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Island Health warns against edible pot products Kendra Wong Victoria News

The City of Victoria's decision not to regulate the sale of edible pot products at medical marijuana dispensaries means more children could end up in hospital after accidentally ingesting the product, according to Island Health.

Last Thursday, council voted to allow the sale of edible pot products in medical marijuana dispensaries, despite health and safety concerns raised by the province's medical health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said it's not the city's job to regulate what goes into the products.

“We're already doing the work of the federal government. I am very loathe to take on the work of the provincial government,” Helps said. “It's clearly not our job. We don't regulate prescription drugs, we don't see what's in each and every pill, that's not our job. It's not our job to say what’s in brownies that are sold in retail outlets in our city.”

However, with no restrictions around the sale of edible pot products, Island Health's medical officer Dr. Murray Fyfe said it increases the likelihood that children will get their hands on the products.

“A child is naturally attracted to things like cookies, candies and brownies and they're not going to be able to tell the difference between one with medical marijuana and one that isn't,” Fyfe said, adding the City of Vancouver recently restricted the sale of edible products.

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Esquimalt’s Janice (Jay) Nelson (middle) had the opportunity to go on her first helicopter ride from Victoria to Vancouver last Thursday with first officer Jamie Madden (left) and Capt. Matt Ellis.

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Flying thousands of feet in the air in a Helijet helicopter overlooking Greater Victoria, Janice (Jay) Nelson was the happiest person in the world.

“It's such a weird feeling (being in a helicopter),” said the 54-year-old Esquimalt woman. “It's so awesome.”

While a helicopter ride may only seem like a means of

transportation for some, for Nelson, it meant the world.

Three months ago, Nelson was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, and was told she has until December to live.

She had been having back pains for months, but thought it was due to the hip replacement she had years earlier.

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But in March, Nelson went to the hospital for a bladder infection and was given an MRI, at which time doctors found two tumours — one roughly five to seven centimetres and another roughly two centimetres.

“I was shocked. I cried my eyes out,” she said.

Nelson, the second youngest of five siblings, originally grew up in Squamish and moved to Victoria in her

senior year of high school, graduating from Vic High.

Shortly after, she moved to Calgary for work and years later, eventually moved back to Victoria.

She built a life for herself on the Island, even marrying her partner of 11 years, Susanah Knight.

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completion of the above lanes, phase two would include the construction of corridors along Kings Road (Government Street to Fifth Street), Government Street (Pandora Avenue to Bay Street), and Vancouver Street (from Pandora Avenue to Kings Road) for an additional three kilometres of lanes.

Phase three includes connecting communities towards Saanich and Camosun College and phase four will focus on the completion of the priority corridors.

Council is also moving forward with the construction of the city’s first fully-protected bike facility on Pandora Avenue. The 1.2-kilometre two-way protected lane will begin construction in June and be complete at the end of the November.

Some proposed bike lanes still need work, however. Community consultation will continue regarding bike lanes on Oak Bay Avenue, Government Street, and Cook Street Village and James Bay, due to a number of concerns from the public such as loss of parking, impacts on sidewalks, parking and traffic congestion.

Mayor Lisa Helps said while there has been a bit of push back from the community, most of the feedback the city has received has been positive.

“For the next generation, there will be transportations options that haven’t been available to this generation,” said Helps. “Biketoria is about making sure that future generations of Victorians will grow up with transportation alteratives. So that by the time they turn 16, they might not even consider getting their driver’s licence.”

Edward Pullman, executive director of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, said they’re happy to see the project move forward.

“We’re very happy to see (council) moving forward and we’re really looking forward to working with the city to ensure the comple-

tion of phase one of the network by 2018 and identifying improvements to the proposed network and also identifying new sources of funding to build the rest of it, ” he said.

Ray Straatsma, also with the coalition, said phase one is the start of a new era in cycling infrastructure and investments in Victoria.

“Right now, there’s not many bike lanes and there’s lots of traffic, lots of intersections.

So focusing on those routes first is wise.

In the end, the level of design, the quality bike routes that they’re intending to build, we’re quite certain will generate growing ridership, and make people who are riding now and also potential cyclists and visitors more comfortable and feel safer and make it more convenient and fun to be riding a bike in town.”

However, not everyone is excited about the plan.

Members of the Cook Street Village Business Association said one of the bike lanes, which will be running through the Cook Street Village, is going to have a significant impact on businesses.

Bart Reed, a member of the association, called council’s decision “extremely disappointing.”

“One-hundred businesses, that’s 50 businesses, every single one of us have said do not put them through the Cook Street Village. They’re dangerous, you’re removing parking, you’re going to cause pick up and delivery problems with the removal of the middle turn lane, and the congestion is going to get worse,” Reed said, adding he estimated the village will lose 11 of their 50 parking spots.

“Everybody complains about parking as it is and people often tell us that they drive down here, if they can’t see a parking stall, they go away.”

He admitted there is nothing that can be done now, but said the association will be active in the planning of the community plan for the area. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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Rental market “hot and unfriendly” Market especially challenging for pet owners and families Tim Collins Victoria News

An ad from a classified site reads: “I am looking for a rental with (sic) immediate possession as my daughter and I have been staying in a tent for three days now.” It goes on to state the person posting the ad has excellent references and a stable income.

