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Metchosin residents stay calm, carry on Rash of B&Es in district could be one or two people, longtime resident figures Mike Davies News Gazette staff

major with the Langford-based 263 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Beacon Hill, Welch parlayed his new opportunity into a spot with the B.C. Cadet Honour Band, which opens its four-city concert tour with a performance next Tuesday at the McPherson Playhouse.

Residents of Metchosin don’t seem too concerned about a recent uptick in property crime in their area.

Police say Monday night saw numerous incidents of break and enter and theft in the area of La Bonne Road and Jelinek Place, where property owners found unlocked sheds and vehicles ransacked and a number of electronic devices stolen, but according to Const. Alex Berube, the incidents aren’t indicative of an upward trend overall. They are, however, dedicating a few more resources to the issue right now, including incorporating their Street Crime Unit into the investigation.

Longtime resident Frank Mitchell said it’s not likely anything to worry about, as these spikes in crime are experienced periodically. For a peaceful area like theirs, a couple of instances of crime seems like a lot, he said.

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Cadet Chief Petty Officer First Class Taylor Cartwright, right, and Cadet Petty Officer First Class Cameron Welch, both part of Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Beacon Hill in Langford, play with the provincial cadet honour band in a series of concerts this month.

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Last fall, when the Belmont secondary band program was getting up and running for the

school year, Grade 11 musician Cameron Welch told teacher Mandart Chan he wanted to try something new.

As Welch tells the story, Chan remarked, “What? Do you want to play the bassoon or something?”

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The (hopeful) return of the purple martin

More change proposed for Atkins Rd. in View Royal Conversion of single-home lot to multi-home strata in the works Don Descoteau News Gazette staff

Endangered bird comes home to nest each spring, but they need our help Mike Davies News Gazette staff

In 1985, there were five breeding pairs of western purple martins left in the wild.

Well, “In the wild” isn’t even really accurate, as they were nesting in the portholes of an old decommissioned ship at the Department of National Defence dock in Colwood.

But then people with the Victoria Natural History Society and Western Purple Martin Foundation stepped in and started putting up nesting boxes to compensate for the loss of their natural habitat. Now, there are approximately 1,000 mating pairs that return to the area each spring from their winter migration to South America.

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The slowly-resurging Western Purple Martins arrived back from their southern migration last spring to find some new homes on Pedder Inlet, and took to them immediatley, which was a nice surprise for the students and staff at Peason College UWC and the Western Purple Martin Foundation.

“There was a slow and steady increase over the first few years (of the nesting box program),” says foundation director Charlene Lee. By about 2002, she adds, there were approximately 200 pairs. It was evidence the program was working and the foundation received funding to expand the program.

“We weren’t sure, being a swallow, that they would take to the boxes,” Lee says, as many swallows are very territorial about their nesting areas. Once the birds did start using them, it became clear that expansion of the program could be the help needed to ensure the birds’ continued survival.

More boxes were put up at the DND docks, for a total of about 40, which see 30 nesting pair of martins return each year. Others went up at Royal Roads University (30 boxes total, 20 returning pairs), Goldstream Park got a few (now up to 15) and seven were installed at Pedder Inlet near Pearson College, whose boxes saw occupancy in the first year after being placed in 2013.

The purple martin’s instinctual nesting habitat is in the holes woodpeckers make in old burned out trees and other dead or dying wood. These days, Lee says, those areas are forested rather than left to nature, creating a lack of area for the birds to nest upon their annual return from South America.

The growth of the population also has a lot to do with luck – at least the meteorological kind.

Lee says there needs to be the right kind of weather at the right time to create the natural circumstances that support increased numbers.

“From 2002 to 2006 we had really good summers for bugs,” she says. Martins survive off large bugs like moths, beetles and dragonflies, as opposed to smaller ones like mosquitoes, so if those types of insects

aren’t plentiful when the martins are trying to feed their young, progress is lost in the resurgence efforts. If it’s too wet at the wrong times or for too long, not enough of the birds’ preferred diet is produced for the ones that are trying to survive, let alone to feed their young.

“A week of rain is no good,” Lee says, “but a day or two is okay.”

So it remains to be seen what the numbers will be like this year. The first ones are expected to return to the area to nest in late April.

“It was a thrill to quietly spy on these birds last summer and see them using the nesting boxes,” says Danielle Pope, who works at Pearson College, the newest of the sites being served by the nesting boxes in the region. “I hope we will see them again this year. They are incredible birds to watch in flight. Even though they are North America’s largest swallow, they have a great deal of agility and use the wind currents to help them float and dive. It’s quite something to see.”

While the nesting box program is not actively being expanded now, if people are willing to volunteer to put up boxes and manage them, the foundation certainly encourage that. Lee points out that martins are not a “backyard bird,” as they like wide open areas with water nearby.

If that sounds like a property you know of – one you think might make a good home for these struggling members of our community – head over to the foundation’s website at saveourmartins.org or by contacting Lee directly by emailing her at wpmf@georgiabasin.ca.

