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second in youth nationals, losing top spot by only a few points; won B.C.s in Squamish and topped multiple local events in Vancouver. Previously he has competed overseas as well, once racing for a month in Malaysia. “He’s very in tune with the environment and that’s very critical in this sport,” McBride said. All his favoured sports incorporate the surf, currents, wind and waves; he’s an avid kiteboarder and surfer which both add to his understanding of the sea.
In the wake of some big numbers last month, Capital Regional District staff offered the Eastside Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Select Committee some alternate cost sharing formulas to those historically used in the region. Generally infrastructure is paid for by the municipality that benefits most. For example, said Coun. Kevin Murdoch, who attended the Jan. 6 Eastside meeting as Oak Bay alternate, the east-west connector services Oak Bay and at the time Oak Bay paid the bulk of the cost. CALWMC members saw potential costs in that user-pay format – estimates outlining a number of scenarios as they’ve yet to decide on technology or siting – during its Dec. 16 meeting. They tasked staff with bringing forward some fleshed out numbers, and other options that for varying reasons, members of the Eastside committee weren’t sold on. The committee opted to recommend to the CALWMC that status quo was the way to go.
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Sailing coach Steve McBride insists Reece Myerscough has salt water in his veins. The Oak Bay 18-year-old takes to the waves in myriad ways, including kiteboard, surf board and laser sailboat, where he’s seen major success this season culminating the B.C. Sailing title of Outstanding Youth of the Year. A mechanical engineering student at Camosun College, Myerscough was surprised but pleased by the award he attributes to a summer season of success. “I like the racing, I really enjoy racing.
It’s been a good summer for racing,” Myerscough said. “You have to really know how to read the wind well and you have to be fit. I’m getting there.” Fitness for him was the key to success and a focus this season. The teen added a few gym workouts a week and made sure to incorporate core exercises to achieve the goal. “It’s time and effort, mostly. For me the biggest thing was fitness,” he said. “I can do really well in light wind events, as soon as the wind picked up I wasn’t fit enough to keep up. I worked on that this year and it paid off.” He finished 16th of 150 boats in the Youth Laser Worlds this summer in Kingston, On.;
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“It would have a significantly negative impact on Saanich, Oak Bay and Victoria,” Murdoch said. “I don’t think anybody claimed the current system is Coun. Kevin Murdoch perfect, I just don’t think it’s bad enough … It’s reasonably fair; it’s served us well for 20 years. It’s not one of those things that’s the highest priority right now.” To change the cost-sharing would also require a time-consuming bylaw alteration. “For there to be a change to that bylaw would be a long time to get the details worked out,” he added, noting that it requires a two-thirds majority vote by participating municipalities to change a bylaw. The committee didn’t agree unanimously to make the recommendation to retain the current cost-sharing format – three members opposed the motion. Two members opposed receiving the report for information. The committee also referred the recommendation to maintain the current cost-sharing to their Westside counterparts who met Friday. “The user-pay model makes sense to me, it makes sense intuitively, it makes sense pragmatically,” Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, committee chair, said during the meeting. “I see it as extremely fair.” Helps noted they’ll likely revisit the options during the CALWMC meeting scheduled for today (Jan. 13) at 9 a.m. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Financial leader leaves the roost Director of Financial Services retires this month after 28 years on the job
“The finance department, we’re obviously performing a service to the community, but we’re also performing a service to the other departments, making sure they have the information they need to do their jobs.” One of the many things Walker looks forward to after 28 years tackling the books for Oak Bay is a spring holiday. “Because the financial year is the way it is I haven’t been able to travel January to June,” Walker said. So she plans to spring a trip on her husband, to see the tulips in Holland. Gardening, books, walking and even some trips to Oak Bay Rec are also on the lei-
