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Langford policy awaits first test Manufactured home owners fear impending eviction Charla Huber News staff
Ron Gunter is living on eggshells uncertain of where he would go if he had to move. The Langford senior has been living in the Lombardy manufactured home park for six and half years with his wife Colleen. The park has been up for sale for nearly two years and residents aren’t sure what the future will bring. Manufactured homes built after 1973 can be moved, but Gunter explained there aren’t many places to move the home too. His home is 1,600 square feet and includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and two livingrooms. “It’s affordable housing. Now where could I get that for less than $500,000,” said Gunter. “The bank wouldn’t look at us for a mortgage if we are not working.” There are 20 homes in the park and all the residents are seniors. The oldest resident is 90 and three are living with cancer, including Gunter’s wife Colleen. “I have to worry about chemotherapy and radiation, there are other things I am deeply worried about,” Gunter said. “The land owners own the land under us. We are in a state of limbo with a threat a bulldozer coming through.” The City of Langford passed a policy in 2007 that protects residents in manufactured home parks such as Lombardy when the land is sold. The policy states the new owner must pay for disposal of homes that cannot be relocated, help the residents find new accommodation and offer them the right of first refusal for new homes built on the property. In total the policy includes 10 stipulations the new owner must oblige by. Langford Coun. Denise Blackwell has met with people interested in purchasing the park and has discussed the city’s policy. “We just want to make sure people aren’t displaced,” said Blackwell. “We believe manufactured homes are an affordable housing option and we don’t want to see people get ripped out of their homes.” PLEASE SEE: Owner hopes to retire, Page A5
Hoops hopes Belmont Bulldogs all-star forward Erik Spaven bowls over South Kamloops forward Jacob Adams during the Bulldogs’ opening round match at the B.C. Boys AAA Basketball Championships in Langley last Wednesday. Spaven scored 32 points as the Titans beat the Bulldogs 65-59. The Bulldogs lost the first two games of the tournament but finished with two wins, 11th overall among the 20 participating teams. See page A17 for more.
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Former youth pastor returns to court Ira Dwayne Parmenter is back in Western Communities Courthouse on Thursday, March 21 to fix a date for a sentencing hearing. In December Parmenter, a former youth pastor at the Colwood Pentecostal Church, pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation. According to RCMP, the charge stems from a sexual relationship Parmenter had with a 16-year-old girl between July 2007 and November 2008. Parmenter, 33, was arrested in Newfoundland in May 2012.
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John Stubbs Memorial school student Joey Wilson powers up his sumo robot that scored him a spot in provincials. The West Shore youth earned gold at the local B.C. Skills competition.
Sumo robot skills score gold John Stubbs student earns place at provincials
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oey Wilson’s robot sumo wrestler is small, intricate, spewing electrical wires and tough enough to make it to provincial championships. After a gold win in in the local B.C. Skills competition’s sumo robot contest, the John Stubbs Memorial school Grade 7 student is heading to the provincial championships in Abbotsford on Kyle Wells April 17 to compete for Reporting another title. “It was a really cool experience,” Wilson said. All three competitors and winners in the local category are from John Stubbs. The Grade 8 team of Jamie Grant and Linden
Lacon won silver and Sean Wilson, also Grade 8, finished third. For the contest students had to build from scratch a six volt, 13-centimetre square sumo robot designed to push another robot out of a one metre square ring. All materials for the robot must be constructed by the student, except for the wire and gearbox. “This was so fun because I got to tinker around with everything,” Wilson said. “And
I built this. I feel really good because I came out with something, I came out with a robot. And a trip to Abbotsford, for that matter.” Wilson’s robot went through three rounds of three fights, winning eight of the nine total bouts to take the top title. “It’s pretty exciting. I’m really nervous about how it’s going to go,” Wilson said. “I try to not go in cocky but go in confident.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
Belmont students sew for Skills Canada Three Belmont secondary students will compete in the Skills Canada fashion technology competition. Olivia Didrich, Mira Wade and Gabrielle Semail will go head-to-head against other students from across the south Island at the Pacific Design Academy in Victoria. Students will use computer aided drafting, commonly known as CAD, to each design, cut the pattern and sew a skirt. Competition starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m., March 28. The Pacific Design Academy will also host the architectural and graphic design competitions on the 28th. Belmont’s Michael Immel will compete in the Skills Canada architectural CAD. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
West Shore RCMP Auxiliary Constable Trevor Absolon designed a new coin to commemorating 50 years of auxiliary constables in Canada. His design was selected from entries across the country. It depicts seven auxiliary constables helping out in the community in a variety of ways, such as helping seniors and children.
Victoria police cut off dial-a-dope operation VicPD officers broke up a diala-dope operation Wednesday, seizing about $1,000 cash, two grams of heroin and surprising one would-be customer with a stern warning. Acting on a tip, undercover officers bought heroin from a 47-year-old Victoria man in the 2300-block of Douglas Street and confiscated his phone. The man was on parole for bank robbery and had been out of prison for two weeks, said Bowen Osoko, VicPD spokesman. “(The suspect’s cellphone) rang off the hook while (police) were searching him,” Sgt. Wade Murray said. “So eventually, we decided to answer it.” Officers invited the Langford man on the other end of the meet them. The man was given a stern warning then sent home empty-handed, Osoko said. Rande Brown faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and trafficking in a controlled substance.