The ad is perhaps an extreme indicator of the desperate Victoria rental market where the vacancy rate has effectively become zero (it's estimated at 0.6 per cent), but according to Kaye Melliship of the Greater Victoria Housing Society (GVHS), the ad's desperate tone is not an aberration in today's market.

“With a zero per cent vacancy rate, it's a hot and unfriendly

market out there right now. Everyone is aware of the situation but there's very little advice I can offer to anyone looking for accommodations. We're doing our best to add more rental units to the market but it's a long process and it's not going to happen overnight,” said Melliship.

The GVHS is a non-profit society dedicated to providing affordable, stable housing in the City of Victoria. It currently owns 16 properties with 765 rental units — all of them occupied.

Other non-profits, like the Pacifica Housing Advisory Association, have also seen the impact of the tight rental market. Pacifica is an organization operating 850 units with another 108 currently under construction, and expected to come available in December.

Dean Fortin, Pacifica's executive director, remains optimistic that solutions to the rental crisis can be found, but acknowledges that

It really is a competition where landlords are asking for bank statements, references, credit checks and even the make and model of your car.

— Julius Gusman his organization has a waiting list of 1,500 individuals looking for affordable housing.

For Julius Gusman and his partner Devie, the search for rental accommodations was a six-week ordeal during which they spent several hours a day scouring rental ads and attending viewings and interviews with prospective landlords.

“It was very frustrating at times,” said Gusman, who moved to Victoria from Courtenay to take advantage of job opportunities as a carpenter. “We would respond to an ad that had been posted 25 minutes earlier only to be told there were already 16 people signed up to view the property.”

He added the

viewing and interview process was often a “cattle call” where up to 30 other prospective tenants were herded through a property and found themselves competing for consideration as tenants.

“It really is a competition where landlords are asking for bank statements, references, credit checks, and even the make and model of your car,” said Gusman. He and his partner had sold their own home to move to Victoria and, as a result, didn't have previous rental references, a situation that disqualified them from consideration in several instances.

Other factors, such as family makeup can have a serious impact in a search for housing.

“I'm a single mom with a six-year-old daughter and the number of times I've been told I won't even be considered with a child is amazing,” said Nichole Makiewicz, whose own search for a rental home is now entering its fourth week. “I answer ads where they ask if I have children and don't even get a response. One guy told me that he wouldn't consider kids under seven in the same way he wouldn't consider dogs or cats.”

Pets or large families also tend to have a chilling effect on qualifying for a rental property, according to Melliship. Both she and Fortin said their organizations exist in an effort to bring affordable housing to Victoria, but both acknowledge that there are no quick fix solutions.

As for Gusman, he and his partner managed to find accommodations in an older property near downtown.

“We found it through word of

After coming to terms with her diagnosis, Nelson and a few friends were chatting, when her friends asked if there was anything special she'd like to do in the her last few months.

Only one thing came to mind for Nelson — she'd never been on a helicopter before.

“I've lived a good life. I'm fulfilled. I have no resentment and I'm happy, I'm not going to let this take me out sad,” said Nelson, who used to deliver newspapers

for Black Press. “It's reality. I just didn't expect it to be this quick.”

A Black Press employee heard about Nelson's diagnosis and wanted to help fulfill her dream of riding in a helicopter. Last Thursday, Nelson got her wish.

She boarded a 12-person Helijet helicopter and flew from Victoria to Vancouver and back.

“What I was thinking was this is what I'm going to see when I go to heaven. The ground leaving and me leaving and how beautiful it is to look at,” Nelson said. “It put my mind at ease for being scared (to

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Knight said it's a ride Nelson will never forget.

“She's a very giving person, very generous. I think in her heart, when she goes, she's going to go much more peacefully now that she's gone up in a helicopter,” she said. “It's the best present ever.”

The last few things Nelson would like to do before she passes away is go whale watching, since she's never seen whales before, and see parts of Canada, such as Niagara Falls. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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Devis Gusman mouth,” said Gusman. “A friend of a friend was moving out of a place and recommended us to his landlord. I met the gentleman before he had even advertised the vacancy and managed to get the place. I think that it might have been the only way we were ever going to get a place to live.” editor@vicnews.com

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What I was thinking was this is what I’m going to see when I go to heaven. The ground leaving and how beautiful it is to look at.

It put my mind at ease for being scared (to die) a little.

—Janice (Jay) Nelson

A Nanaimo man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Shaun Alexander McGregor, who was found dead in his Victoria apartment last year.

On April 9, 2015, Victoria police responded to an apartment in the 1500 block of Begbie Street, where McGregor was found dead.

Last Friday, the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and the Nanaimo RCMP took Colin Lamontagne, 40, into custody. A woman who was also arrested at the time was released without charges.

Lamontagne’s arrest and charges come one year after investigators initially announced McGregory’s death was a homicide.

IIOBC investigating actions, inactions of Victoria police officer The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIOBC), a watchdog for officer-related incidents, is looking into the actions or inactions of a Victoria police officer after an incident in Esquimalt Sunday night.

Police were investigating a domestic disturbance in the 900 block of Carlton Terrace when a man was injured.

The office wouldn’t comment on the injuries the man sustained.

The office’s initial focus is on the connection between the actions of the officer and the man who was injured.

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“That's a big concern that we might see something similar here if the edible products become more available,” Fyfe added.

Island Health also has concerns about the potency of edible pot products. When eating pot products, it could take anywhere from three to four hours to feel the full effects of it, which could cause people to ingest more than

needed.

