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agging tails are welcome without a leash at the revamped Glen Lake Beach Park in Langford. “At the city we are getting at least one call a week from residents who say they need a place to exercise their dogs,” said Jane Waters, Langford park planner. Waters has two Welsh corgis, Sasha and Rosie, and understands the importance of socializing dogs and giving them somewhere to run. “The dog exercise area is long and linear and you can definitely throw a ball for dogs here too,” Waters explained. Langford Coun. Lanny Seaton has lived on Glen Lake for 46 years. He has two dogs and three grand dogs, Charla Huber he jokes. Reporting “This is a beautiful place for dogs,” he said watching his 10-yearold Labrador retriever Maggie try to catch fish in the lake. The entire lake will be weeded at the beginning of July. The weeding cannot be done sooner because it would disrupt the bass population. A wheelchair accessible table, garbage can and bag dispenser are also in the dog area of the park. A dog exercise area is fenced. “People need to be responsible and pick up after their dogs,” said Seaton, explaining the more responsible people are with their pets the more places will become available for pets to be. “I always have a bag in my pocket.” The Sooke School District banned pets on all school fields due to feces being left on the field and tracked into schools. The district found youth sports organizations were forced to clean fields prior to games and practices. Please see: New place for dogs to socialize, Page A8

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Colton Browne, a sustainable resources student at West Shore Centre for Learning and Training, hills some potatoes in the teaching garden. Food sourced from the plot will be sold in markets and served to campers at Camp Thunderbird this summer. The YMCA/YWCA partnered with the Sooke School District to keep the garden alive.

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The bustling sounds of engines and traffic make up the soundtrack to a quaint teaching garden along Sooke Road. What was once a barren field of splotchy grass growing out of hard, compressed ground is now, five years later, a destination community garden providing produce each year. The teaching garden includes an orchard, herb garden and perennial garden. There are also raised boxes available to the public. Through donations and many volunteer hours the garden grew in the minds of Bonnie Keleher and Heather Ratcliffe Hood of School District 62,

local farmer Candace Thompson and Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton, who at the time was a councillor. “I am most proud of the living soil here now. Soil isn’t as easy to build as one might think,” said Thompson who is a teacher and agricultural consultant at the garden. In 2005 Colwood council sought a teaching garden near Pacific secondary school and when that fell through the city jumped on board with a plan laid out by West Shore Centre for Learning and Training. “I said it needed to be front and centre in the public eye,” said Hamilton. “I wanted people to look at it, be proud of it, and want to protect it.” The fate of the garden was tested when Keleher retired from the Sooke district in 2011. “She left a gaping gap,” said Stephen McHugh, vice principal West Shore Centre for Learning and Training. “I didn’t even know how to grow a potato.”

Keleher worked at the school for 25 years as the continuing education co-ordinator. Her work with the garden was done on her own time volunteering for a project she was passionate about. She created planting and working schedules as well as organized the volunteers and user groups. Looking to fill the gap, McHugh felt a sigh of relief when the YMCA/YWCA of Greater Victoria stepped in to help. The community organization provides a co-ordinator and about $15,000 a year to run and maintain the teaching garden. The produce grown on the Colwood site will be harvested and sold at farmer’s markets and fed to children attending the organization’s Camp Thunderbird in Sooke. “Without the YMCA this garden would have died a slow death,” McHugh said. “If the garden wasn’t here we wouldn’t have anyone enrolled in our sustainable resources class.” charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Reduced-price household digesters will be for sale by the Capital Regional District this Saturday at West Shore Parks and Recreation as a way to help prepare for the elimination of kitchen scraps from garbage. Digesters compost kitchen scraps at home, including meat, grains, dairy and other foods. The digesters are placed outside and half buried, which also keeps rodents away from compost and away from your home. They are best used for waste diversion, rather than a way to build soil. The CRD states kitchen scraps make up about 30 per cent of the waste ending up in Hartland landfill. Starting in 2014, putting kitchen scraps into the landfill will be subject to a surcharge. As of 2015, kitchen scraps will be outright banned from garbage. Household food waste digesters will be available for sale at discount prices to residents in areas not serviced by municipal garbage programs. CRD states the digesters normally retail at $165 but will cost $95, including tax, at this event. The sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot off Ocean Blvd. news@goldstream gazette.com

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Worldwide, children live with horrific memories of genocide and war. Cheryl Heykoop is searching for the best way to share it. The Royal Roads University student is working towards a doctorate of Social Science and has been working in Africa with children, focussing on truth commissions which are formed to document witness testimony. She has listened to dozens of unfathomable stories from children, like Sia, in both Uganda and Sierra Leone. “At the age of 12 (Sia) was abducted by the rebels and forced to fight. Sia watched as her mother was raped. She was forced to kill her father and eat his flesh,” Heykoop said. After Sia’s testimony was recorded at the Sierra Leone truth commission in 2008, her stories of horror were played for the public on a video. “Some (children) found relief and healing through (truth commissions), but others felt shame, disappointment and further harm,” Heykoop said. “They were ostracized in their community.” Some children were forced to kill other people in their community and once the word got out, they were shunned, explained Heykoop. The children would

