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A real straight shooterLocal air cadet Allister Helton placed among the top ten shooters at a national competition this month, page 15

Man guilty in smuggling caseA Lake Cowichan man is found guilty of money laundering in case that saw millions tossed into the sea, page 10

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From atop a portion of the coal conveyor built by Ramsay Machine Works, the truck being used to transport pieces of the machine across the Victoria airport tarmac can be seen getting ready to leave the West Sidney industrial area. See more photos of the move on page three.

Steven HeywoodNews staff

Drivers have been using Sidney’s new roundabout at Fifth Street and Ocean Avenue for a few weeks and all that’s left to complete it is landscaping in the centre.

Sidney Mayor Larry Cross says most of the comments he has received about the proj-ect so far have been positive (while he does admit there have been a couple of grousing comments), with many people looking at the roundabout as a traffic calming feature. It tends, he continued, to slow traffic coming into town from Lochside Drive.

The project, which was funded by the fed-eral and provincial government gas tax fund and not by Sidney taxpayers, is keeping to its $1.57 million budget, said the mayor.

“As far as I know, it is,” he said. “There have been no panicked messages from staff which is always a positive sign on any project.”

The work is mostly complete and ahead of schedule. Cross said the roundabout was scheduled to be complete by the end of June. It’s looking like it will be done by early to mid-June instead.

“That’s good news,” Cross said.Landscaping around the roundabout and in

its centre is the next step. Cross said the town plans to put some temporary plants into the middle of the roundabout — shrubs, trees and other greenery. The long-term plan, he said, is to create a centerpiece incorporating the branding information developed by the new business improvement area (BIA) board as well as details from an ongoing wayfinding signage program. Cross said a final concept plan for the space will probably be ready for consideration in late fall.

The mayor added there is no official open-ing planned for the roundabout, as it has already been in use for a few weeks.

Roundabout on time and on budgetCentre landscaping yet to be completed

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Provincial News in brief

Moore calls for Duffy to resignVANCOUVER — The senior federal Conser-vative cabinet minister from B.C. is calling on Senator Mike Duffy to resign in the wake of a growing scandal over improper repayment of expenses.

Heritage Min-ister James Moore, the MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, told CTV Tuesday Duffy should resign altogether.

Duffy has already quit the Conservative caucus in the Senate after the disclosure that Nigel Wright, chief of staff for Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper, gave the embattled sena-tor a cheque for $90,000 to repay expenses that may have been improperly claimed.

— Black Press

Dix stays onVANCOUVER — Adrian Dix is staying on as B.C. NDP leader while the party reviews its per-formance in the May 14 election.

Dix didn’t specify a time frame for the election post-mortem, but said he will work to prepare the NDP opposition to hold the gov-ernment to its election commit-ments.

“I assure you this review will spare nothing and no one, least of all me,” Dix told a news con-ference Wednes-day. —Black Press Steven Heywood/News staff

A flatbed trailer and truck from Pro Tech Industrial Moving stops and waits for a second truck to help it over a lip of pavement onto McDonald Park Road.


Earlier in the day, crews prepared the conveyor belt component for the first planned move.


A welder adds some strength to the flatbed carrying the extremely heavy component of the coal conveyor.


Airport lights glow as darkness falls over the Peninsula — as seen from the top of the coal conveyor.

MassiveoveThere’s some heavy lifting going on in Sidney

Crews with Pro Tech Industrial Moving out of Delta, B.C. have been transporting pieces of a ship-loading coal con-veyor built by Ramsay Machine Works of the West Sidney industrial area to a waiting barge in Patricia Bay.

The machine is bound for Neptune Bulk Terminals in Vancouver. The job is part of a $20 million contract between Neptune, EMS-Tech of Bellville, Ontario and Ram-say. The move is expected to wrap up over the next couple of weeks as the machine is dismantled and trucked across the tarmac of the Victoria airport. — Steven Heywood

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council nEWSDistrict of North Saanich - Monday, May 13, 2013


• The District final-ized its 2013 to 2017 five-year financial plan. This year North Saan-ich will collect an esti-mated $11 million in taxes, with total rev-enues of $16.4 million (including utility fees, sales of services and transfers from other governments). Their budget is balanced, spending $17.2 million — making the differ-ence up by using cash ($1.96 million) from reserve accounts.

• The District of North Saanich gets 67.4 per cent of its annual revenue from property taxes. Of those taxes, the majority (71.5 per cent) is paid by resi-dents. Business pays 22.9 per cent of the tax load, followed by light industry (three per cent), recreation or non-profit (2.2 per cent), farms (0.2 per cent) and utilities (0.1 per cent). An addi-tional 26.2 per cent of the district’s overall revenue comes from user fees and charges. The remainder comes from other revenue and grants.

• Council adopted its 2013 tax rates. Based on a rate per every $1,000 in property value, homeowners will pay 1.8246 dollars. Add in Capital Regional District (0.4844) and regional hospital (0.3) taxes, that rate ends up at 2.6 dollars. Industrial properties will pay a total of 13 dollars per $1,000.

• Water parcel rates in North Saanich this year will be zero dol-lars. The water infra-structure replacement parcel rate will be $100. The sewer collection system specific area parcel tax in the dis-trict’s southeast quad-rant will be $801.75. The district’s overall sewer parcel tax will be $42.

• Council approved a grant application for a project to develop a joint strategic plan with the Tseycum First Nation.