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An adding machine sits on the desk of the financial leader’s office at Oak Bay municipal hall. Patricia Walker jokes she’s a bit “old school” like that. She uses an adding Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News machine, loves bind- Patricia Walker retires as Director of Financial Services for Oak Bay on Jan. 31 ers and has papers after 28 years working for the municipality. everywhere. The machine will likely go too once she retires Though as deputy treasurer in her early Jan. 31. years, she did get some quality time with surely agenda. “Patricia has been a stalwart in guiding the bulky dot-matrix printer they called “I probably have two years worth of the affairs of the district “the shake, rattle and roll,” Downton Abbey to watch before I get into for over two decades,” said a name Walker admits they this year’s,” she said with a chuckle. Mayor Nils Jensen. “She’s may have borrowed from Again a bit old school, Walker’s prepared been a model employee Esquimalt who had the a binder filled with Oak Bay insider info for throughout. Her loyalty, same machine. her replacement Debbie Carter. n Patricia Walker’s diligence and energy will “The deputy treasurer “I live in the community so I’m expecting association with Oak be dearly missed.” was responsible for nurs- phone calls,” Walker said. “I’ll be around.” Bay goes even five years Walker started as deputy ing the printer overnight,” Carter assumes the role of Director of beyond that first job treasurer on July 27, 1987, Walker said. Financial Services for the district of Oak with the district. Around coming from a job with the As a shared resource, Bay this month. Carter was Executive Direc1982 she articled with a province, climbing into the the finance department tor Corporate Finance and Senior Financial chartered accountant firm municipal treasurer’s seat couldn’t tie up the machine Officer with the Ministry of Human Services on an Oak Bay audit. three years later. all day printing tax notices. with the Province of Alberta. Prior to that, “I always joke I got the They started the lengthy she held positions as Chief Financial Officer job because of the accent, print job at 4 p.m. and with the City of Leduc, District of Sooke but they kept me on,” she it often ran into the wee and served as Manager of Customer Sersaid in her south London lilt. hours of the morning, feeding paper and vices and Administration with the Capital She’ll retire from the position recently fixing jams. Regional District. renamed Director of Financial Services. These days they have multiple machines Retirement, as it so often is, is bittersweet “The biggest changes are technology,” that scan, print and fax. for Walker. she said of her 28-year stint. “When I Over her nearly three decades the role “I work with a great bunch of people,” started, the room next to (my office) was of the finance department hasn’t changed she said. “People work hard here and everythe computer room,” she said. A computer all that much, but it has expanded some, body tries to do the best job they can. I’m and printer took up the whole room, and as all the departments work more closely proud of them.” everyone shared. together. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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The dirt shimmers silver, dragons soar and one girl is tasked with stopping underworld beasts from stealing people’s shadows to nourish the hungry land. This may sound like the beginning of a J.R.R. Tolkien novel, but it’s a world that has come directly from eight-year-old Maggie Wehrle’s imagination. Maggie’s story, The Underground Festival, won first place in her age category as part of the recent Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s annual braille creative writing contest. “I was really happy. I was really Submitted photo glad,” said Maggie, a Fairfield resident who Maggie Wehrle, 8, won first place for her story, The is blind, about winning the contest. Underground Festival, in the CNIB’s annual braille Maggie placed second the previous two creative writing contest. years for stories about her father and his pet pug, and one about three bears and a shark. But own fantasy worlds on paper. “I like just being able to put my ideas onto a piece this year she took home the top prize for the fourof paper. It’s fun,” she said. page story that took her two weeks to write. Her mother Melissa, who is also a fan of fantasy CNIB’s Alexandra Korinowsky said Maggie’s imaginative story told with astounding maturity books, said she can hear the sound of Maggie’s brailler early in the morning. impressed the judges. “Just the way that she uses braille is quite amazA self-professed book worm, Maggie’s love for reading and writing began early. Her parents, Trevor ing. The fact that she finds a passion in writing, I’m and Melissa, used to read her Dr. Seuss books and super proud of her,” Melissa said. “I’m happy she’s found braille really useful in that The Chronicles of Narnia before she could understand. Now, Maggie has flown through a number of way that it’s not just something she’s using with books including The Lemony Snicket series, Alice curricular activities. I wake up in the morning and in Wonderland, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy she’s writing. It’s a creative outlet for her.” Since winning the contest, Maggie’s love of writand The Hobbit and is currently reading The Lord of ing hasn’t slowed down. She is currently working on the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. After finishing the Harry Potter series, Maggie was a story about a college girl and her overweight cat. Kendra.wong@vicnews.com inspired to pick up her Perkins brailler to create her
