Goldstream News Gazette, May 27, 2015

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Birthday wishColwood family building tradition of giving back

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Tuned-up bidWest Shore resident Denis Rostron tests out the tone on a donated kettle drum up for auction at the Mighty Garage Sale on Sunday in Metchosin. If his bid was accepted at the end of the two-day fundraiser event for the Metchosin Community Association, the antique collector said, his plan was to use the musical instrument as a unique end table. See more photos on page A

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Circle shows area where vehicle break-ins occurred.

Langford neighbours’ vehicles hit overnight

More than two dozen resi-dents of a Langford neighbour-hood bordered by Sooke, Wal-fred and Happy Valley roads awoke Monday morning to find their vehicles were broken into overnight.

West Shore RCMP reported at least 25 vehicles were tar-geted, with many of them rum-maged through having been left unlocked.

Among the property stolen from the vehicles were various personal belongings, includ-ing jewelry and cash. In one instance, a wallet containing more than $100 in cash was taken.

“These are crimes of oppor-tunity that are easily avoid-able,” says detachment spokes-person Const. Alex Berube. “Those criminals are looking for easy targets.”

The Island District RCMP’s forensic identification section

was called in to help out with the investigation.

West Shore RCMP reminds the public that leaving vehicle doors unlocked tends to attract thieves. The consequences can be far worse when those thieves find victim’s personal information, such as a driver’s licence, credit cards or any other documents which can lead to identity theft or fraud.

Berube pointed out that criminals can use stolen per-sonal or financial information to access your bank account, open new accounts, make pur-chases, transfer bank balances or otherwise hide their crimi-nal activities etc.

Anyone with any informa-tion on the thefts in the above neighbourhood is asked to call West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)[email protected]

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The smell of paint and the sound of masking tape tearing fill the air.

Twenty-five crew members from HMCS Regina, armed with rollers, brushes and buckets of paint, have each claimed a section of the Royal Cana-dian Legion Prince Edward Branch No. 91’s games room and bar area. It is a Wednesday afternoon and the navy personnel haven’t just brought their business here, they have brought their elbow grease, volunteering in what Legion branch first vice-president Norm Scott called an example of veterans helping veterans.

“I can’t express in words how deeply appreci-ated (they) are for what they’re doing,” he said. “For us to paint what they are painting today, it would probably take us a month.”

The non-profit organization’s 2,000-square-foot games room and 300-sq.-ft. bar are getting a face-lift, as the volunteers use up approximately seven gallons of brown and white paint donated by Dulux Paint.

“I just wanted to give back and do something,” said Petty Officer Second Class Julie Cooper. “I think the Legion is a wonderful place for the com-munity. I don’t think enough people utilize it, because it has a reputation as being just for mili-tary, where that is not the case at all.”

Cooper helped rally the troops in an attempt to get some people to come out and help. To her delight, more than two dozen people signed up right away and after approximately five hours on the job, they were done.

“Lots of people wanted to volunteer,” she said. “They all want to be a part of the community as well, and several of them have said ‘this is won-derful.’ This is a really good way to integrate and a feel-good project.”

Visitors are invited to stop in at the Legion at 761 Station Ave. in Langford to check out the new look.

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Naval community lends a handRegina crew members splash fresh paint on Legion

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Petty Officer Second Class Julie Cooper is one of 25 crew members from HMCS Regina volunteering their time to paint the Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Branch No. 91 in Langford.

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The smell of paint and the sound of masking tape tearing fill the air.

Twenty-five crew members from HMCS Regina, armed with rollers, brushes and buckets of paint, have each claimed a section of the Royal Cana-dian Legion Prince Edward Branch No. 91’s games room and bar area. It is a Wednesday afternoon and the navy personnel haven’t just brought their business here, they have brought their elbow grease, volunteering in what Legion branch first vice-president Norm Scott called an example of veterans helping veterans.

“I can’t express in words how deeply appreci-ated (they) are for what they’re doing,” he said. “For us to paint what they are painting today, it would probably take us a month.”

The non-profit organization’s 2,000-square-foot games room and 300-sq.-ft. bar are getting a face-lift, as the volunteers use up approximately seven gallons of brown and white paint donated by Dulux Paint.

“I just wanted to give back and do something,” said Petty Officer Second Class Julie Cooper. “I think the Legion is a wonderful place for the com-munity. I don’t think enough people utilize it, because it has a reputation as being just for mili-tary, where that is not the case at all.”

