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John Rogers has been collecting movie posters since the 1970s and describes them as “tangible memories” of his lifelong love of film.
You can hear the excitement in John Roger’s voice as he begins to talk about his favourite movies and, perhaps equally important to him, the posters used to advertise them. Ranging from flamboyant, colourful artwork of spaceships and skeletons, to masterful portraits of Hollywood’s most recognizable stars, Roger’s collection is a window into a past age of film, when posters were hand drawn, before the era of Photoshop. Known best as a Town of View Royal councillor, Rogers also has to his name an extensive and desirable collection of original movie posters dating as far back as the 1940s. Rogers fascination with film began as a boy, watching movies with his parents, who were far from film “When you’re a buffs but enjoyed going to the mov- movie collector, it’s ies. “We used to sit a personal thing. ... and watch all these It’s just one level of wonderful old movies. I got really tangible memories.” – John Rogers intrigued with those old films that my parents liked,” Rogers said. While attending the University of Victoria in the 1970s, Rogers was a regular at the oncampus cinema, now called Cinecenta, where he befriended one of the organizers. Rogers got to talking to him about movie posters and found out his peer could order them for $1.50 each. It used to be when a movie came out the cinema would receive a series of posters, including a large one-sheet (27-by-41 inches, generally), half-sheets (22-by-28 inches) and lobby cards (typically 11-by-14 inches). Rogers bought around 120 posters from this arrangement, a number which still makes up the bulk of his collection. “Boxes would arrive on a regular basis… It was a really opportune time,” Rogers said. Nowadays Rogers does his movie poster hunting primarily on eBay. There are a number of factors which draw
Rogers to a particular poster. The first element is the movie itself and Rogers is far more likely to buy a poster from a movie he is a particular fan of than simply collecting for its own sake. The poster artwork is another draw, with particularly eye-catching visuals, or unique elements, such as the day-glow orange font on the poster for Dr. Strangelove. “When you’re a movie collector, it’s a personal thing. The test is, is it one of those films that whenever it’s on (TV), that no matter where it is in the film, you’re hooked?” Rogers said. “It’s just one level of tangible memories.” One poster, an original for the 1975 thriller Jaws, Kyle Wells has a personal connectReporting ing for Rogers, as he took his wife Maureen to see it on their first movie date, a choice of movie he somewhat regrets. “She was black and blue from this film because I was grabbing hold of her,” Rogers said. “I really get thoroughly involved in movies.” Affordability and storage considerations also enter into it. Rogers keeps all of his posters at a site other than his home. Among the collection is a number of posters for science fiction and horror movies from the 1950s and ‘60s, known for colourful, outrageous artwork to capture a viewer’s attention. Among his collection is an original poster for 1958’s The Blob, the first film to feature Steve McQueen, and a gruesome onesheet for the 1959 Vincent Price movie House on Haunted Hill. Beyond those the collection ranges from the classic, including particularly high-valued posters for On the Waterfront and Singin’ in the Rain, to the foreign (Cries and Whispers, Bollywood film Umrao Jaan), to the mainstream (Star Wars), to the weird (SS Girls). In 1993 the Victoria Art Gallery hosted an exhibit of Roger’s collection, showcasing dozens of his posters and filling a large gallery space with posters, lobby cards, books and memorabilia. Rogers is hoping to do the same again someday and is looking into opportunities at the art gallery and other locations. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
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Victoria General Hospital neurologist Dr. Andrew Penn is leading a $10 million study to improve stroke detection in Canada. If successful, in about five years emergency room doctors could have a relatively fast blood test to determine if a patient is suffering from a stroke or a precursor to a stroke, which would save thousands of lives across the country.
