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Oak Bay High second in B.C. Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Oak Bay High senior girls finished second in AAA basketball provincials at the Langley Events Centre this weekend. “The girls made an incredible run at B.C.’s,” said Coach Rob Kinnear. “They played their best ball of the year.” The team scored victories over Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools before an exciting one-point comeback victory 67-66 over No. 1 seeded Holy Cross. The team dropped the final 64-57 to Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats. “They played a great final, coming up just a bit short in the end,” Kinnear said. “All the girls made awesome contributions and as a group they truly battled right until the end.” Holy Cross finished third. Morgan Roskelley and Lauren Yearwood were named first team all-stars for the tournament. Marisa Harrington also earned an honourable mention as well as the Quinn Keast Foundation scholarshipand a Telus scholarship. reporter@oakbay news.com
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Recognition lights up Monterey students Student artwork honoured Christopher Sun News staff
Grade 6 art students from Monterey Middle school were recently honoured by the Oak Bay Heritage Society and council for a collage they made of the Trial Island Lighthouse. The students, under direction of art teacher Sara Conkin, produced the collage by replicating a photo provided by lighthouse keeper Meredith Dickman. Each student was assigned a square to replicate, using pictures from magazines. The special presentation honouring the kids was held before a council meeting
on Feb. 24 and was attended by retired senator Pat Carney, who spoke about the importance of Canada’s lighthouses. The Oak Bay Heritage Society has applied to the federal government to have the local lighthouse designated under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. A decision is expected next year. Each student was presented with a small block print, local chocolate and a municipal pin by mayor Nils Jensen and arts laureate Barbara Adams. Note cards are on sale at local stores. Partial proceeds will be donated to the Monterey middle school art program. The collage can be seen in the Oak Bay municipal hall foyer. reporter@vicnews.com
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ontributors to the fine arts will get centre stage as Oak Bay High launches its Distinguished Fine Arts Legacy Wall. The legacy wall will be a permanent installation at the new Oak Bay High school, recognizing individuals who have contributed to the development of fine arts within
the community, said band director Jeff Weaver. He added that recognition of local arts contributors has been lacking in Oak Bay. “We do a good job with recognizing and promoting our kids here when they are in school, but we’re not doing a good job recognizing kids that have left here and become amazing artists,” Weaver said.
“We also want to build an alumni community.” Nominations are being sought for the first inductees in four categories, professional artist, teacher, builder and patron. The builder category recognizes a person who has helped to promote, develop, mentor and/ or fundraise for the fine arts in Oak Bay. The patron category recognizes a person who
financially contributed to the school’s fine arts department. Nomination forms can be found at oakbay.sd61.bc.ca, the deadline for nominations is June 27. Successful nominees will be named in September and then recognized at an event on Oct. 3. For more information, email jweaver@sd61.bc.ca or call 250598-3361. reporter@vicnews.com
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Nominations sought for Beaver Medal The Maritime Museum of B.C. is inviting nominations for the Beaver Medal, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the marine sector. The museum encourages nominations for anyone who has contributed to B.C.’s marine environment. “This will be the third opportunity for British Columbians to recommend someone whose work has made a major contribution to our province’s diverse maritime scene,” said Jan Drent, who heads the medal project. The gold-plated medal is struck from copper salvaged from the 19th century paddlewheel steamship S.S. Beaver, built in England in 1835 for the Hudson’s Bay Company. The deadline is May 15. Go to mmbc.bc.ca for information.
