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playground Park renamed in honour Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News

When Henderson rec centre hosts a nature kindergarten in the pouring rain, a little outdoor cover will come in handy, thanks to the Kiwains Club of Oak Bay. District staff scored a hit with last year’s “president’s project,” a $10,000 facelift for what was called Little Gyro Park.

“This is actually Mark Payten our past president’s project. Each president puts it back into the community,” said Leslie Johnston, current president of the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay. “We often go to municipal hall and find out what their wish list is. In this instance we were referred to Chris HydeLay.” Hyde-Lay, manager of parks for Oak Bay, thought of the play area adjacent to a works area used to maintain the community-owned golf course at Henderson.

“We opened up the whole area, built a shelter with picnic table, refurbished the play equipment. There’s a new spring toy, the rocking horses have been repainted, there’s a brand new sandbox,” Hyde-Lay said.

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A boy slides down the firepole at the recently refurbished playground next to Henderson Recreation Centre in Oak Bay.

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insecure locker. It was later recovered with only a wallet missing. The incident is still under investigation and Oak Bay Police say surveillance video is being reviewed in an effort to identify a suspect.

Sounds of glass thwart would-be thief Just after midnight on July 24 a resident in the 900-block of Victoria Avenue heard the sound of breaking glass and called 9-1-1. When officers arrived they confirmed a window was broken. Police attempted unsuccessfully to locate a suspect using a police canine. Fortunately no entry was gained nor was anything removed from the property.

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B Circle the calendar Q Aug. 8: Tweed Ride, Community Heritage Picnic and welcome ceremony in Willows Beach Park.

Q Aug. 9: Collector Car Festival, with live art, on Oak Bay Avenue.

Q Aug. 11: Classic film night and Filming in Oak Bay Heritage Display at Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

Q Aug. 12: Music in the Park at Willows beach, Oak Bay Village Night Market on Oak Bay Avenue.

Q Aug. 13: Hotel Gallery Tour with Winchester Gallery’s Elizabeth Levinson at Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

Q Aug. 14: Oak Bay Avenue Gallery Walk – the summer edition and Pop Up Street Art in the village. Also Classic Film Night and Filming in Oak Bay heritage display at Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

Q Aug. 15: Culinary arts tours with Feast Concierge, Estevan Village Art Walrk and Songhees Islands Cultural Boat Tour.

Q Aug. 16: Bowker Creek Brush UP art show and sale and Songhees Islands Cultural Boat Tours.

ookended by community cultural picnic and a brush with art in the park, Oak Bay’s inaugural Arts and Culture Festival promises an opportunity each day of the week.

Oak Bay council proclaimed Aug. 8 though 16 Arts and Culture Week in Oak Bay, an opportunity to bring the copious arts activities together.

Arts and culture is the big focus this year for Tourism Oak Bay, says consultant Karma Brophy. Part of that is arts laureate Barbara Adams’ dramatic build on last year’s public art.

“It allowed us to have enough to put out an arts trail map, for the second year,” Brophy said. “We realized we had enough events in early August … it was really easy to build a week of arts and culture around them.

Public art ambles This year’s arts trail continues the them from last year, a series of artistloaned works but expanded from Oak Bay Village to include Estevan Village.

Three large sculptures grace Oak Bay at Entrance Park, on the lawn of municipal hall and on the municipally-owned

portion of 2275 Beach Dr. Smaller works from multiple artists dot The Avenue, all on loan for the summer by the artists.

In Estevan Village, 10 stores showcase the work of area artists throughout the summer. Artists will be in the village Aug. 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Week full of culture The Arts and Culture Festival kicks off at Willows Beach Park, with the Tweed Ride Aug. 8.

“We’re also going to be holding a heritage picnic and encouraging people to come out and join the Tweed riders,” Brophy said.

Songhees dancers and a paddle ceremony will welcome guests during the community picnic from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Even the refreshments mark a balance of cultures with tea by the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay and traditional fry bread and jam from the Songhees Nation, with proceeds supporting youth paddling programs.

