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Tess Riley poses in the Pendray Dairy Farm corn maze. The 14-acre maze in North Saanich is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Oct. 31.

Explore giant corn maze in North Saanich Pendray Farm on West Saanich Road opens 14-acre corn maze Steven Heywood News staff

Go get lost in North Saanich.

Really. The whole family can get lost in a new seasonal attraction at Pendray Dairy Farm on West Saanich Road — a 14-acre corn maze.

The maze opened Oct. 1 after

a whirlwind of preparation by the Pendray family. Sarah Pendray says the idea for a corn maze came up when she was discussing ideas for the farm with one of their landscapers.

“It certainly wasn’t my idea,” she said, “but we liked the idea and after passing it with the rest of the

family, we made it happen.”

In a period of six weeks, she said they contacted other farms and eventually got in touch with Maze Play out of Idaho. Taking ideas for the maze design from the family, the company sketched it out, plotted it on a Global Positioning System and used a small tractor and

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The work took 17 hours, Pendray said, and afterwards they were amazed at the result.

Please see: Maze open until Halloween, page 4

Residents of North Saanich are being asked this month about their vision for the agricultural land at the former horse racing track in their community.

On Oct. 15, the Capital Region Food and Agricultural Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR) hosts a so-called ideas fair at the Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church at 9296 East Saanich Rd. CRFAIR was contracted by the district to conduct the public consultation process into the future of the former Sandown site — specifically the 84 acres of land given to the municipality by the owners, the Randall Family. In exchange, the owners retain 12 acres for a commercial development site.

Mayor Alice Finall says the session, called Vision Sandown, will start the public process to decide the future uses for the green space.

CRFAIR will lead the event and engage interested people from the Saanich Peninsula and capital region in creating a vision for the land. They will discuss how the land deal took shape, outline current ideas for the 84 acres and come up with others. The meeting runs from 7 to 9 p.m and will be facilitated by students from UVic.

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Mystery author releases second book of series “I had to fill in a number of things that had been left open at the end of the first book.”

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he second book of A Forsyth and Hay Mystery will be released on Oct. 13, titled Not A Clue and author, Janet Brons says it wasn’t the easiest book to write.

In writing her first book, A Quiet Kill, it was written with no expectation that there would be a series coming out down the road, but the book was left for a continuation to occur.

“I had to fill in a number of things that had been left open at the end of the first book,” she told the PNR. The main resolution involved her two main characters, one a British detective chief inspector and the other, a female RCMP inspector working on different sides of the world. They had come together in the first book because they were working on the murder of a trade commissioner at the Canadian High Commission in London. Brons said there was an attraction between them and she had to see how, or if, she would get them together.

Born in England and having grown up in Edmonton, Brons has spent a lot of time in Ottawa working at the House of Commons and the country’s foreign affairs department. She said mystery and mystery-writing has always been

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Author Janet Brons at her Sidney residence. She recently completed Not A Clue, the second in a series of mystery novels. of interest to her.

“I’ve always enjoyed mysteries; reading them, watching them on television and I’ve always enjoyed writing.”

Her second book, Not a Clue is set on two continents, with the one story taking place in Ottawa and the other in London. In the book, the two characters work

their cases, separated by the Atlantic Ocean. Both continue to feel the pull of their recent partnership and while character Liz Forsyth explores her case in the

world of Russian and Chechen relations, Stephen Hay is at a standstill, waiting until the murderer resurfaces.

The pair doggedly work their cases. As Forsyth chases her case further into a complicated world, Hay waits until the murderer resurfaces after he finds a corpse.

When it comes to Brons’ process, she has a different way of writing.

“I wish I could say I was one of these writers who writes a thousand words before breakfast and every single day. I find mostly I’m writing in the afternoon. I can’t really write for more than maybe an hour and a half at a time or I feel my head’s going to explode.”

She said she writes as she goes and doesn’t have everything mapped out before she sits down.

The same goes for her characters as well.

“I also find that once I’ve written a character, I sort of let them do their own thing. I wait to see what they’re going to do next,” she said.

Brons is working on her third book of the series, hoping to release it next year.

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• Central Saanich will consult with North Saanich on a website redesign. Council voted to proceed with planning on updating their own site. Both districts share a web platform.

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• Central Saanich Director of Finance, Rosalyn Tanner, has resigned citing health reasons. Her contract was due to end Aug. 31, 2016 however, the municipality decided they will buy out the last year of Tanner’s contract.

