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Reynolds Secondary Vice-Principal Dean Norris-Jones acknowledges the crowd after receiving his jersey when it was announced that he would be the 2014 Cops For Cancer Tour de Rock guest rider.

Norris-Jones, a cancer survivor, has helped with Reynolds annual campaign for the Tour.

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Reynolds VP revealed as 2014 Tour de Rock rider Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

When Dean Norris-Jones rides 1,100 kilometres this fall, he’ll have roughly the same amount of students supporting him.

The vice-principal at Reynolds secondary attributes his role as rider on this year’s Tour de Rock to the students who

have, for 10 years, taken ownership of the nine-day Cops for Cancer fundraising frenzy.

Norris-Jones was announced as special guest rider in the 2014 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock rider during Friday’s official team launch at Reynolds. Norris-Jones will represent the support schools across Vancouver Island.

“It’s a bit humbling because I’m being recognized as a rider, but it’s a symbol of what everyone else has done,” NorrisJones said prior to the announcement.

“It’s recognition of all the hard work that the thousands of kids have put in.”

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Calling Bob Skene a technology “expert” would be like calling Garry Kasparpov an “expert” chess player, or Eric Clapton an “expert” guitarist. The 74-year-old Saanich businessman deserves a more venerable title, perhaps “grandmaster” or “virtuoso.”

The Victoria Chamber of Commerce awarded Skene their highest possible accolade, the Lifetime Achievement Award, for his 45 years of service to the community in the field of technology.

“I started in tech in 1969,” says Skene, sipping decaf inside a Saanich coffee shop.

“Back then, we used punch cards and wire panels to get the computers to understand what they were supposed to do.”

Skene shakes his head as he recalls the sheer scale of early computer hardware.

“We built a 100,000 square foot computer room in the basement of the BC Systems building down on Cloverdale and Blanshard. It contained the central processing unit, all the memory banks, the disk drives and all the telecommunications.”

To put that in perspective, the 1969 Apollo 11 spacecraft had guidance computer that weighed 32 kilograms, held 4kb of memory and cost $150,000. Today, an iPhone 5s fits in your shirt pocket, holds 64GB of memory and will set you back a couple hundred bucks.

“If airplanes evolved the same way as other technology,” jokes Skene, “a 747

“If airplanes evolved the same way as other technology, a 747 would be five-centimetres tall, and you’d fly around the world in a couple minutes.”

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Since becoming a chartered accountant in 1965, Skene served as CEO of several successful companies and was on the board of directors for a half-dozen more organizations like Royal Roads University and the Greater Victoria Airport Authority.

Skene feels the biggest accomplishment of his long career was in founding the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Council (VIATeC) in Saanich, whose mission was, and continues to be, to

help grow the technology sector in Greater Victoria. “(In the 1990s) some of us saw what was coming,” says Skene. “We recognized the need for an organization that concentrated solely on helping Victoria technology companies. So VIATeC was founded, and they offered me the job as CEO.” Skene says hungry young entrepreneurs were on every street corner in those early days, but most had no idea how to run a business.

“These were people in university, college and even high school. They needed a lot

of help with networking and business advice. So that’s what VIATeC did. It helped companies get started.”

These days, Skene serves as commander-in-chief of his own retirement.

He and his wife of 50 years spend their free time either at their Cowichan Lake cottage with their three grown kids and eight grandchildren, or counting passport stamps as they jet around the globe.

“Judy and I have been to 50 countries now, and by the time this year is over we’ll have been to 60.” editor@saanichnews.com

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Native plants have many advantages for gardens including the protection of wild habitat, preventing the introduction of invasive plants, adding beauty to a garden and being low maintenance.

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Professional Studies “The budget has and Early Learning been a challenging “(ESL is) fine and Care remain safe process for the college for now. given the flat funding until 2015, and “The college comenvironment and an we’re looking the munity sees a proposal anticipated funding reduction announced government to provide and offers insights,” said Russ Lazaruk, in the 2013 provincial us with some future finance chair. “In this budget,” a Camosun solutions.” case those insights press release said.

– John Boraas provided highly cre“Compounding the ative approaches in situation is the addiwhich faculty and staff tional lack of clarity regarding the future funding of the members were prepared to modify English as a Second Language pro- programs in order to ensure that Camosun continues to meet its mangram.”

ESL is often one of the first pro- date in the best way possible, given grams to be cancelled when school our funding challenges.”