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Royal Roads University student Cheryl Heykoop will attend the World Social Forum in Montreal to discuss her work with children in Uganda and truth commissions. talk about their experiences anonymously, she added, but often the interviewers would tell other people. “I found it probably caused further harm to the children,” Heykoop said. “Sierra Leone was the first truth commission to involve kids.” There are plans to set up a truth commission in Uganda. Heykoop has been working with youth and interpreters who speak both English and Luo, trying to find the best way for children to share their stories safely. “For children truth commissions probably cause further harm to them, often the interviewer is someone they don’t even know,” she explained. Heykoop found that youth preferred using art as a method of sharing their experiences. “For things like this they have difficulty using the spoken word,” she said. Others would

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rather discuss it with other children with similar experiences in a safe, group setting. “It’s the international community that is really pushing using the truth commissions. They say it helps with reconstitution and health,” Heykoop said. The 33-year-old recently returned from a three-month stay in Kitgum, Uganda working with the Refugee Law Project. She plans to return at the end of July and stay until October. Heykoop was selected as one of 25 people competing in the story-telling competition during Congress held at the University of Victoria last week. “It gave me an opportunity to share about my research,” she said. Heykoop was ranked in the top five performers and will continue on to the World Social Forum in Montreal Oct. 13 to 14. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

Always focusing on the children Cheryl Heykoop wanted to be a pediatrician and has an undergraduate degree in biomedical science from University of Guelph. When the Ontario-native didn’t get into medical school she decided to go to Uganda and volunteer her medical skills for one year. Once in the African country she was struck by the conflict in the country and the rate of child abduction. So while she didn’t become a pediatrician, she has devoted her life to helping children stay healthy.

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Lace up at RRU for charity Run through the beautiful grounds of Royal Roads University on Father’s Day raising money for prostate Cancer Awareness. The Prostate Centre, a community-based organization, is hosting the Colwood event hoping to bring awareness for the importance of early screening for the disease. Runners and walkers have the option of completing an eight- or three-kilometre route.

Dr. John Kinahan, a urologist, urges men over 40 to get a prostate check up this Father’s Day.

The event is family oriented and includes a kids activities, music, prices and a free barbecue. The run is on June 16 at Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Rd. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The run is from 10 a.m. to noon. The money raised will help fund the programs and services offered at The Prostate Centre. To register on-line go to www. theprostatecentre.org

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events like the (Royal Roads) father’s day run.” When discussing these exams Kinahan prefers the term prostate check-up to a cancer screening. “When you say screening it’s implied you are taking a bunch of dirt, throwing it at a screen and hoping to find pebbles,” he said, explaining many people have their check-up and are healthy. According to the Canadian Urology Association 14 per cent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and four per cent will die from it. “Prostate cancer does kill people. It quietly maims them. They are uncomfortable for years and the men are usually older and not that vocal,” Kinahan said. The CUA guidelines suggest any man over 40 should be tested every two years. “Anyone who is 40 to 45 years old should think about having their first (Prostate-specific antigen test). By 50 they should have already had it,” Kinahan said. If issues are found during a prostate check up doctors may require a biopsy. “A biopsy is uncomfortable but we often give them sedation and make them comfortable and they forget the whole thing,” Kinahan said. Still, getting men to go for a prostate check up isn’t always easy for doctors. “I could write a requisition for 100 men and 90 would get it done and 10 just won’t,” he said. Working as a urologist, most patients Kinahan sees already have issues with their prostate and have been referred to him by their family doctors. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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No one is ever excited for a prostate exam. “It’s just a finger exam, a digital rectal exam. That part takes four seconds. If you include the entire visit it takes about five minutes, once a year,” said Dr. John Kinahan, working at Victoria General and Royal Jubilee hospitals. The urologist explained the rectal exam is used to see if there is any hardening of the prostate. “Even though it’s unpleasant it shouldn’t prevent people from getting checked. This can prevent long-term complications.” If prostate cancer is diagnosed early it’s fairly able to treat, said Kinahan, explaining the options of surgery, radiation and hormone treatment. “When I started my practice (in 1995) a lot of my patients were coming in dying of prostate cancer,” he said. “Now there is way less (prostate cancer) being found in advanced stages. It makes my job more enjoyable not working with sick old guys dying and instead working with young healthy men.” Each year around Father’s Day and during National Prostate Health Month in November, Kinahan said he and his colleagues notice a spike in patients coming in, due to the fundraisers for prostate cancers. “I always tell people to get a physical on their birthday or near their birthday so they remember,” he said. “Father’s Day is good because we are reminded of our father’s health through

