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A little inclement weather on Sunday didn’t prevent friends Brie Graham, left, and Madison Darzaph both from Sidney, from sharing a laugh under an umbrella during the Sidney Sparkles Santa Claus Parade. The rain would ease as the parade got underway, allowing a large crowd of people along Beacon Avenue to enjoy the festivities. Strong winds afterwards, however, meant the cancellation of the planned lighted boat parade. For more photos, turn to page three.

At Central Saanich’s town hall meeting at Brentwood Bay’s Cultural Centre recently, resident Pamela Fox asked for an update on local efforts to manage problem wildlife in Central Saanich.

She specifically wanted to know what steps are being taken to manage deer and Canada geese.

Mayor and Central Saanich council’s director on the board of the Capital Regional District, Ryan Windsor, said in respect to deer, the CRD was questioned about a pilot program in Oak Bay and whether they were going to take on deer as part of a wildlife management service.

“The CRD is trying to establish whether or not it’s going to take on wildlife management as a judicial service,” Windsor explained. “Every time the CRD takes on a service, there’s always some feelings about what potential ramifications of that are.

“It’s been quite clear to date that it doesn’t want to take on deer.”

Windsor said there have been no other attempts to manage the deer population beyond Oak Bay’s pilot program and from the CRD’s perspective, the deer issue may have to come back to the council’s table early in the new PLease see: District encourages farmers, page 4

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In the News Review’s report on Friday, Nov. 27 regarding the proposed new liquor store on Canora Road, we gave the incorrect vote tally by Sidney Town council. The vote was 5-2 to support the project and Councillor Mervyn Lougher-Goodey voted in favour. The PNR incorrectly reported he voted against it. The News Review apologizes for the error.

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Stephania and Sasa Kosman of Sidney braved the elements. They say the weather was a lot milder than last year and came out early to claim their spot along Beacon Avenue.

These cute snowmen in the Big Steel Box entry in the parade were a hit with the crowd.

Sidney Sparkles All wrapped up and warm, Jordyn Mitchell, 8, and Maleigha Diehl, 9, wait for their favourite floats during the Sparkles parade.

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Santa gives a wave to the crowds of people along Beacon Avenue Sunday, Dec. 6 during the Sidney Sparkles Santa Claus Parade, run by the Peninsula Celebrations Society. There were 63 floats and parade entries and the wet weather held off for most of the annual event.

Town crier Kenny Podmore waves to the crowd.

Buzzing around like bees, scooters and their drivers donned some festive - even outlandish you might say - garb for the parade.

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District encourages farmers to speak up on wildlife issues Continued from page 1

“The negative publicity that came out of Oak Bay, it migrated across the region and the CRD basically now has said ‘we’re not sure we want to get into this,’” he said.

Geese however are a different situation.

Windsor said he championed a local cull of geese this past summer, as the community faces problem wildlife destroying farm crops.

“They don’t migrate, so they’re here year ‘round … they’re here during the critical time

for farmers where farmers are planting crops.

We understand that.

The question to date is to whether or not the program the CRD ran this summer is an effective methodology.”

Windsor said around 45 geese were killed and a lot of focus afterwards was placed on the cost. The overall cost of the cull was around $18,000, he said, adding people went on to calculate that the cost per goose was $725. He pointed out the cost ratio wasn’t necessarily the focus, because the pilot program wasn’t

designed to identify cost per head. Rather it was designed to decide if this was an effective method.

Windsor said there are people around the CRD board table that would like to see the regional government have some role in wildlife management, possibly at a facilitation level.

This, said the mayor, is still under discussion.

“We expect to see before the board in the new year, a sort of second look at how the CRD might facilitate amongst the regions and municipalities to

Geese have farmers’ dander up. better harmonize regulations for crop protection permits, or farmers themselves handling geese. And then also whether or not there’s an additional piece to that about the CRD actually playing active management. That is

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He added this will necessitate a vote of the board, probably next February or March, if all things proceed as planned.

Councillor Alicia Cormier said work was done a year ago on

geese management and she wants to hear how this season has been and where the province stands on wildlife management issues like this.