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Child released from hospital Katrina Van Winkle, 9, is back on the Island and staying with relatives after being discharged from B.C. Children’s Hospital, March 16. The Grade 3 student was flown to the hospital on March 14 after she was pulled from a house fire by View Royal firefighters. She was found unconscious and unresponsive in a hallway. Firefighters resuscitated her using CPR. View Royal Fire Rescue crews were alerted at 2:49 a.m. of the fire on Paddock Place. The first truck from View Royal Fire Rescue arrived at the fire within five minutes. Colwood Fire Department also attended. View full story and other breaking news online at www.goldstreamgazette.com.
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fire are still unknown. West Shore RCMP and Colwood Fire Department are investigating. RCMP ask anyone with information to call the detachment at 250-4742264.
Shooting case back in court One of two people charged in the wake of a drive-by shooting outside Club 9one9 in the Strathcona Hotel has had her next court date set. Whitney Rae Furber, who remains in custody, appeared via video conference on Monday in Victoria Law Courts. She faces charges of attempted murder, use of a prohibited firearm, aggravated assault and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, among others. Her case will return to court April 8 at 9:30 a.m. The charges stem from an early morning incident Feb. 25 on Douglas Street in which club doorman Michael Mizerski was shot in the leg. He was released from hospital later that day. Dennis Grant Fletcher also faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, use of a prohibited firearm and others in relation to the drive-by shooting. His case will be back in court on March 25. reporter@goldstream gazette.com
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Skirmish squashed at hospital A fight broke out outside the entrance of Victoria General Hospital on Thursday, March 14, but was quickly stopped by hospital security staff. The midday incident involved a visitor to the hospital and a family member of a patient, said
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Ron and Colleen Gunter, residents of Lombardy manufactured home park, are in limbo waiting to see if the park sells and they have to find a new home.
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there is a provincial mandate they would be given one year notice and one year free pad rent. Currently the residents pay about $500 for pad rent and some, including Gunter, still carry a mortgage. Trevor Hunt has lived at the park for 32 years. The 74 year old planned to live there for the rest of his life and having to possibly move now is tough. “We are not looking for handouts. Right now everyone is living within their means,” Hunt said. Most mobile home parks in Langford have zoning that predates the city’s incorporation, said Matthew Baldwin, Langford director of planning. The land is only zoned for a mobile home park, anything else would require rezoning. “Lombardy park has existed long before incorporation,” Baldwin said. Sandra Gilbert owns Lombardy park with her seven siblings. The 68-year-old grew up on the property long before it was a manufactured home
park. She has been running it for the past 15 years since her father passed away. “It’s hard and I am not getting any younger,” Gilbert explained. “There may be eight of us siblings, but I am the only one who does anything at the park.” It’s hard for her to give up the park due to all the history and memories, but it’s just not feasible for her to carry it on. The park will remain on the market until it sells. While Gilbert would love to see someone buy it and keep it as it is, she said it might not work financially for the next owner. Most likely the land will be used for larger developments such as condos she figures. With the park up for sale residents are unable to sell their homes even if they wished to points out, Shirley Stirrett, vice-president, Active Manufactured Home Parks Association. “Who would want to buy a home in a park that’s for sale?” charla@goldstreamgazette.com
Craigflower contract awarded Kyle Wells News staff
Don Mann Construction will replace Craigflower Bridge. Saanich and View Royal approved the contractor’s bid of $15,896,000, the lowest of the bids. It covers the cost of the bridge, as well as all upgrades the roadway on either side. The project already received $10,775,000 in grants and federal gas tax funding. Saanich will pay 60 per cent of the outstanding costs, View Royal will cover the remaining 40 per cent. View Royal council chose to put off its decision on where to get the funds for its share of the costs that will not be covered by grants and other sources. The
matter will be discussed during upcoming budget talks. The cost of the project is higher than the original projected budget of $11.9 million. The discovery of First Nations midden and the expansion of the project to include road upgrades increased the overall cost. View Royal’s total cost is just over $8 million. Of that about $5.4 million will be covered by the UBCM grant. Another approximately $1.8 million will be covered by other grants, gas tax funding, casino funding and capital works reserve, leaving $128,859 outstanding. At a special council March 12, View Royal councillors expressed a desire to avoid raising taxes to cover the costs.
They also voiced hope the project would not go over budget. “We’re putting our butts on the line with this bridge and we’re gutting the town’s capital,” Coun. David Screech said. View Royal has looked at the possibility of cancelling the project due to cost overruns, but determined that the amount already committed to it, about $1.7 million, compels it to go ahead. The 80-year-old, timber-beam span is slated to be replaced by a three-lane steel bridge, double the width of the existing bridge. Construction is scheduled to start in April and expected to last six months. – with files from Kyle Slavin news@goldstreamgazette.com
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Malahat sees first fatality of 2013 West Shore RCMP are investigating the cause of the wreck that Malahat fire chief Rob Patterson believed happened some three hours before it was discovered early Saturday by a highways worker. The car was northbound and went off the road near 3932 Trans-Canada Highway. “He was dead on scene. It’s our first fatality of the year for the Malahat hall,� Patterson said.