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Glen Lake Park rises from swamp What was once a flooded swamp has been raised up about two meters and transformed into a field and a rain garden. There is a playground, sandy beach, a swimming dock and an accessible fishing dock. Washrooms, a water bottle tap and outdoor shower are also available. Dogs are not permitted on the field

or children’s beach starting June 15 and throughout the summer. The park renovations were paid for with a $384,000 grant awarded to Langford in 2012 by the provincial government and the city chipped in $60,000.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 and Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1200 by means of proposed Bylaw Nos. 1350 and 1374, respectively. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in these Bylaws at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 17 June 2013, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record. Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw Nos. 1350 and 1374 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 and Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1200, respectively, by allowing omnibus amendments to development permit area policies, guidelines and designations as well as to allow the apartment offstreet parking ratio permitted within the Downtown Pedestrian Commercial Development Permit Area to be utilized within the City Centre OCP designation.

are designated off-leash areas, but it is not deemed a dog park. “We have various areas that allow dogs,” said Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton. “We are considering this dog park but there are costs to be incurred and details to work out.” A ravine with water running through it is one concern cited by Colwood council. “There may be a way we can fence that area off and make it out of bounds and still allow

people and pets,” Hamilton explained. Seaton said the Colwood park would cost about $15,000 to build and volunteers have been secured for work including broom removal and helping with fencing. “There are so many dog owners living in condos now, they need a place for their dogs to run,” Seaton said. “Dogs love to socialize with other dogs.” charla@goldstreamgazette.com

Did you know? n Glen Lake has always had a bit of an issue with a large Canada Goose population and the addition of the dog exercise area may deter the birds from making nests nearby explained Jane Waters, Langford parks planner.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood proposes to the 2012 Annual Municipal Report at the Regular Meeting of Success stories adopt theCouncil “City scheduled Centre (Jerome Road and Colwood Crescent) Highway Closure from the year and for 7:00 p.m. Monday, July 8, 2013 in the and Disposal Bylaw No. 1446, 2012” during the Regular Council Meeting to be held ongoing initiatives Council Chambers at Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, will be touched onon at in the COUNCIL at CITY HALL, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. Colwood, CHAMBERS BC. the upcoming NEED2 TH up general and closing MONDAY, MAY 28 2012 at 7:00 P.M. The bylaw provides for stopping annual meetPublic attendance and comments on the Annual Municipal to trafc portions of Jerome Road and Colwood Crescent right of ways, shown outlined ing. Applicant: City of Langford Report areon welcome comments can be be noted submitted Attendees June in solid bold lines, the planand below. It should that inthe continuing useofof the Location: The lands that are the subject of Bylaw Nos. 1350 and 19 event (5 p.m.) at writing or stated at the July 8th Council meeting. subject roads by public vehicular traf c will in no way be affected by the proposed partial 1374 are all properties which fall within designated the NEED2 office at removals. development permit areas and within the City Centre highway dedication 1524 Fort St., will hear The Annual Municipal Report will be available for public

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inspection starting Friday, June 21, 2013 at which time printed copies can be obtained at Colwood City Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) and through the City’s website at www. colwood.ca. Chris Pease, Chief Administrative Officer 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, BC V9C 1R1 Phone: 250-478-5999- Fax: 250-478-7516 Email: cpease@colwood.ca

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Outdoor movie to fund playground equipment Movies on Hill is back at West Shore Parks and Recreation. This year’s show features The Goonies. “Last year the movie was rated-G, but this year it’s PG for older kids and we want parents to be aware of that,” said Bobbi Neal of West Shore Parks and Recreation. The show will begin at 9:30 p.m. on June 15 on the hill behind the Juan de Fuca library. Admission is by donation and money raised will go towards the proposed Rotary Playground. So far WSPR raised $49,000 to cover the cost of Phase 1 with a ground breaking in September. The project still requires $52,000.

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Let’s all toast dads’ health It may not be the most enjoyable thing to think about on Father’s Day this weekend. But to help more dads stick around for more years, it’s as good a time as any to remind men 40 and over – and younger men with a history of cancer in their families Prostate cancer – to get their prostate out. awareness is a checked As the folks at The powerful force Prostate Centre in Victoria have been telling us for years now, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Canadian men. In 2012, an estimated 25,500 men were diagnosed and 4,100 died from the disease in this country. The Centre estimates that on Vancouver Island, 788 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 114 died from it. Now for the good news. Where it is caught and treated early enough, prostate cancer has a low mortality rate of about one in every 27 diagnoses. In other words, patients who don’t wait until a problem arises to take action survive 90 to 95 per cent of the time. That’s where the work of organizations such as The Prostate Centre has become invaluable. They not only provide support for patients and families dealing with prostate cancer treatment and offer information to men interested in finding out more details, they are helping get the word out. The more men know about their options and take steps to look after their own health, the less this common, yet potentially deadly cancer will steal our dads from us. This Sunday’s Safeway Father’s Day walk/run, happening from 10 a.m. to noon at Royal Roads University in Colwood, is a fundraiser for the Centre. Ditto the upcoming West Coast Motorcycle Ride to Live. It doesn’t happen on Father’s Day (it goes June 23), but organizers of the event have the right idea. They’re making a lot of noise – literally and figuratively – to raise awareness of the need for middle aged men to be proactive with their own health. 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.

