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Retired teacher utilizes her skill set to get kids writing in Jamaica

Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

Eight years into retirement, Constance McAvoy is back at teaching – in Jamaica.

Formerly a mathematics teacher, the Oak Bay woman spent 20 years with Spe-

cial Education Technology (SET B.C.) help-ing students with physical disabilities. Her specialty developed in working with blind students.

For the past few years, she's cultivated a project promoting literacy at Askenesh All Ages School in Jamaica.

“Jamaica is a very vibrant society, so I was always very interested in going into the hills and meeting the children,” she said.

McAvoy discovered it through Jamaican friends, Clive Gordon and his wife, Marilyn,

who works at the school as a guidance counsellor.

McAvoy and her husband, Jim, would visit on vacation, and talk shop with Clive, a driver and tour operator whose work includes school tours.

“It was a good 10 years talking about lit-eracy,” McAvoy said. “He always said ‘We should do a project together.’”

Vacation takes back seat to literacy

Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News

Constance McAvoy flips through one of the books she created to showcase Askenesh All Ages School (Jamaica) students’ work and share with them the value of literacy.

Christine van ReeuwykBlack Press

The Capital Regional District seeks pub-lic feedback on approaches to wastewater treatment and resource recovery with out-reach expected to start any day.

The Core Area Liquid Waste Manage-ment Committee approved heading out for public feedback that will include online surveys and an option to email comments.

“We’ll never have perfect information but we have enough information. I think it’s time we ask the public. This will not be a referendum,” said committee chair and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.

“I think director (Ben) Isitt said it best, there’s still lots in flux.”

There are five options to wastewater treatment for the core area – some with multiple subset options – and each offer-ing a representative approach for develop-ing a more refined plan.

“I really have to question why we’re going out to the public at this time with what information we have,” said Director Vic Derman, a Saanich councillor, who noted the public found a “dearth of infor-mation” last time. “We don’t have solid information here. We have five (options) or whatever it’s morphing to, mostly cen-tred around Rock Bay. We already know there are other options.”

The committee deferred going out last month to consult the public, asking staff to gather more information now included, or coming soon, online at the CRD website.

Some voiced concern the public couldn’t comment on options not included, such as the “deep shaft” treatment recently inves-tigated by the technical oversight panel.

Wastewater options open for feedback

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Vicki Gannon (left), manager

of human resources,

and Debbie Carter, director

of financial services, join the Oak Bay

municipal staff family.

Christine van Reeuwyk /Oak Bay News


Oak Bay has two new faces among its staff, one in a new role and one filling a void left by a longtime staff retirement.

Both Debbie Carter, director of financial services, and Vicki Gan-non, manager human resources, call it a homecoming.

“I’m so proud to have these ladies work here,” said Helen Kon-ing, chief administra-tive officer for Oak Bay. “They are both con-

New faces at municipal hallsummate professionals, highly regarded in the places they worked, and they chose Oak Bay.”

Gannon, a gradu-ate of the first Com-merce program at the University of Victoria, also sees it as com-ing home. She’s been on staff at Oak Bay for several months, after more than two years at Broadmead Care Society, but before that was with the City of Vancouver for more than 15 years. In Oak Bay she provides human resources and labour relations advice, recruitment and com-pensation.

“When I lived in Van-couver I went for work and education. I’ve always loved the Island and I’m happy to be back,” Gannon said.

Gannon sees a mas-sive difference between Oak Bay and Vancou-ver – here departments are constantly intercon-nected.

“Oak Bay is a great municipality. I love that you get to see the whole community,” Gannon said. “I really like the size, the work is just as busy but here you get to work with everyone.”

Gannon’s new role has been a busy one, including recruitment for the handful of recent retirements.

“There’s lots of change which is excit-ing,” she said.

Much experience remains at municipal hall with the longest

serving staffer still on the job at 35 years.

“That speaks vol-umes,” said Carter, whose predecessor Patricia Walker had three decades with the district. Walker, Carter said, is setting her up for success in their brief overlap.

“I have a great respect for Patricia, she leaves some big shoes to fill. My goal is that I continue to provide that level of service and expertise.”

January onward is a busy season as number crunchers everywhere work toward budget deadlines. Locally it culminates with budget discussions during a series of what Oak Bay calls Estimates meet-ings.

“I’m hitting the ground running for sure,” Carter said.

Carter grew up in the Victoria region but most recently came from Alberta where she worked the last six years with the province as executive director of corporate finance and senior finance officer. Before that she worked for the municipality of Leduc, Alta.

“I’m really glad to be working for Oak Bay,” Carter said. “First impressions are important and my first impression has been very positive. Council and staff are capable, confident and passion-ate about what they do.”

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Vicki Gannon (left), manager

of human resources,

and Debbie Carter, director

of financial services, join the Oak Bay

municipal staff family.

Christine van Reeuwyk /Oak Bay News


Oak Bay has two new faces among its staff, one in a new role and one filling a void left by a longtime staff retirement.

Both Debbie Carter, director of financial services, and Vicki Gan-non, manager human resources, call it a homecoming.

“I’m so proud to have these ladies work here,” said Helen Kon-ing, chief administra-tive officer for Oak Bay. “They are both con-

New faces at municipal hallsummate professionals, highly regarded in the places they worked, and they chose Oak Bay.”

Gannon, a gradu-ate of the first Com-merce program at the University of Victoria, also sees it as com-ing home. She’s been on staff at Oak Bay for several months, after more than two years at Broadmead Care Society, but before that was with the City of Vancouver for more than 15 years. In Oak Bay she provides human resources and labour relations advice, recruitment and com-pensation.

“When I lived in Van-couver I went for work and education. I’ve always loved the Island and I’m happy to be back,” Gannon said.

Gannon sees a mas-sive difference between Oak Bay and Vancou-ver – here departments are constantly intercon-nected.

“Oak Bay is a great municipality. I love that you get to see the whole community,” Gannon said. “I really like the size, the work is just as busy but here you get to work with everyone.”

Gannon’s new role has been a busy one, including recruitment for the handful of recent retirements.

“There’s lots of change which is excit-ing,” she said.

Much experience remains at municipal hall with the longest

serving staffer still on the job at 35 years.

“That speaks vol-umes,” said Carter, whose predecessor Patricia Walker had three decades with the district. Walker, Carter said, is setting her up for success in their brief overlap.

“I have a great respect for Patricia, she leaves some big shoes to fill. My goal is that I continue to provide that level of service and expertise.”