Cooper helped rally the troops in an attempt to get some people to come out and help. To her delight, more than two dozen people signed up right away and after approximately five hours on the job, they were done.

“Lots of people wanted to volunteer,” she said. “They all want to be a part of the community as well, and several of them have said ‘this is won-derful.’ This is a really good way to integrate and a feel-good project.”

Visitors are invited to stop in at the Legion at 761 Station Ave. in Langford to check out the new look.

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Naval community lends a handRegina crew members splash fresh paint on Legion

Arnold Lim/News Gazette staff

Petty Officer Second Class Julie Cooper is one of 25 crew members from HMCS Regina volunteering their time to paint the Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Branch No. 91 in Langford.

Community garage sale all set for Saturday

West Shore Parks and Recreation’s Community Garage Sale will take over the Juan de Fuca curling rink this Saturday (May 30).

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Table fee is $25 for sellers, with all of the fees collected being donated by West Shore Parks and Recreation to its new Neighbourhood Nights Com-munity Parks program.

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No rule preventing use of traps on private propertyMike DaviesNews Gazette staff

View Royal resident Kathleen Burton left her house for work last Thursday morning and noticed something unusual on a neigh-bour’s lawn.

It was a pile of what looked like crab traps with a sign of some kind on them.

Were they being given away wholesale to the first person who wants them? Were they for sale? What exactly was happening?

Despite not needing any traps herself, her curiosity got the bet-ter of her and she pulled over for a look.

“Whoever is catching these squirrels can stop!” read the sign

attached to one of the cages, “… they didn’t do anything to you and aren’t hurting ANYONE.”

The sign writer also noted that whomever was placing the traps was breaking View Royal bylaws by doing so.

Burton had no idea whether it was legal or not for people to trap wild animals, she said, but wanted to find out. She, too, disagrees with the practice.

“Even if they are allowed to do it, I don’t like it,” she said. She called the Town of View Royal, who directed her to the Capital Regional District, who told her to contact the B.C. Ministry of Envi-ronment’s Conservation Officer Service.

“My immediate thought was, ‘What are these people going to do with them if they catch them?’” she said. She followed that up with the question, “What if they caught a family cat?”

While she’s no expert, Burton said, “based on the size of the cages, I think a racoon, cat or even a small dog could easily be confined and I think it would be a traumatic event for any critter.”

Such box traps, however, are per-fectly legal, accord-ing to regional con-servation officer Peter Pauwels, if they are set on the property of the per-son who set them. An exception would be if the municipal-ity has a specific bylaw prohibiting trapping, but none of the West Shore municipalities have such a bylaw.

“If they are found in parks or public spaces, there would

certainly be some sort of action triggered,” Pauwels said, not-ing that such situations happen infrequently. “If they’re on private property, they’re perfectly okay.”

What happens to the animals

after they are trapped is a differ-ent story, and depends on their species, he said.

Grey squirrels, for example, “are an introduced species, and there-fore must be immediately released on site if they are found in a cage or immediately, humanely eutha-nized,” Pauwels said. “A lot of people think they can just take them out to Sooke or wherever and release them, but that’s not allowed.”

Doing so in that case would be introducing a non-native species to another ecosystem.

Pauwels added he’s unaware of any issues arising with unsus-pecting neighbourhood pets being caught in the traps.

Anyone who finds traps in a public area or wonders about trap restrictions and requirements can call the B.C. Conservation Call Centre at [email protected]


Colwood family celebrate birthdays with less fortunateGiving back becoming a tradition in the St. Pierre household Mike DaviesNews Gazette staff

The St. Pierre family celebrates their birthdays a little differently than most.

On mom Sue’s birthday last December, they took the money they would normally spend on a party and put it toward bags, food, clothing and personal hygiene items, then made care packages for the homeless of Victoria.

At the end of this month, they’ll do the same for daughter Kylie’s 18th birthday.

The family is gathering items for distribu-tion next Saturday and will be making fresh sandwiches and vegetable bundles to go along with the non-perishables and cloth-ing, toiletries and personal hygiene prod-ucts they’ve accumulated.

“We just put it all together into individual bags and park downtown and wander the streets giving them to people we find sleep-ing in doorways and alleys, or anyone who just looks like they might need a little help,” Sue says.

It’s just a way to give back to the com-munity that has allowed for them to have a comfortable life, she adds.