• Central Saanich agreed to enter into a consulting services agreement with NRG Research group to complete a community survey for the price of $15, 300.

On July 27, council approved the terms of reference for the 2015 Citizen Satisfaction Survey. It had

• Councillor Bob Thompson is seeking a community engagement process in reviewing and updating the densification and infill process.

His notice of motion will be discussed at the next meeting.

• Ken Peters, representing the Ride for Refuge expressed concern over a $125 event fee charged to the non-profit group.

While he said the fee was paid, he would like council’s policy reviewed.

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“We had a friend go up in a plane after it was cut and take some pictures. It looked exactly like what they had designed.

“We went from zero to 60 in about six weeks.”

Tess Riley, a maze helper, said there’s an outline of Vancouver Island cut into the corn, as well as the legislative buildings, some pumpkins as well as B.C.’s provincial bird — a Stellar’s jay. Those can only be seen by air.

On the ground, there are two mazes on the farm.

One is a half-kilometre long and is designed for children. There are stations along the wood-chip trail letting kids take rubbings of various animal footprints.

The longer maze takes anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours to complete and includes a farmbased game of Clue. In all, there are 9.2 km of trails through the maze.

Pendray said she’s been through the maze many times since it was cut. While it may be possible for visitors to get lost inside, she said since she grew up on the farm and knows how the corn was planted, it hasn’t happened to her.

“The response we’ve had so far, in our opening week, has been amazing,” she said, noting they’ve already had repeat visitors.

The maze is a seasonal effort by the farm family to make use of its excess corn. Pendray said the farm downsized this year and with fewer dairy cows, needed to find a use for its corn. The maze, so far, has been a great idea, she said.

Once they close the maze at the end of the month, Riley said the field will be harvested and used for animal feed.

The Pendray Farm corn maze is open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. until Halloween, Oct. 31. Admission is $10, or $5 for children age five to 12. See vicornmaze.com for more information. To get there, turn off the Pat Bay Highway onto McTavish Road (at the interchange).

Turn right on West Saanich Road and head north until you see the signs and pumpkins marking the entrance.

Scam session coming next month SIDNEY — The sheer number of attempted scams on area residents has led the Sidney North Saanich RCMP to plan a session for the public next month.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, residents have the opportunity to discuss strategies to keep themselves safe from scams. The RCMP will explain how to protect personal identity to prevent identity fraud, as well as some other useful tips on personal safety and protecting the integrity of personal information.

This presentation takes place 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney fire hall on Third Street. This session is free of charge and seats will be on a first come first serve basis.

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Halloween safety is top of mind for local police Carlie Connolly News staff

Plenty of police officers will be on the road on Halloween night and have been hard at work beforehand to educate children on proper safety when it comes to costumes, the dark and for those older youth ‌ alcohol.

Youth Resource Officer with the Central

Saanich Police, Glen Davies focusses on the Brentwood and Keating elementary schools. He hosts two assemblies each, discussing personal security, pedestrian, costume and candy safety and fireworks. “It’s preventative education so you’re getting that information out to them before Halloween starts,� he said.

For pedestrians, it’s about being seen by drivers. Carrying a flashlight and having reflective material on a Halloween costume usually does the trick.

For personal safety, it’s about avoiding trick or treating alone. “We talk about walking on the sidewalk and also a strategy of when you’re trick or treating to walk down one side

of the street, one sidewalk and trick or treat all those houses and then cross the street at a crosswalk and come back the other side as opposed to crisscrossing, running across the street,� Davies said.

Candy, he continued, should be inspected by

parents. Kids should only eat treats that are factory wrapped.

He also goes over costume safety, such as wearing visibly bright costumes or incorporating something bright into the outfit.

Chief of Central Saanich Police, Les Syl-

ven said if someone is dressed as Batman, it could be very hard to see them. “It’s education and that’s the whole idea is get the message out, be safe ‌ particularly here in Central Saanich where we have beautiful views of the stars

but with that there’s no lighting on the road,� said Sylven.

As Halloween is on a Saturday night this year, Sylven said they might look at things like house parties, trying to prevent underage drinking and drunk driving incidents.

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OUR VIEW

Retail starts getting ready

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ait and see seems to be the attitude taken up by many community leaders when it comes to large, proposed retail developments like the Sidney Gateway.

