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NEWS: Climbing gym sends big plans up the flagpole /Pg. 3 ARTS: West My Friend visits North Saanich /Pg. 13 SPORTS: Parkland girls basketball going strong /Pg. 15

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Parkland Secondary’s Lauren Fanelli protects the ball from four Lambrick Park defenders during league play Thursday, Feb. 4. The North Saanich team is poised to have a strong showing in the south Island playoffs. See page 15.

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Chair of Boulders Climbing Gym Society Kimanda Jarzebiak presented to the Peninsula Recreation Commission her plans for the ever growing sport facility.

“Our sport is growing faster than anyone anticipated and the fastest growing segments are those under 12 and then over 55,” she told the PNR in a phone interview.

In 1993 when two teachers at Stelly’s Secondary School built a small climbing wall on the outside of File photo the school which was Climbers at Central later enclosed, little Saanich’s Boulders did they know it would gym are reaching become so popular.

So in 2005, they new heights. expanded, creating a not-for-profit society. In exchange for being on school land, Boulders’ facilitates school programs during the day and is open to the public weekends and evenings.

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Finance Minister Mike de Jong will present his 2016-17 budget on Feb. 16. The government has signalled that among the measures will be a 50 per cent reduction to Medical Services Plan premiums for single parents who earn more than $30,000 a year and pay the family rate of $150 a year.

By-elections on Feb. 2 were triggered last summer when Coquitlam-Burke Mountain B.C. Liberal MLA Doug Horne and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP MLA Jenny Kwan resigned to run in the October 2015 federal election.

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7th annual Tour of Industry

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After 60 years, EMCS is rebranding, expanding Steven Heywood News staff

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Machinist Mark Harfield explains some of the work he does to make EMCS’ anodes. The products they make (inset) are used to prevent corrosion and fouling in ships.

Canada, the U.S. and overseas.

Their biggest clients include Carnival Cruise Lines, BC Ferries and Seaspan.

The common thread for all of their customers, Tasker said, is that

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Corrections In our Feb. 5 story on Seastar Chemicals, we erred on a few facts. Ken Lewis is the company’s CEO, not its owner.

Seastar is servicing a market worth around $30 to $40 million — that was not its revenue. And some of their clients re-label their products, not repackage them.

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They created an electrolytic anode system that helps prevent corrosion and fouling in ocean-going vessels.

Over the last 60 years, it has grown into an international company, serving customers in

tronic controls for the anodes. He said he has worked for Ramsay and EMCS for 49 years.

“It’s the brains of the whole thing,” he said, noting the circuit boards are built in Duncan.

The electronics are installed in ships and control banks of anodes and Polkey said the company will build 24 or 25 units this year, to keep their anodes working.

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Over the next 18 months, a long time business in Sidney’s industrial park will be re-branding itself — but retaining the expertise and anti-corrosion products that have made them a world leader.

EMCS Industries Ltd. (or Electrolytic Marine Corrosion Services), will be changing its name to MARELCO. CEO Trevor Tasker says the move is being taken following the purchase of the business from the former Ramsay Group, which was sold off last year.

“The company has been on an even keel so far,” Tasker said.

As well, he said the company will be opening a new division by the end of this month to service clients in the U.K., Europe and Middle East.

“We are going to start that division here,” he explained, “but eventually move some manufacturing of our anodes to Germany, to reduce transportation costs.”

Formed in 1955, EMCS was the brainchild of the inventors — Frank Chappel and Lauder Ramsay.

all of their products are currently made in Sidney and installed and serviced by employees based in the community.

Tasker added that in recent years, the company has seen success and has doubled its revenue.

EMCS makes aluminum anodes, charged by electricity, that control corrosion of seawater piping systems on ships. Machinist Mark Harfield said they get their materials mostly from Vancouver Island (90 per cent) and they make up to 1,000 aluminum and copper anodes each year. They are typically installed while a vessel is in dry dock.

Ions created by the product, he explained, help repel corrosion, barnacles, seaweed and more, to keep pipes clear.

