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NEWS: Would-be robber flees empty handed /A2COMMUNITY: Family discovers healthy donation /A4SPORTS: Oak Bay hosts basketball tournament /A10
OAK BAYNEWSCelebrating December’s other holiday
Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff
Three-year-old Ira Rose already knows the candle in the middle is the “helper candle”.
The Saanich youngster is slightly put off by the ceremonial candelabra that features a “helper candle” to the far left and raised from the other eight, instead of in the middle like most of the hanukkiah in Janna Bleviss’ collection.
The Oak Bay woman’s array includes her childhood hanukkiah and one she got for her 50th birthday. The one Eli noticed, for example, spells out Hanukkah in Hebrew.
“If you have a Christmas tree, you collect different ornaments as the years go by. This is the same,” says Janna.
The seven-candled menorah is used all year for Jewish worship and ceremony. At Hanukkah there are nine candles, the eight marking the miracle and a ninth to light them with.
Hanukkah commemorates the 165 BC victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army, over the Syrians and the subsequent rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem. The Maccabees found enough consecrated oil in the temple to light its eternal flame for one day. The lamp burned for eight.
Hanukkah, which started Tuesday and ends Dec. 24, celebrates that rededication of the temple.
“We celebrate that. We don’t celebrate the war, we celebrate the light,” Janna says. “There’s always a light on in the temple, even today in the synagogue there’s always a light on.”
The first night includes an extra prayer, a blessing used for something new, it’s also said at the start of other celebrations.
“It’s just a happy celebration,” says Morris Bleviss. “Others are related
to the seasons … or contemplative.”
Each night after that first includes two prayers. The candles are left to burn down each night, with the hanukkiah placed in a window to share the celebration, Morris says.
“A lot of families do get a present every night,” adds Katy Rose, Ira’s mother. It’s something they may
broach in their family, as Ira is at an age where he notices the difference between other celebrations taking place in the city and among his peers.
Those eight evenings also tend to include a great spread featuring traditional foods such as the fried potato cakes called latke, which can also vary from household to household.
Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff
Eli Rose, 3, uses the ‘helper candle’ to help family friend Morris Bleviss light the hanukkiah candles while Janna Bleviss looks on. They light two, for the second day of Hanukkah today (Dec. 17).
Hanukkah celebrates light of the eternal flame
Did you know?n The Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria is the oldest synagogue in Canada (other synagogues in Toronto and Montreal preceded it, but later moved to larger premises). Congregation Emanu-El celebrated 150 years in June 2013.
PlEASE SEE: Hanukkah a holiday for children, Page A2
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Hanukkah a holiday for children“Every family has their
own favourite recipe,” Katy says, pumping Janna for more information about her recipe.
“I hand grate [the potatoes] so it’s really a labour of love,” Janna replies with a smile. Plus there’s the high egg-to-potato ratio.
The two women look on as Ira and Morris light the candles in demonstration, using the “helper candle”.
“There’s nothing at the synagogue around this, it’s a happy home holiday,” says Janna. “This is probably the newest Jewish holiday. It’s not in the Bible … It’s a family holiday. The kids are the focus.”
There, points out Katy, is a bit of irony.
“It’s the holiday everybody
knows about,” she says. “It is good for the Jewish kids to have something of their own,
Eli Rose, 3, (of Saanich) plays with a dreidel a game traditionally played during Hanukkah.
Hesitation thwarts robberyOak Bay Police are still
investigating a failed robbery attempt at Tomley’s Market on the weekend.
Officers were called to the shop at 2897 Foul Bay Rd. Friday after a lone man entered the market just before 8 p.m., approached the cashier, handed her an empty plastic grocery bag and told her to “fill it”, indicating a robbery.
“The cashier remained calm and called out to her fellow co-worker to come to the checkout stand area,” said Const. Julie Chanin in a news release. “It is believed the cashier’s hesitation to comply with the robber’s demands may have caused him to grow impatient and flee.”
As he left, the suspect haphazardly sprayed the checkout stand area and front entrance of the market with what is believed to be pepper spray.
One of the witnesses reported the suspect had what appeared to be a small black handgun tucked in the waistband of his pants. This has not been confirmed. No goods or cash were reported stolen. BC Ambulance Service treated the market employees exposed to spray.
The suspect was dressed in dark clothing and had a black balaclava covering his face. He is described as a 45- to 55-year-old white man, about five-foot-nine and weighing around 190 pounds.