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The Capital Regional District is leasing an Esquimalt industrial property it purchased last year back to the building’s current tenant. The 4.2-acre Viewfield Road site, in Esquimalt’s light industrial park, was purchased last March for $17 million as a potential alternative to Hartland landfill for a biosolids plant, part of the CRD’s $783-million sewage treatment program, Seaterra. The proposal was eventually axed after overwhelming opposition from surrounding residents and local politicians. But the site’s current tenant, Wilson Foods, wasn’t meant to vacate the space until next September when the CRD takes possession. Instead, Wilson Foods will pay $1.3 million to stay at the site for another year with the option for renewal. The lease agreement will cover temporary loan interest, operating costs, insurance and property taxes and help the CRD pay down mortgage principal, said Andy Orr, CRD spokesman. The CRD board has a three-month lease termination clause to vacate about 20,000 square feet of the 126,000 square-foot site if it finds a more suitable use for the property, Orr said. The Viewfield property is valued at $13,950,000 in 2014 by B.C. Assessment. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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“Always dial 911 first and notify the fire department before making an attempt to extinguish a fire,” said Gill. “Remember that fast developing fires can double in size every 30 seconds.” Firefighters entered the residence to check the fire area to confirm it was properly out and to check to ensure the fire had not spread. An investigation revealed the fire started when an element had accidently been left on earlier in the evening causing it to ignite a dish towel and plastic
dishes that had been placed on top of the stove to dry. The family was not home at the time the fire began to smolder. Significant damage was caused to the kitchen of the home. Gill also reminds residents to make sure your smoke alarms are working and to keep stove tops clear of combustible materials at all times. Damage to the home are estimated at approximately $25,000. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Ferry service not dead, yet B.C. Ferries is digging its own grave with a shovel handed to it by the provincial government. With nearly $19 million in service reductions about to take place, not only residents will be left to mourn – it’s being buried in a coffin called tourism. Right on the front page of hellobc. com – B.C.s official tourism site – are three featured places to go, two of them on Vancouver Island. A visit to the site’s transportation page lauds the fringe benefits of ferry travel: “a deck-side view of breathtaking scenery not accessible by land and a high probability of spotting marine wildlife.” Great. If you can get on board and in a timely fashion. With reductions on dozens of routes, the elimination of some 7,000 round trips a year, the cut to the seniors’ discount, and with $4.9 million more in cuts to come, your chances of getting where you want to go are beginning to look dicey, if not pricey. The tourism site touts the Inside Passage route as a cruise through spectacular scenery. But at a cost of some $1,200 for a family of four, that one-day trip really takes a bite out of the typical family’s overall vacation budget. Tourism is a major industry in British Columbia, surpassing some of our more traditional revenue sources, and if the provincial government takes it seriously, it will want to take a closer look at how it is planning to not only attract visitors, but move them around the province. Cutting the already overpriced service is bad economics. It affects commuters, distribution of goods and services and makes it more difficult for visitors to take advantage of areas outside the Lower Mainland. Christy Clark puts a big emphasis on her BC Jobs Plan with tourism at the forefront, but cuts and rate hikes on B.C. Ferries can only cause job loss province-wide. The provincial government is responsible for both transportation and tourism – top priorities for all of us – but the government has an absence of vision for the management of B.C. Ferries, unless that vision is to stand by and watch as the ship is sinking.
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Forget issues, pass the muffins Everything done here is Proceedings here at the B.C. expensive, from matching ornate legislature were briefly thrust into the spotlight last week, firing up the woodwork to upgrading ancient plumbing and wiring. But the radio talk shows and Twitter feeds. public, conditioned No, it wasn’t the B.C. by media to expect Liberal government corruption and scandal, forcing through would rather be outraged legislation to allow about free muffins. industrial “research” for Prior to this, MLAs things like pipeline routes had to troop down to the in provincial parks, or basement dining room to the debate on sanctioned put muffins and coffee on wolf and grizzly kills. It their expense accounts, wasn’t the teacher strike or have an assistant fetch vote, as the scripted them. The outraged talk motions of that ritual Tom Fletcher shows didn’t mention combat are well known B.C. Views that. There are access to weary parents. issues in the dining room It was muffins. More too, a fact more difficult specifically, “free” muffins to ignore with Children and Family in a newly relocated and equipped Development Minister Stephanie MLA lounge, and a rack installed to Cadieux, Paralympian Michelle hold the said muffins at a cost of Stilwell and former Vancouver $733. mayor Sam Sullivan now elected to This was portrayed as part of serve using their wheelchairs. a spending spree by Richmond A costly new outside access East MLA Linda Reid, elected ramp assisted Kenny Michell, Speaker last summer. In fact who visited last week to tell his it’s just the latest phase of a harrowing story of the Burns Lake strikingly expensive refit to provide sawmill explosion that nearly wheelchair access, which Reid has burned him to death in 2012 and championed. left him in a wheelchair. The new MLA lounge replaces The NDP brought a delegation of a seldom-used one at the top of survivors and family members of steep stairs high in the 1898 stone structure. The new lounge is served the dead from sawdust explosions in Burns Lake and Prince George. by a ramp near the chamber exit They supported the opposition’s to another under-used room in demand for an independent inquiry, the library, and equipped with bigalthough their own demands screen TVs to follow proceedings, ranged from counselling for longsimilar to those installed in the suffering wives to seeing someone legislature chamber last year.
