Peninsula News Review, December 04, 2015

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Saanichton Village party on Saturday Free family event hits its 11th year Steven Heywood News staff

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Saanichton.

On Saturday, the Saanichton Village Association hosts it 11th annual Community Christmas and Winter Market. Association President Jim Townley says it’s a day of family-oriented holiday fun and is, overall, free for the entire community.

“It’s meant to kick off the retail season in the village,” he explained, noting the Photo contributed Saanichton Jack Frost and the Community Grinch take a selfie C h r i s t m a s during last year’s was started Saanichton Christmas more than a decade ago kick off. at his family’s cafe, Fresh Cup Roastery.

His goal was to raise money for the food bank. By 2010, the event had grown so much and was involving so much of the community that the Village Association wanted to take over and expand it even further.

This Saturday’s event features a popup winter market at Pioneer Square Mall.

Please see: Community Christmas and Market, page 4

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Coen Wallace is ready for some water fun as he and mom Tanis get ready for a trip to Hawaii in February. The Wallace family joined the Help Fill A Dream Foundation at CIBC Wood Gundy this week to receive a donation towards the trip.

Trip a dream come true for Coen Donation by CIBC Wood Gundy on Miracle Day helps North Saanich family Steven Heywood News staff

Tanis Wallace says her son Coen, 5, began kindergarten this year and is happy and healthy.

The pair from North Saanich attended CIBC Wood Gundy’s 31st annual Miracle Day

in Victoria Wednesday and were greeted with a surprise. Financial advisors, staff and clients of the firm donated to the family $10,000 for a trip to Hawaii in February.

The donation was made through the Help Fill A Dream Foundation, which has supported the Wallace family since Coen was diagnosed with kidney problems after he

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t’s that time of year again — the Peninsula News Review is asking our readers to get out those pennies, nickels, dimes, loonies and toonies and bring them into our office or other collection points for our Coins for Kids campaign.

Last year, the News Review raised more than $2,500 and the money was donated to the Saanich Peninsula effort to ensure families with children were able to give gifts at Christmas.

The PNR campaign is being done in conjunction with the Mary Winspear Centre’s Peninsula Santa’s Helpers effort. The Centre is collecting toys for girls and boys of many ages and they too have drop off points throughout the community. Look for the recurring advertising in the paper for where you can donate.

The coins are already starting to come in, but we need your help. Dig through the sofa cushions and car seats, open the junk drawer at home and collect those loose coins.

Be the change you want to see in the world and help us collect that change this month.

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North Saanich firefighter Brian Thomas and Sidney Fire Chief Brett Mikkelsen joins Sidney Lions Food Bank Executive Director Bev Elder in the food bank’s stockroom. Saanich Peninsula fire departments will be out collecting food and other donations on Dec. 19.

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Helping to feed around 1,000 people every month can be a daunting task.

Yet, that’s just what the staff and volunteers at the Sidney Lions Food Bank do for Saanich Peninsula residents.

They need help, of course, and look to the community and area businesses for donations and good deals.

They are getting a good deal of support from firefighters this month. For the second year, Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney fire departments are combining their efforts on a single day to collect as much food as they can handle.

Brian Thomas of the North Saanich Fire Department says on Saturday, Dec. 19, firefighters, their families and other volunteers will be in their respective communities, collecting non-perishable food items, cash donations and even warm coats.

Last year’s effort — the first time all departments went out to collect on the

same day — brought in 20 pallets of food.

Bev Elder, executive director of the Sidney Lions Food Bank, says that gave them three months’ supply.

The annual firefighters’ food drive is an opportunity, says Sidney Fire Chief Brett Mikkelsen, to bring their departments together for a good cause — and to introduce younger and new firefighters into the broader community.

“Everybody wins,” he said.

Thomas noted that most firefighters on the Peninsula are volunteers already.

“Yet, they continue to say ‘I’ll be there’ and ‘is there something I can do,’” he said.

On Dec. 19, North Saanich firefighters will have their truck out in the Dean Park subdivision between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Thomas added if people are not available that day, the Wain Road fire hall will be open to accepting donations between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Sidney firefighters canvas the town between 5:30 and 9:30 p.m.

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ments from their volunteers and their families — and he’s hoping some of the Town’s elected officials will join them.

Watch the News Review for updates on the food drive and information from Central Saanich.

