Sooke News Mirror, June 25, 2014

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SOLSTICE SPECTACULARJune 28 at Sooke Community Hall.

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Milne won’t run againMayor not seeking re-election in November

A statment from Mayor Wendal Milne

I will not be seek-ing re-election in the November election. I have chosen not to run for another four year term for a number of personal reasons.

The job of mayor’s is not without its frus-trations and the chal-lenge of continually try-ing to bring members of council together on issues is sometimes trying. It took the first two years of the current term to have the Dis-trict of Sooke in a posi-tion to move forward on a number of initia-tives. While I am happy with the progress we’ve made, I don’t feel that I can give the position the attention it needs for four more years.

I have made this deci-sion with a great deal of reservation and soul searching, but feel it is best for myself and my family. I intend to lead council over the remainder of this term to ensure that things are in place for a new council to continue the

many projects that are underway.

Being mayor of Sooke has been a very rewarding experience that has allowed me to meet and work with many members of the community on a vari-ety of issues, and I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done. It has reinforced for me what a great community we have, made up of so many people who do so much to make it what it is.

I would like to thank the community, our great staff at the district and the majority of the council who have sup-ported me during this term.

Wendal MilneMayor

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District of Sooke Mayor Wendal Milne

Noise and safety concerns with loaded logging trucksSleepless in Sooke and ShirleyPirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

It’s 2:30 in the morn-ing and when most peo-ple are fast asleep and dreaming of who knows what, Al and Laura are being wakened by the noise of logging trucks gearing down and clanging along on West Coast Road.

Al Wickheim and Laura Barker live about 300 feet from West Coast Road and they are fed up with being awakened in the mid-dle of the night. This is nothing new, logging trucks have been haul-ing logs on West Coast Road for the last four years, but this year, it seems, the loads and the trucks are bigger and there is more of them.

“They go by here as early as 2:30 a.m., some-times 3:30 and most no later than 4 a.m. There’s a fairly steady stream,” said Wickheim. “We’re not talking one, there was 80-100 operators at one time.”

Wickheim said the trucks are coming from Blueberry Flats and

out past Shirley but he doesn’t know which logging company they are working or con-tracting for.

“We’ve been talk-ing to TimberWest and Western Forest Products and they claim responsibility for some,” said Barker.

Wickheim said he understands the log-ging importance factor for the B.C. economy but he doesn’t feel the companies or truck should carry on busi-ness which is so disrup-tive to others.

“We’re kept awake night after night after

night,” said Wickheim.The couple has heard

stories of people having to call in sick because of lack of sleep and tenant and B&B guests aren’t particularly thrilled by the early morning wake up call from the logging trucks.

Betsy Lockwood, another West Coast Road resident, is a tran-sit bus driver and lack of sleep is a concern.

“If I’m over-tired what would it take for me to fall asleep behind the wheel?” she said. “They are still deadheading at 3 a.m. This is not a place for logging trucks

anymore.”They aren’t com-

plaining just because of the noise, they say there is also a safety threat on the road.

“Everyone has had close calls,” said Barker.

Wickheim cited two recent rollovers along Sooke Road and a lost load which, he said, “could have been hugely catastrophic.”

Lockwood said log-ging 50 years ago was different and she thinks the trucks should be taking the circle route rather than through residential areas and through Sooke.

“It’s a danger, there’s going to be an acci-dent,” she said.

The long and wind-ing road is the main artery between Port Renfrew and up-Island to the mills. Tourist traffic doesn’t neces-sarily recognize the threat from the logging trucks, said Wickheim. “The trucks though talk to one another and keep in touch,” he said, while the regular driver doesn’t have any idea of what is going on up ahead. He is especially worried about the trucks going through school zones. On Sooke Road there are two ele-mentary school and a high school.

Wickheim is a com-munity coordinator for emergency plan-ning and has concerns about the status and infrastructure of the roads due to the heavy loads. He said there is road degradation in many places which is worsening due to the loads and the trucks.

“That kind of impact won’t cause a collapse but it will destabilize the road in the long term,” he said.

They think truckers should move to regu-

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Al Wickheim and Laura Barker are being kept awake when logging trucks start their runs at 2:30 a.m. along West Coast Road.

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E M C S 2014 G r a d u a t i o n

Good afternoon: friends, family, faculty, friends of family, friends of friends of

family, family of friends, friends of faculty, family of faculty, friends of family of faculty, friends of friends, and everyone else who came to wish the Edward Milne Community School Class of 2014 farewell.

To all of you, as a representative of the 150 graduates before you, I say thank you. With-out the support of everyone here today none of this would have been possible.

I would like to begin my speech by saying what a huge honour it is… for all of you to be here listening to me to-day. As you all know I am this year’s Valedictorian and I must say, nev-er before have I ever been given a privilege such as this, with merits that involve writing an extra homework assignment during the busiest time of the year, and presenting it to an audience comprised of more than a thousand people from our community. And yet, it would take a lot more than that to make me relinquish this opportunity to speak before you all, my fellow graduates, on such a memorable day as this.

Happy or sad, graduation will be a memory that everyone among us shall carry for the rest of our lives; it’s the culmination of the last thirteen years in which we have come to know one another, created friendships, and developed into the funny, friendly, unique, and prom-ising individuals standing here today. More importantly, however, to-day is the day that we enter into society and begin the next chapter of our lives.

As we continue our lives, we will all be faced with difficult ques-tions and decisions. What are you going to do now? Are you going to continue your education? Start a career? How are you going to vote? Questions such as these are going to require very difficult, important, and life-changing decisions, so before you jump into something you will regret, take a moment to think about what matters most. Remem-ber the people who supported you, the hardships you faced, and most importantly remember yourself.

By remembering the people who supported you, as well as the hard-ships you have faced, you get a picture of both the good and bad things in your life. Most often it is these good and bad things that create the framework for who you become and the basis behind many of your decisions. For example, having learned from our teachers I have a great respect for them, but I also know how turbulent the school year becomes when teachers are forced to strike. In light of these facts, if an opportunity arose to support the teachers over the government, I would.

Finally, the most important thing that I can say is remember your-self. People who forget themselves are the people who end up regret-ting the decisions that they made; so be true to yourself and do what you think is best. Don’t let other people make your decisions for you or push you into doing something that you don’t want to. Be happy with your decisions and live according to your own personal moral code. By doing this hopefully we will all lead lives worthy of being remembered.

Congratulations, class of 2014, we did it!

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Pirjo RaitsSooke News Mirror

At the regular District of Sooke council meet-ing on June 23, coun-cil narrowly passed a motion giving first and second reading to a Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw amendment (Bylaw 596, 597) which would allow waste transfer stations in all prop-erties zoned General Industrial (M2).

Mayor Wendal Milne and Councillors Maja Tait and Kerrie Reay were opposed. Milne stated that this should be a site specific deci-ison rather than a blan-ket zoning and he said he couldn’t support it.

“We don’t need 14 properties zoned this way,” said Milne.

His sentiments were echoed by Coun. Tait who stated, “I feel the business owner should lead the process, coun-cil is doing it the other way around. It looks like granting a special favour to me.”

At issue is a recycling and waste transfer sta-tion which is being operated on Idlemore

illegally. The district had issued the land owner with a notice to initiate the required amendments, but no action had been taken to date.

Currently the Heavy Industrial zone (M3) is the only zone allow-ing waste management and recycling as a use. There is one compliant transfer station operat-ing in Sooke.

Councillor Rick Kasper stated that com-petition is healthy, and the market will decide. Coun. Herb Haldane said the land owner was paying over $200,000 in property taxes and was just trying to recoup his expenses.

At issue as well is the fact that there is no definition in the Official Community Plan as to transfer stations, recy-cling or garbage mak-ing it open to individual interpretation.

The vote passed four to three, with Council-lors Rick Kasper, Herb Haldane, Bev Berger and Kevin Pearson vot-ing in favour. A public hearing will be held in the near future.

Council voted in

favour of allowing the Sooke Horseshoe Club to use one-half an acre in John Phillips Memo-rial Park. The club has only six members cur-rently and they want to build eight pitches in the park.

The club had asked that District of Sooke park improvement funds be considered for the building of the pitches, while the club would be responsible for maintenance and repairs.

There was some talk of also using the fenc-ing as part of an area to

be used as an off-leash park for dogs. Cost estimates to build the pitches provided by the horseshoe club were at $10,000, which did not include any work which would be done by the district.

