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Theatre on the rise at Stelly’sStelly’s Secondary hosting a community arts theatre fundraiser on June 19, page 18

Riding for justiceFather-daughter team starts cross-Canada ride to call for better police oversight, page 5

Proposal could see Sidney beacon burning againSteven HeywoodNews staff

If you’ve been to Sidney or even just lived here only a short time, you may not realize that there’s an actual beacon on Beacon Avenue.

At the east end of Sidney’s main drag stands an iron grill, impaled in a cairn on concrete and rock. It’s a beacon that was erected in 1995 and designed to burn using natural gas, but it has been decidedly dormant since 2000.

This week, the pos-sibility of it being re-lit was raised at the sug-gestion of former munic-ipal councillor Kenny Podmore. A member of the Monarchist League of Canada. Podmore says he was approached by someone asking if he could help convince the Town of Sidney to take part in a brief cer-emony on September 9 to mark Queen Eliza-beth II’s reign as the lon-gest monarch in modern history.

“Beacons will be lit all over Canada,” Podmore said, “and if it works

right, Sidney’s beacon would be the last one lit in Canada.”

He said while the Monarchists League event calls for ceremonies to be held and beacons to be lit at noon on that day, he’s suggesting Sidney light theirs between dusk and later in the evening. And once it’s lit again, Podmore added it could either stay that way or shine during special occasions.

In a report by Town staff to council, which met June 8, it was noted the beacon is in disrepair with a “prohibitively expensive” repair estimate.

Lighting up Beacon Ave.

Steven Heywood/News staff

Sidney’s gas beacon may get a boost, thanks to the Queen

Please see: Gas could be replaced by electric light, page 2


Sidney residents Diana Gough and Shawn Hefely enjoy the town’s current skate park and do not want to see it disappear as the municipality considers the area for a new community safety building and parking lot. Gough has a petition with more than 200 names, asking that the park be saved, and has presented it to the Town.

Petition asks: don’t pave paradiseSteven HeywoodNews staff

Sounds of children using Sidney’s skate park helps make the highway traf-fic noise vanish, says Diana Gough.

That’s only one reason why the Sidney resident is fighting as best she can to save the park from demolition in munici-

pal plans to build a large employee park-ing lot south of the Mary Winspear Cen-tre.

Gough has collected more than 200 names on a petition, asking the Town of Sidney to keep the skate park. She says she has presented her petition to munici-pal hall, but is not holding out much hope that it will have a significant effect.

“I hear from a lot of people that they are frustrated that the Town seems to announce these plans and their minds are already made up,” she said.

That said, she added she still has to try.

Diana Gough collects 200-plus names in support of Sidney’s skate park

Please see: Gough fears loss of park, page 16

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The Town will look into how it might be re-lit with a temporary gas source — or even a more permanent electric flickering light.

Podmore, who is also the Town Crier for Sidney, seemed to favour that idea.

“Once we lit it, it would be nice to leave it and let it light up along with all the street lights.”

Podmore added a few people he’s mentioned the idea to were not even aware the beacon existed. However, he’s confident it could be put to good

use once again.The town is looking into the refur-bishment options and will report back to council at an upcoming meeting.

Continued from page 1

Gas could be replaced by electric lightBeacon Avenue name

Sidney’s Beacon Avenue was not named for the gas beacon put up in 1995.

Brad Morrison with the Sidney Archives says there are two possible roots to the name Beacon Avenue — one, there was a red beacon light situated at the end of the wharf at the foot of the street — and two, it was named after the beacon that was situ-ated at the end of Sidney Island.

Morrison says he favours the second explanation, as Beacon Avenue likely got its name in 1891 and the wharf did not exist then.

Sidney & North SaanichThe following incidents occurred June 5:

• Police responded to a two-vehicle colli-sion where air bags had deployed in the 10000 block of Resthaven Drive in Sidney. One vehicle travelling south slowed to allow another vehicle to parallel park and was rear-ended by another vehicle. No injuries resulted, however, both driv-ers were assessed by ambulance. Neither was transported to hospital.

• At 8:30 p.m., police responded to the area of McTavish Road and Highway 17 after receiv-ing reports that youths were throwing eggs at passing vehicles. A reminder to parents to speak with your kids about the dangers associated with such activities.

