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Hearts of the Community nominations are due tomorrow at 4 p.m.

SIDNEY — Do you know of a great volunteer in your Saanich Peninsula community?

Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 29, is the deadline for nominations in the 17th annual Hearts of the Community Volunteer Awards Celebration next month.

Hosted by Beacon Community Services and the Peninsula News Review, the event honours volunteers, young and old.

All fields of volunteer work, past or present, are eligible as long as it’s been on the Peninsula. The free event is open to everyone, but tickets are required.

N o m i n a tion forms and complimentary tickets can be picked up from the SHOAL Activity Centre, 10030 Resthaven Dr., the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. or the Peninsula News Review offices, 103-9830 Second St. in Sidney, from Beacon Thrift Shops in Sidney and Brentwood Bay, or downloaded and printed from beaconcs. ca.

Forms are to be dropped off at the SHOAL Activity Centre, faxed in to 250655-4420, or can be scanned and emailed to hearts2015@beaconcs.ca. Nominations must be received by 4 p.m. on Jan. 29.

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Sidney’s Pamela Hobbs worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park in the U.K. during the Second World War, the subject of a new movie called The Imitation Game.

Pamela Hobbs is no imitation

Sidney woman spent the war years working at the ultra-secret Bletchley Park Nancy Gullason

This is Pamela Hobbs’ story.

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It was a chance meeting outside the Star Cinema in Sidney. An older woman, wearing a black and white Nordic type toque and matching mittens walked up to have a look at the cinema’s coming attractions.

She had the bluest eyes and creamy curly white hair tucked into her hat. A quick smile and she said she was looking forward to seeing The Imitation Game, a new film about the lives of code-breakers during the Second World War. “You know I worked there, at Bletchley Park, when I was 18,” she said, smiling again.

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amela Hobbs was born in 1924 in Seaford, in the county of East Sussex, on the south coast of England. She moved to Pahang, in Malaysia, when she was three months old. Before her birth, her mother and father were living in Malaysia where her dad worked as a silk merchant, and later, as an accountant with BP. Her mother had come back to England to give birth.

NG: You only saw them once or twice in five years?

PH: Yes, I saw them once or twice.

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Sidney fire hall replacement plan outlined Feb. 2 Findings of feasibility study to be made public; new council to hear arguments Photo by Bob Orchard

This seal was spotted by photographer Bob Orchard this week near Sidney’s Beacon Wharf.

Biologist to discuss fate of B.C.’s marine mammals SIDNEY — Join biologist Misty MacDuffee at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre for her lecture, “Through the Lens of Ecology: Marine Mammals in the Salish Sea.” B.C.’s coastal waters are known for their presence of remarkable marine mammals, but our relationship with these

creatures has not always been so appreciative, says MacDuffee.

She will discuss the ecology of mammals in the Salish Sea, the pressures on their environment and survival and the efforts of Raincoast and others to mitigate the hazards they face.

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A feasibility study into the replacement of the Sidney fire hall will be made public as the new municipal council hears from proponents of the plan. On Feb. 2, council holds a committee meeting with a focus on the study done by Bradley Shuya Architect Inc. as well as background information and rationale on why a new structure may be necessary.

The Town of Sidney started the feasibility study in 2014 and by September were reviewing conceptual plans that showed a new community safety building could be three storeys tall and located on land next to Sidney Elementary School.

That property, on Seventh Street, would have to be purchased from School District 63 (Saanich).

The Feb. 2 meeting will discuss not only the need for a replacement hall but the rationale behind why the location may be one of the best available.

Mayor Steve Price told the News Review on Monday the proposed location was deemed the best possible, taking into account factors like call volume and volunteer location.

“This is really a first opportunity for the newly-elected council to review the details and background surrounding this important project,” stated Price in a media release.

Part of the study being done includes potential traffic impacts of locating a new fire hall and ambulance station on Seventh Street. Price said there are examples in the region where the combination works successfully.

Price said that the Town will present much of the same material to the school board on Feb. 11. From there, he said negotiations would commence on the purchase price of the land.

He added there’s no overall project price tag yet — that will come once the land cost is established and detailed engineering plans for the building are complete. At this point, Price said those plans won’t proceed until the land question is firmed up.

Price said he hopes people will attend the Feb. 2 meeting and see for themselves the threats to the current fire hall in the event of a disaster and the initial plan to replace it with something that will last 50-plus years. The committee meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2.

RCMP in Sidney to get new commander Steven Heywood News staff

There will be a command change at the Sidney North Saanich RCMP detachment next month.

After six years at the helm, Staff Sergeant Dennis O’Goreman is leaving to take on a new job at the RCMP’s Island Division headquarters in downtown Victoria.

He will be replaced by Staff Sergeant AnnaMarie Millard.

O’Goreman said he and Millard are essentially swapping jobs — where she was his superior, he takes over and Millard comes to Sidney to run the local detachment.

The staff sergeant announced the change to North Saanich district councillors on Monday, noting that when he started six years ago, the community was regarded as

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Staff Sergeant Dennis O’Goreman during Remembrance ceremonies in 2014. There will be a change of command next month at the Sidney North Saanich RCMP detachment. one of the safest in B.C. He said that’s still true today.

He added the local RCMP detachment typi-

cally retains its officers for five years.

“I’ve been here for six and now I feel it needs new blood,” he said.

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Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps speaks to participants in the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tour of Industry Jan. 23 at Brentwood Bay Resort. She hopes the idea of a regional economic development effort catches on with her mayoral counterparts.

Growing regional economy Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps addresses local industry tour Steven Heywood News staff

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps is pushing for action on an economic initiative she has dubbed Metro Victoria.

Helps, elected last November, has been meeting with other mayors in the Greater Victoria area and on Jan. 23 in front of a capacity crowd at Brentwood Bay Resort during the Tour of Industry, issued a challenge to Saanich Peninsula and other municipal leaders.

“What happens in your mind when you think about metro, or metropolitan Victoria?” she asked “I’m not talking about amalgamation, but still, a bigger regional picture.

“Challenges we have with transportation, affordable housing and more are all challenges we face, not just Victoria.”

Helps said she thinks one approach to addressing those issues could be establishing a local economic ecosystem of Greater Victoria.

Helps likened the economic ecosystem concept to a forest, where a variety of things contribute to its overall health. In that metaphor, the Saanich Peninsula’s industrial core makes up one component, as do things like Victoria’s tourism industry and the West Shore’s look to expanding its reach into tech companies.

Helps said there are challenges to bringing all municipal players together on regional economic development.

“There’s a climate of red tape, of isolation and fragmentation,” she said, “it’s a zero-sum game.”

Helps added fear of losing

something is preventing a full exploration of what she calls local and regional assumptions about the economy.

Those assumptions, she said, include: • the Greater Victoria Development Agency is already doing as much as they can to promote Victoria; • the more agencies the region has, the better off everybody is; • competition between municipalities is the best way to grow the economy; • there’s only a limited pie from which to draw, and; • the City of Victoria is not capable of taking a leadership role in the region’s economy.

“How do we get unstuck?

How do we make a plan for Metro Victoria?”

Helps said doing so requires leadership in a current climate of mayors fighting each other for their own communities. While the benefits must resonate in each community, Helps added action must be taken to better the region’s overall health.

That, she continued, will require all municipalities to put up resources to create a plan, set short- and long-term targets and form an appropriate body to champion the idea.

“I feel a sense of coming together, of collaboration,” Helps said. “We can’t stand alone and we can’t talk forever.”

Helps said she’s not married to the term Metro Victoria, for all that that brings to mind. Yet, she is hoping for action. She said she plans to meet with area mayors to discuss similar economic issues and hopes it will lead to a more robust regional economic climate.

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Trying to resolve parking issues surrounding the Muse Winery in North Saanich, the owners are offering to add 52 stalls both onsite and along Tatlow and Chalet roads.

In an application to the District, owners Jane and Peter Elmann are seeking a variance permit that would see only 15 new parking spaces created on their property. The other 27 would run along the north side of Tatlow Road and west side of Chalet Road. The owners, according to district staff, have agreed to pay an estimated $120,000 to improve the boulevards to be able to accommodate parking — otherwise, they could face the loss of some of their grape vines to make room for more parking stalls.

