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Crabber rescued offshore Man saved from certain death in frigid waters Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror
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Answering a MAYDAY call Sooke Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit #37 was caught speeding to the rescue of a man in the water off Jordan River. Two units were sent out on Sunday, Nov. 27.
he rough, cold waters and steep waves off Jordan River are a surfer’s nirvana but that same water can be anything but paradise for small boaters. Off duty Shirley Fire Chief Donovan Ray and off duty coast guard member Thomas Kerr are being credited with rescuing and saving the life of a crab fisherman who went into the water after his 14-foot aluminum boat was swamped by waves. The incident happened on Sunday, Nov. 27 at approximately 3:30 p.m. in the large seas off Jordan River. The Sooke Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit #37 responded to the MAYDAY call and sent out two units, whose engines could be heard along the Strait
of Juan de Fuca as they were speeding their way to the scene. On scene as well was an American Coast Guard Helo and an air ambulance. Meanwhile emergency units from Sooke and Shirley were headed to Jordan River along Highway 14.
‘It brings back how important it is to be properly prepared.’ --Donovan Ray Shirley Fire Chief
Surf boarder Kerr had seen the boat overturn from the shore and had headed out first to assist the fisherman. Kerr had the fisherman on his board about one-half a kilometre off shore. Ray got the 911 call and headed out on his stand up paddle board to
assist. “By the time I got to them, Thomas was pretty tired,” said Ray. “I assessed the patient and paddled them both to shore, about half way back Thomas got his energy back.” They brought the 42-year-old fisherman to shore where he was assessed further by the medical team. He had been in the water about one-half an hour and was hypothermic. “If we hadn’t intervened there’a 90 per cent chance he would have died,” said Ray. Ray said the fisherman had no lifejacket or Mustang suit. “It brings back how how important it is to be properly prepared.” The fisherman refused transport to hospital and returned home. Two kayakers, who were also attempting to aid in the rescue became imperiled themselves when one of their kayaks overturned in the heavy seas. One kayaker was taken aboard the coast guard auxiliary vessel and brought back to shore. The other kayaker paddled back.
Janet Evans speaks of her last 12 years on council Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror
With just a few more days in the mayor’s chair, the Sooke News Mirror took the time to have a chat with outgoing Mayor Janet Evans. For the past 12 years, Janet Evans has been a dedicated and tireless member of council. She took office under the mentorship of Ed Macgregor, Sooke’s first mayor after incorporation in 1999. At the time she was a member of the Lioness Club and they encouraged her to run for a seat on the new council.
Evans said she was always trying to get something done for the seniors, safety, Halloween, etc. and being on council would make things easier. “Basically, it became the next 12 years of my life,”s aid Evans. “Our first council was under the direction of Ed, my mentor, father-figure, and we set the vision we wanted.” She said that when he passed, no one else wanted to run so she picked up the torch lit by Macgregor and moved council forward. “I think he’d be very proud. We managed to do much of the stuff (in the
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Mayor Janet Evans vision).” Her first years as mayor were intimidating and pre-
sented a huge learning curve. “I argued that I couldn’t do it, but I had good staff — Tom Day and Bonnie Sprinkling to help me along. After the second year I had thicker skin.” Of her 12 years, Evans spent six as a councillor and six as mayor. “It’s been rewarding, it is a full-time job. I was also on the CRD Board and I believe it should be mayor who sits on the board as they have a strong voice.” Of the accomplishments and developments in Sooke over her tenure, the most satisfying one and the one
she is proudest of is the sewer plant. “The first flush was a good day,” said Evans. “It was Ed’s dream as well. I still have the golden shovel from digging the dirt.” Along with the proud moments are the sad ones and Evans said her biggest disappointment had to be the failed referendum for a connector road. “My most disappointing day was when the referendum failed on the road, now we are trying to do the same thing with our money.” She said it may have been because of lack of communication.
Beautification of the downtown core and a new “Waterview” street to the water’s edge are things which are still things she hopes to see accomplished. She said it took Langford at least 12 years to get their beautification projects done. Negotiations with property owners for Waterview and the roundabout are moving forward and she had hoped to finalize things before she left office. She said Ministry of Transport (highways) wants the roundabout and now that they have reached a Memorandum of Understanding in regard to the
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Up Sooke 2011 INAUGURAL COUNCIL MEETING THE SWEARING IN ceremony for the newly elected council TAKES PLACE IN the District of Sooke council chambers on Dec. 5, at 7p.m. A RECEPTION TO follow and refreshments will be served. All are welcome, kindly RSVP BY PHONE 250-6421622 or email to info@sooke.ca.
CORRECTION: IN A CUTLINE send to us for the photo of the Muir Creek clean up Elleen Christofferson was incorrectly identified as Elleen Christian.
MISSING URN A BREAK-IN AT a house on Gordon’ Beach meant the loss of a silver urn with a blue mozaic-look. The urn contained the ashes of a homeowner’s mother. IF ANYONE LOCATES this urn, please bring it into the Sooke News Mirror office, so it can be returned to the family.
Thumbs Up! TO SHIRLEY FIRE Chief DONOVAN RAY AND THOMAS KERR WHO were off duty and rescued a crabber from an overturned boat in the waters off Jordan River.
A roadside thank you Pirjo Raits photo
Sooke’s new council and supporters were out thanking the voters on Nov. 23. The new council will be sworn in at the inaugural council meeting on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
As her term ends, Evans talks openly about her experiences Cont’ from page 1 first stages of the connector route they can move forward. She said money for these projects comes from Development Cost Charges not property taxes. “We’re right there on the cusp, unfortunately the economy is in the tank. We have huge potential here which we haven’t even tapped into. I’m proud of staff, they worked hard and they’ve taken a lot of crap too.” Evans said the district’s finances are in order and solid, despite the negative campaigning on that facet. “I’m proud of leaving office with that.” She said people want a lot of things to happen in Sooke but they do not want any tax increases.’ She would like the new council to continue on with the trails and parks plans as there is money in the park reserve fund but this can only be used for acquisition of more park land, not development or amenities. She spoke of the incredible volunteers in the community and their impact on Sooke. “Our volunteers are the best ever, I don’t
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Janet Evans, bottom left, one of Sooke’s first councillors in 1999. any other community has as many.” She justified the fiveyear contract with the district’s lawyer came about because the district had to constantly prove people wrong. “Lawyer’s fees were out of control, now we know what we are paying each month.” All communities have issues and all make mistakes and she said that with the amount of turnover in staff that she has seen over the past 12 years, it may be difficult to get good people. “People won’t apply to a municipality with a high turnover,” she said. Of the work of the councils she has sat
with Evans said, “This last council had issues but we still got tons of work done, I’m proud of the last 12 years and the last three. The
council was hardworking and their hearts are in the right place.” She hopes the new council will take all those plans and run with them rather than have them gather dust on a shelf somewhere. Her run for trustee with the Sooke School District came at a difficult time. Her husband had a heart attack and she said her priorities went “whoosh.” She wishes those who won the best. Rumours being what they are, are rarely based on the whole truth and when asked if she had aspirations of running for provincial politics, she adamantly said “no.”
