June 5, 2015 PDF courtesy edition
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June 5, 2015 PDF courtesy edition
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EMCS GRADE 12 GRADUATES of 2015 [here they are!] ....... Grab & Go bag & 7 days prep: June 24 info session .......... Sooke Night Market: Season 2 has begun! ................ Horgan & Tait at EMCS grad SOOKE VOICE NEWS on the BEAT by Mary P Brooke 2 2 3 4 4 Fire Danger Rating is now HIGH in Sooke Vol.5 No.20 ISSN 1925-2722 Ads & Subscriptions 250.642.7729 NEWS ON TWITTER: BC & national: @SookeVoiceNews Island west shore: @WestShoreVoice Sooke Local: @SookeVoiceLOCAL Breaking News daily: www.sookevoicenews.com Gra de 12 grad uates of Sooke’s local Edward Milne Community School will be gathering on Saturday June 6 at the University of Victoria (UVic) campus, for a group photo and to receive their diplomas. Of course familyand friends will fillthe auditorium, to watch as 157 grads (see names on page 3) walk across the stage in cap and gown to each receive their Dogwood (BC Gr 12 diploma). Master of Ceremonies is EMCS Principal Pat Swinburnson. Gues t speak ers i nclude Sooke School District 62 (SD62) Assistant Superintendent Dave Betts; SD62 Trustee Margot Swinburnson; Leader of the Official Opposition John Horgan, MLA(Juan de Fuca); District of Sooke Mayor Maja Tait; and local physician Dr Anton Rabien. This year’s class valedictorian is Kayla Curtis. Class historians are Sophie Adams and Norris Wass-Little. W E B C O U R T E S Y Territorial recognition will be made by Chief Ron Sam, and there will be an All Nations welcome by T’Sou-ke Nation Councillor Rose Dumont and T’Sou-ke Nation Elder Shirley Alphonse. Grade 12 students have been working hard in recent weeks to meet all their qualifications for graduation including class assignments, projects and work experience while handling the workload of applying for scholarships and bursaries. SVN Sooke RCMP It was a drug bust by RCMP, but it was not business as usual. Arecent well-orchestrated operation saw Sooke RCMP enter four houses with search warrants. Drugs were found and S/Sgt Jeff seized, and 12 people were arMcArthur Detachment rested. Commander, “We brought in Island DisSooke RCMP trict General Investigation Section (GIS) to assist. There were several investigators who worked tirelessly on this file for the past few weeks,” said Sooke RCMP Detachment Commander S/Sgt Jeff McArthur, Drugs and cash were s ei zed by after the news broke on June 3. RCMP officers during a pre-planned “I have been involved in several large op- raid in four Sooke homes. erations of this kind, and in hundreds of drug investigations. The investigators we utilized from RCMP Island District GIS are likely the most skilled in this type of operation that I seen in 28 years of service,” McArthur said this week. Sooke RCMP and the Island District RCMP General Investigation Section together executed the targeted drug enforcement project. Over the last three months, more than a dozen local and regional RCMP officers assigned to the project used a variety of investigative methods to gather intelligence and build a criminal case against those involved in the trafficking of illegal drugs in and around Sooke. As a result of this work, four search warrants were obtained, including one which was executed at aW residence Road E B ConOLanark URT E SinYSooke on May 27. The remaining three search warrants were executed on Sunday May 31 at residences in the 2000-block of Kaltasin Road, 2200-block French Road North, and 2500block Sooke River Road. “Investigators seized quantities of illegal drugs believed to be heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, GHB, and marijuana, as well as Canadian currency and a Cadillac Escalade truck,” said S/Sgt McArthur. “This is the largest targeted drug enforcement project in recent years for the Sooke RCMP,” says McArthur. "Our targeted efforts have resulted in the removal of illegal drugs from our community, and provided valuable information to our investigators about who is actively involved in the local drug trade," says A crowd of about 250 people walked S/Sgt McArthur. "We’ll be using this information to make additional arrests in the in protest against the Conservative government’s anti-terrorism bill, from near future, and expect to lay more criminal charges against those involved." Centennial Square