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Shine on Jaguar owner Wanda Doyle polishes the headlight of a SS100 replica, built by her husband Tom, at the Jaguars on the Island car show at Windsor Park on Saturday. The show, which is the largest Jaguar Club of North Americasanctioned gathering of the famous Jaguar marque in North America, featured more than 100 Jaguars. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Oak Bay Beach Hotel drives to address traffic complaints Fix is on the way, but can’t come soon enough for neighbour Danielle Pope News staff

The Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s delivery traffic has driven a few neighbourhood complaints but plans are now in place to truck out the issue.

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Clyde Wood, a resident at the Hampshire of the hotel saw all delivery trucks, recycling, garbage vehicles – and even House condos beside the hotel, says the hotel’s own bus – making neighbours have dealt with increased traffic, as well as “This is our use of a private garage dock that would keep all vehicle constant beeping, engines front yard – it’s noise to a minimum. However, running, and delivery people yelling since the hotel opened not a commercial Oak Bay Beach Hotel owner Kevin Walker says that, due its redesigned building in 2012. parking lot.” to a design flaw, a pillar has “We live here to find peace - Clyde Wood prevented the larger vehicles and enjoyment and quiet,” said from being able to exit the Wood. “This is our front yard – enclosed garage, forcing some trucks to it’s not a commercial parking lot.” use Satellite Street to make deliveries. Due Original plans for the loading area

to the flaw, Walker says they have been waiting on a redesign to remove the pillar, and he expects the issue to be fixed come September. The timing, Wood says, isn’t quick enough. “Sometimes we see 15 or 20 trucks a day on this little street, and they start in the morning and go all day long,” said Wood.

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Family continues the Japanese Village tradition After growing up in the family business, there was little doubt that when the time came, Jessica Sogai would be the one to see Chef the Japanese Village Warren through its next years welcomes as one of Victoria’s you to the favourite restaurants. Japanese That she could share that with her husband, Warren, Village who has been the restaurant’s chef for 12 years, makes it all the sweeter. On its opening in 1975, Jessica’s father first managed, then owned, the Japanese Village, quickly establishing the restaurant as one of the premier establishments of the city’s dining scene. From the start, the Teppan-style steakhouse has delighted diners not only with the delicious Japanese cuisine, but also with the theatrical efforts of each table’s personal chef who cooks and serves the meal right in front of their eyes. For those who prefer a more intimate dining experience, a quiet lunch or dinner is as close as the dining room, or pull up a stool to watch the expert sushi chefs in action at the sushi bar. “We are very passionate about our work here,” Warren says, noting that the freshest fish arrives regularly directly from Japan. Jessica agrees. “We have families who have been coming here since the restaurant opened and are now bringing second and thirdgenerations to experience the creative talents of our chefs, both those working the grill and those behind the sushi bar.” Of course, newcomers are always welcome, and will find much to tempt their palates, whether it’s shrimp or steak grilled to perfection or the restaurant’s famed Tuna Tataki, served with the house special Ponzu sauce. Building on these long-standing favourites, Warren keeps the menu fresh and ready to suit today’s diners as well, Jessica says, pointing to items such as the soy paper-wrapped sushi options for those sensitive to iodine in the seaweed. “I love being able to put new flavours and textures together and see people’s reactions as they find a new favourite,” Warren reflects. Consistently voted Best of the City for Japanese food by the Victoria News readers, the Japanese Village welcomes guests weekdays for lunch and daily for dinner, when steakhouse guests enjoy an expanded show from the talented teppanyaki chefs. And if you’re marking a birthday or other milestone, be sure to ask about their special samurai or geisha celebration, complete with photo! For more information or to book your reservation, call the Japanese Village at 250-382-5165, stop by at 734 Broughton St. or visit online at www.japanesevillage.bc.ca

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From dusty court basement to the B.C. Archives Original documents found from significant, notorious court cases Edward Hill News staff

The old court records, handwritten and bound in thick dusty binders, belie the stories they tell – B.C.’s early cases of murder, celebrity intrigue and the aboriginal fight for rights. The B.C. Archives at the Royal B.C. Museum officially took possession last Thursday of B.C.’s earliest legal history in the form of ledgers spanning cases from 1897 to 1987. Sixty boxes of documents had been lost in time until a curious court records officer found them in the basement of the Vancouver Law Courts last year. Christine Gergich started her new job as the appellate court records officer in February 2012, and fortunately for the historical record of B.C., she was already a trained archivist when she came across the trove. “When I opened the boxes I noticed the vintage,” Gergich said at the handover ceremony at the museum. “I started looking at the index cards. There are some interesting cases in there. There was a famous murder case – it gave me chills looking at the records.” When found, the books were coated in

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B.C. Archive paper conservator Jean Topham demonstrates a preservation method for aging leather-bound ledgers, in this case 100-year-old court records rescued from the basement of the Vancouver Law Courts. The archive, housed at the Royal B.C. Museum, accepted 60 boxes of documents spanning 1897 to 1987. dust and grime, but much of the tidy penmanship is as clear as the day it was written. Suzanne Anton, Minister of Justice and attorney general of B.C., and Frank Kraemer, executive director of the superior court judiciary, praised Gergich’s efforts to preserve the documents. “It took the keen eye of Christine Gergich to recognize their significance. It was her

initiative to take them out of the basement and have them restored to the archive,” Kraemer said. The 38-year-old Vancouver resident called it “a collaborative effort.” “I’m pleased to be involved with the ministry and the B.C. museum and archives,” she said. “It’s really important the citizens of B.C. have access to this. The volume of material is significant.”