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With many people expecting parcels at this time of year, there is yet another scam of some sort involving Canada Post. The item will appear in your inbox from Canada Post with the subject line: Important Notice: failed package delivery! The word from Debbie Clarkston at Canada Post in Sooke is,”it’s best to not open the link.” She doesn’t know what this would cause, perhaps a virus. She said this particular issue has been ongoing
and this is the second time around for this one. “We had people asking about parcels,” she said. They had the same tracking numbers apparently, and Clarkston said they are not that inventive. They (whoever they are) have copied Can-
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Local politicians visit Saseenos classroom Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror
When the newly elected mayor and regional director visited Saseenos Elementary School to talk to a Grade 4 class about what they do, the questions from the students were pretty insightful. Wendal Milne, the new mayor for the District of Sooke; and Mike Hicks, re-elected as regional director for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, spoke to Elaine Haddad’s class on Nov. 23. The first question was an obvious one: What do you do? Hicks: “Go to meetings. You mom and dad go to work and they can’t take care of everything. They pay taxes and we make
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Mike Hicks and Wendal Milne visited Saseenos and talked politics. sure everything is done around their property.” Milne: “My job is something like your principal’s.” They were asked if their jobs were a big responsibility and whether they were
happy they won. When they were asked if they liked meetings, Hicks responded with a chuckle by saying, “this is one of the more interesting meetings we’ve had.” Other students
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A rampant fire on a windy morning reduced a fifth-wheel trailer to ashes and melted a nearby greenhouse on Nov. 17 on Kaltasin Road. The Sooke Fire Department received the call at 2:54 a.m. from nearby residents, said Fire Chief Steve Sorensen. “Several people reported several explosions,” he said. One lady said she heard eight (explosions).” He suspects what people heard were the six tires plus the spare tire of the 35-foot trailer popping from the extreme heat. There was also a near-empty
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Firefighters battle a trailer fire on Kaltasin Rd. propane tank inside that vented gas into a box that was holding it, which also burst into flames. The trailer hadn’t been used in several
months by the owners who live in a house on the three-quarteracre property where it was parked. No gas or power was hooked up, nor was there any
backyard burning, making the incident “somewhat suspicious,” said Sorensen. “We can’t find any accidental reason.” The slushy and
windy conditions that knocked out power to half of Sooke that night also sent embers blowing everywhere — the fire spread into the trees and got part of the greenhouse in a neighbour’s yard. Thick smoke billowed in all directions. “One guy in an apartment across the street said it set his smoke alarm off, that’s what woke him up,” he said. The blaze was extinguished in about 30 minutes by 14 volunteer firefighters who showed up in three pump trucks. The file has been turned over to the RCMP, said the fire chief.
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I would like to acknowledge the contribution of all the candidates in our recent School Board Elections. Thank you to those who supported & worked for my reelection. Bob Phillips, School Trustee email:bother@telus.net
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What started as a single can of soup collected by the fire department 15 Christmases ago has turned into literally more foodstuffs that they can fit into a giant dump truck. As part of the Sooke Christmas Bureau campaign, a committee that forms prior to every Christmas to help local families in need, the Sooke Fire Department is running its annual holiday initiative to collect food and cash donations. “It was hugely successful last year. We filled two big construction trailers with food,” said Fire Chief Steve Sorensen. He said the first year firefighters didn’t even have the idea of soliciting donations, they were just out giving away candy canes when someone handed over some soup. The chief thought “hey, this is a good idea.” The first two weekends in December from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the department, along with RCMP and ambulance staff, will be outside the entrance to both Village Food Markets and Western Foods collecting non-perishable food items — things like canned fish and meats, peanut butter,
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The 2011 Sooke Christmas Bureau kicked off Nov. 25. From left: Barry Gifford, Sooke Christmas Bureau chairman; Jeff Stewart, Western Foods store manager; Russ Logan and Wayne Kneeshaw, Village Foods store managers; and Dave Bennett, former Sooke councillor. pasta and cereal are in high demand (no expired items please). In the third weekend on Dec. 16, 17 and 18 at the same times there will be an open house at the fire hall. People can drive inside, hand their donations to volunteers, and drive out the back without leaving their cars. Finally, on Dec. 17 firefighters will go on their Santa Run — fire trucks will be decorated and driven around town once again handing out Christmas candy and collecting one final round of food. Special paper bags with route information will be distributed with the Dec. 14 issue of the Sooke News Mirror. “Otter Point and East Sooke fire do it in their areas (as well),” said Sorensen. After that, all the food is taken to be sorted at the community hall the following day. It is then
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combined with other items like turkeys and fresh vegetables to complete the ingredients for a good dinner, put into hampers and then are ready for pick up by registered families on Dec. 21, said Barry Gifford, president of the Christmas Bureau. Last year, 410 hampers were given out. The bureau will also have their own food and cash donation bins scattered around town at the T-Sou-ke Nation craft sale on Dec. 3. They will be at the Chamber of Commerce’s Santa Parade on Dec. 4, and people can also mail cheques to: Sooke Christmas Bureau, P.O. Box 983, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 1H9. “Funds go towards paying for what’s required for the hampers (in addition to non-perishables),” said Gifford. Any leftover food will be redistrib-
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Be local by shopping local The holiday season is upon us and with only about 24 shopping days until Christmas the panic, at least for some, is setting in. How about if this year you decided to shop locally? What would you find? Well, if you decided to check out some of the shops and stores in Sooke you would find plenty. If you started at someplace like the museum gift shop you would find many items made locally, silver native-carved jewelry, pottery, books, candles, you name it. Cruise further up Sooke and you will find great prices items in the larger All it takes stores as well as the smaller is a little ones. There are shops, imagination... galleries and inns that carry wonderful locally made items perfect for giving. You just have to be creative in your selection of shopping venues. The crush and panic to buy things made in China at the big stores in Victoria is not a pleasant way to spend time. It’s impersonal and has no connection to anything or anyone local. There are other ways as well to give gifts. If you are stuck on what to get mom or dad, perhaps season’s tickets to the Sooke Philharmonic or a locally written book. Try purchasing a second hand collectible. How about locally ground coffee or a load of dry firewood? There are a number of spas where one can purchase a gift certificate, restaurants for a dinner out and hotels for a change of scene. You can even holiday in your own back yard. All it takes is a little imagination to take your gift buying from the mundane to the sublime. Shop local, it creates employment and a wonderful sense of community.
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Court system close to collapse B.C. Views One of the last exchanges in the B.C. legislature’s fall session was over the state of the court system. Drug dealers are walking free, NDP leader Adrian Dix reminded Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond in the final question period. Dix referred to a Prince George case this fall where a convicted cocaine dealer racked up more trafficking charges while he was on trial, and then was released because he couldn’t be tried in a timely fashion. The NDP was picking up on an unusually political speech last week by B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman. Speaking to the annual B.C. judges’ conference in Las Vegas, Bauman warned that funding cuts have the B.C. court system “going over a cliff in slow motion.” The cuts are real. By next year, court service budgets are expected to be down 10 per cent since 2008, and staff down 15 per cent. The provincial court is down 17 judges from 2005. There aren’t enough clerks. And the federal government is about to push through new sentencing guidelines that will add more inmates to B.C.’s overflowing prison system. Bond, the overworked B.C. Liberal minister doing double duty as Attorney General, replied that some of
the budget cuts are being reversed. More sheriffs have been trained, and 14 provincial court judges have been hired in the past two years. (Meanwhile, provincial judges are suing the deficit-laden government, demanding a six-per-cent raise.) Bond also pointed to long-term strategies being implemented to relieve the flood of court cases. It’s this kind of systemic change that has the most potential for long-term reform of our archaic system. Right now there are an estimated 2,000 cases in provincial court that are running long enough to risk being dismissed due to delays. It’s not a crime wave; a quarter of all cases in provincial and B.C. Supreme Court are family disputes over kids and property. The Family Law Act has been in the works for years, and it sailed through the legislature with NDP support. It encourages out-of-court settlements in family breakups, equalizes common-law rules with those for married couples and does away with the terms “custody” and “access” that suggest children are to be fought over as if they are property. Bond also pointed to B.C.’s harsh new administrative penalties for drinking and driving, which have kept most routine impaired cases out of court. Police have the authority to impound vehicles and impose heavy
fines on the spot, when drivers fail a roadside breath test or even blow in the “warn” range of 0.05 to 0.08 per cent. Bond points proudly to a 40-per-cent decrease in alcohol-related vehicle deaths in the first year. Of course this is being challenged as an infringement of the right to go to court and try various drunkdriving defences. A judge will soon decide if the hazards of impaired driving justify such an infringement. Justice Bauman acknowledges that courts have to clean up procedures too. Set aside the baseless conspiracy theories around the Dave Basi-Bobby Virk saga, and you have two small-time crooks whose lawyers were allowed to spin the case out for seven years in a tangle of evidence disclosure demands. As the legislature adjourned, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson joined previous mayors, from Conservative Party member Sam Sullivan to Mike Harcourt, in calling for marijuana to be legalized and regulated. Not on my watch, replied Prime Minister Stephen Harper. So instead, we’re getting de facto legalization of crack cocaine. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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OTHER VIEWS
Will you be attending holiday community events like the T’Sou-ke craft sale and the Santa parade this weekend ?
