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DRIFTWOOD STEVE Woodworker plans open house. Page 15 ECO DAYTRIPPING Drea Gibson takes visitors on tours of scenic areas. Page 28 Your community, your classifieds P25 • 75 ¢ Wednesday, DECEMBER 12, 2012 Editorial Page 8 Entertainment Page 15 Sports/stats Page 28 Agreement #40110541 SOOKE SOOKE NEWS 2010 WINNER MIRROR Sharron Ho photos A whole lot of community spirit! The annual Santa Parade was a huge success as members of the community took part with floats, music and lot of kids. People brought out their children to see the colourful parade and to greet Santa. The event was organized by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce. New Sombrio Bridge opens Sharron Ho Sooke News Mirror The long-awaited Som- brio Bridge, which is expected to increase motor- ist safety and bolster eco- nomic tourism, opened to the public on Monday. The Sombrio Bridge replaces a 55-year-old sin- gle-lane, wooden struc- ture and eliminates a nar- row and dangerous switch back on Highway 14. The two-lane, steel and concrete bridge is east of Port Renfrew and mea- sures 124 metres long. “This bridge which we’re about to open will replace the nastiest switch back possibly in North America,” said Mike Hicks, Juan de Fuca regional director, at a press conference on Dec. 9. “This bridge will imme- diately prevent many motorcycle accidents and deaths attributed to the switch back, and will finally secure the safety of the Port Renfrew and Pacheedaht children travel- ling every day to school.” The opening of the Som- brio Bridge also marks the completion of the Pacific Marine Circle Route, which Hicks said will, “guar- antee economic pros- perity for years for Port Renfrew, Jordan River and the Juan de Fuca.” Ida Chong, Oak Bay-Gor- don Head MLA, said she was pleased the provincial government identified the Sombrio Bridge as a priority. “We are here to celebrate and the celebration is: $12.6 million went into making sure the Sombrio Bridge proj- ect was complete,” she said. Continued on page 3 Sharron Ho photo Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks took took the wheel of a 1955 Monarch be the first vehicle to drive across the new Sombrio Bridge. His passenger was Ida Chong, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA. 250.642.6361 www.ShellyDavis.ca Shelly Davis Move In For the Holidays ! Do you appreciate quality? This superb custom home offers the highest craftsmanship inside its spacious airy light filled plan. i Gourmet gas kitchen with 36” range i Polished concrete fireplace i Fabulous ocean views from most rooms i Vaulted ceilings and oversize windows i Triple garage i Theatre room i Sumptuous ensuite

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DRIFTWOOD STEVEWoodworker plans open

house.

Page 15

ECO DAYTRIPPINGDrea Gibson takes visitors on

tours of scenic areas.

Page 28

Your community, your classifi eds P25 • 75¢Wednesday, DECEMBER 12, 2012

Editorial Page 8

Entertainment Page 15

Sports/stats Page 28

Agreement#40110541

SOOKESOOKE NEWS2010 WINNER

M I R R O R

Sharron Ho photos

A whole lot of community spirit!The annual Santa Parade was a huge success as members of the community took part with floats, music and lot of kids. People brought out their children to see the colourful parade and to greet Santa.The event was organized by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce.

New Sombrio Bridge opens

Sharron HoSooke News Mirror

The long-awaited Som-brio Bridge, which is expected to increase motor-ist safety and bolster eco-nomic tourism, opened to the public on Monday.

The Sombrio Bridge replaces a 55-year-old sin-gle-lane, wooden struc-ture and eliminates a nar-row and dangerous switch back on Highway 14.

The two-lane, steel and concrete bridge is east of Port Renfrew and mea-sures 124 metres long.

“This bridge which we’re about to open will replace the nastiest switch back possibly in North America,” said Mike Hicks, Juan de Fuca regional director, at a press conference on Dec. 9.

“This bridge will imme-diately prevent many

motorcycle accidents and deaths attributed to the switch back, and will finally secure the safety of the Port Renfrew and Pacheedaht children travel-ling every day to school.”

The opening of the Som-brio Bridge also marks the completion of the Pacific Marine Circle Route, which Hicks said will, “guar-antee economic pros-perity for years for Port Renfrew, Jordan River and the Juan de Fuca.”

Ida Chong, Oak Bay-Gor-don Head MLA, said she was pleased the provincial government identified the Sombrio Bridge as a priority.

“We are here to celebrate and the celebration is: $12.6 million went into making sure the Sombrio Bridge proj-ect was complete,” she said.

Continued on page 3

Sharron Ho photo

Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Mike Hicks took took the wheel of a 1955 Monarch be the first vehicle to drive across the new Sombrio Bridge. His passenger was Ida Chong, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA.

250.642.6361 www.ShellyDavis.ca Shelly Davis

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SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 www.sookenewsmirror.com NEWS • 3

Up Sooke

Thumbs Up!

“For South Vancou-ver Island, $12.6 million is a substantial amount and I’m very glad... this particular road was the road that was one of the priorities of our government.”

In addition to pro-viding safer passage to tourists, residents and commercial traf-fic, Chong said the Sombrio Bridge could also serve as an alter-

native to the Malahat. “Should there be

unfortunate incidents where the Malahat has to be closed down, this can be, although may not be as publi-cized, an alternative to the route to get back in the South Island.”

Ron Gibbins, Port Renfrew BC Ambu-lance unit chief, said the road improvements will decrease motor-vehicle accidents, and greatly improve safety

for emergency per-sonnel and patients.

“Driving down that section of highway (the switch back) in the middle of the night in a snowstorm with a patient and a partner in the back, it’s not for the faint of heart.”

He said in just over a year, an area lead-ing up to the switch back had about 14 motorcycle accidents.

The $12.6 million Sombrio Bridge proj-

ect also included the repair and resurfac-ing of 5.4 kilometres of Highway 14, east of Sombrio to Lines Creek.

The project, which the province started in 2009, also includes a viewpoint 500 metres north of the Sombrio Bridge, overlooking the Olympic Peninsula.

Windley Contracting was contracted to com-plete the project, which created over 125 jobs.

Sharron Ho photo

Pacheedaht member Russell Jones, fifth from left, MLA Ida Chong, centre, and Mike Hicks, fourth from right, cut the ribbon to open the new Sombrio Bridge. Also on hand was MLA John Horgan, third from right, and the construction workers who made it happen.

Cont’d from page 1

Sharron Ho photo

Santa was thereHe made an appearance at the annual Santa Parade.

If you decorated your home, give us a call and we will include you in our light up list. 250-642-5752.

Slight tax increase predicted for 2013Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

A report coming from the Canadian Federation of Indepen-dent Business still has Sooke in the crosshairs, although their figures are two years behind.

The report states Sooke was last year’s worst regional per-former, although per capita spending decreased by 2 per cent between 2009 and 2010.

That’s old news, said Sooke Mayor Wendal Milne. When the report spoke of an increase of 172 per cent in real operating per capita spending, it was based on figures from 2000 when the municipal-ity incorporated. Milne said sewer costs had been included in that number. Spending, he said, was related

to new growth in the district, which also includes cost of living and wages.

“I anticipate $100,000 to $150,000 from new growth money,” said Milne.

Sooke shows a popu-lation growth of 18 per cent between 200-2012.