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First responders given clear signal The Capital Region sent a clear signal to emergency service personnel last week. The Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommunications (CREST) has reached a 13.1-million deal with Motorola Solutions Canada for new digital infrastructure for its radio telecommunications. The “next generation” of technology will replace the existing radio system that serves 50 emergency response agencies within the Capital Region, including Oak Bay police and fire departments. The new radio system will provide first responders with enhanced audio clarity while enhancing the coverage area. Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle noted that testing in areas that previously had limited radio communications, such as some underground parking areas and other concrete buildings, has shown a definite improvement. “Fire and police have been working with CREST for a little over a year – knowing this was coming – to ensure we have the best radio capability we can get for the dollars spent. The radios are loud and clear and have good bandwidth for us.” The system is identical to the one that will be use by E-Comm in the Lower Mainland, meaning emergency providers in both regions will be able to support each other during a major event, noted Oak Bay Police Chief Andy Brinton. The new radio system is part of a $24.5-million investment by CREST that will also see the installation of new transmission towers, lines and further equipment upgrades. It’s an investment that’s sure to pay dividends in the event of an emergency. More than 7.5 million calls go through the system covering police, fire departments and ambulance services in the region, representing one call every four seconds. Last week’s announcement rings loud and clear that CREST is committed to ensuring first responders have a radio system capable of handling those needs. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. Oak Bay News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: editor@oakbaynews.com or 250-4803239. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.
Avatar sequel bombs in Walbran Avatar, the future-fantasy blockbuster urban media. There’s a “Tolkien Giant” now, that beat Titanic as all-time Hollywood box office champ, has finally been although I’m reliably informed it is not one of those trees that gets up unseated by the latest Star and walks around in the Lord Wars space opera. of the Rings movies. This tree I watched Avatar on TV is also protected from logging, over the holidays for the first as are most of the poster trees time since its 2009 release, used for propaganda and funand was able to see past the draising. bombastic special effects to The network uses multiexamine it for what it is, an ple front groups. Vancouveranti-capitalist propaganda based Wilderness Committee film. stages urban protests and Psychopathic military Tom Fletcher issues news releases, while commander teams with evil B.C. Views Ecojustice lawyers fight forest mining executive to blast company injunctions against and slaughter their way to a direct actions that disrupt chunk of rare mineral, ridiculously named “unobtainium.” Giant legal logging. An employee of the B.C. tree, home of highly evolved Na’vi peo- branch plant of Sierra Club apparently ple and their delicate jungle ecosystem, co-ordinates media and protesters. A 1990s remnant called Friends of is toppled for sadistic fun and profit, Carmanah-Walbran issued a statebefore nature’s collective strikes back. Canadian director James Cameron ment Nov. 9 announcing “autonomous helped the global anti-development action” by three protesters to disrupt network use the movie in its celebrity logging. Not their guys, you understand, attack on the Alberta oil industry. Now just masked individuals willing to lock it's being employed again in B.C., in an themselves to equipment or wander effort to revive the 1990s “war in the into a road-building blast zone, forcing woods” that led to the creation of Car- work to stop for safety reasons. These are among the actions that manah Walbran Provincial Park. Protest tactics are being refined. Tar- forced the logging company to go to geting just outside the boundary of the court for an injunction. Cast in the role of evil corporation vast park established 20 years ago, giant trees are named and an Avatar-style nar- is Teal-Jones Group, a B.C. forest comrative of unbridled greed is spoon-fed to pany trying to operate in what is now
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Coun. Kevin Murdoch shared this photo from Oak Bay’s Jan. 1 ‘active levee.’ Residents joined mayor and council for the annual New Year’s Day walk that finished at Oak Bay Rec Centre for refreshments in the Sports View Lounge. Submit your high-resolution photos to editor@oakbaynews.com.
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LETTERS Thank you to community angels after Boxing Day spill Boxing Day I was out on my usual brisk walk when my shoe caught the edge of a partially hidden curb and down I went, near Cadboro Bay Road and Todd Road. Within moments a flock of angels appeared, a gentle man soothed me and rubbed my back so gently, he spoke with another man and they said it looked like I needed
an ambulance. I agreed and asked that someone fetch my husband at our house one block away. I gave my address and they brought him to me. Meanwhile, a sweet lady held my right hand and put something just under my face and told me to be gentle. I think her name was Linda. To all you dear, considerate, compassionate souls thank you, thank you, thank you.