• At 8:40 p.m. two vehicles colliided on East Saanich Road at Leal Road in North Saanich. There were no injuries and minor damage to the vehicles.

• Police responded to another report of a theft from vehicle at Cy Hampson Park, North Saa-nich. This is an ongoing problem and several people have reported their wallets have been stolen from their vehicles in this area.

June 6:

• Three police vehicle were responding to an emergency with their lights and sirens acti-vated at 1:40 p.m. While south on Seventh St., a vehicle pulled out of Thrifty’s parking lot and struck the rear passenger side tire of one of the police vehicles. Minor damage was sustained to the police vehicle and there were no injuries. A violation ticket was issued to the driver for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.

June 8:

• An 85 year old female pedestrian was struck by a pickup while J-walking across Third Street just north of Beacon Avenue. The pedestrian was transported to hospital with serious but non life-threatening facial/head injuries.

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NORTH SAANICH — Parkland Secondary School had eight ath-letes qualify from the Island track and field championships for the B.C. finals recently.

Three junior girls made it in the javelin competition — Sarah Gibson, Lauren Fanelli and Emma Dennis.

Emma Dennis had a fantastic throw of 33.42 meters and placed sixth in the B.C.s.

Jacqueline Gaby won the senior women’s 1500m Race Walk in a time of 7.45.19.

“This is the second time Jacqueline has won the senior girls title,” stated Colleen McNamee of Parkland Secondary. “She won as a Grade 10 student, placed third last year as a Grade 11 student and this year was golden once more.”

Sayril Silaya came second in the B.C. junior boys long jump with a personal best of 6.20 meters.

“He had a fabulous meet,” McNamee said in an email to the PNR. “He also came in fifth in the junior boys 100 metre race final with a

time of 11.49.”The 4X100 junior

boys relay team, con-sisting of Silaya, Ben Sammons, Eric Alliston and Joseph Dolce, had great promise and qual-ified for the finals with a time of 46.45 in the heats. Unfortunately, they were disqualified

in the finals, along with three other teams.

“Huge potential next year for the four young men.”

Ben Sammons, who won the junior boys Aggregate Award for the Lower Island in May, due to his first place finishes in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles, had an injury a week before the pro-vincials and could only compete in relay.

“He is only in Grade 9 and has a bright future in the next three years in hurdling,’ said McNa-mee.

At the school’s year end Athletic Awards, Gaby won the top female Athlete Award.

Silaya won the top junior boys Athletic Award for not only track, but also basket-ball and volleyball.

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Jacqueline Gaby tops the podium in the Senior Women’s 1500m Race Walk in a time of 7.45.19 at the provincial track and field finals recently.

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Sayril Silaya took second place among junior boys in the provincial track and field long jump event.

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One resident is watchingO

ne has to admire Diana Gough for speaking her mind and making an effort to save a part of Sidney that she thinks is quite valuable — a place for youth to play.

Gough is a regular around town, moving about in her scooter and has been active in a variety of community events. Plus, she spends time down at the Sidney skate park, close to where she now lives. It seemingly flies in the face of stereotypical interactions — or lack thereof — between seniors and youth.

Where one might think the two social groups might rarely meet, here’s a woman who goes out of her way to let young people know she likes what they do and is willing to fight for it.

Gough presented a 200-plus name petition to the municipality this week, hoping to convince them not to destroy the skate park as they look at redeveloping the land south of the Mary Winspear Centre into an employee parking lot.

That, and a proposed community safety building, will change the look of the site significantly. In the mix, the Town has stated it will have to remove the current skate park and, eventually, replace it on some land elsewhere.

Gough fears a replacement skate park might fall through the cracks. If there’s no stopping the parking lot proposal, she says, she hopes to at least raise awareness in the community about the loss of the park to local youth.

Good for her — it takes a bit of courage to stand up for what you believe in, even though the odds may be stacked against you. Gough believes in what she’s doing, yet is clearly frustrated by the process and what she hears from some people — namely that once minds are made up, it’s very hard to change them.

If nothing else, and even if the current skate park cannot be saved, her message should be taken to heart. Too many times promises are made and never followed up. Gough is bringing attention not only to the future of the skate park — which is still probably years away from being removed — but to local politics and what is being said to assuage fears that the youth facility might be lost in the shuffle.