Elder said the food bank currently needs toiletries for their hampers — toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and more. They take food items year-’round and can now take fresh vegetables into their refrigerated storage space.

The Sidney Lions Food Bank is also looking for temporary storage space to be able to accommodate all the food brought in by the fire fighters and other donors this month.

“We need 2,000 square feet of space — with no critters,” she said.

Without the extra room, Elder said they will be forced to use the food bank space for sorting, leaving little room for their day-to-day functions.

For information, contact the food bank at 250-655-0679. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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The event kicks off with a pancake breakfast at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church at the corner of East Saanich Road and Cultra Avenue, hosted by the Central Saanich Lions Club. At the same time, Santa will drop by and people can, by donation to the food bank, have their pictures taken with the jolly old elf. The breakfast and Santa’s visit ends at around 11:15 a.m.

Between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Saanichton businesses welcome kids and their families as they follow the Christmas Tree Trail. Townley said

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Over the same time frame, kids can decorate gingerbread men — and take them home from the Saanich Pioneer Museum.

Throughout the day, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Townley added Tally-Ho Carriage Tours will have a pair of Christmas horse-drawn carriages making their way around the village, providing rides.

The 11th Saanichton Community Christmas and Winter Market is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and, said Townley, a good way for people to see what the village has to offer.

“We’re encouraging people to get to know Saanichton, stay here and have a good look around,” he said. “This is such a fun event.”

He said the association hopes to raise $5,000 for the Sidney Lions Food Bank this weekend, surpassing last year’s amount of $2,500.

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Region’s glass recycling under review

Central Saanich councillors weigh in, saying people have to do better when it comes to recycling glass Carlie Connolly News staff

Recycling, specifically curb side collection of glass in the region, was debated at length during a special town hall meeting of Central Saanich council on Monday night.

District council held the town hall meeting, seeking public input on issues facing the municipality and on the minds of residents.

Mayor Ryan Windsor, who is the council’s representative on the board of the Capital Regional District (CRD), said the CRD came up with a strategy to create a separate bin just for glass.

Windsor said MultiMaterials B.C. (MMBC), which took over the responsibility for managing residential recycling in the province, is concerned with material contamination.

“So if plastic is mixed with metal and mixed with glass of any kind,” Windsor said, “MMBC could potentially start fining municipalities — or the Capital Regional

District — that are not getting more expen- or they stop collecting glass altogether. He properly separating sive.”

Windsor added said issues would still glass.” that’s not an remain, such as conHe said it’s insignificant tamination rates if one re-using glass amount of type of glass is banned and other and others are not. money. recyclables is Essentially, he con“I think a a struggle at half a mil- tinued, recycling collecthe political lion dollars tors would be turned level. is worth sav- into the police, as they “The chalthen will have to pick ing.” lenge with The CRD through and find out that is that board has what’s not meant to be it doesn’t not yet made there. address a “It sounds to me that a decision fundamental Ryan Windsor on how to there’s some education problem ...” address glass required if there’s that Windsor said, explaining that the recycling issues and much refundable glass, amount of non-deposit will meet to discuss said Councillor Bob refund glass is one details further on Dec. Thompson. “(If) twothirds of it is refundable third of the total glass 9.

Bottle depots that then ... we’re losing a going into blue boxes. lot of money.”

He added two-thirds take the glass Windsor is deposit refund glass, back want said a lot which is meant to go the CRD to of deposit into a different stream try and divert refund glass then go back to brewer- it from going is simply not ies, to go back to pro- into those being re-used blue bins, ducers to be refilled. but is being “I’m quite passion- Windsor cond e s t ro y e d . ate about the issue, I tinued, addThat reprebelieve that there is a ing he wonsents a sigcost savings from not ders how do nificant loss picking up at the curb they go about of money and side and it could be doing that.

Niall Paltiel resources, he Windsor quite substantial ... in the order of half a mil- said they either put a said.

“This issue seems to lion dollars over the ban on certain types remaining part of this of glass, specifically me that it’s kind of a mandate, with trucking on the deposit refund, regional issue of great

importance and I think we’ve all got different concerns or feelings on it in terms of how to best dispose or recycle materials and so it doesn’t end up in the landfill if you’re too lazy to take it to a depot,” said Coun. Alicia Cormier.