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Expense cleanup must continue but constituency expenses were As she unveiled her new cabinet, not, likely because these records Premier Christy Clark promised a weren’t kept either. “line-by-line” review of government I’m not suggesting spending to deliver a that there has been any balanced budget this year. misuse of public funds. Statements such as The point is we don’t this would have more know, and the notion of credibility if politicians an “honour system” for subjected their own politicians’ expenses has personal spending to the become unacceptable. same scrutiny. That’s still A similar toxic tale not happening in B.C. has been unfolding in Expense accountability the Senate in Ottawa. has come a long way It has its own secretive in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of nowTom Fletcher committee called B.C. Views the Board of Internal departed Auditor General Economy, which was John Doyle, who swung forced into the open the cobweb-covered door after trying to sweep Senator Mike open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Duffy’s housing claims under the Assembly Management Committee. red rug of the Senate chamber. Chaired by the speaker and run by Duffy has lived in Ottawa for senior MLAs from both parties, the decades, first as a TV host and then committee had been doing pretty senator, but he decided the rules much whatever it wanted with were loose enough that he could MLAs’ own expenses. claim his summer place in Prince Doyle’s audit found that MLA Edward Island as his principal credit card bills were being paid residence. An audit has also found without receipts, part of a lax he was claiming living expenses in accounting system that included Ottawa while campaigning for the inaccurate bank records and Conservatives back east. It turns inadequate management of the out the key ingredient in an honour legislature gift shop and dining system is honour. room. The operating budget of the This mess goes back more than legislature and constituencies runs a century in B.C. and Canada, to more than $60 million a year. and has its roots in the British Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff Parliament, where MPs and Lords asked the auditor to give a pass had a system of claiming all sorts to the $119,000 annual allowance of expenses, including construction for each of the 85 constituency of a “duck house” and maintenance offices. Transfer amounts and of the moat around an Honourable payroll expenses were verified,

Member’s castle. Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts. Cheers! You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it. Here in B.C., the next step is obvious. If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth. Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure. B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum. As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly Management Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available. But MLA expenses are still not itemized. Total expenditures are being reported on a quarterly basis, but with no detail to explain why some MLAs have much higher totals than others. It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Boost Island economy with Island-wide rail and ride buses and trains. Can Vancouver Island make TransLink’s success can be jobs, jump-start new manufacturcranked up higher on Vancouver ing and save public money? How Island, where regional districts about sharpen the efficiency of and First Nations own the transit, clean the air Island’s railway and NDP and thin the traffic MLAs dominate. on clogged roads? Since Tommy Douglas Arguably yes, we and Dave Barrett, the NDP can do all that, if we has the clearest history of are bold and quickputting new ideas to work, witted enough to use but the Libs might surthe E&N Railway as prise us. Vancouver Island’s Experiment on the railhighway of invenway can test inventive tion. strategies that can be put In Vancouver, money-saving G.E. Mortimore in place worldwide. Siemens, Bombardier, or results flowed from Think about it another manufacturer of modest upgrading railway rolling-stock and of transit. TransLink, the transportation enterprise that organizer of railway systems, can be invited to use the E&N as a NDP and Liberal governments test track, starting on the Victoboth favoured, pushed for the ria-Langford-Duncan section, as upgrades. creative running strategies take Better transit stirred many shape and new locomotives and young people to forego driving

carriages are built in Island workshops. That design would feed in tourist and commuter passengers and money-making freight. It could include comfortable lightweight rail-passenger cars with tea-andcoffee machines. Easy passenger transition from railway to home and workplace with dial-a-bus technology. Low rail fares. Railside-to-home manufacture, sale, delivery and promotion of alternative-energy hardware. Solar panels are coming down in price with sales volume and energy-efficiency increases. The Island railway can reduce costs further and boost sales of solar, tidal and wind-power machinery by becoming a customer as well as a carrier. Rooftop solar panels on all railway vehicles, buildings and connecting buses and trucks, could enlarge the market.