Find a painted piano The Robert Amos-painted piano is out during business hours in Estevan Village. The other three – painted by Jim McFarland, Daciana Oana and Sherryl Hustins – can be played at Turkey Head, Cattle Point and Loon Bay Park.

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The Collector Car Festival, the next day on Oak Bay Avenue, will feature an expected 300 cars for the annual event that attracts an estimated 15,000 people. It will also feature artists on-site.

The second summer gallery walk, organized by the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association, is Aug. 14. Galleries will welcome guests and feature artists from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Oak Bay Arts and Culture Festival wraps up with the 11th annual Bowker Creek Art Show and Sale.

“It’s so shady along the banks of Bowker Creek Park, we get tons of people out to the event. We get lots of people because it’s so pleasant,” said organizer Claire Christinel.

A pair of chefs will host a barbecue to benefit Woodwynn Farms. Environmental groups that support the Bowker Creek Initiative will also be there with a three-dimensional model.

“They give people an opportunity to see how the environment is affected and what we can do to make the health of the creek better,” Christinel said. “It just rounds it out and makes it a nice community event, not completely about art, but art is the emphasis.”

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Summer Concerts Tweed Ride rolls in Oak Bay in the Park Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News

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Featuring: Adam Bay, November Pearls & Guests There is something for everyone to enjoy during this spectacular evening of earthy, edgy, and upbeat music. A powerful West Coast style fused with international influences.

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AUGUST EVENTS: Oak Bay Night Market - August 12th, 4 pm - 8 pm On the second Wednesday of the month Oak Bay Village is transformed into a European style street market.

A wide range of fresh & local produce & food is available. Artists & artisans showcase a variety of wares including wood turned bowls, hand made greeting cards, glass art, paper casting, fabric arts, jewelry, toys, fresh made soaps & cosmetics & preserves.

1st Annual Oak Bay Arts & Culture Festival Saturday, August 8th to Sunday August 16th A week long series of events celebrating arts & culture in Oak Bay. For more info: www.oakbaytourism.com

Collector Car Festival Sunday, August 9th, 8:00 am The Collector Car Festival celebrates vintage and collector cars

Even if you don’t ride a twowheeler, organizers hope area residents will swing into the scene for the fifth annual Tweed Ride.

The start and finish of the ‘dandy urban bike ride’ moves to Willows Park this year and the ride rambles through Oak Bay streets.

Organizer Janet Besler hopes the public bring along a picnic and enjoy the party after the ride that emphasizes the lifestyle choice of cycling, promoting it as both transportation and fun.

“It’s a fun thing for families,” Besler said. “The first three years we were riders, the last two Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition has taken over organization.”

As a part of the GVCC mandate they encourage, and empower families to come out en mass to the relatively easy 15 kilometre ride.

“We really encourage families,to participate, part of the GVCC mandate is to promote cycling for all ages and abilities,” said said organizer Brenda Boyd, who serves as a sweep for the event. “Last year we had 221 riders out and 35 were under the age of six.”

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The annual Tweed Ride now starts and finishes in Oak Bay culminating in a celebratory picnic that coincides with the launch of Arts and Culture Week at Willows Beach Park. ‘sweep’ ensures “nobody gets left behind,” Boyd said. Last year she convinced a youngster to finish the route in little trips from telephone pole to telephone pole.

This year she’ll shepherd stragglers into Willows Park for the first time as the Tweed Ride shifts to an Oak Bay start and finish.

During this event, silver teapots, gramophones and wicker baskets are the norm, not the unexpected. One rider has a trailer that folds out into a snappy bar.

“Everybody is ether dressed in period costume or their Sunday going out clothes,”

of all makes and models. Oak Bay Avenue is transformed into a pedestrian walkway as 250 to 300 cars are showcased to admiring spectators and aficionados. This annual one day August event is a real crowd pleaser! For more information, visit here.

