured in the 59th annual Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society’s show.

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Students show work at Tulista

Parkland secondary artists have work on display until the end of the month at the Com-munity Art Centre in Tulista Park.

The show runs Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day until April 29 at the art centre, 9585 Fifth St. Learn more online at www.cacsp.com.

Arts and crafts for MS society

Waters Edge Village will host a craft show and sale at the club-house, 2600 Ferguson Rd. in Saanichton on Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Parking on on Fergu-son Road. Sales will help raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.


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Travis PatersonNews staff

One lucky bounce ended the Victo-ria Cougars attempt at a championship hockey season.

The Cougars lost in double overtime during the Cyclone Taylor Cup gold

medal final on April 15..The host Abbotsford Pilots came

back to tie the game 2-2 in the third before winning the provincial junior B hockey championship.

“It was difficult to have such a great season (end that way),” Cougars coach Mark Van Helvoirt said.

“It’s tough to swallow but looking back it’s (also) tough to call this an unsuccessful season.”

The Cougars cleaned up the Van-couver Island Junior Hockey League, clinching the Andy Hebenton Trophy as

regular season champs months before the season ended. In the playoffs, the Cougars lost once in nine games to take the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy league championship.

The Esquimalt-based club was the top ranked junior B team in B.C., and was the favourite to win the Cyclone Cup, which the Peninsula Panthers won last year. Instead, the Pilots will repre-sent B.C. at the Keystone Cup, Western Canadian Championships in Saskatoon, Sask., this weekend.

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Abbotsford Pilots goalie Riley Parker deflects the puck past the net as Victoria Cougars captain Brody Coulter fights for position in front of the net with Pilots defencemen Matthew Genovese and Brett Kolins, right, during the Cyclone Taylor Cup championship game on Sunday (April 15). Abbotsford won 3-2 in overtime.

Some say the Penticton Vees are on the verge of being the greatest junior A team in Canadian history. It’s high praise, and should help three players from Greater Victoria become part of the club’s folklore. The Vees are going to the RBC Cup national junior A hockey championship, May 5-13, in Humboldt, Sask.

The Vees finished the regular season with 42 wins in a row and set the B.C. Hockey League record with 54 wins in 60 games.

Factoring heavily in the Vees’ success is former South Island Thunderbirds major midget goalie Chad Katunar.

Last week, Katunar was named BCHL player of the week as the Vees completed a sweep of the Powell River Kings in the BCHL final to win the Fred Page Cup.

Katunar stopped 129 of 136 shots against the Kings, a .949 save percentage, and .938 overall in the playoffs.

Meanwhile ex-Saanich Braves and Victoria Griz-zlies forward Wade Murphy tied for the lead in playoff scoring (nine goals, nine assists) with Vees teammate Joey Benik (eight goals).

Former Victoria Cougars and Grizzlies defence-man Nick Buchanan played all 15 games, scoring once.

Katunar, 18, will likely return to the BCHL next year while Buchanan (Minnesota State-Mankato) and Murphy (Merrimac) are going to play Div. 1 hockey in the NCAA.

Murphy was recently ranked 142nd among North American skaters in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft rankings.

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Freshly printed poly-mer $50 bills, featur-ing an image of the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen, were unveiled at the Coast Guard station in James Bay this month as part of a nationwide cam-paign that will see the paper version of the bills removed from cir-culation.

The Bank of Canada’s switch from using cot-ton-based paper to poly-mer – the lightweight plastic substance is expected to last two-and-a-half times longer than paper – was done both to reduce counter-feiting and lower pro-duction costs over the long term.

The new 50s, like the polymer 100s intro-duced last fall, incor-porate such security features as a transpar-ent window and special holograms, and are said to have improved dura-bility over the 100s.

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The Bank of Canada’s goal is to see all new Canadian bills made of the polymer material by the end of 2013.

Despite the national bank’s attempts to pro-tect its currency, Vic-toria police Det. Const. Greg Shaw, with the department’s financial crimes section, said staying in front of the criminal element is dif-ficult. “It’s kind of like when credit cards come out with security fea-tures, eventually some-one will figure out how to counterfeit it. It’s an ongoing battle.”

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DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, ed-iting, add/remove objects/peo-ple. Tribute posters, home mo-vies to CD/DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24” stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

FREE ITEMS

FREE: DOUBLE sized mat-tress and box spring, good condition. Call 250-383-6776.

FREE ENTERTAINMENT centre, good condition. (250)384-4426.

FREE: WALNUT desk, 63.5”Lx25”Wx30”H, 4 draw-ers, Samsonite outdoor table, 42.5”x42.5”x27”. Please Call 778-425-0013.