She can also point you to the plans for how to make the nesting boxes and can mentor people through the process, so the purple martin can be given a fighting chance. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

A long, rocky piece of property at 102 Atkins Rd., wedged in between the Galloping Goose Trail and the E&N railroad tracks, is the subject of a public hearing in View Royal next Tuesday.

The owner of the roughly 1.6-acre parcel near the Six Mile Road end of Atkins is looking for council approval to build nine single family homes in place of the one older home currently on the sprawling piece of land.

Doing so first requires changing the zoning from large lot, one-family residential (R-1) to attached residential (mixed density) RM-1. An amendment to the official community plan is also required, to include the property in the Mixed Residential Development Permit Area.

Lindsay Chase, View Royal’s director of development services, said the proposal “is consistent with the (OCP), and the single-family home nature is consistent with all of the other surrounding development.”

Rather than creating nine freehold lots out of one, Chase said, the developer expects to create a form of strata with the existing homeowners.

Under the Town’s detached multiple-unit residential zoning, the homes could be built to a maximum of 2.5 storeys and 3,500 square feet of floor space.

As part of the proposal, Chase said, the developer is offering a financial contribution toward creating pedestrian activated crossing lights at the Galloping Goose crossing at Atkins Road, a busy junction with somewhat limited visibility for traffic on either side of the roadway.

“Future residents of that parcel may well consider commuting by bike,” she said. “It provides a good opportunity to realize some improvements.”

The public hearing gets underway at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17 at the town hall, 45 View Royal Ave. More information on the proposal can be found at the town hall, or by calling 250-479-6800. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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“There’s a bit of a random element to it,” Mitchell said.

“I would guess that it’s just a couple of people (causing the problems), or maybe even just one. I certainly don’t get the feeling that it’s becoming more dangerous out here, or anything. It’s more like a statistical blip.”

He added there have been times in the past where they have seen increases, but looking at the trends, he doesn’t think Metchosin is any less safe than it has been.

“I think it’s just a matter of perception. When the media gets a hold of something like this, it’s very easy for it to get all blown out of proportion,” he said, adding that a few incidents aren’t likely to shift the dynamic or cause much unease in the community.

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resident reported, the suspect fired “a pellet or Airsoft gun at him.”

The Saanich Police Department canine unit was brought in to track the suspect(s), but was unsuccessful.

The Island District RCMP’s forensic identification section is also assisting with the investigation.

Berube confirmed that in all of the reported incidents, the properties accessed were unlocked and no damage was sustained due to forced entry.

“This is again an unfortunate reminder that owners should keep their homes and vehicles locked,” he said. “If presented with an opportunity, criminals will not hesitate to open an unlocked door.”

Anyone with information in regards to the recent criminal activity or have any other concerns is asked to contact West Shore RCMP at 250-4742264 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held at Town of View Royal Town Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 for the purpose of hearing representations concerning the following proposed amendments to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 811, 2011 and Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014: 1. Bylaw No. 917, 2015 proposes to amend Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 811, 2011, as follows: By amending Schedule “P” Form and Character Development Permit Areas of Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 811, 2011 for lands shown boldly outlined on the sketch plan attached as “Schedule 1” and legally described as: Address 102 Atkins Road

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to include the lands within the Mixed Residential Development Permit Area. This would allow the form and character of intensive residential development on the lands to be regulated.

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If the Bylaws are approved, the applicant proposes to construct nine multifamily units. A development permit would be required to regulate the form and character of development with regard to the guidelines of the Mixed Residential Development Permit Area.

TAKE NOTICE that more detailed information concerning the subject bylaws and any other reports, studies or other documents that may be considered by Council can be obtained at the Town of View Royal Municipal Office, Development Services Department, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. (Telephone: 250-479-6800) between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday, March 5, 2015 to March 17, 2015.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative or by written submission on all matters contained therein at the above-noted time and place. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, written comments may be mailed, facsimiled, emailed or hand delivered to the Town of View Royal by no later than 4:30pm on March 17, 2015.

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Multi-talented musicians will play four shows Continued from Page A1

The Colwood teen, a Petty Officer First Class in cadet terms, found out about his selection while travelling home from practice at the University of Victoria with the Don Wright Symphonic Winds, another high-level ensemble in which he plays his adopted instrument.

Getting involved with that group and learning the material has “been very whirlwind,” he says, but he feels it has prepped him for this upcoming challenge. “I feel like it’s going to be the same way in honour band: learn the music quickly and sight read really well.”

Welch is joined in the honour band by fellow 263 corps cadet, Chief Petty Officer First Class Taylor Cartwright, who is also the corps’ coxswain and an accomplished clarinetist, both at Belmont and in cadets.

She also took on a new challenge for her Grade12 year, adding the rare E-flat clarinet to her repertoire at school, where she also plays B-flat clarinet, plus alto and bariDon Descoteau/News Gazette staff tone sax.

B.C. Cadet Honour “I don’t think I Band participants Taylor would be where Cartwright and Cameron I am without the Welch will have to learn instruction I got their parts quickly for the with cadets and upcoming performance the school band,” mini-tour around B.C. she says.

Under the cadet musical grading system – it’s similar to Conservatory of Music grading – she has achieved her level 4 standing for clarinet performance and level 5 in theory. Welch is at the same standing for bassoon.