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The Tweed Ride is Aug. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the start and finish at Willows. Preregister and get tickets ($10) at tweedridevictoria.ca online.

“All the proceeds go to Bicycles for Humanity,” said Boyd. “The ship them over in a container and then they use the container as a shop.”

Last year they raised $1,200 for the cause locally, which supports areas of Africa. They send over bikes to be used for things such as promoting eduction by cutting a youths commute by hours or bicycle ambulances. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

they’ve emerged as a unique voice in the city’s music scene.

Described as everything from indie-roots to chamber-folk, their acoustic blend of instruments and four-part harmonies challenges the conventions of popular music to create a performance that is both engaging and innovative.

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Bowker Creek Brush Up Sunday, August 16th, 11:00 am - 4:30 pm Since 2005, this fun, inspiring annual art show hosts 40+ artists displaying, demonstrating and selling their art. Plan to spend the day strolling along beautiful Bowker Creek, between Oak Bay High School and Hampshire Road, listening to music, enjoying refreshments, participating in the Community Art project, and watching demonstrations by featured international Artists. Of course, there is plenty of opportunity to purchase art for yourself and others. For more information, visit the Oak Bay Community Artists Society.

Outdoor Concerts in the Park - West My Friend - Willows Park, Oak Bay Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm (Cascadian third-wave indie progressive chamber folk-roots) Since West My Friend was conceived in a Victoria café in 2009,

From Street to Beach - Featuring: Adam Bay, November Pearls & Guests Wednesday, August 12th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm There is something for everyone to enjoy during this spectacular evening of earthy, edgy, and upbeat music.A powerful West Coast style fused with international influences.

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opened my eyes to two things.”

Not only did the work enhance his need to know more about the Salish Sea – the waters off coastal B.C. officially renamed five years ago – but it also provided his first personal interaction with a First Christine van Reeuwyk Nations person as he developed a growing friendOak Bay News ship with the artist Chris Paul, Smith said.

Smith has been actively promoting the artist’s Mount Baker framed by the weather-worn iron of the Salish Sea sculpture by Chris Paul earned work since, and is even taking a giclée based on the Salish Sea sculpture to a Sri Lanka one Oak Bay photographer a provinuniversity in August. cial nod.

“This iconic image of Oak Bay “Although it’s Bill Smith is among 70 finalists in the is going international and bringing 2015 Next Generation Amateur Photoga nice photo it’s together people from all over the rapher of the Year contest, sponsored planet,” Smith said.

by London Drugs, the Abbotsford the content that The trip to Sri Lanka, which includes International Airshow and Black Press. makes it special.” a paper presentation, is slated for the “My goal was to help Chris Paul.

– Bill Smith week after the airshow, where the phoAlthough it’s a nice photo it’s the contographers will snap shots for the final tent that makes it special,” Smith said. competition. Smith laments he won’t “The goal for me is basically to support the whole idea of the Salish Sea and the work so have the time to head for Abbotsford and battle many people in the community are doing to make for the title.

“I’m completely overloaded with personal chalVictoria a better place in the next 25 years.”

The sculpture first graced the shores adjacent lenges in August,” Smith said. “It’s a really bad to Turkey Head last summer, on loan by the artist, time.”

The contest garnered more than 2,000 entries and is still in place because of a campaign for Oak Bay to purchase the artwork as its first piece of from throughout the province. Finalists are to attend the Abbotsford airshow Aug. 7 to 9 and publicly owned fine art.

“I fell in love with the Salish Sea sculpture on the tasked with filing four photos for final competition. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com waterfront at the Oak Bay Marina,” Smith said. “It

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Keep an eye on the sky for spectacular meteor shows What’s Up for August 2015? The best Perseid meteors in years. View all the current and former planets this month.

August’s Perseid Meteor Shower peaks after midnight on a moonless mid-August night. It should put on a great show.

A good number of meteors should be visible near Perseus every night from late July through Aug. 24. However, you’ll see fewer meteors before and after the peak.

