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Coen Wallace of North Saanich stops to smell the flowers during the launch of the Help Fill A Dream Foundation’s fourth annual fundraising campaign at Central Saanich’s Eurosa Farm.

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For the families of Ayvrie Monaghan and Coen Wallace, coping with the stresses of their children’s health concerns has been alleviated by the help of their communi-ties and by the efforts of organizations like Vancouver Island’s Help Fill A Dream Foun-dation.

Ayvrie, 16 months, and Coen, four, both have had medical conditions that threat-ened their lives. Ayvrie, from Victoria, was born premature and with a chronic lung

disease. Mom, Liz, says her daughter spent the beginning of her life in various levels of intensive care. Coen, from North Saan-ich, was born with diseased kidneys and received a transplant more than a year ago. His dad Chris said Coen’s transplant was life-changing but he will face future proce-dures as he grows older.

Today, their parents say the prognosis looks good, but both of the kids will require a lifetime of medication and care.

This month, the Help Fill A Dream Foun-dation launched its fourth annual fundrais-ing campaign, partnering with Country Gro-

cer, Eurosa Farm in Central Saanich and Wintergreen Christmas Tree Farm in Mill Bay. Country Grocer stores Island-wide will be promoting Dream Bouquets (grown by Eurosa Farm), a special six-pack of cup-cakes, Christmas trees (from Wintergreen), T-shirts and more to help the Foundation reach its goal of $15,000 this year.

The money, said Foundation Executive Director Chris Smith, is used to fulfil the dreams of 100 Island and Gulf Islands chil-dren and their families.

Children’s dreams can come trueHelp Fill A Dream Foundation lunches its fourth annual fundraising campaign

Please see: Families grateful for the community’s, page 4


More voters turned out in Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich on Satur-day to elect new municipal councils and school board trustees than in 2011.

In the Town of Sidney, where incumbent councillor Steve Price made the transition to mayor, 43 per cent of registered voters cast ballots, compared with only 31 per cent three years ago.

That 12 per cent jump in voter turnout was mirrored in North Saanich, where 53 per cent of registered voters came out, compared with only 41 per cent in 2011.

In Central Saanich, a lower voter turn-out than their neighbours remained the trend, with only a 36 per cent response. That’s still up a couple of percentage points from 2011’s 32 per cent turnout.

With voter interest higher than in 2011, change was on offer at the polls in North Saanich and Sidney, while Central Saanich voters elected to maintain a status quo council for the next four years.

Town of SidneyCouncillors with experience make up

the lion’s share of Sidney’s new council, including three incumbents and a past councillor.

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Steve Price is Sidney’s new mayor; Windsor takes over in Central Saanich; Finall stays on in North Saanich

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North Saanich writer Lane awarded Order of Canada

NORTH SAANICH – Author and North Saa-nich resident Patrick Lane has been awarded the Order of Canada.

Lane’s appointment to the Order was announced Nov. 13. He earned the honour as one of Canada’s “most renowned writers. His distinguished career spans fifty years and over twenty-five volumes of poetry as well as award-winning books of fiction and non-fic-tion.” He will be traveling to Ottawa later this month to accept the award at the investiture ceremony.

Lane this fall published his latest work, Washita, the first collection of his new work to appear in seven years. — Harbour Publishing

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Victoria Airport Authority CEO Geoff Dickson, left, joined Sidney Town councillor Kenny Podmore Nov. 14 to cut the ribbon on the trail connecting the Town’s Heartsmart Walk along Weiler Avenue to the Airport Authority’s Flight Path. It was Podmore’s final public event as a Town councillor.

Incumbents Tim Chad and Mervyn Lougher-Goodey sur-vived to serve the new, four-year term, while two-term councillor Melissa Hailey did not. Kenny Podmore and Marilyn Loveless decided not to seek re-election and Larry Cross did not seek another term as mayor.

Peter Wainwright, a council-lor from 1993 to 2008, made a comeback in this election.

Steve Price is the Town’s new mayor, after serving two terms as a councillor under Cross.

On Saturday and through the advance voting period, electors in the Town of Sid-ney gave Price the win with 1,312 votes, according to preliminary election results posted by the Town. He defeated chal-lengers Cliff McNeil-Smith, former mayor Don Amos and Steve Duck.

“The residents of Sidney believe in what the past coun-cil has done,” Price said Saturday night after the results came in. “They want common sense lead-ership and the stabil-ity this council has worked on for the last six years.”

The experienced crew will be joined by newcomer Erin Bremner, who led the ballot-ing with 2,269 votes, Barbara Fallot and Cam McClennan.

Bremner and McClennan were among the youngest candidates running in Sidney. Price said he’s looking for-ward to working with a coun-cil of highly-skilled people and the “new blood we need.”

Price called the group a strong new council for Sidney.

“Mayor-wise, the people were happy with the stability of council.”

Lougher-Goodey said he’s happy with the result and the new council.

“It’s a stable group,” he said, “and the new members will bring in fresh ideas.”

He added Bremner and McClennan should bring energy and some fun to the council as well.

Richard Talbot, chair of Support Our Sidney (SOS), a council watch-dog group that had sought change on council and more emphasis on local business issues, said he is, on the whole, pleased with the election result.

“The good thing is that the majority

(on council) will be there for change,” he said. “It is positive and it was a clean campaign.”

The SOS group was decid-edly in the camp of the other three mayoral candidates and Talbot said Price did not gar-ner the majority of all of the votes cast in the mayoral race.

Price won with 33 per cent of all votes cast in the mayor-alty race — and only 14 per cent of all eligible voters in Sidney.

Talbot said the new council is a mix of experience and new blood. As for the SOS, he said they will continue to act as watchdogs and try to broaden their scope to include not only businesspeople but home-owners as well.

Price said the new council will be sworn in at an orga-nizational meeting on Dec. 1. He said the council will then undergo in-house training and joint training with the council in Esquimalt.

District of North SaanichIncumbent Mayor Alice

Finall survived election night in North Saanich — by 158 votes.

Finall defeated challenger Dorothy Hartshorne with 2,416 votes to 2,258 in a close race. Finall was elected by accla-mation in the 2011 contest.

