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C O M M U N I T Y N E W S M E D I A

Black PressWednesday, May 6, 2015Agreement#40110541

Editorial Page 8

Entertainment Page 13

Sports/stats Page 32

36 pages in one section

DUCK RACEThe ducks are get-ting ready to plunge

on May 9 at the Sooke Flats.

QUACK!

3.125x1.2”Dimock

Hicks may challenge CRD sustainable strategy

Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Every man, woman, child and animal in a municipality is entitled to have access to safe drinking water, but resi-dents in the Juan de Fuca are not.

That’s the issue that strikes Juan de Fuca Regional Director Mike Hicks right between the eyes, he said.

At the Committee of the Whole meeting of the Capital Regional District on April 29, dis-cussion ensued on the draft Regional Sustain-ability Strategy. It is a revised and amended version of the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS). The RGS is a strategic planning document that addresses regional issues such as trans-portation, population growth and settlement patterns. What had been looked at, at the meeting, was a provi-sion that no new water servicing would extend beyond municipal boundaries.

In it, municipalities are allowed to change their context state-ments and serve their whole municipality with water, the Juan de Fuca is not allowed the same privilege.

“I don’t have that right,” said Hicks, and it is what he wants.

There are currently about 400 families from the Highlands to Shir-ley who depend on trucked-in water deliv-ery.

“The bottom line is I find it unlawful discrim-ination and against Sec-tion 15 of the Charter of Rights, which guar-antees equity and fair-ness to all Canadians,” said Hicks.

He said he would be demanding that all areas of the Juan de Fuca be defined by their boundaries and be potentially accessed for water similar to municipalities. Piped water is available in East Sooke, Otter Point and Port Renfrew.

In the Juan de Fuca there are seven Official Community Plan areas, one of which is in the Rural Resource Lands.

“I would not demand water for that area,” he said.

He said he isn’t screaming for more development but urban/rural sprawl should be determined by each community through their OCPs.

He said planning and zoning should not be done through water - which is a god-given

right, and water should not determine density. Hicks wants to pro-tect smaller water sys-tems in the JdFEA, like Kemp Lake, Shirley, Mt. Matheson and others.

Some directors and environmentalists in the CRD feel access to water would increase density and create urban sprawl.

The irony, said Hicks, is that the CRD endorsed a resolution adopted at the Asso-ciation of Vancouver Island Coast Commu-nities conference to support David Suzuki’s Blue Dot, a movement to recognize every Canadian’s right to live in a healthy environ-ment.

To pass, the RSS must be endorsed by every single council in the CRD and Hicks is counting on the Dis-trict of Sooke to stand by him.

“The bottom line for me is if I fail to get the support from munici-palities, I’ll legally chal-lenge the RSS under the Charter of Right,” Hicks stated.

The debate will con-tinue next month. The meeting was adjourned as legal advice is being sought on the legiti-macy of the Regional Sustainability Strategy.

Unlawful discrimination states JdF Area Director

Classifieds 27• 75¢

Octavian Lacatusu photo

Following the Yellow Brick RoadThe Wizard of Oz, performed by the Sooke Youth Show Choir proved to be very popular with Sooke audi-ences. On stage singing, We’re Off to see the Wizard, are from left ot right: Katya Silvester as Toto, Elena Hoath as Scarecrow, Kiarra Balzer as Dorothy and Mercer Balzer as the Tin Man.

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Council Briefs

Last Monday’s April 27 council meeting was as filled up as the agenda itself - here are the highlights.

Food Bank gets fund-ing boost

Kim Metzger and Mike Thomas, the main co-ordinators for the Sooke Food Bank, approached council last Monday with a request for additional funds - Metzger noted that the food bank had nearly closed down in April, but was assisted by the food bank orga-nization in Sidney. Council then carried a motion to cut the cheque for $6,000, until several councillors pro-posed to add an addi-tional $2,000 into the mix. As such, council eventually carried the motion to provide the Sooke Food Bank with a total of $8,000.

Sooke Fine Arts Soci-ety gets green light for mural

Council carried a motion to allow stu-dents and staff from the Sooke Fine Arts Society to paint a mural on the existing pump sta-tion located near the boat launch behind the Prestige hotel. Sarah Bradley, manager for Sooke Family Services, said the mural will be completed by grade 10 students, as well as numerous artists from around Sooke. Some modifications will be needed, such as relo-cating a parking meter sign and a pay box for the parking meter itself. Though the project is not funded directly by the District, coun-

cil suggested possibly helping with purchas-ing the initial base coat.

Enforcement of bou-levards bylaw

Sooke resident Jared Sklepowich brought to council his concern regarding the removal of his personal plants/trees from his front yard by the municipal-ity - whereas others, he says, such as his neighbours, are report-edly left unscathed. The issue stems from bylaw 803-11, which states that no one is allowed to modify, or build upon property owned by the munici-pality. While the mat-ter remains in limbo, Council concluded that anyone who utilizes municipal property for their personal use such as planting trees or personalizing/add-ing to the improvement of their own property, are automatically put-ting themselves at legal risk, as well as risking their plants/trees being removed.

Fire Department Review

The District car-ried the motion to find a specialist - notably someone with expe-rience in fire depart-ments - who can re-

evaluate the Sooke Fire Department’s Service Review regarding new equipment and addi-tional staff. The budget for this was set aside to $30,000, though council has yet to determine who it will be that will carry this forward.

New Democrats

deliver One year after

becoming Leader of the Opposition, John Horgan heads a united and energized B.C. New Democrat caucus.

“B.C. families need a break,” Horgan said. “I hear this everywhere I go from people in their workplaces, in their schools and in their living rooms, in every region of British Colum-bia.”

In the legislature and in communities around the province, New Democrats have won a series of victories for families struggling to make ends meet under a Liberal government that puts its friends and insiders first.

“Our New Democrat team has stood up for the people of British

Columbia and gotten them some real relief,” Horgan said. “Some people say we’ve found our stride and we’re hitting home runs, but I know we’re just get-ting started. I am deter-mined that we will continue to make a dif-ference in the lives of young people, families and seniors in B.C.”

New market season

The Sooke Country Market is set to open for its 21 season on Sat-urday May 9. The mar-ket, which takes place on Otter Point Road across from Eustace Road in downtown

Sooke, is a rain or shine event that operates on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. right through into October.

Sooke region farm-ers will unveil their fresh grown produce, plant starts, seeds and preserves, artisan bak-ers will tempt with delicious home baked breads, pastries and nourishing snacks. Fine artists and craftsmen enhance the festive market with body care products, unique hand-crafted jewelry, knitted creations and unique West Coast inspired art.

Farmers’ markets have become the sum-mer heart of many small communities, providing a bounty of locally grown food from organic farms and small market gardeners.

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Pilots and escorts needed nowPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

At a meeting on April 28 with the chair and members of the National Energy Board at the Capital Regional District board room, Juan de Fuca Director Mike Hicks and District of Sooke Councillor Rick Kasper spoke about the issues facing the region.

Both representatives spoke about their concerns over increased tanker/freighter traf-fic through the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

They emphasized the present not the future.

“I brought up my main con-

cern - the existing 70 tank-ers (per day) and escorts and pilots,” said Hicks. If the Facili-ties Application by Trans Moun-tain (Kinder Morgan) moves forward to the National Energy Board (NEB) there could be upwards of 400 tankers in the Strait, said Hicks.

Hicks said there should already be escort boats and pilots alongside the tankers now plying the waters of the strait.

He said he was extremely disappointed that representa-tives from the Coast Guard and TransCanada pipeline were not in attendance.

Sooke Councillor Rick Kasper said he was pleasantly surprised

that the NEB had the marine environment in their Terms of Reference.

“It gives me comfort that the process is not just dealing with pipelines over land, but the panel under the NEB is look-ing at the marine environment aspect,” said Kasper.

Kasper also wants to see escort boats and pilots in place now rather than later. He mentioned there should be enhanced dialogue with our American counterparts for such things as joint response teams. He also said he was comforted by the fact that the whole pro-cess is very fair.

Octavian Lacatusu photos

Rotary funThe Rotary Auction and Spring Fair was classed as a resounding suc-cess. Held at SEAPARc each year, the event is a fundraiser for the ser-vice club.Right, Mayor Maja Tait, corporate officer Bonnie Sprinkling and councillor Brenda Parkinson man the District of Sooke booth.

Below, Members of Sooke Fire Rescue talk to the public.

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The Muir brothers’ steamer WoodsideProminent business-

men they were: ship builders, sawmill oper-ators and farmers, and their influence on the early development of Sooke was immeasur-able. At left is Michael Muir (think Burn-side on Maple Ave), the youngest and by nature, the most entre-preneurial of the broth-ers. The centre figure is John, Jr. who built the Woodside farmhouse that we see today on West Coast Road, and at right is Robert Muir, who built Springside (near Caldwell, now gone).

Arriving in Victoria in 1849 with their par-ents John Muir, Sr. and Ann Miller Muir, the young men were ini-tially engaged up the east coast of Vancou-ver Island, working for the Hudson’s Bay Com-pany, under the supervi-sion of their coalminer father. Dissatisfaction with the HBC terms of employment fol-lowed, resulting in the eldest Muir brother, Andrew (not pictured) being clapped in irons. Records show that in 1851 the Muirs came to Sooke and took up land, expanding their

holdings to include most of the town as we know it.

An 1878 issue of The Daily Colonist tells us “Steamboat Launched at Sooke – The 41st anniversary of the cor-onation of Queen Victo-ria was commemorated Friday in a lively way at Sooke by the successful launching of a beautiful steam boat, built for the enterprising firm of Muir brothers ....

“… The weather was fine and everything favorable... and as the tide rose due care and precaution were taken to make the launch a success… About sun-set the beautiful craft glided majestically into the harbor with hearty cheers from old and young who had assem-

bled. The important ceremony of christen-ing was performed by Mrs. Michael Muir... This yachtlike craft is said to be as beautiful as a peacock when on the stocks and to float with all the majesty of the swan when in the water …”

The builder was Samuel Sea of Victoria and the ship’s dimen-sions were: length – 78 ft, beam – 15 ft, depth of hold – 6 ft 6 in. The engine was 25-horse-power, made by John Dougal, while the boil-ers and propeller were made by a Mr. Spratt.