The 15 new spots are proposed for the east portion of the Muse Winery property and would add to the existing 16 on-site spaces.

The owners have run into complaints from neighbours and bylaw enforcement issues from the municipality as their business has grown, increasing the need for more dedicated parking spaces.

The applicants report that on-street parking would likely only be used around 50 times per year for events at the Muse.

North Saanich council has been working with the owners and

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The Muse Winery in North Saanich hosts a variety of events and is working with the municipality to ensure adequate parking. their neighbours for a 15 spaces and confirm few years and council- with the provincial lors are hoping people archaeological branch in the area will be made that there’s no issues aware of the proposed with the application.

“I wonder when the changes.

“I’m not comfort- public will have a say,” able with the 27 spaces added Coun. Heather District on Chalet and Tatlow Gartshore. roads,” said Coun. Geoff Chief Administrative Orr, noting he worries Officer Rob Buchan said in this that it could type of applibe a benefit cation, statuto the winery tory notices and not be don’t go out balanced with to neighresidents’ bours of the concerns property over traffic until the and noise. project has “So, I’m still advanced not ready to further. That support this Heather said, Buchan re c o m m e n - Gartshore noted coundation,” Orr cil can said.

Staff are recom- change that at any time.

“This is an unusual mending that council approve the amend- variance application in ments and consider that there’s been a lot the variance should the of complaints about owners of the Muse be the parking and farm bonded for the park- use issues in general,” explained. ing improvement work, Buchan councomplete their on-site “Normally,

cil might not be this involved.”

He suggested referring the application and staff report to the District’s Agriculture Advisory Committee might invite early comment from the public as well.

The only real issue in doing so, he added, is the extra time for this process.

“The time and opportunity for neighbours to comment has been extensive,” said Mayor Alice Finall, referring to the last two years’ worth of debate on the matter.

“I feel the AAC might not be able to add much, since the issue has been around for some time.”

Council disagreed, and in a 5-1 vote (the mayor’s being the only opposing vote) sent the recommendation to the AAC for review and comment. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

Jubilee committee to create new park Steven Heywood News staff

• Mayor Alice Finall presented Staff Sergeant Dennis O’Goreman of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP a small gift of appreciation following O’Goreman’s announcement that he will be leaving the area for a new job with the RCMP in Victoria.

• Council allocated $10,000 to the District’s Jubilee Committee to put toward a new park near the airport — a legacy project and part of the 50th anniversary of the municipality to be held in the early summer.

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District of North Saanich Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 • North Saanich will consider, during its budget deliberations, whether it wishes to participate or be a sponsor of the 39th annual Elders Gathering, hosted by the Tsawout First Nation July 7 to 9, 2015.

• Council ratified four appointments to the Peninsula and Area Agricultural Commission: Samantha Charlton, Kim Lonsdale, Phil Christie and Jack Mar.

• Council’s next meeting — Committee of the Whole — is scheduled for Jan. 26. A trimunicipal meeting between North and Central Saanich and the Town of Sidney is slated for Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the North Saanich municipal hall.

• Correction: In a brief out of council in the News Review’s Jan. 23 edition, we incorrectly called a proposed Downey Road beach access point a boat launch. The proposal calls for only a beach access. We apologize for the error. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Bletchley Park recognition coming quite late Continued from page 1

When I saw him again I didn’t know he was my dad.

NG: How did you get chosen for the job at Bletchley Park?

PH: I was living in Kensington at this time.

I was 18 years old and I had finished boarding school in Farnborough Hill Hampshire. I knew I didn’t have enough money for university and I was wondering what to do. I received a letter from the War Office asking if I was good in math or English; they were recruiting. I had an interview at Green Park in London. Three guys came in with all their fancy buttons, majors and God knows what, sitting at a big table. They threw a German newspaper at me and said, “read this.” It wasn’t classical German, it was technical, and I translated it for them.

“We would like you to join the ATS,” (they said).

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was the women’s branch of the British Army during the war; it was formed in 1938 and disbanded in the 1950s. I joined in 1942.

NG: Can you describe the atmosphere in England at this time?

PH: Everything was rationed. You could have offal, it was not real meat, it was the livers and kidneys — we even ate the hearts. It was very drab. I lived with my sister in Kensington and I remember her telling me, “you have to put sheets all over your face (during air raids).”

I used to put the sheets over my face so the glass wouldn’t shatter my face when I was sleeping. I went through bomb experiences. I remember another time playing field hockey in boarding school and we saw a dogfight going on and we laughed — we didn’t think the bleachers would save us.

NG: Were you scared?

PH: When we were younger we felt, what is that word, yes, we felt invincible; we didn’t think anything would happen to us.

NG: Did you know what you were going to be doing at the Govern-

NG: When did you first receive any recognition for the work you did at Bletchley Park?

PH: In 2003 I went to see my niece in Stratford-Upon-Avon in England. She wanted me to go with her to see the heritage site of Bletchley Park. They ask for payment as you go inside and I told them, “You know I worked in Bletchley Park.” I didn’t have to pay anything, and I received my Freedom of Bletchley Park certificate and pass.

When I come to visit, I don’t have to pay.

ment Code and Cypher School at Bletchley?

PH: We didn’t know what we were going to do at Bletchley. I had to spend one month in billets and a whole month of training, all about radio and frequencies; we were not into the secret stuff yet.

After this month I went to train at Bletchley, which is about 50 miles from London. We were first billeted at Story Stratford, eventually living in wooden huts in Shenley.

NG: Were you aware of the secrecy of the work at Bletchley Park?

PH: We had to listen to the Official Secrets Act and swear under oath that we couldn’t talk to anyone or we would be hung or shot.

We took the oath once, and yes, we knew.

NG: How did that make you feel?

PH: It made you shut up. You couldn’t say a word; you couldn’t talk to anyone outside your domain. We could talk to our group we worked with, three officers and three NCOs, but couldn’t talk to anyone else in a different office. We were cocooned really.

People asked me if I knew so and so at Bletchley, but no I didn’t, because we couldn’t talk.

NG: Did you find it difficult keeping secrets?

PH: I liked to talk a lot, but I definitely would not say one word — even to my husband.

He asked what I did and I laughed and said I was a spy. My sister’s husband thought I was full of it and was talking through my hat.

NG: Tell me about the work you did there.

PH: It was mixed with all kinds of stuff. I started off as a private, it was nothing, but I was promoted quickly because they wanted us to shut up. I got my stripes and became a staff sergeant and then I was promoted to warrant officer. I worked in traffic analysis and troop movement. I would have to translate the information coming through the machines.

I worked on a big board with little strings; this would denote where the German troops were. We had to find out what fre-

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Sidney’s Pamela Hobbs holds her certificate of appreciation for her work at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. quency the Germans were using.

We had shoe boxes as our filing cabinets; we had no metal filing cabinets as the metal was needed for the war.

When the Americans working in the office saw our filing system they laughed. There was a very handsome lieutenant from the States who would bring us stockings that were a finer material than our thick Lyle stockings.

NG: Did you realize at the time how ground breaking the work was?

PH: No, we didn’t know. It was very fragmented and compartmentalized.

NG: What do you remember most about your time there?

PH: I can’t remember a single good meal at Bletchley Park. We had reconstituted eggs and these pickles that were bad. We had poor conditions for sleeping. The most money I made there was 37 shillings per week.

I was a sergeant on the night shift, we would get up at 10 p.m. and go to the mess and have a gin for the night shift. I never really liked gin and I never had alcohol until then.

It seemed drab, the town of Shenley was drab, it had a brick factory and a couple of pubs, but you couldn’t go into the pub unless you were with a man.

That is why we hitchhiked to London for some fun.

We had little concerts at Bletchley Park, and once this fellow was playing, his house had been bombed and his wife was killed that week.

He didn’t say a word to anyone, he just kept playing. This is how plucky some people were.

I knew a girl called Sylvia; she had fouryear-old twins she had taken to her sisters, there was a stray bomb and the two twins were killed. You would hear stories like this; people had to keep the light burning.

