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Team Canada ball carrier Nadia Popov stiff-arms an opponent during an international women’s rugby sevens match this season. This weekend, she and her teammates take on the world in the Canada Women’s Sevens tournament hosted in Langford at Westhills Stadium.

Part of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens series, a qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics, the event can help further solidify Canada’s standing in the world rankings. See story page A13.

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Neighbours angry about impending townhouse complex Petition fails to sway Langford council Mike Davies News Gazette staff

More than 90 Langford residents are opposed to the rezoning of seven properties to create a townhouse complex and are frustrated the project went ahead without

their opinions being taken into account.

They feel the addition of a 20-unit townhouse complex to their neighbourhood, which received third reading by Langford council last week following a public hearing, will negatively affect not only their way of life, but also their property values.

The townhouse complex takes the place of seven single-family homes previously planned for the site.

The properties in question, part of a

subdivision off Happy Valley Road west of Olympic View Golf Club, were previously rezoned from agricultural use to comprehensive development to create the Valley View subdivision of single-family homes.

They were later rezoned again to allow seven additional lots.

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The City of Langford had received a petition signed by 96 neighbours of the proposed townhouse complex on Wild Ridge Way, expressing opposition to the proposal.

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Prostate patient advocates for his health Men without a family physician can still ask to have a PSA test done Don Descoteau News Gazette staff

Bill McElroy considers himself an “extremely lucky” man.

He knows many people wouldn’t see him in that light, especially since he’s about to undergo surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland.

Rather than sit at home, relax and wait for his scheduled operation today (April 15) at Victoria General Hospital, the fit 69-yearold Langford resident rounded off a brisk walk this week with a stop at the Gazette office to talk openly about his situation.

McElroy calls himself lucky, because if he hadn’t made a firm request of a walk-in clinic doctor a little over a year ago, the chain of events that led to his diagnosis might never have begun.

“If I hadn’t asked for that PSA test …” he says. “It just so happened I had the more aggressive, fast-growing type of prostate cancer.”

Unlucky enough to have had his family doctor retire five years ago, leaving him without a regular physician, McElroy was left with having to rely on walk-in clinics for his health care.

Like many men, especially those as generally healthy as he is, he says, he’s not one to go to the doctor for just anything.

But when it comes to health scenarios that need regular monitoring, walk-in clinics often lack the continuity needed, he adds. “You never know who you’re going to get the next time you go in.”

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) test orders, not unlike mammograms for women, generally require the patient to have a regular doctor to send the results to.

McElroy was fortunate that in his situation, the results were secured

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Bill McElroy walks briskly down the walking/cycling path off Station Avenue near his home in Langford. McElroy, who will be operated on to have his prostate gland removed next week, wants to remind men to ask for a PSA test referral, regardless if they have a regular doctor or not. by the clinic which ordered the PSA test initially, and they let him know they needed to see him.

His baseline PSA serum concentration reading wasn’t off the chart at first, slightly higher than what is considered normal, McElroy says. Having been referred to a urologist by the clinic doctor, however, he saw increasingly higher numbers in subsequent testing.

McElroy, the studious board

chair and treasurer of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association in Colwood and longtime board volunteer around Greater Victoria, read a lot on the topic and researched possible options for people in his situation. In consultation with specialists, he chose to go with complete removal of his prostate gland.

At the end of the day, he’s glad he took action when he did, but he

questions the long-term prognosis for health care when thousands of people in Greater Victoria don’t have a regular doctor.

“I’m not angry, but I hoped this use of walk-in clinics would be a stopgap measure,” he says. “What happens in the long run if someone has undetected breast cancer or prostate cancer?”

Their chances of survival go down dramatically, says Leanne

Kopp, executive director of The Prostate Centre in Victoria.

“If caught early, (treatment of) prostate cancer has a 90- to 95-percent chance of success,” she says.

Kopp agrees with McElroy that middle-aged and older men, especially those using walk-in clinics, need to become advocates for themselves for prostate health.

“As doctors retire, (family) practices are much more difficult to get into,” she says. “In terms of something like a PSA test, where you need to follow that number from year to year, that’s when men tend to fall between the cracks.

What’s important is creating that baseline.”

The PSA test has been the subject of controversy of late. Critics argue that many men with elevated PSA serum readings, including some for whom slow-growing prostate cancer would not pose a higher-than-average health risk, are being recommended for more invasive testing, such as biopsies, that carry a risk of further health problems.

Despite the “needle-in-the-haystack” bad press, Kopp insists that the PSA test “is really right now the best screening tool for prostate cancer. Until something comes out that can be a better screening tool for men, this is the best way (to detect cancer early).”

McElroy says that since he started letting people know about his situation, he’s heard a number of related stories.

“One today concerns an older man who hadn’t had a prostate exam for years,” he says. “Like me, he had no pain or symptoms, so never thought about it. Apparently, when they did a PSA, he scored over 600 (a “normal” reading is in the 4.0 to 6.0 range). After an exam, he was told it was really too late to do anything, because the cancer had spread throughout his body. Another point for early detection.”

To find out more about PSA testing and its benefits and risks, visit theprostatecentre.org or talk to a physician. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Belmont students are set to go hungry Thursday 30-Hour Famine raises awareness and funds for charities who help feed those in need Mike Davies News Gazette staff

Tomorrow night (April 16), many of the students of Belmont secondary will go hungry.

Josh Gage, a Grade 11 student at Belmont, initiated the project – a 30-Hour Famine event where participants voluntarily fast to raise money for and awareness about world hunger.

“Alot of kids want the opportu-

nity to help out their community and people in need,” he said, and this was one way he figured they could do that.

The 30-Hour Famine, a project initiated in 1971 when 15 friends in Calgary staged an event in a church basement to raise awareness of children suffering during a famine. The initiative spread, and now these events take place in over 20 countries.

Over 80 students have volunteered to be a part of the Belmont famine.

“When I started, I was expecting maybe 15 or 20 students to sign up,” Gage said. “It’s been really exciting to see the student body respond to it and get behind it this way.”

He said that he would see $1,000

being a successful fundraising effort, “but it’s going to far surpass that.” As of Monday morning, he had already collected over $500, and that was collected from only a handful of the students participating.

One-third of the money being raised will be donated to World Vision – the organization that received the funds from the original Calgary event in 1971 – onethird will go to the CanWES Society to help build schools in Nepal and one-third will be donated to the Out of the Rain Youth Shelter right here in the capital region.

So, what are these kids going to be doing with themselves for 30 hours in a school?