One concerned resident said if grocery stores don’t take back people’s pickle jars, people are simply going to just dump stuff. The speaker said recycling must be made easy for people if local governments want them to conform.

Windsor said curb side collection of glass is currently facing a split with around 50 per cent of the municipalities in B.C. having stopped curb side collection and others who have continued.

The CRD’s Environmental Services Committee is re-examining its residential curb side glass collection.

Windsor said despite what MMBC might be saving in certain capacities, there’s a challenge to the idea that they are

RCMP keeping an eye out for impaired drivers this month SIDNEY — Local police are stepping up drinking and driving enforcement this month as the holiday season approaches.

Sidney North Saanich RCMP report officers are seeing

steady numbers of impaired drivers on local roads. They remind drivers police will be increasing their patrols.

Since Jan 1, 2015, officers with the local RCMP detachment report they have taken

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of the day, I think the CRD has probably let you down a little bit on this,” he told a crowd of close to 20 people at the town hall meeting.

“I think that at the same time though, from what the Mayor has stated, when it comes to sorting and being responsible citizens in our community, when it comes to how we treat waste, we’ve let them down as well.” reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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“The reality of the cost implication over the next four years is a minimum of $100,000 a year additional cost for curb side collection of glass specifically,” he said, adding there is a cost increase not a decrease.

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OUR VIEW

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ood banks have become a staple within our society and they continue to need and deserve our support.

Every once in a while, we hear some people lament the need for food banks — talking about how they are meant to be stop gaps and should not have to exist in this day and age.

Yet, a recent report on food bank use in B.C. has stated more and more people need their services.

Here on the Saanich Peninsula, the Sidney Lions Food Bank reaches approximately 1,000 people each month. Those numbers have leveled off over last year, according to food bank Executive Director Bev Elder, but that doesn’t mean the need has just gone away.

Because people Because there’s can find themselves mobility in the she says in dire straits, their region, people in need of services will always food bank services may simply have be required changed locations and are counted among the users of other food banks, like Victoria’s Mustard Seed.

In times of economic boom or bust, there will always be a need for food banks to help families and individuals make ends meet. Users might not be constant users, but people who find themselves in a position none of us would hope to see — out of a job or injured in some way and facing too many bills. Food banks can help provide just enough groceries and other items to get some people past that bump in the road.

Certainly, no one wants to see food banks used as a crutch. But because people can find themselves in dire straits, their services will always be required.

On the Peninsula, the food bank received a lot of support and has a dedicated collection of community volunteers to help make it go.

They still need the support of individuals in our communities to ensure their shelves are stocked — not only during the giving season, but throughout the year.

Saanich Peninsula firefighters have come together to collect food and cash donations and they are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the community’s generosity.

Hopefully, by following their example, we can help ensure our neighbours don’t have to go wanting throughout the year.

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

Tanner Ridge speeds still unsafe We are retirees living on Rodolph Road near Styan Road.

We spend many hours outside gardening. Our kitchen and dinette windows overlook Rodolph Road, therefore we are very aware of all traffic.

Rodolph is a wide road with no sidewalks, sharp corners, blind driveways and parking allowed on both sides of the road. Pedestrians use this road and children of all ages walk, bike and skateboard to schools and bus stops. There are a lot of dog walkers, elderly with canes and walkers and day care workers pushing strollers.

Personally, we find it difficult to drive over 40 kilometres per hour on Rodolph Road.

If the police consider compliance driving five to 10 km/hr over the posted 50 km/hr limit, enforcement would only start at speeds over 60 km/hr. We consider this highly unsafe.

The straight stretch of Rodolph between Twinview Road and the Buena Vista/Bella Vista junction, is where motorists pick up speed.

Since one fatality is one too many, we strongly urge Central Saanich council and the police to reduce the posted speed limit on Rodolph Road to 40 km/hr.

Enforcement still wouldn’t start ‘til speeds exceed 50 km/hr — a speed we still consider unsafe.

Paula and Stan Ball Central Saanich

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Share the experience While reading the many recent articles relating to homelessness and refugees, I was reminded of my own story.

When I entered Canada as an immigrant in 1971 we were well received. Even though I could not speak English, I tried to make ends meet. This was accomplished by taking on various jobs much different to those I was used to in the Netherlands which were all related to sales positions with heavy equipment.