NG: Are you proud of the work you did?

PH: Well I wasn’t really. It wasn’t ‘till after it (was declassified) in 1974 that you realized what part you had done. I was a (small player) compared to the brilliant ones. It is hard to think you were doing something big when there were so many brilliant people working there.

NG: Did you receive any other communication or recognition from Bletchley Park over the years?

PH: The Queen gave everyone a pin that worked at Bletchley.

I believe that was in 2003, the same time I was offered Freedom of Bletchley Park. In 2009, I received a certificate and a pin in the mail from Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of England. The certificate reads, “The government wishes to express to you its deepest gratitude for the vital service you performed during (the war).”

I had no idea I was getting it.

NG: Do you feel the government should have recognized the people who worked at Bletchley Park earlier?

PH: Yes, the recognition and awards should have happened when it was declassified in 1974.

Nothing was done properly and some people were upset that all we got was a badge, as some thought we should have gotten a medal.

NG: Did you feel the movie The Imitation Game was accurate?

PH: In many ways it was. They just showed all of the work by Alan Turing, which was very well done, but there were so many other facets of the story. There were so many other brilliant people that weren’t mentioned.

NG: How did you get to Sidney?

PH: I moved to Canada with my husband in 1953 and moved to Victoria in 1991. My husband passed away in 1994 and I moved to Sidney in 2009.

I was widowed for

as I thought he was staring at me. He had actually overheard us talking about Bletchley Park and he had come over and wanted me to meet with his friend, who was an historian.

That is how I met my man. Neil had to get knee replacement shortly after we met, but he called me every two weeks to let me know he wanted to take me out.

I had 10 wonderful years with him and it all happened through Bletchley.

eight or nine years and met my boyfriend Neil when I was 80.

When I got back home from England in 2003 I saw a letter from the Legion, I was to get my 25 year pin, but I was at Bletchley at the time of this presentation.

I was having lunch at the Legion on the Gorge with my friend Shirley and I was telling her why I didn’t get my official 25 year pin as I was visiting Bletchley Park.

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idney is starting its self-described robust public participation process into the replacement plans for its fire hall.

On Monday, Feb. 2, council hears from the firm who conducted a feasibility study, looking at the potential sites, partners and makeup of a community safety building — one that will be built to a higher safety standard than its current fire hall on Third Street.

Already, it has been stated that land next to Sidney Elementary School on Seventh Street is the favoured location. Of course, that still requires negotiation between the Town and School District 63 (Saanich) on a purchase price.

Sidney is trying Needless to say, negotiations to ensure there those (as well as other will be buy-in discussions of price and service relocation by agencies like the RCMP, B.C. Ambulance Service and others) could very well remain out of the public eye. But that doesn’t mean there will an eroding of public process.

It’s not common for a municipality to issue a media release in advance of a regular committee meeting. Doing so in this case shows the Town realizes the issue will be an important one for many citizens and is making sure people have every opportunity to scrutinize the plans and the process.

Already, concerns are being raised by some residents over the potential impacts of relocating the fire hall — traffic, cost and need are already topics of discussion among News Review letter-writers.

Make no mistake, a replacement fire hall will cost millions of dollars and have the potential to radically change a portion of downtown Sidney.

By making sure residents have every chance to have a say early in the process, Sidney is trying to ensure there will be buy-in when a final decision is made.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

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air before the snow melts. hen the B.C. government There are seven caribou herds in last resorted to shooting the South Peace, with the Graham wolves from helicopters herd the largest at about 700. It’s in the 1980s, an emotional public the control group, left to fend for outcry forced a retreat. itself as a measure of wolf removal In the B.C. tradition, sensationseeking urban media and protesters for the rest. The Burnt Pine herd is down to one bull, effectively extinct. led the way. An outraged reporter The province and Treaty 8 First named Pamela Martin marched a Nations are working on a BCTV crew off the road plan to kill 120-160 wolves near Fort St. John to in that region. expose this presumed It’s long been accepted crime against nature. that resource roads, With a metre of snow and logging and recreational temperatures dipping trail use have increased to -40, they didn’t get herd disruption and far, but public sentiment predator access through was aroused enough for what would otherwise be politicians to overrule seamless bush and deep wildlife biologists. snow.

This winter, while Snowmobiles and snow reveals the wolves’ Tom Fletcher B.C. Views even back-country skiers location from the air, the can shift the balance. choppers and rifles are Smithers-area outdoor out again. And my heart enthusiasts are currently being goes out to the biologists and First urged to stay away from the Telkwa Nations hunters who face this grim Mountains, where the caribou herd task. is down to fewer than 20 animals.

The South Selkirk mountain Local hunting and snowmobile caribou herd, which ranges clubs have observed a ban on between B.C., Idaho and motorized travel since 2003, but of Washington, has been the target course there will always be yahoos of intensive conservation efforts who chase animals for fun. by governments on both sides of A mountain caribou recovery the border. Six of the remaining 18 plan was implemented in 2007, animals now wear radio collars. protecting 2.2 million hectares from There were 46 in 2009, only 27 by logging and road-building, including 2012, and wolves have killed two most of the core habitat of the more since last spring.

South Selkirk herd. The Nature Targeted hunting and trapping Conservancy of Canada bought 550 haven’t been sufficient, so up to 24 square kilometres in that region to grey wolves are to be shot from the

protect habitat.

Strategies include transplanting animals from healthier to weaker herds to increase genetic diversity, and capturing and penning females with young calves to keep them from being picked off by wolves.

The B.C. grey wolf population averages around 8,500, with managed hunting and trapping to protect livestock while preserving the wolf as apex predator in most of its wide range.

This context is seldom reported

by Vancouver media, which mostly sees its role not as explaining issues but rather embarrassing whatever political party is in power and providing an uncritical platform for the stop-logging-mining-energy crowd, which is seen as popular with urban viewers.

Remember the spotted owl, with the fringe of its range extending into southern B.C.? Our branchplant enviros marketed that one for years. Its core habitat is Washington and Oregon, where many sawmills were shuttered to “save” them.

Now they’re shooting invasive barred owls, which have emerged as a greater threat to spotted owls than logging. Context is important.

I suppose we’ll never know what difference the 1980s wolf kill would have made if it hadn’t been shouted down for TV ratings and urban enviro-donations.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Environment depends on the choices made now

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Re: Our View, January 22, 2015. our editorial suggesting the public not fret but instead be prepared for future earthquakes was informative and helpful.

However, I believe our society should be fretting a great deal more; all parts of our world are showing signs of stress, droughts, unusual changes in weather patterns and temperatures.

There are those who bury their heads in the sand, and announce “it has all happened before.”

Well, do some research on Google and get an environmental eye opener on the

new threats technology has laid at our door-step.

A case in point is fracking. Extreme pressure is used to shoot massive amounts of chemicals and water down into the earth’s bowels to rupture the shale and release the natural gas.

Extremely worrying is the flow back.

These are residual liquids that escape, containing Benzene, Xylem and Hydrocarbons and they can seep away into the surrounding shale and underground watercourses.

Recent reports in the news cite areas in Texas experiencing small tremors where none had occurred previously.

Episodes of fracking had taken place in that vicinity and when fracking ceased so did the tremors. It would seem logical that when you remove soil or shale from underground, that void must be filled, causing movement.

With fracking we are dealing with upward of half a million litres of water and additives forcing fractures hundreds of feet long under the earth.

Parts of the U.S., France and Bulgaria have stopped the process.

Typically, you would expect living on the west coast of B.C., literally surrounded by earthquake faults, the government would question the wisdom of

fracking.

Yet B.C. is speeding onward with 7,300 wells fracked since 2005.

Alarming is the censorship of some Canadian scientists, as to what they are permitted to say or write regarding situations affecting the environment.

This breeds mistrust toward the government and seems to indicate they are hiding important issues from the Canadian people.

Our descendents’ lives, health and environment will depend on the choices made now.

Margaret J. Jestico Saanichton

Readers respond: Seniors’ driving competence; federal shortcomings on TB prevention program Beneficial but trivial paperwork Re: Fit to drive, PNR, Jan. 23.

