Sooke News Mirror, December 03, 2014

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - Wednesday, december 3, 2014

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The District of Sooke’s new council is, left to right, Bev Berger, Ebony Logins, Rick Kasper, Mayor Maja Tait, Kevin Pearson, Brenda Parkinson and Kerrie Reay.

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Sooke’s new mayor addresses community at inaugural meeting Mayor Maja Tait’s Inaugural address: “Good evening and welcome to the inaugural meeting of the new District of Sooke council. It’s wonderful to have you all join us here tonight to support us as we commence this new term for Sooke. We acknowledge and thank all the previous councillors

that have served for joining us here tonight.

Let us begin this term by formally recognizing the traditional territory of the T’Souke Nation, upon which we gather, live and do business.

“A sincere thank you to outgoing mayor Wendal Milne for his service and commitment to our community throughout his term, as well as out-

going councillor Herb Haldane for his time and dedication for the last two terms.

“This year’s election saw just over 40 per cent turnout at the polls, which speaks to the passion and engagement that our residents have for our local government. This passion and commitment is shared by those that

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“I would like to thank all of the candidates that campaigned in the past election, and let’s take a moment to congratulate those that were successfully elected.

“Every member of council brings their

individual perspective, talents and expertise to the table. Collectively we will bring our experience, fresh ideas and collaborative spirit forward to successfully achieve goals and objectives for the betterment of our community over the next four years and beyond.

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a strong, caring community with a unique history and a bright future. As we continue to grow and evolve, we will be faced with both challenges and opportunities. We will meet these head on with a spirit of openness and inclusivity.

“During the election, there was a strong desire to:

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ICBC also supports Operation Red Nose, a volunteer service in 25 B.C. communities that provides safe rides to drivers who have been drinking or feel too tired to drive during the holidays.

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Shop Local! Event. We will be placing entry boxes at several locations in Sooke for shoppers to enter the draw.

Draws will be held Dec 6, 13 and 20. Winners will receive Sooke Shopping Dollars to redeem at participating merchants. The value of the weekly draw will depend on the number of participating merchants. Your cost is only $40.

The event will be advertised weekly in the Sooke News Mirror, first advertisement Dec. 3 announcing the SHOP SOOKE! SHOP LOCAL! Event. The following weeks will list the participating merchants as well as announcing the winner of the weekly draw. Winners will be notified via telephone, Sooke Shopping Dollars to be picked up at the chamber office. Sooke Shopping Dollars will be in denominations of $5 and $10 and have no cash value.

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Merchants accept Sooke Shopping Dollars for purchase, face value, no cash back.

Merchants exchange Sooke Shopping Dollars at the chamber office.

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A CHRISTMAS TREE Light Up is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion. Sing-along with Janet McTavish, enjoy hot chocolate and candy canes.

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THE AnnUAL GEnERAL Meeting of the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce takes place on Dec. 6 at 12 noon at the Sooke Harbour House, Potlatch Room. open to the public. For more info call 250642-6112 or info@ sookeregionchamber. com

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for Sooke to be a recognized leader as the South Island destination for outdoor recreation, culture and arts; • To encourage local food security and community resilience; • And to support our protective/emergency services and volunteers.

“Our ballot questions received strong support for community facilities and a commitment by council to support gathering places for our seniors, youth and volunteer organizations. The work underway will be encouraged and supported, and council looks forward to receiving recommendations and realizing the outcomes.

“A commitment to environmental stewardship is another priority.

Our rugged coastlines, harbour and basin are strong assets to both promote and protect for residents and visitors alike to enjoy both today and for generations to come.

“Re-election of councillors tells us you have confidence in the decisions we have made.

A sustainable financial plan is in place, along with a commitment to infrastructure improvements, as well as citizen involvement on committees and panels to name a few. We intend to review the committee structure as well as the various council liaisons and appointments to find ways to streamline district business while enhancing community engagement through improved communication. To ensure that both council and staff time and energy is utilized in the most effective way possible, we continue to modernize our meeting agendas with web-casting, technology and will

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Maja Tait takes the mayor’s seat for the first time. explore other means of engagement through web-based tools and social media.

“Council will be meeting in the New Year to set priorities and objectives for the term ahead, in the meantime staff has been tasked with summarizing projects, tasks and files so that council may have a snapshot of the business of the day. This will enable us to wrap up old business, support what is ongoing and in place, and prepare for and set achievable new priorities.

“I look forward to council forming a strong, working relationship with Chief Gordon Planes and the Council of the T’Souke Nation as well as Juan De Fuca Regional Director Mike Hicks. To further our relationships with our local service associations, volunteer organizations and community partners that together make Sooke the wonderful community we are proud to call home.

“Success can be achieved through the relationships that we form and by engaging the enthusiasm and talent of all that live here, from the seasoned old timer, and the innovative new arrival. By seeking out the wisdom of our elders and obtaining fresh ideas from our children. By being mindful of those most vulnerable while

promoting the talents and celebrating the excellence of other community leaders.

“In closing, I would like to thank the community for placing their confidence in this council to lead Sooke over the next four years.

While our work will be difficult at times, with support from our staff and community partners, we embrace this responsibility with confidence. We will rise to the challenge and celebrate our milestones along the way.

The future is bright for Sooke, I feel supported and encouraged by council and as we end 2014 with the holiday season, I feel 2015 is off to a strong start. I look forward to the weeks and months to come.

Thank you all for being here with us this evening.”

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Sooke saw 23 residential sales this November.

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What a romantic story, growing up on her family’s prairie horse ranch in Saskatchewan, meeting a cowboy from a neighbouring ranch at a dance, and marrying him! It’s the stuff novels are made of. Merle Stedwell was born in Iowa on December 23, 1900. When she was four-years-old, her family moved to Canada, taking up a homestead.

Their first shelter was a sod hut.

Merle grew up on horseback, learning ranching chores and responsibility early in life. Social get-togethers were much looked forward to in those pioneer days and it was at a dance that she met Dewey Barwis, the ranch hand who won her heart.

Now that the news has hit the media that Canada’s oldest citizen has passed on, just a month short of her 114th birthday, we can look back on the half century that she was a part of the fabric of the Sooke community. At first Merle and Dewey Barwis moved about the prairies, raising three children as Dewey, who got a job as stationmaster with the CPR, was posted from town to town.

Meanwhile their eldest son Dewey I. C. (called Dick) joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving throughout World War II. He married Helene Halladay and the young couple purchased land in Sooke. They raised sons Richard and Terry as he fulfilled his naval commitments. Among his postings were Cornwallis and Churchill, Manitoba, where the growing boys needed to look out for polar bears. After retiring as a CPO First Class, Dick became a counsellor at the Veterans’ Hospital in Victoria, the boys went to local Sooke schools and welcomed a baby sister Levina into the family.