My fractured pelvis is healing, my fractured elbow too. With gratitude, Marney Armitage Oak Bay
Give children a reprieve from injustice discussions Re: Students create museum for the marginalized (Oak Bay News, Jan. 6) Oh, how our society has evolved.
In times past young people were given a reprieve until at least university age before being bombarded with white guilt for the injustices of prior generations by the apologist movement. Nowadays we’re hitting them hard... in Grade 7! The question is: why stop there? Should our ultimate goal not be for the first two words learned in kindergarten to be “I’m sorry?” D. Gramlich Oak Bay
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Loranne Hilton takes the helm at Highlands next month. Oak Bay's current director of corporate services and deputy chief administrative officer, Hilton makes the move to her new chief administrative/financial officer position on with Highlands in February. “We are thrilled for Loranne, this is a great opportunity for her,” said Helen Koning, Oak Bay CAO. “It's a huge loss for the district of Oak Bay she’s served the district well for the decades she’s worked here.”
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What’s Up for January 2016? A full moon, a binocular comet and the winter circle of stars. A full moon is scheduled for Jan. 24. The moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This full moon was known by early Coast Salish as the Full Wolf Moon because this was the time of year when hungry wolf packs howled outside their villages. If you’re at Cattle Point Star Park, I expect you’ll hear Oak Bay’s own coastal wolf, Staqeya, howling from Discovery Island. The Salish say he can be heard as far as the Highlands. Some say he howls with joy at the full moon. Others say he howls with loneliness Bill Smith Dark Skies ,urging female wolves to come live with him on the islands. Mid-month, midnight through pre-dawn is prime time for viewing comet Catalina, also near Ursa Major this month. It should be visible in binoculars if you have a dark sky, but a telescope would be ideal. From Jan. 14 to 17, the comet will pass two stunning galaxies, M51, the Whirlpool galaxy and M101, a fainter spiral galaxy. These will be gorgeous in a telescope against a clear, crisp winter’s night. Winter is also the best time to view the constellation Orion in the southeastern sky toward Seattle. Even from Cattle Point Star Park, you’ll see its stars have different colours. No telescope needed. Just look up a few hours after sunset. Orion’s shoulder star Betelgeuse is a red giant while its opposite knee is blue. Below the familiar belt stars is the Orion Nebula, a star-forming region easily visible with binoculars. The colourful stars of Orion are part of the Winter Circle of Stars. Let’s start with Orion’s Blue star Rigel, and work clockwise to create the circle. At 6 o’clock, notice the brilliant white of Sirius, the brightest star in our northern hemisphere skies. Next up is faint yellow Procyon at 8 o’clock, and the colourful Gemini Twins Pollux and Castor at 10 o’clock. Brighter Pollux is faint orange and Castor is white. Yellow Capella appears at 12 o’clock. Finally at 2 o’clock, stunning orange Aldebaran, near the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus the Bull. In the middle of our circle lies red Betelgeuse. A star’s colour reveals its temperature and age. The hotter a star, the more blue light it produces. The cooler the star, the more red light it produces. Medium-hot stars like our sun are yellow. Learn all about NASA’s studies of the stars and much more at NASA.Gov Summarized from “What’s Up In January 2016” by NASA announcer and astronomer Jane Houston Jones with specific permission for localization to Cattle Point Urban Star Park and the Oak Bay News. By Bill Smith and the RASCals of Cattle Point, volunteers at Cattle Point DARK SKY Urban Star Park.
