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No change to CRD land use voting structurePirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Minister Ida Chong said ‘no’... again.

Geoff Young, chair of the Capital Regional District Board came before the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Develop-ment asking for clarity on the voting structure as it pertains to land use plan-ning in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.

The issue has been a hot one in the Capital Regional District because of a pro-posal by Ender Ilkay of Marine Trail Holdings to build a phased develop-ment resort with 257 cabins and various other ancillary buildings including a lodge, caretakers cabins and recre-ation buildings on 236 hect-ares in the vicinity of Jor-dan River and in the Rural Resource Lands. The Rural Resource Lands take up an area of approx. 131,750 hectares.

Geoff Young said, “there’s not a lot of change from the position we’ve heard so far.”

Although he did say there is little a bit of clarity on what the board could and could not do. What they can’t do is change the voting structure of Land Use Com-mittee A (which consists of members from Langford, Colwood, Metchosin, Sooke and the Juan de Fuca Elec-toral Area) to the entire CRD Board of 22 members.

“The Board cannot sim-

ply set aside the Order in Council,” stated Young. He said neither can the Board or a member of Committee A set aside the OIC by with-drawing.

“”The Order in Council is in place,” said Young.

There are some options though. One of them is the municipalities in the CRD could buy-in and therefore take part in regional plan-ning; a negotiated agree-ment could be fashioned; or court action could take place.

Young said a “buy-in” is unlikely because of the expense of $600,000+ and most board members would not be interested in local issues in the various com-munities.

A negotiated agreement, said Young, is something of interest to a certain number of municipalities. This, he said, could be a sub set of planning focused on Rural Resource Lands planning, which would be cheaper than a buy-in for all of the regional planning. The problem lies in the previous court challenge and appeal and the existing legal posi-tion which is difficult to interpret.

“The major concern is there is likely to be some legal issues with a nego-tiated agreement,” said Young.

A new committee C could be formed which would have to be taken to the Cab-inet by the Minister of Com-munity, Sports and Cultural

Development. This third option would deal with the Rural Resource Lands which are represented by a small proportion of the popula-tion but are a large propor-tion of the physical area.

Young said this area has essentially no population but it does have an impact on the future growth of the area.

Young did say there is concern with lack of consul-tation with the Pacheedaht First Nation and the prov-ince is reluctant to inter-vene in a proposal which is working its way through the process.

A report will be forthcom-ing to the CRD Board, they will meet in-camera and decide if there are prospects of legal challenges.

“I personally don’t think the court route is a good way to go,” said Young. He said perhaps voting should be more than a simple majority but rather more of a political/public consulta-tion process.

He said it was unfortu-nate that with the Juan de Fuca proposal it is mostly talking of the process and who should vote and not the development itself.

It would have been bet-ter to have a legal voting arrangement and they could perhaps have foreseen this sort of thing and not been caught by surprise and a lot of the issues could have been ironed out in advance.

Committee A will continue to vote on JDF land use

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District remains “on hold” for cell serviceJim SinclairSooke News Mirror

It was one year ago a story about com-munication upgrades for the Shirley district appeared in the Sooke News Mirror.

The work, specifi-cally a cellphone tower, has yet to be done and therefore residents and travelers through the area continue to do without the con-venience, affordabil-ity and security that a local cell tower would provide.

For many areas west of Sooke, cell phone call instigates expensive “roaming” fees as ser-vice may be obtained from towers across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State.

The lack of cover-age becomes apparent fairly close to Sooke, as Arnie Campbell, president of the Otter Point Shirley Residents Ratepayers Association (OPSRRA) explained on June 18.

“You get on Otter Point Road to about Young Lake Road or Robinson Road and then you end up going on roam.”

This is a distance of about 10 km from Sooke.

“I can’t speak for all of Otter Point,” said Campbell, “but there certainly are areas to the north and west in Otter Point where you have to go on to the American system if you want to use your cell.”

The OPSRRA presi-dent said he had not heard of any change since last year’s word that upgrades could be forthcoming. Campbell also verified that the same frustrating situ-ation with cell service basically exists in all of the Shirley district fur-ther west.

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person Shawn Hall on June 17 by email, “We are continuing to actively seek a location for a wireless site serv-ing the Shirley area. Several residents have expressed interest in coverage in the area, with a particular inter-est in the enhanced access to emergency services wireless would provide.”

Noted in OPSRRA’s June newsletter are details of communi-cation upgrades of another sort

“Shaw Cable Systems is now clearing trees along West Coast Road and it is anticipated that the Shaw Internet line, which presently ends in Otter Point, will be strung this summer and the Internet ser-vice will be available by December 2011.

“Note: TELUS also provides high speed Internet service into the eastern part of Shir-ley; up to and including Invermuir Road.”

Shaw Communica-tions has declared its intention to enter the wireless phone market, but had not had any such presence in this area as of this writing.

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Arnie Campbell talks about lack of inexpensive cell phone coverage in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.

Benjamin YongSooke News Mirror

A man and baby are okay after a car acci-dent Friday morning that sent their Lincoln Town Car crashing through the trees on Sooke Road near Coo-per’s Cove.

“I heard lots of crash-ing, banging, tires screeching,” said Sooke

resident Shawn Steele. “And then a vehicle coming through the trees and landing upside down.”

The man took the baby in his arms and climbed back up to safety, he said.

Steele was working outside at his gardening business down below by the beach where the car eventually landed

near the water, and ran up to the street where he talked to police.

RCMP Cpl. Jason From was on the scene and said they had received a call at 9:26 a.m. about a vehicle roll-over. The driver had something unsecured in the pas-senger seat which caused him to lose con-trol of his car.

“The driver over-

corrected (his vehicle)and went over the cen-terline. He crashed through the trees onto the embankment below,” said From.

Paramedics and the fire department were also on scene. Both the driver and the baby were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, said From.

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A man speaks to paramedics off the side of Sooke Road next to where his car crashed through the trees Friday.

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Fire chief explains need for new fire truckPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Fire Chief SteveSorensen wants to paint an accurate pic-ture of what the depart-ment needs as far asfire trucks go and why.

He said there are three categories of pumper trucks and each category has a specific age limit.

A front line truck cannot be more than 15 years old; a second line no more than 20 years old; and a reserve truck no more than 25 years old and on occasion it can exceed that marker up to 30 years.

Currently the depart-ment has four trucks; one front line and one second line truck at sta-tion one and one front line at station two.

He said each depart-ment needs one reserve truck, which is Engine 204. He said there was some confusion as to the status of that truck. Engine 204 is in reserve, not retired, he said.

“If one breaks down we bring the reserve

truck in,” said Sorensen. “When the ladder truckwas bought in 2006, Engine 204 went toreserve status.”

He said last yearat inspection the mechanic stated hewould not pass Engine 204 after this yearwithout repairs, which would amount to $30,000 to $40,000.

Sorensen said he asked to move the pur-chase date of a new fire truck up. The five-year budget includes a $450,000 expenditure for a new truck in 2014.

“We bought a used truck for $250,000+ instead of repairing the old truck,” said Sorensen.

He said they would not then need the funds in 2014 and they are thinking of using any excess to provide a fire station in Sunriver. Sorensen said they are working with develop-ers to see if that can happen and “if and when a Sunriver station goes ahead we will need to put a truck there.”

The price tag for that

would likely be around $250,000.

“We’re not actually spending any more money, we’re just spending it in differentyears,” said Sorensen.

When asked what thefire underwriters were and who they repre-sented, Sorensen said they are a non-profit organization that evalu-ates a community on its fire protection capabili-ties and come up with a rating for both com-mercial and residential premises.

“Ninety per cent of insurance companies use that grade to deter-mine the insurance rates the customer will pay,” said Sorensen. “A better grade - lower insurance.”

He said that by improving the fire department your insur-ance would start to go down, especially in commercial property. As an example he said that a homeowner in Silver Spray pays about $2,000/year for home insurance because of the agreement with the

East Sooke Fire Depart-ment. Without the fire department there, they would pay abut $7,000.

Sooke’s grade on commercial is six outof 10, which is average for a department of itssize. Sorensen said the only way Sooke couldget a better grade is to start staffing a fire truck 24/7.

“The better we can get our grade, the cheaper your insurance will be,” he stated.

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Artists to design marine boardwalk signagePirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

The boardwalk along Sooke Harbour is a well-used attraction and draws many peopledown to the water who might not otherwise getthe opportunity.

Now, boardwalk strollers will be able to identify those ani-mals they see along the shoreline and in thewater.

A call to artists was

responded to by five artists who submitted their ideas and drawing for the interpretive sig-nage to be placed alongthe boardwalk rails.

The idea was toinclude a First Nations component to the sig-nage.

“It is a true collab-orative effort with the T’Sou-ke First Nation,”said Laura Byrne, the District of Sooke Engi-neering Technologist/Environmental Coordi-

nator.She said it was a way

to integrate art into peo-ple’s everyday lives.

The art will consistof renditions of 14 ani-mals common alongthe Sooke Harbour. The 8”x18” panels willbe vandal resistant and produced digitally. No“original” artwork will be attached and the dis-trict will retain owner-ship of all the images.

The selected art-ists are Mark Gauti

from the T’Sou-ke First nation and Michel Des-Rochers. Each will be paid $3,500 for their 14 submissions. The stu-dents of BC Adventure College will write theverbiage.

Byrne figures the sig-nage will be in place by the end of 2011.

The funding for the project comes from theSooke Program of the Arts Committee whichgets its funds from a three per cent por-

tion of building permit funds. District council passed a resolution to help generate funds for public art in Sooke.Council approves all expenditures.

“They are going to be beautiful, they reallyare,” said Byrne.

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Sooke’s new medical clinic is comingBenjamin YongSooke News Mirror

After much anticipa-tion, the new health-care facility is expected to be completed around October, said resident Evergreen Medical Cen-tre doctor Robin Saun-ders.

“We’ve been want-ing to open a clinic for a very long time. Basi-cally we’d like to join together all the physi-cians in Sooke and we think that would pro-vide a better service but also provide a bet-ter working environ-ment for us as well,” said Saunders.

“We’re trying to form what’s called an inter-

disciplinary clinic so that we’ll have both nursing care and phy-sicians and specialists visiting the clinic as well.”