Probably not, our kids are in Calgary so we’ll probably go there.
I didn’t know there was a parade. If it’s not too late, definately.
I don’t know yet, but it (sounds) nice.
John Potkins
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No one showed up On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 at 7 p.m., our own Sooke Volunteer Fire Department, (i.e. through an advertised invitation to the public), held a “dedication ceremony� to officially welcome their newest fire truck into the fold while at the same time retiring their oldest outdated fire truck #204. This event was wonderfully officiated by Sooke Fire Department Chaplin Gordon Kouwenberg, which included a prayer, the symbolic transferring of the water from the old truck into the new truck, a spraying down of the new truck, and then everyone in attendance helped roll the new truck into it’s stall in the firehall. Finally a toast was made to the new truck, and to the dedicated volunteers who operate them, with snacks to follow. So who attended this special event? Well there was of course Fire Chief Steve Sorensen, his Deputy Fire Chief Rick McLoud, (both in their formal attire), and former fire chief Bill Stevenson, (1957 - 62 and 1976 - 77). Also in attendance were 28 volunteer Sooke firefighters, both male and female, all in their firefighting gear, including two of their newest recruits. Oh yes, there was also myself representing Sooke Emergency Social Services. So who wasn’t in attendance? Not the mayor, nor a single
Probably the craft fair. That’s (the) most intersting.
LETTERS member of the reigning council of the day, nor any of those new members running for council. There were no media people there, and not one other member of the general public showed up. What a disappointment. Where was the support for our dedicated firefighters who put in hundreds of hours of training, and risk their lives for all the residents of Sooke? Where was the support for the dedication of the newest fire truck that will substantially improve the fire fighting capacity of our fire department for this community for years to come? What if you were in need of their life saving services... and no one showed up? Ron Bilinsky Sooke
Sooke needs more doctors I moved here from Vancouver a year ago and am reminded how little I miss the big city every time I have to take the ferry to drove those congested streets and fight to find parking, which is pretty much monthly, to visit my doctor. I have enjoyed good health until recently as I am, unfortunately, ageing. When I moved to
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Hoot, hoot Donna Farrell caught this Great Horned owl perched in a tree on her property on Saseenos Rd. Sooke I contacted the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons to find a new doctor and discovered there are none in Sooke, or Saanich, or Victoria, or Metchosin, or Langford who are taking new patients. The website of the College of Physicians and Surgeons says to contact doctors outside of your community if none are available in your area, so I called a few of the many doctors taking new patients in Duncan. But they are not taking patients outside of their community. Now there’s a Catch 22 for ya. I considered camping outside the old drug store in Evergreen Centre to be first in line when the new medical office opens but have been told that
they aren’t taking new patients either. What’s an old girl, who was born in this province and has lived here all her life, with the exception of an unfortunate 10 years spent in Winnipeg, to do? Doctors, move to Sooke. It’s beautiful. There is the ocean and trees and trails and birds and a Philharmonic Orchestra and great fishing and a wonderful community centre with a pool and some really good restaurants. The people are interesting and friendly and I’m sure you will love it as much as I do. The only this missing... is you. Oh, and a movie theatre, but that is another letter. Nancy Davies Sooke
Now is the time Mayor Wendal Milne, Councillors Herb Haldane, Bev Berger, Rick Kasper, Maja Tait, Kerrie Reay, Kevin Pearson, Welcome to our newly elected mayor and council. The election is now over, fall/ winter is in the air and to you I say the following, with absolute respect regarding the administrative staff of the District of Sooke and previous councils, forward into the future is the direction to go and now is where we always find ourselves,
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because of the past. Respect all. The community of the District of Sooke is magnificent and is in the now of developing. I look forward to your “seated in office lookâ€? at becoming even more aware of what we (DOS) have and how it was built meticulously from the ground up, as is the same for every new council. I am also positive we will communicate over the next three years as I am retired and I so volunteer myself to the community. For clarity and transparency. I’m MoonfistMyke Colbert, a guy who has been dedicating chunks of myself for almost four years to the community. Safety and beautification to roads, parks, schools‌ I do more, I teach, I am holistic, I listen and I talk. Blessings and health be with you all. Sifu Moonfist-Myke Colbert Sooke Moon Sooke
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LOOKING BACK A trip back through the Sooke News Mirror time machine... Dec. 1, 2010 — Police looking for hit and run culprits On Nov. 25 at 2:30 p.m. a 16-year-old girl was struck from behind by a green van while walking on Pyrite Road near Beaton. The driver, wearing a red toque, spoke with the girl briefly before driving away. The girl was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released shortly after. On Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m., a pedestrian walking on Sooke Road towards Village Foods was struck by black Ford F250 with silver wheels. The male driver didn’t stop and continued driving east on Sooke Road. RCMP is asking any witnesses of either incident to call 250-642-5241. Nov. 29, 2006 — Part home part art show As the holiday season approaches, so do a wave of craft fairs — and the Bryant family in Sooke is turning their home into one for the fourth year in a row as part of the Sooke Traditional Christmas Home Fine Arts and Crafts
Exhibition. From Dec. 1 to 3, people can drop in for holiday treats and a glass of wine or mulled cider. Afterwards, they can grab a wicker basket, enjoy holiday carolers and music and browse the wide selection of art, crafts and gifts. “A lot of local artists don’t get regular gallery exposure, so they really rely on shows like this,” said artist Laura Bryant. Nov. 28, 2001 — Smelly Sooke Some people living in the Murray Road area dread rainfall, and for good reason. “It smells so bad here,” said one resident, who didn’t want to be identified. The problem is septic tank systems failing and pungent, untreated sewage flowing into open ditches. There have been reported septic systems failures in various locations in Sooke, including Whiffin Spit Road, Otter Point Road, French Road and Quartz Road, according to municipal engineer Gary Smirfitt. “There is a danger ... we haven’t had any big outbreaks, but it certainly isn’t a healthy situation,” he said, noting sewage is pouring into ditches next to yards where children play.