LETTERS Risks outweight costs for overpass Our family and many others in the Florence Lake area will soon lose our only way to safely cross the Trans Canada Highway at Spencer Road, as described in the article in the May 15 News Gazette. This is a very busy crosswalk and is used daily by Spencer students, local residents walking and biking to downtown Langford, and others accessing the up-Island buses that pick up and drop off passengers on the TCH in front of the Shell gas station. The

City of Langford told residents that the cost of construction of a pedestrian overpass would be $1.4 million; this figure has now jumped to $2 million and Langford says it cannot afford it at this time. The city told residents that they will have to walk to the Millstream or Leigh Road overpasses to cross the TCH. This will be a significant inconvenience for those of us on the north side of the highway who will now have a detour of nearly a kilometre,

Letters to the editor The News Gazette welcomes opinions and comments. Letters should discuss issues and stories covered in the News and be 300 words or fewer. The News Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for style, legality, length and taste and will not print anonymous letters. Please enclose phone number for verification. n Email: editor@goldstreamnewsgazette.com

but more importantly, it will be a serious safety concern. It is highly unlikely that everyone who needs to cross the highway at Spencer Road will walk the extra distance to the Millstream or Leigh Road overpasses. They will cross where they always have, even though the eight lanes of traffic at that spot will make Spencer Road a very dangerous place to cross the highway. We urge the city to build a pedestrian overpass at Spencer Road. The city could ask the property developers on the north side of the TCH to pay for this amenity, since they are the major beneficiaries of the Leigh Road interchange. Current residents in the Florence Lake area will be negatively affected. Ron Rayner Langford

Deal-making can help it happen. There is a need for super-batteries, to store energy when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing. A rich businessman with a lively social conscience – such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg – might be persuaded to offer a million-dollar prize in exchange for a share in the revenue from a successful device, which could be channelled into income for the poor. Aeros Corporation of California has developed a variable-weight balloon airship that can land almost anywhere without fuss and labour. The revamped Island railway could assign Aeros trackside space from which it could fly skiers to mountain resorts, prospectors to mineral-exploration places and patients to hospital. Imax could show a super-movie about Northwest Coast native

people, parallel to the history of the Polynesians presented at the Polynesian cultural centre in Hawaii, and display it in a First Nations centre near the railway. Imax might also depict the history and future of transportation in a film to be shown in a new theatre on a rail tourist loop through Parksville and Alberni. On the level crossings between Six-Mile House and Victoria West, new safe, fast-acting gates could halt automobiles for a time no longer than a conventional traffic light. At the Six-Mile, the E&N could link with a new electric railway running along a widened Galloping Goose from Victoria General Hospital to Uptown and beyond – rail being sandwiched between walker-wheeler lanes. • G.E. Mortimore is a longtime columnist with the Goldstream News Gazette.

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During its storied 23-year history, the Victoria Symphony Splash has grown to become one of the Capital Region’s biggest draws, putting on arguably one of the most eclectic concerts of the year. The event lures upwards of 40,000 people to the Inner Harbour each August long weekend. But executing such a multi-faceted event takes more than 400 volunteers. University of Victoria student Hugo Wong, 20, is proud to return to this year’s Splash as a volunteer and hopes to encourage others to do the same. Since 2006, Wong has performed twice as a young pianist at Splash and stays connected this year as an event photographer. He also manned donation stations for several years. “I volunteer mainly to try and give back to an organization that’s given a lot to me, introduced me to a lot of very interesting, capable people, contributing to one of the highlights of my life,” he says. Volunteering offers a way to participate in a Victoria tradition, says Ian Piears, Splash volunteer co-ordinator. Piears hopes he can convince volunteers to sign up early. “The earlier people sign up, the better options they’ve got to choose from for volunteer positions,” Piears says. To volunteer, visit victoriasymphony.ca/ splash. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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University of Victoria grad and Olympic rower Barney Williams is among the dignitaries who helped kick off the celebration of the university’s new $77-million athletics complex. Edward Hill/News staff

Countdown for athletics complex Edward Hill News staff

When Olympian Barney Williams looks at the new recreation complex taking shape at the University of Victoria, he imagines his kids reaping the rewards. Williams, a UVic graduate and 2004 Olympics silver medallist in rowing, helped kick off the two-year countdown to the opening of CARSA – the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities. The $77-million project aims to be the next jewel in the crown of Victoria’s sports facilities. “I’ve got three kids who in all likelihood will go to school here. Having better facilities for the next generation is an exciting reality,” said Williams. “Look at PISE, the rugby centre in Langford, the Commonwealth pool and even the velo-

drome is back up at Juan de Fuca. Now with (CARSA) we’ll draw even more great student athletes. This will help transfo Soon-to-retire UVic president David Turpin called CARSA “the No. 1 capital priority at the university and the most significant physical legacy of the university for its 50th anniversary.” “The case for CARSA is clear. UVic is a destination university for students from around the world,” Turpin said. “It’s been 30 years since we’ve invested significantly into athletics facilities.” CARSA should have a bit of everything as a hub for athletics at UVic and in the Gordon Head community. It will replace the aging McKinnon gym as the base for UVic athletics, and will house the Vikes athletics programs, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, a rowing centre, an 18-metre

climbing tower, 2,000-seat gym, a field house, a sports injury clinic and facilities for CanAssist, which creates technical devices for people with disabilities. It will also become home to a new rugby training centre. The centre will have a fivelevel parkade. Williams said while the McKinnon gym and the off-campus Ian Stewart complex are excellent training facilities, they are falling behind in attracting elite athletes and future Olympians. UVic has had more than 160 alumni participate in Olympic Games as athletes or coaches. UVic awarded Campbell Construction Ltd. the $58.6 million construction contract. Architectural and engineering services, permits, consultation costs and outfitting the building is budgeted at about $19 million. CARSA is due to open in the spring of 2015.