Finall will also oversee a changing of the guard in North Saanich as four of the five Team North Saa-nich slate candidates — including three incumbents — were not elected. Making up the new council will be Geoff Orr, Heather Gartshore, Jack Thornburgh, Celia Stock, Murray Weisenberger and Jack McClintock

McClintock was the lone Team North Saanich member to get in, tied with Weisen-berger at 1,904 votes in the preliminary results out of the District Saturday night.

The other Team North Saa-nich slate candidates — Steve Pearce, Craig Mearns, Conny McBride and Dunstan Browne — were not re-elected. The slate held the majority on council during the last term of office. Their policies on hous-ing and development, as well as their contribution to the discord on council over the last three years, were seen as

this election’s big issues.Finall told the News Review

Saturday night that she felt the result was a vindication of her position on council these

last three years — one of supporting the official commu-nity plan and trying to maintain civility at the council table.

“I’m extremely pleased,” she said, adding vot-ers didn’t like the behaviour of the previous council.

“This vote is almost identical to

the votes I received in 2008,” she said.

The behaviour of council was a hot issue this election and Finall said she has no immediate plans to address the matter, noting that those people elected Saturday night “have shown they can con-duct themselves in a civil manner.”

District of Central SaanichRyan Windsor is Central

Saanich’s new mayor.Windsor topped the may-

oral poll in the district with 2,998, compared with Jack Mar’s tally of 1,955. Windsor reported the results when called by the News Reviewat around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. His figures were later backed up by the District’s preliminary count.

Rounding up the vote: PeninsulaContinued from page 1 Results: Sidney

MayorSteve Price - 1,312 (elected)Cliff McNeil-Smith - 1,180Don Amos - 706Steve Duck - 674David Shebib - 15

CouncilErin Bremner - 2,269 (e)Barbara Fallot - 2,085 (e)Peter Wainwright - 2,046 (e)Mervyn Lougher-Goodey - 1,926 (e)Tim Chad - 1,741 (e)Cam McClennan - 1,543 (e)Sheilah Fea - 1,475Bob Jones - 1,381Melissa Hailey - 1,378Colin Plint - 1,169Mike Barwick - 1,063Rosemarie Bongers - 817• All results preliminary

Results: School TrusteeSidneyJason Price - 1,310 (elected)Allan Collier - 1,220Jim Standen - 557

North SaanichBarb Menzies - 2,723 (e)Elsie McMurphy - 2,320 (e)Robb Marty - 978

Central SaanichTim Dunford - 2,192 (e)Nancy Borden - 1,741 (e)Pat Bryant - 1,553Nick Claxton - 1,331• All results preliminary

Results: North SaanichMayorAlice Finall - 2,416 (elected)Dorothy Hartshorne - 2,258Peter Miller - 62David Shebib - 23

CouncilGeoff Orr - 3,367 (e)Heather Gartshore - 3,248 (e)Jack Thornburgh - 3,000 (e)Celia Stock - 2,938 (e)Murray Weisenberger - 1,904 (e)Jack McClintock - 1,904 (e)Steve Pearce - 1,899Craig Mearns - 1,673Conny McBride - 1,601Dunstan Browne - 1,528• All results preliminary

Steve Price

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PLEASE SEE: Youngest candidate, page 5

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It is also used to help lift the burden of medical costs.

Smith said the Founda-tion reaches families in three ways: family assistance — helping pay for travel to and from treatment; quality of life — the purchase of special-ized equipment, programs and even unique medial treat-ments, and; dream fulfilment — family vacations, meeting celebrities and more.

“We want to be able to help families stay together,” Smith said. “While we help with the costs of medical treatment and supplies, it’s also about hope.”

Denyse Koo, president of the Foundation, added their work is for children and their

families and being able to meet their needs that are not met by the medical system or by government.

“We are so grateful for the help and the support of the community on the Peninsula,’ said Chris, Coen’s dad. “It brings it to the forefront how special this place is.”

The Wallace family hopes to take a big trip now that Coen is doing well.

Liz, Ayvrie’s mom, said the Foundation is hoping to pro-vide much-needed medical equipment for her daughter, adding the costs to the family do add up.

This year’s Help Fill A Dream Foundation campaign at the Island’s Country Grocer locations, runs until Decem-ber 14.

Continued from page 1

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Ayvrie Monaghan from Victoria reaches for balloons with the help of Denyse Koo, president of the Help Fill A Dream Foundation of Vancouver Island. Ayvrie’s mom Liz looks on.

Families grateful for the community’s help

Youngsters Ayvrie Monaghan from Victoria and Coen Wallace from Central Saanich and their families joined representatives from the Help Fill A Dream Foundation, Country Grocer, Wintergreen Christmas Tree Farm and Eurosa Farm to launch the Foundation’s fourth annual Dream Makers campaign.Steven Heywood/News staff

SIDNEY — Town council meetings in the town of Sidney have been cancelled until the December 1 organizational meeting of the new council elected on Nov. 15.

On Dec. 1, the new council will be sworn into office and their responsibilities assigned by new mayor Steve Price. — Steven Heywood/News staff

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Windsor will be joined on council by Zeb King (incum-bent), Alicia Cormier (incum-bent), Carl Jesnen (incumbent), Christopher Graham, Bob Thompson and Niall Paltiel. Thomp-son and Graham have been on Central Saan-ich council in the past. Paltiel is a newcomer.

Windsor said the result shows that vot-ers were looking for a stable, middle of the road council.

“I’m happy to be working with this new council,” Wind-sor said. “I am prepared to work with them.”

He said the next two weeks before the new council’s first meeting on Dec. 1 will give him time to think about appoint-ments to the various council committees, and to work out what his first priorities are going to be.

“It’ll give me time to think about how we are going to shape this new council.”

Paltiel, 22, was the youngest candidate on the ballot and gar-nered the mote votes, 3,168. Pal-tiel told the News Review that he did not expect to lead the polling.

“I was just hoping to squeak by, but I’ll take it,” he said.

Paltiel noted he kept his expectations realistic.

“I’m a first time candidate and had little name recognition,”

he explained. “I think the odds were against me.”

He said things started to change after the all candidates meetings, where he found he was no lon-ger running into peo-ple during his cam-paign who wanted to know who he was and what his background is.

“It went from that, to talking about the issues.”