“Well, we’ll have to see how the night goes,” Gage said. While they

do have some structured activities planned, such as a line-up of films being screened in the library and a few educational activities scattered throughout the night, much of the time it will be a selfdirected kind of event. Random games of pick-up basketball and floor hockey will happen in the gym, video game stations will be set up in various classrooms that students can take advantage of at their leisure and there will surely be a few other spontaneous activities the students come up with on the fly.

“Hunger is a really big problem in the world,” Gage said, “and not just in developing countries. Most students in our circumstances don’t know what that would be like, so this is a great way to bring

some awareness to that and do our part to help with it, in some small way, as well.”

Gage wanted to take a moment to thank some local business sponsors, specifically Thrifty Foods and Glenwood Meats, who have offered to feed the students to break their fast on Friday morning.

Anyone else who would like to help the students with their fundraising efforts, whether sponsoring something for the event itself or by contributing to the funds being raised can contact Gage by email at josh3gg@gmail.com. They will be accepting donations for about a week after the challenge before distributing them to the charities they are supporting. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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Parking at issue with townhouse project Continued from Page A1

“I bought on the assumption that the whole neighbourhood was going to be single-family,” said one of those residents, Ridge Pond Drive homeowner Gerry Troesch, who bought his home in 2008. “I asked the city specifically what all of that area was going to be developed as. This isn’t the downtown core.

I mean, we’re on the border of Langford and Metchosin here.

“I’m just upset because it’s not going to be within the density that we were told it was going to be when we bought here. Why wouldn’t they have zoned it that way in the first place if that’s what they wanted it to be?”

Troesch said many of the residents’ concerns surround parking – which they

say is already terrible – and additional traffic congestion due to the increased population density. Those concerns seemed to fall on deaf ears at the public hearing, he said.

“I was rather surprised about their attitude. It seemed like they had their minds made up ahead of time. It really leaves a bad taste in your mouth to just be ignored like that. I don’t think it would have made a sniff of difference if every resident in town said they didn’t want it,” he said. “Our concerns weren’t even registered.”

Langford director of planning Matthew Baldwin said he thinks Irwin did a good job of explaining that more than the necessary parking spaces will be added to the development, an explanation that quelled some, but not all, of the

residents’ concerns at the hearing.

“Any time there’s a change in use, there are going to be people who don’t like it,” Baldwin said.

The developer is now required to do a geotechnical survey of the properties to ensure they are conducive to this type of project before it can go through the development permit stage of the process, he said.

As for Troesch and the rest of the upset neighbours, “I guess we just deal with it,” he said with a sigh.

“We are just supposed to tell them if there ends up being traffic problems or whatever once it’s done, and they say they’ll look at it then. They tell us they don’t think our property values will go down, either, but we’ll see.” mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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Colette Scrimgeour (in red), president of the Juan de Fuca Arts and Crafts Guild, presents a cheque for $900 to Alvira Plett of the Isabelle Reader Theatre at Spencer Middle School to help with their seat refurbishment. Lifetime members Ruby Bauer (far left) and Julia Darby (far right), along with guild treasurer Donna Vaesen enthusiastically joined in the presentation.

It’s all about arts and crafts Crafting guild celebrating 40 years in the community Back in 1975, two friends decided to place an ad in the local newspaper to see if they could find like-minded people who enjoyed arts and crafts.

They announced a meeting date, and were overwhelmed at the number of people who attended.

That was the beginning of the Juan de Fuca Arts & Crafts Guild. Forty years later the umbrella group, with its various member groups focusing on their own genres most of the year, continues to help organize crafters from around the West Shore and beyond.

As evidenced by its recent donation of $900 toward the refurbishing of seats at Isabelle Reader Theatre in Langford, the Guild lends a hand to other community groups in the area, largely with the proceeds from its annual fall display and sale.

At that first meeting in 1975, a decision was made to “have a sale.” As with the meeting attendance the response was

more than they could have hoped for. One result of that meeting was the creation of a mandate to “promote arts and crafts in the Western Communities.”

Members were separated into several groups with similar interests – cottage crafts (mainly needlework), Potters, Painters (all mediums); Fibres (primarily working with natural fibres); Photography; Graphic Arts; and 3-Dimensional (anything that did not fit into any other category – flower arranging, woodwork, stained glass, etc.)

Over the years they have had many more displays and sales. In the early years craft fairs were rare and it was not uncommon for 200 or more people to be lined up before the opening of a Guild event.

Guild members have participated in many community events in the past, including the old Gllangcolme Days, the Lavender Festival,

Metchosin Day, Discovery Days in View Royal, Luxton Fall Fair, West Shore Town Centre Mall Hobby Show, Royal Roads Mothers’ Day Paint-In and last year’s B.C. Day Festival for the Performing Arts.

The Juan de Fuca Arts & Crafts Guild has seen many people come and go, and its membership fluctuate. Crafts have evolved, re-evolved and been revived.

The groups have changed according to the times, the latest being the formation of a machine knitting group.

Unfortunately that group was unable to continue, but the members have remained in other groups.

This summer the Guild will host a 40th anniversary reunion for past and present members.

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Luxton property to be temporary industrial site

Neighbours may face dust, noise

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Things are about to get busy on the

property immediately west of the Luxton Fairgrounds.

A Temporary Industrial Use permit

Notice of Intention to Consider Issuance of a Temporary Use Permit

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Langford will consider issuance of a TEMPORARY USE PERMIT in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 20 April 2015, at 7:00 pm.

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Temporary Use Permit No. TUP14-0001

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The purpose of the proposed Temporary Use Permit is to allow the processing, sale and removal of existing soil piles and excess material from the re-grading of the property and the import and processing of rock fill for re-grading of the site.

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has been granted to the owners of a set of three properties at Luxton Road and Sooke Road, adjacent to the fairgrounds, “to allow for the processing and removal of existing soil piles and excess material from re-grading of the properties,” according to a report received by the City of Langford from its planning department.

There will also be rock crushing taking place on the property, and crushed rock in excess of

what is needed for the regrading of the property will be sold off.

Langford director of planning Matthew Baldwin is quick to point out that the industrial use permit is only temporary, but that it does suggest a full rezoning proposal down the line.

“I believe it’s in anticipation of future rezoning, but the property owners realize that this is a quick way of being able to get in there and starting to do the work,” Baldwin said.

“(The temporary permit) also offers the city and neighbours some level of protection.”