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School’s almost out for the summer, but the last thing on middle school student Aline Dumalski’s mind is time off. As the sole finalist from Vancouver Island heading to the Canadian Music Competition at the end of the month, the Saanich-based violinist has been spending three hours on weekdays and up to six hours a day on weekends honing her craft to compete in the country’s premiere classical music competition. “I started playing violin when I was four years old,” says Dumalski, 12. “I love performing. There’s something about getting all dressed up with the fancy dress and being in front of all those people.” Each year, more than 200 instrumentalists and singers as young as seven challenge themselves to master technically difficult and emotionally complex pieces of music and perform them for a panel of judges. Dumalski competed in last year’s competition in the 11 and under category, placing first amongst her peers. This year in the 12 and under category, she tackles the second and third movements of Mendelsohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, a daunting 20-minute

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Aline Dumalski, 12, at a beach near her home, is the only Vancouver Islander heading to the Canadian Music Competition in Quebec at the end of June. repertoire usually reserved for the finest professional performers. (Check it out on Youtube, you’ll be impressed.) “Since I’ve been performing for quite a long time, you just get used to (the pressure),” says the Arbutus middle school

student. “Sometimes you get nervous right before you go on stage, but you get into this state of mind when you focus on the music.” Taking place in Sherbrooke, Que., the Canadian Music Competition also includes

a 14 and under strings category, in which Dumalski was a runner-up last year against nearly 100 of her peers in violin, viola, cello and bass. Another feather in her cap, Dumalski was accepted into the National Arts Centre’s young artists program this summer, where she’ll be mentored by some of the country’s finest musicians through a series of chamber lessons and performances. “They let in three violinists in all of Canada, so it will be a good experience,” she says. The Canadian Music Competition was launched in 1958 as Quebec Music Festivals, but co-founder Claude Deschamps expanded the program to other provinces and established the national competition in 1971. This year’s event takes place June 21 to July 4. For more information, visit cmcnational.com. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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uring the opening week of Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s Uncle Vanya, the director posed a question aimed at anyone unsure of how to spend their entertainment budget. “It’s a great acting company and a great play. How could you go wrong?” Brian Richmond doesn’t downplay his fandom for Anton Chekhov, the Russian playwright behind the tragicomedy, with an “eerily contemporary sensibility as he dissects the hopes, loves and fears of his exquisitely drawn characters with the precision of a pathologist’s scalpel,” he said. “I’ve directed this play three times,” said Richmond, also the company’s artistic director. “I love this play.” Chekhov’s sardonic sense of humour has secured the 19th-century piece among favourites to teach at the University of Victoria. “It was a very rich time period intellectually and in terms of the arts in Russia. Some of the world’s most brilliant writers and composers and artists came out of this time period. It was an extraordinarily intense period, characterized by the intellectuals and the

artists discontent with the social structure around them.” Blue Bridge’s mandate is to match early career professionals with more experienced performers. Among the company’s rising stars in Uncle Vanya are Nathan Brown a set and costume designer who came to Blue Bridge following undergrad at the University of Victoria and a recent design program at the University of Alberta; actress and Rifflandia co-founder Kassianni Austen, a new graduate of New York’s Columbia University; Blue Bridge newcomer Duncan Ollerenshaw – Mr. Toole on AMC’s Hell on Wheels; and Stratford Festival vet Amanda Lisman take on lead roles in the classic. Jacob Richmond, Chris Britton, Brian Linds, Iris MacGregor-Bannerman, Naomi Simpson and Trevor Hinton round out the cast. “Blue Bridge has built its reputation on its dramas, so this is my attempt to give the audience a very, very strong drama,” Richmond said. Uncle Vanya runs through June 16. Contact the McPherson Playhouse box office at 250-3866121 or rmts.bc.ca for tickets and showtimes. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Small gardens can yield big results While Greater Victoria boasts many breathtaking large-scale gardens, the reality for most homeowners is a smaller city lot on which to create their personal Eden. And thanks to the creativity of today’s landscapers and designers – not to mention smaller-scale plants to tempt the most ardent collector – individuals can grow their own patch of greenery in just about any size space. When it comes time to get your hands dirty, it doesn’t matter if you have rolling hills or a single container filled with soil. In fact, smaller-scale options can require a great deal less maintenance and upkeep. To get started, first look at the space available. Perhaps it’s a few flower pots or a small square of exposed dirt in an otherwise concrete jungle. Others may have a larger backyard in which to toil in the soil. Either way, knowing what you have to work with can help home gardeners map out a more successful plan of action. Next, consider the climate and the soil conditions. Soil can be amended to a point, but plants that require a lot of water may not do well in an area plagued

