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News photographers will be out all day Tuesday, June 12, taking photos for our special Day in the Life of Saanich edition, which hits the streets July 18.

Readers are invited to snap their own photos on June 12, and send them to us for possible inclusion in the publication. Email your high-resolution jpeg attachment, along with the time it was taken and details, including the name of your subject and the photographer’s contact information, to [email protected] by 5 p.m. June 15.

It’s easy being green

Reynolds secondary teacher Heather Coey, left, and Grade 9 students Hannah Berry, 14,

and Erinne Paisley, 15, brandish gardening tools while standing in

the school’s lush courtyard. The school recently won a $25,000

prize for its environmental initiatives, including reclaiming

a Garry oak meadow at the front of the school, and planting and

tending to the courtyard garden. See story, Page A7.

Kyle Slavin/News staff

UVic, Camosun students support Que. counterparts

Natalie NorthNews staff

The sound of banging pots and pans is filling the air from coast to coast.

Though thousands of kilome-tres away, Victorians will “casse-role march” in unison with strik-

ing Quebec university students and their supporters across the country during a block party in Centennial Square Saturday (June 9).

It will be the second show of solidarity for the eastern ralli-ers since May 30, when locals, many with pots and pans in hand, marched through down-town Victoria.

More than 155,000 post-sec-ondary students, nearly one-third of the student population in Quebec, have yet to return

to class amid escalating tension with government, sparked by the Quebec Liberals’ proposed 75-per-cent tuition increase over the next five years.

Students in B.C. pay nearly double the average post-sec-ondary tuition fees compared to Quebec students – $4,852 versus $2,519 annually, accord-ing to Statistics Canada. Despite the disparity, student groups in Victoria have thrown their full support behind the Quebec stu-dent resistance.

“The post-secondary system in Quebec really serves as a model for the rest of Canada; it’s a system we can look to,” said Lucia Orser, director of external relations for the Uni-versity of Victoria Students’ Society. “That’s why we see stu-dents mobilizing across Canada – they’re defending the most accessible post-secondary edu-cation in North America.”

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PLEASE SEE: Solidarity march planned, Page A2

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Members of the University of Victoria Students’ Society board of directors, Megan Quigley, left, Lucia Orser, Kelsey Mech, Emily Rogers and Ariel Tseng sport red squares in support of Quebec students striking over proposed post-secondary tuition increases. The UVic student group is co-hosting a block party Saturday in Centennial Square to show their solidarity and raise awareness around access to education.Natalie North/News staff

Quebec students fear their post-secondary education sys-tem might turn into something similar to the current B.C. sys-tem, which saw tuition freezes lifted in 2002, Orser added.

“The culture in Quebec is so different and very distinct,” said Madeline Keller-MacLeod, external executive for the Camo-sun College Student Society. “Students in B.C. don’t remem-ber a time when tuition wasn’t extremely expensive.”

Last Monday (May 28), both the UVic and Camosun student societies passed motions of sup-port for Quebec students. The result: Solidarité! a block party in Centennial Square.

The event begins with a pots-and-pans-banging casserole march at 5 p.m. (8 p.m. EST), the same time protesters will take to the streets in Quebec, before leading a party into the square with live music and guest pre-

sentations planned.“It’s a growing movement in

support of Quebec, but also to demand affordable education for all,” said Orser, who hopes the Quebec protests may lead to more awareness of post-second-ary cuts in B.C.

Government watchdog, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federa-tion, strongly opposes the stu-dent movement based on the “perpetuation of Quebec’s cycle of entitlement” and the fact that B.C. taxpayers continue to make equalization payments to Que-bec, said Jordan Bateman, B.C. representative for the federa-tion.

“There have been so many government waste stories com-ing out of Quebec in the years that show they might not treat tax dollars as seriously as the rest of Canada,” he said.

“It comes down to the basic premise that if something is free, or you’re not paying for it, you don’t value it in the same way

as if you were putting your own dollar on the line. It’s important that students pay a part of their tuition so that they understand there’s value to what they’re get-ting.”

It’s a debate Keller-MacLeod and Orser are ready to wage with the public during Solidarité!

The party will also be an opportunity to back the Que-bec protesters financially, as the groups will be gathering funds to pay for lawyers for Quebec students who are facing crimi-nal charges as a result of their protesting.

“This should be worrisome for anyone in Canada,” Keller-MacLeod said. “All students in Canada should be inspired by Quebec students. They’ve been extremely democratic in how they’ve carried out their strike and they believe in what they want and that it’s worth fighting for. I’d like to see that have an effect on students in B.C.”

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Solidarity march planned for SaturdayContinued from Page A1

Wilderness rescue season in full swingNatalie NorthNews staff

A man who fell nearly nine metres from a cliff at Arbutus Cove over the weekend is now in stable condition, recovering in hospital.

The 20-year-old was believed to be rock climbing along the cove at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday (June 3) when he slipped from the cliff face to the rocky terrain below.

Capt. Dale Peebles, based at Saanich’s No. 3 fire station near

the University of Victoria, was one of the first on the scene, along with the B.C. Ambulance Service. A witness led the crew down a steep embankment off of Gordon Head Road to what Peebles calls a “treacherous” beach.

There, two paddle boarders were attempting to stabilize the man.

“He was found lying half in a tidal pool with a severely angulated foot with compound fractures,” Peebles said. “There were no ropes or anything like that. I think he was trying to do some free-climbing.”

With the man also showing signs of shock and hypothermia, responders called in more

resources: a ladder and rescue truck for a potential high-angle rescue, along with an RCMP zodiac, which happened to be nearby.

In the end, the B.C. Ambulance Service called a medivac helicopter to transport the man to Victoria General Hospital.

While the group waited for the helicopter to arrive from Vancouver, they packaged him in a basket stretcher and carried him to a sandbar where the helicopter could land safely. He was off of the beach by 1 p.m.

Between paramedics, firefighters and flight crew, Peebles counted upwards of 18 people on the ground.

“The cost for that is … thousands and thousands for sure,” he said.

Falls of all kinds – whether from horseback, mountain bikes or rocks – spike this time of year, as more people are outdoors enjoying the weather and participating in recreational activities.

“Two weeks ago I was up on Mount Tolmie,” he said. “We (responded to) three guys smoking doobies up there, jumping from rock to rock, and (one guy) broke his leg.

“The nicer the weather, the more people are outside having fun in the outdoors.”

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SAANICH NEWS -Friday, June 8, 2012 www.saanichnews.com • A3

Saanich’s municipal administrator retires after a decade in the highest civil servant roleKyle SlavinNews staff

Tears pooled in the juvenile eyes of Tim Wood as he walked home from his Huntsville, Alabama school on the afternoon of Nov.

22, 1963. Like many living in the United States amid a crucial period of change in that country, news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy hit the Grade 7 student hard.

“He was just such a powerful leader, such a charismatic leader, in spite of all of his foibles,” Wood recalls 49 years later. “For everybody coming out of the ‘50s, we were really hoping for Kennedy to bring a new era of prosperity and hope. And he had brought it. And then we turned the corner and suddenly he wasn’t there.”

Wood, now 60, recognizes that even as a child, he was aware of the impact

politics had on his life.

“I think it was a function of the time. When you’re in Alabama, it was a time of segregation – so there were white- and black-only places: buses, restaurants, drinking

fountains, schools,” he says. “Coming from Canada, my parents were very conscious of that. They spent a lot of time talking about that. … There would be discussion around the table about politics.”

And, to this day, the importance of politics is not lost on him.

While his name is likely unknown to most, Wood spent the last 10 years working in the highest civil servant role at Saanich municipal hall.

Wood came to Saanich in 2002, to replace outgoing municipal administrator Bob Sharp, who spent 17 years in the job.

Wood, a father of two, came into the chief administrator job with two decades of experience already, having spent time in municipal administrator-equivalent roles since he began his career in 100 Mile House in 1980.

“I had been a returning officer, I’ve run recreation centres, I’ve processed

business licences, handled taxes, been a clerk, a planner. I’ve had pretty much every job in the municipality except actually working in the public works side or responding to fires or police calls,” Wood says.

Such is the nature of working for local government in a small community, he adds. From 100 Mile, he moved on to larger municipalities: Cranbrook and Penticton, then Saanich.

The job description of a municipal administrator, or chief administrative officer, varies depending on who you ask.

“You’re coaching and mentoring your directors and other employees. You’re advising the mayor and council. You keep an eye on the public purse. You provide support in problem solving. You help council and the employees and the community find their dream – you’ve gotta find out what the dream is, where people want to be, and then help them decide how to get there,” Wood says.

Mayor Frank Leonard describes Wood’s role much more matter-of-factly.

“The CAO is council’s only employee. That’s who council holds accountable for the performance of the municipality and its workers,” Leonard says.

He adds that Wood has done an exceptional job in the role for 10 years, helping move Saanich in a direction the community wants. “We had a lot of positive outcomes for the municipality, and quite often his role was in the background,” the mayor says.

Wood gives credit for any positive outcomes to the staff at Saanich who do the work.

“I just love working with diverse groups of people. … Local government is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get on any given day,” he says. “I love people. And I love working with the public. People are never dull.”

Wood’s ability to bring out the best in people, and bring the results Saanich wanted, was unprecedented as a CAO, Leonard says. For that, Wood credits what he calls a “fundamental” piece of working in government: spirituality.