Lured by tales of the mild west coast climate, Merle and Dewey moved to the coast as well, settling alongside their son and his family on Harbourview Road in 1952. I first met Merle Barwis when I was delivering eggs door to door in the 1960s, and always had a pleasant chat with her each week.

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The accompanying photo, taken in Calgary in 1950 just before Merle Barwis moved to Sooke, shows she still had the vivacious good looks that attracted the cowboy who fell in love with her. band passed away in 1966, Merle lived quietly, but was a welcoming presence for her grandchildren, as they would run across the lawn to visit her in her little cottage by the road. Later on, her

great-grandchildren as well would keep up a lively connection to her.

Merle was a very independent and selfsufficient lady, very straight-spoken. She did her own yard

chores even into her 90s, and while a good cup of coffee was her mainstay she enjoyed a refreshing bottle of beer as well. It was only in the last decade or so that she needed to move into care at St. Mary’s Priory.

Her grandsons recall how pleased she was when it was determined, in 2012, that she was the oldest living Canadian. Besides her daughter and family in Saskatchewan, she is survived in Sooke by her daughter-inlaw Helene, grandsons Richard and Terry and their families, and granddaughter Levina.

Her family is rightfully proud of their illustrious forebear.

Who could have foreseen that the young girl who rode horseback across the prairie in the moonlight with her suitor so long ago, would be recognized in 2014 as a woman of such distinction!

Elida Peers, Historian Sooke Region Museum

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Sooke Dance Studio presents

The Nutcracker in a Nutshell

A family-friendly version of the traditional ballet, classical with a “twist”

Saturday, Dec. 20, 5pm Sunday, Dec. 21, 2pm At Sooke Community Theatre (EMCS) A fundraiser for Sooke Family Resource Society including intermission concession treats & Silent Auction

General Admission Seating: $ 1500 (all ages)

Inquiries: 250-642-6607 www.sookedancestudio.com Sooke Dance Studio gratefully acknowledges the generous grant support of the Sooke Community ARTS Council

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Local businesses nominated Youth choir sings

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Four Sooke and Shirley businesses recognized

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Shirley Delicious has been nominated for a small business award, along with three other businesses in Sooke and Shirley.

400,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs in our province make to their local communities and the global economy. After all, 98 per cent of businesses in BC are small businesses, and Vancouver Island is home to about 70,300 of them.

The Candy Pit is a candy store located

at 6705 West Coast Road in Sooke, Shirley Delicious, a coffee shop serving snacks is at 2794 Sheringham Point Road in Shirley.

Point No Point, resort and restaurant, is at 10829 West Coast Road in Shirley; and Your Perfect Gift is an online gift basket business located in Sooke.

Snowfall and singing are both so much fun, just put them together and we’ll invite everyone! The Sooke Youth Show Choir calls all to the Community Hall. This weekend (December 6 and 7) the Christmas Market gathers the best gifts for giving - and, there’s a chance to get tickets to the choir’s winter show on Sunday, December 14 at 2pm.

Whether five years old or 16, our singers will perform show tunes on December 14th starting the season with enthusiasm. Show songs from Frozen, movie melodies and Happy classics bring good cheer and shared fun.

“Don’t be a grump. Be a good Grinch!” says Claire Strong while her sister, Carina, adds, “Come and join along.”

In the new year, the choir invites all community members to carry on the magic and audition for our June show, Wizard of Oz: January 14. Please check the Sooke Youth Show Choir facebook page for location.

We hope to see you soon!

Tickets to “Let it Snow” are available from choir members, Shopper’s Drug Mart and at the Sooke Christmas Market, this weekend, December 6 and 7. Choir members are volunteering to wrap gifts and check coats for a small donation at the market.

For further information please contact Sarah Wilson at sookeyouthshowchoir@gmail.com.

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Low Water Pressure From December 1, 2014 to approximately December 8, 2014, Capital Regional District (CRD) Integrated Water Services will be transferring the source of supply for the Greater Victoria Water system from Sooke Reservoir to Goldstream Reservoir in order to inspect the Kapoor Tunnel. As a result, low water pressure may be experienced in Langford, View Royal, and Saanich north of the TransCanada Highway. No interruption in service is expected. Residents may notice a slight change in the colour and taste of the water however, this does not affect the safety of our drinking water.

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A group of locals came together to make swags which are being used to decorate utility poles in Sooke. From left to right: Ida McDonald, Seth and Sarah Temple, Tina Hansen, Laura Hooper, Brenda Parkinson, Joyce Meija, Jessica Boquist (behind), Fiona Pythian, Sharon Grove, Sandy Jarvis, Ellen Lewers and missing in action - Patrick Groves and Angela Sinclair.

Seniors’ organization disbands Sooke branch #88 became a charter member of the B.C. Old Age Pensioners & Seniors Organization in 1964.

The main goal of those first dedicated members was to create affordable seniors housing and provide a voice for senior`s issues. A housing society was formed and the community worked together and raised enough funds to buy land in 1969, near the town center. Gradually they were able to build small cottages. The work continued by volunteers for 40 years and the long ago dream was finally realized when Ayre Manor Lodge opened the first phase in 2006.

In the beginning Sooke OAPO branch meetings were held in member`s living rooms, then at the community hall. In the early 2000’s the Seniors’ Drop In Center was opened in the centre of Sooke by then President Dorothy Burris and volunteers. This provided a social gathering place for seniors five days a week, with lunches, teas, games, workshops and events. It was a welcoming place

for new people to Sooke and the building was used by youth in the evening. The building was sold and much has been lost.

Through the years many of the same volunteers started Contact Cupboard, Meals on Wheels, purchased the Seniors’ bus and provided many services to the community.

The latest project for the Sooke branch 88 members was the Orange Bottle Program which provides information to first responders called to a home for an emergency.

The Sooke branch

celebrated the 50th Anniversary in May, with an event at the Legion and held the final meeting on November 18. It has not been possible to find a President and Secretary to continue on. The loyal members are now very elderly but without a permanent venue it is difficult to attract younger members. The branch can no longer function. The Seniors Bus is having the same problem and is in need of a manager to carry on the service.

The B.C. O.A.P.O aka B.C. Pensioners & Seniors Org. advocate

to governments with resolutions which are issues of importance to whole communities, as well as seniors.

The provincial O.A.P.O is grateful to Sooke for 50 years of support for the many issues in housing, health care, environment and degradation of services.

We encourage the younger generations to share their knowledge, energy and wisdom by continuing the valuable work as volunteers in this special community.

Shirley Lowe Regional Director OAPO

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Food. It’s an integral part of our lives, our culture and our community. Food nourishes our bodies, powers our mind, and lifts our spirits. Food marks our special occasions and is part of our daily chores. We spend so much time and energy growing, sourcing, preparing and sharing food, it’s worthwhile to be engaged in how that food comes to our plates. Increasingly, we have become disconnected from food as it is turned into a commodity, shipped around the world, and contorted in laboratories. As the only species to add heat to our raw ingredients, are we losing our humanity, when we lose track of our food production?