The ship plied our coast between Vic-toria and Alberni for a decade, carrying cargo and passengers. A sudden gale hit her

in March 1888, and the Colonist tells us, “The crew of the steamer Woodside arrived by canoe on Saturday night from Sooke and reported the loss of the vessel near Nitinat Bay… During a heavy sea and roaring wind the rudder broke loose from the pintals and the steamer lay help-less about five miles from the Nitinat River.” Remarkably, there was no loss of life, and the crew was able to res-cue their passengers, an Alberni mother and her two children.

We know that the steamer Woodside was commemorated by a bronze plaque on Vic-toria’s Causeway, but we have not been able to learn at exactly what

spot on our harbour shore the Woodside, and the other Muir ves-sels, were built. This is an appeal to our read-ers, if anyone has this knowledge, could you please share with us?

As the Sooke Region Museum is working on producing a video illus-trating the history of Woodside Farm, which has the distinction of being the oldest contin-uously operated farm in B.C. (and we think possibly the oldest west of Manitoba’s Red River), we are anxious to find this missing link in our records.

Elida Peers, Histo-rian, Sooke Region

Museumhistorian@sookere-

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Octavian Lacatusu photo

There to rememberThe Sooke Pipes and Drums marched in the annual VE Day Parade, Victory in Europe on May 3. The march commemorates the Battle of the Atlantic and the end of the Second World War in Europe on May 8, 1945. The parade was followed by a family breakfast and a ceremony at the Sooke cenotaph.

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Linking people with jobsWorkLink offers wide array of services for employers and the unemployedPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

One of the tough-est jobs in the world is searching for a job. It can be incredibly time-consuming, depress-ing, and isolating. But it doesn’t have to be that way and the staff at WorkLink want people to know there is help out there.

Work Link is a non-profit agency funded by the government, but it is not a government office. They offer a full range of employment and career-related pro-grams and services through various gov-ernment and commu-nity agencies in the Sooke and Victoria area.

“Any unemployed person can use our ser-vices,” said Jen Harri-son, Community Coor-dinator for WorkLink. That includes those who are retired, semi-retired, have handicaps or disabilities or are young.

She said anyone, and stresses anyone, can access workshops, one-on-one employ-ment counseling and services providing they work under 20 hours a week. And anyone, whether they are work-ing or not, can come into the office and use the self-serve comput-ers.

“A lot of people in the

community don’t know we exist or can assist,” said Janice Hlady from the Sooke office of WorkLink.

WorkLink, at 2234 Sooke Road, offers pro-grams for employees as well as employers. For example, employ-ers can access wage subsidies for employ-ees looking to gain new skills on the job or post their job openings on the WorkLink website.

“We want to remind employers that we’re here and advertising job postings is free - people come in daily looking for work,” said Hlady. “If you’re a new employer in town - come see us.”

Those who come to WorkLink can access numerous workshops where they can go old-school and network and meet others who can offer suggestions and ideas on where to find work. It’s about making personal connections, and those connections can make a job search easier. They can speak with advisors, write resumes and cover let-ters and acquire basic job search skills. Work-

Link connects people with the skills they need to connect to employers.

“You don’t have to job search alone,” said Harrison. “A job search is a full time job.”

Harrison said Work-Link staff can help you develop a system.

“We remind people that 80 per cent of jobs are not advertised. Eight hours on the com-puter is not effective, you have to get out in the world - step out of your comfort zone,” said Hlady. The staff at WorkLink take son the role as your personal job search coach, keep-ing you on track and focussed while provid-ing fresh ideas.

Workshops take place in Sooke every Wednesday.

And they agreed that amazing things can happen in those work-shops like ideas shared experiences and job leads.

A lot of the people coming through the door these days are professionals and oil and gas workers.

Harrison said peo-ple will likely change

careers many times and they need to develop transferable skills in these challeng-ing times.

“We help develop employment resiliency and it is way more suc-cessful when you get your own job. Losing a job is like grieving and we help people rise through that,” said Har-rison.

On May 7, at the Langford Legion (761 Station Avenue) there will be a Job Fair, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where job seekers can con-nect with a number of employers. While the employers are mainly from the Westshore, WorkLink would like to see Sooke employers take part.

Many unemployed people in Sooke prefer to find work in either Sooke or Colwood/Langford. The job fair is a aware chance to meet hiring employers face to face and poten-tially get an op-the-spot interview.

To make an appoint-ment at with a case manager in Sooke call 250-642-3685 or drop into the office.

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The Sooke Commu-nity Choir has some-thing special going on. It went from 23 mem-bers to 60 in the space of one year. What that is due to, no one can quite figure out, but it just might have some-thing to do with Bruce Ruddell.

Ruddell comes to the choir via Salt Spring Island and Victoria. After years of run-ning Tuned Air on Salt Spring he moved to Victoria where he took on writing long projects in seclusion. He saw an advertisement for a substitute conductor on the BC Choral web-site and took hold of the reins of the Sooke Community Choir.

“It felt good to be

back conducting and be with these people,” he said. “They are ter-rific people.”

In June of last year he was asked to become the Artistic Director and he succumbed to the call.

“You just can’t con-duct and leave, it’s hands-on,” he said.

The choir had a church venue for their performances for years and Ruddell thought it was time to move into what he calls, “that beautiful hall,” the Sooke Community Hall. It’s the character of the hall that he loves, in fact the character evi-dent in all those types of halls all across Can-ada. The Sooke Philhar-monic Orchestra and the community choir are both painting and upgrading the hall.

So back to why the choir is exploding with new singers…

“I just love what I do, it’s the love of making music,” Ruddell said.

He said all these sing-ers just started arriv-ing.

“I run it the same as a

professional business. We’re doing some really complex music.”

Sally Titchkosky, president of the Sooke Community Choir, said it’s a pretty phenome-nal change in the choir,

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The Sooke Community Choir has gone from 23 members to 60 and all of them will be singing in the upcom-ing concerts in Sooke from May 8-10.

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Always plenty to do in Sooke

If you think there is nothing to do in Sooke, think again. Take a look at the calendar on page 13, it’s full of events and information on various groups in Sooke.

Just this past weekend the Rotary Auction, the Wizard of Oz and the Sooke Community Choir all drew people to their events. It was a full on weekend, and the rest of the year is like that as well. We can look forward to the Bluegrass Festival in June, the Sooke Fine Arts Show in July/August, fishing derbies, a Secret Garden tour, Art in the Park, Tall Tree Festival, Canada Day... you name it, we got it. What these events need is you. Success is built on attendance and every group/event needs bums in the seats. That’s their reward. Apart from these events being entertaining, many of them are also fund raisers for good causes, many related to children. They aren’t a “Go Fund Me” type of campaign where people ask strangers to support them financially in some shaky business endeavor. Any potential business that has to go begging for support is not on solid ground and will likely fail.

What you get out of these local events is a lot of hard work done by volunteers doing something for someone else. They are not asking for handouts — they are giving back not just taking. They need our support and that isn’t hard to give when the cause is a good one.

So, if you find yourself with nothing to do, check out the many events and functions going on in Sooke all the time. Attend, be a part of what is happening. There is a list in the back of the Lions phone directory of most of the groups and organizations in Sooke. And the Sooke News Mirror prints a calendar each week in the paper and there is also an on-line calendar on the web page. www.sookenewsmirror.com And if that is not your thing, then there is the great outdoors not more than 15 minutes away in any direction.

FEATURE LETTERS

Coast Guard is 911 for shipsRe: “Coast Guard hysteria sinks

lower” (B.C. Views, April 29). The “ship monitoring stations”

that Tom Fletcher refers to are more than just that.  Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Ser-vices (MCTS)  Centres perform two distinct but complimentary func-tions. They provide vessel traffic ser-vices, and provide communications and coordination to detect distress situations similar to a 911 centre for mariners. 

They also broadcast maritime safety information, screen vessels entering Canadian waters, and pro-vide marine information to other federal departments and agencies. The MCTS Centres are the result of the 1995 merger of Vessel Traffic Ser-vices and Coast Guard Radio.

This initiative was proposed by the union, which recognized that technological change provided the opportunity to rationalize services and save money. The result was that the combined service went from 44 centres to 22 and staff was reduced by one third. The reduction in staff was achieved through early retire-ment and attrition. Total savings of this co-operative effort are $14.5 mil-lion per year.

Industry Minister James Moore is quoted as saying that “1970s era ship tracking equipment is being replaced.” That is incorrect; that equipment was replaced five years ago. The equipment being replaced is the communications control sys-tem. This is what controls the radio equipment used to communicate with vessels.

This “technological innovation” is a touch screen communications con-trol system that replaces the knobs and switches and touch screens cur-rently in use, hardly a “technological innovation.”

Moore is also quoted as saying “these fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when lighthouses were de-staffed.”

The last round of lighthouse de-staffing in the late ‘90s was halted after only a few lighthouses had been de-staffed. The majority of lighthouses on the B.C. coast are still fully staffed.

The recent 30-minute outage in Prince Rupert should be a wake-up call. For people on the water it was the equivalent of ATC and 911 being out of service from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaska border. If you were in trouble for those 30 minutes and called for help, your only hope of being heard would have been if you were lucky enough to have another vessel close enough to hear you.

When you get in trouble on the water, seconds count. If your house is on fire you can go outside, If your boat is on fire you are in the water. This is not hysteria, this is a fact. There are many examples of mari-ners who only managed to make one radio call for help before “going down.”

The MCTS Centre in Ucluelet has been closed and the operations have been remoted to Prince Rupert. If the same outage were to occur again, and there is no reason to believe that it won’t, it would cover the entire B.C. outer coast from Washington to

Alaska. If you make your living off the water or just like to get out in your boat for fun and this doesn’t worry you, it should.

Scott HodgeUnifor Local 2182 (Marine Com-

munications Officers)Kits Coast Guard station still

neededRe: “Coast Guard hysteria sinks

lower” (B.C. Views, April 29).I believe I may be the “retired cap-

tain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station” referred to by Tom Fletcher.