Time will tell if the skate park survives or is rebuilt in a new location. Diana Gough, for as long as she can, will probably be there to ensure we do not forget about it.

Comments in the Peninsula News Review’s June 5 report Workforce Housing Comes to Sidney attributed to Mayor Price and councilors Chad and Fallot are real head shakers.

It appears that even before pub-lic consultations have begun on the proposed housing project the Mayor has thrown down the gloves and come out with pre-emptive strikes against those who may be concerned with the probable loss of downtown public parking if the project goes ahead as planned.

Similar to the Port Sidney (Sea-port Place) development fiasco, the Mayor’s comments appear to be in support of the proposal by dismiss-ing what will certainly be one of the main hurdles in getting it through the public review process. Once again, so much for a level playing field.

The Mayor’s remarks, “we need to wean people off parking down-town,” will not be welcomed by downtown retailers and are at odds with recent efforts to attract trav-elers into Sidney including costly welcoming signage proposals at the highway and Anacortes ferry. Visi-tors arriving in cars will be discour-aged to find limited parking avail-able to them in the downtown retail area. Asking them to park near the highway and walk may be too much to ask when there are plenty of other options for them elsewhere.

The survival of the town’s retail shops is very dependent upon the town’s ability to not only attract tourists but provide them with con-venient parking for shopping and enjoying what our town has to offer.

The affordable housing project is certainly a welcome one but to rob Peter to pay Paul is not a good strat-egy for downtown revitalization.

Ed EastSidney

Work together to stop secret police bill

We cannot create a world where our kids are unable to live in a Can-ada with less freedoms than we cur-rently have. A free and open democ-racy that is forced to listen to all open and reasonable conversations by the member’s of that democracy.

I encourage Canadians to learn more about how we can work together to stop Secret Police Bill C-51 at: StopC51.ca

Chris duMonceauxSidney

Money well spent?The primary reason for this let-

ter is to thank publicly the Town staff and the contractor who did a splendid job of putting in the new sidewalk on the eastern part of First Street between the ferry terminal and Bevan Avenue.

They worked hard at expedit-ing the project and minimizing the inconvenience to the residents affected. The workers were always polite, helpful, attentive and accom-modated our requests as much as possible. The sprinklers beside the old sidewalk were relocated and the disturbed grass areas seeded.

Overall it was a job well done

and, as a result, the new sidewalk looks splendid. If beautification was the goal, it has been accomplished.

I am left wondering, however, if the $130,000 or so to replace the old functional sidewalk would have been more cost-effectively spent in putting a sidewalk on the western side of the street between 9654 and the corner with Second Street. The condominium at 9650 houses a lot of elderly residents who have to cross the road to walk into Sidney as they cannot navigate through the grass on their side, even with walk-ers, canes and the like.

Or would the money have been better spent to refurbish the water-front walkway on the seaside of First?

That path is used a lot on a daily basis, but it is ugly, rough, dirty, and often cluttered by plant overgrowth. Its surface is irregular, and rocks are frequently seen protruding above the surface, making it uncomfort-able and unsafe, especially for the disabled and infirm, even with the aid of walkers and scooters.

John BardsleySidney

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John and Sarah Pruyn have never embarked on a cross-Canada bike journey before. In fact, they may never have even contemplated it before.

However, since 2010, the father and daughter have had to think about things they never thought would impact on their lives so much.

Both John and Sarah attended the same labour protest in Toronto on June 26, 2010, during the G20 sum-mit held there that year. They had figured on a peaceful pro-test and set up in that city’s Queen’s Park, a purported legal protest zone established by authorities. However, that day was when riot police swept the entire area, mak-ing mass arrests and sparking debate over police actions, rather than focussing public attention on what was going on among the G20 nations.

“With protests, there’s always the hope that your leaders will listen,” Sarah said.

Instead, both she and her dad were arrested. John, who is missing a leg, said he had his artificial limb torn from him, his walking stick grabbed and because he could not comply with a police order to stand, walk or even hop, he was dragged away and put into a holding area for 28 hours.

“They didn’t give me time to stand,” John said. “I didn’t get up right away, so they attacked me.”