Cartwright was taken aback when informed of her selection to the cadet honour band.

“I was definitely surprised. I haven’t done a lot with the cadet music program, so I wasn’t expecting this. I was pretty excited and shocked.”

While her coxswain duties keep her busy, not to mention school work in her grad year, her cadet time is frequently taken up with recreational activities such as sailing, orienteering, hiking and canoeing. “I try to be on every team,” she says.

The musicians from around the province will gather tomorrow (March 14) in Victoria to begin rehearsing material for the four concerts they will play. In addition to the Victoria performance (March 17, 7:30 p.m., tickets at rmts.com), the 45-member band will play concerts in Nanaimo on Sunday, Burnaby on Monday and Vernon on March 20.

The group will play material from Disney’s Frozen and The Hunger Games, as well as a selection of classical and military compositions and there will also be a pipes and drums performance.

Both West Shore cadets look forward to rekindling some old friendships with people they’ve been at camp with in past, as well as making new friends.

Unlike learning new songs and parts on the fly, that part won’t be a challenge at all for the outgoing pair. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Learn about animal rehab work at Wild ARC SPCA-owned facility opens its doors for events later this month Rick Stiebel News Gazette staff

It’s a popular event that definitely gives paws for thought.

The B.C. SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) is hosting its 11th annual Open House on March 28 and 29 to provide people with a rare up-close and personal look at the work the centre does helping injured and orphaned wildlife get a leg up on returning to their natural habitat.

Wild ARC admitted more than 2,500 wild patients in 2014, and that total is expected to grow this year.

The 10-acre site offers no public access at other times of the year, so the open house allows people to come out and discover how rehabilitation staff and volunteers care for the approximately 140 different species the centre attends to each year, said Wild ARC

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manager Kari Marks.

“This is a once a year opportunity to take a tour,” said Marks, who has been at the facility the past four years.

Although those attending can’t disturb the animals in care, Wild ARC has arranged for some unique guests for the public to see.

Jeff Krieger from Alternative Wildlife Solutions, a local company, is bringing a couple of hawks. Mike Mackintosh from the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. will be on hand as well with a feathered friend.

The open house takes place both days between noon and 4 p.m. and is limited to a total of 1,000 visitors. Reservations are required and must be completed online at spca.bc.ca/tourwildarc2015.

There is no charge for this family friendly event, but gifts of food and supplies are gratefully accepted. A list of items needed at the centre will be provided upon registration.

The Wild ARC is at 1020 Malloch Rd. in Metchosin. news@goldstreamgazette.com

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“2014 was a crucial year for us,” says Ken Schley, QF’s director of operations and founding partner in a release.

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He says the awards don’t change their way of looking at the work they do and the role they play in the community.

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Rural residents need caution A recent rash of thefts from vehicles and sheds should serve as a wakeup call to Metchosin residents.

With a quaint “downtown” that consists of a handful of businesses surrounding a T-junction at Metchosin, Locking up those William Head and Happy Valley roads, valuables need and a mostly rural residential setting not mean giving whose flavour up country lifestyle has been largely unchanged for decades, it’s easy to understand why a false sense of security has become commonplace.

Make no mistake, however, Metchosin is no less immune to crimes of opportunity than any other area in the Capital Region. The desperate folks who resort to this type of activity to feed their habits think nothing of taking a pleasant drive out to the country to wreak havoc.

That is especially true when would-be thieves know there is a plethora of remote properties available to prey upon, and a mindset among residents that they don’t need to lock or remove valuables from their vehicles, or ensure their doors are locked and their sheds and out buildings secure.

That loose change sitting in plain sight in the console of your car for parking? It’ll cover the price of thieves’ gas for the trip back to the big city, or wherever they happen to be coming from.

West Shore RCMP conducted a community safety presentation a number of years ago that dealt with some of the challenges of preventing crime in rural areas. The good news was the event drew more than 100 people to Metchosin Community Hall on a Friday night. The bad news was that close to half the vehicles in the parking lot were either unlocked and or had valuables in plain sight.

It makes you wonder how many of those in attendance left their homes unlocked.

It’s time that Metchosin residents took the RCMP’s message to heart and took that extra little bit of time to secure those valuables and ensured property was not readily available to those who would profit by stealing it.

Rather than seeing it as an intrusion on their wonderful rural lifestyle, we hope residents look at personal security more as a way of preserving that lifestyle. Practising security is a good way to discourage intruders from putting Metchosin on their preferred hit list.

