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he leaves are falling and the days are getting shorter, but there’s no shortage of fall fun to be had! From insightful art shows and creative studio tours to Halloween festivities for all ages, here’s a look at some of the things to see and do in Oak Bay this season.

The Gage Gallery Arts Collective is presenting Margo Cooper Brain Dance Going off the Ploughed Track from now until October 6. A series of 15 abstract, figurative paintings illustrate a five-month timeline of recovery as the artist processed the emotional effects of surviving life-threatening mental illness. For those interested in learning more about her journey, there will be a question and answer session with Cooper on Sunday, September 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Pumpkin carving is a fall tradition but Oak Bay takes it to the next level with its impressive Pumpkin Art event that attracts people from all over Greater Victoria. Hundreds of intricately carved pumpkins will be on display behind Municipal Hall again this year. They feature the likes of local personalities (including Tweed editor Tess van Straaten), cartoon characters, pop culture icons, the royal family, celebrities, and much more. Admission is by donation with the proceeds benefiting Oak Bay Kiwanis.

Pumpkin Art is open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the week leading up to Halloween and from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on October 31.

Little ghosts and goblins are once again invited to Oak Bay Avenue on October 31 to Trick or Treat on the Avenue. The popular Halloween event, put on by the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association, will take place from Foul Bay Road to Monterey Avenue between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Participating merchants will have a pumpkin poster in their window and some stores have been known to have treats for dressed up doggies.

After the event, the Municipality of Oak Bay hosts a huge Halloween bonfire at nearby Fireman’s Park with hot dogs, hot chocolate and a costume contest. There’s no fee to attend and everyone is welcome.

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EDITOR'S LETTER

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here’s something about fall that makes me want to embrace change. Perhaps it’s because at this time of year, change is all around us. The kids are back in school in new classrooms with new teachers, the colours are changing — from the greyblue of the eerie late afternoon sky to the autumn-hued leaves on the trees — and for many of us, fall means adjusting to new schedules and routines or perhaps trying something new.

As much as spring is a time for rebirth, fall is a time for reinvention. It’s a time to sign up for a new course or lesson, try a new sport, or forge a new path. For some of us, a small change can make all the difference and for others, the changes can be big and life-changing. Either way, fall is a season filled with possibilities.

This fall, with municipal elections, change is in the air more than ever. It

takes a lot of courage to run for office, to share your passion and ideas, and to try to make this community an even better place to live. In this issue of Tweed, we sit down with Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA and Green Party leader Andrew Weaver (Tea with Tess) to see why he left a successful career as a world-renowned climate scientist to become a provincial politician.

In our feature story (Spicing Things Up), we profile an Oak Bay couple who also reinvented themselves, taking a leap of faith to launch Hee-Haw Horseradish.

Our fabulous home this issue (Mid-Century Magnificent) also underwent a daring transformation, and even our travel story (Travelling Back in Time), explores fascinating family stories waiting to be rediscovered beyond the next horizon. Are noticing a theme here? With this issue, we also welcome Nick Warrington as the

new publisher of the Oak Bay News and Tweed Magazine. Nick is an Oak Bay resident, Oak Bay High graduate, and an active and engaged member of our wonderful community.

As the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, embrace change and all this fantastic fall has to offer.

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Established and emerging artists welcome visitors into their homes and studios, showcasing their paintings, woodcuts, photography, and glass and pottery creations. The twoday special event, which is free to the public, takes place November 3 and 4 from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Mid-century Magnificient The radical reinvention of an Oak Bay family home

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hen Koji and Emma Zolbrod viewed a home for rent on Clive Drive in the heart of Oak Bay, they knew pretty quickly it was meant to be more than just a temporary abode for their family of four.

“I remember standing in the backyard and just looking up at the house and thinking, ‘this is it,’” says Emma, who’d been turned on to the house by her mother, who at the time was looking for a rental for herself.

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an offer to the owner of the home, Emma and Koji waited three days for a response.