Paltiel said his message of growth, jobs and affordable housing seemed to reach the electorate. A native of Central Saanich, Paltiel said his age should not hamper his work as a councillor.

“Honestly, the first six months is going to be about learning the role,” he admitted. “Then, we can review our priorities (on council) on local walkability, growth and zoning clarity.”

Paltiel said he has been attend-ing council meetings regularly and now he’ll get to see what goes on behind the scenes. He said he will rely on the district’s

assets — an excellent municipal staff and experienced council-lors.

Mayoral RoundupSteve Price in Sidney won the

mayoral race in his community with 33 per cent of all votes cast for mayoral candidates.

Alice Finall won with 26 per cent of the votes cast for mayor in North Saanich.

Ryan Windsor received 21 per cent of the mayoral votes cast in Central Saanich.

Ryan Windsor

Youngest candidate topped the pollsContinued from page 3 Results: Central

SaanichMayorRyan Windsor - 2,998 (elected)Jack Mar - 1,955David Shebib - 91

CouncilNiall Paltiel - 3,168 (e)Zeb King - 3,018 (e) Alicia Cormier - 2,968 (e)Carl Jensen - 2,897 (e)Christopher Graham - 2,820 (e)Bob Thompson - 2,648 (e)John Hannam - 2,276Susan Mason - 1,966Shawn Munro - 1,147Baldev Lalli - 612William ‘Tex’ Moodrey - 203• All results preliminary

Results: AmalgamationVoters on the Saanich Peninsula voted overwhelmingly in favour of a non-binding amalgamation question in each of three municipalities.While each community’s question differed slightly, the basic question asked if people would support a provincially-funded study into amalgamating Sidney, North and Central Saanich. SidneyYes - 2,566No - 1,232

Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen will wait and see what happens around the Capital Regional District table before making a decision on his role. A new CRD board of directors is set to be sworn in and the new board chair and vice-chair elected at the Dec. 10 inaugural meeting.

North SaanichYes - 2,881No - 1,727

Central SaanichYes - 3,588No - 1,489 PLEASE SEE:

Wastewater treatment CRD’s single, page 9

Oak Bay’s Jensen may seek the now-vacant CRD chair

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OUR VIEW

The saddest manifestation of British Columbia’s modern democracy has produced its

judgment, with the election of school trustees for the next four years.

There are still independent, community-minded trustees but mostly “boards of education” have become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics.

Teacher union locals and CUPE-dominated “labour councils” organize candidate forums and ask most of the questions, often to former teachers holding and seeking school board seats. Unions finance the campaigns of those who pledge to act as a bullhorn for constant demands for more provincial money and instruct their members to vote for what should be called the Conflict of Interest slate.

This has been going on for so long in B.C. it is seen as normal.

Trustees who most loudly plump for their union masters tend to win, thanks to low turnout. The public mostly doesn’t give a damn, since school property tax authority was centralized in Victoria many years ago, largely because of this special interest pressure.

The classic case is in Coquitlam, where one could almost hear the theme from The Godfather as local CUPE boss Dave Ginter appeared before the board of education in February. He informed the elected

trustees that their collective financial acumen wasn’t up to his standards and some of them would have to go this fall.

“Obviously, the chore I have is to find new trustees,” Ginter clarified in an interview with the Tri-City News as the union’s candidate selection machine stirred to life.

Ginter seems to have made them an offer they couldn’t refuse on Saturday, with formerly union-blessed trustees turfed out in favour of a new group.

Then there’s Vancouver Island, where the 1970s survived, at least until Saturday night.

Cowichan school board got itself fired by the province in 2012 for refusing to submit a balanced budget. Two of

the trustees who think the job is to flout the balanced budget rule and instead demand a “needs budget” ran again.

They were joined on a slate by two others who apparently still believe the answer to every problem is to shout for “more government funding.” They didn’t get in, as voters appear to have been unimpressed by seeing their school board replaced by a provincially-appointed manager for two years.

That brings up a modest proposal. How about an appointed trustee for each of the 60 school districts? School boards

have lost authority over taxation, curriculum (another area of constant union social engineering pressure) and now labour relations. Do we really need them any more?

After the 2013 B.C. election, the Christy Clark government wasted no time taking control of union bargaining on behalf of school districts. Trustees were pushed out of the bargaining agency, no longer trusted to represent taxpayers for that duty either.

The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike. When the province opted to pay parents for the disruption, there was a chorus of protest from those supposedly elected to represent the interests of parents and taxpayers.

School tax rates are now set by cabinet order and the B.C. Liberal government is considering a move to regulate local industrial taxes. (This would presumably be to keep union-influenced municipalities from trying to get too many golden eggs from those liquefied natural gas plants.)

Would Education Minister Peter Fassbender and his team continue their remake by amalgamating or eliminating school boards? Not likely.

With a rare teacher settlement in place, trustees will have less incentive to grandstand. And their meetings may become something more than union beef sessions.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

What to do with school boards?

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

‘The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike.’

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Few wild swings in this electionR

esults of the 2014 municipal elections in Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich are in and now the speculation over what’s to come from our civic leaders over the next four years begins.

One thing is clear, only in North Saanich did the voters look for wholesale change among its elected officials.

In Sidney, the electorate returned three incumbent councillors (including Steve Price,

who will now be the mayor) as well as a former long-time councillor in Peter Wainwright. This core will provide the

continuity on council as they are joined by three newcomers. Sidney council has the potential to hold the line on some policies, while forming new ones out of then energy of what could be termed the new guard.

In Central Saanich, four incumbents were re-elected, including new Mayor Ryan Windsor, as well as two former councillors in Christopher Graham and Bob Thompson. The only wild card on this council is 22-year-old Niall Platiel who comes in with the strongest support. A status quo council, from the look of it.

North Saanich voters, for their part, reverted back three years and elected a council that could be described as the polar opposite of the crew of the last term. Four of the five Team North Saanich candidates, who held the majority from 2011 to 2014, did not get elected. There’s only one amongst a field of three newcomers and two incumbents, including Mayor Alice Finall.

This new council is already being seen by some as champions of North Saanich’s current official community plan — meaning a priority on slower growth than under the last council. Most of the new councillors have said they support renewing the OCP, but with a potential majority, it will be interesting to see if they follow though.