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Ocean plastic is an oxymoron most plastic ends up or what Eight million tonnes. That’s how overall effect it’s having on marine much plastic we’re tossing into the life and food supplies. They do oceans every year. University of know that massive islands Georgia environmental of plastic and other engineer Jenna Jambeck waste — some as large as says it’s enough to line up Saskatchewan — swirl in five grocery bags of trash five gyres in the north and on every foot of coastline south Pacific, north and in the world. south Atlantic and Indian A study published by oceans. But that’s only a Jambeck and colleagues small amount of the total. in the journal Science on Plastic is everywhere in Feb. 12 examined how our seas. It accumulates 192 coastal countries on the sea floor and in disposed of plastic David Suzuki sediments, washes up waste in 2010. The Science Matters on coastlines and is report, “Plastic waste taken up by fish and other inputs from land into sea creatures. It affects birds, fish, the ocean”, estimates that of 275 mammals and other marine life. It million tonnes of plastic generated, eventually breaks down into smaller about eight million (based on a bits, which can look like fish eggs midpoint estimate of 4.8 million to and get eaten by marine animals, 12.7 million tonnes) ends up in the but it never biodegrades. Those seas — blown from garbage dumps particles, or microplastics, just keep into rivers and estuaries, discarded building up. on beaches or along coastlines and They also absorb and carried to the oceans. concentrate toxic chemicals, China tops the list of 20 poisoning the animals that consume countries responsible for 83 per them. Studies show that 44 per cent cent of “mismanaged plastic” in of all seabird species have plastic the oceans, sending between 1.32 in and around their bodies, and and 3.53 million tonnes into the fish, birds, turtles and whales often seas. The U.S., which has better become fatally entangled in plastic waste-management systems, is waste. number 20 on the list, responsible Even the search for Malaysia for 0.04 to 0.11 tonnes. Some Airlines Flight 370, which went countries in the top 20 don’t even down over the South China Sea in have formal waste-management March 2014, was confounded when systems. The fear is that, as human investigators looking for crash populations grow, the amount of evidence kept finding plastic debris. plastic going into the oceans will Humans depend on healthy increase dramatically if countries oceans for food, water, air, don’t improve waste-management recreation and transportation. systems and practices — and Oceans contain more than 97 per reduce the amount of plastic they cent of the planet’s water and produce and use. produce more than half the oxygen Scientists don’t know where

we breathe. They also absorb carbon — important to reducing global warming. Half the world’s people live in coastal zones, and ocean-based businesses contribute more than $500 billion a year to the global economy.

What we do to the oceans and the life therein, we do to ourselves.

So what can we do to keep them — and us — healthy?

The report’s authors say reducing “mismanaged” plastic waste, regulating the amount of plastics that enter the waste stream and improving waste-disposal methods in the top 20 offending countries are all essential. But, Jambeck notes, “It’s not just about improving the infrastructure in other countries. There are things we can do in our daily lives to reduce the amount of waste plastic we all produce.”

Canada’s relatively good wastedisposal and recycling systems keep us off the 20 worst offenders list — but we can still do better.

Reducing the amount of plastic we use is the first step. For consumers, that means avoiding overpackaged goods and unnecessary plastic items, such as bottled water, single-serve K-cup coffee pods and disposable products. We must also get better at reusing and recycling.

According to a report by the U.S. non-profit As You Sow, plastic is the fastest-growing form of packaging, and only about 14 per cent gets recycled.

Oceans and the life they support face numerous threats, from climate change to overfishing. Reducing the amount of plastic we dump into them is a challenge we can meet.

Let’s get on it.

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We need to do better in addressing mental health his own, had been harvested Last week I responded to a call from nearby properties here at the Gazette in the neighbourhood). from someone who I discussed the said their front garden matter with my editor had been destroyed and we decided by vandals the night it wasn’t really before. newsworthy. It was, Well, that’s not after all, essentially exactly what they had just a spat between said, but that was the residents and there gist of the message was really no risk to relayed to me when I public safety or any arrived at the office. other aspect to the tale So, I headed off to Mike Davies that would cause it to the address on the Mike’s Musings be “a story.” note to find out what It was, however, an was going on. opportunity for me to examine, It turned out that there was in this edition of my musings, a man with some mental health the way we treat mental illness issues who was trying to create a as a society. These types of special kind of ecosystem on his altercations and others that crop rental property. He had been told up due to the way we deal with by his doctor that it was maybe mental health happen all around time to start thinking about us every day. “going back to work,” after a few One night this week on The years off to get his emotional National, CBC’s flagship news situation under control. He lived program, host Peter Mansbridge in a four-plex and his neighbours convened a panel of medical and landlord had contrary experts to discuss the issue of feelings on what should be done mental health and where we are with the yard, so they had taken in Canada in dealing with the action, cutting down his plants topic. The general consensus was (which by all accounts, including

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Corrections An article in the March 11 Gazette (E-cig rules need tweak) misidentified the name of the retailer. The shop managed by Don Parkes is CEV Store.

A story in the March 4 Gazette (France says thanks for veterans’ wartime service) incorrectly stated casualty numbers in a wartime sinking of a ship on which Fred Seeley was a crew member. The total crew was 93, 40 of whom were rescued.

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are suffering.

“People who are mentally ill are much more likely to harm themselves than harm others,” Martin said. “We need to help the general public understand that a person who is mentally ill is not a risk to you as a member of the public, but (they are) someone who needs our help and deserves our collective effort.”

It’s time we start devoting the resources necessary to deal with this issue.

Mental health needs to be a discussion we have in the open, proudly, so we can start looking critically at not only how we think about it, but how we’re going to tackle it.

Let’s bring those numbers down. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

of mental illness in terms of the amount of suffering and also the amount of disability that’s caused by mental illness, we’re probably not resourced enough,” says Lesley Weisenfeld, deputy chief of psychiatry and head of the Geriatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Part of the mental health panel on The National, she added that the resources we do have to address the issue are also not managed properly.