Councillor Kasper said council should dic-tate where the $100,000 in park improvement funds should go.

Mayor Milne said he had no issue with work-ing towards the club’s goal but it had to be done right. A public consultation process will move forward.

PiPeline oPPositionThe enbridge

decision and our response

PresenTed by dogwood initiative, Transition sooke and Awareness Film night on Thursday, June 26.

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lar business hours or even better use the log-ging roads which criss- cross the area between Sooke and Ladysmith/Chemainus. There are no residences and the taxpayers already sub-sidized the building of the logging roads in the first place. There is the option of logging truck taking the Circle Route which would land them just south of Duncan, a short distance away from the mills, said Wickheim.

He is also concerned about the Sooke River Bridge which he doesn’t think can tolerate that many heavy loads. In the 1970s when logging was a huge economic driver in the area, the trucks loads were not as large.

Stephen Lorimer, speaking for Timber-West, said the company is well aware of the concerns expressed by residents along West Coast Road and they have modified their operations. They have asked the truckers to make their deliveries earlier. They deliver at 10 a.m. with a start time at 9 a.m.

Lorimer said the company has talked to the contractors about the concerns and want

to make sure the trucks are abiding by the rules of the road so as to min-imize the issues and disruptions of residents along the road. He said at the outset they did have early trucks but that has since been ramped back.

“Less loads and later times. We’re not the only company. There are other companies and trucks not associ-ated with TimberWest. We have no ability to control that,” said Lorimer. “In this case we made some accom-modations at some cost to TimberWest.”

There are no pro-vincial regulations in regard to noise from vehicles, although some municipalities have their own bylaws.

MLA John Horgan said his office is aware at this time of year of the concerns regard-ing traffic, speed and loads on the highway. He said more enforce-ment is necessary as are safety inspections of the trucks.

He said enforcement comes down to RCMP resources.

“I hope they obey the law,” said Horgan in regard to the truckers whose actions may be causing worry among the residents on West Coast Road.

sleepless in sookeCont’d from page A1

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a Hallelujah morningThe sun makes a dramatic entrance through the trees. Summer is here and drivers are urged to watch out for fawns and deer on the highways and biways.

Transfer stations and horseshoes on council agenda

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Britt SantowskiSooke News Mirror

On July 1, Canada’s federal anti-spam leg-islation (aka CASL) comes into effect. You may have seen the call through the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce’s “Cham-ber News” appearing right here in the Mirror, reminding their mem-bers to get consent before sending ads, promotions, offers, etc through email.

So what exactly does this anti-spam legisla-tion mean to the aver-age email user?

Good question. So we at the Sooke News Mir-ror decided to scratch the surface.

According to the legislation’s Fast Facts page (http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/h_00039.html), effective this Canada Day, people can no longer send electronic messages, alter data in a forwarded electronic content, or install com-puter programs with-out the consent of the recipient. Electronic messages can include e-mail, text or social

networking message. There cannot be false or misleading informa-tion in the promotion of products or services. And the collection of personal information will also requires con-sent.

Consent can be “expressed” or “implied.” Expressed means something like checking a check box saying you agree to the terms (like those agree-ment check boxes the majority of users don’t read); implied consent means that there is an existing relationships, business or otherwise, between the recipient and the sender.

Three government agencies will look after enforcing the law: Canadian Radio-televi-sion and Telecommu-nications Commission (CRTC, who will admin-ister penalties); Compe-tition Bureau (to seek administrative mone-tary penalties or crimi-nal sanctions under the Competition Act); and, the Office of the Pri-vacy Commissioner (to exercise new powers under an amended Per-sonal Information Pro-

tection and Electronic Documents Act.)

The penalties that can be administered but the three enforce-ment agencies are quite steep, up to $1 million per violation for indi-viduals and up to $10 million per violation for organizations. And each unsolicited piece of communication con-stitutes a separate vio-lation.

This sounds to good to be true.

But does this mean if you receive an offer for $30 million from some IMF executive in Nige-ria, you can set some-thing in motion that will result in a steep fine to the sender?

Well, sorta. But it’s not as simple as dash-ing of an unsolicited email to the CRTC.

Near the bottom of the Fast Facts, there’s a line that reads: “The law will also allow indi-viduals and organiza-tions who are affected by an act or omission that is in contravention of the law to bring a pri-vate right of action in court against individu-als and organizations whom they allege have

violated the law.”So, if you, Good Citi-

zen of Sooke, have been affected by an act or omission that con-travenes with this new law, you have the pri-vate right of action in court. Yep. And duly noted, the Fast Facts webpage encourages all to get legal advice before filing a law suit.

According to Leg-alHelp.ca, “You can normally find a very competent lawyer for between $200 to $300 per hour.”

A Canadian Press arti-cle by Michael Oliveira (“Anti-spam law will be difficult to police, CRTC

says”) notes the legis-lation is riddled with complexities. First, Oliveira points out, companies have three years to get consent. Second, the rules have some legal experts struggling to inter-pret them. And third, enforcement issues will be complicated by a steady increasing shortage of staff.

While some of the more responsible com-panies are rushing to comply by sending their contacts an active opt-in mechanism, this legislation is slow.

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On Saturday, June 1, not 100 feet away from the ambulance station, Cameron Erickson and Tracy Munro chanced across a woman in dis-tress. She was a middle-aged woman in a mobil-ity scooter, and she was stuck in the dirt in the construction zone just to the west side of the new Hope Centre. Munro said the woman was in tears, from both the distress and from anger at being stuck like that.

Toward the back of the photograph, you can see the Sooke-stan-dard faux sidewalk (the hard-packed gravel in the back by the cement divider). Traveling east into Sooke proper, the faux sidewalk transi-tions to a loose beach-sand blend. It was here that the woman in the scooter got stuck. After the beach sand were the planks (fore-ground) which drop down about eight inches to some more hard-packed gravel. This hard-packed-gravel-in-the-dip contin-ues for the duration of the Hope Centre. As it transitions to the front of the ambulance sta-

tion, some more loose sand/gravel lifts it out of the dip onto more faux-sidewalks.

In this stretch of the road, there are no easy options for cross-ing, especially with the thick and steady stream that has come to grace our town dur-

ing daylight hours. When Erickson

chanced upon this woman, her scooter was tilting over and her leg was extended in efforts to prevent a complete tip. The indentations where still there when the Sooke News Mirror went to the

site. The woman could not move her scooter forward or back. Her wheels were spinning in vain.

Cars were racing by; none stopping to help.

On seeing this, Erick-son went to help. The woman in the scooter had some mobility and

was able to get from her scooter to the other side of the Hope Cen-tre, and Erickson car-ried her scooter across for her.

He told us she was just out for a loaf of bread.

The Sooke News Mir-ror called Knight Con-tracting to hear their view. The man who answered the phone said the proper signage is in place, indicating that the sidewalk — for what it is — is closed.

However, a drive past the location after our phone call verified that such signs did not exist. Could be in part because the sidewalks don’t officially exist either.

“All we can do is hurry up and get it done,” said the man who answered their phone on Saturday. He did not want to give his name.

We did attempt to reach the District of Sooke several times by phone on Monday, but no one got back to us before going to print.

Construction is scheduled to be fin-ished some time in August.

Construction impedes mobility scooter

Britt Santowski photo

Cameron Erickson looks at the spot where a woman in a mobility scooter recently got stuck (between Erickson and the orange pylon).


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From ballet slippers to steel-toed bootsThose of us who

are used to seeing big, husky Karl Linell, presi-dent of Sooke Commu-nity Association, as a heavy equipment oper-ator, building roads, or in his spare time expertly barbecuing salmon for community events, may do a dou-ble-take at this photo.

But yes, it is Karl, paired with his demure little sister Evelyn, posed in a presenta-tion of the French Minuet on the stage of teh Sooke Community Hall in 1952. Sooke has a history of dance classes, starting in the 1940s, with Marge Lind-ley, Beverly Arnet and Myrna Sullivan in turn among those who took on dance instructing in our earlier years.

This Dance Revue was a presentation of Myrna Sullivan, who grew up herself in Sooke as Myrna Reid, married Rod Sullivan, raised a family and

continues to share her cheery smile when she meets you downtown.

The dance slippers being sported by Karl Linell here are a far cry from the steel toed

boots he has worn most of his working life. His working domain ranged from the Leech River both westward and eastward in the Sooke Hills.