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The Peninsula News Review is published by Black Press Ltd. | #103 - 9830 Second St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C6 | Phone: 250-656-1151 • Fax: 250-656-5526 • Web: www.peninsulanewsreview.com

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Thumbs up to positive sport mentors

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laying a sport can go a long way in building a foundation for a child to live a more positive life.

According to a report issued by True Sport, an organization created by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, almost two-thirds of adult Canadians state that their children are or have been involved in a sport. And 70 per cent of parents in Canada feel that their expectations of what sport could provide their children has been met or exceeded.

It is the idea and value of True Sport that Central Saanich Police Chief Constable Les Sylven brought to the municipality last week.

Some people think of sport as a competition to win or lose, winning being the factor that sometimes can outweigh the game itself.

It’s this attitude that can lead young athletes into issues with steroids, doping and cheating.

Why? Because they may try and do anything and everything they can to win in trying to impress their parents. And their idea is no longer focussed on the value of sport rather than being focussed on the value of winning.

It should be the parents’ responsibility to ensure their child is valuing the sport aspect by being encouraging and giving them a thumbs up even though it may not have been their best day.

In practicing True Sport principles, Sylven said, youth will be able to accept that losing is all part of the game.

Adults must remember that they are role models and play a key role in helping children develop positive skills. It’s also the positivity of coaches and mentors — in sports or elsewhere in the community — that can go a long way in promoting positive outcomes for youth.

Think twice before you give a sigh or look of disapproval when your child misses that goal and remember that a thumbs up and a nod of encouragement can go further in their overall development as good citizens.

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

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Protesters fear peace in the woods A

a greater share for First Nations, fter 20 years of representing and with 85 per cent of the region B.C. coastal First Nations to preserved after a century of logging negotiate what U.S.-directed that began with sailing ships. activists labeled the Great Bear Aside from a few diehards who Rainforest agreement, a weary Dallas Smith expressed his relief and are either paid to protest or can’t get past issuing demands, B.C. frustration. aboriginal people have grown At a ceremony to sign the final tired of being used as props in agreement in Vancouver last week, global de-marketing campaigns.

Smith, president of the Nanwakolas The protesters’ tactic of Council of remote Central organizing customer Coast communities like boycotts that damage farBella Bella, joked that he’s away economies might finally out of a job. Then he be good for international got serious. fundraising, but it’s bad “My communities still for poor people. aren’t better places to live Formally begun 10 years yet,” he said. ago with $30 million from But the land use Ottawa, $30 million from agreement with the B.C. and $60 million from province and forest a group of wealthy U.S. companies over a vast Tom Fletcher family foundations with a coastal area up to the B.C. Views larger anti-development Alaska border means the agenda, the land use plan years ahead will be better. remains under attack.

He said when he started Among the many protest outfits is it was like being caught in a divorce Pacific Wild, which has specialized between the B.C. forest industry in Great Bear Rainforest campaigns and international environmental and now needs a new enemy. Their groups. Dutch-based Greenpeace, credibility was demonstrated its California offshoot ForestEthics recently when potty-mouthed U.S. and others moved on from their pop star Miley Cyrus decided to Clayoquot Sound battle to the speak out against B.C.’s wolf kill.

B.C. coast, looking to continue the Typical of celebrities, Cyrus blockades against logging. had no idea about the struggle “It’s the First Nations of the Coast to preserve dwindling herds of who stood up and said ‘no, this is mountain caribou. She barely knows how it’s going to work’,” Smith said. where B.C. is, a fact made plain when How it’s going to work is that Pacific Wild toured her around the logging will continue on 550,000 North Coast, far from the Kootenay hectares of coastal forest, with

and South Peace regions where the wolves in question actually roam.

Cyrus’s handlers spoon-fed video and statements to urban media, who were so anxious to exploit her global popularity that they played down the fact she was at the wrong end of the province spouting nonsense.

After periodically attacking their own B.C. agreement as inadequate, Greenpeace and ForestEthics have moved on to what they call the “boreal forest,” which we like to call northern Canada. The same bully tactics with forest products customers and producers have been featured.