He said there was a 0 per cent tax increase for residential taxes and a -1 per cent for busi-nesses in Sooke. A tax increase is expected in 2013 based on the num-bers they have now.

“We are looking at a 2 per cent increase and a maximum of 2.5 per cent,” stated Milne. He said anything over 0 per cent would go to infra-structure such as roads.

In response to the CFIB report Milne said, “I would hope over the next two to three years we will move up the ladder.”

Pirjo Raits photo

Mayor Milne hands out candy at the parade.

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COMMUNITY Choir presents “Sleigh Bells Sing” at Holy Trinity Church on Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.and Dec. 16 at 2 p.m.

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

District of Sooke council made its way through the proposed changes to Bylaw 600 (previously Bylaw 500) at the regular council meeting of Dec. 10.

After lengthy discus-sion on many aspects of the bylaw, council agreed to delay the first and second reading until 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 when a special council meeting would be held. This is to allow coun-cil the time to compre-hend the material being put into Bylaw 600.

A public hearing will be held for Bylaw 600 on Jan. 14, 2013.

Planner Tracey Olsen said a written notifica-tion would be sent to every household in Sooke in regard to the bylaw. Specific prop-erty owners would also receive special written notification where their uses are affected by the changes in the bylaw.

Earlier in the meet-ing, discussion ensued on park zones and a motion had been made to remove the park use in all zones. This motion was defeated.

At the portion of the

meeting where public comment was received, Lorien Arnold from Sooke Mountain Cycle took exception to state-ments made in a letter by Fred Von Ilberg in regard to his being in a conflict situation in regard to the proposed bike skills park in John Phillips Memorial Park.

Arnold said he had always conducted him-self with integrity and with the best interests

of the community in mind. He said Ilberg’s attack sickened him and he demanded a retraction. he said the attack on himself, his family and his business “will not be tolerated.”

He said the “paltry $3,600” the bike group received for studies and plans was nothing com-pared to the “hundreds of thousands of dol-lars” spent by the dis-trict on legal expenses

perpetuated by Ilberg and others when chal-lenging council deci-sions, according to for-mer mayor Janet Evans back in 2011.

None of those num-bers were ever substan-tiated.

4 • NEWS www.sookenewsmirror.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012- SOOKE NEWS MIRROR

Take a drive or a walk to see the efforts people have made to decorate their homes and yards.

In no particular order:2145 Firwood Pl.2412 Moun-

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

Life was very differ-ent back in 1912. The Sooke community was self reliant but depen-dent on each other for their social life. Each fall, the residents would proudly display their talents in gardening, home crafts, baking and everything else which they did on a day-to-day basis. Born of this was the Sooke Fall Fair Association and in 2013 they will be celebrating

their 100th anniversary, making it one of the old-est and longest-running fall fairs in the province. Their proud history is evident each year in September when they once again gather at the Sooke Community Hall to share their expertise in all things domestic.

For 2013, the Sooke Fall Fair Association will be celebrating their 100th with the produc-tion of a cookbook.

“The idea for the cookbook was because we wanted to do some-

thing special for the 100th,” said president of the SFFA Ida McDon-ald. “We want to tie in pioneer stories, anec-dotes and a bit of local history.”

Many folks have their memories of the fall fair and McDonald wants their stories and reci-pes. There are many prize-winning recipes entered into the fair each year and it is those they want for the cookbook.

Along with the recipe, McDonald asks that the

recipe include a short description of how the recipe relates to the fall fair, Sooke life, people who have lived in the community, local his-tory, local agriculture (farming, fishing, for-estry) and local ingredi-ents and products.

For example, McDon-ald said Candace Linde won a prize at the fair for her blueberry pre-serves and those blue-berries came from Shir-ley.

If all you have to share are photos, the asso-

ciation would be more than happy to scan and then return them. They can be mailed to: Sooke Fall Fair, P.O. Box 291, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 0S9. Other entries can be mailed there as well, or via email to: [email protected]. The deadline for entries is Jan. 15, 2013.

“We will accommo-date anybody,” said McDonald.

For more informa-tion, call Martha Moore at 250-642-3181.

SOOKE NEWS MIRROR - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 www.sookenewsmirror.com NEWS • 5

Include your recipes in fall fair cookbook

Prepare kids for emergency Article Two: Emergency Preparedness

In a disaster chil-dren, regardless of age, will be scared and confused due to the chaos occurring.

Disasters happen at any time and in any place and families are not always together; children may be at school, at daycare or at a sports game.

Has your family talked and planned about what to do if a disaster occurred and the fam-ily was not all together?

In a disaster you may not be able to phone; phone lines could be down or jammed with calls and your cell phone may not work. Power lines could be down, roads blocked due to fallen trees, flood, fire or other rea-sons. You may not be able to get to your kids or to know if they are

safe. Take a moment to discuss, plan and prepare an emergency plan should a disaster occur when the fam-ily is not all together in one place. Con-sider the ages of your children, any special needs they may have and where they might be if a disaster should happen, in school, day care or sport event.

Learn what emer-

gency plan and prepa-ration the school or daycare have in place and how would the school or day care communicate with fam-ilies during a disaster?

Would the school or day care be prepared to shelter your child if required, how pre-pared is the school or day care to handle your child with special needs? If an evacua-

tion of the school or day care was required; do you know where the school or day care would plan to go? Does your child’s school or day care maintain an up to date contact list with information on you and on your delegate should you be unable to pick up your child?

Do your children know who to contact if you are unable to be contacted? What about after the disaster? How prepared are you and your children to cope after the disaster.

These are just a few of the questions and items to be asked and discussed with your children and with their school, day care or sports group when pre-paring your emergency plan to make sure your children know and understand what to do if a disaster happens.

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Cowichan Copper

When we read of mine disasters occurring anywhere in the world, it is so good to recall that when we ourselves suffered a mini disaster at the copper mine in Jordan River, no lives were lost. It was early in the 1960s that there was a cave in and the waters of the Jordan River broke through the rocks into the tunnel and flooded Cowichan Copper’s Sunro mine.

The accompanying photo, published June 2, 1965 in the Grape-vine (forerunner to The Mirror) was captioned: “Portal of main tunnel which has now been cleared for a distance of 4300 feet into moun-tain.” Note the two-foot gauge ore-carrying rail-way leading deep into the mine, which stands on the east side of the Jordan River, beyond the old hydro pow-erhouse. The under-ground mill room on two levels housed machin-ery, crushers, etc.

The Grapevine’s front page story continues: “The underground mill-site is still full of debris, and it is expected that it will take a full three months to rehabilitate all the machinery and equipment … When the mill is in full production it will be treating 1500

tons of ore daily...“Copper was first dis-

covered there by George Winkler in 1915 and called Sunloch Mine, with copper extraction taking place in 1919 and 1920, under the owner-ship of Cominco. Oper-ations were dormant or infrequent up until 1961, when Cowichan Copper took over, under the management of Ossie McDonald.

It was at this period that an influx of min-ing engineers and their families moved into Sooke. Many of them were following the min-ing circuit as mining operations went from Elliott Lake in Ontario to Brittannia Mines and to Cowichan Cop-per. The Jordan min-ing operations took

place between 1961 and 1977, with intermit-tent breaks as the drop-ping price of copper, stock market specula-tions and onsite calami-ties occurred. Ore was transported via truck to Hach Point for ship-ping out by freighter.