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“We are confident that the budget fine until 2015, and we’re looking the government to provide us with some protects the comprehensiveness of Camosun programs while recognizfuture solutions.”

Camosun was issued $2.7 in two ing the fiscal realities of these times, rounds of one-time funding to help and we look forward to a sustainable institutions impacted by the federal future,” said board chair Marilyn Patgovernment’s decision to change tison. editor@saanichnews.com administration of ESL programs for

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Gorge-ous student designs Grade 8 projects explore history plan for future Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

Battling gusts of wind, 135 middle school students manned tables in Esquimalt Gorge Park on Friday, sharing projects that explore the history and planning the future of the Gorge waterway.

Grade 8 students at Glanford middle school in Saanich created the projects in response to a question posed by teachers “How have humans changed the Gorge waterway and what do you propose for its future? In groups of five or six they tackled recreation, pollution and myriad other topics in a cross-curriculum two-week project – meaning they worked into the history, science, social studies and English aspects of the project.

“Essentially its us having them work through a real life project in their town,” said teacher Mark Gerhardt.

Whitney Tran and Gemma Curdie were part of the group that created a native planting area.

“Right here maybe,” Curdie said, gesturing the grassy area between the Gorge

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Glanford middle school students Gemma Curdie, left, and Whitney Tran hope to one day see native plantings, similar to the garden they developed as a project through a cross-curricular program.

Waterway Nature House and the brackish water itself. “Maybe one of these (projects) could happen here one day.”

The pair were struck by the First Nations traditional healing aspects they learned about while investigating the native plant species. Another piece of infrastructure history, the old dive platform that used to adorn the Gorge, seemed to strike a particular chord.

“It was interesting seeing what happened here 100 years ago,” Curdie said.

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from World Fisheries Trust staff, who run the Gorge Waterway Nature House and helped the students with the projects, all about oil spills while looking at rainbow hue in person.

bit of kizmet, students take forays to the nearby bridge where a boom and absorbent pads spread to soak up a sheen of oil discovered on the water the night before. They walked over to learn

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MLA not green enough The prospect of my so-called Green MLA, Andrew Weaver, speaking on my behalf or that of other Oak Bay-Gordon Head residents at the Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings fills me with dread.

The last time he claimed to be speaking on our behalf, he voted for the recent BC Liberal budget that enabled cuts to BC Ferries services, raising ferry fares, increased BC Hydro rates and Medical Service premiums.

The first time he spoke on our behalf, he voted for the first BC Liberal budget, his excuse being that the Liberal party had been elected government – and the 70 per cent of his constituents who voted against the Liberals were, I assume, chopped liver?

The BC Liberals are not a minority government – they don’t need his vote of confidence – but despite his constituents, he gives it.

MLA Weaver has careened from supporting the natural flushing of sewage in the Strait of Juan de Fuca school of thought, to seeing the David Black refinery in Kitimat – and its associated oil super tanker traffic – as a worthy compromise. Green election promises or the Green book “policies” be damned.

If it’s all the same to Andrew, I’ll count on our NDP MP Murray Rankin to present an informed, incisive intervention in the hearings as he draws upon several decades of expertise in constitutional and environmental law.

The New Democrats – federally and provincially – provide a clear, coherent opposition to northern refineries and associated oil super tankers, while my Green MLA and my Green MP provide incoherent and contradictory views on a Kitimat refinery and related oil super tankers.

My so-called Green MLA supports, and my Green MP opposes – go figure.

The NDP speaks with a single, clear voice in opposition to BC Ferry service cuts and fare increases, vastly increased BC Hydro rates, and Medical Service premium increases, while the Green party is both for and against this unjust BC Liberal action, thanks to our Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA going against the Green MP and his constituent’s wishes.

Ron Faris Saanich What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Farmland holy war falls flat topic in the quasi-religious climate The NDP’s holy war against change debate. changes to the Agricultural Land Meanwhile in the real British Reserve got nastier last week, as Columbia, life and it became clear it was farming go on under defenders of the status the existing farmland quo who were being protection regime. mowed down.

The largest ALR Ever since legislation exclusion in B.C. history was tabled to divide the took a big step forward ALR into two zones, with last week, as a federalgreater emphasis on social provincial review panel and economic needs to issued its report on the help viability of farms in Site C dam proposed for the Kootenay, Interior and the Peace River.