District sets its tax rates

Peter RuslandNews staff

A nautical couple is cheering B.C. Ferries’ crew members after the pair and its pooch were rescued from their sinking boat Monday in Saan-ich Inlet.

Ferries spokesman Darin Guenette explained two sailors from the MV Klitsa answered the couple’s may-day, then launched a Zodiac-type res-cue craft at 1:50 p.m. about half way between Mill Bay to Brentwood Bay.

“They responded to a call from a 16-foot Bayliner apparently taking on water,” he told Black Press.

“They launched their rescue boat, and got two people and their dog off,” Geunette said, noting the couple and its dog were taken aboard the Klitsa en route to Brentwood.

“This whole event was initiated by

the Queen of Cumberland that heard the distress, and radioed the Klitsa.”

Queen of Cumberland serves the Swartz Bay-southern Gulf Islands route.

Reasons for the Bayliner’s foun-dering, near Senanus Island, were unknown at press time Tuesday.

The rescue delayed Klitsa’s cross-ing by half an hour, he said.

The Klitsa boasts six crew mem-bers who, like all Ferries’ crew staff, are trained in marine emergency res-cue, noted Guenette.

The Mill Bay ferry has been on the Crown corporation’s chopping block in recent years.

It’s been saved by citizens claiming the ferry is needed as an emergency service, and for safety reasons such as Monday’s rescue.

— Cowichan News Leader Pictorial/Black Press

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council nEWSDistrict of North Saanich - Monday, May 13, 2013


• The District final-ized its 2013 to 2017 five-year financial plan. This year North Saan-ich will collect an esti-mated $11 million in taxes, with total rev-enues of $16.4 million (including utility fees, sales of services and transfers from other governments). Their budget is balanced, spending $17.2 million — making the differ-ence up by using cash ($1.96 million) from reserve accounts.

• The District of North Saanich gets 67.4 per cent of its annual revenue from property taxes. Of those taxes, the majority (71.5 per cent) is paid by resi-dents. Business pays 22.9 per cent of the tax load, followed by light industry (three per cent), recreation or non-profit (2.2 per cent), farms (0.2 per cent) and utilities (0.1 per cent). An addi-tional 26.2 per cent of the district’s overall revenue comes from user fees and charges. The remainder comes from other revenue and grants.

• Council adopted its 2013 tax rates. Based on a rate per every $1,000 in property value, homeowners will pay 1.8246 dollars. Add in Capital Regional District (0.4844) and regional hospital (0.3) taxes, that rate ends up at 2.6 dollars. Industrial properties will pay a total of 13 dollars per $1,000.

• Water parcel rates in North Saanich this year will be zero dol-lars. The water infra-structure replacement parcel rate will be $100. The sewer collection system specific area parcel tax in the dis-trict’s southeast quad-rant will be $801.75. The district’s overall sewer parcel tax will be $42.

• Council approved a grant application for a project to develop a joint strategic plan with the Tseycum First Nation.

District sets its tax rates


A nautical couple is cheering B.C. Ferries’ crew members after the pair and its pooch were rescued from their sinking boat Monday in Saan-ich Inlet.

Ferries spokesman Darin Guenette explained two sailors from the MV Klitsa answered the couple’s may-day, then launched a Zodiac-type res-cue craft at 1:50 p.m. about half way between Mill Bay to Brentwood Bay.

“They responded to a call from a 16-foot Bayliner apparently taking on water,” he told Black Press.

“They launched their rescue boat, and got two people and their dog off,” Geunette said, noting the couple and its dog were taken aboard the Klitsa en route to Brentwood.

“This whole event was initiated by

the Queen of Cumberland that heard the distress, and radioed the Klitsa.”

Queen of Cumberland serves the Swartz Bay-southern Gulf Islands route.

Reasons for the Bayliner’s foun-dering, near Senanus Island, were unknown at press time Tuesday.

The rescue delayed Klitsa’s cross-ing by half an hour, he said.

The Klitsa boasts six crew mem-bers who, like all Ferries’ crew staff, are trained in marine emergency res-cue, noted Guenette.

The Mill Bay ferry has been on the Crown corporation’s chopping block in recent years.

It’s been saved by citizens claiming the ferry is needed as an emergency service, and for safety reasons such as Monday’s rescue.

— Cowichan News Leader Pictorial/Black Press

couple rescued by B.c. Ferries crew


Crew members of the MV Klitsa (the Mill Bay Ferry) saved a couple and their dog from a sinking boat in Saanich Inlet.

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Devon MacKenzieNews staff

Countryside Preschool is celebrating the big 4-0 next month as well as say-ing goodbye to a long-time teacher.

On June 8, the preschool will host a day of fun in celebration of 40 years of Countryside at St. Stephen’s Church. The day will also mark a celebration of Nancy Dobbs’ hard work.

“Countryside is an amaz-ing place,” said parent volun-teer Rachel Fisher.

“It really brings people together and the mix of ages in the school is really great for socialization.

“We’re lucky to have a place like this.”

Countryside is a coopera-tive preschool, meaning par-ents who can, volunteer at the school up to three times a month, something Fisher said is extremely important to her.

“I can be here every so often and I get to see her learn and grow. It really is great.”

The preschool, which has been operating out of St. Ste-phen’s Church hall (although it is secular) in the Newton Valley for 40 years has been run by Early Childhood Edu-cator (ECE) Nancy Dobbs for

the past 12 years.“This school is very

unique in the fact that it’s multi age as well as a co-op preschool,” said Dobbs.