“I think its important to acknowledge that we’ve … not had our local agricultural advisory committee in place and (were not) able to sort of advise us of any concerns,” she said. “I haven’t heard anything at the council table recently about any concerns and I think we’ll be confirming the ongoing nature of that committee and I think that will help.”

Windsor said the CRD wants to be more of a facilitator in harmonizing the regulations in regard to the geese.

“Is it something farmers need to bring to the attention of Central Saanich or now that there are plans for an agriculture advisory committee, could they bring it to them and then it be carried to Central Saanich?” he asked.

“It never hurts to have a voice … in Central Saanich but even more so with the CRD as we’re considering these things,” he continued. “If a small group can delegate authority and come and make a presentation, it helps enormously to guide the board in making a decision that’s best for the region.”

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Will it be amalgamation or integration?

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Central Saanich council and residents are in the process of discussing what amalgamation will look like.

In a town hall meeting with residents of Central Saanich on Nov. 30, council talked of their meeting in the summer with former Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Coralee Oakes. They attended that meeting along with North Saanich and Sidney councillors.

Mayor of Central Saanich, Ryan Windsor, has since met with the new Minister, Peter Fassbender, who made a number of introductory statements on the topic, seeking out more integration of services being a major one.

Windsor said the mayors are looking at amalgamation from a point of view where there is already cooperation. He noted

Saanich and Minister is if Sidney only. they’re going I think we’ve to fund somecommunithing,” he cated in the said. “What past that are they prereally from pared to our perspecfund? What tive, we’re are they prenot looking pared to south really facilitate? We in any way.” don’t know Ryan Windsor Councilthat yet so lor Zeb King I’m not going to speculate as to what added Central Saanich had a referendum their intentions are.

“They’ve been very question posed to clear that they will not residents, on whether force amalgamation on they are supportive of any district,” Windsor the municipality petisaid during a town hall tioning the province to meeting on Nov. 30 of fund the study. In other terms, he continued, this year.

Before touching “do you want us to ask on amalgamation in the province for the a meeting with the 13 money to do a study?”

King added council mayors a week ago, Windsor said it was too has sent a letter to the early to speculate what province asking for the funds for a study. would come out of it.

“There are exam“I think we have to be mindful that the ques- ples in the past but we tion that we asked was simply do we want to look at the study. Ours was very specific to Central Saanich, North

different mayors have different feelings on the subject, as do the 13 different councils in Greater Victoria.

During the November 2014 municipal election, Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney posed a similar referendum question to their respective electorates. In essence, voters were asked if they favoured a provinciallyfunded and led study into what amalgamation might look like on the Saanich Peninsula.

All passed with a solid majority Yet, the question now has become would such a study be on amalgamation or would it be an integration study?

Windsor said there are more questions left unanswered at this point about the future of a study and what it might look like.

“I think really that’s what we’re trying to understand from the perspective of the

also have to be mindful of when we say the province, well what are you prepared to do? Part of the reason we’re asking that question is because of the realities of the three districts on the Peninsula,” said Windsor, adding Central Saanich uses a municipal police force while North Saanich and Sidney use the RCMP. “They’re not necessarily compatible police services from the outset, so we need to understand what the province is willing to look at from our perspective …”

Coun. Niall Paltiel said he had posed a question to the community back when the discussion with Oakes had occurred. He said he asked people that if the District did proceed in studying shared ser-

vices or more shared integrated services or possibly amalgamation on the Peninsula, do they think they could do so without isolating the CRD. “I think its important … how many people in this room feel well connected to what’s going on at the CRD? I don’t think that we can have a conversation on integration of Peninsula municipal services without thinking about what the CRD is providing and having a whole list of conversation on integration,” he said during the town hall meeting.

Paltiel added he is in favour of looking into it as he said he is an advocate for a core review of what services the CRD provides to residents, taxpayers and stakeholders but he asked about how to

go forward on that conversation.

“We need to know first what the province is willing to do and I need to be able to communicate that back to council and to the public so that everyone is aware of what we are proceeding with,” Windsor responded.

A resident at the meeting said one of the things she likes most about the community are discussions like the Nov. 30 one and fears that with amalgamation, the community will lose that.

