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Longtime volunteer pinned for ceremony Service society recognizes volunteers from five to 35 years strong Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
At 89 Frances Petley-Jones still looks forward to retirement. She says this with a hearty laugh that belies her seniority in the Oak Bay Volunteer Services. Petley-Jones is the longest-serving volunteer, with 35 years under her belt, recognized by the society in a ceremony Thursday. “My mother volunteered all her life, and I thought when she died I better do something to carry on the tradition,” Petley-Jones said after the event. Her work was infectious, pulling husband Stan into making visits alongside her for about 15 years. Both loved to hear the stories of new clients. “You meet wonderful people from all walks of life,” the widow said. “We were a great team. I’m glad he’s still remembered on the wall of fame.” Stan died in 2011 at the age of 100 after the two shared 65 years of marriage. “I still miss him,” she said, her smile only slightly faltering. Petley-Jones has also worked more than five decades with St. Mary’s Anglican Church. She was honoured by Mayor Nils Jensen, who also handed out pins to the large group of volunteers celebrating five to 15 years of offering their time to the community. “You knit our community together, you’re the glue that keeps our community,” Jensen said. “It takes a lot of effort … tireless and countless hours of work. So congratulations and thank you very much to all of you up here too,” Jensen added, addressing the board. View a slideshow of photos from the event online at vicnews.com under the Oak Bay neighbourhood tab or on our Facebook page. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Frances Petley-Jones humbly accepts applause with a smile for her recognition of 35 years volunteering with Oak Bay Volunteer Services during the annual general meeting Thursday (May 30). Christine van Reeuwyk/New staff
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Oak Bay fine arts students Kenny Wang, left, Nicole Dann and Jessica Huynh take a break from painting the teacups for the annual Oak Bay Mayor’s Floating Teacup Challenge Race on Sunday. Christine van Reeuwyk/ News staff
Mayor to battle top cops in floating challenge Anual race invites double the action Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Four freshly painted floating teacups will race, or perhaps struggle to stay afloat, during the annual Oak Bay Mayor’s Floating Teacup Challenge Race. Oak Bay High students gave a pair of long-lost teacups a fresh coat of paint earlier this week. “We have four teacups this year, we’ve only had two before,” said Bill MurphyDyson, chair of the Oak Bay Tea Party Society. “I got a call from the City of Victoria out of the blue ‘we have these two teacups if you want them.’” But they’d been in storage and needed a facelift that will come courtesy of students under tutelage of Steve Price, the fine arts
race, doubles to four this year as Mayor department head at Oak Bay High. Nils Jensen takes on top cops from around “We always really like to get the kids the region: Saanich, Victoria and Oak Bay involved as much as we can. So we police forces. decided to approach the high school Oak Bay Police because (the Chief Andy Brinton teacups) looked “I have been going to the gym injured himself pretty shoddy,” said Hazel Braithwaite, nearly every day for the last couple recently in bike and a director with the weeks pumping iron and practising accident longtime local officer Oak Bay Tea Party Society. treading water. Because on my first Deputy Chief Kent will helm the Three of the foray I went ‘a over teacup’ I think Thom vessel in his stead. teacups will is the saying. The second year I “It should be great feature Mad Hatter fun and we’ll miss illustrations and didn’t have the strength.” Andy but Kent is a designs inspired by – Nils Jensen formidable opponent students themselves. too,” Jensen said. “We always like The other two new police chiefs in to have the one the mayor’s going to be the region, Frank Elsner of Victoria, and in have the municipal crest,” Braithwaite Bob Downie of Saanich also accepted the explained. challenge. And so the tradition of a two-teacup
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“I’ll be up against some heavy competition,” Jensen said. “I have been going to the gym nearly every day for the last couple weeks pumping iron and practising treading water. Because on my first foray I went ‘a over teacup’ I think is the saying. The second year I didn’t have the strength.” He’s hopeful experience added to that training will pull him ahead in the race. “There’s a certain technique that can lead you to tipping over,” he said, voicing an opinion that sharing such knowledge might not be an obligation. The teacup race takes place at Willows Beach following the airshow on Sunday, June 8 at 3 p.m. The 2014 Tea Party will be held on June 7 and 8 at Willows Beach. Visit oakbayteaparty.com for a full list of events. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Faux firearm prompts real response Oak Bay Police remind residents that any imitation firearm that looks real will be assumed to be genuine after an incident last Friday night. Oak Bay and Saanich police responded after a report of two men in a vehicle with a pistol just after 7:30 p.m. on May 30. “Situations like these have the potential to end badly,” said Const. Rick Anthony, community liaison officer. Three youth were detained at the
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scene and police determined the weapon was a realistic looking pellet pistol. “Keep imitation firearms at home, ensure any coloured pieces on the imitation do not get painted black in an effort to make them look real, and talk to your children about the risks of being in public with an imitation or replica firearm,” Anthony said. The pellet gun was seized and the matter is still under investigation. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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On May 30 at 5:30 p.m., police responded to a two-vehicle collision on Lansdowne Road at Cadboro Bay Road. A Toyota eastbound on Lansdowne Road entered the intersection at Cadboro Bay Road colliding with a Land Rover northbound on Cadboro Bay Road. The driver of the Toyota complained of ankle pain and was examined by paramedics at the scene. The driver of the Land Rover did not report any injuries at the scene. The Toyota was towed with extensive damage while the Land Rover was driven away.