A Saanich Police K9 Unit attended but could not locate the suspect.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Oak Bay Police Department at 250-592-2424 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or victoriacrimestoppers.com
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For 35 years, Joan Halvorsen has always been there when the community needed her most. Last week, the volunteers she guides and the community they serve honoured her for her work as executive director of Oak Bay Volunteer Services.
“Since December 1979 she has displayed great compassion for the various needs of clients of all ages and has had the necessary skills and knowledge to plan and manage the variety of help that could be offered to them by the many volunteers,” said longtime volunteer Bob Carter, who presented her with the award at the volunteers appreciation luncheon in the Oak Bay municipal hall.
The executive director was presented with an award that held a shepherd’s crook and read Joan Halvorsen: Shepherdess of the Oak Bay Volunteers since December 1979.
“It’s a wonderful honour to receive a beautiful award like this. It’s really a beautiful piece of art in itself,” said Halvorsen.
She gives credit to the volunteers she works with, about 200 at any given moment, and says she is often asked why she has stayed with the job for so long.
“Generally I say, ‘Well, I do have south facing windows.’ While there is truth in that, of course, it’s also the many wonderful people I’ve been able to work with through the years. And also the help we’ve
been able to give to people,” said Halvorsen, who has no intention of stepping away from the job she loves.
“I’m just getting started.”Over the years countless
people have been helped by Halvorsen and her crew of tireless volunteers.
“Each and every one of them means so much to our community,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. “They’re the connectivity to a lot of people who either can’t get out of the house or don’t have anyone to turn to in certain situations.”
Jensen said he cannot express the amount of appreciation the community and council have for the work done by the volunteers.
“There are so many people who depend on the volunteers
and depend what Joan has done as executive director.”
Halvorsen said it’s the challenges of the job that keep her wanting to come back and the biggest reward comes from those she is able to help.
“I suppose it’s when the clients are able to really express the appreciation for the help that you give them. And also the families, it’s not only the individuals we help but their families benefit from the support also.”
She said she can see the relief on the faces when she tells someone that they’re not alone in looking after an elderly parent.
“You realize you’re not only helping the individual but providing something important to the family as well.”
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Bob Carter presents an award to Joan Halvorsen for her 35 years of service as executive director for Oak Bay Volunteer Services. See more photos from the event on page A12.
Commitment to communityJoan Halvorsen recognized for 35 years of service as part of volunteer appreciation
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The primary purpose of Bylaw No. 3917 is to amend Bylaw No. 3881, Hartland Landfill Tipping Fee and Regulation Bylaw No. 6, 2013 by:• increasing the tipping fee rates from $107/tonne to $110/tonne • banning the disposal of kitchen scraps at the landfill• banning the disposal of residential packaging and printed paper at the landfill
A copy of the bylaw may be inspected between the hours of 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday – Friday, excluding statutory holidays, from the date of this Notice until January 14, 2015 at the CRD locations listed below:• Public Notice Posting Place, Main Floor Foyer,625 Fisgard Street, Victoria• Hartland Landfill Administration Offices, Hartland Avenue, Victoria• CRD website www.crd.bc.ca/bylaw3917
Select Bylaw 3917 from the list of bylaws.
Questions regarding the bylaw may be directed to Russ Smith, Senior Manager, Environmental Resource Management, Tel 250.360.3080 or 1.800.663.4425 (local 3080).
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Notice of Adoption ofBylaw 3917, Hartland LandfillTipping Fee and Regulation Bylaw Amendment
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When mulling over ways to give back, one Oak Bay family discovered it could give back all through 2015.
Britt Swoveland says she and her husband Jon, son Markus and in-laws Cary and Cindy Swoveland enjoyed a family Sunday dinner talk that turned to Christmas Day, which for the Swovelands, like many families, includes good food, gifts and a fun day with close family.
“We are very fortunate. Our family is blessed with good health, friends, loving family and happy homes,” Swoveland said. “But we realize for some, the holiday season can be a challenging time. Not everyone has the support they need. Not everyone has presents under the tree. Not everyone has healthy food to eat.”
They discovered a way to fulfill the healthy eating sentiment with a program that offers food to families for an entire year.
“Rather than heading out and shopping for items we like but don’t really need, we collectively decided to give some funds to a local charity to support those in greater need,” Swoveland said.
They discovered the Good Food Box program through the Fernwood Community Centre. It was established 17 years ago by lower income families and single moms to bring local produce to the area and bring household costs down, said Abby Cronk, family resource worker at Fernwood Community Centre. In 2005 FCC took it over.
