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Ann Baird ripens tomatoes in boxes lined with the Goldstream Gazette at her cob home in Highlands.
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Once you’ve read the Gazette cover to cover there’s a variety of innovative ways to recycle the news. Read about options from composting toilets to funding scholarships. Page A3, A5
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nn Baird and her family live life as green as possible. They built the first code-approved seismically engineered cob house in North America. The Highlands home also functions with solar power, collected rainwater and compostable toilets. The no-flush option looks similar to a toilet except instead of a toilet bowl full of water, a bucket collects the waste. And instead of flushing, each user drops a handful of wood shavings in the bucket. “Shredded newspaper would work well instead of the wood chips,” Baird said. PLEASE SEE: Page A3
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Stay GREEN Continued from Page A1
Each week the family’s waste buckets are dumped into the compost pile that is carefully monitored with a thermometer. The mound of organic matter doesn’t emit a foul smell. “It decomposes so quickly it doesn’t rot,” Baird explained. To keep the heat in, the compost heap is covered with straw, but Baird explains newspaper would also make a good cover. “Newspaper can also be put right into the compost pile,” she said. “If you burn it it just goes right up into the atmosphere, if you recycle it turns Charla Huber/News staff into other products, Ann Baird uses wood chips in her composting toilet in her cob house in Highlands. She but if you compost said shredded newspaper would also work wonderfully. it, it turns back into earth.” When composting human and pantry. kitchen waste together, Baird “One tomato always goes gross and explained the compost pile is rich in rots, this way I just have to change Old Gazettes can be used to nitrogen and needs to be balanced the newspaper and I get to keep the make a lasagna garden by layering out with carbon. The carbon comes box,” Baird said explaining the newsitems such as grass clippings, from the newspaper. paper covered with goo then goes in newspapers, leaves and compost. Goldstream News Gazette lines the compost. boxes of ripening tomatoes in Baird’s charla@goldstreamgazette.com
Coast Collective director Terri Rodstrom shows art made with old newspapers, through the process of papiermâché. Kyle Wells News staff
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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE -Friday, December 21, 2012
Keep WARM Perhaps one of the most practical and environmentally sustainable ways to recycle newspapers is to use them to help keep our homes warm. The main ingredient of cellulose insulation, a commonly used residential insulation, is postconsumer newspaper. You can actually see the bits of newspaper in the insulation. Marshall Taylor, a department supervisor at the Langford Home Depot, said cellulose insulation is a particularly good product for insulating hard to reach or hard to fill areas, such as an attic or a wall that is already drywalled. Cellulose insulation can be sprayed into spaces or installed by hand and rake, making it easier to work with than baton insulation. “Homeowners use a tonne of it,” Taylor said. “We sell, let’s say, 70 bags a week, in our top season. Which is pretty good.” Another benefit of cellulose insulation is that it’s far safer to handle than pink fibreglass insulation or rock wool insulation. Taylor recommends wearing gloves, safety glasses Kyle Wells and a dust mask when workReporting ing with cellulose insulation, to be safe, but it generally will not cause irritation. For these reasons, combined with the fact it’s a far more environmentally friendly product than other insulations, cellulose insulation is an easy sell, Taylor said. “Eighty per cent of the time they’ll choose this one, basically because of the product that it is, of what it’s made out of,” Taylor said. “They’ll generally choose this one more often than not. And I’m happy to offer it. The fact that we have it available is fantastic.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
Recycle as a fundraiser A classic newspaper recycling program brings in big bucks for one West Shore service club. Paper recycling is the major fundraiser for the West Shore Lions Club. “We put drop boxes out and the guys volunteer to go around and pick it up and sell it to Cascade Recycling,” said Lloyd Engelking, the club’s secretary treasurer. “It’s one of the major
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fundraisers.” The group takes pride in funding scholarships, families in need, the Goldstream Food Bank and Camp Shawnigan. “The price fluctuates, so it’s hard to predict (how much it raises),” Engelking said. “It usually raises between $10,000 and $12,000 a year.” Visit e-clubhouse.org/sites/westshorebc for a full list of recycling locations across the West Shore.