Slow Food seeks to reconnect us with our food. To educate, empower and energize us to get involved with our local food communities. Every two years in Turin, Italy, smallscale food producers, chefs, scientists and activists from around the world gather to discuss, share, debate, taste, educate and celebrate the foods that make us human. These are ingredients, which represent culture and heritage, but also a truly sustainable future that includes biodiversity, environmental stewardship, and respect of aboriginal knowledge.

My husband Oliver and I were fortunate to attend Terra Madre this year with other delegates from Slow Food Canada and over 150 other countries. The opening ceremonies were translated into 12 languages. Many people were visibly moved to see the delegates from war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Iran stand together.

Fishermen from Israel and Palestine, as colleagues not enemies.

Farmers from Russia and the Ukraine, in solidarity not strife. Food communities cross boarders effortlessly.

Slow Food brings us together for a common goal, to create a good, clean and fair food system for everyone, and it will take everyone to accomplish this.

Much of our time was spent in the Slow Fish meeting room.

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We would all do better to listen to the experience of our First Nations and fishing families that have multi-generational experience as stewards of these wild resources, and know how to truly make a sustainable future for our fisheries.

On Vancouver Island, we enjoy the most incredible bounty and diversity of seafoods, a year-round growing season, an incredible boreal forest providing wild foods and huge amount of arable land that is being underutilised. It’s time to make the most of these natural resources.

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Councils, darkness and drinking On Monday night the new District of Sooke council was sworn in. It was a lovely ceremony full of promise and hope. There are enough returning councillors to adequately ensure the history of decisions and the ongoing work is understood by council. Enough new councillors to bring a new voice to the council table.

With every new council we have hope, this one is no different. It will be a good council and a strong committed working relationship will get the district’s work done. A fresh perspective and new start will do wonders for council and staff alike. Staff are the paid professionals who carry out the work dictated by council. It’s a symbiotic relationship, each part as necessary as the other.

We wish this new council well and are confident the citizens’ best interests are at the heart of all decisions. Congratulations to all who won a seat and thanks for all who ran a good race. It’s is hoped that those who ran will continue to contribute to council meetings even though they are not sitting in council seats.

The darker mornings and nights are upon us for only the next three-and-a-half weeks then the light begins to return - although very slowly. Please let yourself be seen at night. The light is swallowed up on the coast and people wearing black are very hard to see. Be safe and be seen.

The RCMP have begun their Counter Attack program and that means if you are convicted of drinking and driving you will eligible for a very huge fine, confiscation of your driver’s licence, inconvenience, and a criminal record. It will cost you a lot and it is not worth it. Would you pay more than $500 per drink? It’s no way to celebrate the holidays. Designate a driver, take a cab, call a friend or stay put... pretty simple.

How to reach us: General: Phone 250-642-5752; fax 250-642-4767 Publisher: Rod Sluggett publisher@sookenewsmirror.com Office Manager: Harla Eve office@sookenewsmirror.com Editor: Pirjo Raits editor@sookenewsmirror.com Reporter: news@sookenewsmirror.com Advertising: Rod Sluggett Joan Gamache sales@sookenewsmirror.com Circulation: circulation@sookenewsmirror.com Production Manager: production@sookenewsmirror.com Creative Services: creative@sookenewsmirror.com Classifieds: Harla Eve, office@sookenewsmirror.com Vicky Sluggett

ANOTHER VIEW

Nisga’a prove their critics wrong B.C. Views It has been 15 years since I wrote a commentary objecting to the B.C. government pushing aside its own hard-won treaty process to reach an unprecedented land-and-cash settlement with the Nisga’a Nation for their ancient Nass River territory.

My objection, and that of many others, was the imposition of a parallel state with collectively owned land enshrined for all time. This was an ailing NDP government rushing to enable a property ownership system that has demonstrated little but failure and suffering around the world.

The Nisga’a are proving me wrong, and this was again demonstrated at a little-noticed ceremony at the B.C. legislature last week.

The B.C. government had just passed amendments to allow a gas pipeline through Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park, the first co-managed provincial park in B.C. history.

Another bill enabled the Nisga’a Lisims government to impose industrial property tax on liquefied natural gas production. Legal documents were signed so the Nisga’a legislature can do the same this week.

In recent years, the Nisga’a disposed of concern about collective land restrictions by adopting a private property system. And Supreme Court of Canada decisions have repeatedly answered protests about the establishment of a paral-

lel state – that’s what it is, so get used to it.

The Nisga’a have moved to assemble four fee-simple tidewater sites for LNG terminals, joining the Haisla Nation at Kitimat in reaching aggressively for a modern economy through gas export. The Nisga’a have partnered with TransCanada Corp. on a 900-km pipeline to supply the $11-billion LNG project led by Petronas for the Prince Rupert port.

And they don’t intend to stop there.

“We want to be part of the Canadian business establishment,” said former Nisga’a Nation president Joe Gosnell.

The signing ceremony was briefly disrupted by one of a small group of Vancouver-based Nisga’a who have been using modern protest tactics against this decision. We weren’t consulted, it’s a desecration of victims of a volcanic eruption, it’s a threat to eelgrass beds, and so forth, say well-rehearsed young men with video cameras running.

Nisga’a President Mitchell Stevens has patiently and repeatedly explained that Nisga’a legislature rules were relaxed to allow every hereditary chief to speak to elected leaders on this pivotal move. After that it received the required twothirds majority support.

Gosnell, the revered chief negotiator who carried the treaty over the goal line in 2000, moved slowly with the help of an ornately carved cane to speak at a reception. He seemed

genuinely surprised that he has lived long enough to see the fruits of generations of labour.

Gosnell recounted the 1887 paddling trip down the B.C. coast from the Nass Valley to Victoria to present the Nisga’a territorial claim, where the tribal leaders were turned away on the steps of the legislature

by Premier William Smithe. It would take until 1910 for Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to promise a settlement, and until 1949 for Nisga’a Chief Frank Calder to be elected to the B.C. legislature.

In 2000, when the treaty received royal assent in Ottawa, Gosnell took part in a ceremonial burning of the Indian Act and got to work on implementing self-government.

And on Nov. 27, 2014, B.C. Liberal, NDP and independent MLAs voted unanimously to open the way to an industrial future for the Nisga’a.

“That’s what being alive means to me today,” Gosnell said. “You’ve got to have big dreams. Maybe all those dreams won’t come true, but at least you have the ability to dream big.

And boy, are we ever dreaming big.”

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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We asked: Do you volunteer? What value do you see in volunteering?

Yes, I have volunteered at SAFARS cat shelter. It helped me feel more connected to the community and got me a job in Langford.