“By combining our donation with our in-laws, we have a wonderful opportunity to provide healthy fruits and vegetables to a local family for an entire year,” Swoveland said. “We all really like the idea of giving locally,
and the Good Food Box is run in such a manner (with mostly volunteers) to allow the donation to go directly to the cost of supplying healthy food to those in need.”
This year the Good Food Box seeks to raise $4,500 to supply 10 local families with fruits and vegetables for a year.
“The idea is to supplement their nutrition … and financially take some burden off them so they can focus their budgeting somewhere else,” Cronk said. “We service poverty, but we’re also serving people who are working two jobs.”
Families who receive Good Food
Boxes pick up alongside all other Good Food Box customers, avoiding any opportunity to feel singled out. The program provides fresh vegetable and fruits not accessible at most food banks. Instead of a one-time food hamper, the group provides fresh food every two weeks for the year.
“It’s heartwarming to know that every two weeks a local family is picking up a bag of wholesome food that they otherwise would not have,” Swoveland said.
Go online to thegoodfoodbox.ca to donate or learn more about the program.
Clockwise from top right: Cary Swoveland, Cindy Swoveland, Markus Swoveland, Jon Swoveland and Britt Swoveland celebrate the season by giving good food for a cause.
Family harvests healthy holiday help
Oak Bay nets fundsChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff
Oak Bay is one of 28 B.C. communities awarded age-friendly community planning and project grants to support strategies to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially connected and healthy, Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week.
“Supporting seniors’ independence and health in their home communities is part of the province’s strategic vision for an age-friendly British Columbia,” said Lake. “These grants will see local governments develop locally focused plans and projects to support the needs of older adults.”
Oak Bay will get $20,000 to implement an Age-friendly Action Plan. The district is among 18 that will use their grants to conduct age-friendly community assessments and develop action plans.
“That’s a first step in our study as to how to improve our walking infrastructure particularly as it relates to seniors, and seniors who use walkers and seniors who use scooters,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. “We always look for partnerships with the different organizations … It allows us to do things we otherwise would not have been able to afford.”
The age-friendly community planning and project grant program is a partnership between the provincial government and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Each successful local government receives up to $20,000 to help undertake a variety of activities – from setting public policy to delivering information and services – that address the needs of older residents.
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Restoring the faith of residents in the Capital Regional District is paramount this year, says Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.
“There are a lot of issues that face the CRD, two of the pressing ones are sewage treatment and kitchen scrap composting. I hope to see some progress on both of those in the coming year,” said Jensen, who was elected chair of the CRD board last week. “One of the overarching matters I hope to deal with is the trust in the CRD. That has suffered as a result of some of the issues and I hope to restore that.”
Part of that process, he feels, is reminding people of the successes in the CRD.
“If you step back and look at the accomplishments over the years and put it in context, I think it does reassure people in most areas the CRD has done an excellent job,” he said.
The CRD parks program that boasts 30 parks hosting more than six million visitors a year is the “envy of other districts.”
The region features “leading-edge water treatment” with capacity to withstand back-to-back droughts and a long-term water supply on the horizon with the acquisition, and restoration, of another watershed adjacent to the existing
Sooke watershed. Finally, Hartland
Landfill is a success in his own right, he says.
“We’re one of few in Canada to capture the gases that result from landfilling. Secondly, our very significant recycling program means virtually anything you have can be recycled at the Hartland landfill site,” he said. “By creating these recycling programs we’ve managed to divert nearly 50 per cent of our waste from the landfill. That’s a great success that the CRD has had.”
In the next one-year term as leader of the board, he expects they’ll find a solution to the kitchen scraps concern. They have 15 expressions of interest within or close to the region.
“Early in the new year we expect to select three or four to
go to the next stage, request for proposal,” he said. After that they’ll select the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable processor.
Sewage treatment being the second hurdle, could take longer than the one-year tenure.
“It’s really up to the board who we move forward but we’re heading down two tracks,” Jensen said. “One, the board in 2014 reached out to communities and First Nations to see if there was another potential location for a single
plant. At the same time … to ensure we don’t run out of time and miss out on the grants, we’re exploring the possibility of an east side and a west side solution.
The west group has formed, and Jensen says he’s already met with the new mayors in Victoria, Lisa Helps, and Saanich, Richard Atwell, to discuss the prospect of developing an east side. “We’re certainly keen to
co-operate among the three communities,” he said.
That kind of communication with partner municipalities and electoral areas will also
be a key to restoring confidence, he added.
