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Profiling our firefighters: Glenda Bilinsky Who is Glenda Bilinsky? Glenda Bilinsky, 58, is an Emergency Social Service volunteer with the Sooke Fire Rescue Department. She has been taking courses related to ESS for the past year and a half in the Sooke and Greater Victoria area. “Some of the courses that we have been taking is how to deal with walk in volunteers at a reception centre, how to set up a reception centre for various disasters, anywhere from a single family that has been burned out of their home and a larger disaster like a tsunami,” she said, adding that a large part of the program is public awareness on emergency preparedness. “I just think it’s really important that we are prepared for the changes that are going to happen in our future, whether it be a disaster or the natural changes that are occurring within our environment.”
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Glenda Bilinsky What brought you to Sooke? “Affordable housing. We lived in Brentwood Bay for 28 years.” What do you like most about Sooke? “It’s beautiful. I mean, there’s a spiritual quality about Sooke that is unique. Probably part of that spirit is the people.” What is your favourite saying? “Carpe diem.” (Seize the day). When the well
runs dry, how do you recharge? “I escape into a book.” What/who is your strongest influence? “My husband’s pretty wonderful.” The world would be a vastly better place if only people would... “Think of others before themselves.” Accomplishments you are proud of? “The volunteer work that I do, the giving back that I do, that I’ve
done ever since I was in Girl Guides at age 11.” No one is better than me at... “At having a good laugh or being able to laugh at myself.” I just can’t get the hang of... “Crocheting. I knit like you would not believe, I’ve knit over 500 hats for the Afghanistan program (Boomer Cap project), but I can’t crochet.” If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? “Believe it or not, I have a fascination with Marilyn Monroe. I’d love to know the truth.” If you couldn’t do what you’re doing, what would you do? “Teaching children to read in a Third World country -- specifically, young girls.” What do you do for kicks? “Every year I try to do something I’ve never done before. This year, it’s climbing a wall.” The Sooke News Mirror will be profiling area volunteers with
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he Sooke Folk Music Society normally curtails it’s activities for the summer, but this Saturday, July 30, we are delighted to bring back Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart for a special summer concert at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, as part of their “Driver ‘til she drops” tour; a reference to their Chevy Suburban, which now has some 465,000 miles on the odometer Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart met for the first time 1991 at a songwriters night in Nashville TN. They knew that night it was one of them things that are just meant to be. They were married in 1992. It would be quite a balancing act at that time raising a family and trying to make a living along with all the other stuff that came with getting by, “but we managed,” Stacey said as she looked back at her first encounter with the world of touring. Stacey Earle’s first show was on an arena stage in Sydney, playing rhythm guitar in her brother’s band, Steve Earle & the Dukes. She spent about a year and a half on tour with her brother, and then returned to Nashville to start a career of her own as a country/ folk singer/songwriter. “I was 30-years-old and asking/seeking a recording deal in Nashville.At that age it was like asking God to turn back the world clock.” Mark Stuart went to the finest of music schools, he started his schooling listening and admiring his uncle’s guitar playing and his dad’s fiddling. By age 15 he would find himself
Back for another round on July 30 are Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart. playing in the school of honky tonks and beer joints in and around Nashville in his dad’s band. Mark was off the road when he met Stacey and that very night he would play the first note of her music never leaving her side. Mark
still somehow found the time to work on his own music recording his solo record and touring. Mark, as well, spent some time in the Dukes in the 1990s. Like Earle, he recalls it as a time of glamour: appearing on the Tonight Show with
Jay Leno, and MTV. “I had someone tuning my guitar, strapping on my guitar,” he said. “Now we carry our stuff three flights up in the Red Roof Inn.” Over the years Stacey and Mark have learned so much from each other. Their songs are the diaries of their life — good times and bad, thereby completing the love they have. Together they share the full load of getting by day-by-day. They’ve gone on to release their duo albums, Never Gonna Let You Go in 2003 and S&M Communion Bread in 2005, and their Gearle Records 2008 release Love from Stacey and Mark which is available at thehir live shows only. While, no doubt, each still remains an individual solo artist with solo releases, such as the 2008 release of Mark Stuart’s Left of
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Nashville and Stacey Earle’s The Ride also in 2008), it is through the respect of each other’s work and years of playing together that they have created their unique sound. And that sound allows each individual to shine through. Stacey and Mark are no doubt together ‘til death do they part. Please be sure to join us for what will be a memorable evening with these two very engaging singer/songwriters. The gig is on Saturday, July 30 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, at 1962 Murray Road. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with show at 8. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door or in advance at Shopper’s Drug Mart.