Yes I do. It’s very rewarding and I get to help people in need.

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Few chose to vote So another BC Municipal Elections autumn has come and gone, and despite eye witness descriptions of long line-ups at the polls, on average barely 40 per cent of those eligible chose to participate.

Canadian disillusionment with non-proportionally representative democracy, managed by four political parties and their Leaders/ CEO’s, an increasing non-choice between “Tweedledum” and “Tweedledee”, candidates and politicians who more often than not are seeking a job for life or a step up on the career ladder, are clearly making the electorate wonder why they should bother.

That, and the realization that U.S. President Obama’s “Yes, We Can!” is really “Uh, Actually, No, We Can’t” gives one pause. Our two local television/news channels didn’t even provide election night coverage, choosing instead not to interrupt their (mostly American) programming.

Before the new Republican-majority Congress takes power in January, the U.S. Senate voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, meaning President Obama doesn’t actually have to make his views completely known by vetoing it.

Sharmini Peries, Executive Producer of The Real News Network, published an

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Yes I do. Volunteering is a great way to know people, building strong relaltionships and giving back to the community while having fun.

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Santa Claus is coming to town!

santa, riding on the Cowichan Valley shriners’ truck, was a big hit at the santa Parade on sunday. the parade was sponsored by the sooke region Chamber of Commerce.

interview with two journalist activists about the pipelines, Cherri Foytlin and Steve Horn. This information IMO is important for everyone in Canada who is against the tar sands and the pipelines, thank you for allowing me to share it, and I hope you will think long and hard about it and pass it on: http://www.therealnews.com/t2/index. php?option=com_con tent&task=view&id= 31&Itemid=74&jumi val=12674 Unfortunately, we have just begun to fight.

Helene Harrison Shirley

U.S. is

protecting our backs A problem with letters to editors is that facts are omitted to keep them short.

Rachel Lewis should answer many questions, such as when she lived in Port Angeles versus when the alleged “metal fusion” plant began operating, how she can be so precise about the number of “black ops” helicopters that “buzzed” her in darkness, and what the concerns in Port Townsend are. (Refer-

ence your November 26, 2014 issue.)

Checking the Internet I find Port Townsend’s concern is not the radar signals Lewis rails against, but sound from operation of EA18G aircraft replacing EA-6 aircraft on nearby Whidbey Island.

Some opponents confuse “electromagnetic radiation” such as from cellular phones and radars with nuclear radiation – fundamentally different risks.

And about signal strength, which diminishes rapidly with distance. News media say the exercises involve aircraft finding trucks transmitting signals,

Trina Titus Sooke

and the only concern is people approaching the trucks hiding in forests (warning tape will be placed around them).

Of course there may be U.S. Navy aircraft passing along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, given their major bases on Whidbey Island. And the things she can’t see - missile-carrying submarines, moving to and from the well-known base at Bangor Washington.

Lewis should wake up to the reality that the U.S. military is improving training to protect her back, much more than the small though very good Canadian forces – who by the way sail their seriously armed ships past Sooke from the navy base in Esquimalt (some of them submarines), and fly anti-submarine warfare helicopters from Victoria International airport to and from the Canadian frigates that carry them.

Oh, the potentials for paranoia.

Keith Sketchley Saanich

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SFRS designated as an Early Years Centre Family Centre at 345 Wale Road in Colwood.

The centres build upon a foundation of pre-existing SFRS Early Years services ranging from prenatal services to services for families

Improving accessibility to services

with children up to age 6. These services include: Prenatal Education and Outreach, Kingfisher Preschool, Family Resource Program Drop-in Playgroups, Family Sup-

port Outreach and Groups, Outreach at SD62 Strong Start sites, Pacheedaht Nation Family Group, and Child Care Resource and Referral.

The centre will pro-

vide an enhanced focus on bringing increased awareness of current services and community supports to families. Through access to a new dedicated Early Years resource and

referral phone line and the development of a comprehensive webbased resource, parents can easily access information that is relevant to their families.

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The BC Early Years Strategy is an eightyear government commitment to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of early years programs and services for families with young children.

The Sooke/Westshore centre is one of 12 centres currently identified across the province. The main Early Years Centre site is located at the SFRS site at the Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre at 6672 Wadams Way in Sooke with its satellite location at the SFRS site at the Westshore Child, Youth, and

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December 2, 1969 Douglas queries possible oil pollution Tommy Douglas, leader of the NDP and MP for NanaimoCowichan-Islands, attempted last week to have the issue of potential oil pollution arising from the proposed exploratory debated in the House of Commons.

His motion for the debate arose, he said, “out of the fact that the government of British Columbia has granted seismic testing permits for drilling in the coastal areas of B.C., in particular Georgia Strait.

“The people in those areas are fearful that they will be subjected to the same kind of oil pollution which has been experienced by people living in the coastal areas of California. If the seismic tests prove to be favourable the oil companies will be applying to the federal government for oil drilling permits.”

December 5, 1979 Spring salmon making a comeback in

Looking Back

Sooke River Spring salmon are making a comeback in the Sooke River. Last year they seemed to be facing extinction, with only six of them seen, but this year fisheries officer John Stephen estimates a run of 50.

This year’s return of DeMamiel Creek coho are also good and fisheries officer Denis Burnip credits this in part to the Sooke Conservation Society’s salmon enhancement program.

In general, however, Stephen describes Sooke area runs over the last few years as “depressed, nothing to what they were in the past.”

December 6, 1989 Blue boxes coming to Sooke this week The Blue box collection for recyclable materials in Sooke was officially inaugurated on Saturday.

The ceremony, originally scheduled to take place in front of the Evergreen Shopping Centre, had to be moved inside to the Community Hall because of heavy rain.

December 1, 1999 New Milnes Landing store expected to rise from ashes of former building A new Milnes Landing Store is expected to rise from the ashes of the former landmark building destroyed by a fire last July.

Property owner Dennis Tottenham has received approval from the Capital Regional District to build a new convenience store on the property next to Fred Milne Park.

Money from fire insurance will cover the cost to rebuild the store which will take on

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the same configuration as the previous building.

However, Tottenham said he won’t be operating the new store.

“It’ll go to the person who buys it.”

Tottenham said he had tempting offers by franchises like Tim Hortons, for the property, but he decided not to go that route.

“I didn’t want that.

It wouldn’t reflect the community. It would be a corporation.

You’ve got to look after history,” he said.

December 2, 2009 Preservation groups alarmed by clear cut

The Muir Creek Protection Society is one component of a joint media event held last Monday at the Best Western Hotel in Victoria.

The publicity effort was held in concert with the Wilderness Committee and the Sierra Club of B.C. and the main point made was the urgent nature of establishing regional park status for the Muir Creek Watershed.

The area is said to be home to “the most magnificent stand of old-growth forest on private land near Victoria and the CRD.”