For some people, waiting isn’t going to cut it.

They want to make plans for what they see as simply an eventuality, or an inevitable change within the town’s borders, or outside of them.

This month, two organizations are taking up a discussion on the Gateway being proposed by the Victoria Airport Authority. For their members, the issue has been a hot topic and they hope to plan ahead — already foreseeing outcomes in a plan that only really exists in conceptual form.

That’s the tack taken by local government. With no formal proposal on the table, only concepts, no one seems willing to jump into a leadership role on the issue at this time.

In some respects, that creates a vacuum.

With no one talking about it, discussions on Gateway are falling to people — as well-meaning as they are — to debate without any real facts to discuss.

What we know is the Airport Authority wants to develop a 10-acre site with new retail spaces.

They’ve talked about a grocery store anchor tenant, with banking and medical services filling in the gaps. They have looked at traffic impacts and other infrastructure issues, following an open house last year to introduce the concept to the community.

There are ideas out there, and even a development company on board to try to seek out potential occupants at the Gateway. So, it’s safe to say that behind the scenes, things are happening.

It could come to pass that when there are, finally, concrete site plans and a formal proposal goes to local government for review, things could happen very quickly.

Or not.

Proposals such as the Sandown commercial site and a similar, larger concept called the Jesken Centre in Central Saanich have been on the books for years ... yet still nothing has come of them.

They are, however, looming large over the Peninsula’s retail community. And many of those business owners and operators want to be prepared for the flood and not be left high and dry.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

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YOUR VIEW

Preserve the laid back style and citizens Letters to the Editor

In May 1963, I walked with my two young children down Beacon Avenue in Sidney for the first time.

A quiet little place, few cars, not much of anything. Mitchell and Anderson’s hardware and lumber store, Mrs. Clark’s five and dime store, a butcher’s run by Hugh Hollingsworth and Stan’s grocery store.

Old wooden buildings, some dilapidated and empty, lined the street; relics of bygone days.

Fast forward to 2015: a giant tall apartment complex has replaced Mitchell and Anderson; gone are the old stores, replaced by fashionable showy boutiques. A large structure with apartments, hotel and restaurant now stands close to the beach, partly obstructing the east sea view at the end of Beacon Avenue.

Throngs of people, locals and tourists alike, fill the streets. Often, holidaymakers, who soak up the ambience of our town, return here to retire, a wonderful spot to call home.

Canon Beach in Oregon has the same seaside atmosphere — it is a joy to stroll the town’s byways and poke around the whimsical shops. The lovely sandy beach and statuesque rocks in the ocean draw sightseers from afar.

Canon Beach has strict ordinances and building codes which has resulted in growth but not sprawl — no big box stores sit close to the town. Therefore, the original beauty and character of the area has survived for generations yet to come.

In Sidney we have folks from all

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walks of life, not all are wealthy or NIMBYs; each has the right to an opinion.

Several affluent people have used their assets to improve life on the Peninsula, such as Philanthropist Trevor Deely and his wife who donated money to hospitals to buy equipment for the betterment of all.

Newcomers, who make disparaging comments about Sidney’s somewhat laid back style and citizens, plus, criticize the council and their reluctance as gatekeepers to make hasty decisions which could

disfigure the town, should consider moving south west. As the crow flies, sits Langford, where Sport Chek, Home Depot, Canadian Tire and Costco are just a few steps from your front door.

Margaret J. Jestico North Saanich

Budget vs. budget I chuckled at Tom Fletcher’s piece on deficits and if they matter.

Setting aside his partisan views, the facts are that spending versus budgeted spending are two different things. In the areas he cited the budgets for those expenditures were increased but the actual spending has not been to the levels budgeted.

But I digress.

The federal budget is around $289 billion, so a $1 billion surplus or deficit is about 0.3 per cent of all spending. How many of us who run a household budget are that precise?

In a $15,000 annual household budget it equates to $0.86 cents a week.

Even Trudeau’s suggested $10 billion deficit is only 3.5 per cent of the federal budget.

It is all about optics and politics when it comes to discussing deficits and surpluses. It has nothing to do with reality. The reality is that 85 per cent of federal spending is locked in, so absent serious program cuts and reductions in the workforce, there is nothing short of raising taxes that any government can do about a deficit.