The best meteor watching hour is 1 am Pacific time on the morning of Aug. 13 when up to 100 meteors per hour may be visible from a dark sky. Look towards Mount Baker and the familiar “W� constellations we call Cassiopeia in the northeast. Perseid meteors start “coming� soon after sunset, but you’ll want to wait until they are higher in the sky to see the most meteors.

There’s also a chance to spot all the planets, plus former planets Pluto, Ceres Vesta, Juno and Pallas this month!  But you’ll have to observe from dusk to dawn.

Start right after sunset and find Jupiter low on the western horizon out towards the Sooke Hills.

Venus and Mercury will be near Jupiter, but you’ll need binoculars and good, flat western horizons to see them. You can also see Venus before sunrise at the end of the month.

The asteroid Juno is also near Mercury, but will require a telescope to see.

Saturn will be easy to see a little higher in the Southwestern sky over Port Angeles until after midnight.

You’ll need a telescope to track down Pluto, but it’s not really that difficult. It’s in the same area as it was last month,

near Sagittarius in the south-southeast sky over Port Townsend across our Salish Sea. Anyone wanting to take a creative photo, try capturing Pluto through Chris Paul’s iron sculpture in the Oak Bay Marina parking lot.

It’s fun to observe Pluto over two nights and see its movement against the background stars, just as Clyde Tombaugh did when he discovered it in 1930.

Another dwarf planet, Ceres, is not too far away from Pluto.  It’s also in the constellation Sagittarius. Look low in the southeastern sky above Seattle. At midnight, the asteroid Pallas can be spotted in the constellation Hercules in the Western Sky over the Sooke Hills.

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Don’t forget all the planets are on a huge arc known as the ecliptic. For soccer fans it is just like the arch over Wembley Stadium. In B.C. we call it the Salish Walk of the Planets. Each planet walks the across the arch in 12 hours, as does the sun, each rising in the east and setting in the west.

Vesta is in the constellation Cetus the whale in the Eastern pre-dawn sky over Mount Baker.

That just leaves Mars to round out the historical planet tour this month. It’s visible an hour before sunrise, but you’ll need binoculars.

Mars observers, you’ll have plenty of time between now and the end of 2016 to view the red planet. Month by month, it rises earlier and looms larger in the eyepiece.

You can learn more about NASA’s Journey to Mars, New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto last month and all of NASA’s Missions at www.nasa.gov There are two great star parties we want to invite you to : the Cowichan Valley Star Finders’ star party on the weekend of August 14-16, and, of course, the Victoria Centre Metchosin Star Party on the weekend of August 21-23. Visit victoria.rasc.ca for more details closer to the time.

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Because plastic is softer than glass, there is a misconception that plastic lenses will scratch easily. This does not have to be the case provided proper care is taken.

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Alleged impaired driver drives car into pharmacy An alleged drunk driver has been issued a three-day driving suspension after the man drove his vehicle into the Forbes IDA Pharmacy on Fort Street Tuesday night.

The driver was travelling southbound on Richmond Avenue approaching Fort Street at approximately 8:30 p.m., when he started to have a “coughing fit” which caused him to careen across the street,

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Performances by Vancouver dance group Shiamak Dawar Academy are among the highlights of this year’s India Mela celebration in Victoria’s Centennial Square Aug. 7 to 9.

Mela a cultural celebration

Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff

Experience what India has to offer the senses, without traveling abroad or even leaving the comforts of Greater Victoria.

The sixth annual India Mela, or festival, is a free event that takes over Centennial Square and Victoria’s city hall building Aug. 7 to 9.

“It’s a celebration of Indian culture and raising awareness in the mainstream culture,” said Sunil Bhatia, a director for the mela organizer India Canada Cultural Association (ICCA).

This event features multicultural performances, authentic cuisine by local chefs, live music, a fashion show and Bol-

lywood-styled dancing.