by Victoria City Hall A thirteenth arrest was made June 4: Jason Morrison, 42, of Sooke was to Pioneer Park near Fort & Quadra, in arrested and now faces three charges of drug trafficking. the early evening of May 30. Eight others face a variety of charges relating to drug trafficking. Remanded by Mary P Brooke into police custody: • Jamie Brittany Catt, 24-year-old female, of Sooke. Released by a Judicial Justice of the Peace: • Steve Allan Grunow, 48, Sooke resiA peaceful gathering in dent • Gordon Lee Thomas, 24, Sooke resident • Brandon Clifford Stephens, 34, downtown Victoria last Saturday Sooke resident Released on a Promise to Appear (charges not yet laid - identievening, May 30, drew out folks of ties withheld): • two men from Victoria (ages 18 and 22) • 23-year-old female of all ages and all means. From young Sooke • 29-year-old male of Sooke. Four of the 12 who were arrested were to old, from street people to young released and do not face criminal charges. working W EB C OUR T E Sadults, Y from parents with This project remains ongoing, and criminal charges are now before the babes in strollers to professionals Courts. Anyone with information on criminal activity in the community is asked to in suits -- they came to watch, to liscontact Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241, or anonymously through Crimestoppers ten, and together formed a slow proat 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). SVN cession through downtown streets. The impact of that gathering -- together with dozens of others Infrastructure investment is getting a high profile at the Fedacross Canada on the same day -eration of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference in Edwas hopefully evident to the powmonton this weekend, says District of Sooke Councillor Rick ers that be. People in the mainKasper. Councillor Kasper is at the 4-day conference on bestream are aware and concerned half of Sooke. In a discussion on June 5 by MPs of all four that basic rights and freedoms are federal parties, there was a wide range of topics discussed. seriously under threat by the federal W EB C OUR T ES Y "All of them pledged support on municipal issues," says Kasper. government’s anti-terrorist C-51 Bill. Among items raised was the topic of infrastructure fundThe Canadian Bar AssociaRICK KASPER There was a range of signage on ing for roads, transportation, water and sewers, and emergency tion has voiced sombre concerns display at the protest rally against response costs. The intel about what other municipalities are doing right and about the potential misuse of power Bill C-51. Many protesters wore all black to symbolize the mourning of what lessons have been learned is valuable. with C-51. That was a key force that personal rights and freedoms. The opening event included a well-received speech by newly-elected Alcaught citizenry attention. The fedberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Keynote addresses on June 5 were given by eral NDP under Tom Mulcair with analysis by Randall Garrison, MP (official Finance Minister Joe Oliver and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. On June 6 delopposition critic for public safety) have opposed the bill from the start. egates will hear from NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and then fromW Green E BParty C O U R T EC-51 S Y recently passed in the House of Commons with unanimous supLeader Elizabeth May on June 7. port of the Conservatives, backed with unanimous Liberal support. All NDP Attending FCM from Langford were all of their city councillors: Denise MPs voted against. As of June 3, The Bill was in the Senate for Third (final) Blackwell, Matt Sahlstrom, Lanny Seaton, Winnie Sifert, Lillian Szpak and Roger Reading. It could be approved or tossed out. Canadians await. SVN Wade. SVN W E B C O U R T E S Y Sooke Voice News Anti-C-51 rally draws mixed crowd Sooke Voice News Infrastructure on federal radar Submitted photo Sooke Voice News Drug Mart Sooke W EB C OUR T ES Y Page 2 of 4 ::: Copy deadline: 5 pm Mon. Ad deadline: 5 pm Wed. Breaking news at: www.sookevoicenews.com Friday, June 5, 2015 ::: SOOKE VOICE NEWS EDITORIAL The new Unicorn generation: embarking into a new world SVN editorials aim to explore broader issues of concern to the local community, economy and society as a whole. BC & National News Commentary on Twitter: @SookeVoiceNews Veroniqu e Gagnon Every generation of parents sees their to privacy and freedom seems just too massive to take on, but emerge children grow into young adults and take somehow it must. W E B C O U R T E S Y their place in the world. What might be differComplacency will be the enemy of today’s emerging new ent for the graduates in 2015? Well, just about generation. This newest generation hasn’t even been labelled by everything! pollsters and media marketers yet. We’ve seen baby boomers (born Compared to even just a few years 1948 to 1959), the Me Generation (born in the 1960s and 1970s), Xago, social media is mainstream and many Gen (born late 1970s to early 1980s), and Millenials (born in the midaspects of our lives dance alive in the Internet 1980s to early 1990s). Millenials have been socioeconomic sacrifiMary P Brooke ‘cloud’. Data about everyone is everywhere, cial lambs between the world that was and the world that will be. Editor & Publisher both online and in your pocket on ID cards -So you’re now hearing it here first: our beloved youth headSooke Voice News the use of information about each person is ing into the adult world in 2015 (born 1997 and beyond) are the start increasingly out of one’s control. Much of our daily lives is of what we could call the Unicorns... fresh, unique, and newly formed. videotaped -- at the ATM, at the mall and on traffic webcams They never knew a world with antenna-TV, or floppy disks, or sidewalk (yeah, saw you on the Hwy 14 webcam, see you in 15 minutes lineups to buy concert tickets. They have always known the Internet for dinner). and mobile communications. The Unicorns are forging the first adult Everyone’s financial activity is tracked via online generation that has known only a digital world. Their friends online transactions and by use of credit and debit cards. What we like are as important as their friends next door. They are plugged into a to read about and shop for is gleaned through web activity track- nearly seamless data stream, as if breathing. ing and use of store loyalty cards -- ads pop up along the lines Led or inspired by Millenials who have been held back by a of your presumed interests, and coupons come by email for crushed and barely recovering economy, the new Unicorn generathe very items you need in your grocery cart that WE Bweek. C OThe U Rtion T Ecould S Ydecide to breathe all together all at once, and unleash a concept of privacy is just about lost. social movement even stronger than did the boomers who now slowly The battle for freedom may be raging in faraway places leave the stage. that we hear about in the news, but that fight is not nearly as Many boomers and prevalent as it should be here at home. Very soon Bill C-51 Me Generationers now have As posted on Twitter, June 3: could go through the Senate, and then Canadians would see a battle on their hands to sur@SookeVoiceNews reading your their liberties tied up in knots. The very freedoms that our par- vive on little to no savings, and latest print with a coffee from ents and grandparents sacrificed for in two World Wars -- all some may not ever retire. May @thesticksooke #goodreads that we seem to be giving away. Perhaps the battle for the right the Unicorns inspire us. thanks. ~ Jarvis Emerald, Edmonton LETTERS REGIONAL NEWS Regional News updates & commentary on Twitter: @WestShoreVOICE Effective media mix good for tourism “We’re all in it together,” said Tourism Vancouver Island President Dave Petryk at District of Sooke Committee of the Whole, June 1. “Tourism is part of growing a local economy. It delivers a great return on investment,” he told Mayor and Councillors. He hopes that municipalities and tourism businesses will use “an effective media mix” to promote tourism “to get to the right people at the right time”. MLS May 2015 The Sooke Region Tourism Association (SRTA) In Sooke the single family promotes the Sooke region “into markets already familiar home MLS benchmark price with Vancouver Island (BC, Alberta and Washington State)” (HPI ) in May 2 01 5 wa s as a way of “getting the most mileage for expenditure,” $352,800 up from$350,400 a said Petryk. The District of Sooke has a service contract year ago. Colwood’s house with SRTA for which about $27,000 is paid. SRTA presiHPI was $468,400 up from dent Jonathan Heerema was there for the June 1 presen$453,400. Langford’s HPI was tation. A