Regular Council Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month except for the months of July, August and December, and when the Monday is a Statutory Holiday the meeting moves to the following Tuesday. Regularly scheduled Council meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, unless posted otherwise. Regular Meetings of Council – 2013 Meeting Schedule January 14th and 28th February 12th (Tuesday) and 25th March 11th and 25th April 8th and 22rd May 13th and 27th June 10th and 24th
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Transportation and Public Infrastructure 1st Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Meetings schedules vary in July, August and December and all meeting schedules are subject to change. A calendar of scheduled meetings, full agenda packages, and meeting minutes are available on the City’s website (www.colwood.ca) and at Colwood City Hall. Pat VanBuskirk, Corporate Officer City of Colwood, 3300 Wishart Road Colwood, BC V9C 1R1 Phone:: 250-478-5999 / Fax: 250-478-7516 Email: pvanbuskirk@colwood.ca
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End of days put on hold If you’re reading this in print, then the world didn’t come to an end today. And you still have a few more days to shop before Christmas. The doomsday scenario, believed by some to have been predicted by the Mayan civilization more than 5,100 years ago, is just the latest example of people letting fear get in the way of their capacity for common sense. Some folks have been dreading Dec. 21 for years. Are people simply that unable or unwilling to consider that maybe this highly advanced civilization just didn’t see the need to create a new calendar? Historical experts familiar with the Mayan system of recording time say the new model would have the same characters – what we call numbers – as the one that expires today, kind of like a car’s odometer rolling over. Astronomy experts who can see everything around Earth for hundreds of thousands of miles would clearly have known whether our tiny planet was in the pathway of some rogue planet, meteor or giant asteroid, likely years in advance. No warnings came. Yet a quoted opinion poll indicated that roughly one in 10 Americans (we couldn’t find an equivalent Canadian poll) had real fears that something dreadful would happen today. There’s a lot of similarities between the hysteria around the year 2000 and the end-ofdays scenario. A little over 12 years ago, many people, with relatively little proof to convince them otherwise, felt there was a very real chance that the world would grind to a halt over the inability for computers to read a year with two zeros at the end. We all know how that turned out – nary a blip was seen on the landscape. This time around, there were probably less people taken in by the idea the world would end, because frankly, few of us wanted it to. But the world is full of snake oil salesmen, those who will tell you what you need, what you should do and what you should be afraid of, regardless if it makes no sense whatsoever. Thank goodness most of us stuck around to see what happens next. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
Keep public safety info public I was living in Halifax when Vancouver Island Health Authority. the major daily newspaper there Both the cautious and the curious took the province to task over its are free to nose around. Through refusal to publish fooda few clicks, anyone can inspection reports. learn that in May, Denny’s Diners had no way to Restaurant received find out whether their a moderate hazard prospective restaurant rating and instructions was squeaky clean, or a to thoroughly clean its chronic offender of health whole kitchen. (The and safety practices. business has since At the time, I was complied, restoring its studying journalism. good rating.) In class, we examined Also available are all the series of articles Roszan Holmen the very minor violations by the Chronicle Herald discovered by inspectors 11th Hour and their impact. For a at hundreds of food Musings wide-eyed student, they facilities during routine presented an inspiring inspections. For instance, demonstration of the power of during its initial inspection, the new media. The series was also a Marzano Pizza learned it needs to lesson about the tension between mount its paper towels behind the the public’s right to know and the sink. This level of minutiae hardly desire by private businesses to be makes for good reading, but for just that – private. me the frequency and detail of the I graduated and moved away reports are comforting. I don’t look before the Nova Scotia government them up before eating out, but folded to public pressure in 2008. knowing the reports are available But the same issue followed me to for public scrutiny gives me the Alberta, where I took my first job confidence that I don’t need to. as a reporter for the Drayton Valley All this is a long-winded way Western Review. to introduce Victoria’s Harbour In my new province, the Airport. Edmonton Journal published a At a recent City of Victoria similar series, and it, too, prompted council meeting, my jaw dropped the government to publish foodwhen I heard overseers of the facility inspection reports. airport address the issue of Again, I caught the controversy, transparency. but missed the policy change by In a nutshell, Transport Canada moving to Victoria, where I took a “just doesn’t do that.” job with Black Press. Annual reports, outlining risk Here in B.C., inspection reports assessments, complaints and are published to the website of the investigations aren’t published.
“Where would they go?’ asked a seemingly befuddled port manager. “On your website,” shot back an obviously exasperated Coun. Pam Madoff. The contentious exchange left me feeling embarrassed at my own oversight. Never had I pressed for the documents, even as public concern mounted over the impact of a new marina on the harbour airport. During his presentation, the port manager assured city council that Transport Canada’s safety procedures are top-notch. I say the proof is in the pudding. The government already agrees it’s my right to know that Green Cuisine must dish its ice cream differently to avoid contamination. Surely, the stakes are higher when it comes to flying. I’d like to know for myself, rather than trust the authorities, that my float plane has passed all its inspections with flying colours and that the runways are adequately wide and clear. Now, I’m moving on in my career again. But this time, my new job will keep me in Victoria. As the new talk show producer for C-FAX, I hope to bring some hard questions about the airport to the airwaves. It’s been a great five years with Black Press. Thanks to all my colleagues, fans and critics. I’ve learned a lot from all of you. Roszan Holmen is a reporter with the Victoria News. editor@vicnews.com
‘Both the cautious and curious are free to nose around.’