“I’ve really loved working with the parents and the chil-dren and sharing in educa-tion with them.”

Dobbs was the recipient of the B.C. Childcare Award of Excellence last year through a nomination by a group of parents from the school.

“I was very touched by the sense of community and the appreciation the parents had for myself and the school,”

said Dobbs of the award.Among her many other

roles in running Country-side, Dobbs has also made it a priority to offer parent edu-cation nights at the school once a month to help teach the parent volunteers about ECE.

In her retirement, Dobbs will be focusing on music, another love of hers that she shares with the children at Countryside.

“I’m looking forward to pursuing more music-related things but I’m also very happy that I’ll be able to come back to Country-side and volunteer with the kids as well,” said Dobbs, who plans to help out at the school often.

The new ECE taking over at the school, Madelaine Hit-tos, is also keen on music, and Dobbs said she is happy music will continue on in the school through her.

The open air picnic takes place June 8 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the field behind St. Ste-phen’s Church (7921 St. Ste-phen’s Rd.) All are welcome to attend, especially alumni of the school.

There will be a barbecue, a silent auction, a bake sale, games for children and more.

Tickets (adults, $12 advance, $15 at the gate, children (4 to 12) $5, and three and under are free) are available by emailing [email protected] or by calling 250-652-3424.

For more information on Countryside, visit www.countrysidepreschool.org.

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Local preschool celebrates 40 yearsNancy Dobbs says goodbye after 12 years of teaching at Countryside Preschool

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Early Childhood Educator Nancy Dobbs is retiring this month from Countryside Preschool after 12 years of teaching.

Did you know?Countryside Preschool offers Stay and Play every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30

a.m. Stay and Play is a free, drop-in playtime for children of any age and the adults who care for them. Children can enjoy indoor play equipment as well as crafts and music. Adults can enjoy some time to visit and connect with other parents or caregiv-ers of young children from the Saanich Peninsula. For more information, call 250-652-3424.

Don DescoteauNews staff

Fraser Orr is most comfortable when he’s got a meat cleaver in his hand. The Saanich Peninsula butcher and meat products creator is happy

again, having taken a staff position with the Market on Millstream.

While he’s been working at the Market for three months now, he says, “It’s all still new to me after 34 years of owning my own business.”

Ronald Orr and Son Family

Butcher had three stores in its hey-day, including the original location in Brentwood Bay, and was famous for its brand of haggis. But as Fraser Orr puts it, “a set of unfortunate circum-stances” led himself, brother, Stewart and sister, Rhonda Hebb – they took

over when Ronald Orr died in 2000 – to close the stores last fall.

Market on Millstream co-owner Darryl Hein approached Fraser about getting back into the business and introducing the Orr family’s tra-ditional recipes to a new clientele.

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Underage voters across B.C. gave the NDP a majority govern-ment in an exercise in teaching democracy to students in this prov-ince.

Students in elemen-tary, middle and high schools — including Parkland Secondary in North Saanich — par-ticipated in Student Vote, a parallel elec-tion program coincid-ing with the recent B.C. election.

The approximately 100,000 votes, which did not count in the general election of course, gave the NDP a 54-seat majority, fol-lowed by the B.C. Lib-erals with 20 and the Green Party with eight seats.

In Saanich North and the Islands, stu-dents cast 1,343 votes and awarded the seat to Adam Olsen of the Green Party with 657 votes.

Next was the NDP’s Gary Holman (443), B.C. Liberal Stephen Roberts (165) and independent candidate Scott McEachern (78).

Of those votes, Stel-ly’s Secondary cast 486, Parkland 202, Gulf Islands Second-ary 338, and 317 from middle and elementary schools in the riding.

The Student Vote exercise during the 2009 provincial elec-tion had similar results, giving the Greens the riding, followed by the NDP then the Liberals.

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Students go Green in Saanich North and the IslandsStudent Vote program helps teach democracy


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OUR VIEW

Years ago my husband and I got a phone call from a friend asking if we could provide a homestay for a young Japanese girl who would be in our area for three weeks. We had never done anything like that before but we had room in our home and it sounded like fun so we said yes. That began an adventure that has produced completely unforeseen benefits.

A delightful 20 year old lady stayed with us that year and we made sure she had a great time. We took her water skiing and tubing, even flying in a glider over the fall colours in the Gatineau Hills. In retrospect we may have worn her out but, when the visit was over, she invited us to visit her in Japan the next summer. We had never considered going to Asia but, after hearing about it from Yuko, we decided to go. The next year we spent two wonderful weeks in Japan seeing the sights and I got a new job. Our friend was going to teach English in another country and I became her replacement, finding homes for foreign students, helping to arrange the programs for their visits, teaching English, hosting more students and so on. I’m still at it but oh, how things have changed.

When we first hosted, now more

than 20 years ago, families were not paid. We did it because it sounded like fun, because it exposed us

to young people from another culture, because we could open our home to them and because it was interesting. Today, host families expect payment. Then, very few foreign students were coming. Today they arrive by the plane-load. My husband and I are no longer allowed to host because, as someone who works in the business it would seem to be

favouritism if we had a student in our home.