“There’s going to be lots of food kiosks,” Bhatia said, adding that everything from butter chicken to locally grown vegetables will be available. “It’ll showcase food from all over India.”

Aside from edibles, 25 vendors will showcase authentic Indian products such as clothing, jewelry, henna tattoos, plus a palm reader will also be on site.

Bhatia is especially excited about the entertainment, with roughly a dozen other communities joining the festivities and a renowned Bollywood dance academy from Vancouver set to perform.

“There’s going to be a lot of kids’ activities,” he said, noting that sometimes little ones can’t

sit through all of the performances. “It’s a family affair.”

The ICCA is a social and cultural network based in Victoria.

Formed in the 1960s, it continues to host culturally inspired events in the community.

“Our mandate is to promote not only the Indian culture to the communities we are in, but to instil pride in our youth,” Bhatia said, by reminding younger generations of their connection to their heritage.

The group also does fundraising for different charities, he added, including this year raising money for victims of the Nepal earthquake.

For more information on the association go to iccavictoria. com.

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Embracing the arts is the Oak Bay way Oak Bay Tourism is on board, and so are we, moving ahead with a program that helps brush up the image of the community.

Arts laureate Barbara Adams’ dedication and vision to boost for the community through public art is paying off. Her work has simply built on the plethora of artists (professional and hobbyists), studio tours, galleries and events Oak Bay offers each year.

It was that vision, and culmination of endeavours, Mayor Nils Jensen had in mind when he proclaimed Aug. 8 to 16 Arts and Culture Week in Oak Bay. “As Oak Bay continues to support the development of our arts and culture district, we in turn are seeing the benefits of an increasingly vibrant community,� Jensen said when he made the announcement. “We [Oak Bay council] feel the time is right to acknowledge our artists and for a community celebration.�

The festival anchors the week-long celebration with daily events planned throughout the community.

Opening ceremonies on Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. will mark a converging of cultures with Songhees Nation performing traditional dances, a welcome paddle and even selling tasty traditional food during the Willows Beach Park picnic.

The biggest coup is when the Songhees Nation hosts the first cultural canoe ceremony to take place in Oak Bay in over a century that afternoon.

Embracing arts is already the Oak Bay way, now we’re embracing history and adding culture to the mix.

Honouring the history and heritage of Lekwungen people in Oak Bay started with a series of cairns throughout the community and a welcome panel at municipal hall. Lekwungen history is displayed on signage at Cattle Point explaining the historical significance of the parkland and adjacent Islands. This fall the Community Association of Oak Bay has plans to raise the Sno’uyutth pole it commissioned for the new high school. And then we come back to arts laureate Adams, who hopes to see the Salish Sea sculpture at Turkey Head be Oak Bay’s first publicly owned piece of fine art.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

Prospects for B.C.’s biggest investment Now that the political back-and-forth for years with a faded forest and fishing industry. is over, there are two questions left The B.C. NDP is also now clear, havabout the Petronas-led proposal to make the biggest private-sector invest- ing voted against the project agreement in the brief summer sesment in B.C. history. sion of the legislature that conWill it actually happen? cluded last week. Whether the And is it a good deal or a project proceeds or not, this will bad one? be a key election issue in 2017.

Premier Christy Clark NDP leader John Horgan and ducked the first question other MLAs made much of the on the day the project lack of job guarantees, pointing agreement for Pacific to similar projects in Australia.

Northwest LNG was Natural Gas Development approved by the B.C. legMinister Rich Coleman issued islature. a statement with excerpts from “After many predicTom Fletcher the state of Western Australia’s tions about the Canucks B.C. Views agreement for the Gorgon LNG and the Alberta election, project. The so-called guarantees I don’t make predictions contain qualifiers like this: “... except in any more,â€? Clark said. “But I can say those cases where ‌ it is not reasonthat this project has gone farther than able or economically practical to do any of our critics said that it would.â€? so, use labour available within Western For what it’s worth, my prediction is Australia.â€? on record: it will go ahead. The latest Obviously there were no job guaranevidence is the company’s continued, tees, which could only exist in a comcostly effort to gain federal and local mand economy, in other words a comapproval for a suspension bridge to munist dictatorship.

