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Jensen presses pause on McLoughlin site Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
A pair of deferred motions for second-looks mean more delayed discussion at the core area liquid waste management committee. Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen’s motion to have a second look at McLoughlin Point for a wastewater treatment plant and Victoria Coun. Jeff Young’s motion to have a look at cost allocations for the project were deferred to the next meeting, slated for Feb. 10. Jensen pressed pause on his plan to have the Technical Oversight Panel look at the testability of McLoughlin Point as a site n Eastside Wastewater for wastewater treatment Workshops: Feb. 10 from plant. “There’s obviously 5 to 7 p.m. at the Victoria a growing interest in that Conference Centre and as an issue that people Feb. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. are just awakening to in Cadboro Commons at now because they’ve only UVic. Provide input about recently learned of the where to build treatment costs of the new options,” facilities, what technology Jensen said. is used, what the costs “It’s to allow the public will be and how we can discussion to take place, make use of the water also for the directors and energy produced. around the table to take a Visit CoreAreawastewater. look at it themselves and ca for details and the find out how their constitmost recent public survey. uents feel about it.” He feels it’s a significant conversation required region-wide with options on the table between two and three times as much as the McLoughlin alternative. “There no doubt would be a slight increase in the cost but not when you compare it to the costs for the current new options, it’s a very significant difference,” Jensen said. “What other ways would we want to consider spending the money? $250 million could buy three new public assisted living facilities. … There are a lot of other needs in the region that we hear a lot about so it is a matter of having a public discussion.”
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Jensen pulled his motion but says he intends to file a similar notice of motion for the Feb. 10 meeting. Young’s motion asked that the committee task staff to report back on procedural changes or governance enhancements that ensure participants anticipated to use or pay for a component of the eastside or westside wastewater treatment subsystems be included in the governance system directing the design and eventual operation of the system. “The circumstances have changed since I first put this on the floor and since some of us put on a similar motion. I would note that circumstances do seem to keep changing so … I may well wish to place it on a future agenda,” Young said. Instead, Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt made the motion to shift it to the Feb. 10 date to keep the topic alive and “to ensure we have taxation with representation.” The Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee next meets Feb. 10. Meetings are streamed live online at crd. bc.ca. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Students score funds for hospice Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Victoria Hospice can offer 62 more bereavement sessions after Oak Bay High students asked their peers to imagine they were facing a terminal diagnosis. The statistic on what $5,000 could provide was just one tangent of information and emotion offered by Marissa Louie, Sydney Chan and Xin Yin Wang last week during the finale for Youth Philanthropy Initiative. “Now I want you to imagine what it would be like if just received news that someone you loved … just passed away,” Louie beseeched her peers. “Most often this thought of losing someone is a million times worse than the thought of you passing away because you would do anything just to be in their place, and you would do anything just to take their pain away.” The philanthropy initiative, funded by the Toskan Casale Foundation, aims to raise awareness of charitable organizations and social issues. In Canada it’s geared toward students in Grade 9 and 10. Under the YPI program, teams of students research social problems in the community and create persuasive presentations about a charity they believe is well positioned to tackle the issues they care about. At Oak Bay, students connected with about 30 different charities before they were whittled down to the final three competitors for the award, said teacher Roxanne Taggart, who encourages the youth to become “advocates for change.” The other two groups championed noteworthy causes during the finale – The Mustard Seed Food Bank and The Help Fill a Dream Foundation. When tasked with investigating a charity,
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Tom Arnold (left) of Victoria Hospice with Xin Yin Wang, Sydney Chan and Marissa Louie who tackled the charity for the annual Youth Philanthropy Initiative led by teacher Roxanne Taggart (right). After making a presentation to their peers, the trio earned the $5,000 YPI award for their charity of choice, Victoria Hospice. Wang suggested they explore Victoria Hospice, which she discovered as a volunteer at Royal Jubilee Hospital (hospice volunteers must be over 19). It was a charity, the trio discovered, that hadn’t been tackled in the five previous years of YPI presentations at Oak Bay High. “It was definitely something we wanted to share,” Louie said. “Even if we didn’t win, we wanted to at least have people know about it.” Their youthful enthusiasm was well received as they investigated the cause for their awardwinning presentation. “Hospice is sometimes a difficult issue