“When it does hit them, they're going to be extremely intoxicated from it,” Fyfe said.

“When you inhale it and it's a very strong dose, you can tell very quickly and basically inhale less.

You can't do that with ingested products.”

In a separate motion during Thursday's meeting, Helps plans to write to the chief medical officer of Island Health requesting it ensures food safe requirements and medical considerations are met for the sale of edible marijuana products.

But Fyfe said that isn't within Island Health's jurisdiction. The health authority can monitor how the kitchen operates with respect to hygiene and cooking practices, but staff don't have the ability to look at marijuana that might go into some of the

products because there are no standards around non-medical cannabis.

City staff also brought forward other recommendations to regulate medical marijuanarelated businesses.

As part of the regulations, storefront retailers must not be opened between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., no individuals under the age of 19 are allowed, no advertising to promote the use of marijuana to a minor is allowed, and health and safety warning signs must be posted on the premises. Marijuana must not be consumed on the premise as well and the cost to obtain a businesses licence would be between $4,000 to $5,000. It also keeps marijuana businesses 200 metres apart from each other.

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Canstruction fundraiser Buccaneer Days - Schedule of Events stacks to new heights ESQUIMALT’S

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THURSDAY, MAY 12 • 3:00pm - 10:00 pm • MIDWAY FRIDAY, MAY 13 • NOON – 1:30 pm • SENIORS BBQ

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2:30 pm - 11:30 pm • STORMIN’ NORMAN’S PAINT BALL 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm • MIDWAY 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm •On the Buccaneer Stage in Bullen Park Groove to the sounds of - VINTAGE FUNK – FREE SHOW!!!

Canstruction is returning to Victoria and the organizers of the unique fundraising project, the Dahlia Society, are confident this year's competition will once again inspire and amaze while simultaneously raising record donations for the Mustard Seed.

Canstruction is a charity concept responsible for raising more than 40 million pounds of food since its inception in 1992. Originating in New York City, the concept was the brainchild of the Society of Design Administration (SDA) and involved professionals in the design and construction industries who joined with dedicated volunteers to create innovative and colossal structures using canned food as the primary building material (tape and cardboard serve as the nails and cement for the structures).

The project now operates in 155 cities worldwide, and this will be its third year in Victoria.

Last year’s theme was Movie Magic which featured Canstructions such as R2D2 from Star Wars, and scenes from the Wizard of Oz and the Lego Movie.

This year’s theme is blast from the past.

The structures are not only imaginative, they are massive, explained Christopher Mavrikos, the executive director of the Dahlia Society. The final creations can be two-and-a-half metres high

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Members from M’akola Group of Societies have created a structure, as part of the Canstruction fundraiser on at Mayfair Mall. and three metres square at the base, constructed completely of canned goods.

This year, nine teams, including Sysco, Fairway Markets (two teams), Seafirst Insurance, Linott Architecture, St. Michaels University School, Megson Fitzpatrick Insurance, Low Hammond Rowe Architects, and Knappet Projects, will compete for prizes for the best structures. Read Jones Christopherson, Lowe Hammond Rowe, Finlayson Bonet Architecture, and Stellar Architects will provide additional technical support to teams.

“That's one of the rules for the competition,” said Mavrikos.

“Each team has to have a design professional working with them...

to ensure the structural integrity of what can become very large and intricate creations.” He added, to date, none of those creations have ever collapsed.

The competition runs until May 16 at Mayfair Mall where the public is invited to marvel at the creative structures. Through the donation of either $2 or two nonperishable food items, members of the public can also vote for their favourite creations in the people's choice category.

To date, Canstruction Victoria has raised nearly 60,000 cans of food, which combined with cash donations, have a value of more than $163,000, all donated to the Mustard Seed. editor@vicnews.com

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City stance on edible pot products is right Last Thursday, the City of Victoria took a firm stance on edible pot products sold in local medical marijuana dispensaries.

While the city is in the process of introducing new bylaws regarding medical marijuana dispensaries (these include shorter hours of operation and no advertising the use of pot to people under the age of 19), Mayor Lisa Helps was vocal and firm about the fact that it is not the city’s job to regulate edible pot products, in the same way that it’s not the city’s job to regulate what’s in prescription drugs.

“We’re already doing the work of the federal government. I am very loathe to take on the work of the provincial government,” Helps said during the meeting. “It’s clearly not our job . . . It’s not our job to say what’s in brownies that are sold in retail outlets in our city.”

But the city’s stance not to do anything about edible pot products has Island Health concerned about children getting their hands on products such as pot brownies, ingesting them and becoming intoxicated. They’re also concerned with the potency of such products, as there is no way to regulate it.

It’s a tricky topic, as the city is stepping into somewhat new territory as the country waits for the federal government to draft legislation to legalize marijuana by spring 2017 (or so they say).

But for now, mayors, councillors and staff have their plates full with other local time-sensitive issues — the Biketoria project, homelessness, and the Johnson Street Bridge — to name a few.

The city’s stance is a concrete reminder of where the city’s jurisdiction ends and the federal government jurisdictions begins.

While it might not make everyone happy, the line has already been drawn in the sand and it doesn’t intend to, nor should it, change anytime soon.

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Growing trees for climate change researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Disagreements persist on the extent Centre for Modeling and Analysis. of humanity’s role in the current This recovery even overcomes the changes to B.C.’s climate, and our projected increase in forest fire loss ability to influence it, as many readers that comes with gradually increasing have told me in the past week. temperatures and drier periods.