This time, a Quebec company that signed an accord in 2010 is suing Greenpeace for “defamation, malicious falsehood and intentional interference in economic relations.”

Aboriginal companies on the B.C. coast will continue to log, including areas of old-growth forest and secondary growth.

They will continue to export logs as economics dictate. They will continue to harvest animals, including grizzly bears.

And, I expect, they will continue to be subjected to attempts to supervise and direct them by members of urban society’s new religion, environmentalism.

The leaders of this movement don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.

Tom Fletcher is the legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

‘The leaders of this movement don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.’

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LETTERS Gateway is not the start of a Sidney renaissance T

he construction of Sidney Gateway, the strip mall project on airport land west of the Pat Bay Highway, will be both a disaster for Sidney retail and the beginning of the end for local agriculture.

Gateway’s developers, in cooperation with the Victoria Airport Authority and some members of Sidney Council, will pave over 10 acres of fertile, cultivated farmland, ripped from the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Yes, while everyone else talks about local food, Sidney is serving up more fast food.

In response to Council’s inquiry, a compliant Agricultural Land Commission — its chair also a director on the Airport Authority Board of directors — has ruled that some of the most productive farmland on Vancouver Island will better

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serve the community as a roadside strip of routine retail and a fast food parking lot.

Starting with its very name, the ideas supporting the project are no less absurd.

The notion that a new strip mall on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway will serve as a “gateway” to Sidney’s east side downtown — despite six highway lanes — simply defies common

sense.

The highway is not a “mental boundary” as the PNR maintains, it’s a metal one.

And what of the claim Gateway stores will draw new shoppers up to Sidney while keeping local shoppers closer to home?

This might make sense if the retail planned for Gateway wasn’t already available in Sidney and virtually everywhere else.

Yes, new, one-of-akind stores might draw new shoppers, but nobody’s coming up to Sidney — or, for that matter, staying here — to shop at another supermarket.

And so the fantasy fades.

Far from being the start of a Sidney renaissance, Gateway is really just a chance for developers to profit at the expense of both existing agriculture and Sidney’s already-struggling retail business.

One has to ask: What is the Airport Authority — its federal land originally appropriated for wartime aviation — doing in this?

How is it right that this hugely profitable public entity will compete with small, private business?

If Sidney is to have a commercial revitalization — and there are many who see that as a vital necessity — it

won’t be from Gateway.

And, judging by Sunday’s public meeting, if Sidney’s residential development is going to proceed without civil riots, then it, too, will need a new plan.

The fact is that Sidney’s citizens are entitled to better than opportunistic, spotrezoned development,

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The Corporation of the District of Central Saanich 2016 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN MEETINGS The District of Central Saanich invites members of the community to attend public meetings where the 2016 Five Year Financial Plan will be discussed. All meetings will be held on Tuesdays in Council Chambers, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC. Budget Backgrounders and agendas for the meetings will be available at www.centralsaanich.ca Meeting dates are subject to change and the meetings typically start at 7 PM. February 23, 2016 March 1, 2016 March 8, 2016 March 29, 2016 April 5, 2016 April 12, 2016

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I’ve done this before and, for the moment anyway, the recipient’s heart skips a beat, as she wonders who her unknown admirer can be. Surely this is harmless and, briefly, as she searches her memory for the side-long glance he must have given her, she is the Queen of the May. Her cheeks turn pink, her heart flutters and she has to sit down to recover her usual calm. Who can it be?

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Hope springs eternal in every woman’s heart!

The newspapers are full of gardening hints and suggestions as to what to plant this spring.

This is important when you read that imported fruit Helen Lang and vegetables will cost a lot Over the Garden more this year, as the CanaFence dian dollar loses some of its commercial value compared to the American dollar. We can’t grow avocados, grapefruit or cocoa nuts, but we can grow tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, carrots and peas, squash and grapes.

If you have to dig up part of the lawn for vegetable growing, think of the mowing you now won’t have to do and the crisp baby carrots that will be there instead.