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LETTERS
Canada heading in the wrong direction on guns The horror of the mass shooting in a Newtown, Conn. elementary school caused each of us to pause and reflect. The inevitable question kept coming up: How could this have happened to these 20 innocent kids and their six teachers? In obvious reference to the gun
culture in America, U.S. President Barack Obama forcefully asserted in his address at the memorial service for the victims that “things must change.� The Canadian government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper are moving in the opposite direction. The Conservatives
are very supportive of the gun culture, as evidenced by their gradual loosening of gun control regulations in Canada. For example, after the Conservatives killed the long-gun registry, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews met with the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee.
To appease these gun industry lobbyists, the Conservatives eliminated certain gun show regulations. The concern among law enforcement agencies is that the lack of regulatory oversight of these hundreds of gun shows has the potential to facilitate the leakage of even more weapons
into the wrong hands. As one Newtown resident poignantly stated, the question is not how this massacre could have happened, but rather, “Do we love our guns more than our kids?� Paul Connolly Victoria
Readers respond: Home heating alternative, Ole Heggen, Empress visit, teen tanning Green alternative for home heating Re: Environmentally friendly/ green home heating Fortunately there are much better alternatives for heating homes than fossil fuels, as well as using oil tanks that can leak. In June, 2008 we replaced our aging oil furnace and oil tank with a heat pump and variable speed air handler. We are delighted with our conversion to environmentally friendly heating.
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Our heat pump provides a softer and more pleasant heat than oil and we’re paying about $1,000 less per year, even with some increase in electrical costs for the variable speed air handler. We can also use our system for air conditioning if the weather gets uncomfortably hot. Linda Travers Saanich
Cartoonist spot on with MacKay comment Re: Calls for Peter MacKay’s resignation abound (Cartoon, Dec. 14) Cartoonist O.J. Heggen does it again. He is truly gifted at getting at the core of an issue. After MacKay and Prime Minister Harper gave us bogus cost estimates for the F-35 fighter jet acquisition during the last federal election, then excoriated independent Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page for daring to expose the profoundly understated costs, they have now pressed the “reset button.� As Heggen observes, they really should be pressing the “eject button,� and for the first time in Harper’s regime, fire a minister for misleading taxpayers and voters, as well as grossly mismanaging the aircraft
acquisition file. As NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has suggested, the government should go to a businesslike, open, competitive bidding process on an aircraft that will meet Canadian conditions and needs. Ron Faris Saanich
of Victoria for their warmth and hospitality during our visit. It made the stay in your city that much more enjoyable. Ralph E. Johnson White Rock
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Visitor recalls wartime visit Recently my son treated me to a trip to Victoria and a wonderful stay at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. I was very impressed with the way the staff took care of us and made our time there extremely Black Press file photo enjoyable. A trip to the Fairmont Empress Hotel As a young man brought back fond memories of romance serving in the RCAF during the Second for one Victoria visitor. World War, I was able to save up the princely Sadly my wife was not able to sum of $12.50 to take my new enjoy this moment, as she passed bride to the Empress for our away three years ago, but I am honeymoon. Returning there 67 sure she was looking down on us years later brought back a flood smiling and keeping a watchful of fond memories of our life eye. together. I would like to thank the people
Our federal politicians should stop bickering long enough to protect children’s rights. Private member’s bill C-386, “An Act to amend the Radiation Emitting Devices Act (tanning equipment) and to warn Canadians of the cancer risks of using tanning equipment,� was tabled 12 long months ago by a Conservative member of parliament. But it appears this bill, aimed at prohibiting all Canadian youth under 18 years of age from purchasing a service known to be a Class 1 physical carcinogen, is not on our government’s agenda, nor that of the opposition parties. When did we become so callous and self-centered that we can’t even be bothered to listen to our doctors and protect children from cancer when we know how? Linda Jeaurond View Royal
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Man pulls roommate from smoke-filled home Charla Huber News staff
A Langford man saved the life of his roommate, a kitten and a dog on Dec. 16 when he entered the burning house three times. Emergency crews arrived on scene at 1:05 a.m. to the home on Goldie Avenue in Langford. Langford firefighters found one man unconscious on the balcony, who was airlifted to Vancouver in serious but stable condition. He has since been released. The roommate was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation from entering the home three times. He brought his roommate from a soot covered floor to the balcony. Firefighters say the bedroom was full of smoke. Firefighters say the blaze started with unattended cooking on the