While 40 some years have passed since the copper industry’s local heyday, and most of the mining specialists and their families that became part of our community are now gone, we have remind-ers amongst us still. Felderhof Road takes its name from mine sur-veyor Hans Felderhof. Many residents know the Chlopan family;

their dad was mining engineer Joe Chlopan. A mining engineer still active in our commu-nity, Fred Chwojka, recalls that at its height, Cowichan Cop-per had a payroll of 128 men, on three shifts.

After the access tun-nel caved in, early in 1977, the BC Minis-try of Mines directed the installing of a plug near the portal. Cur-rent talk indicates the copper mine is under discussion once more.

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A colourful cast of local dancers will be taking the stage on Dec. 15 and 16 for the Sooke Dance Studio’s fourth annual produc-tion of Nutcracker in a Nutshell.

“It is a shorter, con-densed version of the classical ballet and we do ours with a twist,” said Carole Cave, Sooke Dance Studio owner.

“I don’t know of any other productions that do this, but we put in tap, hip hop and con-temporary into the tra-ditional ballet.”

Cave said although the vibrant two act ren-dition is condensed,

nothing from the story plot will be omitted.

“We still have all the scenes in there... over the years we gradually added them,” she said, adding unlike the tradi-tional ballet, there will not be classical solo dance parts.

“Our show is an hour and 35 minutes, includ-ing a 20 minute inter-mission, so it makes it a reasonable amount of time for little ones to sit.”

The production, which is an optional dance opportunity, had 52 performers from the local studio and the Light House Dance Academy in Colwood sign up.

Most of the perform-

ers will have two cos-tume changes, bringing the costume tally up to 114.

A majority of the roles will be played by young dancers aged five and up. Some parts will be played by adults, and tots aged three to four have also been invited to get on stage.

The event is also held as a fundraiser for the Sooke Family Resources Society. A dollar from each ticket sold will go towards the organization, and a bake sale and silent auction will be held during intermission.

Although Cave dreamed of organizing a Nutcracker produc-tion for years, it only

materialized when it was hosted as a bene-fit for the Sooke Family Resources Society.

“One of the motivat-ing pieces was let’s fundraise for the Fam-ily Resources Society, so that kind of gave us a purpose to go for it,” she said.

Teresa Norquay, Sooke Family Resource Society program co-ordinator and dancer, said the Nutcracker in a Nutshell is one of the organization’s largest fundraisers.

She added all pro-ceeds go towards the children and families program.

About $1,500 was raised last year.

The young dancers

have been rehearsing since the last week of September and both Cave and Norquay agreed the children are more than excited for the open curtain.

“They’re such a big team, and it’s a real

family environment. they all really care about each other and have fun together and work hard together,” Norquay said.

The show takes place at Edward Milne com-munity theatre, at 5

p.m. on Saturday, Sun-day, Dec. 15 and 2 p.m. on Dec. 16.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the Sooke Dance Studio and Bee’s Knees.

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I am addressing the above issue because. like many resi-dents, I live outside the sewered zone and find myself faced with the total decimation of my now unsustainable resident acreage.

When I purchased it in 1968 to buf-fer my retirement (doctors had no pension from an employer) the eight and one-half acres was approved for a 26 lots subdivision. Under RU4 it is not approved for only four lots and this scree fixed because “it would be too difficult an issue at council to sensibly alter this.” It wasn’t considered too difficult to write the new rules, why should it be too difficult to reverse this Dra-conian choke hold on reasonable financial retirement now denied.

The RU4 downgrading brings forth the motive for such incon-siderate, unjust and unfair legis-lated hardships on any who had a costly hand in supporting this community in the last 40-50 years of progressive development.

Public knowledge reveals the involvement, in our council’s deci-sion making, of both the CRD’s and VIHA’s influence upon our council and so our resident’s rightful freedom to enjoy the advances of our hard-ships in holding acreage residences.

Could it be that these two agen-cies see a furtherance of their own bureaucracies’ work load and con-sequent self-serving growth and wage earning? Many understood that “Incorporation” was to leave us autonomous in community plan-ning and Bylaw 500 clearly indi-cates we have lost this autonomy.

Earlier provisions allowed septic

tank supported subdivisions upon 7,500 sq. ft. lots. A claim has arisen that we need extra area for subse-quent tile fields should the existent fail. The soil doesn’t fail — only the tile and so a “new” tile field can be laid in the old field’s site without dif-ficulty — mine so done 15 years ago is still working well once the plugged broken tile was replaced with better modern ABS. This nonsensical tile field folly has merely outlawed rea-sonable subdivision, and as such an increase in tax base. Saseenos needs to be sewered, so lets get on with it rather than male residents in areas, peripheral to the “core” area, poor orphans. RU4 zoning makes abso-lutely no sense, financially handicap-ping the progress of our community once allow for normal growth and acceptance of continuing newcom-ers who would like to live in our once enjoyable free area.’The RU4 zoning is tainted with counter productive partisan bureaucratic strangle hold.

As we have all seen with Pres-tige and Mariners development, council saw fit to rebound with multiple “allowances” in the course of their development. It would appear that what council and the big boys want can be arranged in short order. But, what small devel-opers and residents wish to advan-tageously do with their properties can be delayed from two to 15 years or completely blocked by bureau-cratic serving obstructionist bylaws done with ease but too difficult procedurally to be altered to more rational and sensible regulations.

It would appear that council and its cabal of outside influences are

more concerned with the ease and profitability of running the District of Sooke than the well being of its tax paying residents for whose better-ment and service they were elected.

The catastrophic devaluation of residential acreage must be cor-rected and in the meantime, taxes for those lands greatly reduced or the nonsensical restrictions of RU4 greatly modified to the ear-lier more sensible regulations.

Such demonical legislation across B.C. has created “Incorporated” areas places for only the very rich to reside in us with Merritt andf Kere-meos in recent years Do we want this occurring in Sooke? Majority say no.

Time our council managed Sooke affairs to serve Sooke residents, not the bureaucracies of outside agencies.

The RU4 zoning is a thinly dis-guised legislative step to cease sub-divisions that worked well on septic and 7,500 sq. ft. Perhaps we need to more carefully scrutinize the aim of those running for office and avoid the sainted lack lustre individuals opting for the perfect world scenario and generous wages and an oppor-tunity to leave behind expensive monuments to their term of office.

Thank you for your period of attention. It is regrettable that we have seen the glorification of coun-cil at the expense of taxes and lifestyle of many of our residents.

Brian D. Perry-WhittinghamSooke

Note: Bylaw 500 was rescinded and is now known as Bylaw 600.

To the issue of Sooke’s Bylaw 500

Public views necessary

OUR VIEW

District of Sooke council has been struggling with what was Bylaw 500. The bylaw was rescinded and is now Bylaw 600, encompassing all of the changes made over the past number of weeks.

Members of the public came before council and to the open houses to get more information and to state their views on the proposed zoning changes, which were made previously without proper public input and comment. In trying to be in compliance with the Official Community

Plan some zone uses have changed. Some property owners are aware, some may not be until the time comes when they might wish to subdivide or change their uses.

What is at issue here is that while the open houses

are an attempt to inform the public, nothing that is said at them is recorded into any minutes. Council has already voted on the changes and the bylaw has gone to first and second reading. Now, one wonders if the Public Hearing will do anything to change what has already been agreed upon. A Public Hearing is the process where comments are recorded and become part of the public process but will it make any difference?