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When it comes to detecting strokes, the brain is a bit of a black box. On Vancouver Island, chances are a person who has sudden slurred speech or an intense headache will be referred to Dr. Andrew Penn at Victoria General Hospital. There’s also a chance the person will be sent home with an undetected underlying condition that could lead to a deadly or debilitating stroke. Giving emergency room doctors the tools to quickly detect strokes and their precursors, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), is an intensely difficult problem. Penn, a neurologist and the medical lead for Island Health’s stroke rapid assessment unit, is leading the charge to crack open the brain, figuratively, to tease out those warnings that something has gone haywire. “If you think about a heart attack, the symptoms are well known to the public and ER docs – chest pains and shortness of breath. There are a narrow range of things that mimic that,” Penn says. The problem is that symptoms of strokes and TIAs have dozens of mimics – such as dizziness, shortness of breath, migraines – and figuring out the real thing requires time consuming and expensive scans using radiation, CT or MRI machines. “For strokes, the public doesn’t know the symptoms, and there’s a one in nine chance the doctor has had stroke training. There are no blood tests, no ECGs, only high-end imaging,” he says. “So how
do we support (ER doctors) when they have a full tilt job? It’s a tough job diagnosing brain stuff. If the brain goes wrong, what does that look like?” To answer that question, Penn is overseeing a four-year $10 million project, the largest research project in Island Health’s history, to revolutionize early stroke detection in Canada. Announced March 2013, it’s taken a year to get the pieces in place to fully wed research and clinical care, while satisfying B.C. intense medical privacy laws. It’s a significant culture shift, Penn says. “Medicine tends to go into crisis intervention, putting out fires,” he says. “We know we have a system full of problems and aren’t delivering as nearly good care as we can. We are gearing up to fix that.” In January, Penn’s stroke unit and a partner hospital in Calgary started collecting the 4,000 blood samples from people exhibiting TIAs and strokes. The University of Victoria’s Genome B.C. Proteomics Centre at the Vancouver Island Tech Park will use powerful computers to weed out a common set of proteins in those blood samples that signal a stroke event. It’s not certain that such a signal exists. “That is the $10 million question,” said Dr. Brad Popovich, chief scientific officer with Genome B.C., the main funder of the project. “That said, it wouldn’t be funded if there wasn’t a rational basis to believe there is a signal. “When patients come in, they could be having a stroke for a lot of reasons, there is a lot going on to try and find the common threads between groups. It takes a
lot of patients and a lot of patience to sort through that data.” Penn, 59, a resident of Metchosin who attended medical school at Cambridge University at age 19, set up the stroke rapid assessment unit at VGH 10 years ago and with it the groundbreaking database of every stroke or TIA victim on Vancouver Island. Now with 12,000 patient histories in the database, it’s considered the most comprehensive in the world. From that database and using heady algorithms, Penn has amassed a set of common words and phrases used by stroke or TIA patients in describing their symptoms. That is being turned into an iPad tool for ER doctors to ask a series of questions to gauge the likelihood a patient is suffering a stroke or TIA. Penn expects that tool to be rolled out at VGH relatively soon. “The great part about this is the impact this will have on the Island. The computer-based tool will have an impact right away,” Popovich said. Penn says even if the protein analysis doesn’t yield the precision they’re aiming for, the four years of work will still improve rapid and early detection of strokes, a major factor in saving lives and reducing physical disabilities. “We are setting ourselves a useful goal, but we don’t have to hit the moon. It will still be useful if we can take those 700 (patients) and filter them down to 100 or 50,” he says. “We’ll do a better logistics job – we’ll have the right person giving the right treatment at the right time.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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A man was attacked in front of the Little Caesars Pizza in Colwood and taken to hospital via ambulance, Feb. 17. The victim had ordered a pizza and was waiting outside on the sidewalk when a male approached him and punched him several times. The suspect is described as sixfoot-three inches tall with short hair. He was wearing a darkcoloured jacket with a light-coloured T-shirt and dark pants. The suspect was driving an older-style silver or grey Jeep Cherokee, it may have been a 1990 model with a roof rack. West Shore RCMP responded to the Hatley Park Plaza, 2244 Sooke Rd. around 8:45 p.m. “There were other people in the parking lot at the time of the assault and we are hoping the public can assist us in identifying this suspect,” said Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz, West Shore RCMP. RCMP is asking anyone who was in the area of the Hatley Park Plaza on Monday, Feb. 17 around 8:45 p.m. that may have seen the assault to contact the detachment at 250-4742264. charla@goldstream gazette.com