Sarah and a friend who had tried to help her father, were also arrested. She says she was held for 27 hours.

Both would be released without charge. Afterwards, John said he found he’d had a concussion and began suf-fering from stress related to the incident. He filed a Human Rights complaint, which he won and received a little

money and an assurance that police practices would change.

“But it was never about the money,” he said. “I still want a police apology and their acknowledgement that they went over the line.”

To this day John said he does not know who the police officers were who dragged him away and it still bothers him that they may never face repercussions.

That’s why the pair started the G20 Justice Ride — G20Justiceride.wordpress.com — with the goal of rid-ing across Canada, stopping at MP and MLA offices and RCMP headquarters buildings in each province. They started

their journey in Sidney this week, visiting the office of MP Elizabeth May.

They want to raise aware-ness about what happened five years ago and how new legislation like Bill C-51, cur-rently before the House of Commons, could give police more powers with little over-sight.

“They’ve got enough power,” he said.

They are also after an inquiry into the disruption of peaceful protests by police with the goal of increas-ing oversight into officers’ actions.

To this day, John said he still suffers anxiety when he sees a police officer — although he

admitted he doesn’t believe individual officers are bad.

“I believe the mindset that allows that kind of thing to go on in groups, is not necessar-ily in the individual police offi-cers.”

Sarah and John dipped their wheels in the Pacific Ocean in Victoria this week as they start their 110-day journey across Canada. They say they know the journey will be hard but hope to make a point to Canadians and their leaders as well.

“We have a hope, as naive as it may be, to see change with the police,” said Sarah.

The pair will end their jour-ney in St. John’s, Newfound-land.

Justice Ride seeking inquiry into G20 arrests in 2010Ontario’s John and Sarah Pruyn riding 110 days to protest lack of police oversight


Sarah and John Pruyn are riding across Canada to raise awareness about the treatment they and others received at the hands of police during the 2010 G20 protests in Toronto. They want an inquiry into why police were allowed to attack peaceful protesters.

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RCMP probe claims ‘a mistake’

Premier Christy Clark has apologized for wrongly claiming an RCMP investigation was underway into several former health ministry researchers who the government fired in 2012.

Clark character-ized the investigation claims as an error but said little more when reporters asked her why the claims weren’t recanted until RCMP documents were released to the Vancouver Sun under Access to Information.

“It was a mistake that was made and that’s why we apolo-gized for it,” Clark said.

The released docu-ments show the RCMP closed their file in the summer of 2014 because the force never received infor-mation from the prov-ince justifying a crimi-nal investigation.

Health Minister Terry Lake told reporters he was never informed the Mounties weren’t investigating.

The province previ-ously admitted the firings were a mis-take and settled out of court with most of the employees. One researcher committed suicide.

NDP MLA Adrian

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More records missing: NDP

Opposition New Democrats claim they’ve found more examples of govern-ment staffers destroy-ing records to stymie information requests.

Privacy Commis-sioner Elizabeth Den-ham is already investi-gating the allegations of a transportation ministry staff member who said a supervisor deleted emails from his computer so they wouldn’t be consid-ered for public release through a Freedom of Information request for records related to the Highway of Tears.

NDP critic Doug Routley said he has asked Denham to look into three more cases where FOI requests yielded no documents even though the NDP knew they exist because they turned up in overlapping information requests.

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The following is the second part of a News Review interview with B.C. NDP leader John Horgan. The first part was published in the June 10 PNR.

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B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan, who was in North Saan-ich recently to lend his support to a fundraiser for Saanich North and the Islands MLA Gary Holman, says he’s will-ing to give as good as he gets when it comes to debate in the legis-lature.

Where he says he’s finding a lot of that back and forth between the NDP and the B.C. Liberals, is in two very large portfolios in this province: health care and the economy.

“At the highest level, the federal government seems to have largely vacated their role in health care, and it’s left a big hole for the prov-inces to fill.”

Horgan has strong feelings about the health care system,

having used it exten-sively after being diag-nosed with cancer.

“My personal expe-rience with the sys-tem was wonderful,” he said, but noted not everyone has the same experience and, in fact, some find it hard to navigate it and have even felt they’ve been left behind.