stakeholder model is recommended for tour$422,400 up from $419,600 ism organizations instead of a membership-model, said one year ago. The overall Petryk. In that way, all players in the tourism industry W EB C Ocan U RGreater T E SVictoria Y area saw an benefit by marketing efforts, not just the members of an HPI of $5 06,80 0 up f rom organization such as SRTA. SVN $485,300 in May 2014. SVN LOCAL NEWS Roundabout debate: round and round National Library Registration: ISSN 1925-2722 Mailing: PO Box851,Sooke, BC, Canada V9Z 1H8 Phone: 250-642-7729 Text: 250-217-5821 Email:[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.sookevoicenews.com Twitter: @SookeVoiceNews (BC / national); @WestShoreVOICE; @SookeVoiceLOCAL Publisher, Editor, Writer, Layout, Ad Sales, Online Content: Mary P. Brooke, B.Sc., Cert PR Publishing Assistant: Jennifer Brooke Contributors this issue: Jennifer Brooke, Lisa Haug, Rick Kasper, Aimee Scott. Contributions from the community are always welcome. IT Management: Ivandafish Computing Services. Printing: in-house. Courtesy print edition: Bulk drop to various coffee shops, hotels, banks, community areas; to some reside ntial addresse s, some weekends. Readership of Print/PDF: Base 3,500 print & online; includes print delivery direct to selected businesses weekly. Retail: Colour print edition $1.75 at Shoppers Drug Mart. Digitalsubscriptions PDF by email: $28+GST for 18 weeks Print subscriptions Weekly by 1st class postal mail, plus PDF by email: $35+GST for 18 issues in grayscale, or 12 in colour. Letters published in Sooke Voice News do not necessarily represent the opinion of the publisher, editor or staff. The publisher reserves the right to decline any article, ad or contribution. An impassioned plea to shift the construcCurrent edition (PDF), tion time frame of the roundabout on Sooke archives, breaking news: Road in town centre -- from summer to in- www.sookevoicenews.com stead the fall -- was made by businessman Randy Welters to Mayor Maja Tait and Mayor Maja Tait and Councillors Kevin Pearson, Brenda Parkinson, Ebony Logins and Bev Berger at District of Sooke Committee of the Whole on Monday night, June 1. The pitch did not fall on deaf ears. Mayor and Council were sympathetic. But it sounded like not much could be done to change the situation. Mayor Tait read out a statement from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) saying that a better road quality result will be achieved in dry warm weather. The actions and expense it would take to try and produce the highest quality road product would be compromised by cool, wet fall weather. W E B C O U R T E S Y Welters suggested that Sooke-bound commuters will likely shop for groceries or stop for dinner in Langford on their way home rather than deal with construction interruptions in their travels. The Sooke economy is 4th high school in SD62 not robust enough -- especially the town-core retail sector -- for some The official opening of ‘alternative’ high school West Shore businesses to withstand a summer drought in business revenue. Welters Colwood (WSC) on June 3 featured a BBQ, speeches and the outlined the cycle of dependence on a strong summer sales period, withmingling of students, parents, teachers, administrators, trus- out which a local business can struggle through the fall and winter months tees and public. About 80 people attended. (other than perhaps during the Christmas season). The campus is part of Sooke School District 62 (SD62) Most of the businesses likely to be affected are situated beyond at 2139 Sooke Rd. About 220 students are registered for 2015- what is considered the core, i.e. mostly in what former Mayor Wendal 2016 in about 20 programs, says District Principal of Adult Milne called 'the periphery' at Otter Point Road and Sooke Road/West and Alternative Education Paul Block. There will be 19 teach- Coast Road. That vicinity is hardly the ‘periphery’, in fact could be considSD62 trustees at the West ers and nine administrative and support staff. The renovated ered the real core, including: gift shops, restaurants, cafes, pharmacy, Shore Colwood BBQ event in- older building includes a teaching kitchen and art studio, and health food store, real estate offices, barber shop, hair salons, thrift stores, cluded Neil Poirier (left) and there are outdoor food growing areas for the Sustainable Remidwifery service,W chiropractor, Ravi