Having said that, our experience hosting that first Japanese girl was nothing short of life-changing. Not only do we have a fascinating retirement job, it has resulted, both directly and indirectly, in my husband going to teach English in China, in several trips to that country, to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, both when it was a British protectorate and again since it reverted to China. We both write for two magazines that are circulated across China and my husband writes for a Chinese on-line newspaper, in spite of the fact that neither of us speaks Chinese. We have people we consider to be friends in both China and Japan, we have artifacts from

both countries in our home and we are currently planning yet another trip to Asia.

Hosting a student isn’t for everyone and not everyone who hosts a foreign student will become so interested in their culture they will travel to the far corners of the earth. Indeed, there are many reasons for hosting; some do it for the money, some because they want to show the foreigner what this country is like and some because they want to take that small peek into another culture. It is, however, an interesting experience and you never know, you may try it and later find yourself in some exotic place you had never dreamed of visiting.

Groups of students from other lands are arriving frequently in Victoria and if you would like to try hosting I can help. We have a group of young Japanese girls arriving in late July for a short-term stay, just nine days and this could be an opportunity for you to try hosting in a small way to see if you like it. If you’re interested, I can be reached at [email protected]. You may be surprised at where this can lead.

Wendy Franklin is the Vancouver Island Manager for Edutour

Homestay Associates, a B.C.-based company that helps foreign students find homes across western Canada.

Wendy has been hosting students and helping to find them homes, teachers, classrooms and programs for more

than 20 years.

Take a peek into another culture

Sidney doing its part

Sidney is taking a stab at seriously reducing its carbon footprint.

Its purchase of five electric vehicle charging stations is great news for the growing consumer base of battery-powered cars and trucks. Technology is taking leaps and bounds in this industry, as more and more vehicle manufacturers are offering electric and hybrid options.

All they need to keep going is charging stations. Without them, the electric vehicle movement could suffer a fate experienced by the so-called hydrogen highway — a concept of hydrogen-powered vehicles using fuelling stations up and down the west coast of North America.

That plan didn’t really come to pass.Sidney is taking the lead in ensuring electric

vehicles don’t follow that same path. The five stations they officially unveiled last

week could soon be joined by up to a half-dozen more at the Mary Winspear Centre. As well, the Best Western Plus Emerald Isle hotel and Smitty’s restaurant have added one of their own. Sidney just might have the most charging stations for a community of its size right now.

And why not? Located at the terminus of two ferry runs

(Swartz Bay and the Anacortes Ferry), Sidney is a great spot for electric vehicle owners to stop and charge up before they head into Victoria or up-Island.

The town itself has purchased an electric car and plans to do so as its existing vehicle fleet reaches its replacement age. Over the intervening years, the technology is sure to advance and perhaps one day the town will also be able to replace its heavy equipment with electric counterparts.

Other initiatives that can help reduce the town’s impact on the environment include its new roundabout at Fifth Street and Ocean Avenue. Fewer cars sitting at stop signs at the idle means less emissions.

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tion in this constituency is still uncertain, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and apprecia-tion to the voters, my fellow can-didates, and to all of the incred-ible supporters and volunteers on my campaign.

In this age of cynicism about the political process, I am also very proud to have represented the progressive platform and positive campaign put forward by our party and leader.

Gary HolmanB.C. NDP Candidate

Saanich North and the Islands

What is the CFIA thinking?

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lost it.

Instead of diligently check-ing to assure us of the safety of imported goods shipped in from far beyond Canadian borders, they are instead pursuing “local” producers who depend upon the support of consumers to remain in business.

In addition to the province-wide determination, they have added 50 kilometers beyond the provin-cial borders — how interesting.

Apples from Washington State, fish products from Alaska are

now “local”. Maybe soon they will designate anything produced in North America as “local”.

Then there is the caveat that it won’t be enforced — so why change a designation that we all know and understand?

Thank heavens for farmer’s markets. We know and respect Saltspring lamb, maybe soon it will be Central Saanich carrots. Anything to let us know we are supporting the local producer which seems to have escaped the minds of Ottawa bureaucrats.

Marjorie DenrocheNorth Saanich

Ramp costs too much With reference to the May 17

article Ramp Request Defeated in a Tie, several relevant items were not reported.

The upgrading of the Old Moose Hall in Saanichton (origi-nally the Orange Hall built in the late 1890s) has had overwhelming support in the community.

My general contractor, archi-tect and two engineers have worked with municipal staff to ensure all current code require-ments have been met.

Wheelchair accessibility was included in the development plan and washrooms and a service counter have already been con-structed and installed.

The issue of the wheelchair ramp, which is over 50 feet in length, is now at a cost of over $40,000 which has now made this cost prohibitive.

The point which has been overlooked is that a renovation of this type of building does not, by code, require accessibility via ramp.

At the public hearing for the project, accessibility issues were not addressed by the public or by the council regarding the approval of the development permit. We have strived to meet every code requirement in re-pur-posing this old building.

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Vic CliveCentral Saanich

I’ll keep visiting SidneyRe: Sidney brand in the works,

Wednesday, May 15, 2013After reading story ‘Sidney

brand in the works’ and letters to the editor in the May 15 edition of the Peninsula News Review, it struck me what’s not working in the community’s business district and why residents from other municipalities might not feel wel-come to shop there.

Thinking back to previous reads, the same underlying and conflicting message was printed in hundreds of Peninsula News Review issues I’ve read from cover to cover: ‘Come and visit Sidney, but don’t stay!’

Locals and officials who pro-mote the Town of Sidney as a place to visit and shop without encouraging their guests to stay long-term (in new developments) is a contradiction.