Part of the reason for that lack of resource allocation is because of the many societal misconceptions and stigmas surrounding the issue itself.

“One of the biggest (misconceptions) is that you should just be able to overcome (mental illness) on your own,” Weisenfeld said.

Danielle Martin, a family physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, added there’s also a misconception out there that people with mental health issues are violent, and part of people’s unwillingness to address the topic is a fear of those who

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A 2010 study by the Mental Health Commission of Canada said that on any given week, approximately 500,000 Canadians are unable to work due to mental health. That’s right – half a million people. Per week.

This is estimated to cost the country more than $50 billion per year in health-care costs, lost productivity and reduced quality of life.

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Albaisa designs for a stylish life he held a number of senior Design positions within Nissan leading up to his appointment as Design Director, Nissan Design America, in 2004.

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It would have been no great surprise if car designer Alfonso Albaisa had become a designer of stationary objects – buildings!

The Infiniti Executive Design Director fell in love with design as a young boy living in Miami, FL. As he recalls his childhood, he mentions that this wasn’t the beach part of Miami that might come to mind when we think of the city. Albaisa’s father was a building architect and so as a youngster the budding designer spent a lot of time at the office.

“I remember this as if it was yesterday, that the shadows would move on the streets and I’d sit in the entrance of my dad’s office playing with the little buildings and models.”

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“One day, I was seven or eight, I heard a rumbling and it pulled into the office,” Albaisa explains.

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From then on, he knew that designing vehicles would be in his future.

Then again, that wasn’t without exploration into other mediums of design.

Albaisa says, “Life takes its course and I really got into art also, so I studies art in the beginning.”

He holds a degree from Pratt Institute in New York and he attended the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit. While still in school, Albaisa was hired by Nissan Motor Corp Inc. even before he graduated and hasn’t looked back. He has been

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He designed furniture on the side, as well.

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Aside from the same emotions that we all feel concerning our respective roles at our workplace, he embraces the changes, the ups and downs and the notion to create brand unification through the sketches on a notepad.

When it comes to describing his role, Albaisa remarks, “I still feel like I just started.”

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Hollywood star Tom Cruise has driven dozens of cars in his 40-plus movies.

Here are the top five coolest cars featured in movies: “Vanilla Sky”: In this reality warping, romantic drama, Tom plays David Aames — the head of a New York publishing firm with access to whatever he pleases. In the opening scene, Cruise drives a Ferrari 250 GTO replica through a deserted New York City, ultimately ending in Times Square. Aames’ daily driver throughout the film is a1967 Ford Mustang, and after he falls in love with a different woman, his ex-girlfriend Julie (played by Cameron Diaz) tries to kill them both by driving off a bridge in her 1970 Buick Skylark.

“Rain Man”: After his father’s death, Charlie Babbitt (played by Cruise), a grey market sports

car dealer (seen importing Countaches in the film’s opening), flies home to Ohio to settle the estate.

After learning he has an older brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), who is inheriting the full estate, the two set out on a cross-country road trip back to California in their father’s 1949 Buick Roadmaster.

“Jack Reacher”: Tom plays Jack Reacher, an ex-Army MP who is investigating the murder of five innocent victims of a sniper shooting. The real highlight of the film is a six-minute car chase in which Cruise drives a 1970 Chevelle SS. He tries his best to chase down an Audi A6 while being pursued by police. The driving stunts are of quite a remarkable quality; especially considering Cruise did all of his own driving throughout the movie.

“Risky Business”: In this 1983 dark-comedy drama, Tom Cruise plays Joel Goodson, a high school student living with wealthy parents in suburban Chicago. His parents go away on a trip, giving Joel

strict orders to not touch the stereo system or his father’s 1979 Porsche 928. Joel’s unruly friend convinces him otherwise, leading Joel 1949 Buick Roadmaster: A 1949 Buick Roadmaster very similar to into a downthis one was used in the filming of “Rain Man” ward spiral of trouble that than his two kids — this all changes after an alien includes a car chase in the Porsche, and later some invasion of Earth. The probability of an alien invamajor water damage. sion seems just as unlikely as a decidedly unmoti“War of the Worlds”: Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, a vated N.Y. dockworker owning such a rare car as a divorced dockworker in New York City. His pride and joy seems to be his 1966 Shelby GT350H rather Shelby! – But then this is the movies.

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Our PACE rehearsals are in full swing even during March break. Our kindergarten students start our Sundays at one o’clock. The elementary cast practices in the afternoon and our high school students are working hard in the later afternoon and evening. Our adult men and women have just been added to the mix. Tickets are printed and ready to roll. This is all bound together with the countless s volunteers, members of the production our amazing choreographers, vocal coaches, and the talented and dedicated musicians. Long time PACE alumni Gary who has seen his children through PACE is now glowingly watching as his grandchildren are members of the cast. Gary is also our chef as he mans the barbeque every Sunday. Thanks everyone for making such a wonderful community in our Westshore community.