As a senior citizen just a few years shy of 80 I was intrigued by the front page story featuring John McLeod. I find I disagree with him on virtually every point, save one.

Having to produce a medical form to support a driver’s license at age 80 is, in my view, a very sensible precaution.

I’m sure Mr. McLeod would agree there are too many bad drivers on the roads already without adding those suffering from age-related impediments.

I’m delighted he is still hale enough to drive and I would also agree that many of the speeders and erratic drivers I see are much younger than we are. But there are 80-year-olds and then there are 80-year-olds and some shouldn’t be behind the wheel, in spite of the fact that voluntarily

surrendering a driver’s license will be very hard when the time comes.

Mr. McLeod is wrong when he suggests having the medical requirement is contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Driving is not a right, it is a privilege and must be earned. Nor is his contention of age discrimination valid unless Mr. McLeod feels discriminated against when he takes advantage of the lower prices for haircuts, cups of coffee and sundry other things available to us oldsters. I doubt he complains about those.

Having to produce medical proof of competency is no more an invasion of privacy than having to also put his address, eye colour and age on his license, which he has been doing for years. If we want the privilege of being allowed to guide a ton or more of metal down a highway we must be prepared to be reasonable when seeking it.

I do agree with Mr.

McLeod on one point.

Seniors in this country have contributed huge sums to the economy over the years and I join Mr. McLeod in complaining that we must then pay for a moment of a doctor’s time.

The medical form for the family doctor should contain a single question; is the patient mentally and physically capable of safely handling a motor vehicle on the road, yes or no? That question could be emailed out prior to my 80th birthday and the doctor could email it back with the appropriate answer. It would take less than one minute and, as we’re already covered by provincial health insurance (for which we already pay) anyway, should not be an added charge directly to us.

I have no problem with proving my competence to continue driving should it come into question.

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driving a car, I hope he will tell the authorities without waiting until I turn 80.

I wish Mr. McLeod many additional healthy and safe years behind the wheel. In today’s plugged-in world, let’s do away with the cost for this beneficial but trivial paperwork.

Brad Franklin Sidney

Bad drivers exist at any age In response to your article on the senior driver forced to take the driving exam, I feel we need to remember that driving is not a right, it is a privilege.

I think having your doctor fill out a form is a small price to pay for such a privilege.

As for the fee for the form, seniors get a substantial break on what they pay to renew their drivers license already, along with what they pay for insurance. I have friends, who in

their 20s, had to have regular doctor certification due to health issues such as epilepsy — so, it is not just seniors.

It is about keeping everyone safe on the roads.

Since moving to Sidney two-and-a-half years ago, I have found the drivers here appear to be frustrated and in a hurry — and that is both young and old. We moved here for the ability to walk everywhere.

Yes, there are people out there who probably shouldn’t be driving. You can be a bad driver at any age.

That will continue to be as long as we are so attached to our cars and feel it is our right to drive.

Lisa Domshy Sidney

Short-sighted on TB danger In Dec., 2013, Ebola claimed three victims. By Oct., 2014, that number had

ballooned over a thousandfold.

Massive budget shortfalls at the WHO played a critical role in the failure to stop Ebola, showing the frightening consequence of short-sighted health funding.

Unfortunately, the Federal Conservative government is poised to repeat the world’s mistake in West Africa. Five years ago this same government, once a great supporter of tuberculosis eradication, launched TB REACH, a fund that seeks out the hardest to reach TB sufferers.

Despite the great success of TB REACH, Minister Paradis is prepared to halt funding of this successful, cost-effective program, a fateful decision that will allow TB to spread, evolve and threaten the globe. In the face of the Ebola catastrophe, it’s staggering to witness such short-sighted budgeting.

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Early vegetables recommended as winter ends

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lmost the end of the bleakest month of the year but it hasn’t been a bad month as winter months go.

No snow, no ice, no really stormy weather.

I better stop gloating or I’ll bring down on us some terrible, howling winds, mixed rain and snow — possibly lightning and thunder.

I remember a winter not too long ago when we did have a winter thunder storm which was scary, being so unusual and loud.

I guess it was pretty

exciting, if you like lightning, but personally I’m not a fan.

When I was young I recall a wild thunder storm near the summit of the Malahat where my grandfather had a logging camp.

I was sleeping in a cottage reserved for visiting relatives when lightning struck a big tree nearby. I was amazed the next morning to see the long jagged tear in the bark only feet away from where I had been lying (and not sleeping).

The thing that I recall with delight during that storm, was the sound

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of my grandfather whistling merrily as he walked past the cottage to make sure the chickens were safe.

He raised those birds to be sure he had eggs with which to make the wonderful pancakes he fed the logging crew and his beloved grandchildren.

I adored him!

Let’s see now, what can we plant in January?

There are the broad beans and, if you dare, early peas and perhaps radishes.

All weather signs point to an early spring.

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“I like the whole idea of living off the land, eating what nature has provided — the vegetables, berries and the fruit.”

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catalogue recommends Sugar Ann as the earliest green pea to mature (56 days).

Another pea, the Cascadia, does not need staking and matures in 67 days.

A word of warning might be appropriate right now. Please, if you have a heavy soil, (living in Sidney on Melissa Street, we live here. Regional Sustainability Strategy did) wait a while to dig or you may end up with what my dear neighbour Hazel called “clarts” (big chunks of wet soil which seems to be glued together like Regional Sustainability Strategy Regional Sustainability Strategy A HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE CAPITAL REGION Infrastructure & Energy cement, slow to break Infrastructure & Energy INFRASTRUCTURE & UTILITIES down into individual ENERGY SYSTEMS bits of garden-ready EMERGENCIES & NATURAL DISASTERS earth).

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This would be a great time to go down to the nearest beach and collect seaweed, including those long golden whipshaped pieces (kelp). If you are nervous about salt, you could spread it (on the driveway) and hose it off before spreading it on the surface of your vegetable bed(s).

I never bothered and grew a pretty satisfactory garden.

I used to use the sharpened hoe to chop kelp up — before digging it in — to encourage it to decompose before planting anything.

This isn’t really necessary as the emerging

vegetables don’t seem to mind their seaweed companions.

Island View Beach provided us at one time with masses of seaweed, especially after a wind storm. And there is that lovely view, while you scoop up the good stuff.

My dear husband, Jim, wasn’t a gardener, but the idea of getting something for nothing appealed to him.

He felt the same way when I persuaded him to bring the scissors and come with me to gather nettles in early spring. He didn’t feel the labour entailed in gathering either, as being worth counting, bless him!

We may not have saved a lot of money, but it was fun and the wild vegetables were not only delicious, but full of vitamins and minerals.

I like the whole idea of living off the land, eating what nature has provided — the vegetables, berries and the fruit.

Have you ever made blackberry jelly, using

the small wild berries that are murder to pick? They do make a fantastic jelly that you won’t find in any grocery store.

And what about the huckleberries, salmon berries, black caps, wild crab apples, rosehips, mushrooms and those tart and delightful wild strawberries?

There are probably many more that deserve mention.

I wonder about chickweed. It looks edible and my pots are full of it, so it is tempting. One of my kids suggested I look it up on Google and I would if I knew how to access that silly child-like name ...

Google. It’s worse than hop-Scotch, but handy when you know how to use it, I suppose.

I’ll let you know if chickweed is edible.

It must be the earliest green and my pots are full of it.

If it is edible and tasty I may open a shop.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

RCMP seeks committee members Sidney North Saanich detachment wants better dialogue Steven Heywood News staff

Hoping to open up dialogue with the community it serves, the Sidney North Saanich RCMP is putting out a call for participants in consultative commit-

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Corporal Erin Fraser says Police-Community Consultative Committees (PCCCs) will help facilitate two-way communication between police and local residents.

“Right now, there’s no real capacity for two-way communication with the public,” she said. “This is being done in other places but here, there’s nothing of the sort in place at the moment.”

In general, Fraser said the only time the police talk with the community is when something bad happens. A committee, she explained, will seek out current concerns and work on plans of action.