Many, many years a volunteer for Sooke Community Associa-tion, Karl was initiated into community service early. Born here, son of Oke Linell, who was a partner in a sawmill operation, and his wife Mae, one of Sooke’s well-known community leaders, Karl’s first vol-unteer work was help-ing with Boy Scouts.

Karl’s sister Evelyn married Murray Rhode and raised a family in Colwood, while Karl married Jordan River’s Joyce Schickerowsky and raised a family in Sooke. Their youngest sister Holly, the source of this photo, is also well-known to many of us as Holly Vowles. Holly thinks that if Karl sees this picture printed in the paper, your historian may have to leave town.

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Who will run for the mayor’s chair?

With the announcement from Wendal Milne that he would not seek re-election, it leaves a huge hole around the council chamber. Milne has proven to be a patient and ethical man with the community’s interests coming first. Those people are hard to find. He had no personal agenda, just the wish to do the right thing in his community.

No one has stepped up yet to declare their run for the mayor’s chair and it will be interesting who comes forward. There are rumours about of a previous mayoral hopeful, an ex-CRD director and a present councillor all vying for the chain of office. Milne was elected because of what he stood for and he was backed by some of his present councillors. What happened? He was not a puppet mayor and perhaps that didn’t sit well with some who feel they are actually running the show.

In most communities there is always a shadow council who try to influence from the local coffee shop. These are not the people elected to run the show, they are the outside “hecklers” and negative influences. Perhaps they should run for real office and do something positive for the community rather than just gripe about the decisions and actions of council. There are also the behind-the-scenes scenarios and behind councils’ backs dealings being played out by some.

A four-year stint in public office is a long time and any mayor or councillor needs to be prepared to give up a good chunk of their life for the public good. They also need to be prepared to be a strong ethical and honest leader with the backing of all of their council. It’s not easy by any stretch of the imagination.

There are only about seven more regular council meetings until the November election and you can be sure there will be a lot of electioneering going on, in fact it has already started.

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B.C. Views

A few things have changed since the last all-out teacher strike in B.C.

That was just two years ago, when the B.C. Teachers’ Federation was coming off its second-ever volun-tary agreement with a 16 per cent raise over five years and what the union termed an “enhanced” sign-ing bonus of $4,000. Even with spe-cial teacher-only top-ups, BCTF members almost rejected the last of the government’s big-spending pre-Olympic labour deals signed in 2006.

By 2012, outraged teachers were back on the legislature lawn, howl-ing for another 16 per cent, with backup vocals provided as usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and other public sector unions that settled for less. Teachers had just sailed through a crippling global recession with a series of raises, but were oblivious to all that.

Last week the protest venue switched to Vancouver, where both the crowd and the demands looked a bit thinner. The signing bonus tar-get is up to $5,000, but the raise is a mere 8 per cent over five years (compounded, for those who passed math), plus another huge basket of cash disguised as benefit improve-ments and so forth. Government negotiators put their total compen-sation demand at 14.5 per cent.

One obvious dodge: they want the bottom two steps of the teacher sal-ary grid dropped. That’s simply a

raise for entry-level teachers. Admit-tedly those are rare creatures these days with shrinking enrolment and ironclad seniority rules that allow retired teachers to monopolize sub-stitute work.

Something else that’s changed since 2012 is that the government has granted the BCTF’s wish to bargain directly with the province. The education ministry executed a takeover of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association after last year’s election, and installed veteran industrial union negotiator Peter Cameron. He’s backed up by long-time labour specialist Lee Doney, whose task is to keep the teacher deal within Treasury Board limits that have defined all other public sector union settlements.

Doney made it clear last week that no mediator is going to come in and “split the baby” as long as the BCTF position is so far beyond the current compensation framework.

Despite constant union com-plaints of low wages and deterio-rating working conditions in B.C. schools, education grads remain lined up around the block hoping to get in. Why is that?

For those who have been exposed to life outside school for a while, it’s fairly simple. The job market out here in the real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates a teaching job.

Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the accepted

definition, and the top-heavy senior-ity list that places the average teacher salary at around $72,000 a year. That works out to $42.32 an hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employees can only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vaca-tion.

I am occasionally lectured by teachers that the job goes far beyond five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparing and marking. They throw out different estimates, variously defined. Alas, it’s a salaried job, and we salaried employees in the real world don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it.

Consider another union demand that seems to be just another thinly disguised raise. The BCTF wants a large increase in preparation time for elementary school. There are no duties being added here. For this one item, government negotiators calculate the cost to taxpayers at $86.2 million every year by the fifth year of the BCTF proposal.

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A brief history of teacher demands

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Open letter to colleagues

I want to thank you in advance for giving some time to reading this letter. I appreciate it very much, at this busy time for you all.

I wanted to start by acknowledging the way I said “Hello Col-leagues.” Most, if not all of you, have come through your own vari-ous classroom experi-ences to get to where you are today. Through the 20 plus years I have worked with, actively listened to and agreed with, challenged opin-ions from, shared social times with and become exceptionally good friends with a lot of you, now is the time the Sooke teachers, your colleagues, need your vocal and writ-ten support. The cof-fee and doughnuts are appreciated. Your voice is essential now.

Not only that but now is the time that you put pressure on your prin-cipal and vice princi-pals colleagues around the province, in their districts, and at your executive level to stand up against Premier Clark, Mr. Fassbender and the BC Liberals.

The attack is on all of us. The attack is com-ing from this govern-ment in the way they are decimating qual-ity education in our schools. They have cut and cut, down to the bone. Now the Govern-ment wants the bone back to scrape out all the marrow. We cannot

afford to lose.At Monday’s rally at

the Legislature, it was sad to hear but encour-aging to see teachers, parents, local presi-dents and trustees from the three large districts, the Education Critic and the Opposi-tion Leader all speaking on the history of this gutting of education in the districts neigh-bouring Sooke and on the islands. We heard these people talk of how all the groups were effected.

Sadly, there was no representation from the principals and vice principals on that stage. It matters not to me whether I didn’t see you on the lawn or whether you asked or not to speak. What matters now is your voice. I encourage all of you to contact your colleagues around the district and around the province. I encourage all of you to contact the Premier, Mr. Fass-bender, BCPSEA, your

MLA, the newspapers in our community, our superintendents, our trustees. I encourage all of you to stand up, taller than ever before, for students in our schools.

Now more than ever.Ed Berlando

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Fantastic community

On Tuesday, June 17 I had the misfortune of having my dog jump out of my parked car and get lost. After nine hours of searching and I was extremely grate-ful that I found her safe and sound.

I contacted fled-search.wordpress.com and usedvictoria.com to list her as missing and the response was unbelievable. In addi-tion to my friends and family, total strang-ers were out driving around Sunriver for

hours searching for my dog. Anyone I stopped to talk to was extremely friendly and also said they would keep their eye out for her. Every-one was very helpful and concerned about my dog. Yes, she is just a dog but she is very special to me and the children I support. She is trained as a therapy dog and comes to work with me every day to be with children with autism.

Throughout this extremely stressful sit-uation it has been rein-forced again what a fan-tastic, compassionate community Sooke is. I moved here from Cal-gary seven years ago and have never regret-ted moving to this incredible town.

I’d like to take this opportunity to send out a very special thanks to everyone who was out there looking for my dog. Thanks also to all the people I talked to in Sunriver.

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Disputing Hicks’ comments

Mike Hicks’ idea of “solid information” leading a decision to do nothing, in his letter published in the June 18, 2014 issue of Sooke News Mirror about “No to motorized vehicles in CRD park,” is more about a politician pan-dering for cheap votes than fact. The issue doesn’t have anything to do with a CRD park. The issue is whether motorized vehicles should be allowed on an existing road to the provincial park. He cites a bunch of irrele-vant “board approved” plans and makes a big deal about how hard it would all be to change it.

Sooke OCP aside, the one relevant “board approved” plan doesn’t even get mentioned, and for good reason. The area in question is

We asked ... Enbridge Northern Gateway Project: Good for BC? bad for BC? Are you undecided or indifferent?

I’m undecided. We have to do something for the economy and

for the environment. We can’t keep doing what we’re doing; we

have to start thinking of more creative solutions.

Brody CampbellSooke

I think it’s a bad thing, especially for the environment. Because

that is what makes BC special.