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Around 7 a.m., the driver of a Nissan Sentra southbound on Beach missed the turn at King George Terrace and hit a tree, causing the airbags to deploy. The driver complained of a sore face and was taken to Royal Jubilee hospital for examination. The incident is still under investigation.
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Though nothing was reported stolen, a vehicle was rifled through in the 1700-block of Foul Bay Road on May 30. The break-in was discovered around 7 a.m. Police are investigating after a driver’s side window was smashed in a pickup truck the early evening of May 31. The vehicle was parked in the 900 block of Linkleas Avenue.
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est offer of a $1,200 signing bonus and a six-year contract term, but indicated the union needs to modify its demands and stop strike action. “I'm profoundly disappointed that while we’re still at the table, with all of the talk that’s been going on, that children and parents and communities are continuing to be held hostage and put in the middle
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Dinosaurs and pavers speak up Oak Bay’s official community plan revision reminds us of the question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? Many residents are asking themselves, are the proposed changes to the plan due to a growing and changing population? Or are the proposed changes due to a desired growth in population? It’s easy to become confused by rhetoric and strong opinion as far as community planning is concerned. Those with the loudest voices are, of course, given plenty of time and space to express their opinion – one way or the other. You hear them at council and committee meetings, at open houses and in the letters section of the Oak Bay News. Some are for change, some against. Those against growth are pegged as dinosaurs by those for growth; and those for growth are pegged as bent on paving our piece of paradise, by those against. Both sides help us learn more about the issue by expressing their opinion. However, the OCP is about far more than growth in Oak Bay – although density is an important part of the equation. The OCP is a plan for our future. Like most plans it is not written in stone, but a guide to take us forward into unknown territory. It provides the community a guideline for a desired outcome, one we all share: to live in a healthy, safe, diverse community that protects the past and embraces the future. Oak Bay’s OCP process began a little over a year ago. In that year, hundreds of residents and planning experts took on the task of creating a vision for the district’s future. Thousands responded to a survey giving their opinion on housing, the environment, parks and recreation, commerce, social infrastructure, transportation and more. All of this information has been put together to create a draft version of the proposed new plan for our community. While it might not be as much of a page-turner as the newest John Grisham novel – it is easy to access online and won’t take long to read through. It will give residents great insight into the potential future of Oak Bay, and you might even decide to become one of those voices helping us learn before the public hearing in September. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS 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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Farmland fate a test for parties farmland. The B.C. Liberal government’s That might be a valid concern, bill to divide the Agricultural Land but there are a couple of factual Reserve into two zones has passed, problems. First, every after one of the nastier appointment to the exchanges I’ve seen in a ALC, at the regional or decade covering the B.C. provincial level, is made legislature. by the B.C. government. “You’re all a bunch It’s been that way of corrupt liars,” NDP since the Dave Barrett agriculture critic Nicholas administration set it up Simons yelled as the in 1973. government cut off a long Second, the regional and mostly repetitious panels are not new. The debate that dominated the B.C. Liberals imposed final days of the legislature Tom Fletcher them in 2003. If this session. B.C. Views was their method of Not to be outdone, corrupting the process to cabinet minister Bill dismantle the ALR, that would have Bennett replied to Simons’ heckle largely happened in the years since. about Kootenay rancher Faye Surely by this time they would have Street, one of Bennett’s most vocal found enough greedy political hacks supporters as he pushed through who hate farming to subvert the changes to the land reserve to ease process. land use restrictions in rural zones. I’ve written before about the Bennett advised Simons to offer legitimate concerns of places his remarks to Street in person. like Merritt and Vanderhoof and “She’ll kick your ass,” Bennett said. Dawson Creek, where some ALR The on-the-record debate rules and decisions simply don’t wasn’t much better. Columbia