Notice of

Shirley-Jordan River Citizens’ Committee Official Community Plan Review Committee Meeting Review of Rough Draft Shirley Community Hall 2795 Sheringham Point Road, Shirley, BC December 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Public Welcome to Attend For further information or to add your email to our contact list or to submit comments on the draft OCP, please email jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or call 250.642.1500.

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June & Dan Herrling of Winter Harbour, B.C. are happy to announce the marriage of their son, Matthew Richard Herrling, to Erin Michele White, daughter of Michele & Rob White of Lake Cowichan, B.C. The lovely family garden wedding took place in Lake Cowichan on October 18, 2014.

The happy couple now reside in Parksville, B.C. ~ Love from Grandma & Grandpa Olson of Sooke, B.C.

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Modern day “ninjas” discover the outdoors through play Daniel Chauvin

Sooke News Mirror

Moving undetected in the forest is an ancient art that humans ‘once-upon-a-time’ practiced daily. The forest has ears and eyes which call upon our senses that have atrophied in modern ways of life. However, one game that children still universally play, when they get out-of-doors, is Hide-and-Go-Seek.

In the era before cellphones and big-screen TVs, the kids in neighbourhoods across the country would be out late at night, after dinner, practising the art of stillness and stalking, often ignoring the calls from mom to get inside and brush the teeth and get ready for bed.

At the Sunriver Community Garden, Daniela Roze from Thriving Roots Wilderness School presented a program for young children to draw them away from their tiny screen-blinders and back into wide-angle vision. Re-attuning their sensing bodies into what comes to children spontaneously — playful hiding and seeking, blending seamlessly into the forest. While the senses of the average child may be dulled by video games and overloaded with ‘selfies’, underneath the veneer of this virtual landscape, is a pulsing and articulate surround sound of natural forms that children, and adults, somehow remember behind it all. This is obvious the moment Roze asks the children to scout about the garden in search of plants that they think may be edible. The children were thrilled with this initial exercise in testing what they could gather in the three minute period allotted them. The infectious enthusiasm of some of the more skilled kids rubbed off on the newbies and the learning experience was group driven. After having identified several edi-

bles, the group reassembled and discussed their findings.

The next exercise was to hide on the edge of the forest, within a very short span of a long 10-count and become ‘invisible’.

With not much time to hide, the children scattered quickly, testing their ability to remain still and unseen. Their efforts were impressive as they were not so easily detected even within a short distance.

Of course, some of the more colourful clothes gave some of them away, but the point of exercise helped highlight the loudness of one’s visual as well as auditory signature.

The ninjas of feudal Japan were experts on the art of invisibility

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Daniela Roze teaches kids to use their senses to better understand their natural world. for purposes of spying and survival. Camouflaging with foliage, appearing as a motionless rock, hiding under water plants were various techniques that they employed. Not to

be outdone, this mirthful group explored the local woods and learned what it means to be ‘wild ninjas’.

According to Roze this means being custodians of nature and taking

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care of each other. After singing songs, each child received a ‘nature name’. The group then learned about navigation through an exercise of being blindfolded and taken to a secret location. Having to find their way back they were encouraged to use all their senses while blindfolded. Listening to the river, feeling the sunshine on their faces, noticing the direction of the wind, feeling the sensation on their shoes in the changing landscape (mud!) all helped dial in the senses to the

surrounding forest. In working as a team the children were able to find their way back to their starting point.

Closing off the day, the kids gathered to make a bow-drill fire and shared stories about the day. The joy and animated expressions were written on the young faces of these wild-ninjas-in-themaking. All in all, a funfilled and educational day in Sooke’s beautiful river-side woods.

Daniela Roze’s Thriving Roots School draws from nature as a medium for deep-

ening connections to self, community, and the earth. By guiding students in learning ancestral skills and wilderness survival, she hopes to foster a relationship with the natural world, build community, and support students in becoming their brightest selves.

She offers immersive nature programs for adults and custom programs as well. Her website can be found at: http://www.thrivingroots.org/youth-programs/

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Tis’ the Season!

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Soccer players were part of the Santa Parade on November 30 in Sooke.

Photos by Daniel Chauvin

Sooke Thunderbirds and Blue Lightning braved the cold for the Christmas Parade. The crisp weather didn’t stop these spirited players from cheering on the arrival of the Chrismas season.

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GRAND CARIBOO OPRY

On behalf of the Sooke Harbour Players, I would like to thank all of our amazing Sponsors who enabled us to raise over $11,000 for the Sooke Food Bank. We had a full house and lots of fun.

Bentall Thanks

Barney Bentall and the Grand Cariboo Opry gave us one of the best shows to hit Sooke in many years. And last but not least to the People of Sooke for your support.

MEL DOBRES, SHOW COORDINATOR

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Trina Titus, Debbie Davies and Coleen Hoglund donning their favourite Sports team Jerseys on National Jersey

Sooke Soccer Club in the Christmas Spirit SSC got their Christmas spirit kick started with the Christmas Parade on Sunday!

Approximately 12 teams participated, making SSC the biggest group in the parade two years in a row!

Shout out to the U10 girls, their parents, and Colleen Lembcke for organizing the creation of our first ever float in the Christmas parade! Thanks to Jason and Hillary

Childs for the use of their truck and trailer.

Big thanks to all the players and parents with their blue and white jingaling bling!

Way to represent!

Christmas trees arrive this Friday and will be on sale Saturdays 9-6 p.m. Sundays10-6pm, Mon-Friday 4-7 p.m. at the Fred Milne club house. All proceeds go towards field improvements.

Laura Lockhart

Star of the Week

Abe Lamontagne started playing hockey at five. He played one year of basketball in elementary school but really started to shine when he rejoined in grade 10 and has played for the last few years. He currently plays for Kerry Park Islanders Junior B and EMCS Wolverines. He is a strong rebounder who flourishes in the fast break offence. His dream is to play NCAA college hockey and to get into college basketball as well.

The U16 boys played a LISA Cup Game on Saturday despite the snow and field closure. Peninsula Soccer Club was kind enough to offer us one of their fields.

Our Sooke boys played Peninsula’s U15 boys. Although Penin-

sula fought hard Sooke won the game 5-0 with goals from Chris Berkeley, Tie Boake and Matthew Miller.

Great goal tending from Rylin Wilsher and Bobby Nex. Way to go Shredders!

Michelle Berkeley

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East Sooke Citizens’ Committee Official Community Plan Review

The Wolverines pose with Mom’s Cafe owners, Tom and Elaine Dee. This pre-season has seen unprecedented financial support for AAA EMCS Boys Basketball from Local Sooke Businesses: Mom’s Cafe purchasing all AAA Boys Player Jackets, Sooke 2-for-1 Pizza providing Coaches and Trainer Team Jackets. SDL Disposal are providing Player Schedule cards, Dumont Tire is providing Team Schedule Posters, Prestige Hotel is providing Silent Auction Overnight Packages, Sooke Home Hardware is providing a Silent Auction Gift certificate, Sooke Subway is sponsoring our Sooke Classic Tournament Program.