“In 10 years I have heard a lot of people’s stories, good or with challenges.”

Those challenges, he said, are often related to the pressures build-ing within the system itself — whether its in declining numbers of nurses to the need for more doctors in many places throughout the province.

Horgan said those challenges are diffi-cult to overcome and from his persepctive will require an influx of capital, no matter the approach taken to make B.C.’s health sys-tem better.

To that end, he said having balanced bud-gets are all well and good, but the province has obligations that it

must live up to.“A balanced budget

is good and it’s better than being in the red, however, does it meet expectations people have [of services the province supplies]?”

Horgan suggested one way to increase capital in the short term would be to issue provincial bonds, gen-erating some interest in the province at the same time.

“We can fix the sys-tem,” he said. “And we can do that by re-jigging how we man-age the flow of cash through the system.”

Raising that cash means having a robust economy, one that would enable people to take advantage of

things like bonds. And while the Liberals have been looking to Liqui-fied Natural Gas as an economic boost in B.C., Horgan said that should only be a part of the economic picture, not the whole thing.

“In a recent report, it showed overwhelm-ingly that, world-wide, Canada is pretty low on the pole (when it comes to LNG produc-tion). The U.S. is frack-ing a lot of its gas now and no longer needs a lot of Canadian gas.

“It makes sense that we want to get our gas to higher-price markets but it’s only a transition fuel. It has less of an impact than coal.”

Horgan said he’s no climate change denier and does see some value in the industry, but is concerned with what he termed “the hyperbole of Premier Christy Clark” on LNG’s future in the province.

“The province has set the stage to race towards a deal and their current one with Petronas may not be in the best interests of the people of Brit-

ish Columbia. The resource belongs to us, and we should be get-ting the benefits.”

Outside of LNG, Hor-gan said B.C. remains strong in its service industry, high-tech, films, health services and even forestry.

On the Island, he agrees its more of a

challenge and raw logs are continuing to be exported too much, but notes as the U.S. econ-omy recovers and their dollar rebounds, the demand for Canadian lumber goes up.

“There are some pos-itives in forestry right now,” he said.

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growth in B.C., while not what it was at 10 years ago, is still a chal-lenge.

Horgan has been leader of the B.C. NDP for 13 months and serves as MLA for Malahat-Juan de Fuca on Vancouver Island.

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Horgan sees challenges in B.C.’s economy“We can fix

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SIDNEY — The Sid-ney Museum and Archives is the winner of the 2015 Jeannette Hughes Accessibility Award.

Handed out Sat-urday, June 6 during Access Awareness Day in Sidney, the award

was earned after the Museum made improvements allowing better accessability for

people with mobility issues.

Those improve-ments include a new entrance by elevator off the street level. Aisles through the displays have been set up and tested to ensure they are wide enough for wheelchairs to maneu-ver. These modifica-tions have made Sid-ney’s historic and cul-tural museum acces-sible to all members of the public to enjoy.

Access Awareness Day is held the first Saturday in June each year.

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Museum President Ginni Stieva (from left) and Executive Director Peter Garnham accept the award from Jeannette Hughes’ daughter Maureen Wingerter and Acting Mayor Cam McLennan.

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NORTH SAANICH — Male and female lacrosse players will be in action at Panorama Recreation Centre all weekend for the 17th Annual Matt Under-wood Midget Tourna-ment.

The Matt Underwood tournament, June 12 to 14 this year, is held each year to honour the memory of Matt. According to event organizers, he was rec-ognized for his high cal-ibre of play in both box and field lacrosse.

“He was playing at the height of his game and in training camp for the national field lacrosse team when he became ill,” states a notice about the his-tory of the event at pen-lax.com.

“At first it was thought he had mono-nucleosis, but unfor-tunately the diagnosis was leukemia. Matt ral-lied to fight the disease and spearheaded an

aboriginal awareness campaign to recruit aboriginal bone-mar-row donors to help him. His participa-tion in the campaign recruited hundreds of North American aboriginal bone mar-row donors, along with donors among his non-aboriginal team mates and school mates.

“To continue the fight against cancer,

each year the partici-pants are encouraged to raise funds and have their head shaved dur-ing the tournament

For the event itself, spokesperson Linda Cretney said there are three divisions, Midget A2, B and Female this year, and 15 teams.