FRIENDLY FRANK

1940 PLUTO pattern; 1930 McCall’s cross stitched, solid wood shelf, 4’x32”x14”, $10 each. Call 250-508-9008.

4 METAL folding chairs, pad-ded seat, contour back, never used, nice, $50 (all). Call 250-656-8720.

COFFEE MAKER, $10. 3 seat sofa, light colour, $59. Call 250-881-8133.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE 3 chil-dren’s VHS stereo hi-fi videos. $9. 250-383-4578.

SIZE 3-4 Grad dress, fuch-sia/grey chiffon overlay, new, $40. Call 250-478-4703.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FRIENDLY FRANK

TABLE & CHAIRS, $60. Camera older model, $39.250-477-8753.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r,hardwoods. Seasoned. Call250-661-7391.

CUT, SPILT, DELIVERED.Guaranteed cord. Reliable,outstanding reputation, over12 years. Custom ordersavailable upon request. Call(250)538-0022.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewoodlegally obtained during forestrestoration, large cords. Helprestore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

5Pc. DINETTE $99., OakClawfoot Dining Suite w/Dou-ble Pressback Chairs 7 Pc$899.; K/S BeautyRest Mat-tress Set $299.; Futons, So-fa/Beds $149. No HST Sale!BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St.,Sidney. buyandsave.ca

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. Allshapes & colours available.1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-ellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books &Antiques, 250-655-0700

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REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LION’S COVE condo: 55+, beautiful 2 bdrm, 2 bath. $224,500. Todd 250-478-4844

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Fraser Tolmie Apts1701 Cedar Hill X Rd1-877-659-40691 and 2 bdrms1-877-659-4069www.frasertolmime.ca1 & 2 Bedrooms1701 Cedar Hill X Roadwww.frasertolmime.ca for pics

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

2 BDRM duplex, Brentwood Bay, newly reno’d, N/P’s, quiet building, $850 plus utilities, available now. 250-544-1051 or email [email protected]

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1 bath, no steps. NS/NP. $1375+.Lease.(250)656-4003.

HOMES FOR RENT

GORGE/TILLICUM, 3 bdrm upper, huge house, $70,000 in renos, fenced yard, N/S, N/P $1700, May. 1. 250-479-9715

SIDNEY: UNIQUE home, 3 bdrm upper, 2 bath, lots more, N/S, $1700+ (now). 250-656-1452, come and see.

SMALL 3-BDRM house. New-ly updated. Large yard, stor-age shed, W/D. $1450.+ utils. Text or call (250)858-2763.

VIEW ROYAL, Portage Inlet, 3 bdrms, garage, deck, W/D, $1350 + utils. 250-479-4856.

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT

SIDNEY. FURNISHED room. satellite, laundry, heat, hydro, $500./mo. 250-654-0477.

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

LIFE is BETTER at THE CAMELOT!

Supported, affordable independent living in the heart of historical James Bay. For sale or rent.

OPEN HOUSE EVERY WEEKEND 2pm-4pm!

Viewing appt: 250-652-9725.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

C. SAANICH, room for rent (ASAP). Quiet, garden area. 778-426-2294 after 8:30pm.

TILLICUM AREA, semi furn, shared bath, kitchenette, inter-net & W/D, $475 incls cable, 250-727-3671 (Leave mess).

STORAGE

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279

SUITES, LOWER

BRENTWOOD, BACH, Lrg, furn’d, ground level. Priv. en-trance, parking, close to bus. NS/NP. $700. (250)652-9454.

BRIGHT, NEWLY renovated 1 bdrm suite in Deep Cove, grd level, separate entrance. F/S, W/D, D/W, appls all new, wood stove & fl rs. N/S. $1100 inclusive. (250)656-6138.

ESQUIMALT, 1 bdrm + den, bright, very quiet, shared W/D, fenced yard, all utils incl’d, $800. 250-744-3180 before 7.

FOR RENT: Saanichton one bedroom suite. NS/NP. $750/ month. 250-665-7124

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

SAANICH, GRD level 2 bdrm, newly reno’d, close to all amens, NS/NP, $900,(Immed), call 250-704-6613.

SIDNEY: 1-BDRM, avail. May 1st. NS/NP, W/D, cable, $800. Call (250)656-9874.

WANTED TO RENT

HOST FAMILIES needed for Quebec and International High School students attending St. Margaret’s School (July 1 - Au-gust 4). Double placement. Remuneration $1600. Contact Michelle at 250.385.0583 or [email protected]

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TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Con-venience of having a mechan-ic at home or on the road. (250)883-0490.

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX4 door, auto, top of the line & fully loaded including rare power sunroof option. Babied by 1 owner, garage kept, hwy commuter (76k). Dealer main-tained. Burgundy with factory 5 spoke alloy wheels & a set of winters tires on steel rims. Full power-train warranty until Dec. 20 2012. $14,250 o.b.o. 250-466-4156

$50-$1000 CASH

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858-5865RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

FOR SALE

1989 - 19’ Citation, C Class RV, good condition, $3000 obo. Call 250-391-5750.

