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Kyle SlavinNews staff

While most of us gather around Christmas trees and dining room tables this weekend, a few people living in Saanich will face the harsh realities of homelessness, which don’t

take time off for the holidays.“There is certainly no lack of people in need,” says

Const. Roy Radu, with Saanich police’s bike squad. “There are a lot of organizations that help out throughout the year, but you do tend to see it cranked up a notch in the festive season.”

Mobility is not a problem for Radu and his fellow bike squad members, allowing them to frequent the hidden areas in Saanich where as many as 80 homeless peo-ple live in solitude. Through these visits, life stories are

shared and relationships form.

“These are some of the people we’re working the closest with every day,” Radu says. “We spend time interacting and just getting to know them. They’ve all got some pretty neat sto-ries.”

As the weather worsens through winter, the bike squad will try to ensure every person is looked after.

“When it gets really cold, we’ll go out and look for them specifically and make sure that they’re in shel-ters, or they’re warm and comfortable,” Radu says. “We’ll sometimes get donations of boots and shoes, gloves and scarves and toques, blankets and sleeping bags. We’ll go around with those – and that’s very well-received.”

In years past, the squad has handed out gift cards and even taken some of the people they meet out for break-fast.

“That’s been really special. It seemed to be really appre-ciated,” Radu says. “It’s not just at Christmas, it’s about making them feel good all winter and all year.”

Radu says organizations in Victoria deserve more credit for having a sole mandate to help the homeless.

“We (on the bike squad) are fortunate, because we get a little bit more space and opportunity to get right into where they are, but we’re not Santa Claus,” he says, noting it feels good to be able to take the time to help someone who is truly in need. “That holiday spirit is felt year-round in this community.”

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Constables Roy Radu and Jen Symonds, with the Saanich Police bike squad, on the Galloping Goose Trail. They’re holding shoes, blankets and sleeping bags they’ve received from University of Victoria students for distribution to the homeless living on the trail.

Hidden homeless not forgotten over the holidays

“We (on the bike squad) are fortunate, because we get a little bit more space and opportunity to get right into where they are, but we’re not Santa Claus.”

– Const. Roy Radu

If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas – keep dreaming. For the third year in a row, Greater Victorians will wake up on Christmas Day to a mix of cloud and sun with the likelihood of rain. Low temperatures are expected to remain well above freezing.

A perfect day for an umbrella

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Just as the B.C. Lions were fighting to keep their lead during the Nov. 28 Grey Cup, Saanich Mayor Frank Leon-

ard was pulled away from his tele-vision to attend a community din-ner. He managed to keep following the game on his iPhone, discreetly placed just below the tabletop.

Such are the consequences of holding a position that doesn’t ever allow for a day off. Behind the public image, Leonard is a guy who watches sports, takes his kids to Shawnigan Lake and, at 57 years old, has recently welcomed both the birth of his grandchildren as well as a new son of his own.

“You’re just never off duty,” Leonard said. “You need to know that. If you’re in the mall or the coffee shop or the grocery store that’s just the way it works.”

Last month marked a quarter century at Saanich municipal hall for Leonard, first elected to coun-cil in 1986.

“I’ve seen him grow to enjoy that role more,” said Coun. Susan Brice, also a longtime friend of Leonard’s. “In some respects he was shy when he was younger. Over the years that shyness has gone and he gets right into it now, out there in the public. He remains very appropriate, but I think he genuinely enjoys it.”

His adult children, Daniel and Michelle (with ex-wife Elaine Leon-ard, a longtime Greater Victoria school trustee), are both married with their own families and prefer to stay out of the public spotlight.

However, Leonard’s 23-month-old son Atticus doesn’t have much of a say about appearing in Leonard’s Facebook photos or in the occasional news story. Still, the mayor does try to keep his home life private. His wife and the mother of Atticus is former Saanich councillor Jackie Leonard (whose surname was Ngai before marrying the mayor). The family also includes Leonard’s 11-year-old stepson Magnus.

“You can’t pick and choose once you go too personal,” Leon-ard said. “Everybody in their per-sonal life has ups and downs, and if you overplay the ups, you have to expose the downs.”

When he is having downs, Leon-ard will often sip a coffee at Saan-ich Commonwealth Place, which he calls a victory achieved while working on the Capital Regional District board.

He points to a photo of the pool on his office wall, calling it a “happy ending.” The walls are covered in snapshots of happy endings.

There’s a photo with Brice marking the start of the region’s blue box recycling program and another with his friend and Saan-ich North MLA Murray Coell.

Coell and Leonard first worked together in Grade 10 at Mount View secondary school.

As students they advocated for wheelchair-friendly sidewalks and hosted school dances. Coell, sporting an impressive Afro at the time, and his rock band provided the entertainment.

“We had a good group of friends,” said Coell, who also noted Leonard’s ability to poke

fun at himself. “A testament to Frank is that he

still sees the friends we had in high school on a weekly or monthly basis and I count myself lucky to be one of them.”

Leonard was a diligent student and hardworker, said his father Vern Leonard, who employed his son at the family tire shop throughout his high school and university days.

“Whatever he said he would do, he would get done on time,” he said. “Even as a kid he did a first-class job – even as a youngster.”

Like his connection to old

friends, Leonard has remained close with his parents, including mother Clara Leonard, with whom he will spend this Christmas.

Leonard’s parents also contrib-uted to his last election campaign, Vern Leonard jokes, by babysit-ting Atticus. And they weren’t surprised their son will remain in office for another term.

“He’s mentally alert, consider-ate, concerned with other people and always willing to give a hand,” Vern Leonard said. “He’s good at putting up my Christmas tree lights.”

Though he’s been mayor since 1996, Leonard sees himself first and foremost as a businessman and a member of the private sec-tor.

A former tire shop operator and currently a part-time sessional instructor at the University of Vic-toria, he says he was ready to go back into the private sector had he not won the Nov. 19 municipal election against challenger David Cubberley.

“Former politicians should fade away,” he said, about the role he sees for himself after his life in public office ends. “I wouldn’t be coming back to council chambers giving advice. When you’re done you’re done.”

Until then, the dad who never gets a day off will continue to balance a full family life with his duties as mayor.

“Hardly a week goes by that I don’t get an email with a picture of (his) kids or some kind of connec-tion to his family,” Brice said. “He is delightfully over the top being a dad at this stage of his life and he’s really quite endearing.”

Leonard is the first to admit that things have changed in the 32 years since he had his first child.

“It seems to take longer to get off the floor when I’m playing with (Atticus). I’m older. I’ve aged,” he said, later admitting. “I like to feel alive and the interaction of those I love and care about – it’s pretty mushy, but it’s true. I am grate-ful.”

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Roszan HolmenNews staff

Once again this Christmas, the Homeless Partners are hoping Victorians add a stranger to their last-minute shopping list.

The non-profit works in part-nership with three shelters in Vic-toria to match residents to other people in the community who’d like to buy them a gift of their choosing.

Central to the initiative, put on by the Shelbourne Street Church of Christ, is an interview with each person on the recipient list. The aim is to help the public connect with the people living at Rock Bay Landing, Sandy Merri-man House and Next Steps Tran-

sitional Shelter. The interviews and wish lists

are posted to their website at www.homelesspartners.com.

Wish lists include items such as a prepaid phone card, a water-proof coat, a mountain bike and a tool belt with tools.

Deborah wants a pink dress and navy blue dress shoes.

“I haven’t had a new dress since 1983, and I love the colour pink,” she said.

Deborah uses a walker and has been living at Rock Bay Landing for 11 months after being evicted from her last home. She says it has been more than 30 years since she’s had a new pair of shoes.

The program is very popular, said Joann Connolly, who works

at Rock Bay Landing. At Christmas, the shelter

already receives a lot of toques, socks and toiletries, she said. “This is a chance to ask for some-thing they want.”

Last year, Homeless Part-ners posted 69 interviews. The response was “overwhelming,” said program volunteer Dan Hick-man. Everyone got at least one of the items on their wish list.

This year, 118 people were interviewed and so far all but 28 have received gifts.

“For some people in our city, there is no home for the holi-days,” Hickman said. “People can change the life of a homeless per-son right here in Victoria.”

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Shelter residents share Christmas wish listsCrystal Morton, left, administrative assistant of Homeless Partners, and Deborah (last name not given), a resident of the Rock Bay Landing Transitional Shelter, stand beside a Christmas tree. Deborah is one of the area’s needy who is on the Homeless Partners Christmas list.Don Denton/News staff

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Mayor Frank Leonard, right, and his family: 23-month-old Atticus, left, carried by his brother Magnus Lam with mom Jackie in their Saanich home.

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Couple remembers their donkey this holiday season

On a cool Christmas morning in Cordova Bay in 1985, Eric and Sheila Herbert were met with an unexpected surprise after breakfast.

They knew their newly-acquired donkey, Mauda, was due to give birth but the couple was still caught off guard by their discovery that morning.

“I thought it was a deer,” he said. “It was a foal. I picked her up. Wherever I went with Holly in my arms her mother came as well.”

With Holly’s birth began years of animal training for Herbert and public engagements for the straw-berry roan donkey. On weekends, Herbert would hitch a cross-country cart to Holly and she’d pull him along Alderley Road. A regular at the Saanich Fair, Holly also carried a bride down the aisle in a Mexican-themed backyard wedding and was the first donkey ever to appear in the Victoria Day Parade, with Herbert in the cart.

Holly, along with her younger sister Lucy, also enjoyed a stint as an actor, appearing several times

in the Christmas pageant at Topaz Park.“She was the one that Mary led in the proces-

sion,” Herbert said. “In every night of the show, (Holly and Lucy) would communicate with very loud brays and of course the public thought that was terrific.”