make sense. River-Revelstoke NDP MLA Norm Strict secondary residence rules Macdonald summed up his party’s are needed in areas with non-farm biggest objection with his charge development pressure. In most that “a bunch of Liberal political hacks” will be appointed to regional rural areas, they are a mistake, and are frequently ignored. panels of the Agricultural Land The debate wasn’t entirely devoid Commission. of honesty and civility. Macdonald The government’s scheme, interrupted his string of baseless Macdonald and other NDP critics accusations to note that under predicted, is to unleash a flood of the current system, 75 per cent ALR land removals, to enrich B.C. of exclusion applications in the Liberal supporters by allowing Kootenay region are approved. development on productive
If that’s the case, what is really broken that needs to be fixed? It’s a good question that the government did not adequately answer. And credit also goes to the new agriculture minister, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, who inherited a public relations mess left by the brief and boneheaded performance of Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm. Braving the heckling at the end, Letnick put aside his partisan talking points and gave his personal assurance that the government’s intention is to support farming in those places where non-farm income is the only thing that keeps people on the land. As soon as the theatrics had died down, the B.C. NDP sent out a fundraising plea to its members to help “save” the ALR. The party is broke and desperate after losing its fourth straight election, and it hopes to activate its declining donor base by portraying the changes as the imminent slaughter of its most sacred cow. Voters have three years before the next election to assess this situation. If there is a flood of exclusions of prime agricultural land, then the NDP will be able to make its case that its warnings were at least partially true. If this does not take place, then the government’s position will be vindicated. We’ll find out the truth. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
‘The debate wasn’t entirely devoid of honesty and civility.’
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LETTERS
Can’t wish traffic away Re: Paid escorts not a solution (Our View May 28). While I don’t disagree with your editorial that children ought to be getting to school on their own without being driven, it is, regrettably, an argument that was lost many years ago. When we moved to Oak Bay 14 years ago, our son chose to continue to ride his bike to his previous school rather than switch schools. The route took him past Willows school every day. Without a doubt, that was
the most dangerous part of his daily commute. The volume of traffic around the school – children being dropped off at the front door -– was what made it so. When we were part of the school, the PAC tried to tackle this subject. I am told by friends that it is an issue that was discussed in the years previously as well. Willows is no different than any other school in Oak Bay or elsewhere in the region as far as the traffic situation. I attended the meeting that
Coun. Kirby organized and concluded that if there is one approach that just may work, it is what she is trying to achieve – bringing a wide cross-section of concerned, interested, and knowledgeable people together to make it happen. She deserves our hearty support and endorsement. Wishing the problem would go away – or dwelling on the past – will not a make a difference. C. Hubberstey Oak Bay
Spend on theatre Take ‘mom’s Re: Paid escorts not a solution (Our View May 28). I agree with you on this. I would rather have these tax dollars spent on acquiring seats for the new Oak Bay High school theatre. Walking school buses are great. My daughter and two of her friends meet at a corner on the way to Lansdowne school for the 15 to 20 minute walk. They have been taught how to be safe in crossing busy roads like Foul Bay Road, and to be aware of their surroundings. Why not contact fellow parents to make arrangements for the kids to do the same? Better yet, our kids can make the arrangements themselves. Why don’t parents do a dry run with the kids and plan out a safe walking route? It’s free and it will be a lot of fun. Lorrena Braybrooks Oak Bay
Parents should pay Re: Paid escorts not a solution (Our View May 28). Coun. Kirby is completely out of line to suggest that the taxpayers should ante up for someone to walk kids to school. The parents should be doing this, or at least paying for their own child-walkers. Nadine Buchan Oak Bay