She added she knows all the councillors by name, interacts with them and she feels she wouldn’t have the same rapport if there were three amalgamated.

How well does she know the CRD? She said she doesn’t know them at all.

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ain was held at bay as the Sidney Sparkles Santa Claus Parade began Sunday evening — right on time, said parade marshal Cam McLennan.

That was a good sign and the parade, featuring 63 entries from various businesses, youth groups, churches, fire departments and more, was greeted by hundreds of people lining Beacon Avenue.

The event is always a popular draw — no matter the weather — and really does signal an attitude change on the Saanich Peninsula.

Now, we could simply say that the parade triggers the official start of the shopping season — or at least it gives it a gentle nudge in that direction. And to some degree, that’s not far off the truth.

But, since the event is put on by the Peninsula Celebrations Society, it has a broader meaning.

For many, the parade is a chance to get outside and simply enjoy the lights, the music and the costumes. Maybe even the treats handed out along the roadside.

It’s also the beginning of a period of good cheer and communities pulling together.

The parade is bright and loud and sends up the signal to the entire Peninsula that it’s the season for giving. And it gets people in the mood to do just that.

Later this month, local fire departments will hit the streets collecting food for the Sidney Lions Food Bank. Volunteers are also working hard in the kitchen to prepare for the annual dinner on Christmas Day, reaching out to people who might otherwise not have a festive dinner.

The parade is more than what it appears to be, but is in essence a reminder of the spirit we can all share this month — with the hope that it will continue beyond December.

While the wind picked up after the parade and forced the cancellation of the lighted boat sail past, we understood and sought refuge in local coffee shops and restaurants — which appeared to be full of people enjoying themselves.

That’s the key reason for the parade and other events like it this month — to raise spirits. This season, think about meeting that example within your community.

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not discussed by the government. griculture Minister Norm One of those is foreign purchase Letnick has released the latest of farmland, a matter subject to update to the B.C. Liberal regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan government’s “strategic growth and Manitoba but not B.C. plan” for farm and food products.

Properties have also been After reporting a record $12.3 purchased to grow hay for export billion in total agriculture and agrito Asia, and Huntington says she food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest continues to hear of costly farmland plan sets a new goal of increasing it in Delta and Surrey being bought at to $15 billion by 2020. prices long-established farm families It’s a mostly a status quo plan, can’t afford. continuing current We’ve seen a marketing efforts and British food and drug encouraging higher-value conglomerate buy up B.C. production of a wider Interior farms to plant range of products. trees for carbon offsets, The ministry intends to a project that was wound hire its first expert in food down after local protests. and beverage production.

Popham and Huntington It’s a reflection of the fact are calling for a systematic that fully 70 per cent of inventory of foreign that $12.3 billion comes purchases, to determine if from food and beverage Tom Fletcher regulation is needed here processing. This continues B.C. Views as climate change shifts the government’s push to growing patterns. improve economic viability Popham argues that of farms by allowing more with California enduring years of food product manufacturing and drought, B.C. can’t continue to sales on Agricultural Land Reserve depend on imports for more than property. half its food.

Letnick says another key strategy “We have countries that are is to improve access to irrigation. actively seeking food producing land, B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, because their countries are having a number that’s holding steady difficulties producing under drought even as the average age of farmers conditions,” Popham said. “So before increases. we know it, our farmland could be Opposition MLAs formed their bought up by other countries that own agriculture committee to tour are actively and smartly trying to the province over the past year, ensure their own food security.” chaired by NDP agriculture critic Neither Letnick nor the opposition Lana Popham and independent Delta MLAs could produce results from South MLA Vicki Huntington. Their the government’s decision to split report speaks to some of the issues

the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land Commission panels working with local governments.

The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow development of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport.

The agreement says there is a need for a “defensible and durable urban/ALR edge.” If you think everyone loves farming, you’ve likely never lived on this “urban/ALR edge.”

The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmer’s decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

Tom Fletcher is the legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Season of joy Santa and his elves, Cookie (Tara Munro) and Ginger (Sheila Minton) from Sidney All Care join Greg and his son Sage Patterson for a quick pose. The festive trio were out and about in Sidney, visiting seniors facilities and spreading Christmas cheer in downtown SIdney.