“This year of course we are introducing the Female Division to the tournament and

in addition to the two island teams (Victoria and Nanaimo) we have three mainland teams (Langley, Mission and Coquitlam) and even an Alberta team from Sherwood Park,” she stated in an email to the PNR.

“In the boys B Divi-sion we have five Island teams (Cowichan, Juan de Fuca B, JDF C, Oceanside and Saan-ich). In the A2 Division we have Kamloops, Delta, Nanaimo and the Peninsula B team is playing up.”

There will be a head shave on Saturday, June 13 and Cretney said organizers hope a lot of the players will take part. Island Hair-cutting is donating the stylists, she added.

To learn more, visit penlax.com or drop by the arena at Panorama starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday (today) and run-ning to around 5 p.m. Sunday. — News staff

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Exploring beautiful British Columbia for the first time should be enjoyed in the comfort and views offered by a high-end sport-utility vehicle.Having recently moved to the province from Nova Scotia, it was time for my parents to make their first trek to this side of the country, so the pressure was on to find an appropri-ate vehicle to show off my new ‘home’.A 2015 Acura RDX was available in the media fleet: Its 273-horsepow-er, 3.5 litre V-6 engine, along with a 6-speed automatic transmission, persuaded me it would get us where we needed to go.My parents, Nadine and George Thom-as, started their trip in Vancouver, in the heart of the city. On the first evening I offered to take them for a drive around town to show them the hot spots. The RDX offers soft leather seats featuring 8-way power adjustability, coupled with a very sleek and stylish exterior, which incorporates an aerodynamic efficient body. To say we felt cool driving it through the city, with music pumping from the 360-watt audio system, is an understatement. Within a few days, we were on our way

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“We’ve had so many requests from people out-side of Oak Bay so in the last couple years we’ve opened it up,” Christinel said. They reserve about 10 spaces for artist from the remainder of the region.

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“I moved here two years ago and this is a great place to skate and to paint. A lot of kids hang out here after school. Many of them have heard of the Town’s plans and that they want to take out the park, but we’ve got it pretty good here.”

Hefely added he understands the need for a new fire hall, but is worried that a replace-ment skate park might not be a priority. He thinks, as does Gough, that a new one should be started before the current one is removed.

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Gough has pled her case at least twice before municipal coun-cil. Mayor Steve Price has told her on at least one occasion that the Town has plans to replace the skate park on a different site (as yet not determined) and build it to a higher standard. It has been a stated goal of the proj-ect over the long-term to build a new skate facility.

Gough, however, isn’t sure.

“This isn’t a joke,” she said, “the kids need some place to play, to ride their bikes and enjoy themselves.”

Gough moved into the Orchard subdivi-sion near the skate park back in October. Even before then, she would ride her scooter to the park to watch the action.

“I think it’s neat and I like the kids’ artwork. “I fear that we’ll lose this park and we may never see it come back.”

Gough said she has told some of the youth using the area that she cannot guarantee what she is doing will work, but added she feels like a bigger part of the community by doing something.

She points to some of the names on her peti-tion — many of whom are adults. Gough said very few people she has asked to sign it refused because they think the area is an eye-sore. Most who didn’t sign, she said, simply expressed frustration that the Town may already have its mind made up about the park.

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Ron Broda with the music department at Stelly’s says the eve-ning’s entertainment consists of two groups: the Craig Henderson Trio and Common Ground and a solo art-ist, Tristan Thompson.

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At 1:30 p.m., kids will hit the stage for solo performances on vio-lin, cello, guitar, mando-lin, drums and piano as well as in a children’s choir.

At 3:30 p.m., the Adult Ukulele Orches-tra will take its turn.

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As with most recit-als, most of the people who attend are parents of the performers but the show is open to the general public.

“We get a lot of peo-ple who bring friends and relatives,” says Diana English, who started the music school along with her husband Lloyd English in 2001. “It’s entertain-

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Recitals are impor-tant because they rein-force a sense of accom-plishment in children. At the same time, their parents get confirma-tion that the lessons they’re paying for are actually sinking in.

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The second show fea-tures about 40 adults who have taken up the ukulele.