“When I say the spiritual side, I’m thinking more along the sides of being principled and ethical in your treatment of people. In fact, I think that’s often what civil servants can provide,” Wood says. “Most people can provide the technical skills, most people can have management skills. What separates some from the rest is having a highly principled approach, and the public knowing there’s integrity, and you follow through on commitments, to be honest, to be

genuine, to be compassionate.”Wood has a pack of zen cards he keeps

in his desk that he uses during collective bargaining and meetings to help break the ice.

“I’ve always suggested that it’s been helpful. … It’s sort of a simple tool to remind yourself each day about living in the moment,” Wood says. “I think people really like the messages – it encourages them.

“I don’t know if that’s a function of the act that everybody has an interest in wishing wells and random acts of goodwill. There’s just something there that causes people to pause and reflect.”

While retirement has now officially begun for Wood (his last day as CAO was May 31), he’ll continue to work, albeit in a volunteer position, for government. Last month he was named to the the provincial government’s audit council, which will oversee B.C.’s new office of the Auditor General for Local Government.

Outside of that role, Wood hopes retirement brings opportunities to continue the extracurriculars he loves: being outdoors and seeing new places. And while Europe is first on the travel list, Wood says Victoria has enough offerings to see and do that he’ll never grow tired of retiring here.

With great hiking trails through Mount Doug, the Peninsula and Sooke, Wood anticipates he’ll be spending a lot of his free time out enjoying the natural environment with his wife, Françoise, at his side.

The pair were high school sweethearts – at a time when Wood was developing a

balanced interest in drama and politics.

“Local government is my calling, there’s no doubt about it. It involves a little bit of drama, and theatre, and politics, which I’ve enjoyed since I was younger,” Wood says.

Even as a high school student, Wood was pretty confident his future would involve politics of some sort. He even jokes that he’s already

looking to get back into it.“In my house school annual, I kid you

not, they want to know what you’re going to do in the future: I said President of the U.S.A.,” he says. “That hasn’t happened – yet. But I’m going to have a lot more free time.”

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Don Denton/News staff

Tim Wood recently retired as Saanich’s municipal administrator. He was photographed at the top of Mount Doug, an area he enjoys hiking, and one he’ll be frequenting a lot more now that he has plenty of free time.

“Local politics is my calling, there’s no doubt about it. It involves a little bit of drama, and theatre, and politics, which I’ve enjoyed since I was younger.”

– Tim Wood


Thieves using car antennas to break inKyle SlavinNews staff

Thieves in Saanich are prying antennas off vehicles and using the metal to try and unlock the car’s doors.

“I’ve personally never heard of thieves doing something like that,” said Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen.

Eighteen vehicles were entered between May 3 and June 1 in the 4200-block of Carey Rd. and the surrounding area. In all instances, items – from money and jewelry to cellphones and GPS units – were taken.

On three occasions, police noted that the antenna from the target vehicle had been removed.

Jantzen said the thieves fashion the antenna into a tool, which is then slid between the window and door frame in an attempt to trip the locking mechanism.

“This takes far more effort than smashing windows. This individual is apparently quite keen to enter with as minimal noise as possible,” he said.

In only one of the 18 reported auto break-ins was a window smashed to gain entry.

“We will typically find there is one individual or a small group of people who live nearby who is responsible for all of these,” Jantzen said.

Police remind vehicle owners not to leave valuables inside. Business owners are advised to take heed of the advice, too, as some of the thefts were from commercial vehicles.

Anyone with information on any of these incidents is asked to call 250-475-4321.

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Mountie policy requires an external look at incidents that result in injury or deathKyle SlavinNews staff

Saanich police detectives are now in charge of a crash investigation involving a North Cow-ichan/Duncan RCMP cruiser.

A crash analyst, a forensic investigator and two major crimes detectives were at the collision site, south of Duncan, on Tuesday.

“Just given the gravity of the situation, the fact that it does involve a police vehicle and there were some injuries, and it is an external request, we’re treating it as a major incident and apply-ing detective resources,” said Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen.

“(This type of response) obviously isn’t typi-cal for a crash that happens here in our com-munity.”

The crash happened around 7 p.m. Sunday, when a woman made a left turn from the north-bound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway at

Miller Road. Her car collided with the south-bound marked police vehicle.

Both drivers were taken to hospital. The police officer was later released, but the 23-year-old woman in the second car remained under obser-vation as of Tuesday for showing concussion-like symptoms.

Jantzen said the investigation could take months to complete.

Saanich police were asked by North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP to investigate a crash involving an RCMP vehicle in June 2010, in which a 30-year-old Duncan woman died.

They were also asked to investigate an RCMP-involved shooting death in Surrey in March 2011.

An RCMP policy relating to police-involved incidents that result in injury or death requires that an external investigation be conducted by an outside police department.

Jantzen said these investigations are “cost recoverable,” meaning Saanich taxpayers are not on the hook for them.

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Every few minutes, the hum of Linda’s cellphone vibrating against the table glass interrupts her words. From morning until night and all hours in between, Linda answers calls from some of Victoria’s most vulnerable and marginalized people.

Linda – whose last name is withheld to protect her privacy – had planned to retire from banking and spend more time with her seven grandchildren when she first heard about transitional housing providers, the Victoria Human Exchange Society. Six years since the 65-year-old thought she was signing up for a volunteer job “stuffing envelopes,” she sits at the kitchen table of Edith Gulland House in Saanich, the women’s home where she lives and volunteers as a facilitator.

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Watching four-year-old Hazel Laugh-land run and climb on a playground near her home at Work Point in Esquimalt, one might never guess that some days her joints are so sore that playing isn’t an option.

The bright-eyed preschooler with a big smile and sparkly pink shoes – they’ve got “Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty” inside, she reels off – is one of roughly 10,000 children and teenagers in Canada with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

In her young life, the symptoms – sore-ness and inflammation of the joints – have come and gone.

Her parents, Mark and Tammy Laugh-land, were relieved last year when Hazel went into remission and didn’t need to take medication or suffer through the injections needed to reduce swelling in her joints.

A flare-up of the condition this spring meant a return to the daily pain manage-ment strategy, but the couple were more prepared for it, physically and emotion-ally, Tammy says.

“When she got her first injection, I had to be out of the room, I couldn’t watch,” she says. “Now she wants me to be there.”

When Hazel, who was born with hip dysplasia in 2008, was diagnosed with arthritis in 2010, her mom would watch her like a hawk and fret over minor tum-bles. That has changed, Tammy says. “I don’t want to baby her, I want her to toughen up.”

While slightly small for her age, Hazel is a typical youngster who enjoys being active, loves swimming and going to the playground, Mark says.

“She won’t come out and say she hurts, she’ll just say her legs are tired,” he says of the difficult days. “She’ll participate in anything, but she sometimes has to (take it easy).”

With another child in the picture, 19-month-old son, Cole, the Laughlands have tried to normalize their family life as much as possible. Part of that is sticking to their busy work schedules while the

kids are at daycare.Tammy works at the Delta Ocean Pointe

Victoria, while Mark, a navy petty officer second class, is an instructor at the fleet school at Naden.

Mark works long hours, but is able to look after dinner and spend time with the children in the evenings.

They’ll spend more time together on Sunday (June 10), strolling the one-kilo-metre route for the Walk to Fight Arthri-tis, staged across the country by the Arthritis Society. The annual event not only raises money for research, it seeks to bust such myths that arthritis is an old person’s disease.

According to society statistics, about one in 1,000 children or teens have arthri-tis.

Having the resources of the Arthritis Society available, including up-to-date treatment information, has taken away a lot of the fears, Mark says.

“When we found (Hazel) had arthritis we said ‘let’s deal with it,’” he says. “They made things clear – why it’s like this and what can we expect. Just knowing helps so much. When you don’t know, that’s when it’s really scary.”

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Hazel Laughland, 4, waits for mom, Tammy, to push her on a swing near their home at Work Point.

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Students at Reynolds secondary school aren’t just going green, they’re making it.

Members of the school’s green group have once again been recognized for their environmentalism, and on May 30 were awarded $25,000 toward the purchase of new computers for the school from Staples Canada.

Green group, an offshoot of Get R.E.A.L. (Reynolds Eco Action Leaders) has spent much of the last year developing green spaces around the school, including a reclaimed Garry oak meadow at the main entrance. The inner courtyard has also been a focal point in 2011-12, as students have reintroduced native plant species, fostered chickens and grown vegetables for the school’s local salad bar on the grounds.

These initiatives, as well as the school’s zero-waste recycling and compost program, a pilot project for the Greater Victoria School District, helped secure the group one of the Eco Computer Lab Contest prizes from Staples, awarded to 20 schools across Canada.

Though no final decision has been made, green group is considering spending the cash on a set of iPads for use as a mobile computer lab.

Eco projects at Reynolds have also won awards at the B.C. Green Games, Science World’s annual environmental action contest for B.C. schools, every year since the contest’s inception in 2009.

With so many successful school-based projects already on their resumé, green

group teacher Heather Coey hopes next year to see the enviro leaders become even more engaged in the community

outside of the high school.

“I think it’s time for the kids to move into a more activist role and speak to Saanich council about light rail and the future of our infrastructure, so we’re not as reliant on the automobile,” said Coey, who’s involved in each project from the early brainstorming stages onward.

Next year’s plans also include producing seeds on site and developing an under-used “free store.”

“We’re trying to get a handle on stuff, consumerism,” she said. “We need to do more of an educational push, so that people are motivated to not buy as much and to reuse.”