January onward is a busy season as number crunchers everywhere work toward budget deadlines. Locally it culminates with budget discussions during a series of what Oak Bay calls Estimates meet-ings.

“I’m hitting the ground running for sure,” Carter said.

Carter grew up in the Victoria region but most recently came from Alberta where she worked the last six years with the province as executive director of corporate finance and senior finance officer. Before that she worked for the municipality of Leduc, Alta.

“I’m really glad to be working for Oak Bay,” Carter said. “First impressions are important and my first impression has been very positive. Council and staff are capable, confident and passion-ate about what they do.”

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Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen plans to officially make his bid to re-look at McLoughlin Point for wastewater treatment.

“When it was revealed to the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee that the new plans would be anywhere from twice as much to three times as much, I came to the conclusion that we should recon-sider McLoughlin for a number of reasons,” he said. “One, we knew the costs. Two, we owned that particu-lar property and three, it was zoned for sewage treatment.”

Esquimalt rejected the site for sewage treatment in spring 2014. At the time Esquimalt Mayor Barb Des-jardins said Capital Regional District officials failed to deliver requested information including details on First Nations consultation, meeting min-utes and an independent tsunami report for McLoughlin Point. The decision followed days of public hearings and received a standing ovation.

Jensen voiced his concerns over cost after a meeting in December. He’ll make it official with a notice of motion for the Jan. 27 CRD meeting of the Core Area Liquid Waste Man-agement Committee.

“The motion is to ask our Techni-cal Oversight Panel to look at the feasibility, to examine in all the cir-cumstances whether or not that is a suitable site,” Jensen said.

“One of the reasons TOP was created was to give the public con-fidence that all the options were being looked at.”

During that December meeting, the panel was also tasked with inves-tigating another option that would see a Colwood, Langford, Esquimalt First Nation option. It’s now a subset of option 5.

McLoughlin isn’t the only site he feels shows potential. The CRD also has zoned land at Macaulay Point.

“It’s not big enough by itself, but it’s immediately adjacent to DND property which hasn’t and will never be used for defence purposes,” Jen-sen said. “This new federal govern-ment may be more open to that as a possibility.”

The CRD needs to have a site cho-sen and zoned to meet the March 31 deadline for one of the three federal funders.

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Jensen reiterates position to re-look at McLoughlin Proponent invited

during the bid process Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

The Capital Regional District’s Techni-cal Oversight Panel doesn’t recommend the the “deep shaft” project put forward last week, but welcomes them to submit during the request for proposals process.

The CRD’s Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee will however see more information from its oversight panel.

Four TOP members visited the Noram Vertreat technology site in Burnaby on Dec. 29, 2015, along with two consultants to better understand the deep shaft tech-nology.

While the small-footprint plants did conceptually fit on the two sites identi-fied – Clover Point in Victoria and Bul-len Park in Esquimalt – the panel found them not appropriate for the technol-ogy, Teresa Coady, chair of TOP told the CALWM Committee Jan. 13.

“The consensus is that this technol-ogy … is free to bid when we get to that stage, it is not appropriate for it to trig-ger what we would call an option six,” Coady said, citing operational challenges with an underground plant and trucks in residential areas. There are also no built examples where a community of this size “entrusts its entire flow” to the technol-ogy, she said.

“There is no guarantee that would work and it would need to be piloted,” Coady said. “It would have to be thoroughly vetted if it was to be the main plant option because there is no precedent. … It would be more appropriate for one of the smaller plants.”

The TOP voiced support for the technology but not on the sites in their application, and suggested it return during the bid process.

CRD Director Richard Atwell, Saanich mayor, made the successful bid to have each member of the oversight panel provide an overview of the deep shaft proposal.

“I think there’s a lot that needs to be written down,” he said.

Most board members saw no harm in receiving further information, while others found it disruptive to the process.

“I find it highly unusual to make a request for each member to separately provide a

report,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. “The purpose of putting a wide range of people on a committee is to have that wholesome discussion … it undermines the whole idea of committee work.”

“We assembled this group of expert advice to give us expert advice,” agreed Director David Screech, View Royal mayor, adding it’s “completely out of line and insulting to our Technical Oversight Panel.

“Are we going to hear that every time someone doesn’t like a recommenda-tion?”

There was a 5-1 vote by the TOP regard-ing at the recommendation to not sup-port the deep shaft technology.

Director Vic Derman, a Saanich Coun-cillor, felt the decision needed some more “fulsome reasons” for not triggering a sixth option.

There is no harm in garnering more information, agreed committee chair Lisa Helps, Victoria mayor. “We’re always going to be adding more information, nothing’s going to be perfect.”

“The politics of this is, it’s going to pass because otherwise you’re against infor-mation,” said Director Susan Brice, a Saa-nich councillor.

The CALWM motion to have individ-ual written submissions passed. TOP will also prepare a binder – a summary docu-ment of all meetings with technology ven-dors – to be available online.

“I went to one meeting where they heard presentations on eight or so leading-edge technologies,” said Jensen after the meeting. “One, for instance, proposed a ship floating out in the Juan de Fuca area to hold the sewage treatment plant. They’ve looked at quite a number of ingenious and innova-tive options.”

Visit crd.bc.ca/project/wastewater-plan-ning/techinical-oversight-panel to learn more about technology presentations to [email protected]

New wastewater bid doesn’t trigger an ‘option 6’


While both east and west committees agreed to stick with the status quo in cost apportionment, it wasn’t rubber stamped during the Core Area Liquid Waste Manage-ment Committee meeting last Wednesday.

At the CALWMC meeting Jan. 13, Director Cynthia Day, Colwood councillor, hoped to table the item on cost apportionment for a month “until we have a better idea of what we’re intending to share and what the impli-cations may be,” she said. “We have not pro-vided full information so making this decision would be premature.”

In the wake of some big numbers last

month, Capital Regional District staff offered the Eastside and Westside wastewater treat-ment and resource recovery select commit-tees alternate cost sharing formulas to those historically used in the region. Generally infra-structure is paid for by the municipality that benefits most.

“We need something to take to the public,” said Director Ben Isitt, a Victoria councillor. “We can’t have constant delay.”

Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen argued against Director and Saanich Coun. Vic Derman’s sug-gestion the “option we choose will inform whether it’s fair.”