Part of that better service means no lon-ger having to remem-ber which of Sooke’s two existing clinics are open on which day, as is the case with the cur-rent staggered schedule for the walk-in clinics.

All six medical doc-tors in town, from both the Evergreen Medical Centre as well as Har-bour Family Medical Clinic, will be under one roof:

Dr. J. Ellen AndersonDr. Tracy ForsergDr. Jeff Pocock

Dr. Anton RabienDr. Robin SaundersDr. Tomas Vally

“This is not a new plan -- it’s been coming for a long time. We’ve had a lot of options, going down various pathways and this is the one that has come to fruition.”

The new 6,500 sq. ft. facility will be located in Evergreen Centre at the former Shoppers Drug Mart building (next to Subway), and will be state-of-the-art featuring a fully com-puterized office.

There will be more services available to patients as well. Saun-ders described it as

“one stop shopping,” with additional nurs-ing staff on hand as well as a social worker and a dietician. While not a hospital, it will be the next best thing to commuting 35 minutes to Victoria General for minor care.

Besides the above improvements, the most important func-tion the new and improved clinic will serve is to attract new talent.

“(We will) have some-thing better to offer new physicians who maybe want to come to town so we can recruit them, because we are desperately short of physicians,” said Saun-

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The Healthy Choices campaign, under the philosophic Commu-nity Education Contin-uum, is winding down as a very successful venture during this school year.

It had great commu-nity support from lead-ers and citizens who stated that the month of June would be dry in Sooke. The event was in support of EMCS Dry Grad and giving them the Healthy Choice ini-tiative to abstain from consuming alcohol. Thereby resulting in a healthier community.

Many people were brought together to talk about alcohol and drug awareness, including parents who focused on their children’s need to stay away from alcohol. Addiction comes very quickly and even more so at a young age. Stu-dents said staying away from alcohol and other drugs is making them feel better and health-ier each time they make healthy choices. A cri-sis worker talked with grade 11/12 psychol-ogy students about alcohol consumption and found that making healthy choices did not have a negative desire to consume any illegal substance.

A grant application to District of Sooke brought forward $2,400 as a result of excellent presenta-tions from RCMP Cpl. Scott Hilderley and resi-dent Ellen Lewers. The objectives of the Healthy Choice group are to develop a healthy com-munity with diminished

crime rates, increased drug-alcohol awareness, reduced physical abuse, accidents, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and deaths related to drugs-alcohol.

Proposed activities or methods to achieve the above are:

•Create alcohol free events;

•Be involved in the school with students helping to guide them with healthy choices;

•Partnering with Sooke Community Association for drug and alcohol free family picnics and events;

•Partnering with all the schools and edu-cating the public about services available for alcohol and drug abus-ers.

Packages of informa-tion will be made avail-able at the Canada Day celebration.

There will be con-tinuation of presenta-tions in the next school year relating to healthy choices for the kids We will be implement-ing a writing project which will focus upon kids pursuing excel-lence through healthy choices.

There will be an estab-lishment of a Drug Free Scholarship at EMCS, which will reward stu-dents who make a life-style out of making healthy choices.

We will be training seniors at EMCS to become role models for elementary school stu-dents. This will create a better foundation for a “Dry Month of June” (which has been hugely successful this year) for

next spring; and incor-porating more of the general public (ie. busi-nesses, service groups, the First Nations com-munities) into becom-ing role models for the kids by delivering “healthy choices” mes-saging.

We give great thanks to all the people who have watered the Healthy Choice seed we planted. As it grows, we will branch out further and the result will be a healthy community with diminished crime rates, lower drug/alco-hol use, changing belief systems and healthy, thriving kids. Thanks goes out to the District of Sooke for the grant, the principal and teach-ers of EMCS, and to the Sooke News Mirror for being very helpful publishing our press releases. We are inviting EMCS students to come forward and join the Healthy Choice under CPEC philosophy.

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Celebrate Canada Day!

National salute and a raft race tooJim SinclairSooke News Mirror

The clock is counting downthe seconds

to the country’s 144thbirthday!

In this relatively short time Canada has culti-vated a reputation forvitality and sophistica-tion admired the worldover and the anniver-sary of our Confedera-tion is worthy of a lot of hoopla.

We here on the scene are fortunate to have a venue handy on July 1. We can join with relatives, friends and neighbours in payingheartfelt respects to our broad and beautifulhome.

Newcomers pleasenote – the grounds are located along theSooke River, past the SEAPARC arena at 2259Phillips Road.

Organizers have an imposed condition they wish to point out – that no dogs are allowed on the Sooke River Camp-grounds for the Canada

Day Celebration. Thisis in the best interests of everyone includingdogs themselves, espe-cially if it’s a hot day. Bikes incidentally, will need to be left along the fence near the upper gate.

These measures are taken for the improve-ment of the commu-nity’s collective experi-ence.

Sooke may not be a big city but a big time is the order of the day atthe Flats each July 1.

For the 16th con-secutive year Judithe Ann Gatto is leading the preparations for the local party. The Sooke resident heads a

10-member Canada DayCommittee, of which five are directors. Inaddition to Gatto, they are: vice president Pat Bruce, Sue Winter, Rod Donaldson, and John Vogt.

The volunteers putin a large amount of work arranging the day-long festival. This year there will be 15 vendorson site catering to the crowd’s desires.

The spectacular “Parade In” of flags willkick in at 12:45 p.m. set-ting the stage for offi-cial opening ceremo-nies slated for 1 p.m.

A number of popu-lar attractions are on the the agenda for this

year’s event, includingthe awesome logger sports demonstration;dog agility show; raft-building race; hose-ballgame and Kids’ Zone stage entertainment.

On stage for the eve-ning’s entertainment – none other than Victo-ria’s powerhouse R&BOutfit “The Soul Shak-ers.”

When asked about this topic Judithe Ann beamed, “I saw this band at the commu-nity hall and the whole crowd was up dancingfrom the first tune on. I said to myself, ‘I haveto get them for Canada Day!’”

After a solid day of fun and action the fire-works show will put a brilliant punctuationmark on the patriotic proceedings.

As always – admis-sion to this event is free.

Gatto was pleased to inform that for the third year the security of thefunction will be han-dled by the discreet,efficient and effective International Crowd Management (ICM).

Shuttle buses withnearby free parking will be making runs throughthe day to the Flats from Sooke Road in front of Evergreen Mall, and from Edward Milne Community School.

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EDITORIALRod Sluggett PublisherPirjo Raits EditorBenjamin Yong Reporter

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Guest Commentary: Elizabeth Nickson

Undiscussed in our island’s rural resistance is just how un-local Trust policies are. Say you are dropped into Lordsburg, New Mexico today, and you attend a county commissioners meeting. Guess what they’re discuss-ing? Buffers. Yup. 100-foot setbacks. Same in the San Juans, same in Wyo-ming, Colorado, Montana, Arizona — buffers are the game right now in the environmental movement. And no matter where - the set-back is 100 feet, and the goal is 60 per cent of the county or island.

Where do these ideas come from and how are they implemented? One thing we know is that the big environmental NGO’s - Greenpeace, Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society - there are hundreds, insert paid oper-atives into every rural community the movement feels is valuable. One or two per county, or, in our juris-diction, one per island or cluster of islands. We know this because they cop to it. The Sierra Club has told us, boasted even, that in some places, they are so hated, they have to arms-length their activities, and pay him or her through another environmen-tal outfit.

What do these people do? They join everything. They start organi-zations. They become grant getting machines. They go to every single meeting. They look for the frailty. And they agitate. They write letters and columns about ecosystem collapse. They do “studies.” They scare the pants off us - everything is in decline, the forests, watersheds, lakes and creeks and all the lovely critters and plants so treasured, are at risk. They go to the schools and scare the kids, then trot them out like little puppets

to plead for more protection. And they promote planning ideas based on ecosystem theory.

The Nature Conservancy, (assets, $7 billion, annual budget $1.9 billion, owner of 100 million acres around the world) has settled upon us, and 40 per cent of the rest of the planet their ecosystem mapping system, which is held, in our case, in B.C.’s Conservation Data Center. Upon this data, all rural and resource land use planning is based. Conservation Data Centers exist everywhere - the mapping system was paid for by the Ford, Rockefeller, Pew Founda-tions and the U.S. government and donated to is. It is NOT local. It is internationalist in orientation and it provides the rationale behind the planning. The data is often wrong, and heavily publicized to promote no-use.

The plans - our OCP’s and Land Use bylaws - are based upon tem-plates from elsewhere. They came out of the U.N.’s International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sonoran Institute, Agenda 21, the American Planning Association and ICLEIm all of which collude in devis-ing planning templates. The plans by which our communities are man-aged were given to us by people who think they are our betters and have the right to tell us how to manage our lands, water, forests, ranges, fields, and communities. Look at the activists on your islands. Are they from the States or Britain? Ask them where they get their money. It’s a fair question, they seek to determine the shape of your life

Why don’t we know about this? Because if we knew, we’d hate it. So everything is secretive, genuine decision making takes place behind

closed doors, and the only invitees are fellow-travellers. Documenta-tion obfuscates and confuses. Pro-cedure is thorny, complex and cre-ated to bewilder the average citi-zen. That’s because every by-law advances a hidden agenda, which is drive people from the countryside, and let everything go wild. As Salt Spring Trustee Christine Torgrim-son said in April, the countryside is “our rural air-conditioner.” Or as her colleague just to the south of us said, “We need to drop the Iron Cur-tain. No more rural development.” In fact de-development is the goal. Water is a surrogate, buffers are sur-rogates, threatened species are sur-rogates, forests are surrogates. To the movement, they mean nothing. What matters is control, what mat-ters is that our communities become unliveable because the economy is declining, housing is too expensive, young people have fled, and activity severely restricted. In every commu-nity these people have entered, the result is a fractured, angry and polar-ized community.

Here’s the kicker. Where activ-ists have had their way, the envi-ronment is in decline. Everything they do destroys the forests, waters and fields of the natural world. You can’t manage nature from Geneva or Washington. Every watershed is dif-ferent, every forest and every com-munity. Ecosystem management cre-ates disaster. The only people who can caretake the land are the ones living on it, who love it, own it, and depend upon it for their futures.

Time to kick the green carpetbag-gers off our islands.