“I guess what it came down to was that we were the first ones to put a number on it,” laughs Emma. The owner of the home — who still attends their annual Christmas party — had been toying with the idea of downsizing and figured it was as good a time as any.

And with that, they became the new owners.

The mid-century modern home was built in 1948 by renowned Victoria architect Dexter Stockdill of Birley, Wade and Stockdill for himself and his family. Over the years, it had been minimally altered, but well-maintained, and Emma and Koji had a hankering to put their own touches on it.

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Now for the challenge: to keep the look and feel of the mid-century modern design while updating it into a more useable and family-friendly space.

“When we moved in, the ground floor was very dark,” Koji explains. “You walked down into the lower level and it just felt like a gloomy basement,” adds Emma.

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the second story, creating glass railings, and opening it up so there’s floor-to-ceiling light from the first to second story.

“At first, we did think it was a bit of an extreme suggestion and we were definitely worried about cost because that was a main priority,” Koji says.

But the idea grew on them and with the removal of only seven joists, the whole interior of the house was transformed — and at a fairly low cost to the homeowners.

For Terence, the eureka moment for the floor removal came while he was standing in the back garden, looking at the very same view that sold Emma on the home in the first place.

“I just remember standing there thinking, how can we capture the view of this beautiful backyard in the home and it just came to me,” he says.

A look at the original drawings shows the bottom level designated as a family room but Terrence says it had never really been used as such.

“One small structural move and all of a sudden, we could connect the downstairs family room, the second floor living room, the kitchen and dining area, and the garden,” Terrence says. “It really was like gaining 1,000 square feet of usable space because you now had a family room that could actually be enjoyed.”

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For Koji and Emma, being as green as possible in the renovation and re-using as many of the original components of the home was an important factor, Koji did a lot of the demolition and grunt work himself and they even went as far as recycling old, unsalvageable glass from the house to be used their countertops.

“We also re-used a lot of the original plywood from around the house, we connected the bomb shelter to the house through a mudroom and turned it into a bike storage area, and we just made sure to make as many ‘green’ choices as we could during the reno,” Koji explains.

Even much of the art in the home is re-purposed. The walls in the entryway and down the stairwell are lined with original route markers from the bus and trolley system in San Francisco, where they both once lived. They are beautifully displayed in Plexiglas along with a few of Koji’s own snaps of some of their favourite places, including Paris, where they also lived for a while before coming back to Victoria.

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which emphasizes the mid-century modern feel of the home.

Most notably, the first and second stories are dominated by an incredibly unique feature — a climbing wall created and installed by Crag X. “The climbing wall was really something we wanted to

do for the kids and it makes for a pretty amazing focal point in the room,” laughs Emma. The idea is that one day, when they no longer need the climbing wall, it will be turned into a living wall with greenery spanning the two stories.

Overall, for Terence, the project was a perfect reason for him to take a brief hiatus from retirement.

“For me to go and look at Dexter’s house and see what he’d done in 1948, and to be able to take that and bring it up to date for this young family, it was very special,” he says, adding that the best part was that Emma, Koji and the kids were very eager and willing to try new things.

“They were open and receptive to ideas and their enthusiasm was invigorating for me,” he says.

The family now sees the home as something that will grow with them.

“We use every inch of this house, and it’s been home to different families for more than 70 years,” Koji says. “What we’ve done to bring it into the present will hopefully serve for another 70 years and that’s something we’re really happy about.”

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Tell us about your career before politics?

I worked for three decades as a climate scientist and professor, mostly at the University of Victoria where I ran my own research lab. I have a B.Sc in mathematics and physics from UVic, a Masters of Advanced Studies in Mathematics with from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UBC. I worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Mathematics at the University of New South Wales in Australia, as well as at the Joint InCLAIM TO FAME IN OAK BAY: stitute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean at the MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head University of Washington in Seattle and I was an assistant & B.C. Green Party Leader professor at McGill prior to moving back to Victoria.