I am a disgruntled Canadian citizen and voter, not a disgruntled retiree of the Coast Guard. I was good at my job and loved my career.

I retired after 32 years of service to an organization that employs so many talented and hard-working people, all dedicated to lifesaving, marine safety and yes - environ-mental response. I didn’t even think of getting involved  until such time that the exaggerations and fabrica-tions began pouring from the Coast Guard’s commissioners and deputy commissioners’ mouths, all for the purpose of saving the Prime Minis-ter’s reputation for just one of his many ill-thought-out cuts.

The Coast Guard Station Kitsilano was primarily a rescue boat station, but “Kits Base” was also one of the best equipped and trained lifeboat stations in Canada. That’s a fact, not some jaded opinion from a dis-gruntled ex-employee. We fought fires, responded to numerous oil spills yearly, rescued and assisted

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Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Mr. Sketchley must have worked as a highliner in the fishing industry the way he trolls out the right wing conservative doctrine.

It’s easy to debunk any kind of researched and documented sci-ence in this country when our ruling conser-vatives muzzle objec-tive scientific studies and activities. Anyone who differs from the conservative scientific doctrine is chastised and labelled as an envi-ronmental terrorist. Sounds a lot like what goes on in China today. They certainly have a sound environmental track record... not!  And they are far from being any kind of democracy.

Misinformation was used by the Fascists in the 1930s as to dis-credit the scholars and intellectuals of the day.The ruling conserva-tives in our country are doing the same thing now and our demo-cratic society is suffer-ing dearly because of it.

I have to wonder what Mr. Sketchley sees when he looks into his mirror. It’s really not the vision of the glori-ous new day he seems to think it is. Maybe it’s time to get a new one.

Rod NybergSooke

Opinions are not appreciated

At the risk of sound-ing like I’m against free speech, the April 29 issue of the Sooke News Mirror’s opinion/letters

section was really the last straw for me.  

My understanding, correct me if I’m wrong, is that the Sooke News Mirror is for residents of Sooke and surround-ing communities, from Mechosin to Port Ren-frew.  

But almost weekly, letters are published by someone from Saanich, letters which are inco-herent at best, filled with the most egre-gious false information presented as facts, and whose author chooses a previous letter writer from our community to attack.

Keith Sketchley detracts, not adds, to the conversation. He does not live in our rid-ing. I believe his pur-pose, from reading his letters for quite some time now, seems to be to attack anyone who does not defend some kind of bizarro-world right-wing agenda (myself included, this week Heather Phillips), and to defend the edi-torials of Tom Fletcher.  

That these two are given an endless amount of space, week after week, indicates to me this is not a free speech issue, as they are IMO in essence hired mouthpieces by the owner of this news-paper, as their editori-als and letters are pub-lished throughout the Black Press newspaper chain.

At the moment, the world community is faced with extremely dangerous and serious decisions dealing with: our rights (Bill C-51), sexual attacks within the Canadian mili-

tary, poor treatment of Veterans, closing of Coast Guard stations, drought, the Site-C Dam, a “blob” of Fuku-shima radiation in the Pacific Ocean destroy-ing the food chain from krill upwards, US Navy Growler jets flying in Canadian airspace, an alarming militarization across the border, the oil spills, Chernobyl’s radiated forests burn-ing and emitting new dangerous radiation, the Nepal earthquake, racist actions against the black community by police in the U.S. and Canada, the continued inhumane treatment of First Nations and no recognition of treaties, poverty, homelessness, lack of family doctors, needless culling of deer and wolves, I could go on and on.

With so much which requires our attention and the very best infor-mation available, it’s no wonder people turn to alternative media on the web, when peo-ple like Fletcher and Sketchley with their not-so-hidden agendas are time wasters and misinformation shills for Clark and Harper.

I suggest the next time you publish either of them, you include a disclaimer, something like “The Following is a Paid Advertisement and Does Not Necessar-ily Reflect the Opinion of this Newspaper.”

Helene HarrisonShirley

Patience and respect needed

While today’s little 10 minute parade of the Battle of Atlantic is fresh in my mind, I have to point out a few things that I find very disrespectful.

Twice a year, there are two short parades in town. November 11 and the first Sunday in May for the Battle of Atlantic.  Both parades are in remembrance for those sacrifices made in the Canadian Forces from WWI to present.  Both parades happen every year, and both parades contain military personnel... active and veterans. Both parades stop traf-fic at the intersections at the exit of the Ever-green shopping mall, the intersection of Otter Point and West Coast Road, and the turn to Eustace Road.  To start to finish, the parades are approximately 10 minutes long.

Here is the issue. Traffic and grumpy people.  Today, nobody was around to stop the traffic. Traffic contin-ued while the parade is marching through.  Not cool Sooke!  Not cool at all.

If average Joe citizen decided to step up and stop traffic they would then endure insults and inpatient people. I have seen this happen. More than once. Even those that do have the authority, such as an RCMP member, still get insulted and horns blare and tires squeal with inpatient grumpy citizens.  

Why don’t we have some people booked every year to do traffic control? These parades

should not be a sur-prise anymore.

It is 10 minutes.  Stop and give thanks. Even if you personally don’t agree with what the CF stands for today, it is because of the CF that you have that choice to disagree. Give those members and their fam-ilies their due respect. Please.

Your impatience could harm somebody that is respecting the parade and its ide-als.  Lots of young kids

We asked: What’s the most interesting thing you’ve done for your mother on Mother’s Day (May 10)?

I went on a picnic with her every time.

John LemieuxSooke

I got her flowers, we’d go for brunch.

Sean BroomeSooke

We took her to Butchart Gardens for tea, and to enjoy

the day.

Rowena CullihallSooke

We flew back east to see her.

Phil LajoieSooke

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mostly due to Ruddell’s personality and talent.

“We enjoy every rehearsal, we work hard and there’s tons of laughter. Bruce has a way of drawing out the best from each singer.”

Another reason for the surge in popularity might be the choir per-formance in December where he read about Sooke history from May-well Wickheim’s book, Bites, Bulls & Bullets.

So, his 60 singers are busy rehearsing for a set of performances in Shirley and Sooke.

John Lennon’s iconic song, In My Life will be a feature song at the show called In My Life; Songs of Rivers and Blackbirds.

There are two bril-liant arrangements by Canadian arranger Don-ald Patriquin, Moses Hogan’s famous work, Steal Away and the clas-sic folk song The Mid-night Special backed by the choir’s very own band. The band features Bob Whittet on double bass, David Cunningham; electric guitar, Kathy Russell; piano, Janet Renfroe on mandolin, Marg Mel-ville on accordion, Jac-quetta Nisbet on mouth harp, Linda James; tam-bourine and the choir’s artistic director Bruce Ruddell on acoustic guitar.

“You will want to brush up on the Mid-night Special ‘cause you’ll be expected to sing out the chorus!

And who knows, after you’ve heard yourself sing, you may want to join next season! The concert will also fea-ture Sooke’s very own, highly accomplished pianist Kathy Russell. She will move you with her solo performance of the academy award winning music from The Colour Purple, said Ruddell. “If this show sounds like it’ll be too much fun, well, it will be. Believe me!”

Ruddell said the choir wanted to go on tour and not know-ing his connection, they lined up a perfor-mance at the All Saints By The Sea church on Salt Spring Island. Then they move onwards to

Port Renfrew to per-form in the coming weeks.

“Of course In My Life will be in Sooke for everyone to catch. The choir is anticipating big crowds and so they have scheduled three performances in our historic and beautifully resonant community hall,” said Ruddell.

Soon the choir will have in their posses-sion a beautiful grand piano, a gift from a woman in Victoria. It will be put into the community hall and hopefully it will draw other groups into the hall to use it.

The Performances: Friday, May 8 at 8

p.m. – Sooke Commu-nity Hall

Saturday May 9 at 8 p.m.– Sooke Commu-nity Hall

Sunday May 10 at 2 p.m. – Sooke Commu-nity Hall  

Saturday May 17 at 2:30 p.m. on Sunny Saltspring Island

Tickets for Salt Spring are available at the door. Tickets for all

Sooke concerts avail-able at The Stick, The Reading Room, Shop-pers or at the door.

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and pets come and see. I hope to see an

improvement come November 11 2015. You have six months to pre-pare.  From 10:45-10:55 the road will be busy. Find another route if you need to leave town.

Kathie DierkSooke

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hundreds of mariners and boaters annually, trained many “basic oil pollution responders” annually (until that pro-gram was shut down also). The staff at the station also monitored and helped to maintain navigational aids in the busy harbour.

I was a coxswain at Kitsilano Base, a trained pollution response technician and a licensed hovercraft pilot.  Because of retire-ment I can now speak freely, unlike the Coast Guard personnel who are still employed and unable to comment due to fear of repercussions from management.

How do you explain closing one of the busiest Coast Guard stations in the coun-try to save $700,000 a year?  When will Cana-dians wake up?

Capt. Tony Toxo-peus AMS

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Thurs May 7ODTODDLERTIMEAt the Sooke Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Hands-on activities for ages 18-36 months. Register at 250-642-3022.ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC 10-11 a.m. Registration required. 250-642-8000.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCRIBBAGE 7 P.M.BINGOSr’s Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community HallBABYTIMEOn the first Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Sooke Library.BOOKS FOR BREAKFASTCASA 10 a.m.

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Mon May 11PARENT PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSAyre Manor Residents trips.

Sun May 10ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5.Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. Drop in pool tournament every second Sunday.IN MY LIFE, SOOKE COMMUNITY CHOIRSongs of rivers and blackbirds, 2 p.m. Sooke Comm. Hall

Wed May 13WALK-ING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m.Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. NASCAR POOLMeet and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.AWARENESS FILM NIGHT EMCS, 7 p.m. All the Time in the World. Season finale.

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Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams WayFamily Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd

Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray RdKnox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd

Legion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdMuseum: 2070 Phillips Rd

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Family goes into the wildA family of five (mom, dad,

kids aged 10, 8 and 4) leave their comfortable life in Dawson City to spend nine months in a small cabin with no road access, elec-tricity, running water, phone, internet or even clocks. 