Herbert went on to become president of the First Donkey and Mule Club of B.C., a position he holds currently, as well as the donkey ring announcer at the Saanich Fair.

At 82 – still very young in donkey years, he noted – Herbert will celebrate Christmas without Holly this week.

The donkey fell victim to a lung infection and died in May, 2011.

Lucy had prepared for her sister’s death by nip-ping at her during breakfast and driving her away. Animals know far more than we will ever under-stand, and they accept the inevitable far more readily than humans, Herbert said.

“I trained from scratch knowing absolutely noth-ing about donkeys. They’re the same as kids. You have to be very firm and they have to do what you want to do.”

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Eric Herbert with Lucy the donkey at his home in the Highlands. Lucy’s sister Holly was born on Christmas and had performed in the Christmas pageant at Topaz Park. Holly died earlier this year.

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Police, residents seeing more motorists on Esquimalt roads at quitting time

Erin McCrackenNews staff

A recent change to the work schedule of naval fleet person-nel at CFB Esquimalt is churn-ing out more late afternoon traf-fic onto Esquimalt streets, say some concerned residents.

Changes made by the head of the West Coast navy, Rear Admi-ral Nigel Greenwood, prevent ship commanders from letting personnel leave work early, such as at 3:30 p.m. instead of 4 p.m., and from giving them “sliders” or Friday afternoons off.

The change ensures crew members are onboard to receive maintenance personnel who need to access the vessels, espe-

cially with the fleet entering a busy maintenance period, said Lt.-Cmdr. Nathalie Garcia, navy spokesperson.

“It affects close to 1,000 (civil-ian and military personnel) that could at any one time have taken advantage of (sliders and early dismissals),” Garcia said. “For the vast majority of the workforce, it was the exception rather than the rule.”

Since that change came into effect Dec. 5, some Esquimalt residents have seen an increase in late afternoon traffic in the township, notably on Lyall Street and Old Esquimalt Road.

“What I have never, in my 18 years of living here, noticed ... is Lyall Street backed up from the base to Macaulay school going towards (Victoria),” said Meagan Brame, owner of Saxe Point Day Care and an Esquimalt councillor.

“From 4:15 to about 4:45 p.m., it’s bumper to bumper. I don’t think it lasts more than half an hour, but I can’t get off my street

(Joffre Street south) onto Lyall,” she said, adding the parents of children at her daycare have also noticed the increase.

“You can’t all of a sudden shove another 500 or 1,000 people on the road and say it’s not going to make a difference,” Brame said.

Officers based at the Victoria Police Department’s West Divi-sion in Esquimalt have also seen a recent spike in traffic.

“We haven’t received any complaints but we certainly are alive to the issue, and we will be talking to the military if any-thing does come up and work with them for any solutions,” said Const. Mike Russell, VicPD spokesperson.

Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjar-dins hasn’t heard anything con-clusive suggesting the change to the base schedule has boosted traffic levels at the end of the day, “other than when it gets tightened up, it gets tightened up significantly.”

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Roszan HolmenErin McCrackenNews staff

Many Victoria charities spent the final days of their Christmas fundraising cam-paigns hoping to see more financial dona-tions under the tree.

Times have been tough at the Salvation Army, which, as of Wednesday, had gener-ated just $142,000 of the $250,000 it was hoping to raise at its red kettles in the Capi-tal Region before Christmas Eve.

Donors have also been feeling the finan-cial pinch and giving less this year.

“Their dollar has to stretch further just like everybody else’s,” said Kyla Ferns, the

Salvation Army’s special projects officer.Kettle donations will pay for 1,500 Christ-

mas food hampers for Greater Victoria fami-lies, up from 1,200 last year, as well as other programs and services.

Mustard Seed staff and volunteers also have their fingers crossed.

“We have a long way to go to reach our goal,” said Brent Palmer, director of the Vic-toria’s Mustard Seed food bank.

With 7,000 people coming through food bank doors every month – up from the 4,000 people who needed food 10 years ago – the pressure is on to keep the shelves full and programs going.

“We have a city to feed,” Palmer said.The charity is short by $500,000 of the

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Many Christmas charities and non-prof-its, however, are on track to meeting their goals.

C-FAX Santas Anonymous Society is doing well.

Its 12-hour radio fundraiser, called Miracle on Broad Street, raised $240,000 last Friday, exceeding expectations.

For others, such as Black Press’ Christ-mas charity, Pennies for Presents, donations to date are down slightly over last year.

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A man was taken to hospital with serious inju-ries after an explosion in an RV on the Songhees Nation reserve Monday night.

View Royal fire chief Paul Hurst says the lone occupant, a 27-year-old male, was lucky the force of the blast ejected him out of the camper.

“If he hadn’t got out instantly, the fire would have been unsurvivable,” Hurst said.

The fire burned hot and fast, fully engulfing the 7.5-metre RV in under five minutes.

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Charitable group hopes to raise $6.3 million this year

Erin McCrackenNews staff

Every dollar counts.“It sounds so trite but it really does

make a difference collectively,” said Linda Hughes, CEO of the United Way of Greater Victoria.

When people’s basic needs are met, their lives can change, she said.

“It’s that first step so that a child who has a healthy breakfast performs better at school. They’re all steps to having a good start in school,” she said as one example. “The money’s cumulative, but the positive impacts are also cumulative.”

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push to generate the remaining 20 per cent of its $6.3-million fundraising goal before the three-month workplace cam-paign ends for another year on Dec. 31. Pledged funds will be collected until the grand total is announced on Jan. 25.

Last year's United Way campaign raised $6.2 million.

Despite tough economic times, the defence community at CFB Esquimalt not achieving its $725,000 fundraising total and some workplace campaigns getting off to a late start, optimism abounds at United Way.

Last week, the base and fleet announced they had raised $670,000, once again making it the United Way's largest contributer. More funds are still coming in.

Crew members from HMCS Vancou-ver, which is patrolling the Mediterra-nean Sea, HMCS Regina and HMCS Algon-quin raised a combined total of about $176,000.

“The enthusiasm and participation has been phenomenal,” said Vicki Laid-law, the base and fleet’s United Way cam-paign co-ordinator.

Since 2004, the defence team has gen-erated more than $500,000 a year for United Way charities.

Greg Conner, this year’s United Way community campaign chairperson, is optimistic the charity's goal will be sur-passed. “Government has restraints, and I understand that, but every time they cut funding the need goes up,” Conner said, adding the United Way is the sec-ond largest funder of social programs in Canada outside of government.

Last year’s workplace charitable cam-paign supported 69 non-profits deliver-ing 132 programs and services. “United Way is all about getting people a hand up,” Conner said. “It’s not a hand out.”

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Musician Louise Rose is in mid-sentence when a petite, older woman comes up to her. “Do you know this song? Dah, dah, de, dah, dum, dah, dah, de, dah, dum,” she trills. Rose shifts her

gaze to the woman, her mouth hangs slightly open as she listens.

“Dah, dah, de, dah, dum, dah, dah, de, dah, dum,” the woman continues, her delicate hands fluttering as she sings. Rose repeats the phrase: “Dah, dah, de, dah, dum, dah, dah, de, dah, dum … you’ve stumped me,” she says after a moment.

“Dah, dah, de, dah, dum,” the woman continues. “You don’t know it?”

“Keep working at it,” Rose says. “We’ll figure it out.” The woman walks away, the tune still tripping off her tongue, her hands dancing in the air.

Rose’s gaze follows Isabel as she goes. She refocuses, then says: “It’s in there.” She’s talking about the memory of music.

Suddenly, sound fills the room. “Dah, dah, de, dah, dum, dah, dah, de, dah, dum.” Isabel’s dancing hands are deftly picking out the tune on the piano.

Rose’s mouth forms a thin line, her hands clench, tears prick at her eyes. “Music is the last to go,” she says after a moment.

Isabel (her last name was withheld to protect her privacy) is one of eight participants in the We Rage We Weep Alzheimer Foundation’s Arts and Alzheimer’s program. The program began last spring as a pilot project and, now successful, hopes to add other venues to its Oak Bay United Church home base.

“I found research that says 25 per cent of caregivers are spouses, family members and adult children,” says Marjorie Moulton, founder of We Rage We Weep Alzheimer Foundation.

“They need help with services and support and have difficulty accessing it because they don’t have the funds.”

Moulton’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about 10 years before his death. “I watched my mother going through it,” she says.

She started the foundation five-and-a-half-years ago, beginning with Project Lifesaver of Greater Victoria, a brace-let that uses radio frequency technology to track patients with dementia who wander away from home.

The majority of the foundation’s funding comes through individuals and families. It also gets some corporate dona-tions.

“Last April it seemed the right time, and we were in a position financially, to start another program. … There are other groups around the world that do this and get

good results. It fits our mandate of supporting individu-als (with dementia) and their caregivers,” Moulton says. “Participants come and enjoy the art and music, and being engaged, and the caregivers can go and run errands, or meet a friend for coffee maybe, or just have a break.”

The room is now filled with the sound of Rose on the piano and the voices of the group participating in a sing-along. The singing comes after a snack of yogurt and fruit, which follows an hour of art facilitated by Esther White, co-ordinator of the painters group with the Juan de Fuca Arts and Crafts Guild.

“I was with the school district for 25 years,” she says. “I worked in special education and with autistic children. There are a lot of similar problems: remembering things, following directions – it all ties in.”

She tries to make the sessions engaging, following the lead of the participants. Art projects include everything from making collages and painting Easter eggs, to flower arranging and cookie decorating. “There were five guys over there,” White says, pointing to a now empty table. “As fast as they were decorating them, they were eating them.”