This is not a slam at council, but it is at the system where bylaws can often be rushed through to meet some deadline, leaving people scratching their heads. Local council is the only government level where taxpayers can make a difference and it is at this level that the duly elected need to listen carefully to the public, all of the public.

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Parking etiquette

So, when parking is cramped at all the stores this holiday season, be especially careful with your doors or when pulling out of your stall.

If you do manage to hit the car next to you by accident, are you not told to do the right thing and leave your info on the window if no one is around? Only a coward just drives away and leaves a mess.

Just a thanks to the driver who left me with a broken mirror and big dent in the side of my car. That was just what I needed after a long day at work, a dented car and now a big bill to have it fixed.

D. AndersonSooke

Bad deal for Canada

Unfortunately, it would appear that too few Canadians are aware of the deal that Prime Minister Harper is trying/intending to sign with China under the Foreign Invest-ment and Protection Agreement (FIPA), very like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Why is FIPA a bad deal?According to Cana-

dian Press, an Ameri-can Company, Lone Pine Resources Inc. has threatened to sue the Canadian govern-ment for $250 million under Article 117 of NAFTA: which is/was another bad deal – signed by another Con-servative government.

Both FIPA and NAFTA

allow a Foreign Cor-poration to sue the Canadian government if they believe any level of government has done anything to limit their interests.

Such suits will be heard in Investor-State arbitrations that func-tion as secret tribu-nals outside the Cana-dian court system.

What makes matters worse under this agree-ment with China, is that most of the Chinese corporations that will/do invest in Canada are state-owned enter-prises with unlimited funds at their disposal.

Eric HurwoodSooke

Where’s the park?

The issue surround-ing the protection of John Phillip Memorial Park has created a lot of discussion in the Sooke News Mirror.

For the longest time we, like many others, did not quite understand what all the fuss was about and where JPM Park is actu-ally located in Sooke.

When I finally real-ized that it is the beau-tiful park on Otter Point Road adjacent to the Sooke municipal offices and what is at stake — by reading Jacquie Joc-elyn’s letter to the edi-tor, published in your Nov. 28, 2012 issue — I decided to add more

emphasis to the protec-tion of this park with my letter - published in the SNM Dec. 5, 2012.

Unfortunately, you or someone else in your office changed the headline from “Pro-tect and Preserve JPM Park” to “Speaking for the Majority,” which in itself is a good headline, but the elimination of the reference to the park in the headline would have required putting it in the first sentence. Without it the confu-sion continues and I just found out from Jacquie that people are asking her why she is against the triathalon.

Gisela KumarSooke

Political similarities?

Since everything is already perfect in Shir-ley, then I don’t know why everyone here is so down on Harper, as it seems he’s just run-ning the country like the volunteer clique is running Shirley, and the CRD clique is run-ning the Juan de Fuca.

So, “What’s the beef?” He’s doing the same as you’re doing, with one exception, at least he’s got a majority.

N.E. MacNabShirley

Discuss the solutions not the problems

I read “Poverty of Politics Continues”, in which Tom Fletcher criticized the 2012 Child Poverty Report Card both for contain-ing a “familiar script” of recommendations and for using what he views as an inaccurate tool to measure the extent

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We asked: How much do you think you’ll spend on Christsmas this year?

We just came back from Disneyland, and that was our main Christmas pres-

ent. So, for two children and two adults, we’ll be

spending less than $500.

Ali ThorntonSooke

Maybe around $600 and that’s for everybody.

Lynn WaldronSooke

Oh good lord, probably not much because I just moved

here.

Benita FrissSooke

Too much with our grand kids and our kids, I expect a figure of somewhere around

$500.

Ron LowSooke

Giving to a good cause

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Sooke News Mirror editor Pirjo Raits puts a bag of food into the Sooke Food Bank box at the office. Anyone wishing to contribute non-perishable food items can drop them off at the SNM office at the Evergreen Centre mall.

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of child poverty in BC. As an anti-poverty

lawyer, Mr. Fletcher’s editorial concerned me. First, he is right that many of the Report Card recommenda-tions have remained the same over years, but that is because lit-tle progress has been in many of the areas.

Second, even if Mr. Fletcher’s opinion that the current tool to mea-sure poverty is inaccu-rate, I fail to understand why we should dismiss the recommended solutions because we don’t know the exact extent of the problem.

We can see many of these issues through simple common sense. For example, a single person on temporary welfare gets $610/month to cover all basic living costs and a single person with a severe disability gets $906 (almost two-thirds of total income assistance cases are in the disability cate-gory). Average rent for a bachelor apartment in B.C. is almost $800. It’s clear that people cannot survive on cur-rent assistance rates.

Finally, aside from the basic dignity issues raised by Mr. Fletcher’s suggestion that poor people move out of urban areas to reduce their costs, I will just note that many essen-tial services for a per-son trying to survive on the above rates, like subsidized hous-ing, food banks, acces-sible infrastructure, and specialized medi-cal care, are easier to access in urban areas.

My desire to see B.C.’s poverty rate decline has nothing to do with a desire for “big govern-ment.” I would rather live in a society that supports all of its citi-zens and doesn’t leave many of them behind.

It’s time for a mean-ingful public discus-sion about solutions.

Kendra MilneBurnaby

(raised in Sooke)

Time to replace the Indian Act

Hundreds of thou-sands First Nations people live in Canada and they deserve bet-ter than to be shack-led by the failed colo-nial and paternalistic policies of the Indian Act, which has helped deny them their rights, fair share in resources, and fostered mistrust and created systemic barriers to self-deter-mination and success. First Nations have been adamant that we need to move beyond it, yet the government has so far refused to get the ball rolling.

The Indian Act is more than 136 years old and touches every aspect of life of First Nations. First Nations need the approval of the Minis-ter to pass bylaws. It puts so much red tape around economic devel-opment that it often

doesn’t happen. The Act is so intrusive on reserve residents’ lives that they cannot even write a will without the minister’s approval.

Yet, as Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper has rightly said, the Act has deep roots and cannot simply be abolished. For decades governments of all stripes have allowed this problem to fester.

Now all parties have a chance to take real lead-ership on the problem. I have a motion before the House of Commons compelling the federal government to work with First Nations on a nation-to-nation basis on a plan to replace the Indian Act with modern agreements based on rights, responsibilities of the Crown, and the original Treaty relation-ship. With a deadline and a process, we can finally begin to resolve the many long-standing economic and social inequities that plague First Nations com-

munities in Canada.Yet the Conserva-

tives said they would vote against this prog-ress by opposing the motion. They say they want to change the status quo, but once again, this is just words.

We cannot continue to put this off. Please tell the Conservatives to vote for change.

Bob RaeLeader of the Lib-

eral Party of Canada

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We can grow our leeks all winter here and our potatoes can be stored in a cool dry place. They should keep until spring when there may be some sprout-ing wich is the sign that is time to prepare the soil for planting.

Winter soup

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or just add to water. Simmer covered for

15-20 minutes until the veggies are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. You may blend the soup or have it a little chunky. Add 1 to 2 cups yogurt or sour cream and top with watercress, chives or and parsley and enjoy a lovely hot soup on a winter day.

If your family is large or smaller adjust the recipe and freeze the extra. It will keep nicely for up to six months in the freezer as long as all the air is removed.