taxi’ off the road Re: Paid escorts not a solution (Our View May 28). Professional children walkers. Another great idea from a councillor. Not. The root of the transportation problem is the number of vehicles transporting school kids. Parents are concerned about traffic safety so they buy a minivan to do the job. Eliminate all these “mom’s taxis” and it would be safer. When I went to school I never heard of any child being transported on a daily basis by a vehicle and none, to the best of my knowledge, were ever struck by a car. A concern for parents is kidnapping or abduction. How many children have been abducted or nearly abducted in the last 15 or so years? The big problem is over-scheduling the child’s activities. After school Tommy goes to tuba lessons and Mary goes to ballet. And that is just Monday. The rest of the week other activities are slated and in most cases these are not near school. Enter mom’s taxi and the journey to these activities begins. If you live near a school or on a road leading to a school, just pick out the vehicles that are driving too fast. Inevitably it will be a minivan or SUV with a harried driver rushing Tommy to his tuba lesson. Christine Lloyd Oak Bay
Community plan response to change CJ Murray is wildly off-base with the assertion that “the objective of Oak Bay’s next OCP is to increase density by means of infill residential development” (Letters May 28). What the draft OCP actually says is that the current housing mix in Oak Bay is getting farther and farther out of step with the people who live here. If something isn’t done about it, more young families will leave for better, cheaper houses in other communities and more older people will leave because they can’t find suitable singlestorey, low maintenance housing within the community. And when they go, they’ll
be increasingly replaced by boomers who don’t want old, drafty houses and have the money to tear down and build new. Since 2009, in fact, the number of new houses built in Oak Bay every year has almost doubled. The draft OCP simply recognizes this and sets out the options for doing something about it. It will be up to future councils to decide what is done and when. CJ Murray also doesn’t seem to understand that the OCP wasn’t built around the community survey. The survey was only one of many ways people voiced their hopes and dreams for the community.
The OCP committee received literally hundreds of pages of written submissions from concerned citizens and engaged in countless hours of direct conversation with people at open houses and in the community at large. What the committee heard loud and clear is that people want Oak Bay to meet their needs, not just now, but in the future when they can’t live in their single-family home or they can’t get up stairs or their children need something cheaper than a house but better than an illegal basement suite. John Graham Oak Bay
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When the family was called together for an announcement, Beth Murray knew the news wasn’t good. Then “the bomb dropped,” she said. Her sister Donna had been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and doctors gave her three to five years to live. Despite the devastating news, it gave Murray a glimmer of hope. It wasn’t cancer, a disease that took both her mother and father, she thought. There might be time; there might be hope. One morning, a year after the diagnosis, that hope disappeared. “This (disease) really strikes out of the blue and it can happen to anyone. She was seemingly a healthy, active, energetic person,” Murray said. “She was a dear friend and an amazing person and so full of life who I miss tremendously.” The motor neuron disease causes muscle atrophy leading to difficulty speaking, swallowing and eating and eventually difficulty breathing. There is no cure. “Her body was changing and what she could do one day, she couldn’t necessarily do the next day. At the beginning it was things like getting dressed,” the Oak Bay resident said. “Imagine what it’s like not to be able to use your hands and what that entails. I think we take for granted what we
driven to the park was too much. Over time, her lungs lost the strength to push the carbon dioxide out of her body, and one morning Donna didn’t wake up. It is in her sister’s memory that Murray climbs on her bike three days a week with the ALS Cycle of Hope, alongside a team of 11 others who will ride more than 500 kilometres from Kamloops to Keremeos August 6 to 13, raising funds for a disease many, includher teammate Arnold Lim/News staff ing Beth Murray lost her sister Donna to ALS and rides in the Heather MacFayden, say still flies under the ALS Cycle of Hope in her memory. radar today. “The more I learned are able to do.” ALS continued to atrophy her sister’s more about ALS, I realized how unknown muscles, stealing music from her when her it is. It’s not a high-profile disease yet; it is hands became so weak she could no longer very cruel,” she said. “It needs to have some strum her guitar. Her love of cycling eroded awareness and people need to know about as her arms gave out and she could no lon- it. I have heard recently through different ger support her own weight. Eventually her interviews that the research has made love of the outdoors was taken away, when strides. … It’s really encouraging and that her muscles were so weak she was in a con- makes all of what we are doing really worth stant state of exhaustion and even being while.”