On Wednesday, May 13, the Awareness Film Night Season Finale will feature the documen-tary created from this experi-ence: All the Time In the World, a film that explores the theme of disconnecting from our hectic, technology-laden lives.

Director Suzanne Crocker (the mom), who switched careers from rural family physician to filmmaker explains,  “This is not a survival in the wilderness doc-umentary, nor is it a documen-tary about living off the grid.  All the Time in the World is about opening possibilities in the fab-ric of our lives.”  

Indeed, what many people have suspected is true —  if we remove ourselves from the constraints of time and our gad-gets we give space for life to unfold with its inherent creativ-ity and sense of wonder.  This intimate, magical film is a result of that and so depicts it very beautifully, naturally, and often homourously.

All the Time in the World is definitely an all-ages film. In fact, amongst the many Best Documentary/Audience Choice awards it has garnered in film festivals all over the world (including an Audience Favou-

rite at the Victoria Film Festi-val) was a recent “Best Picture” award as chosen by a youth jury ages 13-19 at the Reel to Real International Festival for Youth in Vancouver.

“All the Time in the World  is near perfection. The images cast a spell and so does the story,” writes Ken Eisner in Vancouver’s Georgia Strait. And Michael Reid of the Times Colonist gave the film a 5/5, adding “timely and inspiring.” 

“One of the best documen-taries I have seen... not to be missed,” notes Awareness Film Night organizer Jo Phillips.

There will be no post-screen-ing speakers, although Jo did attend a post screening Q & A with the film’s director and “cast” (i.e. family) at the VIFF, so

might be able to answer some audience questions on the mak-ing of the film.  And, as always, there will be time for discussion and comments from moviegoers after the screening.

Showtime is 7 to 9 p.m. at Edward Milne Community School theatre, 6218 Sooke Rd.  Admission is by donation.

All the Time in the World, being a first run film, will not be avail-able for the Awareness Film Night library at A Sea of Bloom/Inspire on Otter Point Road, but there are many other documen-tary DVDs in that film library in case moviegoers are getting twitchy for an Awareness film over the summer.  Film list and more info at www.awareness-filmnight.ca

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The Capital Regional District refuses to dump them in the Hartland Dump landfill anymore. Their politi-cians and bureaucrats have a solu-tion. You should pay to have a con-tainer that you can put these scraps/food waste in, put out at the curb for collection, a fee to pay to the collec-tor to burn diesel fuel to haul every-one’s food scraps to Hartland dump — but not to the landfill. Hartland now becomes a transfer station, to load and haul large quantities of food scraps to a diesel fuel burning boat ride to the mainland to be offloaded for processing — perhaps by incin-erating (producing emissions), by composting into retail-able products (producing greenhouse gases), or train shipment to who knows where to be landfilled.

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Sooke’s Kennedy twins head out on the roadOctavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

One starts a sen-tence, the other fin-ishes it — you’d think that’s a cliche thing to say about twins until you meet Julie and Carli Kennedy, known as Twin Kennedy, who, quite literally will start and finish a song between one another.

Like two violins syn-chronized in almost delicious harmony, they’ve become the quintessential duo behind Canada’s hot-test new country music — and their latest album, It’s a love thing.

And since they hap-pened to be here in Sooke following a long trip across Can-ada (started in Cape Breton, P.E.I), the Sooke News Mirror caught up with them over a cup of joe to find out where it all began — and how

love — and all its inher-ent meaning — became the theme of the new album.

“Our songs are about love, but it can be about heartbreak, or relation-ships, or about family, or your community, it’s a love thing. It just works,” Carli said, add-ing that love can mean also doing something nice for your family, or a friend, or perhaps

even a stranger.“You’re doing it for

love; we can either write this just like boy meets girl, they fall in love, it’s a love thing, or we can really write this about something big-ger, about all the things you do for love,” she said.

Playing piano since age five and guitar and fiddle since age seven, the Kennedys were

pretty much born into a world of music, having initially started play-ing country tunes with their family up in Pow-ell River where they grew up.

“Dad grew up play-ing in bands and mom plays instruments too, she plays piano, and everybody would sing and have family jams,” Julie said. “It was just a way of life - every week-

end we’d do a gig, and it just got bigger and bigger.”

Their musical per-formances got to such a point that their par-ents bought speakers so big and heavy that they could barely carry them around, chuck-led the twins — at the same time, obviously.

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“People started tak-ing notice, so we kept being asked, ‘hey can you guys come out and play at the seniors’ home, or will you come play at the fall fair’, and then it became a thing and we started playing as a band - we’re the Kennedy family band,” Carli said.

On top of learning ballet, voice and guitar in their younger years, the twins then came to University of Victoria — where they earned their bachelors degrees in musical perfor-mance and sharpened their hands at classical music as well.

“We’ve been studying classical music while also playing country music - it was good, we learned all our scales, it was a good founda-tion,” Julie said. “You study and practice for a million hours a day.”

But it wasn’t in the classroom where the musical magic really happened, noted the Kennedys; it was out on the road, in the wild of nature.

“The feel and vibe of it [It’s a love thing] came from being out on the road; we like adven-ture - this year we’ve been all over - we’ve been touring the east in the U.S., Florida, Mis-sissippi, we made our album and we went straight to Sweden, then to the Yukon. We did a 12-day tour driv-ing the Alaska Highway - then across Canada,” Carli said, adding that a song often spawns from that unique “mind-meld” instinct twins are known to have.

“One of us will be driving, and the other person’s like, ‘ta-da-da-da’ humming it, then we’re like, we gotta record it,” Julie said. “It’s either that or in the middle of the night - the only time I know it’s something good is when Julie says, ‘I like that’ - and I’m like, oh, okay.”

The duo said their ongoing adventure through the world of country music also cre-ated a strong love affair with the town of Nash-ville, Tennessee, also known as the world’s heart of country music. Given their love for the countryside and romance of country music overall, this is certainly the place to be.

“All the biggest coun-try stars, they all live there - all the main industry, the big labels, publishing companies,

songwriters, they’re all there. That’s where we go to do most of our songwriting,” Carli said, adding that country music has all the ele-ments of love for inspi-ration.

“When we’re writing songs, we’ll draw from that experience, but to get the structure of

the song, Carli will start a lot with guitar, and then I start a lot from a hook. It’s a love thing came from that title,” Julie said.

It’s not just tours and concerts though; the twins take part in sev-eral workshops with schools and music stu-dents along the way —

in their latest tour, they did six workshops for groups of all ages and musical experience.

“We’ll sometimes develop a specific workshop that’s based on performance - the kids get up and play with them,” Julie said, adding this is a great experience for them to

meet the community and keep young musi-cians in their game.

“When you do a workshop, you meet a lot of the musicians from within that com-munity, it’s really cool.”

Hm. Must be a love thing.

Twin Kennedy is out on the road again,

though they will be playing at the next big country music event, the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Merritt, B.C. between July 30 and August 2, 2015.

Oh, and yes, they are identical twins, so even though it’s not official, they’re affectionately known by their friends

as “Carli guitarly” and “Julie feduli” - just so nobody gets mixed up. They usually carry their own instruments just to make it easier for everyone.

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Come in Every Wednesday for our

“Secret Super Saver Specials”

in all departments

Fresh For Your FamilyStock Up Your Pantry

5-A-Day for Optimum Health

PRODUCEPRODUCEGROCERY SAVINGSGROCERY SAVINGSBUTCHER’S BLOCKBUTCHER’S BLOCK

SEA ORGANIC CORNERTreats from the

SEA

Peruvian

SatsumaMandarins

2/800

California

Raspberries

2/700

Baby Yellow or Red

Potatoes

99¢California

Carrots

2/300

Assorted

BolthouseJuices

499

Hunt's

Tomato Sauce

2/300

Grimm's

Sizzlin'Smokies450g Assorted Flavours ..........599

Harvest Regular, Applewood or Peppered

Bacon

500g.......................................899

Grimm's Pillow Pack

SmokiesAll Varieties

450g ......................................599Grimm's Regular or Honey Garlic

Pepperoni

450g ..........................................699

109159 /100g

Australian

Rib EyeSteaks16.51/kg ............................749

Australian

Top SirloinSteaks16.51/kg .................................749

Fresh

Trout

Red Rose

Tea BagsOrange Pekoe

Hunt's

Tomatoes

99¢398 mL

All Varieties

Australian

Strip LoinSteaks16.51/kg ...........................749

Fresh

ChickenDrumsticks6.59/kg ................................299

Fresh Boneless, Skinless

ChickenBreasts 12.99/kg 589

4/500

599

289/lb

B.C. Grown

Leeks

99¢

2/500

McIlHenny

TabascoSauce57 mL ..........................229

Christie

Original RitzCrackers350g ..........................389

General Mills Nesquick, Lucky Charms, French orCinnamon Toast

Cereal330-380g ...................399

Ken-L-Ration

Kibbles 'N BitsDog Food1.8 kg .........................499

Clorox

LiquidBleach1.89L ...........................229

Crystal Light

FlavourCrystals23-54g ........................279

Nature Valley

GranolaBars All Varieties

130-230g ..............2/500

Dempster'sCinnamon Raisin

Bagels6's ...............................269

Lumberjack12 Grain or Rustic TrailBread680g ..........................229

Royale Velour Double Roll

BathroomTissue12's ............................699

Maxwell House

Café InternationalCoffee114-264g .............

2/700

Dempster'sCinnamon Raisin

Bread

680g ..........................289

Scotties

FacialTissue70's-126's ................99¢

Kraft

FlankerDinners200g All Varieties ........169

Catelli

Gluten FreePasta340g .....................

2/300

Glad

Wrap

60m ...........................289

Jello All Varieties

JellyPowders85g ......................

4/300

Ruf� es XL

PotatoChips220g ....................

2/600

Kiwi Fruit

Texana

JasmineThai Rice2 kg .............................499

Welch's

GrapeJelly500 mL ........................269

Kellogg's

Raisin BranCereal425g ...........................299

Lea & Perrins

WorcestershireSauce284 mL ........................359

ea

Kellogg's JumboVectorCereal

699

BroccoliCrowns3.06/kg ....................................139

Mini Watermelon

.......................................