Alex Currie Sidney

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Group opens floodgates on proposed retail project Supporting Our Sidney citizen group forum on Sidney Gateway first of two meetings on the proposal Steven Heywood

in Sidney, instead of an estimated 40 per cent of the pie heading into Greater Victoria. As well, he said depending on the tenants at Gateway, it could strengthen downtown Sidney by making the retail community really focus in on Beacon Avenue itself.

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Richard Talbot calls the proposed Gateway retail development project near Sidney the hot topic in the Sidney business community.

Talbot, head of the Supporting Our Sidney (SOS) watchdog group that formed prior to the 2014 municipal election, says the planned Victoria Airport Authority commercial site on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway has the potential to impact downtown Sidney in both positive and negative ways.

That’s why the SOS is hosting a public forum on the Gateway on Oct. 14 at the Mary Winspear Centre.

“This plan has both pros and cons and we wanted to hold a session for information,” he said. “I don’t see the SOS taking a specific position out of the forum — that will be up to local merchants.”

The SOS is a collection of citizens and business owners. Talbot himself is a retail consultant who was critical of the Town of Sidney’s policies on local business support when new commercial developments like the Gateway — and proposed large retail centres in North Saanich and Central Saanich — were proposed.

SOS has softened since the election last November, rebranding from Save Our Sidney to the more positive, Supporting Our Sidney.

It’s in that vein that Talbot said they want to hold the forum.

“I want to take a fairly balanced approach,” he explained. “I think there are plusses and minuses (to Gateway) and people need to make their minds up about it.”

In July, the VAA and its contracted development company, Omi-

“You might end up with a stronger downtown Sidney with Gateway, than without it. It is, certainly, the best of the bunch.”

He does see some negatives to the proposal, most notably its impact on the limited retail dollars typically spent in Sidney.

The Oct. 14 forum will feature a panel of local leaders, Talbot said, which will facilitate a question and answer session. The free event takes place at the Mary Winspear Centre at 6:30 p.m. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Victoria Airport Authority President Geoff Dickson, centre, and James Bogusz, right, were joined by Peter Laughlin of Omicron back in July to announce plans to pursue a new retail site on 10 acres of airport and municipal land.

BIA members to discuss Gateway Members of the Sidney Business Improvement Association (SBIA) are being invited to a forum Oct. 20 to discuss the proposed VAA commercial development, dubbed the Gateway.

VAA spokesperson James Bogusz is slated to be a guest speaker, as is a representative of their contracted development firm, Omicron.

The forum is for SBIA members only and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

cron, outlined preliminary site plans and, in general terms, possible tenants — from a large grocery store and banking space, to other retail companies. No tenants have been announced and the VAA has not yet approached the municipality with formal design plans or a rezoning request. SOS, as of press time, had asked a representative from Omicron to attend and explain the longterm plan.

Most recently, the VAA approached the Agricultural Land Commission about having the 10-acre site along the west end of Beacon Avenue removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve. As the area is federal land, the VAA technically does not have to follow ALR rules, but has stated it wishes to do so, acting in good faith.

Actual development of the site as a retail hub is estimated to be years away, but Talbot

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said it’s important to have community discussions now.

“It will have an impact on the intersection (of Beacon Avenue and the highway),” he explained. “It has the potential to impact transportation issues here, including the proposed new fire hall in Sidney. It could make or break what happens there and it needs to be talked about now.”

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Alicia Cormier NDP Yo u n g Canadians have more talent than ever. But after 10 years of neglect by Stephen Harper, this generation is facing doubledigit unemployment.

They earn less and carry more debt than their parents did.

The NDP will: restore the federal minimum wage and raise it to $15 an hour; create quality jobs in small business and green industries; give interns the same protections as other workers and make life more affordable by investing in childcare, housing and transit.

In partnership with small business, industry, NGOs and government, the NDP will help 40,000 young Canadians get jobs, paid internship or coop placements; create apprenticeship spaces through federal infrastructure projects, in federally regulated airports or Port Authorities and with crown corporations, while establishing firm apprenticeship ratios; partner with municipalities and Indigenous governments to hire apprentices for infrastructure projects; and protect the safety of young workers and crack down on the use of unpaid internships.

The initiatives are fully-costed and will appear in the NDP’s balanced platform.

Tim Kane Liberal Party Yo u n g people h a v e 182,000 fewer jobs today than before the recession, placing a heavy burden on them and their parents.