– City of Langford planning director Matthew Baldwin Since a Temporary Industrial Use permit can be granted in six to eight weeks, but a full rezoning application can take much, much longer than that, he said, this just makes sense for them.

“It also offers the city and neighbours some level of protection,” he said, in that they can revoke the permit if any of the conditions

COPIES of the complete proposed TEMPORARY USE PERMIT and other related material may be viewed during normal working hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Tuesday, 7 April 2015 to Monday, 20 April 2015 , inclusive, at the Langford City Hall, Second Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Kyle McStravick with any questions on this Temporary Use Permit.

are breached during the temporary phase.

The permit was issued for a period of 12 months, and work on the site is restricted to between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The property owners, listed on city documents as 89 Chicken Ranch Ltd., must also both provide a detailed plan about dust and mud control to the city’s director of engineering and a traffic and construction parking plan to the director of engineering and the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure prior to commencing any rock crushing activities.

All stockpiles of material from the property must also be removed from the site before the expiration of the permit. mdavies@goldstream gazette.com

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Colette Scrimgeour (in red), president of the Juan de Fuca Arts and Crafts Guild, presents a cheque for $900 to Alvira Plett of the Isabelle Reader Theatre at Spencer Middle School to help with their seat refurbishment. Lifetime members Ruby Bauer (far left) and Julia Darby (far right), along with guild treasurer Donna Vaesen enthusiastically joined in the presentation.

It’s all about arts and crafts Crafting guild celebrating 40 years in the community Back in 1975, two friends decided to place an ad in the local newspaper to see if they could find like-minded people who enjoyed arts and crafts.

They announced a meeting date, and were overwhelmed at the number of people who attended.

That was the beginning of the Juan de Fuca Arts & Crafts Guild. Forty years later the umbrella group, with its various member groups focusing on their own genres most of the year, continues to help organize crafters from around the West Shore and beyond.

As evidenced by its recent donation of $900 toward the refurbishing of seats at Isabelle Reader Theatre in Langford, the Guild lends a hand to other community groups in the area, largely with the proceeds from its annual fall display and sale.

At that first meeting in 1975, a decision was made to “have a sale.” As with the meeting attendance the response was

more than they could have hoped for. One result of that meeting was the creation of a mandate to “promote arts and crafts in the Western Communities.”

Members were separated into several groups with similar interests – cottage crafts (mainly needlework), Potters, Painters (all mediums); Fibres (primarily working with natural fibres); Photography; Graphic Arts; and 3-Dimensional (anything that did not fit into any other category – flower arranging, woodwork, stained glass, etc.)

Over the years they have had many more displays and sales. In the early years craft fairs were rare and it was not uncommon for 200 or more people to be lined up before the opening of a Guild event.

Guild members have participated in many community events in the past, including the old Gllangcolme Days, the Lavender Festival,

Metchosin Day, Discovery Days in View Royal, Luxton Fall Fair, West Shore Town Centre Mall Hobby Show, Royal Roads Mothers’ Day Paint-In and last year’s B.C. Day Festival for the Performing Arts.

The Juan de Fuca Arts & Crafts Guild has seen many people come and go, and its membership fluctuate. Crafts have evolved, re-evolved and been revived.

The groups have changed according to the times, the latest being the formation of a machine knitting group.

Unfortunately that group was unable to continue, but the members have remained in other groups.

This summer the Guild will host a 40th anniversary reunion for past and present members.

For more information about the reunion or to how to join, send an email to artsandcraftsguild@ gmail.com.

– submitted by the Juan de Fuca Arts and Crafts Guild

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Stay proactive with your health We were keenly interested, not to mention humbled, to hear Langford resident and volunteer extraordinaire Bill McElroy tell us about his experiences with prostate cancer.

Even more so given the fact he arrived in our office virtually on the eve of undergoing surgery to have Many patients his prostate gland without physicians completely removed.

Not only did his will fall through action show great the cracks courage, – sharing his very personal battle with our readers and others around the West Shore and Greater Victoria – the conversation reminded us that we all are our best advocates for own health.

McElroy, like thousands of people on the West Shore and around the region, is without a regular family physician. As such, under the general rules, he is ineligible to have a PSA test ordered – much like women are technically ineligible for a mammogram without having a regular physician to whom the results can be sent. Nonetheless, he demanded of the clinic doctor that the test be ordered, as a way to keep track of his prostate health.

The shortage of family physicians in this province, of which the West Shore is a good representation of the numbers, has left many people in the same situation as McElroy. It has all the potential to see people die before they can receive the crucial tests needed to prolong their lives.

While its still up to us as individuals to look after our own health, whether or not we have the “luxury” of having a family physician, it’s clear that the province needs to take another good look at its long-term plans for health care.

More definitive instructions need to be given to those people who would fall through the cracks.

Bill McElroy is one of the lucky ones because he took action. Not everyone in the same boat will be so fortunate.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Treaty process cash cow may dry up Eyford’s observation that much The B.C. Treaty Commission and of this costly activity has become its federal and provincial financiers a job creation program for those put on a brave show last week, involved. celebrating a “milestone” These Vancouver Island in negotiations for a communities deserve modern treaty with five credit for setting aside Vancouver Island First their own territorial Nations. disputes. It’s more than A regional group most have done. Eyford representing the concluded after a long Songhees, Beecher Bay, summer of meetings last T’Souke, Malahat and year that many treaty Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) negotiation teams in this First Nations have reached the “agreement Tom Fletcher province and across the country show no such in principle” stage of B.C. Views inclination. negotiations with Canada In B.C. and elsewhere and B.C., after 20 years of in Canada, there is a “conspicuous treaty talks. lack of urgency in negotiations” and This is similar to the treaty “sharp divisions” between parties, finalized in 2007 with another fivemost of which have been at the member Vancouver Island group table for a decade or more, Eyford called Maa-Nulth First Nations. found.

The Te’mexw Treaty Association This is what has come to be agreed to accept 1,565 hectares of known as the “aboriginal industry,” provincial Crown land and $142 where lawyers and consultants million in federal cash to settle its have a seemingly endless supply historic aboriginal title. of lucrative work, much of it of Alas, agreement in principle is questionable value. For some but the fourth of sixth stages. Now aboriginal participants, attending a platoon of lawyers takes over treaty meetings year after year is from the roomful of negotiators to the best paying job they have ever produce the final legal text. It will had. be years before this treaty can be Indeed, a common feature of the presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that their leaders it ever is. demand meetings, and then These elaborate ceremonies will demand to be paid to attend them. never be viewed the same again This latest Vancouver Island after the release of federal treaty treaty, assuming it is ever finalized, advisor Doug Eyford’s report last would at least in part replace month. The Te’mexw event seemed the Douglas Treaties, signed by to have an extra urgency after

B.C.’s colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s. These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its Metchosin territory.