2/500Gallo Extra Virgin

OliveOil500 mL .......................389

ea

2/600

/lb /lb

946 mL

/lb

ea+dep

Fresh

B.C.Clams

2/400

BULKFOODS Yogurt Covered

Pretzels ...........................99¢/100g Munchie Mix ............79¢

/100gJu Jubes 59¢/100g Walnut Pieces ...........249/100g

California

/lb

/lb

ea

/lb

Dad's

CookiesAll Varieties

299

500g

/lb

All Varieties

PepsiCola

2/700

Fresh

SteelheadFillets

2.18/kg

Powerade

SportsDrinks5/500

12x355 mL

/lb

3 lbs

Planter'sSmooth or Crunchy

PeanutButter

299

6 oz

1lb

Kraft Bulls Eye

BBQ Sauce

279

All Varieties

ea

/100g

Mexican

Mexican

RomaTomatoes

99¢

Purina

Cat ChowAdvance Nutrition

750g ..........................329

ea ea

425 mLAll Varieties

ea

ea

144's

Organic Red Delicious

Apples

119

850g

Welch'sPruneNectar

3791.36L

ea

ea

/100g

Organic

ea+dep

/lb

+dep

2.62/kgea

ea

ea

ea

710 mLAll Varieties

Hunt's

Tomatoes

99398 mL

ea ea 284 mL

2.18/kg2 lbs 2.18/kg

ea

ea 425 mL425 mL425 mL425 mL425 mL425 mL

900 mL

Knorr Vegetable,Beef or Chicken

Broth

189

ea

Knorr Vegetable,Beef or Chicken

Broth

1

ea

ea ea

ea

379

Heinz Squeeze

Ketchup1L

ea

SunRype Pure

Apple Juice1.89L

189

Doritos XL

TortillaChips

2/600245gAll Varieties

Del Monte

VegetablesAll Varieties

99¢341-398 mL

ea

ea

ea

ea

ea

+dep 555

680 mLAll Varieties ea

300g

ea+dep

Campbell's Vegetable, Chicken Noodle,Tomato or Mushroom

Soup

69¢

ea ea

ea

Washington

RussettPotatoes 10 lbs

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Your Community Food Store

AD PRICES IN EFFECT MAY 6 THRU MAY 12, 2015

SOOKE6660 Sooke Road

Open 7 Days a Week7:30 am to 10:00 pm

We reserve the right to limit quantities

Locally owned and operated since 1974LANGFORD

772 Goldstream Ave.Open 7 Days a Week7:30 am to 10:00 pm

We reserve the right to limit quantities

For Your Healthy Lifestyle

NATURAL FOODSNATURAL FOODS

DAIRYRemember Your Calcium

DAIRY

Natrel

LactoseFree Milk2L All Varieties ............449Iogo 0% or

ProbioticYogurt650g All Varieties

2/600

Blue DiamondNutThins120g All Varieties

2/500Dry

SodasAll Varieties

355 mL .....................119

Barbara's Bakery

FigBars340g All Varieties ........399So Delicious Chilled

CoconutMilks1.89L ..........................349Kashi All Varieties

GranolaBars175-210g ...................269

Island Farms

WhippingCream473 mL ......................219

Island Farms

CottageCheese

500g All Varieties .........

Hubert's NaturalLemonadesAll Varieties

473 mL .............

2/300

299FROZENFROZENQuality and Convenience Pillsbury

PizzaPops400g All Varieties .......299McCain Regular

TastiTaters800g .........................329

Island FarmsVanilla Plus or Classic

Ice Cream1.65L All Varieties .......399

Highliner English Cut

Fish inBatter500g ..........................569

Kashi

CerealsAll Varieties

292-400g .........

2/700Ecosafe Compostable

KitchenBags30's ...........................349Caboo Bamboo SugarcaneBathroomTissue12's ...........................699

ORGANICQuality and Convenience

Camino Organic

Chocolate Bars100g All Varieties .......................................................299

Amy's Organic Baked or

Refried Beans398 mL All Varieties .........................................

2/500

ea

Prana Organic Whole Black

Chia Seeds300g .........................................................................499

Plum-M Good Organic Thin

Brown Rice Cakes1.47L All Varieties ......................................................169

GLUTEN FREEOPTIONS

NATURALFROZEN

ea

ea

ea

Minute Maid

Orange JuiceAll Varieties295 mL

DaiyaNon DairyCheeseStyle ShredsAll Varieties227g

Udi's

Gluten FreeBagelsAll Varieties

397-400g ......................429

Annie's Homegrown

Rice Pasta & Cheddar Meals

170g .........................

2/600

ea

ea

2/300

ea

ea

ea

ea

Island GoldFree RangeLarge Brown

EggsDozen

ea

ea

ea

ea

279

449

329

Wholesome Sweetener

Organic Sugar907g .........................................................................599

ea

Julie's Organic Coconut & Cream

FudgeBars

296 mL ............469ea

ea

ea

Annie's Homegrown

Rice Pasta & Cheddar Meals

170g

Annie's Homegrown

Rice Pasta & Cheddar Meals

170g

So Delicious Coconut Milk

MiniSandwiches

8x68 mL ...........449

eaea

ea

ea

7979ea

Daiya All Varieties

Non DairyCheeseNon Dairy

+dep

ea+dep ea

CroftersOrganic

Just FruitSpreadsAll Varieties235 mL

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MANAGER - COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES

Victoria, BCEmbracing Hopes, Inspiring Possibilities, Leading Change

At TCS we offer highly individualized, solution-focused services to individuals with developmental disabilities, families and communities. Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members.

We are seeking a skilled, experienced and self-directed individual for a management position to develop, enhance and monitor opportunities for community inclusion for individuals with a developmental disability.

Applicants must demonstrate extensive experience as a Community Service Worker in a community setting. Supervisory experience, mediation and advocacy skills are assets.

The successful applicant will be an excellent interpersonal communicator and able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary. She/he will also be a team player that is able to build relationships with individuals, staff members, home share providers and CLBC.

This position is based in Victoria. A vehicle is required and mileage will be provided. We offer competitive salary with an excellent benefit package. The closing date to apply is

May 20, 2015. Please submit resumes to [email protected]

Service, Commitment, LeadershipThompson Community Services

www.thompsoncommunityservices.com

Kidde Canada in conjunction with Health Canada has announced a voluntary recall to replace certain Kidde black plastic valve disposable fi re extinguishers.

ABC and BC-rated fi re extinguishers manufactured between July 23, 2013 and October 15, 2014 could be affected.

If you believe you may have one of these fi re extinguishers please contact Kidde Canada at 1-844-833-6394 (8am - 5pm) Mon-Fri or visit www.kiddecanada.com and click “Safety Notice.”

PRODUCT RECALLh

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

AWARENESS FILM Night Season Finale, May 13 “All The Time In the World” Family disconnects from our hectic technology-laden world living in remote cabin for 9 months 7-9 9:30. EMCS TheatreBy Donationwww.awarenessfi lmnight.ca or

SOOKE HOSPICE SOCIETY’S

Plant a MemoryThursday, May 7-

Peoples Drug MartFriday, May 8 -

Shoppers Drug MartSaturday, May 9 -

Sooke Home Hardware10 am - 4 pm.

INFORMATION

CANADA BENEFIT Group. Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment

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

HIP OR Knee replacement? COPD or Arthritic Conditions? The disability tax credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on avg). Apply today! 1-844-453-5372.

INFORMATION

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

DO YOU have a disability? Physical or mental. We can help you get up to $40,000 back from the Canadian Gov-ernment. For details check out our website: disabilitygroupcanada.com or call us today toll-free 1-888-875-4787.

SENIORS ACTIVITY

Membership $15.00 Monday - Ayre Manor Resi-dents trips.Tuesday & Thursday - Lunch and Bingo Community Hall.Wednesday - Special trips ad-

vertised in Sooke Mirror. Friday - Lunch and shopping trips in Victoria, Call Celia, 250-642-5828.Last Sunday of the month - Dinner at different restaurants, Call June, 250-642-2032.

Pickup at home or community hall.

For further information, cal Kay, 250-642-4662

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

TURN YOUR REFUND into a Donation to the Sooke Food Bank at the Sooke Bottle De-pot. Also accepting cash and non perishable food items.

INFORMATION

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PERSONALS

ALL MALE Hot Gay Hookups! Call FREE! 1-800-462-9090. only 18 and over.

LOST AND FOUND

LOST: A large amount of cash in TD money envelope about March 19-20. Reward. 250-661-0112

TRAVEL

TIMESHARE

CANCEL YOUR Timeshare. No risk program stop mort-gage & maintenance pay-ments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HIGH CASH Producing vend-ing machines. $1 vend = .70 profi t. All on location in your area. Selling due to illness. Details call 1-866-668-6629.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

SOOKE Family Resource So-ciety Employment Posting The Sooke Family Resource So-ciety (SFRS) is seeking a ma-ternity-leave term position for a Family Support Worker to provide individual family sup-port and facilitation of par-ent/children programs in the Sooke area. The successful candidate must have a combi-nation of relevant education and experience (ECE, CYC, Education, Social Services or related fi eld), excellent com-munication, organization, as well as outreach, early learn-ing, and adult education skills. Must have a class 5 Driver’s License and vehicle. A valid First Aid Certifi cate and a clear criminal record check are re-quirements for hire. SFRS fol-lows the CSSEA wage scale. Resumes with cover letter should be submitted to Sooke Family Resource Society - 6672 Wadams Way, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0H3; fax 250-642-7663; attention: Children and Family Services; or emailed to [email protected] (Subject: FSW Position) until 1:00pm May 20, 2015.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

APPLY NOW: A $2,500 Pen-ny Wise scholarship is available for a woman entering the Journalism Certifi cate Pro-gram at Langara College in Vancouver. Application dead-line May 31, 2015. Send appli-cations to:[email protected]. More information:www.bccommunitynews.com/ our-programs/scholarship.

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOL.

NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.