The ledgers emerged from the predecessor of the B.C. Supreme Court, called the “Full Court,” circa 1897 and from the B.C. Court of Appeals which started in 1910. Perhaps the most intriguing documents are “cause books,” which include names of plaintiffs and defendants, summaries of the lawsuit or criminal trial and the judgment handed down. Among the cause books is the delightfully scandalous case of then B.C. premier James Dunsmuir (and builder of Hatley Castle) being sued by his brother’s mistress and his own mother, Joan Dunsmuir, in 1903, over his brother Alexander’s will. On the more legally significant end of the scale, the books outline a B.C. Court of Appeal decision in 1964, which upheld an acquittal of four aboriginal men accused of hunting deer outside hunting season. The acquittal was based on a 1854 agreement between the Nanaimo First Nation and the Hudson’s Bay Co. under James Douglas, and was the first time a B.C. court recognized a Douglas treaty as protecting aboriginal rights. Anton said the sum total of the donation further solidifies that the rule of law closely followed the settlement of B.C. “As the attorney general and a lawyer and former Crown prosecutor I find B.C. legal history fascinating,” Anton said. “What I find most compelling is that B.C. was settled by the rule of law, not by arms, not by force.” editor@saanichnews.com

Saanich leads region in tree canopy loss 1,037 hectares of forest lost in Greater Victoria within six years Kyle Slavin News staff

While aerial maps on Google are a fun tool to use to explore a city from above, the Habitat Acquisition Trust is using aerial photos to highlight a rapidly growing problem in Greater Victoria. Between 2005 and 2011, Greater Victoria lost 1,037 hectares worth of tree canopy – enough mature trees to cover every square inch of the Town of Sidney twice. “It’s just stunning to think about the pace at which it happening,” said Adam Taylor, HAT’s executive director. “It appears like our tree loss is increasing in speed over the course of these years.” HAT pored over aerial photos of Greater Victoria taken in 1986, 2005 and 2011 with a fine-tooth comb to measure tree loss. Taylor

says while he expected to see big changes between 1986 and 2005, he was shocked by the drastic loss in the six years from 2005 to 2011. “Some of the areas suffered a nine per cent loss of total tree cover in just six years. This trend can’t continue forever – we’ll literally run out of trees in 50 years,” he said. HAT singled out Saanich as being the municipality that saw some of the biggest changes. Between 2005 and 2011, Saanich lost 378 hectares of tree cover, and simultaneously gained 532.8 hectares of impervious surfaces like roads and buildings. Langford came in second, losing 118 hectares of tree cover. “It’s not just a Saanich issue, it’s not just a Langford issue. Ultimately trees don’t care much about municipal boundaries. They’re all part of watersheds that start higher up. The trees higher up in those municipalities will have impacts in the municipalities below them, so we need to be engaging in this at a regional level,” Taylor said. He credited Saanich and Victoria for each passing ambitious urban forestry strategies

CRD tree loss 2005-11 n Saanich lost 378 hectares of tree cover and gained 532.8 ha of impervious surfaces n Langford lost 118 ha of tree cover and gained 183 ha of impervious surfaces n Metchosin lost 1.3 per cent or 66 ha of its tree cover, the lowest percentage of any municipality. Highlands was next best, losing only 1.4 per cent or 46 ha n The municipality of Victoria is the most “paved” – 55 per cent is covered with impervious surfaces

in recent years in an effort to curb tree loss. Saanich is also currently going through a public process to update its tree preservation bylaw to protect more trees and enhance the urban forest. “We know we’re losing tree canopy on pri-

vate, public, rural and urban lands. We’re losing a percentage across the board inside and outside the urban containment boundary,” said Cory Manton, Saanich’s manager of urban forestry, horticulture and natural areas. “It reinforces the proposed amendments to the tree preservation bylaw so we can stop or reverse this trend.” Taylor hopes other municipalities will follow Saanich and Victoria’s leads. “They need to think how they can protect tree cover and grow trees in areas that are currently untreed,” he said. “And the vast majority of trees in our region occur on private properties. “I hope we begin to realize trees have a value to our community and to our own property. Trees do need to come down for various reasons, but we need to look at our backyards and plant more to steward our landscape as private landowners.” For more information on the tree canopy study or to see the aerial photos, visit hat. bc.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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“They have said they will fix the problem but don’t want to disturb their guests in this season – well, what about their neighbours?” Walker says approximately five to six trucks visit the property each day to deliver food, beverages, linens and to deal with disposal, and one or two of those larger vehicles can’t enter the garage. “The area is actually quite functional, but we realized the flaw when we tried to get our own bus through the area, so we are addressing it,” Walker said. “The reality is that this traffic

probably has less impact than the traffic that visited the older building.” Wood, who is a longtime home owner at the condo, says the fix has already taken too long and he would like to see the adjustment made right away. “We really do try to do our best here, and we respect our neighbours and listen to what they have to say,” said Walker. “Every now and then you will find residents who are upset about the implications that come with living beside a hotel, but for every one you find there are nine more who appreciate the way we’ve done business here.” news@mondaymag.com

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Volunteers give those with dementia help and hope Alzheimer Society of B.C. needs volunteers to fill the gaps Danielle Pope News staff

The biggest misconception people still have about dementia is that once they get a diagnosis, they think “oh, that’s it, my life is basically over,” said Meriel Randerson. “The message we are trying to get out is that you can have a lot of quality living after diagnosis – it’s just about having tools and support resources in place along the journey,” she said. “And that’s where we come in.” Randerson is the Greater Victoria support and education coordinator for the Alzheimer Society of B.C., a group that is now desperately seeking volunteers due to increasing demand and decreasing resources. An estimated one in 11 B.C. residents over age 65 already live with Alzheimer’s disease or

Flag-person injured A female flag-person was directing traffic on Foul Bay Road at Mid-Downe Road on July 25 when she was struck by an older Oldsmobile being driven by an elderly woman. The flag-person did not initially think she was injured and directed the vehicle away. Later, when she experienced pain and swelling, she contacted police. The offending vehicle was last seen southbound on Foul Bay Road. Police were not able to identify the vehicle or driver.