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Sponsors as far away as Edmonton, Alberta are flocking to our support. A big thank you and shout out to our newest PACE sponsor Peace Hills Insurance. Then there are people like you sponsoring us. Long time PACE family “Cone” Dan and Tina the costume diva and their family purchased their family chair. Their tag will read “Life isn’t about waiting out the storm.

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Room still remains in ’Rocks youth camp

Double OT loss finishes Grizz’ season

St. Paddy’s Day shootaround on Sunday kicks off fun week

BCHL squad hoped to force a game 7 against Powell River

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After turning a sleepy arena into an electrified building with three goals late in the third period to tie the game, the Victoria Grizzlies couldn’t quite finish off the Powell River Kings on Tuesday in Colwood.

Carmine Buono’s goal 10:21 into the second overtime period ended the Grizzlies’ season, giving the visitors a 5-4 victory and a four games to two win in the B.C. Hockey League’s Island Division semifinal.

Victoria appeared worn down in the third, likely a combination of playing their sixth game in eight nights and frustration from not being able to beat Kings goaltender Brett Magnus, who stopped 55 shots on the night, including 39 in regulation time.

But Brett Gruber gave the home team and the crowd life when he picked the top left corner over Magnus with 6:31 to go. With the Kings

pee wee and bantam in the other; the camp isn’t just about working hard and gearing up for the 2015 season, German adds.

“Rhys Duch started (playing) as a little kid, too, and he knows it’s about having fun with the game. They’re going to have some fun, and it’s also about meeting their heroes.”

Leading into the camp this Sunday is a free special event that has become a tradition with Shamrock Nation.

The third annual St. Patrick’s Day Shootaround gives fans and families a chance to grab a burger and meet their favourite Shamrocks players, as well as opening up the lacrosse box for the kids to throw the ball around with the team.

The Shootaround runs from noon to 4 p.m. beside The Q Centre.

Costs for the camp are $165 for the younger age group and $185 for the older players.

To register or find more details, call 250-478-ROCK (7625) or visit victoriashamrocks.com. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Grizzlies captain Shawn McBride spies a loose puck behind the leg of Powell River’s Kurt Keats during Tuesday’s B.C. Hockey League playoff game at The Q Centre, won 5-4 in double overtime by the Kings. still a bit flatfooted, blueliner Jake Emilio wired a shot past the big goalie 22 seconds later to make it a one-goal game.

Given a boost of energy by the sudden outburst, the Grizzlies tied it up with 1:41 to go, as Dane Gibson and Jay Mackie set up Kevin Massy for the tying goal with netminder Michael Stiliadis pulled for an extra attacker. It was Massy’s second goal of the game.

Both teams had their chances in the first overtime period, but the goalies were equal to the task. The Grizzlies and Kings were taking short shifts in the second OT, trying to stay fresh enough to mount an attack.

In the end, the Kings proved to have a little more energy and took advantage of a failed clearing attempt to keep the puck in the Grizzlies zone and stuff it past Stiliadis.

The teams traded power play goals

in the first, Jacob Pritchard scoring for the Kings and Massy replying less than three minutes later. Powell River gained the upper hand with a pair of goals in the following 1:24, one from Pritchard, the other from Jarid Lukosevicius.

Austin Kamer made it 4-1 in the second for the Kings, who looked ready to cruise to victory before the Grizzlies came to life in the third.

Stiliadis made 36 saves in all, including a number of tough ones.

The Kings had to wait another night for the winner of the Nanaimo and Port Alberni series. After losing the first three games to the Clippers, the Bulldogs reeled off three straight wins, including a 4-3 win Tuesday in Port Alberni. Game 7 was scheduled for last night (after print deadline) at Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Youth lacrosse players can get a feel for what it’s like to wear Shamrock green next week at the first ever Victoria Shamrocks spring break kids camp.

With Shamrocks Rhys Duch, the 2014 Western Lacrosse Association scoring champion, and defence specialist Jon Harnett running the show, the camp offers young players a great opportunity, says club executive director Paul German.

“Basically it’s about skill development for kids and learning from players like Rhys and Jon,” he says.

“They’re going to run the same offensive and defensive drills and programs they do at the WLA level.”

The camp runs from Monday (March 16) to Thursday. With players in the tyke and novice divisions in one group, and those playing

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West Shore youth invited to try out a ‘tri’ Mike Davies

interested in bringing some more high-profile sporting events out to the western communities,” he After 30 years with the Victoria says, so they got to talking about Police Department, Rob Dibden possibly relocating some events. has turned his full attention to tri- Through those conversations, however, they began to consider athlon.

Yes, he competes on occasion, the possibility of starting a new but his focus, at least for right now, one, instead.

Once the idea started germiis fostering a love of the sport in nating, Dibden approached West the youth of the community.

“I retired from policing in 2012,” Shore Parks and Recreation. He he says, “and I was looking for had “scoped out possible sites for something to do with myself that the race” and determined the area I really love, and triathlon was around the Juan de Fuca Recreat the top of the list. They say if ation Centre would be the ideal location for the event. you find something “They were aweyou love to do, you’ll some,” he says. “The never work a day in “I think it’s just staff (at parks and recyour life, and that’s reation) were really the point I’m at right fantastic. It’s such supportive of trying to now.” a great thing for get it going. And now Human Powered it’s full steam ahead.”