SignUp online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION!In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or call 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION-ISTS are in huge demand! Train with the leading medical transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today. 1-800-466-1535 [email protected].

HELP WANTED

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Offi cer, Gitga’ at Development Corpo-ration, Hartley Bay, B.C. For full job description visit www.firstnationsjobsonline.comunder management positions. Send resumes to:[email protected]

COMMUNICATIONS/EVENTS Coordinator required. Nak’azd-li Whut’en Fort St. James B.C.Email applications to:[email protected]: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

COUNCIL SECRETARY re-quired. Nak’azdli Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applica-tions to:[email protected]: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT re-quired. Nak’azdli Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applica-tions to:[email protected]: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

HELP WANTEDfor a small vacation

rental business in the Shirley District.

✱Gardening, housekeeping,

general up-keep.

Please call 250-646-2304.

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

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTEDLocal offi ce requires permanent part-time

front offi ce/receptionist. 22.5 hours per week.

Duties include, PBS Data entry, Banking, Accounts

Receivable/Payable, Customer Service and some

Circulation duties as required.

Please apply with resume to Box 1 Sooke News MirrorDeadline: May 15,2015

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

CARING, COMPASSIONATE Caregiver/Companion

available for Seniors. Meal prep, light house keeping,

errands and outings.I have 7 years experience helping clients with Dementia and

Alzheimer’s. Please call

778-425-3293

MEDICAL/DENTAL

RN Home Support Supervisor for Hornby and Denman Is-lands. Summer coverage withpotential for full time. ContactLori Nawrot,l o r i @ h o r n b y d e n m a n -health.com Hornby and Den-man Community Health CareSociety

TEACHERS

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campusrequires Heavy Equipment Technician Instructors to com-mence August 15, 2015. formore information visit our web-site: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers

PERSONAL SERVICES

ESTHETIC SERVICES

SPECIAL SALE!

CARRIE’S GEL NAILSAPRIL/MAY

FULL SET $55.00BOOK NOW FOR GRAD

CALL CARRIE250-893-5419

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS! 250.388.3535 or bcclassifi ed.com✔

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www.blackpress.ca

Are you a seasoned Community Newspaper Publisher looking to relocate to the Okanagan? We are looking for a Group Publisher to manage our South Okanagan markets.

As a seasoned Publisher, you will achieve financial growth by developing and implementing strategic marketing and sales plans to generate new business and achieve the company’s business objectives.

You will have at least five years’ experience in a sales or business development role, and knowledge or experience in a community newspaper publishing environment. Your success in developing and implementing sales strategies is a result of your entrepreneurial spirit, well developed customer service and communication skills, knowledge of the publishing industry, and extensive business connections.

As the largest independent newspaper group with more than 170 titles in print and online, Black Press has operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii and Ohio.

This is a full-time position with a competitive compensation and benefits package. Qualified applicants should send a resume and covering letter before Friday, May 29th to:

Bruce McAuliffe, President

Black Press BC South c/o Kelowna Capital News 2495 Enterprise Way, Kelowna, B.C. V1X 7K2 Email: [email protected]

Group Publisher

CLARK’S HOME RENOVATIONSFamily Owned & Operated

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

[email protected]

BC Business License - City Licence - WCB - Liability InsuranceFall Arrest Training & Equipment

Free Estimates Seniors Discount

Service & InstallationsTubs, Sinks, Taps, Vanity,Drains, Hot Water Tanks

RenovationsRoofi ng, Framing, Drywall,

Bathroom, Kitchen, Laminate, Decks

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

INSURANCE

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES

HI! ARE you needing help with cleaning your home? Call 250-478-8940.

TIME TO Shine Cleaning. Very professional, all cleaning products supplied. Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly rates. Time to start your spring cleaning. 250-213-5626

COMPUTER SERVICES

GARDENING

FOR RELIABLE Lawn Mow-ing and great work. Call Nick 250-516-6391

GARDEN, landscape & tree care 10yrs exp. Healthy & strong. (250) 642-0267eeLANDSCAPING.blogspot.com

HAULING AND SALVAGE

ED’S HAULINGCheap disposal of

furniture, appliances, junk and what have you?

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

Ed & Faye250-642-2398

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

PAINTING

DAN KITEL Painting

250-216-3095Interior/ExteriorResidential & Commercial

Specializing in heritage homes

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

AFFORDABLE ROOFING

*New Construction*Reroofs *Repairs

Call Deano

250-642-4075

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

WELDING

DRIVER ENT. LTD.

WELDINGMobile Units +++ Steel

Sales

250-642-0666

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

KWIK Auctions Commercial Food Equipment & Restaurant Auction House - Burnaby & Kelowna - Live & Online - visit KwikAuctions.com for Catalog, Pics, Video Preview

ONSITE AUCTION - MAY 7, 2015 All Assets - Formerly Akari Japa-nese Restaurant 112 - 3000 Lou-gheed Hwy, Coquitlam, BC Com-plete Cooking Line, Sushi Cases, High End Furnishings & More!!!!.....View all lots ONLINE, Register to Bid & Bid via Live Broadcast. Visit www.activeauction-mart.com or call 604-371-1190 - [email protected]

FUEL/FIREWOOD

FULL CORDS

1/2 CORDS&

SPECIALTY LOADS.

SPLIT & DELIVERED250-642-4075

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext: 400OT www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

OCEANSIDE MUSIC CENTER

Lessons Available:GuitarBass D’addarioDrumsUkulele Guitar StringsBanjoMandolinDobro Planet WavesLap-Steel Accessories

Get a FREE pack of D’addario Guitar StringsWhen you book 4 or more

Guitar lessons!6596 Sooke Rd. call

250-857-0487

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

GRANT MANOR 6921 Grant Rd.

Sooke, BC

Renovated1 bdrm suites

From $675 per mo

To view call 250-642-1900

COTTAGES

1 BED Cottage, waterfront, $650/M, near arena. 250-642-6621

HOMES FOR RENT

SOOKE, 3 BR upper level house, full reno, W/D, water included, large deck, garage, extra parking, close to town on bus route. No Smokers, No Dogs, CAT ONLY, references required. Ideal for mature adults. $1300.00 250-642-4572

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

250.388.3535

RENTALS

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

ROOMMATE WANTED: 55 year old lady seeks roommate for large home on acreage. Whiffen Spit area, on bus route. 250-508-9404 or 250-642-2015

SUITES, LOWER

SOOKE: LARGE reno’d 1 bdrm, ground lvl, most utl’s incld’d with W/D. Refs req’d. $800. Call (250)642-7991.

TRANSPORTATION

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1984 FORD Bronco XLT, only 100,000 km on 351W on pro-pane, 10-1 compression, Keith Black pistons, Comp cam. C6 auto completely rebuilt. Have receipts and specs. Body rusty but drivetrain better than new. Good 31” tires. $3500. Call Monty, 250-216-3408.

CLASSIFIED ADS WORK!Call 250.388.3535

DO YOU OFFER HOME SERVICES?

Don’t be missed, our readers are looking for you!

250-388-3535

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Date: May 11, 2015Time: 7 pmPlace: Juan de Fuca Local Area Services Building

3 — 7450 Butler Road Otter Point, BC

The Soil Bylaw regulates the removal or deposit of soil in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Proposed Bylaw No. 3941, which incorporates changes suggested by the public and sand and gravel operators regarding the permit process and permit fees, will repeal and replace Soil Removal or Deposit Bylaw No. 3297.The purpose of this meeting is to provide information about proposed Bylaw No. 3941 and obtain community comments regarding the proposed bylaw.If you are unable to attend the meeting, written submissions may be forwarded to the Capital Regional District (CRD), Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Planning, 3 – 7450 Butler Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 1N1 or via email to [email protected] and must be received prior to noon on May 11, 2015.For further information, please visit www.crd.bc.ca/jdf or call 250.642.1500.

Notice ofPublic Information Meeting

ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Of� ce Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Michael Favero

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124

SUNDAY SERVICE10:15 am Pre-Service Singing

10:30 am Family worshipRev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg

Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

Sunday @ 11AM clachurch.com/sooke

HOLY TRINITY Anglican Church1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172

HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE: 11amEVENING PRAYER: Saturday 5pm

The Rev. Dimas Canjurawww.holytrinitysookebc.org

The Pastor's Pen

SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

Pastor Rick Eby Email [email protected]

www.sookebaptist.com

JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403SATURDAY SERVICE

9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church ServicePastor: Mike Stevenson

Summer is just around the corner. The weekend that seems to be the turning point in our minds is the one that holds Victoria Day. I don’t know about you, but that is the weekend when I check out. Let’s face it; I don’t think there are too many people who are 100% focused when their minds start to wander towards a change of scenery for the next few months.

There is nothing I like more than to read a few good crime novels in the summer months. Getting in the car and just driving for

miles on end is also and enjoyable pastime. I am sure you have your favorite events that help you relax. I’ve heard it said that any change of pace is like a vacation. I agree.

The key component in a good vacation in my mind is to get out of the routine. Spending more time with family and friends is the best way to remind us of what is good about life. In our busy patterns of the busy seasons, spending time with family and friends seem to be more of an afterthought. The pace of summer seems to restore relationships to their proper place.

This summer, I would like to challenge you to savor the time you have with family and friends. Also, I’d love to challenge you to not let go of some routines that may get you ready for when life returns back to order.

A couple of things will accomplish this. Read a chapter of Proverbs everyday. Second, select one verse in that chapter that you refl ect on for the rest of the day. You may have to write it down and put in your pocket, or call it up on your smartphone to have ready for the moments you lay back on the beach towel or take a nap on your lawn chair.

You will be surprised at how many gems you’ll fi nd in the Proverbs that will stay with you long after that day. As a matter of fact, you will come into fall with a sense of new purpose and wisdom you never knew you had. It might actually help you overcome the readjustment to the ‘real world’ when the busy season starts again.

Have a great, restorative season.

