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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
School wants field damage to stop Devon MacKenzie News staff
School administrators are appealing to the public for information after damage was done to the playing fields at LÁU,WEL,NEW School over the Easter long weekend. Over the last few years, the field at the back of the school off West Saanich Road has been the target of vandalism. “People have come in and driven around on the playing field once a year or so for the past three years,” explained LÁU,WEL,NEW School Board Administrator Curtis Olsen. “We’ve made reports to the police but since it’s such a secluded area back there we rarely get any information or leads on who does this. It’s really unfortunate.” The most recent damage was done over the Easter long weekend on either the Friday or Saturday night. Olsen said he suspects someone driving a lifted 4x4 vehicle drove up a steep embankment in order to gain access to the field which has only one vehicle access point that is kept closed with chain link fencing. PleaSe See: Repairing the damage will cost, page 6
Gordie Elliott Sr. (left) the operations and maintenance supervisor at LÁU,WEL,NEW School and School Board Administrator Curtis Olsen assess the damage done to the school’s soccer field. Devon MacKenzie/News staff
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Donna Jean, show convenor for the Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society’s Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale says they had more than 1,500 people through the doors at the Mary Winspear Centre on the weekend.
A showcase of Island artists Steven Heywood News staff
By the time the weekend was over, more than 1,500 people were expected to have walked into the Mary Winspear Centre for a huge arts and crafts show. The 61st annual Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts Society event is a showcase of work from artists from south of the Malahat, to the Saanich Peninsula and from the Gulf Islands. Show Convenor Donna Jean, who has been with
the event for six years (and a member artist for seven), says the Arts and Crafts Exhibition gives the community access to local artists’ work. The weekend exhibit had no less than 360 hanging works of art, plus tables containing even more. Member artists gave demonstrations and guest sculptor Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof presented his gem creations on the main stage. “This is a venue for members to sell their art,” Jean said, adding judges from the Society volunteer to award
top marks to pieces in a variety of categories. There are around 290 members in SPAC (www.spacsociety.com), Jean said, and they pay a $20 hanging fee to get into the show — making it affordable to members. They had to be fully paid members as of Dec. 31 to qualify for the big exhibition. “The Mary Winspear Centre,” Jean continued, “is a nice place that reaches a lot of people. We’ll have had more than 1,500 people through.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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