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If you are fortunate to have a yogurt maker, put the yogurt into the jars or yogurt pot for 8 hours and then remove and refrigerate and you have a lovely yogurt to enjoy in your favourite dish.

If you haven’t got a yogurt maker you may put the yogurt into glass jars and put into the oven at 150 for 8 hours or overnight or wrap a towel around glass jars and put over a heat register or by the woodstove.

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LOOKING BACKA trip through the

Sooke News Mirror archives.

Dec. 9, 1987Christmas Bureau

still $7,000 short of target

The Christmas Bureau campaign has got off to a good start with donations, total-ling almost $2,000 to date.

However, by the time that you read this, Christmas will be only two weeks away, so we are still $7,000 short of our goal.

If you are planning to donate, please do so without delay.

Judging by the num-ber of applications for hampers we have already reached our original estimate, so the target of $9,000 will be justified.

There still appears to be some confusion over the relative positions of the Community Food Centre and Christmas Bureau. The CFC oper-ates year-round to help those in need and the small, dedicated group of volunteers who run this form the nucleus of the Christmas Bureau, together with numer-ous extra volunteers in order to cope with the extra demand at Christ-mas.

Don’t forget that the deadline for applica-tions for hampers is

Dec. 15, less than one week away.

Dec. 14, 1988Sooke’s building

boom continuesValue of building per-

mits issued in the first nine months of the year was $6.5 million -- 44 per cent increase over the $3.9 million recorded in 1987.

The number of build-ing permits issued was 480 -- a 44 per cent increase over the previ-ous year.

The July/Septem-ber figures are even more dramatic, with a 92 per cent increase in the value of building permits issued com-pared with 1987 and a 35 per cent increase in the number of permits issued.

The information con-tained in a quarterly Development Review put out by the CRD. There is similar infor-

mation for all other regional districts and municipalities in the CRD.

Almost without exception Sooke is way ahead of the pack in percentage increases in the dollar value of building permits issued and in numbers of per-mits issued.

Dec. 9, 1992Poppy fund used

locallyThe poppies may

grow row on row between the crossed in Flanders Field, but here in Sooke the pop-pies help our the com-munity.

This year, Sooke Legion Branch 54 raised about $6,500 for its poppy fund.

Poppy fund chair-person Geoff Barnett said the money raised by the campaign lead-ing up to the Remem-brance Day, is toward

local projects. Barnett said this year,

the legion donated to both the Sooke and Port Renfrew branches of the B.C. Ambulance Service.

The cash will be used to help improve emergency communication between the two services.

Funds are also directed toward a bur-sary fund for local stu-dents to help them fur-ther their education, and towards prizes for a Remembrance Day poster, essay, and poem contest. In addi-tion, the poppy fund makes donations to the Veteran’s Hospital in Victoria and helps look after some of the needs of local veterans and their spouses.

Dec. 13, 2000Helpers sought to

handle hampersHave you ever won-

dered how the Christ-mas hampers are filled and what exactly fills them?

The Sooke Christmas Bureau 2000 will be distributing hampers in just 10 days (Dec. 23) and a band of vol-unteers will be needed to ensure the approxi-mately 380 boxes of food are assembled.

“It’s like you and I going grocery shop-ping,” said Sooke Christmas Bureau 2000 chairperson Chuck

Robertson, of what’s in the benevolent boxes.

“There’s no way it can all be consumed in one day.”

There are three “ham-per days” where volun-teers are needed from 10 a.m. until not later than 2 p.m at the Sooke Community Hall.

On Dec. 21, about 20 volunteers will be needed to sort and stack the non-per-ishable foodstuff on shelves and tables, according to hamper volunteer co-ordinator, Joe Titus.

“It’s an assembly-line operation,” Robertson said.

The next day, 40 helpers are required to fill the hampers with those sorted non-per-ishables.

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If you are eligible for a 2012 homeowner grant and have not yet applied, please drop into the Municipal Hall or go online at www.sooke.ca as soon as possible to complete an application.

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Driftwood artist discovers new life through fire and flamePirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

According to Greek mythology, a phoe-nix is a long-lived bird cyclically reborn, byobtaining new life by arising from the ashesof its predecessor.

So it is withSteve Van Vugt.

When a fire destroyedhis home on Hornby Island, it destroyed much of what he had created and gathered for his retirement. He had spent 28 years as owner and operator of White Rock Antiques. Hisantiques and precious objects became ashes,his plans vapourized.

Of course he wasdevastated, but he soon realized that this mightbe the opportunity he was seeking — a new life without any of the trappings of the past. In many ways he said he felt he brought this mis-fortune on himself, so it stands to reason that he turned it around.

“Sometimes, someof us need to let go of something before we can allow some-thing new to enter our lives,” said Van Vugt.

He went from the fine finished woods in antiques to the rough, natural shapes and forms of drift-

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On Hornby he haddiscovered the wealth of raw material indiscarded wood. He became Slab Master where he spent three years cutting table tops up to four feet wide and 12 feet long from logs sal-vaged from the beach,

“And so began my newpursuit to make a living with what was remain-ing... my wood,” he said.

He travelled to Ger-many and began creat-ing temporary sculp-tures out of sand and snow. He calls himselfa conceptual artist.

He now resides part-time in Canada and part-time in Germany. In Germany he found Europeans had a very real appreciation for the cast offs from our logging industry.

Sooke became hisCanadian transition from Hornby Island.It is here that he finds some of the most

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Pirjo Raits photoPirjo Raits photo

Steve with one of his sal-Steve with one of his sal-vaged pieces made into a vaged pieces made into a bench.bench.

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Safety awardA resident of Sooke has received an award from the BC Forest Safety Council, in recognition of a long career in the forest industry that has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to improving safety awareness, expanding safety knowledge, developing safety skills at ground level and building a lasting culture of safety among BC’s forest workers. William (Bill) Boardman, left, wasacknowledged with the Cary White Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement at theVancouver Island Safety Conference, Oct. 20 in Nanaimo. The award was co-presented by David Anderson, President and CEO of WorkSafeBC and Reynold Hert, right, CEO of the Safety Council.

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Reader’s Photo of the WeekMichelle Dorval’s eight-month-old Grandson Daniel Bolduc at the All Sooke Christmas Craft Fair, enjoying his very first visit with Santa.Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by Ellen Bergerud. Send your good quality jpeg photos to: [email protected].

A driving need in the community

Sharron HoSooke News Mirror

Local fire depart-ments will be handing out candy canes, tow-ing around Santa, and collecting food dona-tions for the annual Santa Run on the evening of Dec. 15.

The Sooke, East Sooke and Otter Point fire departments will be collecting non-per-ishable food items and cash donations for the Sooke Food Bank.

Sooke Fire Chief Steve Sorensen said the event evolved from a community event into a food drive 15 years ago.

Although unplanned, the first year collected one can of soup after a local woman walked up to Sorensen, handed him the food item and said, ‘Here, this is for the food bank.’

“I was down Sooke River Road doing the run, just handing out candy canes when she came out and gave me a can of soup,” he said.

Now over a decade later, the Sooke Santa Run has four routes, four decorated fire trucks and tows around four differ-ent Santas, collecting, “tons and tons of food.”

The routes take place in Saseenos, Sun-

river, central Sooke and Whiffin Spit and West Coast Road.