You can’t promote the town

as a ‘great place to do business’ without encouraging the same customer to live there.

Very few communities do this and thrive year round — they’re the ones that remain sleepy little resort towns for 10 months of the year.

Good luck Sidney. Either direction you follow, I’ll

continue to visit and enjoy a bak-ery stop and shoreline walk.

B. MunroCentral Saanich

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Find better solutions, don’t create new problems

Urbanization of North Saan-ich would create unforeseen problems. We do need space for farming, recreation and leisure. Before plastering the

last green spots on the Peninsula we have to calculate the consequences. Should business, industry and develop-ers dictate the future of North Saanich?

The Sandown issue was indefinitely delayed to do more research, why then should a dense development proposal — that is out of proportion — be rushed through, in spite of all the protest from

residents? Council has to honour the voice of the community, not just listen to what industry and businesses want.

Here are a couple of suggestions:• First fill in existing places available

before adding new ones. • Take more time to think this through

and find a better solution for a problem — not create new ones.

• Involve people with expertise and knowledge in urban growth.

• Make a serious market analysis and stick to slow growth as agreed in the OCP. Rapid urbanization comes with a

price nobody is willing to pay. So far North Saanich has one of the lowest crime rates in B.C. — but for how long?

• Involve a number of residents to oversee the development, to make sure that affordable houses become

a) affordable and b) end up in the right hands• If you can’t build affordable houses,

do some research about land trust. • Let’s make a compromise: first build

10 houses and see what happens, before starting big.

• Countryside is an important fac-

tor for a healthy lifestyle. Many people flee the hectic city life to live in a rural environment. Now the city follows them even into the last resorts.

• Educate yourself and see that more development does not bring in more money but would cost more — contrary to what we heard repeatedly from devel-opers.

Council is entrusted with the steward-ship of land to ensure that it is not com-promising future generations.

Hildegard HorieNorth Saanich

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THE ARTSMatt Masters in Brentwood

SAANICHTON – For the last concert of their 2012/13 season, Vox Humana presents the finest in Canadian cho-ral music including works about Canada and by Canadian com-posers.

The concert will unfold like a musi-cal road trip across the country beginning in Eastern Canada and ending in our own beautiful British Colum-bia.

To celebrate this con-cert, Vox Humana has commissioned new arrangements of Cana-dian folk songs by com-posers David Archer, Jeff Enns and Sarah Quartel.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 25 at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Saa-nichton (1973 Cultra Ave.)

Tickets, available online or at the door, are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors 65 and up and free for those 25 and under.

Vox Humana will also be at the Atrium building (800 Yates St.) in Victoria at 3 p.m. on Sunday May 26 team-ing up with the Victo-ria Children’s Choir for a surprise performance in the lobby. This con-cert is free and open to all ages.

The choir will also be featured as guest

performers for The Vic-toria Children’s Choir World of Song Concert on Monday, May 27 at 7 p.m. at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall.

World of Song includes the music of Claude Debussy and Bob Chilcott, Cana-dian composers Imant Raminsh, Jeff Enns, and Judy Specht, respected artist Charles Palmer and the singing of “The Call of Wisdom” - an anthem composed for children and per-formed at the 2012 Dia-mond Jubilee Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

For details visit www.voxhumanachoir.ca.

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BRENTWOOD BAY – Brentwood Music in the Park is kicking off the music a little early this year.

Matt Masters, a Calgary singer, gui-tar player and songwriter, will be showing his stuff Saturday, May 25 in the heart of Brentwood at the Centre For Active Living.

Masters’ country and western music is known for its blend of the classic and contemporary and recently the musician has also been featured in film and television with a supporting role in the feature film A Legend of Whitey which was directed by Canadian director Dave Lawrence. Masters is also currently working on an upcoming TV feature.

Brentwood Music in the Park fans may recognize Masters from Barney Bentall’s Grand Cariboo Opry, some-thing he participates in each year,

where he trades off writing and pre-senting song intros with Barney.

In 2009 Masters was awarded the Telus Arts Award for Artistic Innova-tion at the Mayor’s Evening for Busi-ness and the Arts in Calgary. The award recognized his body of live performance and his ability to build unique musical events.

Masters has a degree in History from the University of Calgary and spent two years as the General Man-ager of the Toronto Blues Society and has shared the stage with the likes of Corb Lund, Paul Brandt, Blue Rodeo and many more.

Tickets for Masters’ show are $12 and are available at The Dollar Den and Breadstuffs Bakery in Brent-wood Bay. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show stars at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 250-652-1758.

• On Sunday, May 26 Western Canada’s biggest Toy Show happens at the Mary Winspear. For more info, call 250-727-2403 or visit www.vic-toriatoyshow.ca.

• The Saanich Pen-insula Studio Tour happens June 8 and 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit www.cacsp.com or call 250-656-7400 for more information on the tour.

• A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture by Duncan Currie titled Figures will take place at the Tulista Park Arts Centre (9565 Fifth St.) from June 10 to 16. The show will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more, visit www.cacsp.com.

• The Timebend-ers host an evening of high-energy entertain-ment at the Victoria Curling Club for their 18th annual Shake Rattle and Roll concert Saturday, June 15 at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information on the show which bene-fits the 24-Hour Relay for Camp Shawnigan, visit www.timebend-ers.com/shake-rattle-roll/.