2000 KUSTOM KOACH 26’ 5th Wheel

Ready to roll, in great shape.Has slide room, big awning, oak cabinets, tons of storage, big fridge & stove, ducted heat & A/C. High quality unit with rubber roof & fi berglass body.

$10,995 OBO, 250 466 4156 Bill

2003, 33’, 3 slide Citation Su-preme, exc. shape, $27,000. 250-888-3391, 778-430-4479.

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

VTRUCKS & ANS

$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!

TowPimp.com 250-588-7172

toll free 1-888-588-7172

MARINE

BOATS

1998 BAYLINER 2452 CieraExpress, 2009 5.7L Merccruiser FWC, 280 HP w/136hours, Alpha Drive w/ SSProp. 2002 EZ Loader trailer,2010 Yamaha 9.9 High Thrust.Full cabin features, $21,000.(250)474-1939 (250)727-5947

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailersand outboards. 250-544-2628.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237

CARPENTRY

CUSTOM PLANER- (Fir, ce-dar) baseboards, casings, crown molding (any shape). Call (250)588-5920.

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

FAMILY FIRST Home Servic-es. Certifi ed Health Care Worker and House Cleaner. Spaces now available, $25/hr, bonded, insured, refs available. Call 250-857-0389.


CLEANING SERVICES

MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.


ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert in new homes & renos. References. #22779

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

INFINITY FENCING LTD

Chain link colour packages, Ornamental, Wood &

Farm fencing.Residential & Commercial

Free EstimatesFor all your fencing needs,

please call250-415-9771

QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pres-sure washing. For better pric-es & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, interior/ex-terior concrete. 250-588-3744.


FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.

GARDENING

10% OFF. Aerate, Rototill, Mowing, Hedge / Shrub trim-ming, clean-up. 250-479-6495

21YRS EXP Garden clean-ups weeding, etc. All areas of city. $25/hr. No tax. 250-656-7045.

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Neglected garden? Spring clean-ups, hedges, power rak-ing, aerating, weed/moss stump, blackberry & ivy re-moval. 24yrs exp. WCB.

250-216-9476From the Ground Up

• Accepting New clients• Landscape & gardens• Design & Installation• Decks Fences Ponds

Gardens Patio’s • Fully Insured

ACTION YARD CARE. 15 + years exp. Free estimates. Quality work. 250-744-6918.

ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential or commercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com

AURICLE Lawns- cln up lawn garden hedge pruning soil tests, rototill. (250)882-3129


GARDENING

WE-CUT-LAWNS(Peninsula Lawn and Garden services.) “Don’t let the grass grow under your feet.” Call us at 250-655-1956.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.

GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.


HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BIG BEAR Handyman & Painting Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-nos. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/ kitch-en reno’s & accessibility. Serv-ing Victoria for 23yrs.

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifi [email protected]

SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

HAULING & RECYCLING.250-889-5794.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. CallShawn 250-812-7774

GARAGE SALES

LANGFORD, THETIS HEIGHTSSaturday 9 am - 3 pmSunday 9 am - 1 pm

Multi-family sale: furniture in-cluding curio cabinet and beautiful area rugs, oak/glass coffee table, bar stools, art-work, vintage/collectables, kitchen items, tile saw, elec-tric trolling motor, speakers, small tv, more. Everything must go, make an offer!

2390 Selwyn Road off Traynor, near Loghouse Pub

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MAKE 20-100K by a Professionally

Designed Renovation of your dated home or

condo. Contractor/ Developer/ Investor

Island Pro Construction Ltdsince ‘94.

Call Dennis (250)391-1342

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

WEST HARBOUR Const. Ext/Int. Reno’s; Finishing car-pentry, windows, doors, dry-wall, decks, painting, hard-wood & laminate fl oor installation. Res/comm. 250-419-3598, [email protected]

HOME REPAIRS

HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/ kitch-en reno’s & accessibility. Serv-ing Victoria for 23yrs.

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

SUMMIT IRRIGATION Servic-es. Certifi ed sprinkler systems. Property maintenance, more. Call James at 250-883-1041.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Ac-credited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Side-walk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

SANDSTONE AVAILABLE in different shades of brown, gray & blue. Orders upon re-quest. Speciality items in stock, top quality material. Call (250)538-0022.

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.


& MOVING STORAGE

STRESS Free Moves for Sen-iors. Packing, unpacking and more. Call for your FREE con-sultation. Act Together Moving (250)588-7754 More online at www.acttogethermoving.com

PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

TOP NOTCH PAINTING- Over 25yrs exp. Interior/Exteri-or, Residential Reliable, Rea-sonable and Friendly Service. Call Brad 250-580-5542.