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he 25th Sooke Fine Arts Show opened on Thursday night with purchasers waiting in line to get into the show and see the latest works from the 275 artists who submitted entries. The adjudicators chose 375 pieces from the 551 artists who responded to the call for entries to the juried art show and sale. The 10-day show was once again staged in the SEAPARC Leisure Complex where a group of talented and hard working volunteers transformed the cavernous space into an amazing gallery. “We had a lovely weekend and a lot of people,” said Sally Manning, show coordinator. “It is a colourful and happy show.” Many Sooke artists stood out as the winners in the 25th Anniversary Artists Awards. They included Patrick Irwin for his acrylic and oil two-dimensional painting “Port Alberni,” Best Two-Dimensional work. The Best Three-Dimensional work award was awarded to Jan Johnson for his “Minotaur Overseeing Intake,” while Debbie Clarkson took the award for the Best Photography for her “La Habana Elegante #3.” Dana Sitar’s “When I Do Not Follow the Rules” took the award for Best Fibre. Honourable mentions were given to Chuck Minten for his “Circle of Friends” wood table and Anne Boquist’s “YoYoTokTik” gourd and found object piece. Other winners include Heather Hamilton’s “Internal Reflections” pendant (Best Jewellery); Jo Ludwig’s “No Title” glass piece (Best Glass); Metchosin’s Judi Dyelle won Best Ceramic for her “White Series #1”; and Jeff Molloy’ for his mixed media piece “A Man of the Cloth. Other honourable mentions went to Debbie Jansen for her fused glass, “Untitled”, Eliza Heminway’s fibre wall piece, “The Haberdasher’s Garden” and Leonard Butt’s “Uchi” raku sculpture. The adjudicators each chose a work for Juror’s Choice. Richard White gave full marks to Nicolas Vandergugten’s lino block print “Bridgework #3”; Grant Leier (substituting for Carol Sabiston) awarded Dee de Wit’s “Still Life with Mango” his kudos; and juror Nixie Barton chose Johannes Landman’s oil painting “Benchwarmer.” Manning said the attendance was keeping in line with past years as were the sales.
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Saturday 25 August 2012 - Regimental Family Day at Goldstream Park. Go to: http://www.cscotr100.ca Sunday 16 September 2012 • 1310hrs Nanaimo City Hall Freedom of the City. • 1340hrs Nanaimo Cenotaph wreath laying and plaque presentations. • 1430-1600hrs Open House Nanaimo Military Camp. 18 October - 2 December 2012 - The Royal British Columbia Museum presents The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Centennial Display. The Royal BC Museum will be hosting a special display on the second floor of the museum to honour the Centennial of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s). This display will feature the six Victoria Crosses associated with the Regiment as well as a selection of uniforms, pictures and other artifacts. This display will be open from October 18 to December 2, 2012. The Royal BC Museum is generously providing “two-forone” entry passes for the Royal BC Museum, effective during the period of the Regimental display, and these passes will be included in the Centennial Weekend registration package. Friday 19 October 2012 - The Main Event Commences Registration: 1000 to 1600hrs at The Bay Street Armoury Meet & Greet: 1900-2100hrs in The Bay Street Armoury. • Attendance by advance ticket purchase. • Dress: Blazer and Flannels or Civilian equivalent No Blue Jeans DEU #2 for serving military. • Colonel-in-Chief in attendance Saturday 20 October 2012 Regimental Association Luncheon at the CFB Esquimalt Wardroom (Officer’s Mess) 1100hrs • Dress: Blazer and Flannels or Civilian equivalent. Note: only seating for 200 - first come first served on booking with preference given to WWII Veterans. Gala Dinner Banquet will be held on Saturday 20 October. All should arrive by 1800 hours and dinner at 1930 hours. (Maximum 750 seating): • Attendance by advance ticket purchase only. • Colonel-in-Chief in attendance. • Dress: Minimum standard of dress will be jacket and tie for gentlemen, semi-formal dress for ladies and DEU #2 for serving military. Sunday 21 October 2012 • 1100hrs Christchurch Cathedral Church Service. • 1200hrs Pioneer Square - Regimental “old Guard” wreath laying. Colonel-in-Chief in attendance. • 1300hrs Royal Athletic Park: Regimental Parade. • 1500hrs Victoria at City Hall Freedom of the City parade. For planning and catering purposes - Registration Forms and payment are required no later than 28 August 2012. Go to: http://www.cscotr100.ca Reservations can be made by completing the Registration From. After you type in the information, print it and send it by mail with your payment to:
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