• Timeless Treasures III, a sale of Art in Clothing to benefit the children of Syria, hap-pens Saturday, June 1 from 10 a. m. to 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Par-ish Hall (2319 Mills Rd.)

COMING UP IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Brentwood’s Music in the Park presents Matt Masters this weekend at the Centre

Vox Humana does Canadiana


SPORTS

Danny DanielsContributor

Two Peninsula Track and Field Club athletes have been on a win-ning streak recently.

In two recent meets, Ben Sam-mons and Connor McCullough, both 13-years-old, have continued to pile up winning performances in both track and field events.

For Sammons, capturing both the 80m and 200m hurdles events as well as the flat 200m, plus the javelin throw in Port Alberni at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet were a huge highlight. He also claimed second place in the 100m and the long jump and reached new personal bests in the javelin, discus and 80m hurdles at the Dogwood Track Meet in Victoria.

At the Dogwood meet, McCullough had quadruple wins in the 200m, 300m, 200m hurdles and long jump as well as placing

second in the 100m and third in the shot.

Another particularly satisfy-ing result for the Pen Track Team

at the Bob Dailey meet was the sweeping of the Girls 14 hammer throw event by Meagan Peterson, who won with a toss of 26.48m, fol-

lowed in second and third by Julia Irwin and Sarah Gibson.

Irwin also won the shot put and placed in both the 80 and 200m hurdles races, while Gibson took first in the discus.

Other winning performances for younger athletes came from Jac-queline Gaby (16) in the 1500m race walk, Amelia Casciola, 16, in the 1500m and 2000m steeple-chase, Finn Battersby, 13, in the 1200m and 2000m races, Connor Loughnane, 11, in the 100m and Matteo Hilton, 11, in the 800m race walk.

Twelve-year-olds Blake Furtado, Jonathan Cowley, Thomas Healey and Isaiah Smith also had several silver and bronze placements, as did Brennan Hopkins, 13, Eric Huber,10 and Alexis Van Den Bulk, 9.

At the Masters level, Pen Track continues to dominate in the throwing events at both meets, led by Les East (M70), Don Bro-deur (M60), Phil Brodeur (M90) and Carl Jensen (M40) and Anne Murfitt (W50).

— Danny Daniels is a regular Pen-insula News Review contributor, cov-

ering local track and field.

Pen Track athlete leads the way in Port Alberni

Submitted photo

Pen Track athlete Ben Sammons captured both the 80m and 200m Hurdles events at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet in Port Alberni on the May 4 and 5 weekend.

Ben Sammons captures 80m and 200m hurdles events at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet

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SPORTS

Danny DanielsContributor

Two Peninsula Track and Field Club athletes have been on a win-ning streak recently.

In two recent meets, Ben Sam-mons and Connor McCullough, both 13-years-old, have continued to pile up winning performances in both track and field events.

For Sammons, capturing both the 80m and 200m hurdles events as well as the flat 200m, plus the javelin throw in Port Alberni at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet were a huge highlight. He also claimed second place in the 100m and the long jump and reached new personal bests in the javelin, discus and 80m hurdles at the Dogwood Track Meet in Victoria.

At the Dogwood meet, McCullough had quadruple wins in the 200m, 300m, 200m hurdles and long jump as well as placing

second in the 100m and third in the shot.

Another particularly satisfy-ing result for the Pen Track Team

at the Bob Dailey meet was the sweeping of the Girls 14 hammer throw event by Meagan Peterson, who won with a toss of 26.48m, fol-

lowed in second and third by Julia Irwin and Sarah Gibson.

Irwin also won the shot put and placed in both the 80 and 200m hurdles races, while Gibson took first in the discus.

Other winning performances for younger athletes came from Jac-queline Gaby (16) in the 1500m race walk, Amelia Casciola, 16, in the 1500m and 2000m steeple-chase, Finn Battersby, 13, in the 1200m and 2000m races, Connor Loughnane, 11, in the 100m and Matteo Hilton, 11, in the 800m race walk.

Twelve-year-olds Blake Furtado, Jonathan Cowley, Thomas Healey and Isaiah Smith also had several silver and bronze placements, as did Brennan Hopkins, 13, Eric Huber,10 and Alexis Van Den Bulk, 9.

At the Masters level, Pen Track continues to dominate in the throwing events at both meets, led by Les East (M70), Don Bro-deur (M60), Phil Brodeur (M90) and Carl Jensen (M40) and Anne Murfitt (W50).

— Danny Daniels is a regular Pen-insula News Review contributor, cov-

ering local track and field.

Pen Track athlete leads the way in Port Alberni

Submitted photo

Pen Track athlete Ben Sammons captured both the 80m and 200m Hurdles events at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet in Port Alberni on the May 4 and 5 weekend.

Ben Sammons captures 80m and 200m hurdles events at the Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet


Got Sports? Send us a short email with the details, results or upcoming matches to [email protected]

COMING UP IN SPORTS

• The Peninsula Warriors Junior B lacrosse team host Nanaimo in a rare Sunday afternoon game on June 2.

The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. at Panorama Recreation Centre, Areana B.

The Warriors have played six games.


Allister Helton came very close to quitting cadets three years ago, but something kept pulling him back. Now, he’s very happy he stuck with it after win-ning five medals at a shooting competition in Ontario.