Members of the com-

“We can’t mittee (or solve all more than community one, if there’s issues by enough interourselves,” est) will Fraser concome from all tinued. “We walks of life. need people Fraser said to help make they hope to sure we are bring in busiworking on ness owners, s t u d e n t s , Cpl. Erin Fraser s o l u t i o n s together.” seniors, First Information Nations, municipal and regional sessions are scheduled leaders, clergy, emer- for March: in North gency services person- Saanich at the Wain nel, community group Road fire hall March 3 representatives and at 6 p.m. and in Sidney workers within various March 4, 6 p.m. at the branches of the social Sidney fire hall on Third Street. services.

To register for one of “This is new, so each committee will estab- these sessions, contact lish their own mandate. Cpl. Erin Fraser at 250We hope they will be 656-3931 or email her at able to identify issues erin.fraser@rcmp-grc. gc.ca. in their (realm).

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District of North Saanich WATERMAIN FLUSHING NOTICE The District of North Saanich advises residents that flushing of watermains will commence February 2 and continue until May 31, 2015. Watermain flushing occurs annually throughout the District to remove sediment and maintain satisfactory water quality within the distribution system.

Temporary water discolouration and/or low water pressure may occur as a result of this activity. This water discolouration is not a health hazard and may require you to clear your water lines by turning on your cold water tap until the water runs clear.

Upon request, the District will provide advance warning of flushing in your vicinity for persons with special requirements for water clarity. Please contact the Public Works department at 250-655-5480 if you require advance notification.

The District does not accept responsibility for damages caused by low water volume or the use of discoloured water. We therefore advise consumers to be on the alert for reduced water volume and/or temporary discolouration of water.

Ron Maylen, Works Superintendent

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Thanks to a donation from the North Saanich Dog Obedience Training Club, local fire departments now have oxygen resuscitation masks specially designed for pets. Lt. Aaron Kary of the Sidney fire department, left, Rob Syverson, fire inspector for Central Saanich and North Saanich fire chief Gary Wilton got some help from a couple furry friends in demonstrating the masks recently.

Pets panting easier on the Peninsula Fire departments receive pet-specific oxygen mask kits Angela Cowan News Staff

Saanich Peninsula fire departments are now well prepared to assist the furred, feathered and four-legged in the event of a fire.

Thanks to a donation from the North Saanich Dog Obedience Training Club (NOSA), each department now has three sizes of oxygen resuscitation masks specially designed to fit pets — from birds, reptiles and rodents to rabbits, dogs, cats and even alpacas.

Much the same for humans, oxygen is administered in the event of smoke inhalation, toxic fume exposure or heat exhaustion.

Before NOSA’s donation, fire departments had to treat pets

with the larger oxygen masks meant for humans.

The idea for the donation came after one of the members of the North Saanich Dog Obedience Training Club spotted a local newspaper story last summer about pet-sized oxygen resuscitation masks.

“It’s important that we support the fire departments. When we’re running out of burning buildings, they’re running in,” said Rod Deacon, president of the club. “Their motto on the truck is ‘our family protecting your family,’ and our pets are our family.”

All three fire chiefs were grateful for the donation.

“From personal experience, this equipment will be greatly appreciated,” said Central Saa-

nich fire chief Ron French in a statement.

“While our members never hesitate to assist an animal in distress, this donation means that we now have the proper equipment to save a pet’s life during an emergency,” added Sidney fire chief Brett Mikkelsen.

“The community groups supporting the fire departments like this is a good thing,” said Gary Wilton, chief for North Saanich.

“We certainly appreciate it, and hopefully we never have to use them.”

The Victoria and Richmond fire departments already use the pet oxygen masks in their communities, and the U.S. supplier, Wag’N O2 Fur Life, has sold more than 6,300 kits to 3,000 fire and rescue departments in North America. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Viking Air named Manufacturer of the Year New logo in District of North Saanich NORTH SAANICH — The District of North Saanich has launched a new corporate logo this month, helping celebrate the municipality’s 50th anniversary in 2015.

The new logo stems from consultant research and design, brand definition workshops and feedback from residents, all done in 2014.

“I am pleased that council has decided upon a logo for North Saanich that evokes the community perceptions of the District: the colours, the welcoming beauty of our rural, agricultural and marine aspects and the friendly, professional service providers in the District,” said Mayor Alice Finall on behalf of council.

The new logo is designed to represent a coastal, agricultural and forested feel and will be used on all official municipal documents. The District’s heron flag will continue to fly at municipal hall.

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VICTORIA – Sidney’s Viking Air was named Manufacturer of the Year at the 15th annual Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards, held Jan. 22.

Real Estate Webmasters of Nanaimo was named Business of the Year for over 50 employees, while the Small Business of the Year for under 50 employees was taken by Hoyne Brewing Company of Victoria. The event was held at the Westin Bear Mountain Resort.

“What these awards are all about is celebrating the successes of the Vancouver Island companies who have quietly worked behind the scenes to make their communities better and employees a great place to work,” says Mark MacDonald, President of Invest Northwest Publishing Ltd., which publishes Business Examiner Victoria and

Business Examiner Vancouver Island. “In most cases, they’ve been doing what they do best without fanfare, and this event brings them into the spotlight to take a bow.”

Other category winners include: Agriculture Company of the Year: Daldas Farms Ltd. of Black Creek.

Entrepreneur of the Year: Atomique Productions Ltd. of Victoria.

Hospitality/Tourism Company of the Year: Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort of Port McNeill.

Ocean Products Company of the Year, sponsored by Grieg Seafood: Taste of B.C. Aquafarms Inc. of Nanaimo.

Real Estate Company of the Year: Chard Development of Victoria.

Technology Company of the Year: PBX Engineering Ltd. of Victoria.

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Viking Air President and CEO David Curtis during an aerospace industry event in 2014. The local company continues to garner accolades.

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Both of the above meetings will take place at the Town of Sidney Council Chambers, beginning at 6:00 p.m. All persons wishing to comment on the Five Year Financial Plan may do so at the above meetings, at any regular Council meeting prior to February 23rd, or through written submission.

The financial plan was presented to Council on February 2nd. Background documentation is available at the Town Hall and on the Town’s website. Further inquiries may be directed to the Finance Department at 250-656-1184.

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Canadian folk and country musician Valdy will be performing at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre Feb. 6. The two-time Juno winner says he’ll be playing a blend of old favourites and new songs.

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He’s also unfailingly modest.

“I think I’ve been moderately successful,” he says, adding, “I’m still doing it.”

At 69, Valdy is still performing in about 200 shows a year, from coast to coast across Canada, up into the arctic, down through the United States all the way to Texas and even plays in New Zealand regularly.

It’s safe to say his success has been more than “moderate.”

The show at the Charlie White Theatre will be a blend of the old favourites and new material

circuit since 1971 and in and around Sidney for even longer, but he never managed to get into the Charlie White.

“I’m looking forward to this, the sound is going to be so lovely,” he said of the 300-seat theatre. “One of the tech guys gave me a tour and I fell in love with it.”

After thousands upon thousands of shows, it’s still the feedback from the live audience that he really loves, and he’s particularly looking forward to the intimate nature of the Charlie White.

“The big ticket for me is just seeing a bunch of smiles in the audience. When the room

anadian folk icon Valdy is getting excited to play his first show ever at the Charlie White Theatre, and he’s got the new shoes to prove it.

“I have new shoes,” he says, laughing, as he talks about his first solo show of the year. “I always play in red shoes for some reason.”

A lifelong musician with a penchant for jazz chords, his passion shines through as he talks about the musicians he’s played with, “cutting his teeth” on Henry Mancini and the progress of his singing voice over “For this show I’m playing acoustic the years. guitar and I’m learning how to play it.

But despite his 44 years After all these years, there’s still so much to of stage expelearn.”

– Valdy rience, Valdy is quick to downwarms up, everybody gets to over two sets. play his own “It’s a bit of feel that buzz, and that to me is gifts. a musical pot- a successful show.”