An asphalt rolling vehicle rammed through a set of doors at the new Edward Milne Community School causing $12,000 of damage. Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Gary Williams said vandals hot-wired the small roller before demolishing the doorway near the school’s gymnasium. The piece of heavy equipment got caught on the door frame, and stopped before it could complete enter the school, said principal Del Clark. An eight-foot by six-
foot section above the door will have to be repaired. “It’s going to be a while for us to get parts, probably six to eight weeks I would think,” said Clark. Nov. 27, 1991 — Lions, rotary donation drive kick off The Sooke Lions Club and the Sooke Rotary Club helped kick off the 1991 Christmas Bureau drive Saturday with donations of $500 apiece. Christmas Bureau chairman Bruce Logan,
who accepted the cheques from Lions president Ray Mostowy and Rotary president-elect Gerry van Ek said that because of an expected increased demand for hampers this Christmas, the bureau’s target has been raised to $15,000 — $3,000 more than last year. Individuals who wish to donate to the Christmas Bureau can send their cheques to Box 1122, Sooke.
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Walk back in time to Bethlehem People come from far and wide Benjamin Yong Sooke News Mirror
On Dec. 10, the Sooke Baptist Church will take visitors back a couple of millennia when they open their 10th annual Bethlehem Walk. The inside of the church, at 7110 West Coast Rd, will be transformed into an interactive play with 100 volunteer actors. Guests can walk through the biblical town of Bethlehem and see baby Jesus at the manger, eat smoked salmon at the bakery, and even have their photo taken while wearing ancient headgear. “It takes about 30 minutes to walk through,” said church pastor and organizer Dwight Geiger. “People don’t have to go sit and watch anything.” The idea was to move away from the traditional performance format. Geiger said people on average spend anywhere from 30 seconds to one and a half minutes at each of the many booths designed to simulate a busy town bazaar. Some will demand a bit more time from onlookers, like Soleby’s Auction that has comedic items for sale like Goliath’s giant fork and spoon. There is a short intro-
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Volunteer Keith Johnson hawks his wares at Soleby’s Auction House at last year’s Bethlehem Walk. Below, Roman Centurion Mat Geiger stands guard over Harold and Geraldine Fladager in the Census Taker’s Gate House.
lection of 120 costumes that a previous volunteer spent six years scouring thrift stores for. New for this year, children will be putting on a Bible story puppet theatre near the games shop in addition to their usual role of running around in the streets. Geiger, who has been pastor for 17 years, said the event is a joint project with all the other churches in Sooke who have specific roles — look for the Anglicans running the bakery, and Soleby’s Auction, the Pentecostals. The original idea for the Bethlehem Walk came about when a lady from the congregation saw the one done by the Parksville Fel-
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The mountain that changed its name The fire lookout (1950s) on Mt. Shepherd was first erected in the 1920s. Hikers sometimes ask how Mt. Shepherd became Mt. Manuel Quimper. It’s an interesting story. In 1846, under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, the Royal Navy vessel HMS Herald surveyed Sooke Harbour and Basin. On his expedition, Captain Kellett, recognizing the efforts of his crew, bestowed their names on certain physical features noted on the journey. For example, J. G. Whiffin was a crew member, hence his name remains today, marking the ever-popular Whiffin Spit. Mt. Shepherd was the name given to the 1,800foot peak that rises on the skyline as we look northeast towards the Sooke Hills. When this fire lookout structure was built, it provided shelter for a fire spotter each summer who could radio the Forest Service if a fire was spotted. Supplies and water were brought in throughout the summer season. Similar shelters
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were built on peaks such as Mt. Empress and Mt. Matheson. In 1953 there was a move in Sooke to establish a branch of the Masonic Lodge. Dr. W. J. McCauley, a dentist from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, hosted an organizational meeting at his home near Harbourview Road, Saseenos, which boasted a view of Mt. Shepherd as a backdrop to the setting of the meeting. The group of men
decided to adopt the name Mt. Shepherd Lodge #159. The lodge has continued to operate over the years, and meets today in a recycled building (once Knox Presbyterian Church) on Throup Road. Little did they guess that in 1939, unbeknownst to most Sooke residents, Mt. Shepherd had been re-named Mt. Manuel Quimper by two men who had the power to do so. According to information sup-
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TOASTMASTERS Sooke Harbour Toastmasters meet and greet night at Village Foods from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Call Allan at 642-7520 with any questions.
SAIL PAST From dusk until 6 p.m., come to Ed MacGregor Park to see decorated boats, kayaks and inflatables. Prizes will be awarded for best dressed, and there will be drop boxes for food and cash donations at the boardwalk.
VITAL VITTLES Free lunch every Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Hall on Murray Road. Everyone is welcome.
CRAFT SHOWS The Sooke Fall Fair is having its eighth annual Christmas craft show at the community hall. Also, the T’Sou-ke Nation is having a Christmas art show and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the T’Sou-ke Nation Band Hall at 2154 Lazzar Rd. across from EMCS. Call Linda for more info at 250-642-3957.
PHOTO WITH SANTA How does having your photo taken with Santa sound? He will be at 6689 Sooke Rd. on Dec. 4 from 2 to 5 p.m. Hot drinks and treats will be served, and donations for Sooke Toys for Kids will also be accepted. For more information call 250-642-2228.
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LGBT DISCUSSION Men’s wellness coordinator Robert Birch will be facilitating a discussion on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community at EMCS from 7 to 9 p.m. Hosted by Canada World Youth, admission is free.
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BABY TALK The VIHA Sooke Health Unit is featuring a presentation on colic and crying from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre (CASA building). Call 250-642-5464 with any questions.
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The legendary Frank Planes, 1923 — 2011 H
undreds of mourners walked in procession on Highway 14 following the casket of the legendary Frank Planes, firstborn son of a T’Sou-ke princess, as the RCMP diverted traffic, and his final journey was made from St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church to Sooke Harbour Cemetery. The heavy downpour of November 23 was broken by lightened skies for the procession. The services were conducted by Father Mike Favero and Salish spiritual adviser Shirley Alphonse. Participants in the services were T’Sou-ke Chief Gordon Planes and Salish speakers: Pauquachin Chief Bruce Underwood and Al Sam of Tsartlip; and Larry Rumsby, with the eulogy delivered by Elida Peers. Salish drum beating and a bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace by the Legion’s Angus Stanfield added to the solemnity of the event. In June of 1923, Ida, daughter of Chief Andrew Lazzar of the T’Sou-ke and of Annie Jones of the Pacheedaht, grand daughter of Chief Louis Lazzar and Mary of the T’Sou-ke, and wife of Gustave Planes, gave birth to her first son, naming him Frank, for his uncle Francis Lazzar. In the family’s traditional naming ceremony, this male child received the name Kwaq a Yuk, after a forebear chief. (A note here: Kwaq a Yuk has also become the name of the T’Sou-ke’s 52 foot 6 inch ceremonial cedar canoe, pride of the canoe fleet and a record holder on the Pacific coast.) Frank came into the family after his sisters Clara, Sarah, Nellie and Alice. Following Frank came Louis, Joe, Germaine, Jack and Ronnie. Ida was particularly dedicated to teaching him the traditions and skills of survival passed down through the generations, though because of her marriage to a white man, her family had lost their native status. Ida’s husband Gustave Planes trapped for furs around the harbour and built his family’s home next to the reserve. Frank was just a little fellow when his grandfather Chief Andrew
Frank Planes in 1977 when he gifted a paddle and a carved frog, made by his uncle Francis Lazzar, to the Sooke Region Museum.
hired by Danny George to crew on the seiner Saseenos and at 15 he was crewing out of Campbell River. When World War II came, he was asked to go on special duty for the Armed Forces because of his knowledge of the coast. He recalled that Sergeant Major Kemp who had a home on Kaltasin Road stopped him and told him he was needed. Frank joined up, where his local experience was put to good use scouting. For a time, he was headquartered at Coal Harbour, attached to a Z-47 vessel. Serving in the North Pacific for three years, Frank earned five medals. (One of his treasured experiences in later years was the Aboriginal Veterans Recognition Ceremony held at the Esquimalt Naval base in 2001 where he was one of those honoured.)