Committee Meeting Review Rough Draft of Revised OCP

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East Sooke Fire Hall 1397 Coppermine Road, Sooke, BC December 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Public Welcome to Attend

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We will send reminder notices of upcoming Citizens’ Committee meeting and events.

Wolverines at 3 wins, 0 losses in exhibition play The Edward Milne S.r boys had three exhibition games this week. the games were intended as warm ups for the start of South Island AAA boys league play.

The league starts Tuesday December 2 at home vs rival PCS. On November 25 the Wolverines played GNS from Oak Bay. The boys ran out to a 28-14 1st quarter and 45-26 half time lead.

GNS made a bit of a come back but EMCS

held on for the 68-60 win.

Abe Lamontagne lead all scorers with 16 and guard Lucas Blatchford lead all rebounders with 10.

On November 26 EMCS played the St. Michael’s b team. Everyone on the team registered on the score sheet. Capt. Taylor Sulzen led all scorers with 15 points.

EMCS won 64-28.

November 28 EMCS traveled to Vic

High to play their final tune-up game. The The Wolverines never trailed in the game.

Playing against the Totems 2-1-2 zone all night yet they still managed a 71-44 victory. Leading scorers were Lamontagne with 21 and Jonah Phillip with 16.

The EMCS squad is presently ranked third amongst AAA teams on the Island.

Coach Trevor

We are asking the community to come out to watch our EMCS teams compete, schedules available at Sooke 2 for 1. This Tuesday we are playing at home against rivals Pacific Christian School, the team the EMCS Wolverines AAA Sr Boys had to beat last season to win the AAA Regular Season Sr Boys title.

SEAPARC programs SEAPARC, Sooke’s Leisure Centre has a number of winter programs of interest to many.

Swim passes are available for a one time drop in fee or multiple visits and even one month to annual memberships.

Fitness drop in programs are ongoing.

Drop in team sports such as pickleball and volleyball are played.

Personal weight and fitness training is on the menu as well.

How about skating? There are public skaates scheduled throughout the winter as well as adult, youth hockey, family and friends hockey. There is lots to do, you just have to pick up a catalogue at SEAPARC or online.

You can register in person at SEAPARC during regular hours, by phone of online. w w w. s e a p a r c . c a 250-642-8000, email: seaparc@crd.bc.ca

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Upcoming Public Meetings

DoS Meetings No Scheduled Meetings What’s New!

The District of Sooke website at www.sooke.ca has information about your community – including:

2014 Property Taxes A reminder that unpaid 2014 Property Taxes will start to accrue interest as of January 1st, 2015.

Also, a reminder that December 31st, 2014 is the deadline to claim a retroactive Home Owner Grant for 2013.

This schedule is subject to change.

Please call 250-642-1634 to confirm meetings.

Council meeting agendas may be viewed at www.sooke.ca

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Helping Those In Need

We continue walking and nearing the end of this long liturgical time after Pentecost. Led by the Spirit of God, we got here because we want to enjoy the benefits of the Kingdom of God, when we persevere in grace.

On Sunday (November 9) the message of the Gospel urged us to stay awake: “Watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13).Then Matthew’s Gospel, (November 16) exhorts us not to fear the risk, but to use our talents and all of our abilities in our community to grow the Kingdom of God. Our Sooke community is using those talents by working for those in need. At Holy Trinity Church we have the Vital Vittles program –which celebrate its 11 anniversary on November 21, 2014 – where every Friday we provide lunch for people in need. This program exists thanks to people from the Sooke community who donate food and in occasion some economic recourse.

Another important factor is the group of volunteers whom every Friday set up tables and prepares the food to be served at 11:30 am.

The Holy Trinity community gives to the community of Sooke and I would like to thank all of our volunteers for running this program. In today’s Matthew Gospel (Nov. 23), Jesus states “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” In reference to those who help others without waiting for compensation. “‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”(Matthew 5:6).

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KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124 SUNDAY SERVICE 10:15 am Pre-Service Singing 10:30 am Family worship Rev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH 7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424 SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish 2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945 Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 am Thursday Mass 10:30 am Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Office Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-12 Thurs 1-3 Rev. Fr. Michael Favero

Pastor Rick Eby

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JUAN DE FUCA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4251 Sooke Road | 778-425-3403 SATURDAY SERVICE

9:30 am Bible Study • 11:00 am Church Service Pastor: Mike Stevenson

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COMING EVENTS APPLE FEST Tea & Bake Sale, Saturday, December 6, 12-3. Holy Trinity Church, 1962 Murray Rd. AWARENESS FILM Night “ 20th Birthday Celebration, Dec. 10th. 7-9pm. Cake, Tea & Film. “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky & the Media�. EMCS Theatre.

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SOOKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

AGM DEC. 9, 7PM DINING ROOM SOOKE COMMUNITY HALL SOOKE HOSPICE Christmas Craft & Bake Sale. Saturday Dec. 13, 9am-2pm. 6669 Goodmere Rd off Murray Rd. Donations of baking & crafts appreciated. Any questions: Deanna 778-425-1008

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DEATHS

With love and heartfelt sadness, we regretfully announce the passing of Michael Townsend.

Forever in our hearts... Michael passed Peacefully with his family at his side. He will be deeply missed.

Loving Son & Brother, he is survived by Parents Al & Shirley Beange, siblings Cal (Lisa), Holly (Iian), Kerry (Lana), Troy (Stacey), Cara (Kurt), Bryan (Tanya), many close nephews & nieces, extended family and friends that shared many memories over the years.

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AUCTION SALE Notice is hereby given by West Coast Super Storage Ltd, 3220 Otter Point Rd, Sooke, BC, V9Z 0K8 that the following item(s) will be open for bids between 9am-12pm on December 13, 2014 on the premises to cover costs incurred.

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Tuesday & Thursday - Lunch and Bingo Community Hall.

Wednesday - Special trips advertised in Sooke Mirror.

Friday - Lunch and shopping trips in Victoria, Call Celia, 250-642-5828.

Last Sunday of the month Dinner at different restaurants , Call June, 250-642-2032.

DEATHS

Patricia Mary

Therrien

Mother, Grandmother (mama) and friend, Loved and missed so much Died November 12 after a short battle with Cancer.

Her family was by her side.

Pat was pre deceased by Bert and her parents Walter and Betty and her beloved dog Max Mama is survived by her three Children Robert, Carolyn (Ken) Michelle (Kerry) and 5 Grandchildren, Matthew (Nina), Chelsea (Leroy), Tyler, Kelsey, (Ryan) Michael and Todd Our mom lived for her family and lived her last months to their fullest – we have treasured every minute we had with her. Her greatest joy was her grandchildren and watching them in their various activities.