The election may be over, now the real work begins. Will all of the candidates live up to their election promises? Time will tell.

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The article printed in the October 17, 2014 Peninsula

News Review by Tom Fletcher on particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere, while accurate to some extent, has completely missed some very important points.

Although there has been an “appar-ent slowing” of global warming attributable to our continued use of fossil fuel use and presumably too from

some natural contribu-tions such as volcanic eruptions overall the slowing, indeed even a complete lack of warm-ing, must be from an altogether different cause.

There has accord-ing to a number of climatologists been no warming of our planet for more than 15 years. Careful analy-sis of reliable data has arrived at this conclu-sion. There are also a number of other important indicators to noted, including arctic

sea ice extent, that is now showing definite signs of recovering from very low geo-graphical amounts.

The past few win-ters are again showing increased arctic sea ice coverage. What must be kept in mind, is that much of the con-cern was based upon a monitoring program set up since the mid to late 1970s. During most all of this time arctic sea ice coverage has been quite low.

However, not that long ago in the late

1920s and early 1930s, similar low ice cover was also documented. And too, much further back in time, during an interval called the Medieval Warm Period (1200 - 1400 A.D. approximately), ice extent was consider-ably less than the two more recent intervals noted above.

The implications are obvious, that both during the 1920s to 1930s, and even more so during the Medieval Warm Period, man had little or no affect

upon the climate dur-ing and a number of somewhat dependent factors such as arctic sea ice extent. And still arctic sea ice reached very low levels. This raises the question, what could have been responsible. The answer, is our sun.

Quite small variation in solar output and receipt here on Earth, leads to a chain of other factors that can and do cause signifi-cant climate changes on Earth.

These important

aspects are largely being ignored by the still majority of scien-tists, on a subject that

should still be debated vigorously.

Rod ChiltonSaanichton

Majority of Sidney voters were looking for change

Steve price, a sitting council member, is Sidney’s new mayor. His campaign position paper was an endorsement of past mayor and council and how council conducted town business.

However, with this being the corner-stone of his campaign, he garnered only 34 per cent of the popular vote; not a strong showing of support of how mayor and council have functioned in the past. In fact, all other elected mayors with the exception of Victoria obtained 50 per cent or better of the popular vote.

If it were not for such a strong field of opposing candidates splitting the vote for change, our new mayor may not have been elected.

I hope that Steve Price understands the message that the majority of those voting in Sidney were looking for a change in the way council functioned and the way our town was being run.

It remains to be seen if our new mayor understands this message and is able to work with the largely new council to deliver on those expectations.

Ed EastSIdney

Democracy may yet thrive in North Saanich

It has always been my belief that democracy is rooted at the local level and last Saturday’s municipal election in North Saanich supports that belief.

For three years, I have watched a municipal council irrevocably change the face and character of North Saanich. I have watched meeting after meeting in which the agenda of Team North Saanich along with that of their close ally, Coun-cillor Ted Daly, push through spot zoning changes and discount, ridicule and even silence the opinions of those opposed to their agenda. I watched this group run roughshod over the Official Community Plan against the protests of hundreds of North Saanich residents.

It is interesting to note that in the 2011 North Saanich municipal election, only 41.2 per cent of eligible voters cast bal-lots.

In looking at the 2014 results, 4,812 (just over 53 per cent of eligible voters)

ballots were cast and of the nine individ-uals running for council, the incumbent Team North Saanich council members placed 7th, 8th and 9th and the spread between the first and last place finish-ers, Geoff Orr and TNS member Dunstan Browne respectively, was 1,839 votes. By any standard, this was a drubbing and total rejection of the TNS agenda and may have also been a statement on their conduct during the course of their tenure.

Only one member of Team North Saanich was elected, I suggest, through default as there were only five indepen-dent candidates in the running.

If Councillor Daly still believes that the objections of so many to the slate that he and TNS so avidly supported and presented to the CRD were simply the voices of a “vocal minority,” he review Saturday’s results.

Those objections, which he dis-counted before the CRD, were in fact the voices of a very vocal majority and the recent election results clearly supports that observation. Like many, we can hope our faith in the democratic process is restored over the next four years.

I am certain that this incoming council

will listen and will not walk out of coun-cil meetings in mass to thwart business nor will it pass motions to silence those with opposing views. Further, I believe it will treat all constituents with the respect they expect and deserve.

I think I now have a rational basis for optimism that democracy my yet thrive in North Saanich.

James P. CrowleyNorth Saanich

Pipelines necessary for our economy

Many articles have been published in newspapers against transporting oil by pipelines. This opposition has almost become a mania in our west coast soci-ety.

Have opponents considered that there are many worse dangers in our industrial society? Highways kill people, ships sink with a loss of life, planes are known to crash, fires can also destroy life and rail road transport of oil has proved hazard-ous. All of these potential accidents are heavily shrouded in protective legisla-tion and compensation, but they occur.

We need pipelines to support our economy and they can be regulated but it is doubtful that we will ever make the process foolproof.

Compared with the currently accept-able activities above, the impact of pipelines is relatively insignificant. Oil spills are a part of the nature which has gone on for millions of years in terms of oil seeps. When we come to indus-trial oil spills, particularly those in the marine environment, two of the biggest occurred as the result of the sinking of the tankers, Torrey Canyon and Amoco Cadiz and locally the smaller and more recent Exxon Valdez. By visiting these sites today, there is no longer any visual impact of the oil spills. The oil evapo-rates, decomposes or is buried in the sediment as asphalt — the same asphalt as is on the road outside your door.

It is important that we stand back and see that pipelines are necessary for our economy, if properly managed, and that they do not present the catastrophic effects which are often depicted in pub-lic articles.

Tim ParsonsBrentwood, Bay

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Armistice Day is over, and for the first time since my dar-ling Jim died, I

didn’t attend the parade. I was sick in bed (I’m OK now).

Two of my kids went in my stead. All of those pre-cious, dear men getting pretty ancient now but still with heads held high, proud to have served their country in its time of need, more than 60 years ago now. And still there are wars raging in parts of the world.

People never seem to learn,do they?

I have very little to tell you this week, having been lying in bed (or rushing to the bathroom) but there are two stately amaryllis plants nod-ding to one another as they stand on the coffee table in the middle of the living room. Because the daylight there is not very strong they have become enormously tall.