Hillary ChildsSooke

It's a No. It's dirty oil. We need to refocus attention to

renewable resources. We need a sustainable future.

Lee HindrichsSooke

It’s a really grey area. If the 209 conditions are met, it might be a good thing for jobs. It’s a difficult

decision.

Jacqueline CampbellSooke

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in the Rural Resource Lands OCP, a “board approved” CRD bylaw, and it has this to say:

Schedule “A” of Capi-tal Regional District Bylaw No. 3591 Rural Resource Lands Official Community Plan

Part 1 General Poli-cies:

1) Strengthening the regional economy and maintaining the domi-nant resource use of the Plan area are pri-mary objectives of this OCP.

3) Ensure public access is provided to lakes, streams, ocean and other water courses pursuant to Section 75 of the Land Title Act where subdivi-sion of land occurs.

(Note the lower “gateway” properties were previously subdi-vided with the road in existence)

2.1 Park and Natural Areas Policy:

10) Private forest land owners are encouraged to continue to make their lands available for public recreation.

(We have a pro-forma agreement demonstrat-ing the Sherwin group has indicated a will-ingness to commit to recreational access to Ragged Mountain. Needless to say it is pending settlement of the status of the road.)

2.2 Off-Highway Vehi-cle Recreation Areas:

There is a demand for areas for the use of off-highway vehicles (e.g., ATVs and motorcycles) in the Plan area. How-ever, these uses are not supported within community or regional parks. The Plan sup-ports these uses being located upon appro-priate Crown or pri-vate lands with man-agement agreements between the owners and self-insured recre-ational societies.

(Note there is Crown land adjacent to the provincial park and Ragged Mountain, and obviously the provin-cial park is not a com-munity or regional park.)

Part 3 Land Use Des-ignations:

3.1.1 Resource Land Policies

5) The Ministry of Forests and Range and the private forest com-panies are encouraged to allow access for out-door wilderness rec-reation, including the controlled use of pri-vate logging roads and areas during non-oper-ating periods, except during times of high or extreme fire hazard.

Further, the provin-cial park is a Class B park, and the zoning is “natural environment,” for which the zoning

key states that access is permitted by ATV and other motorized vehicles.

It is the CRD park that is not supported in the CRD “board approved” plan, but we won’t men-tion that embarrassing little fact.

Terrance MartinSooke

Correction on property taxes

Recently I wrote a letter describing increases in the munici-pal tax rate over the last three years. In that letter I erroneously stated that this rate was unrelated to the assessed value of your home. Mayor Milne and Councilor Kasper have explained in their responses this rate is in fact related to the average assessed value of residential prop-erty, and my research has confirmed this. Basically if the district wants to keep the same level of taxes year after year, and the average assessed value goes down, then the tax rate has to go up in order to collect the same amount. As well, if the average assessed value

of residential property goes up, then the tax rate has to go down for the same reason. In theory this would mean residents would pay the same amount of property tax every year. In Sooke’s case the average assessed value has decreased over the last three years, so as a result the municipal tax rate has increased to keep pace. In my case the assessed value of my home has gone down the last three years, however my municipal taxes have increased for these years, so I guess I am not average. I am assuming this is not the case for every-one.

I have always assumed that if the value of my property goes down I pay less property tax, and I am sure this is a com-monly held belief, but this is not necessar-ily the case. I think it should clearly state in the pamphlet accom-panying our property tax notice that the tax rate increases are required in order to col-lect the same amount of taxes as the previ-ous year, including the percentage of the increase. Despite what Mayor Milne says in his response, this is not obvious from the docu-mentation that comes

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Betty Crocker Super Moist

CakeMix432 g All Varieties ......169

Purina Maxx Scoop

CatLitter7 kg .............................899

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PropaneFuel465 g ..........................399

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PastaSauce645 mL All Varieties .....239

Western Bread

White or60% WW570 g .......................99¢

Royale Double Roll

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Dragon Bamboo

ReusableTowels20's .............................479

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PropaneFuel465 g ..........................399

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with the tax notice. It is the marketing of the taxes and the “accom-plishments” of the cur-rent council in this pamphlet that I have an issue with. I have a feeling that if the tax rate had decreased this would be clearly stated.

I appreciate the responses of Mayor Milne and Councillor Kasper. This discussion has provided valuable insight to the residents of Sooke about how our property taxes are cal-culated.

Tom MyrickSooke

What about bio-solids?

I read Mr. Thornton’s “response to critics of outfall” with inter-est. I agree that many East Sooke residents now have a much more reliable source of water since Silver Spray brought the main waterline from Sooke to Possession Point. However, it is my rec-ollection that the water main was brought to Possession Point due to a lack of potable well water in the develop-ment – rocky terrain and too many heavy metals in the ground water. The only other option for the develop-ment would have been a very expensive desali-nation plant.

So, basically, the

water main was exchanged for a rezon-ing to higher density. Sooke Point Resort is also provided with enhanced fire protec-tion, thanks to its water main but also the East Sooke Volunteer Fire Department.

When describing the sewage treatment pro-cess that Mr. Thornton says will be used, I note his comment that the “finished product is fil-tered so clear it looks like window glass.” This sounds great, but I wonder if such treat-ment, which is said to have been approved by the California Depart-ment of Civil and Envi-ronmental Engineering, will remove all phar-maceuticals and tox-ins that people flush down toilets and work-shop sinks. This point is not addressed in Mr. Thornton’s letter. A lot of chemicals are clear, whether diluted in water or not. Further, there is no mention of what will be done with the bio-solids.

If the treated sewage to be discharged into the ocean will indeed be as pure as implied, then why not use it entirely for landscap-ing irrigation from the start and thus obviate the need for an outfall altogether?

As for the comment that the District of Sooke and Spirit Bay already have outfalls,

I can only say they should not, and two wrongs do not a right make. The days of dumping anything into the ocean should be a thing of the past.

A. PretoSooke

Stop the pipeline

Open letter to Christy Clark:

I would like to thank you for all the CO2 in the air and the ability to create more by sell-ing oil, coal and gas to China.

The scientists are telling us to stop now. They say the CO2 is creating all the drought and storms in the world. The oceans are becoming acidic and can’t take in more CO2. The shellfish are dying, the krill that the whales are feeding on is dying. Don’t forget that these resources are not renewable.

However, why don’t we have more refiner-ies here in B.C.? So we might have cheaper gas, instead of giving it away. This poor old Earth can’t take it any-more.

Don’t we deserve to be able to use our own resources here?

The scientists say the oil will only last for 25 years if we ship it at the rate it is going.

When I lived in Smith-ers, I was on a panel that lasted four days. Lots of people took turns over the four days and only one was in favour of the pipe line. But Enbridge said 75 per cent of the people were for it in the paper. The gas pipeline is also capable of car-rying oil as well. What would it be like if the tankers went around in the Kitimat channel? It would be gone forever, jobs, environment, food sources, wild life, salmon gone.

I was a rancher and hunter in Smithers, for 35 years, and don’t want to see it gone. I was in Valdez, Alaska three years ago and the oil is still there under the rocks on the beaches after 25 years, like a thick tar. When the pipelines are built it will create jobs, but when it is completed only a few will be needed to maintain it. Just think if one of these pipes break, the spill would go into the lakes and rivers. I have seen slides that have wiped out the gas line that is there now. Doesn’t this tell you something is wrong? The oil compa-

nies can’t guarantee it won’t happen. Can you tell me why the govern-ment is not listening?

After all the oil and gas is gone there won’t

be anything left but big holes in the ground. We don’t want any fracking of gas wells. It kills the water aquifer. They use large amounts of chem-icals to do this, which they can’t retrieve. I have seen people light the gas coming from the kitchen tops and even

light the gas in creeks. These are not my sub-missions, but scientists who say “stop.”

Gordon StewartSooke

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Fall Fair celebrates weddingsThis month on June

28, the Sooke Fall Fair will be celebrating the

wedding month of June. We will be showcas-

ing the wine and beer section and highlight-ing our new ginger beer category to the fair this year. There is a recipe in the catalogue for gin-ger beer and we look forward to some sam-

ples at the market. We are also inviting

our fair members to send in their wedding photos to Irene Elrose, who will make up a col-lage of wedding pic-tures. See if you can find out who is who. Abbie, one of our members,

will bring in her wed-ding gown and the veil she created. We will be serving up some lovely mini cupcakes on our lovely laced tables by Sheila Hubbard. We will also have a bake table loaded with a variety of mini-cupcakes. (Look

for some lovely mini sandwiches at the con-cession). As well look for our regular vendors and others to bring some added flavor to a fun market. We will be selling our cookbooks, and raffle tickets for the Star quilt worth $1,200,

second prize, local meat basket valued at $250 and local value-added local foods and vegetables worth $150. We will have photos of the quilt which is on display at the Reading Room bookstore.