Conservatives refuse to recognize the problem, and have cut 20,000 positions from Canada Summer Jobs A Liberal government will help young Canadians gain the skills and work experience they need by investing $1.3 billion over three years to: • Create 40,000 youth jobs each year through a new, annual investment of $300 million in a renewed Youth Employment Strategy; • Create 5,000 new green jobs for youth, as part of the renewed Youth Employment Strategy, at Parks Canada, and with environmental organizations; • Invest $40 million annually to help employers create new co-op placements for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business students; and • Restore a modernized Youth Service Program, providing $25 million per year to help young Canadians gain valuable work and life Continued on next page

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• Waive EI premiums for 12 months for any employers who give someone between the age of 18-24 a full time job.

Elizabeth May Green Party Yo u t h in Canada are getting a raw deal.

The youth unemployment rate is more than double the average

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When youth are able to find a job, it is often precarious and even unpaid.

The Green Party will ban unpaid internships.

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With the federal election less than two weeks away, those registered to vote should by now have received their Voter Information Cards in the mail.

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Two times each week, they delivery 75 papers to their neighbours. It gets them outside, meeting people and exploring their neighbourhood. The Mom, Charleen and Dad Allen help on the rainy days — with bagging the papers and ta erg making hot chocolate for when they get home — but are proud that their kids have taken on such responsibility.

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Encouraging laughter among older age group Having a laugh can provide many health benefits Carlie Connolly News staff

Dr. Clement Persaud recently gave a talk titled Laughter is Really Good Medicine, which he said he believes is an ingredient for health and well being.

Originally from northern Ontario, he came to Victoria in 1999 for early retirement and continues to do health education throughout the city and other areas in Canada and abroad.

“There has been a great deal of attention

paid to the physiological affects of laughter over the last, say, 10 years and researchers have found definite effects on the body when laughter or humour begins,” he told the PNR. Persaud’s discussions in Canada are to two groups: First Nations and seniors.

His most recent talk was held a week ago at The Centre For Active Living 50+ in Central Saanich. He said his talk on laughter is one that’s very popular.

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In doing his presentation, his wife Donna was present to help assist in some of the discussion.

He had two objectives in mind that day.

One was to get people to laugh, however that could be achieved. This was done by means of jokes along with relating personal humorous life experiences.

The second objective was showing the audience how laughter affects the body, beginning with the brain and working downwards.

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“It helps the gut release another hormone called a feel good hormone, serotonin.”

Together those two hormones help with pain relief, giving people a sense of feeling good. He said that laughter also affects our immune system by helping to produce more killer cells which fight germs.

“When we begin to laugh there are actually more antibodies that fight infection, again appearing in our saliva and in our blood, so laughter boosts our immunity,” he said.

In the blood, laughter will work overtime and, he said, help to lower blood pressure. Blood pressure falls when we laugh, which also has an impact on reducing blood sugar.

“They found that people who laugh overtime, their blood glucose level falls.”

Laughter helps to promote and speed up wound healing, he said.

Although it’s not sufficient alone for that, if the person is treated with the appropriate antibiotics and treatments, combined with laughter, the healing is then speeded up.

A major effect of laughter is that it helps to suppress inflammation, so people with mild arthritis can be helped with a program of regular laughter.

When asked why he was targeting older people for laughter, he referenced an article by Science Daily.

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Host cities chosen for the 55-plus BC Games VERNON — The Province of B.C. has announced the three communities chosen to host the 55+ BC Games in 2017 through to 2019.

These cities were successful in their bids following a process conducted by the BC Senior Games Society that determined the winners from a total of six submissions. The City of Vernon will host the 2017 Games. The

cities of Cranbrook and Kimberley will host in 2018. The City of Kelowna will round out the decade in 2019.

The most recent 55+ BC Games successfully wrapped up in North Vancouver last month.

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of participants expected to take part in the Games.

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That article, released this week, states that face to face socializing is more powerful than phone calls and emails in guarding against depression.

Persaud also referenced another article from 2013 that stated social connections drive the upward spiral of positive emotions and health.

“As people age, isolation can occur a little bit more often and so when we socialize and have more connectedness with others, be it family or friends or people in the neighbourhood or our communities, it raises our level of well-being because we’re more likely to laugh and share positive emotions and it adds to heart health and overall well being,” he said.

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JEAN ALISON EVERARD (Nee Reid) July 23, 1926 - Sept. 28, 2015 Passed away peacefully at Saanich Peninsula Hospital at the age of 89 after a brief illness.