and Bunny had bought a home on West Coast Road where they raised
Lazzar passed on, and it fell to his uncle Francis to help coach and train the boy. He had his own dugout cedar canoe to bring in food for the table. Frank’s elders, great-uncle Queesto and others at Pacheedaht and Nitinat also helped to train and guide him. He learned skills needed to live in the woods, and native ocean-navigation. He learned to take note of how the kelp moved in the water, the currents, to calculate wind and weather from keen observation. In time, Frank became so adept at reading nature that he could come into port in pitch blackness or dense fog, by listening to the sounds of the waves and their interaction with the seaweed and the shoreline. In the small Saseenos community of the 1920s and 30s, neighbours were few and far between, but they visited, and generally on foot. The Planes children and the Wickheim children were among those who walked back and forth to visit and play together, often exchanging salmon and fruit. Frank and Maywell became the best of buddies, sharing many good times between their chores, enjoying the outdoors and fishing for trout. The two became so close that
During his war service he stopped in Vancouver with a cousin, Leonard Nelson, and chanced to meet a beautiful girl, Lorraine “Bunny” Engler. By the end of the evening, he said to his cousin, “That is the woman I’m going to marry.” Which he did, in 1944. After the war, the young couple came to Sooke, and set up their home at what is now Saseenos School playground. In the early ‘50s he again skippered a George family boat, wife Bunny going along as cook. His fishing seasons included the seiner Western Warrior, the halibut boat Joan W, a herring seine boat Taplow II and troller Karmar I. By 1964 Frank
daughters Willow and Fern. After several years on Bill Pitre’s 72-ft seiner Pacific Belle fishing out of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Frank, along with partners, purchased the seiner, taking her to the Aleutians in the Bering Sea. Maywell Wickheim says, “Frank developed a sixth sense for finding and catching fish, whether commercial or for sport.” When the partners sold the seiner in 1976, Frank bought a small troller and fished closer to home, enjoying having his wife and grandson Orton out with him. At this time he was asked by Victoria’s Bob Wright to captain his
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one day they got out their pocket knives and made cuts in their wrists, drawing blood, making themselves “blood brothers” a kinship which lasted their entire lives. Another special friendship Frank enjoyed was with Andy Davidson; the two shared many days hunting, trout fishing in the mountain lakes and hooking steelhead in the rivers. While Frank went to Sooke School with his sisters and brothers, fishing soon trumped school, and he took every opportunity to be out on the water. At age nine, Frank accompanied his stepdad Gustave Planes to Rivers Inlet for gillnetting. By age 11 he was
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Frank Planes with his wife of 67 years, Bunny. Below, Frank Planes with his trophies for trap shooting. 50-foot - 16 passenger sports fishing vessel Salmon Princess based at Ucluelet. A passenger vessel, this required that he obtain his Master’s papers, which daughter Fern helped him study for. With his wife and grandson aboard as deck crew, Frank took a two-year absence from trolling to enjoy the Salmon Princess experience. After the Sooke Region Museum was built in 1977, Frank brought in a gift of a paddle and a carved frog that had been made years earlier by his uncle Francis Lazzar. With the passage of Bill C-31 in 1985, children of women who had married non-native men regained the legal rights that had been forfeited. Members of the Planes family, with re-established status, were now able to build homes on reserve. One day in 1990 there was even more excitement than usual, when Frank’s regular purchase of lottery tickets struck pay dirt, and he won a million dollars. True to his nature of sharing and family, Frank divided the cash in three, and daughters Willow and Fern got to celebrate as well. Since 1990 the house that sonin-law Joe Dodge built them on Eagle Heights Drive has been their home. Trap shooting was a hobby that Frank enjoyed, joining in the Pacific International Trap Shooting Asso-
ciation meets, where he collected many trophies, and in 1991 was elected to the All Star Trap Shooting Team of North America. Frank and Bunny also spent time at lake fishing spots and enjoyed trips to Reno. Frank Planes was gifted with a natural eloquence of expression, and it became traditional in the Sooke community to invite him to speak at gatherings, especially on the Sooke Flats. When he addressed the crowd in his deep resonant voice, everyone listened to his wisdom. An exceptional example of his leadership was demonstrated when the round-theworld voyage of the replica vessel of Captain Cook’s Endeavour was being planned in 1999. An advance party from the ship’s company came to Sooke from their base in Freemantle, Australia to meet with the T’Sou-ke Nation, Sooke Region Museum and Sooke Festival Society. Three Chiefs of the T’Sou-ke, -- Jim Cooper, Frank Planes, and Jack Planes greeted them, expressing a remarkable warmth of welcome. In his usual kindly and generous way, Frank took the lead in offering the community’s hospitality. The Endeavour’s master, Captain Chris Blake, and Frank established a great rapport, and when the vessel hoisted sail and departed, the two men exchanged gifts. Capt. Blake presented Frank with a framed section of the rigging of the original 1778 Endeavour, while he gifted the captain with a case of Bunny’s home-canned sockeye. Kindly Frank particularly enjoyed watching children at play, and cherished the time spent with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sadly, he had suffered deteriorating health in recent times. He leaves his wife Bunny, daughters Willow (Joe Dodge) and Fern (Frank Albany), Shelly, Orton, Leaf, Frankie, Ricky and Alyssa, great grandchildren Skye, Lyall, Jessie, Bailey, Brodie, siblings Germaine and Jack and a host of relatives and friends.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Vocal ensemble performs two seasonal concerts F
or the second year, Ekoos Vocal Ensemble will present Christmas Concerts featuring settings of the same text by widely different composers. Last year, the choir focused on the text O Magnum Mysterium. This year, it will explore Hodie Christus Natus Est (“Today Christ is born�). Conductor Peter Dent suggested this program to the choir, which has embraced it with enthusiasm. “We’re singing one simple phrase, but the eight different composers, spanning five centuries, make it sound so varied and help us to feel its depth,� commented alto Sheila Whincup. The “Hodie� text was very popular in the Renaissance period but later fell out of favour. It has had a resurgence
in the last 70 years or so. This antiphon was intended for the second Vespers sung on Christmas day. Its earliest origins are found in Gregorian chant in the Dorian mode. Some members of the choir who are hockey aficionados offered this invitation -- or maybe it’s a challenge, “Instead of staying at home on Saturday for ‘Hockey Night in Canada’, why not come out for ‘Hodie Night in Sooke’?� In addition to the eight “Hodie� settings, the program includes several other selections such as the German carol Still, Still, Still and Giuseppe Baini’s setting of Panis Angelicus, featuring only the women’s voices. Guest artists for this concert will be Sooke’s own newly formed Trio West who will play Arcangelo Corel-
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li’s Christmas Concerto, written in 1690. This concerto was originally scored for three solo strings accompanied by a small string orchestra and keyboard. Cellist Ellen Himmer has written an arrangement of the Corelli to stand alone as a trio. “We will be using Baroque bows which are shorter and more triangular in shape, to produce a lighter, more dance-like sound.
The piece was sub-titled ‘fatto per notte di Natale’ or ‘made for the night of Christmas’,� Himmer explained. “Trio West� is composed of Heather Gatland on violin, Ellen Himmer on cello, and Shane Beech on keyboard. Both Heather and Ellen are members of several orchestras in the region, including the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and the Victoria Chamber Orchestra.