Police did not identify the man who was thrown from the vehicle. Patterson has been outspoken about the need for more concrete medians on the Malahat to prevent cross-over crashes, but “nothing could have altered this accident.� “It’s was in a divided stretch of highway — there was no fault on the highway in this at all; not this time.� – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial
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Ready to rock region’s house It’s high season for on-ice sports around the Capital Region, whether you’re a hockey fan or an aficionado of the rockin’ sport of curling. While Victoria might be known more for its love of hockey, it’s curling that has the upper hand in upcoming events. Starting today (March 20) at the Esquimalt Archie Browning Sports Centre, the Victoria rink of Neil Dangerfield will be out to earn some respect from some of the top names in Canadian curling, during the eighth Victoria Curling Classic. With the Classic draw winding up Sunday on the hockey ice, the high-flying Victoria Cougars will start their Vancouver Island Junior B championship final in Courtenay on Saturday against Comox Valley. The teams resume the series in Esquimalt next Tuesday, giving local fans a chance to cheer the Cats on. Meanwhile, the Victoria Royals, who beat Everett twice to end the regular season, open the Western Hockey League playoffs Friday in Kamloops. However, the boys in blue-and-white took a scheduling nose hit from the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championships. The Ford Worlds are back in Victoria for the first time since 2005, when the competition helped christen the newly opened SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre. The event gets underway March 30 and promises plenty of exciting action, with Brad Jacobs’ Northern Ontario rink representing Canada. With the worlds scheduled through April 7, the Royals’ first-round playoff games, March 26 and 28, and April 1 if necessary, will be played at 2,780-seat Bear Mountain Arena. It’s a fine venue in its own right, but a far cry from the potentially thunderous 7,000-seat Save-On Centre. If the Royals can get by the Blazers – the teams went 4-4 in head-to-head games this season – they can hope for a return to the familiar confines of Save-On for round 2. Regardless, we encourage Greater Victoria fans to get out and enjoy the games, whatever your fancy. It’s a chance to be part of the greater community and support local sporting events.
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Both parties have betrayed us There was, in fact, public out, admitting he helped cover the business conducted in the final tracks of political meddling in the frantic days of the B.C. legislature hiring of three outreach contractors session last week, but you with sufficient loyalty to likely haven’t heard much the party. about it. Clark insists she knew Premier Christy Clark’s nothing of this plan. She skimpy governing agenda tabled the investigation was overshadowed by report, and then the delivery of an internal announced that the B.C. investigation report into Liberal Party had written her government’s ethnic a $70,000 cheque to the outreach program. government to cover the A review by four deputy estimated cost of the ministers detailed what inappropriate political Tom Fletcher reporters already knew work done by nonB.C. Views from a memo and meeting political staff. notes leaked to the NDP. Here’s the part The plan started in the premier’s taxpayers may not fully appreciate: office, led by Clark’s deputy chief There are authorized political of staff, who resigned as soon as it staffers all over the legislature, in was made public. the premier’s office, the opposition A B.C. Liberal Party employee leader’s office and two teams of attended the first meeting, caucus employees who spend expressly intended to organize much of their time digging up dirt events to impress immigrant on the other party. All are paid by communities, then harvest the you and me. goodwill in the form of contact lists A line is crossed only when a for the coming election campaign. non-political employee such as a After 10,000 e-mails were ministry communications director collected and 27 interviews acts on behalf of the party. conducted, they revealed a few The main offender in that significant details. capacity was one Brian Bonney, Former multiculturalism minister whose records suggested he spent John Yap knew or should have half of his time on party work. He known that the scheme was being quit in February, before the plan kept secret because it was an was leaked, and the party paid back inappropriate use of government half of his salary for the 18 months resources. He won’t be back in he was on the public payroll. cabinet, although Clark said he NDP outrage over this was intends to run for re-election in blunted by another leaked Richmond-Steveston. document. Yap’s executive assistant This one was from a neverresigned when the report came released 2010 report by Auditor
General John Doyle, which condemned a five-year program of skimming money from NDP constituency office budgets all over the province and using it for political work. In a nice bit of symmetry, much of the more than $400,000 was spent to put three-time candidate Gabriel Yiu on the NDP caucus payroll. Yiu’s Vancouver-Fraserview candidate page boasts of his ethnic outreach work, which included tirelessly warning B.C.’s Chinese community about the evils of the harmonized sales tax. In fact, it was the NDP-Yiu operation that inspired a B.C. Liberal copycat plan. The NDP quietly stopped the budget skimming after Doyle pointed out the blindingly obvious, which is that constituency funds are to serve constituents and are not to be diverted to political organizing. It was kept under wraps by the secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. This is the B.C. Liberal-NDP co-managed trough of undocumented MLA expenses and other questionable payments that Doyle has only recently dragged into the light. Both of these schemes have the same stink. Both are intentional abuse of taxpayers’ money for the political gain of the dominant parties. There is no moral high ground for either of them. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
‘Two teams of caucus employees spend time digging up dirt on the other party.’