I began working for commission, selling vacuum cleaners. I had a good run on it, however, when it came to closing the deal I was not successful because earlier on in Holland I

had learned not to depend on credit.

Selling vacuum cleaners could only be successful if you adopted that concept.

I declined to do that so I decided to work on a labour job in construction. After six weeks, just prior to Christmas, I was laid off. I tried hard to get other employment, but to no avail. However, we were very blessed. Just a few days before the Christmas celebrations began we were surprised by Canadian friendship and generosity.

Our Christmas was overwhelming in comparison to what we had been used to in Holland. Turkey and all the trimmings, a decorated tree and gifts for all were quietly and secretly delivered to our home. I still remember today that previous to this I had contacted Social Services in Calgary because we needed financial help. It was a humiliating move but there were very few questions asked and our daily needs were provided for.

As a family, we remember those days of humanitarian generosity and kindness as the best experience of all time in the worst of circumstances.

I wish that all the refugees and homeless people hopefully can have a similar experience.

Let us show with all the goodness in our hearts that we can reach out and make a difference to those who are most needy at this time in their lives.

Ary Sala Fanny Bay

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Dream trips icing on the cake for Foundation Continued from page 1

Craig Smith, executive director of the Foundation, said Coen and his family are being helped with travel, and medical costs — and now this dream trip to the Walt Disney Resort in Hawaii.

“We have supported 2,145 Island kids since we started 30 years ago,” he said, noting they help provide home renovations for children with special needs, equipment and more, to ease the financial burden on their families.

“The dream trips are the icing on the cake, the fun stuff,” Smith said. “And this is a small reward for families who have gone through so much.”

Tanis said Coen’s kidney was donated by a family member.

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CIBC Wood Gundy financial advisor Jake Brumby presents a cheque for $10,000 to Craig Smith of the Help Fill a Dream Foundation and North Saanich’s Coen Wallace. match.”

Coen himself looked like he was ready to go, after CIBC staff also donated some swim and snorkel gear for the family’s trip.

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Remember when holiday shopping brought a smile to your face and a bounce to your step? If so, check out Sidney as your “go-to” holiday hub. The annual Sidney merchants Open House will be held Friday, December 4th, 5 pm to 8 pm. There will be FREE horsedrawn carriage rides (4 pm to 8 pm), traditional storybook Christmas carolers, beautiful shop windows, and just about the best customer service you could imagine.

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Village at Heritage Acres where children can take in train rides and visit with Santa.

The Mary Winspear Centre is a collection point for Toys for Tots and will once again feature the Festival of Trees display and a LEGO Christmas village display. The Community Arts Council showcases the Artisans Gift Gallery at Tulista Park on Fifth

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Floating the new Audi A4 in a city without blacktop mountains, ascending and descendVenice, Italy – Can you believe ing along serpentine roads. that Audi would invite the world’s Its driving attributes can be media to attend the launch of its summed up thusly: plenty of perk 2017 A4 in a town where signs in the turbo charged 2.0-litre, fourlimit speed to seven km/h on most cylinder engine, providing more of its main streets? than adequate propulsion to scale Launch for the non-amphibious the heights and pass the freeway craft is probably an appropriate laggards – smoothly – greatly descriptor for the event, given the Technology aided by a responsive seven-speed streets of this world heritage site transmission. Played with the are all under water and the main enables the A4 to paddle shifters for fun while luging means to get from A to B is by cruise up to 65 down the steep mountain side but motor launch. km/h autonomously, didn’t feel the need to experiment Ensconced at the Isole delle Rose island resort we learned of the as long as you place with them for most of the drive. The cornering on the twisties was ‘A1’ in new model’s attributes in a quiet your hands on the the A4, thanks to substantial techniand relaxed atmosphere away wheel every few cal improvements to the suspenfrom the typical city noise. seconds. sion. It’s quiet too.

Then we headed for the dry land We are not going to see the A4 on of the Veneto region, north of the Keith Morgan Canadian roads until late spring. city, to put the machine through its There are seven power plants availpaces through urban traffic, freeable globally but we will get just the 2.0-litre gas ways, rural wine country routes and high into the

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The centre console houses a wireless smartphone charger and you can display your phone apps in a larger format on the tablet-like display. Rear passengers can entertain themselves via a removable tablet – also an option. It has crash proof glass!