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Communication key in hot rod tiff News readers have flooded our Facebook channels with comments supporting classic car buffs from around the region who for years have gathered for a regular Saturday social at the Royal Oak Shopping Centre. The fact Robbins Parking specifically ticketed hot rods parked in the centre’s lot led vehicle owners – and most of those who read about the situation – to voice calls of discrimination against a well-behaved group whose presence actually attracted people to the suburban centre on a quiet shopping night. That the dispute over the use of parking lot space came to a head smack in the middle of Greater Victoria’s wildly successful Northwest Deuce Days event was strictly coincidence. But the timing of the ticketing made for terrible optics for the mall’s operators. As with every situation like this, however, there is more than one side to the story. The centre’s property manager pointed out that the “car show,” despite being an informal gathering, has never been an authorized event at the mall and has been a source of concern for some time, from a parking and safety perspective. To us, it sounds like a classic case of lack of communication between the mall operators and the vehicle owners, many of whom shop regularly at the centre on Saturday evenings and otherwise. In any relationship, when two sides don’t communicate well, assumptions are often made that can dissolve into resentment. Such feelings can be avoided if problems are addressed when they first come up. In this situation, unwitting merchants at the centre stand to lose business over a dispute in which they have no involvement, and that makes no sense. If they hope to avoid a deterioration in their relationship with certain tenants and customers, the mall’s property managers need to find a way to make this otherwise very positive event work. The car owners – unorganized as they claim to be – need to acknowledge their collective impact on the centre and work with property managers on a compromise solution if they plan to continue gathering there. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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NDP soul search going nowhere they must review “stakeholder B.C. NDP president Moe Sihota relations including community says an external review of the leaders, business, social movement, party’s performance in the May ethnic communities, election will “look very environmental movement, much at the DNA of the affiliated unions and the NDP.” labour movement.” Early signs are not One of the excuses encouraging. Start with offered by leader Adrian the five-member panel Dix for the party’s defeat announced to conduct was the loss of 40,000 jobs the review. The required in the B.C. forest industry. “labour” representation The suggestion is that is in the person of Cindy those people left for Oliver, president of the Alberta, and if they were union representing Tom Fletcher still here, they would have college and university B.C. Views voted NDP. instructors, and Andy That presumed Ross, ex-president solidarity has never of COPE 378, which existed in the private sector, and in represents B.C. Hydro employees fact the highest-paid union workers among others. have good reason to vote for lower Another appointee is NDP MP taxes. To confirm B.C. and Canada’s Jinny Sims, a former president of “progressive” tax system, all they the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. If the have to do is look at their pay party wants to further solidify its image as a lobby group for pension- stubs. The mandate for this review subsidized government unions, it’s mentions not one actual public off to a great start. policy issue. Here’s one the The terms of reference defy committee might kick around. parody. In addition to unions, the Having lost the 2009 election panel required “more than one campaigning against the carbon woman.” A sub-committee may tax, the NDP is now calling for it be struck, if it has representation to be increased and extended to from “youth, women, labour, greenhouse gases produced by visible minority, LGBTQ (lesbian, industrial process emissions. gay, bisesexual, transgendered, A simple example is a cement questioning).” I presume the party’s kiln, which burns fuel to reach lengthy anti-harassment policy will the temperature at which the be read out to begin all meetings. components are partially burned Once they finally get down and cement is produced. Cement to business, the list of election manufacturers pay carbon tax on campaign details they must the fuel, whether it’s natural gas examine is long. In addition to that,

or shredded tires, but not on the process. B.C. cement makers are already pleading for relief, because the fuelintensive process puts them at a price disadvantage with U.S. and Chinese producers. Further unilateral tax action by B.C. would only further increase imports, and potentially push B.C. firms out of business. Goodbye unionized private sector jobs. Dix’s last foray in question period before the summer legislature session adjourned was a demand for the government to order B.C. Ferries to build its next three ships in B.C. Leave aside the NDP’s uncritical zeal for state control, and their illfated experiment with aluminum fast ferries. The most likely bidder for this work is Seaspan, with shipyards in Esquimalt and North Vancouver. Seaspan is hiring almost 2,000 people to build ships for the Royal Canadian Navy and Coast Guard. It will be flat out to get that done, and the company president can’t yet say if it has the capacity and skilled labour to bid on B.C. Ferries ships too. Seaspan has to operate in the real world of limited resources. So does the NDP, but it’s not clear if they can find a way out of their thicket of special interests and stale economic notions. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Sirens in the night I am writing as a nearby neighbour of the Oak Bay fire hall. As a light sleeper, there are times when I wake in the night and, unable to fall easily back to sleep, I enjoy the quiet of the night. I often marvel at the fact that, while I live in a city of 330,000 people, there is still such wonderful late night silence. Until, that is, a call to Oak Bay fire hall is heralded by sirens roaring as fire trucks emerge from the garage. When there is nary a car on the road why is this necessary? My understanding is that sirens are required at intersections only and that flashing lights are adequate elsewhere. Would it not be possible to limit the siren to one vehicle rather than the two or three that respond to the same call. There is enough daytime noise pollution for us all. The silence of the night need not be stolen by these sustained blasts of noise. Su Russell Oak Bay