We hope to have our

catalogue available with all our fun theme added categories help-ing us to Celebrate Family Farms. Watch for updates weekly.

Ellen Lewers President Sooke

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Left us on June 20th 2014, early Friday morning. Ray, her partner of 47 years was holding her hand as the Shirley breezes blew to carry her spirit gently away to her heavenly father.In lieu of flowers please donate in Violette’s name to Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Sooke B.C. or Sheringham Point Light House Preservation Society, Box 1002, Sooke B.C., V9Z 1J1.The date of service will be announced later.I would like to express my thanks to the RCMP CSTs. Heidman and Robinson, B.C. Ambulance Paramedics & Coroner Dallin for the kind and respectful way they handled my wife’s death.Thank you.Ray Cray.

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B.C. Old Age Pensioners Organization

The B.C. OAPO was instituted in 1932 and incorporated in 1937. British Columbia led the provinces fighting for improvements and a fair pension for seniors. Until then adult chil-dren were expected to provide income to aged parents.

The federal gov-ernment realized the hardship senior pio-neers encountered and enacted old age pension legislation based on a means test and minimum age of 70. The first pension cheque of $20 was writ-ten to a man in Port Alberni on September 1, 1927.

The qualifications were very stringent and mean. The OAPO adopted resolutions declaring members dis-content and offered spe-cific solutions to both federal and provincial ministries. Branches were set up around the province in 1942 add-ing strength in num-bers. There were many court cases against the pension board calling them “the gestapo for the aged.” The OAPO got the newspapers onside with stories of the plight of seniors.

The old age pension was increased to $25/ month in July 1943 to a maximum of $365/year plus a $5 bonus. The OAPO took up the cause for veterans of the First World War and handicapped people in 1944, who were getting even less. They contin-ued to fight for medi-cal services and a drug plan.

The allowable pen-sion was increased to $600/year ($50/ month) for single and $1,080 for a married couple in 1947. The OAPO was lobbying the govern-

ment for more senior housing. Care homes were being established and many new OAPO branches were formed across B.C. in the 1950’s. Sooke’s Milne Landing Branch #88 began in 1964.

Pensioners got a $5 supplement in 1965 to cover BC. Hydro rate increase. The B.C. OAPO president and leaders of other affili-ates went to Ottawa in the 1960s insisting that pensions should be at least $125/month with-out a means test and more in line with the cost of living. It took 20 years to eliminate the means test. Finally in 1970 after 39 years of lobbying. The pension-able age was reduced to 65.

The basic old age security was raised to $80/month in January 1971 and the supple-ment was raised to $55 on April 1,1971.

The OAPO contin-ued to present briefs to the provincial cabi-net for everything that we enjoy today from bus passes to medical services, pharmacare, ambulance service, loan cupboards, home-owners grants to free ferry days and opposi-tion to pesticide/herbi-cide spraying.

The yearly resolu-tions that are submitted from OAPO branches help to ensure that seniors can keep what their original members fought so hard for.

The 50th anniversary of the OAPO Sooke Br. #88 is this year.

Sooke resident Phylis Johnson with a group of volunteers formed the branch in 1964, to find a way to provide seniors’ housing.

They formed the Sooke Elderly Citi-zens Housing Society (SECHS) and raised enough money through fundraising to pur-chase the Ayre Manor land by 1969. The soci-

ety started building gradually with a series of small affordable cot-tages for seniors.

Members and the community persevered until 2008 when the Ayre Manor care home opened for assisted liv-ing and complex care. The manor provides a safe home for 52 resi-dents as well as being a local employer with a large payroll. This accomplishment hap-pened because of all of the volunteers who stayed with the plan for 50 years.

The Sooke commu-nity had many more volunteer services develop over the years. Contact Loan Cupboard and drivers, Meals on Wheels, seniors’ bus, drop-in center, the museum, hospice and many more still operat-ing with volunteers giv-ing their time.

The more we learn about the history the more we have to cel-ebrate.

The 50th anniversary was a luncheon event for 75, on May 28 at the Sooke Legion. Out of town guests included B.C. OAPO president Jennifer Coburn from Savona, and guests from Greater Victoria Seniors Br. 191.

The theme was “Hon-ouring & Celebrating 50 years of Sooke vol-unteer accomplish-ments.”

Elida Peers, local historian, spoke to the importance and accom-

plishments of volun-teering. President Jen-nifer Coburn presented a 50-year certificate to life member and past president of Br.#88 Audrey Goudie, who is also a resident of Ayre Manor cottages.

Max Halber of Victo-ria was acknowledged for his years of ser-vice to the OAPO and as regional director for South Island to 2008. Max is 93.

Marlene Barry received special men-tion for the effort that went into creating the Sooke Region Volunteer Centre and the work she does in the com-munity.

Victoria Target The-atre group provided the entertainment “Sta-yin’ Alive” with music and humour. They were well received, with guests participating by singing along to the well known music.

Shirley Lowe

OAPO: a brief 50-year historySubmitted photo

Sooke historian Elida Peers, left, with Flo Tickner at the 50th Anniversary of the Sooke OAPO.

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On the weekend of Saturday, June 14, the Sooke U14C fast pitch girls became the South Island Vancouver Island District champions. They took the gold over Oak Bay in a final game that ended in Sooke’s favour, 16 to 8, on Sunday. Leading up to the finale were four decisive wins: against Central Saanich with a 15-0 win, against Lang-ford with a 14-2 win, against Cordova Bay

with an 11-2 win, and against Lakehill with an 8-3 win.

Many of the players attributed their win to the spirit of the entire team. Catcher Taylor Clawson noted that

team members support each other tremen-dously. Karyl Musfelt-Trivino, second base and fielder added, “No one got mad when there was a mistake, and we all hit well and

played well.”“Our team has great

team spirit,” observed Brianna Barton (short stop, outfield and sec-ond base), a sentiment echoed by all the other players on the team. “Girl Power,” Anya Neilsen-Rhoads (right field, second base) called it, and Jenna North (catcher and centre field) referred to the group as a “tight knit group (family) of girls who love competi-tive ball.”

Besides team spirit, the players kept their focus during the week-end’s tournament. When asked about the main contribu-tion to their success, short stop and catcher Paiton Cameron said it was in part due to “paying attention to the game, (and) playing our hearts out.” To which Nielsen-Rhoads added “Our great coaches, and our great way of working together.”

The team felt rela-tively optimistic going into the tournament.

“Throughout the whole season, we won 24 out of 25 games and scored over 300 runs,” reported Erin Hal-dane (pitcher, first and third base). “Less than 100 runs were scored against us.”

Alana Gibb (sec-ond base, short stop and centre field) felt “extremely confident in our ability as a team,” and gave credit to both

the team spirit and the coaching they received.

Daniella Hoolaeff (pitcher and third base) had a “good feel-ing” about the tourna-ment although she “felt nervous about the last few games.” Nonethe-less, Hoolaeff had full confidence in the hard work that the entire

team gives to the game. Erin Nielsen (first base) also gave full credit to the power of teamwork in marking their suc-cess.

Ultimately, Hailey Steele (pitcher and then some) attributes their win to persever-ance. “We didn’t give up,” she summed up.

That weekend’s tour-nament, graced with a gold, will see the Sooke girls head to the Provin-cials on the Weekend of July 4. The games will be held in Ridge Mead-ows, Maple Ridge BC.

With notes from Tanis Rhoads.Go online for

another photo.

Sports & Recreation Please send sports tips to Britt Santowski at:

[email protected]

Sooke U14C fast pitch girls get the gold, go to Provincials

Tanis Rhoads photos

Above: The entire U14C girls with their gold medals. Middle: Erin Nielsen #2 running to 1st base, and Erin Haldane #54 coming from 3rd base. Below: Daniella Hoolaeff #58 coming home.

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This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to con� rm meetings.