Reprinted from the Island Indepen-dent with permission of Elizabeth Nickson.

Just how un-local are local policies

Sewer deal won’t go away

OUR VIEW

By now all of the Elector Response Forms for the Alternate Approval Process for Bylaw 494, Wastewater Franchise Agreement Approval Bylaw should be on the desk at the municipal hall.

A team of concerned local residents went door-to-door to get signatures and by last count there were more than 1,630 from their efforts alone. Then there are the forms people dropped off at the municipal hall and those from the unions. The citizens have spoken and loudly. They do not like

the terms of the proposed 21-year deal with EPCOR and the district and they were not taking anyone’s word that it was a good deal for all.

Now what happens? First, there will have to be another short-term extension granted to EPCOR and then it will be

a decision made by council on how to proceed from here. There could be a referendum on the November ballot but this is not necessarily a given. They may opt to enter into a series of five-year agreements, which they say would end up being more expensive. Another option is to go in-house, which would certainly be more expensive, at least in the short term.

This wastewater franchise agreement is just a symptom of the dissatisfaction some of the public has for the inner workings of the municipality and council. They feel they have not been given the straight goods and this is how they reciprocate. They do not think they have had an open and transparent council and staff. Things will change at the November election and it will be interesting to see which old and new faces emerge to vie for a seat on council. The sewer franchise deal will still be an issue to deal with by whoever is sitting at the district council table.

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No, I’m having a barbeque. It’s my hus-

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We have no idea what we’re doing, we’ll probably

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Yes. This is our first year. There’s fireworks

and children’s activities so we’re excited to take

Maverick down there.

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I don’t think so. We’re moving to Saskatchewan.

Justine Faux

Something smells odd

I am one of many citi-zens of Sooke who sup-port Councillor Herb Haldane’s ongoing attempt to shine some light on what’s going on behind closed doors at town hall. Keep it up Herb.

The last two pub-lished letters in the Sooke News Mirror criti-cal of our elected coun-cilor had a particular “whiff” to them.

Could it be someone with a political agenda was whispering in the letter writer’s ear?

John BoquistSooke

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I have just read your article on “Marine Trail Holdings still holding.” I am a 71-year-old resi-dent of Victoria. I have lived in the CRD for 30 years. I have been on the board of the Victo-ria Group of the Sierra Club for 10 years.

I have been to one public meeting and two CRD directors’ meet-ings on the Marine Trail issue. I have made three recreational vis-its to parts of the Juan de Fuca coast in 2011. Each time, I saw many other people enjoying this unique resource.

The ability to have access to that coast, which is also a signifi-cant carbon sink and invaluable wildlife habi-tat, is a unique asset for the CRD. It has few if any parallels anywhere in the world. It is both a spiritual asset and an economic one. The Juan de Fuca lands are as big or bigger than the Saanich Peninsula, from Victoria to Sid-ney. To say that they are of interest only to the nearest municipali-ties is like saying that Beacon Hill Park is of interest only to the resi-dents of Cook Street Vil-lage and James Bay.

Even Mr. Hicks admits he gets floods of letters opposing the Marine Trail Holdings develop-ment and very few in support of it. However he claims overwhelm-ing local support, including that of the Pacheedaht people. At all the meetings I have attended there have been people from Shir-ley, opposing develop-ment, as well as elders from the Pacheedat who say a large major-ity of their people also oppose it.

It is clear public sen-

timent throughout the CRD is strongly opposed to development of the lands, which should be a world-class park. As wilderness, they are a unique asset whose value is beyond price. If they are ever devel-oped they will become just another roadside attraction, and once gone, they will never be restored until our civi-lization chokes on the overheated remains of the planet that is and will always be our only home in this great Uni-verse.

Caspar DavisVictoria

Backwater politics

Last Wednesday night I attended a film presen-tation at Edward Milne Community School. The event was hosted by CUPE and featured speakers Wendal Milne, Don Brown and a guest from a Victoria-based, nationally sponsored water watch coalition. For the life of me I fail to see how this film, out-lining the difficulties in managing aging multi-million dollar European water systems, has any bearing whatsoever on Sooke’s wastewater sys-tem, or for that matter, the CRD’s management of our region’s drinking water resources - both of which remain in pub-lic hands.

What I clearly saw, however, was that Wendal Milne and his cohorts have no qualms in continuing personal attacks on Sooke’s mayor and CAO, as well as denigrating the credibility of the dis-trict’s staff. Milne and his group continue to

spew the same nega-tive misinformation and confusion around the long-term plan for EPCOR’s management of the Sooke wastewa-ter system. Milne, while reiterating his plan to run for mayor, unabash-edly bragged about his group’s pleasure in dis-rupting Sooke council’s decision by soliciting enough petitions to stop the agreement from moving forward. What he fails to acknowl-edge in all this is the significant additional costs he and his band have likely imposed on Sooke, EPCOR, and the taxpayers.

His metaphor of “would you buy a fridge without getting a few prices” is absurd and simplistic. In fact, we are not buying a “fridge,” we are engag-ing in a service contract with a reputable com-pany with experience and expertise in this specialized field to run a sophisticated system.

What all this proves to me is that Milne and his blackwater coali-tion are out of touch with the growing and vibrant community of Sooke. Furthermore, with this constant nasty, fear-mongering U.S. style of campaign-ing, I am convinced of one thing: I can not in good conscience sup-port Milne or any mem-ber of his coalition for positions of responsi-bility in the upcoming municipal elections.

Steve ShorttSooke

Opinions valued

During the last few weeks we had the

privilege of travelling through the various neighbourhoods in Sooke, armed with peti-tions and our belief in a cause.

There is always a bit of anxiety when one agrees to join a door-knocking campaign. However, from the first evening it was clear we were speaking to the converted. Folks were informed, had given the matter some thought, and thanked us for bringing the petitions to their door.

We interrupted their meals, their chores, their gardening, their television, and their quiet time at day’s end. We got them out of bed, set their dogs barking and their cats scur-rying. Through it all, whether they agreed with us or not, folks were gracious and wel-coming.

As we gathered at the end of each day, we would share thoughts of neighbourhoods new to us; of streets filled with laughing, happy young-sters; and of that spe-cial feeling that comes from knowing that you are doing something worthwhile.

Now it is time to thank everyone, on either side of this issue, for taking the time to share their opinions, and to be part of the democratic process.

Gail HallSooke

Clear cut preferable

I am sorry Mr. Hicks sees the Dogwood Ini-tiative as the principal opponent of the Marine Trail Holdings appli-

cation to rezone their seven properties along-side 16 km of the Juan de Fuca Trail.

It is also opposed by the Protect Our Parks Alliance with over 11,000 members, The Sierra Club, Sea to Sea Greenbelt Soci-ety, Jordan River Steer-ing Committee, Alpine Club of Canada, For-est Action Network, the Wilderness Com-mittee, Jordan River Community Associa-tion, the BCGEU, CUPE, Victoria Labour Coun-cil, UVic Sustainability Project, UVic Student Society, Victoria Coali-tion Against Poverty, and the Committee to End Homelessness as well as numerous hik-ing groups that include The Wednesday Won-derers, Thursday Thrashers, Eccentrics, Victoria Outdoor Club and the UVic Outdoors Club. A telephone poll of the residents of Port Renfrew, Jordan River and Shirley showed that a massive major-ity opposes this appli-cation.

All of us, and many hundreds of individ-ual letter writers, are strongly opposed to this rezoning which, if approved, would:

1. Violate the Regional Growth Strategy that does not anticipate or permit development on the scale of the pro-posed project,

2. irrevocably com-promise the purpose of a Class A Provincial Park and the wilder-ness values it was cre-ated to protect, and

3. establish a prec-edent for further spot development and sprawl in this rural area.

All these outcomes are unacceptable. Even clear-cutting, as threat-ened, would be pref-erable as trees would grow back, a future that would be impossible if this massive resort is approved. Seven buildings, as presently allowed, would be bet-ter than 266.

John HasellVictoria

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Lyle Attfield sits in a camping chair surrounded by “extinguish the HST” signs on the lawn in front of Evergreen Centre. He has been a volunteer for the vote yes campaign for two years.

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To the 2011 grad class

Congratulations on your accomplishments! Your years of schooling have taken you to the cusp of a lifelong jour-ney of discovery. Your potential is there for you to tap into, and we are excited to see the future that you craft for yourselves. You have concluded a chapter in your lives that have prepared you to write new chapters of bigger and better things. That is truly something to celebrate.

As you celebrate your achievements, it is important to remem-ber that it was your ability to think that got you to where you are now. As you prepare to celebrate, please make sure you do not abandon those thought processes that have allowed you to succeed thus far.

We saw how alcohol can destroy communi-ties and lives. We saw this during the Stan-ley Cup riot, in which alcohol-fuelled people made terrible decisions which have resulted in public humiliation. The consequences from these actions will haunt their lives forever.

We are also saddened by the stabbing death of a grade 11 student who was attending an “after grad” party in Penticton. These are two separate tragedies where youths gathered to “celebrate” ended with absolutely horrific

results. What common thread do they share? Alcohol.

Here in Sooke, the community has responded by leading through example and choosing to abstain from using this drug ourselves for the entire month. In so doing, we have passed up the consumption of alco-hol at birthday parties, anniversaries, retire-ments, barbecues, etc., and sent you the mes-sage that we support you in celebrating with-out alcohol.

You have been cel-ebrating occasions without alcohol since you were born. Now, as the time approaches to celebrate, remem-ber it was your ability to think that got you to where you are.

Enjoy your gradua-tion and reflect upon everything that it means, and where it will lead you. But please, know that the commu-nity is behind you, and remember to celebrate without the use of alco-hol.

Cpl. Scott HilderleySooke

Trouble in tourism

Every year for 10 years there has been some major occurrence that stifles tourism, and it continues.

First it was 9-11 in 2001. No flying, no travel. Then in rapid succession, came SARS,

Mad Cow, forest fires, recession, exchange rates, HST, and now in 2011 the riots in Van-couver.