I mentioned how quiet the cabin is but you can fix that if you opt for the Bang & Olufsen 3D sound system. Techno and safety nuts will be impressed with the list of passive and active safety equipment available either as standard or optional extras. These include adaptive cruise control, traffic jam and active lane assists and self-parking that responds to road markings, radar and satellite navigation data to keep the car on the straight and narrow. That technology enables the A4 to cruise up to 65 km/h autonomously, as long as you place your hands on the wheel every few seconds. If you don’t you get a loud reminder! One wit suggested carrying mini clamps to replace your hands and enable you to snooze.

The current model base price is $38,500. Don’t expect the prices for the three iterations of the 2017 model to vary too much in the bottom line.

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No fuel economy numbers yet but Audi is promising substantial improvements over the current combined city/highway of 8.9 L/100kms for the gas engine. Our A4s will all have Quattro fourwheel drive and the seven-speed dual clutch S-Tronic transmission. Front-wheel drive vehicles and a manual transmission option will debut later.

The A4’s appearance is only subtly different from the last version but after much work in the wind tunnel, its reshaping had yielded substantial aerodynamic improvements. Inside the cabin expect some classy touches: fine grain ash wood inlays lifts and chrome trims raise the A4 in the elegance stakes. The optional revamped MultiMedia Interface (MMI) system enables the driver to keep eyes on the road ahead by reducing the interactions needed to deliver what functions the driver wants to operate.

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Noone returns to Sidney Former lead singer of Herman’s Hermits on stage Sunday SIDNEY — When Noone was just 15 years old, he achieved international fame as Herman, lead singer of the popular 1960s band Herman’s Hermits.

He has been entertaining and delighting audiences almost all his life. When he was a child he played Stanley Fairclough in the well known and long-running British soap opera Coronation Street.

Having performed on hundreds of top-rated television programs and even making an appearance on Broadway, Noone is quite the entertainer.

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Peter Noone performs two shows in Sidney this Sunday afternoon. of the world and he even has a group of faithful fans known as ‘Noonatics’ who have stuck by him from the beginning.

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Among his more than 60 million recordings sold, 14 singles and seven albums went gold and The Hermits were named twice as Cashbox’s Entertainer of the Year.

Noone is at the Mary Winspear Centre this Sunday (Dec. 6) with two shows. One at 3 p.m. and the other beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Bodine Hall.

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Ken Lavigne starts an Island-wide Christmas concert tour at Sidney’s Charlie White Theatre Monday night.

“I love those old nostalgic classics. When I listen to the voice of Bing Crosby at Christmas time ... it is Christmas to me.”

– Ken Lavigne performed here before, Lavigne will also be performing in Victoria, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Parksville, Comox and Chemainus.

An album has been in the works for a few months now and Lavigne said he hopes to have it released some time in the new year.

“Albums now seem to take a little bit more time simply because my touring schedule is so intense,” he said.

As for right now, Lavigne is getting ready for his show in Sidney this Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Charlie White Theatre. at the Mary Winspear Centre Tickets are $38 for adults and $18 for students. People can call 250-6560275.

So what does Lavigne like most about Christmas?

“Is it the rum and eggnog or is it the turkey feast?” he said with a laugh. “What I enjoy most I think is the time when Christmas actually finally rolls around, I get to decompress and just spend time with my family which is always a welcome.”

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With this being his first big Christmas tour, Lavigne will be giving a shout out to the great vintage radio show from the 1940s in a show just like those old time radio shows.

The concert features Christmas songs, stories and drama. Lavigne will be performing Christmas favourites including the traditional Jingle Bells, Little Drummer Boy, Baby Its Cold Outside and many more.

Lavigne will invoke the likes of Bing Crosby and perform modern takes on some of those seasonal classics. With his crew of talented performers, including special guests, the Company “B” Vocal Trio, the audience will hear the close resemblance to the Andrews Sisters.

“Honestly a lot of people probably perceive me as that guy in the bow tie who sings classical music all the time and you know I actually like to showcase some of the versatility of the tenor voice,” said Lavigne in an interview. “And I love those old nostalgic classics.

When I listen to the voice of Bing Crosby at Christmas time … it is Christmas to me.”

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Heather Burns and Friends perform Jazz Vespers Sunday NORTH SAANICH — Jazz Vespers at St. John’s United Church will welcome Heather Burns and Friends on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.

