Goldstream News Gazette, May 21, 2014

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Bike to WorkAnnual challenge to commuters hits the roads

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Kyle WellsNews staff

Colwood city council has decided to send a letter to the minister of children and family development opposing the upcoming closure of the Victoria Youth Custody Services Centre in View Royal.

Mayor Carol Hamilton, who worked at the centre as a correctional officer for 10 years, when it was at another Victoria location, said the centre is nec-essary to keep troubled youth close to their families and community supports.

“The good news story is we don’t have as many kids perhaps in custody,” Hamilton said.

“The bad news story of it is the kids we have in custody are the ones who need the most attention, most often and they need to be closer to those resources and as many of those com-munity ties as possible.”

Colwood’s suggestion is to keep the facility open and use part of it to house female inmates, as no custody facilities for women currently exist on Vancou-ver Island. Female offenders in the local court system have to be held in local police cells or placed in custody facili-ties in the Lower Mainland.

Hamilton would like to see the issue come before the next Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) meeting in Sep-tember to garner support from commu-nities throughout the province.

“In the meantime we just might start pushing it out to other communities on the Island and see where it goes,” Ham-ilton said. “I just think it’s a bad move.”

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Few sports bring all ages, skill levels and neighbourhoods together in Greater Vic-toria quite like cycling.

And while nearly six per cent of Greater Victorians commute to work via bicycle (about five times the Canadian average), most resi-dents don’t see cycling as a viable option for commuting, said Frank Hudson, executive director of the Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week Society.

“There’s actually not much of a difference between taking a bike or a vehicle into down-town (Victoria), even from as far away as Col-wood corners,” he said.

To prove the point, Hudson and his team organize an annual commuter challenge in the run-up to Bike to Work Week, pitting cyclists against drivers on their morning com-mutes.

Colwood Coun. Judith Cullington works from home most days, but is jumping in her

electric Nissan Leaf to challenge Colwood resident Randy Scott to his workplace in down-town Victoria.

“I may drive an elec-tric car, but I’m also an avid cyclist,” she said. Cullington often makes the quick trip to city hall via bicycle, but said longer distances do require more than a willing rider.

“If you live on the top of Triangle Moun-tain, you’re not going to want to make that trip home every day from Victoria,” she said. “It also depends on what’s on the other end. If you arrive at your office and there are showers, that makes a big difference. All these pieces need to come together.”

The Bike to Work Week commuter chal-lenge takes place today (May 21), while Bike to Work Week runs May 26 to June 2.

Organizers will have four celebration sta-tions on the West Shore this year at Crossroads Park Station in Lang-ford; Sooke Road and Aldeane Avenue in Col-wood; Portage Park in

View Royal; and near Victoria General Hos-pital on the Galloping Goose trail.

“We had about 7,000 cyclists participate last year, and we want 1,000 more this year,” Hud-son said. “If people are uncomfortable riding, they can take one of

our bike skills courses. They’re $20 for a four-hour session, and they’re a bargain. I took one years ago and I was surprised by how much I learned from it.”

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Colwood resident Randy Scott will be racing Coun. Judith Cullington from the West Shore to downtown to see which wheeled way to work is the winner.

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Tech centre a beloved alternativeKyle WellsNews staff

Metchosin Techni-cal Centre is hosting an open house this week-end, as it prepares for changes to School Dis-trict 62’s alternative education landscape.

Students choose to attend the tech school, typically because they are interested in the trades and are attracted to the real hands-on, project-based learning offered there.

“It’s open, they allow lots of different things,” Grade 9 student Jake Clark said. “You can fall through the cracks if you go to the bigger schools if you don’t exactly fit in.”

Clark hopes to become either an elec-trician or a welder, so the tech school seemed like an obvious choice. He said he likes the smaller classes, the camaraderie and the physicality of the courses.

Clark said he doesn’t know how students in regular classes do it.

“Terrible. I don’t know if I could even go through that, I’m so used to this now.”

“It was designed to re-engage kids in activi-ties at school. Because by Grade 9, end of Grade 8, boys in par-ticular, school becomes

pretty unimportant in the scheme of things,” vice principal Keith Boggs said. “The tran-sition between Grade 9 and 10 is pretty dif-ficult.”