The final straw for my type of tourism offer-ings in Kayak Mother-ship in the Queen Char-lottes and kermode bear expeditions in the Great Bear Rain Forest was for the Olympic committee to choose the numbnuts Inuk-shuk symbol over the kermode bear as logo of the 2010 Olympics. Those rocks have abso-lutely nothing to do with British Columbia but the kermode (white spirit bear) is indig-enous to B.C. where there are only 50~80 of them on the Earth and right here in B.C.

It could have been real beneficial to us operators to use the kermode bear as logo for the Olympics. So that was very disap-pointing.

But now an even big-ger deterrent to tour-ism has happened with the HST. Previously we were exempt PST and now we have to add on 7 per cent more and

it absolutely kills the business. If there were ever a chance for profit it would go to the gov-ernment instead. Nail in the coffin. The only res-urrection would be to continue the previous exemption. My char-ters are dead.

When presenting the tab for sushi to foreign-ers I apologize for the outrageous amount of tax. It’s embarrassing. Businesses hope to operate with a 15 per cent profit margin but with 12 per cent to gov-ernment leaves nothing for us.

Every year, I say every year, something hap-pens to interfere with tourism. It’s almost like standing back and say-ing what’s next? Riots in Vancouver. Thanks a lot. I give up. Anybody want to buy a couple very special boats?

“Capt Ralph” - Ralph Hull

Sooke

Running for council

Are growth tensions in Sooke the result of taxes that are too low? One would think so, given the current solu-tion to wasteful spend-

ing is a never-ending string of tax increases year over year. My taxes are up 32 per cent since this administration was brought in.

That has prompted me to get in the game and run for council in November. My platform is simple – less tax, and my pet project is a long-standing grievance in the community – Har-bourview Road access to our four community lakes.

On both the tax issue and Harbourview the worn-out response from the administra-tion is consistently “we can’t do anything about it.”

I don’t accept that. I have been a self-em-ployed businessman for nearly 30 years, and in that period I have found there is precious little that I can’t do any-

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thing about. As councillor, I think

I will bring a lot to the District of Sooke. I’m one of the 12 per cent of men who are full-time dads, and my bona fides include seven (going on eight) chil-dren, a Master’s degree in professional commu-nications, director of the South Island Recre-ation Association, tech-nical writer, home-stay provider for foster kids and international stu-dents, Shriner, happy owner of a sailboat, and the unhappy owner of an off-highway vehicle.

As a businessman I learned a long time ago how to navigate finan-cial statements, develop (and keep to) budgets, handle my own legal matters, and deal with the public. I’m a profes-sional project manager with a lot of teamwork experience. The inter-cultural component of my degree specialized in First Nations, and the applied part equipped me with specific exper-tise in the Community Charter, Local Govern-ment Act, law, and pub-lic policy.

Come November, I will hopefully get the chance to say, “Our plan is to do more with less tax. Now go ahead, take the kids to the lake.”

Terrance MartinSooke

Sooke has vandals too

To the vandals who think it is fun to throw eggs at our home. For

the fourth time, my husband has had to climb onto our roof to remove broken eggs from second storey windows. My husband has a heart condition. How would you feel if he had a heart attack on the roof? Would it still be funny if he fell?

This is happening at about 10 p.m. at night. Do you know where your kids are at that time of night or don’t care? They must be immature kids who need parental care. If they are older teenag-ers I would hope they would know better.

It is no longer funny and the RCMP have been informed.

I am afraid to sign this, God knows what they would do next if they thought we had called and complained to the RCMP. A long time resident and tax-payer of Sooke.

Valerie and Gordon Mills

Sooke

To the people of Sooke

Last week I was issued an Immediate Roadside Prohibition under the Government of British Columbia’s Superinten-dent of Motor Vehicles’ administrative sanction program. Although this is not a criminal offence, and nothing like this has occurred before in

my life, and although these IRP’s generally are not public, I want to write this letter to the people of Sooke.

I am riddled with guilt, shame, and sor-row. I can only offer my deepest and sincere apology to the RCMP, my Council and staff, and to the fine resi-dents of Sooke. It was a single act of stupidity and I accept full respon-sibility.

Apologies are often just words on paper. I need to act. Therefore, I have contacted Corp. Scott Hilderley and S./ Sgt. Stephen Wright (RCMP) and offered my services in promoting “Dry Grad Month” and other programs aimed at addressing this seri-ous societal problem.

Again, I am terribly sorry and I humbly ask for your understanding and forgiveness.

Evan Parliament Sooke

Providing clarity

What is the District of Sooke? The District of Sooke is the adminis-tration’s employees, the elected representatives of the people and the community’s residents. All together at the same time… We are the Dis-trict of Sooke. Tell us what you want. Tell us what you need.

Be confident in our wonderful process of

law and order. Enjoy living in a democratic nation, in a democratic municipality. We do great things and the proposed sewer fran-chise agreement is such that it is one of the great things. The process we used to get where we are was wholesome and inclu-sive. Every question we get, we answer… and our “real, hard, provable” numbers are being ignored to the point it is unwhole-some. When I say being ignored, I mean wrong information is being used in our community to stir things up. This is distressing the fabric of our municipal adminis-trative process.

What can we do? The District of Sooke Direc-tor of Finance, Sue-Lin Tarnowski, said the following so well that I want to share it with the community. We were talking about direction and Sue-Lin said people need to hear, “Take the challenge ... offer your-self up... be a part of the solution. Imagine the collective good that can be achieved in the community with mutual

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This Saturday, July 2, the Sooke Folk Music

Society is delighted to be bringing Sue Medleyback for a return visit to our Concert Seriesstage. Sue was very well received the last time she was here.

Sue Medley’s musical interests began at age nine when she acquireda drum set. At age 12, she took up guitar andbegan writing songs. By 15 she had goneprofessional as part of an acoustic duo. In thelate ‘80’s she released two independent sin-gles, Cryin’ Over You and Angel Tonight. Bythen she had made an appearance at theBig Valley Jamboree in Saskatchewan and received a nomina-tion for the Vista (Ris-ing Star) Award at the 1989 Canadian Coun-try Music Awards. The notoriety led to hersigning with Polygram Canada and a self-titleddebut CD in 1990. On the heels of the singlesDangerous Times and

Love Thing, she toured North America the rest of the year includ-ing dates with Bob Dylan. She simultane-ously became nationalspokesperson for ‘Ride For Sight,’ a charityto raise funds for the blind. She would writethe charity’s theme song, Born To Ride, in1991 with former Bryan

Adams partner Jim Vallance. Her second album, Inside Out, was released in 1992, and continued her radio assault with a handful ofadditional singles and a support tour with thelikes of Tom Cochrane and 54.40 put her backin the limelight. The single When The StarsFall became a hit on

album radio and reach-ing #2 on The Record’s chart (being locked outof #1 only by U2). She toured with Kim Mitch-ell and even hooked up with Bob Dylan on a few dates. In October, 1992 she was invited by John Mellencamp to participate in the Bob Dylan Tribute at Madi-son Square Gardens.

Her third album, however, would not beforthcoming following a two-year dispute withher record label. She retreated, wrote andrecorded much of the material for her come-back release, Velvet Morning, which cameout in February, 2000 on Egg Records. She was named West Coast Music Award Song-writer of the Year,

Female Vocalist of theYear (three times). She has won just aboutevery music award out there. Four of her songswere featured on the hit TV series Dawson’s Creek.

Medley is now back home in the Comox Val-ley after years of tour-ing and performing all over the world. “It’s been a great ride,” says Medley, “but I felt it wasthe right time to return home, connect withfamily and friends and re-establish my roots.”

For 10 years she taught voice and guitarto young aspiring musi-cians in Los Angeles.Now she brings that experience with herto share with young students here on the Island. “It’s so reward-

ing, watching youngpeople grow, not only musically but in devel-oping self-confidence.” Sue adds. “I think I getas much satisfaction out of it as the kids doand I’m enjoying the opportunity to teach young people the gift of music here in the Comox Valley.”

Sue currently has 19students.

Sue continues to per-form as a solo artist and has been performingjazz with the Georgia Strait Big Band and onthe flip-side a 13-piece dance band whichconsists of two other female vocalists, calledTime Well Wasted.

“We do everythingfrom Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Eurythmics. It’s so much fun to re-

visit those old songs.“I have taken on a

new role this year asthe Volunteer Coordi-nator for the Filberg Festival and Lodge. I’ll also be performing atthe Festival Friday, July 29 at 3:30 and July 31 at 1:30. I’m really looking forward to returning to Sooke, it was one of the highlights of my year...such an attentive and warm audience.”

Please join us for an extraordinary eve-ning of music with this incredibly talented lady, this Saturday, July 2 at Holy Trinity AnglicanChurch. Doors at 7:30 p.m., with the concert starting at 8. Advance tickets are available atShoppers Drug Mart.

Contributed by Dave Gallant

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTARTS & ENTERTAINMENTRocker Sue Medley returns to Sooke for another gig

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Sue Medley brings it to Sooke on July 2.

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June 28, 2006House on Horne

Road goes up inflames

Ralph Hull lost yearsof memories after his vacation rental homeat 6669 Horne Road burnt to the ground lastWednesday,

The Sooke and Otter Point Fire Departments responded to the callat 2:05 p.m. and fought the fire for well overfive hours.

“It was difficult, reallytough due to the extent of the fire -- the winddidn’t help, and it was a hot day,” said Deputy Fire Chief Steve Sorenson.

There is no evidenceof arson and the cause is undetermined at this point,although SorensEn called the fire “suspicious.”

June 30, 2004Queen Alexandra

Foundation opens new youth centre

Described as a “one-spot-stop” for services related to youngsters,teens and families, the Sooke Child, Youth andFamily Centre was offi-

cially opened.“No doubt this centre

will change the worldfor many children in Sooke,” said LoriMesser, chairwoman of the Sooke Cooperative Association of Service Agencies.

The 12,000 sq. ft. $2.6 million dollar facility was built by the Queen Alexandra Foundation,who also raised the money to purchasethe land and equip the building.

The centre houses

eight social serviceagencies, including the Ministry of Childrenand Family Develop-ment and VancouverIsland Health Author-ity.

June 24, 1998Historic French

Beach home demol-ished

An iconic house on the French Beach Pro-vincial Park property was demolished lastweek.

The land it was builton was originally pur-

chased by explorerJames French in 1885. It is slated to be re-devel-oped as a group camp-site.