Parmar. SD62 Chair E B C Ocomputer U R T repair, E S Yhealth food store, dress sources program. There will be shared use of the sport field of shop, pet supply store, pet grooming salon, karate studio, laundromat, car Wendy Hobbs also attended. Colwood Elementary and use of the gym at Royal Roads Uni- wash, dental offices, yoga studio, post office, optometry office, notary ofversity. Students taking carpentry will be bussed out to nearby Metchosin Technical School. fice, legal office, art stores, fishing supply shop, surfing supply, jewellery The other three highschools in SD62 are Edward Milne Community School in stores, florist, gas station, equipment rental, pizza place, and candy shop. Sooke and two newW highEschools in the west shore: B CO UR TE S YBelmont and Royal Bay. SVN Councillor Brenda Parkinson was concerned that the presumed economic benefit of about 3,000 people coming to attend the Scouts Canada JamCanada Signal boree near Sooke in July would be disCompany is solved by the construction that would see pleased to at least the bulk of local traffic rerouted announce that we along Wadams Way. There are also the have added 8,000 people who come annually to the Custom Marine Sooke Fine Arts Show and 4,000 folks who Canada Signal has been established in Sooke for attend the annual Sooke Fall Fair who will LED and Custom over 3 years and with previous company HBM Canada likely be impacted by traffic delays. Marine operating in Sooke since 2007. Apparently a possible detour Upholstery Trust your boat lighting and marine upholstery to could be provided on the north side of division to our professionals with many years of experience. Sooke Rd behind Evergreen Shopping operations. Canada Signal has over 35 years of marine Centre behind Sooke Home Hardware. Tel: 250.642.6604 [email protected] experience from the Mega Yacht Industry and Commercial Welters’ presentation focussed Marine Industry, with all types of boats. With Licensed on shifting the time frame of the inevitaMarine Engineers and Journeyman Licensed Technicians ble roundabout construction. W EB C OUR T ES Y on staff, you can trust that you will receive the highest The roadwork is expected to start profi ci ent level of servic e i n y our L ED Product by July and be completed by the end of Requirements and any Marine, Sail Repair, Upholstery Right here in Sooke September. District of Sooke Engineer both Marine and Residential you may require. Elisabeth Nelson called the project "major construction". SVN West Shore Colwood: Sooke Voice News The Sooke Voice News Published by Brookeline Publishing House Inc., Sooke, BC, Canada Custom Marine Services www.canadasignal.ca WEB CO URTESY W EB C OUR T ES Y SOOKE VOICE NEWS ::: Friday, June 5, 2015 LOCAL NEWS: @SookeVoiceLOCAL & @WestShoreVOICE West Coast Lifestyle LOCAL NEWS Sooke, BC www.sookevoicenews.com ::: Page 3 of 4 Daily news updates - Sooke & West Shore: www.sookevoicenews.com/SOOKE-LOCALbreakingnews.htm Edward Milne Community School Three evenings for the arts Artwo rk s b y Gra de 12 EMCS students were disGrade 12 Graduates of 2015 played in the school lobby CO URTESY GRADUATION CEREMONY | 1 pm on SATURDAY JUNE 6, 2015 at the University of Victoria Howell, Jeremy Huang, Teresa Jessiman, Jordon Jiang, Sofia Jones, Andrea Jones-Charlie, Brent Kacki, William Katz, Jessa Kearney, Kelly Kelley, Tristyn Kelly, Shawn Knight, Gabriel Krenbrink, Elisha Kuang, Andy Laird, Randy Lamontagne, Abe Lang, Griffin Lang, Justus Laur, Gavin Leblanc, Harrison Lei, Nicklas Lewers, Mathew Li, Mako Li, Jessica Li, Ryan WEB Li, Leo Li, Lee CO URTE Lin, Blake Liu, Arya Logan, Infinity Lott, Connor Lovbakke, Quiona Major, Cleander Mark, Lauren Marriott, Jamie Martin, Tucker Marx, James McColeman, Jonathon Mentis, Taylor Metcalfe, Brittney Meyers, Holly Millward, Jaime Mollena, Kama Montague, Breanna Morrison, Conor Muth, Damien Narairat, Song Scholarship, bursary and award winner names will be listed in the June 12th edition of Sooke Voice News. SY Nex, James Niblack, Levi Norman, Alisha O’Gorman, Nicholas Oyler, Kaitlin Palle, Erick Parkinson, Kendall Philip, Jonah Plonka, Kianna Poirier, Kaelison Power, Jessie Powers, Melody Pradine-Bradshaw, Elana Price, Tuyen Purdy, Kaitlin Quiroz-Borrero,Mercedes Richardson, Charles Riel, Benjamin Riley, Brandon Robertson, Nona Rougeau, Danielle Rowden, Daniel Salt, Monica Schetterer, Cheyenne