Blessings, Pastor Marty MittelstaedtChristian Life Assembly

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Mayor plays a MunchkinSooke Mayor Maja Tait made a surprise cameo appearance at the Sooke Youth Show Choir’s performance of the Wizard of Oz at EMCS last Saturday as - you guessed it - Mayor of Munchkin. More photos are on the Sooke News Mirror’s Facebook page.Sarah Wilson, is the Sooke Youth Show Choir Founder and Music Director and has been involved in musical theatre, on and off of the stage, for over 20 years. Recently, she has musically directed Crazy For You, My Fair Lady, Grease, West Side Story, Joseph, and Alice in Wonderland. She has been actively involved for six years in Sooke’s music community with various community music and arts groups and as a private music teacher. The Sooke Youth Show Choir was created by Sarah to allow any youth the opportunity to share, learn, create, and perform together. She has enjoyed working with the cast, musicians and crew of the Wizard of Oz.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held in the Sooke Council Chambers at 2225 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC on Monday May 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm to hear presentations on the following matters:

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Bylaw No. 616, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-17) The intent and purpose of Bylaw No 616, Zoning Amendment Bylaw (600-17) is to allow as an accessory use, an “amenity area” for “assembly use” on the portion of property zoned for single family residential at 2435 Phillips Road with the condition that commercial use is prohibited.

2435 Phillips Road is zoned for single family residential, which is classi� ed as Area E in the Sun River Estates Comprehensive Development zone (CD2-E). The Zoning Amendment is speci� c to Area E in 2435 Phillips Road and does not affect other Area E’s or other Area’s in the CD2 zone.

An “Amenity Area” is de� ned as an indoor or outdoor area provided for and maintained by the owners or residents of a building or lot for social, aesthetic, recreational or leisure purposes, having in the case of an outdoor area no dimension less than 6m and no slope greater than 10 percent, and does not include any required building setback area, storage area, off-street parking or loading area, driveway or area designated for private use by an individual owner such as limited common property in a strata plan.

“Assembly Use” means the use or occupancy of a structure or a part thereof for the gathering of persons for civic, social, charitable, philanthropic, cultural, private recreational or private educational purposes.

To ensure that the maximum commercial/retail � oor area of 1000m2 stated within the Sun River overall development plan (covenant ET136519) is not affected, the assembly use shall not be used for commercial purposes. All persons who believe their interests in property are affected by these proposed amendments shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions before Council on the matters contained in the proposed amendments at the above time and place. If you are unable to attend the hearing, we ask that written submissions be provided prior to the close of the public hearing. Please be advised that submissions to Council will become part of the public record.

Copies of the application and all other relevant background documents may be inspected at the of� ces of the District of Sooke Planning Department, 2205 Otter Point Road, Sooke, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays), commencing April 29, 2015 to and includingMay 11, 2015.

If you have any questions regarding this application,please contact the Planning Department at (250) 642-1634.

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Coco Love Alcorn and Ian

Sherwood roll into town for

Folk Music Society gig

Please note that for this occasion only our concert is being held on Sunday, May 10, at Sooke Baptist Church, 7110 West Coast Road.

Hey Sooke folkies, it’s time for the final concert in the Sooke Folk Society’s Concert Series (not to be con-fused with our monthly Coffee House of which there two more). For our final concert we are excited to be present-ing the dynamic duo of Coco Love Alcorn and Ian Sherwood.

As a performer, Coco

Love Alcorn is always in the moment; joyful and genuine, soulful and compelling. Alcorn sings joyful soul; a com-bination of her diverse

musical influences including jazz, pop, R&B and folk. Her voice is hailed as extraordi-nary. Alcorn has gained an incredible and loyal fan-base while touring across Canada numer-ous times. Over the years she has worked with a diverse and notable list of artists including Ani DiFranco, Burton Cummings, 54•40, Chantal Krevia-zuk, Jesse Cook, and Kinnie Starr. Her latest album Joyful (Sound of Pop/Fontana North) is a sparkling alloy of jazz,

soul and contemporary folk melded seamlessly into Alcorn’s own dis-tinctive and unique sound.

Everywhere To Go is Ian Sherwood’s latest studio creation. The album is considered to be his best to date and is chalk-full of instantly appealing hooks and singable choruses while sitting comfort-ably in Sherwood’s sig-nature style of imagina-tive, narrative writing.

 Sherwood is a musi-cian, story teller and a constant creator.

Bob Mersereau of CBC Radio, Fredericton described him as “… a natural performer who entertains as much with his wit and stories as with his songs.”

Starting his music career as an in-demand saxophone player in Toronto, Sherwood soon began looking for an outlet for his poetic side. His unique musicianship com-bined with his tales of heart-break, victory and adventure quickly gained recognition as a solid performer, lyricist

and player. You are not going to

want to miss this lively, quirky duo. There are several videos on You-tube of these two per-forming. Check them out. It all happens for this occasion only on Sunday, May 10 at Sooke Baptist Church, 7110 West Coast Road. Doors open at 7:30 pm with the concert start-ing at 8.

Tickets are avail-able at the door or in advance at Sooke Shop-pers Drug Mart.

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“Did you know our proposed expansion follows the existing route for most of the way?”

- Carey Johannesson, Project Lead, Land & Right-of-Way, Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

For more information, go to TransMountain.com/planning-the-routeEmail: [email protected] · Phone: 1-866-514-6700

Committed to safety since 1953.

OF THE ROUTE IS ON THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY.73%

(or 98km) WILL REQUIRE NEW ROUTING.10%

WILL FOLLOW OTHER LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURES, SUCH AS HYDRO, TELUS, RAILWAYS AND HIGHWAYS.

17%

The proposed Trans Mountain Expansion follows the existing

route or other linear infrastructure for 90% of the way.

That means less than 100 kms needs to be moved to undisturbed

lands. These reroutes will be made to improve safety and address

environmental considerations, and will accommodate changes

in land usage since the pipeline was originally built in 1953.

We’ve been talking with the public, stakeholders, landowners

and Aboriginal communities along the proposed corridor to hear

their concerns. We expect you will ask questions. We’ve made

adjustments in many places to address the concerns we’ve heard.

Our intention in all of our planning is to minimize the impact on

residents, communities and the environment, while ensuring that

safe construction and operations are possible.

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Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

The bell rang early at Edward Milne commu-nity school last Thursday afternoon — just as the EMCS Wolverines senior boys rugby team ran to the school field, chanting “hoooah! E-M-C-S!” to join their rivals, the Esquimalt Ravens.

Curious and a little bemused, students spilled out one by one, from their respective classrooms and accumulated near the field sidelines. Cheers of “go Sooke!” echoed all across the line.

The first 40-minute part of the match had begun.“Left! Run left!” yelled one of the players, who, at

first glance, appeared to be running into a battle-field with shells going off all over — but these weren’t shells; they were battle-hardened rugby players — grabbing and tackling in any way pos-sible to push through the line and get their hands on the ball.

Following the second quarter, the EMCS boys kept on plowing through - albeit not without chal-lenge - the Ravens were just as nimble, booking off with the ball like supercharged squirrels as soon as they had hold of it. This ferocious combination of speed and agility brought a few close calls on the home turf, but the Wolverines bit back - and

hard - scoring 9-0 in the final 20 minutes. The student crowds began to dissipate, but to

EMCS coach Matt Mortenson, this was the best match he’d ever seen.

“They have come together as a team and they play and train as a unit; it’s a code that they set at the beginning of the season and it’s come through,” he said. “I’m very proud.”

Mortenson says ‘the code’ has been everything so far; propelling the 18-player team into first place.

“Right now it’s the energy, and how they feel about each other, and the way they feel about the game and their school,” he said, adding that the training and attention to small details is what has helped moved the team forward.

“Majority of them now are all training together, and it just makes all the difference in the world for the chemistry and the dynamics and what you’re seeing out there, because it’s all the small stuff that matters in this game at this point,” Mortenson said. “The more mistakes you eliminate, then the greater chances you have.”

Now competing against AAA and AA schools, the Wolverines have a few challenges ahead of them, but after all, it’s nothing they can’t handle.

Next game is away against Spectrum.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Wolverines pushing through Esquimalt’s Ravens during last week’s hot-blooded rugby match at the EMCS field.

EMCS Wolverines chew up Ravens Men’s fastball returns to SookeOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

Sookies, big and small, gathered at the Art Morris diamond last week to get a glimpse of the new senior men’s fastball league — a sport that’s been on hiatus in Sooke for almost 20 years.

Complete with four teams (the Pirates, Hammers, Browns and Hus-tlers) and a whole row of passionate individuals, it seems it’s here to stay this time; and best part is, it’s cre-ated by fastball fans for other fastball fans — as well as the community as a whole.

And that was the whole idea really— bringing people together, says Andrew Medwedrich, manager of the Browns team.

“We want to get the ball back in Sooke and try and get the kids back into it - because that’s what matters,” he said, adding that fast pitch in gen-eral has died down so much in the last few years that not bringing it back would otherwise be detrimen-tal for the local community. “If we

can keep the kids out of trouble and maybe help upgrade the park, then we’re hopefully doing our job.

“We got so many kids here from Sooke that once they’re done their minor ball, they got nowhere to go,” he said. “You either go play slow-pitch or you’re back doing nothing and getting yourself into trouble somewhere else.”

With a bit of help from local busi-nesses, as well as a good bit of per-sonal will and enthusiasm, Medwed-rich said the last and most important thing he had to do to get a fastball league going again was to tap into all those individuals who were left without a community to continue to play in.

“We grabbed old players, local people, buddies, anybody who was interested to come out and make this happen,” he said. The whole opera-tion is also self-managed by key rep-resentatives on each team, so no coaches — a concept which not only works, but, as Medwedrich puts it, helps keep everyone in the game.

“We got a list of 50 guys and as the representatives of each team we just distribute them throughout the league to keep the teams as even as possible,” he said. “You don’t want to come out and have blow-outs every other week, who wants to watch that.”

Medwedrich says he’s feeling opti-mistic about the new league and the positive impact it is having on the

community. “The Sooke fans are awesome, the

public’s good, so they always seem to come out and give their support,” he said. “The public can go and enjoy something, there’s not enough of it going on in Sooke.”

Fastball games will now take place on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m.