because it does deal with death,” said Tom Arnold, of Victoria Hospice, whom the trio interviewed for the piece. “That they understood our work is about life and quality of life was really exciting.” Hospice offers support for home and hospice end-of-life care. They help with the emotional pain of those suffering loss through an array of different bereavement programs designed for all aspects of society. Victoria Hospice celebrates 35 years this year. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Police seek leads in brazen sexual assault and robbery Travis Paterson Black Press
Saanich Police continue to seek leads in the sexual assault and robbery which took place in the 1500-block of Church Avenue last Wednesday. An unknown male got the attention of two college-aged women by banging loudly on the patio door to their ground-floor apartment suite. The women answered the door believing ”it was going to come off the hinges,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen with Saanich Police. The male then entered and committed a sexual assault on at least one of the women within the suite. Police wouldn’t say if the attacker assaulted both women. The sus-
pect then escorted the women to a bank machine in the Shelbourne corridor. “Under duress, money was extracted from the girls’ bank accounts, and once turned over they were able to flee,” Jantzen said. Once free, the women entered the Starbucks at 3600-block of Shelbourne Street, clearly in distress, at just about 8 p.m. Saanich Police were called and were able to make out the series of events. Police used interpreters to speak with the women who know little English. “The women are well supported, their family is involved and community outreach groups [such as victims services],” Jantzen said. Despite releasing security footage showing the suspect, police
were still without any substantial leads as of Monday afternoon. The suspect is described as a white male, 30 to 40 years of age, five-foot-11, with medium build, unshaven and balding, wearing grey hooded sweatshirt, grey or dark sweatpants and light-coloured shoes. The number of tips is in the dozens, as is the number of Saanich officers dedicated to the case. “We’re getting lots of tips and processing those and our detectives are [still] out talking to people,” Jantzen said. “There is a significant number of detectives assigned, as this requires we check with schools and post-secondary schools.” A team of officers is tasked with
canvassing the Shelbourne corridor with the “sole job of talking to people in hopes of finding tips, and to provide personal tips for community safety,” Jantzen added. It’s unknown at this point if it’s the same suspect from the previous night’s (Jan. 26) encounter between a young woman in her 20s who was grabbed by a male while walking through the Mount Douglas secondary school grounds. Jantzen said police are working hard to connect the sexual assault to an ongoing string of break and enters in the Shelbourne area that dates back to late November. There are certainly similarities, he said. “We’re open to anything and everything, given that this is a ground-floor suite, there are pos-
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Girl approached in Windsor Park Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
A Friday evening incident serves as reminder to “be aware and be observant,” say Oak Bay Police. Officers are investigating after a girl reported being approached by a man in Windsor Park. Police were called around 7 p.m. Jan. 29 after a 10-yearold girl was approached by a man while she played with friends. The friends became separated and the girl saw a figure in the shadows. She told police the man approached her and she felt afraid and uncomfortable. He did not say anything to her. She called out to her friends and they all went to the girl’s home to tell her parents. The girl was not harmed. “She was just doing what kids do,
playing with her friends,” said Const. Rick Anthony, community liaison officer. “She did all the right things – she remembered a description, got her friends and they went home.” The man walked to his vehicle and departed quickly in a white or silver SUV. No make or model was noted, no license plate was obtained and no direction of travel was given. The man is described as a white male, 40 to 60 years of age, balding, with a thin build, wearing a green camouflage jacket and jeans. “Should people be afraid? No, but people should be aware,” Anthony said. Anyone with any information can call Oak Bay Police at 250-592-2424 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS reporter@oakbaynews.com