stove. The flames were contained to the kitchen around the stove and cupboards above. A smoke alarm near the kitchen had been disconnected and firefighters found the smoke alarm by the front door. “Had it been working it would have alerted the occupant in time,” said Lt. Chris Aubrey with Langford Fire Rescue. “Smoke alarms are the best way to alert you of a fire in your home.” Langford Fire Rescue, B.C. Ambulance and West Shore RCMP attended the call. “We have a free smoke alarm program open to anyone in Langford,” Aubrey said. To receive a free smoke alarm and have it installed by firefighters call Langford Fire Rescue at 250478-9555. news@goldstreamgazette.com
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Brotherston sentenced to three years in prison Daniel Palmer Kyle Wells News staff
Greg Brotherston will spend the next three years in prison for the manslaughter of Colwood resident Richard Green. Brotherston, 31, looked squarely toward B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ron McKinnon as the sentence was read out, looking tense but showing no emotion. McKinnon referred to Brotherston’s “record for violence,” which includes break and enter and assault causing bodily harm. “The tendency of the accused towards violence takes this case out of the lower range of sentences,” McKinnon said in Victoria courts Wednesday. The incident occurred Oct. 8 at the Country Rose pub in Colwood. Brotherston spoke shortly to the court on Tuesday, the second day of his sentencing hearing, fighting back his emotions. “To Mr. Green’s family, loved ones, Kevin (Green),” Brotherston said. “I couldn’t have imagined this happening. I am just grief stricken and I am just so sorry for this. To everyone affected I am so sorry.” Brotherston’s lawyer, Richard Neary, had argued against a harsh punishment, compelling
the judge to a sentence between one to two years. Considering the blow that knocked Green over was openhanded, that Brotherston expressed immediate remorse and that he entered a guilty plea at the earliest possible moment, Neary said the amount of blame appropriate for Brotherston is on the lower end of the scale. “No quarrel whatsoever is taken with the magnitude of the loss,” Neary said, later arguing that when gauging “the objective foreseeability that the act could cause death,” Brotherston could not have reasonably predicted that an open-handed hit could lead to death. Crown counsel asked for four to six years in jail. McKinnon noted that 22 letters filed in support of Brotherston failed to mention his criminal record, and chastised his father, former Highlands councillor Ken Brotherston Sr., for referring to the incident as “a tragic accident.” “It was no such thing,” McKinnon said. “This was not a gentle tap … and Mr. Green is innocent of complicity in the attack.” On the steps of the courthouse, Ken Brotherston Sr. defended his version of facts. “We still see this as a tragic accident,” he said. “It could have happened to any one of us.”
Green, 57 at the time, died after Brotherston hit him and Green fell, fracturing his skull on the pavement. He died from brain injuries a week later. Green had been attempting to calm an argument between Brotherston and an ex-girlfriend outside the pub. She hit Brotherston repeatedly during the argument, but he never struck her. Green did not witness the woman hitting Brotherston and only saw her on the ground after Brotherston had grabbed her sweater and she lost her footing. After Green advised Brotherston to leave, Brotherston lost his temper. “This has nothing to do with you,” Brotherston said to Green. The two men stood nose-tonose, Green with his back arched, when Brotherston delivered a single open-hand blow to the side of Green’s head. Green died Oct. 14 in hospital, upgrading Brotherston’s assault charge to manslaughter. Immediately after the assault, Brotherston began apologizing and begged Green to wake up, but asked witnesses not to call 911. Brotherston left before emergency crews arrived. Brotherston is also prohibited from possessing firearms for life and was ordered to give a DNA samples to the court. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
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POLICE NEWS IN BRIEF
Teen escapes
have at least one suspect in these crimes. “We want people to call us if they see anything suspicisous in the area,� said acting Sgt. Kathy Rochlitz. RCMP are asking for anyone with information to call 250-4742264.
abduction attempt A 19-year-old woman is safe after running from a man on Sooke Road. On Dec. 14 the woman was waiting at a bus stop at 4 p.m. in the 2200 block of Sooke Road in Colwood. A grey four-door vehicle pulled up and a man described as East Indian, between 25 and 30 years old, asked if she wanted a ride. He was wearing a yellow and black hat and a grey T-shirt. When she declined the offer he demanded she get in the vehicle. He got out of the vehicle and the teen ran to a nearby business to phone the RCMP. “She did the right thing,� said acting Sgt. Kathy Rochlitz, of West Shore RCMP. RCMP are trying to locate the man and are seeking any witnesses. Anyone with information is asked to contact the RCMP at 250-474-2264.