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Among his credentials are the leadership of the Don Leppard Trio and the Don Leppard Big Band. They have over two dozen European tours with the Canadian Armed Forces jazz band (which recorded some of Leppard’s arrangements) under their belts, appearances on national radio and television and even a gig as demonstration drummer at the Banff School of Fine Arts with the legendary jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson.

The Jazz Vespers series continues January 3 with the McRae/ Rhodes Trio and on Feb. 14 with Jamshed.

Jazz Vespers services begin at 7 p.m.

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Peninsula quartet play big role with football club Steven Heywood News staff

The Victoria Spartans football club is off to the championship match in Langley this weekend, sporting four Saanich Peninsula players.

Stefan Grunert, Connor Way, Max Harris and Ryder Heany make up a solid quartet of players for the Bantam-level (age 14 and 15) football team.

Team Manager and Vice-President of the Victoria Spartans Football Association, Allen Lavoie, says the club went out looking for talented players in the spring and found the four — three from Stelly’s Secondary School and Way, who attends St. Michaels University School in Victoria.

This weekend, the team will be in Langley to face South Delta, the Vancouver Mainland Football League Bantam division’s defending champions. Lavoie said the Spartans faced South Delta at the start of the season and allowed five touchdowns in the first half of the game.

Since that match, however, he said the Victoria team allowed only one major in com-

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Saanich Peninsula resident Connor Way (#7), seen here with the Victoria Renegades, has moved on to the Victoria Spartans football club and is one of four local players to help get the team to the B.C. finals piling a 7-3 record, good for third place in the eight-team league.

The other two losses came at the hands of North Langley, he said, by scores of 3-2 and 4-3. In their recent semi-final game, Lavoie said Victoria showed

they can score, turning the tables and beating North Langley 24-8.

“The boys answered the bell,” he said, “and it came after a threeweek payoff after the regular season.”

That win has propelled them into the

final game Sunday at McLeod Stadium in Langley.

Grunert leads the Spartans this season in rushing and has scored the most touchdowns, said Lavoie.

He called the four Peninsula players the cornerstone of this season’s Bantam Spartans. Way, one of the four captains along with Heany, has been a solid defender and backup quarterback.

Heany and Harris have been solid in their role as various backs.

The Victoria Spartans are a communitybased club team and take players who attend school outside of the region’s big football schools, like Mt. Doug and Belmont. Lavoie said the club went looking for new players this past spring and in addition to finding the Peninsula products, they found enough players to revive their Midget team, which took one season off due to lack of players. This season, the Midgets also made their division final and the junior Bantam team won their Island championship.

The Spartans are currently the only club team at their age levels on the Island.

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“There are some dry communities in B.C. that do not sell liquor,” Kettlewell said. “If there’s a municipality out there that does not want the sale of nonmedical marijuana in their community, we’d fully respect that.”

He noted provincial rules currently require a minimum one-kilometre separation between private liquor stores and he’d expect municipalities that permit recreational pot would in most cases apply zoning rules that could further restrict locations, potentially with minimum buffers from schools and parks.

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He emphasized the aim is to serve as the retailers for recreational pot only, and not compete with existing medical marijuana providers. Liquor stores are already required to check ID to ensure patrons are over 19 to prevent alcohol purchases by youth, said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith.

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80 Saghalie Road, From $409,900 Daily 12-6, Bosa Properties, 250-382-2672 www.bosaproperties.com

1900 Watkiss Way, From $259,000 Saturday & Sunday 12-4 RE/MAX Alliance Ron Neal, 250-386-8181 www.ronneal.com

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404-870 Short Street Saturday December 5th, 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Shelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124 www.pembertonholmes.com

203-1725 Cedar Hill Cross Road, $209,900 Saturday December 5th, 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444 www.shellyreed.com 1983 Neil Street, $635,000 Sunday December 6th, 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422 www.rlpvictoria.com 3053 Admirals Road MLS 357804, Sunday December 6, 1-3 Burr Properties Ltd. John McMillan, 250-382-8838 www.burrproperties.ca

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2120 Nicklaus Dr, $949,000 MLS 357967, Sat., Dec. 5, 2-4 Sotheby’s International Realty Brad MacLaren, 250-380-3933 www.bradmaclaren.com

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