Racing, the organiza- our kids out here.”

There were 260 partion Dibden and Mike Neil formed in 2006, – Dianna Seaton, ticipants at the Vichas overseen the VicSD62 Trustee toria Youth Triathlon last year – the maxitoria Youth Triathmum number they lon for the past four could accept – so it’s years. They’ve now clear there is a signifiturned their attention to spreading the love over cant amount of interest, at least here on the West Shore with the regionally.

“I don’t expect that for the first upcoming West Shore Youth Triyear out here, the event will not be athlon.

The inaugural event, in collabo- that big,” Dibden says, “but hoperation with West Shore Parks and fully we can generate enough interRecreation, is scheduled for May est that it’s successful. I’d like to 17 and is currently accepting reg- get over 100. That’s a big enough number to show that there’s a real istrations.

“It’s the first time our youth race interest within the community for has been out here and we’re really having an event like this and that it’ll continue to grow. I think the excited about it,” Dibden says.

“Initially, we had a meeting interest is there.”

The key to gathering that interwith the Westshore Chamber of Commerce, just about events out est is in getting the word out to here in general. They were very the schools. That’s where Sooke

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School District Trustee Dianna Seaton comes in. She’s leading the charge, Dibden says, in spreading the message.

“I think it’s just fantastic,” she says. “It’s such a great thing for our kids out here.”

Seaton says it’s a challenge getting the word out over spring break, with so many families either out of town or busy with other activities. As soon as school is back in session, however, the posters will go up and the promotion mission begins.

“It’s really something that I want to encourage,” Seaton says. “To give our young people the opportunity to engage in something like this, that can lead them to longterm healthy lifestyles. It’s some-

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thing that we just can’t put a price on and it’s wonderful that it’s become available.”

The beautiful thing about having the race at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, Dibden says, is that the entire race can be contained within the grounds, which makes it both safe and very easy to manage. It’s also easier for the parents to come out and watch, he says, because it’s a loop course.

Participants will swim a certain number of laps of the pool, based on their age category, the bike course is created using the various driveways of the facility and the run will take place on the chip trail in the park.

“It safer for the kids,” Dibden says, “because you keep every-

thing contained in a small area that you can manage well. It’s a little more onerous on the organization side of things, because you need lap counters to keep track of people and other extra volunteers, but it’s better, overall, I think.”

Approximately 30 volunteers are needed to help with some of those ancillary duties, including marshals to assist with traffic control, people to supervise the nutrition and food tables, lap counting and other roles.

Registration is $50 per participant, which includes a medal for all who finish their circuit, a participant shirt for everyone, the awards, as well as the cost of operating the nutrition stations.

But it’s not about the medals and ribbons. It’s about participating in something that could lead to a life-long love of physical activity, and having fun, Dibden says.

“Triathlon is the type of sport where it develops an active attitude. From a lifestyle aspect, it really fosters the attitude that physical activity is an important part of life.”

Especially for the kids’ races, he adds, “we try not to emphasize performance, it’s more about participation. When you make a big hoopla about who did the best, the kid who came last feels pretty bad about themselves, so we make a point of not doing that. We make it about the fun of doing it.”

You can register for the event or find out more by visiting westshoreyouthtri.ca or humanpoweredracing.ca, or by contacting Dibden directly at rob@humanpoweredracing.ca. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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Wolves swept from VIJHL hockey playoffs by Cats The Westshore Wolves will have to wait until next year to howl again.

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Victoria put the game away in the second with three more goals and made it 7-2 just 29 seconds into the third. James Severs tallied for the Wolves late in the game.

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The Calgary Stampeders look is out and a fresh new West Coast look is in for the Westshore Rebels football club.

The B.C. Football Conference junior squad unveiled its new logo and an upgraded website this week, along with a new promotional video aimed at helping recruit players and market the team and its players to the community.

New head coach J.C. Boice said the U.S.-style rebranding project, undertaken by Vancouver company Digital Shift with the input from the football club’s volunteer board, was first and foremost inspired by the players.

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said the process of updating the look for the team has done a good job of uniting the players, the board and Rebels alumni.

Continuing to make strides in turning around the team and building a new image for the club, the board, led by team president Elise Pastro, has helped keep the players visible in the community as well. Last weekend some of them were busy bagging groceries at the Market on Millstream in Langford.

“The club has been very proactive in seeking opportunities for our athletes to interact in the community, as well as teaching them why it’s important for them to connect with the community, “ Boice said.

On the field, those who are in town this off-season are checking in for workouts with the coach and keeping in shape to be ready for the spring camp, set for May 1 to 3 at Westhills Stadium.

Part of the excitement in the leadup to camp weekend was the quiet announcement this week that Doug Hocking has agreed to join the club as defensive co-ordinator for the 2015 season.

Hocking oversaw the powerful defence that helped the Vancouver Island Raiders win national championships in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and seven B.C. titles, after which he coached with the UBC Thunderbirds. A 12-year pro who played in the Canadian Football League, he won a Grey Cup with the B.C. Lions in 1994.