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Larger fines are not enough Greater Victoria’s urban deer population seems to be somewhat in hiding these days, but the animals remain in the spotlight in Oak Bay. The one regional urban municipality that has chosen to do a small cull of deer is looking at raising the fine for feeding the critters, from $100 to $300 for a first offence and $500 for subsequent infractions. Oak Bay’s bylaw enforcement officer, who admits he hasn’t issued a fine in five years on the job, says educating the public about why feeding deer isn’t a good idea is the goal of the proposed change. But we wonder how much good such a change would do. Regulations aimed at preventing certain actions, including the feeding of deer and other wildlife, are in place around the Capital Region. In Victoria, for example, bylaws prohibit jaywalking or feeding birds in certain areas and in many neighbourhoods, residential parking only signs abound. The Capital Regional District has its smoking bylaw, enacted to keep people from lighting up within a certain distance of doorways. Then there’s the provincial regulation requiring cyclists to wear a helmet when riding on public streets or highways. All of these infractions have fines attached to them. The problem with most of these rules is they have no teeth – either to compel people to abide by them or educate the public – without dedicated enforcement. Outside of the bike helmet law, generally enforced only during police crackdowns or when cyclists break other rules as well, these regulations are complaint driven. That means someone must observe the infraction and hope a bylaw or police officer is nearby to administer a ticket. Either way, such bylaws rely on the threat of fines to keep people in line more than real, observable policing of the rules. Until jurisdictions take enforcement as seriously as they take the creation of rules, people will continue to push the boundaries, knowing the chances of getting caught are slim. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette 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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B.C. grizzly hunt isn’t going away bear hunting. Naturally, activists A little-noticed protest tent want the whole province shut down. sprouted up on the rain-soaked Wildlife management is the B.C. legislature grounds earlier this responsibility of Forests, month. Lands and Natural Green Party MLA Resource Operations Andrew Weaver spoke, Minister Steve Thomson. asking whether B.C. He’s heard plenty from all residents would tolerate sides and he maintains trophy hunting of killer that bear watching and whales. That would be bear hunting will continue a federal matter, but the to coexist in B.C. point is vividly made Thomson has just about the onset of B.C.’s introduced legislation traditional spring grizzly to permit hunting guide bear hunt. It’s bigger this year, with Tom Fletcher territories to be operated B.C. Views by corporations as well as Kootenay and Chilcotin individuals. This is a longwildlife management sought change, allowing regions reopened after First Nations companies and others closures were enacted to preserve access to bank loans to expand the grizzly populations. In all, more industry. than 1,000 grizzly bears are up for Non-resident hunters are required grabs. As with limited-entry hunts to hire a licensed guide-outfitter. for deer and other animals, only Resident hunters pay $32 for a oneabout a third of those hunts are year hunting licence and $80 for a successful in an average year. grizzly bear tag. Non-Canadians pay The rally was sponsored by the $180 for the licence and $1,030 for a Coastal First Nations Great Bear chance at a grizzly. Initiative, the partnership with U.S.Hunting in general is making a directed environment groups Sierra comeback in B.C. Ministry data Club, Greenpeace and ForestEthics show hunting licenses had declined that has become so influential in to 85,633 in 2006, but recovered to B.C. affairs. It produced a survey reach 97,828 by 2013. showing that 88 per cent of B.C. Thomson credits the work of the residents oppose trophy hunting, and its California experts calculate a B.C. Wildlife Federation, which runs hunter training courses. Another 10-fold increase in value when bear hunting gives way to bear watching. program, Becoming an Outdoor Woman, has helped revive hunting The Raincoast Conservation and camping as a family activity, he Society has bought half a dozen said. guiding territories on the remote Growing up hunting in B.C. coast. Combined with northeastern B.C., I was taught government restrictions, more than not to shoot anything I’m not half the coast is now off limits to
prepared to eat. I also remember the struggles to protect caribou and other endangered prey species that at one time had B.C. biologists resorting to shooting wolves from helicopters. The reopening of grizzly bear territories is marketed to urban residents as a horrible crime against nature. In fact, it’s a sign of increasing population. Problems in B.C. wildlife these days include the fragile mountain caribou herds of the Kootenays, which have been subject to intensive management including relocation of animals. The ministry has also begun a five-year study of declining moose populations across a vast area of the Interior subject to salvage logging in the wake of the pine beetle epidemic. Vancouver media recently highlighted a grizzly hunt by NHL journeyman Clayton Stoner. Typically, U.S. enviros promoted the deceased bear by name, “Cheeky,” and photos showed its carcass stripped to the skeleton by scavengers after Stoner left with the hide, paws and head. They don’t mention that the same fate awaits animals that die of starvation or other natural causes, which increase when animals overpopulate. As with many B.C. issues, there’s a cartoon version sold to impressionable city dwellers, and then there’s the truth. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Legislative cheers tions. mytime friends aSeveral wasteofof belong to CFB and I understand the many Today I watched a issues you covclip ofthat question period ered solegislature beautifully.relatin our I hope work will ing to theyour Court decibring Heidi few steps sion on ouraprovincial closer to her goal of government vs. the attending the indepenB.C. Teachers Federadence the tion. I training think theinsubject United speaksStates. for itself, but Weoptics need were morewith writmy ers you. on opposthelike speakers Fayle ing sidesThelma of the House Victoria pounding on their desks and cheering as each speaker on cons their Sewage plan side, in this case Dix outweigh the pros vs. Anton, stood to The Capital question and Regional defend District is stifling positheir respective democracy in by an the tions. Anton, attempt to once again way simply repeating force through their the same thing she flawed sewage treatsaid previously four times. Of course we all have seen this on the federal side of politics as well, but seeing it closer to home in our own provincial legislature imprinted on me how juvenile and time wasting this whole cheering section is to our democratic process. This is not a high school basketball game. Can our elected representatives not behave as the adults we thought we were electing to the highest offices in our province/ country? What would it take to eliminate this whole silly exercise? Shirley Stirrett Langford Reader says a job well done Re. “Visualizing success,” News, Feb. 12 What a wonderful piece (Edward Hill) wrote about Heidi Propp. Congratula-
ment tions.plan and save face. Several of my friends The current belong to CFBCRD and I plan is a bulky, understand theoldmany fashioned issues thatplant you with covfew outside of eredbenefits so beautifully. checking a bureauI hope off your work will cratic bring box Heidiindicating a few steps that Victoria closer to herprovides goal of basic secondary sewattending the indepenage treatment, and the dence training in the provision of short-term United States. jobs contracts. Weand need more writThat is not enough. ers like you. The threats of the Thelma Fayle Seaterra Plan toVictoria our community are great and far outweigh these Sewage plan cons benefits. They include: outweigh the pros 1. Inappropriate use of prime waterfront. The Capital Regional 2. Old is technology. District stifling 3. The cost. democracy in an The CRD attempt to has onceunnecagain essarily escalated force through their costs with a disorgaflawed sewage treat-
nized, reckless, fastment plan and save forward face. approach, setting limit The criteria current to CRD project confinplan is choices, a bulky, olding research, refusing fashioned plant with independent few benefits project outside of assessment jumpchecking offand a bureauing into land procurecratic box indicating ment, hiring and conthat Victoria provides tracts solidifybasic before secondary sewing plansand andthe ageproject treatment, approval provisionprocesses. of short-term Such poor project jobs and contracts. management does That is not enough. little to threats instil public The of the confidence in SeatSeaterra Plan to our erra’s ability are to control community great costs. More frightening and far outweigh these still, a large centralbenefits. They include: ized lacks theuse 1. plant Inappropriate flexibility of a more of prime waterfront. modular Seat2. Old design. If technology. erra allowed 3. is The cost. to start building at McLoughThe CRD has unneclin Point,escalated the project essarily quickly becomes too costs with a disorga-
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Craig Mearns said that no matter where you are in Greater Victoria, you will end up at one of the major hospitals should you get really sick. That’s one of the reasons he has donated $256,000 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s Building Care Together campaign — helping top it up to $25 million raised since it started in 2011. Mearns, a retired businessman from North Saanich and a municipal councillor, has served as a member of the Eldercare board of directors and on the cabinet of the Victoria Hospital Foundation’s last capital campaign. He has donated a total of $330,000 to the campaign and since 1989, has given $480,000 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. “I know their needs,” he said, “and the quality of the work they do. It’s all about patient care.”
Money raised for the campaign will be used, stated a Foundation media release, for the purchase of leading-edge equipment for the Royal Jubilee Hospital Patient Care Centre, including Smart Beds, vital signs monitors, telemetry systems and medication safety cabinets and more. “The Jubilee is one of the hospitals where we end up if we get really sick,” Mearns said, noting he also contributes to local facilities like the Saanich Peninsula Hospital. Donations to the campaign, said Alan Lowe, Foundation board chair, have been matched by the Jim Pattison Community Matching Gift Challenge. That, Lowe said, was a contribution of $5 million. In all, some 3,200 people made donations, big and small, to the Foundation’s three-year capital campaign — and more money is still coming in. “This was the largest campaign on the Island,” Lowe con-
tinued. “It feels like we have just won the gold medal here in Victoria.” He said over the three-year effort, the Foundation has purchased all of the equipment they have needed to make the Jubilee Hospital’s Patient Care Centre top-of-the-line. Mearns’ donation and the matching funds allows the Foundation to cover the cost — and then some. Campaign co-chair, Leslee Farrell expressed sincere gratitude to Mearns for stepping forward to make the gift. “We are so very thankful for the incredible generosity of all the donors who have given to the Patient Care Centre since our campaign began in January of 2011, and we are deeply grateful to Craig Mearns for stepping forward to take us to our goal,” stated Farrell in a media release. Learn more at www.buildingcare.ca.w editor@goldstream gazette.com