“I think it has been going very well. We have a website that contains a significant amount of information for people who are interested,” Jensen said. “I’m certainly going to make an effort with senior
management to reach out to the municipalities and ensure that they’re fully apprised of what’s going on and deal with any questions or concerns they have on any or all of our issues. This is a partnership between the region and the 13 municipalities and three electoral areas.
“It’s important for the people who gather around the table to first and foremost wear their CRD hat. Shared services are done for the greater community and we provide over 200 of these services.”
Incoming chair aims to rebuild trust in CRDSewage treatment and kitchen scraps the big hurdles heading into 2015
Oak Bay hires plannerChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff
Oak Bay will start 2015 with the much-anticipated first municipal planner.
Deborah Jensen, currently employed with City of Nanaimo, will start with Oak Bay Jan. 5, Mayor Nils Jensen said Thursday.
“We’re very excited,” he said, adding there is no relation despite the same surname. “She brings with her a wealth of experience, particularly in the area of public
engagement and working with communities. She’s going to fit right in.”
He cited her excellent background with the Regional District of Nanaimo and the City of Nanaimo.
“She’s arriving at a perfect time of great excitement as we move to implement our official community plan,” Jensen said. “There will be lots of work ahead but with her experience we are confident that this will be an excellent community process.”
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Following are highlights from Tom Fletcher’s year-end interview with NDP leader John Horgan. For an extended version, see the Opinion section at oakbaynews.com.
TF: The B.C. Liberal government has given every indication they’re going to proceed with the Site C dam on the Peace River. What do you think?
JH: I’ve always maintained that it’s a good project, but it’s a question of when to add another $8-9-10-12 billion onto the backs of ratepayers.
First of all, go to the B.C. Utilities Commission and find out if this is the power you need and if this is the time to build it. The government refuses to do that, and I think that’s just an Achilles heel in this process.
TF: You voted for the liquefied natural gas income tax to provide certainty, and then you immediately said you would work to increase the LNG tax in 2017, before any major project could be started. How is that certainty?
JH: I thought it was important that the investment community in this sector knew there was bipartisan support for LNG in British Columbia. But we went from a seven per cent [tax] to a 3.5 per cent because of a softening market.
If there is a decline in return to
the province because of a softening market, then surely over a 25-year period – not just between now and 2017, but if the market conditions
change and prices go up – I think British Columbians would want their government to make sure they were getting a fair share of that benefit.
TF: Why did you vote against the LNG environmental legislation?
JH: They said prior to the election that LNG would be the greenest in the world. And then when they tabled legislation
they left out 70 per cent of the emissions from upstream activity.
TF: Gordon Campbell’s great goal for greenhouse gases, 33 per cent reduction by 2020, can that be reached assuming a substantial LNG development?
JH: I find it difficult to believe that they’re going to achieve those results. [Environment Minister] Mary Polak has a different point of view, and our job as opposition is to hold them accountable to the numbers that they passed into law, and we’re going to do that.
One of the three sectors, housing, energy and transportation, where emission profiles can be managed downward is transportation. And the government has wasted 18
months talking about a referendum on [Metro Vancouver transit.]
TF: What’s your top priority for 2015?
JH: I think the public is going to increasingly find affordability issues to be the challenge. We didn’t spend as much time as I had hoped to on hydro rate increases, ICBC. When the government balanced the budget, they did it by selling assets, and by increasing costs at their Crown corporations and then pulling that revenue in for budget purposes.
We’re going to have to use new technologies and means of communication to better explain to people what the government’s doing to them.
TF: What should happen with the agricultural land reserve?
JH: I don’t think there was a groundswell of opposition to the ALR, quite the opposite in fact, and the commission has in my opinion, infinite flexibility to meet the demands of development in northern areas as well as urban centres.
I’m going to make sure that [agriculture critic] Lana Popham, who as you know is fearless on this issue, is let loose on [Agriculture Minister] Norm Letnick, and we’re going to dog this issue up to the next election.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.
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Celebrating theheroes in our midstThey’re not the type of people who stand out in
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The tireless efforts and devotion to community of the 200 or so people who make up Oak Bay Volunteer Services were recognized last week at a luncheon in municipal hall.
“Each and every one of them means so
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Volunteers can provide services such as preparing tax returns, driving clients for errands or medical appointments, making minor repairs around the house or just stopping by for a visit.
The tasks may seem fairly routine and not a significant contribution to the community. But to the residents who benefit from these services and their families, those simple tasks can be the highlight of their day, and the people who perform them their heroes.