“We all know people who are less for-

tunate,” Sue says, “and it feels great to do something like this for some of them. You can see the gratitude written all over their

faces, and it really makes you realize how lucky you are to be able to help.”

Kylie agrees.

“They’re so kind and so thankful when you give them stuff,” she says. “They’re so nice and so grateful. It feels really good. It’s not much to people who have enough, but to them it’s everything.”

Giving back in this way is something she’s been missing in her life since she started secondary school.

“We used to do it through school all the time (at Dunsmuir middle school), but they don’t really do any of that in high school. I just felt like I hadn’t done something to give back for a while.”

And now that she’s decided to resume giving back, she plans to continue this new tradition.

“I think I want to do it every birthday now,” Kylie says. “Maybe not as big as we’re doing it this year, but I think we should get a group together and do it at least once a year.”

Anyone who would like to help the cause can call Sue at 250-896-5764 to find out how to get involved. Items can also be dropped off at 3360 Summerhill Cres. – just drop them off at the door if nobody’s around, Sue says – and they will make sure they get added to the care packages.

Particularly needed is men’s clothing – Kylie has all sisters, so they’re a bit lack-ing in men’s wear – and the family will gladly accept grocery items or gift cards to help them shop for fresh food closer to the day.

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Kylie, left, and Sue St. Pierre fold some of the clothes they’ve already gathered and place them in individual gif bags in preparation of Kylie’s 18th birthday, when they’ll be heading to downtown Victoria to distribute them to less fortunate folks.

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View Royal resident Kathleen Burton found these box traps in her neighbourhood. A note from another concerned citizen implored the ‘trapper’ to stop the action.

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Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

The used vehicle industry in Greater Victoria is highly com-petitive, with operators doing whatever it takes to attract and keep cus-tomers.

In an industry where small- to medium-sized dealerships dot the landscape, especially on the West Shore, some organizations have done a good job of

building staying power.One such company is

Galaxy Motors, which centralized its Greater Victoria operations in Colwood on Island Highway in 2010-11, having opened lots in Nanaimo in 2009 and Duncan in 2010. Galaxy recently opened stores in Courtenay and Lang-ley, giving it five sales lots in total.

Company owner Phil Dagger estimates that Galaxy, its growth

fuelled by repeat and referral business, will open four or five new dealerships on the mainland within the next four to five years.

“I like to think we always treated cus-tomers the way they wanted to be treated,” he says of how Galaxy sustains its business.

A former executive chef who enjoyed suc-cess selling cars for a major GM dealership in Victoria in the mid-

1980s, he leapt into the world of pre-owned vehicles in 1988 when he borrowed $10,000 from his mother to open his own busi-ness – Uptown Motors focused on the whole-sale vehicle trade.

“I still had some of that entrepreneurial spirit in me,” says Dag-ger, an affable Brit who shuns the spotlight.

The Galaxy Motors name was secured in 1990 when he spent “$40,000 that I didn’t have” for the rights to use it, Dagger says. The new company landed in various locations, primarily on the West Shore, and operated multiple lots in Greater Victoria in the 2000s, when head office was located on Attree Ave-nue in Langford.

According to Galaxy general manager David King, the decision to pull everything back together on one site was made partially to eliminate competition between lots. “We were

competing with our-selves more than any-thing,” he says.

Removing the cost of operating multiple lots in Greater Victoria also allowed Galaxy to upgrade its inventory, King says. While it hap-pily accepts trade-ins, this is not a company in the business of refur-bishing tired, older vehicles. With few

exceptions, the rule is to avoid selling vehicles older than 10 years, or those with more than 175,000 kilometres.

In describing the company and how it operates, King says, “We’re like a new car dealer that doesn’t sell new cars.” He explains that concept by saying the company’s inven-tory – more than 620

used vehicles at last count, worth upwards of $10 million – allows it to match clients with their desired vehicle in a way similar to new car dealerships.

“Each dealership operates as if they have 600 cars, and at the end of the day, they’re all Galaxy cars,” he says.

A major underpin-ning for the company, like most car dealers, is its ability to arrange financing for custom-ers, a strategy it under-took way back in 2002. Galaxy was one of the first pre-owned vehicle dealers in the area to offer sub-prime loans – also known as second-chance credit – to cli-ents with credit issues or income challenges.

Today, King says, Galaxy’s sales ratio is about one-third each for cash deals, sub-prime rate financed deals and those financed at prime.