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people who are chronic pain sufferers. I know the frustration for them; it’s just finding the right approach. “Every person is unique and their problems are also unique so you can’t approach it in a cookie-cutter way.” With many people still not understanding how chiropractic works, “my goal is also education,” Uzelac adds. “It’s for all ages and everybody. I really believe everybody can benefit at some level. “It’s about looking at you from a different perspective and looking at health as something more than putting a Band-Aid on.” Joining Uzelac in her practice will be registered massage therapist Sarah Slade. “The two go hand-in-hand...the body is connected,” she says. Education also means letting people know that extended health benefits often cover chiropractic care, something many don’t realize if they haven’t sought treatment before, says Uzelac, noting the office also offers direct billing. People often assume pain is a normal part of aging or activity, but it’s not. “Pain is not natural, it’s the body’s way of saying there’s a problem,” she says. “We have a very fix-it-when-it’s-broken mentality, rather than prevention ... (however) it’s so easy to maintain it rather than waiting until it hurts.” Wholistic Chiropractic & Wellness is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and at other times by arrangement. For information, call 250-244-1700 or visit wholisticchiro.ca editor@oakbaynews.com
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“I think she is one of the Balance takes more than pointe shoes for ballerina Sasha Beardmore. most talented dancers I have The 14-year-old juggles near-perfect taught and I very much want school grades, strenuous training and international competition. her to experience the New York A former Monterey middle school finals.� student – and Oak Bay resident recently relocated inside City of Vic– Maureen Eastick, toria borders – she self-directs her Pacific Dance Centre studies through South Island Distance Education. With the fully qualified teachers who “are really helpful� Sasha maintains a 99.9 per cent average. “My grades don’t have to suffer. School has always been really important to me. I want to excel in both areas,� Sasha says. “You have to keep yourself in the right frame of mind. All the time, I have my goals in mind.� The teen dances five to six times a week, with 90-minute classes then multiple solo rehearsals for competition. “She works very, very hard,� says mom Kate Beardmore. “She does probably 20 hours a week of training and rehearsals and that sort of thing.� The hard work pays off. In May 2015 she earned a competition spot in New York for the Youth America Grand Prix finals where she won junior classical solo and was in the top 12 in contemporary. With talent, top marks and commitment, After the fierce competition, she Sasha Beardmore looks forward to was also offered three scholarships a pursuing a career in dance, before – from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet becoming a doctor. School, ROCK School for Dance EduDavid Cooper photo cation in Philadelphia and the Princess Grace Acadamie in Monaco. Beardmore, then 13, also scored a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in the Lincoln Centre, New York – the training school of the New York City Ballet. “I decided to stay (home) because of family. I wasn’t “She went for their summer intensive. It’s basically an ready yet,� Sasha says, adding she already had high audition and they do a draft pick,� Kate says. “She was quality instruction in Victoria from Maureen Eastick at picked after the second week and given a full scholarPacific Dance Centre. ship to attend.�
“I have really good training here. I’m happy that I stayed.â€? It also meant another year of competition, something she enjoys immensely, and continues to see success. Sasha recently won first in contemporary and second in classical repertoire during the regional Seattle junior YAGP competition that featured 130 contestants from as far afield as Hawaii, Alaska and New Zealand. “She really upped her game even from last year,â€? Kate says. Sasha earned a return trip to the finals of the Youth American Grand Prix this April. “I think she is one of the most talented dancers I have taught and I very much want her to experience the New York finals,â€? says Eastick. “She will have a chance to be seen by the directors of the world’s leading dance companies.â€? Always striving, practical yet with dreams, Sasha is one of the hardest workers, according to Janie Keenlyside of Pacific Dance Centre, where Beardmore trains. “For what Sasha has accomplished she has to go this year,â€? Keenlyside says, adding they’re planning a fundraising campaign to help cover associated costs. Sasha also earned an invite for the summer intensive at the School of American Ballet again this year, and should a scholarship be offered she’ll again weigh the options. “She just wasn’t ready to leave home (last year), but she’s been saying for a while now she’s ready,â€? says Kate. The teen also strikes balance between dreams and reality as she reaches for a career en pointe and plans for post-dance possibilities. “Ideally I’d like to dance professionally for a few years,â€? she says. “I have my sights set on becoming a doctor ‌ maybe a pediatric surgeon or trauma surgeon. I like fast-paced.