There has been a definite change in our weather the past couple of days. It’s much colder.

It’s time, then, to bring in any plants you’ve been treating to that summer in the sun.

Actually I hope you’ve already done this, brushing off any moss on the pots, along with the sow bugs and earwigs (who are hoping you won’t notice them, as they strive to get inside for a warmer winter than the one they face outside, tucked, shivering behind the garage door).

Actually its lovely outside, bril-liantly sunny, but that wind is both strong and cold ... a good day to sit in front of the fireplace with a good book.

This reminds me that I’m presently enjoying a book by Brian Brett about Trauma Farm, his beloved farm on Salt Spring Island. It rather reminds me of my hopeless attempts at urban farming, once in Prince George and the other in Qualicum Beach — both !of them resounding failures.

Before you go away, thinking me

complete incompetent, I’d like to mention my success in Sidney. It’s mostly the climate, of course, not just the poor, silly, wanna-be farmer (me).

I have a bouquet of choisya ternata (Mexican orange blossom) which has beautifully scented the whole apartment, thanks to Anni. She brought these from Melissa Street where the shrubs I planted sev-eral years ago continue to flower so generously.

Lovely of her to share! My Pender Island daughter, Bar-

bara, called today to tell me that she still has Zinnias flowering. I got even by telling her I had a rose-coloured geranium blooming on the balcony. Sometimes you gotta boast a bit (especially when your entire garden would comfortable fit on the surface of a large tree stump)!

Across the street, the gardens there have a number of pink-purple heathers in rampant bloom. They look lovely and completely content with the growing chill in the weather.

Actually, if I can find it, I have a list of heathers, at least one of which will bloom during every month of the year. Bunty, a friend of mine, had just such a bed of heathers and it was a marvel.

Being a Scot, she knew all about heathers. Being a Canadian, blissfully ignorant about heathers (among other things), I planted several of them in a small group in a bed facing south. They hated it there, and made up their minds to die, which, over a couple of years, they did. I missed them, of course and I’m sure my Sot-tish ancestors were horrified but I knew when I was defeated and finally planted bulbs for the spring and iris for the rest of the year.

They, at least, had the decency to survive for a couple of seasons.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for

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“That’ll be an open position and I’ll wait and see who gets appointed and how people feel about the kind of per-son they want,” Jensen said, adding it tends to shift between larger and smaller community representatives.

“It really will be up to the people around the table.”

The CRD learns of its appointments to the board immediately fol-lowing member munici-pal council inaugural meetings scheduled between Dec. 1 and 8. Oak Bay’s inaugural meeting is set for Dec. 8.

Central Saanich’s Alastair Bryson was the CRD chair prior to Nov.

15. He did not seek re-election after spending the last term as mayor.

Jensen has served as Oak Bay’s director on the board and chair of the environmental ser-vices committee over the past three years.

He says the single biggest issue facing the seven core communi-ties is wastewater treat-ment and the leader-ship should reflect that.

“It’s someone who’s going to find the way forward amongst those seven and get on with the requirements that have been placed on us by the provincial and federal governments,” Jensen said. “One of the main goals would be that we do it with sufficient time frame so

as not to jeopardize our grants.

“[That] “will be a challenge for anybody.”

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Wastewater treatment the CRD’s single biggest issue, says Jensen

Tim CollinsNews Contributor

The composting facility at Stanhope Farm will once again be operational, according to farm spokesperson, Brenda Jordison.

Under a permit issued by the ALC (the Province of Brit-ish Columbia’s Agricultural Land Commission), the farm, located on Old East Road in Central Saanich, will be allowed to resume compost-ing operations for yard waste only and will be restricted from receiving kitchen waste and food stuff material.

It was that sort of organic material that placed the farm and adjacent composting facil-ity at the center of a hurricane of controversy.

“We didn’t have any trouble at all before 2013,” said Jordi-son. “We installed our system in 2010 and we processed yard waste for several land-scaping companies as well as the usual farm material. It pro-duced Grade A compost for our use on the farm and it was perfect.”

According to Jordison, the composting facility (operat-ing under the corporate name of Foundation Organics) was doing so well that they felt comfortable taking on a con-tract with the CRD by which they would receive kitchen scraps from surrounding com-munities and include them in the material to be composted.

“The trouble started almost right away,” said Jordison. “We had neighbours, two in particular, who started com-plaining about the trucks that were hauling in material, the dust, the noise ... everything.”

The main complaints from area residents, however, seemed to involve the odour emanating from the Founda-tion Organics operations.

“We moved here in 1991

and didn’t mind the occa-sional farm operation smell that was part of the neighbor-hood,” wrote Donald Wong in response to a 2013 report on this issue. “But the compost-ing smell is constant and mak-ing it impossible to keep the windows open.”

The odour prob-lem, while undeni-able, wasn’t neces-sary, according to one composting expert.

“When a com-posting system is designed properly and managed to the specifications, there can be virtu-ally no odour prob-lems,” said Dr. John Paul, the designer of the Foundation Organics composting facility and a founder of Transform Compost Products.

“When that system was first made operational, it func-tioned perfectly. It wasn’t until they got the food waste con-

tract that things started to go wrong.”

According to Paul, Founda-tion Organics was asked by the CRD to accept far more material than they had antici-pated, pushing the kitchen scrap portion of the compost

mix beyond the 50 per cent by volume mix that he had set as an absolute max-imum.

“I had actually suggested that they not exceed 25 per cent for ideal opera-tion, but they went way beyond that,” said Paul. “In fact I understand that they were contrac-

tually obliged to do so.”Jordison maintains that

Foundation Organics did everything they could to alleviate the resulting odour problem. She said that, in 2013, in consultation with Dr. Paul, the company increased air exchange, changed some

procedures and inspected the biofilters in the enclosed composting facility. They also applied for a permit to con-struct a secondary building to receive waste in an enclosed, air filtered facility.

“Central Saanich wouldn’t let us construct that building,” said Jordison. “The ALC had some issues regarding a hay barn we had on site that was totally unrelated to the com-posting application but they stopped us from fixing the problem.”

Ryan Windsor, Central Saa-nich’s newly elected mayor, was on council at the time that the application was made.