The free, two-hour, once-a-week program, which runs 10 weeks, costs about $5,000 to operate, says Moulton. Expenses include the venue, honorariums for the artists and musicians, refreshments, music and art supplies.

“It’s still a small program because it’s a pilot project,” Moulton says. “Currently it’s only available in Oak Bay. With a few more generous donations we hope to spread to a few more locations in the city.”

As the music hour winds down, Rose picks one last song

for the happy chorus to sing. Till We Meet Again rings out and Isabel, wearing a bright red sweater that contrasts sharply with her snow white hair, sings in a clear, sweet voice, her frail hands dancing to the tune.

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Isabel demonstrates how she would put on a helmet during wartime service in London, England during a discussion at the We Rage We Weep arts and music program for Alzheimer sufferers at Oak Bay United Church. Fellow participant Carl listens in (last names withheld).


Singer and pianist Louise Rose leads the music portion of an arts and music program for Alzheimer’s sufferers at the Oak Bay United Church. The program is put on by the We Rage We Weep Alzheimer Foundation.

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Having survived another round of elec-tions, I was thinking the next time we head to the polls, our newspapers might run a Then and Now set of photographs of election candidates.

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Wouldn’t it be a bit of a shock to realize that youthful visage you’re voting for is actually a rather older, certainly more wrinkled, weather-beaten and battered figure.

The other issue with candidates and their photographs is the shock-ingly bad quality of so many of them. The photographs that is, not the candidates.

In the interests of improving our views of our potential leaders, here’s a few tips for veteran and aspiring politicos regarding their photographic portraits.

First, invest in the local economy and jobs market and hire a profes-sional to take your portrait. This isn’t just a sneaky way of picking up extra work on the side for myself

and photographer col-leagues. It’s just that it is obvious that so many folks running for office have simply asked a friend, fam-ily member or possibly a passing stranger with a camera phone to quickly snap a photo of them.

That seems the only logi-cal explanation why media outlets are frequently supplied with images of women and men who are out of focus, have tree

branches and more growing out of their head, deep shadows hiding their eyes and sport a skin colour that resembles nothing in nature.

You would think people who, in many cases, are investing a large amount of time and a not-incon-sequential amount of money in a bid for election would realize that a simple, clear portrait might go a long ways toward establishing a positive identity in the minds of vot-ers. Especially since we’re living in a very visual world.

Think about it. There’s an elec-tion looming. You’re planning to vote, but like too many of us you

haven’t made it to an all-candidates meeting. So, you’re flipping through your local community paper, check-ing out the candidates’ ads and the newspaper stories about the elec-tions.

There are photos of each of the candidates, and let’s say you’ve narrowed the choices down to two individuals. One looks back at you, is in focus, nicely dressed and has a pleasant expression. The other photo shows the person looking off into the upper left hand corner of the page, biting their lip and with one eye that appears to have twitched when the photographer snapped the shutter.

Who are you going to lean toward voting for?

Sure, I can hear you thinking we should be worried about the issues, not looks. You’re right. The reality is we do make choices based upon appearance.

My advice to anyone considering a run for office in a future election is simple. Invest in a nice portrait with a professional photographer. Wear a clean shirt, comb your hair, check your makeup. If you can’t smile without looking like you’re in pain, then just relax and look directly at the camera.

That way, even if you don’t make it into the electoral office of your dreams, you’ll at least have a pho-tograph you’ll be happy to send to your mom for Christmas.

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Let’s give peace a fighting chance

The word peace has been commodified over the last few decades to the point that it’s relatively meaningless to many people.

Talk about peace and people will sing a refrain from John Lennon’s anti-war anthem released way back in 1969. The symbols of peace are also well known, though they’re now more likely to be used to dress up a handbag or designer shirt than an actual, earnest plea for calm.

But this weekend, as we warm to the spirit of the holidays, it’s a good time to renew our commitment to the idea of peace.

The past decade has been marked by one of the longest wars in our nation’s history. Canadian troops have pulled out of conflicts in Afghanistan and the U.S. has finally pulled back from its controversial invasion of Iraq.

For years, diplomacy has taken a back seat to a show of force. But recent history tells us that might is not the best way to put an end to violence. Sometimes, just having the eyes of the world on you can be enough to compel aggressors to choose a more peaceful tack.

We just need to look at the events of this year’s Arab Spring. The best outcomes occurred when citizens themselves, many times with little more than just observation from other nations, became aware that there is a better way to exist than under the oppressive thumb of authoritarian regimes.

Peace is the will of the masses. We just need to recall what happened at this time of year in 1914, on the Western Front of the First World War.

The fires of this Great War were stoked by the governments of rival nations. But on the ground, amidst the death and the mire of the trenches, the common men who did the fighting chose to do something that seems more remarkable with every year that passes.

On Christmas Eve, somehow there was an agreement to stop shooting. They were enemies but they were also humans, with families and traditions of song and celebration. It must have been incredibly brave of those first soldiers who crept from their fortified positions in direct opposition to their commanders’ orders.

For a few hours or even days in some places, there was a stop to the killing and irrational hatred. And then, perhaps reflecting the naïveté of hope as well as the passing of the season, the fighting resumed as it had been before.

Peace will take courage and the resolve of all of us to make that change.

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We should be our brother’s keeper

It is fortuitous that ’tis the season we dust off Dickens’ most beloved villain, Ebenezer Scrooge.

I say fortuitous because Scrooge reminds us to choose between our conflicting natures: we can be cynical and selfish or we can realize we are our brother’s keeper. It is my Christmas wish that Canada would choose the latter, because we have been notoriously cynical lately.

I wonder how many Canadians are aware that CIDA is the only federal department with a frozen budget? Millions of dollars of aid to the world’s poorest are being withheld in the name of austerity, although Canada’s aid commitment is far below that of nations who are struggling with much greater fiscal troubles. You can almost hear Scrooge saying: “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?” Such appears to be Canada’s attitude to the world’s poor.

This is not just a wishful, Tiny-Tim thinking of a unique Christmas goose. Several programs that Canada has fully supported in the past have proven to be accountable, cost- effective and show proven results. Programs such as the Global Partnership for Education and the Global Fund to fight TB, AIDS and malaria. But it is

easy to turn from the world’s poor, as they have no voice in Canada.

We like to think we are being financially pragmatic, but as Dickens reminds us, “mankind is our business,” and we don’t know the length of burdensome chain we carry, forged of the bones of the silent legions that are passing beyond help.

Scrooge had a glimpse of a future where children die because of his inaction and his own name is cursed, and this is the path we are on.

The entire world is watching us; which Scrooge shall we be?

Nathaniel PooleVictoria

Effort, talent and work will be rewarded

Prosperity is quite distinctly a ground up process, not top down; millions of people bartering, trading, creating, selling and working to better their individual lives.

A fellow named Dunsmuir came out to Vancouver Island from Scotland as a paid employee to manage coal mines and became one of the 10 wealthiest men in the world during his lifetime.

Bill Gates started in his father’s garage and became one of the 10 wealthiest men in our contemporary world.

I am sorry to say I knew a very wealthy Victorian who

owned a museum and a hotel who died penniless in a care facility. Huge corporations die just as small companies replace them.

What a pity that the Occupy movement bemoans the wealth of others. There will always be those who make more money than you do. Effort, talent and work will be the end results of an individual’s life. If you think governments will better your life, think again. Prosperity starts with individuals, not collectivization. Governments redistribute wealth, they don’t create it. I suggest a great Christmas read to my fellow Victorians: The Rational Optomist by Matt Ridley

Please note: I do not believe a life spent accumulating wealth is necessarily a life well spent.

Patrick SkillingsVictoria

Monarchy should pay its own way

I hope that Canada becomes a free and sovereign dominion of its own. The best time for this would probably be when the Queen and Prince Charles die of natural causes.

In the meantime, I feel that as one of the richest families in the world, they should pay for their royal visits out of their own pockets; airfare

(Canadian Forces), hotel, food, security and the extra police costs, especially in a recession.

People who claim to be true supporters of the royal family can send cash, cheque or money order to Buckingham Palace on top of mandatory taxes.

I hope for a peaceful, lawful separation from Britain some day.

We can still be friends, but a foreign head of state is not a great idea, because we have different values.

Sean MurrayVictoria

School boards still skirt fee issue

The article about former trustee John Young getting school boards to quit charging fees is misleading.

Many of the classes do still have fees attached.

The district gets around the law by calling the classes electives and declaring them options. I think this is exactly what Young was fighting against. Still many students are not able to take classes because of costs. This is discrimination.

The new rock wall climbing class at Stelly’s secondary school costs students $1,000 each. That’s not within many parents’ budgets. And it was built with public funds. That’s very unfair.

Mac ProctorSidney

Kudos to the advocates and families of people with developmental disabilities who have spent countless hours trying to get their concerns heard. Now if only similar attention could be brought to the many other neglected social concerns in B.C.

Some changes have been made at Community Living B.C. Some new funding has been generated. It’s a testament to the effective advocacy of family members and supporters, and they know the hard work isn’t over yet.

Other community members should be so fortunate. Plenty of British Columbians have needs as great as those being served by CLBC, but without the organized network of families and advocates to help them bring their issues forward.

Parents of children who have a developmental disability are rightly upset when their child finishes

school at 19 only to learn there are no programs available for them due to long waiting lists. A child sits at home losing many of their learned skills. A parent ponders whether to quit a job to care for their adult children. It’s a terrible thing.

But it’s certainly not just young people with developmental disabilities experiencing such a cruel reality. Who stands up for those other children?