Galaxy expects to do an estimated $55 mil-lion in revenue this fis-cal year and an incred-ible $80 million to $90 million next fiscal with the new dealerships and its service depart-ments contributing ever more significantly to the bottom line, King and Dagger say.

Asked about his long-term goals for Galaxy Motors, Dagger, who employs more than 100 people, mostly full-time, grins and says the plan is to keep moving forward, keep buying cars and continue to offer more choice for customers.

“It’s just what I do; work is not work. It’s a passion, something I thoroughly enjoy. We’re going to keep growing.”

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Galaxy Motors management team (from left) Wesley Lukuku, sales manager; Trent Cummings, sales manager; Amy Jones, controller; Dieter Sobieroy, business manager, and David King, general manager, gather amid used cars for sale at the company’s Colwood superstore on Island Highway. Galaxy recently opened two new lots elsewhere.

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Educators a treasured resource,Great Teachers partners say

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With grade-school education such an integral part of our soci-ety, it seems everyone either knows a current teacher or has memories of a special educator who made school more interest-ing or maybe took extra time to help them learn.

As we head into the final week for nominations in the second annual Black Press/Staples Great Teachers program, we’re asking readers to consider putting for-ward the names of those people currently teaching – in public or private school – who you believe are deserving of special recogni-tion for their efforts.

Christian Arbez, Thrifty Foods director of marketing, knows well the work grade school teachers do to make the day-to-day learn-ing environment more interest-ing and engaging. His sister is an elementary school teacher in Burnaby who routinely spends extra hours in the classroom, as well as evenings and weekends, to ensure she’s able to impact her students’ learning.

“I’m really proud of the work she does,” he says.

“Every year it’s like she gets a new ‘family’ coming in. She pours a lot of herself into her job, and that’s how I relate to this campaign.”

Arbez says it’s for reasons like those that Thrifty Foods is glad to partner with Black Press in Great Teachers.

Arthur Harris, owner of Saa-nich-based DriveWise Learning Academy, another Great Teach-ers partner, likes the idea of recognizing enthusiastic educa-

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“As a parent, I guess you can only do so much – you give them social values – where a teacher would give them more hands-on, practical knowledge or skills,” he says.

“I’m glad that they’re being recognized and acknowledged for all the things that they do.”

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Opposition politicians were outraged over the B.C. government’s latest effort to secure its first major liquefied natural gas deal, announced last week.

Premier Christy Clark, Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman and Finance Minister Mike de Jong signed agreements with Pacific Northwest LNG for a long-term gas royalty structure that could run for 30 years.

The government says the deal guarantees minimum royalty revenue for the province, while the investors increase their revenue if the spread between gas prices in North America and Asia increases during the term.

Pacific Northwest is a partnership of some of the biggest investors and gas customers: Malaysian state giant Petronas, its Canadian subsidiary Progress Energy, Chinese state firm Sinopec, Indian Oil Corp. and Japan Petroleum.

These corporate giants will review a project development agreement, and if they approve, Clark will convene the legislature to approve changes that would compensate them if the new LNG income tax increases.

Environmental changes such as a “discriminatory” carbon tax increase or greenhouse gas regulations on LNG would also trigger compensation. Future changes to general carbon tax or corporate income tax rates would not.

NDP leader John Horgan warned that “too much lolly” is being offered, with no word of job guarantees for B.C. or a deal

with First Nations at the proposed site near Prince Rupert.

“My biggest concern is that we’re tying the hands of future governments because a desperate government made commitments that they over-promised on and now they want to get a deal at any cost,” Horgan said.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver called

it “shocking and irresponsible,” repeating his prediction that the global market is swimming in gas and will never support huge green-field projects across B.C.

For the investors, it’s like a mortgage. There are “subjects” to be removed before the deal closes, and this is a proposed $36-billion mortgage for pipelines, LNG processing and shipping facilities.

This isn’t just a political dispute. For example, Progress has drilled about 500 gas wells in northeastern B.C., and Petronas took it over with this development in mind. Without exports, B.C.’s whole gas industry is looking at a bleak future of low prices and demand.

Petronas delayed its investment decision to this year and cited certainty on taxation and royalties beyond the election cycle as its concerns. With that in hand, their obstacles remain federal

environmental approval and a revenue sharing deal with a First Nation to host a terminal.

Pacific Northwest CEO Michael Culbert notes that answers to questions posed by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation were submitted to federal regulators only days before the band started voting on a $1-billion share of LNG proceeds over 40 years.