“We’ll put up a shel-ter with a few stoves,” said area supervisor Don McLaren. “It’ll expand the camping in this area.”

The project should be done in a fewmonths, and will be the first group campsite inthe park, he said.

Dode French, descen-dant of James, was pres-

ent during the demoli-tion.

He had spent manychildhood days in the house built in 1920.

“There’s a touch of sadness to see it go,”said French.

June 29, 1994Juan de Fuca Trail

displaces Sombrio squatters

Sooke’s fringe com-munity living on Som-brio Beach may soon be given the boot.

The province plans on reclaiming the stretchof waterfront property as part of the new Juande Fuca Marine Trail. That means that theshacks and makeshift tarp homes will likelybe gone by this time next year.

Local MLA Rick Kasper said circum-stances are causing the province to make this transition slowly, giv-ing Sombrians plenty of time to sort out their future.

“Nobody’s advocat-ing confrontation. It’s going to resolve itself,” Kasper said. “There’s no need to get emo-tional about things.”

June 25, 1986The Sooke News

Mirror visits ExpoThe Northwest Ter-

ritories pavilion standsout among the rest at Expo 86 looking like a giant blue iceberg.

At the entrance is a 12-foot Inukshuk, a tra-ditional Inuit device toorient travelers in the bleak northern land-scape.

The NWT pavilion is considered one of the “sleepers” of Expo andattracts long lineups of people waiting patiently

to get in.Inside the pavilion

are several interesting exhibits relating to the adaptiveness of tradi-tional native life in the face of modern indus-trial development.

Other exhibitsfocus on more tradi-tional aspects of Inuitand Dene life with an emphasis on the meansof Aboriginal transpor-tation before the com-ing of the qualaquat (white man).

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The Saturday Country Market has more than just produce. Five-year-old Tessachecks out a chess set made on an oldwooden ironing board. Art and crafts are for sale along with the food stuffsand plants. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturdayat Otter Point Road and Eustace Road.

Summer reading clubKids! Join for the Summer

Reading Club at the Sooke Library Branchand read your way to prizes and fun! You’ll get your very own reading club package containing a reading record, stickers, tat-toos, chances to win prizes and play onlinegames.

Registration for allprograms begins June 29 for kids ages 5-10.To register, call 250-642-3022.

To learn more, visit www.kidssrc.ca

Free Summer Read-ing Club programs:

Going Bananas: A Silly Storytime for Pre-schoolers, Thurs., July 14, 2-2:45 p.m. Sooke Public Library, 2065 Anna Marie Road.

Play with your food: A Tasty Storytime for Kids, Thurs., July 21,

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.Food, Farms and Fun:

A Drop-in Family Story-time Thurs., July 28.

Fun and Games Galore: A Drop-in Fam-ily Program Thurs., Aug. 11, 2– 4 p.m.

Tantalizing Tid-bits: Summer Fun for Tweens, Tues., Aug.16, 2-3 p.m.

Sooke’s Summer Reading Club Wraps Upwith a Whiz Bang! Fri., Aug. 19, 2– 3 p.m.

2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke

Phone: 250-642-1634 Fax: 250-642-0541

email: info@sooke.cawebsite: www.sooke.ca

Notice of Annual Meeting (pursuant to s. 99(3) of the Community Charter)

The 2011 Annual Municipal Report was made available for public inspection on June 27th, 2011 and copies were made available on the municipal website (www.sooke.ca) and at the municipal offi ce.

The Annual Report will include:the municipality's audited annual fi nancial statements for 2010; • a statement of objectives and measures that will be used as the •

basis for determining the municipality's performance during 2011 & 2012;

a list of the permissive tax exemptions for 2010• a report on the municipality's services and operations for 2010; • a progress report on the performance of the municipality with •

respect to established objectives and measures for 2010; the details of any declarations of disqualifi cation made against •

individual council members during 2010.

Municipal Council will consider the 2011 Annual Municipal Report and submissions and questions from the public at an Annual Meeting to be held:

In the Council Chambers 2205 Otter Point Road

On Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm

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Q. Do you offer a walk in service?

A. Yes we do! Walk in services are services that

can be done in a 1/2 hour or less. An appointment

is preferred but not required, but please be prepared

to wait a few extra minutes if you don’t have an

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Face trim, Bum trim, and Foot trim. With our Posh

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Q: Can I defer my property taxes?

A: Yes - the British Columbia Property Tax Deferment Program is a loan program

that allows you to defer your annual property taxes on your home if you meet certain

criteria. To qualify, you must meet criteria as outlined below:

You are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has lived in British Colombia

for at least one year immediately prior to applying for tax deferment benefi ts and be:

- 55 years or older during that calendar year (only one spouse must be 55 or older),

- a surviving spouse, or

- a person with a disability

You must have, and maintain, a minimum equity of 25% of the current BC

Assessment value (other appraised values are NOT accepted), after deduct-

ing the UPPER limit of all outstanding mortgages, lines of credit and other

charges on your home. There is a one-time administration fee of $60 for a

new approved agreement and a $10 annual renewal fee for approved renew-

als. You do not need to send payment with your application - these fees are

added to the deferment account.

Q. What does the Sooke Literacy Project do, exactly?

A. The purpose of the Sooke Region Literacy Project is to build

community and help people in the Sooke Region achieve the

sense of empowerment that goes along with literacy. So what do

we actually do? Sometimes our literacy work provides fi nancial

assistance to an existing community program to reduce barriers

to participating. Our work may involve supporting literacy

programs by helping them buy books and materials. Other

times, we talk to people offering community programs to help

them add a literacy component to what they already do. We also

do research in our community to determine what programs we

need to create or bring in in order to make sure the needs of all

our citizens are met.

Jodie McDonald 250-580-2252

Literacy Outreach CoordinatorSooke Region, Vancouver Island

info@sookeliteracy.ca

Questions and Answers

from Sooke

P R O F E S S I O N A L SP R O F E S S I O N A L S

Car Care “Musts” You Don’t Want to Skip (Tire Tread)

WHY: The four points where the rubber meets the road are the only things that

stand between you and an accident. In wet or snowy road conditions, having

good tires with suffi cient tread depth is crucial. Worn tires with inadequate

tread are much more likely to hydroplane on wet pavement or lose traction in

the snow, resulting in a loss of braking power and steering control.

WHEN: Check the tread depth of your car’s tires whenever it appears low.

Insert a penny upside down into a tire groove. If you can see above the Queen’s

crown at any point, you have less than 3/32” tread, and you should replace

the tire. Uneven or excessive wear of the tire tread may indicate the need

for suspension repair or wheel alignment, both of which will extend the life

of your tires. (Note you’ll need to use the older pennies; the newer pennies

portray Queen Elizabeth without her crown.)

BOTTOM LINE: Driving a vehicle with low tread depth puts you at serious

risk for a crash. To slow the wear on your tires, be sure to take care of

suspension repairs or wheel alignments as needed.

Q. Are you getting involved in this media thing?

A. Well, if we don’t, we’ll likely get left behind! We

are on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Email is still

there, we have I Phones (which are really computers

with a phone attached) and we have a brand new ‘Web

Site’ www.northernstar.ca and we have also signed on

with www.gasfi tter.ca/sooke So, if you’re lost, look for

the Northern Star. But, be sure to look in ‘all the right

places’. Or, just use the ‘good ole phone’ 250-642-4499

or Kel’s cell at 250-883-4349. We live here!

Lost? Look for the Northern Star for direction……

We sell ‘Peace of Mind’

Q. Freehold or Leasehold?

A. A Freehold or Fee Simple interest in land gives the owner full use and control of the land and the buildings on it for an indefi nite period of time subject only the rights of the Crown, local land-use bylaws, and any other restrictions in place at the time of purchase. Leasehold Title gives the holder the right to use and occupy the land and buildings for a defi ned period of time.

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Q. What is your best choice - Mortgage Insurance or Life Insurance?

A. A mortgage on a home is one of the largest debts incurred by most Cana-

dians and needs to be taken very seriously. So is the type of insurance one

puts on that debt. Here are three main differences to help educate you: With

mortgage insurance, if you die, the outstanding balance of your mortgage

balance will be paid to the bank. When you own a personal life insurance

policy, the life insurance value is paid to the person(s) of your choice.

For example, on a $500,000 mortgage—as a 40 year old male—you

would be paying about $100/month for mortgage insurance (not in-

cluding disability). For a personal, 20-year-term life insurance poli-

cy, you would pay about $60 for that much coverage (non-smoker).

Thirdly, although you pay the same premium throughout the life of your

mortgage, the balance payable is decreasing. With life insurance, the

insurance payout value remains the same as you originally purchased.

respect and trust.”To use a loud wrong

number to grab peo-ple’s attention, is a guerrilla tactic. 87 per cent is a number – I see the real number as 40 per cent or with everything else extra that was asked for... 89 per cent. Extras are the new things wanted that were not originally a part of the agreement. There — that’s clar-ity. Please remember the real number is 40 per cent and any more was a choice of coun-cil after due diligence. Please read the District of Sooke What’s New bulletins re: Proposed Wastewater Franchise Agreement. www.sooke.ca

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Sooke

Diversity in opposition

As one of the peo-ple portrayed in the photo with your article “Marine Trail Holdings still holding,” Sooke News Mirror, June 22, 2011, (front row, sec-ond from left) I was bemused by Director Hicks’s description of resort opponents as the Dogwood Initiative army “eating peanut butter and jelly sand-wiches until school starts in the fall.”

The photo speaks for itself. It shows the diversity of people — young, old and in between — who care about the Juan de Fuca

Park and the green belt in the Regional District. They are affiliated with any number of groups; Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee among others, or none at all.

Sierra Club support-ers alone sent over 600 letters to the CRD and/or the provincial gov-ernment opposing the resort.

Sierra Club BC’s local group volunteers have been to every meet-ing and public hear-ing since February and we intend to continue. The process has been protracted and burden-some for people who also have work and family obligations. But we’re hanging in there because we know that this is not just a local issue and not just about Marine Trail Holdings. It’s about saying no to creeping sprawl and yes to protecting the irreplaceable beauty on our doorstep; yes to sustainable livelihoods and regional gover-nance where decisions affecting the whole region are made by all municipalities and elec-toral areas.