Attendance rates are “phenomenal”, Boggs said, and the school is typically on par with or above provincial aver-ages for testing, despite about 60 per cent of its students having some sort of special learning designation.

The school has smaller class sizes and puts an emphasis on learning outside of the classroom, with lots of field trips around the community, including a year-end camping trip.

There is an empha-sis on health at the school too, with physi-cal education classes every day and no junk food allowed on school property. Fruit and veg-gies are provided to students at no cost as an alternative.

“Once (students) come they don’t want to leave,” Boggs said.

Starting this Septem-ber, the tech school is going back to being exclusively Grade 9 and 10, after having Grade 11 and 12 students for the past few years.

The move is a part of School District 62’s con-solidation of its alter-native schooling pro-

grams, which includes the relocation of Pacific secondary school pro-grams to the West Shore Learning Centre Annex in Colwood.

“We’re trying to get out of lease agree-ments, it’s an ongoing pressure to the operat-ing budget and money’s tight,” SD62 superinten-dent Jim Cambridge said.

The Annex will be home for students in the Grade 8 to 10 range, along with the tech school, and the West-Shore Centre campus on Goldstream Ave. in Langford will be for stu-dents in grades 11 and 12. Staffing levels will stay the same.

“This can be a chal-lenge, but the whole school, all the differ-ent campuses, have come together to work on this,” Bogg said. “Instead of looking at it as a challenge, we’re looking at this as a brighter future.”

Part of that bright future is hoped to be synchronizing school timetables so students are able to take courses at the various schools, even if they attend another one.

Metchosin Technical Centre day, on Satur-day, May 24, will give the public a chance to drop by, see what stu-dents at the school are

engaged with and have a look around the facil-ity.

The day will include a bottle drive, bake sale, garage sale and bar-

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Grade 9 student Floyd Dobell works the chop saw at Metchosin Technical Centre, an alternative school which is aimed at youth interested in getting into the trades through a real hands-on approach to learning.

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LETTERSSewage petition is a step in right direction

The petition for an independent review of the CRD’s sewage treatment plan is vital because the CRD’s sewage treatment system is incorrectly designated as high-risk by the federal government.

The federal government does allow for deadline extensions if the application is made before July, 2014.

One benefit to correctly reclassifying our risk rating will allow more time to find better sites and better technology.

As well, it gives time for that independent review of the CRD sewage plan as well as necessary cost-benefit and risk analyses that have still not been done.

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Amalgamation could save millions for region

In 2011, Greater Victoria municipalities spent $1.5 million for the salaries of 13 fire chiefs to serve a mere 335,000 popula-tion. Compare that with Surrey (pop. 468,000), which spent less than $200,000, or Burnaby (pop. 223,000), which spent $170,000 for their fire chief.

Overall our costs are 7 to 8 times higher for the same ser-vice.

Greater Victoria munici-palities spent $1.7 million on salaries for all the directors of engineering. Surrey (remem-ber, a population 40% higher than Greater Victoria) spent $234,000.

In total, chief administra-tive officers (city managers) in Greater Victoria were paid over $1.9 million. Surrey paid their CAO $326,000, while Burnaby paid $237,000. Why? Because they each need only one CAO. We have 13.

Extend the same basic com-parison to the costs of multiple police chiefs, deputy fire chiefs, senior financial officers and the many other senior management staff in each municipality in the CRD.

It amounts to millions of dol-lars squandered annually on

inane redundancies. It’s easy to tally up over $10 million on the back of a napkin, just for sala-ries alone.

Don’t believe a politician who maintains that costs are well managed in your municipal-ity. If Greater Victoria mayors and councillors truly had the best financial and economic interests of their communities in mind, the opportunities for mutual assistance at the senior management level would be vigorously pursued, at a bare minimum.

Some municipal councils have so far refused to receive their residents’ views on study-ing potential efficiencies via a non-binding referendum ques-tion on the November munici-pal ballot.