Schuttinga, Jacob Scott, Tyler Senft, Logan Shambrook, Jodi Smith, Mitchell Staszkiel, Ethan Stauffer, Bronwyn Steele, Tiana Stuart, Eric Sulzen, Taylor Svoboda, Alyssa Syrard, Nicole Szadkowski, Mikayla Szegi, Tayvin Timmerman, Kyle Townsend, Dasan Trainor, Declan Tregear, Aidan Wallin, Coltyn Warren, Shaylin Wass-Little, Norris Weeks, Olivia Westgate, Xanthe Winder, Hannah Wingfield, Morgan Xiao, Emilia Yasuda, Naomi Yin, Luis Zeng, Jennings Zhao, Katherine Congrats grads! Special prom corsages for your big day! www.aseaofbloom.com Congratulations! Grads of 2015 Prepared for emergencies, prepared for life. @jdfemerg Juan de Fuca Emergency Preparedness Program Congratulations Graduates of the Class of 2015 & Families "Congratulations to all the Edward Milne Community School Graduates of 2015. Graduating from high school is a great achievement, be proud! It shows that you understand the value of hard work. Now go and enjoy the next phase of your life and let your new dreams begin". Councillor Brenda Parkinson District of Sooke The future is yours. Good luck. Stay true. Congratulations to EMCS Graduates! Have a positive impact on your world! Sooke Voice News EMCS Grads: Class of 2015 Abell, Rachel Adams, Sophie Albert, Alex Aldinger, Lydia Anderson, Heidi Andrist, Chelsea Anton, Emerson Aspin, Julian Aulenback, Jordan Babcock, Karalyn Baker, George Barzkar, Tala Bastone, Savannah Bernard, Emily Bidner, Zoe Blatchford, Lucas Bosher, Zachery Bouchard, Dominick Brooke, Jennifer Burden, Kyle Calnan, Taylor Carnegie, Paris Carter, Grace Cheng, Cheng Church, Wyatt Contreras Armijo, Jonathan Currie, Calvin Curtis, Kayla David, Haley Dawson-Whisker, Josephine Deng, Darin Dewdney, Rebecca Dickie, Scott Dierk, Devin Driver, Willow Dueck, Joshua Dumont, Jaelyn Easton, Noah Ebert, Kathryn WEB Ell, Maryna Fraboni, Rita C O U R T E S Y French, Codey Gallant, Jordan Geib, Riley George, Chase Goluch, Zoe Greenway, Aaron Griffin, Eythan Grigg, Abigail Hamilton-Wojtas, Michael Harrison, Cort Hilton-Bains, Connor Holden, Ashley Holmes, Benjamin Homer, Zackery WEB Houlahan, Kelly W EB C OUR T ES Y Awards night coming up June 11 The 2015 awards night for secondary school students at Edward Milne Community School (EMCS) will be held on Thursday, June 11 in the school theatre, hosted by school principal Pat Swinburnson. Hundreds of awards will be given out. The total dollar value of scholarships and bursaries as achieved by EMCS graduates will be published in next week’s Sooke Voice News. SVN Formal prom night at the Empress This year’s formal prom night for Grade 12 students of Edward Milne Community School will be held on Friday evening June 12 at the Fairmont Empress hotel. The registration fee is $70 per person, payable at the school office. Corsage orders are piling up at A Sea of Bloom in Sooke. Customized corsages can be picked up the day before and kept refrigerated until the big night. W EB C OUR T ES Y Dress stores like Grad Central in Victoria have been keeping track of who has what dress, to help prevent those moments where two people show up in the same gown! SVN Congratulations class of 2015 from all the staff at the Prestige Resorts! 6929 West Coast Rd Sooke, BC 250-642-0805 Best Western Premiere Prestige Oceanfront Resort Ask a Doctor of Optometry on Facebook Dr. Joslin, Dr. Morin & Associates: Doctors of Optometry Providing comprehensive eye health and optical services to the growing community of Sooke for over 20 years. #5-6726 West Coast Rd Phone: 250-642-4311 Email:[email protected] www.sookeoptometrists.ca Mon-Fri 9 to 5 [Thurs to 7pm] Saturdays ~ 8:30am to 3pm Congratulations Grads! District of Sooke Mayor and Council congratulate 2015 graduates and their families. Cheers! Herb Haldane www.sooke.ca Congratulations class of 2015 W EB C OUR T ES Y AK Cathy’s Corner Cafe 6697 Sooke Rd Try our homemade hashbrowns! At Otter Point (Murray) Rd All-Day Breakfast Catering for local events 6 am to 4 pm 250-642-1460 Open 7 days a week Starting at $7.95 Good luck to Sooke’s Grade 12 grads! Congratulations 2015 Grads! SD62 Sooke School Board Trustee Your choices are your contribution to self & others. @SookeVoiceNews You did it! www.sd62.bc.ca District of Sooke Sooke Voice News Good luck to 2015 grads & families as you embark on new horizons. Mobile: 778-678-2335 [email protected] www.stickinthemud.ca Councillor Rick Kasper 250-642-1634 Ravi Parmar SD62 