Now in its third year, the ride has expanded to 12 riders from the inaugural five in 2012 and has gone from raising $5,000 to $42,000 in its second year. This year, they hope to raise $50,000 towards ALS research and to purchase a mechanical wheelchair for locals suffering from the debilitating disease. “Losing someone in such a devastating way like ALS where they get stripped of their dignity and lose everything, and seeing (my friend) go through that was heart wrenching,” MacFayden said. “You want to make everything better for them and what you can do is be their advocate and their voice after the fact.” And so both MacFayden and Murray ride, and fundraise along the way, starting with their big fundraising event Oodles of Noodles at the Edelweiss Club on June 7, and a community ride on Father’s Day in the hope that one day there will be a cure. “I feel Donna would be riding with us if she could have been. She’s the reason that I’m doing it. I think of her every time I get on, knowing if she had been able to, she would be riding as well,” Murray said. “It’s a way for me to (turn) my grieving energy into something positive so hopefully it will make a difference for other families going through this.” For more information visit cycleofhope. ca. alim@vicnews.com
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Winchester Galleries is hosting an exhibition of work by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and Tristram Lansdowne, June 3 to 7. The exhibition includes works for sale, along with the launch of J. Fenwick Lansdowne, a book which pays homage to the late Oak Bay artist’s work, with deeply personal portraits of a man who gracefully bridged art and science. Edited by his son – who followed in his father’s footsteps as an artist – Lansdowne, with a foreword by Graeme Gibson and essays by Tristram, Robert McCracken Peck, Robert Genn, Patricia Feheley, Nicholas Tuele and Tony Angell. Reception and book sales are on Saturday, June 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. Lansdowne and Nicholas Tuele will be in attendance. Book sales are courtesy of Ivy’s Bookshop, Oak Bay. Winchester Galleries is located at 2260 Oak Bay Ave. Go to winchestergalleriesltd.com or call 250595-2777. editor@oakbaynews.com
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In humans, gestures are a form of nonverbal communication in which body movements send messages or express moods. These non-verbal behaviours are often eloquent and poignant ways to communicate states of being or emotion. Plants, particularly flowers, have long enhanced our social connections and health. The simple gesture of giving flowers can be a compelling expression of joy, grief, thankfulness, remembrance, condolence, love. In Botanical Gestures, artists Katherine Farris and Louise Oborne use the “gesture,” of painting to explore the synchronicity between what we seek to express with plants and flowers and the responses they elicit. The exhibit continues through June 14 at Eclectic Gallery, 2170 Oak Bay Ave.
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The South Vancouver Island U-14 girls captured Basketball B.C. provincial jamboree gold last weekend in Langley. They are (back row, L-R) Tara Beaucamp, co-coach, Abby McMillan-Beaucamp, Gracie May, Georgia Alexander, Natalie Froese, Makenzie Messelink, coaches Darren Reisig and Craig Beaucamp. (front row, L-R) Jasmine Lambert, Chloe Scaber, Sierra Reisig and Lauren Awalt.