“It’s fairly easy to learn — there are only four strings and there’s a lot less tension on the strings than a guitar so it doesn’t hurt your fin-gers as much,” English says.

The performance fea-tures a lot singing and makes for an entertain-ing afternoon. In fact, the social quality of the ukulele is likely one of the reasons many retired people decide to learn the instrument, English says.

“I guess they find themselves with more time and it’s a fun thing to do.”

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Dan EbenalNews Staff

Victoria’s scorching real estate market is putting an even greater emphasis on potential buyers being ready to close the deal.

The Victoria Real Estate Board reports a total of 905 properties were sold across the region in May, a 26.8 per cent increase over the 714 properties sold in May 2014.

“May was another great month for local real estate. It’s been a very active month for sales and listings, and we continue to see consumer confidence in our market as people continue to purchase properties,” said Victoria Real Estate Board president Guy Crozier.

“We’ve not seen this many sales in May since 2007 when we saw 963 properties sell in the month.”

Realtor Cassie Kangas said the potential for a quick sale is yet another reason for buyers to be pre-approved and ready to close the deal.

“Knowing the house you’re looking at may have an offer the first day, you need to have everything

ready. Could be the differ-ence between getting it or not,” said the realtor with DFH Real Estate.

Kangas points to a house that had come on the market on a Saturday morning, she took her clients to see it that same afternoon.

“We were in the house when the realtor phoned me to say ‘My clients are on their way to the office, there’s already two offers,” she recalled. “We hadn’t even looked in the basement yet. You have to be pre-pared, because if you’re not you’re not going to get it.”

Having financing in place is just one of the areas where realtors can assist their cli-ents in buying or selling their home.

“The big thing is that every house is different, and there is information you need

when selling your house.”Kangas said she regularly

needs to come up with infor-mation on items such as building permits, zoning and bylaw information.

“We need to have so much information. People who try to sell their houses by them-selves don’t understand the questions that are going to come up so they don’t have all that information at their fingertips all the time, and they don’t know where to get it,” said Kangas.

She said permits can be a major issue that can have serious ramifications on the sale of a house.

“People do work without permits or they just don’t know what kind of permits are required,” she said. “If someone does come and inspect your house for some reason and they realize you

have done all this work incorrectly, they can make you take it out.”

She said checking for pos-sible oil tanks on a property is another issue that should be investigated before a sale, along with going over strata documentation.

“There could be an assess-ment coming the next year for $60,000 and you’re on the hook for it. You have to read that stuff,” she said.

Kangas said it’s important for realtors to have good relationships with local gov-ernments as well as those in the banking and legal fields in order to address any issues that may arise.

“There’s stuff that buyers have no idea they should be asking and there’s stuff that sellers have no idea they should be disclosing. We’re here to know all that.”

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Cassie Kangas looks over the lot plans for a home. Realtors can help identify potential complications in the sale and purchase of a home.

Victoria sales in May up 26.8% from the same month the previous year

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Wright for Frank Newly updated contemporary Oceanfront masterpiece + dock. Archi-tecturally designed taking advantage of the spectacular private location.Floor to sky windows create a true indoor-outdoor flow. At 3200sqft it will suit most circumstances & incl In Law. Once inside themost discerning buyer will be wowed by the Artistry! $1,499,800

Escape to the CountryA magnificent Schubart designed residence surrounded by 10 acresof natural beauty. Dream kitchen: custom cabinetry, elegant design,superior appliances. 2 excellent BRs & den. The lower floor has adelightful self-contained legal suite. A separate character farm house.Unspoiled beaches, golf courses, amazing outdoors & ocean activities.Just 30-minutes drive to downtown Victoria. $1,549,000

Splendour in the GrassDutch farm house meets West Coast design on this superb scenic 5 acfarm, overlooking Elk lake. Private and picturesque this 4 bed 4 bathwith 3 wings that provide separation for the growing family. Low farmtaxes. 3 excellent multi functional farm buildings. Excellent for horsesand animals. Large veg garden, fruit trees, & fish pond. A splendidcountry property. $1,690,000