Until then, it’s time to con-sider supporting those bold, brave, confident municipal can-didates who have a transform-ing vision for Greater Victoria.

Candidates who are commit-ted to using limited resources more effectively and who can take our community of neigh-bourhoods to the next great level.

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EDITORIALOUR VIEW

Spring is a time of rebirth: blossoms and greenery emerge as cold and snow give way to warmer temperatures and longer days. It can also kick off a season of sneezing, headaches and itchy, watery eyes. Like a growing number of people, I’m allergic to tree pollen. Many say their symptoms have worsened over the years. They’re probably right.

We’ve upset the Earth’s carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels and destroying forests and wetlands. Plants help rebalance it by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.

A warming planet also means longer growing seasons and stimulated plant growth in many areas (although it’s causing drought and reduced plant growth in some parts of the world). And rising atmospheric CO2 actually increases pollen production.

Add to that the extreme weather impacts of climate change that can exacerbate allergy symptoms and other respiratory problems (rain and higher temperatures create more moulds and fungi in some places; more dust contributes to allergies and asthma in drought-stricken areas), plus the all-around increases in ground-level ozone, smoke and pollution, and you’ve got a recipe for mass discomfort, illness, death and rising health care costs.

Tests conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture weed

ecologist Lewis Ziska showed pollen production doubled from five to 10 grams per plant when CO2 in the atmosphere went up from 280 parts

per million in 1900 to 370 in 2000, according to a USA Today article. That could double to 20 grams by 2075 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.

“There’s clear evidence that pollen season is lengthening and total pollen is increasing,” George Luber, associate director for climate change at the U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, told USA Today. “It’s one of the ways climate change is already affecting your community.”

U.S. research shows the pollen season there has lengthened by about 16 days since 1995 and the ragweed season by anywhere from a day to 16 days, with greater increases moving north. The Public Health Agency of Canada says ragweed season here is close to a month longer than in 1995 because of warming temperatures.

We still don’t fully understand the multiple impacts of global warming on allergies, or what else may be contributing to the problem. Increased chemical exposure and the “hygiene factor” — which shows lack of exposure to germs and the outdoors early in life can make people more prone to allergies — may also be involved. More research is needed, but that

will require more funding. This doesn’t mean people

should stay indoors. Getting outside offers numerous physical and mental health benefits. Research even shows that kids who spend a lot of time outdoors develop fewer allergies. The David Suzuki Foundation’s 30x30 Nature Challenge during May provides tips and information about the benefits of outdoor activity. You can also take steps to minimize allergic reactions, such as going outside later in the day when pollen levels are lower and reducing allergens inside your home.

Doing all we can to prevent climate change from getting worse won’t do much for allergies this season or next, but in the long run, it will make life easier for all of us, and our children and grandchildren. It’s all about the natural systems that keep us alive and healthy being put out of whack by our reckless behaviour.

We still have time and opportunities to avoid the worst impacts, but only if we act quickly to protect and restore forests and green spaces and reduce our consumption of fossil fuels through energy conservation and shifting to renewable sources.

There are many benefits to addressing climate change. One is that we’ll all be able to breathe easier.

With contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

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Youth custody closure a mistake

It’s not always popular to speak on the side of those in jail, but the recently announced closure of the Victoria Youth Custody Services Centre in View Royal should make us all scratch our heads over just what our corrections system is for.

Ideally it’s not simply to keep criminals out of society. That is one of its roles, yes, but it’s too expensive to house inmates and too uncaring to imagine this as their only role.

Corrections facilities should give equal attention to helping inmates work through the problems that lead them to crime, whether it be addiction, mental health problems, a lack of support and resources or any other reason. Not all, probably not even most, will be helped, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.

And part of what can help those who do have a chance for redemption is to encourage strong ties to family and community.

With the closure of the centre, it means there is nowhere on Vancouver Island to house youth in custody. The same is already true for women.

This also means young people who are in custody while working their way through the local court system don’t have anywhere to stay except local jail cells, which have been described as inadequate, or a facility on the Lower Mainland, making court appearances by video or escorted travel.

This means a complete separation from what little support these youth may have. And these are people who aren’t even guilty yet.