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“All those things are connected. It’s a neat combination of all those sports, he understands stuff is happening before it happens,” McBride said. “Reece takes risks, but he doesn’t because he understands what's going on. People think he’s lucky but he’s not – he’s calculating. … You can’t teach that stuff.” McBride, who has coached the teen off and on since Myerscough started the program at 10, is among the many who still guide the young Oak Bay man. Myerscough is a member of both a Victoria and a Vancouver team. He trains with national coach Eric Stibbe, Al Clarke out of Vancouver and local RVYC coaches McBride and Erik Vanderpol. “I think that’s one of the strengths of his program really,” McBride said. “We say the same thing but it’s just how a different coach approaches something. He
learns from everybody. … It’s decision was overturned later like the village of sailing coaches that year. “That might be a goal, to qualraising the athlete.” “His support network from ify,” he said. “I really like surfing a lot, they all his family is phenomcontribute to each enal. Reece is very other.” aware of it and I “You have to Windsurfing, think he’s very grateful for the stuff his really know how to Laser, Laser Radial, 470, and family does to supread the wind well Finn, 49er are all slated port him,” McBride for this summer’s said, adding the and you have to Olympic Games. younger sailor also be fit. I’m getting “That would be a shows appreciation phenomenal niche for his extended there.” family of teammates – Reece Myerscough for him, he grew up with that sport, and coaches. he’s been there “Reece is one of since it started,” those guys who’s amiable and friendly, a joker on McBride said. “He’s probably been at the the dock. That lends a whole bunch to him, people want to forefront of it for a lot of it.” The next big sailing event sail with him, people want to for Myerscough, if he attends, train with him.” Myerscough said he’s watch- would be a February race in ing keenly as kiteboarding Florida. The top BC Sailing award of inches into the Olympic Games. The International Sailing Asso- Outstanding Youth Athlete recciation council voted in 2012 to ognizes performance, sportmanreplace windsurfing with kite- ship and leadership. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com surfing for the 2016 Games – that
Yacht club seeks volunteers for prestigious sailing race Melges 24 Worlds coming to Victoria for the first time The Royal Victoria Yacht Club hosts the 2018 Melges 24 World Championships in 2018 – a first for Canada. The regatta will run under the authorization of the International Melges 24 Class Association. RVYC is the home to the largest Melges 24 Fleet in Canada, and in 2014 hosted the highly successful Melges 24 Canadian Championships that attracted 36 boats and featured epic racing off the waterfront of Victoria. The concept for the Melges 24 sport boat was developed by Buddy Melges in 1992 after he was an integral
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This rare Harris’s Sparrow was caught on camera by Geoffrey Newell during the Oak Bay Christmas Bird Count.
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Bird count breaks 2014 record Falcon rounds out 86 spotted species during annual bird count A warm and sunny day saw 17 fans of feathers head out for the 2015 Oak Bay Christmas Bird Count, under the lead of Geoffrey Newell. The team counted 4,756 birds and a recordbreaking 86 species in the amazing and ecologically important Uplands Park and Oak Bay waterfront. This smashes the old record from last year of 82. Highlights included Harris’s Sparrow, Whitethroated Sparrow, Rock Sandpiper, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Northern Shrike, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Wigeon and Western Meadowlark. “The results of these counts show important trends in bird populations,” said Newell. “In B.C.,
swans, geese and ducks have overall increased significantly in the last few years. Loons, grebes, cormorants and gulls, on the other hand, have sharply declined. This is largely due to the overfishing of herring in the past.” Shorebirds have also decreased in recent years, but the numbers were surprisingly high for the Oak Bay count. Dec. 19 tallies included 221 Blackbellied Plovers, 165 Dunlin, 64 Surfbirds, 57 Black Oystercatchers and 44 Black Turnstones. “Oak Bay would be aptly named The Shorebird Capital of Vancouver Island as it is home to the only large wintering population of these birds in the region,” Newell said. In the final minutes of the count, two team members seemingly conjured up an important missing bird, a Peregrine Falcon. The team celebrated with a high fives all around and shouts of “Way to go Team Oak Bay.