punished for alleged negligence. The scandal pushed in this tragic story is that some evidence was not protected by WorkSafeBC and wouldn’t have been admissible in court. Prosecutors also said they had enough evidence for charges, but the companies or executives would be able to show “due diligence” that would likely result in acquittal. What that means in English is that the explosion risk of extradry dust and air wasn’t fully grasped by either mill operators or WorkSafeBC. All B.C. mills are now subject to more scrutiny, and a coroner’s inquest will be calling witnesses this fall to see what lessons can be learned. Back to pipelines through parks. This may seem like a scandal to urban B.C. residents who already fret about the possibility of the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, or one of several proposed gas pipelines, intruding on a park. It’s not as well known that Trans Mountain completed a major twinning and upgrading project on the Alberta side in 2008. It crosses Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park, without incident or scandal to date. But back to muffingate, as it’s become known around here. I don’t know why people are so cynical and uninterested in serious issues. I wish I was. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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Feel-good not feasible
It is instructive to look at the attitudes of the Oak Bay municipal council. It seems to be less than satisfied with the role it has taken on guiding the development of this small community. Indeed, one may wonder why the members ran for this public office. They feel a need to become involved in big-picture politics, shaping the global climate by offering – at the expense of Oak Bay residents – free fill-ups for luxury electric automobiles.
Are they trying to make a point that British Columbia has excess hydroelectric power that should be soaked up in this way? Hardly. Or is it an indirect statement of support for Site C Dam? Of course not. It is simply a feel-good initiative that is ill-thought out and in reality is embarrassingly naive. The frustration in this is that council seems not to recognize that the most significant steps which can be exercised by any level of
CRD cull should go ahead now Deer-feeding fines are useless, unenforceable and the beasts would just eat even more garden plants. Three cheers to Oak Bay council for having the intestinal fortitude to vote for a deer cull against the wishes of a very small but extremely loud group of deer huggers. Unfortunately, a cull of 25 deer will not make even a dent in the population. My guess is that there are probably that many in one square kilometre and the vacuum will be quickly filled by deer from surrounding areas. Road warning signs are useless. When a deer comes flying out of the bushes or from between cars there just is not enough time to stop. Deer repellents are expensive, have to be re-sprayed about once a week and do not work. Deer-proof
plantings are ugly and the only decent plants that I have found they won’t eat are rhodos, lavender, Iris and monkshood. Fences are not an option. They’re expensive and would need to be seven feet high surrounding the entire property. The only answer is a massive cull done by all municipalities in the Capital Region. So far, nothing has been done and now the does are all pregnant and will each be spitting out two or three babies in a couple of months. It’s time to stop dithering and get rid of these mangy, tick laden, Lyme disease carrying, garden destroying beasts before somebody gets killed. Or maybe that’s what it will take to get some action. Myrna Smith Oak Bay
government are those that will strengthen and secure stable family and community life. Oak Bay is a model of a community-centered municipality which should be cheered from the rooftops as a success. How then could council support the abomination that is the Clive which, in its proposed form, would bring inappropriate, over-scale development to Oak Bay? Robert Durie Oak Bay
BIG problem I don’t like the Clive Drive proposal. Here’s why. 1) It’s TOO BIG. 2) It’s still TOO BIG, even after amendments. 3) It’s still TOO BIG, even after further amendments. 4) Because all these proposals are TOO BIG, they contravene the existing bylaws and regulations. 5) Father Jimmy Duncan and daughter Nicole Roberts, the principals of JN Developers, spent a lot of money and without recognizable rezoning conditions, to buy the property. 6) Over a year ago on JN’s initial application for redevelopment, the municipal administrators told JN their project was TOO BIG. 7) Council seems heedless of both intended and unintended consequences from this type of decision. With these approaches that ignore and disrespect the work and wisdom of earlier councils and jump the gun on the reviews of the community plan, why don’t developers just do projects Texas-style? From this, if you think Clive Drive is TOO BIG, just wait for the pachyderm proposals that will come rumbling and bumbling along Oak Bay Avenue over the next several years. And you think the deer are TOO BIG a problem! Charles Douglas Sauer Oak Bay