Shane Beech grew up in Sooke and is a graduate of EMCS. He is currently a fourth-year piano performance major at the University of Victoria, and is studying Early Music performance with Peter Smith. Last year in the Greater Victoria Music Festival he was selected to be a provincial finalist in piano. “He is also a composer of great promise,� added Ellen Himmer, his former teacher. The eight composers of the settings of the Hodie to be performed by Ekoos represent a rich musical history. Peter Dent provided the following notes. William Byrd (15401623) was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. Giovanni Maria Nanino (15431607) was an Italian composer and teacher
of the late Renaissance and was the most influential music teacher in Rome in the late 16th century. Luca Marenzio (15531599) wrote over 500 madrigals and his music was influential as far away as England. Jan Pieter Sweelink (1562-1621) a Dutch composer and organist, was among the first major keyboard composers. Giovanni Paulo Cima (1570-1622) was a leading musical figure in Milan. Although a contemporary of Frescobaldi and Claudio Monteverdi, he never achieved their fame. Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) was a worthy inheritor of the tradition of Debussy and Ravel. He wrote opera, chamber works and much choral music. Poulenc was one of the first openly gay com-
posers. His Hodie Christus Natus Est is without doubt the most famous of the contemporary settings. Flutist, composer and choir director, Tullio Visioli was born in Cremona in 1957. Since 1999 he has taught music at the Faculty of Education of the University of Rome. Pianist and composer, Bruno Vlahek, born in 1986 in Zagreb, Croatia, has composed in many genres (orchestral, chamber, solo, choral, pop music). The concert in Sooke is on Saturday Dec.10 at 7:30 p.m., at the Holy Trinity Church, 1962 Murray Road. On Sunday Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. the program will be performed at Redeemer Lutheran Church, in Langford. Tickets are available at the Reading Room Bookstore, and at the door.
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ven if you wanted to get a table at the highly anticipated First Nations art show you would be out of luck. The tables have been reserved for months and there’s a waiting list says Linda Bristol. Some of the best native artists in the area will be at the third annual T’ Sou-ke Art Show and Bake Sale on Saturday, Dec. 3. “This is our third annual with the T’ Sou-ke arts group hosting,� says organizer Linda Bristol. “We will have several First Nations artists from out of town.� The band hall on the T’Souke reserve is a small venue but the calibre of the artists is big. Doug LaFortune, a Coast Salish carver from the Tsawout band will be there with his art which includes carvings and prints. Lafortune was born in Bellingham, WA, in 1953. After attending
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selections including For Unto Us a Child is Born and Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates, and the orchestra will play the ever-popular Pastoral Symphony. J.S. Bach’s Air for string orchestra and the Echo aria from his Christmas Oratorio, sung by Nancy Washeim, also reflect the underlying message of the season. The well-known Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams strikes a more contemporary note, as does his Fantasia on Christmas Carols. The Toy Symphony is a pure bit of fun. However, there is something of a mystery concerning just who composed it. Scholarship is divided between Joseph Haydn
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Sooke Dance Studio presents A traditional holiday ballet, classical with a “twist”. With special guest performers: professional dancers David Beales and Suzy Vining.
Saturday, December 17, 5 pm Sunday, December 18, 2 pm Sooke Community Theatre Pirjo Raits photo
Adults $15 Children/Seniors $10
Survey winners Sooke News Mirror publisher Rod Sluggett presents the SNM survey contest winners with their four tickets for a dining experience in Sooke. Bob and Nettie Vincent, on the left will dine at The Mix at Ric’s, and Eira Jones, far right, will enjoy a dinner at the Stone Pipe Grill. Pirjo Raits photo
Seasonal wares Fine art and craft were available at the annual Sooke Harbour House Christmas sale held on the weekend. Seated is glass artist Sandra Fowler. Many of the artists/ craftspeople sell at the inn’s gift shop.
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The Sooke Region Chamber is holding their annual Santa Claus Parade December 4, 2011 commencing at 3:00 with a Christmas Tree light up following: We are looking for businesses to participate in this years annual parade. Please contact the Chamber office for registration. There is NO fee to participate. Call the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce to register 250-642-6112.
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Late night shopping Start your holiday shopping in Sooke Friday, December 2, 2011 Join us for our first annual late night shopping event in Sooke! Friday, December 2, 2011 6:00 - 9:00. Stores will remain open late with specials/ discounts and great ideas to start the holiday season! For a list of participating merchants, visit our website www.sookeregionchamber.com
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CHECK OUT THE LIGHTS ON FOREMAN HEIGHTS! Come see over 12,000 lights at 6771 Foreman Heights! Official light up Sunday, December 4th (lights on from 5:30 9:30 approx.) Enjoy the lights, and please bring a donation for the Sooke Food Bank. A storage bin will be available at the end of the driveway for your donation.
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Christmas baking has begun at...
We will be open throughout the holiday season, but closed December 25-26 and January 1-16, 2012
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BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED BOATS, KAYAKS, INFLATABLES, CANOES and other small vessels will light up the harbour and music will fill the air with our annual light up parade. To Register please contact the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce 250-642-6112
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very morning, seven-year-old Carter Strange yawns, stretches, and gets out of bed. He walks to the kitchen and takes a handful of pills — some are standard multivitamins, others are things like digestive enzymes that help keep him alive. He takes 40 to 50 pills daily, about 12,000 pills a year. Carter suffers from cystic fibrosis, a noncontagious genetic disease that is passed to a child at birth by two parents who both carry a defective gene but do not have any symptoms themselves. The disease causes the body to abnormally lose sodium and sticky mucus to build up in places like the lungs and pancreas resulting in lung infections and digestive problems. About 3,500 Canadians are currently afflicted. “When things are good, if you saw Carter you’d never know,” said David Strange, Carter’s father. “Even when he’s at 50 per cent lung function it’s go go, I mean that’s one of the benefits of youth.” Eventually, though, as his lungs become more damaged he’ll be more challenged in terms of breathing and activity and could need a lung transplant down the road, said Strange. That’s why Strange and his wife Heather are thankful that they have the services of the BC Children’s Hospital (BCC) just a ferry ride away. “It’s funny — about a
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Dr. Mark Chilvers, director of the cystic fibrosis clinic at the BC Children’s Hospital, evaluates Carter. Right, Carter breathes through a mask filled with a high-dose of sodium chloride in hopes of coughing up a sample for testing. year before Carter was diagnosed, we were on a trip to Vancouver and we’re driving down the road into downtown Vancouver and we drive by the BC Children’s. And, you know, we drive by and we had that moment where you go ‘let’s hope that we never have to go there.’ A year later we were there.” Before that, he had been really sick the first couple years of his life. But doctors up island, where the family lived at Cowichan Lake, were unable to accurately diagnose the condition. It wasn’t until moving to Sooke in 2005 that Dr. Saunders from the Sooke Evergreen Medical Centre, who had previously spent time working in a cystic fibrosis centre, linked the pieces together. Carter had an
initial test done locally, and BCC confirmed the results. Strange said although the family hasn’t spent a lot of physical time at the Vancouver hospital, the impact they have had on Carter’s life has been “huge.” “The expertise and research that goes on there directly impacts him.” Most of the interaction that Carter has with BCC, however, is indirect. They work with a team at the cys-
tic fibrosis team at Victoria General Hospital sharing knowledge and providing support. Usually only for more advanced tests and diagnostic services is a trip to BCC necessary, where Strange said it’s not just the facility that’s top notch. “Their business is children, right, so just the whole flavour of the building, the mannerisms of not just the doctors and nurses but the technicians and the radiologists,” he said. “They have years of experience working with kids and that’s always good because we’ve had to go to children’s for some pretty serious tests. Serious scans and pulmonary tests that when you go there you’re apprehensive anyways, but you feel at ease right away.”