If you don’t have a lawn to dig up, why not use several of those big, black plastic pots? If people start to make snide remarks about your urban gardening reducing the value of their property, tell them you had planned to share some of your best vegetables, but if they continue to complain the deal is off.

You’d be amazed at how much you can grow in those big plastic tubs filled with good soil and perhaps some compost. The growing plants will need lots of sunshine, so the middle of the front lawn may be the best place for your pots. You can always mount a small cannon on the porch as a warning signal for protesters. It doesn’t even need to be loaded for people to get the general idea.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

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Pig presence a growing issue John McKinley Black Press

NANAIMO — Conservation watchdogs are eager to make bacon out of the latest invasive species threat facing Vancouver Island.

Feral pigs have been spotted on multiple occasions in the Barkley Sound area north of Bamfield.

And the Invasive Species Council of B.C. wants the animals removed from the area before they wreak porcine havoc on indigenous plants and animals.

“They are an animal that is not part of the natural eco-system,” ISCBC executive director Gail Wallin said. “Pigs root and as they become wild, they become aggressive. They can absolutely devastate the vegetative cover.”

Wallin said she had no knowledge of how the animals — which have been seen near Carnation Creek on the south shores of Barkley Sound — were introduced to the area. Given its nature, an abandoned attempt at a pioneer-style homestead is as likely a theory as any.

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Delegates reported ongoing damage to crops and property in the Chilcotin, Cariboo and north Okanagan regions, on the heels of more serious issues in the United States.

Rooting wild pigs attack the eggs of ground-nesting birds, can cause serious erosion problems and can be a source of infectious disease.

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Even though the presence of the pigs on the Island is slight, Wallin said now is the time to be concerned. She points to the American bullfrog, a species that has devastated birds and small animals throughout south Island wetlands after being introduced following a failed frog leg farm experiment.

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES True Sport the path to good lives Carlie Connolly News staff

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ostering positive youth development, enhancing academic achievement and preventing youth crime and gang involvement are just some of the ways a sport, if done the right way, can benefit our youth while strengthening community.

A series of programs and initiatives, True Sport is designed to give people and communities a way to benefit positively from sport through shared values and principles.

Central Saanich District Councillor Niall Paltiel has asked that Central Saanich Police Chief Constable Les Sylven discuss the value of True Sport in making Central Saanich a True Sport community.

Sylven said if they can get youth and communities rallying around the positive benefits of sporting experiences, they can be prepared for life.

“Research says that sport is one of the most effective ways for youth to develop into positive, productive adults,” he told the PNR. True Sport, which has been going on for years, is a movement that is associated with the Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sports, designed to have communities talk about the value of good sport.

As a police service looking at ways to build community, Sylven said this was one program that made a lot of sense to them. Many of the officers having been athletes themselves, Sylven adding, noting he, too, fits that bill.

“I am where I am today because of sport I believe,” he said.

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Chief Constable Les Sylven has put himself forward as the champion for True Sport in Central Saanich. a small judo club. He would later participate in Olympic trials in 1984. He also earned a university scholarship and the opportunity to travel the world and form connections with others.

“And learn a ton about life, about success and about failure, about hard work and about patience,” he added.

The seven True Sport Principles are: Go For It, Play Fair, Respect Others, Include Everyone, Keep It Fun, Stay Healthy and Give Back. These are the principles young athletes should follow as part of True Sport that can lead to a positive life down the road.

“So they’re a group of values, a way of talking about behaving in the world through the use of sport that is shown to build good people.”

Sylven said there have been issues in the public about parents at hockey arenas or soccer fields setting aside these values for the sake of winning.

From a policing point of view, Sylven said the best predictor in criminal gang memberships is in the absence of a positive adult role model. Youth that participate in sport are less likely to engage in such acts and have lower rates of criminal arrest, he said.

Crime prevention and preventing youth related crime is just one slice of the pie, he continued. There’s health, environment, social contact, building relationships and building community that contribute to positive outcomes.

Sylven said if the District approves, the community can make a pledge to adhere to the values of the True Sport program.