“For this show Tickets are $25 plus tax, pourri,” he I’m playing acousand are available at marywinsays. tic guitar,” he says, F a m o u s spearcentre.ca or by calling the “and I’m learntry , Coun 2. for the hit box office at 250-656-0275. m ing how to play it. u lb 7 a 19 st The concert begins at 7:30 Play Me a After all these years, Valdy’s fir released in s a w Rock ‘n Roll Song, p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at the Charlie there’s still so much Man, his recent albums include Con- White Theatre at the Mary Winto learn.”

His 14 albums h a v e tenders, a collaboration with spear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. sold nearly half a million cop- friend and fellow singer/song- in Sidney.

For more information on the ies and four have been certi- writer Gary Fjellgaard, and his fied gold. He has also won two solo release, Viva Valdy: Live at artist, visit valdy.com. reporter@peninsula Junos, for Folk Singer of the Year Last. newsreview.com He has been on the touring and Folk Entertainer of the year,

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Splendiferous inspiration Glass artist Pauline Olesen draws inspiration from the coast Angela Cowan News Staff

Nestled in her studio on Piers Island, glass artist Pauline Olesen can lose hours creating extraordinary sculptures and curious creatures in her kiln, playing with vibrant colours and carving out designs to make her unique pieces.

“I can be out there for hours,” says Olesen.

“Time just goes by.”

Olesen, whose work is at Morris Gallery, The Gallery at Mattick’s Farm and Muse Winery, has been crafting glass into art for 16 years.

Her work varies from decorative to functional, depending on the piece, and both have their attractive qualities for the artist.

“Sculptural pieces have more freedom,” she says. “You don’t have to worry if it will hold water (for example). But I love seeing sushi on my plates too.

I consider sushi its own art form.”

Whether her pieces are purely decorative or not, she loves the freedom of abstract designs, but she also draws much inspiration from the natural world as well, looking to curious creatures and the colours and shapes from the sea.

“I love doing frogs,” she says. “They have a happiness to them, and such beautiful colours.”

Drawn to marine blues and greens, Olesen also likes to play with the contours of kelp. An avid kayaker, she often finds herself staring at her surroundings in awe when she’s on the water.

“When you’re out there in the kelp and seeing it all around you, you want to take that moment and freeze it into glass.”

And in fact, one of her latest pieces is just that — a glass swirl of ocean colour and kilncarved blades of kelp.

And it’s not just the design that’s new; Olesen recently opened up her process to public comment, asking for feedback on whether to continue slumping a piece, or to leave it as is.

It all started when a neighbour came over and saw a flat piece she’d just taken out of the kiln. Originally meant for more fir-

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Glass artist Pauline Olesen, here with “Fly True,” a kiln-fused piece, has been showing her pieces at Muse Winery in North Saanich for more than a decade.

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Using a more free-form “slumping” style in her kiln, Pauline Olesen allows the glass to drape over a form, rather than using a more structured bowl form. This piece, “Rouge Armure,” just came out of the kiln a few days ago. ings to curve it into a bowl, the neighbour protested and offered to buy the two-dimensional piece on the spot as a window decoration.

“They always look lovely when they first come out (of the kiln),” says Olesen. “So the decision to move forward is hard sometimes.”

This new call out

for feedback is a way to further engage prospective art-owners in the process, she says.

Currently, she’s experimenting with encasing a slice of orange in glass, a feat that’s taking a lot of “figuring out” to get the texture of the segments just right.

“If you look at the pulp really closely, it sort of looks like a but-

terfly’s wing,” she says.

Also in the works is a collaboration between Olesen and metalwork artists Gord Langston and Heather Gunning from Pleasant Street Studio in Sidney. Gunning’s work in particular, often whimsical pieces including quite a few frogs and all made from recycled metal, seem to call out for a touch of sparkling glass to catch the light.

“Metal and glass just go so well together,” says Olesen, who’s very excited for the partnership.

Next up, Olesen will be submitting three pieces into the Small Expressions show at the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula Arts Centre at Tulista Park. The show runs March 4 through 29.

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Rock tribute “Led ZepAgain” lands in Sidney SIDNEY — Tribute band “Led ZepAgain” will recreate the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience March 2 when they descend upon the Charlie White Theatre, long hair, tight pants and guitars in tow.

Rocking venues since 1989, the band even has the endorsement of legendary guitarist Jimmy Page. “It’s as close as you’ll ever get to the real deal,” says Page.

Tickets are $37.50, plus facility fee and service charges, and can be purchased at marywinspear. ca, or by calling the box office at 250-656-0275.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Monday, March 2 at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney.

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Insurance companies are changing the way they do business all the time.

Just when we think we have a handle on how they want things done, they come out with a program that takes a while to get used to.

Their latest program involves contracts with certain shops to be their “DRF” — or Direct Repair Facility.

All of the private carriers have them. We are on them.

Not all, but some.

This doesn’t mean you cannot bring your car to us to be repaired. It just means that when you are setting up the claim on the phone, you have to tell the adjuster that you would like your vehicle to come to one of our stores.

The adjuster may say: “well sir/madam, we cannot guarantee the work from that store as they are not on our DRF list.”

Let me tell you something. We guarantee all of our work and have done so since we started here 15 years ago.

ICBC specifically has it written into their contract that we provide a lifetime warrantee on all of our repairs.

It doesn’t get much simpler than that.

So if you are talking to your adjuster about repairing your vehicle, tell them that they can try and direct you anywhere they like but, ultimately, the decision is yours on where you would like your vehicle taken to be repaired.

You pay your insurance premiums so they can have a job that pays them. You are the customer. Don’t let someone on the phone, sitting somewhere that may not even be in this province, try and dictate to you — the customer — where you can and cannot take your vehicle.

In the words of the most interesting man in the world, “I don’t always rant this early in the morning, but when I do, it usually involves insurance companies.”

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Talented trio BTU, comprised of Tom Taylor, left, Barney Bentall and Shari Ulrich, will be playing this Sunday at the Charlie White Theatre.

BTU heats up Mary Winspear Centre Trio blends contemporary, folk and bluegrass Angela Cowan News Staff

Three of Canada’s most talented musicians are coming to Sidney this Sunday (Feb. 1) to play an afternoon concert at the Charlie White Theatre.

Barney Bentall, Tom Taylor and Shari Ulrich originally formed their band, BTU, at a 2007 Bowen Island

songwriters’ concert, and blend together contemporary, folk and bluegrass. The concert will feature music from the trio, selections from the musicians’ solo projects and the stories behind the songs.

Tickets are $36.75, and are available online at marywinspear.ca, or by calling the box office at 250-6560275.

The show begins at 2:30 p.m. in the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. in Sidney. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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The last original member of the Victoria Girls’ Drill Team, Helen Tregellas, 96, left, wears the original uniform’s hat as she returns the team’s silver trophy to Robin Clarke, centre, with fellow team members Suzanne Sjostrand, Marlene Gordon and Elfie Jeeves as members of the media capture the moment.

Trophy returned after 65 years Robin Clarke, great-granddaughter of Jennie Butchart, receives trophy Angela Cowan News Staff

A little piece of history has been returned to The Butchart Gardens with the assistance of four members of the Victoria Girls’ Drill Team.

In 1949, Jennie Butchart, honorary colonel-in-chief of the corps, presented the team with a silver perpetual challenge trophy engraved with the names of the top team members from past years.

And on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 23, Helen Tregellas, the last original member of the team, along with younger members Marlene

Gordon, Suzanne Sjostrand and Elfie Jeeves, presented it back to Robin Clarke, Jennie Butchart’s great-granddaughter and owner of the gardens.

Tregellas, who lives in a retirement home on the Saanich Peninsula and turns 97 this July, joined the drill team when it formed in 1938 under the leadership of Norman “Cappy” Foster. The team was composed of young single women of “high moral standing,” and was organized into a skilled drill corps.

The team performed at numerous events, including for troops during the Second World War, at Queen Victoria

Day celebrations, the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair and the Portland Rose Festival, before disbanding in 1972.

According to a report from the Victoria Daily Times at the time, “About 900 persons were on hand to witness the presentation and the concert that preceded it.”

The paper also stated the trophy was valued at more than $300, more than $3,000 today.

The return of this piece of history had just as much fanfare, with print and television media arriving to capture the moment, and the gardens treating the ladies to high tea

after the presentation.