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Once perennials are in place, relatively minimal maintenance is generally required. Among the tune-ups that may be needed include some deadheading to promote new and stronger growth and some cleaning up after winter before the new blooming season takes place. Once the early spring season arrives and the ground isn’t too muddy or rain-soaked, clear out any leaves and debris that have gathered around where perennials are located. Gardeners can also till the mulch or soil in these areas to aerate the planting beds. Using shears, cut down any dead grasses, stems and stalks from spent perennials that overwintered. Remove any dead wood and broken branches. Be careful not to trim spring-blooming shrubs because some flowers bloom on year-old stems and this can cause the plant not to flower. Perennials that aren’t flowering as well as they used to or have dead centres may need to be divided to promote stronger growth. This should be done in early spring before the plant blooms or late fall before the winter arrives. Dividing plants and replanting not only grows the garden, but also offers a healthy revitalization for the plant.

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Victoria hosts summer concerts in Beacon Hill Park The Cameron Bandshell comes alive once again this summer with a series of outdoor musical concerts to suite every taste. Between June 21 and Sept. 13, Concerts in the Park runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on holiday Mon-

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Diversity comes in many forms. Examples in people range from differing sexual orientation and ethnic background to native language and skin colour. Students at Sir James Douglas elementary listened to members of the Cycling4Diversity team, as part of its third annual bike trek promoting the removal of barriers to kindness and cultural TO NANAIMO / understanding. NORTH ISLAND The group stopped on World Cultural Diversity Day, May 21, to talk about the importance of respecting and celebrating differences. “I tell my son when I drop him off for school, ‘do something kind for someone today,’” team rider and former high school principal, Bill MacGregor, told the assembled students. Tour riders and organizers will visit 14 comLANGFORD munities and 19 schools between Victoria LAKE and its home base of Abbotsford by the time they return home. The team, with representatives from police, schools, politics and other sectors, also visited Vic High and Royal Roads University during their stop in Greater Victoria. Ride co-founder Ken Herar said the idea for the ride came from observing people in his city, including youth, avoid socializing with outside their traditional ethnic groups. “I thought, more work needs to be done to be inclusive,” he said. “As our immigrant population grows and we welcome the world, we cannot for- GLEN get that if we sell ourselves to the world, we have LAKE to practice diversity.” editor@vicnews.com

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Cycling4Diversity co-founders Ken Herar, foreground and Sarina Di Martino Derksen, right, with fellow team members at Sir James Douglas elementary school following their presentation to students and staff.

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Lineup ready for Canada Day To celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday, the City of Victoria is throwing a weekend-long party in downtown Victoria including the annual July 1 fireworks display. June 30, head down to Ship Point and check out A Flavour of Canada, full of the city’s best food trucks and culinary experts.

The Zone Stage, will feature the likes of Rococode, Stef Lang and Woodsmen into the evening. Canada Day performances into the evening include JHey Ocean!, The Kerplunks, Acres of Lions and Kathryn Calder. Visit victoriacanadaday.ca for more details and times.

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It’s been two years Sooke has hosted a bluegrass festival and there are many fans who have missed the mid-June event. The hiatus is over. “We’re on!,” exclaims Larry Statland, a bluegrass festival director. For 11 years, the banjos and fiddles, guitars and bass were heard through the valley as bands struck up a chord and let ‘er rip. Some of the best bluegrass pickers and strummers journeyed out to Sooke to start off the season of bluegrass festivals. But, for the past two years, the fiddles were silent at the Sooke Flats and people missed it, Statland said. This year, the festival, which takes place June 14 to 16, will have a new feature — square dancing. “We’re going to have a Saturday night square dance under the tent,” said Statland. “A real live square dancer with a caller and a band. The caller promises to be gentle with the newbies, so don’t be scared.” Statland mentioned that this used to be the way guys met girls, and it still works. The organizers are trying to round up a huge circus tent, ideal for the dance. There is a resurgence of square dancing in Victoria and it is mostly young people who are dosey-doeing, allemande letting and rolling away with a half sashay. “The more people there, the better it is. Square dance has a rural base and it kind of disappeared and it’s interesting how young people go back to it,” Statland said He said a lot of older folks remember square dancing and it would be great to have both groups there at the same time. “There’s not very many events where young and old can participate — I’d like to see that.” The festival, along with the main stage performances, will have a number of workshops for musicians, as well as what Statland calls the best part – jamming around the campsite. “Most music festivals are meant for people to listen, but here you go and play music with other people, the main stage is secondary,” he said. “The best music you’re going to hear is in the campsites and everyone can stand by and listen.” All of the bands performing are from Vancouver Island and include such notables as Daniel Lapp, The Sweet Lowdown, Clover Point Drifters, Maple Mountain Boys, Moonshiners, Riverside Bluegrass Band, Eric Day and Friends, Riverside Trio and the Hub City Rambler Duo.