The definition of hero is someone admired for great deeds and noble qualities. They need not risk life and limb, simply give of themselves for the betterment of others. And giving is something that seems to come natural to the volunteers in Oak Bay.
And in a room full of people deserving recognition, a special honour was set aside for one in their midst. Joan Halvorson was honoured for her 35 years of service as executive director of Oak Bay Volunteer Services. Halvorson was described as the shepherd who guides her flock of volunteers, seemingly always able to find the right fit for every client’s need.
But rather than continue to extol her virtues, what Halvorson would likely want most is for others to share in her love for volunteering. To find out more about becoming a volunteer, contact Oak Bay Volunteer Services at 250-595-1034 or drop by their offices in the Oak Bay municipal hall.
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Rescue society grateful for contributionsFor over 35 years Oak Bay Sea Rescue
Society has provided volunteer rescue and boating safety services to mariners in distress in the waters from Race Rocks to D’Arcy Island.
We also attend several on-the-water events for other non-profit organizations annually in Cadboro Bay and Willows Beach – such as the Oak Bay Tea Party and the recent Sea Of Lights Parade.
In September we officially launched our new rescue station at the Oak Bay Marina. At an overall cost of
approximately $175,000 and several years of planning and saving, it is our donors in Oak Bay and Saanich who made this significant project come to fruition. We also owe gratitude to the municipality of Oak Bay for their support of our rescue station plans, and Oak Bay Marine Group’s major donation.
The new rescue station has become a “home” for our crews (as well as for our boat) and has significantly enhanced their volunteer experience.
This year we sent our “once-a-year”
donation request in the summer, versus November. We are truly humbled by the donors who are remembering our traditional November campaign and are donating again now, in this season of giving.
So on behalf of our 40-plus volunteer crew members, I extend this open thank you to all of our donors and supporters for your ongoing and very generous support of our 100 per cent volunteer organization.
Terry Calveley, presidentOak Bay Sea Rescue Society
Risk overlookedRe: Blasting forces Oak Bay
family from home.It appears that Oak Bay is
attempting to distance itself from the issue of the safety of construction practices and potential threats to life safety of surrounding residents. I find this to be unacceptable behaviour on the part of municipal staff and our elected officials.
Mayor Nils Jensen is quoted as saying “I think early on, my understanding is there was an insufficient link between the blasting and the gas discharge.” However, missing from your article is that the homeowners paid for an inspection of their gas appliances the day after the incident, with no faults found. If it wasn’t the gas appliances, what else could it have been in all likelihood?
Incredibly, blasting was permitted to resume on Monday, and their house filled with carbon monoxide
again. That shouldn’t have come as a surprise under the circumstances.
Now, presumably realizing the municipality appears reckless in giving the blasting company the benefit of the doubt (at the potential cost of the safety of the neighbours), Oak Bay “is attempting to mediate a co-operative solution between the neighbours.” The municipal staff and elected officials responsible for this should be ashamed of themselves, both for their original indifference and their current stance that the municipality bears no responsibility for threats posed by construction permits it issues.
Nick ReddingOak Bay
Problems apparentGyneth Erskine Turner
writes that staff at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel are “shining examples of exemplary
hospitality”, and as far as everyday hotel and catering services are concerned, I can vouch that such an accolade is for the most part accurate and well deserved.
However, for her to suggest that the demise of the overall enterprise at 1175 Beach Dr. is somehow due to “the fickle winds of commerce” is somewhat bizarre when other “experts” have identified serious shortcomings from the very beginning with regard to those parts of the business which should have been gathering the infinitely larger revenue essential for the survival, let alone progress, of the OBBH enterprise.
Ms. Turner is way off base. Accumulated debt of more than $120 million over such a short time is created by rather more than a fickle wind, more like a permanent hurricane I’d say.
Derrick JohnsOak Bay
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to speed reader displays in school zones, in the letter from G. R. Latham in your Dec. 5 issue.
Even new drivers, who supposedly just passed an exam on rules of the road, are speeding through playground and school zones.
The collective of voters in Oak Bay just made a bed that everyone will have to live in for four years. Hopefully, Latham will join we who advocate more police feet on the street to re-educate drivers.
Speed displays will not stop deliberately dangerous drivers, who will ignore them. But they sure obey the limits if they think they see a police vehicle – I’ve seen an amazing difference when a white van was parked before a speed zone, and total compliance when a police car was.
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President Anne Logie is in her first year of a two year volunteer term at James Bay New Horizons.