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The City of Langford hereby gives public notice of its intention to close to traffic portions of highway known as Armco Road and Awsworth Road, dedicated as highway by Plans 1817 and 27029, and shown in bold as “Closed Road” on the sketch below, and remove the dedication of those portions as highway. Bylaw No. 1508 closing those portions of highway to traffic and removing their dedication as highway, will be considered by the Council at its regular meeting at the City of Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford BC, on March 17, 2014 at 7:00 pm. Persons who consider they are affected by the Bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Corporate Officer by 4:00 pm on that date. The City of Langford further gives notice of its intention to sell the closed portion of highway to Gerald Robert Mounce and Glenshire Business Park Inc., owners of the properties adjacent to the closed portion of highway. The closed portion of highway will be transferred to Gerald Robert Mounce and Glenshire Business Park Inc. in exchange for the dedication of 2,832 m2 of new highway, shown on the sketch below, and the payment of $150,000 to the City. Jim Bowden Corporate Officer
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The Better Business Bureau serving Vancouver Island’s 2014 Directory is now available for dependable business owners and discerning residents. Published by Black Press, the BBB presents a comprehensive list of accredited businesses on Vancouver Island annually. “These are the businesses you want to do business with,” said president and CEO Rosalind Scott, who is based in Victoria. “Put it right next to your phone book. It’s like a little bible.” In order to become an accredited business listed in the directory, a business must have been in operation for at least a year, have no unresolved complaints lodged against it, have established a positive presence in the marketplace and have a good rating with the BBB. “Only businesses that meet our Code of Business Practices and Standards of Trust are eligible,” said Scott. “We hold our accredited businesses accountable. This Directory is your comprehensive guide to local companies you can trust.” Go to bbb.org/vancouver-island for more information and look for your copy of the Directory in the Feb. 28 Gazette.
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ber the good old days … these pieces of equipment would be connected by actual cables. Everything worked unless the dog ate through one. Today it’s all elegantly wireless. In theory, HP talks to the wireless router blinking ominously 20 feet away in the spare bedroom. It, in turn, talks to the printer which is one foot away from the computer and playing hard to get. Every time I attempted to get Windows 8.1 to tell Canon to print, HP started bonging, like a call to prayer at a Buddhist temple. My wife in the distant kitchen said: “That sounds nice, dear.” HP also informed me ad nauseum: “You are an idiot. Printer drivers cannot be installed” … or something to that effect. These are not drivers like ‘Driving Miss Daisy;’ these are nebulous black holes that the Canon website refused access to unless I bought a “driver manager” that threatened to enslave my entire system. I would not be sucked in. Born at night, but not last night. After being trapped in protocol hell for a day and a half I called in my brother-in-law, Lorne, an electronics genius. He’s my 63-year-old version of Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory. Lorne had everything synchronized and talking non-stop in about 20 minutes and he had only two system requirements: A glass of brandy and no Brussels sprouts for dinner. My biggest fear is that the fix was as easy as he made it appear. For the record, Lorne is one of the savvy 87 per cent of Canadian seniors who refuse to own a smartphone.
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Born and raised in Victoria, Anne Millar became interested in crafts at a very early age and started her own ceramic business in the late 1960s, moving into porcelain art in 1977. Taking up watercolours in 2000, “this art form is now my first love,” she says. “I find that I bring a lot of my porcelain art techniques to it. It is very rewarding.” Millar lost her soul-mate, Dan, four years ago after 52 years of marriage, but she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, painting and being involved in activities through her church, the Positive Living Centre of Victoria. “I started painting at Goward House about six or seven years ago; it’s is a wonderful place to paint and it is a joy to be a member.”
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Community Spotlight: SENIORS
Q&A Joe Girard
OUT AND ABOUT
Ombuds staffer slated for elder network talk
Raised on a farm near Nanaimo, Joe Girard attended school in Nanaimo and Victoria before earning degrees in education and library studies at the University of British Columbia. After teaching elementary school in the Okanagan for a short time, Girard embarked upon what would become a long career as a librarian, first at Simon Fraser University and then with the Calgary Public Library. After returning to the Island, Girard spent 25 years as a public librarian with the Greater Victoria Public Library, mostly as the head of various branches. “Upon retirement in 1994 my wife suggested I needed a hobby,” he says. “She recalled I had done some coloured drawings in my youth, so introduced me to her hobby of water colouring. Finding it intriguing, I began to take courses from local teachers and found I had a truly satisfying retirement hobby.” Girard is a featured artist for Goward House’s March watercolour exhibit, along with fellow artists Anne Millar and Pat Routh.
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What words of wisdom from your own parents have you tried to follow? Read and educate yourself.