Watch where you’re going With the nice weather comes the pedestrians. However, unless some of these pedestrians do not look where they are going, their summer might be cut short. In particular in the crosswalks. It appears the Oak Bay types seem to feel they can walk into a crosswalk without even looking. If a vehicle is close, it cannot stop in time but some people seem to think it can. Two recent close calls occurred on Beach Drive when a couple pushing a baby carriage ahead of them entered the crosswalk without seeing (or looking for) a car which was about 50 feet away. The driver from Washington State had little time to react. In another situation a mother walking with a child and texting on her phone strolled right into the path of a car. Remember folks, the cars are bigger than you and you will suffer greatly if you are hit. Let’s not forget most cars cannot stop on a dime. George Barrows Oak Bay

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Art Wood, left, Larry Zilinksy and Bob Carter stand with Zilinsky’s 1932 Ford Roadster. The three have regularly attended an informal gathering of classic car owners at the Royal Oak Shopping Centre for years, but are upset the mall management is trying to drive them out. Edward Hill/News staff

Hotrods rev up responses Re: “Ticketing infuriates hotrodders” (News July 26) Meeting at Frangelli’s for coffee is a social thing to do on a Saturday night. It’s no different than a bunch of guys with their classic cars meeting at Starbucks. It should be made clear that this isn’t a “car club,” it’s owners getting together for coffee. One big omission from Victoria Shannon of Hansbraun Investments is she fails to mention the British car owners who meet on Sunday mornings at the very same mall, sit in the very same seats, park in the very same spots and drink coffee from the very same coffee shop as the classic cars. I’m trusting she is having Robbins give these British car owners tickets as well? After all, fair is fair. Bev Andrews Saanich

Car enthusiasts brought more than collectible automobiles to mall Twice last year, my wife and I took our classic cars (1969 Cougar and 1974 Fiat) out for a drive. After driving the scenic route, we ended up at Royal Oak Mall where we met some other auto enthusiasts and spent about two hours there before heading home. I kept my receipts. While we were there, we went into Shoppers Drug Mart to buy some pop and a candy bar but noticed a couple of good sales and ended up spending an additional $180. We also bought a spatula at the Dollar Store. A few weeks later we were there again. We bought more

beverages and then opted to buy a few necessities at Country Grocer to the tune of $140. We perused slowly through every single store in the mall as well. By my receipts, we spent $340 in the four hours we were there. That’s $85 per hour, while we egregiously hogged a parking space. I hear that $85/hr is not enough, and the Royal Oak Mall issues tickets to those attending their mall in any car prettier than a late model beater. No problem. We can easily go elsewhere. I just know there’s a group of businesses somewhere that would love to use this opportunity to publicly open their arms to a well-behaved group with a high level of disposable income, a drawing card that spontaneously pulls paying customers to their locale. Just say “welcome” and we’d love to converge at your place instead. Kevin and Nicole Beaton Saanich

No difference between hotrodders and regular customers for mall People driving into a mall to have coffee and shop is not a car show, they just liked to go there because others were doing the same thing. Ken Showers Metchosin

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Alternative plans pressed for Gyro Park Cadboro Bay resident disputes Saanich park planning proposals Edward Hill News staff

After months of public open houses and workshops, Saanich has laid out a series of potential long-term changes to CadboroGyro Park – three plans that council will eventually select from. But some Cadboro Bay residents are arguing that none of the three options meet the wishes of park users and the community, and have developed a fourth plan. Dwight Waring, who sits on the Cadboro Bay Residents Association parks committee, but developed a plan independently with a small group of community members, said Saanich’s plans change too much, are too expensive and don’t properly address pressing problems, such as flooding in the winter. “In the winter the park floods terribly. Flooding is a big thing,” Waring said. His plan calls for Saanich to install sump pumps to keep Gyro Park’s fields from flooding in

the winter and to purchase a piece of private land attached to the park. His plan opts not to build a wetland pond, as outlined in the district’s options. “The park drains 85 hectares of surrounding land and it has a high water table,” he said. “(Saanich) wants to dig a pond, but the pond won’t solve the problems. They are trying to make it a natural place, but our analysis is pay for the pumps and the land and it’s still a cheap alternative.” Waring’s plan also calls for the current parking lot to be paved, but left in the same configuration. Saanich wants to reclaim parking closest to the beach for parkland and build more stalls closer to the entrance off Sinclair Road, although that didn’t find strong support in the latest surveys. Waring also argues that building a new road and roundabout for a boat drop-off will be too expensive due to soft peat under the ground. “It will be expensive to build new foundations (for a road). The existing parking is stable,” he said. “New parking will be expensive because of (utility pipe) forcemains and loading. There might be middens and unknown costs.” Waring tried to present his plans as

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Kids play on the newly repainted Cadborosaurus at Gyro Park. The play area is slated for expansion under changes proposed for the park. “Option D” at a Gyro Park planning open house. He had to give his presentation outside. “We need an upgrade no doubt, but here it’s so easy to park near the water. I don’t know why they want to make it different for people,” he said. “Users don’t want big changes. They don’t want a park they don’t recognize.” Saanich is emphasizing that any master plan that is approved will be phased in over a decade or more. Gary Darrah, Saanich’s manager of parks planning, said the only changes budgeted within the next year are to pathway surfaces and grades to improve accessibility to picnic and play areas, a $675,000 project funded by Saanich and provincial grants. Until a master plan is approved, other potential changes haven’t been budgeted or funded, Darrah said. “It’s important to think of this as a long-term plan. It will take 10 to 15 years to implement. Improvements will be phased in over time, gradually.” Other key priorities are adding to the play area and creat-