One of the biggest missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federally-regulated fisheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwilling to offer shares of salmon in particular.

Hunting and fishing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties, and reaffirmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Sharing these rights while maintaining conservation of fish stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases neighbouring aboriginal communities, have been able to manage.

Eyford’s findings, and the B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staffing a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little progress, have sent one overdue message.

If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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LETTERS Quality education is largely about funding level Re: Exam-ining education in SD62 – Pt. 2: Show me the Money (Gazette, April 8) When it comes to today’s challenges in public schools, the Sooke School District superintendent, the chair of the SD62 board of trustees and the president of the Sooke Teachers’ Association agree the B.C. government led by Christy Clark is underfunding public schools.

But Belmont principal Ray Miller seems to disagree: “To me it’s not about the money.

It’s about intelligently designing systems so that they integrate together and are effective and efficient.”

There sure seems to be a disconnect happening.

I am perplexed by Mr. Miller’s statement. Is there an implication here that Belmont teachers are not working effectively or efficiently? After 13 years of nothing but budget cut after budget cut, and teachers being laid off, there is not much fat left to cut. We are now cutting into organs and bones.

I have taught at Belmont for 19 years and have witnessed firsthand the erosions to both staffing numbers and access to resources for our students. B.C. schools are underfunded. This is a fact. Students today are put into crowded classrooms where some get lost and fall through the cracks.

Students with special needs have less one-on-one teacher support and are also negatively affected. Computer labs are breaking down and not repaired.

Textbooks are not replaced, so students are forced to share books.

The facts are shown in a box within the article: Alberta public education is funded at $10,111 per student per year, Ontario at $11,266 per student and B.C. at $8,654. You cannot squeeze blood from a stone.

Teachers need to be hired to restore the stripped services taken away illegally by the B.C. Liberals when they tore up the teachers’ contract. That takes money.

I disagree with Mr. Miller’s approach that, “You can com-

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Students in a Grade 10 math class at Belmont secondary work together to solve their equations. plain all you want about the money, it doesn’t mean you’re going to get any more.” This government needs to be held to account. Our students are worth advocating for.

Perhaps the principals in this province need to join other groups like parents, teachers and trustees and start advocating and lobbying the government for more funding. Adequate educational funding should not be seen as a burden, but an investment for a future society.

Paul Waterlander Victoria

Lack of focus on life skills at root of problems Re: Exam-ining education in SD62 – Pt. 3: Changing the way it’s done (Gazette, April 10) Ray Miller’s commendable desire to better connect with more students will be wasted effort unless schools focus on teaching values for human life.

Examples of the result of lack of focus include failure to stop bullying, school boards that seem more concerned over irrelevant activism like shark fins than about students, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s attempts to force their ideology into students, high school students rac-

ing around endangering other drivers and pedestrians, misbehaviour in parks, recycling of failed teaching fads by the education ministry and confused young adults who are often violent.

What do those failures have in common? Avoiding focus on educating students is a major cause – Miller deserves much credit for focusing on students.

Collectivism is the cause of many failures. School boards and the BCTF are more interested in socio-economic politics than children – consider for example the candidates in Saanich who ran under the recycled “Progressive” banner of the anti-mind ideology of Marxism, which teaches that contradictions are good. What a great way to teach good thinking skills for successful life – not!

Attempts to stop bullying ignore individuals as targets and perpetrators. One school board moved the victim instead of firmly re-educating each perpetrator, some SD62 students fell for the “Kick a Ginger” violence.

Who is ultimately at fault? Voters who elect school boards and the provincial governments. And teachers who blindly support the B.C. Teacher’s Federation.

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Irresponsible dog owners to blame in livestock deaths Re: West Shore News Through the Decades (Gazette, March 18) I was surprised to be reminded in “Through the Decades” of the gruesome discovery our family made that morning 30 years ago when we found our flock of sheep panicked and mauled by dogs.

Both attacked sheep died including the unborn twin lambs resulting in a substantial loss to farm revenues and an emotional loss that has resonance today.

My daughter still dislikes dogs and particularly dislikes irresponsible dog owners.

Those are the ones with loose dogs on trails and streets that rush up to play with passersby and the owners insist that their dogs are friendly.

Every dog has it’s wild avatar, and taken in pairs and groups they become like a pack of wolves.

Farmers can attest to the number of chickens and sheep killed each year by frolicking friendly dogs who are “just having fun.”

Those dogs are doing what comes naturally to them and I never blame the dog for killing and running livestock; I always blame the ignorant owner.

More then 10 chickens have been savaged and killed by at least two different dogs on the Galloping Goose Trail this winter. Sheep are run and killed every year by pet dogs.

The trauma and loss can not be waved away with dollars, replacement animals and apologies.

I wish dog owners would recognize the essential “doggy-ness” of their pets and train and care for them responsibly. There is no excuse for a family pet allowed to become a killer and a fear monger.

It does all responsible pet owners and their companions a huge disservice.

Wendy Mitchell Metchosin

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Get ready for hard-hitting, fast-paced rugby action Home side looks to rock on day 1 of Canada Women’s Sevens, crank it up for playoffs Sunday

Lethbridge native Steacy, whose siblings James and Heather are already qualified for Rio in their sports, may not have size or her side, but she packs a punch, Tait says in an interview with Canada’s Olympic program website.

“She’s got a ton of courage. She’s our smallest player but definitely one of our hardest hitting players,” he says. She is really evasive and that, combined with her ball-handling skills, makes her a real threat.”

This weekend Canada is without star captain Jen Kish, who was injured in the first game in Atlanta. The native of Ottawa, a finalist for the 2013 IRB Women’s Player of the Year award, is recovering well and will likely be ready for the next round, Tait says.

For more information on the series, visit worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/ media. For more about Team Canada, head over to rugbycanada.ca and click on Women’s 7s. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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As Langford opens its doors to the world for the Canada Women’s Sevens rugby tournament this week, the Canadian team is eyeing the top rung of the ladder in advance of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Sitting in a tie for second overall with Australia in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series after placing third last month in Atlanta – the top four series finishers automatically qualify for Rio – the Canadian players could be forgiven for dwelling on the one that got away down in Georgia.