“I’m not sure that’s terribly fair to the pub-lic. One of the concerns the public has is how much it’s going to hit them in the pock-

etbook? The vast majority of people, that’s their first question,” Jensen said. “If it’s going to change it should change now, and when we go out to the public … we can be honest with them about how much it’s going to cost.”

Five directors voted to delay while eight moved the cost apportionment forward.

Director Susan Brice, Saanich councillor, noted both Eastside and Westside saw the numbers and had “fulsome debates” and the numbers are likely to change.

“This issue is not about the size of the pie. This issue is about how to divide up the pie,” Bryce said. “Process of divvying up the pie … was one we were comfortable maintaining.”

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Cost-sharing concerns continue at CRD

Oak Bay News file photo

The CRD’s Technical Oversight Panel has heard from a number of leading-edge technology vendors, says Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.

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The University of Victoria is poised to be global leader in transgender studies.

Designed “to tackle essential issues that matter and to inspire research and discus-sion to help make a difference in the lives of some of our most vulnerable people in society,” a donation of US $1 million by the Tawani Founda-tion will install the inaugural chair in UVic’s Faculty of Social Sciences for five years.

As the inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies, Dr. Aaron Devor will work with some of the world’s top researchers and scholars, thought leaders, transgen-der community activists and students to further research into a broad range of topics concerned with the lives of trans and gender nonconform-ing people and to explore crucial issues such as healthcare, poverty, discrimination and suicide.

“The Chair in Transgender Studies sets UVic apart as a place that offers the highest quality research and is also home to exceptional stu-dents, faculty and staff who inspire bold action for positive impact on the lives of others,” says Jamie Cassels, UVic president.

The Tawani Foundation also pledged up to another US $1 million to match contributions from other donors.

“Far too many trans and gender nonconforming people still live in poverty and fear,” says Devor, who is also the founder and academic director of the Transgender Archives at UVic, which was

unveiled in June 2012.“As the inaugural chair, I will act as a resource

locally and internationally for those needing infor-mation for their own research or for policy devel-opment, as well as building linkages between community-based and academic scholars work-ing in transgender studies.”

The Transgender Archives at UVic represents 17 countries on five continents, more than a cen-tury of research and more than 50 years of activ-ism.

Devor is an elected member of the elite Inter-national Academy of Sex Research, an elected Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and a national award-winning teacher. He is a professor in UVic’s Department of Sociol-ogy and a former dean of UVic’s Faculty of Gradu-ate Studies.

[email protected]

UVic welcomes world’s only Chair in Transgender Studies

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Dr. Aaron Devor is the inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria.

Helps noted the sur-vey will be designed to offer “other comments” for the savvy public who follow all the tech-nical options, or prefer to see a hybrid solution. The public expects to be consulted but the final stages will be “a hard political decision.”

The CALWMC approved the public consult Jan. 13.

“We’re not at the end. We’re not even at the beginning of the end. We’re making a teeny tiny decision … to go out and have conver-sation with our pub-lic,” said Susan Brice. “I really hoped that after hearing everything and not expecting perfection and knowing it’s fluid … that this would be something that would be quite frankly unani-mously supported.”

For details and to pro-vide feedback, visit crd.bc.ca/project/wastewa-ter-planning.

SurveyContinued from Page A1

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The District of Oak Bay has been working on the AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, which sets out a strategy for developing a community that meets the needs of its aging population.Building on work undertaken with the Age Friendly Working Group and consultation with the community, the updated draft Action Plan is now ready for review.

The draft Action Plan presents a vision for the community, and includes strategies for both the physical and social environment such as buildings and outdoor spaces, parks, transportation, housing, respect and inclusion, communication, and community support and health.

THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY IS SEEKING YOUR INPUT!The draft Age Friendly Action Plan is available for review on the District website at www.oakbay.ca. Please take some time to review the Plan and let us know if you have any comments. The District will be receiving comments until Friday, February 5, 2016, for potential revisions to the final document before proceeding to Council for final approval.

How Can You Provide Input?

Take Our Survey. Follow the link from our website at www.oakbay.ca to complete a survey on the content of the draft Age Friendly Action Plan. The survey will be available until Friday, February 5, 2016.Send Us An Email. Please email us at [email protected] with any comments or questions you may have. Discuss the Plan With District Staff. Do you have a group or organization who is interested in discussing the draft Age Friendly Action Plan? Send us an email at [email protected] or call us at (250) 598-3311 to set up a time, and we would be happy to come and meet with you.

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The University of Victoria is poised to be global leader in transgender studies.

Designed “to tackle essential issues that matter and to inspire research and discus-sion to help make a difference in the lives of some of our most vulnerable people in society,” a donation of US $1 million by the Tawani Founda-tion will install the inaugural chair in UVic’s Faculty of Social Sciences for five years.

As the inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies, Dr. Aaron Devor will work with some of the world’s top researchers and scholars, thought leaders, transgen-der community activists and students to further research into a broad range of topics concerned with the lives of trans and gender nonconform-ing people and to explore crucial issues such as healthcare, poverty, discrimination and suicide.

“The Chair in Transgender Studies sets UVic apart as a place that offers the highest quality research and is also home to exceptional stu-dents, faculty and staff who inspire bold action for positive impact on the lives of others,” says Jamie Cassels, UVic president.

The Tawani Foundation also pledged up to another US $1 million to match contributions from other donors.

“Far too many trans and gender nonconforming people still live in poverty and fear,” says Devor, who is also the founder and academic director of the Transgender Archives at UVic, which was

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The Transgender Archives at UVic represents 17 countries on five continents, more than a cen-tury of research and more than 50 years of activ-ism.

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UVic welcomes world’s only Chair in Transgender Studies

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Dr. Aaron Devor is the inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria.

Helps noted the sur-vey will be designed to offer “other comments” for the savvy public who follow all the tech-nical options, or prefer to see a hybrid solution. The public expects to be consulted but the final stages will be “a hard political decision.”

The CALWMC approved the public consult Jan. 13.

“We’re not at the end. We’re not even at the beginning of the end. We’re making a teeny tiny decision … to go out and have conver-sation with our pub-lic,” said Susan Brice. “I really hoped that after hearing everything and not expecting perfection and knowing it’s fluid … that this would be something that would be quite frankly unani-mously supported.”

For details and to pro-vide feedback, visit crd.bc.ca/project/wastewa-ter-planning.