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We hear it all the time: too much sugar is bad for us.

And yet, we continue to be spoon-fed the sugary messages that are coming out of, or rather being filtered from, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office in Ottawa.

We’ve heard time again that he is controlling the message, keeping a tight rein on journalists by limiting the flow of information, and polishing up what little is released publicly.

Just hearing the words ‘federal scientists’ might prompt you to automatically think ‘gag order.’

Oh, we lament, what is the government trying to hide?

Oh, we cry, our own government is eroding our democratic right to freedom of speech.

I don’t have to tell you the harm caused by elected officials in their relentless campaign to control the message, as well as the medium through which it is delivered.

The flow of information is being funnelled and strained more than ever before because of our digital world, which should, in fact, be offering more freedoms of expression.

Instead, thanks to today’s technology, there are more ways to spin information – from press releases shelled out by public bodies to the 140-character blurbs sent out over the Twitterverse – into messages that ooze sunshine and lollipops.

On a positive note, social media

channels are being turned to more often as an information-gathering tool. They’re a treasure trove of public opinions, photos and

eyewitness statements that can be farmed, within reason, by journalists.

But these channels – Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – are also being used to funnel polished-within-an-inch-of-their-life messages from governments at all levels, as well as other public and private entities.

Those channels are being used to deliver a sugar-coated message

to journalists and the public. That pill might be sweet on the outside, but the message is still tough to swallow when it’s that sugary.

Gone are the days when announcements were relayed to media sources over the phone, through snail mail and via fax.

Today’s government-issued statements are delivered in a steady, non-stop electronic stream, meant to foster the appearance of open communication and transparency. But it feels like an illusion, one that runs the risk of alienating an already weary public.

The fingers of blame for the gradual erosion of democratic rights shouldn’t only be pointed at Harper.

This delicate fabric of rights is also being shredded by a persistence among provincial government communications staff, to provide ‘background’ information on a variety of topics, but refuse to

be directly quoted.There is only one spokesperson,

they say, and that is the minister of each government department.

I’ve even received background information from a government communications staffer who simply cut, pasted and emailed a story to me that was written by a journalist from another media outlet.

Journalists are also under regular pressure from non-government sources who ask to read drafts of articles in which they are quoted, prior to publication.

Regardless of the reason – nervousness about being misquoted, or being associated with incorrect facts or portrayed in a negative light – I think it’s critical that the public know they are reading an unfiltered, balanced news story.

Imagine if every article you read in a newspaper was first vetted by the people who are quoted in the story. The story would, in essence, be a sanitized press release. And we get enough of those as it is.

This is a fast-paced electronic age, one in which the output of information from a bevy of sources is one-sided.

As such, it’s becoming increasingly important for the public to have access to content that isn’t simply processed sunshine and lollipop statements.

Sugar in moderation is okay, but too much and it can come back to bite us one day. That day may already be here.

Erin McCracken is a reporter with the Victoria News.

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Queen’s reign offers stability

At a time when the world is in financial turmoil and people are looking for some stability, Queen Elizabeth II is as good a person to look to as anyone.

Not just for the Commonwealth countries over which she symbolically rules, but as a global

picture of modest leadership.

Recent polls show that support for maintaining Canada’s ties to the monarchy are on the upswing

among English-speaking Canadians.Part of that reversal of trend from say, five or

six years ago, is likely due to last year’s royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

But large kudos have to be given to William’s grandmother, who has traditionally held her own in polls when it comes to popularity or respect, regardless of the general feeling about the monarchy.

In the 60-plus years since her coronation, Queen Elizabeth has quietly done her job as the head of state, sparking very little controversy and avoiding interference in political matters, especially those of countries other than Britain.

It seems those in Canada who argue against keeping our connection to the monarchy have more concern over what might happen if Prince Charles were to become King, which he is in line to become once his mother dies or steps down from her duties.

For now, the Queen, 86, shows few signs of slowing down, especially as she heartily celebrates the start of her seventh decade on the throne with a series of celebrations at home and abroad.

To be sure, the future of the monarchy as it relates to Canada will one day require more serious discussions than relying on poll results. But with the Canadian public remaining as enthralled with the Royal Family as any other type of international celebrities, our links to the Queen and the Crown appear firmly entrenched.

As we muddle our way through tough times, that’s comforting to know.

Erin McCrackenPaper Trail

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Ridem’ mowerA unique cycle-mower is stationed alongside commuter bikes at the City of Victoria parks yard at Beacon Hill Park. It was put together as a gag by staff, outside of work hours, after an accident befell one of the department’s standard-issue lawn mowers.Roszan Holmen/News staff

Dog ownership rules restrictiveWhy won’t the City of Victoria

stop pussy-footing around and admit they’re dog-hating cat people?

There are no rules regarding cat ownership. They’re allowed to wander unsupervised all over the city. Everyone’s yard is a litter box and nobody seems to care that these critters can bolt into traffic.

But heaven forbid you own a dog.

The city hired a private team of over-zealous browbeats to maintain “control” over dog owners and their pets.

You’re not allowed to bike with your dog and apparently walking with your dog is

discouraged too.There’s a bylaw stating you’re

not allowed to “park” (tie up) your dog so you can go grab a coffee or do an errand. This means dog owners must drive everywhere with their dogs.

I’m a bike-riding dog owner who does not drive.

I’ve been in touch with the mayor and city council regarding the restrictive bylaws surrounding dog ownership. I am all for dogs being controlled by their owners, but mandatory leash laws do not guarantee control.

A leash only gives the illusion of control while allowing the owner to forgo actually training

their dog to listen/obey.Just last week in Nanaimo,

a dog was attacked and killed by a dog on a leash. As I’ve explained to the mayor, the issue is control. Clearly that leashed dog was not under control.

My dog was trained on a “mental” leash and for 11-plus years we’ve used words to get him to slow down, move over, stay, etc.

Dogs enhance their owner’s lives and it’s a shame the city supports bylaws that make dog ownership so unpleasant and restrictive.

Nancy RaycroftVictoria

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High speed main factor in traffic deaths

Re: Slow drivers present greatest hazard (Letters, June 1)

I was not surprised by the ranting letter about people who drive in the left lane on the Pat Bay Highway. Formerly a law enforcement traffic officer, I am one of them, but drive on the left because it is the safer of the two lanes. I do not drive under the speed limit unless there is a reason to do so.

The left lane is not exposed to merging traffic, or traffic entering from service roads along that route. Nor is it exposed to drivers who jerk into a right exit from the left lane because their driving habits do not allow them to safely get into the right lane in time. There are times when I must drive in the left lane in preparation for a left exit.

I am a bit amazed about the statement that Alberta drivers “finally got it.” Has this man driven Highway 2 between Edmonton and Calgary? It is frightening and dangerous, due entirely to high speed.

The Pat Bay Highway is less than 25 kilometres long, with four traffic lights. One needs a calculator to determine how much time one ‘may’ save – under ideal conditions, over that entire length – even driving twice the legal speed limit.

The need for speed is a habit and a dangerous one. A bit of thought about the actual time factor in almost every situation will clearly show this to be a fact.

Charles ScheidemanSaanichton

Our economic futuretied to resource sector

We are living in a strange and rapidly changing world, where countries are on the brink of

default on their huge debts.While anti-federal government

voices are heard almost daily, Canada is hopefully on track to avoid the Greek-style tragedy unfolding in Europe. Our resource sector, the economic engine presently keeping Canada afloat, will be our saviour in a world where the options are few.

Canadians are being force fed the idea that Canada will now have no environmental watchdogs or safeguards. All that with a minor reduction in government spending. That seems a little odd to me.

I also do not think Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has been vilified by so many, has instructed the various government agencies where they should make cuts.

Many environmental regulations were too restrictive and cumbersome before the proposed budget bill changes. They caused legitimate resource development to be indefinitely stalled or reviewed out of being. The problem of governments tending to over-legislate to justify their own existence is common.

The stakes are high. Because of our natural resources and energy reserves, Canada has the unique ability to survive in a world where manufacturing is being sucked into the black hole we call China. There is no stopping this deindustrialization of the west. If Canada can survive with our standard of living mostly intact, we will be one of the few developed countries to do so.

Canada can be a society that uses its financial resources to care for our rapidly aging population and have some significant influence internationally. Or, we can fade into economic obscurity, adrift and unable to finance our social programs, health care and

educational systems.In that scenario, Canada

could have little or no affect on the world; another welfare state looking for handouts.

Bill WilsonSaanichton

Let’s get movingon E & N project

Re: Rail safety none of the public’s business (Roszan Holmen column, May 25)

I understand the first part of the E & N railway restoration project will be the stretch between Victoria and Langford. They are going to need a lot of help cleaning up along the tracks. People will be asked to help clear brush and weeds, plus a lot of junk that people have dropped on their walk along the trestles.

Work is supposed to have started on the railway project, but I have not seen anyone at the roundhouse. The public needs to see work begin on the tracks now, and not have it be put on hold. Any delay would not help ease the Colwood crawl, which sometimes causes it to take two hours or more just to reach Helmcken Road from the Dockyard.

The railroad could place dumpsters for volunteers to dump debris and weeds into, unless they want to put weeds in a separate container. I know quite a few people would come out for a hour or two to work on the tracks.

People don’t want to wait until 2013 or 2014 to be able to take a train. Politicians have to stand up and tell us the truth of the matter at hand.