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Rash of business break-ins Five business were broken into at night over the past week. All of the businesses are between the 600 and 800 blocks of Goldstream Avenue. Items stolen include cash floats, digital cameras, iPods, and laptop computers. West Shore RCMP
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New schools nudge forward Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Agreements signed Tuesday solidify the work toward a pair of new high schools to be built on the West Shore. Don McRae, Minister of Education stopped to sign an agreement, alongside Sooke board of education chair Wendy Hobbs, to build two new secondary schools in Langford and Colwood. “We know we’re a unique school district because we’re growing and progressing,” Hobbs said. “These two new schools and neighbourhood learning centres will only add to the opportunities for both students and the community as a whole.” Budgets are $50.8 million for Belmont secondary while Royal Bay in Colwood is slated at $38.6 million. The schools are set to support a wide range of education programs, including opportunities to expand skills and trades training for students. Both schools will also have neighbourhood learning centres to provide various services to communities, such as a family support centre, health and wellness screening office, child-care facility and a multi-purpose room with a community kitchen. Before signing, McRae addressed the students gathered. He spoke to the Grade 10 students first. “I understand you will be the last class to graduate from this building. That is a great opportunity and a great responsibility. Those who have come before you have done great for Belmont and the area. You have a strong tradition,” he said. “Even though this school, the venue we’re in today, will not be here forever, Belmont will. It’s important that you celebrate the greatness that is Belmont … be strong athletically, be strong in extracurriculars, be strong in the arts because the school has a great tradition and you will set a legacy for those that follow behind you.” Grade 9 students, who could make up the first class of the schools expected to open in fall 2015, were also on hand. “A new school is a great asset in any community. It isn’t anything without positive students, teachers, principals, aids and parents. It’s so important that you take the good that is Belmont, and take it to the new school. Because tradition is so strong and the pressure will be on you Grade 9 k h h l h ”
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According to the National Fire Protection Association, fire departments annually respond to an average of 250 structure fires caused by Christmas trees. • If you have an artificial tree, be sure it’s labeled, certified or identified by the manufacturer as fireretardant. • For a fresh tree, make sure the green needles don’t fall off when touched; cut an inch or two from the base of the trunk and be sure to water it daily. • Make sure the tree is not blocking an exit, and is at least a metre from any heat source. • Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords, or loose bulb connections. • Connect no more than three strands of mini-string sets and a maximum of 50 bulbs for screw-in bulbs. • Never use lit candles to decorate the tree.
The holidays can be a jolly good time if dangers from tree-trimming to cooking the big dinner are avoided. According to Langford Fire Rescue, many households engage in holiday activities that serve as some of the leading causes of home fires. “As everyone gets busier during the holidays, we often become rushed, distracted or tired,” said Kerry Zado, deputy chief of Langford Fire Rescue. “That’s when home fires are more likely to occur. … By taking some preventative steps and following simple rules of thumb, most home fires can be prevented.” The season can stay festive and safe with minor adjustments to holiday cooking and decorating. Keep anything that can catch fire away from the stovetop, and turn it off when you leave the room, even if it’s for a short period of time. When simmering, boiling, baking or roast-
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Georgia Murray is keeping the dream alive Arnold Lim News staff
Georgia Murray still remembers her first singing gig. Sneaking into the guest lounge of her parent’s fishing lodge in Port McNeil, the then five-year-old sang an unannounced rendition of The Little Mermaid’s Part of your World to an audience of unsuspecting dinner guests. “From the beginning all I could dream of doing was becoming a singer, songwriter,” Murray said. “It is not a question of how bad (I) want it, it is what I am, what I do and what I will always do.” Today, the stages are bigger, the stakes are higher and the guests know she is performing – but her childlike enthusiasm remains. “It is part delusion, part passion mixed,” she said laughing. “Once you reach one goal it is all about reaching the next goal and the next one, and the next one.” Perseverance secured her spot among eight performers to compete in reality TV show Cover Me Canada, where singers cover popular Canadian music on live television and bands are eliminated
every week, but it proved to be more of a learning experience than a fun one where she endured one of the most challenging segments of her musical career. “It was a soul-crushing experience, but one of these things that doesn’t kill you (but) makes you stronger,” she said of some of the harsh judges’ comments. “The month that we were there you felt crushed on a regular basis and being able to pull through was miraculous. … All of that was amazing, to up your game as a performer (and) to deal with performing under such stressful situations.” The intense run ended with her elimination in week four. But the opportunity to perform as one of eight bands selected from more than 4,000 applicants was a confidence boost and positive exposure for the 28-year-old who worked years as a server and housekeeper to keep her dreams alive. It is that dedication that struck radio host Dylan Willows who knows Murray’s work ethic first hand. “I think the first thing I have noticed (about her) is unflinching commitment and dedication to
