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a couple of years, council has instructed staff to proceed, after all we can just shift the trolley funding out of town to the CVRD in order to pay for it. (Who didn’t see that coming?) One might ask what do we get for these hundreds of thousands of dollars annually? Well, it looks like we will get to link-up with the CVRD transit system in Chemainus, but not through Saltair as they have wisely opted out of this foolish proposal. The way it looks is that a trip to Duncan will take two or three hours with transfers and the scenic route through Crofton and maybe Maple Bay. That’s progress for you, an entire day for a trip to Duncan and back!! But at least there’s a strong demand isn’t there??? We don’t know given that there is no study showing demand. No, this is a philosophical issue, another case of council solving problems that don’t exist with our precious tax dollars, somewhat like the $80,000 bike lane that sits unused, but after all it’s the “right thing to do”. If this issue concerns you as a taxpayer I urge you to contact the mayor and council and voice your concerns, don’t let them rely on your silence. - Garth Gilroy
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Cycle to Church Cedar United Church and St. Philip Anglican Church are cycling to church from the Farmers’ Market on Cedar Road at 8:30 in the morning on Canada Day. Rev. Howie has been cycling to raise funds for “greening “ St. Philip and July 1 is a full year since it started. To celebrate, the community of Cedar United and St. Philip Cedar are cycling to their respective church services. St. Philip recently held a Community Share Day. We often see garage sales but what if you have no money? So, St. Philip Cedar opened their doors and gave ‘lightly used” items away to total strangers on May 26, 2012. That was different. Parishioners, neighbours, and friends filled our hall to full with their extras. We invited the community of Cedar to come and take what they could use. We wanted to bless them, from our excess. People were in disbelief. Some took a few items, and found out they were in good working order and then came back for the cherished microwave oven that fit the bill. Share day was the inspiration of Godfrey Wearne after tak-
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ing part in a series “Surprised by Hope” by NT Wright, that was offered during Lent. Share day was such a success we call the community to come together and share some more -we all have so much, and the secret of greening the earth is using less, reusing, recycling, re-gifting does matter, so mark your calendar for another Sept.15. - Diana Slater
Accord On the recent signing of the agreement betweeen Ladysmith and Steve Arnett writes: The Signing Sun brightly shining Over stillness of a crowd Gathered on Maritime Society docks As the drum beats HUY CH Q’U Great Creator Together we are more than one... (read more at www.take5.ca/poem) Letters to the Editor are welcome but subject to space and editing. Please note that letters published do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TAKE 5. editor@ take5.ca, or post your comments directly at www.take5.ca.