PAINTING

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

Member BBB

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

WRITTENGUARANTEE

Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.


PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

PENINSULA POWERWASH Decks, driveways, walkways, siding. Dave (250)216-9892.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.


TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.Bucket truck, chipper. We buylogs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

WINDOWS

ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.

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Crossword

Today’s Answers

ACROSS 1. Airborne (abbr.)

4. Mother

7. The 17th Greek letter

10. Small indefinite quantity

12. Grandmothers

14. Semitic fertility god

15. Aba ____ Honeymoon

16. Bearded reddish sheep of So. Asia

17. Breezed through

18. Used of one who is overly conceited

20. Official document seal

22. Flight to avoid arrest

23. Records the brain’s electric currents

24. NW Swiss city ___-Stadt

26. Slovenly persons

29. Hit lightly

30. Favoring social equality

35. A metal-bearing mineral

36. Tennis barrier

37. Women’s undergarment

38. Psychic object movement

44. An easy return in a high arc

45. More dried-up

46. Tears down (alt. sp.)

48. Military mailbox

49. Suffix for similar

50. Washbowls

53. Melanie Wilkes’ husband

56. Late Show’s Letterman

57. Reproduction of a form

59. Mild yellow Dutch cheese

61. Affirmative votes

62. Gives over

63. Pins

64. 1776 female decendant’s org.

65. A lump of gum

66. Pen pointDOWN 1. Form a sum

2. Plural of 37 across

3. Northeast by north

4. The mother of Jesus

5. Office of Naval Intelligence

6. “Serpico” author Peter

7. A speed competition

8. A minute amount (Scott.)

9. Not new

11. Jailhouses

12. Eggnog spice

13. Most slick

14. 3rd largest city in Maine

19. An account of incidents or events

21. NYC’s Insatiable Critic Greene

24. Uncovers

25. White aspen

27. Sacred Christian book

28. Gallipoli gulf

29. A tiny round mark

31. NY Times writer Crittenden

32. Side sheltered from the wind

33. Belonging to a thing

34. Catch in wrongdoing

39. Removes pencil marks

40. Cap with a flat circular top & visor

41. Humorously sarcastic

42. Iridaceous plants

43. A ribbon belt

47. Traipse

50. Common Indian weaverbird

51. Affirm positively

52. Smallest merganser

53. Advanced in years

54. Adam and Eve’s garden

55. A sharply directional antenna

56. Father

58. Dentist’s group

60. Mutual savings bank

Today’s Solution

Sudoku

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle,every number 1 to 9must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

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Favourite playground __________________________________________________________________

Favourite day care ____________________________________________________________________

Peninsula’s choice for seniors:Best senior friendly establishment _______________________________________________________

Best senior living facility _______________________________________________________________

Best place to park a scooter ____________________________________________________________

Peninsula’s choice for pets:Favourite boarding/grooming ___________________________________________________________

Best pet supplies _____________________________________________________________________

Favourite veterinarian __________________________________________________________________

Peninsula’s favourite people:Friendliest fi refi ghter __________________________________________________________________

Coolest cop __________________________________________________________________________

Favourite local teacher _________________________________________________________________

Favourite local band ___________________________________________________________________

We want to know:Best place to take your mother in law ____________________________________________________

Favourite place to walk on the wild side ___________________________________________________

Best place for people watching __________________________________________________________

Favourite place to share a kiss __________________________________________________________

Best place to meet a date ______________________________________________________________

Favourite place to catch up with friends ___________________________________________________

Favourite place to hear music ___________________________________________________________

Please drop off fully completed ballot by April 23rd, 2012 to:

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One entry per household. Employees of participating sponsors are not eligible to win. Prizes must be accepted as awarded.

You must vote in a minimum of 30 categories for your ballot to count! Photocopies NOT accepted. No cash value.

Winner will be notifi ed by phone. Must be 18 years of age to enter. Decision of the judges is fi nal.

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________

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Offi cial 2012 Readers’ Choice Ballot

Peninsula’s 7th Annual Readers’ Choice

We at the Peninsula News Review know that the region’s

fi nest pubs, restaurants, art galleries, nature walks, sports activities and festivals can all

to be found right here on the Peninsula — and we know you agree. That is why we are asking you, our readers, to tell us where to fi nd the pick of the litter, the cream of the crop, the top of the heap of activities, dining and hot spots on the Peninsula. For the seventh year we will be

presenting the Peninsula News Review Readers’ Choice Awards for the people, places and events that you love and want the rest of the community to know about.

Simply write your choices in the corresponding blanks and we will compile and print your preferences in a special section this May. To make sure your vote is counted, your completed entry must be received no later than April 23rd. Your COMPLETED entry form is your automatic entry to win the grand prize. See below for details.

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