Trustee Ravi Parmar Congratulations on completing this chapter of your lives. I wish success to all on your future chapters. Bob Phillips Haldane Homes Sending Best Wishes & Congratulations to all 2015 Graduates! this week (June 3, 4 & 5), as part of the Final Projects Night events for art, film, drama and musical theatre classes. Families, friends and community attended. SVN @SookeVoiceLOCAL “Best of Luck to our 2015 Graduates” @WestShoreVoice www.sookevoicenews.com W EB C OUR T ES Y www.sookevoicenews.com Sooke Voice News WHAT’S GOING ON Add food items and supplies for pets to your #emergency kit. Twitter: #26weeks #emergencypreparedness www.prepareyourself.ca Kids’ Stuff Swap & Shop. At SEAPARC. Sat June 13. 9am- 12:30pm. Tables:$15. www.seaparc.ca ‘Mocktail’ Seniors Volunteer Appreciation Event. Upstairs at Sooke Community Hall. Sat June 13. 1-3pm. RSVP by Mon June 8. 250-642-6364 District of Sooke Committee of the Whole. Mon June 15. 7pm, Council chambers. www.sooke.ca EMCS Final Exam Week. June 18-24. Schedule: emcs.sd62.bc.ca W E B C O U R T E S Journey Middle School Year-End Assembly. Fri June 19. 11am. www.sd62.bc.ca Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival. June 19-21. Father’s Day weekend. Sooke River Campground. Father’s Day. Sun June 21. Sooke Voice News The swimming pool at the hCRD’s SEAPARC Leisure Complex in Sooke will be closed June 8 to 28 for annual maintenance. The pool is about 20 years old, the initial funding debt (paid by Sooke taxpayers) is finally to be paid off this year. W EB C OUR T ES Y The pool is expected to last another 20 years, according to planning and project management consultant David Hewko, in his presentation to Mayor and Council at their June 1 Committee of the Whole. SVN . Emergency preparedness kits can be something you buy ready-to-go, or something you put together over a few weeks or months. Two Sooke Fire Department trailer hitches were stolen earlier this week, right off the vehicles! Soo ke F ire Chie f St ev e Sorensen expressed his chagrin on Twitter on June 2: “Thanks to the person(s) that stole not 1 but 2 trailer hitches from #Sooke fire trucks. Such a thoughtless thing to do.” The total value is about $100. “It’s more of an inconvenience and just a waste of taxpayer dollars,” the fire chief told Sooke Voice News. One of the thefts occurred from a fire vehicle parked at the A replacement trailer hitch is now on the fire Sunriver muster station. The other chief’s truck, after the previous one was stolen. was on the fire chief’s truck. SVN ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL What’s important about Grade 12 graduation? Send 100 words by noon on Thurs June 18. All letters will be published. Three top-writing gift certificate prizes: 1 night at the Prestige (value approx $150) A Sea of Bloom ($45) The Stick ($25) Write to: [email protected] W EB C OUR T ES Y www.sookevoicenews.com @FoodScrapsSOOKE Steve Sorensen Who stole the trailer hitches? 2015 Sheringham PointLighthouse Preservation Society members meeting, new members welcome. Sun June 21 at SEAPARC, 2168 Phillips Rd. 2pm to 4pm. www.sheringhamlighthouse.org District of Sooke Regular Council Meeting. Mon June 22. 7pm, Council chambers. www.sooke.ca John Muir Elementary Gr.5 Farewell Assembly. Tues June 23. 1pm. www.sd62.bc.ca Saseenos Elementary Gr.5 Farewell Assembly. Tues June 23 1:30pm, and Year-end assembly Thurs June 25. 10:30am. www.sd62.bc.ca Earthquake Preparedness Workshop. Wed June 24. What goes into a Grab & Go bag, how to prepare for 7 days. 7pm, upstairs Sooke municipal hall. Sooke Elementary Gr.5 Farewell & Year-End Assembly. Thurs June 25. 9am. www.sd62.bc.ca Ecole Poirier Elementary Year-End Assembly. Thurs June 25. 1pm. www.sd62.bc.ca SD62. Last day of school before summer break. Thurs June 25. EMCS report card pickup. Y Annual Salmon BBQ & Open House atSooke Region Museum, Sun June 28. 