But almost everyone seems to agree The federal government is still that growing more and healthier forests working on its plan to meet greenhouse is a good strategy. I would add that gas reduction targets agreed to harvesting and building with in Paris last year. But the forest wood preserves its captured industry has stepped up with carbon, a fact not much its own goal. discussed in emotional I spoke last week with Derek appeals against logging.

Nighbor, president of the The B.C. government Forest Products Association is finally spending some of Canada, after he announced money on community fuel his industry’s “30 by 30 load removal projects this Climate Change Challenge.” year, after an initial flurry That’s a goal to reduce following the Kelowna fires the industry’s net carbon of 2003 faded in hard times.

Tom Fletcher emissions by 30 megatonnes But the effects of decades B.C. Views a year by 2030. That would be of fire suppression in a fire13 per cent of the Canadian dependent forest system government emission target. remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta One of the main strategies is salvage are showing us again. harvesting and developing more There is some positive news here. A products that use wood.

Victoria-based government research “It’s basically trying to use every part team has published a study that of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged operations right now, this is where forests are regenerating more quickly we see a big part of the opportunity. than expected.

Instead of the residual branches and Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of whatnot just being left aside and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.” are factors.

That something might be a console “By 2020, the enhanced growth due in a luxury car constructed with wood to climate change and increased CO2 fibre, or an 18-storey wood student more than compensates for the carbon residence building planned for the loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead

University of B.C. The other is improving forest growth.

Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Fernwood sculptor creates unique pieces of art Kendra Wong

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“We just asked people to create work which they felt reflect Victoria in our time and place, so rather than being derivative of other

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For Daniel Poisson, a rock isn’t just a rock, but a piece of treasure that can be turned into art.

Even as a child, he found rocks fascinating. He would skip, throw, stack and collect them whenever he could.

Poisson’s father would take him and his siblings to different volcanic regions in the province and areas they knew there would be gold for panning and sluicing.

He would find jade in the rivers, platinum, quartz crystals, jasper, agate and geodes, a round rock that contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals.

“We used to find geodes and cut them ourselves,” Poisson said. “I’ve always loved being outdoors, hiking rivers, climbing hills, playing in the dirt and digging holes.

It’s something that’s never left me.”

As he grew older, he shifted his focus to art. Poisson began his artistic career as a fine art painter, putting on

Vancouver Island marble called Moon on Earth, which is roughly 24 inches wide, and one carved from basalt from the Squamish Valley called Tower of Dreams,

I’ve always loved being outdoors, hiking rivers, climbing hills, playing in the dirt and digging holes.

— Daniel Poisson

Photo contributed

Fernwood’s Daniel Poisson carving “Orcas in the Passage.” Poisson’s work will be on display at the second annual Art Victoria Now exhibit from May 14 to 23. to 3D, so I went to learn the art of stone through stonemasonry and carving,” said Poisson, who has a home studio in Fernwood. “I was ready for a life change and I consciously thought of things I liked as a child . . . and I haven’t looked back.”

His designs come from his own imagination and are

his first exhibit at 18 years old, and painting hundreds of works over a 15-year-period.

More recently, Poisson has returned to his childhood hobby and has traded his paint brush for a hammer and chisel as a stonemason and sculptor.

“I wanted to get out of the two-dimensional realm and branch out

often mandala-style designs carved into flat pieces of stone, such as marble and basalt, where he starts at a central point and works his way out.

Poisson and dozens of other Greater Victoria artists’ work will be on display as part of the second annual Arts Victoria Now exhibit from May 14 to 23.

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“He uses a very unique media and detailed carvings.

I think people appreciated the technical skill he used in creating those carvings,” Eisenbraun said of Poisson’s work.

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Then Nicole noticed the old doorknocker.

“I thought awe, I remember that doorknocker,” Nicole said.

“It was very emotional, it was just knowing that everyday we would walk in there, Grandpa always had his tea ready for us.”

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At first, Elaine declined. “(Nicole) said ‘Mum, what about the doorknocker?’” Elaine said. “I said ‘that would be perfect.’ We had kind of a little personal tune, that we’d always use when we knocked on that door.”

Nicole tried to remove the doorknocker herself, but failed.

She noticed the real estate sign on the front lawn with Ray Murray’s name and number on it. She phoned the local real estate agent from the front steps and told him her story. Murray was captivated by it, and immediately agreed to make sure they could keep the door knocker. He went to the property himself and got it, giving it to Elaine, Nicole, and Nicole’s children.

Since neither Elaine nor Nicole currently own homes, the doorknocker will be given to Elaine’s son Andrew, who lives in Barrie, Ontario.

“Knowing my brother I’m pretty sure he’ll have something engraved in it that’ll be in memory of them (their grandparents),” Nicole said.

“Every time we left we always went out that same front door. They were always standing there together, waving us off. Grandpa would always have chocolate bars in his pockets, and he’d say to my brother and I, ‘pick a pocket,’ and we’d get a chocolate bar.”

Now that it’s been recovered, the doorknocker will move amongst the family’s homes.

The knocker might stay the same from generation to generation, but each knock will have its own personal tune. intern@vicnews.com

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When Nicole Smith was driving past her grandmother’s old house in Esquimalt, she decided that her and her five-year-old daughter should stop to wander around the house her grandparents lived in for 50 years.

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Then Nicole noticed the old doorknocker.