From there, they will look for opportunities to foster healthy and active lifestyles, promote inclusion and remove barriers so everyone can participate.

It’s something Sylven said he has always believed in.

“We as a police department are always on the lookout for ways of building community. And this is a way that I strongly believe in, through my own personal experience ... and also from what I see every day.”

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The early plan is to create all-weather fields, expand to be able to host world class climbing events, repairing and enclosing court space, building a new daycare and adding a weight training and fitness space. After talking with the community and recognizing the needs, Jarzebiak said they have put together a package of what is possible on the Stelly’s site.

After another expansion at Boulders in 2011, it enabled the facility to host the World Youth Climbing Championships in 2013.

“But the last evolution has seen the International Olympic Committee wanting to include climbing in the summer games because our sport is growing phenomenally amongst youths whereas a lot of other Olympic sports are seeing a drop off in audience, age and participation.

Jarzebiak said the committee is seeing them as a sport that brings a new viewership and a lot of youth with it, but the sport

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The Boulders Climbing Gym has gone through many growth spurts at the sport’s popularity rises. has also changed. It now has three disciplines as opposed to two — adding a climbing event called bouldering — which is something Boulders’ athletes are known to excel at.

After the 2005 expansion, the facility had the best bouldering terrain around — hence their name. Jarzebiak said with their bouldering terrain now way below the standard of their lead and speed terrain, they also don’t have the appropriate teaching terrain to meet the two fastest growing segments (under 12 and over 55 age groups).

“So we are right now considered one of the top five venues in the world in lead and speed. If we add world

class bouldering to the facility we’ll be number one in the world hands down,” she said.

The Society said there’s chunk of space at Stelly’s that isn’t being used. The tennis courts, for example, were one as they are damaged from when the school seismically upgraded.

Jarzebiak said the daycare isn’t ideal either. There is also a lump of dirt at the end of the playing fields from when the school was first built.

“You know the thing is we’re not creating land anymore, we’re not making more space.

So we need to, as a society, figure out how to use the space we have better. There is a definite demand for fitness

space, weight training space and indoor court space from both the community and the school and same for bouldering.”

The current facility is worth around $5 to 6 million and adding the bouldering space they want could raise that value. Jarzebiak said having raised a half million of that, they have a proven ability to reach that goal.

“But we decided to invest in a scoping project to look at what’s possible on the site and to meet the needs as currently being stated by the community: turf fields, indoor court space, a new daycare, weight room and fitness centre and bouldering, and have that shared between the school district, having it open to both students and the community. We’re looking at about a $12 million dollar project.”

With everything still in the ideas stage. Jarzebiak added in an ideal situation, she’d like to see construction start in a year.

She said the International Federation that governs climbing would like the Central Saanich facility to host as many events as possible. They are in discussion about hosting the World Youth Championships in 2018 — which would require the gym to have the capacity to have bouldering events.

“The world youth championships has over one thousand athletes and six thousand spectators, so we’re talking maybe about doubling the population of Central Saanich for a week.”

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West My Friend will perform at Deep Cove Folk Club in North Saanich on Feb. 12.

U.S. The name, West My Friend, came from the band’s love of the area.

“It came from our love of the west, and

Europe. They will be on their CD release tour in Europe this April and May. They will then tour around western Canada and western

basically it’s our idea of place and our positioning in a movement of indie/folk music on the coast,” said Oliver.

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Carlie Connolly Deep Cove Folk Club welcomes West My Friend this Friday. They are a band that has big plans for this year.

There are four members: Alex Rempel on mandolin, Jeff Poynter on accordion, Nick Mintenko on bass and Eden Oliver who plays guitar.

And they all sing.

The band recently finished recording their third album, Quiet Hum, and they will give a sneak preview of some of the songs on the recording (it comes out later this month).

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“My parents had me in music classes ever since I was around three years old and I just kind of switched instruments every six

to 12 months until I landed on the double bass four or five years ago,” said Mintenko.

“And I went to school and studied jazz and had a really great time and decided I should

probably do it every day for the rest of my life.”