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Send your letters to: commercial Growing up in • Mail: Letters to the Editor, vehicle traffic on California I was Peninsula News Review, 103residential roads exposed to a dif9830 Second St., Sidney, B.C., and the vehicles ferent system V8L 3C6 would be able and one I think • Fax: 250-656-5526 to operate at a is far superior to • Email: editor@ higher efficiency our current hanpeninsulanewsreview.com level. Thirdly, dling of refuse the potential and recycling. to collect the It consisted of a revenues from the deposit refund large sorting facility at the regional glass would help to pay for the sortland waste facility. All the residents ing facility and eventually become a put out all their garbage, recycling source of income. and food waste in one can at the I urge local government to look curb side for pick up. The garbage to see how other jurisdictions have was then picked up and brought to dealt with similar challenges before the land waste where it was sent embarking on their own endeavours on a conveyor and manually sorted at the expense of the taxpayer. and distributed to the appropriate Barrett Smith facilities. This system has several Sidney benefits.

Letters to the Editor

TOWN OF SIDNEY

SNOW CLEARING In the event of a snowfall, the Town of Sidney will keep major arterial and collector streets open and will clear snow and ice from as many local streets as possible, particularly those in the downtown area. In addition, snow and ice will be cleared from the sidewalks at intersections and bus stops, with general priority given to locations serving higher pedestrian volumes.

Residents, property owners and businesses are reminded that Section 51 of the Town’s Streets and Traffic Regulation Bylaw No. 1966 requires every resident to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of or abutting their property.

The Town is therefore requesting co-operation from all residents in this matter to ensure the safety and convenience of the public at large.

Please remember your elderly or disabled neighbours who would appreciate your assistance. Your efforts to make Sidney a safer all-weather community are greatly appreciated.

Brian Robinson Manager of Public Works and Parks

TOWN OF SIDNEY

2016 CounCil MeetinG SChedule Notice is given that the Town Council Meeting schedule for 2016 is as follows: January 11 & 25 February 9 & 22 March 14 & 29 April 11 & 25 May 9 & 24 June 13 & 27

Regular Council Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, unless posted otherwise. www.sidney.ca

Applications/Nominations for Water Advisory Committee Membership The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites applications/ nominations from residents interested in sitting on the Water Advisory Committee to provide advice on water supply, water quality, the stewardship of the lands held by the CRD for water supply purposes and water conservation measures. There are vacancies for members representing environmental groups, commercial/industrial organizations, agricultural groups, and resident/ratepayers associations.

Meetings are held at 9 am on the first Wednesday of each month at CRD Integrated Water Services office, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC. Appointments will be for a two (2) year term commencing January 2016.

Send us a one-page summary telling about yourself, which interest group you represent, your area of expertise, and why you would like to serve on the committee.

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Christmas isn’t really about gifts, it’s about giving and some need it.

But lots of folks don’t and toss one gift aside to get to the next parcel and tear it open and give a phony gasp of pleasure at what was inside — knowing it is far too small and hating the colour.

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This business of gift giving has nothing to do with Christmas.

It is, however, a good way to connect with old friends.

something alive, a plant for the garden, or one for indoors, or a large bulb (amaryllis?) or a package of paper-white narcissus, a gardening tool, even sturdy garden gloves are a welcome gift.

This will possibly depend on how much spare cash you have or what your relationship to the recipient is.

Husband? Something special (since it will be planted in a shared garden).

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Susanne and Johnny Bibbey get into the holiday spirit decorating a gingerbread man at the 11th annual Saanichton Community Christmas and Winter Market on Saturday.

Kids and their families got the opportunity to decorate gingerbread men at the Saanich Pioneer Museum in Saanichton.

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The mean one, Mr. Grinch, rode around on his little car in the rain, making stops to the many sites of the Christmas filled village, still managing to spread holiday cheer despite the bad weather.

Right, Jonny Sebestiyen is all focus, decorating his gingerbread man as Cherlene Bradley watches.