“I thought awe, I remember that doorknocker,” Nicole said.

“It was very emotional, it was just knowing that everyday we would walk in there, Grandpa always had his tea ready for us.”

The doorknocker was a gift Nicole’s mother, Elaine, gave to her parents 25 to 30 years ago. Until last month, it sat in its place on the front door. Elaine grew up in the house with her two siblings, and her raised her first son, Andrew, there.

She hoped to buy the New Restaurant in COOK ST. VILLAGE

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She hasn’t been by her old home in the five years since her mother moved to Oak Bay. Nicole asked her if she wanted anything.

At first, Elaine declined. “(Nicole) said ‘Mum, what about the doorknocker?’” Elaine said. “I said ‘that would be perfect.’ We had kind of a little personal tune, that we’d always use when we knocked on that door.”

Nicole tried to remove the doorknocker herself, but failed.

She noticed the real estate sign on the front lawn with Ray Murray’s name and number on it. She phoned the local real estate agent from the front steps and told him her story. Murray was captivated by it, and immediately agreed to make sure they could keep the door knocker. He went to the property himself and got it, giving it to Elaine, Nicole, and Nicole’s children.

Since neither Elaine nor Nicole currently own homes, the doorknocker will be given to Elaine’s son Andrew, who lives in Barrie, Ontario.

“Knowing my brother I’m pretty sure he’ll have something engraved in it that’ll be in memory of them (their grandparents),” Nicole said.

“Every time we left we always went out that same front door. They were always standing there together, waving us off. Grandpa would always have chocolate bars in his pockets, and he’d say to my brother and I, ‘pick a pocket,’ and we’d get a chocolate bar.”

Now that it’s been recovered, the doorknocker will move amongst the family’s homes.

The knocker might stay the same from generation to generation, but each knock will have its own personal tune. intern@vicnews.com

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Last week, council approved the first of the four-phase multimillion dollar Biketoria project that will include three priority bike lanes downtown along Wharf and Humboldt Streets (Pandora Avenue to Cook Street), Cook Street (Pandora Avenue to Pakington Street), and Fort Street (Wharf to Cook Street).

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Reed said all 50 businesses, and more than 2,500 Cook Street Village residents have signed a petition to put the bike lanes on Vancouver Street instead of running directly through the village. The petition was for putting the bike lanes on Vancouver Street, not eliminating them. This is very important.

“Emotions and misinformation led people to believe that we are against bikes”, said Reed. “Not true. We’d be

poor business people, indeed, if we rejected market segments off-hand.

We, ourselves, are cyclists.”

“The North Park Village (further up on Cook Street), has exactly, to a tee, every single issue that we have and nothing different. They have their five lanes, the middle turn lane. The staff recommendation was to go around the North Park Village and that's the plan. We're exactly the same, yet we have two different recommendations,” Reed said. “Vancouver is a single, straight shot the entire length.”

Whether you plan to bike, walk or drive to the Cook Street Village, or the North Park Village, Cook Street is a great place to visit. With all the great restaurants, coffee shops, groceries stores, hair salons, clothing stores, hardware store and more… there is something for everyone. Come, shop and enjoy!

Tracy Merkley, Denturist

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For the Love of Africa has grown to more than 50 members Tim Collins Victoria News

For one Victoria volunteer, a trip to Africa as part of a local aid organization’s efforts has been a life altering experience.

“You have no idea of how deeply it will affect your heart (until you go),” said Laurie Mueller. “When I was done and leaving there, I felt as though I left a little bit of myself back there, and I know I want to go back. I hope that I can.”

Mueller’s saga began with a chance meeting with Ruth and Erich Schultz on the ferry from Vancouver to Victoria.

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Laurie Mueller is shown outside the technical institute she and her group helped build in Nala, Tanzania.

“We started chatting about the work they were doing in Africa and by the time the ferry arrived and I was heading to my car, I knew I had to go to there (Africa) to help,” said Mueller.

The organization the Schultz’s introduced

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Based in Victoria, it was founded in 2004 after a group of 14 local volunteers travelled to Dodoma, Tanzania where they helped in the construction of the Kizota Student Centre.

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School will help alleviate some poverty Continued from Page A10

Recently, Mueller was able to fulfill her desire to lend her support to the organization when she and a group of 11 Victorians travelled to Nala, Tanzania, where they spent a month aiding in the construction of the Dodama Technical Institute, a school now teaching marketable trade skills to area residents. It’s a $180,000 project which, without the assistance of the aid group, would simply be out of reach to area residents.

“You have no idea how poor these people are,” said Ruth. “I asked one young person who was helping with the project what his most

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The school that Mueller helped construct will help alleviate at least some of that poverty. It’s set to teach masonry and tailoring right now and other trades are going to be added as things progress.

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has taught him about humility, acceptance generosity and kindness. He finishes

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Her overwhelming kindness didn’t prevent Hayami from doling out discipline when required. “We used to try and throw pee wee footballs around the class when her back was turned and I had to wait until the end of the year before I got mine back a couple of times,” he recalled with a chuckle.

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“It was a pivotal time in my life, and I will never forget how much she helped me,” Jensen said. “I wanted to impress her with what I learned and she really motivated me. Her endearing qualities were her kindness and how she nurtured self confidence, instilled a love of learning, self esteem and a love for others.”

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A local wrestler will represent Canada at the up-coming USA Cadet Pan-American Championships.