Who, for example, organizes public opinion for the 500 or so children who leave B.C.’s child protection program at age 19 every year with no consistent family connection or support? Who advocates for a better day for all the young people who live through trauma and abuse, and then shuffle through multiple foster homes, only to find themselves abruptly on their own in a world nobody

prepared them for?Who speaks for aging family

members caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s disease with virtually no support for the caregiver? Who stands alongside the family member

ashamed to talk publicly about their child’s stigmatized illness – mental health, addiction, brain injury?

So many issues face British

Columbians after years of pared-down social support. We need a social strategy that addresses all those needs, not one that merely puts out the biggest fire.

We applaud the hard-won successes of community-living advocates, but needs are needs. We are a better society and spend less money to boot when we provide the supports people need, regardless of what label they carry.

Research has told us many, many times that when we

invest in prevention and intervention services, we spare ourselves vast expenses a few years down the line on crisis care for people who have poor health, more involvement with the police and justice systems, less education and lower incomes.

We absolutely support the need to have adequate community supports for people with developmental disabilities, but we can’t stop there.

For anyone facing difficulty in daily functioning, it makes good economic sense to provide the support people need to be healthy, engaged members of their community.

Shane Picken is president of the Federation of Community Social Services of B.C., which represents 137 community social service agencies. Dave Stigant is chair of the Board Voice Society of B.C., a non-profit that represents the viewpoint of B.C.’s volunteer boards of community-based social services.

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Inquiry blames inadequate training for role in underwater crashErin McCrackenNews staff

A team of Canadian military investigators is blaming the cap-tain of HMCS Corner Brook for crashing the submerged subma-rine off the west coast of Van-couver Island in June.

Lt.-Cmdr. Paul Sutherland was stripped of his command, said navy Capt. Luc Cassivi, deputy commander of the West Coast fleet of ships and submarines.

No other military person-nel will be reprimanded at this time.

The board of inquiry is also pointing a finger at inadequate training and experience as fac-tors that led to the collision, and has identified 19 inadequacies in Canada’s submarine training and navigational practices.

The team found that the sub was working fine and that human error led to it striking a channel wall during prospective-commander training in Nootka Sound on June 4.

Despite the incident, Cassivi

remains confident in Canada’s submarine program.

“You provide the best training you can. There is always human factors on the day and stress, and unfortunately that can lead to incidents like this,” said Cas-sivi.

Similar incidents have hap-pened with Canada’s previous Oberon class of submarines, he added.

The board of inquiry found that navigational mistakes were made aboard HMCS Corner Brook, which ended up south-east of where it should have been at the time of the collision.

The inquiry also found that some of the crew lacked in-depth knowledge about new navigational systems that were installed in the sub within the past year. It turns out the instruction manuals hadn’t been updated.

“So that was one of the les-sons learned,” said Cassivi.

In this case, one of Suther-land’s students was taking a turn planning out an operation, which ultimately went wrong, said Cas-sivi, adding that it is the com-mander’s job to take the wheel when poor decisions are made.

There are also added dan-gers of operating a submarine in Nootka Sound, though it is an

ideal environment for command-ers-in-training to “push the enve-lope,” said Cassivi. “It is an area that has currents (and) is quite narrow for dived operations.”

Sutherland will now work from shore under Cassivi in the submarine program at Cana-dian fleet headquarters at CFB Esquimalt.

He will likely never command another submarine, Cassivi said, adding that Sutherland is still considered a valuable asset.

“He has a lot of experience. He’s a good officer despite what happened and he has a lot to contribute to the submarine ser-vice.”

The navy plans to implement all of the board’s 19 recommen-dations to improve Canada’s submarine training and naviga-tion practices.

HMCS Victoria’s crew will also receive this updated training before they conduct dives in the new year, Cassivi said.

HMCS Corner Brook is begin-ning a long maintenance period and is not expected to return to sea until 2016.

Victoria will return to duty in 2012, and work on HMCS Wind-sor and HMCS Chicoutimi at Vic-toria Shipyards in Esquimalt will wrap up in 2013.

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THE ARTS

Natalie NorthNews staff

Imagine Victoria in the 1920s – the Empress Hotel, the clock at city hall and Michael Jackson’s Thriller ringing out through the air at the stroke of midnight.

Ballet Victoria’s Cinderella & the Fairy Tale Ball encom-passes it all. While still the classic love story generations have enjoyed, it’s also a pro-duction that pays homage to the Capital City and contem-porary comedy when the time is right.

“The story is still very much the Cinderella story, but based here,” said Ballet Victoria artistic director Paul Destrooper.

For this, his third year stag-ing the show, Destrooper also tweaked some of the plot details. The prince character, for example, is now an actor looking for his leading lady.

“The stepsisters and mother want to be rich and

famous,” he added. “When-ever we do a story, we put in these little flavours of what’s current. It’s contempo-rary, but at the same time it’s very traditional.”

Adding much of that flavour is the character of Z Snap, the dressmaker, an over-the-top role based on reality televi-sion fashion designers.

“It’s basically taking these characters and making cari-catures of the present time,” Destrooper said. “It doesn’t look like a dusty old ballet.”

Geoff Malcolm, a latecomer to the art of ballet via musi-cal theatre training as a youth, was a perfect fit for the role of Z Snap given his natural abil-ity for portraying characters, Destrooper said.

“Because I grew up in the-atre and it was always a part of my life, I do get to play some of these cooler charac-ters,” Malcolm said. “I get to be a little more flamboyant.”

Malcolm, who also works periodically in non-speaking

operatic roles, sees Cinderella as an ideal ballet for first-time audiences.

“This is a great way to bring people into that because there is such a defined story, so their appreciation for the art form can grow, but there is still a very clear story.”

It’s a show the kids will love and their parents will take something different away from, Destrooper added.

“If you love ballet and truly understand the art form, you are going to be delighted by the level of technique: the choreography, the challenges and the musicality that is exposed,” Destrooper said. “But in the end it is a fairy tale about fighting adversity and finding success.”

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A Cinderella story that’s unlike any otherBallet Victoria stages modern take on the classic tale

Ballet Victoria tells the classic tale of Cinderella – with a twist – in four shows next week at the Royal Theatre.Submitted photo

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The idea of shopping locally – and supporting your community – is never more prominent than at the holidays. But when shopping locally can also save you money, well, it doesn’t get much better than that!

Peninsula Co-op supports both its members and the greater community through the fi nancial success of its service stations, home heat-ing and grocery store.

In mailboxes just in time for Christmas, Peninsula Co-op mailed $5.7 million in rebates. This year member-owners received a rebate on petroleum and home heating purchases the equivalent of 5 cents a litre, a 5% rebate on all food centre purchases and a 4.7% rebate on gas centre convenience store purchases, notes Ron Heal, Peninsula Co-op General

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service is a hallmark of our success,” Heal says. “We have the good fortune to be part of the lives of 56,000 members, their families and the communities where we do business. Through

their support, Peninsula Co-op has grown to 14 retail locations from Greater Victoria to Duncan, while the Co-op Home Heating team keeps households warm throughout the Peninsula and Greater Victoria.”

In turn, this continued success allows Peninsula Co-op to support a number of worthy community groups and organizations, including Cops for

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“As a local company and a co-operative, we believe in listening to what our members and customers are telling us,” Heal says. “We look forward to serving our customers and communities even better in the year ahead!”

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Louise Rose performance highlights Christmas Day community celebration

Louise Rose and friends highlight a music-inspired Christmas Day community cel-ebration on Sunday at 11 a.m. at First Metropolitan United Church.

The lively service will fea-ture Louise Rose, her Open Door and Good News Choirs, and her jazz combo of Bryn Badel, trumpet, flugel horn; Barbara Callaghan, percussion; and Casey Rider, bass, joining organist and music director Fran Pollet and the First Met Choir.

All told, some 50 singers and musicians will be raising the rafters for an informal Christ-mas morning service.

In addition to the traditional favourite sing-along carols, many African-American and

Latin-inspired carols will be performed, including Go Tell It on the Mountain, The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy and the poignant Sweet Little Jesus Boy.

The musical feast will also include Rose’s improvisations, as she presides over First Met’s beautiful nine-foot Bald-win grand piano, first played by her mentor Oscar Peterson when it belonged to the Victo-ria Symphony.

Afterwards, volunteers will be serving a Christmas Day lunch to the inner city commu-nity in the First Met hall.

First Met is located at 932 Balmoral Rd. at Quadra Street. For more details call 250-388-5188 or visit www.firstmetvic-toria.com.

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A look back at modernismUniversity of Victoria employees Cameron Northover, left, and Mark Hovey help to hang a new exhibit at UVic’s Legacy Art Gallery. The show, The Emergence of Architectural Modernism II: UVic and the Regional Aesthetic in the late 1950s and 60s, showcases Victoria’s post-war urban landscape. The show runs until Feb. 26.

First Metropolitan Church takes on Tolstoy’s cobbler

First Metropolitan church, 932 Balmoral Rd., presents Martin the Cobbler, an adaptation of Where Love Is, There God Is, a short story by Tolstoy. The intercultural and intergenerational ensemble tells a story of hope and compassion. Performances are Dec. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation; all proceeds to Our Place. Call 250-388-5188 for information.

Island Music Awards call for submissions

The producers of the Vancouver Island Music Awards remind Island musicians to submit music they’ve released in 2010 or 2011, to be considered for nomination. Deadline is Dec. 31. The ceremony will be held April 21 in Victoria. For details, visit www.islandmusicawards.com.

Last year Courtenay’s Helen Austin was named the 2011 Artist of the Year.

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2. NEVER go to a party hun-gry – We often eat faster and more (of the wrong things) when we’re hungry. Eat a balanced breakfast, lunch and snacks on the day to avoid overeating at the party.