For Poynter, he started off playing music at school on piano and saxophone.

“And then one day

somebody gave me an accordion and somehow I just ended up playing that in this band all the time,” he said.

For Oliver, she grew up with music in her

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“My mom has sung to me ever since I was really little and we’ve sung together my whole life and so that really got me into singing,” she said.

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She was able to later take advantage of the band program at her school and picked up flute and was able to pay for some of her own music lessons in high school, getting into UVic’s music program.

Rempel, who took part in music classes and lessons in elementary and high school played Oboe.

“Then I started playing bass, I think, when I was about 15 or 16 and it was really, really fun.”

He also went to UVic, playing bass but then he said he heard a mandolin and, thinking it sounded cool, decided to get one of those.

West My Friend is trying to focus more on their writing on their latest album.

“So, this album, we very consciously try to write and arrange the music to have the same effective fullness and intricacy but just with the four of us,” said Rempel.

The band will perform at a showcase event on the mainland at the beginning of April and will then travel to Europe for five weeks to play in seven different countries.

They are also spending time making some videos every couple of months, featuring footage from the recording of the album.

The group also did a collaboration with chamber choir Vox Humana, which will show up in a video soon.

West My Friend is at the Deep Cove Folk Club in North Saanich on Feb. 12. Show time at St. John’s United Church is at 8 p.m. For tickets, visit deepcovefolk.ca.

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Jazz Vespers services are at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Rd., across from Deep Cove School.

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A victory over Lambrick Park on Feb. 4 might have been the Parkland Secondary School girls’ basketball team’s first in a decade.

Coach Larry Green, who has been at the helm of the girls program at Parkland for seven years, says the only team the North Saanich school has left to beat is Pacific Christian School.

That might be a tall order for the young Panthers’ squad this season. PCS is the number one single-A team on the Island and has been beating larger schools with their experienced players.

Parkland, in the meantime, has only one Grade 12 player, Green said. The rest are in Grades 9, 10 and 11 — making for a young group but poised for good things next season.

On Thursday, Feb. 4 Parkland visited Lambrick Park and worked hard for a 60-51 win.

That gave the squad a 2-2 league record this season (12-6 overall).

The AA school will be playing in the south Island playoffs Feb. 12 and 13.

Green’s top two players this season, Lauren Fanelli and Sarah Gibson, led the way with 27 and 22 points, respectively.

Both are in Grade 11 and are already garnering some attention from college coaches.

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They defeated the host team and Sardis (Chilliwack) before losing by eight points to Fraser Heights (Surrey) in the final.

Green said he’s hoping their last league win at Lambrick Park puts Parkland into third place in the south Island region.

That would have them poised to do well in the playoffs and hopefully qualify for the Island Championships,

which take place Feb. 17 to 19 at Wellington Secondary in Nanaimo.

Green added he’s hoping for the quick return of centre Olivia Kuyvenhoven, who sat out the Feb. 4 game due to illness.

“She’s a good kid,” Green said, adding Kuyvenhoven’s height and ball-handling skills help the team overcome opponents’ pressure.

Parkland does, however, rely heavily on Fanelli and Gibson, who

Green said are leading the team in scoring this season.

“Lauren is a solid player and when she’s on, she can be unstoppable,” he said, “and Sarah has really upped her game, especially on offense.”

Looking ahead, Green said the players at Parkland should end this hoops season well and return for their senior season looking to have a stronger presence among Island girls basketball teams.

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She was born into a large, close knit, extended family who gathered regularly to enjoy each others company, a laugh, and a song. Rosemary immigrated to Canada with her husband, Maurice and two young daughters in 1966, eventually settling in Sidney. Linda Place would be their home for more than forty years. The heart of our family, Rosemary made that house a home and a place of welcome for many people over the years. Rosemary loved to entertain and hosted many fun gatherings for family and friends. Their daughters Jacqueline and Karen grew up there and as the family grew, many happy holidays were shared with their grandchildren David, Nicholas and Geneva and son in law, Jamie.