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ing drainage for the grassy fields. Darrah said the wetland is the best option to control stormwater flooding in what is the lowest area in Cadboro Bay. “The play area floods. One goal is to create a newer, better play area that floods less in winter and can be used year-round. We hope to do that by the end of the year,” he said. One sticking point are the two tennis courts, which under Saanich’s plan are relocated and reduced to one. Darrah said the parks department has heard from vocal tennis players and residents about the popularity of the courts. Keeping the courts as-is hasn’t been “unanimous,” Darrah said, but noted the planning options aren’t written in stone. As for purchasing the private Godfrey property, a half-acre plot that is amid current parkland, Saanich parks manger Rae Roer said the municipality won’t comment on if it is actively pursuing the land, but the parks department is developing contingency plans with and without the land. “We are always interested (in exploring a purchase) with willing participants. Plans are going ahead regardless. We have a contingency for both,” Roer said. editor@saanichnews.com

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Hot rodders find new home in Langford Issues with Saanich mall leads to relocation Kyle Wells News staff

Downtown Langford may soon become the destination of choice for classic car enthusiasts looking for a place to gather on hot summer Saturday nights. Recently a casual group of classic car and hot rod owners who had been informally meeting at Royal Oak Shopping Centre for years on Saturday nights were handed parking tickets by mall management and told the gatherings were no longer welcome. The News published a story on the situation which resulted in multiple letters and online comments from readers expressing outrage over the mall’s actions. Langford Mayor Stew Young quickly reacted by offering an open invitation to car

Ford roadster, said enthusiasts who they were once again want to go to the welcome at Royal West Shore on a Oak but the whole Saturday night for situation has put a an impromptu car sour taste in some show. mouths. Zilinsky said “We don’t have he’ll likely join the parking metres. others in Langford It’s free, come on this coming Saturday. out,” Young said. “From the “Hopefully it turns feedback I’m hearing, into something, that I’m tending to think Langford gets a bit “We’re a more people are just known on a Saturday going to start going night to come cruise bit of a car city. to Langford,” by, find a parking Everybody has out Zilinsky said. “I think spot and talk to people. Do a bit of cars and there’s they’re just fed up with the people here. an old car social.” the (Western) … Management in Last Saturday (July 27) some speedway here. general. You sort of figure, if they don’t of the classic car It’s kind of a want us here then owners returned to why be here?” Royal Oak Shopping culture that we Royal Oak Centre, while others have out here.” property manager decided to take - Langford Mayor Victoria Shannon up Young’s offer of Stew Young said the mall has finding a home in received a lot of Langford. feedback about the issue, Young said about 20 to 30 some helpful and some hurtful. cars parked along Goldstream Discussions are ongoing with Avenue. some of the organized car Larry Zilinsky, owner of a ‘32

experience, completely, for us. We could have done things better, totally, in hindsight. But there’s trouble on both sides and we’re working really hard to fix that.” Young, a classic car owner himself, went down to the Langford meet and talked with some of the people there, who he said were appreciative to be welcomed. Young said he’ll be bringing down his ‘62 Lincoln convertible to take part. “We’re a bit of a car city. Everybody has cars and there’s the (Western) speedway here. It’s kind of a culture that we have out here,” Young said. “This is a great event. … It’ll be good for Langford, we don’t have much going on on a Saturday night here.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

clubs involved with the meet up and she is optimistic an agreement will be reached. “We’re going to brainstorm and we’re going to find a way to do it properly,” Shannon said. “Regardless of the negative stuff we’re seeing on Facebook, I think we are actually moving forward and moving toward a resolution.” For now, as long as the car owners are respectful and are not parking in the area by Country Grocer, they are being allowed to meet at the mall on Saturdays. Shannon said there was some negative behaviour from the car enthusiasts which led to concerns, but she believes it was a few ruining it for the many. “For the most part these are just nice retired guys who are into cars. And those are the demographic that we want at our shopping centres,” Shannon said. “This is a really tough thing and it’s a learning

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ictoria’s Inner Harbour is a busy one. Ferries, airplanes, kayaks, barges and yachts are all familiar sightings on a daily basis. But each summer for the last 24 years, a special barge pulls up, loaded with the Victoria Symphony and plays host to one of North America’s largest outdoor orchestra concerts — the Victoria Symphony Splash. It’s become a tradition. More than 45,000 people flock to the Inner Harbour with their lawn chairs and picnic blankets, scoping out the best vantage point to view the spectacle of music and light, Sunday, Aug. 4. “Symphony Splash speaks more than anything about the sense of spirit and community that we all have, when we have that feeling of joining together with one of the iconic beauties of Victoria, our harbour, to be surrounded by people, by the water, and the music itself expresses that really special atmosphere,” says Victoria Symphony maestra Tania Miller. “The tradition of where everybody sits, the lawn chairs, the food, there’s all these things that you do year after year. I’m most touched by the people. I go out into the audience well before the concert starts and I always meet with the same people who are virtually in the same spot, who have come for the last 20 years since the early days of Symphony Splash and would never consider missing it. It’s those people who are so dedicated to the special weekend, that special concert and people coming together, that really inspires me. It’s for them that this concert is most meaningful.” Miller will conduct the Victoria Symphony in what is sure to be a crowd-pleasing program, with songs by Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Chopin and even one from a young