Anne Logie is in her first year of a two year term as the president of the James Bay New Hori-zons volunteer board of direc-tors.
She origi-nally came to Canada in 1964 from Greenock, Scotland, and worked 30 years for Shell in Toronto, while her husband John worked as a bylaw officer. They relocated to Victoria in 2006. That’s when the New Horizons’
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The Oak Bay Bays will shoot to improve their top-10 ranking in
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Oak Bay opens the senior boys basketball tournament in the school’s new gym when they host their cross-town rivals Belmont Bulldogs Thursday at 1:15 p.m.
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Students from Glenlyon Norfolk School have been working hard to make sure that no one in Greater Victoria has to wake up without something under the tree on Christmas Day.
Glenlyon students raised over $1,200 in cash and filled 466 stockings for the Extreme Outreach Society’s annual Warm a Soul stocking campaign.
Cheryl Alexander, media manager for the school, said Glenlyon became involved with the campaign four years ago and it was quickly embraced by the students.
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One of those students, Grade 3 Nicholas Delorme, organized a “kids helping kids” campaign in his class and invited his friends to bring in any warm clothing
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Every year, Extreme Outreach fills more than 1,000 stockings with gifts and treats, passing them along to local men’s and women’s shelters, detox and those who live on the streets.
“Though we focus primarily on children who are caught in the cycle of poverty, we also support people who end up at shelters after being rejected by their families, those who would otherwise never receive a gift,” said Extreme Outreach founder Cliff Powers.
Alexander said students from the school will also help distribute the stockings and a number of students will volunteer for the Christmas lunch organized by Extreme Outreach.
Glenlyon Norfolk School Grade 3 student Nicholas Delorme hands over the 466 filled Christmas stockings and clothing items raised by students to Cliff Powers of the Extreme Outreach Society.
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Pity the poor diesel truck owner.
While regular gasoline prices have dropped significantly with the plunging price of oil, the pump price for diesel has remained stubbornly high.
According to bcgasprices.com, regular gas fell below $1 a litre at a Costco station in Prince George this week, with other prices around the B.C. Interior nearly as low. One of the best deals on diesel was $119.9 at the No Frills station in Port Alberni, with diesel prices as high as $145.9 at the Esso and Shell stations in Kitimat.
“It shouldn’t be that high,” said John Whittall, a West Kelowna retiree who bought his diesel pickup for the fuel savings. “Typically, diesel hasn’t been more than gas. When gas was low it was lower.”
That’s historically true.
But early 2009 – when diesel was 85 cents a
litre and gas was nearly $1 – is the last time diesel drivers enjoyed big savings.
The price gap closed and since 2012 diesel has cost a few cents a litre more than gas most of the time, according to statistics maintained by petroleum industry analysts MJ Ervin and Associates.
For the last three years, diesel has been stuck between $1.30 and $1.50 in Vancouver, costing a few cents more than regular gas for most of that time.
Jason Parent, vice-president of consulting at MJ Ervin, says the reason for the disparity is diesel and gasoline are two very different commodities that don’t move together in lockstep.
“They each have their own supply and demand fundamentals and they can move in different directions,” he said.
Unlike gasoline, which jumps in price towards summer as more drivers hit the road, diesel tends to
rise in the winter.The reason, Parent
said, is that diesel is virtually identical to heating oil, which is in high demand to heat homes in the winter.
“In the winter season when it gets colder, demand for heating oil spikes and that causes a demand pull on both heating oil prices and diesel prices.”
The drop in crude oil prices has put downward pressure on diesel, he said, but that has been largely offset by the increase in winter demand – much to the irritation of diesel users.
“The guys who use diesel are all wondering why they’re not seeing the same benefit as everyone else.”
Whittall said he has difficulty believing Parent’s explanation.
He said diesel prices never seem to budge, no matter if it’s summer, winter or crude oil prices are collapsing.
Heritage restoredCraig Gains, above, and Paul Loglisci with Houston Sign re-install the sign on the old Oak Bay theatre building on Oak Bay Avenue.
Diesel prices remain high
Rejoice and celebrate with Handel’s majestic Messiah at the University of Victoria. Feel the music with over 100 voices and join in with the Hallelujah chorus.
Victoria Symphony performs Handel’s Messiah Friday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2:30 p.m. at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets from $15 to $50.
UVic stages Messiah
Dan Ebenal/News Staff
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The Oak Bay Bays will shoot to improve their top-10 ranking in
the province when they host the Gary Taylor Classic this week.