Council meeting agendas maybe viewed at www.sooke.ca

Upcoming Public MeetingsNo Scheduled Meetings

Mayor’s Public Advisory PanelsThe public is invited to attend the Mayor’s Public Advisory Panel

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The Sooke Pre-atom Seahawks 2014 season ended with a disap-pointing play-off loss to the Gordon Head Raid-ers on June 15 in Lang-ford. But the loss took nothing away from the young Seahawks’ great year.

Sooke started the season with two losses in their first three games, but finished with four straight regu-lar season wins. Their 5-2 record placed them second in the seven team league. The Seahawks also finished third in points differen-tial, one point behind the second best team, and 70 points better than the fourth best.

Individually, 15 of 20 Seahawks were play-ing their first season of football. Nineteen players had at least one carry, and nine reached the end zone for a touchdown or a convert.

Football is the ulti-

mate team sport, but six players received individual recognition for their exceptional caliber of play. Three awards (Most Valu-able Offensive Player, Most Valuable Defen-sive Player, and Most Valuable Lineman) were voted on by the players, and two (Most Improved and Sooke Seahawk Award) were voted on by coaches.

Hunter Swift capped off an impressive sea-son by unanimously winning the Defensive Player award. Swift

dominated both sides of the ball, but his sure tackling and over-all leadership helped glue Sooke’s defense together.

Taggish Page was voted the team’s Most Valuable Lineman for his outstanding play at centre and nose tackle. It was Page’s first sea-son at centre, one of the hardest positions in youth football, and he excelled.

On offense, there was a two way tie. Quarterback Connor Keys and first year speedster Maliki Allen split the award with five votes each. Both scored multiple touch-downs and made big plays through the sea-son.

Xzander Adams got the nod as the Most Improved Player on a roster that showed great improvement across the board. And Brody Reinsch won the Sooke Seahawk Award

as the player that best exemplified the character and talent that defines a Sooke Seahawk.

It was the team’s depth though that helped it win so many games. First year play-ers Wesley Cornwall-Johnsen, James Mul-len, William Daoust, Austin Warren, Weston White join Swift, Keys and Reinsch in mov-ing up to Atom next season. Christian Kai-singer, Michael Lundell and Gabe Nelson will be expected to step into leadership roles as senior Pre-Atoms, while Dayton Planes, Logan Bainbridge, Mitchell Sutherland, Trystyn Schroeder, Khiran Rheault, and Heath White showed the future is bright for Sooke football.

Submitted by Nathan Lowther

‘It was the team’s depth though that

helped it win so many

games. ’

Pre-atom Seahawks wrap up season with disappointing loss, and many personal winsPlayers received individual awards, recognizing achievements

Contrary to what was reported last week, Kurtis Horne has been playing ball for 12 years, since he was five years old (not five years, since he was 12!).

Correction

Submitted photo

Kurtis Horne in his Langley uniform.

Kurtis Horne way more experienced than that!

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On the weekend of Saturday, June 14, the Sooke U14C fast pitch girls became the South Island Vancouver Island District champions. They took the gold over Oak Bay in a final game that ended in Sooke’s favour, 16 to 8, on Sunday. Leading up to the finale were four decisive wins: against Central Saanich with a 15-0 win, against Lang-ford with a 14-2 win, against Cordova Bay

with an 11-2 win, and against Lakehill with an 8-3 win.

Many of the players attributed their win to the spirit of the entire team. Catcher Taylor Clawson noted that

team members support each other tremen-dously. Karyl Musfelt-Trivino, second base and fielder added, “No one got mad when there was a mistake, and we all hit well and

played well.”“Our team has great

team spirit,” observed Brianna Barton (short stop, outfield and sec-ond base), a sentiment echoed by all the other players on the team. “Girl Power,” Anya Neilsen-Rhoads (right field, second base) called it, and Jenna North (catcher and centre field) referred to the group as a “tight knit group (family) of girls who love competi-tive ball.”

Besides team spirit, the players kept their focus during the week-end’s tournament. When asked about the main contribu-tion to their success, short stop and catcher Paiton Cameron said it was in part due to “paying attention to the game, (and) playing our hearts out.” To which Nielsen-Rhoads added “Our great coaches, and our great way of working together.”

The team felt rela-tively optimistic going into the tournament.

“Throughout the whole season, we won 24 out of 25 games and scored over 300 runs,” reported Erin Hal-dane (pitcher, first and third base). “Less than 100 runs were scored against us.”

Alana Gibb (sec-ond base, short stop and centre field) felt “extremely confident in our ability as a team,” and gave credit to both

the team spirit and the coaching they received.

Daniella Hoolaeff (pitcher and third base) had a “good feel-ing” about the tourna-ment although she “felt nervous about the last few games.” Nonethe-less, Hoolaeff had full confidence in the hard work that the entire

team gives to the game. Erin Nielsen (first base) also gave full credit to the power of teamwork in marking their suc-cess.

Ultimately, Hailey Steele (pitcher and then some) attributes their win to persever-ance. “We didn’t give up,” she summed up.

That weekend’s tour-nament, graced with a gold, will see the Sooke girls head to the Provin-cials on the Weekend of July 4. The games will be held in Ridge Mead-ows, Maple Ridge BC.

With notes from Tanis Rhoads.Go online for

another photo.

Sports & Recreation Please send sports tips to Britt Santowski at:

[email protected]

Sooke U14C fast pitch girls get the gold, go to Provincials

Tanis Rhoads photos

Above: The entire U14C girls with their gold medals. Middle: Erin Nielsen #2 running to 1st base, and Erin Haldane #54 coming from 3rd base. Below: Daniella Hoolaeff #58 coming home.

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Please join us Saturday June 28, 2014 at RCL #54 Sooke for dinner and an evening of entertainment

to show our appreciation for:

Dinner includes Beef Dip sandwich, salads, fries and dessert for $10. A vegetarian option is available by request. Tickets on sale at the Legion. Families welcome. Sunday 9am–11am free

pancake breakfast. 11:30am–2pm free hot dogs.

Past and present Military personnel and First Responders can present their Service ID to receive a complimentary

ticket. Please RSVP. Call 250-642-2052.

• Military• Veterans• First Responders

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Thurs June 26ADULT WALKING GROUPSEAPARC. 10-11 a.m. Registration required. Info 250-642-8000.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and Bingo at the Community Hall. Also, AGM @ 11 a.m., Community Hall Dining Room.NIGHT MARKETAt the Sooke Regional Museum and Visitors’ Centre, 5 - 8:30 p.m.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONCribbage 7 p.m.PUBLIC ADVISORY PANELArts and Beautification. 7 p.m. at the Prestige. Info 250-642-1634.

Fri June 27VITAL VITTLESFree lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSteak Night, 6-7:30 p.m.Karaoke with Pete & Megan 8-11 p.m. TODDLER TIME10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Sooke Library. Hands-on activity, for ages 18-36 months. Register: 250-642-3022.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSLunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250-642-5828 for information.NIGHT STICK AT THE STICKCoffee. Music. Pizza.

Mon June 30PARENT & TOT DROP-IN Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00. (250) 642-5152 for info.CALLING ALL QUILTERSKnox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONEuchre 6:30 p.m.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSAyre Manor Residents trips.

Sun June 29ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONSunday breakfast brunch, 9-1 p.m., $5, children welcome.SOOKE SENIOR’S BUSDinner at a Restaurant. Call Kay 250-642-1521 for info.

Tues July 1HAPPY CANADA DAYSee you at the flats!

Wed July 2PEOPLE’S WALKING GROUPPeople’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m.PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPSooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info.FREE ARTS AND CRAFTSSooke Library. 4 - 8 p.m. All ages, no registration required.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONDominos 10 a.m. Ladies Darts 12 noon.NASCAR 7 p.m.TOASTMASTERS Upstairs at Village Foods, 7 p.m. For info 642-7520.

Sat June 28ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONMeat draw 3 p.m.SOOKE COUNTRY MARKET10 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Saturday through until October. Outside, at Otter Point Rd. across from Eustace Rd. Email [email protected] FAIR FLEA MARKETDownstairs at the Community Hall 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.SOLSTICE SPECTACULARSooke Philharmonic Orchestra at the Community Hall, 7:30 p.m. with soloist Alice Haekyo Lee and MC John Horgan. Call 250-419-3569 for information.