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Thousands of new old books await an avid reader at the book sale to support the library. The sale runs March 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nellie McClung Branch Library, 3950 Cedar Hill Road at McKenzie Avenue. From 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. a $10 admission gets your books free. Debit and credit cards accepted for purchases over $5. All proceeds support library programs and services. Visit the Friends’ website at gvplfriends.ca for details
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What’s at the top of your “bucket list?” To paint well, especially pictures of local marine life and of humorous animals.
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The Greater Victoria Public Library and the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria invite you to a screening of two multidisciplinary 18-minute TED talks,
What is your proudest chievement? My work as a Public Librarian.
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AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCED PARTS person required for a progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses working 5 day work week, plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community online at: LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Or by email to: hr@sapphireinc.net.
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SACRIFICE; STAINLESS steel built in dishwasher, exc. cond., $75. (778)433-4939.
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STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca STEEL BUILDING. “The big year end clear out!” 20x22 $4,259. 25x24 $4,684. 30x34 $6,895. 35x36 $9,190. 40x48 $12,526. 47x70 $17,200. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca TIMESHARE FOR sale; weeks 49 & 51 at Panorama BC Ski Resort. Available for ownership at only the cost for legal fees. Deed property. Call (250)995-2992.
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FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
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COLLEGE HEIGHTS, Nanaimo. Beautiful ocean/city views. 4bdrms w/2bdrm suite. Owner will carry mortgage/reasonable down payment. Also LADYSMITH 3bdrm w/1bdrm suite, dble garage +1000 sq.ft. storage area. $25,000 down. 250753-0160
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OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, finished deck & shed in new cond. Reduced to $117,900. obo. Owner willing to look at financing. Call (306)290-8764.
HIGHLANDS. 3-BDRM, 2 bath, F/P, 5 appl’s, carport, lrg deck, small pets. Immediate. $1500. Call (250)478-6385
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Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or
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AFFORDABLE AND quiet. 55+ community in Ladysmith. Home of the famous Festival of Lights!!!! Carefree manufactured homes on easy care lots for as low as $119,700. Low monthly lot fee. On transit. Close to parks, community centre, pool and amazing trails. Only 50 minutes from Victoria and less than 20 minutes to Nanaimo. New Home Warranty. Contact Duck Paterson @ 250-246-0637 or email: info@lmfhomes.ca
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DUPLEXES/4PLEXES SIDNEY- NEWLY reno’d 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, W/D, F/S, Refs req’d, fenced yrd, NS/NP. $1375+ utils yearly lease (250)656-4003.
COLWOOD: UNFURN’D room available, incls all utils, $450. (Avail immed). 250-858-6930. GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hidef TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Ray 778-433-1233.
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ACCOUNTING & INCOME tax. Year ends, GST, PST, payroll, T4s & consulting. Personal returns from $49. Avail weekends. Mike 250-888-4652
ARAM’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bonded. Free est. 250-880-0525.
(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB / BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. shorelineroofing@shaw.ca
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ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
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KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
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HANDYPERSONS 12% OAP Discount. Paint, Plumb, Carpentry. Power saw, etc. Don (250)661-1588. AROUND THE HOUSE.ca ALL repairs & renovations. Call Ben (250)891-7395. ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, garden clean up, masonry and renos. Free Estimates. Call 250-744-4548. BIG BEAR Handyman. Painting, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
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ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.
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CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.
CLASSIFIED ADS WORK! Call 250.388.3535
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Lawns have weeds & moss? Aerating ($75 special), pwr raking. Blackberry/ivy removal.
PND SOIL & GRAVEL MART. Garden manure/compost. Self pick-up, we load. $25/ yard. 1119 Finney Rd 250-478-3322
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164. FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463. GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-881-1221. SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitchen/bath, wood floors, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877 COMPLETE HOME Repairs. Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licensed and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK BILL’S MASONRY. Brick, tiles, pavers. All masonry & Chimney re-pointing. F/P repairs. 250-478-0186. CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
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DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141
250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured.
FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Pruning, clean-ups, garden maintenance. John Kaiser, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.
ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter cleaning & repairs. Seniors discounts. WCB, Insured. Free estimates. (778)433-9275.
DONE RIGHT MOVING $70/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. BBB accredited. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.
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JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
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HAMLYN PAINTING WCB + Ins. Guaranteed satisfaction. Free est. Call 250-213-1054. NORM’S PAINTINGWhy wait till Spring? Reasonable, Reliable. Ref’s. Over 25 yrs experience. 250-478-0347. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
PLUMBING EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104. FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376. FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS RUPE’S ROOFING: Torch on shingles or metal. Fully insured. References; ticketed roofers. Call Rupe 250-4157130 or Mike 1-250-533-9410.
STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-516-5178.
TELEPHONE SERVICES DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect Home Phone Service. No one refused! Low monthly rate! Calling features and unlimited long distance available. Call National Teleconnect today! 1866-443-4408. or visit online: www.nationalteleconnect.com
TILING SHAWN THE Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. Free est. Call 250-686-6046.
TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.
WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.
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has included us in their transit plan,” Rupf said. There are about 1,200 people living in Westhills and Rupf personally knows about 200 who regularly make the 1.5 kilometre walk or car pool to catch the bus on Jacklin Road. The timing means the buses will be running when the Langford YMCA opens, with a B.C. Transit park and ride designated adjacent to the athletic centre. Westhills is about to bring in another 150 lots for sale in the spring of 2014 and Rupf explained the bus service will be an asset to the growing community. “Langford is the fasted growing community in B.C., B.C. Transit should be
looking at us as a priority,” Rupf said. The hours and number of trips per day have not been finalized. The route will include Bear Mountain Parkway and travel along Veterans Memorial Parkway to Langford Parkway and into the Westhills community. A summer connection to Thetis Lake will also be added to some West Shore routes. Construction also started Monday, Feb. 24 on Douglas Street in Victoria to install shared bus and bike lanes from Fisgard Street to Hillside Avenue. The lanes are expected to be completed by the end of May and will operate in peak traffic times to shorten travel times for transit riders. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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arts@mondaymag.com Hand-drawn patterns and fleece bits decorate the kind of garage that would put any dedicated crafter at ease. A radio murmurs CBC and a bottle of Speed Sew stands by. Timothy Gosley pulls a yellow fleece puppet from the ingredients and slides it over his hand. “The manipulation of these things is a bit like playing the blues, where it’s not very difficult to know the technique, but you can sure see somebody who can put the soul into it. It can be very rigid and people can still be into it, then there’s the real, refined subtlety.” This puppet, much-loved and losing stitches, is a rare piece the puppeteer is able to admit he likes, for its simplicity. Its head cocks to the side. “Yup,” the little guy says. “People kinda like me!” The master Muppeteer has taken on a full spectrum of roles related to puppetry and after a career in television spanning four decades, he’s finally able to confirm his strength “may possibly be in performing.” In 2005 Gosley returned to his hometown buying a house in Fairfield, minutes
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Tim Gosley, an original Muppet puppeteer and owner/manager of Merlin’s Sun Theatre – a 50-seat theatre he runs out of his home – remains one of few full time puppet builders/puppeteers.
from where he grew up. It happened to come equipped with a 50-seat theatre (where he and his wife, actor Petra Kixmöller, regularly stage shows of all varieties) and ample space in the garage for Muppet-making workshops. “I rejected the Muppets for a while because it seems kind of commercial, but then I came back here a few years ago when I was doing my (Muppet-esque
donkey, “Tim’s ass”) in front of a bunch of old people, you could hear an audible: ‘Awwww,’” he says. “Being in a live audience made me realize that people actually need the Muppet, fuzzy, heavy, extreme character sort of thing. It’s just as culturally as important as doing an esoteric artsy, fartsy sort of thing.” He does both. Gosley began honing his craft as a
builder for The Smile Show, a long-running vaudevillian/British music hall offering hosted by his late father, Jerry Gosley, through the 1970s. Though Gosley claims no particular talent emerged backstage at the show, he remembers enjoying the work before he left Victoria post-high school to attend “serious acting school” at the University of Alberta. Where acting presented challenges for the shy performer – a good actor when not intimidated working for good directors, he says – puppeteering was a natural progression from his work with Daddy. For the three students at his university interested in the art form at the time, it was also, apparently, a poor choice. “I think we were called the three crazies and two of us got thrown out,” Gosley said. “I was put on probation, just because the university didn’t think we were cut out to be professionals. Of the class, we are the three working people.” Another of the so-called crazies was Theatre Inconnu’s artistic director Clayton Jevne, who landed Gosley his first puppeteering gig in Alberta. The two toured with Patchwork Puppets, an Edmonton-based company aimed at teaching children about the law through puppets. Continued on next page
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Muppets keep us in check The friends, each producing their own shows, moved quite literally in different directions, with Jevne headed back to Victoria where he would build independent theatre and Gosley to Toronto, there working with a full spectrum of productions before The Muppets came along. Gosley worked with The Muppets, Fraggle Rock and Sesame Park, the Canadian Sesame Street, where he performed as Basil the Bear for nine years. “Performing with cameramen, that’s your audience. You’re entertaining them, but you don’t have a great concept that there are tons of little kids
Gosley will lead Poeteers in the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, March 6 at the Metro Studio Theatre (1411 Quadra). Tickets are $12/10 available at victoriaspokenword festival.com. at home (watching),” Gosley says. “We’d goof around and it’d be great, but it wasn’t until you got out and were with other humans that you felt the power.” Gosley likens a puppet to an iceberg, with the majority of it hiding below. “You’re trying to make an inanimate object look like it’s
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The dollars and sense of ending homelessness Jennifer Blyth Black Press
Many people would agree that finding solutions to homelessness makes sense for a healthy, caring society, but what’s less understood is that housing the homeless makes financial sense as well.