Oak Bay opens the senior boys basketball tournament in the school’s new gym when they host their cross-town rivals Belmont Bulldogs Thursday at 1:15 p.m.
The Bays were ranked sixth in B.C. heading into last week’s Emerald Tournament at Vancouver College. Oak Bay opened that tournament with a 75-64 win over the No. 2-ranked Walnut Grove
Gators out of Langley. Oak Bay also knocked off Vancouver College 73-67 and downed Terry Fox 101-93.
Other teams taking part in this week’s eight-team Classic include No. 3-ranked Vancouver College Fighting Irish, Saskatchewan’s No.2-ranked Holy Cross out of Saskatoon, the always dangerous Cowichan Thunderbirds, St. Michaels University Blue Jags and Lambrick
Park Lions, currently ranked second and third in AA league play, and last year’s Classic champion MEI Eagles.
The Juniors will also be in action for the Classic, opening against Belmont at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The finals are set for Saturday, with the Seniors tipping off at 6 p.m. and the Junior title game getting under way at 4:15 [email protected]
Students fill stockings for a causeDan EbenalNews Staff
Students from Glenlyon Norfolk School have been working hard to make sure that no one in Greater Victoria has to wake up without something under the tree on Christmas Day.
Glenlyon students raised over $1,200 in cash and filled 466 stockings for the Extreme Outreach Society’s annual Warm a Soul stocking campaign.
Cheryl Alexander, media manager for the school, said Glenlyon became involved with the campaign four years ago and it was quickly embraced by the students.
“They can put meaningful things in the stocking and I think a lot of the kids really enjoy doing that.”
She said the younger students at the Junior School
are especially thrilled by the prospect of filling stockings for other children.
“Stockings and Santa are still so magically for them at that age,” said Alexander.
One of those students, Grade 3 Nicholas Delorme, organized a “kids helping kids” campaign in his class and invited his friends to bring in any warm clothing
items that could be passed on to Extreme Outreach’s patrons.
Every year, Extreme Outreach fills more than 1,000 stockings with gifts and treats, passing them along to local men’s and women’s shelters, detox and those who live on the streets.
“Though we focus primarily on children who are caught in the cycle of poverty, we also support people who end up at shelters after being rejected by their families, those who would otherwise never receive a gift,” said Extreme Outreach founder Cliff Powers.
Alexander said students from the school will also help distribute the stockings and a number of students will volunteer for the Christmas lunch organized by Extreme Outreach.
Glenlyon Norfolk School Grade 3 student Nicholas Delorme hands over the 466 filled Christmas stockings and clothing items raised by students to Cliff Powers of the Extreme Outreach Society.
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P H O T O F E A T U R E Photos by Dan Ebenal
Clockwise: »(L-R) Executive director Joan Halvorsen is recognized by longtime volunteer Bob Carter. »(L-R) Judy Parkhurst, Leona Taylor. »(L-R) Delphine Straith, Louise MacMinn. »(L-R) Coline Neilson, Bill Neilson. »(L-R) Bronwyn Taylor, Harvey Ratson. »(L-R) Pat Baillie, Jim Baillie. »(L-R) Mayor Nils Jensen, Bert Dinsmore, Doris Dinsmore. »(L-R) Ann Belither, Bob Carter, Twyla Rusnak. »(L-R) Jim Williams, Robin McNeil. »(L-R) Ruth Platts, Kelsey LeClair, Howard Evans.
Oak Bay celebrates its volunteersAn appreciation luncheon was held for members of Oak Bay Volunteer Services
Dec. 11 at the municipal hall. “Each and every one of them means so much to our community,” said Oak Bay
Mayor Nils Jensen. “They’re the connectivity to a lot of people who either can’t get out of the house or don’t have anyone to turn to in certain situations.”
Special recognition was given to Joan Halvorsen, who has served as executive director for Oak Bay Volunteer Services for 35 years.
“It’s a wonderful honour to receive a beautiful award like this. It’s really a beautiful piece of art in itself,” said Halvorsen, after being presented with the award that held a shepherd’s crook and read Joan Halvorsen: Shepherdess of the Oak Bay Volun-teers since December 1979.
Oak Bay Volunteer Services has about 200 active members at any given time. To find out more about becoming a volunteer, contact Oak Bay Volunteer Services at 250-595-1034 or drop by their offices in the Oak Bay municipal hall.
n Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon n Thursday, December 11 n Oak Bay Municipal Hall
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Thursday, Dec. 18 Season’s Greetings Supper 4-6 p.m. at
Monterey rec Moroccan Tajine dinner and entertainment by the Monterey Note-Ables & Concert Band. Call 250-370-7300 for tickets $13.