Local breweries have scored well at the 2011 NorthWest Brewing News Readers’ Choice Awards, showcasing beer and cider brewers in Alaska, B.C., Washington, Oregon and Northern California. The annual competition invites read-ers to vote for their favourite breweries, pubs, beer store, as well as best beers.

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Note: Celebrate the new year at Sea Cider with its annual Wassail open house Jan. 15, with cider, food, and dancing.

3. Can’t resist pumpkin lattes? – Give yourself permission to rel-ish the special foods you have only during the holiday, but don’t let a 300-calorie slip turn into a 3,000-calorie blowout; once you’ve had that slice of cake, get back to eating healthfully.

4. No time to exercise – Dust off the old pedometer and strap it to your belt. As you run around for your Christmas shopping, you may be surprised how quickly those steps add up. For weight maintenance, aim for at least 5,000 steps a day; for weight loss, 10,000 steps a day.

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Oak Bay Beach Hotel offers sneak-peek to the publicWith the Oak Bay Beach Hotel set to offi cially

open to overnight guests in fi ve months, owners Kevin and Shawna Walker are welcoming visi-tors to come tour a new show suite this holiday season.

The suite shows off the hotel’s standard gue-stroom features, such as coffered ceilings, spa bathrooms with oversized soaker tubs, views, heated fl oors and shower rooms, solid mahoga-ny entry doors, premium in-room soundproof-ing, and fl oor-to-ceiling windows. Designed in a traditional English country manor house-style, suites are outfi tted with fi replaces, custom mahogany furniture, fi ne linens and duvets.

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La-Z-Boy ownership welcomes new additionsWhile a few new owners have joined

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When one of the two founding part-ners chose to retire recently, several long-time members of the management team embraced the opportunity to take the next step into ownership.

Joining founder Anthony Gray at the helm of La-Z-Boy are David Younger, Rita Roorda, Kim Lichtensteiger and Dana Wright, all keen to take their next step with the company.

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Junior curling provincials in Victoria

Travis PatersonNews staff

For the Josh Hozack rink, the mis-sion is simple: win the junior provin-cials at home in Victoria next week and qualify for nationals.

Team Hozack, along with Team de Jong, are the two home rinks who qual-ified for the 2012 junior boys provin-cials at the Victoria Curling Club next week, Dec. 27 to 31.

Both are highly capable of winning B.C.’s this week. Each competed in Sep-tember’s Cloverdale Cash Spiel, part of the 2011-12 World Curling Tour series of pro tournaments, though neither made the money round.

But it’s team Hozack that holds an edge as the favourite. They came oh so close to winning the 2011 provin-cials last year, only to lose in the final. Going into this year’s provincials, they just happen to be tied for first in the Tuesday night super league, where both teams play in search of higher competition.

“We’ve played well against some good teams in the Tuesday league,” said Todd Troyer, coach of the Hozack rink. It’s no small task to lead the super league, home to the Jody rink, which qualified for men’s provincials on Sun-day with a win over Victoria’s Neil Dan-gerfield rink at the Island playdowns in Campbell River.

The success is wel-come but not a surprise for the Hozack rink, which started the season early. “We’re more confident and prepared than ever,” Hozack said. “There isn’t much ice in the summer, so we were up at Kerry Park as early as July and went to Vernon for a week-long camp in August. Our goal is to go to nationals. We believe we can.”

As skip, Hozack throws last with team members Zac Capron at lead, Nolan Reid at second and Corey Chester at third. It’s the final year of junior for 20-year-olds Hozack and

Capron, though Chester (19) and Reid (18) will remain eligible.

“Playing at home feels great. It just makes you want to win it even more,” Hozack said.

When they’re not curling, Hozack, Capron and Chester study accounting

at Camosun College. Coin-cidentally, coach Troyer is a chartered accountant with downtown firm Nor-gaard Neale Camden.

Two home teamsTeam de Jong is also

known as the Wenzek rink, as third Daniel Wenzek calls the shots, though Cameron de Jong throws the team’s last rocks. Thomas Thi-erbach leads and Sanjay Bowry throws second. The team is coached by Donald McMullen.

No girls teams from the Victoria club qualified for provincials this year, also running in Victoria next week.

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Hozack rink aims for gold

Travis Paterson/News staff

Josh Hozack and team are at home for the junior curling provincials in Victoria Dec. 27 to 31.

Curling sked■ Round robin:Tuesday, Dec. 273:30 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 28 9:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 2910 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 309 a.m.■ Tiebreakers:Friday, Dec. 301 and 4:30 p.m. (if necessary)■ Playoffs:Saturday, Dec. 31semifinal 9:30 a.m. and final 1:30 p.m.

Travis PatersonNews staff

Ty Jones’ incredible scoring run has not only picked the Saanich Braves up by the col-lar and dragged them to second place in the South division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, it’s resurrected his hockey career.

The captain is considered the league’s MVP heading into the Christmas break. Needless to say, he’ll be representing the Braves when they host the VIJHL All Star Classic on Jan. 15.

It’s quite the turnaround for Jones, who was released by the Cowichan Valley Capitals to start the B.C. Hockey League season.

Once he found his junior B stride, Jones scored 44 points in 15 straight games from Oct. 5 to Dec. 10. Jones, who turns 19 on Dec. 29, is available to sign a permanent card in the BCHL but isn’t moving unless it’s the right fit.

“Jones isn’t just getting calls from BCHL teams every day, but he’s getting calls from NCAA schools too,” said Braves coach Brad Cook.

Last week, scouts from Elm-ira College in New York, an NCAA Div. III hockey program, attended Braves practice and talked at length with three play-ers.

“Jones is a player we proba-bly wouldn’t get if it isn’t for the shortened BCHL rosters this year (down to 21 players). Peo-

ple are realizing our league is an untapped resource. It’s one of the better junior B leagues in Canada.”

The Braves all-star selections include veteran forward Sam Johnston and 16-year-old rookie sensation Jack Palmer, who’s eighth in league scoring – a ben-efit from playing with Jones. Rookie defencemen Jaden Schmeisser, who’s playing full time with the Victoria Grizzlies, and veteran Hayden Long have also been named to the all-star team, along with goalie Tanner McGaw.

The VIJHL All Star Classic is Jan. 15 at Pearkes Arena, pros-pects at 1 p.m., skills compe-tition at 2:30 p.m. and all-star game at 3:30 p.m.

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BCHL roster cuts make Jr. B betterHoliday break

Victoria Grizzlies forward Myles Powell keeps control of the

puck as he skates past

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Grizz’ resume play Dec. 30 at

home against the Alberni Bulldogs. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Have a safeHoliday Season!

SAANICH NEWS - Friday, December 23, 2011 www.saanichnews.com • A17VICTORIA NEWS - Friday, December 23, 2011 www.vicnews.com • A17

Oak Bay runners push new heights with UVic VikesTravis PatersonNews staff

University of Victoria Vikes runner Dylan Haight is one of three Vikes who will represent Canada at the world university games cross coun-try championships next spring.

Lodz, Poland is hosting the Inter-national University Sports Federation games in April, with the race on April 14.

Vikes associate coach Keith Butler, who worked with Haight at Oak Bay High, will lead the Canadian coach-ing team.

“(Butler) being named head coach is a show of the work that he’s put into this program and how he’s estab-lished himself as a coach within the CIS,” said head track coach Brent Fougner on the Vikes’ website. “He’s going to do wonders for our pro-gram.”

Vikes Stephanie Trenholm and Cliff Childs have also qualified for the race.

Haight made the choice to attend UVic two years ago after a standout high school career and now another Oak Bay High running prospect is doing the same.

National 400-metre specialist Brendon Restall

committed to the Vikes for the fall of 2012.

At the junior level, Restall is a 200m, 400m and 800m specialist, having raced the 400m at the 2011 World Youth Athletics Champion-ships in France.

The Grade 12 student is easily the favourite to win the 400m again and this spring will help Oak Bay compete for gold in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. At university, however, Restall will be making the switch to the 800m, a challenging blend of pace and tactic.

“I haven’t really done many 800s, so I’ll slowly transition to the 800,” Restall said.

“For now, I’m keeping with the 400m for the next while. (The 800m) is a whole different type of race, getting your mind around that is an adjustment. It’s twice the distance I’m used to and it’s such a continuous amount of speed. I feel like in the future it’ll be an excel-lent event for me to compete in.”

Coach Fougner is big on Restall’s ability beyond the CIS level.

“He’s someone who has the potential to go on beyond the university level to perform at the national level in the 800-metre distance. He’s also going to be a

someone who is likely going to set some records in the CIS.” [email protected]


Brendon Restall will suit up for the Vikes in 2012.

Vikes running ahead

Glanford’s great eightsThe Glanford Mavericks are the city’s top

Grade 8 girls basketball team having defeated the Pacific Christian Pacers in the recent city final, 53-30.

It was a packed house at PCS for the game. The Mavericks outscored the Pacers 18-6 in the last frame to win.

“We avenged our only loss of the season, also to PCS,” said Glanford coach Derek Brooker.

Calli McMillan-Beaucamp led all scorers with 33 points for the Mavericks while Cassandra Devries’ work on the weak-side boards earned her 11 points for the Pacers.

The previous meeting was a low scoring affair going to the Pacers 36-31.

Provincials for Grade 8 girls basketball is by invitation, with Glanford looking forward to attending the March 8-10 tournament in Pitt Meadows.

The Mavericks went 8-1 in league play and earned a berth in the final with a 53-17 playoff victory over Bayside middle school. The Pacers (9-0) defeated St. Michaels University School in the other playoff.