I hope the E & N rail project isn’t delayed. It would be a shame to see a part of Victoria heritage die when there is no reason for it.

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With so much reliance on donations, the soci-ety’s eight houses – including three in Greater Vic-toria and locations in Nanaimo and on Salt Spring Island – currently operate month-to-month. Volun-teers are often picking up the bill for household necessities, Linda says.

Making a strong case for transitional housing is Amber Sandford, who’s spending this morning studying in the bedroom she rents at Edith Gul-land House. The exact location of the home is con-fidential due to security issues for the clients.

Sandford, who’s all smiles and jokes from behind her laptop, has been that person in need of an affordable, non-judgemental place to stay. At 35, she’s spent the majority of her years entrenched in substance abuse and the sex trade. After a year-long stay at the four-bedroom Edith Gulland House, with Linda at the helm, Sandford is 18 months

clean and sober, completing her dogwood and planning her next step in education. This month she will leave the house to live on her own.

“I came from nothing,” says Sandford, whose time at the house lasted about nine months lon-ger that the average stay. “I was a junkie hoe and within the year I’m going to be a Grade 12 grad going to Camosun (College). Where am I going to be five years from now?”

Sandford attributes the positive changes to a support team comprised of Narcotics Anonymous members, her father, and Linda – who she admires for her complete intolerance of alcohol, drugs or theft in the house.

“This has given me a place where I can afford the rent. It’s given me a safe, clean place. I can do my homework and go to my 12-step meetings and work on myself and getting ahead so that I can be a productive member of society.”

Any money donated to the society goes toward the basic costs of providing the housing, from the $400 in rent each resident is expected to pay if they can, to other necessities, at times, such as food and feminine supplies.

The contributions, no matter how modest, have a measurable effect, Linda says. Some who have benefitted from the housing continue to support its work through contributions of $10 and $15 cheques monthly.

In two decades of operation, the Victoria Human Exchange Society has sheltered 400 people referred to them by emergency housing and shelter provid-ers, including the Cridge Transition House and the Sandy Merriman House, an emergency shelter for women run by the Victoria Cool Aid Society.

Brianna Cook-Coates, emergency support worker at Sandy Merriman says the independent nature of the accommodation is often what women are looking for.

“The clients are self-sufficient and looking for community and it appears that the houses pro-vide that,” Cook-Coates said. “The clients we’ve referred have had trouble finding housing like that and when they’ve had it, it just seems to fit.”

The Human Exchange provides housing for about 90 per cent of its applicants, with an aver-age of 40 people housed at any given time, who will leave when they have found long-term stable housing. There is a wait-list, but it doesn’t get in the way of an emergency stay.

“I’ve never turned anyone away from my door,” Linda adds.

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Skill-testing questionsUniversity of Victoria campus security officer Doug Weidman tests eight-year-old Michael Howe on his hand-signal knowledge during UVic’s Safety Day for Kids in the university parking lot last Sunday (June 3). Kids aged five to 12 enjoyed a day of free activities while learning about safety. Kids with bikes went through the annual Bike Safety Rodeo, and ChildFind B.C. provided child identification booklets for parents to take home.

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Oak Bay’s annual ultimate community garage sale, Garagellennium, happens this Saturday (June 9). From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oak Bay residents will be making room in their homes for more treasures from their neighbours.

Each year, between 150 to 200 people register to be a part of the sale. Two of those trash-to-treasure types are Hilary Knight and Alastair Crow.

Crow is so enthusiastic about the event that he’s holding two garage sales, two houses apart, at 2225 and 2275 Lansdowne Rd.

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Ester Galac is so passionate about pot-tery that she turned down a diamond ring as a 20th wedding anniversary gift from her husband, and opted instead for a potter’s wheel.

The 55-year-old Saanich resident first entered the pottery world more than two decades ago, after years of interest in the art but never having had an opportunity to set foot into that world.

“Our girls were taking ballet lessons at Cedar Hill. While waiting for them I was wan-dering through the halls and found the pot-tery studio. I was enchanted,” Galac recalls.

She took her first pottery class in 1989, but the timing wasn’t right to pursue the art – what with raising two daughters – so she didn’t return to pottery until 1999.

That’s when she took another class. And then another. And then another. And Galac has never looked back.

She’s now an active member of the South Vancouver Island Potters Guild, which is hosting its annual show and sale at the Fair-field Gonzales Community Place on June 16.

The bottom floor of Galac’s Gordon Head

home is more or less reserved for her art.She has her studio (where she throws the

clay and forms the pieces), a kiln room, a glazing room and then a storage room with shelves full of funky homemade teapots, mugs, vases, plates and pitchers.

Each of Galac’s pieces is unique – playful, and evidently inspired by the nature that

encompasses her home.Though many of her pieces are func-

tional, she points out a decorative bronzed oval, which she’s particularly proud of. She scours area beaches – Cordova Bay, French Beach – for kelp and driftwood to incorpo-rate as handles and the like on her art.

“In today’s mass-produced world, when

people buy handmade work, that brings different qualities and some excitement into your everyday,” Galac says. “The user

can find the marks that the maker left behind.”

The Potters Guild is 70 members strong, 35 of whom will have their works on display and for sale at Clay Con-nects, the June 16 show.

Galac says the camaraderie shared

by organizations like the guild are crucial for artists as they look to branch out and improve upon their skills.

“The clay makes the bond. But being part of a group was really important for my development,” she says. “Having other people who’ve had the same frustrations and failures through their art really helps to strengthen your resolve to stay and do more.”

The Clay Connects show and sale hap-pens June 16 at 1335 Thurlow Rd. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Just Food will bring a new look to human rights issues in a display this month at the Mary Winspear Centre.

The Just Food art exhibition features 13 artists from Canada and around the world who add their voices to the growing num-ber of people connecting the right to food with a faith-based response to hunger in the world.

“We’re just hosts, it’s not a church func-tion. It’s more about human rights and using the arts to communicate that,” said pastor John Liira of Highway Christian Fellowship, the church on McDonald Park Road near Highway 17. “It has a very unique focus, it’s on justice and food issues. “

The artists, including six Canadians (one of them First Nations) and 12 other interna-tional artists from 13 countries, were given United Nations declarations as inspiration.

“It’s really highlighting some of the cur-rent issues with food accessibility and done in a visual format that is very compelling,”

Liira said. “We’re just hoping that many people get to see it.”

The hope is that with this exhibit, people will be informed, equipped and motivated to exert themselves and their communities toward the goal of ending hunger — that Just Food will become just food.

“We’re very involved with the social jus-tice and poverty issues as a faith based community,” Liira said. “People get to enjoy a really stimulating exhibition and be involved in social justice at the same time.”

He discovered the show, which has toured North America for about 18 months now, on the Canadian Food Grains Bank website. Admission is by donation with proceeds going to the Canadian Food Grains Bank.

“It’s one of the two primary arms for food aid in Canada,” Liira said. “It’s a reputable, government-recognized organization, so we just want to highlight through the art exhi-bition there’s opportunity there for us to actually make a difference.”

Just Food is on at the front gallery of the Mary Winspear Centre. The show runs to the end of June from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-day to Saturday.

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(Above) John Liira from Highway Christian Fellowship, organizers of the art show. (Left) Pour Down Righteousness by Annelies Soomers.


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Canada’s under-20 rugby match against vis-iting St. Andrew’s Univer-sity of Scotland will head-line the Buccaneer 7s rugby tournament at Bullen Park on Saturday (June 9).

“It’s going to be such a great day with the Canadian U20s playing, fea-turing local players. Part of an excit-ing day of rugby sevens,” said co-organizer Tom Woods.

The ex-national team rugby player admits the sevens team put forth by his alma mater, James Bay Athletic Association, will have a tough time defending its title this weekend.

“We’ve got some steady veterans with international experience, such as Dan Harlow and Jeff Williams,” he said. “But the skill of the Burnaby Lighthouse team and the speed of the Untouchables, which is made

up of UVic Vikes, are going to be really strong.”

Also competing in the men’s division is a mixed team of Castaway Wan-derers and Velox Valhal-

lians on the Southsea Con-nection, a team from Western

Washington University, and a rep team of under-18 B.C. players.

The sevens tournament begins at 8 a.m. and also includes a four-team premier women’s division and a four-team under-16 boys division.

The U20 match starts at 5 p.m. and is a final tune-up prior to Can-ada’s departure to the IRB Junior Rugby World Trophy in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 18 to 30.

The world trophy roster features plenty of locals, including Esquimalt High grad Andrew McGinn of James Bay, Mike Dalsin of CW) and Michael Fuailefau, a CW player with the UVic Vikes.

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Mason Kereszti won gold in the javelin throw for the second year in a row at the high school track and field championships, and will now begin the journey as an international athlete.

Javelin thrower on Canada’s radar

Travis PatersonNews staff

Even on a bad day – by his own standards – Mason Kereszti dominates in the javelin, his spe-cialty.

He won gold in that event at the B.C. high school track and field championships in Burnaby last weekend (June 2 and 3). He also won gold in the discus, and bronze in the shot put.

“I didn’t train with the dis-cus or shot put, and only threw them in three competitions this year, so I’m happy it all just came together for me with those two events,” said the Grade 12 Lambrick Park student.

Kereszti’s dominance in the javelin was blatant, as he beat the silver medal winner by just under eight metres. Not bad for an off day.

“I don’t know what was wrong,” Kereszti said. “I was more than four metres short of my personal best.”

