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OAK BAYNEWS Friday, June 28, 2013
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Deer cull plan moves ahead Council gives unanimous vote in favour of CRD plan of action
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Leif Bradshaw, 17, a recent graduate of Oak Bay High has won awards, scholarships and a spot in Camosun College’s diploma for jazz studies thanks to his impressive vocal and conducting abilities. He also registers on autism spectrum and has wowed the community with his performing talents.
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At age 17, Leif Bradshaw has already made quite a name for himself. He’s won two prestigious community awards as a student at Oak Bay High school, scored a regional scholarship for top graduating musician in the Greater Victoria School district, befriended influential composers and directors in Victoria’s music scene, and, when he’s not performing for people like Prince Andrew, happens to be creating his own video blog and YouTube channel on one his deepest loves: the Beatles.
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professional composing projects. He has also overcome a lifetime of But what he is really known for is challenges living on the spectrum of his voice. He’s a tenor in four of Oak the autism scale. Bay’s choirs and was just accepted “Composing is what I’d like to do to Camosun College’s for my proper career, diploma for jazz studies. especially for film and “I love “Having autism makes TV,” says the recent performing and it difficult to connect Oak Bay grad. “I love with people as opposed performing and it’s where it’s where I feel to logic or practicality,” I feel most comfortable.” most comfortable.” Bradshaw says. “It’s not Since Grade 3, - leif Bradshaw that I can’t do it; and, Bradshaw’s face has thanks to all my friends popped up at benefit and teachers I’m pretty concerts, school plays good at it now; but it just isn’t first and instrumental recitals. nature for me.” He plays five instruments: piano, trumpet, viola, cello and percussion; has carved out an acting niche and Please see: has already completed a number of Childhood challenge overcome, Page A2
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ak Bay may be culling its deerly beloved soon, as the region moves forward on a plan to euthanize part of the deer population. More than 40 residents appeared at a meeting on Monday when council made its decision to become the pilot project for the Capital Regional District’s deer cull. The vote asked the CRD to move ahead with a plan of action for a cull, and also addressed the 10 requests that were proposed by the Regional Deer Management Strategy. For the first time this year, the newly mandated 20-minute public participation period hit its time limit with heated arguments for and against the cull. This, after more than 100 residents and 33 speakers already attended Oak Bay’s Committee of the Whole special deer meeting on Danielle Pope Wednesday, June 12. “I’m really not delighted at the Reporting thought of killing deer — I wanted to relocate the animals, but the province says that is not an option,” said Coun. John Herbert. “My principal concern is that a child could be killed. And then, everyone will say ‘What the hell have you people been doing?’” Except for absent Coun. Kevin Murdoch, all council members spoke passionately about the issue and the emotional conflicts involved, though only Coun. Pam Copley spoke against the cull. In the end, the motion FINE CUSTOM JEWELLERS to create the plan passed unanimously. Some horrified residents scolded council out-of-turn, while others applauded the vote. “Deer do not respect the municipal boundaries, and it’s clear to me that we need a multi-pronged approach here,” said Copley. “I wish the spay-(vaccine) was an option, and we have not heard enough about what the First Nations groups have to say.”
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