Predeceased by beloved husband Hedley Joseph Everard (DFC), Loving stepmother to Jane and Jim (Jann) and supportive third grandmother to Gareth and Taylor.

Jean was born in Dodsland, Saskatchewan, the only child to George and Mable Jane Reid. She graduated from the Edmonton General Hospital as a nurse and, after additional training in psychiatric nursing, obtained a Bachelor of Nursing from McGill University in 1968. Jean’s nursing career took her from the RCAF (Flying Officer Nursing Sister, Auxiliary) to the Canadian Nurses Association, and she was licensed in both Washington and Florida. She travelled widely with Hedley, spending eight years in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

While semi-retired in Naples, Florida, she continued to nurse at both the hospital and occasionally at the greyhound racetrack where, as she was quick to point out, she was there for the people, not betting on the dogs!

Jean retired to Sidney, BC in 2002 where she remained active curling and lawn bowling, as well as teaching and playing mah-jong and duplicate bridge. Jean was a life-long learner, loved attending nurses’ reunions and cherished the friendship and intellectual stimulation of groups such as the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW).

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Six months ago, the composite price index for properties sold on the Saanich Peninsula was about $435,000.

That has now jumped to an average of $450,000, with the pressures for higher prices continuing to apply themselves in the local market.

“The change really started in about February of this year,” said Patrick Schorle, owner of Pacifica Real Estate Inc. in Sidney. “By the early spring we were seeing a definite increase and, although we were hesitant back then to call it a trend, it seems obvious now that things have turned around and the market is staying very strong.”

Part of the reason for the rebound in prices is a simple application of the economic principle of supply and demand.

“In September of last year we had 4,253 listings.

This year, during the same month, we saw only 3,478.

That’s about an 18 per cent decrease. That has really made it a seller’s market with homes staying on the market for shorter periods and prices rising.”

One of the trends Schorle sees returning to the Peninsula is the upsurge of American buyers looking for recreational vacation properties.

“With the interest rates as low as they are now, and the exchange rate being what it is, U.S. buyers can come in and purchase a waterfront property at what amounts to a 30 per cent discount.

It’s really helped to create a resurgence of that type of

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Patrick Schorle says low interest rates contributing to a jump in foreign investment in the local housing market. buyer.”

Schorle said the sale of properties for recreational purposes — properties that may only be occupied for very limited periods of the year — is not a new phenomenon.

“When the Canadian dollar was stronger we had people from other parts of Canada, especially Alberta, coming here to pick up vacation homes. We also know that some Canadians went down to buy up cheap properties in the U.S.A. after the 2008 meltdown. Now it’s Americans coming here.”

Schorle said that over the past six months he has sold about a half-dozen homes to American buyers. He said it’s a trend seen by other realtors.

“They are looking for larger properties ... homes on the waterfront ... and definitely with a preference for newer properties,” he said.

Schorle added he doesn’t feel the purchase of homes as recreational properties has a negative impact on the

haven’t seen that as yet.

“You have to remember that the properties that people are buying for this purpose tend to be a little more isolated, large lots with a lot of privacy.

“It’s really just an indicator of what a beautiful location we have here and how lucky we are to live here full time.” editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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This well designed 3 bedroom home enjoys a garden view open kitchen, cozy adjoining family room, and rare formal dining room, complete with gorgeous rock fireplace. Custom design is evident in the avantegard open stairways and straight clean lines of its exterior. Beautifully landscaped Japanese zen-like terraced backyard takes full advantage of the one acre property. Call Now! $750,000

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Above And Beyond Stunning Executive 5237 square foot residence with shimmering 270 degree Ocean Seascapes from Mount Baker to the Olympics; an architectural triumph on three levels.

Anchored in a private enclave of superior homes ABOVE Gonzales Bay, the property borders Walbran park for Superior views! The pillared Dining room is a subtle blend of classical Design & Grace. Entertain in the open concept View kitchen Maximum Views Luxuriate with Precision Design with cutting edge appliances. in the 800 square foot Luxury home w/ breathtaking ocean & mountain views. Precision built Master witha immense Ensuite,designed deck, andkitchen, cosy formal featuring cathedral Walk-in, entrance,Spa smartly sitting/reception rm Media & family rm. both w. gas fp, below, and a gracious fireplace.

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