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What made you decide to go into politics?

I decided to run in 2013 after being asked three times by Jane Sterk, who was the B.C. Green Party leader at the time.

I’d been teaching students at UVic on climate change and often heard that they were frustrated with the stunning lack of action from elected officials on this most important issue.

I told them that if they didn’t like their leaders, they should find someone they believed in to run and if they couldn’t, they should run themselves. After being a part of Premier Gordon Campbell’s Climate Action Team in 2007, which made B.C. a world leader in climate action, and then seeing it dismantled under Premier Christy Clark, I realized I had to take my own advice. We ran an incredible grassroots, volunteer-powered campaign and I became the first B.C. Green MLA elected to the B.C. legislature and the first elected Green to a provincial government anywhere in Canada.

What are your hobbies?

I like sports, paintball, gardening and Pokemon Go.

What brings you joy?

Where you were born and who is your family?

My dad, John, is from the U.K. and my mom, Ludmilla, is from the Ukraine. I was born in Victoria and I graduated from Oak Bay High School in 1979. My wife was also born and raised in Victoria and we raised our two children in Gordon Head.

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ay goodbye to blacks and greys and liven up your autumn wardrobe with colour blocks in a richer and bolder palette. High on the windswept meadow of Anderson Hill, Chelsea Pettinger, instructor and program coordinator of the Victoria SPINCO studio, shows off the season’s best colours in high style.

Having grown up in Victoria, Chelsea feels lucky to be finally back home and putting down roots in Oak Bay after living in cities around the world for many years following her husband, Matt Pettinger’s, professional hockey career.

“Now, I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Chelsea says. “Our neighbourhood is filled with so many young families and good friends. I love that the ocean is just a few blocks away and that my kids go to school just down the street. Sometimes I want to pinch myself — I feel very lucky to live in one of the most beautiful neighbourhoods!”

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When it comes to style, Chelsea walks the line between comfort and elegance.

“I find myself wearing workout clothes all the time but after spending five years living in Europe, I definitely have a new appreciation for fashion,” she says.

“I guess if I had to describe my style, I would say it’s a casual and natural look. Good style to me is being confident in anything you put on. I enjoy a nice bag or pair of shoes of course, but mostly if I feel good in my clothes, it doesn’t matter to me what brand I’m wearing.”

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t was February of 2014 when Hee-Haw Horseradish founders Graham and Pam Bavington held a dinner party featuring the first incarnation of their crowdpleasing condiment.

“I remember coming downstairs and Graham was in the kitchen, and he doesn’t really cook, so I said to him, ‘what are you doing?’” explains Pam, sitting on the sunny deck of their Oak Bay home. “He just looked at me and said he was making horseradish and I just walked away.”

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ham was already thinking of ways to take his horseradish production to a commercial level.

“I thought he was nuts,” admits Pam, laughing. “But it was seriously good horseradish, and it was something we had never been able to find in a grocery store — that was our big motivator.”

After the couple experimented with a few batches and perfected the recipe, Graham took it Root Cellar and asked if they’d be interested in stocking the product.

“They said yes, and that was really the beginning of the whole adventure,” Graham says.

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“Horseradish is a brutal thing to work with,” explains Pam. “You have to wear gas masks, otherwise you spend the whole time crying. It always amazes me looking back on our days spent in the kitchen with the few hired staff we had to help prep — that was a ton of work but we always did it and we managed to keep our suppliers stocked,” she says, smiling.

The key to Aside from getting themselves into Root Cellar, Thrifty Foods, a good, hot Save-On-Foods and Whole Foods, horseradish they were also working hard on the local market circuit with help is growing it from their kids, 15-year-old Sarah somewhere and 11-year-old Matt. that has a true “That’s probably one of our favourite ways to sell the product freezing cycle. because you get direct feedback right then and there,” Pam says.

“It’s incredibly satisfying to connect with our customers directly.”

Hee-Haw is made with fresh horseradish, which the couple imports from Illinois.