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The gym was full of cheers and admiration as five Peninsula Panthers hockey players visited Keating Elementary School to play floor hockey with a ground of Grade 5 students.

The Panthers have also visited Bayside and Brentwood elementary schools and Constable and Youth Resource Officer of the Central Saanich Police Service, Glen Davies said they might do it again in the new year.

“The students really enjoy it and it’s also a way for these hockey players to give back to the community.”

He added some of the Panthers are from the community and attended these schools.

Also in the packed gymnasium were a bunch of Grade 4 students cheering on their classmates.

Davies said hockey is a pretty big sport on the Peninsula and added having a Junior B team here is huge.

Among the players was Panthers’ captain, Spencer

Carlie Connolly/News staff

Peninsula Panthers Captain Spencer Loverock signs autographs for Grade 5 students at Keating Elementary School.

Loverock who helped gather some of his teammates.

The main reason the players come out is for the kids and giving back in any way they can.

“I think its really important because I grew up in this area and seeing the Panthers play-

ers, it was a really fun time seeing them and hanging out with them,” Loverock said.

“It’s for the kids. We’re happy to do anything we can and it’s just one way we can help out.

If we can do more, we’d love to.”

Davies said it’s also a good

role modelling of healthy activity.

“It’s a great response especially with the younger kids … they really respond,” he said.

The Grade 5s were split into groups and each played for a minute and a half so that everyone had a chance.

After the half hour game, students had autographs signed from the players.

For Panthers’ player, Braeden Hansen, Keating was his old stomping grounds.

He said what he likes most about going to the schools is just seeing the kids running around and having fun, adding it’s also fun for the players too, as they get the opportunity to do fun things in the community.

Player Ben Meyerink added it’s about the fun of hockey when playing with the kids.

“I think it’s just a lot of fun for the kids. It lets you see the fun that’s hockey,” he said.

“It’s not always about winning and stuff. It’s just for fun sometimes.” reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Cookbook Luncheon gives credit to the bees Steven Heywood

it’s just picked,” he said.

His latest cookbook, he continued, is not only an attempt at sharing great recipes, but to show where the ingredients he uses come from — and to help raise awareness of honey and the bees that produce it.

The guests at his lecture were treated to chicken baked with honey and a honey sweet sauce drizzled over scones.

Anna Hudson of the SHOAL Centre said this

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large crowd of guests at Sidney’s SHOAL Centre recently learned a little bit about the honeybee, what it produces and how environmental and human issues have impacted the bee.

The SHOAL Centre hosted its first Cookbook Luncheon, welcoming guest chef and author Angelo Prosperi-Porta, formerly the owner of the Cooper’s Cove Guesthouse in Sooke. His was the first in what the Centre hopes will become a regular series of luncheons throughout the year — featuring local food, education and a good meal.

Prosperi-Porta this year published a cookbook: Honey: Everyday Recipes for Cooking and Baking with Nature’s Sweetest Secret Ingredient.

It’s his second cookbook, following his Flavours of Cooper’s Cove Guesthouse, published in the early 2000s.

He said honey has a variety of uses, including as a savoury sauce on its own or in the base of a barbecue sauce.

“It doesn’t act like regular sugar,” he said.

“It adds a depth of flavour.”

He explained some of his methods of using honey in recipes to the audience and answered a variety of questions on the subject of bees.

For Prosperi-Porta, using honey has meant learning about bees, how they pollinate and

was the first of what they hope will be a series of three such luncheons at the Centre.

“We had a good crowd and a good response to our first one,” she said. “It’s a great way for people to enjoy a lunch and learn something new.”

For updates on SHOAL Centre activities — and upcoming Cookbook Luncheons, visit beaconcs.ca/ pages/shoal.html or call 250-656-5537. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Chef Angelo Prosperi-Porta of Sooke was the guest speaker at a Cookbook Luncheon held recently a Sidney’s SHOAL Centre. The regular luncheons will feature regional chefs talking about local food. len in order to build up resistances to diseases.

Bees are also facing external impacts, like pesticides.

If they don’t get the pollen and nutrients they need, he said, the millions of bees required to pollinate a single large crop could weaken or die off.