The 1970s saw a prisoners’ rights movement come to life in the United States, demanding better treatment for those in custody. We don’t tend to worry much about prisoners rights these days, and the situation certainly isn’t as extreme as in the States or in the 1970s, but all it takes is visiting court for a day to realize most people in custody are scared, humiliated and emotionally fragile.

Some have done terrible things and deserve to be locked away. All deserve a chance to do better, even if within the corrections system.

The closure of this youth centre is a step back for a society which supposedly prides itself on its justice system.

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LETTERSSewage petition is a step in right direction

The petition for an independent review of the CRD’s sewage treatment plan is vital because the CRD’s sewage treatment system is incorrectly designated as high-risk by the federal government.

The federal government does allow for deadline extensions if the application is made before July, 2014.

One benefit to correctly reclassifying our risk rating will allow more time to find better sites and better technology.

As well, it gives time for that independent review of the CRD sewage plan as well as necessary cost-benefit and risk analyses that have still not been done.

It’s important that these analyses must include our marine-based sewage treatment system because besides being incredibly less-expensive then land-based sewage plants, our current system enjoys two important environmental advantages: it produces virtually no bio-hazardous sewage sludge nor does it require precious urban space for more sewage plants.

John NewcombSaanich

Amalgamation could save millions for region

In 2011, Greater Victoria municipalities spent $1.5 million for the salaries of 13 fire chiefs to serve a mere 335,000 popula-tion. Compare that with Surrey (pop. 468,000), which spent less than $200,000, or Burnaby (pop. 223,000), which spent $170,000 for their fire chief.

Overall our costs are 7 to 8 times higher for the same ser-vice.

Greater Victoria munici-palities spent $1.7 million on salaries for all the directors of engineering. Surrey (remem-ber, a population 40% higher than Greater Victoria) spent $234,000.

In total, chief administra-tive officers (city managers) in Greater Victoria were paid over $1.9 million. Surrey paid their CAO $326,000, while Burnaby paid $237,000. Why? Because they each need only one CAO. We have 13.

Extend the same basic com-parison to the costs of multiple police chiefs, deputy fire chiefs, senior financial officers and the many other senior management staff in each municipality in the CRD.

It amounts to millions of dol-lars squandered annually on

inane redundancies. It’s easy to tally up over $10 million on the back of a napkin, just for sala-ries alone.

Don’t believe a politician who maintains that costs are well managed in your municipal-ity. If Greater Victoria mayors and councillors truly had the best financial and economic interests of their communities in mind, the opportunities for mutual assistance at the senior management level would be vigorously pursued, at a bare minimum.

Some municipal councils have so far refused to receive their residents’ views on study-ing potential efficiencies via a non-binding referendum ques-tion on the November munici-pal ballot.

Until then, it’s time to con-sider supporting those bold, brave, confident municipal can-didates who have a transform-ing vision for Greater Victoria.

Candidates who are commit-ted to using limited resources more effectively and who can take our community of neigh-bourhoods to the next great level.

Lesley EwingOak Bay

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Addiction to cellphones is enslavingAs technology advances and

new mobile phones are created, teenagers slowly lose their ability to interact with others.

Technology has significantly improved and today’s cellphones seem able to do anything. That is a trait teens desperately plead to have.

Although cellphones were originally used for communicating only, these devices have developed a whole new spectrum of uses that have made them even more addictive, to young people especially. Some studies put at more than 90 per cent the number of teens in North America with a mobile phone.

Technology is definitely making huge progress that we should all be proud of, but to what extent?

Not only are teens losing their ability to speak and interact with others, they are also losing interest in everything going on around them.

As many as 65 per cent of students have used their phones in class. Teenagers would rather be texting a friend, posting pictures on Instagram or reading a tweet than listening to a teacher talk.

People under the age of 18 have also been known to receive up to 3,000 text

messages a month.The use of mobile phones is

reducing the interest teens have in studying and also reduces

the time they use to do any activities that require physical work.

As a teen who has grown up in a generation full of technology, I can say there are pros and cons to it. My parents repeatedly remind me of

how lucky I am to be part of a generation where information is more accessible.