“The key to a good, hot horseradish is growing it somewhere that has a true freezing cycle,” Pam explains.

“The freezing cycle encourages the heat, and the horseradish should be in the ground for a good couple of years to be really hot.”

But what makes the product a game-changer is the fact they hand-peel all the horseradish they use.

“A lot of big companies just throw the whole root in and don’t peel it, but that makes it so much more bitter,” says Graham, adding that although tedious, hand-peeling gets the best flavor results.

After making the decision to try and grow the brand, the family decided to pitch Hee-Haw to CBC’s Dragons’ Den. They were asked to present on the show, and four out of five Dragons gave them offers.

“We went with Manjit Minhas because she is well-versed in the food and beverage industry but it just never came to fruition,” explains Graham. “What an incredible experience, though. Meeting the Dragons was great, and the producers were absolutely amazing. It was a blast.”

Despite early successes, the entrepreneurial couple faced a tough year in 2017 with issues around jar sizes and SKU errors, and they say at times, they almost felt like giving up.

“We just felt like we were facing roadblock after roadblock last year and it got tough,” admits Graham. “It’s still just the two of us managing this company, while working and raising two kids. It’s a lot. But we are both still invested in this to make it work and we are always learning and being inspired by it.”

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But growing their business and chasing their dream also comes some growing pains.

“It’s easy to stay small and sell in the farmer’s markets and local grocery stores,” Graham says. “What we’ve found is that middle ground, where we want to be right now, is very tough to find. You seem to either have to stay small or go huge, and we’re kind of stuck in the middle.”

Despite that challenge, Pam says they’re lucky to not be selling in a particularly saturated market.

“There isn’t much competition when it comes to horseradish and I think, ultimately, it’s because it’s not a very nice thing to work with,” she laughs.

The product line currently has three varieties — Dam Hot, Double Hot, and Redonkeylously Hot, which are available across B.C. in grocery stores and online from the Hee-Haw website.

As for how they see the company growing in the future?

“I just want to reach that goal of getting our product into the U.S. and the rest of Canada,” says Graham. “Beyond that, I don’t even know. With something like this, when you started in such a small way, it’s crazy to think it’s already been as successful as it has. We’re very lucky.”

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egendary basketball star Wilt Chamberlain was no stranger to the quiet shores of Oak Bay. The towering seven-foot-one centre loved the tranquil atmosphere of the area and he was often here searching for business opportunities and making short excursions to visit friends in the area.

Three Oak Bay residents were fortunate to have more than just a passing glimpse of the larger-than-life superstar. My friend, the popular Oak Bay ‘bon vivant’ and raconteur Mike Martay, for business and social By BARRIE MOEN reasons, had the opportunity to spend a memorable day with the notoriously publicity-shy superstar in the early 1980s.

Mike was part owner of a downtown Victoria nightclub called Harpos and with his partner, Gary Vanbuskirk, they booked acts for their club and for Gary Taylor’s legendary Rock Room in Vancouver. During a business trip to Vancouver, Taylor introduced Van Buskirk to his guest, Wilt Chamberlain.

Using Harpo’s special guest rate at the Executive House as a lure, Van Buskirk invited Chamberlain to visit Victoria, who agreed as long as there would be no press.

Mike was assigned to be Chamberlain’s guide and he remembers walking into a noisy ballyhoo in Bartholomew’s bar on the main floor of the Executive House to introduce himself to the hoops icon, who was standing behind a dart line and repeatedly hitting the bullseye, much to the delight of patrons.

That evening, Mike treated Chamberlain to dinner at Chauney’s Fish House and it was agreed they would play racquetball at the Quadra Fitness Center the next afternoon.

“No press!” Chamberlain insisted. But aside

from that, Mike was short on details about the results of the match.

“I couldn’t see the game wall whenever I was trapped behind him,” he explains.