That could cause the colony crashes scientists have seen in their impact on food production. In so doing, he has also been learning about how bee populations have crashed in recent years.

“I admit, I’m no bee expert,” he said, “but I do know the issue and its effect on my business, cooking and on the availability of ingre-

dients.”

He said it’s important that bees have a good environment in which to thrive. ProsperiPorta noted that monocrops, or single crops, means fields have a single type of pollen. That, he said, can impact bees, which require a variety of pol-

recent years, he continued.

To help ensure bee survival, Prosperi-Porta said people can turn to local food and local markets. Buying local encourages more types of crops and more pollen sources for bees.

As well, it benefits chefs like himself and those he cooks for.

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Sidney author Eileen Hayes with a photo of her Aunt Ah Ng on the left and her mother, Ah Look. The photo was an inspiration for unpublished short story Silk Sisters, 5 and 6. to her mother and aunt’s portrait. It’s also what Hayes’ aunt had in her house and had kept all of these years in China.

“That’s where (the Chinese Embassy) was able to make the connection.”

Through lots of research and the help of the People’s Republic of China’s consulate in Ottawa, they were able to find her aunt, and Hayes was able to find out what village she lived in.

It was 1998 when Hayes was finally able to connect with her aunt in the province of Guangzhou.

“The first time I went they never, she and her daughter, never left my side,” Hayes said. “They kept stroking my arm (her first cousin) and stroking my leg and taking me everywhere with them.”

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“It was quite exciting,” she said.

Meeting all the relatives was an emotional moment for Hayes and a story she wanted to get just right.

“I had this burning desire to just get it down on paper. It was important to me.”

That burning desire led Hayes to write of her experiences more than a decade ago. Her work, however, was never published and has been an ongoing project for many years.

Hayes this year entered her story in the inaugural Cedric Literary Awards in Victoria.

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“It was very nice to be recognized because you work hard at these pieces of work and … you’re not recognized for them so it felt very nice.”

Silk Sisters, 5 and 6, which Hayes finished this past summer, is not yet available to the public. She is considering submitting it to a literary contest in New Zealand.

Hayes is semi-retired and working as a teacher on call for School District 63 (Saanich) in the French program, teaching mostly at both Deep Cove and Keating elementary schools.

She currently has the framework for five children’s stories that she’d like to write, which focus on creative problem solving.

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The inspiration of her short story was when she met her aunt in 1998, after years of waiting.

“It was really exciting. I couldn’t believe how tiny she was,” she said.

Hayes began her story around 1996 and has been adding to it all along as it unfolded in her quest for her mother’s twin sister, her aunt Ah Ng who is considered number 5; her mother being number 6.

In China in 1916 (when the sisters were born), it was not unusual to number the children, said Hayes. Number 5 and 6 happened to be the order in which the two girls were born.

“So fifth and sixth in the family,” said Hayes.

Hayes’ mother died at age 37 when Hayes was just five years old, leaving her two sisters and one brother.

And so the story came from her curiosity to see if her mother’s twin was still alive.

Hayes remembers when she was younger, seeing a colour painting of her mother and aunt, sitting side by side on a bench.

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Swing string quartet group Van Django will be bringing their hit Cool Yule Christmas concert to the Mary Winspear Centre this Sunday.

“It’s going to be a pretty fun show,” lead violinist, Cameron Wilson told the PNR. The concert is in conjunction with the release of their recent CD a couple weeks ago titled Cool Yule.

The band, a gypsy jazz group, will be doing a mix of Christmas songs in different styles. Some of the songs will include Baby It’s Cold Outside, Jingle Bells done in a Klezmer Gypsy style and songs from the Charlie Brown Christmas and many more.

Wilson said the audience will be hearing everything off their newest album, which they recorded in the summer — which is when they usually

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“So 90 degrees in the shade and we’re recording Christmas music,” he said with a laugh.

This is the band’s second tour in which they mostly hit the lower mainland but will

be coming out to Sidney for the second time — a matinee show on Dec. 13, beginning at 2 p.m.

Van Django has been together as a band for more than 15 years and has added two people to the quartet — a singer and a harmonica player — making it a six piece ensemble for this particular Christmas tour.