Symphony SplaSh - Local composer Jared Richardson’s piece Duel of Champions is part of the program for the 24th-annual Victoria Symphony Splash. The event that draws more than 45,000 spectators to the Inner Harbour is Sunday, Aug. 4. Photo by Hugo Wong. Richardson is a graduate of the Victoria Symphony’s Young Composer Program and Spectrum Community school and has had three pieces performed by the Victoria Symphony. Duel of Champions was first performed in a workshop setting in the spring. “It’s great to see my music played by professionals who’ve been studying their instrument for years, who know what they’re doing and to see what they’ll do with my music when you put it in front of them,” says Richardson. “It’s exciting to see something that originated in my brain spread out to a large ensemble of musicians and then distributed to such a large audience. It’s a great honour.” Richardson wrote the piece in January and says it “captures the spirit, excitement and tension of a competitive event.” The Victoria Symphony Splash Family Zone features activities and music for the entire family in the Inner Harbour from 1-4 p.m. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., Pick up your dog’s droppings so it does not leave and finishes with behind harmful health and environmental impacts. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Find more ways to nurture nature by visiting www. Overture, complete with fireworks. A crd.bc.ca/parks. band of pipers will top off the evening with PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY: MacPherson’s Lament. For the complete schedule and more information, visit www.crd.bc.ca victoriasymphony.ca/ splash. Get a taste of Richardson’s Duel of Champions at jaredThere’s more on line - vicnews.com richardson.com.

local composer, Jared Richardson, 19, whose piece Winds of Kananaskis was part of the 2011 Splash program. “His music is so directly exciting and well orchestrated,” says Miller. “From the first read, you get grabbed by his music and it’s really accessible to the Splash audience. He’s a really creative guy.” Richardson’s piece Duel of Champions will be played in the first half of the program.

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In appropriately British fashion, the Fairmont Empress Hotel is celebrating the birth of the newest member of the royal family, while helping the community in the process. The Empress is partnering with C-FAX Santas Anonymous Society to collect new toys, clothing and gift cards for children in need in Greater Victoria. The “Royal Crib” can be found in the tea lobby of the hotel until July 31 to collect donations in tribute to George Alexander Louis, the Prince of Cambridge and the first child of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Visitors may also sign a congratulatory guest book, which will be sent to the royal couple.

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Christine Johns from Calgary signs a baby congratulations book for Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The book will be in the hotel’s tea lobby until the end of the month. In conjunction with the signing, the Empress is collecting clothes and toys to be donated to Santa’s Anonymous. So far, two books have been completely filled with signatures and a third is underway. A guest book has also opened at Government House, online and in person, for people to send

greetings to the new parents. A signing table is available at the residence on Rockland Avenue, while online messages can be sent via the Governor General’s website, gg.ca. “As third in line,

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Vinny Martin’s clutch hit won the Victoria Eagles its first B.C. Premier Baseball League championship on Sunday, 3-2 over the Nanaimo Pirates in Abbotsford. It was the moment kids dream about. The Eagles were down 2-1, the bases were loaded and there were two out. Martin stepped into the batters box to face Pirates closer Luke Skingle in the bottom of the seventh, the final inning. “We were really nervous but I knew (Martin) was going to get a hit,” said Brandon Feldman, who pitched the top of the seventh. “Martin is a great curveball hitter and (Skingle) throws a good curveball. Once Martin had two strikes on him, I knew the curveball was coming and he hit it to left field (to win the game).” Mitch Hawkins, Ben Goertzen and Kyle Murai singled ahead of Mar-

tin. Feldman had a pretty good view as he watched from the on-deck circle. He would have batted next if Martin had reached but only scored one, but Goertzen wheeled in from second base to win the game. The championship win was still sinking in for Feldman when he woke up on Monday, only to find out he had been voted by the BCPBL coaches as the regular season MVP for hitting .439 with 54 hits, three home runs, 35 runs batted in and a .507 on base percentage (OBP). “I had no idea I was MVP until I woke up today,” he said Monday. It’s the latest of Feldman’s trophy haul, which includes the B.C. championship as well as the top hitter award from the BCPBL playoffs, where he led with nine hits for a .429 average, five RBI and a .500 OBP. Feldman also hit one of the only two home runs in the playoffs, a solo shot which spurred the Eagles to a four-run rally in the third

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the win. The Eagles were shutout by Vancouver Cannons pitcher Brandon Marklund in Game 2 on Saturday, but

bounced back later that day to win Game 3 over the host Abbotsford Cardinals on the shoulders of Riley Edwards’ complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts. It set up an unthinkable all-Island final, with the sixth-place Eagles facing the seventh-place Pirates. “It was kind of expected of ourselves to be in the top four (of the regular season) but we missed it with a bad stretch for the last six games,” said first-year Eagles manager Anthony Pluta. Pitcher Riley Edmonds was named top pitcher of the playoffs and Martin was named MVP of the final for hitting in all three Eagles runs. Martin allowed Zane Takhar to score in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly. “This is a team which is only four years old. It had never won a playoff game and only made it to the playoffs for the first time last year,” Pluta said. “The turning point” was the opening round, when the Eagles took down the second-place North Shore Twins in the best-of-three series, Pluta said. The Eagles shocked the

Twins with an eight-run rally in the second inning of the first game and won 12-7. The Twins took Game Two 8-2 and went up 6-1 in the first inning against Edmunds in Game 3. “I told Edmunds even big leaguers give up five-spots in the first inning then settle down to pitch a complete game. He went four scoreless innings and we scored runs every inning until the seventh to hang on for the (9-7) win,” Pluta said. Feldman and Eagles pitcher Brett Hull are headed to Otero Junior College in Colorado in three weeks, while Martin will join Eagles teammate Eric Hegadoren at the University of B.C., as seven Eagles in all are graduating on to play college baseball this year. Feldman and Martin were both named to the BCPBL all-conference first team as infielders, with Victoria Mariners pitcher Colton Wood. Mariners Jesse Mycock (outfield) and Chris Fouger (utility) were named to the all-conference second team. Mariners pitcher Dan Philips was honoured for throwing a no-hitter this year. sports@vicnews.com