Affordable housing, like Hope Centre in Sooke, makes financial sense compared to the costs of homelessness to the community.
A partnership of all levels of government, service providers, business members, the faith community, post-secondary institutions and private citizens dedicated to ending homelessness in Greater Victoria, the Coalition’s mission is to end homelessness by 2018.
“When I tell my story, it’s so personal,” explains speaker Bernice Kamano, a member of the Kwakwaka’waka Nation who has lived and worked in the Victoria area for the past 20 years. As a single mother raising her daughter, food banks and secondhand stores were often the only options in the struggle to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
What does that mean? That by 2018, all people facing homelessness in our community will have access to safe, affordable, appropriate, permanent housing, with support if they require it.
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ing a range of supports, is estimated “It’s important to note that while a lack to be almost $17,000, while the annual of housing is a primary driver of homecost of a rent supplement including lessness, there are other factors to supports is estimated at $6,800. consider – poverty, domestic violence, Both are significantly less than the challenges facing on- and off-reserve average annual cost of a shelter bed of Aboriginal persons, untreated mental $25,000. illness and addiction,” says Andrew Wynn“Not only does it make sense The financial argument Williams, executive financially for our community doesn’t end there. director of the Coalito end homelessness but it’s The estimated annual tion. hospitalization cost of a
also the right thing to do.”
homeless person is almost $2,500 compared to approximately $525 for a housed person, and homeless psychiatric patients cost about $1,060 more per admission than housed patients.
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According to the Housing and Homelessness in Greater Victoria report, studies from North America have consistently found that the direct and indirect cost to society of managing an individual experiencing a homelessness crisis far outstrips the cost of housing them. Here in Greater Victoria, the average annual per-unit cost of new supportive housing, including operation and provid-
Who better to discuss the myriad issues surrounding homelessness – and the solutions – than someone who has experienced it themselves? That’s the message behind the Coalition to End Homelessness Speakers Bureau, putting a face – and voice – to homelessness in Greater Victoria. Bernice Kamano Professionally trained through funding provided by the United Way, speakers can discuss a variety of homelessness issues, such as mental illness, drug addiction, domestic violence, disability issues and unemployment. They’ll also discuss the solutions to homelessness and relate the stories of their personal successes.
The fact is, it costs far less to care for someone who is housed than someone who is homeless, explains the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness.
“The creation of housing should be considered in the context of a broader strategy.”
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Not only are those who experience homelessness more difficult and expensive to treat, the longer someone is homeless, the more health challenges they face and the more health care resources they consume. For example, the average financial
cost of a homeless adult with severe addictions or mental illness in $55,000 per year; when adequate housing and supports are provided, that tally dips to $37,000 per year. “Not only does it make sense financially for our community to end homelessness,” says Eric Jordan, Coalition Co-Chair, “but it’s also the right thing to do.”
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Also an active community member, Bernice was one of the first Legal Advocates trained by the Together Against Poverty Society office, was a founding member of M’akola Housing Society and works as a Native Employment Counsellor for United Native Nations. Kamano has sat on the Native Friendship Centre’s Board of Directors and various First Nations agencies in Victoria. “Even though you know homelessness is a reality, when someone is standing in front of you and talking about it, it comes back to you that these are people,” Kamano says. Hearing her story, “people come up and say ‘Your life is incredible. It’s amazing what you’ve gone through and you’re still standing,” she says, pointing to the many strengths homeless people have. “To be homeless is to be incredibly resilient.” More people are currently being trained as speakers, further adding to the diversity of voices. “We support each other, which is really, really important. It is difficult to stand in front of a room full of people and bare your soul.” At the same time, Kamano believes in its value. “It’s really important for the community to understand that the homeless people are real people.” To book a speaker or for more information, visit www.victoriahomelessness.ca/speakersbureau
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