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A report from staff is expected to come to council in the next few weeks. The informational report is expected in the wake of the local deer count wrapping up the Oak Bay requirements of its cull permit, along with recent announcements in the Koote-nays where longtime mule deer culls are turning to relocation programs and ready-made proj-ects applying for the province’s first round of $100,000 funding.

Heritage cash flows through district

The Victoria Foundation donated $1,021 to the Oak Bay Heritage Foundation.

Because Foundation distribu-tions of money must be made to organizations with Canada Rev-enue Agency charitable status – which the Heritage Foundation does not have – the money flows

through the District of Oak Bay. As a municipal government, the district can issue official receipts for tax purposes that meet Victo-ria Foundation’s guidelines.

Recycling depot Pacific Mobile Depots recy-

cling days will return to Carnar-von Park this year.

Council OK’d depots running from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, Feb. 27, March 26, April 23, May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22 and Nov. 26.

Jaguars set annual meet at Windsor

The steel cats are back in Windsor Park, July 23 for the annual show and shine hosted by at the Jaguar Car Club of Vic-toria.

The largest Jaguar Clubs of North America-sanctioned show in North America typically draws upwards of 150 cars from

as far as San Francisco, plus many from Portland, Seattle and the Lower Mainland.

Mark your calendars Council approved its 2016

meeting schedule. Meetings are set by Oak Bay’s procedural bylaw for the second and fourth Monday of the month and Com-mittee of the Whole is scheduled by the mayor for the third Mon-day of the month.

Similar to 2015, meetings change to address some holiday times. July and December will see one council and one commit-tee meeting while August has no scheduled meetings.

September features one coun-cil and one committee as well, due to the Union of BC Munici-palities annual convention slated for Sept. 26 to 30 in Victoria.

Council can, and does, sched-ule special council meetings should the need [email protected]

Sessions aimed at older adults answer questions about the internet, social media, computers and mobile devices

If a new smart phone or iPad was under the tree this Christmas, or you simply want to learn more about the digital world, a series of free sessions at the University of Victoria may be the answer.

UVic’s Computer Science Department invites residents to attend a series of free courses to help gain confidence about the digital world. Sessions are aimed at older adults with little or no prior experience with computers. Adults interested in learning about devices or websites are welcome to attend. The sessions will cover Google and search

engines; email; Facebook, Twitter, and the con-cept of social media; Microsoft Word and digi-tal productivity; iPads, iPhones, and other mobile devices and more.

The sessions will describe digital privacy and outline steps to take to stay secure. There will be a short question period at the end of each session, time permitting. Feel free to bring suggestions for future content.

The sessions will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, Feb. 13, March 5 and April 2 in the Engineering and Computer Science building, room ECS 258 and ECS 250. Participants can enter through the north entrance, facing away from Ring Road.

Those who would like to volunteer, can contact Robert at [email protected]. More information about the sessions is posted at csc.uvic.ca/Outreach/csvp.htm.

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Time to weigh inon sewage debate

Much discussion continues to swirl around the issue of sewage treatment in the Capital Region as decision makers wrestle with where to put the mandated treatment plant(s) and in what configuration.

More ideas and new technology continue to emerge, however after years of talk, difficult decisions must be made.

In reality, they should have been made long ago, but we must deal with the reality of where we are now.

So, now it’s your turn.The Capital Regional District Core Area

Liquid Waste Management Committee is asking for public feedback, asking your opinion via online surveys and emailed comments about the different approaches to wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

At this point, the committee is considering five wastewater treatment options, some with various subsidiary options. Members deferred going out to the public last month, asking staff to gather more information to present online at the CRD website.

Still, CRD director and Saanich Coun. Vic Derman questions the wisdom of going out to the public with limited details, and we agree more information is better than less. Others question the public’s inability to comment on options not included, such as the “deep shaft” treatment recently investigated by the Technical Oversight Panel (see page 3).

However the waiting, changing of potential sites and related administrative costs – not to mention the rapidly approaching federal grant deadline – means we’re at risk of flushing good money after bad.

“We’ll never have perfect information but we have enough information. I think it’s time we ask the public,” said committee chair and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, adding that the public expects to be consulted but the final stages will be “a hard political decision.”

That hard decision will have significant impact on taxpayers as well, so best let your voice be heard.

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In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems rela-tively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal government and seeking optimism in these fragile times.

For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victo-ria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial projects emerge from bed-rock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians.

Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges.

Most of the activity is private invest-ment, much of it in a hot housing mar-ket. Surrey has just recorded its sec-ond-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching the pre-recession peak of 2007.

Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technologist and $346 for a teacher.

Health care costs are rising less dra-matically. That should ease the crisis atmosphere at provincial and federal

health ministers’ negotiations over the funding formula, taking place this week in Vancouver.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week that the province is increasing funding for a promising program in can-cer research, using genetic analysis to

improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of dif-ferent cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.

The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, oncologist Dr. Jan-essa Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, director of the agen-cy’s Genome Science Centre, described a world-leading centre of research that is reaching out to specialists and their patients across the province and attracting inter-

national funding and talent for ground-breaking research.

Outside the urban regions, where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find. The mining and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine clo-sures expected.

The forest industry is being helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tour-ism is expected to have another strong year as Americans take advantage of a discount on visits to B.C.

Central 1 Credit Union broke down

the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo. Prov-ince-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oil-depen-dent economy, it’s pretty good.

Construction of a new dam on the Peace River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing workers home from Alberta, and the federal government is planning to fast-track its promised infrastructure spending to create work across the country.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Ben-nett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the stock exchange with B.C. mining industry representatives.

Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor luncheon included reference to two more mines under construction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue shar-ing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces.

The Conference Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declin-ing in 2016.

We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.

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For several weeks we have noticed unsightly green com-mercial garbage bins popping up on several residential streets in Oak Bay, including our street.

Initially it was just one bin, now it is two and they are there for up to four hours at a time. In our case, the bins take up two to three parking spaces, this on a street that has limited park-ing already. With three separate trips for depositing, emptying, and removing the bins, truck traffic on the street and the associated noise has increased annoyingly.

The bins are not servicing local residents. They are com-ing from elsewhere – “some-where in the neighbourhood” as the driver of the truck emptying stated when asked. He also said that they are using our street because “it is convenient.”

Not to us, that’s for sure. Trying to get a response

from the company depositing the bins is difficult, time-con-suming and not responsive.

A call to Public Works in Oak Bay was also not responsive as they disclaimed any responsi-bility.

Why this is happening is not clear, but it seems to us that the municipality should try to get to

the bottom of it and do some-thing about it. Your street could well be next.