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Mavericks host senior A men’s provincials

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They’ve won it before and now Lanny Burrows and Sean Murphy would like to taste the B.C., and national championship, one more time. The two are part of the Victoria Gorilla Mortgage Mavericks hosting the B.C. men’s senior A baseball championships at Lambrick Park from Friday (Aug. 2) to Monday. “The provinicials, and nationals, are the ultimate tournaments and are what we play for,” said Burrows, the second baseman from the 2008 national champion Victoria Mavericks. After 15 years in the league Burrows would like another go at nationals. Burrows was part of the 2011 provincial champion Mavericks that came up short at the 2012

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Longtime Mavericks league baseball players Sean Murphy and Lanny Burrows are chasing another provincial senior A men’s baseball championship with the Mavericks at Lambrick Park this weekend. nationals in Prince George. “If we can win provincials this weekend we can take a trip to nationals in Newfoundland (for 2014), and we’re pretty excited about that.” The Mavericks are entering two teams to this weekend’s

provincials, all of them made up from players in the fiveteam summer league. Don’t worry about the hunger level, these guys have all played college and/or pro ball, Burrows said. “We’ve got a lot of new

blood this time around from previous provincial winners.” Amongst the new guys are coach Aaron Bonner, a veteran catcher of the league who will lead the Mavericks 1, while another Mavericks league veteran, Kevin Seginowich, will coach the Mavericks 2. One of the most welcome additions is pitcher Jason Gibson, a left-hander home from Louisana’s McNeese State University. “Gibson will be a welcome addition, you need to have great pitc,” Burrows said. The Yates St. Taphouse Beer Garden will be open Friday afternoon and all weekend between the two Lambrick Park fields. Admission to the games is free. Mavericks 2 play Friday and Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at noon. The Mavericks 1 play Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m., and Sunday at3 p.m. Semifinals are 6 p.m. Sunday. The final is 9:30 a.m. on Monday.

The Victoria junior Shamrocks were swept out of the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League playoffs in Game 3 of the semifinal best-of-five series by the Coquitlam Adanacs, 10-5 on Saturday. The Ads move on to the BCJLL final and a spot in the Minto Cup national championship in New Westminster on Aug. 17. The Intermediate A Shamrocks (16- to 18year-olds) have qualified for the upcoming provincials, a final four format in Maple Ridge next weekend. The Int. A Rocks beat the New Westminster Salmonbellies 17-9 to win that best-of-three series at Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday.

Registration is open for the Greater Victoria Minor Football Association’s pee wee teams (ages nine to 11), the Victoria Hitmen and the Victoria Outlaws, and for the junior bantam (ages 12-13) Victoria Renegades. Register at practice – underway Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at Royal Oak Middle School – or online at victoriafootball.ca and victoriarenegades.com.

Correction

The July 26 issue of the News incorrectly referred to the Gorge FC women’s LIWSA premier team tryouts. The tryouts are Aug. 13,15, 20 and 22, 8 p.m. at Hampton Park. Contact coach Rick Zaharia at rickzaharia@gmail.com.

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Tigers on the floor Ryan Sheridan, left, Nolan Dalep and Angus Connorton of the pee wee A1 Saanich Tigers were selected to Team B.C. and will represent at the 2013 Pee Wee National box lacrosse Championships in Whitby, Ont., Aug. 4 to 10. Over the weekend, Juan de Fuca’s A1 and A2 teams lost in the bronze medal games of the midget provincials in Port Coquitlam.

It’s been a busy summer for Justin Douglas and Lucas Hammond. The two youngsters have been named to the Canadian Maple Leafs for the World Games in Columbia, July 25 to Aug. 4. The tournament, which started in 1981 for sports events formerly or never having been part of the Olympics, includes rugby sevens for now, though it obviously won’t when the sport debuts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Canada’s entry is the Maple Leafs, a development roster with a mix of new and veteran players from the Canadian RWC sevens squad, which won the plate trophy (ninth overall) at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow last month. Douglas and Hammond are two

of the three returning players from the RWC sevens and are also part of six Maple Leafs who helped Canada’s men’s under-20 to second at the Junior World Trophy Championship in Chile two months ago. Hammond moved to Victoria from Ontario to play for the Castaway Wanderers while Justin Douglas is part of the upstart Abbotsford Rugby club. The other returning player from the RWC sevens is centre Mike Fuailefau of CW. The Maple Leafs warmed up over the weekend by winning the Burnaby Lake Sevens tournament, defeating Burnaby 12-7 in the final. The World Games rugby tournament runs today (Aug. 1) through Friday as Canada face Group A opponents Hong Kong, Colombia and South Africa. sports@vicnews.com

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Lighting a path to peace Ceremony honours those lost in U.S. atomic bomb attacks on Japan