“I recall that we had some correspondence from the ALC that blocked a second building,” said Windsor. “The truth is that I can’t completely blame Stanhope Farm for the situation that finally devel-oped.”

Composting resumes at Stanhope FarmOnly yard waste - not kitchen organics - will be allowed at compost facility

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Central Saanich’s Stanhope Farm will resume compost operations soon.

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According to Windsor, there were mistakes made all around.

“I’m in favour of composting and reducing waste going to landfills,” said Windsor. “In this case, though, it seems as though there wasn’t a complete plan in place before the kitchen scrap program began.

“We need to handle these things in a way that is sustain-able and in this case we may have been asking a limited oper-ator to do something ... who wasn’t able to do it all.”

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“Of course we did our due dili-gence,” he said. “You can’t say that it was the CRD’s material that pushed them beyond their capacity.

“We had a range of tonnage that we could send them, but they were also taking material from BFI, cruise ships, Thrifty Foods ... I think that they were trying to push too much mate-rial through their facility.”

Watkins said “due to repeated issues of non-compliance with CRD regulation” the contract with Foundation Organics was suspended in August of 2013, 19 months after it was initially awarded.

Following the suspension, Foundation Organics surren-dered their licence for operating a composting facility. That facil-ity is once again operational but is operated on a limited basis by Stanhope Farms.

“This has been a long, hard road,” said Jordison, “and, quite frankly, completely unneces-sary.”[email protected]

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After the suspension of Foun-dation Organics’ contract, the CRD was still faced with the prospect of finding an alter-native facility where kitchen scraps could be composted. The solution, according to Tom Watkins, the Manager of Environmental Resource Man-agement and Planning for the CRD, was to send the material to Richmond, B.C.

“The material is being pro-cessed by Harvest Power,” said Watkins. “They have the capac-ity to deal with the tonnage that we’re sending over.”

Perhaps, according to Dr. John Paul.

“They have a really cool sys-tem there that uses an anaero-bic digester that extracts the carbon from the material and then extracts methane to pro-duce power,” Paul said.

“The problem they have is that they are still left with mate-rial that needs to be composted after that process is completed. They do that in an aerated out-door facility, as I understand it.”

Harvest Power has not been without its critics. In 2012 the Richmond Review reported that the facility had received over 100 complaints about foul odours emanating from the plant.

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Jeff Leach, the company’s regional vice-presi-

dent at the time, blamed the odour on the increased volume of food waste.

“It was coming in faster than we could get it ready,” he said at the time.

According to Watkins, those problems have been resolved by Harvest Power and he feels that they will be able to handle the new influx of material with-out any difficulties.

Watkins acknowledges that the improvements that resolved Harvest Power’s issues weren’t cheap and that the cost to the CRD of processing at that site is higher than those that had been charged at Foundation Organics.

“I guess you get what you pay for,” said Watkins.

CRD denies they pushed too farContinued from page 9

Where are the region’s kitchen scraps going now?

CENTRAL SAANICH — What are you doing over Spring Break?

In March of 2015, the Stelly’s Global Perspectives class will be embarking on the journey of a lifetime: travelling to Fiji to work on a development project.

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for the trip that will see them help build a much-needed library addition onto an existing elementary school.

The Stelly’s Global Perspec-tives course is for students who are passionate about making a difference in their world.

On Thurs., Nov. 20 from 5 to 9 p.m., students will host the annual Global Gala Fundraiser at the school. All funds raised at the Gala will be spent on the project in Fiji, not on student expenses. Tickets are $15, avail-able at the door. — Submitted

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There will be toys under the trees of fami-lies on the Saanich Pen-insula once again this year.

In danger of losing the annual Toys For Tots campaign this fall, staff at the Mary Win-spear Centre in Sidney have agreed to take over the effort to col-lect toys for children in need.

Marketing Co-ordi-nator for the Winspear Centre, Carey Salvador, says last year’s orga-nizing team could not put the same level of commitment into the program, so the Centre stepped up.

“Last year, the Cen-

tre was a drop-off loca-tion,” she said. “This year, some of the past organizers had moved away and one of the remaining organizers needed volunteers.

“So, the Mary Win-spear Centre took it on in a big way.”

The Centre is now the main drop-off point for people who wish to donate a new, unwrapped gift for chil-dren — girls and boys — between the ages of six months and 16 years old.

“For older kids, try buying gift cards,” Sal-vador suggested.

The Centre is also accepting cash dona-tions. The money will be used to buy gifts for children should their age group come up a little short donations-wise.

There are other drop-off points for the Toys For Tots campaign. The TD Bank on Beacon Avenue is collecting money and the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society is col-lecting toys and other donations at its Christ-mas Grotto next to Alexander’s Coffee on Beacon Avenue.

Salvador added the Centre will be looking for volunteers to help with a gift wrapping session on December 13 and 14. People who are interested in help-ing can call 250-656-0275 or email [email protected].

Last year, Salvador sad the Centre was involved as well and saw first-hand the gen-erosity of the commu-nity.

“We were over-whelmed by the sup-port of the community, by all of the toys they brought,” she said.

There was a half-a-box of toys left over from 2013, she contin-ued, and all will be used in this year’s campaign.

She estimated there were close to 900 toys given out last Christ-mas.

Parents can register to receive toys from the program through the Sidney Lions Food Bank near Iroquois Park. Toys will be wrapped and organized by gen-der and age and will be distributed through the food bank after Dec. 14.

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Submitted photo/Carey Salvador, MWC

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SIDNEY — Ticket holders for the Nov. 17 appearance of Joe Clark will be able to hear the former prime minister speak after his initial event was post-poned.

Due to the death of MP Elizabeth May’s father, this week’s event

had to be rescheduled.Clark was set to

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For Nancy Watson the upcoming nativity display at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sidney is the perfect way to start the Christmas season.

Watson is one of the primary organizers and a long-time volunteer at what will this year be the eighth annual exhibit of nativity sets which, taken together, are a representation of Christmas and family traditions around the world. The displays hail from Israel, Japan, Brazil, Africa, Norway, Italy, France and a host of other countries. They range in size from life-size representations of the nativity to some sets that are so small that they can only be viewed through a mag-nifying glass.