“It was just fantastic what they did for the girls,” said Wendy Yates, Tregellas’ daughter, adding that her mother still has her original uniform. “She (Helen) just had a wonderful time. She couldn’t stop talking about it the whole way home.”

The trophy, along with a collection of photographs, will now occupy a place of honour in this year’s Historical Display at the gardens, which runs until March 15 in the former residence of the Butchart family. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Sidney Branch Sidney International 9771 Fourth St. Folkdancers meet on Sidney BC Mondays from 7 to 9 V8L 2Y9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church (9681 250-656-9551 Fourth St.). No www.sidneymortgages.com partner needed, no experience needed, all welcome. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water.

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Register at 250656-0944. good mornIng rhymeTIme at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun.

Thursdays to Mar. 5, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years.

Free. Drop-in. For information, call 250-656-0944. gluTen-free lIVIng at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Why is the media buzzing about gluten sensitivity, celiac disease and wheat allergies? Is a gluten-free diet right for you? Join registered dietician Joyce Schnetzler to learn more about the pros and cons of gluten-free living.

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2 to 3 p.m. Free.

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Kid stuff

Book CluB: alICe’S Adventures in Wonderland at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s classic work. Join Virginia for discussion and refreshments on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. or Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2 to 3 p.m.

Copies of the book are available for the first 12 registrants.

Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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Humpty Dumpty’s Glory: Playing with words in Wonderland at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Join UVic doctoral student Kylee-Anne Hingston for an amusing look at word play in Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7 to 8 p.m.

Free. Register at 250-656-0944. lego STorIeS aT the Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Each meeting will explore a different theme, and your creation will be displayed at the library. Friday, Feb. 6, 20 and March 13, 27, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Free. Register at 250656-0944.

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Meetings

The PenInSula CeleBraTIonS Society is holding its annual general meeting at the Mary Winspear Centre at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 28. The society is the group of volunteers who help organize annual events including the Polar Bear Swim, the Easter Egg Hunt, the Sidney Days Canada Day celebrations and parade, the Summer Sounds concerts and the Sidney Sparkles Christmas Parade and Sailpast.

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will be presented by Gary Brust, a Club member since 1985.

All welcome. Nonmember drop-in-fee is $5. lITerary kITChen SInk Open Mic at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Writers are invited to read their poetry, story excerpts, memoir, or other written words for up to 5 minutes. Or join the audience and support local writers.

Featured writer is Pamela Porter, awardwinning poet and novelist. Thursday, Feb. 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (writers should arrive a few minutes early). Free. For information call 250656-0944.

PenInSula STreamS SoCIeTy will hold its annual general meeting on Sat. Feb. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Brentwood Bay Lodge, 849 Verdier Avenue with the Honourable Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands as guest speaker. All welcome. For more details and to RSVP, contact PeninsulaStreams@gmail.com.

SIdney SISTer CITIeS association meets third Thursday of the month at the Sidney North Saanich Library (Nell Horth Room) at 7 p.m. Help us build our sister relationships with Anacortes; Cairns, Australia; and Niimi, Japan.

For more information check our new website: sidneysister citiesassociation. com.

Volunteers

Shoal aCTIVITy CenTre is looking for a volunteer for two hours a week for our Computer Lab DropIn to help seniors with iPad and tablet questions. If you are interested please contact Anna Hudson 250-656-5537 ext.

117 or ahudson@ beaconcs.ca.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEATHS

INFORMATION

PERSONALS

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Disability BeneďŹ ts Free Seminar

MAKE A Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat Call FREE! 250-220-1300 or 1-800-2101010. www.livelinks.com 18+

DEALER REQUIREDearn $8,000 to $10,000 cash per month servicing 100 snack boxes in your area. Your investment $15,000.00, some financing is available.

1(604)930-6040.

Speakers: Dr. Alison Bested, on ME/FM, CFS, other

Iona Kathleen Sparling Iona passed away peacefully January 20, 2015 at the age of 88.

Predeceased by her husband Paul and son George Anderson. Survived by her children; Donald Anderson, Lorraine Daignault, Frank Sparling (Wendy), Carol Zwikirsch-Carlson (Peter), Heather Quinney, Christine Sparling, Bob Sparling, Gail Greff and Sylvan Burnside (Gary), 15 Grandchildren, 26 Great Grandchildren 1 Great Great Grandson and many extended families. Mothers greatest joys were her family, friends and all things great and small.

In Lieu of flowers donations can be made to the BC SPCA. Internment at Hatley Memorial Gardens 2050 Sooke Rd. Colwood at 10:30 am, February 7, 2015. Celebration of life tea to follow at Holy Trinity Church Hall. Mills Road, North Saanich

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS

PSYCHIC CIRCLE SPRING FAIR PALM & TAROT ESP

Tillicum Centre

FEB 6 - FEB 15.

INFORMATION Advertise in the 2015 - 2017 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email: ďŹ sh@blackpress.ca BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government.

Toll-free 1-888-5112250 or www.canadabenefit. ca/free-assessment DID YOU KNOW? BBB Accredited Businesses must pass a comprehensive screening process. Look for the 2014 BBB Accredited Business Directory E-edition on your Black Press Community Newspaper website at www.blackpress.ca.

You can also go to http://vi.bbb.org/directory/ and click on the 2014 BBB Accredited Business Directory

250-388-3535

Annamarie Kersop, Lawyer, Injury & No-Fault BeneďŹ ts

LOST AND FOUND

Date: Mon. Feb.9, 2015 at 7 pm Where: Hyatt Regency Vancouver RSVP: 604-554-0078 or ofďŹ ce@lawyerswest.ca www.LawyersWest.ca

LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The estate of LUDOVICO GARY TRIONFI, also known as GARY TRIONFI, DECEASED, formerly of 204 – 3460 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Ludovico Gary Trionfi, also known as Gary Trionfi are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executors, Michael Holmes and Daryl Clegg at c/o Infinity Law, 200 – 931 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3K3 on or before March 31, 2015, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling: 2001 FORD FOCUS 1FAFP34P61W265122 Owner A. Mani 2002 FORD WINSTAR LX

2FMZA55412BA57799 Owner T. Sutherland 2000 GMC YUKON XL 3GKFK16T8YG125707 Owner C. Whatmough Will be sold on February 10, 2015. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.

WAREHOUSEMEN’S LIEN ACT NOTICE OF SALE Take notice that a Lien is claimed by Van Isle Marina Co., against the 28’x14.75’ boathouse, located in slip C59, and owned by Jody McPhee.

This lien is claimed in respect of moorage charges which remain unpaid

by Jody McPhee. The above mentioned boat will be sold at a public auction to be held at Van Isle Marina, 2320 Harbour Road, Sidney, BC at 2pm on Febraury 10, 2015.

No Reserve Price.

$250 REWARD! Lost Siamese cat- our 2 little girls have lost their best friend Wolverine (aka Wolvie or Zed). 9 mos old Seal Point Siamese with ear tattoo. Last seen Oct. 18, by Christmas Hill. 250-389-0184 alinaf@shaw.ca LOST CHINESE jade pendent on a chain. If found please call (250)595-1382.

LOST: SOLITAIRE Diamond engagement ring. January 16, on Oak Bay Ave. or Foul Bay Road at Chaucer. Strong sentimental value. If found, please call 250-475-1951.

TRAVEL

HELP WANTED Local Pet Care Business seeking responsible, reliable individual to assist with In Home Pet Care.

Extensive pet care exp., knowledge of animal health/medical training, flexible schedule. Casual position would suit semi/retired person with availability. Must be bondable & have own transportation. Please send resume with cover letter: info@peaceathomepetcare.ca

HOME CARE/SUPPORT DO YOU need help in caring for the Senior in your life? Appointments? Chores? Company? Call 250-652-1167.

MEDICAL/DENTAL MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada!

Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program.

Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

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No risk program stop mortgage & maintenance payments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consultation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248.

CITY HARVEST Co-op has Urban Farm season startup work parties every Mon. & Tues. for the next 6 weeks.

Help break new ground, mix potting soil, build compost, & shape in-ground beds. Clear weeds, set up the greenhouse, & start seeds.