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Fletcher ‘diatribe’ doesn’t reflect BC residents’ views

Re: Avatar Sequel Bombs in Walbran, Jan 12.

According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, appar-ently co-ordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley.

He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud

to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save the some of the last significant stands of unpro-tected old-growth on Vancouver Island.

(And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely indepen-dent.)

Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing ste-nographer, uncritically regur-gitating the logging company’s talking points.

Fletcher and Teal Jones may

believe it is morally and ecologi-cally acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and destroy complex, delicate eco-systems.

Sierra Club BC doesn’t, and nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support con-certed action to defend endan-gered old-growth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.

British Columbians know that these things form the life-sup-port system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, includ-ing sustainable second-growth forestry for current and future generations.

A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s Auditor Gen-eral, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA high-light the need for urgent action to save our forests.

It’s long past time for the pro-vincial government to reverse the damage done when it gut-ted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting cor-porate interests to manage our forests with little or no over-sight has got to stop.

Mark Worthing, Sierra Club BC

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From superfoods to questions of creativity, the shelves of the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library are filled with possibilities.

· Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert – Best-selling author Gilbert opens her new book with the question, “What is cre-ativity?” and answers, “The relation-ship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration.” This is a very readable book about embracing our curiosity in order to live empowered and passionate lives.

· Euphoria, by Lily King – Inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Marga-ret Mead, this gorgeous and evocative novel set in 1930s Papua New Guinea, is about three young, ground-breaking anthropologists caught in a love

triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers and, ultimately, their lives.

· Everyday Super Food, by Jamie Oliver – Jamie Oliver’s latest collection of recipes “for a healthier happier you” makes eating well exciting, delicious, easy and fun.

· Felicity, by Mary Oliver – In this rare collection of love poems by one of Ameri-ca’s most beloved poets, Oliver describes – with joy – the strangeness and wonder of human connection.

· The Illegal, by Lawrence Hill – Hill, author of the critically-acclaimed The Book of Negroes, turns to the plight of

illegal immigrants in the account of one boy who must run for his family’s survival as he attempts to live below the radar of the police and government officials in the fictional island continent of Zantor-land, located between Africa and Australia.

· Lila, by Marilynne Robinson – Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead, revisiting the beloved characters and setting of previous novels Gilead and Home in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe and wonder.

· Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari – I almost read this book in one sitting, it is that engaging and hilarious. Acclaimed comedian Ansari teams up with a New York University sociologist to explore the nature of modern relationships, evaluating how technology is shaping contemporary rela-tionships and considering the differences between courtships of the past and present.

· The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah – The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, sepa-rated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and free-dom in German-occupied, war-torn France. Rec-ommended for those who enjoyed All the Light We Cannot See and Suite Francaise.

· The Reason You Walk: A Memoir, by Wab Kinew – Invoking hope, healing and forgiveness, The Reason You Walk is a poignant story of a tow-ering but damaged father and his son, charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist Wab Kinew, as they embark on a journey to repair their family bond.

· Step Aside, Pops: a Hark! A Vagrant Collec-tion, by Kate Beaton – Beaton began her infec-tiously popular web comic, Hark! A Vagrant, in 2007 and it quickly attracted the adoration of hun-dreds of thousands of fans. The follow-up, Step Aside, Pops is sure to be the comedic hit of the year: sharp, insightful, and very funny.

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From superfoods to questions of creativity, the shelves of the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library are filled with possibilities.

· Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert – Best-selling author Gilbert opens her new book with the question, “What is cre-ativity?” and answers, “The relation-ship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration.” This is a very readable book about embracing our curiosity in order to live empowered and passionate lives.

· Euphoria, by Lily King – Inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Marga-ret Mead, this gorgeous and evocative novel set in 1930s Papua New Guinea, is about three young, ground-breaking anthropologists caught in a love

triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers and, ultimately, their lives.

· Everyday Super Food, by Jamie Oliver – Jamie Oliver’s latest collection of recipes “for a healthier happier you” makes eating well exciting, delicious, easy and fun.

· Felicity, by Mary Oliver – In this rare collection of love poems by one of Ameri-ca’s most beloved poets, Oliver describes – with joy – the strangeness and wonder of human connection.

· The Illegal, by Lawrence Hill – Hill, author of the critically-acclaimed The Book of Negroes, turns to the plight of

illegal immigrants in the account of one boy who must run for his family’s survival as he attempts to live below the radar of the police and government officials in the fictional island continent of Zantor-land, located between Africa and Australia.

· Lila, by Marilynne Robinson – Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead, revisiting the beloved characters and setting of previous novels Gilead and Home in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe and wonder.

· Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari – I almost read this book in one sitting, it is that engaging and hilarious. Acclaimed comedian Ansari teams up with a New York University sociologist to explore the nature of modern relationships, evaluating how technology is shaping contemporary rela-tionships and considering the differences between courtships of the past and present.

· The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah – The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, sepa-rated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and free-dom in German-occupied, war-torn France. Rec-ommended for those who enjoyed All the Light We Cannot See and Suite Francaise.

· The Reason You Walk: A Memoir, by Wab Kinew – Invoking hope, healing and forgiveness, The Reason You Walk is a poignant story of a tow-ering but damaged father and his son, charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist Wab Kinew, as they embark on a journey to repair their family bond.

· Step Aside, Pops: a Hark! A Vagrant Collec-tion, by Kate Beaton – Beaton began her infec-tiously popular web comic, Hark! A Vagrant, in 2007 and it quickly attracted the adoration of hun-dreds of thousands of fans. The follow-up, Step Aside, Pops is sure to be the comedic hit of the year: sharp, insightful, and very funny.

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Often referred to by locals as Gonzales Hill, Oak Bay’s Walbran Park is a must-see local destination known for its spectacular views of Oak Bay and the waterfront.

Located near Gonzales Hill Regional Park and accessible from Denison Road, the undeveloped, natural park stands at just under two hectares.

The rewards of traversing several minor trails – not wheelchair or stroller accessible – include breathtaking views from a Second World War lookout and historical cairn. A short trail ends in steps to the marker, but otherwise the area is rug-ged and unsuitable for hiking, says Oak Bay Parks and Recreation.

Discover “magnificent views of ocean, moun-tain and the surrounding urban and waterfront landscape, as well as opportunity to learn of the historical and conservation significance of the area via historical plaques provided by the Fed-eral Government,” says Oak Bay’s website.