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Langford residents living in limbo In 2007 the City of Langford instituted the most comprehensive protection plan for manufactured home owners in our province with their Manufactured Home Owner Redevelopment Policy. The policy requires that home owners in manufactured home parks be satisfied with a comprehensive plan for compensation before any approval is issued for a rezoning application. Other assistance to home owners could come in the form of a
reserve fund outlined in the policy which would provide a portion of monies collected from the taxes that home owners in Langford have paid into in the interim. While no rezoning application has yet been applied for, the residents of Lombardy Park on Selwyn Road have for a few months been looking at a for sale sign outside of their park. Even with the protection of the Langford policy these residents are
at present in a state of limbo and suspense, wondering what the final outcome will be and how their homes will be impacted. Many of the home owners here have resided in the park for many years and several residents are under treatment for cancer. It is sad to see this type of stress added to their already vulnerable situation. This is a litmus test for Langford. There are 450 households in this
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jurisdiction who are interested parties in the final outcome. Another thought that this type of homeowner throughout our province might want to carry with them when they vote in the next election, is how much consideration provincial legislation has given to manufactured home owners in this province. Shirley Stirrett, Langford Vice-President, Active Manufactured Home Parks Association
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CPP payments bigger problem than MLA pensions Re: MLA pensions out of touch with real world (Letters, March 15) While I agree with the sentiment expressed by Martin Battle that an $89,000 annual pension for the cabinet minister’s pension seems excessive, the second part of his letter should be of even more concern to Canadians. The current maximum Canada
Pension Plan and Old Age Security payments combined are approximately $21,000 per annum. Given that so many employers are pulling back from pension plans, leaving more workers to rely on CPP and OAS alone for retirement income, these numbers are inadequate for someone who has worked all
their life to have a decent and sustainable retirement. Couple this with the squeeze over the last three decades on workers’ income by the cost of living and it becomes clear fewer workers are able to sustain personal retirement savings plans. This is evidenced by how few Canadians are able to take
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One of today’s most unique stand-up comics, Canadian born Jeremy Hotz has quickly become an international success. Don’t miss Hotz as he brings his dilapidated van to Victoria with his brand new show – The Magical Misery Tour. Hotz is on stage tonight at McPherson Playhouse at 7 p.m. For tickets go to rmts.bc.ca.
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Jewish arts fest kicks off year of celebration Thanksgiving expressed in opening concert Daniel Palmer News staff
When Congregation EmanuEl’s cornerstone was laid in place in 1863, its founders had no idea the building would persevere to become Canada’s oldest continuously used synagogue. Community members from varying religions, cultures and creeds came together to give the roughly 50 Jewish families living in Victoria a dedicated place of worship and congregation. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of that event and to help raise money for Emanu-El’s aging roof, the 2013 Jewish Arts Festival kicks off on Saturday night with a multicultural concert at Alix Goolden Performance Hall. “This is a really important year for us, so we thought we should have an arts festival that echoed the origins of the synagogue
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Violinist Mark Lupin is among the acts performing at Hodaya. by inviting artists from various cultural communities to
perform,” said Isa Milman, festival chair. “We just want to
thank the community.” including the reenactment The concert is aptly called of the 1863 parade that saw Hodaya, which in Hebrew early communities rally to means “Thanksgiving.” build Greater Victoria’s first Hodaya features eight synagogue. That event takes artists from various musical place June 2. backgrounds, including jazz On April 11, Ray Frank: vocalist Louise Rose, the Sara The Girl Rabbi of the Golden Merreiros Quartet, violinist West, written by University Mark Lupin, fiddler of Victoria Daniel Lapp, traditional playwright “We just Persian musical group Jennifer Darya Ensemble, Wise, will want to thank the percussionist Niel premiere at community.” Golden and the Congregation - Isa Milman Yiddish Columbia State Emanu-El. Orchestra. Admission is The concert’s 8:30 p.m. start by donation. time is a little later than normal Musical performances by to accommodate rules of the Cantor Rob Menes, the Seattle Sabbath, Milman said, but Jewish Chorale and Lafayette she promised the party won’t String Quartet, as well as an art disappoint. exhibition in the fall, will round The evening will be hosted out the year. by JoAnn Roberts of the CBC’s Hodaya begins at 8:30 p.m. All Points West, while City of and tickets are $10 at the door. Victoria poet laureate Janet Tickets are also available at Rogers will dedicate a poem to Long and McQuade, Russell the occasion. Books, Ivy’s Bookshop and “This is only the kick-off Tanners Books. event,” Milman said. For more information, visit Organizers have planned congregationemanu-el.ca. another six events this year, dpalmer@vicnews.com
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Carr leaves an impression Movie Monday presents Winds Of Heaven – Emily Carr, Carvers and The Spirits of The Forest at 6:30 p.m. Monday March 25. Emily Carr began painting in an era when women didn’t, at an age when most people shouldn’t and traveling to remote locations that few professional adventurers chose to go. Carr also chronicled the extraordinary art and culture of native people, who were invisible to the dominant culture. This is the first in a series of films about artists. Movie Monday events are by donation at the Eric Martin Theatre (Jubilee Hospital) 1900-Block Fort St. Go to moviemonday. ca for information.