“Most of these sets have been loaned to us by area residents,” said Watson. “In a way, the displays are actu-ally a representation of the community ... their backgrounds, their travels, and their love of all that the season represents.”

The materials used for the sets are equally varied. As one might expect, there are tradi-tional wooden sets, lov-ingly hand painted by inspired crafters. But there are also scenes made from plaster, plastic, fabric, glass and one set that is

housed entirely within an eggshell.

In all, more than 500 nativity scenes are on display, all reflecting the cultural origins of their creators.

The display is framed by appropri-ate seasonal music and thousands of lights to enhance the viewing experience. There are also four wall sized murals by local artist Dianne Gavilan on dis-play, along with several other pieces of original art.

“This is really a fam-ily friendly event,” said Watson. “There is no charge, and we’ve gone to extra effort to make sure that the children are also engaged by the display.”

That extra effort includes some hands

on nativity scenes as well as a life-sized exhibit where children can dress up in nativ-ity costumes for those ever popular photo opportunities. Organiz-ers have also arranged

for a craft room and a free supervised nurs-ery with Christmas movies and toys.

“We want parents to be able to enjoy the displays while younger children are allowed to have their own fun,” said Watson.

The nativity display runs from November 30 to December 7 and is open to the public from 2 to 9 p.m. daily. Additional group view-ings can be arranged by visiting [email protected]. The facility is wheelchair acces-sible.

“I’m very happy that we’re able to provide this free event to the community,” said Wat-son. “It’s a season that is sometimes seen as too commercialized, and this really takes it back to the real mean-ing of the season. It’s our Christmas gift to the community.”

THE ARTSNativity display a gift to the community

Tim Collins/News Contributor

Tom Watson gets the decorations ready for the upcoming nativity display.

Submitted photo

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Researchers behind a new interactive online map that tracks cycling crash hotspots and near-misses are antici-pating the project will soon spread to cities across the world.

Bike Maps (bike-maps.org) has already drawn 9,500 online visi-tors and reports of 466 cycling incidents in its first month of opera-tion, said University of

Victoria associate pro-fessor Trisalyn Nelson, who created the proj-ect with a small team in the Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research geography lab.

“We already have people entering data from nine different countries without any promotion,” Nelson said. “This is the launch site.”

The idea started with Nelson, who com-mutes by bike to UVic. Her kids, three and six

years old, are following suit as little commut-ers of their own, which inspired Nelson to take cycling safety analysis to the next level.

“I originally thought about a site where you could rant about a near-miss and community cycling hazards, but that wasn’t enough. The planning commu-nity wants to increase ridership and safety is a number one concern,” she said.

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feature is collecting reports of cycling-involved crashes fus-ing data from ICBC, the Victoria Police Depart-ment and the public, who are invited to sub-mit their own experi-ences. Researchers are keeping the emphasis on Greater Victoria for now.

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data because they’re not vehicle-related and therefore don’t result in claims,” Nelson said.

As of last week, Bike Maps’ four categories included 115 collisions, 175 near misses, 131 hazards and 45 bike thefts. Hazards refer to potholes, narrow inter-sections or other road dangers while near-misses and collisions include those with another bike or pedes-trian.

Users can regis-ter their riding area and receive tailored monthly updates. A smart phone app is scheduled for the spring, and cyclists will be able to use it in real time.

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A fourth member, Karen Laberee, is in charge of publicity. Nel-son says the eventual trove of cycling data collected through Bike Maps will be useful not only to cyclists, but to police and other aca-demic researchers.

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BAKE and Craft Sale at the Sidney Lawn Bowling Clubhouse at 9580 Fifth Street on Saturday, Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Signs will be posted.

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VICToRIA MENdELSSoHN Choir and Orchestra directed by Simon Leung present their Premiere Concert Sunday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sidney (10030 Third St.) Tickets are available at Long & McQuade, Russell Books, Ivy’s Bookshop and Tanner’s Books. Some will also be available at the door. The program includes Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K. 339 by Mozart and other works by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Bairstow. For information, contact [email protected] or 250-380-0496.

WRITERS CRITIqUE gRoUp at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment in this member-led group. Writers of all genres welcome. Thursday, Nov. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

AUTHoR REAdINg TIM Rogers The Tragedy of the SS Southern Cross at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Tim Rogers will read from his fictional account of the mysterious sinking of the Southern Cross off Newfoundland’s coast in 1914. He will also perform songs drawn from the Newfoundland tradition. Monday, Nov. 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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FoLKdANCE IS FUN! Sidney International Folkdancers meet on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church (9681 Fourth St.) No partner needed, no experience needed, all welcome (even drop ins). Wear comfortable shoes and bring water. See folkdanceisfun.ca for more information or call Linda 250-652-5818 or Karen 250-655-0654.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

NATIVE ART &ARTIFACTS AUCTION

Sunday Nov. 23rd, 12:00 Noon

Preview 9:00amCroatian Cultural Centre3250 Commercial Drive.

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7’ SCOTCH Pine Christmas tree, decorations, wreaths & misc. $60. (250)592-2898.

LADIES WINTER boots, sz 11, new, brown, paid $190 asking $75. (778)440-3334.

RALPH LAUREN black raw silk jacket, sz 4, Paid $224 asking $50. (778)440-3084.

SINGLE BED complete. wooden headboard. Guaran-teed clean $60. (250)652-4621

WINGED CHAIR- blue, very good condition, $35. Call (250)480-0277.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

GARAGE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Gift-card give-away!” 20x22 $4,358. 25x24 $4,895. 30x30 $6,446. 32x32 $7,599. 40x46 $12,662. 47x72 $18,498. One end wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 Or visit us online www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

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GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning- Gutter, windows, de-moss, p wash. We clean your neigh-bours house. 250-380-7778.

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

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$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.

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

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

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Quality Interiors.