In the past, people had to look for information in books. Now we are able to look for anything online, often on our phones.

Although cellphones are obviously useful for communication, I think people are taking their use to a heightened level because verbal, face-to-face communication seems to be fading away.

There is not one day where I go out and see teens sitting at a table and conducting a decent conversation together without looking at their phones.

Last week I went out for

dinner with my parents and was shocked when a nearby couple asked for the Wi-Fi password as soon as they sat down, before even asking for the menu. They barely spoke to each other at dinner; they were both engaged with their phones.

Moments like that make me wonder how society will be in a couple of years. Are we just going to be texting each other regardless of the fact that we might be close enough to verbally say something to the other person? Technological gadgets are affecting interaction among people. Teens do not seem to have the capacity to be part of a productive conversation as much as when technology was not as advanced.

It is definitely amazing how we are able to instantly get answers on a mobile device and to communicate with people even in different countries.

But, I think talking to people in front of us might sometimes be more significant, because we get more out of a conversation.

It is an ability mobile phone users are fast losing, due to their addiction to text.

Cristel Lucenilla is a Grade 12 student at Belmont secondary.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaws at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS at CITY HALL, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. on Monday, May 26 at 6:40 p.m.

1. “COLWOOD LAND USE BYLAW NO. 151, 1989, AMENDMENT NO. 139 (RESIDENTIAL 6 – R6 ZONE), BYLAW NO. 1539, 2014”.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1539 is to amend Land Use Bylaw No. 151 by creating and adding a new zone, being the RESIDENTIAL 6 (R6) ZONE. Uses permitted in the zone would include single-family dwellings, secondary suites where the lot width is not less than 12 metres, home-based businesses, and accessory buildings and structures. The maximum lot coverage for residential buildings would be 40% of the lot. The minimum lot area would be 695 square metres, except that, where suitable amenity contributions are provided, the lot size may be reduced down to a minimum of 300 square metres. The R6 zone would also contain other regulations for the size and siting of buildings.

2. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 138 (686 Donovan Avenue), Bylaw No. 1538, 2014”.

Proposed Bylaw No. 1538 proposes to rezone the property at 686 Donovan Avenue, more particularly described as Lot 1, Section 69, Esquimalt District, Plan 9798, from the Residential 1 (R1) Zone to the new Residential 6 (R6) Zone for the purpose of facilitating a subdivision creating up to 8 single-family residential lots. The subject property is shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map below:

A copy of the proposed bylaws and other related material may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from Wednesday, May 14, 2014 up to and including Monday, May 26, 2014. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 478-5999 or [email protected] .

Alan Haldenby,Director of Planning

City of ColwoodNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DISTRICT OF METCHOSIN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The District of Metchosin hereby gives NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING under Sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the following proposed bylaw:

METCHOSIN LAND USE AMENDMENT BYLAW, NO. 610The general purpose of the bylaw is to add medical marihuana facilities as a permitted use on industrially zoned lands. The District has three properties currently zoned for industrial use: 3740 Sooke Road, 661 Lombard Drive and 4050 Happy Valley Road.

The Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the District of Metchosin Municipal Office, 4450 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, British Columbia, V9C 3Z3 on Monday, May 26, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing if they request. A person may appear in person, be represented by another person, or make a written submission to identify issues directly relating to the proposed bylaw.

No further submissions will be accepted after the Public Hearing closes. Copies of the proposed bylaw and other related materials may be inspected or obtained at the District of Metchosin Municipal Office, 4450 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, British Columbia, V9C 3Z3. The copies will be available from the first date of this notice up to and including Monday, May 26, 2014 inclusive, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

For further information, please contact the District of Metchosin Municipal Office at (250) 474-3167.

Lisa UrlacherInterim Chief Administrative Officer


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Victoria-based band Current Swell were in the West Shore last week, shooting a music video for their song “Keys to the Kingdom.”

On Thursday, May 15 the band headed to Millstream Self Storage for the video, which is a spoof on the TV show Storage Wars. A fake meth lab was set up in one of the units, á la Breaking Bad, and members of the band pretended to bid on the contents within, with local radio host Dylan Willows playing auctioneer.