Ana SimeonVictoria

MOU not understood

At Director Hicks’s suggestion, I listened to the CRD Board debate before their vote on the Memorandum of Under-standing between the JDF Electoral Area and the District of Sooke. The Sooke News Mirror account is misleading.

The Juan de Fuca Electoral Area is gov-erned by the CRD Board. Members are expected make informed deci-sions based on due diligence to achieve a good understanding of the issues. Even at the level of a non-profit community society, a director is obligated to use his or her profes-sional skills in doing that job. A good com-munity board has a mix of people with various skills or is willing and able to consult with others before making a decision. If people don’t ask for more informa-tion when they need it, they aren’t doing their

jobs. When debating the

JDF-Sooke MOU, a director asked why Metchosin wasn’t involved since Metcho-sin also boarders the JDF Electoral Area. I don’t remember Mayor Ranns saying anything.Mayor Finall, who has legal training, suggested that an MOU is not the correct legal format for the agreement. She said an MOU is usu-ally between staff. A different kind of agree-ment is used between elected representa-tives. Director Hicks offered to have the document rewritten.Ultimately, the majority of the Board seemed to think the purpose of the document was clear enough that future legal problems were not likely. They voted to accept it as written.

The two votes against

the MOU by no means illustrate “an illness” in the CRD. The fact that the Sooke News Mirror report includes Mayor Ranns on the list of Directors who “challenged” the MOU and does not give any idea as to why the two Directors were opposed does illustrate a prob-lem. The readers also have to vote on issues and also need good information.

Heather PhillipsOtter Point

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Starts at 1 p.m. at the Starts at 1 p.m. at the Sooke Flats. Fireworks Sooke Flats. Fireworks at 10:30 p.m. Other at 10:30 p.m. Other festivities include:festivities include:craft fair, adult bingo, craft fair, adult bingo, games, kids zone, games, kids zone, karaoke, loggers’ karaoke, loggers’ sports demo and sports demo and live entertainment live entertainment by the Soul Shakers.by the Soul Shakers. Visit canadadaysooke.ca Visit canadadaysooke.ca for details.for details.

Sat.Sat.July 2July 2

COUNTRY MARKET COUNTRY MARKET

Today on Otter Point Today on Otter Point Road at Eustace.Road at Eustace.

Mon.Mon.July 4July 4

HAPPY 4TH OF JULYHAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Look across the Strait Look across the Strait and you might catch a and you might catch a glimpse of fi reworks from glimpse of fi reworks from our southern nieghbours.our southern nieghbours.

Sun.Sun.July 3July 3

ENJOY YOUR LONG ENJOY YOUR LONG WEEKEND WEEKEND Take a stroll on the Take a stroll on the boardwalk, have a picnic, boardwalk, have a picnic, or go for a dip at the pot or go for a dip at the pot holes. Drive safely -- kids holes. Drive safely -- kids are done school!are done school!

Tues.Tues.July 5July 5

YOUTH CLINICYOUTH CLINIC at Harbour Family at Harbour Family Medical Clinic – 4-7 p.m. Medical Clinic – 4-7 p.m. 250-642-4233250-642-4233

CONTRACT BRIDGECONTRACT BRIDGE

1 p.m. Sooke Community 1 p.m. Sooke Community HallHall

All Community events which purchase a display ad will now appear in our current community event calendar at no charge. All FREE EVENTS will be listed at no charge. Space permitting.

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DAYCARE

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NEW STORE OPENING Victoria, BC

STORE ASSOCIATES

This is Rosa.

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Come meet our Store Manager and discover why a career with

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JULY 5, 6 & 7 9AM - 7PM

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

BINGOBonanzas, Cracker

Jack, Regular games

Every Tuesday & Thursday

12:45 - 3:00 pm

Drop-In Centreacross from Petrocan

on Sooke Rd in downtown Sooke

Reasonably priced lunch available

Must be 19 yrs 250-642-6898

for more info

SOOKE SENIOR BUS2 Tickets-

Fiddler on the Roof. Chemainus Theatre.

Sun. July 10th. Seats & Buffet Lunch- $56.60 each. Bus $16. Leaves Hall 9:30am.

250-642-1521

INFORMATION.

CHI RESOURCE Inventory website :www.sookeregionresources.com

CONTACT LOAN Cupboard call 250-389-4607. Need a ride? Call 250-389-4661.

JUAN DE FUCA Emergency Program Offi ce: 250-642-2266 Co-ordinators Homes: 250- 642-3772. Cellular: 250-883-0607. Email: jdfemerg@te-lus.net. Provincial Contact: 1-800-663-3456

SOOKE CRISIS & Referral Centre, 2043 Church Rd. Open 10am-1pm, Mon.-Fri. 250-642-0215.

SOOKE MEALS on Wheels, Box 109, Sooke, BC V9Z 0E5. Alma Anslow 250-642-2184.

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LEGALS

NOTICE: Ferny’s Autobody, 728 Pembroke St, Victoria, BC, V8T1H8, is selling a partially-re-stored 1990 Chrysler Lebaron 2-door convertible #IC3BJ45KOLG499213 owned by Jason Rogers for $2000 OBO to re-cover costs. Sale time: July 8, 2011 10am-2pm at above address.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PERSONALS

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TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

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CHILDREN

DAYCARE CENTERS

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FAMILY DAYCAREOpening September 2011,

or sooner!! Located in Colwood on

Triangle Mountain, just off Sooke Road. 6:30am-5pm,

Monday -Friday. Call Chrissie @

778-433-2056

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BE YOUR own boss with Great Canadian Dollar Store. New franchise opportunities in your area. Call 1-877-388-0123 ext. 229 or visit our web-site: www.dollarstores.com

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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AUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for Journeyman Welders, $31. to $35. per hour. 2nd/3rd year apprentices, hourly rate based on experience. Full benefi ts af-ter 90 days. Profi t sharing semi-annual after 90 days. Full-time career minded indi-viduals preferred. This job is located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 10 minutes from Lloydminster. Send resume to: joe@autotanks.ca or call ATM at 780-846-2231 to set up an interview.

CITY OF Yellowknife Life-guard/Instructor Come join the adventure in the Diamond Capital of North America! The City of Yellowknife is currently seeking an enthusiastic and qualifi ed individual to assume the position of Lifeguard/In-structor at the Ruth Inch Me-morial Pool in Yellowknife. The City offers an attractive salary of $54,270 $63,652 plus hous-ing allowances and relocation assistance. For more informa-tion on this position and the qualifi cations required, please refer to the City of Yellowknife’ s web page at: www.yellow-knife.ca or contact Human Re-sources at (867)920-5603. Submit resumes in confi dence no later than 4:30 p.m., on July 8, 2011, quoting competi-tion #602-127U to: Human Re-sources Division, City of Yel-lowknife, P.O. Box 580, YK, NT, X1A 2N4; Fax: 867-669-3471 or hr@yellowknife.ca

LOGGING Manager Logging man-ager/supervisor required for busy Vancouver Island logging and road building company. Must have mini-mum 15 years experience, and su-pervisory experience, in all aspects of coastal logging and road building A challenging full time opportunity for the correct individual. For further information contact by e mail only, with resume and salary expecta-tions, to; bclogpro@hotmail.com

CHILDCARE AVAILABLE

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NEW CAREER opportunities with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. We are seeking enthusiastic self-starters for newly devel-oped positions at our Grande Prairie and Prince George auction facility. Equipment Manager - Grande Prairie & Equipment Inspector - Prince George. To learn more, please visit our careers website at: www.rbauction.com/careers.

TECHS LIVE Large in West-ern Canada! Go Auto has 23 dealerships/18 brands. Jour-neymen can earn $120K+. Specialists can earn $150K+. Full benefi ts. Investment Pro-gram. Moving/training/tool al-lowances. Apply now! careers@goauto.ca or www.goauto.ca.

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CHILDCARE

SUNRIVER CHILDCARECentre has openings for 3-5yrs. 250-642-0608 Bonnie/Tracy

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid if qualifi ed- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

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Director of Resident CareA Complex Care facility in the warm Cowichan Valley is seeking a Director of Resi-dent Care. Lead our care team with your passion and expertise. As a forward thinker you will be supported in your geriatric best practice initiatives. A degree in nurs-ing with 5 years of progres-sive career advancement is required. A degree in a relat-ed healthcare fi eld will be considered. We are offering a competitive salary and benefi ts package. Fax your resume in confi dence by July 6th, 2011 to 250-737-2112

FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME class 1 or 3 drivers for

night work. Part-time approx 20hrs/wk.

Clean drivers abstract required.

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GIFT BASKET

Newcomers to Sooke

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Judy 250-642-2268

New Moms:

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Bonanzas, Cracker Jack, Regular gamesEvery Tuesday & Thursday12:45 - 3:00 p.m.NEW LOCATIONNEW LOCATION

SENIORSDROP-IN CENTRE

Fireman’s LoungeSooke Municipal Hall2205 Otter Point Rd.

Reasonably pricedLunch available

Must be 19 years

250-642-6898for more info

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CLARK’S HOME RENOVATIONS(Family Owned & Operated Business)

Offi ce: 250-642-5598 Cell: 250-361-8136

• B.C. Business Licence • City Licence • WCB • Liability InsuranceFall Arrest Training & Equipment

Free Estimates Senior Discounts

Service InstallationTubs, Surround, Sinks,

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Hot Water Tanks

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Are you a Small Business Owner ?or

Do you Work for a Small Business or Non-Profi t Organization?

ASPECT’s Targeted Skills Shortage Program (TSSP) is focused on helping

small businesses provide training for their eligible low skilled workers

to a maximum of $1500.

If your small business or non-profi t organization is in one of the four targeted industries (Manufacturing, Transportation/

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Sectors), the Targeted Skills Shortage Program (TSSP) may assist your eligible staff gain

valuable training and certifi cation.To fi nd out more, visit http://www.aspect.

bc.ca/tssp or call one of the local training coordinators today!