â€? cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Urban drug ghettos aren’t working Communities around B.C. shelter occupants from their are struggling to cope with the constant patrols of local tent continued influx of what poli- camps, the largest of which ticians call “homelessness,” a has been on a city-owned term that suggests the prob- roadside site since 2013. In Maple Ridge, a “lowlem can be solved merely by barrier harm-reduction” providing more homes. Taxpaying citizens see the shelter was opened last fall in response to a daily reality behind growing tent camp the soothing eupheand accompanying misms – mainly drug dealing, prostransients squatting titution and petty in parks and “tent crime. cities” blighted by One resident drug abuse and noted bitterly that crime, and “homea mayor’s task force less” shelters that had identified 42 fill up as soon as unsheltered homethey open. They worry that the conTom Fletcher less people, then found places for tinued costly supB.C. Views 77 from the camp, ply of supports only 40 from a closing invites more arrivals, particularly in the gentle “temporary” shelter and 40 in a new shelter. “How exactly climate of southwestern B.C. Their worries are well does one house 157 out of founded. In Abbotsford, a 42?” she asked. Victoria’s camping popu40-bed “temporary weather shelter” made from indus- lation has gathered in an trial camp trailers opened in Occupy-style squat on proDecember with a $450,000 vincial land next to the courtoperating grant from B.C. house, after years of uncontrolled camping in Beacon Hill Housing. It was full in 10 days. and other city parks. The city opened a shelter Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich told city council in Jan- in a vacant Boys and Girls uary that his bike officers Club gym, complete with don’t recognize most of the new indoor tents. By the time
that was full, the courthouse camp was bigger than ever, with some occupants describing how they came to town for the opportunity. One said Vancouver Police gave her a bus ticket to Victoria. The latest plan by a local agency that runs Victoria shelters is to convert an old, empty seniors’ care home into a 101-bed permanent housing facility. This would also be “low-barrier,” a euphemism for allowing drug and alcohol consumption in the rooms. The city has come up with around $1 million for this project, in a residential area next to a school, but it still needs millions more to renovate and run it. This would presumably come from B.C. taxpayers via our social housing czar, deputy premier Rich Coleman. Coleman pioneered this “housing first” experiment in 2007, buying up 13 centuryold “single-room occupancy” hotels in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. These crumbling bedbug habitats were bought and renovated for a staggering $143 million, plus a 15-year maintenance commitment and a cop assigned to each one in
an effort to contain the chaos inside. Coleman brags endlessly about the great job he has done, but how is that actually working? A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers provides a more objective assessment. Tracking 433 mentally ill homeless adults over 10 years, the study found the concentration of low-rent accommodation, food handouts, street outreach and medical supports resulted in “significant personal decline rather than recovery, as evidenced by their involvement in the criminal justice system, large increases in acute care and prolonged homelessness.” The rate of people arriving in this service-intensive hellhole has tripled in the last 10 years, a finding similar to studies of concentrated services in New York, Sao Paulo and Osaka. It’s a cautionary tale for other urban communities where this failed containment model is proposed. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Two-legged residents need council’s attention, too I read with interest two articles in your recent editions. The first states that Oak Bay council has budgeted $30,000 to deal with deer. And in the next article, Oak Bay Volunteer Services is desperately short of cash – to the tune of some $80,000. A little research shows two things: Oak Bay budgeted a paltry $25,000 last year for the Volunteer Services, and Oak Bay Volunteer Services helps hundreds of people a year. Do the math, Oak Bay council, that’s money spent very badly on attacking wildlife when those with just two legs need it a lot more. BD Young Oak Bay
Investors fuel real estate prices I received by mail at my home last week a card from a local realtor soliciting homes for purchase by investors and foreign purchasers from across Canada and in China. It said that they see excellent value in my neighbourhood and are able to pay top dollar for my home. It is the third card of this kind that I have received from different realtors in the past 12 months. Unfortunately housing, which is a necessity and the cornerstone of our society, has been allowed to become a commodity. The patent damage that has and continues to be contributed to by
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A happy accident drew Oak Bay’s Joan MacLeod to playwriting, and away from poetry and prose, but Canadian theatre is the better for it. “I wanted to be a fiction writer ever since I was a little kid. I always loved writing stories and my dad was a great story-teller,” recalls MacLeod, a University of Victoria professor who grew up in North Vancouver and studied creative writing at UVic and the University of British Columbia. MacLeod’s The Valley comes to the Belfry Theatre from Feb. 2 to 28. Directed by former Belfry artistic director Roy Surette, The Valley stars Rebecca Auerbach, Matt Reznek, Luc Roderique (all making their Belfry debuts) and Colleen Wheeler. MacLeod was attending Banff’s Advanced Writers’ Studio in Poetry when a chance meeting with playwright Alan William, paired with hearing an actor from the Playwright’s Col-