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

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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Crossword

Today’s Answers

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33. Segregating operation34. Scottish tax35. Progenies37. Face covering38. Superior grade wine39. Member of Congress (abbr.)41. Man-child42. Land frog43. A university in Connecticut45. Feline46. Montana herb used on bruises49. Shellac ingredient50. Seed of anise53. Day of rest and worship55. State of being rejected56. An island in the W Pacific57. Mother of the Celtic fairies58. Tells on

DOWN 1. Criticize severely 2. Soaps 3. “Honeymooners” actor Carney 4. High NM city 5. Express delight 6. Cardboard box (abbr.) 7. Mixing corned beef & potatoes 8. Summer ermines 9. Remain as is10. ___ choy: cabbage11. Pasadena flower12. Inside14. Pane frameworks15. Aeroplanes18. Paper-thin tin plate21. Rubs out26. Plural of sorus27. Major blood vessel

29. Chore30. The letter S31. Short haircut33. Citizens of Riyadh34. Spanish saloon35. Husk of wheat36. Used as a driveway coating 37. Groaned38. A standard stack of wood40. Flat dishes41. Large number (usually pl.)42. Chinese silver weight44. Repeating sound47. Taxi48. Tribal Indian language51. Violate a law of God52. Cologne54. Woman’s undergarment

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Submitted photo/Lorne Chan

Parkland Secondary’s senior boys volleyball team holds up their bronze medals won at the Island AA finals in Courtenay over the weekend. The team earned the final berth from the Island to the provincials in Langley later this month.

NORTH SAANICH — The Park-land Panthers senior boys vol-leyball team is off to the provin-cial championships in Langley.

The team is off to the big tour-nament Nov. 25 to 29 after earn-ing a bronze medal at the Island AA boys volleyball playoffs in Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld Second-ary School over the Nov. 14 and 15 weekend.

In round robin on Friday, the Panthers finished second in their pool, beating Esquimalt and Ballenas (Parksville) but lost a close match to host Isfeld.

In the quarter-finals, Parkland played Salt Spring Island and won 25-10, 25-15. In the semi-finals, they had to play North Island No. 1 and B.C. third-ranked Woodlands (Nanaimo). Woodlands was too powerful and the loss set the Panthers up for the bronze medal match.

A win would give the local boys the final berth to the pro-vincials. They would face Mark Isfeld again, who were upset in a three-set tie breaker to Ballenas in the other semi-final.

In the first game of the best

of five bronze medal match, both sides battled with the lead being exchanged throughout the game.

Parkland had a slight lead at 22-21 but Isfeld won the crucial points to take the opening game. In game two, the Panthers ral-lied. A combination of strong play from Isfeld and some serve receive errors from the Parkland team allowed Isfeld to steal the win. Being down two games, the Panthers had to dig down deep to rally a comeback.

Ethan Bond started with some red hot serving, together with some excellent team defense to storm to an early 9-1 lead. The Panthers rode the momentum to capture game three, 25-18.

Middle blocker, Colin Bishop, really started connecting with

the ball and was pounding powerful spikes. Power hitter, Michael Ram also dialed in his spiking to lead them to a 25-20 game four victory.

Game 5 was a 15 point tie- breaker. The Panthers were pumped and excited and started the fifth game on fire. Captain and setter Stephen Erhlich (who was named to the first all-star team) served the first rotation and hit some beautiful jump serves down the line which put the Isfeld attack off balance.

The Parkland defense was out-standing and the team dug the Isfeld attacks. At the half time switch, Parkland led, 8-2. Isfeld made a push back to close the gap but the Panthers pushed back as well with some great blocks, spectacular defense and excellent spiking to carry them to 15-9 victory and the bronze medal

The Panthers captured the final berth to the provincial championships in Langley Nov. 25 to 29.

— Submitted by coach Lorne Chan

Parkland off to provincialsBoys volleyball team third at Island finals in Courtenay

“The Parkland defense was outstanding and the team dug the Isfeld attacks.”

– Lorne Chan

SPORTS

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Submitted photo/Lorne Chan

Parkland Secondary’s senior boys volleyball team holds up their bronze medals won at the Island AA finals in Courtenay over the weekend. The team earned the final berth from the Island to the provincials in Langley later this month.

NORTH SAANICH — The Park-land Panthers senior boys vol-leyball team is off to the provin-cial championships in Langley.

The team is off to the big tour-nament Nov. 25 to 29 after earn-ing a bronze medal at the Island AA boys volleyball playoffs in Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld Second-ary School over the Nov. 14 and 15 weekend.

In round robin on Friday, the Panthers finished second in their pool, beating Esquimalt and Ballenas (Parksville) but lost a close match to host Isfeld.

In the quarter-finals, Parkland played Salt Spring Island and won 25-10, 25-15. In the semi-finals, they had to play North Island No. 1 and B.C. third-ranked Woodlands (Nanaimo). Woodlands was too powerful and the loss set the Panthers up for the bronze medal match.

A win would give the local boys the final berth to the pro-vincials. They would face Mark Isfeld again, who were upset in a three-set tie breaker to Ballenas in the other semi-final.

In the first game of the best

of five bronze medal match, both sides battled with the lead being exchanged throughout the game.

Parkland had a slight lead at 22-21 but Isfeld won the crucial points to take the opening game. In game two, the Panthers ral-lied. A combination of strong play from Isfeld and some serve receive errors from the Parkland team allowed Isfeld to steal the win. Being down two games, the Panthers had to dig down deep to rally a comeback.

Ethan Bond started with some red hot serving, together with some excellent team defense to storm to an early 9-1 lead. The Panthers rode the momentum to capture game three, 25-18.

Middle blocker, Colin Bishop, really started connecting with

the ball and was pounding powerful spikes. Power hitter, Michael Ram also dialed in his spiking to lead them to a 25-20 game four victory.

Game 5 was a 15 point tie- breaker. The Panthers were pumped and excited and started the fifth game on fire. Captain and setter Stephen Erhlich (who was named to the first all-star team) served the first rotation and hit some beautiful jump serves down the line which put the Isfeld attack off balance.

The Parkland defense was out-standing and the team dug the Isfeld attacks. At the half time switch, Parkland led, 8-2. Isfeld made a push back to close the gap but the Panthers pushed back as well with some great blocks, spectacular defense and excellent spiking to carry them to 15-9 victory and the bronze medal

The Panthers captured the final berth to the provincial championships in Langley Nov. 25 to 29.

— Submitted by coach Lorne Chan

Parkland off to provincialsBoys volleyball team third at Island finals in Courtenay

“The Parkland defense was outstanding and the team dug the Isfeld attacks.”

– Lorne Chan

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