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OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-380-7778 GRAND Xterior Cleaning. Repairs, Gutters, De-moss, Roofs, Windows, Power Washing.

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DELIA’S HEREAFTER SOCIETY, a lighthearted musical about a bereavement group.

A benefit concert for the St. John’s Memorial Garden.

St. John’s United Church in Deep Cove. Sunday Feb. 21, 7 p.m.. Free will offering. 778-4260785.

WRITERS GROUP CRITIQUE at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Develop your writing in a supportive environment.

Thursday, Feb. 25, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Free. 250-656-0944.

Meetings

UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS Do you think you have United Empire Loyalist ancestors? The local branch meets Saturday, Feb. 13 at noon. Contact Irene

THE NEWS REVIEW provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@peninsulanewsreview.com. at 250652-5773 or kifeir@shaw.ca for more information.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch #37 will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 at 2 p.m. at 1660 Mills Road, Sidney. All are welcome to attend.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting.

FRAUD AND SCAM Prevention, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the SHOAL Centre in Sidney.

Join a member of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP for this informative seminar on identifying frauds and scams.

Members free; NonMembers $3.25. Call to register: 250-6565537.

LEGO STORIES AT the

Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church at 9296 East Saanich Rd. For more, email Jack at sanpenprobus37@ gmail.com.

FOLK DANCE IS Fun when you dance with the Sidney International Folk Dancers. Monday evenings 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church hall, 9691 Fourth St. Contact Linda at 250-6525818.

Kid Stuff

GOOD MORNING STORYTIME at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursdays to March 3, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years.

Free. Drop-in. 250656-0944.

Volunteer

VOLUNTEER PEER COUNSELLORS are available to provide encouragement and support for seniors experiencing loss of a loved one, grief and lifestyle transitions.

There is no charge. Phone Jane at Seniors Serving Seniors at 250-3824331.

Misc.

SIDNEY SISTER CITIES general meetings. Come and learn about Sidney’s three sister cities.

We meet the third Thursday of the month in the Nell Horth Room at the Sidney North Saanich Public Library at 7 p.m.

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Get a head start on tax season The dawn of a new calendar year often marks the end of the sometimes hectic holiday season. This time of year marks a return to normalcy for many families, as the kids go back to school and parents return to work.

gather all of your year-end financial statements from your assorted accounts in one place. Doing so will make filing your return, whether you do it yourself or work with a professional, go more quickly.

The beginning of January also serves as a great time to start preparing for tax season. While the deadline to file returns may be several months away, getting a head-start allows men and women the chance to organize their tax documents so they aren’t racing against a deadline come April. The following are a handful of ways to start preparing for your returns now.

• Speak with your mortgage lender. Homeowners should receive forms documenting their mortgage interest payments for the last year, as the money paid in interest on your home or homes is tax deductible. If these forms are not received in a timely manner, speak with your lender. You might even be able to download them from your lender’s secure website.

• Find last year’s return. You will need information from last year’s return in order to file this year, so find last year’s return and print it out if you plan to hire a professional to work on your return.

• Make a list of your charitable contributions. Charitable contributions, no matter how small, are tax deductible. While it’s easiest to maintain a list of all charitable donations you make as the year goes on, if you have not done that, then you can make one now. Look for receipts of all contributions, contacting any charities you donated to if you misplaced any receipts.

• Gather dependents’ information. While you might know your own Social Security number by heart, if you have dependents, you’re going to • Gather your year-end financial statements. If you spent the last year investing, then you will have to pay taxes on any interest earned.

Interest earned on the majority of savings accounts is also taxable, so

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Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Your creation will be displayed at the library. Friday, Feb. 19, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ages 5 yearsplus. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

ESL CONVERSATION GROUP at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Practice your English conversation skills and meet new people. Presented in partnership with InterCultural Association of Greater Victoria.

Wednesday, Feb. 24 to March 23, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free. 250656-0944.

PROBUS CLUB OF Saanich Peninsula: a social club for retired and semi-retired men. We meet on the first Thursday of every month at 9.30 a.m. in the

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