Earlier this month, Glanford won the Mark Isfeld Tip-Off Tournament in Comox.

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Sports statsSpeedskating

Short track results from Esquimalt Speedskating Club

Port Coquitlam, Nov. 19Ben Weir: 1st in 1,500m; 3rd in 1,000m; 4th in 500m.Kelly Cayford: 2nd in 1,500m; 2nd in 400m; 4th in 200m.Cameron Nawosad: 2nd in 1,500m; 4th in 500m. Ian Phillips: 1st in 1,500m; 3rd in 1,000m; 2nd in 777m; 2nd in 500m. Maple Ridge, Dec. 11Ben Weir: 3rd in 1,500m; 3rd in 1,000m; 2nd in 500m. Kelly Cayford: 2nd in 1,500m; 2nd in 400m; 4th in 200m. Cameron Nawosad: 1st in 1,500m; 3rd in 500m; 1st in 200m.

WrestlingEsquimalt Dockers results from

Abby Invitational Wrestling tournament, Dec. 17

Junior boysDaniel Norwood - 57kg, GoldJordan Merrick - 120kg, SilverMitchel Keeping - 66kg, Bronze

Senior girlsKasha Solley (female)- 60kg, Silver

Senior boysTyson Atkinson - 100kg, GoldAngel Castillo - 66kg, GoldAndrew Heels - 60kg, GoldKevin Lingenfelter - 60kg, BronzeChris Dube - 84kg, BronzeMohammed Abubakar- 84kg,SilverMario Sanchez - 84kg, GoldDarien Lyons - 74kg, Bronze

Middle school boysCole Martin (Gr. 8) - 70kg Silver (Rockheights middle school)

HockeyVictoria Hockey League

Standings GP W L T PtsSharks 16 12 3 1 25Stars 17 11 4 2 24Stingers 17 10 4 3 23Knights 18 9 7 2 20Tritons 18 8 7 3 19Lions 17 6 7 4 16Brewers 17 0 12 5 5Rangers 16 0 12 4 4Recent scoresBrewers 0 Sharks 1 Knights 3 Rangers 2Scoring leaders GP G A PtsTrevor McNeil 16 22 19 41Pat Papaneu 17 14 26 40Jess Patterson 17 16 14 30Rich D’Appolonia 18 16 9 25Tom Lundrigan 17 12 13 25

Hockey for the holidays

Ten-year-old hockey fan Keegan Small brings Christmas

cheer to Bear Mountain Arena last week during the Victoria

Grizzlies and Cowichan Capitals game. While the BCHL and WHL are on holiday hiatus,

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A18 • www.saanichnews.com Friday, December 23, 2011 - SAANICH NEWSA18 www.saanichnews.com Fri, Dec 23, 2011, Saanich News

Economic Development Manager

Kwakiutl Nation is seeking a creative and energetic Economic Development Manager (EDM). The successful candidate will possess a tightrope walker’s ability to balance Aboriginal Title & Rights interests with First Nations Economic Development aspirations.

Kwakiutl (pop. 755) is located in Tsakis, British Columbia, adjacent to the community of Port Hardy on the scenic north end of Vancouver Island.

Reporting to the Band Manager, the EDM will have the requisite skills to protect Kwakiutl’s Land Base, research and/or develop a statement of declaration and promote Employment and Job Creation. Further, the successful candidate will have experience in First Nations community economic development, strategic planning, project management and writing: funding proposals, TORs, and business plans. The position requires 35 hours per week in an office environment with flex time (as needed), criminal records check and valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.

The closing date is January 12, 2012.

Please apply by sending your cover letter w/salary expectations & resume to [email protected]

Thank you for applying. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARDS OF THANKS

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR wishes from Evalon of Watkins Natural Products. Orders or Host a party. 250-217-8480.

CHRISTMAS CORNER

AURICLE LAWNS- Hedge, tree pruning, winter clean, pwr wash, snow rmvl. 882-3129

COMING EVENTS

UKRAINIAN FOOD SALES

Frozen Perogies, Cabbage Rolls, Borscht & Kobassa.

Sat, Dec 24, 10am-2pm.ORTHODOX CHURCH OF

SAINT GEORGE1100 Colville Road.

PERSONALS

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LOST AND FOUND

LOST ROSE Gold wedding band in James Bay Friday, Nov 16. If found please call (250)386-2869.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS

to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication. Increased circulation 250,000 cop-ies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition!

Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335

or [email protected]

LOOKING FOR Avon Reps. Be your own boss. Earn extra money, work from home. Call 250-386-0070 to learn more.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

Become a Psychiatric Nurse - train locally via distance edu-cation, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month pro-gram is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available.

Toll-free 1-87-STENBERGwww.stenbergcollege.com

HELP WANTED

Maintenance and Animal Care Coordinator

Full time position in Victoria to perform residential

maintenance work, provide feeding and animal care duties

for small farm animals and move goods as required.

Clean drivers licence and criminal record check required.

Must be healthy and strong with experience using small

power tools.

Salary based on experience. A small apartment may be made available at a reduced rent to

a suitable candidate. Reply to:

[email protected] with a resume and salary

expectations.

Looking for a NEW employee?www.bcjobnetwork.com

SALES

THE ENSUITE Plumbing Showroom (A Division of EM-CO) in Victoria is looking for a dynamic individual to fi ll the role of full time Sales Consul-tant. The primary responsibility is to deliver an exceptional lev-el of customer service. Duties include retail sales, quotations, order entry and expediting. You must be team oriented, have very strong communica-tion skills, attention to detail and high customer service standards. Previous plumbing, home design or residential construction experience would be an asset. We offer a com-petitive salary excellent bene-fi ts and bonus program. If you are interested in this opportu-nity, forward your resume in confi dence to [email protected] or fax 250-475-6282

TRADES, TECHNICAL

PRO MAC MANUFACTURING

WELDERS & MACHINISTS

Pro Mac Manufacturing in Duncan BC is a manu-facturer of machinery parts, custom fabrica-tions and industrial Brushcutters. We are ex-panding our fabrication and machining depart-ments and are looking for:• STEEL FABRICATORS • WELDERSWe require qualifi ed Journeyman Welders and Fabricators to lay-out, fi t, fabricate and weld steel assemblies. CWB ticket or qualifi ca-tions an asset.• MACHINISTWe require qualifi ed Journeyman Machinists for Manual and/or CNC machining.Pro Mac offers a superior compensation package of wages, benefi ts and pension.

Please forward resumes to Pro Mac

Manufacturing at [email protected]

or fax 250-746-4799 Attn: Phil Humber.

PERSONAL SERVICES

EDUCATION/TUTORING

IN-HOME TUTORING All Grades, All Subjects.

Tutor Doctor. 250-386-9333

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

$10 MILLION AVAILABLE for Land Purchase/Development and Joint Ventures. Management Consulting and Business Plan services. Call 1-866-402-6464.

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, ed-iting, add/remove objects/peo-ple. Tribute posters, home mo-vies to CD/DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

PETS

FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY. $7.75 per bale delivered. Call 250-539-3049 or cell 360-305-1115.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24” stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

FOOD PRODUCTS

ORGANIC CHRISTMAS Tur-keys, Saanichton Christmas Tree Farm. $4 per/lb, to order, phone (250)652-3345.

FRIENDLY FRANK

Artist Easel- $35. Computer desk, kid’s organ, tiny pine ta-ble, $15/each. 250-658-3948.

DELUXE CAT carrier and litter box, in good condition, $45 obo. Call 250-598-0750.

LAWNMOWER, INCLUDING Jerry can. $25. (250)479-6287.

NEW QUEEN size electric blanket, like new, $45, pop-corn popper, like new, $20. Call 250-592- 8509

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CLASSIFIEDS Call 250.388.3535

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-ellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

SELL IT FAST WITH CLASSIFIEDS!

250.388.3535

REAL ESTATE

SAVE ON COMMISSIONSell your home for $6900

or 1% plus $900 feesFULL MLS SERVICE!

CALL: 250-727-8437Jasmine Parsonswww.jasmineparsons.comOne Percent Realty V.I.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?

Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

House won’t sell?Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House,Make your Payments

and Buy it Later!

Call: 1-250-616-9053www.webuyhomesbc.com

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ARGYL MANOR, 9861 Third St., 1 BDRM, F/S, commonW/D, N/S, N/P, HT/HW incl’d,$850/lease. Avail Jan 1. Call250-475-2005, ext 227.

COOK ST Village area. 1bdrm, hardwood fl oors. Heat,hot water, storage, parking incl$795 ns or pets. 250-595-5162

FERNWOOD AREA Apt, largeBach, $640/mo. Avail now.Call 250-370-2226 for viewing.

MALAHAT 1 & 2 Bdrms- Panoramic views. Serene &secure. All amenities on-site,fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclu-sive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets okwith refs. 25 min commute todowntown Victoria. Must havereferences. 250-478-9231.

MCKENZIE AVE- in TuscanyVillage (walking distance to Uvic), 2 bdrms, 2 bath. $1600.Jan 1. Call (250)472-6833.

OAK BAY Junction. Feb. 1st. 1-bdrm in quiet, senior’s 55+building. $660. Heat, h/w incl.N/P. Share purchase required.1678 Fort St. (250) 595-4593.

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

Call us today to place your classifi ed ad

250.388.3535

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APARTMENT/CONDO

RENTALS

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

SIDNEY: FURNISHED Deluxe suite, newer. Walk to ocean & town. All incl. 250-656-8080.

HOMES FOR RENT

NEAR OAK Bay- 3 bdrm+ home, 2 bath, approx 2000sq ft. $1700+ utils. Call Equitex 250-386-6071.