Pat lived in Sooke for 41 years and was an active member of the community.

We would like to thank the Doctors, Nurses, volunteers at hospice and our friends for all their support.

Mom we love you, miss you and are so grateful for the life we shared together.

SERVICE will be held Dec. 6, 2pm at First Memorial – 4725 Falaice Drive.

Presided by Father William.

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Arts & Entertainment Music students present a Winter Concert

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR -- Wednesday, Wednesday, December november 3, 12,2014 2014

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usic in the schools is coming together through the hard work of music teachers and the Sooke community.

Laurel Parliament’s dream came true this year when she became the full-time music teacher in Sooke. Music is her life and she said, “My goal is to have all my elementary students singing, reading and writing music.”

She teaches elementary music at Saseenos and John Muir and is conducting the EMCS Concert Band in preparation for a concert on December 4. She was too busy in rehearsal to talk and responded to questions via email There are 17 students in the band from Grades 9-12 with two Grade 8 students from Journey joining in for the Winter Concert.

Parliament said students from EMCS can join the band at any time and they get credit towards graduation with dual credit

courses, one for concert band and one for stage and performance.

“All the extra time students will put in this year means that they will earn eight credits - well deserved,” she said.

The students are practicing in the band room at EMCS for the upcoming concert.

Some students though cannot join because they don’t have an instrument.

“Our goal is to have an instrument bank (with one of each instrument) so that any student can have access to band, whether their family owns an instrument or not.”

Grants have been applied for and they are accepting donations of gently used concert band instruments.

“A recent generous donation from a community member has given us a boost in our much neglected percussion equipment,” said Parliament. “He put new heads on the drum kit, acquired a ride cymbal and stand, and also donated equipment like shakers

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and maracas.”

The program for the Winter Concert which takes place on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the EMCS Theatre is a mixture of small ensemble music, concert band classics and solos. Parliament said some of the unique pieces include a modern saxophone ensemble arrangement of the Huron Carole, a rearrangement of Eye of the Tiger with solos by Matthew Miller on clarinet, Oliver Tonessen (drum kit) and Brianne Barton (percussion) and a composition for clarinet entitled Dasher and Dancer-Reindeer Ramble.

Solos will be by Matthew Miller on clarinet and Bryn Martin on flute. International student Marcos Lobato Scharfhausen will be featured in saxophone.

Master of ceremonies is Nona Robertson.

Admission is by donation, which will go towards purchasing sheet music and musical instruments.

Mark your calendar for another concert.

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ber 18, students from K-5 at Saseenos elementary school will be performing at the annual Saseenos Elementary Winter Concert at 6:30 p.m.

The students have been rehearsing and the concert will be full of fun contemporary pieces and traditional carols. Admission will be by donation with proceeds going to the music program. An item for the food bank would be much appreciated.

There’s a lot more in the works for the musically-minded students in Sooke. All four elementary schools will get together to share music with the Sooke Community Choir in March. EMCS and Journey middle school bands are going to the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival in April and on Music Monday during May the elementary school will be caroling around Sooke. Plus added performances in the spring.

“It’s going to be a great year of music in Sooke,” said Parliament.

Artisans gather together for native arts and crafts fair Pirjo Raits

Sooke News Mirror

The T’Sou-ke Arts Group (TAG) has been bringing back traditional First Nation art for at least the last six years.

Once a week they meet at the band office on the T’Sou-ke reserve and learn from each other the ancient and not so ancient ways of creating art. On December 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the group, along with other artists, will be holding their annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Show in the old Catholic church on Lazzar and Sooke Road, now informally called the “Lazzar building.”

One of the special guests at the sale will be Victoria’s third Poet Laureate. Janet Marie Rogers enters her final year as poetry ambassador to the city. Rogers will have books of her poetry at the sale.

“There are quite a few returnees,” said Bristol of the line up of artists and crafts people taking part. “Of course Doug LaFortune will be there - he missed last year.”

Other people of note who will be at the sale are T’Sou-ke Nation’s own Darlene George and Charlene George. Jamie Gentry who makes upcycled children’s clothing, as

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First Nations art and craft will be featured at the TAG Christmas sale on December 6 at the Lazzar building (Former St. Rose of Lima Catholic church) on Sooke Road. Pictures are vendors from the 2010 TAG show. well as quilts, cards and recycled leather baby moccasins will take part. Her focus is on comfort as well as being gentle on the Earth.

Denise and Chrissy from the Ladybug Greenhouse and Garden will be there with a variety of canned foods. There will be carvings, drums, weaving, knitting as well as cards and art all from First Nation aboriginal and Métis artists.

There will also be a loonie/ toonie fundraiser which will go towards T’Sou-ke families for Christmas.

The youth centre will be running the concession with funds to go towards attending a youth conference.

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Film night celebrates 10 years Thought provoking films

In 1994 good friends Kathy and Jo, upon the recommendation of Kathy’s 19-year-old son, watched the film Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. After the long and mind-expanding evening, Kathy turned to Jo and said, “everyone should see this film!”

And so, Awareness Video Night was born, screening monthly documentary films “on Noam Chomsky topics normally disregarded by the mainOn December 10 stream media.” In the early days, finding topi- there will be a 20th cal, presentable films to birthday celebration for meet this criteria was Awareness Film Night not so easy and atten- featuring cake, tea and dance was sporadic. a re-screening of the Then, in 2005, as VHS film Manufacturing Congave way to DVDs, and sent, still relevant and with the advent of doc- still being referred to by umentaries as feature Chomsky, who will be films (think: Michael 86 on December 7 and Moore), the video night is still as sharp as a box moved from the staff of tacks.

This award-winning room at the Edward Milne community film, by Mark Achbar school into the theatre (The Corporation) and and became Awareness Peter Wintonick is a film about the media and Film Night.

it’s methods of, well, manufacturing consent, which is a concise (and polite) way of saying “manipulating the public to all think the same way.” About everything; political agendas to consumer choices to what is possible and what is not. Chomsky, a world-renown linguist, intellectual and political activist, has no trepidations about going against that status quo in lectures, discussions and media encounters

such as those included in this film, including his famous debate with uber-arrogant pundit William F. Buckley Jr. and his visit to Malaspina College in Nanaimo. The film is three hours long, so only one part of it will be screened. After the film maybe moviegoers can take a few minutes to collectively reflect if we are more aware than we were in 1994.

As usual, the film night will be held in the EMCS theatre from 7-9 p.m. Admission is by donation.

The Awareness Film Night film library, featuring over 100 of the documentaries screened over the past 20 years, including Manufacturing Consent, should be moved into its new location by the end of November.

Many thanks to Bryan Davis of the (late, great) Video to Go for converting the bulk of the old VHS films onto DVD and to Karen Stones of A Sea of Bloom on Otter Point Rd. for providing the library with a new home.