Child, Youth & Family Centre: 2145 Townsend RdCommunity Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd

Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke RdHoly Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd

Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church RdLegion #54: 6726 Eustace RdLibrary: 2065 Anna Marie RdMuseum: 2070 Phillips Rd

Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke RdSEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend RdStick in the Mud: 6715 Eustace Rd

Village Foods: Right smack downtown, you can’t miss it

Sooke Senior’s Bus: $15 annual membership. 250-642-4662

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SEAPARC pool CLOSED, through to July 1.

SEAPARC pool now OPEN.

Recently, I had the distinct displeasure of travelling behind a slow-rider who was also somewhat con-fused on the meaning

of “dominant” when it comes to lane position-ing.

Although on a screa-min’ muscle machine, this rider hovered below the speed limit and gen-erally clung to the right side of the lane.

He was an accident waiting to happen.

Which brings me to reminding riders what dominant lane position means.

Dominant means always left

Wrong.There is a prevail-

ing belief held by some that dominant means riding on the left-por-tion of any lane. That is wrong. It is as wrong as this right-clinging rider.

Dominant means riding near the line

Wrong.There’s a very aggres-

sive belief held by others that dominant means riding as close to — and even on top of — the yellow lines that separate you from on-coming traffic. That is also wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong.

Riders who have moved too far left and

are sitting more-or-less on the yel-low lines are in a greater danger for a head-on collision AND run the risk of a vehicle behind attempting to pass them on the right, via the shoulder of the road.

Dominant means forcing other vehicles to respect your ownership of the lane

Ding ding ding. Right.The proper definition

of dominant lane posi-tion is the lane posi-tion that best deters another vehicles from attempting to share your lane.

In a single lane, the dominant position would be slightly to the left of the centre of the lane (1). A typi-cal vehicle would not be able to pass you on the right. And in order for it to pass you on the left, they would have to move completely into the other lane.

In multi-lane traffic, when riding in the far left lane, the dominant position is on the right

side of that lane (2). In three-lane traffic

when you are in the middle lane, the domi-nant position is in the middle of that lane (3). Or slightly to the right. Or slightly to the left. It all depends what is happening around you.

In choosing your lane position, the lane is not divided into equal thirds. Slightly to the left (1) and slightly to the right (3) are enough to assert your right to the entire lane without putting you into the path of danger.

Dominant riding means constantly think-ing about where you are and who is around you. And staying safe. And leaving stupid at home.

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With only three days to go before the Sooke Philharmonic Orches-tra’s Solstice Spec-tacular, the orchestra has had to find a new venue for the concert. The June 28 perfor-mance will take place at the Sooke Community Hall on Sheilds Road in Sooke.

With dates already changed once, the change of venue is another move the orchestra has been faced with.

Because of the labour dispute cur-rently on, the orchestra cannot use the com-munity school theatre, because it appears the custodians will not cross the picket line.

“Thankfully the Sooke Community Hall is available for us,” said Michelle MacHat-

tie, SPO viola player. “They’re happy to have us.”

MacHattie said Mae-stro Norman Nelson is actually quite excited about the venue. Appar-ently the acoustics have been improved and it just might be a concert with a retro feel. In days gone by,

the community hall was the place for all community events in Sooke.

The Solstice Spectac-ular brings Alice Hae-kyo Lee to Sooke and the Farguhar Audito-rium to perform Tchai-kovsky’s Violin Con-certo, Op. 35. Haekyo Lee was the winner of the Don Chrysler Con-certo Competition in 2012. She was accepted into the prestigious Jul-liard pre-college pro-gram in New York. She is just 14 years old.

Nelson is looking forward to conduct-ing Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, a work he performed with the London Symphony Orchestra back in 1957.

Tickets are available in Sooke atwww.sooke-phil.ca or Little Vienna Bakery, Shoppers Drug Mart, South Shore Gal-lery and Wood Travel.

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Alice Haekyo Lee wil be performing as solo-ist with the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra on June 28, 29.

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Seasonal strawber-ries were once again served up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Knox Pres-byterian Church on Wednesday, June 18.

Amy Chwojka, the coordinator of the event, said she had been hosting it for 37 years. When it first began, it was a small

affair with a few tables and chairs. It has since grown tremendously.

“Over 475 strawberry shortcakes left Knox kitchen on June 18th,” summed up Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg. “They were enjoyed by the 80 people who came and ate at Knox, and then carried some home, as well as the 375 that were delivered to various locations in Sooke.”

The event was

opened by four mem-bers of Sooke’s RCMP in their red serges: Cst. Sean Heidman, Cst. Jamie Robinson, Cpl. Joe Holmes, and Cst. Matt Rowat. Piping them in and opening the tea was Lynn Moffit with his bag pipes. The

RCMP, who generally serve and protect their citizens, were there to serve the tea, coffee, and strawberry short-cakes.

“The people of Knox Church, Sooke are very grateful to the busi-nesses and people of

Sooke for their support in participating in our 37th Annual Strawberry Tea,” said the pastor. “The funds raised will continue to assist this historic congregation in their ongoing care for the community of Sooke.”

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Seasonal strawber-ries were once again served up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Knox Pres-byterian Church on Wednesday, June 18.

Amy Chwojka, the coordinator of the event, said she had been hosting it for 37 years. When it first began, it was a small

affair with a few tables and chairs. It has since grown tremendously.

“Over 475 strawberry shortcakes left Knox kitchen on June 18th,” summed up Pastor Gordon Kouwenberg. “They were enjoyed by the 80 people who came and ate at Knox, and then carried some home, as well as the 375 that were delivered to various locations in Sooke.”

The event was

opened by four mem-bers of Sooke’s RCMP in their red serges: Cst. Sean Heidman, Cst. Jamie Robinson, Cpl. Joe Holmes, and Cst. Matt Rowat. Piping them in and opening the tea was Lynn Moffit with his bag pipes. The

RCMP, who generally serve and protect their citizens, were there to serve the tea, coffee, and strawberry short-cakes.

“The people of Knox Church, Sooke are very grateful to the busi-nesses and people of

Sooke for their support in participating in our 37th Annual Strawberry Tea,” said the pastor. “The funds raised will continue to assist this historic congregation in their ongoing care for the community of Sooke.”


Strawberry tea lip smacking good, as always


Cutting up the strawberries in preparation for their guests. RCMP members and a piper began the tea.

Village Food Markets

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CaliforniaPeaches and Cream

Corn

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Deli

1099

8 pc MixedChesters Chicken

8”

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Grocery

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Jet-PuffedMarshmallows

Freybe

Smoked Ham

100 g4992/700

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Grocery

399

HeinzPicnicTri-Pak

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MeatAlberta Beef AA or Better

Top SirloinGrilling Steak

11.00/kg 499/lb

Valu Pak

Bakery

1299

ArtisanCheese Cakes

1.13 kg

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299

ChristieBits &Bites

Mott’sClamatoJuice

Villaggio ItalianBread& Buns

299

Old El PasoSalsa650mL ............................299

Eating Right Non-HydrogenatedMargarine907 g ..............................299

FriskiesCat Food156g .........................

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Granny’s LiquidDish Soap740mL ...........................169

Royal ChinetLuncheon Plates40’s ...............................599

Ziploc LargeFreezer Bags40’s ................................399

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299

399

KraftBBQSauce

Wild Roots CoastalBerryTrail Mix

Campbell’s

ChunkyChili

Paradise Island

FetaCheese

890 mL+ dep

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6’s - 510g

455 mL

599

Fresh, Drumsticks & ThighsChicken Combo Pack5.49/kg ...............................249

Glenwood Lean

Burger Patties5 lb Frozen ......................1799

Grimms Sizzlin’

Smokies450 g All Varieties ..................499

Grimms Pillow Pack EuropeanWieners or Smokies375-450 g ............................499

Grimms - Regular, Hot, Honey GarlicPepperoni500 g ..................................599

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Sausage Rings450 g ..................................599

12’s

907g

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200g

299Breast Bone Removed6.59/kg

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Pork SideSpareribs

/lb

799

250 mL

/lb17.61/kg

100 g

Meat

349Bone In7.69/kg

Fresh

Chicken Breasts

/lb

425g

1.89L

Together we have raised over $26,130 for our local schools.

48¢

88¢

Organic!

1 lb Strawberries .......298

Organic!