Erin Geddie will compete at the Cadet level because of her age, but her next step will be the senior level competition which serve as an Olympic qualifying event in the sport of wrestling.

Geddie, who lives in Esquimalt, has shown extraordinary dedication to her sport, even going so far as making a daily trek to Campbell River so she could attend a high school with a more developed wrestling program.

She’s been wrestling for six years, after initially joining the Esquimalt High School wrestling team in Grade 8.

Since then she has honed her skills to the point where she is considered a rising star in the wrestling community. Her personal goal is to represent Canada in the Olympic Games.

In April, Geddie competed in the Cadet/Juvenile Canadian Wrestling Championship in Calgary where she captured silver in free-style wrestling, despite competing with a sprained ankle.

The victory earned her a spot on the Cadet National Team, locking in her participation in the Pan American Games in Lima Peru, from July 1 to 3, and the Ontario Cup in Guelph, Ontario on July 10.

In preparation for those competitions, Geddie recently participated in the

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Las Vegas open championships, where she captured a gold medal. With that competition behind her, she’ll now

attention of several universities who have approached her with scholarship opportunities.

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achieving that dream is the lack of funding for her participation in the sport.

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top of my game,” said Geddie.

To cover the costs the training, Geddie established an internet crowdfunding site where she has posted a goal of $7,000. To date, she has had about $2,400 donated by friends, family and supporters of her efforts to represent Canada in wrestling.

“Wrestling isn’t a sport traditionally associated with girls, but I love it and I’m proud to be able to represent my country in these competitions,” said Geddie. “It’s opening the door for some amazing opportunities for me, and even though it’s a lot of work, I’m just so thrilled to be out there, doing my best.”

To contribute to Geddie’s cause, visit gofundme.com/ eringeddie. editor@vicnews.com

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those offers right now and trying to decide what my best move will be. I need a school with a great program, because in the long run, I want to represent Canada in the Olympic Games... it’s my dream,” said Geddie.

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Royals pick up WHL awards Three members of the Victoria Royals have picked up WHL awards.

Head coach Dave Lowry has won the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy after he was chosen as the league’s coach of the year for the second time in the last three seasons.

Lowry is only the 11th coach in WHL history to have won the award two or more times.

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10

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Furlani

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Per

FREE

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99

6.59 per kg

Take & Bake at Home!