Translated into eight lanony read one of her poems on stage, planted the seed of a life guages, MacLeod’s work has been produced around the in theatre. “I started hanging out with world. Multiple simultaneous the playwrights and started productions of The Shape of a being intrigued by what they Girl toured internationally for were doing. ...(It was) very fluky four years, including a sold-out run in New York. my fall into theatre.” Amigo’s Blue Guitar won the Her first theatrical turn was a one-person show, Jewel, a 1991 Governor General’s Literary Award for monologue by Drama, while a young Newadditional Govfoundland widow “Ultimately ernor General’s addressed to her nominations dead husband. I think it’s a play include The Hope Tested at EdmonSlide / Little Siston’s Fringe Fes- about depression ter (1996) and tival in 1985, the and everyday mental Another Home script earned Invasion (2009). MacLeod accep- illnesses. Learning tance to Tarragon about this was really In 2011 Theatre’s PlayMacLeod won eye-opening for me.” the Siminovitch wright’s Unit in Toronto, where Prize for Theatre, – Joan MacLeod she started workwhich honours ing on her first a professional full-length play Toronto, Missis- director, playwright or designer sippi. who is an acknowledged leader “I enjoyed my time there and in the theatre and whose work I ended up staying for almost is transformative and influeneight years and premiering four tial. She’s currently at work on plays during that time,” she a new play, Gracie, which will says. premiere next year. Working under artistic direcA common thread weaves tor Urjo Kareda, “Tarragon was through MacLeod’s work. kind of where I came of age.” Moving west, first to Bowen PLEASE SEE: Island, MacLeod has taught at Research fuels story and UVic since 2004. characters, Page A9
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With a particular incident often sparking interest in a given theme, from extensive research emerge characters and story. Amigo’s Blue Guitar dealt with refugee resettlement, for example, while The Shape of a Girl, explored the aftermath of a high school bullying tragedy. MacLeod enjoys researching and finds theatre the natural venue to explore broader themes beyond her personal experience. “For some reason, theatre motivated me to do that,” she says. For The Valley, first produced in Calgary in 2013, the initial spark came from the case of Robert Dziekanski, who died after being tasered by police at Vancouver International Airport. What emerged from her research, however, is a story about depression in many forms, related ideas and misconceptions, and its potential impact. “Ultimately I think it’s a play about depression and everyday mental illnesses,” she says. “Learning about this was really eye-opening for me.” Included was the changing role of today’s police, often front-line workers for those with mental illness. “I became really interested in the police and just how their job description has changed since I was a kid,” MacLeod says. Described by the Calgary Sun as “a gripping,
emotional play that will have you shifting your allegiances from one character to another as the truth is revealed,” The Valley unfolds around a dramatic police encounter at a Vancouver SkyTrain station that binds four people together: Connor, an aspiring novelist who has just dropped out of university and suffers a psychotic break while in the throes of severe depression and anxiety; his mother, Sharon, who is dealing with his erratic behaviour; Dan, a new father and Vancouver police officer; and Janie, his wife, who struggles with the demands of motherhood and post-partum depression. As their stories intertwine and unfold, we learn just how hard it is to do the right thing. “I want to get people to reflect a little bit (about mental illness)...It might be a family member, it might be a friend. People are getting much more (aware) and it’s just a good reminder.” And while MacLeod explores some darker themes, “I’m always trying to find the light – that’s always the goal,” she says, noting that in the case of The Valley, depression doesn’t need to be a life sentence. “The end of the play has some hope in it, without a doubt.” Tickets for The Valley range from $23 to $48 (plus GST) and are available at 250-385-6815 or online at tickets.belfry.bc.ca. A limited number of last-minute rush tickets are available at a discount for weekday evening performances. editor@oakbaynews.com