“It’s grown to the point now that we actu-ally have to send pick up trucks along with the fire trucks because they get so loaded that there’s no more room,” Sorensen said.

Last year, the fire department collected two large construction trailers full of food and a pick up truck load.

“We pile them up pretty good, so it’s probably two to three feet high. It fills up the basement of the community hall.”

According to Kevan Brehart, Otter Point fire chief, the Otter Point Santa Run is just as successful.

“In past years we’ve had to run back to the hall to unload and go back and get more,” he said. “It’s been really, really good sup-port from the district.”

The fire departments will be distributing paper bags in the Sooke News Mirror to be used food donation hampers.

Detailed information on routes and times will be printed on the bags, and extra bags are available at the Sooke News Mirror office and at the District of Sooke.

Your kitchen scraps will be finding a new home. The Regional Kitchen Scraps Strategy

Did you know that 30% of the waste we send to Hartland landfill is organic material? To meet our waste diversion goals and extend the life of the landfill, we’ll be phasing out disposal of kitchen scraps at the Hartland landfill by 2015. For information on service and collection details for your neighbourhood, visit www.myrecyclopedia.ca or contact the CRD Hotline at 250.360.3030.

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We Match Prices!*Look for the symbol in store. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match select items in our major supermarket competitors’ fl yers throughout the week. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We match identical items (defi ned as same brand, size, and attributes) and for fresh produce, meat and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us).

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amazing driftwood.“My love for drift-

wood — that’s why I live here,” he said. “The driftwood here is spirit wood,” he said. “We have such an abundance here. The waste is beyond me.”

He lives on Whiffin Spit Road on a large property which affords him the space to cre-ate his works for Art by Nature. His bread and butter are the drift-wood birds scattered around his property. Call them flights of fancy, because that is exactly what they are.

He enjoys making these and never names what type of bird they are.

“I leave it to the imagination,” he said. “Interpretation allows others to see things and only the wood speaks out.” He also said children have been his best teachers.

Scattered around his home are various objects made from reclaimed wood, some sculpted only slightly and some fashioned into organic benches, tables and seats. Outside are eco-friendly Christmas trees made from drift-wood. He also has some

of his “trees” at the Sooke Harbour House.

He is holding an Art by Nature open house on Dec. 15 from 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. at 1564 Whiffen Spit Road. He will have hot choco-late, homemade chai and gluk wein available.

And, he says, watch for some surprise tem-porary art on Whiffin Spit between Christ-mas and New Years.

For more informa-tion: [email protected] or call 250-642-7522 and leave a message for Van Vugt.

Driftwood artist’s open house

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A Coffeehouse ChristmasThe holiday season is

upon us and the Sooke Folk Music Society is presenting it’s Decem-ber Coffee House this Saturday, Dec. 15, which is bound to have a Yule-tide bent. Our feature this month is singer/songwriter, Jim Moffat, who is bringing along his friend, Mike Samp-son from Los Gringos.

After growing up on the streets of Chatham Ontario, attending high school and finishing with no fixed address, Moffat attended numer-ous universities in the U.S. and Canada with a goal of football and wrestling. Being a Zodiac pilot for Greenpeace “Save the Whales” landed him a short term in a New-foundland jail for anti-sealing protests, he then turned his atten-tion to playing music.

With his first test being in Calgary, at the 1st Studio 1/ Keen Craft (Long and Mcquade) music award, he walked away with top prize as a member of the duo “Bow River Lumber Company.”

Moffat has opened for Utah Phillips, Rosa-lie Sorrels, Connie

Kalder, Michael Lewis, and Scott Parsons, to name a few. His style and musical influences include such all-time-greats as Stan Rogers, Harry Chapin, Chris De Berg, John Prine, and James Taylor.

Moffat has been around folk festivals, having played the Home County Festival in Lon-don Ontario, Blackfalds Folk Festival in Alberta and Vancouver Island

Folk Festival and oth-ers. He has been fea-tured in L.A. at the Pier 1 Show, and was a band member with groups such as Hero, Panic and The Bow River Lumber Company. His first love has always been a sing-er-songwriter writing music to bring images to his listeners’ minds.

Moffat is a believer in social media and has a fan list of 350. His Facebook profile

has over 1,600 fans and grows every day. This has all happened since December last year. ReverbNation lists Jim as number two in Victo-ria, 25th nationally and 296th globally in the Folk Listings. Not bad for a songwriter who only started to pursue the rankings less than a year ago.

Recently, Jim has been instrumental in creating and hosting the “Art of the Song” songwriters’ group in Victoria. Moffat is now playing both solo and as a duo with Mike Sampson. As a duo think: “Jim Croce meets Godzilla, beautiful gui-tars, full wonderful vocals and just a touch of the monster to keep it interesting.” When solo, he’s all Jim Mof-fatt.

Please join us this Sat-urday, Dec. 15 for our festive coffee house. I have it on good author-ity that there will be much seasonal music happening, so bring your voices. The place is Holy Trinity Angli-can Church on Murray Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. with open stage at 7 :30, feature at 9.

File photo

Jim Moffat performs with Mike Sampson.

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WedWedDecember 12December 12ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre - 7 p.m. Euchre - 7 p.m. Darts - 7:30 p.m. Darts - 7:30 p.m. Ladies darts - 12 p.m.Ladies darts - 12 p.m. TOASTMASTERS TOASTMASTERS Meeting upstairs at Village Meeting upstairs at Village Market Foods starting at 7 Market Foods starting at 7 p.m. p.m. For more info, contact Allan For more info, contact Allan at 250-642-7520. at 250-642-7520. GINGERBREAD CONTEST Houses on display from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Prestige hotel, until Dec. 14.

Thurs.Thurs. December 13December 13ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage at 7 p.m.

Mon.Mon.December 17December 17DISTRICT OF SOOKERegular Council Committee of the Whole at 7 p.m in Council Chambers. CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE AGES Christmas concert to fundraise for regional/national competitions next spring for Journey and Edward Milne band students. Begins at 7 p.m at EMCS. Cost of admission is adults, $10, children, $5.

Tues.Tues.December 18December 18BABY TALK 2012BABY TALK 2012Christmas party/open Christmas party/open discussiondiscussionAt the Sooke Child, Youth At the Sooke Child, Youth and Family Centre (CASA and Family Centre (CASA building) 2145 Townsend building) 2145 Townsend Road from 10-11:30 a.m. Road from 10-11:30 a.m. YOUTH CLINICYOUTH CLINICWest Coast Family Medical West Coast Family Medical Clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. for Clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. for ages 13 to 25. ages 13 to 25.

Fri.Fri.December 14December 14ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak night 6-7:30 p.m. Steak night 6-7:30 p.m. Drop-in darts at 8 p.m. Drop-in darts at 8 p.m. VITAL VITTLESVITAL VITTLESFree lunch from 11:30 a.m. to Free lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church on Murray Road. Everyone on Murray Road. Everyone welcome. welcome. SLEIGH BELLS SING With the Sooke Community Choir at Holy Trinity Church, 1962 Murray Rd, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at Shoppers Drug Mart, and at the door or from choir member.

Sun.Sun.December 16December 16NUTCRACKER IN A NUTSHELLAt the EMCS Theatre at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the Sooke Dance Studio and the Bee’s Knees. MUSIC JAMAt the Kemp Lake store on West Coast Rd at 2-4 p.m.

