Peninsula News Review, June 29, 2012

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Celebrate Sidney Days Festivities underway around town tomorrow and Sunday Devon MacKenzie News staff

Sidney Days are here! The Town of Sidney will be acknowledging Canada’s birthday in its usual fashion with fun, food and fireworks this weekend. Kicking off the celebration on Saturday, June 30 is the Thrifty Foods community barbecue in Beacon Park from 4 to 6 p.m. Money raised from the sale of food goes to the Sidney Lions food bank. Following the barbecue is the big cake cutting and live musical performance by Soul 62 at Beacon Park. The evening will be wrapped up in the usual way with the Town of Sidney’s fireworks extravaganza; keep your ears open for the new addition of musical accompaniment this year. Sunday, July 1 begins with the annual Sidney Days 5 km fun run and walk, and the 2 km youth run, put on by the Peninsula Track and Field Club. Registration is at 6:45 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre and the race starts at 8 a.m. The race is followed by the Sidney Kiwanis pancake breakfast at the Mary Winspear Centre. Fill up with flapjacks at 9 a.m. before hitting the annual Sidney Days parade which starts at 11 a.m. The parade route begins at the corner of Beacon Avenue and Resthaven Drive and travels through town. For more fun after the parade, head over to Iroquois Park for the Family Fun Fair. The fair features activities, entertainment, games and even road hockey tournaments where children will be able to play against local firefighters and police officers. Sidney’s Pet Centre and Aquatics presents a dog show at 1:30 p.m. at the park. Bring your furry friend and compete for best trick, best dressed and best look-alike. Anytime after noon, observe the Slegg Lumber Builda-Quick-Boat contest at Beacon Park. Watch teams compete to build the best boat without power tools and on a limited budget. The makeshift boats take to the water at 4:45 p.m. Anyone who can’t make it to Sidney Days can go to the town’s website at www.sidney.ca and click on the web cam link. The cameras capture new images every 15 seconds. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com ALSO SEE: Our View, page A4 and Iroquois Park reopens, page A7

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Open season for tourism Sidney’s chief administrative officer Randy Humble helps cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the new Peninsula Attractions Connector at Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Wednesday, June 27. Also present to cut the ribbon were Butchart Gardens general manager Dave Cowen, North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall and Central Saanich Coun. Terry Siklenka. The new shuttle will run from the ferry terminal and stop at various points of interest on the Peninsula including the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre and Butchart Gardens. Read the story, page A9.

Rubbing shoulders with Leo

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past Peninsula resident is acting alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx this summer. By Devon MacKenzie.

Glen Warner, a Parkland graduate, was cast in Quentin Tarantino’s latest film which is currently in production, Django Unchained. “[Filming] the Tarantino film is

pretty wild right now,” said the 50-year-old Baton Rouge, La. resident. “I’m working alongside DiCaprio every day.” Warner attended Parkland second-

This weekend, T let’s celebrate being Canadian! Happy Canada Day to all of our seniors and their families. 9752 Third St., Sidney 250-589-0010

ary school and went through the theatre program there. PLEASE SEE: Actor credits Parkland, page A3


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