12-3pm. All welcome. Canada Day in Sooke. Wed July 1. Community event at Sooke River Campground. Entertainment, fireworks. www.canadadaysooke.ca SVN Annual pool maintenance W EB C OUR T ES Y WORDS OF WISDOM Week 5 Follow Follow us us on on Twitter: Twitter: @jdfemerg @jdfemerg Grab & Go bag & 7 days prep: June 24 The next fire and life safety education session at Sooke municipal hall will be an Earthquake Preparedness Workshop on Wednesday, June 24 at 7pm. Sooke Fire Rescue Education Committee members will host the evening. Major risks in Sooke area will be outlined, including what items you should have in your personal‘Grab andGo’ kit as well as what supplies to be self sufficient for up to one week. That includes the basics like food, water, blankets and personal hygiene for every family member, but also essential medications, and also food for your pet. Having cash on hand is recommended, as ATMs and digital banking could be out of service. Seven days of self-sufficiency is recommended for this region. After a major quake, it could take a while for supply deliveries to get rolling again to this side of Vancouver Island. Also, a major quake could see people without regular electrical or water service. Preparing for a range of possible scenarios is important. There will be other Sooke public info sessions in the fall on various topics, on Wednesday nights: Sept 23, Oct 28 and Nov 25. All sessions are free. SVN MORE EVENTS & UPDATES: www.sookevoicenews.com/Sooke-area-events.htm Subscriptions print & digital: 250-642-7729 Sooke Country Market. Sat June 6.10am-2pm. Every Saturday to October. Otter Pt Rd at Eustace in town center. Edward Milne Community School graduation ceremony. At UVic auditorium. 1pm. Sat June 6. Tickets from UVic ticket centre: 250-721-8480. West Coast Celebration of Art (June 3-14). Sooke Community Arts Council artworks at Coast Collective. Meet the artists reception SatJune 6 2-4pm. www.coastcollective.ca Shirley Country Market. Sun June 7. 11am-3pm. Every Sunday to Sept.13. In Pioneer Park next to Shirley Hall. Secret Garden Tour. Sun June 7. 10am-4pm. Sooke Philharmonic fundraiser. www.sookesecretgardens.com District of Sooke Special Council Meeting. MonJune 8. 7pm, Council chambers. www.sooke.ca Sooke Community Centre Advisory Committee Thurs. June 11. 10am, Sooke Council chambers. Sooke Night Market 2015. Thurs June 11. 5 to 8 pm. Thursdays to Sept 3, outdoors at Sooke Region Museum. Sooke Voice News ~ ad deadline Wed June 10 at 5pm for June 12 scholarship winners edition. Inquire about discounts. 250-642-7729 [email protected] Edward Milne Community School awards nightat the school. Thurs June 11. 7pm. emcs.sd62.bc.ca Edward Milne Community School prom at the Fairmont Empress. Fri June 12. emcs.sd62.bc.ca Free event postings courtesy as space permits. PRIORITY TO ADVERTISERS Friday, June 5, 2015 ::: SOOKE VOICE NEWS Zero waste gears up The new Zero Waste Sooke (ZWS) organization is “putting all their efforts this first year into reducing waste initiatives in the region,” says ZWS publicity chair Jo Phillips. Over the summer ZW S will host monthly workshops at the Sooke Country Market on Saturdays. Coming up June 13 is Wild Wise with a Side of Bokashi. Learn how to avoid attracting bears and how to compost kitchen and table scraps (and even pet waste). Reduce your waste footprint and find out where to recycle various items in our region. SVN Night market is on! WEB CO URTESY Kitchen scraps, composting & garbage pickup. June 13 1-3pm Hosted by Sooke Region Volunteer Centre The Mock-Tail Party! Open to everyone 65+ or who knows someone 65+, or who has volunteered for 20+ years! RSVP by Mon June 8. 250-642-6364 ext 235 [email protected] What year was the lighthouse finally completed? Answer below. Answer to this week’s Lighthouse Society Quiz: The site for the Lighthouse was purchased from the Clark family in 1912 for $226.02, and construction began that same year under a contract to T. Stedham. Bring in this coupon for $8 off on your next oil change! Info News Updates Services Friendly service! Drop-In Service! 872 Langford Parkway 250-590-5678 Open daily ~ in Langford Mon-Sat 8-6 & Sun 10-5 www.KitchenScrapsSooke.ca New to Sooke? New mom? Bride to be? 250-642-2268 Sooke SENIORS Community VOLUNTEER Hall upstairs APPRECIATION EVENT << Season 2 of Sooke Night Market has begun! The eclectic collection of vendors, food suppliers and entertainment opened Thursday, June 4. Each Thursday the outdoor wander-through shopping venue on the Sooke Region Museum grounds will run 5 to 8 pm, up to Sept 3. SVN Sooke Voice News Page 4 of 4 ::: Like us on Facebook! VicGreatCanadianOilChange THIS COUPON EXPIRES: July 5, 2015 Professional business documentation services. Content & page design that sells! 250-642-7729 Scanning & Laminating www.maplelinebusinesscentre.com
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