The district’s heritage pages note “the Obser-vation Post commands one of the most dramatic views in the city, overlooking the Straits and the

Gulf Islands.”Built in 1942, the for-

tress observation post was one of four in the fortress system network, joining others at Mt. Tol-mie, Mary Hill (William Head) and Church Hill (Smythe Head), with only Gonzales and Mt Tolmie remaining.

“The post features a Barr-Stroud Range Finder, which was trained on the Juan de Fuca Strait and on houses below the build-ing. Significant informa-tion was transmitted to Fort Rodd Hill Plotting room. The Gonzales Post was the link to the east-ernmost anchor gun battery and protected the naval base and the shipping lines. The post was operational until the early ‘50s.”

Today, what remains of the post is the concrete bunker, originally disguised as a residence, with peaked roof and awning-covered windows, which housed the range finder. This was the foundation

of the “house “ constructed as a blind.The park has no dog restrictions, but from a

natural history perspective, it includes some imperiled ecosystems that are under threat from invasive species in the park.

With limited roadside parking available, car-pooling or walking would be ideal.

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Meet Kent Thom, Deputy Chief with Oak Bay Police.

What does your ideal day in Oak Bay look like? A day where I have been able to impact someone’s life in a positive way.

What is one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do? Travel to every continent on the globe. I have travelled extensively within North America, a little bit in Central America, Europe and Africa, but there are still lots of places to see and cultures to experience.

What book is on your nightstand? I am just about to finish LA Justice. Lessons learned from the Firestorm, written by (former) Assistant Chief of Police Bob Vernon of the LAPD. He talks mainly about his 35-year career in the LAPD, the politics involved and his experiences (his career concluded with the Rodney King incident and the

subsequent fall-out in the city of LA). I am just about to start The Greatest Generation by former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw.

What person, living or dead, would you like to have dinner with? Living – Rev Billy Graham. His life experiences and the people he has met and had intimate conversations with, both living and dead, (including political, leaders, entertainers, sports stars, philosophers and spiritual leaders) would make for a fascinating conversation. Passed on – My grandfather on my father’s side. He passed away when my father was very young due to injuries he suffered from his involvement in the First World War.

What is your biggest pet peeve? Negativity. Especially when the individuals spreading the negativity are not willing to work collaboratively on a reasonable solution with whomever has the ability to effect change and possibly turn the negative situation into a positive one.

A lesson from someone you admire that affects you still today? Learning from my three daughters to try and practice patience no matter what your situation is. I have observed each of my daughters in different circumstances work diligently to effect change to a certain point, but after that they have demonstrated how to be patient and wait to see the what the eventual outcome of that situation will be. They have also demonstrated how, at times, a person must live with that outcome even though it’s not necessarily the one you might feel is the best one for you.

If you weren’t a police officer, what work would you be doing? Humanitarian work or doing some work with rescue animals. My whole family has been involved with humanitarian work, both locally and internationally, on a volunteer level for a few years now and we find great value in helping others in need. My wife and I also love animals and would like to work with organization(s) involved with animal rescue efforts when I retire.

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This week, we introduce a new monthly feature, My Oak Bay, highlighting the municipality’s people and places, plus must-do events or activities to mark on your calendar. Look for the feature on the third Wednesday of the month and we welcome your ideas for future destinations or people to profile – share your thoughts on your Oak Bay at [email protected].

Heritage view: Oak Bay’s Walbran Park Out and aboutRing in night of British melodiesn The Victoria Mendelssohn Choir, directed by Maestro Simon Leung, comes to Oak Bay United Church this weekend with Melodies from the British Isles.Enjoy the Saturday evening concert at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St., with music beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 23.Tickets are $20 each, available from choir members, Ivy’s Bookshop, Russell Books, Long & McQuade and at the door.

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General health questions about you and your blood relations are important. Many illnesses can affect vision. You’d be wise to bring a list of any medications you take. Many medications have potential visual side effects.

Optometrists always ask about your occupation and hobbies to determine how you use your eyes. Then we can make suggestions as to which type of glasses and/or lenses would provide you with the best visual performance at work and play.


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Fab food-raiserJeff McKay, Sean Battistoni, Steve Sinclair and Richard Hill pack up the dock carts at Oak Bay Marina that visitors filled with non-perishables for the Mustard Seed Food Bank last week. Oak Bay Marine Group had decorated carriers at Pedder Bay Marina, North Saanich Marina and the Oak Bay Marina offering customers and staff an opportunity to give in a big way. The post-holiday collection serves as a timely reminder that the need for food donations exists year-round, and the public’s support at area food banks is always welcome.

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When Mark Davie was young, he never dreamed he would become one the exec-utive chefs of a prestigious university club.

In his home country of Wales, Davie’s mother owned a guest house where the then 13-year-old would help move beds and cook for the roughly 30 guests the house could accommodate.

“My mother always said ‘people have to eat’, so here I am and they’re still eat-ing,” Davie said with a laugh.

His passion for food continued to grow as he worked in various restaurants and Davie is now the executive chef at the University Club of Victoria and president of the Canadian Culinary Federation Vic-toria branch.

The branch is comprised of cooking professionals, including chefs, cooks or

apprentices, along with industry part-ners who mentor youth and give back the community.

This year, it is celebrating its 50th anni-versary.

The federation was founded in 1963 and had its first gath-ering in Edmonton. The Victoria branch followed in its foot-steps, opening two years after.

Originally, Davie described the feder-ation as an “old boys club,” where chefs could get away from the hectic life of the kitchen to be with other like-minded individuals. Now, it has turned into a place of education with roughly 23 junior chefs and 73 members.

“Back in those days, everything was a big secret. These days, we’ll tell every-

body anything,” said Davie of recipes. “People like to have different food. You

can’t keep going and having the same food over and over again. You’ve got to keep moving and B.C. is the best in the

world for that. We’re very lucky with where you live. You can go and travel the world and we still have some of the best restaurants right here.”

In celebration of the anniversary, the Victoria branch will

be hosting a dinner Jan. 25 at Govern-ment House (1401 Rockland Ave.) The ticket includes food from chefs, bever-ages and entertainment.

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Cross-generational jazz will elate ears at the Monterey Recreation Centre as teens join their senior counterparts for the second annual We Jam for Kids on Jan. 30.

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We Jam for Kids is Jan. 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1442 Monterey Ave.