The 16-year-old sergeant in the 676 Kittyhawk Air Cadet Squadron in Sidney finished in eighth place out of around 120 cadets from across the country in a national air rifle competi-tion May 4 to 11 in St. Cathe-rines, Ontario. For Helton, it is a big improvement over his 15th place finish last year — and now he has his sights set on doing even better next year.

Early on, however, he said he was looking for reasons to stick with the Air Cadet program.

“I was ready to leave cadets after my first year,” he said. “I didn’t think there was anything for me.”

He had been learning how to shoot air rifles with the local squadron under the training of Second Lieutenant Doug Tellier, the squadron’s range coach and supply second in command. Hel-ton admitted he found Tellier a little scary at the time. After try-ing many other things - including the flight simulator - Helton said he decided to stay and even try shooting again.

“I was more committed to do something in my second year,” he said. “I really wanted to stay in cadets, so I wanted to make it work.”

What made it click, he contin-ued, was he found that the effort he was putting into his shooting was starting to pay off.

Tellier said he saw talent in Helton early on and has since been working with him to improve his technique. For Hel-ton, his biggest challenge is the mental side of the sport. He said he can get nervous in competi-tion — and that has a big impact

on his accuracy.“It’s his stumbling block,”

added Tellier.To help get past that, Helton is

firing 3,000-plus rounds in both practice and in local competi-tions throughout the season. Come the nationals, said Tellier, and Helton shot between 250 and 260 rounds.

“You have to be aware of every shot,” said the coach, “and try to hit a pinhead every time. Every-thing has to be meticulous — you cannot waver — and to do it time after time, after time, it can be mentally tough.”

Helton, who lives in Central Saanich, said his goal to improve his shooting is to hone his con-centration and try to relax as he

shoots. He is getting better at it and earned three third place and two second place finishes at the national event. He was also given a laminated scorecard of a perfect 100 he achieved dur-ing the competition. Tellier added that if Helton earns a few more of those 100s, he will set a squadron record.

The season is almost finished for Helton and his peers with the air cadets. The squadron holds its annual cadet review on Saturday, June 1 after which they stand down for the sum-mer. Cadets go back in session in September and for Helton, it’s back to practice and concentrat-ing on returning to the national shooting competition.

Peninsula cadet eighth in national shooting event


Air cadet Allister Helton and his shooting coach Doug Tellier with Helton’s medal haul.

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Commercial Petroleum Manager

Peninsula Co-op has served our mem-ber/owners since 1977; currently more than 65,000 people. Our locations on southern Vancouver Island include a grocery store, Home Heating, Com-mercial Cardlock plus 15 gas and con-venience centres. We employ approxi-mately 300 people and budgeted sales this year are $175.3 million. The Co-op is 100% locally owned and operated with plans for continued rapid growth.

The Commercial Petroleum Manager will grow our Home Heating and Com-mercial Petroleum business, while maintaining the Co-op’s competitive market position with a well executed marketing plan. Responsibilities also include coordination of our professional drivers as well as site and equipment safety and maintenance.

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TOWNHOUSE $389,500. Mo-tivated sellers! Will pay 3%/1.5% to buyers agent. MLS #320099. 20-1950 Cultra Ave, Saanichton. For viewing call 250-818-7038 online: propertyguys.com id# 192357.

GARDENER’S PARADISE1 acre. 4-bdrm character

home, 1800 sq.ft. Wired shop, Shed. 1720 Swartz Bay Rd., $555,000. (250)656-1056.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOUSES FOR SALE

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY

with Well-Maintained Furnished Home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm,

2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake,

in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational

property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call [email protected]

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

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Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

LANGFORD MOBILE home in Seniors Park, upgraded interi-or, fully furnished, A/C, fenced yard & 2 sheds. REDUCED to $35,000. 250-590-2450.

OPEN HOUSE

OPEN HOUSE- 1246 Hastings Street. Saturday May 25, 2-4pm. Laura McCollom, RE/MAX. 250-588-8448.

RENTALS

COTTAGES

DEEP COVE- cozy 1bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights $895/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

SIDNEY- DELIGHTFUL Gar-den suite, furnished. Walk to work, amenities & ocean. NS/NP. $795. (250)656-9194.

HOMES FOR RENT

NEAR COOK St. village, new 2 bdrm 5 apls prvt fenced yard small pet ok $1400 N/S. May15/ June 1. 250-383-8800

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

VIC WEST: July 1. Bright sun-ny 3 bdrm+ sunroom, 2 lvng rms, near ocean, $1650. 1 pet ok. N/S, ref’s. 250-383-8800

ROOMS FOR RENT

SIDNEY. FURN’D room. Sat-ellite, laundry, heat, hydro. No drinking. $400. 250-654-0477.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. $650 inclu-sive. Ray 778-433-1233.

SUITES, LOWER

BRENTWOOD BAY- 1 bdrm grd level suite, priv entrance, NS/NP. D/W, W/D. $800+ utils. Call (250)652-1725.

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, May 1. 250-727-6217.

QUADRA/MCKENZIE, newer grd level 2 bdrm, 2 full baths, F/S, lndry, part use of dbl gar-age, N/P, N/S, $1200 + part utils. Avail now. (250)658-5123

SIDNEY: 2 bdrm, lrg back-yard, gardens. 12x12 insulated shed. N/S. $1100+ utils. Avail. June 15th. Call 250-888-5972.

SIDNEY: BRIGHT 1Bdrm grnd level, private entry, $700 incls utils. No laundry. Avail now. NS/NP. 250-893-2622.