“We’re just trying to have a bit of fun,” frontman Scott Stan-ton said. “Usually they send us to Vancouver, we’ve shot in Toronto too. It’s nice to know I’ll be slepping in my own bed tonight.”

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Players, coaches and staff from the Rebels organization came out to meet the community and raise funds for the good cause.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to a resolution of Council made at the Regular Meeting of Council on April 14, 2014 regarding Fire Snorkel 57 which has exceeded the replacement timeline set for suppression equipment, Colwood Council intends to borrow funds for its replacement by way of a lease through Municipal Finance Authority. The amount to be borrowed will be to a maximum of $1.35 million dollars. The proposed lease is for five years, renewable for a second five year term. At the end of the first term 50% of the borrowed amount will have been paid and at the end of the second term the remaining balance will have been paid and the City of Colwood will take ownership of the vehicle. The life expectancy of the vehicle is 15 to 20 years.

Council may proceed with the aforementioned borrowing after 30 days of the last of the two newspaper publications of this Notice unless at least 10% of the electors petition Council to submit this matter to the electors for assent. It is estimated that 10% of the electors is 1,210.

Elector responses must be submitted using the established Alternate Approval Process Elector Response Form, which is available upon request at the City of Colwood Municipal Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays. For an elector response to be considered, electors signing the Alternate Approval Process Elector Response Form must include their full name and address, including the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to register as a non-resident property elector, and must qualify as a resident elector or non-resident property elector. An elector must not sign more than one elector response form.

The deadline for the submission of an Alternate Approval Process Elector Response Form is established as Monday, June 30, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. with all submissions to be made to the Corporate Officer at the City of Colwood Municipal Office. Visit colwood.ca/fire for more information.

This is the first of two publications of this notice. DATED this 21st day of May, 2014.

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Emmet McCusker has a rather intricate and time-consuming hobby.

When he’s not filling his role as deputy city engineer with the City of Colwood, McCusker spends his time building guitars from scratch, a hobby which is blooming into a side-gig, as notable musicians begin to take notice of his work.

His all-consuming hobby started in 2005 when McCusk-er’s wife bought him a Gibson Les Paul guitar.

Always a tinkerer, McCusker decided he wanted to try a dif-ferent pickup (the device which picks up the vibrations in the instrument for electric amplifi-cation) in the guitar. When he took it apart he noticed the woodworking in the guitar and thought “I could do that.”

“That was the beginning of it and it just went from there,” McCusker said. “It’s kind of more than hobby, but it’s in an inter-esting place right now, it’s in a real transition.”

Now McCusker is starting to build guitars to order for musi-cians he knows, including Amer-ican musician Marcus Eaton, who played guitar on the latest David Crosby album.

The guitar for Eaton is an acoustic, which McCusker has

only built a few of. They present a whole other level of challenge because every choice you make will affect what the guitar ulti-mately sounds like.

“The electrics are fun to make, but basically the electrics are probably a little bit better than high-end furniture making,” McCusker said. “When you’re into an acoustic it’s science and magic.”

A player since the age of 15, McCusker has been in a couple of bands and continues to play back up guitar for some local musicians.

With a hobbyist background in woodworking, building gui-tars has seen passions merge for McCusker and has become

a new obsession. His house is full of guitars and the walk to his front door is lined with slabs of wood drying for guitar building.

“It’s the sense of creating something and the absolute thrill of playing something you’ve worked, in the case of an acoustic, upwards of 180 hours on to build,” he said. “It’s a great thing.”

The concentration needed while doing the work is also nearly meditative, McCusker said.

His latest electric is made mainly from local maple, a mate-rial he said forestry companies often consider as firewood but is actually quite sought after by guitar makers for its distinctive rippling grain.

Looks come second for McCusker though, whose main focus is tone and playability.

“If I want to build something that looks nice, I’ll build furni-ture,” he said. “I’ll make them look nice, but it’s all about tone.”

Visit vicnews.com for a video of McCusker playing the first acoustic guitar he ever [email protected]

Hobby strikes a chord


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