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Ervin Braithwaite, left, organizer of the Monterey Concert Band, and members Sandy Cameron, sax, and Chuck Howard jam a little with teen pianist Sam Laramee before last year’s WeJam concert. The celebration of jazz returns to Monterey Rec Jan. 30.

Choir seeks singers for spring season

Victoria Mendelssohn Choir, directed by Simon Leung, seeks new members in all sections for their 2016 Spring Season, Feb. 15 to June 20.

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The Community Arts Coun-cil of Greater Victoria seeks art-ists for an exhibition in honour of International Women’s Day March 8.

Women Hold up Half the Sky runs from Feb. 25 to March 13 at the Bay Centre Community Arts Council of Greater Victo-ria Gallery, on the third level, exploring two themes: “Women actively engaging with the world through their art” and “Art as an active agent promoting positive change.”

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Capital Regional District Notice to ElectorsWithin the Capital Regional DistrictAlternative Approval Process for CRD Bylaw 4042 - Authorizing the disposal of a portion of the Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park ReserveNotice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Capital Regional District (“CRD”) proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 4042, “Capital Regional District Disposition of Part of Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park Reserve Bylaw No. 1, 2015.” The purpose of Bylaw No. 4042 is to authorize the sale or exchange of a 902m2 (0.09 hectare) parcel in the Sooke Hills Regional Park Reserve, more particularly described as that portion of Lot 21, District Lot 8, Block 453 and Block 352, Malahat District, Plan VIP84067. The intention is to exchange this parcel of land for a similarly sized and nearby parcel owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. This parcel will become dedicated road. This exchange is critical to complete the necessary land transactions to ensure that construction of the Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail is completed in 2017.Take further notice that the CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 4042 unless at least 28,055 electors within the CRD indicate by signing the elector response forms, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 4042.The elector response form must be in the form as established by the CRD and forms are available from the CRD on request. The only persons entitled to sign elector response forms are electors of the area to which the alternative approval process opportunity applies. The alternative approval process opportunity applies within the regional parks service area, which is comprised of all the municipalities and electoral areas in the Capital Regional District, as follows: Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Oak Bay, Metchosin, North Saanich, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria, View Royal; and Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands electoral areas.The deadline for delivering the original signed elector response forms, in relation to Bylaw No. 4042, to the CRD is 4:00 pm on Monday, February 22, 2016. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted.The CRD has estimated that the total number of electors within the service area is 280,551 and that 10% of that number or 28,055 electors must submit elector response forms to prevent the CRD from enacting Bylaw No. 4042 without the assent of the electors by referendum.Further technical information concerning Bylaw No. 4042 may be obtained from Stephen Henderson, Manager, Real Estate, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, 250.360.3136, [email protected], during regular office hours Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until February 22, 2016.Qualifications for Resident and Non-Resident Property ElectorsResident Elector: You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months and in the Capital Regional District for at least 30 days prior to signing the elector response form.Non-Resident Property Elector: You may submit an elector response form as a Non-Resident Property Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months, have owned and held registered title to property in the Capital Regional District for 30 days and do NOT qualify as a Resident Elector. If there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an elector response form.To obtain an elector response form, or for questions about the elector approval process, please contact CRD Legislative and Information Services, PO Box 1000, 625 Fisgard Street, 5th Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 or by telephone at 250.360.3642 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.A copy of the elector response form may be downloaded from:www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-votingElector response forms may also be obtained at the CRD offices listed below. A copy of Bylaw No. 4042 and a copy of this Notice may be inspected during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (unless specified otherwise below), Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until February 22, 2016 at the following locations:• public notice board in the lobby of CRD headquarters, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria• Panorama Recreation Centre, 1885 Forest Park Drive, North Saanich• Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office, #3-7450 Butler Road, Sooke• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria• SSI Administration (PARC) Office, 145 Vesuvius Bay Road, Salt Spring Island• on the CRD website:

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Literacy is a problem in the country, where the people are well-informed, but live in an oral soci-ety adapted from a legacy of lack of strong education, McAvoy said.

One winter, the Gordons asked her to stay with them and Marilyn got her in at the school of about 175 students. The All Ages School model includes students up to Grade 6, then older youth in an all-ages classroom if they don't get into a high school.

“One of the real advantages was I'd seen many computer programs over the years. I could take one or two of the best that applied to the popula-tion,” she said.

For example, one program has students type in a letter to start the word and a block of words appear at the bottom of the screen. As they select the appropriate word for what they're looking to write – say the word dog – the software will read each word.

In another, the image of the word appears as they type the letters. With the word bird, a bird appears. If they misspell a word, nothing appears.

“Technology is novel there. Almost 30 years ago I was doing the same thing in Victoria,” she said.

McAvoy went for six weeks over two years, skipping this year over family concerns over the rising rate of the chikungunya virus which typi-cally causes fever, along with an

arthritis-like pain in the joints and a rash. It is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.

The first year she told the stu-dents, “If you write, I’ll put it in a book.”

They don’t have things such as annual yearbooks, so didn’t com-pletely comprehend the concept until she sent the first compilation. It was filled with the words and short stories students wrote utilizing the software. It featured their faces and their artwork and even their hand-printed names. “By the second year, they all wanted to be in the book,” McAvoy said.

She hopes to stay three months next visit, because of missing last year.

“I love to see them progress and in the meantime enjoy teaching them,” she said. “I think they pick up on that.”

One boy, about 14, was polite and consistent in turning down her offer of literacy learning. He’s learned to read, primarily because she offered him an audience – she showed inter-est in his artwork, so he hung around her classes.

That care and attention reaps great rewards.

“Children that have never written before were writing sentences, with peer help, in two weeks with special-ized software,” she said.

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Wednesday, Jan. 20Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. For current schedule call Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062.

Lieder at Lunch – UVic’s Harald and Sharon Krebs present free, 45-minute concerts of songs organized around a theme. Bring your lunch and enjoy selections from Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch. 12:30 p.m.in Room B037, B-Wing, MacLaurin Building. All welcome.

Friday, Jan. 22Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. No registration required.

‘Fridaymusic’ – UVic’s School of Music students perform a varied repertoire, 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, B-Wing, MacLaurin Building. Admission by donation. Info: finearts.uvic.ca/music/events/

Visual Impetus XIX – From swords and fashion to Islamic castles and medieval manuscripts, UVic’s Department of Art History & Visual Studies presents a rich and fascinating world of art history with this 19th annual graduate student symposium. Friday, 4 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., a series of short presentations on current research. Room 103, Fine Arts building. Info: 250-721-7942.