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Reaching back for baroque with rare operatic treat Boston Early Music Festival brings back 1600s Don Descoteau News staff
A couple of points stand out when considering the impact and significance of this weekend’s baroque opera performances in Victoria by the renowned Boston Early Music Festival. Not only is it the first time in recent memory that the city has staged an opera based on 17th-century music and dance, Victoria is one of just two places the Boston group will perform French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers (The Descent of Orpheus into Hell) and La Couronne de Fleurs (The Crown of Flowers) on its current mini-tour. The other? New York City. “This is a huge event for us,” says James Young, artistic director of the Early Music Society of the Islands, which is co-producing the two-night event along with Pacific Opera Victoria. “This is the kind of event you will normally only see in a much larger centre like Boston or New York.” While listening to and watch-
ing baroque opera performed by musicians and performers from one of the world’s leading early music ensembles will be a treat, what else might audience members notice? “There’s never been anything staged and performed here in the style of the (1600s), which is what the Boston Early Music Festival specializes in,” Young says. Not only is dance more prevalent in 17th-century French opera, the combination of voice and movement is a “very much more stylized and formal kind of performance, he says. “It’s an adjustment to see it, but I think when it’s done properly it can really engage an audience.” People will also notice a difference when they look into the orchestra pit, Young adds. Besides such period instruments as baroque guitar, violin, recorder, oboe and harpsichord, the ensemble includes a theorbo, a multi-headed, 14-stringed, lute-style instrument which produces soft mellow sounds not unlike a harp; and a viola da gamba or viol, which is larger and deeper sounding than a violin and can be plucked or bowed. Bringing in an ensemble of the stature of the Boston Early Music Festival presents a financial risk for the local baroque group, one it could
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The Boston Early Music Festival brings a 17th-century music and dance exclusive to Victoria when the ensemble hits the McPherson Playhouse Friday and Saturday (March 14-15). not have taken on its own without the help of a company such as Pacific Opera Victoria, Young says. He has other ideas brewing for concerts involving guest performers and as such, the success of this weekend’s shows will go a long way toward planning future special events. “Pacific Opera Victoria is
interested in doing another coproduction,” he says, noting that such a partnership makes sense. “If you look at baroque music, the highlight of it is opera.” The concerts happen at 8 p.m. Friday (March 14) and Saturday at the McPherson Playhouse. Pre-performance lectures by Boston Early Music
Festival musical directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs precede both nights’ shows, starting at 7 p.m. in the theatre’s upstairs lobby. Tickets are available in advance at rmts.bc.ca, at the theatre box office at 1 Centennial Sq., or at earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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8-piece family band sails into town The Merry McKentys, an eight-piece family band have brought their folk tunes from the Kootenays to Cortes Island, Europe and back. This week, they’ll pack their instruments aboard a ketch and set sail for Victoria. The six adult siblings and their parents, with fiddles, guitar, accordion, mandolin, banjo, and cello, play a selection of cheerful Canadian, Irish, Scottish and Scandinavian tunes, adding improvised fiddle harmonies
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Greater Victoria house sales pick up heading into spring Home sales in Greater Victoria are following their annual trend with a slight improvement over last year as the busy spring and summer sales season approaches.