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‘Emerald necklace’ for Oak Bay? Squirrel Appreciation Day efit from linkage of green space recently celebrated the enter- and tree canopy include squirrels, otters, mink, raccoons, taining antics of squirrels. Coming at that time of year deer, songbirds, bees and butterwhen their food may be scarce flies, but their survival depends and our spirits may be down in on the less obvious need to prethe winter dumps, the broader serve soil, and soil’s microbial idea is to consider the pleasure diversity. According to famed we get from proximity to urban entomologist E.O. Wilson, 6,000 species of bacteria might live in wildlife, and what its needs are. one handful of soil. As Clearly the pressing David Suzuki points need for wildlife is sufout in The Sacred Balficient space for forance, soil is the interaging, mating, nesting face between life and and migrating, even air. as urban growth and In the UK it’s the “pavement-creep” eat hedgehog that is most up the landscape. To stressed by urban denprotect habitat, consification. Their numservationists promote eco-corridors contain- Barbara Julian bers have dropped from about 30 million ing continuous tree Suburban Wild in the 1950s to under canopy above, green one million today. under-storey below, and space for animals to roam The British conservation group Hedgehog Street offers tips on and plants to re-wild. The key word is “continu- how individual property owners ous,” for islands of green space can help. We have no hedgehogs but we usually precede the disappearance of wildlife (although not could follow their recommendathe species that like dumpsters, tions to protect our own suburcrawlspaces and attics). Private ban wildlife: leave part of your gardens, parks, lanes and boule- garden wild, include woodpiles vards must be linked, for viable for nesting and insects, leave openings in fences and hedges eco-corridors to form. In The Dirt (http://dirt.asla. for small animals to get through, org/2010/05/20), Stephen Handel put out water, remove plastic of Rutgers University explains from your beds, hang feeders that eco-corridors facilitate for birds, make bee houses and the generation and preserva- plant flowers that attract pollition of soils, cycling and move- nators. Locally, the Habitat Acquisiment of nutrients, partial stabilization of climate, mitigation of tion Trust’s Good Neighbours droughts and floods, and purifi- program “work(s) with landowners to better understand cation of air and water. Eco-corridors help mitigate how urban and suburban propglobal warming. Kristina Hill erties connect to nearby green of the University of Virginia spaces and provide a valuable reminds us that concrete turns network of habitat for species cities into heat islands. Warmer through private landowner than surrounding countryside, stewardship.” Wildlife-loving property owncities are “at the edge of climate ers can do these things, but change.” Locally, the species that ben- what is the municipality’s posi-
tion? What about extending and linking parks to private property through eco-corridors? “There has been no discussion,” says Oak Bay Parks Manager Chris Hyde-Lay, “and it would be difficult to put together, considering how fragmented the landscape is now.” Any future proposal for such a policy, he explains, would go to Parks and then to the recreation commission, which consists of eight members selected by council. “Urban forest management is a multi-disciplinary matter,” he emphasizes, having “a biological piece, an engineering piece, a recreation, a planning, and a tourism piece …” We know that eco-corridors benefit plants and animals and combat climate change, but what do they do for the humans? According to Eva Selhub in Your Brain On Nature, in addition to aesthetic benefits, “exposure to nature-based environments is associated with lower blood pressure and reduced levels of stress,” and “sustainability of the planet is ultimately about maintaining an intimate relationship with nature.” We know this instinctively, and few parents want their children to grow up with “nature deficit disorder.” An “emerald necklace” of green spaces such as Frederick Law Olmstead laid out for Boston, would be welcome in Oak Bay. Olmstead’s nephew John Charles Olmstead designed the leafy Uplands estate, where native deer have returned and want only to safely disappear from view with the famous curve. Many people see an emerald necklace as a way of sustaining both urban wildlife and Oak Bay’s heritage alike. Barbara Julian is an Oak Bay writer and nature enthusiast.
Bring your antiques to the roadshow You already know the sentimental value, but if you’d like to know how much your antiques are really worth, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Gallery Associates invite you to this weekend’s fundraiser, What’s it Worth? “What’s it Worth? allows you to find out the market value of your treasure and garner insight into its history,” says event co-chair Bill Huzar. “You may find that your treasure has only sentimental value or that it is very valuable and you need to insure and preserve it. Regardless, this will be a fun opportunity to see and learn about a variety of antiques and collectibles,” adds co-chair
Penny Davies. Attendees can bring up to two portable items, and at least one will be assessed by accredited Kilshaw’s Auctioneers appraisers, Alison Ross and Jeff Dean. The event is the Art Gallery of Victoria on Saturday, Feb. 6. Attendees can choose from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 to 4 p.m. Tickets, available at the Gallery or at aggv.ca, are $35 both for those seeking appraisals and those who just want to observe. The ticket price includes admission to the galleries and refreshments. Visit aggv.ca or call 250-384-4171. editor@oakbaynews.com
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The Oak Bay High ski team enjoys a bit more snow this year than the two previous seasons. In its third year the team has doubled to 29 members and chaperones.