Coordinator for Victoria, West Shore and Sooke: Michael Stephen

at Worklink at 250 478-9525 or email him mstephen@worklink.bc.ca

Coordinator for Saanich, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Island: Rose Hunter at

Beacon Community Services at 250 595-6626or email her rhunter@beaconcs.ca

Funding provided through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Agreement

HELP WANTED

JOE’S AUTOBODY REPAIR in Prince Rupert, BC. Current-ly has an opening for a Colli-sion Autobody Technician. Must be a team player for this relaxed and friendly,but hard working atmosphere. Wages and moving expenses nego-tiable. Email resume to:joesauto@citytel.net Fax: 250-627-4702. Call: 250-624-1795

LEMARE GROUPEXECUTIVE ADMINISTRA-

TIVE ASSISTANTThe Lemare Group is currently seeking an Executive Adminis-trative Assistant for their Port McNeill Offi ce, which is locat-ed on Northern Vancouver Is-land.Responsibilities:•Managing Calendars•Coordinating Travel Arrange-ment•Process correspondence, re-ports and other documents•Maintain confi dential records and offi ce fi lesQualifi cations:•Previous executive/adminis-trative experience•Excellent oral & written skills•Microsoft Offi ce fl uency is mandatoryThis position is a full time per-manent position with a com-petitive compensation pack-age based on experience.Lemare will accept resumes by email or fax. Please email your response to: offi ce@le-mare.ca or fax 250-956-4888.

SOOKE NEWS MIRRORREQUIRES

CARRIER FOR FULL TIME ROUTE.

Call Joan250-642-5752

THE SOOKE NEWS Mirror cautions readers about send-ing money to obtain informa-tion about any employment opportunities

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

HELP WANTED

SUNRIDGE PLACE is current-ly recruiting therapists (O.T., P.T.) Dietitian, RCAs, LPNs, RNs, Recreation, Support Ser-vice and Offi ce staff. Please visit our web-page & e-mail re-sumes to apply@sunridge-place.ca or fax 250.748.8388 or drop off in person. Ac-ceptable TB screening test and CRC required. We look forward to hearing from you!

SUNRIVER ESTATES is look-ing for a friendly outgoing P/T hostess in their sales offi ce starting in July. The position will require approx 18 hours every other week, $15/hr, Wednesday Saturday and Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm. Some computer knowledge re-quired, apply in person with a resume today or call Blair Wa-tling at 250-361-6485. www.sunriverestates.com

The Lemare group is currently seeking contract coastal hand fallers for the North Vancouver Island area. Full time, union wages. Email re-sume to: offi ce@lemare.ca or fax 250-956-4888.

The Lemare Group is currently seeking a heavy duty me-chanic for the North Vancou-ver Island area. Full time, un-ion wages. Email resume to offi ce@lemare.ca or fax to: 250-956-4888.

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MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees Needed! Hospitals & Dr’s

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OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK

ADMINISTRATIVE assistant-Look-ing for positive, energetic hard-worker that can assist with such du-ties as:organize and maintain fi les, phone correspondence, scheduling appointments and various other of-fi ce tasks. PatrickCodere@live.com

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RETAIL

QUILTS Etc Westshore Mall Quilts Etc is looking for full and part time Sales Associates Qualifi cations *Places primary importance on de-livering superior customer service *Attracts potential customers by demonstrating excellent product knowledge; suggesting information about other products;answers ques-tions or concerns that the customer may have * Ambitious and motivat-ed to sell * Contributes to team ef-fort by accomplishing related results as needed * Previous retail experi-ence is an asset Skills/Qualifi ca-tions: Customer Service, Product Knowledge, Quality Focus, Problem Solving, Market Knowledge, Listen-ing, Phone Skills, Multi-tasking We offer a competative hourly wage - benfi ts (over 25hrs per week) and a staff discount Please drop your re-sume by our Westshore location or email to westshore@quiltsetc.com

SALES

CENTRA Windows an established, employee-owned organization with great working environment is seek-ing a Supply Only Window Sales/Window Sales Representa-tive based in our Nanaimo offi ce. This is an excellent opportunity in an established marketplace, for a motivated and individual. This is a JR sales position, that includes sell-ing new construction and renova-tion windows. Will train the right person. www.centra.ca Please for-ward resume to careers@centra.ca

TRADES, TECHNICAL

WELDERS REQUIRED imme-diately! Do All Metal Fabricat-ing- Estevan SK Apprentices, Journeymen Welders, or equivalent to perform all weld procedures in a custom manu-facturing environment. Com-petitive Wages, Benefi ts, RRSP’s & Apprenticeship Op-portunities, Temporary Staff Housing available. Apply by Email: kswidnicki@doallmetal.com or Fax: 306-634-8389.

WESTERN Forest Products Inc., Mid Island, requires a qualifi ed Stacker Operator, Grader/Bucker and Head Boomman with a Med4 ticket (or Med3 with PCOC). Boom-man must be qualifi ed in all aspects of booming (stow bundles, swifter, auger for boomsticks, deckhand on tug, stiff legs & standing booms, build sets). Please fax resume, in-cluding references, to Operations Administrator @(250) 287-8387.

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“EXPERIENCED C A R E G I V E R / C o m p a n i o n available days/evenings.” Ref-erences.250-642-7912

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GARDENER FOR HIRE

Reasonable RatesSenior Discount

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PERSONAL SERVICES

ART/MUSIC/DANCING

Don’t Forget to use your “CHILDREN’S ART

TAX CREDIT” for 2011. Up to $500.00 per child can be used for Music Lessons FREEDOM ARTS MUSIC

this Summer. Signing up now for

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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ESTHETIC SERVICES

Gel NailsNow In Sooke

Call Carrie250-664-6236250-893-5419

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTSHOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CARPENTRY

CUSTOM WOODWORK Handcrafted Doors

Decks & StairsHome Improvements

30 yrs experience GORD

250-646-2503250-880-0862

COMPUTER SERVICES

DRYWALL

GARDENING

GRASSHOPPER

LAWN CARELawn Cutting

year round

250-642-3296

HANDYPERSONS

WALT’S HANDYMAN SERVICES

Reno’s from A to ZExcellent References

250-888-2865

HAULING AND SALVAGE

ED’S HAULINGCheap disposal of

furniture, appliances, junk and what have you?

U&I type moving with covered pick-up truck.

Ed & Faye250-642-2398

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

NEW HOME WARRANTY WCB LICENSED RESIDENTIAL BUILDER

A&R HOMESGENERAL CONTRACTING

& CUSTOM FINISHING

27 YEARS EXPERIENCENEW CONSTRUCTION

FOUNDATIONS FRAMINGKITCHEN BATHROOMFENCES SUNDECKS

ADDITIONS BASEMENTSBOBCAT

RICHARD FOSTER250-888-5436 250-642-5923

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

SOOKE IRRIGATION SERVICES Sprinkler

Installations, RepairsRenovationsMaintenance

Call Ben250-818-7279

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& MOVING STORAGE

SOOKE MOVING ANDSTORAGE

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PAINTING

JN PAINTING

“WCB Insured”

Reliable/References

Interior/Exterior

“Free Estimates”

20 Years Experience

250-812-8781

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi ng@shaw.ca

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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WELDING

DRIVER ENT.

LTD.

WELDINGMobile Units +++ Steel

Sales

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PETS

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AMERICAN Bulldog Pups Pure-bred, NKC/ABA reg’d, email: ab-pups@gmail.com or call for website info: 604-794-3256

GREAT PYRENNES. Excel-lent companion, guard dogs. Ready to go.Males & Females, $600-$800. 250-642-0058

NEEDS A caring, loving home: 2 male cats (1 orange and white tabby, 5 yrs. The other black and white, 2 yrs). They are great together and get along with other animals as well as kids. We are mov-ing and unfortunately can’t take them with us. They are both fi xed and litter trained. Looking for a good home for them to share. Please call 250-208-3822 and leave a message.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

#1 CLEAN, DRY FIR $200/cord, split

& delivered.ALSO

SALMON & HALIBUT CHARTERS AVAILABLE

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HEAVY DUTY MACHINERY

SAWMILLS – Band/Chainsaw - spring sale – Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. Make money and save money In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195. www.NorwoodSaw-mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext.400OT

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NO HST, no PST, no GST. Canada Days Parking-Lot Fur-niture & Mattress Sale ‘til Mon.BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St,Sidney. buyandsave.ca

STEEL BUILDING sale... Spe-cials from $5 to $12/sq.ft.Great pricing on absolutelyevery model, width and length.Example: 30’Wx50’Lx16’H.Now $10,500. End walls in-cluded, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel Manufacturers 1-800-668-5422.

TPLANTS/NURSERY S OCK

Find the best prices and selection of boxwood and

rosemary atWren House Garden

& Shop5701 East Sooke Road

Friday to Sunday11 a.m. - 5 p.m.250-642-0874

REAL ESTATE

ACREAGE

20 ACRE Ranch ForeclosuresNear Booming El Paso, TexasWas $16,900, Now $12,900,$0 Down, take over payments,$99/mo. Beautiful views, own-er fi nancing, FREE map/pic-tures 800-755-8953.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

***ESQUIMALT LAGOON***Ocean view. .22acre. 4BR,21/2 Bath. Lge fenced garden.Wrap-around deck. $539,900.Short walk to beach, HatleyGardens, RRU forest trails,Bird sanctuary. www.bcisland-homes.com/seafi eld

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WELL-MAINTAINED HOME/ Recreational Property. 1500sq.ft, 3-bdrm 2ba, 5 acresusable timbered land, garage.A stone throw from pristineCowichan Lake. Priced to sell-$435k 250-478-2648, 250-745-3387. By appt ONLY.

HOUSES FOR SALE

EXQUISITE SANCTUARYFabulous 2.26 private acreswith creek in beautiful AlberniValley. Enchanting 3600 sq.ft.4 bedroom, 4 bathroom cus-tom built 1995 home. Out-standing 57x40 shop with ownbathroom, lots of parking. Fea-tures hardwood, tile through-out, custom cabinetry. Gasfi replaces, stove, heat and hotwater; ensuite with soaker tub. Thinking of a life stylechange? Move to Port Alberni,the Salmon Capital of theWorld!

Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this

“one of a kind” property.Asking $649,000

RE/MAX Mid Island RealtyPort Alberni, B.C.John Stilinovic250-724-4725

Toll Free 1-877-723-5660

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CUSTOMWOODWORKHANDCRAFTED DOORS

FINISH CARPENTRYDECKS & STAIRS

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS30 years experience

GENERAL CONTRACTING & CUSTOM FINISHING

27 YEARS EXPERIENCENew Construction - Foundations & FramingKitchen & Bathroom - Fences & Sun Decks

Additions & Basements - Bobcat

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NEW HOME WARRANTY WCBLICENSED RESIDENTIAL BUILDER

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Capital Regional District

Please be advised that the Public Hearing to consider adoption of Bylaw No. 3705 on June 29, 2011 at #2 – 6868 West Coast Road has been cancelled.

Notice ofPublic Hearing Cancellation

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

It is a ways off yet, but the folks who are bringing the

Subaru Sooke Triath-lon to town are pretty excited.

To add to the excite-ment of the triathlon itself, is the fact that Canada’s sports leader, TSN will be televising all the action on Sun-day, August 7.

Paul Regensburg, director of the Subaru West Triathlon Series said it was a tremen-dous accomplishment to get this network out to a small community like Sooke.

“I think it’s incredibly hard to get national coverage for any sport-ing events, especially ones in Sooke,” said Regensburg.

He said they had worked very hard to get TSN onboard and TSN was open to Sooke because of how they “pitched” the area.

“It was the west coast beauty and the visuals it would provide,” he said. “I think it’ll put Sooke on the map to be honest. When people from across the coun-try see the visuals we highlight like Whiffin Spit, West Coast Road, the new hotel, it’s going to show up really nicely on television.”

He said TSN will also do features on Sooke. Regensburg said kudos had to go to the District of Sooke and Subaru.

“Those two bodies

are the driving forces behind it as well, with-out those two groups no way TSN would come,” he said.

Laura Byrne, the dis-trict’s engineering tech-nologist / environmen-tal coordinator, said that this initiative came from an Economic Development Commis-sion (EDC) decision to try and host the Iron-man 70.5 Triathlon.

Originally $50,000 for three years was rel-egated for the Ironman, but the Ironman was not ready for Sooke in 2011.

In 2010 Lifesport came to the district and

said they would pull Vancouver coverage of the triathlon in favour of Sooke to ready Sooke for the Ironman poten-tially in 2012. The dis-trict will spend $25,000 of the Ironman bud-get of $50,000 for the Sooke Subaru Triath-lon in August. It will be earmarked for the TSN coverage.

“We get a lot of value for our money,” said Byrne.

She said a couple of 30 second commercials will be shot which can be sold to local busi-nesses and developers to recoup some of the cost. The district will

also have a lot of edito-rial control giving Sooke the opportunity to do some Sooke “branding” in the three 30-second features which will run during the hour-long coverage of the Sooke Subaru Triathlon.

“It will be broadcast to 1.2 million Canadians over the next year,” said Byrne. “The EDC and the District of Sooke both saw the economic development potential for this.”

The race will feature $15,000 in cash and prizes for the pro field and an exciting “chase” format where the pro-fessional women will

start first and the men will start later. There will be prizes and cash for the top three over-all.

Regensburg said the men and women should reach the finish line at the same time. One of the visions is to have a helicopter get shots of the runners on Whif-fin Spit.

“For a community the size of Sooke, this is a coup,” said Regens-burg.

About 500 amateur athletes of all ages will participate in the event. In addition to the race coverage, the TSN show will feature Vancouver

Olympic gold medal skier Ashleigh McIvor. McIvor tore her MCL at the X-Games and will use this race as part of her rehabilitation. In addition, Olympic gold medal coach Lance Watson will give infor-mative tips on triathlon training and explains what the athletes are experiencing on the show.

“We’re excited about the new hotel as well,” said Regensburg. They plan to centre many of the triathlon activi-ties around the hotel, like registration, race activities and a pre-race sport and wellness

trade show.For more information

on the Subaru Sooke Triathlon please visit www.triseries.ca.

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Competitors plunge into the water at Young Lake at the start of the 2010 Sooke Subaru Triathlon.

Sooke Subaru Triathlon gets TSN coverage

‘I think it’s incredibly hard to get national coverage for any sporting events, especially ones in Sooke’

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SEAPARC STAR SEAPARC STAR of theof the WEEK WEEK✪✪MOIRA HOOD Our featured star and SEAPARC employee this week is Moira Hood. Moira

has been working with us since last September and is well known to many of the youth and children in Sooke. She is one of the Leaders of our Out of School Care Program and has helped with Pro D Day Camps, Spring Break Camps and has taught our Kicks for Kids Soccer Program. Moira also runs our Saturday night Teen Drop In Centre at the Sooke Community Hall. She has met many of our local kids and is a great role model to them. She graduated from UVic’s philosophy and History programs and will soon be starting the PDP program for Education at SFU. She is looking forward to returning to school and is especially excited about a practicum program that she will be doing where she will be staying with a host family in Oaxaca, Mexico this September. Moira likes to stay active; she enjoys soccer, completed the Subaru Sooke Triathlon last year and is training to do another Triathlon this summer. She is happy that she will be leading our Adventure Camps for 5 – 7 year olds; stating that it’s right up her alley because she just adores children and plans on teaching elementary students when she’s fi nished school. We know that the children who have been in her programs here at SEAPARC really look up to Moira and enjoy being around her almost as much as she enjoys being around them. She looks forward to making some lasting summer memories with the children in her camps this summer. We thank Moira for her hard work and all that she brings to the programs here at SEAPARC.

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Sooke girls Squirt team takes gold at districts

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The Sooke Girls Squirt team played amazing this weekend at the districts in Central Saanich. They won all of their games with an outstanding lead in every match, and a win with a mercy in their final game against Langford with a score of 20-5. They are off to the provincials in Langley on July 14. The girls played with great enthusiasm and dedication and many thanks goes out to the parents for all of their support, and of course the coaches: Len Sudlow, Bruce Cummings, and Mike Maclean. Pictured above in no particular order are: Tayler Bernard, Kailee Purnell, Tanya Fogarty, Nicole Oyler, Erin Nielsen, Cassidy Childs, Lexey Dumont, Lajah Warren, Mariyah Dunn-Jones, Desiree Cumming, Alison Sudlow, Rylie Mclean, Len Sudlow, Bruce Cumming, and Mike Mclean.

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Two teams of kids went head-to-head at the first Serious Sooke Road Hockey Tournament. About 12 local youths showed up at 8 a.m. at the parking lot behind Village Food Markets to play for participation medals. Sponsored by Coast Capital Savings, Village Food Markets and the Island Sports News Network, the event was hosted by Serious Coffee Sooke. The idea came from owner Gord Doucette who was inspired by similar tournaments held in downtown Victoria. He hopes to make it a monthly competition.

Kids lace up runners for hockey tourney

WE HAD OUR BIGGEST AND BEST YEAR EVER AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR 3 MAJOR SPONSORSScott Gertsma of Sooke Home Hardware-our Pee Wee team Darrel Pollock of Handcraft Woodworks - our Atom team

Scott Logan of Village Foods multi-years-our pre - Atom team

A big thank-you to our local businesses Barb's Barber Shop, Stick in the Mud, D. Kevin Mayo Accounting, Stone Pipe Grill, Video to Go,

Sooke Odyssey Health & Fitness and a big extra thank to Paul from Sooke Subway for giving us fund-raising discount cards for coaches jackets.

To Sooke Celtic Circle Society and John and Suzanne Manley from Sooke Evergreen Physio Therapy for their kind and generous donations to help fund for kids gear. To Sooke Rotary club for their awesome donation of $2000.00 to help fund fi eld equipment for next years season. With all this

community support and generosity it will help make a better and more progressive season for Sooke youth our most important asset and our future. From the bottom of our hearts Sooke Seahawks coaches, managers and players thank-you and God Bless You All.

2011 SOOKE SEAHAWKS FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND COACHESA big thank-you to all of our players, parents, team managers, fans, volunteers a great job done by fi eld supervisor Doug Johns-Pee Wee Coaches-Tom Billings,

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How’sHow’sFishing?Fishing?

Now that anglers can take one wild chi-nook salmon over 67 cm, fishing activity on the waters in the Sooke area has picked up big time. Fish in the 20 to 35-pound range are being reported. Fish-ing the flood off Otter Point is back. Fish are being taken at the old depths of 40 to 70 feet. The tack from the point to the third rock is producing with 50 feet being the magic num-ber, with anchovy the bait of choice. On aver-age, the fish seem to be bigger this year. Seals appear to be a prob-lem around Possession Point by taking fish daily off anglers’ hook-ing up in that locale.

Port Renfrew fishing has been, to say the least, on fire either at the Swiftsure Bank or on the beach and chi-nook fishing is at its prime. Halibut fishing continues to be steady with nice catches in the 30 to 40-pound range. The Canada Day long weekend is a good time to head out to Renny. Camping at the Port Renfrew Marina or the Pacheedaht camp ground are good places

to hang out and enjoy the Renny life and the fishing is a bonus. As well, there is a good Canada Day celebration on July 1 at the beach camp.

Juan de Fuca Salmon Derby final results are: Brian Orr 40.70; John Olsen 30.50; Greg Waters 30.40; Brad Fitchett 29.70; Andrew Dawsen 28.80; Ryan Chamber-land 28.80; Alan Thom 28.80; Clay Arden 28.80; Brenda Simpson 28.50; and Quinn Pearson 27.60 rounding out the top 10.

Top Sooke finishers were John Olsen fish-ing with Skinny Banner and Bruce Butler with a 30.50. They held on to the top spot until Brian Orr took them late Sunday morning with his 40.70-pounder caught off Church Rock. According to Orr he always goes to church on Sundays, well this year it paid off big time to the tune of $30,000.

The side bet was interesting affair — the top four fish weighed in were not in the side bet making the fifth place finishers eligible for the side bet. Well, there was a tie for that

spot at 28.80. Andy Dawson, fishing with Jeff Brohman, weighed their fish in first mak-ing them the winners of a cool $16,600 jackpot. All in all the derby was another huge success with almost 700 people entered with the net

proceeds going to Pink Salmon Festival for Kids and Salmon Enhance-ment projects. Over the last 25 years $250,000 has been raised for these projects. Until next time.

Keep your rod tip up!Kiwi Magic

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Blue Wolf Charters gets ready to dip his net to an awaiting chinook off Otter Point on Sunday afternoon. Nice fish up to 35 pounds have been reported.

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