Wilt was in a good mood after the match and they agreed to meet for a drink downtown. But when they walked out of the building, reporters from the Times Colonist were waiting. To this day, Mike believes the suspicious look on Chamberlain’s face in the full-page photo that appeared on the front page the next day was reserved for him.

Retired Oak Bay couple Ab and Joan Glowiski, both avid athletes, also had an incredible encounter with Chamberlain.

Ab, a competitive tennis player and member of the Manitoba Basketball and Sports Hall of Fame, and Joan, a former competitive swimmer, golfer and tennis player, believe that “a family that plays together stays together”. They were returning to Edmonton in 1978 from a tennis vacation in Arizona when they transferred planes in Los Angeles and noticed a familiar looking athlete stretched out by himself in the business class.

“I think that’s Wilt ChamShoo, Wilt! I can’t berlain!” Ab said to Joan, with his foot tapping at the curtain have you standing in separating the two sections of my kitchen looking the airliner. down at the cabinet “Leave the man alone,” Joan replied, elbowing Ab. But Ab tops that I haven’t persisted and called the flight dusted in ages! attendant over to ask her if the passenger was, indeed, Wilt Chamberlain and if so, could he talk to him? As you might suspect, the answer was no.

But as fate would have it, passengers were asked to disembark from the rear of the plane and Ab found himself standing beside the basketball star so he decided to mention that he had played a game against Chamberlain’s alma mater, the University of Kansas. As the conversation continued, Ab offered to give Chamberlain a ride to his hotel. When he turned that down, Ab gave him his phone number and suggested he and a friend might like to come for dinner at Glowiski’s home if he wanted a break from his assignment reporting on the Edmonton Commonwealth Games for a U.S. sports magazine.

Two days passed before a phone call to Glowiski’s office asking for Ab. Known as ‘Mr. G’ in the office, the receptionist had no idea who Ab was, and turned the call over to Joan. Wilt Chamberlain had called to say he’d love to come for dinner.

Learning that Chamberlain was a wine connoisseur, word was sent out for the family to pick up some decent wine, and Joan ordered her mother to bake one of her famous chocolate cakes. Unsurprisingly, the list of dinner invitees grew exponentially.

They agreed that their son, Grant, using an old black Cadillac which would be suitable for Chamberlain’s size, would

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pick up Wilt and his friend in front of Commonwealth Stadium. When Grant pulled up, a mob of people was chasing Chamberlain as he and his friend sprinted towards the caddy’s open door. When they arrived at the Glowiski residence, the intimate dinner had swollen to party of 12. There was no press and lots of laughter, especially after Chamberlain chose the smallest wicker chair in the house and sat down with his knees extending half-way across the room.

“He was a gracious and wonderful guy and he entertained everyone with humorous stories and songs,” she says. “He was extremely comfortable to be around.”

While reaching for a glass on a high shelf in her kitchen, Joan became aware that the laughter had stopped, when a voice behind her asked if he could help. Joan, small in size but large in personality, looked up at Chamberlain and said, “Shoo, Wilt! I can’t have you standing in my kitchen looking down at the cabinet tops that I haven’t dusted in ages!”

Chamberlain retreated to the family room and the laughter soon erupted once more.

The former Harlem Globetrotters and LA Lakers player even offered the Glowiskis the use of his homes in Hawaii and Bel Air but they never took him up on his offer, despite remaining in touch for several years.

One of their favourite stories is the time Chamberlain, who’s African American, was mistaken for Caucasian actor Richard Chamberlain of Thorn Birds and Dr. Kildare fame.

“Wilt told me he was pulled over by state troopers driving to a NBA game at the L.A. Forum and he asked the troopers if there was anything he could do to speed up the fine process,” Ab recounts. “They told him to follow him and they eventually arrived at the home of an elderly Justice of the Peace who told Chamberlain he had to fine him $80 and he could go on his way if he said hello to his wife.

“Darling, this is Mr. Chamberlain — you’ve seen him on television,” the Justice said to his aged wife as she adjusted her glasses.