and make it original and her own,” he continued. “I tell her every time I see her … I am amazed she is not an international star yet. When it happens, and it will happen, I won’t be surprised.” While interArnold Lim/News staff national starVictoria resident Georgia Murray is one of dom hasn’t Victoria’s hottest up-and-coming musical acts. arrived yet, international her craft,” said the Zone 91.3 host. recognition has. In 2010 she picked “In this business there are a lot of up the phone to be greeted by lawvery talented people out there, it yers in South Korea who discovis the people that stick through ered her song We’ll Never Know hard times that find success in the had been plagiarized and stolen end.” by a producer who repackaged Her performances still inspire the song for popular South Korean the 12-year veteran of the radio pop musician Hyori Lee. The industry who enjoys the unique song climbed the South Korean nature of her sound, a package he charts as a hit single before being says doesn’t necessarily fit into derailed when news of the scanthe musical sub categories of the dal broke. It proved to be both an industry, and sets her apart. eye opener and an opening for the “She has a unique ability to songstress who may now be more blend all sorts of different genres popular in Asia than she is in her
hometown. Her initial anger is now mellowed by a newfound fanbase and an undisclosed settlement that laid the foundation for her latest EP Just a Dream, released in 2011. With high-profile setbacks behind her, and a new six-song EP in conjunction with her producer and partner D Whiz set for release in 2013, she is confident her success – that now includes singing the national anthem for the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden and a stint playing herself on Boston Legal with William Shatner and Candace Bergen – is just the beginning. “Things keep moving forward and happening, which is my goal in music. Things are just on this upward, propelling forward motion which is the only thing I can hope for as a musician,” she said. “It is what I wake up for, what I live for. Everything, everyday is music, it is just what I do.” Unbeknownst to a five year old Murray, singing of a desire to be a part of your world, may prove to be foreshadowing of a future where she ends up doing just that. reporter@vicnews.com
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Lapp comes home again A special day of music and holiday fun takes place Dec. 22 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Daniel Lapp’s ninth annual Home For Christmas Concerts highlights Christmas events on Vancouver Island. To make this homecoming even more special Lapp received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award for community service on Monday at the Legislature. This year’s special guest is Juno nominee Mae Moore, in addition to performances by The Joy of Life Choir, The B.C. Fiddle Orchestra, Folkestra, and The Swingin’ Shepherds House Band featuring local music icons Adrian Dolan, Adam Dobres, Rick May and Kelby MacNayr. Both shows are on Saturday, Dec. 22 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 680 Courtney St. The matinee is at 2 p.m. and the evening show is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, students and seniors $5; Children 10 and under are $3, and are available in advance at Ivy’s Books, 2188 Oak Bay Ave., Hemp & Co., 1102 Government St. and at the door, if available, 30 minutes before the show. Guests are asked to bring an item to donate to the food bank. llavin@vicnews.com
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Former youth triathlete Hilary Wille of Saanich is making her last transition into cycling with the Russ Hays elite/development team. Race season starts in March.
Hilary Wille is a young cyclist with big expectations. The 19-year-old from Saanich is a rookie on the expanded Accent Inns-Russ Hay’s Cycling Team for the 2013 season. Well, she’s mostly a rookie. Wille is transitioning from being a junior athlete with the National Triathlon Centre and a gold medal winner at the 2011 Kamloops Western Canada Summer Games. The reason is shin splints. “I’ve been cycling as a triathlete for years but my career as a cyclist has only just begun,” Wille said. As a triathlete, one of Wille’s biggest goals was to have the fastest bike split. To do so she trained with the boys. Then shin splints kept her from running, and competing, though she could continue training on the bike and in the pool. And though Wille was also an accomplished swimmer with Island Swimming for nine years, cycling won out. “To make a pro (cycling) team is part of the dream but the big goal has always been the Olympics,” Wille said. “First swimming, then tri, and now this.” “Her results in triathlon speak to her horsepower and fitness endurance,” said team co-founder Jon Watkin, who also helps organize the annual Bastion Criterium. This year’s Accent Inns-Russ Hay’s Cycling Team has 17 riders, three of them women, up from 10 riders in the team’s first official season of 2012. “We had great results last year and with more sponsors we’re entering more races and with more travel covered,” Watkin said. Leading the way as a junior last year was Jordan Duncan, 17, who returns as the defending provincial time trial and cyclocross champion. Wille is classified as a member of both the development and elite rosters for the Accent Inns-Russ Hays Team, as she’ll be up against under-23 women and
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The Victoria HarbourCats will feature a trio of Lambrick Park baseball academy grads for the 2013 season, pitcher Connor Russell, outfielder Austin Russell (not related) and pitcher Nick Pivetta.