Sat.Sat.December 15December 15SOOKE LEGIONMeat draw at 3 p.m. GINGERBREAD CONTESTJudging of local gingerbread houses, and announcement of fi rst, second and third place winners. SLEIGH BELLS SING With the Sooke Community Choir at Holy Trinity Church, 1962 Murray Rd, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at Shoppers Drug Mart, and at the door or from choir member. NUTCRACKER IN A NUTSHELL At the EMCS Theatre at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the Sooke Dance Studio and the Bee’s Knees.

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15SANTA PET PHOTOS Pet photoshoot with Santa, Pet photoshoot with Santa, all proceeds will be given to all proceeds will be given to animal rescue organizations. animal rescue organizations. From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 3312 From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 3312 Otter Point Rd. Also on Dec. Otter Point Rd. Also on Dec. 16. Photos $10 each. 16. Photos $10 each.

SOOKE BAPTIST CHURCH7110 West Coast Road | 250-642-3424

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 am Children, youth & adult ministries

Pastor Dwight GeigerEmail [email protected]

ST. ROSE OF LIMA Roman Catholic Parish2191 Townsend Rd. | 250-642-3945 | Fax: 778-425-3945

Saturday Mass 5pm | Sunday Mass, 10 amThursday Mass 10:30 am

Children’s Religious Ed: Sat. 3:45pm Offi ce Hours: Tue 12-3 Wed 10-2 Thurs 1-3

Rev. Fr. Michael Favero

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH2110 Church Rd | 250-642-4124

SUNDAY SERVICE10:15 am Pre-Service Singing

10:30 am Family worshipRev. Dr Gordon Kouwenberg

Parents Room and well equipped Nursery

HOLY TRINITY Anglican Church1962 Murray Road | 250-642-3172HOLY COMMUNION SERVICES

Sunday & Wednesday 10amSaturday 5pm

Revs Dr. Alex and Nancy Nagywww.holytrinitysookebc.org

TThe he PPastor's astor's PPenenChristmas Is... Christmas is here; at least, a shopper's Christmas is here. Christmas

trees, wreaths, ornaments, and toys are proudly displayed in store windows and shelves -- beautiful, shiny objects to attract and entice the consumer. Well-thought-out advertisements in the local newspapers and magazines feature the latest in gadgets and toys.

But Christmas is not about running around at the last minute getting "just the right gift" or getting the latest version of a cell phone or buying the latest edition of a computer software product. Christmas is about God breaking into our routines.

You've probably heard the story many times. Over 2000 years ago, an angel tells Mary, a virgin, that she will give birth to a baby and to name this baby "Jesus". Joseph and Mary, as part of a census, travel to Bethlehem to look for a place to stay as Mary's time to give birth is imminent. But because of the census, rooms at the inns were all taken. An innkeeper offers them a stable where Mary gives birth to Jesus. Angels proclaim Jesus as a Saviour for all people. Shepherds come to adore Him, and wise men bring Him gifts.

Know this: Christmas is not about parties and holidays; Christmas is not about giving and receiving gifts; Christmas is not about family time.

Christmas is about receiving God into your life even if it seems inconvenient in normal routines of your world. (Imagine: if the innkeeper had not offered his stable, Mary and Joseph would have remained homeless. Jesus would have been born outside, alone and rejected by everyone.)

Christmas is about stepping out of our comfort zones to show love and compassion for those in need. Just as Jesus stepped out of his comfort zone to bring hope, love, joy, and eternal peace to all people why not step out of your routines and comfort zone this year to share the true Christmas spirit?

Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg

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Passed away peacefully on Friday November 30, 2012 at the age of 98. Agnes was born on January 6, 1914 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was predeceased by her husband Jim in 1994, her brother Richard and her sister Margaret. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons; Richard (Jessica) and Jack (Beverly) grandchildren; Bradley, Tina, Blake (deceased) Andrea as well as numerous great and great great grandchildren, Sister; Emma. Special thanks to Dr. Vally and the staff at Ayre Manor for their kindness and caring support for Agnes. No service by request and donations may be made to a charity of ones choice..

“Agnes my Scottish Bluebell”

Sinclair, Agnes Blake

THOMAS EVANSIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Thomas Evans, the devoted husband of Shirley for 41 years and father of TJ and Marjorie as well as Ron & Melissa. He also has a beautiful little grand-daughter Maddison Grace who will miss her “Papa” very much. He will truely be missed.

On December 16, 2010, at or near the 2000 block of Charters Road, Sooke, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Sooke RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $735 CAD, on or about 16:55 Hours.The subject property was seized because there was a warrant authorized by the court pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada to seize evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2012-1291, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by

the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice.A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published.You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

BOB MARTINIt is with profound sad-ness that the family of Bob Martin announces his passing on Novem-ber 27, just over two weeks since the death of Anne Martin, his wife. Bob is survived by his two sons, Peter (Merle) and John (Andrea), Lin-da Martin and his grand-children Graham, Ra-chel, Robbie and Beth. He is also fondly remem-bered by his extended family as well as numer-ous friends and col-leagues.Bob was born on March 17, 1933 to John and Sheila Martin and spent his formative years in Sooke, BC. Following an apprenticeship as a boi-lermaker, he traveled the world before marrying Anne. Moving to Prince George in 1965, Bob took up a position as a welding instructor at the College of New Caledo-nia before retiring in 1993 as Dean of Trades. Active in civic politics and social causes, he also found time to keep bees, assist his wife in the garden and tinker with equipment.A celebration of Bob’s life was held on Decem-ber 1st at 1pm at St. Mi-chaels and All Angels in Prince George.

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I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought

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RENTALS

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Sports & Leisure Please send sports tips to Sharron Ho at: [email protected]

Local woman offers tours throughout areaDrea Gibson turned her love of the outdoors into a career with her guiding business, Daytrip Drea

Sharron HoSooke News Mirror

A Sooke woman who has been exploring the wilderness for most of her life, has turned a pastime into a career.

Drea Gibson, 31, offers guided tours of regional parks, trails and beaches to tourists from around the world.

Gibson, originally from Newfoundland, relocated to Vancou-ver Island 10 years ago. Throughout the last decade, she has explored and trekked through the West Coast wilderness in search of the hidden gems of the forest.

Rich with experience from working in the parks system and as a guide for different out-lets, Gibson started up her own business, which has been in operation for the last five years.

“It’s been great, it was actually the coolest decision of my life to stop thinking of myself as an employee and create something that I love to do,” she said.

“Just being a guide, being in the woods, and being an explorer is something I’ve always done. I just never real-ized I could make this a living as well.”

She offers day trips that last between five to seven hours long in areas like East Sooke, Sombrio and Mystic

Beach, and overnight tours along the Juan de Fuca Trail, San Juan Rec Site and Tofino.

The tours include

information on local history, ecology and the different types of flora and fauna.

Gibson also makes all

the arrangements for food, lodging and trans-portation, and pro-vides basic training on wildlife confrontation.

“For the most part I’ll take them to those hidden gems like secret waterfalls in Sombrio or out to the Lost Creek

suspension bridge and just places that they wouldn’t be able to find on their own,” she said.

“I prefer to take them out somewhere that they wouldn’t be able to find on their own because it’s a real adventure -- some-thing they’d remember when they’d go home.”

