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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - GOLDSTREAM
NEWS GAZETTE
Fairfield appreciates community support CITY OF LANGFORD NOTICE OF LAND DISPOSITION The City of Langford hereby gives public notice of its intention to dispose of 7,063m² (1.7 acres) of land, which is legally described as Lot 2, Section 99, Esquimalt District, Plan 3406. This land is to be acquired by 0925334 BC Ltd. (Victoria Contracting and Municipal Maintenance Corporation) in the amount of $990,000. Jim Bowden Administrator
Thirty-five years after Thrifty Foods founders Alex Campbell and Ernie Skinner decided to lend a hand to their next-door neighbour in Fairfield, one benefactor is still grateful for the gesture. Gus Niketas was a baseball player at Beacon Hill Little League when the new business donated money to the Hollywood Park-based organization, and has been a longtime volunteer with the league. “Since that very first year, Don Descoteau Thrifty Foods has supported our league and ensured that Biz Beat young children have had access to a great sport,” said Niketas, whose 13-year-old son, Chris, played his final season there this summer.
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Recognition of that community support was part of Thrifty’s 35th anniversary celebrations, which kicked off recently at the Fairfield Road store where the company, now owned by Sobey’s, began in 1977. Besides assisting numerous community groups financially with its Smile Cards and through food donations, Thrifty’s is entering its 26th year operating its Sendial program. The service gets food and other store items to customers who have been injured or have accessibility challenges that prevent them from shopping in person. For more information on its programs, visit thriftyfoods.com/ community.
Heart health help at Canadian Tire Now through Dec. 24, checkout clerks at Greater Victoria Canadian Tire stores are asking shoppers if they’d like to contribute $2 in cash or Canadian Tire money for its Fix-a-Heart program. All donations go to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation toward heart health. The store campaign raised $57,400 last year for critical care beds for the cardiac unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
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Former player and current Beacon Hill Little League volunteer Gus Niketas, left, poses with son Chris, 13, and Fairfield store manager Jim Fuller during recent Thrifty Foods 35th anniversary celebrations.
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Names in the news for Victoria business Earl Wilde, general manager of the Victoria Regent, is entering his 23rd year with the Wharf Street hotel, which coincides with its ranking of No. 18 best hotel in Canada by readers of Conde Nast magazine. The Fairmont Empress made No. 16 … Glen Lynch and his staff at Baggins at 561 Johnson St. invite shoppers to help them celebrate the store’s unprecedented 43 years in business in Victoria. Send your business news to editor@ vicnews.com.
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