of exploring how to overcome these problems on their own.” Gebhard takes the show back to its roots with both the set and costume designs drawing from the early versions of Schulz’s comic strips. The cast of seven students from the department of theatre includes locally known musician Kale Penny (from the band Sunday Buckets), who won last year’s Mount Doug Idol, and Christie Stewart, who made it to the Top 20 of CBC’s national search for Dorothy last fall in Over the Rainbow. Under the leadership of music director Jim Hill and assistant music director and pianist Adrian Bronson, this cast will have the whole family singing along to catchy and endearing songs like My New Philosophy, Happiness and Suppertime. Previews of the music can be found on iTunes through a link at phoenixtheatres.ca. Evening performances are at 8 p.m. March 20, 21, 22, 23 with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. Tickets range from $16 to $24, call the box office at 250-721-8000. The show is appropriate for ages six and older. llavin@vicnews.com
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Hurry up Charlie Brown (Kale Penny) or you’ll miss the school bus. The University of Victoria’s Phoenix Theatre brings the whole Peanuts gang to life in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, on now until March 23.
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Millington swings in Sidney Swing into spring with the Chris Millington Big Band April 20 in Sidney. Bandleader and sax player Millington, of Colwood, has toured across North America, Europe, Cyprus, the Pacific Rim and Russia. He has performed for the CBC, CTV and Global television networks, on numerous radio jingles,
theatre shows, and jazz festivals across Canada. 14-piece band brings its sounds of Michael Bublé, to the classic R&B grooves of Aretha Franklin and spicy Latin rhythms to the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney on April 20. Tickets available online at www. marywinspear.ca.
Carmen Marlene teaches Thia McDowell during lessons in Toronto. Marlene returned to Greater Victoria and heads Yamaha courses at Tom Lee Music.
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Building musical foundation Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Tots and toddlers will dance and vocalize their way into a worldwide musical education sensation at Tom Lee Music. The West Shore Music Wonderland tale starts with a new instructor at the Millstream Village store – Carmen Marlene. “We just trained her to run the Music Wonderland course which is aimed at three and four year old students,” said Brad Justason, learning centre co-ordinator at Tom Lee Music. Marlene earned a music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Victoria, a graduate Opera Diploma from Wilfrid Laurier University and two A.R.C.T. diplomas in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music. She’ll teach Music Wonderland, geared for three and four year olds under the Yamaha Music Education System. “It’s one of the most popular
“The adults stay with the child throughout the class so that the child can interact with the parent as well.” – Carmen Marlene music programs in the world,” Justasen said. “They have over four million graduates around the world.” Marlene is a semi-retired opera singer with a teaching career that included predominantly teens, but she’s excited to start out with the younger set. Marlene taught a previous class and found the children learned quickly and well. “I was just amazed, at first I thought this is so structured. It moves so fast, (but) the children do not have a chance to be bored,” she said. “They’re just enthralled.” The experience-based course starts the kids with making noise and hand motions that evolve into rhythm. Before they know it “the Yamaha has built them an inherent music skills
that they didn’t even know about,” Justason said. “I do a lot of singing with the young children,” Marlene said. “The adults stay with the child throughout the class so that the child can interact with the parent as well.” With Yamaha group programs that start at age two and run right up to seniors, Tom Lee hopes to add a Junior Music Course for five and six year olds next year, and keep the progression going through the ages. “You don’t have to have one-on-one sessions with the teacher and student. This actually is better,” Marlene said. “It’s more cost effective (and) the child will have a lot of fun and learn a lot more.” Learn more about the program at tomleemusic.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Trevor Ashwell crashes down as Ashton Pearson sails past with frisbee in hand during UVictim ultimate frisbee practice on the University of Victoria turf fields last week. UVictim is University of Victoria’s competitive sports club entry into the collegiate circuit. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Douglas Bowl to showcase ultimate rivalry Travis Paterson News staff
UVic’s competitive ultimate frisbee team is happy to play the victim, but in name only. The sport is popular but doesn’t draw the spectators as many of its bigger tournaments are out of town, says Kevin Underhill, captain of UVictim, the university’s men’s club team. Victoria did host the 2012 nationals at Royal Athletic Park in August, but it will be years before they return. That’s why Underhill and former UVictim player Graeme Barber came up with the plan to showcase the sport with an annual
event that pits UVic’s collegiate level men’s and women’s teams versus the rival UBC Thunderbirds with the newly created Douglas Bowl. “We named it the Douglas Bowl to tie into some historical B.C. flavour,” Underhill said. “Obviously (Sir James Douglas) is the namesake for so many natural landmarks in B.C. and we wanted to associate with them.” This semester is Underhill’s last with UVictim. The 24-year-old has played for them since the fall of 2008 and is in his final year of history and journalism. “Barber and I decided it would be fun to host a showcase event with friends and family. People tell us they want to watch us play but we’re usually away.”
UVictim’s respective men’s and women’s teams practise up to five days a week and travel to tournaments on the West Coast. The women scored a huge win, finishing first in the Santa Barbara (University of California) Invite in late January. UVictim’s men were ninth. Based on those and other results on the U.S.A. collegiate circuit, both UVictim teams are ranked in the top-30 of North American universities. The Thunderbirds are also highly ranked, and though UVictim defeated them this year, the latter have yet to qualify out of the North West conference playdowns and into the U.S.A. nationals, which UBC has done a couple of times.