Work parties happen from 9:30am-12:30pm at 1834 Haultain St. Contact by email heather@cityharvestcoop.com for details.

TRAVEL RESORT RENTAL in Hemet, CA. Brand new one bedroom cottages with full kitchen, bath, queen bed, and living suite.

Luxury Resort. goldenvillage palms.com or 866-916-1316.

RV LOT rentals $8.95 a day.

362 days of sunshine, pets, events, classes, entertainment. Reserve by 02/14/2015. www.hemetrvresort.com. Call: 1-800-926-5593

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTED

AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake • Guaranteed 40hr. Work Week & Overtime • Paid Travel & Lodging • Meal Allowance • 4 Weeks Vacation • Excellent Benefits Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.

Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.

Promotions Volunteer The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival requires a person to help develop a target audience base and to liaise with area businesses.

The festival takes place Oct. 2 - 4, 2015. Volunteer help required from now until the end of Oct. 2015.

Contact Sharon Hope (250)655-1062 or sharonhope@shaw.ca

SILVER THREADS Service is a not-for-profit society that enhances social connections and well-being for seniors. We are currently in need of a volunteer with photography skills, and their own equipment to take photos at various special events both inside and outside of the agency. Times and days will vary. Contact Anne at 250382-3151 or annenelson@silverthreads.ca to set up an interview.

THE MUSTARD Seed is looking for truck drivers assistant volunteers (Swamper) to fill a number of shifts Monday-Saturday between the hours of 8am-2pm to assist our truck drivers with food donation pick-ups. Must be physically fit as heavy lifting is involved. Email: kevin@mustardseed.ca or call 250-220-6991.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Victoria Disability Resource Centre is looking for a part-time, volunteer executive director to manage daily operations. The Centre promotes independent living for people with disabilities through its core programs of information and referral, peer support, employment & community development.

See www.drcvictoria.com for more information or contact us at 250-595-0044 or email director@drcvictoria.com

WORK WANTED EXPERIENCED DRIVER- 40 yrs, semi-retired Home Support Worker available for drives for seniors.

Reasonable. Call (250)656-4853.

PERSONAL SERVICES MIND BODY & SPIRIT KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage.

I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com YOGA CONFERENCE for the curious to the serious. Market Place, Jan. 31 & Feb. 1. Open to public! Victoria Conference Centre. Visit us online: www.

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HOLISTIC HEALTH TragerŽ Bodywork allows you to move more freely with less pain and tension. You’ll feel deeply relaxed & have greater mental clarity.

Rae Bilash

CertiďŹ ed Trager Practitioner Women only, men by referral 250-380-8733 www.raebilash.ca * Also Hot Stone Massage

ARE YOU $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help reduce a significant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-3511783.

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity.

250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

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Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

Today’s Solution

Your Community, Your ClassiďŹ eds.

Call

Julie Fisher, Lawyer, Long-Term Disability and CPP

MEET SINGLES right now! No paid operators, just real people like you. Browse greetings, exchange messages and connect live. Try it free. Call now: 1-800-712-9851.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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RENTALS

FRIENDLY FRANK

APARTMENT/CONDO

2 CUSTOM framed pictures, moving, must sell, $10 each.

Call (778)440-3084.

LAVENDER CO-OP accepting applications for a 1 bdrm, $620/mo. Quiet area, sm pet ok, W/D hook up, insuite storage, lrg bright kitchen. Gross income $25,000 +, share purchase is $2,500. Applications available in the glass case outside the Community Hall; 10A620 Judah St.

LARGE EXERCISE ball, $15.

Exercise mat, $25.

Call (250)361-9142 LEATHER CHAIR and stool (tan colour), $99.

Call (250)544-4933 WICKER ROCKING chair, light brown, good cond. $75. obo. (250)385-3400.

FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

DRY, FULLY Seasoned Fir firewood. $240. full cord. Call (250)920-6440.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

SAFE and secure condo in Sidney’s Landmark bldg. One bedroom with ocean view available Feb 1st. N/S-N/P. $1150/m + utils. Steps from all amenities. 250-656-5371

APARTMENTS FURNISHED SIDNEY- BRIGHT Executive 1 bdrm suite. $1200./month.

Email: corbetthouse sidneybc@gmail.com

SHARED ACCOMMODATION GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hidef TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.

UPPER QUADRA- close to Uvic & Camosun, on bus route. $650 inclusive. Call (250)480-8964.

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SUITES, LOWER

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

SIDNEY: BRIGHT 1bdrm suite, quiet, utils incl’d. NS/NP. $775. Feb. 1st. (250)655-1616

REAL ESTATE

TRANSPORTATION

FOR SALE BY OWNER

AUTO SERVICES

BURNSIDE/Helmcken- panoramic view, unique custom, suites, 6bdrms, 4bath, 3kitchens, alot skylights/windows, $759,000. (250)920-6739.

$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

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LANGFORD LAKEFRONT- 1 bdrm, bsmt suite, fresh paint etc, utils included. $900. Call 250-704-1251.

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GARDENING

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HANDYPERSONS

HAULING AND SALVAGE

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PAINTING

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRYSmall repairs, interior finishing, weather proofing. Reasonable rates. Senior’s Discounts. Insured. Call 250-857-1269. www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

A&R LANDSCAPINGCertified Horticulturist, yearly maintenance, clean-ups, pruning, renovating older gardens, great rates, Seniors Discounts.

Call (250) 686-4361.

ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, garden clean up, rock walls and renos. Free Estimates. Call 250-744-4548.

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

CBS MASONRY

CLEANING SERVICES HUSBAND and wife cleaning team $60 per hour. Excellent long term local references. Efficient and always reliable.

Sidney-Brentwood.

250-8960703

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic.#3003. 25 yrs exp. Renos, new homes, knob & tube replace. Sr.Disc.No job too small

ABBA EXTERIORS Professional gutter cleaning & repairs.

Window cleaning.

Roof de-mossing. Pkg discounts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

(250)889-5794.

DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small.

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

ELECTRICAL

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr.

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, flooring, painting, drywall, small reno’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount.

Brad 250-217-9578.

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GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs windows, PW. 250-380-7778.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all.

Call 250-361-6164.

BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fireplaces, flagstone rock, concrete, natural & veneered stone.

Replace, rebuild, restore, renew!

Free competitive est. www.cbsmasonry.com Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

MOVING & STORAGE HEATING, VENTILATION & INDOOR AIR QUALITY Installation Services & Conversions

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $75=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

Furnaces, Boilers, F/P, Hot water tanks, Heat pumps.

Byron, 250-516-2917.

Done Right Moving $85/hr.

Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. BBB. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

HAUL A WAYClean and green, Junk removal. Free quotes. Call (778)350-5050.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

PAINTING

FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

HANDYPERSONS

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.

Fast Service, Best Prices!!

Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

BIG BEAR Handyman.

Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS 250.388.3535

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WINDOW CLEANING BLAINE’S WINDOW WASHING. Serving Sidney & Brentwood since 1983. Average house $35. 250-656-1475

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs windows, PW. 250-380-7778.

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SPORTS

Steven Hewyood/News staff

Bruce Easson got the swimming bug in 2014 when, at age 84, he decided to learn how to swim in order to spend time with his family. His dedication sparked interest in his fellow Rest Haven Lodge residents and today, they swim once a week at Panorama Recreation Centre.

Seniors getting into the swim of things Steven Heywood News staff

Bruce Easson started swimming at age 84. His fellow residents at Sid-

ney’s Rest Haven Lodge saw that Easson, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, found joy and better health in the activity and wanted to join in.

Now, there are eight or so others who

make the weekly trek to Panorama Recreation Centre to take the plunge. It has helped restore mobility for some and in all, gives them a sense of pleasure in activity.

Recently, the group swam with former

Canadian Olympic swimmer Rick Say and shared their accomplishments in the pool.

The News Review was there to help share their story of healthy living though photographs.

CHURCH SERVICES on the Saanich Peninsula

Three-time Canadian champion and Olympic swimmer Rick Say, right, chats with Rest Haven Lodge resident Bill Goff and a pool patron.

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