Lelu Island to minimize the marine Everyone agrees that specialized impact. Lax Kw’alaams Band members trades such as welding alloys for lowcould not have had details on that temperature operation will be brought change from an underwater pipeline when they voted to oppose the project in. And LNG processing trains will be shipped in pre-fabricated from places in May. like South Korea, as they have been in Is it a good deal? The mayors of Australia and elsewhere.

Prince Rupert and Port Edward have Pacific Northwest LNG is on record made their views clear – they see it as with federal regulators that in the lata lifeline for an area that has struggled

ter stages of construction, the use of foreign labour for the project could reach 70 per cent. Does that make it a bad deal?

Perhaps B.C. could attempt develop this expertise from the ground up. It seems to me that was tried with aluminum ship fabrication, and it didn’t work out too well.

For David Keane, president of the B.C. LNG Alliance, the question is how many large LNG projects, pipelines and all, can be managed at the same time as the Site C dam is being built. It was skilled labour shortages, and particularly a shortage of supervisors, that caused Australia to lose some of its proposed projects.

Keane said all LNG proponents here want to use as much local labour as they can, because it’s less expensive and it builds local support. And he disagrees that B.C. is a sweet deal for the industry. Among other things, pipelines have to be built across two mountain ranges.

Not only that, B.C. producers would pay an LNG income tax, which is a first in the history of the industry. Add to that PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes and federal and provincial corporate income taxes. Add aboriginal revenue sharing, and we have a deal.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email:Â tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Disappointment at Athlone clock’s ‘sad state of disrepair’ I am writing in regard to the clock in Athlone Court which was erected over the then Picwick’s restaurant. I remember my family attending the clock’s welcome celebration in 1986.

It was very exciting to have a one of a kind clock like this in our community. Now, it is rather disappointing to see the clock in such a sad state of disrepair.

I understand that at one point, some wiring

One reader hopes the clock in Athlone Court could see some repairs as it approaches a big anniversary in 2016.

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Letters to the Editor The News welcomes your opinions and comments.

To put readers on equal footing, and to be sure that all opinions are heard, please keep letters to less than 300 words.

The News reserves the right to edit letters for style, legality, length and taste.

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and air tubes were cut, making it impossible to have the delightful twirling motion of the figures repaired. I do wonder if that assessment could be revisited, to see if new technology could correct the situation.

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“It just made the whole area far more accessible so it’s a great place for families to go. They can have birthday parties there, it’s set up for volleyball. … We couldn’t have done it without Kiwanis.”

Kiwanis’ mantra is all about serving the children of the world, Johnston said.

“We’re a service club and that’s what Kiwanis does,” Johnston said.

Her president project money went toward the Books for Breakfast program. Though based in Col-

wood, it serves the entire region.

“Kiwanis has given money for small items such as bike racks at Monterey school to big ticket items, like $42,000 to Oak Bay High for projects there.”

Oak Bay is officially renaming the playground “Kiwanis Playground at Henderson Park,” with a grand opening at 10 a.m. on Aug. 5.

“It was so underused,” Hyde-Lay said. “Since we’ve refurbished it, people are coming and having a real gas there.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Oak Bay grad scores bronze at Pan Ams BC Games set the stage as a young athlete Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News

When Canada edged Chile 1-0 to take home the women’s field hockey bronze at the Pan Am Games, the team did so with a little local flair. Oak Bay High grad Maddie Secco, 21, is a midfielder for the women’s Canadian team. “I would say there were two highlights for me at the Games.

Firstly, our final game against Chile,� Secco said. “It was an extremely close game and we scored in the last 10 minutes to secure third place.�

Canada and Chile were relegated to the bronze medal game after losing their respective semifinals. The Canadians dropped a 3-0 decision to the United States while the Chileans lost 5-0 to Argentina. The U.S. topped the podium with Argentina earning silver. “My second highlight was the recognition ceremony after winning a medal,� she said. “We were recognized in front of friends and family, alongside the Canadian men’s basketball team.