NORTH SAANICH- lrg 1 bdrm loft in rural setting, lrg deck overlooking farmland. Shared laundry. N/S, pet friendly. $900. Available now. Call (250)652-7707.

SIDNEY- 2006 1 level 3 bdrm, 2 bath executive home w/gas F/P, attached dbl garage, close to downtown. $2500. Avail Now. (250)652-7707.

SIDNEY AREA: 7 yr old, 4 bdrm, radiant heat, gas fi re, garage, 5 appl’s, games room, and much more. $2500, Jan. 15th/Feb. 1st. 250-516-8086.

SIDNEY: OCEAN view, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, close to town, $1950/mo. 1-877-353-5552 or [email protected]

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

CAREY/CASEY Drive. Bachelor $700. Furnished. Cable, hydro, internet, utils incld. Priv. entr. 250-382-8487.

CEDAR HILL Golf course- 1 bdrm, private entrance, off street parking, W/D, utils in-cluded. NS/NP. Available Jan 1. $800. Call (250)595-0505.

COLWOOD LOWER suite, 1 bdrm, 1050sq ft, single $900, couple $950. (250)955-8757.

SUITES, UPPER

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY lge sunny 2bdrm, 1.5bath, modern open kitchen, 1 blk to ocean/main St. Garden, sun-room/den, FP, parking, NS, $1240 mo incls W/D, Feb. 1. Hugo at 403-259-1870 or call (evenings) at 403-253-5285.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402www.PreApproval.cc

$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!

TowPimp.com 250-588-7172

toll free 1-888-588-7172

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

VTRUCKS & ANS

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

BEATERS UNDER $1000

CARS

2000 TOYOTA Camry XLE V-6, leather, all options, 175K $7900. (250)216-0631.

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

2009 HYUNDAI Elantra. 1-owner, only 14,000 Kms, still on warranty, excellent condi-tion, $18,500. 250-360-0892.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237

CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

DEEP COVE Renovations. General Contracting. Special-izing in fi nish carpentry. Hon-est , Reliable. (250) 882-0897.

QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656.www.wingfi eldcontracting.com

INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

ABSOLUTELY CLEAN. Hus-band & wife team. Power Washing. (778)440-6611.

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

CONTRACTORS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877



DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

MALTA DRYWALL & Paint-ing. Residential/Commercial. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross (250)812-4879.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Reno’s plus. Visa ac-cepted. Small jobs ok. #22779

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Resi-dential, Commercial, Renova-tions. #100213. 250-418-1611.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858.

RAINTEK SPECIAL! Keep your basement dry with Rain-Tek! Camera inspection & roto-rooting of your perimeter drain tiles for $129.www.raintek.ca 250-896-3478.

FENCING

AAA. NO job too small. Fenc-es, decks, installation & repair. References, affordable, expe-rienced. Les (250)880-2002.

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

MALTA FENCING & DECKS. BBB member. Best rates. Please call (250)388-0278.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.


GARDENING

BIG JOBS or small, we do it all. Weekly or monthly visits. Yard cleanups. (250)885-8513

DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250-883-8141.

OVERGROWN GARDEN? Cleanups. Pruning roses, fruit tree, hedges. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

PREPARATION FOR Fall, Winter & Spring. Professional garden & landscape services. Maintenance, design & instal-lations. Call (250)474-4373.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning. Gutter guards, all exterior, power washing, roof de-moss-ing, spray, windows. Package deals! Insured. (250)507-6543.

DIAMOND DAVE Gutter cleaning, gutter guard, power washing, roof de-mossing. Call 250-889-5794.

GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, up-grades & maintenance. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

Aroundthehouse.caALL, Repairs & Renovations

Ben 250-884-6603

AAA. NO job too small. Fenc-es, decks, installation & repair. References, affordable, expe-rienced. Les (250)880-2002.

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.

MALTA HANDYMAN. BBB member. Best rates. Please call (250)388-0278.

SENIOR HANDYMAN- Household repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CARPENTRY. ALL TRADES. 40 yrs exp. Free Estimates. BBB. Ref’s. 250-361-6304.

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifi [email protected]

MALTA DRAIN Tiles. Replace and Repair. BBB member, best rates. (250)388-0278.

MALTA HOUSE Renos & Re-pairs. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.


QUALITY WORK.Experienced in Renovations & Repairs. Small jobs, Drywall repairs, Painting. 250-818-7977.

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN insulation & batting. Removal. Best rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

C.B.S. Masonry Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios, Repair, Re-place, Re-build, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Est’s & Competitive Pric-es. (250)294-9942, 589-9942 www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.

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PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

Member BBB

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

WRITTENGUARANTEE

Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

RAINTEK SPECIAL! Keep your basement dry with Rain-Tek! Camera inspection & roto-rooting of your perimeter drain tiles for $129.www.raintek.ca 250-896-3478.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.


PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB/BBBmember. Quality & satisfactionguaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi [email protected]

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

UPHOLSTERY

FIBRENEW.COMHome, Auto

• Leather Repair • Dashboards• Bumpers

Visa MC

250-891-7446

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

WINDOWS

ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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A20 • www.saanichnews.com Friday, December 23, 2011 - SAANICH NEWSThis Weekend’s

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Dec. 22 - 28 edition of

Published Every Thursday

OPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

Page 44 week beginning December 22, 2011 Real Estate Victoria OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY/AGENCY

403-827 North Park St, $249,900Saturday Dec. 24 & Dec 31 1-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLarry Lineham, 250-661-7809 pg. 5

1959 Fairfi eld Rd., $859,000Saturday Dec 31st & Sunday Jan 1st 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMaggie Thompson, 250-889-5955 pg. 10

1001 Foul Bay Rd, $860,000Saturday Jan 8 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith 250 388-5882 pg. 15

10 Helmcken RdDaily noon-4 (exc Dec 25, 26th & Jan 1)Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 812-7277 pg. 2

5149 Cordova Bay, $1,249,900Saturday Dec 31st 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyBob Krueckl 250 477-5353 pg. 8

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000Wed Dec 28, Sat Dec 31 & Wed Jan 4 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 24

5-881 Nicholson St., $549,000Saturday Dec 31 12-2DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 6

608 Fairway AveCall for Open House HoursCentury 21 QueenswoodChuck Meagher 250 477-1100 pg. 7

304-611 Brookside, $219,000Thursday & Friday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 12

3818 Trailhead, $249,900Saturday & Sunday 12-4Pemberton Holmes LtdNancy Vieira 250 384-8124 pg. 26

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SAANICH NEWS - Friday, December 23, 2011 www.saanichnews.com • A21SAANICH NEWS - Friday, December 23, 2011 www.saanichnews.com • A21

Gerry Gerrard spent four years as prisoner of warLaura LavinNews staff

Gerry Gerrard’s Esquimalt townhome is filled with family photographs.

There are photos of his children and grandchildren. Many are of his late wife Evelyn –

one sits on the table near his recliner, only an arm’s length away. The display also includes plaques, photographs and mementoes of Gerrard’s time as a Hong Kong veteran.

Gerrard’s first name is actually Horace, although no one has called him that in years. “My wife, I don’t think she ever called me Horace. She always called me Gerry,” a nickname he earned as a soldier, he said, his strong voice breaking slightly.

Evelyn died last year after 64 years of marriage. Evelyn waited for Gerry after he went overseas to fight in the Second World War.

She waited for more than four years, not knowing where he was or if he would ever come home.

“When I came back, she was waiting on the dock,” he said with a smile. “We got married six weeks later.”

Gerrard began his career as a soldier, signing up with the reserve army in Red Deer, Alta., at the age of 16.

He was later sent to Victoria where he worked as a wireless operator. For two years he helped protect the West Coast, then he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Gerrard and his fellow soldiers were soon on a ship headed to China.

After 18 days at sea, they arrived in Hong Kong. Three weeks later, 20-year-old Gerrard was a prisoner of war.

Gerrard was one of hundreds of Allied soldiers that surrendered in the Battle of Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1941.

“It was a hopeless situation,” he said. “We had been fighting 24 hours a day for a couple of weeks.”

Gerrard thinks about that Christmas in 1941 each year. He remembers his days as a prisoner of war more often. “It’s always in your mind. Every day you think of something that happened over there.”

During 17-and-a-half days of fighting, 290 Canadians were killed and 493 were wounded trying to defend Hong Kong. On Christmas Day 1941, unable to fight any longer, the Allies had no choice but to surrender.

In his recliner in front of the fireplace, Gerrard recalled the day.

He was near Wong Nei Chong Gap when the Japanese landed.

“I can’t even remember where I slept the whole time. I know it wasn’t in a bed. I guess it just happened to be anywhere I was. You catnapped quite a bit, and when you did, before you opened your eyes you just lay and listen to see if you heard strange voices – Japanese language,” he said.

He was with two other signalmen when they heard of the surrender on Christmas.

“We always set up a little ways away from headquarters because of the bombing and shelling that went on whenever we went on the air,” he said.

“Then it got quiet so we sent a messenger back to headquarters and he saw the Japanese walking in. That left us a bit behind the lines and we made our way out and didn’t find any troops.”

They turned toward the main headquarters and found others hoping to make a last stand. “Then the order came through to surrender.”

The Japanese took them back to their own camp. “They took us right back to Sham Shui Po barracks, where we had been. Of course it had been stripped clean by the Chinese, all the wood frames, the wood doors, anything wood they took because they had a shortage of fuel for cooking. So we just had open buildings made of tile and stucco.”

He was held there for a year. He was then transferred to the mainland and later to a camp in northern Japan.

He took the experience one day at a time. “(We were) wondering what was the future going to

be. What they were going to do to you, from then on you just live from day to day. The food was bad, there was no medical supplies, then they started working us. You had to be on the parade square at daylight and you were getting back just as it was getting dark.”