Part of that comfort also comes from family education days that the hospital hosts. Experts explain in detail specifics about the disease and treatments and also answer any ques-
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Festival of Trees supports local kids Cont’d from page 23 tions that come up. There is no known cure for cystic fibrosis, only treatments. Besides pills, Carter also performs respiratory therapy where he inhales medications three to five times a day, and does some physiotherapy exercises to loosen up the buildup in his lungs. A few decades ago, it was rare to see someone with the disease live past toddlerhood. Now, the life expectancy is around 40 years. Although there is only a 25 per cent chance that a subsequent child would contract cystic fibrosis, there is also a 50 per cent possibility that it could carry the defective gene that causes the disease. That, combined with
other challenging familial commitments, made the couple decide not to try for a second. Support from the town has been “unbelievable”, said Strange. People donated money to help the family purchase a generator for the house to power medical and therapyrelated machines. Journey and Poirier Elementary collectively have raised about $16,000 for cystic fibrosis research, a large portion of that funding the clinic at Victoria General. “No matter the disease or the cause, this community always seems to come up with the money and help and assistance, and we’ve certainly been the beneficiary of that for sure.” Even the environment has seemingly lent a helping hand
— Strange said Sooke is probably one of the best climates for Carter to live in because of the
good rural air quality and the salt content in the air from being near the ocean.
I would like to thank all the Sooke residents for participating in the democratic process. I am honoured to be a councillor for another term. I will not disappoint and will continue to work hard for anyone needing help on issues. Thank you very much to my close supporters for all your help and moral support. ”I could not have made it without all of you. ” Congratulations to Wendel Milne I am looking forward to working with you.
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The family of KWA QA YAQ, Frank Planes, Bunny (wife) daughters Willow, Fern and family.wish to gratefully acknowledge your very thoughtful expression of love and sympathy in our time of sorrow. Thank you to the (past) Mayor Janet Evans (present) Mayor Wendel Milne, council and all of the Sooke Community and the T’Souke Nation. Thank you to The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sooke Legion and Aboriginal Veterans Association. A special thank you to Dr. Saunders and Ayre Manor & Staff for all of their compasstionate care. Thanks to Father Mike of the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Parish, Shirley Alphonse (T’Souke Nation) Mr & Mrs. Larry Rumsby. Thank you Elida Peers and blood brother Maywell Wickhem for your kind and loving words in memory of a life long friendship.
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Slow Food Cycle achieves its goal Wrap up to successful season
The Sooke Slow Food Cycle was created for a number of reasons, not least because it will hopefully draw a very specific type of tourism to our area. The experts term it “community driven tourism” since it’s the character of the community itself rather than any specific resorts or tourist attractions that make people want to spent time there. The motto for this kind of tourism might be “a great place to live is a great place to visit.” Drawing daytrippers and weekenders here is good for the local economy. They’ll come in ever larger numbers as the community improves its services, infrastructure and overall quality of life. And that, in turn, is great news for those of us who live in town. A number of other intentions lie behind this first annual event launched by the Juan de Fuca Cycling Coalition and the Sooke Transition Town Society in collaboration with the T’Sou-ke Nation, JDF Community Trails Society and Sooke Food CHI. We wanted to
promote cycling as a lifestyle choice while also raising awareness about existing and potential multi-use hiking, biking and dog-walking trails throughout the area. Like Food CHI, we sought to promote local food sources as a healthy alternative to nutritionally dead processed foods. And we wanted to give people some good, fresh and often old-fashioned ideas about how to become more sustainable and resourceful in the face of an uncertain future. Now that we’ve wrapped up this year’s event, I’d like to report back to our community. About 300 people from ages five upwards took part in the ride, either as paid ticket holders or drop-ins. Less than a third of the participants were from Sooke, and that means we accomplished our mission of showcasing some of Sooke’s gems – Muir Creek, the Sooke Region Museum, Sunriver Allotment Garden, John Phillips Memorial Park and the new Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre included – to a good number of out-oftown visitors. A third of them were from Victoria, 19 percent from the rest of Vancouver
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Island, 14 percent from the mainland and 7 percent from outside the country. People told us time and again how much they enjoyed themselves. They snacked on tasty local food, rode their bikes on a gorgeous fall day here by the sea and learned about everything from edible seaweeds to solar power, backyard beekeeping and the fine art of making the perfect kale chip. Some locals were delighted to find sources for food that they could trust, and many were thrilled to ride and walk along trails they never knew existed right in the heart of town. We had requests from visitors to keep them posted about next year’s event. And a bunch of folk tried out electric bikes for the first time and are excited about possi-
bly incorporating them as a alternative mode of transport. All in all, the day was deemed a great success. To top it off, we made a few real and lasting contributions to the town. One of our sponsors, Urban Racks, donated a bicycle rack to the library. Our team of “masked marauders” erected Sooke’s first-ever bike path signpost on the Gatewood Trail. And we ran a lean enough operation that we are able to make donations to Eat to Defeat Cancer, our charity of choice this year, and to Slow Food Vancouver Island. We couldn’t have done it without our volunteers, sponsors and supporters, and we look forward to more of your support next year. Lee Hindrichs Founder & Director of the
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CHECK OUT THE LIGHTS ON FOREMAN HEIGHTS! Come see over 12,000 lights at 6771 Foreman Heights! Official light up Sunday, December 4th (lights on from 5:30 - 9:30 approx.) Enjoy the lights, and please bring a donation for the Sooke Food Bank. A storage bin will be available at the end of the driveway for your donation.
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■ Westshore Town Centre’s Santa Claus Parade ■ Sunday, Nov. 27 ■ Westshore Town Centre
Parade welcomes Santa and friends to Westshore Town Centre Everyone loves a parade and a parade at the holidays is even better! Westshore Town Centre welcomed Santa’s arrival on Sunday with its annual Santa Claus Parade. Led by the RCMP in their Red Serge, the popular event featured the sensational sounds of a 10-piece pipe band, plus cartoon characters and movie star look-a-likes, including Captain Jack and a wizard named Harry, who marched alongside the Langford Fire Department, local Sparks and Brownies, Shrine clowns and tenant mascots. A crowd of more than 3,000 shoppers enjoyed performances by the Western Community Concert Band and Shrine band and got a close-up look at Engine No. 1 from Langford Fire Department before visiting Santa in his Woodland Bear Wonderland. Santa is available for visits and photos through Dec. 24 – visit www.westshoretowncentre.com for all holiday details.
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SPORTS Skate-A-Thon success at SEAPARC Benjamin Yong photos
The youngsters from the Sooke Skating Club took over the ice rink at SEAPARC last Thursday evening to help raise money for KidSport by taking pledges and skating laps. Over the last 10 years, the Canadian nonprofit organization has given about $75,000 in grants to children in Sooke so they can take part in organized sport that includes skating. The club raised $3,284, with $820 going to KidSport. The rest will fund program costs like ice time and coaching, said coach Bethan Greydanus. Pictured from clockwise left: CanSkate member Madison, 6, dressed in a frilly green outfit carefully makes her way around the rink; young CanSkaters stand outside the arena doors moments before the start of the Skate-A-Thon; girls from the junior program in red fleece assume the role of program assistants for the first half of the night; Patti Hunter, general manager of KidSport, looked after the company booth and answered questions.