The band consists of violinist Wilson, guitarists Budge Schachte and Finn Manniche, bassist Brent Gubbels, singer L.J Mountenay and harmonica player Keith Bennett.

With some traditional carols and popular

songs from the Christmas repertoire, they even have a mashup performance of Jingle Bells which Wilson said they call Django Bells.

“It’s a little bit different than the usual Christmas gig in the fact that we’ve talked about doing a Christmas show for a few years but we’re finally getting around to it and it’s our own arrangements.”

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Loraleigh Nicols acts the perfect diva during the song Variations on Jingle Bells. Her over-the-top performance was a hit with the audience — not so much with the rest of the choir, in a light-hearted skit.

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Soloist Flo Pugh hits all the high notes on Run, Run Rudolph and backed up by the powerful Peninsula Singers ensemble. Her performance was a highlight of the first half of the Singers’ sold out Sunday holiday performance in the Charlie White Theatre at Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre.

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BUTLER Brothers Supplies Ltd. is seeking a part-time oncall office clerk at our Head Office location in Central Saanich. The successful applicant will have good communication skills and will be detail-oriented, able to take direction and motivated. Submit resumes to: 101-1851 Keating Cross Road Saanichton, B.C. Or to: sue@butlerbros.ca

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WOMEN IN Need (WIN) community cooperative seeks volunteers to assist in their housewares production warehouse and donation centre, to sort and prepare housewares for the resale shops. WIN provides training and the role provides valuable work experience and fun. Call 250-3862269.

PERSONAL SERVICES ART/MUSIC/DANCING EXPLORE MIDDLE Eastern Music. Small informal group of musicians & singers looking for others to play with us, any instrument; willingness to learn Turkish & Arabic songs. we meet in Topaz/ Quadra area.

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CACSP ARTISANS GIFT Gallery is on now and runs to Dec. 23. Fifty local artists and artisans in a variety of mediums. The Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula Gallery is in Sidney’s Tulista Park. All shows open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

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SHOAL BUFFET LUNCH, Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 11:30 a.m. featuring Chef’s Karen’s delicious turkey pot pie menu followed by entertainment with Winter Variation – a group of costumed Dickens-era singers.

Door prizes and lots of Christmas fun.

Tickets $12. Call 250-656-5537.

CHRISTMAS TURKEY LUNCH hosted by Soup’s On at Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Ave., Sidney. Saturday, Dec. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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BUSINESS EVENING MIXER at the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula, Thursday, Dec. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Tulista Park Gallery, 9565 Fifth Street, Sidney.

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SPECIAL WINTER STORYTIME at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Join Virginia for stories, rhymes and songs that celebrate the season.

Stay and make a simple winter-themed craft. Saturday, Dec. 19, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m or Tuesday, Dec. 22, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. All ages welcome.

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Peninsula drops Braves; win six of seven games NORTH SAANICH — Chalk up two more wins for the Peninsula Panthers, as the local hockey team continued their winning ways over the weekend.

A home-and-home with the Saanich Braves saw the panthers dismantle their cross-town rivals, 4-1 on Friday, Dec. 4 in what was perhaps their most complete game of the season.

On Saturday, the same two teams skated at Panorama Recreation Centre and saw the Panthers completely shut down the Braves, winning in a convincing manner, 3-0.

With the pair of wins, the Panthers vaulted past the Braves in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) standings. As of Sunday, Peninsula was only a single point behind the Kerry Park Islanders, who currently inhabit third place in the South division. The Westshore Wolves are seven points ahead.

The Panthers have won six of their last seven games and look to have a lot more in their tanks.

“We only allowed a single goal in two games last weekend against the Braves,” said Pan-

the Creston Thundercats. Post had a goal and three helpers in the two wins.

The Panthers are home this Friday night (Dec. 11), hosting the

Comox Valley Glacier Kings. They travel to Parksville Saturday for a tilt against the Oceanside Generals.

The Glacier Kings come in for their last

visit and will be looking to cool off the suddenly red-hot Panthers.