Pacers fourth at provincials Travis Paterson News staff
The Pacific Christian Pacers managed a fourth place finish a the B.C. Girls A Basketball Provincial Championship in Prince George last week. The Pacers won its way through the opening rounds to the final four, fell in the semifinal, and then the thirdplace game to the Princeton 78-57, to slide to fourth. Grade-11 point guard Kathryn Candell spurred the Pacers to opening round wins over Unity Christian (Chilliwack) and Mulgrave (West Vancouver), including a 39-point effort in the latter game. Candell scored 21 points in the 81-53 semi-
final loss to the eventual champion Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna). She finished as the top scorer of the tournament with an average of 24.5 points per game and as a first team all-star. The Glenlyon Norfolk Chris Leboe photo Gryphons lost to Immaculata Kathryn Candell of the Pacific Christian Pacers in the opening charges the paint against Princeton at the A girls round of the provincial basketball championship. boys A provincials 81-52. ball Championships in Caledonia in Game 2 The Gryphons man- Langley on March 13. but lost to Sardis 69-63 aged two wins and two The Bulldogs lost in Game 3. The Sparlosses, ending up 11th the first two games of tans ended with a 70-60 overall. the tournament but fin- win over the Terry Fox The Claremont Spar- ished with two wins, Ravens to finish sevtans and Belmont Bull- 11th overall among the enth. Walnut Grove won dogs both lost in the 20 participating teams. the AAA boys title over opening round of the The Spartans rallied Whiterock Christian. B.C. Boys AAA Basket- with a 49-48 win over sports@vicnews.com
“It’s a competitive rivalry, we’ve got to know UBC’s players quite well from playing them over the years and they’re very accommodating to the idea,” Underhill said. “The plan is to make (the Douglas Bowl) an annual event, with the (UBC) hosting it next year.” The inaugural Douglas Bowl is this Saturday on UVic’s newest field, No. 7, beside the Wallace Field rugby pitch, on the north side of Mackenzie Avenue. The men play at 1 p.m., followed by the women. Admission is free, or by donation, as the team is fundraising for this year’s regional playdowns. sports@vicnews.com
Rink in big at Classic Travis Paterson
final loss. This season Dangerfield and company, third Dennis Sutton, second Darren Boden and lead Glen Already a world class tourna- Allen, have made the semifinals of ment, this week’s Victoria Curling a cash spiel in Kamloops and lost Classic is seeing a boost in competi- in the final of the Vancouver Island tion, up to 24 teams from 16. Shootout, held in Victoria back in With many of the teams here November. for the Ford World Men’s Boden is out however, Curling Championship in on vacation, with local town later this month, the skip Jason Clarke playing Archie Browning Sports in his place. Dangerfield’s Centre is being touted as a first draw is tonight, 7:30 preview of the Worlds, and p.m., against Winnipeg’s rightly so. Mike McEwen. And by no means is it a The Classic’s field practice round, said Neil speaks for itself. ReturnDangerfield, skip of Victoing are regulars, Olympic ria’s only entry in the Claschampion rink Kevin MarNeil sic. tin and four-time world “There’s a $25,000 incen- Dangerfield champion rink Glen Howtive to curl your best. I ard, among others. Also can’t imagine anyone is going to be here are Norway’s 2010 Olympic silnot trying to win. No one worries ver medalist rink Thomas Ulsrud, about peaking too early,” he said. and Scotland’s two-time world runIt should, however, warm up the ner up rink, Tom Brewster. Again, Victoria fans for the worlds, March among others. 30 to April 7 at Save-On-Foods “It’s usually a strong field and this Memorial Centre. year it’s particularly strong. But it It’s been two years since the Dan- will still come down to who’s got gerfield rink lost in the provincial the hot hand, and it will come down final. A regular at the Victoria Curl- to one or two big shots.” ing Classic, their best is a quartersports@vicnews.com News staff
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WINTER VACATION Home in sunny Mesa, AZ. Gated 55+ community, 5 pools & hot tubs, Wood work shop, stain glass making, computer courses, tennis, etc, site café, w/live Music, nearby golf courses. 250-245-0295. $8,900. Email: ltd-ventures@shaw.ca
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Cubbon Apartments For Seniors - 55+ 1035 North Park Street Bachelor - $600 and up One Bedroom - $800 & up Two Bedroom - $950 & up. Close to sunny downtown Victoria and designated for seniors 55 years or older Amenities include a coffee lounge, games room, exercise room, and library and garden plots available for your green thumb. Pets welcome Please call Dick or Diane at 250-383-1162 or email cub@raamco.ca to view our available suites.
LANGFORD- 2 bdrms, 4 appls, $1100 inclds utils. Available now. (250)885-9128. LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, fenced yard, 4 appls, water incl’d, shared laundry, $1050 mo + utils, NS/NP. Avail March 1. Call (250)881-2283. TILLICUM/BURNSIDE area: 2 bdrm, shared laundry, own ent. $900 inclds hydro. Call 250-588-8885, 250-383-8282. VIEW ROYAL 2 bdrm. New paint & carpets. $1100. inclds utils, cable, internet, laundry. NS/NP. Avail now. Call 250474-2369 or 250-217-0767.
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2008 DERBY Scooter, 49cc, no motorcycle licence req’d, great shape, 5000 km, w/ helmet. Must sell (Moving). $1400 obo. (250)217-2988.