North regions, almost all Tom Fletcher The panel noted the protest has been from B.C. Views that the dam would unaffected areas. And flood 2,775 hectares much of it depends on of farmland, representing all emotion rather than fact. seven categories of soil quality.

In the legislature, Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog rose to praise the late Opponents use a figure about twice that size, as if all the affected land Dave Stupich, who birthed the ALR was farmable. sacred cow as agriculture minister The panel accepted that this in 1973. Krog likened Stupich to land, including the small amount the Biblical Daniel for his bravery of micro-climate bottom land, in preserving farmland for our represents 0.2 per cent of the Peace children’s children.

Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley region’s farm receipts. I would add that’s because what is farmed at did his signature “jiggery pokery” all is mostly growing hay, which routine, this time accusing cabinet requires minimum capital and minister Bill Bennett of being “giddy” at the prospect of paying off labour.

“It has potential, to be sure, his friends with development land. but its unique and irreplaceable Before he gets too jiggery outside contribution would be for those the protection of the legislative labour-intensive crops like chamber, he would be well advised vegetables, which are not remotely to find some evidence. practical in a labour-short region,” Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson, the report states. who at least represents an area We have to bring in Mexican being given broader latitude for guest workers to get vegetable and secondary uses on farmland, fruit crops off in the Fraser Valley warned of drought in California.

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This was after a loud demonstration organized with the help of a fake grassroots protest machine called LeadNow, complete with slick signs and website.

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The media were fooled as usual, but not Summerland council.

LeadNow has moved on to lining up people to flood the Agricultural Land Commission with form letters and petitions against Summerland’s plan.

The B.C. Agriculture Council, whose board first supported and then objected to the ALR amendments, has clarified its objections. It wants flexibility for secondary uses extended to the prime farmland zones of the Okanagan, Fraser Valley and southern Vancouver Island.

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A new battle of the pipes marks the 2014 Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival this weekend at Topaz Park.

New this year is the Canada vs. U.S. Grade 1 Pipe Band Competition which will pit the top Grade 1 pipe band from Canada (the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band) against the top U.S. pipe band (the LA Scots Pipe Band) as they prepare for the world championships in Scotland later this year.

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Reynolds students inspire principal Continued from Page A1

The school amassed $16,000.

Since then students and staff have sculpted the two-week campaign designed to combat fundraising fatigue.

It starts the Tuesday eight school days before the Canadian Cancer Society tour riders roll through the front door.

“The kids have really come to own the fundraising and it really galvanizes the staff and students in the school,” he said. “This is a great 10th year for us, with any luck we’ll pass the half million mark in fundraising.”

Last year they raised $101,000 “It’s pretty impressive stuff. The staff here is so amazing and the kids are just incredible,” Norris-Jones said. “It’s a cause that resonates deeply with everyone.”

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Wayfinding a sign of the times in Mount Doug Devon MacKenzie

Closure boosts numbers

News staff

Ever wondered what use a tree can have in its afterlife or how salmon bearing streams in urban areas can be kept clean of pollutants?

The Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society and the District of Saanich hope to answer some of those questions through new interpretive signs being erected in the park early this summer.

The two new signs will explain some of the parks interesting features.

One, which will located just a short walk from Ash Road on the ocean side of the park, will explain the 229-year life span of a Douglas Fir which was recently topped and how it will serve the surrounding natural habitat in its afterlife.

The other sign, located on the east side of the park at the Douglas Creek Weir will explain the function of the weir which helps keep pollutants like oil and silt out of the salmon-bearing creek.

“The signs will give people something to stop and read during hikes through the park as well as give

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

President of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, Darrell Wick, shows off a small version of a new interpretive sign will placed in the park in early summer.

The interpretive sign will explain the 229-year life span of a Douglas Fir that was recently topped and how it will serve the surrounding natural habitat in its afterlife. them insight into some of the features the park has.

For many people, I don’t think they even know the function of the weir so that sign will really help,” said President of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, Darrell Wick.

The park currently has

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an existing interpretive sign along the edge of Douglas Creek explaining the salmon life cycle. Wick said the new signs will be very similar.

“The sign explaining the weir is particularly important to the Society because it explains the watershed of Douglas Creek and how it is

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impacted by the urban environment,” explained Wick, adding that the sign will also offer simple tips for people who live in the watershed area on how they can help keep the creek clean.