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They are the first three and might be the only locals to dress for the Victoria HabourCats baseball team for its West Coast League debut of 2013. Then again, there could be more Island players, said HarbourCats general manager Holly Jones. Pitcher Connor Russell, outfielder Austin Russell and pitcher Nick Pivetta, all graduates of Lambrick Park secondary’s baseball academy, have been selected out of Victoria’s current crop of collegiate baseball players. They were half of the first six players to be named by the HarbourCats on Tuesday (Dec. 18). “It’s a good league, with lots of drafted players, and it’s at home, so it’s a great team for me to be on,” Pivetta said. The HarbourCats expansion season roster has already been selected, but the names will be released gradually so the stories behind each player won’t be lost in one big announcement, Jones said. Royal Athletic Park will be a lot closer to home than the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League in New York State, where Pivetta played last summer. “(Perfect Game) is another wood bat league but I think the WCL is going to be a step up, and we’re going to have a strong team.” During the college season the 6-foot-5 right handed pitcher plays for New Mexico Junior College and has committed to play for the University of New Mexico Lobos (NCAA Div. 1) in September 2013. During midget (16-18), Pivetta played for the Victoria Eagles with coach Gautam Srivastava. “Basically, Gautam put my name forward to the (HarbourCats). I let them know I was interested and it was done by email,” Pivetta said. Srivastava, the former Canadian youth coach of the year, and Lam-
brick’s Mike Chewpoy, who also coaches the midget Victoria Mariners, are two of the most influential figures on male college and university-bound baseball players from Victoria. So it’s only logical that HarbourCats co-coaches Dennis Rogers and Bob Miller would lean on them as the two California-based coaches make inroads into the Island’s baseball scene. “I had a suspicion (Chewpoy) had put my name forward, then I got a call in September asking if I could play,” Connor Russell said. The 20-year-old is in his third year at Vancouver Island University. In 2010 he was part of the Victoria Mariners’ conquest as B.C. champions, along with Austin Russell. Last summer Connor won five games in eight starts for the Okotoks Dawgs (Calgary) of the Western Major Baseball League. “It’s going to be fun having a couple of friends on the team, with Austin and Nick. We’ve all played for and against each other.” The HarbourCats also announced the signing of three Americans, all of whom are MLBdrafted: catchers Casey Schroeder (University of Kentucky) and David Schuknecht (Riverside City College) and pitcher Connor Baits (University of California Santa Barbara).
Blue Jays buzz reaches Vic Don’t assume Victoria is too far from Ontario to share in the excitement of the Toronto Blue Jays recent trades and signings, including much sought after Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey. The thrilling memories of the Blue Jays’ back-to-back championship seasons of 1992 and 1993 are being brought to the forefront of Victoria baseball fans, as Vegas odd-makers have the Blue Jays as the 2013 World Series favourites. That in turn could affect the stands as of RAP this summer, Jones said. “It’s just as exciting to think one of these (HabourCats) could end up on the Blue Jays one day.” sports@vicnews.com
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Foundation takes pulse of region’s youth
Generosity packs the bus Five-year-old Presley Simpson, right, and her brother Parker, 8, add food and toys to the donations at B.C. Transit’s fifth annual Stuff the Bus last Saturday. The event brought in 1,273 kilograms of food and $3,000 worth of toys and clothing for the Mustard Seed food bank. It also earned nearly $1,000 for 1UP, the Single Parent Resource Centre.