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
Gorge View Apartments 258 Gorge Road East 1 bdrm - $860 & up 2 bdrm - $1075 & up 2 bdrm+den - $1160 & up We offer a full size indoor swimming pool, hot tub, exercise room, squash court underground and above ground parking. Pets welcome. Please call Doug or Kidest at 250-380-6566 to view our available suites or email gv@raamco.ca or gvapts@shaw.ca.
2003 R/T Durango, fully loaded, leather, midnight black, full tint package and more. Immaculate inside and out, 126,000 km. (Moving). Have all receipts, $6900 obo. Call (250)217-2988. Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402
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Maplewood Green 3255 Cook Street 1 bdrm - $860 & up. 2 bdrm - $1040 & up Extra Lg 2 bdrm- $1250 & up (some w/an in-suite W/D) Maplewood Green offers an indoor swimming pool, on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome. Please call Sherry at 250-384-3601 or email mw@raamco.ca to view our available suites. Park West Apartments 55 Bay Street 1 bdrm - $785 & up 2 bdrm - $1000 - $1100 Park West offers on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking. Save-On Foods and several other great amenities are only one block away. Park West backs a beautiful park in the heart of Vic West, perfect for pet owners. Please call 250-590-7505 or email pw@raamco.ca to view our avail. suites. Seagate Apartments 707 Esquimalt Road 1 bdrm - $860 & upsome with a view 2 bdrm -$1100 & up some with a view Seagate offers an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, exercise room, games room, squash court, bus stop outside the building and underground parking. Pets welcome. Please call 250-383-1731 or email sea@raamco.ca to view our avail. suites.
APARTMENTS FURNISHED DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. Call (250)514-7747.
SUITES, LOWER COLWOOD- 2 bdrm level entry, shared W/D, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 incls utils. 250-391-7915
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.
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Wetherby Apartments For Seniors - 55+ 3205 Wetherby Road Seniors only please - 55+. Bachelor - $750 & up. 1 bdrm - $890 & up 2 bdrm - $1125 & up. This seniors only building has on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking, Shopping at Hillside Mall is just steps away. Pets welcome with some restrictions. Please call Bonny at 250-598-1650 weth@raamco.ca to view our available suites.
Hybury House 3868 Shelbourne Street 1 bdrm - $860 1 bdrm+den - $910 2 bdrm - $1050 Hybury House offers an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome. Please call Sharon at 250-477-1039 or email hh@raamco.ca to view our available suites.
2002 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GL TDI. 138,000 km, diesel, auto, leather. Local car, power everything. $9200. Call (250)727-2448.
TRUCKS & VANS 1969 CHEVY Pickup, 350 Automatic, headers, dual exhaust, runs mint, excellent condition, 60,000 miles. A must see to believe, asking $6000 obo. (250)893-9817.
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ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi
BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clearing. Call 250-478-8858.
ECOCUTS LAWN CARE Less Emissions & Less Noise - Call for Spring Cleanups Free Est. 250-216-6996 www.ecocutslawncare.com
250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured.
MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278
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QUALITY INSULATION blown fiberglass. Affordable rates. WCB. (250)896-6652.
ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637. THE LANGFORD MANdecks, fences, quality work, competitive pricing, licensed & insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.
BOOK YOUR Spring Window or Gutter Cleaning now. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured, BBB. Please call 250-380-7778.
EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
LAWN MOWING, CLEAN-UPS, LANDSCAPING PROJECTS
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CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
Certified General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File
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CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.
GARDENING CARPET INSTALLATION MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating, pwr raking, blackberry & ivy removal. 25 years exp.
778-678-2524 FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Shaping trees & roses. Blackberry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.
MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278. NEED HELP cleaning your house? $18/hr. Call Dorothy at (250)478-8940. SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Efficient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca
(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more. DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141
MOVING & STORAGE
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463. GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413. PRO IRISH GARDENERSmaintenance, pruning, cleanups, lawn care. 20 yrs exp. WCB. Call (250)652-6989.
TWO BROTHERS Lawn & Garden. Mowing, Clean-Ups, Garden Maint. (250)888-8461
11 DIAMOND DAVE- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free ests. (250)889-5794.
11 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
1,2,3, WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS HAPPY VALLEY Reno’s. Home repairs, small reno’s. No job too small. 30 years experience. Call (250)474-7277. M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.
SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Honest, on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.
RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp. New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens. Senior discounts. Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545. THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca
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PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
44. Teletype (Computers) 45. Discovered alternating current 46. Tears down (alt. sp.) 48. Resinlike substance in shellac 49. Military mailbox 50. Smoothed wood 53. Old Testament book 56. Japanese lake with marimo 57. Card, dining or coffee 59. Checks 61. Telephone exchange (abbr.) 62. Greek covered walks or colonnades 63. Pigmented eye membrane 64. No. French river 4. Afrikaans 65. Airborne (abbr.) 5. Likely 66. Shock therapy 6. Foot digits
33. Narrow collapsible bed 34. Whatsoever 39. Land surrounded by water 40. Ardor 7. Place to sit DOWN 41. Aspects 8. For in Spanish 1. Autonomic nervous system 9. Also or including 42. Removes writing 2. Highway 43. __ Nui, Easter Island 11. N W Afghan city 3. Eating house 47. Conductor Sir Georg 12. Black Sea peninsula 50. Landscaped road (abbr.) 13. Language of Slovakia 51. Research workplaces 14. Divine Egyptian beetle 52. Organized factual 19. What a baby wears to eat information 21. River of NE Ecuador & N Peru 53. A scheme or program 24. European wooden shoe 54. Female horse or zebra 25. Positive pole 27. Hereditary social class (Hindu) 55. Invests in little enterprises 56. Signing 28. Utters 58. Robert’s nickname 29. British rule over India 60. Very fast airplane 31. ___ de Janeiro 32. Promotional materials
DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.
