My Grape Year
NEWS: Random Acts of Kindness Day /A3 ARTS: Phoenix Theatre features landmark play /A8 REMEMBRANCE DAY: Recalling the war at sea /A14
Oak Bay author launches new book Page A7
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Friday, November 6, 2015
Sno’uyutth reaches fundraising goal in hundreds and hundreds of hours because we believe in the project.” More than a year ago the CAOB commissioned Songhees master carver Butch Dick to design a pole to adorn the new Oak Bay High. He created Sno’uyutth, which means “spreading good energy” and the community association tasked his son Clarence Dick as lead carver. Fundraising initiatives included music nights at The Oaks restaurant and each of those events built community, said Joe Blake, co-leader of the pole project. “The last one did really well because ScotiaBank (Oak Bay) partnered with us,” said Joe Blake, who co-ordinated the entertainment series. The final event featuring Mike Demers raised $5,500, up from the $2,000 to $3,000 average. “We were lucky Joe had all these connections with all these musicians,” PriceDouglas said.
Community association plans unveiling of ‘good energy’ project for Nov. 22 Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Still in its final stages of carving, the Sno’uyutth pole project is already responsible for a year of spreading good energy and building community, say the project’s co-leaders. Even before the Community Association of Oak Bay commissioned Butch Dick to create the pole, Gail Price-Douglas called it “a community bridging project to reflect respect, acceptance and connectivity between Coast Salish people and the Oak Bay community.” Both that goal, and the roughly $88,500 needed to raise the artwork, are complete. “We’re excited, we’re also relieved,” said Price-Douglas. “All of us have put
PLEASE SEE: Community support helps association meet goal, Page A2
Share your holiday light-up stories Marking 15 years of light on Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay Village invites the community to celebrate – and become part of Christmas Festival history. Share your favourite Christmas Festival memory and you could be plugging in the lights at the Oak Bay Light Up Nov. 29. The best letter sharing an Oak Bay Christmas Festival story will earn the writer a gift pack from village businesses and the honour of plugging in the Christmas lights for the 15th annual light-up. “It’s exciting to see how the Oak Bay Christmas Festival has grown over a
decade and a half and we are looking forward to hearing about what has stood out for people as being extra special,” says Elizabeth Smith, Oak Bay Business Improvement Association president. “The community is such a big part of the Christmas Festival, we couldn’t think of a better way to highlight that than have someone from the community turn on the lights to officially start the season. PLEASE SEE: Light Up, Page A5
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Art on Tour
Artist Caryl Peters works with wax, images and paint in her Oak Bay studio that she’ll open for the fall tour Nov. 14 and 15 from noon to 4:30 p.m. See story page 6.
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