Red Grapes 6.56/kg .....298

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Mangos ...................198

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Roma Tomatoes 3.70/kg 168

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Bunch Carrots ....... 168

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Cadbury InstantHotChocolate

199

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99¢

48¢lb

148mL

White SwanNapkins

100’s

48484848Whole California

Watermelon

Salted or Unsalted

Royal Nut Mix .......199

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Expo Mix ............89¢

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Mountain Trail Mix .699

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JuJubes ..............119

White or Dark Chocolate

Almond Bark ......159

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Almonds ............239

Sesame

Seeds ................79¢

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Mints ................79¢

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320g

/100g

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/lb

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/lb

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/350 ml

/lb

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/100g

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2/400

2/400

2/400

Hellmann’sRealMayonnaise

99¢

B.C. Green Leaf Lettuce

B.C. Standard White Potatoes

/lb1.06/kg

Machine Peeled - Ready to Serve

Shrimp ................................. 132

Famous BC

Salmon Marinade .................... 399100 g100 g

Seafood

Grocery

2/5008”

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Coca Cola or Dasani Water

299

O’Canada Que Pasa

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454 g

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Fresh

Wild SockeyeSalmon Steaks

176100 g

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Folger’s Gourmet SelectionsK-CupsCoffee

Sun Rype 5 x 200 mL

JuiceBoxes2/300

DareGummieCandies

299

ChristieBits &Bites

Mott’sClamatoJuice

Villaggio ItalianBread& Buns

299

Old El PasoSalsa650mL ............................299

Eating Right Non-HydrogenatedMargarine907 g ..............................299

FriskiesCat Food156g .........................

2/100

Granny’s LiquidDish Soap740mL ...........................169

Royal ChinetLuncheon Plates40’s ...............................599

Ziploc LargeFreezer Bags40’s ................................399

MioWater Enhancers48mL ..............................299

AlpenCereal530-650g .......................499

Kellogg’s Jumbo MiniWheat Cereal1.6 Kg.............................799

899 2/500

299

399

KraftBBQSauce

Wild Roots CoastalBerryTrail Mix

Campbell’s

ChunkyChili

Paradise Island

FetaCheese

890 mL+ dep

+ dep

6’s - 510g

455 mL

599

Fresh, Drumsticks & ThighsChicken Combo Pack5.49/kg ...............................249

Glenwood Lean

Burger Patties5 lb Frozen ......................1799

Grimms Sizzlin’

Smokies450 g All Varieties ..................499

Grimms Pillow Pack EuropeanWieners or Smokies375-450 g ............................499

Grimms - Regular, Hot, Honey GarlicPepperoni500 g ..................................599

Grimms - All Varieties

Sausage Rings450 g ..................................599

12’s

907g

2/500

200g

299Breast Bone Removed6.59/kg

Fresh

Pork SideSpareribs

/lb

799

250 mL

/lb17.61/kg

100 g

Meat

349Bone In7.69/kg

Fresh

Chicken Breasts

/lb

425g

1.89L

Together we have raised over $26,130 for our local schools.

48¢

88¢

Organic!

1 lb Strawberries .......298

Organic!

Red Grapes 6.56/kg .....298

Organic!

Mangos ...................198

Organic

Roma Tomatoes 3.70/kg 168

Organic!

Bunch Carrots ....... 168

Organic!

Bunch Beets ......... 248

Bulk

Cadbury InstantHotChocolate

199

Frank’sRed HotSauce

199La GrilleSeasonings

ScottowelsUltraSelect-A-Size

Canada Bread ‘Clear Bag’Hotdog orHamburger Buns

399 199

99¢

48¢lb

148mL

White SwanNapkins

100’s

48484848Whole California

Watermelon

Salted or Unsalted

Royal Nut Mix .......199

Econo Salted or Unsalted

Expo Mix ............89¢

Dan D Pak

Mountain Trail Mix .699

Chocolate Covered

JuJubes ..............119

White or Dark Chocolate

Almond Bark ......159

Sliced Natural/Slivered Blanched

Almonds ............239

Sesame

Seeds ................79¢

Scotch

Mints ................79¢

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Cadbury InstantCadbury Instant

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John GreekKalamataor Green Olives

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2/400

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Hellmann’sRealMayonnaise

99¢

B.C. Green Leaf Lettuce

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Shrimp ................................. 132

Famous BC

Salmon Marinade .................... 399100 g100 g

Seafood

Grocery

2/5008”

GroceryAll Varieties

Coca Cola or Dasani Water

299

O’Canada Que Pasa

Tortilla Chips


454 g

HOT PRICE

3/999

Bicks Regular

Dill Pickles

1 Lt

Fresh

Wild SockeyeSalmon Steaks

176100 g

+ dep

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39912-GrainBagels

349

319

59955

Plain or Garlic

Roast Beef

189

699

129Seafood

Salad

109

McCain

Fries1 kg .................................

2/400

Europe’s

Best Fruit600g ....................................499

Wong Wing - Oriental

Appetizers852g......................................899

Libby’s Chopped

Spinach300g....................................99¢

6 Pack Spicy Beef

Sausage Rolls

Bakery

169

Deli

1099

12 pack

FocacciaCheese Bread

Chester’sChicken

6 pk

Two Bite Brownies

454 g

349

FrenchBread

Old Fashioned

Ham /100g

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Resers Potato or Macaroni

Salad280 g

NaturallyBlue Monkey

CoconutWater520 mL

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1.25 kg/100 g

8 piece Mixed

666Dairy

Dairyland

Whipping Cream 1L .........................................................429

DairylandCottage Cheese 500g ....................................

....................299

NalleyChip Dips 225g .....................................

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International Delights

Iced Coffee 1.89 L ................................................................399

8”

Appetizers852g

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Frozen

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Gold Rush

Hash Browns750g

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SeaweedSnacks

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CheesePuffs

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Hemp SeedOil

699355 mL

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Nature’s Path

Love CrunchGranola

2/700 3/400325 g

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Pirjo Raits photos

The Sooke Region Museum’s Open House was a huge success, so popular they ran out of salmon. On the left, din-ers enjoy the food. On the right, students gath-ered to accept awards for The Lure of Gold essay contest.

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Aidan Cawley’s sub-mission to the Sooke Region Museum’s Lure of Gold contest.

Golden Dreams and Boom Towns

People love the idea that they can just go to a special place, do a bit of work, and suddenly become rich. It is an urge that has existed for a long time, and today some folk prey upon it using “get rich quick” ads. However small the chance of suc-cess, the possibility of instant wealth is some-thing few can deny, and it is so powerful that entire towns and cities have been built upon the hope of easy riches,

Out of all sources of “instant wealth,” few are as famous as the age old favorite, gold. For thousands of years, this heavy, soft metal has been an icon of power and property for people around the globe. With its yellow-ish color and shiny surface, it is pleasant on the eye and rare enough that much work is devoted to gathering it. Gold, the mark of the rich, has tipped civili-zation on its head and again as people rush off with those words in their heads: “Gold to be found!” Along with its counterpart, silver, the discovery of gold has led to the overnight development of towns, knows as boom-towns, as well as their even-tual abandonment.

One perfect exam-ple is the formation of Leechtown, a fair sized boom town located where the Leech River meets the Sooke River. After the discovery of gold by the Vancouver Island Exploring Expe-dition on July 18th, 1864, hundreds of gold-hungry miners moved into the area. By August 14th, over two hundred mining licenses had been issued and by November 9th, Leech-town contained six gen-eral stores, three hotels, thirty saloons and bars, and over 1,200 mines at work in the region! At its peak, Leechtown and the nearby Boulder City had together over four thousand inhabit-ants, but by 1865, the gold was running out and the towns began a swift decline. Although hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of gold was removed dur-ing the town’s lifespan, Leechtown was only kept barely alive by

minor mining and lum-ber operations until the fifties, although the last inhabitant remained there until his death in 1999.

Since its fall, only a few scattered individu-

als have called the once great town home, and since that final death, none have lived there since. Yet the lure of gold, and easy riches, remains.

Aidan Cawley

The Lure of Gold essay contest spon-sored by the Sooke Region Museum, Van-couver Island Placer Mining Association, Sooke Lions Club, Sooke Community

Association and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #54 drew more than 100 entries. The students won cash prizes for their essays.

Some of the winning entries will be printed

in the Sooke News Mir-ror up until the celebra-tion of the Leechtown 150th Anniversary on July 19. The Honour-able Lieutenant Gover-nor for British Colum-bia Judith Guichon will

be in attendance at Leechtown.

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