The vote was a resounding no, despite a redesign that put pipelines on a suspension bridge over the most sensitive salmon habitat. Culbert suggests that given some time to examine environmental mitigation work, that answer may change.

Does aboriginal title offer a veto over projects like this? According to the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Tsilhqot’in case, the short answer is no. Objections could be overridden if governments determine a project is in the interest of the greater public.

Talks have taken place with 19 First Nations affected by pipelines and facilities, and 14 have agreed. While they continue with Lax Kw’alaams and other Tsimshian Nations on the coast, it’s worth recalling that others are not so reluctant. The Nisga’a Nation has identified four sites as suitable for LNG terminals with a shorter pipeline route to the coast than Prince Rupert.Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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Good time to try biking to work

This week marks the 21st annual Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week. While the majority of cycling commutes are less than 10 kilometres in the region, this cycling and fitness celebration offers a good opportunity for West Shore residents to give biking to work a test run.

We often hear complaints about the traffic gridlock that grips the Trans Canada Highway from Monday to Friday in the mornings and late afternoons. But let’s not forget that there’s a comparatively quiet cycling and pedestrian “freeway” that runs roughly parallel to the TCH and Douglas Street for much of the trip into town from our area.

The Galloping Goose Trail, which runs through four of the five West Shore municipalities – Highlands is the lone exception – is as good a human-powered traffic network as any around.

In some cases, as last week’s Bike to Work Commuter Challenge showed, it can be a faster route into downtown Victoria or Saanich on those work mornings. The four West Shore challenges in that event finished in a sawoff, with the two Langford drivers edging out the riders and the two Colwood riders reaching their downtown destination quicker than the drivers.

We understand that not everyone is able to tackle riding 30 to 40 minutes to work, either from a fitness standpoint or due to work considerations – no showers at the end? But Bike to Work Week, held when the weather is generally good, is a perfect time to determine whether you enjoy starting your day with vigorous exercise, and to simply test your fitness level.

The benefits of this kind of activity are indisputable (who needs coffee to get perked up when you start working?). It may even be something you crave after trying it a few times.

Who knows? You may find yourself continuing this morning routine after Bike to Work Week is over and done with.

And if you help take a vehicle out of the Crawl, then everybody wins.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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Development editorial misguided: Colwood residentRe: Developments offer

positives (Our View, May 14)This is a very condescending

and offensive editorial.I live in Colwood and have

attended meetings on the new development proposed for Painter and Metchosin roads and I wonder where the author got their information.

If the writer’s opinion is that Colwood residents are opposed to development, then our concerns are indeed falling

on deaf ears. Residents almost unanimously stated that they are not opposed to development of the property, but they had serious concerns about the density and the number of dwellings proposed for this project.

They felt it would have too great an impact on the safety of students going to and from the surrounding schools, and would add an unmanageable number of vehicles – traffic and parking – to

an already busy, congested street.Who would understand the

dynamics of a neighbourhood better than the people who live there and deal with it every day?

I understand that the developer wants to maximize their return on investment, and that Colwood benefits from the money these new projects bring, but this development will disrupt the lives of hundreds of residents whose opinions need to hold more weight in the decision process.

Everyone wants this new development to be something they can proudly call part of the neighbourhood, not a source of worry and irritation.

As for it being tough to envision what a development will look like, it certainly doesn’t help when the drawings don’t show driveways for nine houses on a 400-foot frontage, among other important features.

Metchosin is lovely, but many of us have made a conscious

decision to live where we do. We are not people who “simply dislike change,” we are a group of citizens with legitimate concerns about a development that will significantly alter our neighbourhood and we shouldn’t be made to feel that we have to move to Metchosin if we can’t agree on this out-of-character development of 45 dwellings on a two-acre lot.

Kim VincerColwood

Regarding the proposed rental apartment buildings at Metchosin and Painter roads, thanks to the Gazette for covering the story and high praise to the residents who took action so quickly.

Like them, I voted for some of the current council members and don’t recall any campaign promises about cramming Colwood full of extra bodies as quickly as the concrete can set.

Apartment buildings belong on Goldstream Avenue, not Metchosin Road. As an established single-family community, South Colwood still has grace, space and trees, except on Wishart and Latoria roads, where they are being replaced by blasted rock moonscapes.

It is highly inappropriate for a municipal council to blindside existing residents by changing zoning drastically, as they have been doing.