It’s the second year in a row that Lambrick Park secondary has turned out a future national team member in a throwing event.

Kereszti is following in the footsteps of his cousin Adam Keenan, who graduated from Lambrick in 2011, and will join him in Kamloops this summer to train with the national training centre. Keenan has been there one year already, focusing on

the hammer throw.Kereszti hopes to one day suc-

ceed Olympian Scott Russell as the reigning Canadian javelin thrower.

It will be a few more years of junior and under-23 compe-titions until the two can pack on the kind of bulk sported by Olympic-level throwers, though Keenan is well on his way.

Kereszti will enroll at Thomp-son Rivers University, just as Keenan currently is, and will train alongside his cousin under the watchful eyes of Ana-toliy Bondarchuk. The highly regarded Russian also coaches Olympic medal hopeful Dylan Armstrong.

The cousins are now in train-ing for the national junior track and field championships, set for Winnipeg, July 27 to 29.

Oak Bay streak ends The Oak Bay girls team’s dom-

ination of the provincial track and field championships ended at nine straight titles with the team’s second-place finish in Burnaby.

The four-by-400m relay team of Rianne Craig, Bree Neale, Lexie Scott and Heather Vantas-sell won gold, and the same team won silver in the four by 100m, swapping in Kiah Ecceleston for Vantassell.

Craig also won silver in the pole vault, clearing 2.85m, with the bronze medal going to Lind-say Cole of Mount Doug. Mad-elyn Brunt won bronze in the 1,500m steeplechase. Nina Briggs and Natalie Henderson took gold

and bronze, respectively, in the 1,500m race walk.

Oak Bay’s boys team also had a down year, but still won its share of medals, finishing third.

Simon Psotka won gold in the pole vault. Liam Kennell won bronze in the 1,500m, beat-ing Mount Doug rival Thomas Getty, who was fourth. And Gra-ham Landells won silver in the 1,500m race walk.

The fruit of fourth placeA belated adjustment to the

decathlon standings moved Lam-brick’s Lucas Dellabough from fifth to fourth, which pushed the Lambrick boys team ahead of Oak Bay. Dellabough also took bronze in the 200m dash and fin-ished fourth in the 100m dash.

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St. Michaels University School rowers won one gold and one bronze at the national school cham-pionship at the Royal Canadian Henley course in St. Catharines, Ont.

St. Michaels finished 12th and St. Andrew’s Regional School came in 16th out of the 137 schools in attendance from Canada and the United States.

Hannah Nielsen and Charlie White won bronze in the senior women’s lightweight double, and the junior men’s quad of Ryley Erickson, Brendon

Marney, Colin Knightley and Andrew Williams won gold. It was also the first time St. Michaels entered a men’s eight, one of three fourth-place finishes by the school.

St. Andrews’s also had a pair of boats medal, as the junior boys double of Tristan Hayton and Pat-rick Keane won silver, as did the junior girls double of Gemma Kerr and Hannah Taft.

“Being able to have seven out of our 10 boats make the final heat is very exciting. The future certainly looks bright for the St. Andrew’s rowing academy,” said head coach Alia Zawacki.

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Melissa Orton got more than she expected when she took on the head coach role of the Lam-brick Park Lions senior girls soccer team.

The Lions finished third at the AA provincials in Kamloops last week.

“It was rewarding – far beyond what I had imag-ined. I know why coaches do it now,” Orton said.

Orton is a 2009 Lam-brick grad and now plays for the Vancouver Island University Mariners and Gordon Head premier soccer teams. As a Grade 10 defender on the senior team in 2007, she helped the Lions to the triple crown, winning the city’s Ryan Cup, the AA Island and provincial champion-ships.

“We won it all, but even with all the (school and club soccer) I played I never took into account what it would be like for coaches,” Orton said.

This year she stepped in to coach late in the season but never skipped a beat, crediting a team of hard-working, skilled and understanding players.

Players and parents thanked

Orton following Lambrick’s 2-0 win over St. Thomas More in the bronze-medal game.

Emma Entzinger scored both goals, and was awarded the golden boot for the tournament. She also scored Lambrick’s only goal in the 2-1 semifinal loss to

eventual winner Sey-cove.

Lambrick ran the table in the round robin, defeating Sands, Duch-ess Park and McNair. The only goal Lambrick surrendered prior to the semifinal came on a pen-alty kick. But Seycove was just too much for Lambrick, Orton said.

“For the first 12 min-utes it was end-to-end, but as the game wore on Seycove dominated nearly all of it, and they deserved to win it. I told the girls, ‘don’t carry that negativity through to the (bronze medal) game,’ because they deserved to go home with a medal.”

Lambrick rebounded with a controlling win over St. Thomas More. It was the best Orton saw them play all year.

Lambrick’s Sarah Lefebvre was named to the Commissioner’s 11.

The Claremont Spar-tans finished 10th and Belmont Bulldogs 12th among the 16 teams at the AAA senior girls soccer provincials in Surrey. Glenlyon Norlfolk School won its third straight single-A champion-ship.

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Oak Bay’s Jessie Collison fights for ball with Lambrick Park striker Emma Entzinger during the Ryan Cup. Entzinger won the golden boot award at the AA provincials.

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SAXE POINT- 2 bdrm, 1 bath in 3-plex, W/D, N/S, sm pet ok, near park & bus, $1200. Equi-tex, 250-386-6071.

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm Apt on Bea-con, June. 1st, $1350. Peter (250)544-2300. Firm Mgmt.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SIDNEY AREA, s x s Duplex, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, rec room, sundeck, 4 appls, ocean views, $1550. (250)656-5430.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

SAANICH- 4 BDRM, 3 bath, 2 living rooms, W/D, $2000 NP/NS. Call (250)588-8829.

SMALL 3-BDRM house. New-ly updated. Large yard, stor-age shed, W/D. $1400.+ utils. Text or call (250)858-2763.

ROOMS FOR RENT

FAIRFIELD- FULLY furn room in large 1/2 duplex, close to bus, shopping, ocean, village, quiet person. Refs. $550 mo. Avail July 1st. (250)388-7600.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. $650 inclu-sive. Ray, 778-433-9556.

TILLICUM MALL. Furnished Rm in apt. bus route. NS/NP. $550 inclusive. 250-893-8727.

SUITES, LOWER

BRAEFOOT AREA, avail now. Fully furn’d 1 bdrm on bus route, W/D, $600 all utils incld, N/S, N/P 250-721-0418

BRENTWOOD BAY- quiet, cozy 1 bdrm, priv ent, W/D, D/W, elec F/P, close to bus N/S, N/P. $750 (incls hydro) July. 1. Ref’s, 250-652-5780.

COLWOOD- COZY 1 bdrm bsmt suite, $720 inclds utils & wifi . Close to Royal Roads Univ, shopping, Galloping Goose trail. Pet friendly, N/S. June 1. Refs. 250-294-5516.

ESQUIMALT- 1 bdrm, self contained, new windows. Avail now. $650. N/S.(250)884-6790

GORGE AREA, 2 bdrm grd level, reno’d, 4 appls, N/S, N/P, $1250 incls water/hydro, near all amens. (250)382-4297

MAPLEWOOD AREA- New small 1 bdrm, partly furnished. Inclds utils, laundry, basic cable. Very quiet. $795./mo. NS/NP. Call (250)383-3425.

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, (immed). 250-727-6217.

SIDNEY- BRIGHT 1 bdrm+ den above ground suite, new carpet, priv patio, all inclusive but cable/internet. NP/NS. $950/mo. Call 250-880-1414.

SUITES, UPPER

BRENTWOOD BAY: 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appl’s, 1300 sqft, avail Jul. 1st. $1350/mo. Call (250)652-3283.

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY: NEW 3 bdrm + den, laundry, NS/NP, $1800. Avail July 1st. Call 250-217-4060.

WANTED TO RENT

SEMI-RETIRED lady needs Aug or Sept 1 lrg 2 bdrm suite. Teaching school in Tanner Ridge area. (250)652-9925.

TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

1956 CONSUL MKI Estate Wagon, ONE OF APPROX 15 IN THE WORLD. Body, paint and motor all done. Lots of new parts. The car needs as-sembly. Will Trade for British and Cash. MUST SELL. No Time. Have all receipts. Call 250-490-4150 (Penticton, BC).

1960 ENGLISH Morris Minnor Conv. Must sell, new top, tires,rear seal, top end, carpets, etc. (Penticton, BC). Was $10,000, now asking $8000 obo. Call 250-490-4150.

TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

FOR FATHERS DAY1990 ROLLS-ROYCE

As new only 86,000 kmDealer serviced $19,900

Call 778-440-9773

AUTO FINANCING

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

GUARANTEEDAuto Loans orWe Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply at: www.greatcanadianautocredit.com

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

AUTO SERVICES

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Con-venience of having a mechan-ic at home or on the road. (250)883-0490.

CARS

1963 FORD T-Bird, 90% re-stored, new paint and uphol-stery, original miles (32,665), needs TLC. For more informa-tion call Jake (250)474-2249.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

$50-$1000 CASH

For scrap vehicleFREE Tow away

858-5865

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE, Class C Motorhome. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twin beds in back and fold down double bed. Excellent and clean condition. Full shower with skylight, gas generator, air conditioning, second owner, new internal batteries (worth $600), new water pump, only 91,300 km. Reliable, clean and functional. REDUCED to $15,750. (250) 748-3539

TRANSPORTATION

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

This beautiful 2004 Volks-wagen Touareg has been well maintained. With only 135,000 KM on an economi-cal and spirited V6 engine, all wheel drive and tow hitch with electric brakes. Unique 6 spd Tiptronic auto trans-mission which will do the shifting for you or let you shift yourself for a sportier driving exp. Boasting a well equipped interior, rear mounted CD changer, this SUV cannot be missed!