They congratulated us on being the first female [Canadian] field hockey team to win a medal at

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Oak Bay High graduate Maddie Secco, left, celebrates a goal at the Pan Am Games. The Canadian field hockey team scored bronze at the Games in Toronto last week. the Pan Ams since 1999 and then played the anthem. [It was] very moving to hear everyone singing for Canada.�

During the Toronto-hosted Games, held July 10-26, this

year’s Canadian contingent was the most successful one to ever compete at any Pan Am Games. “The Pan Am Games was an incredible experience and certainly something I will never

forget,� Secco said. “I always feel honoured to wear the maple leaf, but it meant that much more to do it on home soil. The Canadian fans were extremely supportive and the volunteers made

everything run smoothly.� Secco started playing field hockey at age 5. She also has played many other sports at a high calibre and still enjoys playing basketball and soccer as well as running She said taking part in provincial competitions when she was younger helped her over the last few years of international play. “I participated in two BC..

Summer Games, the first one in 2006 for soccer and the second in 2008 for field hockey. Both of these events were set up quite similarly to the Pan Am Games, just on a smaller scale,� she said. “They certainly gave me an idea of what a major games would be like. As well, they gave me a taste of how cool it is to bring together athletes of all kinds, from many different areas, to celebrate the excitement of sport.�

With the Pan Ams under her belt, Secco will return to Stanford University this fall for her final year of studies in human biology and field hockey. The university field hockey season starts this month and runs to November. “Our team is looking quite good,� Secco said. “In terms of national team commitments, I am not sure what the schedule will look like. I am hopeful for some good opposition soon, so that we can continue to improve.� cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Region’s tourism sector sees boost this summer Kendra Wong Victoria News

With Victoria enjoying a warmer than normal summer, the city’s tourism numbers are also red hot.

Paul Nursey, CEO of Tourism Victoria, said Victoria’s tourism industry is enjoying an unusually busy summer.

“We’re pretty much at capacity right now, most of our weekends are sold out. What you are starting to see is hotel rates go up, which is healthy, they’ve been quite low for a number of year. So seeing

profitability return to our industry is very healthy,” Nursey said.

“We’re having a very solid year.”

According to year-to-date datafor the month of June, hotel room occupancy is up 6.9 per cent, gross revenue is up 13.4 per cent, and the average price of a room has gone up six per cent to $135 with 43,600 more rooms sold this year through June compared to the same time last year.

“Globally, tourism is up 4.4 per cent. As a comparison, [Victoria] is up 6.9 per cent,” added Nursey.

“Within our region, the pacific

northwest, North America, it’s becoming a great region to travel to. We see very strong brand awareness through Greater Victoria, we’d had a lot of good media and our advertising campaign have worked really well.”

Nursey added the Canadian exchange rate doesn’t affect travel decisions.

“We are seeing quite broadbased appeal and it’s not just us, Vancouver is doing well, Seattle is doing well, Whistler is doing well.

Our industry is doing well and

we’re getting more than our fair share,” Nursey said.

Butchart Gardens is also benefitting from the busy tourist season.

Dale Ryan, director of public relations, sales and marketing with Butchart Gardens, said they’ve returned to pre-recession admission levels.

“We’ve seen a consistent build since 2007. Every year we’ve been consistently building back. But this is our strongest year since before the recession,” said Ryan.

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has helped as well.

Whale watching companies such as Orca Spirit Adventures have also seen an increase in business.

“We’ve done our first quarter report so far and things are definitely up about 15 to 20 per cent from last year,” said Oriana Smy with Orca Spirit Adventures.

“For us, there are a few contributing factors, last year we purchased Great Pacific Adventure . . . but our walk-in and cruise ship traffic has increased quite a bit.” kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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