She said the over-night trips give people the opportunity to leave their blue and white collars behind and con-nect with one another regardless of what they do professionally.

“You get out there and you shed all those roles and you really connect with people.”

Over the years, Gib-son has seen her clien-tele shift from mainly Americans to Euro-peans to now Canadi-ans who are exploring their own back yard.

Gibson, who has trav-elled all over Canada and the United States, said the West Coast is, “definitely the most beautiful part of Can-ada I’ve ever seen, like hands down, maybe even in North America.”

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Sharron Ho photo

Drea Gibson pictured with wilderness partner, Sage, at the Sooke Potholes on Dec. 5.

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The Sooke Soccer Club Christmas Tree Fundraiser has come back for a third year, and all proceeds will go towards a turf field at Fred Milne Park.

Jennifer Royer-Col-lard, event organizer, said there will be a tree for everyone, from table top trees to trees up to 10 feet in height. Prices will range in price from $15 to $55.

This year the club ordered 200 trees from Port Alberni, which include Douglar firs, grand firs and nobles.

“Grand firs smell really nice, and nobles are more of a sturdy tree so they have less needles and longer branches,” Royer-Collard said.

Money made after expenses will be injected into the turf field fund.

“No one takes any cuts, everybody that’s

down there is a vol-unteer, volunteering their time,” she said.

“The money goes directly into the turf field fund.”

She said the Sooke Soccer Club is in need of a turf field due to tor-rential downpours in

the region that cause the fields to close -- meaning a loss of prac-tice and game time.

“It’s like a little river

running through the soc-cer field. The grounds get so saturated,” Royer-Collard said.

It frustrates every-body, not just the play-ers, but the coaches and the parents as well, she added.

The turf field will cost

a minimum of $600,000. Volunteers will be

selling trees Monday to Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Fred Milne Park and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The trees will be on sale until Dec. 24.

Signage will also be placed at the Sooke Road and Sooke River Road, alerting resi-dents of the event.

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Sports & LeisureBantam girls

The Sooke Thun-derbirds Bantam Girls participated in the Vancouver Canucks Minor Hockey Week-end, “Play Where the Pros Play” this past Saturday. The girls were treated like NHL professional hockey players upon arriving at Rogers Arena. The game versus Tri Cit-ies on Canuck ice, included the Canucks’ own announcer, replays of their goals on the scoreboard and between period inter-views with Sooke’s Team Captain Hailey Dimock. The game was streamed live on the Canucks TV website.

Some highlights of the game were a “Bobby Orr” type goal by Jaime Lafontaine; 2 goals by Alyssa Lloyd; goals by Hailey Bryant, Ali-son Sudlow and Hailey Dimock and assists for Kaitlin McKelvey, Hai-ley Olejnik, Desiree Cumming and Kailee Purnell. Final score of the game, Sooke 6, Tri Cities 0. Michelle

Lacombe achieved a rare Rogers Arena shut out. Victoria Sutherland was the only player to sit in the same “sin bin” that many other Canuck bad boys have sat in.

After the game, the team was invited to tour the Canucks’ dressing room and inner sanctum where Jasmine Kumar dis-covered she nicely fit inside the dress-ing room bench and Morgan Couture dis-covered magic doors.

The girls would like to thank the Vancou-ver Canucks staff for choosing their team (among 1,200 other teams) to play at Rog-ers Arena and their par-ents for supporting this amazing experience.

Julie Lafontaine

Sooke Novice 2W

Sunday, Dec. 9, the Sooke Novice 2W team took to the ice for a 7 a.m. game in Oak Bay vs. the Victoria Ice Hawks C team. Fresh off a couple of big wins, the Sooke team was ready for some more action.

They had their hands full with the Ice Hawks as they were shut out in a tiring battle.

Sooke only dressed seven skaters and a goalie compared to the Ice Hawks 16 play-ers. Double and triple shifts all morning for the Sooke players and it was evident they were running on empty.

We had valiant efforts by forwards Dumont, Ouellette, Rose and Wiley. Defense trio of Jenkins, Robinson, and Stanley gave it their all keeping the puck out of the defensive zone whenever pos-sible. However without the big league saves from Austin Boscence, the score would have

been much worse. Our team sponsors, Sooke Cabinets and Sooke 2 for 1 Pizza, would be extremely proud of the players effort, never-give-up attitude and sportsmanship dis-played during the defeat.

Coaching staff and players would really like to thank all those dedi-cated parents for getting

up so early on a Sun-day morning and mak-ing the trip to Victoria.

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The Edward Milne community school foot-ball program held their first awards banquet to acknowledge the work of coaches, volunteers and players on Dec. 8 at the Sooke Legion.

Although the season was marred with losses for the junior and senior EMCS Wolverines, Rich-ard Whiteley, program head coach, com-mended their unbri-dled sportsmanship.

“If it gets bad you expect kids to start leaving, but the team we started with is the team we finished with

and that says a lot to me for their fortitude and their ability to overcome,” he said.

“I’m proud of every-body. They worked hard and we saw growth in both the senior and junior teams.”

Whiteley said the season was a learning experience for play-ers and coaches, who are currently planning for positive changes, including a more flex-ible system and new offensive strategy.

“I came into it with a certain concept of football that I thought would work and it didn’t, and that one’s on me,” Whiteley said.

“We’re going back to the drawing board, we’re approaching it from a let’s keep it sim-pler, let’s give them a chance to shine as ath-letes rather than con-fuse them with strategy.”

One of the biggest challenges currently facing the program is a lack of numbers for coaches, volun-teers and players.

There are cur-rently 30 players for the junior team as a result of a strong com-munity program with the Sooke Seahawks.

But the senior team

has players graduat-ing and moving on, leaving a roster of only eight players with experience on the field.

Whiteley said field-ing a team would only lead to the recruit-ment of 12 inexperi-enced players, who would subsequently go up against teams with 2-8 years experience.

“Eight years experi-ence against a player that only has one, it makes a big dif-ference,” he said.

Despite a tough sea-son, all players were congratulated for their

grit and perseverance. To volunteer as a

coach or support per-son, contact Whiteley at:

[email protected].

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Andy Abell, left, junior varsity defensive player of the year, accepts his award from coach Nathan Lowther, centre, and program head coach, Richard Whiteley.

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How’sHow’sFishing?Fishing?

Christmas season is upon us and what bet-ter way to add to the fun of the holiday sea-son than partake in the 3rd Annual Boxing Day Salmon Derby. It’s the last of the three derbies in the Sooke fishing series which includes the Halibut Derby in March the Coho Derby in October. Last year’s

Boxing Day derby had 70 anglers take part in raising money for the Sooke Food Bank, as well as donating 150 pounds of fresh chi-nook salmon. On Dec. 26, fishing will start at daybreak with the final weigh-in at 1:30 p.m. Tickets will be on sale this Friday at Eagle-Eye and the Crab Shack and

will be $25 a rod. Also there will be a special draw for those who donate their catch to the Sooke Food Bank. Hope to see you all there, it should be a good time.

As for fishing, it has been steady with the best results being right out in front of the har-bour with fish up to 14

pounds. The beauty of fishing at this time of year is that you do not have to travel far before your are into the fish. Winter chinooks are the best eaters and are good smoked. Until next time.Keep your rod tip up!Kiwi Magic

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