The Canadians came the closest of any team to beating series leader New Zealand in Atlanta, dropping a narrow 24-22 semifinal decision to the Kiwis, who went on to humble the Americans 50-12 in the championship game at the third of six rounds of this Olympic qualifying series.

While he’s impressed with the improvement he’s seen in his Langford-based squad over the course of the series, Canada head coach John Tait is cautiously optimistic about the how that result might affect future meetings between the teams.

“That was only our second game against them this year, but both games have been very competitive,” he says. “I think we match up well with them. What I’m pleased with most is we can trade blows with them offensively.”

The semifinal match saw the Canadians leading or tied for most of the game, but as Tait points out, the sevens game is so fastpaced that the flow of a match can change in the blink of an eye.

“We took a step forward at Atlanta. I think it’s not a matter of if, it’s when we beat them.”

But first, there’s a lot of important rugby to be played ahead of any possible rematch during round four this weekend at Westhills Stadium. The host team joins the U.S., South Africa and Russia – Canada beat them 28-17 for third at Atlanta – in Pool C. Saturday’s 12:50 p.m. opener for Canada is a rematch against Russia.

Meanwhile, New Zealand lines up in Pool A with England, Fiji and Spain, while Pool B groups Australia, France, Brazil and China.

“We’re not looking much beyond our

Canada Women’s Sevens April 18-19, Westhills Stadium

Photo by Ian Muir, courtesy Rugby Canada

Team Canada’s Sara Kaljuvee does her best to sidestep a tackler during an international women’s rugby sevens match earlier this season. She’ll be back from injury for this weekend’s Canada Women’s Sevens tournament in Langford. own pool,” Tait says. “Three of the top four teams (in the series) are all in one pool.

We’ve been really focused on that.”

Results on the first day are critical to where teams are slotted in for Sunday’s playoff action. The top two teams from each of the three pools advance to the quarterfinals, as well as the top two finishing thirdplace sides. Scoring as often as possible is the best way to secure good placement for Sunday, which means a quarter-final match against one of the third-place pool finishers, Tait says.

“Every possession counts.

That ball – when you don’t have it – you’ve got to do everything within your grasp to get it back,” he says.

Without a doubt, the Canadians will be watching the others’ results Saturday to determine strategy for late-round games, he adds.

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when the pressure and the speed of the game go up, the entertainment factor goes up as well. “If you want to be successful in sevens, you’ve got to play that fast-paced game.”

While Team Canada is filled with superb athletes, some of the best at mixing the speed and power game are Ghislaine Landry and Ashley Steacy.

Landry, from Toronto, has used her catlike agility and reflexes to amass 151 points in the first three rounds, second only to New Zealand’s Portia Woodman with 165.

Saturday pool play 11:00 a.m. France vs China 11:22 Australia vs Brazil 11:44 England vs Spain 12:06 p.m. New Zealand vs Fiji 12:28 USA vs South Africa 12:50 Canada vs Russia 2:00 France vs Brazil 2:22 Australia vs China 2:44 England vs Fiji 3:06 New Zealand vs Spain 3:28 USA vs Russia 3:50 Canada vs South Africa 5:00 Brazil vs China 5:22 Australia vs France 5:44 Fiji vs Spain 6:06 New Zealand vs England 6:28 Russia vs South Africa 6:50 Canada vs USA Sunday playoff round Matches begin at 10 a.m., team to be determined.

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BC Hydro will be completing maintenance work on transmission infrastructure from April 13 to May 1. The work is weather dependent and requires the use of a helicopter to transport crews and equipment. Please be advised that during the work window there will be increased helicopter traffic along the transmission line corridor from the Pike Lake Substation northwest to the Finlayson Arm Transmission Line Crossing.

For more information please contact: BC Hydro Community Relations, Vancouver Island Phone: 250 755 4713 Email: vancouverisland@bchydro.com 4540

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Langford-based sea cadet qualifies for national sailing team Eight B.C. sailors will represent B.C. this summer

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Cadet Lauren Christensen (right) of 263 Beacon Hill Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps in Langford crews a Club 420 dinghy with skipper Cadet Charlotte Clark of Victoria’s 5 Rainbow corps, during a practice race at the National Qualifying Regatta in Victoria.

Cadet Lauren Christensen from 263 Beacon Hill Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps in Langford heads to Kingston, Ont. this summer to compete in the National Sea Cadet Regatta, after placing in the 40th annual National Qualifying Regatta in Victoria earlier this month.

Crew member Christensen and skipper Kenneth Ellis from the 81 Hampton Grey VC sea cadet corps in Nelson finished third overall in a field of 20 teams from

practicing and can work together in a team environment to sail the boat fast in a variety of wind conditions.”

The three-day selection camp and regatta, held April 3 to 5, was conducted in partnership with the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, whose expert sailors offer on-thewater coaching as well as daily debriefs afterward for cadets and staff.

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Grizzlies gunner a B.C. Hockey League all-star Dane Gibson begins NCAA journey in Maine this summer Don Descoteau News Gazette staff

While the Victoria Grizzlies’ finish in his final season of junior hockey wasn’t what Dane Gibson hoped for, he considers himself fortunate things turned out the way they did overall.

Gibson, named last week to the B.C. Hockey League’s first all-star team, posted junior career-best numbers in his only year playing with the Grizz, after spending his first two seasons with the Cowichan Valley Capitals.

A number of things led to him having his most successful individual season on the ice – his 32 goals and 57 assists gave him a team-high and BCHL third-best 89 points. Perhaps the biggest factor was making a bold move in the off-season.

“I was very nervous in the summer, but I am so glad that I asked (for a trade to the Grizzlies),” the Sidney native says. Not only was he playing much closer to home and able to see his family on a regular basis, he adds, he found himself in a positive hockey situation.

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Victoria Grizzlies forward Dane Gibson (second from left) celebrates a goal with teammates during a BCHL game at The Q Centre. The graduating 20 year old, named to the league’s first all-star team last week, credits his fellow players and Grizzlies coaches for having such a successful season.

“It was tremendous getting to play at home, and I really was happy with the year I had and all the teammates I had with me for my last season. I had such a great time; the coaches were unreal.”

The team struggled to find its form under coach-general manager Brad Knight, but began to right the ship when former head

coach Craig Didmon was brought back in by the Grizzlies ownership. The team got hot late to finish the regular season second on the Island – powered largely by the Gibson line, with Brett Gruber and Matthew Kennedy (see below) – but lost a tight opening round playoff series in six games to Powell River.