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Daniel Lapp is one of eight performers at the revived Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival from June 14 to 16. Instrument workshops including the fiddle, banjo, guitar, dobro and mandolin, and the big top square dance on Saturday night. More information on the festival, the entertainers, tickets and schedule is available on the Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival website at sookebluegrass.com. The festival is at the Sooke River campgrounds off Phillips Road. Tickets available at the Royal McPherson Box Office 250-386-6121. Ticket prices do not include camping fees (which will vary according to a camper requirements). editor@oakbaynews.com

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FAST FACTS ✦ Join the Cowichan Valley Grape Escape Ride for MS July 6 & 7. Note that all riders must raise at least $325 to join the event. If the minimum has not been raised by July 6 they will be asked to cover the difference in order to participate. ✦ Can’t join the ride? Help put an end to MS by supporting another team or rider. It’s as easy as visiting www.cowichanvalleygrapeescape.com

Volunteers make the wheels go ‘round for the Island’s Grape Escape MS Ride Food, wine, the Island landscape and a great vibe that comes with knowing you’re supporting a great cause...the only thing that could possibly beat riding in July’s Cowichan Valley Grape Escape for MS would be volunteering for it! Part of the nation-wide MS Bike Tour, the Cowichan Valley Grape Escape is a picturesque two-day ride through the Valley July 6 and 7, with several distances to accommodate different riders and numerous stops at wineries, farms and other unique destinations along the way. One of the MS Society’s most important fundraisers, proceeds from the ride directly support local programs for individuals living with multiple sclerosis and research to find a cure. A complex neurological disease often diagnosed in young adults aged 15 to 40, multiple sclerosis is unpredictable, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. However, no one need face MS alone. Here in Victoria, volunteers and MS Society staff provide information, support, educational events and other resources for people with MS and their families. Researchers funded by the MS Society work to develop new and better treatments. However, none of this is possible without the tireless efforts of volunteers, notes Charmaine Niebergall, Special Events and Volunteer Resources Coordinator. “To make the Bike Tour happen last year we welcomed 205 volunteers who provided 1,170 hours of their time – we couldn’t do it without them!” Positions last from a few hours to longer, depending on where and when you are able to volunteer, with positions ranging from pre-event activities here in Victoria such as early pledge drop-off, to ride day activities such as marshalling and silent

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Volunteers are an integral part of the MS Society’s Cowichan Valley Grape Escape. Last year, more than 200 volunteers contributed 1,170 hours to make the event a huge success!

auction set-up. Volunteers also act as greeters at each stop along the ride, including farms, galleries and wineries. “There are positions that require a short commitment and positions where you can be involved all weekend, depending on what you prefer,” Niebergall says. In addition to the funds raised for the MS Society, one of the real successes of the event is the sense of community it creates among participants, volunteers, MS Society staff and those with MS and their families, who realize they are not alone as they live with the disease. “I think our volunteers want to make a difference both for the MS Society and for the community in general,” Niebergall says. Plus, “it’s a lot of fun!” Volunteer and ride veteran Monica Turner agrees. Turner participated in the ride several times and since has returned to volunteer. One of the Leadership Volunteers on the Bike Tour Committee, she commends the Society in its treatment of volunteers and in the programs and services it provides with the money raised, something she witnessed first-hand when her Vancouver Island Health Authority job shared office space with the Society. ith the volunteering w “I got to see that nothing is wasted,” or g in rid n fu Have cape. Es pe ra she says, pointing to programs such G y lle Cowichan Va as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and counselling available for people who

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may not be able to afford it privately. And, with no government funding, “the MS Society does it all on their own.” For those thinking of lending their time for the Grape Escape, “I just can’t say enough about it,” Turner says. “The volunteers are so well taken care of. Everyone knows exactly what they’re responsible for, and it’s really good for young people because they can include it on their resume.” Plus, she adds, “the event is just so much fun!” Learn more about volunteering with the MS Society’s Cowichan Valley Grape Escape by calling Charmaine at 250-388-6496 ext. 245, or emailing charmaine.niebergall@mssociety.ca. For more information about the Grape Escape, visit www.cowichanvalleygrapeescape.com

highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world. ✦ MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada; every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS and women are three times more likely than men to develop MS. ✦ There is no known cause and no cure for multiple sclerosis, however the MS Society of Canada is the largest funder of MS research in Canada. Founded in 1948, the society has invested more than $98 million in research to date. ✦ Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world ✦ MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada; every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed.

INFORMATION ✦ Contact the South & Central Vancouver Island Chapter of the MS Society of Canada at 250-388- 6496, email info.victoria@ mssociety.ca or visit www.mssociety.ca

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