The puck is set to drop at Panorama Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

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Saanich’s Branden Fushimi (#25) shows some frustration Saturday night, crashing into Peninsula Panthers’ stopper Alex Olson. The Panthers’ Trevor Owens (#14) and Ryan Warner move in to support their goaltender. thers’ Head Coach Rob Mortin. “We have an extremely young squad but we said we felt that around the Christmas period we would start coming around as a group.

“It has been pretty exciting hockey over the past three or four weeks and I know our group feels that good things are in the making. We want to simply worry about ourselves, play hard for 60 minutes and continue to put wins on the board.”

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Stelly’s girls basketball team to focus on fun, growth With a nearly even split of Grade 12s and 11s on this season’s senior girls basketball team at Stelly’s Secondary, coach Eric Rowe is hoping their results mirror that makeup.

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The Stelly’s girls were getting ready to open their league play Tuesday, Dec. 8 against Spectrum Community School. They’ll be following that up by hosting a tournament Dec. 11 and 12.

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So far, Rowe said he’s seen great enthusiasm and a strong work ethic from the girls.

“We are not extremely fast, or tall but we are well-balanced,” he said, adding he has a core of former Stelly’s players helping work with the team in practice.

His focus will be on defense at this early stage of the season.

“We are going to be working on making that one of our strengths.”

Rowe said players like Grace Kazanowski and Abby Gibb will provide some size and skill up front. A core of guards, he added, will

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From left: Saffron Hilder, Megan Rebneris and Hayley Gunasinghe show off their medals from recent competitions. The three are skaters with the Peninsula Figure Skating Club.

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NORTH SAANICH — It has been a busy and successful season so far for skaters from the Peninsula Figure Skating Club based out of Panorama Recreation Centre.

With the season almost halfway complete, three skaters recently brought home some great finishes to wrap up 2015.

Saffron Hilder took third place in the Pre-Novice Women U16 category at the SuperSeries Autumn Leaves Competition in Chilliwack in October and followed it by competing at the Super Series BC/ YK Section Championships against skaters from all over the province at the beginning of November in Coquitlam. At Sections, Hilder finished an impressive 21st in the Pre-Novice Women category and also scored a personal best in her long program, something that coach Lorraine Hyne said she was very happy with.

“Our skaters work incredibly hard to prepare for competitions, and to finish well while scoring a personal best is fantastic,” she said.

Skaters Hayley Gunasinghe and Megan Rebneris both competed at the Vancouver Island Interclub Competition in mid-November in Parksville in the Star 5 U13 category. The two took third (Gunasinghe) and fourth (Rebneris) and Reberis also brought home gold in the Bronze Interpretive category.

Rebneris, like Hilder, also competed at the SuperSeries Autumn Leaves Competition in Chilliwack, finishing seventh in the Star 5 U13, Group 3 category.

Skaters will wrap up for winter break in midDecember and will resume the 2015/16 season on Jan. 3. For more information, see peninsulafigureskatingclub.com.

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Olson sixth among goalies SportS In Brief • Rookie Cam Thompson of the Peninsula Panthers hockey club has dropped to 12th on the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) scoring leader board. Thompson has 30 points on 19 goals and 11 assists so far this season.

• Alex Olson, the Panther’s goaltender, is ranked sixth among active goalies in the VIJHL so far this season. He holds a 3.31 goals against average and a .888 saver percentage. Olson’s overall record in net this season is 10-10.

• The Victoria Cougars, at 23-4-1, lead the VIJHL so far this season and as of Dec. 6, the club was holding onto a 13-game win streak.

• High school basketball is underway this season and league game start this week, with tournaments planned around the region most weekends until the Christmas Steven Heywood/News staff break.

Stelly’s players Amanda The Stelly’s Secondary senior boys Punch, left, and Jessy Henselin work on passing host Mt. Doug and layup drills. tonight (Dec. 9) at 7:30 p.m. and welcome St. Andrew’s Tues., Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

The Stelly’s senior girls team hosts Claremont Dec. 15 at 5:45 p.m.

Parkland Secondary’s senior girls host Pacific Christian School Dec. 15 at 5:45 p.m.

Parkland’s senior boys team is currently ranked ninth among AA basketball teams on Vancouver Island.

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