Gibson, a six-foot-two, 210pound winger, has more high-level hockey to look forward to. Earlier this year he inked a four-year, fullride deal to attend the University of Maine and play for the Black Bears of the NCAA’s Hockey East conference. He’s been asked to arrive on campus around the end of July to begin taking courses, as a way to lighten the academic load during hockey season.

Gibson, a good passer with soft hands and a nose for the net, expects he’ll need some transition time to get used to the college game, which is more focused on speed. As for the notion that freshmen have to work harder than veterans to see ice time, he expects that if he works hard and proves he deserves a spot in the lineup, he’ll see his share of game time.

The Black Bears finished middle of the pack in Hockey East this past season and like the Grizzlies, lost their opening round playoff matchup, to Vermont.

Last Saturday, watching Providence beat Boston University in the Frozen Four final, Gibson got a sense of what to expect in the coming years.

“It’s gonna be an amazing experience, although with a little bit of a culture shock,” he says of moving to small-town New England. “It’s going to be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time.”

As for any advice he might have for up-and-coming Grizzlies, he says to make the most of every game, every season.

“Some of the younger guys can say there’s always next year, but when your 20-year-old season comes up and you’re down to your last few games (it can hit you),” he says. “It goes by so fast and a lot of people take it for granted. I’d say to always work hard.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Off to school Graduating Grizzlies player Dane Gibson is one of six team members committed to postsecondary programs. n Defenceman Meirs Moore, who topped Grizzlies’ blueliners with 47 points, is off to Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) this fall, while fellow d-man Jake Emilio is headed to Colorado College.

Both are Div. 1 schools. n Among returning players, forwards Brett Gruber and Matthew Kennedy are committed to Arizona State, while forward Jay Mackie has a deal with Holy Cross, again both are Div. 1 programs.

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A rare school district budget surplus, a secret development proposal in Colwood, a teen cyclist struck by a drunk driver and an undercover operation that results in 10 arrests are among the top stories pulled from past issues of the Goldstream News Gazette.

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the road, while leaving the boy lying on the road. The driver, Ross Elton Storry, was picked up and arrested later after dislodging a cement barrier and knocking over a stop sign.

The boy was taken to VGH, where he was treated for a concussion, broken shoulder and minor cervical fracture.

And, a 75-year-old woman being treated at Victoria General Hospital contracts necrotizing fasciitis, also known as the flesh-eating disease.

Dr. Ernie Higgs, a doctor in the case would only say the disease had affected the woman’s abdomen and had since been stopped.

The Sooke School District has a rare budget surplus and is asking for ideas on spending the funds. District staff and trustees are hosting public meetings to gather input from parents and other stakeholders.

In total the district expects $65-million in operating revenues and In Sooke School District, the increase amounts to a total of $233 per student over the previous year.

Also making the news the week of April 3, 2005: An 11th-hour demand from Colwood council that Royal Bay developers double their waterfront park dedication will likely be turned down.

A legal opinion obtained by council indicated the City was bound by the development agreement from 1998. Developers hope to begin construction of the second phase which will see construction of a waterfront village centre and school site along with more than 1,500 homes.

Photo by Amy Dove And, speaking at Bear Bear Mountain developer Len Barrie Mountain, Tourism Vancouver stands outside the Finlayson Reach Island CEO Dave Petryk said condominium building, a few years after he anticipates that within 10 a tourism expert predicted the area years, the resort area will have could become another Whistler. the same reputation Whistler enjoys as an international tourist resort destination. Bear Mountain president Len Barrie praised Langford Mayor Stew Young for helping A month-long undercover investimake the resort such a success, add- gation results in the arrest of 10 peoing the community also deserves ple and the seizure of approximately credit for making it such a tourist $2,400 worth of cocaine. The operaattraction. tion, centred around John’s Amusement Centre in the 700-block of Goldstream Rd., sees undercover officers make six marijuana and four cocaine A development proposal for the purchases and one for MDA, leadRoyal Roads property has been sub- ing to a search of a home on Luxton mitted to the City of Colwood, but Road, where the cocaine was found.

Also making the news the week the document is being kept secret, the Gazette learns. Coun. Ernie Rob- of April 3, 1985: An asphalt-making plant that a ertson said Mayor John Bergbusch mentioned the project during an in- local official called “a time-bomb camera council meeting asking coun- waiting to go” has stopped ticking cillors to keep mum about the devel- for now in Langford. Residents living opment plan. The proposal calls for near Capital Asphalt, tucked between residential and commercial develop- a propane storage tank and a wood ment of the 200-hectare federal por- frame warehouse on Jacklin Road, tion of Royal Roads. Coun. Margo are relieved when their complaints Whitbread said Robertson’s asser- and subsequent Capital Regional Distions of secrecy were “garbage” but trict intervention force the company when the Gazette tried contacting to stop its installation work.

And, the Goldstream Gazette joins city administrator Barry Bennett to get a copy of the developers report, the British Columbia and Yukon Bennett said “My instructions from Community Newspaper Associathe mayor, are to keep this under tion is arguing that Canada Post is wraps and it’s for council’s use only.” using it monopolistic position to Also making the news the week unfairly compete with BCYCNA member papers for the flyer delivof April 3, 1995: A 14-year-old Langford boy is ery business. The BCYCNA wants to taken to hospital after being struck see the federal Crown corporation by a suspected drunk driver while Canada Post forced out of the busithe boy was riding his bike on Sooke ness where there is a newspaper or Lake Road. After knocking the boy door-to-door company available to off his bike, the 1986 Oldsmobile Cut- provide delivery.

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Out and About: Happenings on the West Shore Christine Scott Publisher, News Gazette

What an exciting weekend we have coming up on the West Shore with some great events to keep the whole family engaged in some worldclass sports.

Let’s kick things off with the Canada Women’s Sevens Rugby April 18 and 19 at Westshills Stadium. We will have the opportunity to watch the top 12 women’s rugby nations as they compete to qualify for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. Make sure to buy your tickets at canadasevens.com.

Over at the Q Centre, JDF Arena and Rink will host the

Spring 2015 Home Expo. The Expo runs on Friday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It concludes on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be over 280 exhibitors and admission is $5.

The Yama Neko Dojo is proud to host FAST Selfdefence trial safety on the Galloping Goose. To pre-register phone 250-474-5434 or email ttruscott@yamaneko.ca. The course will take place on Saturday April 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 3672 Happy Valley Road.

The Juan de Fuca lawn bowling club will be hosting an open house this weekend April 18 and 19 from 1 to 3

p.m. They are located behind the Q Centre at Westshore Parks and Recreation, and are hoping to attract new members to this sport.