$16,500(250)658-1123

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MARINE

BOATS

BOAT HOUSE, 40’X20’, for upto 35’ boat, high door easilyaccommodates a commandbridge boat. Located at NorthSaanich Marina $50,000. obo(250)665-6045, (250)999-3248or (250)418-1780.

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailersand outboards. 250-544-2628.

GARAGE SALES

C. SAANICH. SUNDAY, June 10, 9am-2pm. 7768 E.Saanich Rd. Collectibles, misc.

MT. DOUG area, 4395 Tor-rington Plc., Sat, June 9, 101m-3pm. Contractors tool and material sale.

OAK BAY- 2615 CRANMORE Rd, Sun, Jun 10, 8am-12noon.

SAANICH: 1891 Haultain St., Sat., June 9, 9-3pm. RJH Gift Shop; clearance/garage sale all new items, proceeds to hospital.

SIDNEY. 2220 Bradford Ave., Sat, June 9, 9am-3pm. 2 Family Sale! Household, etc.

GARAGE SALES

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237.

CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.

JOURNEYMAN- 30 yrs exp. Decks, fences, stairs, interest-ing projects. Call Frank, (250)477-3315.

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CLEANING SERVICES

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estate organizing, events, par-ties, offi ce cleaning. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONCRETE & PLACING

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

HOME RENOS & REPAIRS. Drywall, Carpentry & Painting. Call Les (250)858-0903.

DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. www. integradesigninc.com Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.


DRYWALL

BEAT MY Price! Best work-manship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert: new homes &renos. No job too sm#22779.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

DECKS/FENCES, licensed & insured. Call Fred (250)514-5280. thelangfordman.com

QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pres-sure washing. For better pric-es & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, carpentry. 250-588-3744.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

GARDENING

10% OFF. Aerate, Rototill, Mowing, Hedge / Shrub trim-ming, clean-up. 250-479-6495

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677

AURICLE LAWNS- Superior lawn care-gardens, hedges & fert-weed mgmt. 882-3129


GARDENING

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Neglected garden? Spring clean-ups, hedges, power rak-ing, aerating, weed/moss stump, blackberry & ivy re-moval. 24yrs exp. WCB.

250-216-9476From the Ground Up

Custom LandscapesHome RenovationsGarden Clean-ups

Accepting New Clients

(250) 858-0588- Tree Service - Landscaping- Lawn & Garden Clean ups- Hedge trimming & Pruning- Pressure washing - Gutters

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential or commercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com

DPM SERVICES, lawn & gar-den, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

EXPERIENCED GARDENER- Lawns- your tools. Weeding, garden clean-up. Reasonable rates. John, (250)477-7160. Saanich/Oak Bay.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, clean-ups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

LANDSCAPE & TREE care hedges/pruning/shaping. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp. WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.

YARD ART. Yard Mainte-nance, Tree & Hedge Pruning, Lawn Care. Call 250-888-3224

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, windows, powerwash-ing, roof de-moss, repairs. In-sured. Call (250)507-6543.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.


HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

AVAILABLE- SMALL JOBS. Drywall, plumbing,etc. Senior’s discount. Jim (250)858-4091.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.

BIG BEAR Handyman & Painting Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

YOUNG SENIOR Handyman. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling. Small Renos. Moving/Packing. Free estimates. Cheapest in town. Same day emergency removal. Call 250-818-4335.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

HAULING & RECYCLING. 250-889-5794.

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MALTA ASBESTOS, Mold re-moval. Attics, drywall & more. (250)388-0278. BBB member.

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

Seniors Downsizing &

Estate Disposition Bonded and Insured

Contact Pauline Montgomery

8am-6pm 7 Days a Week

250-508-1091montgomeryestateservices.ca

INSULATION

MALTA WOOL-BLOWN insu-lation/ Spray foam application. (250)388-0278. BBB member.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Ac-credited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Side-walk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

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2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507. DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.MALTA MOVING. Serving Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and the Mainland. BBB Member. (250)388-0278.

PAINTING

217-9580 ENIGMA PAINTING Renos, commercial, residential Professional Friendly Service.ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602.COLOURS & IDEAS. Exterior/ Interior Painting. All work wa-ranteed. Call (250)208-8383.DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

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ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

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Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.


PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35years experience. Reasonablerates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job toosmall. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming,old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

A&R ROOFING Ltd. Residen-tial & Commercial. New & re-roofi ng expert. Torch-on, ce-dar shakes, roof repairs, guttercleaning. WCB covered. Freeestimates. Mike 250-516-3944

STEREO/TV/DVD

WANTED: DVD PLAYER. Please call 250-514-6688.

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.Bucket truck, chipper. We buylogs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. 25 yrs.Cell 250-884-7066, 381-7127.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the June 7 - 13 edition of

Published Every Thursday

OPENOPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

733A HumboldtDaily noon - 5 pm (exc Fri)Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 480-3000 pg. 1

219 Superior, $538,000Saturday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobyn Hamilton 250 385-8780 pg. 18

733A HumboldtDaily noon - 5 pm (exc Fri)Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 480-3000 pg. 32

2358 Scott St, $415,000Saturday 2-4Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd.Colin Moorman, 250-383-7100 pg. 18

451 ChesterSaturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 9

309-1012 Collinson St, $289,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

103-305 Michigan, $243,900Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJohn Byrne, 250-479-3333 pg. 6

1275 Dominion Rd, $449,900Saturday & Sunday 2-3:30Address Realty Ltd.Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

1146 Richardson, $354,000Saturday 1-3 & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 5

301-1715 Richmond AveSunday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyClaire Yoo, 250-477-1100 pg. 6

307-860 View St, $254,900Sunday 2-4MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 12

101-66 Songhees Rd, $569,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Address Realty LtdMichelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

14-12 Erie St, $349,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cheryl Woolley, 250-477-7291

1709 Fernwood Rd, $399,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 18

1606 Belmont Ave, $759,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291 pg. 18

1050 Pentrelew, $668,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 18

404-300 Waterfront, $548,500Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdFrank Chan 250 477-7291 pg. 17

C353 LindenSaturday 2-4Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 13

2-1120 Pembroke, $414,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 18

3093 Washington, $729,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 19

111-909 Pembroke, $215,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 12

405-1035 SouthgateSaturday 2-4MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 12

601-365 Waterfront, $1,229,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRene Blais 250 655-0608 pg. 10

407-380 Waterfront, $428,000Sunday 2-5SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683 pg. 6

211-545 Manchester, $189,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty LtdRon Fedosenko 250 391-1893 pg. 13

3166 Somerset, $501,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 19

401-1146 View St.Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250 744-3301 pg. 6

1494 Fairfi eld, $309,900Thursday - Sunday 1-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-8780 pg. 3

6-1246 Fairfi eld, $315,000Sunday 12-2Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 12

1-1110 Pembroke, $394,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 6

1-228 Michigan, $799,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdGeoff Field 250 477-7291 pg. 14

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 11

402-305 Michigan, $224,800Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJohn Byrne, 250-479-3333 pg. 18

1005-225 Belleville, $649,900Saturday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 42

103-25 GovernmentSaturday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 38

302-1190 View St, $355,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRobert Nemish, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

206-1035 McClure, $209,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdTerry Kurash 250 888-1187 pg. 13

206-20 Olympia, $219,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 8

304-1121 Oscar St, 369,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

C-113 Superior, $489,500Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdFrank Chan 250 477-7291 pg. 17

3901 Seaton, $444,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 26

201-1284 Beach, $825,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12

895 Falkland Rd, $689,900Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 16

304-2210 Cadboro Bay Rd, $349,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBruce McCulloch, 250-479-3333 pg. 6

1073 Oliver, $799,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

599 St Patrick, $919,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBrett Jones, 250-385-2033 pg. 2

3000 UplandsSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

302-1270 Beach Dr., $437,500Saturday 12-2Boorman’s Real EstateMichael Boorman 250-595-1535 pg. 13

2625 Orchard Ave, $734,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

2353 Windsor, $799,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 16

203-1400 Newport, $179,500Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMorgan Baker, 250-361-6520 pg. 6

2817 Foul Bay Rd, $519,900Sunday 1-3Sutton GroupWest Coast RealtyVic Smith 250-479-3333 pg. 19

2112 Pentland, $950,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 20

580 Beach, $1,599,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 20

1897 Gonzales Ave, $789,000Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyJinwoo Jeong, 250-885-5114 pg. 20

2046 Kings Rd, $569,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 43

2213 WindsorSaturday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 20

405-1159 Beach DrSaturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKathryn Alexander, 250-881-4440

13 Tovey Cres, $639,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 20

402-288 Eltham, $399,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 8

110 Jedburgh, $479,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 45

2323 Evelyn, $648,500Saturday 1-4Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 47

27 Cahilty Lane, $459,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMike McCulloch, 250-384-7663 pg. 20

1-665 Admirals, $449,900Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-8780 pg. 3

404-420 Foster, $239,000Sunday 1-3Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 16

843 Parklands Dr, $469,000Saturday 12-3Pemberton HolmesDavid Johnston, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