February sales were up 4.6 per cent from one year ago with 412 sales, while the benchmark price for a Capital Region home dropped about $7,000 from Febru-
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Some of the oldest known photographs of B.C. are safely in the hands of Royal B.C. Museum experts this week after the museum purchased the rare items at auction. The 52-page family photo album, containing more than 90 photographs from the collection of British Royal Engineer Col. Richard Clement Moody, was purchased for about $26,000 at English auction house Bonhams on Dec. 4. “There was big competition for this collection,” said Don Bourdon, the museum’s curator of images and paintings. “(The album) reveals some stunning images that were unknown up to now.” Moody’s career in the Colony of British Columbia spanned from 1858 to 1863, when he
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Saanich wrestler grabs third B.C. title RecRuitment FaiR The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria is holding its on-site recruitment fair Saturday, March, 15th• 10am - 3pm Clubhouse Building, Ballroom 1999 Country Club Way, Victoria 250-391-7160 If you are interested in learning more about employment at Bear Mountain, bring your resume to the resort and meet representatives from all departments who will be hiring for the upcoming season. The following departments will be in attendance:
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Nolan Mitchell has gold on his mind. Never mind that he captured his third straight B.C. High School Wrestling Championships gold medal recently in Prince George. The gold he’s mining for is the reward for a national champion. Mitchell, a 17-year-old grappler who attends Claremont secondary in Grade 11 but trains in Duncan with the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club, will compete for Team B.C. at the 2014 Asics Juvenile Canadian championships April 4 to 6 in Guelph, Ont. “I love the trip and the competition, but I want to bring back the gold,” said Mitchell, who competed in the past two national tournaments and finished third both times. He expects to see many of the same opponents, but has a good feeling about his chances this time around. “I think they’re pretty good, but it always depends on who comes,” he said.
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Claremont secondary’s Nolan Mitchell, left, maintains a firm grip on opponent Navdeep Toor of Coquitlam’s Rick Hansen secondary in the 48-kilogram provincial final. Mitchell captured his third gold medal in as many years with an 8-5 win over Toor. That modesty somewhat matches his style on the mats. Wresting for the 48-kilogram division gold medal at the B.C. high school tournament, Mitchell fell behind 2-0 after the first of two rounds, having been pushed out of bounds twice by opponent Navdeep Toor of Rick Hansen secondary in Coquitlam. Not one to get flustered, Mitchell stuck to his strategy
of looking for openings, striking quickly and keeping consistent pressure on his opponent and came away with an 8-5 win. “It all depends who I’m wrestling, but I always like to stay a little bit conservative,” he says. “I wasn’t letting him control the match and the movement.” The win was Mitchell’s fourth (fifth) without a loss in
the double-knockout draw. The nationals feature the same format, with wrestlers who lose an early first match being forced to take a long route back to the medal round. One other Greater Victoria wrestler made top five at the provincials. Mitchell Keeping from Esquimalt High placed fifth in the 74-kg division. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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In the battle for Saanich basketball supremacy, Lambrick Park Lions defeated St. Michael’s University School Blue Devils at the B.C. high school boys championships on Saturday. The Lambrick senior boys beat SMUS 70-64 in the AA division final at the Langley Event Centre on Saturday. Matt Neufeld (Lambrick) earned dual titles as both best defensive and most valuable player of the tournament. Ishmael Abdulahi (Lambrick), Jason
Scully (SMUS) and Calvin Somers (Lambrick) were named to the first all-star team. Graeme Hyde-Lay (SMUS) was named to the second team. Also last weekend in Langley, Oak Bay’s senior Breakers girls posted a 67-66 upset of No. 2 Holy Cross in the AAA semifinals before losing 64-57 to the No.1-ranked Brookswood Bobcats of Langley. Breakers star Lauren Yearwood was named most outstanding defensive player of the tournament and joined
teammate Morgan Roskelley on the first all-star team. Claremont’s senior girls finished 11th in the tournament. The Island champion Oak Bay junior girls, initially barred from the provincials due to a clerical error, finished ninth overall in their tournament. Claremont’s senior boys compete in the 4A boys provincial championships starting today (March 12) in Langley. reporter@saanichnews.com
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STEEL BUILDING sale. Big year end clear out continued! 20x20 $3,915. 25x28 $4,848. 30x32 $6,339. 32x34 $7,371. 40x50 $12,649. 47x68 $16,691. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca
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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. LICENSED. QUALITY work guaranteed, great rates, WCB. Free est’s. Seniors discount on labour. Norm (250)413-7021.
PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB / BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. shorelineroofing@shaw.ca
STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-516-5178.
TILING SHAWN THE Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. Free est. Call 250-686-6046.
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Matinee the Oak Bay way Hear the performance N
anaimo’s West Isle Winds will perform a varied program for clarinet, horn, and piano at its Oak Bay Matinee this weekend. After a successful start in February, the Oak Bay Matinee Concert Series continues with a concert by West Isle Winds, a group of three professional classical musicians. Heather Walker (horn), Susanne Bullock (clarinet), and Donna Falconer (piano) each have careers performing with numerous orchestras, opera companies, chamber music groups, and other ensembles throughout British Columbia and abroad. The trio merges music for clarinet, horn, and piano to present a delightfully varied program. With arrangements ranging from Mozart’s Sull’aria duet (from his successful comic opera The Marriage of Figaro) and Bizet’s Au fond Du Temple Saint (from the opera The Pearl Fishers) West Isle Winds will delight audiences savouring familiar opera songs performed by a chamber music trio. With the help of pianist Falconer, Walker will play Nocturno for solo horn. This work was composer by Franz Strauss, better known as the father of composer Richard Strauss. Nocturno is a little known gem of the horn repertoire and a favourite among horn
n West Isle Winds perform seldom heard works by Mozart, Schubert, Bizet, Reinecke and Offenbach at 2:30 p.m. on March 16 at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St.
players. Its beautiful melody in combination with a gentle piano accompaniment will make for a perfect romantic matinee piece. Walker has performed with various chamber ensembles such as the AD Mare Wind Quartet, and larger groups such as the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, and the Fifteenth Field Artillery Regiment. Bullock will give Pablo de Sarasate’s famous showpiece Zigeunerweisen (or Gipsy Airs), originally for violin, a fresh new interpretation on the clarinet. Born in Hong Kong but raised in Victoria, Bullock was the very first clarinetist to win the University of Victoria’s prestigious Concert Competition. Bullock has performed extensively throughout North America, Australia and New Zealand. In Brisbane (Australia) Bullock was Head of Woodwinds at Southern Cross College and principal clarinettist of the
Brisbane Sinfonia. She now teaches clarinet at Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo), the Nanaimo Conservatory and privately. Respected collaborative pianist Falconer will accompany all works on piano. Falconer has an active history of collaborations. She was a faculty pianist and vocal coach at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Academy of Music. A founding member of Vancouver’s Opera Breve, she was the music director of numerous productions and has been a repetiteur for Vancouver Opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, and Opera Nuova Edmonton. Falconer now maintains a busy voice and piano studio in Nanaimo and frequently collaborates with Vancouver Island musicians and visiting artists. An original and seldom-heard work for the combination of clarinet, horn and piano is Carl Reinecke’s Trio for Clarinet, Horn and Piano. This four movement work was composed near the end of Reinecke’s life. It demonstrates Reinecke great craftsmanship in composing for this somewhat unusual combination of instruments in the romantic style. Oak Bay Matinee is a monthly concert series. Go to oakbaymusic.ca for details. editor@oakbaynews.com
Old traditions honoured as new bishop consecrated B.C. Anglicans are celebrating a new bishop. Victoria’s Logan McMenamie, dean of Christ Church Cathedral was consecrated and installed as the 13th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of B.C. on March 2. Clergy from Vancouver Island, and bishops from across Canada, as well as Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
and The Most Rev. John Privett, archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of B.C. attended. The service included a mix of music that honoured both the new bishop’s Celtic heritage and First Nations culture. The gospel was read from a copy of the St. John Illuminated Bible, loaned especially for the occasion.