Daniel Palmer News staff
Youth in Greater Victoria feel less connected to their community and worry about housing, homelessness and education. That’s according to the results of an annual Victoria Foundation survey. The Youth Vital Signs report asks people aged 15 to 24 about 13 issues critical to their quality of life, including housing, transportation and the environment. The report has been produced for two years as a supplement to the all-encompassing Vital Signs report, and helps to educate donors and create awareness of youth issues, Richardson said. Of the roughly 200 young people surveyed, 75 per cent are female and 25 per cent male. Roughly half of respondents volunteer, live with their parents and have lived in the Capital “The people Region all their lives. who aren’t involved, The number of youth who reported feeling it’s probably a “very connected” or matter of appealing “somewhat connected” to their community to their interests.” fell from about 88 per – Carina Pologer, cent in 2011 to 71 per Vic High student cent this year. Young people who felt “hardly connected” rose from 10 per cent of total respondents to 26 per cent over the same period. The reasons behind that change are more difficult to pinpoint, Richardson said. “Maybe there are more students living away from home, but I hope the report provides an opportunity to delve deeper into that.” Vic High Grade 12 students Carina Pologer and Fairahn Reid would be considered very connected. Both volunteer with various school fundraisers and committees on top of their studies. “The people who are involved are really involved. They take on everything that they can,” Pologer said. “The people who aren’t involved, it’s probably a matter of appealing to their interests.” Reid said it’s tough to place all youth into categories, noting that students who don’t display overt leadership qualities may engage in activities of interest. “I know classmates who are passionate about environmental issues, so they take part in the Enbridge pipeline protests, for instance,” she said. “It depends what your situation is. If you’re trying to go to university and need to move out and pay rent, it’s really difficult ... to find a job and affordable housing.” On the other end of the spectrum, the Victoria Youth Empowerment Society operates Victoria’s only youth emergency shelter, detox and drop-in centre. About half of the society’s 2,000 annual clients are at-risk youth, while the other half are just looking for somewhere to go, said Pat Griffin, executive director. The society’s nightly drop-in centre has seen participants double in the past two years, an increase attributable to “myriad reasons,” he said. “A lot of that began when the economy started to go in the tank.” About 33 per cent of youth surveyed for the report believe more year-round youth shelters are needed in the region. To view the report and learn more about Vital Signs, visit victoriafoundation.bc.ca. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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UVic lays off employees Kyle Slavin News staff
Cutbacks at the University of Victoria resulted in the layoff of at least 24 employees so far, as departments were told to drop four per cent from budgets this year. Melissa Moroz, labour relations officer for the Professional Employees Association, calls it a “very sad situation” that UVic handed pink slips to two dozen full-time workers, including some employed there since the 1980s. “It’s devastating to these people’s lives, and it will directly impact services to both faculty and students,” Moroz said. “The reality is there’ll be fewer services to students.” The lost jobs will come from a variety of places, she said. Some of those laid off are already gone, while others will work until spring 2013. Moroz called this an “unprecedented amount of layoffs.” She’s seen one-off job losses in the past due to organizational changes, but never anything near to this many at once. “There’s a lot of uneasiness and fear that’s been generated as a result,” she said. A 2012-13 budget framework document on UVic’s website cites inflation pressure and decreased or flat post-secondary funding from government as reasons for consecutive four-
per-cent budget reductions over the next two school years. “In prior years, where we have been required to reduce budgets, the approach has generally been through across-the-board budget reductions. … (This) may not be the best approach to address multi-year budget shortfalls in that it does not facilitate budget savings from structural changes across the campus in programs or service delivery,” the document reads. While no one from UVic was
“The reality is there’ll be fewer services to students. There’s only so much people can do.” – Melissa Moroz available to comment about the layoffs or budget process, the executive director of facilities management spoke to the ways his department is meeting budget demands. Tom Smith expects to lose eight janitors in the next two years through attrition while frequency of vacuuming and garbage collection from many places on campus will be reduced beginning in January. “Instead of a janitor being responsible for an average 27,000 square feet of building, they’ll be responsible for 29,000 square feet of building. In order to do that, they have to stop doing
certain things,” Smith said. Cleaning of classrooms and general offices will drop from five times a week to three. Waste removal in private offices and cubicles will go from twice weekly to once. “Everything you do (to meet budget demands) has an impact,” Smith said. “I think everybody’s looking for ways to reduce their budget in ways other than affecting people.” Rob Park, president of CUPE local 917 at UVic, says reducing janitorial service levels affects temporary workers in his union. “There’s lots of temporary workers up at UVic who are given an appointment for five months or whatever,” he says. “When a temp’s appointment runs out, (UVic makes) a decision whether there’s enough work for them to continue. … What the university’s doing is reducing the service levels so there isn’t work for them.” “We’re concerned that UVic seems to be cutting what we consider to be core services. We think they could probably make the cuts elsewhere,” said Greg Melnechuk, CUPE 4163 president. “We’ve had a 14-percent drop for our sessional instructors in work for them in the last two years … This is direly impacting education up at UVic.” kslavin@saanichnews.com
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