“Small things like building rain gardens or swales on your property or discon-

Mount Douglas Park saw a staggering 300,000 people and vehicles cross the gate at Churchill Road between July 2012 and July 2013.

According to Darrell Wick, president of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, the large number of visitors can be attributed somewhat to the closure of Churchill Road before noon (the road which leads to the summit) about two years ago.

“Since then the number of walkers and joggers using Churchill Road before noon has just skyrocketed and people absolutely love being able to use the road in the mornings without traffic on it,” said Wick.

In hopes of increasing park usage even more and keeping walkers, hikers and runners on the correct trails, the society will work with the District of Sannich over the next couple of years to install way finding markers at all the trail intersections in the park. Three trails, the South Ridge Trail, the Irvine Trail and the Blenkinsop Trail already have similar markers.

“It is a huge project and we’re still in the beginning phases but it will be wonderful when it’s complete,” said Wick, who added that over 80 signs will be erected beginning, he hopes, sometime this fall.

necting downspouts, which keeps the water out of the storm drain systems, are easy to do and really help the creek,” said Wick.

The Society expects the project, which is a partnership between them and the District of Saanich, to be complete by early summer.

“The signs and frames are ready to go, we’re just waiting for them to be installed by parks staff,” said Wick.

For more information on the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, visit mountdouglaspark.ca. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Grape Tomatoes

1

1

36

5

2/

00

ISLAND FARMS

2

650 g

MEAT

!

FRESH

26

2

1 L Asst.

BONELESS

Chuck Steaks

426

Ground Beef

per lb 9.39 kg

BONELESS

L LOCA

6

96

per lb 10.05 kg

Pork Back Ribs per lb 15.34 kg

5

26

per lb 11.59 kg

BAKERY

PORTOFINO

3

26

ay Same Dry 250-477-6513 Delive Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays

+ dep

946 ml

Jet Puffed Marshmallows

500

5

2/

00

270 g Asst.

176

400 g

KELLOGG’S

Fun Pac Cereal

425 ml

3

46

210 g

Plates 256 Paper and Bowls 356 25%

Reg Tea Decaf Tea

CHINET

80’s

Asst.

80’s Sizes

BELMONT HOMESTYLE

Angus Beef Burgers

7

3

26

96

2 12x500 ml

680 g

Rustic Baguette

96¢

246

ENGLISH BAY

6

6’s

OFF at the till

HEINZ

Picnic Pack

4

96

3x375 ml

Goat’s Milk Original/ Feta

456

Roasted Garlic or Chevrai Original

30 Pack

113 g

KELLOGG’S

All Bran Flakes Cereal

2

96 670 g

NATURAL & ORGANIC

SANTA CRUZ

Organic Apple Juice

6 2.84 L

56 + dep.

SIMPLY NATURAL

96 + dep.

each

WOOLWICH

Chocolate Chip Cookies

96

per 100 g

MONTE CRISTO

Marinated Veggie Salad

OFF at the till

KRAFT

2/

TYPHOO

Asst.

1

GROCERIES

Barbeque Sauce Asst.

25

%

Purelife Water

Oatnut Bread 6’s

2

76

NESTLE OROWEAT

Peasant Buns

2 Var.

456 FRESH

Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Cranberry and Wild Rice

LEAN

MADERE IN-STO PEPPER’S OWN

26

per 100 g

Cheese

Asst.

400 g Random Cuts

BULLS EYE

per 100 g

per lb 3.66 kg

PARADISE ISLAND

Potato Chips

Asst.

66

Chicken Breast

Assorted Flavours

OLD DUTCH

86

OUR MADE INR SHOP E BUTCH EXTRA

1

Orange Juice

Steelhead Fillets

Pin Bone Removed

Rhubarb

TROPICANA

Light Cream

each

BC GROWN

each

DAIRY

Natural Yogurt

BC N GROW

Cantaloupe Melons

LOCAL

176

each

MEXICAN

Pint

OLYMPIC

OUR MADE INR SHOP E BUTCH

Honeydew Melons

Corn

66¢

MAPLE LODGE

MEXICAN

CALIFORNIA GROWN

66

Select

FULL SERVICE DELI

PRODUCE

BC N GROW

Prices in effect May 13-19, 2014

Asst.

Organic Salsa 2/ 00

5

EN GLUTEE FR

Organic Promise Cereal 26

470 ml 2 Var.

250-477-6513 • 3829 Cadboro Bay Rd. www.peppers-foods.com

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