Girls clobber competition on the slopes Oak Bay High’s ski and snowboard numbers double Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Routine trips to Mount Washington build Oak Bay High ski team spirit, which in turn appears to boost numbers. “The ski team doubled in size this year, and has great energy,” said coach, parent and teacher Tina Horwood. A scant 10 members last year – up from the year before – rolled
into more than 20 for the ski and snowboard team this winter. During the race series that ended Jan. 11 at Mount Washington, the girls’ ski team clobbered the competition with a total 19 points. Isfield finished second with six points. “The girls’ ski team blew all the other schools out of the water,” said Horwood. The top four times form a team: Patricia Horwood second, Henrike Heitmann third, Fionnuala McKenna fourth, and Emma Whittaker seventh. The boys’ ski team tied for first with Vanier with 14 points. Top four skiers included: Logan
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FREE Friday Family Day Festival Henderson Recreation Centre Fri., February 5, 5:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Live Music Series - Pablo Diemecke Latin Ensemble
Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre Fri., February 5, 6:00 pm Doors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm
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Rampton in second, Liam Morgan fifth, Jake MacKenzie ninth and Adam Whittaker 10th. All of the boarders were in top five. In the Boys Snowboard: Josh Waterlander finished third, Tiger fourth and Alex Hutcheson fifth. A great showing out of the 20 boarders. Even without a fourth boarder, the team took second place. In the Girls Snowboard: Brie Neufeld finished second and Charlotte Arason third. Horwood’s most-improved award for that race series goes to Lillian Schreiber, who cut her race time in half between her first and second runs. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Valentine’s Sweetheart Skate Oak Bay Recreation Centre Sat., February 13, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Live Music Series Lynn Miles with Keith Glass
Oak Bay Recreation Centre Mon., February 8, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Oak Bay Recreation Centre Fri., February 19, 6:00 pm Doors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm
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The Victoria Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven
Oak Bay Recreation Centre Mon., February 8, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Live Music Series - Groove Kitchen
Oak Bay United Church Sun., February 21, 2:00 pm Tickets sold on website; www.oakbayunitedchurch.ca
Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre Fri., February 12, 6:00 pm Doors open 6pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm
Oak Bay Prayer Shawl Knitters
Maestro Tania Miller - Come, Listen, & Enjoy!
Live Music Series - The Crooked Brothers
Carlton House of Oak Bay Thurs., February 12, 2:00 pm Tania will be sharing the mystery behind the baton. Please RSVP, space is limited. 250-595-1914.
Valentine’s 2 for 1 Admission Swim & Skate Oak Bay Recreation Centre Fri., February 12, 6:30 pm 2 events for 1 admission. Swimming & Skating for just one price.
St. Mary the Virgin Church Mon., February 22 - 2:00 pm
Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre Fri., February 26, 6:00 pm Doors open 6 pm (join us for dinner) • Music 7:30 pm
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Spring Emergency Preparedness Information Sessions
This 90-minute session will provide you with information on how you can be prepared for any emergency. Learn how to develop your personal preparedness plan, put together your evacuation grab and go kits, and a kit for you and your family to be self-sufficient for a minimum of 7 days after a major emergency.
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Community Calendar Friday, Feb. 5 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.
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Social Media Mechanics Lecture – at the Word Guild (Christian Writer’s Group), Christian Book and Music Centre, 7 to 9 p.m. Info: loismgray55@ gmail.com.Pablo
Diemecke Latin Ensemble – 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 from Oak
Bay Rec or beaconridgeproductions.com Dinner Theatre at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – Weekends through Feb. 20, Double Diamond: A Tribute to Neil Diamond featuring tribute
artist Bill Zaalberg, who takes audiences through five decades of Diamond’s musical success. Main backup vocalist and Stevie Nicks tribute artist Kathleen Zaalberg will
also add several of Nicks’ songs to this non-stop 90-minute performance. Tickets $89, incl. three-course meal in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. Info/ tickets
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Saturday, Feb. 6 Volkssport 5/6/10km Walk – Meet at Esquimalt Rec Centre, 527 Fraser St. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Hazel, 250-3855439. What’s it Worth? – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria fundraiser inviting people to bring up to two portable items, and at least one will be assessed by accredited Kilshaw’s Auctioneers. Choose from a morning or afternoon session at the gallery, 1040 Moss St. Tickets $35. Purchase at the gallery or aggv.ca.