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Congratulations to Jackson Pollak for being nominated as this week’s SEAPARC Star. Jackson is a very busy 3 year old who has been coming to SEAPARC for most of his life! He is registered in our Doodle Bugs Preschool and has participated in many of our other programs. He is in Sunfish swimming lessons and says that he really likes his teacher Brandon “because he takes him in the big pool”. He is in his second session of our Little Kickers Taekwondo classes; he likes doing both strikes and kicks, is learning how to count in Korean and is very excited that he now has his uniform. His Instructor tells us that Jackson is an enthusiast student who is always happy to be in class and gives his best all of the time. Jackson is also enrolled in our French Immersion Preschool; his Mom told us that he thinks very highly of his instructor Audri and talks about her all the time. He is a creative little fellow and loves to draw pictures and make paintings to give his Omi and Grandma. He is very good at drawing, dancing and singing. He likes hiking with the family and bike rides with his Dad. Jackson loves superheroes and sometimes comes to our centre dressed as one. He is a sweet child who is a very intelligent, quick learner and has a great sense of humour. He stumped us by telling us that he plans on being a carrot when he grows up (we’ve decided that only he understands that joke and someday we might “get it”). We like seeing Jackson here (almost every day), and will miss him when he starts school next fall, but we hope he will still grace us with his presence when he has some extra time! Thank you for being our SEAPARC Star of the Week Jackson, you are amazing!
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Celtic middle of div-1 pack Benjamin Yong Sooke News Mirror
The Sooke Celtic div-1 men’s soccer team suffered just their second loss of the season on Friday night losing 4-2 to Gordon Head Applebee’s Grill and Bar. Playing at Tyndall Field in Victoria, the Celtic struck first with a goal that player manager Steven Scott said didn’t think was “humanly possible.” Mike Moon wound up and kicked the ball towards the Gordon Head goal from centre field that sailed over the head of their goalie, who was caught out of position, and into the opposing net. “It was really funny, the wind was coming one way and he scored against the wind,” said Scott. The bizarre early goal deflated the Applebee’s game momentarily, but they quickly answered back with a goal by a player who cut down
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Player manager Steve Scott takes a soccer ball off the chest in front of the official during a 1-0 win against Gorge United in 2010. At this time last year, the Celtic were in third place. the wing side beating out a couple of Celtic defenders. Moments later, they scored another putting the ball off the back post past goalie Blake Rid-
ley making it 2-1 for the home team. Before the half ended, Daniel Bergerud tied it up after he chipped in a shot over the Gordon Head goalie from a pass
by Cam Fischer. After the break, it was all Applebee’s. Div-1 leading scorer Patrick Nelson capitalized on a defensive mixup by the Celtic. Scott asked a player to head the ball back to Ridley who misread the play and came out of net. Nelson intercepted the ball and put it away making it 3-1. The nail in the coffin was punctuated again by Nelson who flew down the wing with a shot that banked in off the high far post corner overtop of Ridley. That would be it for the Celtic’s eighth game of the season placing them in fifth place out of 10 teams in the league. With another 10 games left in the season, Scott said his team isn’t worried about finishing in at least the fourth spot that they need to make it into the provincial championships. Things are looking up considering they have only allowed nine goals against so far, and the defence
has been shored up with the recent return of Pete McKay who had played with the Vancouver Island University Mariners the last few months. “We definitely have lots of room and lots of time,” said Scott. The Celtic are away in Nanaimo for a game next Saturday, and they aren’t scheduled to play on home soil until the new year. If it seems like it’s been awhile since they’ve played at The Log, it’s because it has — the last three home games, the grass field at Fred Milne has either been flooded or frozen rendering it unplayable. The missing games have been rescheduled to a later date and the team has been practicing in gyms and the turf field at Eagle Ridge when they have been able to rent it. “It’s pretty normal,” he said.
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he 2011/12 EMCS Wolverines start their 20th season in the senior boys AA south Island league on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at home against Glenlyon Norfolk School. The team welcomes back three seniors this year — point guard Ryan Albert, 6’4 centre Jason Demoe and third-year forward Alex Wright. The elder classmen will be looked upon for leadership as a trio. Individually, Albert brings the team backcourt speed, a great three point shot and aggressive ball defence. Wright is a great rebounder and passer who will draw the toughest defencive assignment on most nights. Jason, the younger brother of former high school stand out Brad Demoe, has grown — a lot. Jason has an incredible reach and wingspan, making his 6’4 frame play more like someone who’s 6’7. The younger Demoe has worked very hard this pre-season on his
post moves, aggressiveness, and cardio, and it shows so far. Four of the five starters from last years strong junior team moved up this season. All have worked hard in the off season to strengthen their skill set. The four Grade 11’s are Eric Albert, Tristen Griffin, Ryan Ehman,and Chris Shankar. The strong and athletic Griffin will spend time at the small and power forward positions and fits well with the planned running
‘The greatest ability ... is their teamwork’ --Coach
game. Ehman brings his impressive size at 6’3 and 190 pounds, great footwork, and a vertical leap that allows him to play above his opponent. Grade 11 guard
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The EMCS Wolverines basketball team run some drills during pre-season practice. Shankar played nine games at the senior level last season. Shankar is incredibly quick on his feet, has a great medium-range pull-up jump shot, and now has the ability to score both left and right handed making him a formidable threat in the open court. Two Grade 10s will spend time in support at the senior level this year — shooting guard Brad Smith and point guard Sean Mckenzie. With three players from
last season missing, the pair are making it possible for this year’s drive to the playoffs happen. Coach Trevor Bligh said the greatest ability of the Wolverines is their teamwork. The willingness to work together, assume their respective roles, and sacrifice personal achievements for team achievements. The boys play an up tempo game that pushes the ball at a fast pace, making for fun games to watch.
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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011 Hockey, continued from page 34 looked back. Utilizing a combination of speed, solid passes and some quality team hockey play the Islanders were unable to battle back as the Sooke lead continued to grow goal by goal. Jordan English, Luke Arden and Alex Kozinka played extremely well providing the protection, assists and the opportunities for Jack Price, Tait Bishop, Connor Keys and Kobe Knowles to net most of the goals. In the end the boys defeated the Kerry Park Islanders 11-7 up in MIllbay. Midget rep — Sooke Midget Rep continued league play this past Saturday hosting Saanich. Sooke came out strong early in the game, but it was Saanich scoring late in the first period, squeaking one past Nick Dueck in net. Early in the second, assists from Bradon Senft and Quinton MacDonnell allowed Trevor Wickheim to score and even the game. Luke Pitrie found the back of the net with assists from Nick Pfeifer and Brendon David and Sooke was out in front midway through the second. After the ice was cleaned, Saanich scored three goals, one on a power play. In the third period, a five-on-three for Saanich helped the visitors to expand their lead. Final score Sooke 2, Saanich 6.
to score. Opening goals from Dryden Alexander and Ayden Ostropolski in the first period, only 30 seconds apart, got them on the board. The boys had to work hard through the second period and although the game got chippy at times, they kept their cool and managed to get pucks to the net in the third. A hard drive to the net by Dominic Lacroix had Marco Carello chip in the rebound in the third, and then some digging and hustle got Dominic L. two more to clinch the win. The boys are glad to have Jared Purdy back in the line up and
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The atom C1 girls’ assistant captain skates to retrieve the puck in a game against the Saanich Braves at Pearkes Arena last December. almost got to celebrate his first goal, but it was
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Atom 1 — The Sooke Thunderbirds attended the Cowichan Lake Tournament this past weekend. The boys had only one loss and finished third overall. With four games played over the three days, the entire team put in a valiant and heartfelt effort for which they should all be very happy and proud. This team stands out for its enthusiasm and sportsmanlike play. Winners of the Most Sportsmanlike Award for the Thunderbirds for each game were Blake Reymerink, Travis McCrae, Nick
Peewee (girls) — It was a great start for the peewee girls league season on Sunday against JDF at Bear Mountain. After the first period, Sooke was behind by one goal, 2-1. But then,
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