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Books to celebrate Family Literacy Week Just in time for Family Literacy Sara Pennypacker – Clementine Week, here’s a family-friendly is for any kids and parents who list of interesting and intriguing can’t get enough of Judy Blume titles on the shelves at the Oak and Beverly Cleary. Clementine Bay branch of the Greater Victo- is just as fresh and funny in this seventh and final title in ria Public Library. the series as she was Each January, Famin the first book. ily Literacy Week cel• Listen, Slowly, ebrates adults and by Thanhhà Lai – This children reading and remarkable novel from learning together, and the New York Times encourages Canadibestselling author folans to spend at least lows a young girl as 15 minutes enjoying a she travels to faraway learning activity as a and learns the family every day. ProSarah Isbister lands true meaning of family. grams are scheduled Page Turners • Little You, by at libraries all over Victoria, and here in Oak Bay, Richard Van Camp – Van Camp, families can enjoy a “Make Your internationally renowned storyOwn Story Cube” program Jan. teller and bestselling author, has partnered with talented illustra25. • Baby Read-Aloud Basics: tor Julie Flett to create a tender Fun and Interactive Ways to board book for babies and todHelp Your Little One Discover dlers that honours the child in the World of Words, by Caro- everyone. • My Family Tree and Me, line J. Blakemore and Barbara Weston Ramirez – Winner of the by Dušan Petrivic – This one-ofiParenting Media Award, this a-kind picture book provides a book will give parents and care- beautifully simple introduction givers all of the guidance and to the concept of family ancesinformation they need to instill try. It uses two stories in one to a lifelong love of reading and explore a small boy’s family tree. • The Reluctant Journal learning. • The Book With No Pic- of Henry K. Larsen, by Susin tures, by B.J. Novak – Cleverly Nielsen – 13-year-old Henry’s irreverent and irresistibly silly, happy, ordinary life comes to The Book with No Pictures is one an abrupt halt when his older that kids will beg to hear again brother, Jesse, picks up their and again. (And parents will be father’s hunting rifle and leaves the house one morning. What happy to oblige.) • Completely Clementine, by follows shatters Henry’s family,
who are forced to resume their lives in a new city. Nielsen has created a fantastic new character in Henry, whose journal entries are infused with humour and provide a riveting read. • What Ship is Not a Ship? by Harriet Ziefert – The fun guessing games inside this book use clever word groupings that list three things that are alike and one that it is different and invites kids into a call-and-response dynamic. Picture clues will help kids figure out which thing is different and begin to grasp finetuned nuances of word parts, roots and meanings. • When a Dad Says “I Love You,” by Douglas Wood – How do you like to hear “I love you”? This cozy picture book is a sunny testament to the bond between father and child and shows all the ways dads can say it best. • Very Short Tall Tales to Read Together, by Mary Ann Hoberman – This book uses a variety of reading techniques to invite young children to read along with peers or an adult. With clear, colour-coded typography, and sly, lively illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain while encouraging reading skills and interaction with others. Sarah Isbister is the Children and Family Literacy Librarian at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library.
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This exchange is critical to complete the necessary land transactions to ensure that construction of the Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail is completed in 2017. Take further notice that the CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 4042 unless at least 28,055 electors within the CRD indicate by signing the elector response forms, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 4042. The elector response form must be in the form as established by the CRD and forms are available from the CRD on request. The only persons entitled to sign elector response forms are electors of the area to which the alternative approval process opportunity applies. The alternative approval process opportunity applies within the regional parks service area, which is comprised of all the municipalities and electoral areas in the Capital Regional District, as follows: Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Oak Bay, Metchosin, North Saanich, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria, View Royal; and Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands electoral areas. The deadline for delivering the original signed elector response forms, in relation to Bylaw No. 4042, to the CRD is 4:00 pm on Monday, February 22, 2016. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted. The CRD has estimated that the total number of electors within the service area is 280,551 and that 10% of that number or 28,055 electors must submit elector response forms to prevent the CRD from enacting Bylaw No. 4042 without the assent of the electors by referendum. Further technical information concerning Bylaw No. 4042 may be obtained from Stephen Henderson, Manager, Real Estate, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, 250.360.3136, shenderson@crd.bc.ca, during regular office hours Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until February 22, 2016. Qualifications for Resident and Non-Resident Property Electors Resident Elector: You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months and in the Capital Regional District for at least 30 days prior to signing the elector response form. 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Friday, Jan. 15 Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. No registration required. The Sutcliffes in concert – Upstairs Lounge Concert Series continues at Oak Bay Rec Centre. Doors at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Tickets $15 from Oak Bay Rec or beaconridgeproductions.com