934 Craigfl ower, $379,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 13

516 Comerford, $539,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunPeter Gray, 250-744-3301 pg. 21

1250 Craigfl owerSaturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 21

102-614 Fernhill Pl, $199,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

1326 Lyall St, $499,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 38

4495 Gordon Pt, $989,000Saturday 1:30-3:30Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJordan Thome 250 592-4422 pg. 24

3735 Doncaster, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 2-5Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 38

8-5156 Cordova Bay, $389,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesKent Deans, 250-686-4141 pg. 22

302-940 Boulderwood Rise, $457,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunFarley Fahey, 250-818-5500 pg. 5

407-5332 Sayward Hill, $680,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 14

1266 OceanwoodSaturday 2-4Newport RealtyGlen Myles, 250-385-2033 pg. 23

3236 Cedar HillSunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 25

203-1642 McKenzie, $384,900Saturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 24

1646 Longacre Dr, $585,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRobert Nemish, 250-744-3301 pg. 22

3922 QuadraSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGladys Walsh 250-384-8124 pg. 25

1860 San Juan AveSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDeborah Piper, 250-477-5353

4715 Amblewood, $799,900Saturday 2-4Newport Realty Mark Shepard 250-385-2033 pg. 24

981 Summitwood, $1,295,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 23

4169 Douglas, $419,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 25

5336 Sayward Hill, $899,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250 744-3301 pg. 15

4800 Sea Ridge, $749,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 23

307-1620 McKenzie, $358,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdMay Liu 250 477-7291 pg. 17

4631 Ocean Park PlSaturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBill Ethier, 250-592-4422

3-4771 Cordova Bay, $799,000Saturday 1-3MacDonald Realty LtdLeslee Farrell 250 388-5882 pg. 15

1552 Oak Crest DriveSaturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdKevin Sing, 250 477-7291 pg. 17

203-5350 Sayward Hill, $649,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 14

1405 Ana Clare Pl, $689,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunFarley Fahey, 250-818-5500 pg. 22

4806 Amblewood, $859,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 38

1845 Penshurst St, $614,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-385-2033

5304-2829 Arbutus, $729,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyDoug Sunray 250 477-1100 pg. 16

4236 Oak View, $929,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 24

4030/4040 Borden St, $239,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 11

1428 Edgeware, $589,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 25

2631 ArbutusSunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBill Ethier, 250-920-7000 pg. 25

2080 Pauls, $749,000Sunday 3-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 45

309-1618 North Dairy, $354,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 16

984 Taine, $569,000Sunday 2-4Newport Realty Mark Shepard 250-385-2033 pg. 24

948 Walema, $649,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 23

3648 Doncaster, $939,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333 pg. 22

4674 Lochside, $949,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

4631 Ocean Park PlSaturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBill Ethier, 250-592-4422 pg. 21

985 Eagle Reach, $749,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 23

1561 Elm, $549,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyJohn West 250 385-2033 pg. 24

937 Kentwood, $629,000Friday 2-4Boorman’s Real EstateMichael Boorman 250-595-1535 pg. 25

3942 Aspen, $795,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 47

102-1663 McKenzie Ave, $364,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDaniel Stapleton, 250-588-2178 pg. 5

1530 Kenmore Rd, $615,000Sunday 1-4Access RealtyDave Vogel, 250-588-8378 pg. 21

5940 Old West Saanich, $779,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyGordon Lee 250-385-2033 pg. 45

1260 Loenholm Rd, $464,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Wayne Hyslop, 250-477-7291 pg. 26


4823 Prospect Lake Rd, $1,165,000Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

211 Maddock Ave W, $439,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088 pg. 25

727 Viaduct East, $624,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 26

5709 Wallace, $737,000Sunday 2:30-4:30Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 27

618 Baxter, $479,000Sunday 1-3Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 26

409-4536 Viewmont, $289,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250 588-2339 pg. 27

304-4535 Viewmont, $234,900Saturday 3-5Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

3975 Arlene, $599,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 26

1055 Violet Ave, $825,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Carol Stevens, 250-474-6003 pg. 26

526 Carnation Pl, $249,900Saturday 1-4Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

3926 Jean Place, $649,000Saturday 2-4Duttons & Co Real Estate pg. 1

4227 Wilkinson, $449,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesDaryl Ashby, 250-478-9141 pg. 26

3880 Mildred, $649,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 26

34-520 Marsett, $599,500Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

4017 South Valley, $724,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital Dean Innes 250 477-5353 pg. 43

1170 Gerda, $649,900Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 38

9130 Ardmore, $1,199,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

21-10459 Resthaven, $599,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

9554 Sharples, $518,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLucy Richardson 250 360 7399 pg. 28

15-2070 Amelia Ave, $224,500Sunday 1-3Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 pg. 27

8650 Richland, $969,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250 477-5353

302-2311 Mills Rd, $259,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 5

15-7701 Central Saanich, $139,000Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

12-1287 Verdier, $405,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 13

201-9905 Fifth, $389,900Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

608 Fairway AveDaily 1:30-4Century 21 QueenswoodChuck Meagher 250 477-1100 pg. 15

10314 Gabriola Pl, $522,000Saturday 12-1:30 & Sunday 2:30-4Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124

10917 Boas RdSaturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital Dean Innes 250 477-5353 pg. 43

402-1240 Verdier, $349,500Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 15

1110-6880 Wallace Dr, $729,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cheryl Woolley, 250-477-7291

7161 West Saanich Rd, $319,900Thursday-Monday 3-5Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 27

2478 Ocean, $739,000Sunday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

10323 Resthaven, $1,049,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

201-2415 Amherst, $434,500Saturday 12-1Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

103-10459 Resthaven Dr.Saturday 1-3Cornerstone Properties Ltd.Neil Gurton, 250-475-2006

22-1287 Verdier, $374,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 14

96-7701 Central Saanich, $119,000Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

62-2070 Amelia Ave, $215,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frances Wade, 250-656-0131 PG. 480817

6467 Central Saanich, $689,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 38

403-10160 Third St, $379,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunGay Helmsing, 250-655-0608 pg. 6

7161 West SaanichThursday - Monday 3-5Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 10

201-9861 Fifth, $299,000Saturday 3:30-4:30Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 39

A9563 CanoraSaturday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-8780 pg. 3

11058 Larkspur, $559,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJackie Adkins, 250-477-5353 pg. 27

8541 Bexley, $558,888Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLeslie Manson 250 744-3301 pg. 28

2030 Salem Ter, $589,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

71-7701 Central Saanich, $142,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 28

9637 Second St, $549,900Saturday 11:30-1:30Re/Max CamosunPeter Gray, 250-882-3333 pg. 27

10384 Bowerbank Rd, $599,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunSam Sihota, 250-744-3301 pg. 27

6-2020 White Birch Rd, $399,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 28

5071 Stag, $750,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSharen Warde 250 592-4422 pg. 29

201-2829 Peatt Rd, $224,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

631 Southwood, $999,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

1006 Isabell, $459,000Saturday 3-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 45

642 Tyler, $715,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceRon Neal 250 386-8181 pg. 48

117-643 Granderson, $369,000Sunday 12-1:30Pemberton Holmes LtdGregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 47

983 Arngask Ave, $639,900Saturday 1-4Pemberton HolmesJim Fields, 250-857-5467 pg. 29

2941 Golden Spike, $415,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdSean Farrell 250 388-5882 pg. 31

3217 Mallow Crt, $389,000Saturday 3-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 45

3426 Pattison Way, $479,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDeanna Noyce 250 744-3301 pg. 31

104-2120 Harrow Gate, $424,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932

217 Carmanah Pl, $620,000Saturday 2:30-4Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124

109-3220 Jacklin, $299,000Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyTania McFadden 250 589-0248 pg. 45

973 Tayberry, $429,900Sunday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunDon Burnham, 250-516-1510 pg. 45

1016 Brown, $389,900Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683 pg. 6

119-2733 Peatt Rd, $369,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

584 Kingsview, $488,888Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

915 Forshaw, $370,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 21

3255 Willshire, $448,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdNancy Vieira 250 384-8124 pg. 30

2280 Aldeane, $544,900Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250 380-6683 pg. 31

2558 Selwyn Rd., $465,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny 250-474-4800 pg. 31

1001 Wild RidgeSaturday 3-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 45

2455 Prospector, $679,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdBill Carnegie 250 474-6003 pg. 31

1043 Whitney, $384,900-$464,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunGarreth Jones, 250-999-9822

2207 Spirit Ridge, $985,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Carol Stevens, 250-474-6003 pg. 29

3358 Happy Valley Rd, $479,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesPaul King, 250-384-8124 pg. 31

608 Fairway Ave, $324,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 5

3374 Joyce Pl, $439,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 29

2363 Echo Valley Dr, $589,500Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 29

513 Caleb Pike, $635,000Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 31

662 Goldstream Ave., $254,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 15

3552 Promenade, $749,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunTracy Fozzard 250 744-3301 pg. 38

5308 Rocky Pt Rd, $599,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

411-866 Brock, $360,000Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 10

620 Treanor Rd, $419,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-744-3301 pg. 6

2433 Prospector Way, $629,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 29

3134 Wishart, $464,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 31

593 Latoria, $295,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 8

820 Orono Ave, $434,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceJim Parsons, 250-382-1816 pg. 29

6823 Rhondonite, $369,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 35

2381 French Rd N, $359,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 34

2882 Sooke River, $679,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTammi Dimock 250 642-6361 pg. 35

6247 East Sooke, $379,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesJacquie Jocelyn, 250-384-8124 pg. 34

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 34

2710A Phillips, $585,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdGregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 47

615 St Andrews Lane, $509,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesJacqueline Baker, 250-384-8124 pg. 37

2239 McIntosh, $399,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 36

2115 Ida Ave, $549,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 47

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Story by KYLE SLAVIN

Riley McCormick says the London Olympics will be a different experience than Beijing. And he’s veering away from what he did four years ago to give him the best chance possible of winning.

