PENINSULA
NEWS REVIEW
Season opener tonight
Gallery show for new book
Young, talented Peninsula Panthers hockey team opens the season at Panorama, page 13
North Saanich artist Sheena Lott contributes illustrations to a new book, page 7 Black Press C O M M U N I T Y
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Friday, September 4, 2015
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Saanich Fair opens Saturday Steven Heywood News staff
Get ready to Take a Spin at the Fair. An estimated 45,000 people will walk through the gates of the Saanich Fair over the next three days. The 148th Saanich Fair runs Sept. 5 to 7 at the Saanich Fairgrounds in Central Saanich on Stelly’s X Road. It is a highlight of the year for fans of animals, great food, amusement rides, games and so much more. The Fair has added a new Kidz Zone — a huge tent next to the main stage with all kinds of farm and agriculture related activities for children. Alpacas and llamas take centre stage at the Fair. There will be shearing demonstrations by regional animal owners, as well as information on how their wool is spun. On stage this weekend are headliners Jesse Roper (on stage Saturday at 8 p.m.) and Honeymoon Suite (Sunday at 8:30 p.m.). They lead the collection of local and regional talent on the Thrifty Foods Community Stage. There is even a new category, called Fair Factor — a competition for local music acts to appear on stage. A program of this year’s Saanich Fair, produced by the PNR will be available on site. For more details, visit saanichfair.ca.
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Dale Breese, Colleen Frampton and Stasia Hartley stand in front of Bayshore Home Health on Tuesday during a breakfast social event. Bayshore and local partners are working to make Sidney more dementia-friendly.
Making Sidney dementia-friendly Private care providers offering workshops this fall for local business, government Carlie Connolly News staff
Two private seniors’ care companies are collaborating with the Town of Sidney and Alzheimer Society of B.C. to make the community a safer place for people with dementia. The Alzheimer Society of B.C runs a Dementia-Friendly Com-
munities Initiative. Bayshore Home Health, in collaboration with Sidney All Care, have met with Mayor Steve Price and the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble, to start a process of having Sidney labelled dementia friendly. Bayshore, in partnership with local businesses, will run a series of workshops on Alzheimer’s and
dementia. “It’s like a workshop on what dementia is, how to recognize it in your community because about 60 percent of people with dementia actually live at home,” said Stasia Hartley, area director of Bayshore Home Health. Participants will go through a one hour training session. The exact date and details of the
workshop is scheduled to be discussed by Sidney town councillors at their Sept. 8 council meeting. Many people with dementia or Alzheimer’s can live independently at home, but sometimes they need support in their community. PleaSe See: Training for dementia, page 6
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