Sunday, Feb. 7 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. Volkssport 5/10 km Walk – Meet at Fairfield Community Centre, 1335 Thurlow Rd. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Ada, 778-922-1950. Mezzo-soprano Barb Towell and pianist Tina Chang – Vancouver Opera musicians perform, 2:30 p.m. in, St. mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Enjoy afternoon of vocal favourites, including classical gems, operatic arias and pop and Broadway songs. Tickets from 1-888-7176121, oakbaymusic.ca or Ivy’s Bookshop. Three Worlds Sunday Serenade Concert – featuring Brad Prevedoros, Greg Joy and Niel Golden, 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, East Saanich Rd. at Cultra Ave.) Tickets $15 at the door or reserve at 250-652-1611 stmarys. saanichton@shaw.ca Info: parishcs.ca.
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Planets align over Oak Bay What’s Up for February 2016? February mornings feature Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lined up across the sky – on the Salish Walk of the Planets for all to enjoy. The last time this five-planet dawn lineup happened was in 2005. The planets are easy to distinguish when you use the moon as your guide. Look for reddish Mars near the moon in the early morning of Feb. 4. This will be south over Port Angeles high in the sky. As always, the planets will be just like a string of beads across the night sky. The arc (the ecliptic) is lower to the south in the winter. As the Sun takes the same path during the day, we are all familiar with this change from summer to winter. On Feb. 3, the moon passes near butterscotch-hued Saturn. On the sixth the moon, Mercury and Venus make a pretty triangle before sunrise. Then it’s Jupiter’s turn to pose with the moon on Feb. 23. Through a telescope, Bill Smith Jupiter’s pale yellow is transDark Skies formed into bands of cream, ochre and tan. Finally, the moon passes Mars again on Leap Day, Feb. 29. In case you miss this string of planetary pearls this month, you can see all five planets again in August’s sunset sky, though Venus and Mercury will be very close to the horizon for Cattle Point Star Park observers. Last month, comet Catalina’s curved dust tail and straight ion tail were visible in binoculars and telescopes near two galaxies that are close to the handle of the Big Dipper. Early this month, the comet nears Polaris, the North Star over Sidney. It should be visible all month long for Oak Bay observers. There will be more opportunities to photograph comet Catalina paired with other objects this month. It passes the faint spiral galaxy IC 342 and a pretty planetary nebula named NGC 1501 between Feb. 10 and 29. For viewers using binoculars, the magnitude-6 comet pairs with a pretty string of stars known as Kemble’s Cascade on Feb. 24. Finally, through binoculars you should be able to pick out Vesta and Uranus near one another this month. You can use the moon as a guide on Feb. 12 and the corner stars of Pegasus all month long. You can learn about NASA’s missions to the planets and beyond at nasa.gov. Dark Skies to all friends of Cattle Point Star Park. Summary by Bill Smith and the RASCals of Cattle Point, volunteers at Cattle Point DARK SKY Urban Star Park, is from the transcript of “What’s Up In February 2016” by NASA announcer and astronomer Jane Houston Jones, with specific permission for localization to the Oak Bay News.
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CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
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HAUL A WAY Clean & green. Junk & garbage removal. Free est. Senior disc. 778-350-5050 JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944. JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.
PAINTING
✓Garbage Removal ✓O.A.P Rates Attics, Basements, Compost, Construction Clean up, Demolition
HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
Fast & Friendly Service
Call Craig or Mike 250-216-5865
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
250-388-3535
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
Refuse Sam
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
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Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747
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PLUMBING
UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTER- Furn. repairs, scratches, fix springs, marine, commercial. 250-480-9822.
WINDOW CLEANING 250-380-7778 GRAND Xterior Cleaning. Repairs, Gutters, de-moss, roofs windows, PWash, Christmas lights. BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning, Gutters. Over 25 yrs. Licensed & affordable. 250-884-7066. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.
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RENOVATIONS
SPECIALIST
decks, fence Doors, windows, painting,
drywall.
Kitchen,
bath, suites. 250-217-8131.
FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
MOVING & STORAGE (250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving & Hauling. Free Est $75=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.
FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
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MAY 6 - 28
FOOTLOOSE The Musical
Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford Music by Tom Snow Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
JUN 10 - AUG 27
A LOVELY SUNDAY for Creve Coeur
By Tennessee Williams
N O S A E S S T E K TIC LE ON SA ! NOW
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HILDA’S YARD By Norm Foster
OCT 7 - NOV 5
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