PENINSULA Family Day on February 11
More ink on a cephalopod
Spend time with family in Sidney and around the region. Check out the things to do, starting on page 11.
Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre wants you to help name their new octopus, page 3
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Something to write home about Grade 5 Kelset Elementary School student finishes as semifinalist in writing competition Devon MacKenzie News staff
Ten-year-old Abby Blecic, a Grade 5 student at Kelset Elementary school, quietly celebrated being named a semifinalist in a national writing contest last week. “She is very humble,” laughed her mother, Melanie. Abby was one of 20 semi-finalists announced earlier this month in Genworth Financial Canada’s annual Habitat for Humanity Writing contest. The contest was open to Grade 4, 5 and 6 students from across Canada and required that students submitted a small story, poem or video about the meaning of home. The contest serves to bring awareness to the importance of what Habitat for Humanity stands for. “What she wrote really resonated with my husband and I,” said Melanie. “We always talk to our kids about the importance of home and the difference between a house and a home so it was very neat to see it come out in her on paper.” Abby wrote the poem at school as Abby Blecic part of a class activity by her teacher, Susan McRae, who was the one who actually submitted the poem to the contest. “Mrs. McRae received the letter last week that said Abby was one of the semi-finalists,” said Melanie. “Abby was super excited when she found out but she’s very humble so she was definitely quietly excited,” smiled her mother. The students wrote the letters in the late fall and once Abby had heard she was named a semi-finalist last week, she was asked to read the poem for the school. “It was family literacy last week, so she was asked to read the poem for the whole school which was really special.” PLEASE SEE: Abby’s perfect image of how home feels, page 4
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A worker hoses down the brick facade of the new Central Saanich fire hall on Keating X Road. The hall will serve as the fire department’s primary facility with the current fire hall remaining as a satellite station. Fire Chief Ron French said the new hall is on time and on budget and is expected to be completed by July.
Police seek pet carry case owners Devon MacKenzie News staff
On Jan. 24, Sidney North Saanich RCMP got a call from a concerned resident who reported a suspicious man going through the recycling bins in an apartment complex parking lot. The man was also reportedly trying door handles of vehicles in the lot to see if any had been left open. When police arrived they found a man matching the description of the suspect. The man was discovered to be in
possession of a blue and gray plastic Pet Voyager 200 pet carry case. The male is known to police and the pet carry case is not believed to belong to him. Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the owner of the pet carry case which measures 12 inches high, 14 inches wide and 22 inches long. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sidney North Saanich RCMP at 250-656-3931.
Sidney North Saanich RCMP
— With files from the Sidney North Saanich RCMP
Police are seeking the owner of this pet carry case.
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