After being a fixture on the Westshore for many years Steve Drane has sold his Harley Davidson dealership to the Barnes family. The Barnes family has been in the automotive business in western Canada for the last 32 years starting with Greg Barnes purchasing a general Motors dealership in Camrose, Alberta.

Today Barnes Harley Davidson is truly known as a family organisaton with Brian Barnes the eldest son of the Barnes family serving as general man-

ager. Be sure and drop by for all your Harley needs.

Another exciting business open for all is the Nest Café, the only rest stop along the Galloping Goose between Langford and Victoria. The Nest Café is the long awaited coffee shop for users of the Goose and local residents in the communities near the Victoria General hospital. Some of the many unique features include bike racks, bike tuneup and repair facilities as well as being dog friendly.

They supply fresh water and treats for our furry friends, and are open from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily. cscott@goldstreamgazette.com

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As one of today’s “older adults” you probably enjoy a more active lifestyle than people of your age ever have before, and your vision plays a major role in your lifestyle. You use your eyes while driving, enjoying recreational activities; reading; watching television; and performing many tasks that keep you living independently and productively.

As you mature, you may begin noticing subtle changes in your vision. Although they may cause some concern, some vision changes are normal and only a few conditions are sight threatening.

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Age related vision changes can’t be prevented, but they need not mean you must give up activities like driving or reading. By practicing good general health habits and having regular Optometric eye examinations, you should be able to continue enjoying an active, productive and independent life.

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Langford volunteer firefighter Kelly Zado polishes up the HarleyDavidson Fatboy model motorocyle being raffled off by firefighters for muscular dystrophy research and patient support.

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Turning $100 into a shiny new motorcycle might be easier than you think.

Firefighters from around the West Shore are selling a maximum of 500 tickets in raffling off a new Harley-Davidson Fatboy, with all proceeds from the fundraiser going to Muscular Dystrophy (MD) Canada.

“Through my years with (fundraising for MD) I have met numerous people affected by (the disease) and I see how what we do makes their lives that much easier,” said retired Langford deputy fire chief Kerry Zado, part of the raffle committee. “A pair of leg splints is $1,500. If a single mother with a kid with MD can’t afford the leg splints, the kid can’t walk. If I can buy another six months, another eight months or a year of that child walking, to me it’s all worth it.”

The disease has no known cure and can be characterized by progressive muscle weakness that can lead to a heart problems, breathing challenges and even death.

Zado said he’s seen too many young people die from the fatal disease, including a good friend’s daughter, who passed away at 21 a couple of years ago.

Firefighters began supporting those affected by MD in 1954.

Zado took up the fundraising challenge shortly after starting his career 26 years ago, and even in retirement, the cause is still something he is passionate about. “(With) the research and equipment we supply now, kids that were (once) dying at 16 to 18 years old are now living into their 40s,” he said. “We’re hoping this (raffle) sells out fairly quickly.”

The firefighters’ charitable arm purchased the bike for a “very good deal” from Steve Drane Harley-Davidson, now known as Barnes Harley-Davidson, Zado said.

Anyone interested in purchasing tickets can contact the Langford Fire Department at 250-478-9555 and ask for Kathy, or email winafatboy@gmail. com. The draw takes place July 4 at Barnes Harley-Davidson as part of their hog rally. alim@goldstream gazette.com

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Rocky Point school an early Metchosin icon The hundreds of acres at Rocky Point her entrance exams, her father politely told were farmed by the earliest settlers to this instructor that no credit was due to his teaching efforts.

Metchosin district.

Mr. Parker Shelton, the teacher in 1897, The little one-room school house built reported that the school’s equipon the property was yellow with ment included eight blackboards red trim and sat in the middle of measuring nine feet by four feet. a field. Opened in 1889 to educate Questioned how often a globe the growing number of families was used in giving instruction, he nearby, it periodically closed due wrote: “Have used a large round to a lack of children, during which turnip for a globe.” time students travelled to schools Many of the Rocky Point chilin East Sooke or Metchosin for dren attended Sunday religious grades 1 to 8. lessons at the school, conducted Many of the Rocky Point school

by Mr. & Mrs. John Dunlop Reid. teachers boarded at the home One student recalled the interestof Charles and Hannah Ball. The teachers earned $50 per month, Wendy Mitchell ing way in which Bible lessons were taught, noting that many of from which $15 was taken for with board. This included laundering Margaret Roper the verses began with each of the letters of the alphabet. and ironing starched petticoats Metchosin’s Past At the end of each year, examiand collars. Often, Mrs. Ball’s Vicnations were held and a picnic for torian nieces and nephews came to board in order to maintain the required all pupils was organized, with Mr. & Mrs. Reid providing all the goodies. enrolment to keep the school open.

Having been closed for 25 years, there As a trustee, Charles Ball kept a vigilant eye on the operation of the school and the were enough children to re-open Rocky teachers. In the annual school report for Point School in September 1940. In the 1897, it was written that Mr. Ball visited the ensuing eight years, five different teachers school 11 times, whereas the other trust- taught at the school.

Rather than addressing their instructors ees; Mr. Thos. Parker and Mr. J.D. Reid, visas Miss or Mr. so-and-so, students were ited only once.

One male teacher came under strict required to simply call them “teacher.”

One past student wrote down his memoscrutiny for his manner of dress, and his general approach to teaching left much to ries of his teachers: “Miss Phyllis Moon with the ruler always be desired, in Mr. Ball’s opinion. One day Ball entered this teacher’s classroom unan- at the ready for conducting music or adminnounced to find him at his desk with his istering discipline. (1941-43) Miss Pratt about 6’ tall and about 60 years hat on! At the end of the term, when one of the younger Ball girls successfully passed old. She was from the Prairies and seemed

Scientist speaking at Metchosin Foundation meeting Group will give update on activities Award-winning environmentalist Briony Penn will speak at the Metchosin Foundation’s upcoming annual general meeting this Sunday (April 19).

Penn shares years of experience as a scientist, educator and activist, highlighting the environmental side of the Metchosin Foundation’s mandate, which includes encouraging and supporting the rural nature of the district and safeguarding its unique ecosystem.

The open meeting gets underway at 7 p.m. at the new St. Mary’s Church, 4125 Metchosin Rd. Interested parties are welcome to sign up as members of the foundation. Find more details at metchosin foundation.ca.