150,000 people. Linda Taffs, a member of ceremony co-organizer Raging Grannies, has been a peace activist since the first Gulf War in 1991, but has long taken a serious interest in peace issues. She visited Hiroshima in 1984 to see firsthand the memorials dediKyle Wells cated to the bombings. News staff “It was very interesting. It was also very moving,” she said. A fleet of flickering, dancing One statue Taffs clearly lights drifting slowly across remembers is of a mother bendthe calm waters of the Gorge ing over and sheltering her chilhave come to symbolize a dren. Saunders wears a pendant quest for peace. featuring the same image around “For me, Hiroshima and her neck as part of her own Nagasaki have been for remembrance. peace,” said Megumi SaunTo Taffs and the others, the ders, the minister for children, lanterns act as a symbol of youth, young adults and family peace. Participants will be able at First Metropolitan Church. to make their lanterns at the Lanterns are lit and cast event, adorned with messages of out to sea as part of the Hiropeace and hope. shima-Nagasaki Remembered “To light the lantern for peace, Ceremony, taking place at Kyle Wells/News staff Esquimalt Gorge Park on Tues- Megumi Saunders, left, and Linda Taffs will be among those casting out lanterns onto the Gorge to show the way,” Taffs explained. All are encouraged to particiday, Aug. 6. Aug. 6 as part of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered ceremony. pate in the ceremony. Materials Saunders was raised in Nara, for lanterns are provided for free. Saunders chooses stories featuring chil- and their memories, why we have to keep Japan. She visited Hiroshima in All floating lanterns are collected after, to March with her son and two grandchil- dren the same age as those who will read peace.” This year marks the 68th anniversary of avoid littering. them, to help foster connection. dren. Lantern making begins at 7 p.m., fol“(The children) survived but their dad the dropping of atomic bombs on the JapFor the past six years for the event, she has asked children from her church to read died, the next day their mom died, their anese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. lowed by words and songs of peace at stories drawn from interviews with chil- sister died, their brother died, grandpar- The bombing contributed to the end of the 7:30 then the floating of the lanterns in the dren who survived the blasts, collected in ents missing,” she said. “So the people Second World War, but devastated the cit- waterway. reporter@vicnews.com a book titled Children of the Atomic Bomb. remember what happened to children, ies and caused the death of an estimated

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Pattison donates $5 million to Victoria hospitals Foundation’s largest pledge Daniel Palmer News staff

One of B.C.’s bestknown businessmen has pledged the largest donation ever received by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. On Tuesday, philanthropist Jim Pattison revealed he’ll provide up to $5 million to be used for state-of-the-art equipment and training at the Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Patient Care Centre. The 500-bed facility serves about 10,000 people every year. “The Patient Care Centre is a health care centerpiece in this community, a model for other facilities around the world and one that I am very proud to support,” Pattison said in a statement. To recognize the donation, the facility’s atrium and concourse will be christened with Pattison’s name. “We are deeply grateful for Jim Pattison’s incredible generosity,” said Leslee Farrell, Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s Building Care Together campaign co-chair. The funding campaign now sits at $18 million of its $25-million goal, Farrell said. More than 2,500 people have donated to the Patient Care Centre since the campaign kicked off in 2011. “Now it’s up to all of us in the community to give what we can and match this wonderful gift,” Farrell added. For more information or to donate to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, call 250-519-1750 or visit buildingcare.ca. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Students dive into high tech to solve problems Kyle Slavin News staff

Edward Pang and Chris Rail haven’t even graduated from Camosun College yet, but the pair has already created a smartphone application that may help business owners save money. A working prototype of the Building Occupant Comfort app is their final project as part of the school’s two-year computer systems technology program. The Android app allows users to remotely monitor and control indoor environment settings like lights, room temperature and building occupancy. “There’s a lot of features implemented in our app. From your phone you can look at the occupancy: ‘Oh, no one’s in that room? I better turn the lights off or turn the temperature down,’” Rail said. The students were paired with Reliable Controls, a Victoria-based company that develops technologically advanced building controls like HVAC systems for large office and commercial buildings. While Reliable Controls already has software that allows users to monitor their systems from a desktop computer, they used Pang and Rail’s newly acquired expertise to put those abilities in

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Camosun College students Edward Pang, left, and Chris Rail show off their smartphone application that remotely controls indoor environment settings. the palm of your hand. “It’s quite a complex application. There’s a lot of background activities that occur to ensure that the app is constantly updated live, on the

fly, so you’re essentially getting real-time reports on the status of your indoor environment,” Rail said. Saryta Schaerer, chair of Camosun’s computer science department, says she’s always impressed by the final projects the students create. “We pride ourselves in our students having a breadth of knowledge coming out of our program, so they can go into a specialty or into something they enjoy,” Schaerer said. “Industry likes the fact that we create these generalists, that they have these multiple areas. They’re not just web programmers, they’re not just Java developers – they can go almost anywhere with minimal training and plough forward because they’ve already had an introduction to it.” While the students say the program was intensive and challenging, they say it was invaluable in getting the necessary skills and experience to work in the industry. “It’s definitely prepared me for a career in the technology field on different levels – like being able to do presentations, speak with clients and gather requirements and solve any problems, if necessary, and also have the technical coder skills to be able to deliver solutions for clients,” Rail said. kslavin@saanichnews.com

Sally Ann helps kids get back to school Don Descoteau News staff

It may be the middle of summer, but the Salvation Army is already looking ahead to the start of school in September. The service organization’s annual Backpack and School Supply Drive has kicked off and the public is encouraged to help out by donating supplies or cash to the cause. The goal is to accumulate enough of both to provide 5,000 children in need

with the items they need to start the school year off right. “We have seen a need for it, which is why we have increased (capacity of) the program,” said Kyla Ferns, communications officer for the Salvation Army. New partners, including Starbucks and the B.C. Chiropractic Association, have come on board to help expand the campaign’s reach. The program handed out 1,000 filled backpacks on Vancouver Island last year, including 250 in Greater Vic-

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