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2

Pork Side Ribs

PLUS A

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4

99

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Canadian AAA

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Boneless Cross Rib Roast

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Canadian

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15.41 per kg

11.00 per kg

4

4

99 LB

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Heinz

Yellow Mustard 375ml

Tomato Ketchup 1lt

Gluten Free Pasta 340gr

5

2$

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269-340gr

300-455gr

Steamfresh Vegetables

6

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LB

Per

LB

FREE Offer in effect May 9-15, 2016

Quick Meals Made Easy

Catelli

for

4

99

99

Per

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Fresh Gourmet

Premium Croutons 128-142gr

Hungry-Man Dinner

5

3$ for

Renee's Gourmet

No Yolks

Egg White Pasta

5

Catelli

VH

Texana

Healthy Choice

283-298gr

2kg

276-306gr

Steamers

Smart Pasta 340-375gr

5

2$ for

99

2$

2$ for

3

5

340gr

Gourmet Steamers

Rice

299

499

299

Dressing & Dip 350-355ml

7

2$ for

Emma

Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1lt

599

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Meat Sunrise Farms

Chicken Wings

Locally Raised BC Poultry

Sunrise Farms

1kg Pack

Bone In Chicken Thighs

Locally Raised BC Poultry

Grain Fed Free Run

7.69 per kg

Grain Fed Free Run

3

49

10

$ Janes

Jane's

800gr

580-615gr

Pubstyle Chicken

Harvest

Olypmic

Breaded Fish

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Naturally Smoked Wieners

Pork or Dinner Sausages

450gr

7.69 per kg

7

9

99

3

99

30

4

49

99

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Golden Dragon

Chinese Style Soy Sauce

400gr

455ml

Sapporo Ichiban

Taipan

99¢

Japanese Style Noodles

Water Chestnuts or Bamboo Shoots

100gr

for

Hengstenberg

Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Sauce or Light Soy Sauce

89

5 Taipan

Golden Dragon

Authentic Chinese Noodles

Sauce

Selected, 455ml

5

3$ for

89

¢

4$ for

5

3$

227ml

Golden Dragon

455ml

Hengstenberg

Sauerkraut or Cabbage

397gr

4

2$ for

¢

Taipan

Taipan

398ml

350ml

5

4$ for

200ml

5

3$ for

Bechtle

Sauce

Whole Young Corn

Original German Mustard

Egg Pasta

350-500gr

4

2$ for

2

99

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Black Diamond

Process Cheese Product

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170-227gr

Ritz Crackers

640gr-1kg

3

3

99

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4

99

5

99

225gr

4

99

LICABL PP

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99

Quaker

100% Juice

Dipps or Chewy Granola Bars

10x200ml

2.63lt

796ml

900gr

4

3

99

Minute Maid or Five alive

100% Pure & Natural Orange Juice

Tomatoes

Pasta

Thick & Zesty Pasta Sauce

3

99

3

Primo

519-888gr

555-630gr

99

Primo

Primo

3x375ml

Delissio

Pizzeria Vintage or Rising Crust Pizza

Thin Crispy Crust Pizza

Cashews

100's

LICABL PP

Delissio

Planters

Freeze Pops

PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES

Heinz

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PLUS A

Sparklers Real Fruit Beverage or Juice

12x340-355ml

99

Dill Pickle Spears

Mr. Freeze or Crush

Dole

Iced Tea Mix

2

99

LICABL PP

PLUS A

SAVE 5

Nestea

Christie

Vlasic

455ml

for

$

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4 BBQ Sauce

8

2$

350gr

99

Kraft

Coke or Canada Dry

20x355ml

EES EF

2

336gr

340gr

Pepsi, 7-up or Mountain Dew 2lt

Potato Chips 425gr

99

Cheese Strings

Shredded Cheese

2 FREE

Hi I'm Skinny Sticks or G.H. Cretors Popped Corn

Lay’s Party Size

Black Diamond

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Prices in effect May 09 - May 15, 2016

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450gr

400-450gr

99

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Quality Foods an Island Original Black Diamond

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Selected, 130-196gr

Chili

425gr

Hidden Valley

473ml

3

2

99

99

Chocolate Bar 90-100gr

for

Quaker

Quaker

10

99

¢

5

3$ for

for

5 99¢

Stax Potato Chips

5

Christie

3

Chapman’s

66-75gr

Chapman’s

Slice Cream Ice Cream

Sorbet or Gelato 1.5-2lt

for

5

for

5

5

5

3$ for

5

2$

99

for

SCOOP UP THE FUN!

250ml

3$

Sandwich Cookies or S'mores

2

99

LICABL PP

1.5lt

4$

for

287-303gr

Smucker's

155-163gr

4$

2

180-246gr

12x355ml

4

2$

99

Bites

Toppings

Mr. Christie's Ice Cream Cuplets or Cones

LICABL PP

Nestle

Dasani

Sparkling Water

3$

100gr

4$ for

Mediterranean Sea Salts

1kg

Christie

Lay's

Crispy Minis Rice Chips

127-199gr

5$

398ml

San Remo

4

THE VERY BEST DAYS ARE SUNDAES!

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5

EES EF

5

Cadbury

San Remo

Artichoke Hearts

398ml

398ml

for

Carefully crafted, 710ml

2$ for

2

Organic Beans

Ripe Olives

Dressing & Sandwich Spread

5

San Remo

San Remo

Hellman's

The Original Ranch Dressing & Dip

for

99

LICABL PP

PLUS A

4

4$

99

PLUS A

Stagg

2

4$

99

EES EF

for

99

EES EF

4

2$

PLUS A

680ml

Chapman’s

Original Ice Cream Gluten Free

Chapman's

Lolly

Assorted Sizes

2lt

3

99

3

99

3

99

3

99

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Process Cheese Product

Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese

170-227gr

Ritz Crackers

640gr-1kg

3

3

99

PLUS A

4

99

5

99

225gr

4

99

LICABL PP

Picnic Pack

Simply Orange

99

Quaker

100% Juice

Dipps or Chewy Granola Bars

10x200ml

2.63lt

796ml

900gr

4

3

99

Minute Maid or Five alive

100% Pure & Natural Orange Juice

Tomatoes

Pasta

Thick & Zesty Pasta Sauce

3

99

3

Primo

519-888gr

555-630gr

99

Primo

Primo

3x375ml

Delissio

Pizzeria Vintage or Rising Crust Pizza

Thin Crispy Crust Pizza

Cashews

100's

LICABL PP

Delissio

Planters

Freeze Pops

PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES

Heinz

946ml

PLUS A

Sparklers Real Fruit Beverage or Juice

12x340-355ml

99

Dill Pickle Spears

Mr. Freeze or Crush

Dole

Iced Tea Mix

2

99

LICABL PP

PLUS A

SAVE 5

Nestea

Christie

Vlasic

455ml

for

$

EES EF

4 BBQ Sauce

8

2$

350gr

99

Kraft

Coke or Canada Dry

20x355ml

EES EF

2

336gr

340gr

Pepsi, 7-up or Mountain Dew 2lt

Potato Chips 425gr

99

Cheese Strings

Shredded Cheese

2 FREE

Hi I'm Skinny Sticks or G.H. Cretors Popped Corn

Lay’s Party Size

Black Diamond

Black Diamond

Receive

Prices in effect May 09 - May 15, 2016

EES EF

5

450gr

400-450gr

99

www.vicnews.com • B5

VICTORIA NEWS - Wednesday, May 11, 2016

BETTER TOGETHER - $13 value for $8

Quality Foods an Island Original Black Diamond

NEWS

Selected, 130-196gr

Chili

425gr

Hidden Valley

473ml

3

2

99

99

Chocolate Bar 90-100gr

for

Quaker

Quaker

10

99

¢

5

3$ for

for

5 99¢

Stax Potato Chips

5

Christie

3

Chapman’s

66-75gr

Chapman’s

Slice Cream Ice Cream

Sorbet or Gelato 1.5-2lt

for

5

for

5

5

5

3$ for

5

2$

99

for

SCOOP UP THE FUN!

250ml

3$

Sandwich Cookies or S'mores

2

99

LICABL PP

1.5lt

4$

for

287-303gr

Smucker's

155-163gr

4$

2

180-246gr

12x355ml

4

2$

99

Bites

Toppings

Mr. Christie's Ice Cream Cuplets or Cones

LICABL PP

Nestle

Dasani

Sparkling Water

3$

100gr

4$ for

Mediterranean Sea Salts

1kg

Christie

Lay's

Crispy Minis Rice Chips

127-199gr

5$

398ml

San Remo

4

THE VERY BEST DAYS ARE SUNDAES!