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Lynne Greenwood, right, and Lanny Pollet entertain a group during the first Oak Bay Matinee at the Oak Bay United Church.
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®TM Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Safeway.
Hot Buys prices effective March 14 - March 20, 2014
Big Size!
Size! Jumbo
6
99
Edwards Coffee EXTREME Assorted varieties. 910 g to 930 g. While supplies last!
LIMIT OF 4
Lucerne Butter
ea.
Salted. 454 g. While supplies last!!
5
$
EXTREME LIMIT OF 4
3
2 for
Delissio Pizza
10
$
3 for
EXTREME LIMIT OF 6
Rising Crust or Pizzeria. Assorted varieties. 519 to 888 g. While supplies last!
4
79
Kellogg’s Jumbo Cereal EXTREME LIMIT OF 5
Select varieties. 700 g to 1.35 kg. While supplies last!
ea.
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MARCH
Top Sirloin Steak
Boneless. Cut from 100% Canadian beef. Sold in a package of 4 only for $12.00. LIMIT SIX.
$
3
Assorted varieties. 2 Litre. Plus deposit and/or enviro levy where applicable. HOUSEHOLD LIMIT FOUR - Combined varieties.
LY!! AYSS OONNLY 3 DDAY 3
$
9
ONLY! 3 DAYS
ea.
Coast to Coast Italian Style White Bread Or Whole Wheat. 675 g.
2f
4
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3 DAY
99
2
Raspberries
$
2for
4
LY!! LY ON ON YASYS 3 D3AD PREICE PRIC
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Product of Mexico. 170 g. HOUSEHOLD LIMIT FOUR.
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Fresh Whole Frying Chicken
$ or
Lucerne Milk
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CLUB
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Deli Counter Black Forest Ham Sliced or shaved fresh. Available at the service counter only.
CLUB CLUB
Every Swipe Counts!
29
1
/100 g
! YS ONLY 3 DAPR ICE
Webber Vitamins
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1FREE
Or Sunkist or Treehouse. Select varieties and sizes. LIMIT TWO FREE Combined varieties.
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Collect 1 AIR MILES® reward mile for every $20* you spend cumulatively during the week (Sunday to Saturday). Every swipe of your Collector card with an eligible purchase adds up! Plus, hundreds of Bonus reward miles each week in store! ®TM Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Safeway. *$20 spend on groceries. Some exclusions apply. See Customer Service for a complete list of exclusions.
Prices effective at all British Columbia Safeway stores Friday, March 14 through Thursday, March 20, 2014 only. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available at all stores. All items while stocks last. Actual items may vary slightly from illustrations. Some illustrations are serving suggestions only. Advertised prices do not include GST. ®™ Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Safeway. Extreme Specials are prices that are so low they are limited to a one time purchase to Safeway Club Card Members within a household. Each household can purchase the limited items one time during the effective dates. A household is defined by all Safeway Club Cards that are linked by the same address and phone number. Each household can purchase the EXTREME SPECIALS during the specified advertisement dates. For purchases over the household limits, regular pricing applies to overlimit purchases. On BUY ONE GET ONE FREE items, both items must be purchased. Lowest priced item is then free. Online and in-store prices, discounts, and offers may differ.
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Prices in this ad good through March 20th