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Hoops season may be finished in local schools, but spring and summer basketball is heating up for one Oak Bay girl. Natalie Froese (Grade 8, Monterey) was part of a Vancouver Island South team that captured the gold medal at the recent Basketball B.C. under-14 girls Jamboree. Of the nine players who attended the tournament, six were invited back to Langley for a provincial team tryout camp last weekend. Combined with the fact many of the team members will also try out this weekend for the Island Zone team competing in the 2014 B.C. Summer Games next month in Nanaimo, it’s a busy time of year on the hardwood. “For the most part they’re starting to get exposed to their first taste of elite basketball,
that an Island team has won where selection is on more of a the tournament, said Tara regional basis,” said University Beaucamp of Victoria Vikes men’s coach Other team members, with Craig Beaucamp, who coached middle school listed, included: the U-14s with wife, Tara and Jasmine Darren Reisig. Lambert (Grade They’ll also “For the most 8, Lansdowne), co-coach the Sierra Reisig Summer Games part they’re starting (Grade 8, Gordon team. “This is to get exposed to Head), Maddie probably their first opportunity their first taste of elite Manns (Grade 8, Gordon to play on an elite basketball, where Head), Chloe team of sorts.” At the selection is on more of Scaber (Grade 8, Bayside), jamboree, the Abby McMillanIsland squad had a regional basis.” - Craig Beaucamp Beaucamp (Grade a tight game in 7, Glanford), the final against Okanagan South. They led 26-21 Georgia Alexander (Grade 8, Central), Makenzie Messelink at halftime, trailed for a time in (Grade 8, Pacific Christian the third quarter but poured School), Gracie May (Grade 7, it on late to win going away, Gordon Head middle school) 53-38. and Lauren Awalt (Grade 7 Previous wins came against Fraser Valley East in the opener Dunsmuir middle school) . Alternates were Kasha Ross and Fraser Valley North in the (Grade 7, Glanford) and Maddie semifinal. Gregoire (Grade 8, Bayside). The win marked the first editor@goldstreamgazette.com time in some years, if not ever,
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ome of the youngest patients at Victoria General Hospital will benefit from the latest fundraiser initiated by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. The campaign, for which a $310,000 goal has been set, aims to purchase a variety of equipment for the pediatric and neonatal care wards at VGH to improve the treatment given to babies and toddlers. “The children we care for require complex, sophisticated treatment to get well and go home to their families,” Dr. Nisha Pillay, a neonatologist and medical lead with the hospital’s neonatal follow-up clinic, said. The equipment includes three “open care” incubators that allow medical team members quick and efficient access to babies in the neonatal unit, a breathing ventilator for the pediatric intensive care unit, a portable ultrasound machine for the unit and a milk analyzer that will help premature infants in the neonatal ICU receive proper nutrition. One-year-old Ayvrie Monaghan, who weighed just two pounds at birth and had underdeveloped respiratory and heart function, was among hundreds of sick children cared for in the neonatal and pediatric ICUs over the past year. One week after her first birthday, she was finally allowed to go home with her parents, Liz and William. “April 14, 2014 was an amazing day for our family,” Liz said. “We dressed (Ayvrie) in a bright and cheery spring outfit, overjoyed to know she was finally healthy and strong enough leave the hospital and take her first breaths of fresh air.” The Victoria Hospitals Foundation campaign includes a social media effort focusing on BaBa Bear. For every 10 “likes” received on the foundation’s Facebook page, a BaBa Bear will be
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Ayvrie Monghan, 1, snuggles a bear that is central to the social media aspect of the Victoria Hospitals Foundations’ latest equipment fundraising campaign, benefiting the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. donated to a child in the neonatal or pediatric ICU at VGH. Donations can be made three ways: return the direct mail letter delivered to homes, call 250-5191750 or visit victoriahf.ca. For more information, call the foundation at the number above or visit the website at victoriahf.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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EcoCAR 2 helps university students put trades skills to the test Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
In the last week of a three-year competition, smiles and a slight sense of giddiness overwhelm students in the Green Garage at the University of Victoria. The source of pride: a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu – their EcoCAR 2. The team of student engineers, nearly 50 of them in computer and mechanical engineering and business programs, started working the project in April 2011. The challenge? Take a gas-powered car, issued in the second year of the competition, and convert it to a plug-in hybrid. “In terms of hands-on engineering experience it’s amazing,” said mechanical engineering student Ted Alley. “There’s something to be said for making designs and seeing how they work. It’s a really valuable thing to be working on.” Throughout the competition, the 15 university teams from Canada and the United States are given access to industry-leading technology, knowledge and training, enabling them to redesign the vehicle into a hybrid-electric model to near show-room quality. The competition was established by General Motors, the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources and the U.S. Department of Energy as a
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Mechanical engineering student Ted Alley connects tubes in the trunk of the University of Victoria’s EcoCAR 2. The vehicle is the school’s entry in the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, which saw students convert a gas-powered Chevrolet Malibu into a plug-in hybrid vehicle. way to provide students with hands-on experience working on vehicle.
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Starting April 27, 2014, you can fly year-round from Victoria to Las Vegas on WestJet.* It’s never been easier to get to the Entertainment Capital of the World. Now you just have to decide how often you want to visit. To book your flight or vacation package, visit westjet.com/lasvegas.
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