NOTHING STAX UP TO THESE DEALS Crispy Minis Rice Cakes

5

EES EF

5

Cadbury

San Remo

Artichoke Hearts

398ml

398ml

for

Carefully crafted, 710ml

2$ for

2

Organic Beans

Ripe Olives

Dressing & Sandwich Spread

5

San Remo

San Remo

Hellman's

The Original Ranch Dressing & Dip

for

99

LICABL PP

PLUS A

4

4$

99

PLUS A

Stagg

2

4$

99

EES EF

for

99

EES EF

4

2$

PLUS A

680ml

Chapman’s

Original Ice Cream Gluten Free

Chapman's

Lolly

Assorted Sizes

2lt

3

99

3

99

3

99

3

99

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Deli & Cheese Honey Ham

1

69

1

Roast or Smoked Turkey Breast

1

69

Per

100 gr

Sushi

Lilydale

Natural Pastures

Kentucky Chicken Breast

12 Piece California Rolls

1

4

Almond Chicken Chop Suey

10

99

Available at select stores only.

Deli Salad

1

99

95

Medium

Sweet & Sour Chicken Balls

Available at select stores only.

5

99

• Greek • Traditional Potato • Sweet Bean

per 100gr

2 Piece Crispy Chicken Snack Pac

Large

Chow Mein

Per

100 gr

Medium

Creamy Havarti Cheese

7

100 gr

Medium

8 Piece Happy Tuna Rolls or 16 Piece Maki Platter

100 gr

99

Per

99

Per

Canadian

Brie or Camembert Cheese

99

99

7

Sunrise

Vienna

Roast Beef or New York Style Corned Beef

Continental

NEWS

750 995

$

7

Seafood • Quality Foods

2

99

3

99

¢

Per

Per

100 gr

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Raw Red Argentine Prawns 21/25 size

Tequila Lime Candied Salmon Nuggets

Smarties

49 100 gr

Quality Fresh

Quality Fresh

Deluxe Roasted & Salted with 45% Cashews, 175gr

500gr

3

99

Per

100 gr

Organically Yours

Family Favourites Cranberry Cocktail Mix

Family Favourites Mixed Nuts

2

99

Per

100 gr

Nestle

1

New Zealand Blue Cod Fillets

Halibut Steaks

100 gr

99

Per

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Fresh

Organic Walnuts 150gr

4

99

5

99

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VICTORIA NEWS - Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Mini Apple or Cherry Strudels

Bakery

Cheese Buns

Raisin or Chelsea Bread

3

3

49

69

6 pack

for

6 pack

Coffee Cake

Cake Donuts

3

Dempster’s

Bagels 6’s

4

49

99

8 pack

Cake

for

Dempster’s

Signature Bread

• Chocolate • Vanilla

4

600-680gr

9

99

49 6 pack

6

2$

Cream Filled Strudel

Two Layer

Muffins

4

2$

3

2$ for

6

2$ for

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Go Pure

Ty Phoo

Earth's Own

Granola Bars 175gr

3 Snowcrest

3 450-500gr

99

400-454gr

499

Scotties

White Swan

Nature Inspired Collection 3 Ply, 65's

100's

Supreme White Tissue

3

World Harvest Coffee

600gr

5

99

Melitta

Cereal

99

Selected, 453-907gr

2

99

Jordans

Premium Organic Frozen Fruit

Gluten Free Products

80's

1.89lt

99

Bob's Red Mill

Orange Pekoe Tea

Almond Fresh Beverage

599

Household

Cashmere

Spongetowels

Ultra Luxe Bathroom Tissue

Napkins

Paper Towels 6’s

12's

99

¢

5

3$ for

4

99

5

99

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NEWS

NEW APPY SPECIAL!

Drop in between 4:00 & 6:00 PM for a fresh

Peeaches & Cream P C C Corn?

Yes Please!

IT'S A BERRY BONANZA!

7

2$

YOUR CHOICE!

for

Vancouver Island "Hot House"

California Fresh

Peaches & Cream Corn

Long English Cucumber

3

2$ for

California/Mexican Grown

Blackberries 6oz clamshell

for

California Grown

Blueberries

for

6oz clamshell

5

for

1

1

49

49

4" Flowering Standard Gardenia

LB

LB

Jazz Apples

1

3.28 per kg

Per

Per

Washington Grown US Extra Fancy

Green Bell Peppers

3.28 per kg

6oz clamshell

69

3.72 per kg

California Grown

Caribbean Papaya

Raspberries

1

Beefsteak Tomatoes

2$

Mexican Grown

California/Mexican Grown

4

Fresh Celery

2$

Mexican Grown

B.C. Grown "Hot House"

California Grown

Cello Spinach 283gr

5

5$

4.39 per kg

99

Per

LB

Per

LB

Natural Organics

4” Vegstarter Selected

9

99

2$ for

4

California Grown

Organic Baby Cut Carrots 1lb bag

5

2$ for

California/Arizona Grown

Organic Broccolettes

7

2$ for

California Grown

Organic Cello Cauliflower

7 DAYS OF SAVINGS May 09 - May 15, 2016 MON.

TUES.

WED.

THUR.

FRI.

SAT.

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12

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WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES

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