“What will be best for me will be focusing my time and energy into consistent training, rather than travelling around to different meets before the Olympics,” the 20-year-old Saanich resident said.

Even from a mental perspective, getting a spot on the Olympic team was entirely different this time around.

“The first time it was an ‘I made it!’ feeling. I was ecstatic. I had achieved my goal,” he said. “This time I was excited, of course, but I felt more relieved than anything. Last time (at the Olympics), I had already accomplished my goal (of qualifying).”

McCormick secured his Olympic spot on May 27 at the Diving Canada Olympic trials in Montreal.

He completed an impressive fifth-round reverse dive, earning perfect 10s from four of the judges, and clinching a spot before taking his final dive.

Training as an Olympic platform diver is no easy feat.McCormick, who’ll participate in the 10-metre event in London,

spends seven days a week training at Saanich Commonwealth Place.His rigid schedule involves an hour of dry land work in the

morning (stretching, flips, acrobatics) followed by an hour in the water. And then his afternoon begins with another hour out of the water, followed by two hours in the water.

“I have to have a good strategy with my coach … in order to not blow everything out, and have nothing left in the tank for the Olympics. I feel like we had a great strategy, because I’m not exhausted from it, and I’m ready to keep going.”

As an athlete, McCormick sees that he’s improved significantly since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“I don’t have as many errors. I’m a lot more consistent,” he said. “I’m also doing much more difficult dives now.”

Another aspect of attending the Olympics that he hopes will be different this time around is getting a chance to see other athletes compete.

“This time I’m definitely going to take a different approach, and I’m going to try and see some sights, and see other events,” he said, mentioning that a soccer game is top of mind, in that respect.

But his priority remains ensuring he’s physically and mentally prepared when he’s standing 10 metres above the water at the London Aquatics Centre.

“It’s very, very stressful … but I’m still hungry for this – I’m hungry to do well at the Olympics.”

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Saanich diver Riley McCormick competes during the Men’s Open Platform diving competition for the 2012 Winter Senior Nationals at Commonwealth Place pool.

Summer Games begin in July

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held July 27 to Aug. 12 in London, England.

Official flame now in the U.K.

The Olympic Flame was lit in Olympia, Greece on May 10 and after a short relay around that country, it arrived in the United Kingdom May 18.

Thousands carryOlympic torch

The Olympic Torch was carried by 8,000 torchbearers, who travelled 12,874 kilometres through more than 1,000 communities. On average, each torchbearer carried the flame 300 metres.

Stadium built to be Games centre

Olympic Stadium will be used for Olympic athletics, opening and closing ceremonies and Paralympic athletics. The 53-metre high structure took three years to construct and required 10,000 tonnes of steel.

Festival time in London

The London 2012 Festival runs for 12 weeks across the U.K., from June 21 to Sept. 9. It includes 1,000 events.

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By Jennifer BlythBlack Press

Corrie Harrison was introduced to the MS Soci-ety’s Grape Escape ride for MS several years ago while working at a local radio station. Five years later, she and her team are pedalling stronger than ever, enjoying the camaraderie and fun of the ride, but also the thrill of helping contribute to the fight to end mul-tiple sclerosis.

The picturesque ride, with several distances to accommodate many riders, takes place in the Cowichan Valley over two days July 7 and 8, with numerous stops at wineries, farms and other unique destinations along the way.

“When you finish, you just feel great,” Harrison says. “There’s the personal challenge you have rid-ing, the fun of meeting people and stopping at all those neat places. You meet so many people – the whole experience is just terrific!”

Joining Harrison and the Random Do-Gooders have been Tammy Osland, Melissa Foster, Sarah Butcher, Lydia Byran and Candyce Nowak, with others “recruited” over the years to join the fun – and fundraising.

Each Grape Escape rider commits to raising a minimum of $325 to participate, but many fund-raise much more.

In fact, the Random Do-Gooders will be at Gal-axy Motors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, June 9, for their third annual carwash in support of the MS Society. Through this and other fund-raisers, such as their recent hot dog sales at the Selkirk Waterfront Festival, the team hopes to top their $7,000 total from last year, and has their eye

on the $10,000 mark, Harrison says.Over the last four years, some of the fundraisers

have been almost as memorable as the event itself, she says, recalling their inaugural car wash – held on her birthday – which raised a whopping $1,000, thanks to many hands coming out to help. “The amount of support we had for that was terrific,” she says, remembering telling friends and family that her ideal birthday gift that year would be their help washing cars. “That was the most memorable fundraiser, but there are so many memories you make, I could probably go on forever!”

In addition to the team’s fundraising goals, Har-rison also sets personal challenges for the ride.

“Last year was the first year I didn’t walk my bike at all!”

Advice to new riders? “The first thing I would say is when you reach a hill don’t look up – that’s how I made it up each and every hill last year,” she laughs.

While Harrison is one of the few riders who doesn’t have a personal connection to MS through friends or family, the people she has met over the years have offered plenty of inspiration.

In turn, one of the successes of such a major event is in the sense of commu-nity it creates, and through it the support for the many people living with multi-ple sclerosis on the South Island. People realize that they are not alone as they live with the disease; there are many, many people who are lending their support, both to find a cure and to help provide

programs and services right here on the South Island.

In fact, it’s hoped that with increased num-bers and fundraising, this year’s Grape Escape will bring in $500,000.

A complex neurological disease often diagnosed in young adults aged 15 to 40, multiple sclerosis is unpredictable, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. However, no one need face MS alone. Here in Victoria, as in communities across Canada, volunteers and MS Society staff provide information, support, educational events and other resources for people with MS and their families. Researchers funded by the MS Society are working to develop new and better treatments. Their ultimate goal is a cure.

Cyclists look forward to a Grape Escape Cyclists are set to pedal into the Cowichan Valley for the South Island’s biggest fundraiser for the MS Society.

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✦ The 2012 MS Bike Tour Cowichan Valley Grape Escape is being hosted for the first time at Shawnigan Lake School, meaning participants can enjoy many of the same stops, but via a new route. Find more information about the route at www.cowichanvalleygrapeescape.com✦ The venue change also brings an earlier ride – July 7 & 8 – and registration has already surpassed last year’s numbers!

REGISTRATION INFO✦ Registration to July 6 is $55 or $90 with dorm fee for those staying overnight at Shawnigan Lake School.✦ Note that all riders must raise at least $325 to join the event. If the minimum has not been raised by July 7, they will be asked to cover the difference in order to participate.

ABOUT MS✦ 160 Grape Escape volunteers contribute about 1,070 hours over the course of the ride.✦ Fundraisers include the Random Do-Gooders’ can wash June 9 at Galaxy Motors and the Team Woop do Woos’ Kick for the Cure June 9 (www.mskickforthecure.com).✦ The MS Society of Canada is the largest funder of MS research in Canada. Founded in 1948, the society has invested more than $98 million in research to date.✦ Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world and the disease affects three times as many women as men.✦ MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada; every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed.✦ Can’t join the ride? Help put an end to MS by supporting another team or rider. It’s as easy as visiting www.cowichanvalleygrapeescape.com✦ Contact the South Vancouver Island Chapter of the MS Society of Canada at 250-388-6496✦ Learn more about the many volunteer positions available at www.cowichanvalleygrapeescape.com/volunteer-today

The Random Do-Gooders are looking forward to this year’s Grape Escape bike ride for MS, July 7 and 8.

Corrie Harrison finishes the Grape Escape in 2010.

The Random Do-Gooders in 2009.

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All the volunteers and riders I met were so pleasant and positive. It was truly a pleasure. All of the riders cycling in had big smiles and positive energy oozing into the air.

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‘Whale adoption’ tickets are available through Boys & Girls Clubs at a cost of $5 each, five

for $20 or 25 for $100. The lucky owners of the numbers attached to the first six whales across the finish win one of six great prizes: A $2,200 WestJet voucher, a patio set and heater, a bicycle, an iPad, $500 cash or a Fender acoustic guitar with lessons.

For details, visit www.bgcvic.org/wildaboutwhales.

New & NotableVictoria Massage Therapy and Health

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To celebrate their grand opening, through June the clinic’s team of health-care professionals is offering integrated health assessments to the public by donation (suggested $10), with proceeds going to Kidsport Victoria. Appointments can be booked online or by calling 250-590-5221.

Ottavio Italian Bakery & Delicatessen on Oak Bay Avenue hosts Festa Italiano from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday (June 9), including food, Italian wine and beer tasting, the splitting of the parmagiano cheese, plus a gathering of Vespas, Ducatis, Ferraris and more.

The Fairmont Empress is celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee with an array of royal events, officially declaring June 2012 “Royal Month.” Festivities include an exclusive dinner, a Royal Dog Show and Tea Party, and a Royal Brunch in the hotel’s new Ivy Ballroom.

A new era of Afternoon Tea begins with the launch of Royal-Tea which includes a live table-side presentation of honey from Chef Silva’s bee garden. Call 250-384-8111 for more details.

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