PAINTING A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443 NORM’S PAINTING- Why wait till Spring? Reasonable, Reliable. References. 25 yrs experience. Call 250-478-0347.
RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
STUCCO/SIDING RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.
WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190. GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.
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To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number 1 to 9 must appear in: • Each of the nine vertical columns • Each of the nine horizontal rows • Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes
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ACROSS 1. Something curved in shape 4. Tattoo (slang) 7. Therapeutic resort 10. His ark 12. Organized crime heads 14. Actor Connery 15. Free from danger 16. Honey badger 17. Part of a deck 18. Cause to run off the tracks 20. Classical music form 22. Defensive nuclear weapon 23. Volt-ampere 24. “Socrate” composer Erik 26. Keep up 29. Foot raced 30. The 44th President 35. Aboriginal (abbr.) 36. Wedding vow 37. 21st Hebrew letter 38. “Little Man Tate” director
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ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
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The B.C. government has announced a $1 million boost to its seniors’ abuse protection programs, including extending the hours for a hotline to report suspicions of abuse or neglect. The bulk of the funding is to allow the Vancouver-based Seniors Abuse and Information Line to extend its hours to 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It offers information, advice and emotional support for seniors and their friends and relatives who suspect elderly people are being abused or taken advantage of. The provincewide toll-free number is 1-866-437-1940. Saanich Coun. Susan Brice, a volunteer with the seniors’ support organization Silver Threads, said members see cases of abuse frequently. “It’s the elderly woman who comes to her craft class with
unexplained bruises,” Brice said. “It’s the couple who lose thousands of dollars through a telemarketing scam. And it’s the quiet-speaking gentleman, who while living with family, appears neglected and uncared for.” Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan said he has encountered abuse and exploitation of seniors in his own family, and it comes up frequently as he has travelled B.C. asking seniors and caregivers what they need from government. In an interview, Sultan acknowledged that the funding is a modest effort to bolster volunteer efforts. “It is a beginning step, but it also reflects the fact that this problem can not be solved topdown,” Sultan said. “It will have to be solved bottom-up by mobilizing many different organizations around the province.” The B.C. government also provided $1.4 million last year to the B.C. Association of Commu-
nity Response Networks, for prevention and education to reduce elder abuse and neglect. Katrine Conroy, NDP critic for seniors, said she agrees with extra support for the information line, which is supported by lawyers and other experts to help seniors find help. “Anything that’s done to eliminate elder abuse is a good thing,” Conroy said. “The community resource networks are really good organizations.” She added that the government’s proposed Seniors’ Advocate is inadequate, as it is not an independent office and won’t deal with individual cases. Sultan said the advocate is to help develop policies to protect seniors, and a federal study being funded partly by the program will provide the information needed to that. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Missing children mass planned A mass is being held for Michael Dunahee and all missing children at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 849 Old Esquimalt Rd. Dunhaee was four when he went missing in 1991. Put on by the Catholic Womens League, the event takes place March 26 at noon.
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Contacting people for a class reunion is kind of like a mystery, with organizers trying to find clues to their whereabouts. Lynn Pasula (nee KennedyRainy) is helping put together a 40-year grad celebration for Esquimalt High this April 27. While she and many other grads from 1973 went all through grade school together, she admits some people are tough to find. “When you’re doing the reunions you turn into the detective,” she said from her home in Esquimalt. “We have lists upon lists. You follow up leads and ask people if they’ve heard from so and so, you go to Facebook, Classmates.com – anywhere you think you might find past grads.”
The committee has contacted people from as far away as Ireland and Australia, but so far the longest travelling attendees will be from Ontario and Manitoba, she said. The 35th reunion attracted about 100 people and at last count the number was around 70 for this year’s shindig. “We’re aging and it’s getting harder for people to get away,” Pasula said. “They’re retiring and they’re turning into snowbirds as well.” Among the confirmed members of the class who are attending is valedictorian Tom McEvay, the man considered Mr. Wrestling in his longtime home of Port Alberni, for developing the sport in the schools there. In putting out the call to past grads, Pasula said it’s an opportunity to reconnect with people. “You went to school
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Lynn Pasula holds up a page from her yearbook with her high school portrait showing. Pasula is helping organize a 40-year reunion for Esquimalt High grads. with them for years and all of a sudden it ended and you started a new life.” The reunion happens from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre at 3277 Douglas St.
Tickets are $45 each or $80 for a couple in advance, or $50 and $90 at the door. Contact Pasula at 250-744-3131 for advance tickets or other information. editor@vicnews.com
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - GOLDSTREAM
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