His return to the Raiders had been announced in December, but in February the Nanaimo club unveiled former UBC special teams co-ordinator Jerome Erdman as their new defensive co-ordinator.

Boice is thrilled to have someone of Hocking’s experience level joining the coaching staff in Langford.

“That’s a big deal to attract a high-level coach like that with a proven track record,” Boice said.

“The identity of that Raider organization back then was a fantastic, really aggressive defensive unit.”

The Rebels coach hinted that more quality staffers will be brought in as the club heads toward spring camp.

Speaking of training camp, the Rebels may well have to turn interested players away, having made a decision to cap the numbers at 100. Known for his recruiting skills on both sides of the border, Boice said word is getting out about the team and its fresh approach to development and community.

For more information on the Rebels or to find out how to get involved, visit westshorerebels.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Q: GROWTH SLOWING DOWN IN LANGFORD? Residential growth in Langford continues at a healthy pace with a mix of housing options available.

Limona Developments is developing properties on Happy Valley Road that will offer smaller size single-family homes.

There are plenty of subdivisions currently under construction as well, including more conventional size detached single family homes on Latoria Road.

Complementing the current upturn are a number of rental projects under way, including three on Hockley Avenue, one on Station Avenue near Jacklin Road and another on Peatt Road, adding to the one recently completed on Granderson Road, meaning that there will soon be many more options for both renters and buyers to take advantage of.

If you just drive around for a while within the boundaries of Langford, any questions you may have about whether the growth is slowing will soon be answered.

The whole West Shore region is booming just now, and it doesn’t look like it will reach its plateau for a while yet.

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Phase Two of Paradise Falls to sell soon Pricing hasn’t been established yet, but Phase One sold from $439,000 to $569,000 Rick Stiebel News Gazette staff

New homes in Phase Two in the Paradise Falls development in Westhills are set to go on the market March 25. Although pricing hasn’t been finalized, Phase Two will offer up single family homes of approximately 2,100 sq. ft. featuring custom appliances, quartz countertops and a geothermal heating and cooling system.

The Paradise Falls development consists of six phases and will contain about 135 single-family homes, 13 townhouses and six small footprint homes upon completion, said Rob Muller, marketing and construction coordinator for Westhills.

Prices for single-family homes in Phase One ranged from $439,000 to $569,000 for the 12 single-family homes, 13 townhouses and six small footprint homes in that phase. Sales have been brisk, with only single-family home left after Phase One went on the market in October, Muller said.

Phase Two will include upgrades not included in Phase one, Muller noted.

Construction began on Paradise Falls, part of the larger scale Westhills master plan community, in 2014.

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OUTSTANDING VALUE / PRICE REDUCED $389,900 • 3 bedrooms / 4 baths • Freshly painted throughout • 6 appliances/new washer & dryer • Granite counters and Island in Kitchen • Single car garage • Low strata fees $175 per month • IMMEDIATE POSSESSION

• 1800+ sq ft.

• New carpets • Built in speakers / lots of pot light • Built in Vacuum • Garden patio • RENTERS & PETS WELCOME • MUST SEE to appreciate. MUST SELL!

Clayton Morris Gabriella Pakos

GABRIELLA PAKOS 250-213-1323 www.Pakos.ca CLOSE TO ALL AMENITIES - $ 539,900

Located on a quiet cul-de-sac with mountain views from the Living room and Pastoral views from the family room. No Neighbors behind. This home offers 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Plus a bonus 1 bedroom/1 bath additional accommodation. Hardwood entry flowing into Living room, Dining room and Hallway. Leaded glass door to Family and Dining room, Marble Heath, propane Fire place in Living room, and propane F/P in Family room. Updated kitchen, new carpet in Family room. Master with walk-in closet, 4 piece en-suite, with sky light. Large storage off garage. Call me direct to book a viewing today. MLS 347189

Stacey Scharf

Mike Williams

GABRIELLA PAKOS 250-213-1323 www.Pakos.ca

#101-891 Attree • 250.478.9141

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Jean Thorndycraft Nancy Vieira

A24 • www.goldstreamgazette.com

Friday, March 13, 2015 - GOLDSTREAM

NEWS GAZETTE

5SALE

DAY

Fresh Chicken Wings Split, Tips Removed All Size Packages Regular Retail: $6.19–$6.49/lb, $13.65–$14.31/kg

1 3 1 4 1 5 16 17 FRI SAT SUN MO N TU

Asparagus

ES

Grown in Mexico $5.47/kg

On Sale

On Sale

2

48 Per lb

*S AM E IT EM OF EQ LE SS ER VA LU UA L OR E.

Sensations by Compliments or THRIFTY

Red Sockeye Salmon Selected 213g

Quaker

Crispy Minis or Rice Cakes Selected 100–214g

On Sale

On Sale

98¢

298 Each

Each

Kellogg’s

Tide

Selected 700g–1.36kg

Regular or HE Assorted 2.72–2.95L or 3.75kg 52–84 Loads

Jumbo Cereal

On Sale

6

9Each8

Laundry Detergent

On Sale

9

9Each8

FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH to TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2015 Vancouver Island locations ONLY.