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Residents want park expanded in face of development Valuable Metchosin lot likely to be subdivided Rick Stiebel News Gazette staff
There’s a move afoot to keep part of a piece of private property slated for development adjacent to Tower Point Park in Metchosin as an asset for the region. The area, which features spectacular views of Juan de Fuca Strait and Victoria, is a popular recreation destination, picnic spot and favourite dog walk area, given its off-leash designation, says nearby resident Ken Farquharson. He recently presented a motion to Metchosin council, with the supJohn Ranns port of the Association for the Protection of Rural Metchosin, encouraging the district to explore options for keeping some of the property to expand the adjacent Capital Regional District park. Among the ideas was purchasing land with financial assistance from the CRD. The proposed subdivision is about four hectares, while Tower Point Park is roughly three hectares in size. The development proponent, Ridley Brothers, is looking to subdivide the property into eight lots. The company did not return calls for comment before the Gazette print deadline. PlEASE SEE: District long aware of future, Page A3
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Dusty Morris of Langford takes his remote control drone out for a quick flight. Morris has combined his passion for photography and remote control vehicles into a new business venture.
Bird’s eye business taking off Cook combines two loves into side career Mike Davies News Gazette staff
Back when he was finishing high school, Langford’s Dusty Morris got a job as a dishwasher at the Loghouse Pub on Millstream Road. Over a period of eight years, he worked his way up to first cook. These days, he’s up at Jack’s Place on Bear Mountain. In between those kitchen gigs,
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however, Morris took a few side paths. He did some masonry for a while after his time at the Loghouse, ”but that was really, really hard,” he says with a laugh. So he took off to Port Alberni to help a friend rebuild a house, he says, “and to find myself – reassess what I was doing with my life.” It was during this reassessment that he had an idea to try and combine two of his long-time passions – photography and aviation – into a new career path. “My dream job, when I was a kid, was to be a photographer for National Geographic,” he says. “And I’ve always
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been an (remote control) guy. I started with cars when I was a kid, but it developed into a love of anything you could control remotely.” Once he found aircraft, there was no turning back. “And then I started mounting little video cameras to them – just with tape,” he says. While the image quality was terrible in the early days, there was something that fascinated him with the angles of the world he could capture remotely from up in the sky. PlEASE SEE: RC-based business, Page A4
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