Saturday, Jan. 16 Volkssport 5/10km Walk – Meet at Pearkes Rec Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd. Register at 9:30 a.m. for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Hazel, 250-385-5439. Neighbourhood Learning Centre Open House Celebration – Tour the facility and meet the staff. Mayor’s opening remarks at 2:15 p.m. followed by food and refreshments. All welcome. Visit the Rainforest Room for after school programs, Paddington Day Care, plus space for fitness classes, including indoor boot camp, step and yoga in the activity rooms. Explore the Youth Centre and birthday party space. Local artists will have art on display. Sea Cider Wassail Celebrations – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse, 2487 Mt. St. Michael Rd. Enjoy fun-filled, family events, guided tours of the cidery and orchard, kids’ crafts and activities, prizes and giveaways, complimentary welcome glass of cider, Morris dancers and Mummers play. Cider and food tickets available for purchase. Info: seacider.ca Home Grown: Jazz in Canada – Victoria’s Patrick Boyle Quartet performs original jazz and music by Canadian composers, incl. Mike Murley, Jeff Johnston, Moe Koffman, Terry Promane, Barry Elmes and Victoria trombone legend Ian McDougall, 8 p.m., UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, B-Wing,
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Sunday, Jan. 17 Kiwanis Sunday Morning Breakfast – Oak Bay Kiwanis hosts fundraising breakfast, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room, $10. Proceeds support Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Care Facility. International Guitar Night 2016 – The world’s foremost acoustic guitarists perform original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting, 7:30 p.m. at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets $35/adult and $25/senior/student/alumni, from 250721-8480 or tickets.uvic.ca.
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Sip, sample, savour and learn at Whisky Festival Long-time festival volunteer offers his tips to enjoy the festival Jennifer Blyth Oak Bay News
A taste of the old world and the new comes to town this week with the annual Victoria Whisky Festival, Thursday to Saturday (Jan. 14 to 16). Now in its 11th year, the festival attracts enthusiasts from around the world. In addition to tasting both newly released drams and old favourites, attendees can learn about each distiller’s process and what creates striking and subtle differences between whiskies. That education aspect is a key component to the festival, says Dave McMillan. The 19-year veteran of Oak Bay Police retired last year and made one of his first post-retirement vacations a working holiday in Scotland at the Springbank Whiskey Academy. There he joined aficionados from Denmark, Italy, France and elsewhere to work and learn in the distillery. McMillan has volunteered with the festival for eight years. His appreciation for the amber nectar began after receiving some whiskey as a gift. He began learning more, and that led him to the festival. “I got more involved, and started tasting more and learning more about it,” he says, noting he appreciates the cultural aspects that tie into his Scot-
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Dave McMillan, a retired Oak Bay police officer, has volunteered at the Victoria Whisky Festival for many years.
tish heritage. “I also enjoy learning and getting educated. Each distillery has its own story and its own kind of whisky.” Growing from that first festival, which featured 100 whiskies at the grand tasting and four masterclasses, the festival now presents eight consumer tastings on Thursday and Friday, the Canadian Whisky Awards dinner, and 36 masterclasses on Saturday. Held at the Hotel Grand Pacific, the event concludes with the Grand Tasting Saturday evening. Festival proceeds are donated to charitable organizations. While whisky appreciation used to be seen as an older person’s activity, more enthusiasts are in their 20s and 30s today, says McMillan. People are also becoming more con-
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fident in their tastings. “It’s an experience that really elicits memories,” he says. “It’s not about the drinking, it’s about the flavours,” he adds, advising festival-goers to focus on the taste, and make use of the spittoons available. “My motto is you don’t drink whisky, you taste it.” Lawrence Graham, Victoria Whisky Festival president, says with so many new whiskies, people are looking to build their knowledge.
“Rather than buying their same favourite whiskies they are becoming more adventurous, armed with a knowledge of the process and the results that creates,” he says. “People are more and more curious about whiskies from Canada, the United States, Japan, India as well as from Scotland.” This year’s festival will showcase more than 250 whiskies crafted in 50 distilleries from Scotland, Ireland, England, Canada,
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - OAK
Oak Bay’s guide to maintaining the mind, body and soul
Fitness for a new year and new you: Feel the difference, see the benefits
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