“Yes, I know,” she replied. “What a treat! I‘ve never missed an episode of you on Dr. Kildare.” Ab laughs telling the story and Joan just rolls her eyes.

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he old briar pipe retains the lush smell of tobacco, even after decades wrapped in cloth.

“This belonged to the ship captain,” my grandfather tells me. I’m just a child but I examine the family heirloom closely, fascinated by the words ‘Captain Henderson, S.S. Kentigern’ engraved on its sterling silver band.

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sea voyage around the world for more than two years visiting India, South Africa, the Philippines, Canada, and South America. The story’s fascinated me for years, conjuring up images of romantic adventures in far-flung ports of call. But the pipe, a crinkled death certificate, and a faded photograph were the only clues I had to begin my research.

On a summer trip to England for a friend’s wedding and to visit relatives, I’m determined to find out more about Captain Henderson’s life, which turns out to be even more adventurous than I could have imagined.

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“Daniel Watson was stern and very Scottish,” she says as I listen intently to perhaps the last person alive with first-hand memories of my great grandfather, who died in 1933. “But later I realized that he was just as scared of us children as we were of him and he was lovely.”

Her daughter, Margaret, and son, Neil, invite me for lunch and we pore over old photographs. Daniel’s circa 1896 engagement photo to the Captain’s daughter, Matilda, catches our attention.

“I have her engagement ring,” Margaret says, as we magnify the image. “It’s definitely the ring she’s wearing here.

Did you know that our great Aunt Janet visited the captain’s grave in Mauritius? She showed a picture to mum years ago.

I wish I could tell you more.”

In the traditional English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, I visit sisters Hazel and Brenda Watson. They recall Sunday visits in the 1940s to the home of the Captain’s daughters — their great aunts — who on special occasions invited them to their front parlour to view the treasures brought back from overseas, including carved ivory and hand-painted paper fans, ostrich eggs, shimmering rubies and moonstones, and a line of ebony elephants, which Hazel points out, “all had to face the door by tradition.”

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“I used the pattern on one of Aunt Belle’s oriental fans to design the costume,” says Brenda, pointing out a dress with butterflies and colourful interlocking patterns. A doll with floral headdress and glimmering jewelry catches my eye. “I sewed on Aunt Belle’s moonstone necklace,” says Brenda. “She brought it back from her travels with her father.”

According to myth and legend, moonstones are ‘traveller’s stones,’ revered as protective amulets on long voyages, especially by mariners. Gazing at the moonstone necklace, I can imagine the reflections of far away ocean waves, and when I close my eyes, I can almost hear them, gently calling to us through the generations.

In a village near Rochester, I spend the weekend with cousins Simon and Sue and their son, Zak, whose home is a converted Edwardian pub. Simon retrieves a heavy cardboard box of family memorabilia compiled by his mother, Rosemary, who was a keen genealogist. Inside, I discover the handwritten will of Matilda Henderson, the Captain’s widow. Simon shows me a sterling silver coffee pot, presented to Captain Henderson by Her Majesty’s Government in 1887, and inscribed “in acknowledgment of his humanity and kindness” for saving the lives of dozens of men at sea.

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Peter opens the door and welcomes me into a home that has been continuously occupied for centuries. Over a lunch of cheese and fresh vegetables from his garden, washed down by local cider, Peter recalls living with great Aunt Belle as a teenager in the 1940s.

“Did you know that she was aboard the ship when her father died?” he asks. “I have two walrus tusks from their travels but I can’t find them now. You’ll have to come back again.”

For my final weekend in England, I stay at the 299-yearold Castle Hotel in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, to attend my friend Will and Rhiannon’s wedding. Serendipitously, Captain Henderson grew up in the nearby town of Market Drayton. Orphaned at 14, Henderson was sent to Liverpool to apprentice at a draper’s shop, later joining an immigrant ship to Australia with the offer of free land. A year later, he joined the British Merchant Service as a deckhand and travelled the world, eventually working his way up to the rank of captain — an extraordinary achievement for an orphan in the Victorian era.