Annual Christmas Carols and songs. Hosted by Sing A’Long at the Monterey Centre on Monterey Avenue at 10 a.m. Everyone welcome.
Friday, Dec. 19A Christmas Carol – performed by
Jason Stevens in the Langham Court Theatre has been cancelled.
Handel’s Messiah performed by Victoria Symphony and the Victoria Choral Society. UVic Farquhar Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Ensemble Laude presents Illuminations: Songs Toward the Light. Church of Christ, Scientist, 1205 Pandora St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at door.
Saturday, Dec. 20Moss Street Winter Market. Fairfield
Community Centre, 1330 Fairfield Rd., 10 a.m to noon.
Frozen Castle Dance Party. Intrepid Theatre hosts a mid-day outdoor dance party featuring a wintery walk-in cardboard castle. Market Square, noon to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21Winter Solstice Concert, a free
celebration of the wonders of the season featuring live performances by the Soundings Choir, the Maureen Washington Ensemble and a special visit from Santa 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Oak Bay Rec, 1975 Bee St. There will be carolling, holiday treats, warm beverages and fun children’s activities.
Carols for Young Children a special early evening advent celebration and
caroling for kids and their adults 6 p.m. at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. Fully accessible.
Part 1 of Handel’s Messiah and Hallelujah Chorus by St. Mary’s Anglican Church Choir at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $20 each available from Ivy’s Bookshop, Long & McQuade, St. Mary’s church office and at the door, 1701 Elgin.
A Bluegrass Christmas: Familiar sing-along Christmas carols played bluegrass style with a full bluegrass band by candle-light. A free homecooked meal after. All are welcome at 4 p.m. at St. Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd.
Handel’s Messiah performed by Victoria Symphony and the Victoria Choral Society. UVic Farquhar Auditorium, 2:30 p.m.
Shortest Day program featuring Canadian short films presented by Victoria Film Festival. Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St., 3:30 amd 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 23Victoria Conservatory of Music
presents Daniel Lapp’s Home for Christmas concerts. Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets available in person at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, online at vcm.bc.ca/homeforchristmas or phone 250-386-5311.
Carols in the Candelight, Christmas pageant. First Metropolitan Chruch, 6:45 p.m. Information online at: firstmetvictoria.com.
Wednesday, Dec. 24Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service
from 7-8 p.m. at the Centre for Inspired Living, 380 Cook St. Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with this one-hour service of beautiful music, a candlelighting ceremony to symbolize the power of light in the darkness and
a unique presentation of the Christmas message of love.
A Child’s Christmas in Wales presented by Vox Humana Chamber Choir. Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora St., 2:30 p.m. Admission free.
Carols in the Candelight, Christmas pageant. First Metropolitan Chruch, 6:45 p.m. (A shorter family service for those with young children will also be held at 4:30 p.m.). Info: firstmetvictoria.com.
Thursday, Jan. 1Join Oak Bay council for a community
walk (4km) leaving from the Oak Bay Recreation Centre lobby, 1975 Bee St. at 12:30 p.m. then meet and greet with the mayor and council in the Upstairs Lounge – coffee and tea provided from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Government House New Year’s Day Levée, 1401 Rockland Ave., 10 a.m. to noon. Guests are encouraged to arrive early to avoid a long line-up.
A Viennese New Years by Victoria Symphony at Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. at 2:30 p.m.
Take part in a worldwide New Year’s Day tradition celebrating the romantic Vienna of Johann Strauss and his contemporaries.
Saturday, Jan. 3Chip in for the Kids Christmas tree
recycle. The B.C. Lions Society’s helps you dispose of your Christmas tree in an environmentally-friendly way at one of six recycling depots: Broadmead Village Shopping Centre, Save-on-Foods at Fort and Foul Bay, Westshore Town Centre, University Heights Shopping Centre, Sooke Home Hardware and Tillicum Shopping Centre.
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Clockwise: »(L-R) Dave Schroyen, Heather Leary. »(L-R) Bonnie Helm-Northover, Chris Hunt, Jill Geddes. »(L-R) Mary Fitzpatrick, Clare Radford. »(L-R) Jane Purdie, Elizabeth Smith, Audrey McFarlane.
n Oak Bay Business Improvement Association n Tuesday, December 9 n Penny Farthing Pub
sceneandheardThe Oak Bay Business Improvement Association held its annual
Christmas social Dec. 9 at the Penny Farthing Pub.
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