Tower of Song, Oliver Swain & Glenna Garramone in concert – Upstairs Lounge Concert Series continues at Oak Bay Rec Centre with the duo presenting re-imagined songs of Leonard Cohen and original material. Doors at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Tickets $15 from Oak Bay Rec or beacon-ridgeproductions.com

Dinner Theatre at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – Weekends through Feb. 20, Double Diamond: A Tribute

to Neil Diamond, featuring tribute artist Bill Zaalberg, who takes audiences through five decades of Diamond’s musical success. Back-up vocalist and Stevie Nicks tribute artist Kathleen Zaalberg will also add several of Nicks’ songs to this non-stop 90-minute performance. Tickets $89, incl. three-course meal in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. Info/ tickets from the front desk or 250-598-4556.

Convivium – Opening reception for painter Shelby Assenheimer’s exhibit at Gage Gallery, 2031 Oak Bay Ave., 7 to 9 p.m. Exhibit continues to Feb. 6. Info: gagegallery.ca or 250-592-2760.

Saturday, Jan. 23 Friends of Uplands Park Bird Walk – Meet at 9 a.m. in the large parking lot out at the end of Cattle Point. After observing wintering sea and shore birds, head into the park to observe the many birds in this

Garry oak meadow community. Info: friendsofuplandspark.wordpress.com. Volkssport 5/10km Walk – Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St. Register at 9:30 a.m., for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Randy, 250-590-7175.

The Choir In Concert – The 100-member non-auditioned community choir sings all-original arrangements of pop, folk and indie music from Radiohead and Fleetwood Mac to Bruce Springsteen and St. Vincent, at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance from Larsen School of Music or thechoir.brownpapertickets.com or $18 at the door. Proceeds from this concert will go to the ALS Cycle of Hope: ALS Cycle of Hope.

Sunday, Jan. 24Kiwanis Sunday Breakfast – Oak Bay Kiwanis hosts its fundraising breakfast, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room, $10.

Proceeds support Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Care Facility.

Volkssport 5/10/11km Walk – Meet at Oak Bay Rec Centre, 1975 Bee St. Register at 9:30 a.m. for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Cheryl, 250-385-8990.

Ron Klusmeier and Friends & The Victoria Soul Gospel Choir – Epiphany Explorations Conference concert, at First Met United Church 932 Balmoral Road (at Quadra), 3:45 p.m. Tickets $30, available at the door. Info: epiphany-explorations.ca.

Victoria Mendelssohn Choir – Directed by Maestro Simon Leung, the choir presents Melodies from the British Isles, 7 p.m. at Oak Bay United Church. (Also Sunday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. at Sidney’s St. Elizabeth Church, 10030 Third St.) Tickets are $20, available from choir members, Ivy’s Bookshop and Long & McQuade and at the door. Info: 250-590-6335.

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ART/MUSIC/DANCING

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ACUPUNCTURE Table $95. obo. Call (250)544-4933.

ANTIQUE REGENT sewing machine, black electric + cabi-net,works $80. (250)388-6950.

NEVER WORN! Sz 10.5, tan, Clark’s hiker style boots. Sur-gery requires. Retail $190, will sell for $85.obo (250)654-0007

OLD WOODEN storage chest on wheels, $50, obo. Call (250)385-3400.

SCOTLAND- 2000 years of Scottish history - Rosemary Goring, $20. (250)477-1819.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

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PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3 min. walk to campus. Only $75/mo. Save $55/mo (or more for long-term). Chris, 250-595-0370.

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AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

2009 PONTIAC Vibe- charcoal grey, black interior, 4cylinder auto, A/C, cruise, P/W, extra options. 52,353km, exc cond. $10,200. (250)580-4104.

MOTORCYCLES

2008 HONDA Motorcycle, 919 (red). Only 22,000 km. Just serviced. No drops. $4,900. Call (250)361-0052.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. Work Guaran-teed. Any size job. Call (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

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

GARDENING

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.

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250-380-7778 GRAND Xterior Cleaning. Repairs, Gutters, de-moss, roofs windows, PWash, Christmas lights.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

HAUL A WAY Clean & green. Junk & garbage removal. Free est. Senior disc. 778-350-5050

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

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

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.


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Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747

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HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.


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“Hardly a week goes by that moments a� er I remove a small lesion from someone’s face, they exclaim, ‘If I had known how quick and painless it would be, I would have done it years ago!’” says Dr. Julian A. Han-cock, from Fair� eld Skin Clinic.In fact, Dr. Hancock notes, many of these simple cos-metic procedures can be completed at the � rst clinic visit, and a GP’s referral is not required for cosmetic consultations.� e list of di� erent lesions is long, and the correct treatment must be matched to the lesion, meaning it’s best to be seen by board-certi� ed dermatologist. Accurate diagnosis is important, as is exclusion of a more serious medical problem such as an early skin cancer, he says. A dermascope, a hand-held microscope combined with the experienced, trained eye of a dermatologist is ideal for diagnosis.Among the more common lesions Dr. Hancock can usually deal with in one or two visits are:• Small tags or bumps on the eyelids – usually small warts, con� rmed by the dermascope, then cauterized under local anesthetic.• Brown warty bumps that appear “glued” on to skin – Sebborrhoeic Keratoses that usually respond well to liquid nitrogen cryotherapy. Very common and o� en seen on face and trunk.• Benign moles – skin-coloured bumps, sometimes sprouting hair, change little, if at all. Depending on size and location these can be shaved o� with a blade

under local anaesthetic, or formally excised and sutured under local. “In dermatology we have lit-tle-known techniques to remove these moles leaving a minimal scar, and if there is a scar, we have lasers and other techniques to improve it,” Dr. Hancock notes.• Sebaceous Hyperplasia – small yellowish bumps, o� en with a central dell, dermascope con� rmed, then cauterized.• Skin tags – common on neck, underarms, even groin. Very small lesions are best cauterized, with larger ones snipped o� under local anaesthetic, then cauterized to stop bleeding and discourage recurrence.“Needless to say, there are many, many other nuisance lesions that can easily be removed,” Dr. Hancock says. “Once in a while, however, the dermascope reveals an early skin cancer, not apparent to the naked eye ... and that’s why it is important to see a quali� ed dermatol-ogist for accurate assessment and treatment of small lumps and bumps on your skin.”

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