Gerrard and the other prisoners were beaten, starved and forced to work in mines, shipyards and foundries. Many suffered disabilities and many died prematurely.

“When we first went to the camp in Kawasaki in Japan, the commander of the camp gave us a speech and told us that we would probably never see Canada again. That they would be taking over Canada,” Gerrard said.

“He said we would probably end up dying in the camp. So I was just determined that wasn’t going to happen. Whenever I got down, I would think of this and it would help me. I was just determined they weren’t going to get the better of me.”

He credits a strong genetic makeup for his survival. “Fortunately, I guess my genes were pretty good. If you got some disease or something in your weakened condition, if you got one thing, you’d get another.”

After four Christmases away, Gerrard and the other servicemen were freed.

“We went back to camp that night and things were still the same. The next morning we got up to go to work and the guards had all disappeared – that was the start of our freedom.”

Many years later, he is recounting his story because the Japanese government formally apologized to Canadian prisoners of war for their suffering.

For Gerrard, it’s a case of too little, too late. “There was an odd feeling about it. We were told we had to keep it a secret from the media (until after the Dec. 8 event in Japan).”

There was no media coverage in Japan and Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney was not in attendance during the apology, Gerrard said.

“There was a few in our organization (Hong Kong Veterans Association) that thought they ought to apologize. But it didn’t matter to me. I had let it go,” he said.

“This important gesture is a crucial step in ongoing reconciliation and a significant milestone in the lives of all prisoners of war. It acknowledges their suffering while honouring their sacrifices and courage,” Blaney said in a press release.

The man giving the apology, Toshiyuki Kato, Japan’s parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, was sincere, Gerrard said.

“He seemed genuine, but I wondered if it was done on behalf of the embassy or if the government of Japan was behind it. I thought that should have been better represented than it was. They didn’t even take a picture.”

But photos aren’t something Gerrard needs to remember.

“There’s always something reminding you of it, I think all the fellows have that problem. At times like this when you bring it all up again, I lose a lot of sleep over it.

“You’ve got to keep putting it behind you, to drop it, to think of something else. It’s a bit of a struggle sometimes, but as you get older it gets easier, the old memory is failing.”

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Hong Kong veteran Gerry Gerrard was part of a delegation that travelled to Japan earlier this month to receive an apology from the Japanese government for their suffering as prisoners of war.

After 70 years, veteran gets Japanese apology

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United Church invites public

St. Aidan’s United Church, the largest United Church in Saan-ich, hosts an early Christmas Eve service of carols, readings and candles at 7 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. A second service is also planned for 10 p.m.

The BMO Financial Group pledged $175,000 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s Building Care Together campaign to help purchase state-of-the-art equipment and technology for Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Patient Care Centre.

“It’s very inspiring to receive a commitment like this and we’re very grateful for the support of BMO Financial Group,” said Leslee Farrell, co-chair of the Building Care Together campaign, along with Ted Hughes.

“Time and time again, the gener-osity and involvement of our corpo-rate partners have contributed to considerable health-care advances in our community.”

Shelly Jensen, vice-president, Vancouver Island District, for BMO

Bank of Montreal, presented the pledge to Farrell and Hughes.

“We understand that as Vancou-ver Island’s population continues to grow and age, the demands on our medical caregivers will also multi-ply along with the need for more complex and expensive health ser-vices.

“Our donation to the Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital reinforces our commitment to sup-porting and strengthening health care services for all citizens in the region,” Jensen said.

The Building Care Together cam-paign has now received pledges totalling $11.3 million, and the cam-paign co-chairs are looking forward to making a number of announce-ments in the coming weeks.

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Stuff the bus packs on pounds

Support for the Mustard Seed Food Bank and 1Up, Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre, came in droves during this year’s fourth annual Stuff the Bus toy and food drive, co-ordinated by B.C. Transit staff.

Donations included $2,540 in cash, 3,992 pounds of food, and $3,000 in toys and clothing. In the past four years, B.C. Transit has helped collect more than $89,700 in food, toys and money with its Stuff the Bus campaign.

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More than 90 youth will arrive in Victoria from across the prov-ince to spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s attending the B.C. Youth Parlia-ment.

“We had a large number of applications this year. We had a substantial waiting list by our standards,” said Dora Turje, BCYP registrar.

“It’s good to know that a lot of people heard about it and were interested in joining.”

The Youth Parliament is in its 83rd year and is open to youth

between the ages of 16 and 21. It is a non-partisan, non-denom-inational service organization that creates service projects to help improve the lives of young people.

It also organizes regional youth parliaments, which are designed for 14- to 18-year-olds and run in the different regions of B.C. in order to allow more youth to experience debate-building edu-cation in parliamentary proce-dures.

One of the events is the British Columbia Youth Parliament.

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Island will be participating in the parliament, which began in 1924 as the older boys parliament.

Every year they meet in the legislative buildings in Victoria and debate a variety of legisla-tion that outlines projects that BCYP will then run throughout the year.

In addition, private member’s resolutions are introduced giving members the ability to debate any issue they choose, while still participating in a practical les-son on the parliamentary pro-cess.

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The Victoria Foundation:75 years of giving - highlights of a milestone year

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Since then, the foundation has granted more than $100 million to thousands of charitable organizations. It now manages assets of more than $180 million – making it the sixth largest of 180 community foundations in Canada. Here are some highlights of the Victoria Foundation’s 75th anniversary year:

2011 marks the 75th anniversary of the Victoria Foundation. The donors of yesterday had the same vision as those who give today – to make our community stronger and to support causes that matter. Over 75 years, our endowment has grown, and as an organization, our ability to affect change has grown. Thank you donors and thank you Victoria, for counting on us for 75 years. victoriafoundation.bc.ca

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January – Foundation launches 75th anniversary website

View the interactive timeline at75yearsandcounting.ca Feb. 2 – Grants honour Victoria’s Chinese Canadian community

The foundation gives $75,000 for four projects to protect and support Chinese his-tory, culture and art. Later in the month, another $26,000 is granted to preserve the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associa-tion’s historical documents collection.Feb. 4-13 – Victoria Film Festival: Con-templating Victoria

The Festival honors the foundation’s 75th with a showing of 10 films from the archives that reflect life in Victoria.April 10 – Launch of the Victoria Circle

The Victoria Circle welcomes 97 people who have communicated their intention to make a future gift to the community through their estate plans.April 10-16 – Victoria Foundation steps up for National Volunteer Week

The Foundation supports Story Theatre’s production of Stepping Up, a play for young people about the benefits of volunteerism.May 1 – Every Step Counts in 10K

A 75-member foundation team enters the Times Colonist’s 10K road race. Mem-bers include participants and volunteers from one of the foundation’s programs, Every Step Counts.May 31 – Local students grant $17,500

Over 100 participants from Victoria Foundation’s seven Vital Youth high school programs present grants totaling $17,500 to 16 charitable organizations.June 11 – Foundation friends celebrate 75th

A 75th gala features keynote speaker Tim Brodhead, CEO of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, and Canadian come-dian Rick Mercer. Sept. 12 – Victoria Symphony premieres orchestral work honoring the founda-tion

The Victoria Symphony premieres High Tower, by Victoria-based composer Anthony Genge. The work was commissioned by a former Honorary Governor of the founda-tion, the late Jane Rogers, in honor of the community contributions of the Victoria Foundation and those of her late husband, former Lieutenant Governor Bob Rogers.Sept. 26 – Vital Youth welcome the Gov-ernor General

Members of the foundation’s Vital Youth

program greet the Right Hon. David John-ston and his wife on their inaugural visit to Victoria. In honour of the visit, the City of Victoria contributes $5,000 to its Governor General’s Youth Legacy Fund held at the foundation.Sept. 29 – Study demonstrates high level of arts economic activity

The first economic activity study on arts and culture in Greater Victoria is released. Funded by the foundation, the study shows the sector generated total economic activity of $170 million in 2010.Oct. 4 – Vital Signs community report card released

The foundation issues its sixth annual Victoria’s Vital Signs report showing that Victoria residents are concerned about the cost of living but love the natural amenities of their community.Nov. 7 – National Philanthropy Day Awards

Foundation board member Deirdre Roberts is awarded the Generosity of Spirit Award at the National Philanthropy Day awards.Nov. 11 – World premiere of Mary’s Wed-ding

Foundation donors supported the com-position of the World War I-based opera Mary’s Wedding for Pacific Opera Victoria.Nov. 15 – 18 – Victorians rise to the 75-Hour Giving Challenge

Fifteen charitable organizations with endowment funds managed by the foun-dation raise more than $140,000 in 75 hours. The foundation contributed another $75,000 in matching funds.Nov. 19 – Victoria’s Youth Vital Signs released

The Victoria Youth Vital Signs report is launched at TED-X Victoria. It’s the first time it’s released as a stand-alone report. Nov. 28 – Foundation awards $800,000 in community grants

This latest round of grants brings the foundation’s annual total to more than $9 million. Dec. 20 – New fund brings history full circle

The first organization to receive a grant from the Victoria Foundation becomes the most recent one to create an endowment to be managed by the foundation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Victoria, origi-nally the Victoria Boys’ Club, establishes a $100,000 fund.

Rick Mercer and board celebrated 75 years of the Victoria Foundation on June 11.

Victoria’s Vital Signs®, an annual community report card sponsored by Island Savings, was released Oct. 4 showing cost-of-living has become the top issue for Victorians.

Victoria’s Youth Vital Signs®, sponsored by the TELUS Victoria community board, was released Nov. 19 at the TED-X Victoria conference.


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