Browns vs. the Hammers at last Thursday’s fastball game.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

FOR REGISTRATIONS AND INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 250-642-8000

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MOVE FOR HEALTH DAYSunday, May 10

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Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror

The bell rang early at Edward Milne commu-nity school last Thursday afternoon — just as the EMCS Wolverines senior boys rugby team ran to the school field, chanting “hoooah! E-M-C-S!” to join their rivals, the Esquimalt Ravens.

Curious and a little bemused, students spilled out one by one, from their respective classrooms and accumulated near the field sidelines. Cheers of “go Sooke!” echoed all across the line.

The first 40-minute part of the match had begun.“Left! Run left!” yelled one of the players, who, at

first glance, appeared to be running into a battle-field with shells going off all over — but these weren’t shells; they were battle-hardened rugby players — grabbing and tackling in any way pos-sible to push through the line and get their hands on the ball.

Following the second quarter, the EMCS boys kept on plowing through - albeit not without chal-lenge - the Ravens were just as nimble, booking off with the ball like supercharged squirrels as soon as they had hold of it. This ferocious combination of speed and agility brought a few close calls on the home turf, but the Wolverines bit back - and

hard - scoring 9-0 in the final 20 minutes. The student crowds began to dissipate, but to

EMCS coach Matt Mortenson, this was the best match he’d ever seen.

“They have come together as a team and they play and train as a unit; it’s a code that they set at the beginning of the season and it’s come through,” he said. “I’m very proud.”

Mortenson says ‘the code’ has been everything so far; propelling the 18-player team into first place.

“Right now it’s the energy, and how they feel about each other, and the way they feel about the game and their school,” he said, adding that the training and attention to small details is what has helped moved the team forward.

“Majority of them now are all training together, and it just makes all the difference in the world for the chemistry and the dynamics and what you’re seeing out there, because it’s all the small stuff that matters in this game at this point,” Mortenson said. “The more mistakes you eliminate, then the greater chances you have.”

Now competing against AAA and AA schools, the Wolverines have a few challenges ahead of them, but after all, it’s nothing they can’t handle.

Next game is away against Spectrum.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Wolverines pushing through Esquimalt’s Ravens during last week’s hot-blooded rugby match at the EMCS field.

EMCS Wolverines chew up Ravens Men’s fastball returns to SookeOctavian LacatusuSooke News Mirror

Sookies, big and small, gathered at the Art Morris diamond last week to get a glimpse of the new senior men’s fastball league — a sport that’s been on hiatus in Sooke for almost 20 years.

Complete with four teams (the Pirates, Hammers, Browns and Hus-tlers) and a whole row of passionate individuals, it seems it’s here to stay this time; and best part is, it’s cre-ated by fastball fans for other fastball fans — as well as the community as a whole.

And that was the whole idea really— bringing people together, says Andrew Medwedrich, manager of the Browns team.

“We want to get the ball back in Sooke and try and get the kids back into it - because that’s what matters,” he said, adding that fast pitch in gen-eral has died down so much in the last few years that not bringing it back would otherwise be detrimen-tal for the local community. “If we

can keep the kids out of trouble and maybe help upgrade the park, then we’re hopefully doing our job.

“We got so many kids here from Sooke that once they’re done their minor ball, they got nowhere to go,” he said. “You either go play slow-pitch or you’re back doing nothing and getting yourself into trouble somewhere else.”

With a bit of help from local busi-nesses, as well as a good bit of per-sonal will and enthusiasm, Medwed-rich said the last and most important thing he had to do to get a fastball league going again was to tap into all those individuals who were left without a community to continue to play in.

“We grabbed old players, local people, buddies, anybody who was interested to come out and make this happen,” he said. The whole opera-tion is also self-managed by key rep-resentatives on each team, so no coaches — a concept which not only works, but, as Medwedrich puts it, helps keep everyone in the game.

“We got a list of 50 guys and as the representatives of each team we just distribute them throughout the league to keep the teams as even as possible,” he said. “You don’t want to come out and have blow-outs every other week, who wants to watch that.”

Medwedrich says he’s feeling opti-mistic about the new league and the positive impact it is having on the

community. “The Sooke fans are awesome, the

public’s good, so they always seem to come out and give their support,” he said. “The public can go and enjoy something, there’s not enough of it going on in Sooke.”

Fastball games will now take place on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m.

Browns vs. the Hammers at last Thursday’s fastball game.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

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Sooke Mosquitos play tough game at SEAPARC

The Sooke/Triangle Mosquitos played their first home double header this past Saturday at SEAPARC.

The two-month season packs in 12 home games, one tournament, and playoffs against teams from Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Juan de Fuca and Peninsula. This weekend’s opponents were Juan de Fuca and Oak Bay’s Carnavaron.

Ryder McDonald led-off the day with a hit and stealing home for Sooke’s first run. Strong pitch-ing from Risto Ringma and Cameron Bucci kept the games within reach and Sooke slugger Daniel Wiley drove in three runs. Although Sooke lost both games , they demonstrated a huge improve-ment in their first year.

“We are hoping to peak for the June playoffs,”

said coach Dave Meek.After the Mosquitos games, the Sooke Peewees

took to the field to battle the Esquimalt Lions. The game was a thriller with only one run denying Sooke from their second win of the season. Chris Piatkowski and Storm Spackman brought serious “heat” in their pitching and each took down Esqui-malt’s offence with double plays. Beau Hicks and James Lewers snagged three monstrous hits to left and right field and Owen Phipps, Shark Bainbridge and Connor North were solid in the infield. Tyson Wilkinson continued his streak of reaching first base either with huge hits or getting hit by the ball.

Sooke Peewees will play their next SEAPARC home game this coming Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. and Mosquitos will play at 4:30 p.m.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Sooke Mosquitos facing off against Esquimalt at the SEAPARC baseball diamond last Saturday afternoon.

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Sooke Mosquitos play tough game at SEAPARC

The Sooke/Triangle Mosquitos played their first home double header this past Saturday at SEAPARC.

The two-month season packs in 12 home games, one tournament, and playoffs against teams from Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Juan de Fuca and Peninsula. This weekend’s opponents were Juan de Fuca and Oak Bay’s Carnavaron.

Ryder McDonald led-off the day with a hit and stealing home for Sooke’s first run. Strong pitch-ing from Risto Ringma and Cameron Bucci kept the games within reach and Sooke slugger Daniel Wiley drove in three runs. Although Sooke lost both games , they demonstrated a huge improve-ment in their first year.

“We are hoping to peak for the June playoffs,”

said coach Dave Meek.After the Mosquitos games, the Sooke Peewees

took to the field to battle the Esquimalt Lions. The game was a thriller with only one run denying Sooke from their second win of the season. Chris Piatkowski and Storm Spackman brought serious “heat” in their pitching and each took down Esqui-malt’s offence with double plays. Beau Hicks and James Lewers snagged three monstrous hits to left and right field and Owen Phipps, Shark Bainbridge and Connor North were solid in the infield. Tyson Wilkinson continued his streak of reaching first base either with huge hits or getting hit by the ball.

Sooke Peewees will play their next SEAPARC home game this coming Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. and Mosquitos will play at 4:30 p.m.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Sooke Mosquitos facing off against Esquimalt at the SEAPARC baseball diamond last Saturday afternoon.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 www.sookenewsmirror.com • 33

Sooke Mosquitos play tough game at SEAPARC

The Sooke/Triangle Mosquitos played their first home double header this past Saturday at SEAPARC.

The two-month season packs in 12 home games, one tournament, and playoffs against teams from Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Juan de Fuca and Peninsula. This weekend’s opponents were Juan de Fuca and Oak Bay’s Carnavaron.

Ryder McDonald led-off the day with a hit and stealing home for Sooke’s first run. Strong pitch-ing from Risto Ringma and Cameron Bucci kept the games within reach and Sooke slugger Daniel Wiley drove in three runs. Although Sooke lost both games , they demonstrated a huge improve-ment in their first year.

“We are hoping to peak for the June playoffs,”

said coach Dave Meek.After the Mosquitos games, the Sooke Peewees

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Sooke Peewees will play their next SEAPARC home game this coming Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. and Mosquitos will play at 4:30 p.m.

Octavian Lacatusu Photo

Sooke Mosquitos facing off against Esquimalt at the SEAPARC baseball diamond last Saturday afternoon.

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The Sooke Seahawks Atom division football continued their win-ning ways on Sunday to improve their record to 4-0; their oppo-nents were the Gordon Head Raiders.  Sooke’s defence once again swarmed like bees to  every Gordon Head ball carrier not allow-ing  the Raiders any chance of scoring on this day.

Led once again by defensive captain Gabe Nelson with hard hitting tackles all over the field. Safety Malaki Allen also had many solid tackles.

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folo,   Michael Widner, Dayton Planes and  big Seahawk Skyler Ros-siter smashed through the Raiders O-line time and time again.

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Avila to fill in an unfa-miliar position.

Rossiter and Widner again with strong O-line work and Mitchell Rose again continues to impress blocking whis-tle to whistle on every single play.

Scoring for Sooke was Nelson with three touchdowns, Quar-terback Christian Kai-singer with two touch-downs and Allen with a touchdown and many big runs. Running backs Dayton Planes and Tra-vis Robertson blocked extremely well and had solid runs themselves.

Coaches attribute the early season suc-cess to how hard this team works in practice. They take that hard

working effort with them into the games proving time and time again hard work pays off. Next Saturday the unbeaten Seahawks travel to Nanaimo hop-ing to keep the success going.

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Well-executed game plan by the Warriors and our Sooke boys.

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How the ball spins: Sooke football news

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Sooke Seahawk Atoms duking it out against Gordon Head Raiders.

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Spring soccer kicked off its second season last Thursday with over 130 youth partici-pating.

With the help of some great coaches and the U14 girls coach-ing the U 4-6 age group, the kids got right into kicking it up in small sided games.

We have four teams per age group and our young refs are in place to keep the ball roll-

ing. Thanks to all that helped out and will continue to do so to keep things running smoothly for the next two months.

Registration for next season will be available during spring soccer...Thursdays from 6-8 p.m.

You can also register online via our website www.sookesoccer.com.

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Spring soccer ramps upfor next season

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Octavian Lacatusu Photo

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