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NEWS: West Shore municipalities could pair up on treatment /A3 SPORTS: Grizzlies look to learn lessons from road trip/A23 ARTS: Metchosin kicks off its fall music series Sunday /A30 HOMEFINDER: Residential development rolling along /A34 Friday, October 17, 2014
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And they’re off Runners from across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland head out from the start box in the junior boys division of the 2014 Fall Classic cross country race at West Shore Parks and Recreation. The race is part one of three invitational events leading up to the B.C. high school championships back at this site on Nov. 1. West Shore runners and others from Island schools can qualify for the provincials at the zone finals Oct. 22 at Beaver Lake Park. See story page A22.
New municipal councils to have distinctly different look Graham Hill and Jane Mendum saying so long after current term ends Don Descoteau News Gazette staff
As West Shore residents prepare for the 2014 civic election campaign to begin in earnest, those in View Royal and Highlands know they’ll be crowning new mayors.
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View Royal Mayor Graham Hill is retiring after four terms and for a while, it looked like Coun. David Screech would be the lone candidate for the top job. Once the nomination period ended, Brian Burchill, perhaps best known as the chair of the View Royal chapter of the Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatment (ARESST), had added his name to the list for mayor. So has
perennial fringe candidate David Shebib of Saanich, who is running in all 13 municipalities (see story page A7). With Screech off the ballot for one of four councillor positions, it guarantees at least one new face at the council table. Incumbents Ron Mattson, Heidi Rast and John Rogers are in the mix, along with political newcomers Mark Brennan, Wesley Kennedy and Aaron Weisgerber.
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In the tiny jurisdiction of Highands, Mayor Jane Mendum has decided to take a break after 15 years on council, the last six as mayor. “It was a very, very difficult decision for me to make,” she said from home on Wednesday, given a reprieve from driving into Victoria when the scheduled CRD parks committee meeting was cancelled. PLEASE SEE: Incumbent councillors, Page A6
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