The zoning bylaw/map is by definition a solemn statement of municipal intent, so property owners have some security about neighbouring properties when making a valuable investment, which is held vulnerable ever after by its fixed location. We need to be able to trust our elected officials, and random rezoning of churchyards and rural hillsides to high density makes it impossible.

I pray our council remembers that their first loyalty must be to the residents who elected them: to listen to our concerns,

to uphold our property values and respect our chosen lifestyle.

It is lovely that council wants to increase tax revenue, but in this case it would backfire. All our single-family properties in the area will be cheapened if multi-story rental apartments are placed in such a prominent position at Metchosin and Painter.

Though dropping assessments are not nearly as bad as dropping rock, they are both part of a disturbing pattern of high-density development, even where the topography or the neighbourhood cannot support it.

Lois GardnerColwood

Painter/Metchosin development in the wrong place

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The Spotswood gymnasium at Belmont secondary is hosting its final “Final Concert”

on Thursday, June 4.The year-end

performance will see more than 100 young musicians take the

stage to celebrate decades of history at the school.

“It will be the last time we set this up,”

said music director Mandart Chan.

“Grade 12s always feel it, but for all the students it will be the

last time the Belmont music program will be together as a whole.”

Despite knowing the department and

music students will be split between the new Belmont secondary at Glen Lake and the new Royal Bay starting

with the upcoming academic year, Chan said the focus is clear right now. Audience members can expect to see the school’s concert band, jazz ensemble, R&B band and choir perform at a high level, alongside a few familiar faces from years gone by.

“It is going to be another mini reunion of sorts,” Chan said, noting that some alumni are scheduled to perform. “It’s always nice to see the (Belmont) community come together.”

Grade 12 trumpet player Tessa Thompson will perform in her sixth Final Concert, an event she always looks forward to. She credits musical staff Chan, Glynis Dawson and Glenn Whitney for their commitment to the students. Their dedication plays a big part in the outcome of what Thompson expects to be an entertaining evening for all.

“They’ve been working us very hard over the course of the year, (and) they expect the best out of us. And (that) brings the best out of us,” she said. “Not to toot my own horn, pun intended, but we are pretty excellent.”

Chan said the program involves approximately 120 students, and despite the emotion of the end of an era in the existing building pulling at his heartstrings, he looks forward to sending the old gym home with a finale worth remembering.

“(Audiences) will enjoy a great night of music, a great night of nostalgia and we hope people come out and enjoy that music with us,” he said. “Help us end this chapter of Belmont’s history as we enter a new chapter in this district.”

The Belmont Final Concert starts at 7 p.m., June 4 in the Bill Spotswood Gymnasium.

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(Above) Fiddler Daniel O’Brien entertains passersby, while fellow vendor Matt Brotherston does his best to show off original artwork at their stand at the Mighty Garage Sale. The two Colwood residents were about ready to slash their prices in anticipation of the sale’s end on Sunday. (Left) Tables were stacked with donated goods from household goods to personal items and everything in between.

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Turnaround comes at right time for lacrosse WhalersCook tournament sees host teams capture two goldDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Juan de Fuca’s pee wee ‘A’ Whal-ers kicked their game into high gear at the right time Sunday at the Captain Cook lacrosse tourna-ment in Colwood.

Coming off a gold medal win at a Kamloops tournament two week-ends previous, the Whalers had a slow start at home, going 1-2 in round robin play and squeaking into medal contention.

But the Whalers rebounded to beat arch-rival Ridge Meadows 4-3 in the semifinal Saturday then hammered Coquitlam 10-4 in the gold medal game Sunday at Juan de Fuca Arena.

“We had a big talk and the kids pulled their socks up. We just

worked hard and really got ’er done,” said Whalers’ coach Jim McNeill. “We weren’t really play-ing as a team the first three games; it was a bit of a rough start.”

Juan de Fuca handed Ridge Meadows its first loss of the sea-

son, a benchmark in the leadup to provincials, to be hosted by that team in July.

The final saw the Whalers jump out to 4-0 lead after the first period and never look back. They added a couple more goals in the middle

frame and didn’t give the main-land squad many openings.

The Whalers lost 5-4 to Nanaimo, beat Kamloops 2-1 in a rare goal-tenders’ duel, and lost 5-2 to Ridge Meadows in round robin play. The host team tied Kamloops for fourth spot but made the semifinal based on the head-to-head win.