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Lifeguard and general man-about-SEAPARC Courtney Willson leads the way to an attractive Christmas tree display in the SEAPARC Leisure Centre lobby back in 2010.

The trees are on site as part of a fundraising effort for the BC Childrens’s Hospital.

Festival of Trees The Festival of Trees transforms SEAPARC Leisure Complex into lush forests of beautifully decorated trees to raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital.

As sponsors of this event, local businesses, organizations and individuals have the honour of decorating the trees in a unique, exciting and always beautiful fashion. The trees are displayed over the holiday season, beginning in late November with kick-off decorating events through to early January.

Congratulations to last year’s People’s Choice Award Winner: Sooke Montessori.

Consider becoming a tree sponsor this year. Please contact Elizabeth Olsen, at 250-213-6716 or by email at sookefestivaloftrees@gmail.com if you would like us to send you a package or for more information.

The trees will remain up from December 2, 2014 - January 4, 2015 at the SEAPARC Leisure Complex - 2168 Phillips Road.

Community

Calendar Thurs Dec 4ADULT

EMCS BAND WINTER CONCERT

EMCS theatre, 7 p.m.

All ages. by donation.

Seasonal and classical music. Band fundraiser.

WALKING GROUP

SEAPARC. 10-11 a.m.

Registration required.

250-642-8000.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Cribbage 7 p.m.

BINGO Sr’s Drop-In Centre, 12:45 - 3 p.m. Community Hall.

TODDLERTIME Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Directory: Where to find what

Fri Dec 5VITAL VITAL VITTLES

Free lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Steak Night, 6-7:30 p.m.

Karaoke 8-11 p.m.

SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250642-5828 for information.

DROP IN HOCKEY SEAPARC, 7 to 8:15 p.m. all ages.

Christmas Market Sooke Comm. Hall Dec 6 & 7

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd

Sat. 10 - 5 Sun. 10 - 4

Sat Dec 6YAL ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Meat draw 3 p.m.

ANNUAL APPLE FEST TEA AND BAKE SALE Holy Trinity, 12 to 4 p.m.

Lunch $5 T’SOU-KE ARTS GROUP CRAFT FAIR 6221 Sooke Rd., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drums, concession, crafts, carvings, weaving A CHRISTMAS PAST Sooke Community Choir concert, 8 p.m. St. Rose of Lima LEIPZIG CHRISTMAS Ekoose Vocal Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Church

Legion #54: 6726 Eustace Library: 2065 Anna Marie Museum: 2070 Phillips Rd Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke Rd SEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd St. Rose of Lima

Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend Sooke Senior’s Bus: $15 annual membership. 250642-4662 Municipal Hall: 2205 Otter Point Rd Sooke Community Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd.

Sun Dec 7ROYA

SAIL PAST Best view of the decorated boats is from the Rotary Pier and the Boardwalk, 5 p.m.

MOSS COTTAGE CHRISTMAS Snowman building at the museum, 1-4 p.m. register kids 10 and under at 1 p.m.

CANADIAN LEGION Sunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5, kids welcome.

Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

A CHRISTMAS PAST Sooke Community Choir concert 2 p.m. St. Rose of Lima

QUESTION: Where can I find the Sooke Firefighters’ 2015 calendar?

ANSWER: Stick in the Mud, Fire Hall #1, or on the website.

Mon Dec 8 PARENT & TOT DROP-IN

Tues Dec 9BY

Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152.

CALLING ALL QUILTERS Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Call 250-642-0789 for info.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Euchre 6:30 p.m.

SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Ayre Manor Residents trips.

DROP IN HOCKEY At SEAPARC, all ages from 3 to 3:50 p.m.

STORYTIME

Ages 3-5, 10:30-11 a.m.

Sooke Libray, call 250642-3022 to register.

BABY TALK Childhood diseases and imminunizations. At the Child, Youth and Family Centre, from 10-11:30 a.m. 250-642-5464.

YOUTH CLINIC

Ages 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m.

Family Medical Clinic.

KNITTING CIRCLE

Sooke Library, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Free, all levels. Dropin. 250-642-3022.

SOOKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AGM 7 p.m. Sooke Community Hall dining room.

SHOPPERS

Wed Dec 10PEOW-

WALKING GROUP People’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.

PARENT DISCUSSION GROUP Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Dominos 10 a.m.

Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m.

AWARENESS FILM NIGHT Manufacturing Consent, 7 p.m. EMCS Theatre, admission by donation.

250-642-5229

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drop it off in the drop box.

“We asked this year to take all of the Sooke kids,” said Deb Schenk, Toys for Kids organizer, from the Harbourside Lions. “This way the children are getting what they want.”

The Sooke Harbourside Lions will be at Shoppers Drug Mart for two weekends accepting donations and giving out “bears.”

“We’re starting with 100 bears from Santa’s Anonymous.”

Schenk said people can donate money, if they wish, and the Lions will do the shopping for the gifts. Last year, she said, 200 families were helped and 362 kids. Santa’s Anonymous spends about $80 per child.

Santa’s Anonymous is working with the Sooke Harbourside Lions to ensure that each child will get a gift.

The Harbourside Lions will be at Shoppers Drug Mart on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 28, 29, 30 and December 5, 6 and 7.

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Deb Schenk, of the Sooke Harbourside Lions, with some of the Santas Anonymous Bear tags which can be used to purchase gifts for children.

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here was a day when the people of Sooke would donate their gently used toys, fix them up and present them to children at Christmas.

These days, due to health regulations concerns, that no longer happens.

Instead, the Sooke Harbourside Lions will be working with Santa’s Anonymous to collect toys for kids in Sooke. How it will work

is that those who wish to donate can purchase a “bear” which has a child’s name and age on it and they can shop for that child. There will be a “wish” on the “bear” and the person can then shop specifically for that child and

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DECEMBER EVENTS Dec. 6 ~ Christmas Light Up, Craft Fair and Island Equipment Owners Association Big Truck Parade at Veterans Park 5 to 7:45 p.m.

FREE hot dogs and hot chocolate Parade passes by at approximately 8 p.m.

Dec. 7 ~ Skate With Santa at City Centre Park FREE EvEnt from 3 to 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 11-14 and 18-21 ~ Christmas Lights Trolley Tours, leaves City Centre park at 6:30 and 7:15 p.m., by donation to Goldstream Food Bank Dec. 20 ~ Free Public Skate - soposored by Island Savings 3:30 - 4:50 Dec. 31 ~ Family New Year’s Eve at City Centre Park Check out www.citycentre park.ca for costs and schedule of other events

Thank you

On behalf of Langford Council and our residents, I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a safe and happy Holiday season. May the New Year be filled with peace, joy and prosperity for everyone in our community and throughout the Capital Region.

Mayor Stew Young

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