Have Your Oceanfront & Swim There Too!Rare south facing Oceanfront offers full sun and Sensational sunsets!Amazing folding wall system opens for an indoor-outdoor feel, easy accessto the beach, and your own mooring buoy. The kitchen sizzles with a covetedInduction cooktop, double-oven, and sit-up counter for guests. Unwind inthe Master suite, or paint in the airy studio. Enjoy the Sauna and relaxing hottub. This is West Coast Living at its very best. $1,698,800

Builder’s Oceanfront DreamRARE opportunity to build an Oceanfront Estate in Victoria BC. This1.24 acre lot in Margaret’s Bay offers 195.5 feet of waterfront, with180° views across Haro Strait to the San Juan Islands. Choice locationprovides a panorama of mountain and island views. The neighbourhoodis serene and private, close to UVIC and all amenities. A blank paletteto create your dream! $1,698,000

A Sea of HoneyAn esteemed, private, south facing 1.24 acre ocean front enclave. Thestunning fjord view of the Saanich Inlet captures an awe-inspiringpeaceful vista. The 4500 sq ft home is rich in potential, and ready forthe next vision. The superb location provides an exceptional oceanorientation with outstanding views of sea & sky. $1,825,000

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Brigadoon, there my Heart Forever Lies.One of the loveliest beach fronts on the Gorge waterway! This 4-levelhome oceanfront home features oak hardwood floors, an open conceptGreat room, and 2 bed extra accommodation. A glassed-in Conservatorycovers a relaxing hot tub. Walk across 1/3 Acre of English countrygardens, down to the water’s edge; launch your canoe from your 130 ftof waterfront. This private Paradise is a mere 15 mins. to Victoriacity centre. $750,000

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Soaring SailsNEW Oceanfront BEACH home so close to the water, it spans Spectacular 180 degree views of sandy Cordova Bay beach, Mt Baker-North Shore-Cascade Mtns through soaring floor to ceiling windows. Upon entry, one is awed by the PANORAMA, the open Great room, dazzling light and brightness. It is immediately apparent that this is the Best Built UNPARALLELED, Cordova Bay OCEANFRONT property ever to come to the market. It benefits from 4 levels of impeccable QUALITY, incl. 2 self-contained Retreats. Sumptuous Master Suite, rare beachside Garage and Mooring Buoy! CALL to SEA. $2,998,000

The Full Nine YardsUnprecedented Low bank Oceanfront Estate with all the bells and whistles! A serious Yachtsman’s delight with very deep water for most boat drafts. Spectacular panoramic Ocean vistas, magnificent indoor swimming pool, Dock, Boathouse, and rare Foreshore Licence are just some of the key features. The architecturally designed 5436 sq ft home was carefully positioned to take full advantage of every aspect of this wonderful location, and outlook. Call now.$1,888,000

Oceans Abound Marinas AroundTake advantage of a rare Opportunity to acquire this incomparable .61 Acre Oceanfront property, featuring 180 feet of low bank shoreline with its unique land point, and panoramic views of the Olympic Mtns, Gulf Islands, Mount Baker, and Sidney by the Sea, BC! Revel in spectacular sunrises from the expanse of windows in the living area and prow-like new deck. The very wide Ocean Vista is the envy of all Boaters, and those who love the idea of being close to all amenities. $1,668,000

Revenue StreamA prime 1+ Acre Oceanfront retreat where Serenity is interrupted only by a meandering stream to Beach waves; home to Eagles, Seals, wild Swans, Whales, and more! This Oceanfront dream close to Victoria BC offers spectacular views of the Sooke Basin with great fishing, kayaking and boating fun. Black Otter Cove was a successful Vacation Rental via 3 Revenue streams: Main Chalet-style home, Oceanfront Suite, and detached Cottage. Water you waiting for? Call now! $798,000

I Can Sea ForeverMesmerizing 270 panoramic ocean vistas of the North Shore Mountains, Mount Baker, Cascades and Olympics towering over the Gulf Isles will be yours to enjoy from breathtaking garden terraces, sunny decks and broad banks of picture windows in this exceptional 3,058 sq ft Executive hilltop residence. Enjoy spellbinding landscaping on a tranquil 1 acre with feature lookout to revel in from this sunny location, with many outstanding features for entertaining or family living. Don’t miss this opportunity to embrace the very best of West Coast Ocean View living! $1,149,000

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