After the church ceremony, bride and groom depart in a carriage with two white horses. As guests dance the night away at the evening reception, a rainbow appears over the rolling Shropshire Hills where Captain Henderson and his family lived more than a century ago — a happy sign that, for the curious and determined, glittering treasures of family stories are waiting to be rediscovered beyond the next horizon.

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Christopher Causton was mayor of Oak Bay for 15 years. He’s now a captain and goodwill ambassador for Victoria Harbour Ferries and likes to fly flags in his spare time.

s the smell in the air changes and fall envelops Oak Bay, locals and visitors alike can’t help remembering wistfully the Black-eyed Susans of the past summer. Their striking yellow, ray-like petals contrast beautifully with the rich blackish-brown cone-shaped centre, rich with nectar, and attracting butterflies and bees.

The plethora of this flower in our community goes back to the year 2000 when the seed of an idea was first planted.

Oak Bay had formed a committee to come up with ideas on how the community could celebrate moving into the next Millennium, and one of the first ideas was to combine everyone’s love of gardens with a project for young people. Elementary school students at Monterey, Willows, Uplands, St Michael’s and Glenlyon Norfolk School (GNS) were approached and every student was asked to create a piece of artwork portraying a part of the community that was special to them and had great meaning. The idea then was to take one drawing, reproduce it, and use it on a seed package.

That seed package, with Black-eyed Susans from Nature’s Garden, would then be given to every elementary student in Oak Bay — and anyone else who wanted them — to plant anywhere they wished.

Although the schools hadn’t had much time to answer the call, the response from students overwhelmed the committee. How to choose? Two meetings were held and eventually, a ‘winner’ and many ‘runners up’ were chosen. All were invited to a spring meeting at the Municipal Hall

where everyone was thanked and celebrated. The mayor noted the diversity of the favourite places that were drawn, including the Oak Bay Library, Willows Beach, Cattle Point, the Marina, Bowker Creek, Fireman’s Park, Discovery Island, the Olympic Mountains, Trial Islands, golf courses and the blossoms on Oak Bay Avenue. Bicycles featured widely in the drawings and most submissions included lots of flowers and gardens. The elementary students had captured, in their unique way, all the touchstones that every generation that lives in this community holds dear and cherishes.

And the winner was? A grade six student who said he had a lot of ideas and decided to put them all in one drawing which showcased Trial Islands, the Olympic Mountains and the Victoria Golf Course with the fourth hole featured prominently. That student was Willie Gudgeon and eighteen years later, in August of this year, he sank a hole-in-one at the same golf course.

History should also note the student who received an honourable mention for his creative work. The GNS grade five student was inspired by the view from his Beach Drive classroom window and he drew three schoolmates, shadows and all, sitting on the grass facing the water. That student was Christopher Wylie of Cambridge Analytica and Brexit fame.

The artwork from all the students was displayed in the library and to this day, you can stumble on the odd package of seeds at garage sales. The project was a fitting reminder to all of Oak Bay’s motto: ‘Under the Oaks — good fortune’.

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NEWPORT REALTY

Proudly serving the Oak Bay community for 40 years.

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FOUL BAY PHYSIOTHERAPY has been serving Oak Bay for over 25 years. The team includes Ian Catchpole & Gerry Illmayer with over 35 years combined experience, joined by Lisa, Terri, Jaymie & Marita.

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Newport Realty has been chosen by Christie’s International Real Estate to be their Exclusive Western Canada Representative Christie’s International Real Estate has affiliate offices in 46 countries with a combined annual sales volume of over $115 billion. It is a unique international perspective on the worlds of art and luxury. They are the leading global authority in the marketing of distinctive properties.

We Sell Special Homes in Oak Bay… Yours.

Our new office is between The Oak Bay Village And Downtown, at 1144 Fort Street “We’re on your way home”

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