UPTOWN: 3 bdrms, newly re-no’d, 4 appls, bus route, NS/NP. $1600 utils included, own laundry. 250-480-0849.

SUITES, UPPER

BRENTWOOD BAY, 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Free Rent for May. Gas F/P, D/W, lndry, lrg deck/yard. NS/NP $1500. (250)589-9997.

ESQUIMALT, MAIN fl oor Character suite, N/S, N/P, $800 incls utils. (250)385-2846

SIDNEY: SPACIOUS 3 bdrm. Large yard, quiet cul-de-sac. N/S. $1375. (403)852-1115.

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath w/garage, gas F/P new, sun-room. NS/NP. $1550+ utils. Avail July 15. (250)656-7456.

RENTALS

TOWNHOUSES

BEAUTIFUL LIVE / WORK Loft-style townhouse, Refl ec-tions Building, Langford. 1629 sq.ft. 19’ ceilings, 3-bdrm + den. 2 baths, laundry rm, huge kitchen, 4 SS Appl’s, granite c tops, F/P, patio, dbl garage. 2 ground lvl entrances, rooftop pool and running track. Close to schools, Colwood Golf Club. All amenities incl. NS/NP. $1850./mo. I year lease. Avail July 1st. Call (250)516-6813.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

Free Towing $$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

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TRANSPORTATION

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2004 FORD MUSTANG Con-vertible, 40th anniversary Spe-cial Edition. Black Beauty!56,000 km, V-6 automatic,new soft top, fully loaded.$11,500 obo. Serious inquiriesonly. 250-474-1293, Barb.

MOTORCYCLES

MILE Zero Motorsports- VancouverIslands Exclusive Arctic Cat dealer.Trades Welcome! FinancingAvailable Located just south of Na-nimo airport at 3-13136 ThomasRd, Ladysmith. 250-245-5414 TollFree: 1-866-567-9376

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2000 JEEP Grand Cherokee Ltd. Gold, with tan leather.New Michelin, new brakes,service records avail. 193,000km.$5500. Rob (250)517-0885

UTILITY TRAILERS

7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer. Good for small tractors andquads. 4 wheels, loadingramps, green. $1350 obo. Call(250)384-7954.

MARINE

BOATS

$$$$ BOATS WANTED $$$$ AlSO OUTBOARDS ANDTRAILERS. CASH BUYER. $$$$$ 250-544-2628 $$$$$

TOTAL PACKAGE now! 39’ Tradewinds Asp Cabin Crusi-er, twin Cummins diesels, en-closed sundeck & bridge, 2heads sleeps 4-6. Very wellmaintained, boat house kept inNorth Saanich Marina. Asking$116,000. 50’ x 25’ enclosedboathouse available as part ofcomplete cruising and moor-age package. Ready to go!Call (250)361-7343.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

LAPWING CARPENTRY. Decks, fences, quality repairs, renos & insulation. 10 years experience. Call 778-967-1246

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CLEANING SERVICES

PAULA’S HOUSECLEANING $20./hr. Reliable, honest. Sid-ney, N.Saanich. 250-656-2401

DRAFTING & DESIGN

HOME RENOVATIONDesign for PermitCall Steven- 250. 381.4123.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.


ELECTRICAL

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

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

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

22YRS EXP Garden clean-ups weeding, etc. All areas of city. $25/hr. No tax. 250-656-7045.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn or moss? No job too big. Aerating, pwr raking, pruning. Weed, moss, blackberry, stump & ivy rmvl. 25yrs exp.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.


GARDENING

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance• Landscaping• Hedge Trimming• Tree Pruning• Yard Cleanups• Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd JobsNO SURPRISES NO MESS

www.hollandave.ca

ACTION YARD CARE. 15 + years exp. Honest & reliable. Quality work. 250-744-6918.

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCEClean ups, Lawn and Garden Care,

Landscaping Projects, Horticultural.

778-678-2524

J&L Gardening yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gar-deners. Call John or Louise (250)891-8677.


GARDENING

MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Weeding, Clean-ups, & more. Senior’s discount. Free esti-mate’s. Mike 250-216-7502.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

HANDYPERSONS

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

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

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FLOORING SALEOver 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!Laminates - $0.59/sq ftEngineered - $1.99 sq ftHardwood - $2.79 sq ft

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!www.kingoffl oors.com1.877.835.6670

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

MULTI UNIT to Home Renos. Free Est’s. Call Green Bird Development. (250)929-4685.

THE MOSS MAN Chemical- Free Roof De-Mossing & Gut-ter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates!www.mossman.ca

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS! 250.388.3535 or bcclassifi ed.com✔

Peacock Painting

Commercial/ResidentialInterior/Exterior

250-652-2255250-882-2254Written Guarantee

Call for detailsBudget Compliance

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT


MISC SERVICES

CUSTOM WOODWORK: Re-covered wood; wine racks,shelving, picture framing andmore. Built in or mobile at rea-sonable prices. (250)812-8646

PAINTING

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton,$85/hr.

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

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PAINTING

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


& MOVING STORAGE

1ST MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $80/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

WRIGHT BROS Moving. $80/HR, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

PAINTING

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


PAINTING

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

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443

DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445


PLUMBING

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

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PRESSURE WASHING

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


STUCCO/SIDING

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

UPHOLSTERY

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


WINDOW CLEANING

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Average house $35. 250-656-1475

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning. Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.


WINDOWS

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

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