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Clara Ohnesorge, left, and Sarah Schmidt listen carefully to First Nations teacher Linda Ermineskin, who teaches them to make a rose from cedar bark in Carly Groot’s art class at Belmont secondary.
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The many faces of luxton Celebration of agriculture past and present central to fair Don Descoteau News Gazette staff
Ian McKenzie wheels one of his prized projects out of a large shop on the grounds of the Lux-
ton Fairgrounds. The beautifully-restored wooden 1920s-era contraption, he explains, is a “fanning mill,” which was used to clean grain harvested from local fields. McKenzie, an antique farm equipment enthusiast and board member with the Metchosin Farmers Institute – which oversees this weekend’s Luxton Spring Fair – says the mill is a good illustration of how people
can put their talents to use on this sprawling 10-acre site in Langford. “It’s a different type of project that volunteers can do that’s not mechanical,” he says, surrounded by a variety of old tractors, combines and other equipment in various states of restoration. One particular tractor, tucked in the corner of a large storage building that sits roughly in the
centre of the fairgrounds, was an ongoing restoration project for five years, with various people working on it, McKenzie says. That level of passion and effort is just one example of the volunteerism that goes on around the fairgrounds for much of the year, not just at spring and fall fair time. PlEASE SEE: Volunteers abound, Page A4
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A Highlands family continues to hold out hope that they may see their dirt bikes returned, after three were stolen from their home’s shop in a brazen overnight robbery. Jan Scholz, whose family lives on 10 acres on Davies Road, deep in the municipality, believes the thieves must have staked out their home in advance of the April 28 break-in. Their property has two access driveways leading to the home and it appears the thieves used one usually roped off to gain access. “I think the whole thing that is people were on our property, that’s the part that’s frightening,” she said. “This doesn’t seem like a crime of opportunity. They would have had to have a trailer, and the shop is very close to our house and our bedroom windows are nearby.” The Kawasaki motorbikes, including a green 2012 KXL-140L, an orange 2002 KTM-50 and a green 1991 Kawasaki 60, were a big part of her two children’s lifestyle, Scholz said. PlEASE SEE: Motorbike thefts, Page A4
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