Courtesy Metchosin Museum Society

Students of the old Rocky Point School do some digging beside the building in this photo from the 1940s. The federal government expropriated the land in the 1950s for use by the Department of National Defence. to catch colds a lot and hence a school holiday, yea! yea! (1943) Mrs. Large 4’6” tall and also 60 years old, who introduced us to the French Language and had a Sunday school on Sunday afternoon for a month or so (1944-45) Miss Clara Evelyn Esler just graduated from teacher training and came from Grenfell, Sask. (1945/46) Miss Beryl Pitt the last teacher and the last year of the existence of Rocky Point School.”

In the 1950’s the federal government expropriated the land for the Department of National Defence, thereby ending an era

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Behind the fire hall, the Pioneer Book Barn is open Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. We welcome your donation of used books to help maintain the Museum Society’s preservation of Metchosin’s heritage.

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United Way campaign tops $5.7 million Campaign goal not reached, but year still considered successful Andrea Peacock Victoria News

(Above) Patricia Jelinski, CEO of United Way of Greater Victoria, speaks at SpiritFest, held recently at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa to announce nominees for the United Way Spirit Awards.

The awards recognize effective workplace fundraising campaigns for the United Way, and the people who volunteer to organize them. (Below) Members of the assembled crowd listen for nominees’ names.

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In 2007 and 2010, the CRD made a significant investment in purchasing the Leech Water Supply Area to protect and ensure future drinking water supply for Greater Victoria. Learn more about how the CRD plans to protect these future water supply lands by attending one of the open houses below or visiting our website at www.crd.bc.ca/leech You are invited to attend any of the following open houses: Sooke – JDF Electoral Area Planning Services Building 3 – 7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BC Thursday, April 16 from 4pm to 8pm Sooke – Edward Milne Community School 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke, BC Tuesday, April 21 from 4pm to 8pm Saanich – Greek Society Community Hall 4648 Elk Lake Drive, Victoria, BC Wednesday, April 22 from 4pm to 8pm Shawnigan Lake Community Centre 2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake, BC Thursday, April 23 from 4pm to 8pm To learn more, please visit www.crd.bc.ca/leech or contact Annette Constabel, Senior Manager, Watershed Protection by calling 250.391.3556 or sending an email to aconstabel@crd.bc.ca

United Way of Greater Victoria finished its 2014 campaign on March 31 with a total of $5.7 million raised.

Despite not reaching the campaign goal of $6 million, CEO Patricia Jelinski said it was a successful year full of innovative ideas.

“This past year's campaign was really energetic,” Jelinski said.

For the first time, United Way of Greater Victoria introduced a pilot project e-pledge system for several workplaces. More workplaces will be added to the online donation system this year.

New events this year “There’s nothing included an I can do on my own, engineering challenge with companies but together we from that sector become stronger.” building a Popsicle stick playground, – Ginette Berthiaume and a financial sector challenge between BMO, RBC, CIBC, TD Canada Trust and Island Savings.

Ginette Berthiaume, an executive administrative assistant from the B.C. Assessment head office, has been leading her workplace in United Way fundraising for four years.

In 2014, the 130 people involved at B.C. Assessment raised $31,000.

They do at least one event every month, in addition to weekly casual Wednesdays. If employees give $2 to the campaign, they can wear casual clothes to work.

Berthiaume also organizes work bake sales, pot lucks, book sales and bingo games to raise money.

“You see the need out there, it breaks my heart. There’s nothing I can do on my own, but together we become stronger,” she said. “At the same time, it really creates energy in the workplace because UNITY R COMM we make those things IN YOU E C N E R A DIFFE MAKING fun.”

Berthiaume is a finalist for United Way of Greater Victoria's Outstanding Employee Campaign chair for the category with over 100 employees, and B.C. Assessment was also nominated for the Naden Band Spirit of Excellence award.

The nominees and finalists for United Way's various awards were announced at United Way's inaugural SpiritFest on March 25 at the Delta nd Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa. Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards luncheon on April 21 at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The Our full colour supplement is a great way awards include 11 categories, 61 to feature local women. Watch for it APRIL 29 2015. nominees and 30 To reserve your spot booking deadline APRIL 23rd finalists. editor@goldstream Call Christine or Shelley Today! 250.478.9552 gazette.com

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Jammin’ out

Local BikeJam event growing with help from over 20 schools’ programs Arnold Lim News Gazette staff

This cycling event isn’t fast and dangerous, it is fast and fun.

The Greater Victoria School Bike League’s fourth annual BikeJam, spread out over the hills behind the lower fields at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, from the BMX track to the Velodrome, to a converted parking lot with a ramp and a big air bag, kicked of the season on April 8.

“When I started, there weren’t very many kids so I had to join adult sports,” said event organizer and cycling coach Lister Farrar. “Our goal is to let them taste the variety that is in the league and more importantly, meet the other kids. I really enjoyed biking as a kid and I wanted to see easier opportunities for students.”

The Bike League, supported by 20 schools including Spencer and Dunsmuir, is an official school sport much like soccer, rugby and basketball. Farrar said it has been a positive outlet for many students, offering youth a fun outdoor activity, good exercise and reminding them cycling is a convenient mode of transportation.

“Kids should be captured by their imagination about exploring on bikes and there is lots and lots of trails and bike lanes and bike paths that we can enjoy (here),” he said. “We can help get them started … The bicycle is your very first opportunity to explore and be free as a kid so it is particularly good one.”

Event volunteer Mark Matthews explored cycling at 14. Now a professional riding full time, he found himself parked near the air bag showing off some of his tricks off the ramp and volunteering – giving back to the sport that has given him so much.

“It is really cool because it is a whole group of schools and you get tons of different kids that get to ride at different levels and even if you are not an advanced rider, you get to see … all different levels of the sport and different styles,” he said. “It is kind of cool to expose people to that.”

Matthews said the passion for cycling is something he hopes to pass on.

“We never had these when I was 14, this didn’t exist so it is really cool now that this is here, (growing) and becoming really important to lots of people in town.”

Arnold Lim/News Gazette staff

A group of young bikers gets bike lessons at the Velodrome during the School Bike League’s BikeJam. Tori Kalynak, 12, is one that has benefitted from BikeJam, attending the event on a whim last year after seeing her brother compete in the event.

Cycling is now a huge part of her life, even taking her to Winnipeg as a competitor, a race she won to secure a national victory after less than a year on the bike.

“I didn’t really have any biking experience, but everyone (at BikeJam) was so supportive and helped me get on the bike. It was really great,” The North Saanich middle school student said. “Everyone who also does it we have really great times and you get to go fast.” alim@goldstreamgazette.com

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