Whalers capture ‘B’ goldover Vic-Esquimalt

Two late goals gave the Juan de Fuca B2 pee wees a 6-4 victory over the Victoria-Esquimalt Eagles in the Cook tournament’s B final Sunday at Juan de Fuca Arena.

Reid Fryer notched the even-tual winner with five minutes left, breaking a 4-4 tie after the Eagles erased a 4-2 deficit in the second period. With the Whalers down a man and the Eagles pressing for the equalizer, Juan de Fuca’s Luc Gagnon was sprung loose and raced in alone to beat Eagles

goalie Ty Reeve for the 6-4 goal.“We’ve had some really close

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Whalers B2 played JdF B1 for gold the previous weekend in Delta, but lost 5-4.

The B1 Whalers, who finished second in their round robin pool – as did the B2 Whalers – dropped a 7-2 semifinal decision to Vic-Esquimalt, but came back to beat Oceanside 5-4 for bronze on Sun-day.

In the C division, Juan de Fuca played Vic-Esquimalt for bronze after JdF lost three close round robin games and the semifinal 3-1 to Campbell River.

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Victoria-Esquimalt Eagles goalie Ty Reeve tries to snare a loose ball, with Juan de Fuca player Luc Gagnon hovering in the crease amid defenders Fraser Scott-Moncrieff (68), Nathaniel Butler (7) and Laux Cholotte (3). The Whalers won this pee wee B gold medal game 6-4 at the Captain Cook Lacrosse Tournament.

Rough WLA start for ’RocksA season full of promise has

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The Western Lacrosse Associa-tion squad dropped a pair of games to Island rival Nanaimo Timbermen, 12-9 in overtime on the road Sunday and 8-6 Friday night at The Q Centre.

Rhys Duch scored three goals to lead the locals in Colwood on Friday, but former junior Shamrocks star Brody Eastwood stole the show, fir-ing four goals and an assist in his team’s win.

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Greater Victoria wrestler Lak Siddartha will take on Bishop, who hails from the mainland.

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Islanders Scott Steel and Eddie Osborne are also on the card.

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Matches get underway at 8 p.m. at 761 Station Ave.

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Don’t let the name fool you. Fri-day’s (May 29) Vancouver Island Championships offer just as much challenge for Lion’s Pride Gymnas-tics athletes as the provincial compe-tition they attended earlier this year.

“It’s a competition, so I’ll be try-ing my best,” says Kalei Marchak, 12, whose specialities are floor exercise and vault.

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(Above) West Shore Chamber of Commerce

president Doug Kobayashi, flanked by Chamber

projects and relations manager Josh Schmidt, is

all smiles as he prepares to introduce guest speaker

David Black at the chamber fundraiser at the Westin

Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa. (Right) Kelsi Harris

and Tracey Trousdell of Prosperity Planning relax

following the gathering.

Chamber pays tribute to Black Press founder

Greater Victoria entrepre-neurs, dignitaries and others filled the ballroom at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa last week to enjoy a wonder-ful dinner, hear an award-win-ning media entrepreneur tell his story, and round off the night with an intimate performance by tenor Ken Lavigne.

Dinner with David Black, a May 19 fundraiser for the West Shore Chamber of Commerce co-hosted by the Goldstream News Gazette, saw the Black Press founder offer his take on the media business and the success his company has seen

since he bought his first news-paper, the Williams Lake Tri-bune, nearly 40 years ago.

Black, whose focus has shifted of late from media, also capti-vated the crowd with an update on his plan to build an oil refin-ery on the Northern B.C. coast, as a way of preventing tankers from transporting diluted bitu-men from the Alberta oil sands through coastal B.C. waters.

Lavigne, accompanied by a talented trio of musicians, fol-lowed up the guest speaker with a punchy, wide-ranging set that prompted the audience to give him a pair of standing ovations.

David Black, founder and majority shareholder of Black Press, which publishes the Gazette, speaks last week at the Dinner with David Black fundraiser for the West Shore Chamber of Commerce, held in the ballroom at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa.

(Above) Local tenor Ken Lavigne performs an evening-ending set at the West Shore Chamber/Goldstream News Gazette’s Dinner with David Black. (Below) Dale Collins of Prosperity Planning and Sandy Bednarz share a hug before settling in to enjoy dinner at the Westin Bear Mountain.

Photos by Arnold Lim/News Gazette staff




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