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[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:30 | null | 2016-08-26T15:22:41 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Ffriends-of-the-library%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MarthaCostinSpiva.jpg | en | null | Friends of the Library | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Friends of the Washington County Library welcome all friends to their monthly meeting on Thursday, September 1, 12-1 p.m. at the John Wesley Center of the First United Methodist Church of Chipley.
The speaker this month will be Martha Costin Spiva who is from one of the early pioneer families in Port St. Joe. She has recently published the memoirs of her late husband, Earnest Spiva, Jr., a well-respected school administrator in Bay County.
“Growing Up on Grace” has a subtle sense of humor and a cast of colorful characters giving life to memories of an earlier growing-up time in Bay County. The reader gains insight into the history and development of the region, while being gracefully entertained.
Martha is currently membership chairman for the Bay County Friends of the Library so this organization is important to her, as well. She is currently a motivational speaker and will discuss her book as well as encouraging you to write your own story. Her goal is to: Teach, Inspire, Motivate, and Entertain.
Make sure you order your lunch by noon on Monday, August 29; call Joyce Odom at 638-1736. The price is $7.50 and lunch selections include:
Chicken Salad on Croissant – All white meat chicken, combined with onion, celery, mayonnaise, and lemon juice served with an airy croissant
Three Scoop Plate – Scoops of chicken salad, pimento cheese, prepared with bacon and egg salad, served with crackers
Cobb Salad – Crisp lettuce, diced chicken breast, red onion, tomato, boiled egg, bacon, and croutons, served with ranch dressing
Club Wrap – Diced bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and thinly sliced turkey, wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla
Drink Options: Coke, Diet Coke, and water | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/friends-of-the-library/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/aa250198117f821973176ad4a59934a4a499312c8f42a9e423fbfac41753fb13.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:48:55 | null | 2016-08-28T15:11:23 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Ffelony-suspect-captured%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Felony suspect captured | null | null | chipleybugle.com | On August 27 at approximately 7:51 a.m. a trooper was advised by a citizen of a possible occupied stolen vehicle at the Loves Truck Stop on US 231 just south of Cottondale in Jackson County.
The trooper made contact with the suspected stolen vehicle and the driver. In the course of the stolen vehicle investigation the suspect fled on foot into a wooded area.
Troopers and other law enforcement, including air units from FHP and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, set up a perimeter and began to search for the suspect. K-9 officers began to track the suspect through swamps eastbound along State Road 8 (I-10).
The suspect continued to elude officers for the next eight hours. The vehicle was confirmed stolen out of the state of Virginia. At approximately 4:01 p.m. the suspect was finally captured approximately seven miles from the start of the incident.
The suspect was identified as Kevin Ranew (43 years of age) from Bascom, FL. He was charged with: Misdemeanor Resisting Arrest without Violence, Felony Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Felony Possession of Controlled Substance, Felony Violation of Probation, and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Equipment.
The Florida Highway Patrol would like to thank the responding agencies that assisted in the capture: Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Correction K-9 teams from Jackson CI, Holmes CI. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/28/felony-suspect-captured/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/b04b230cd0538a0fc9ad0d667d5eef95214fb18a8b4ff7d8a1b2d446188bd2a1.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:48:29 | null | 2016-08-27T15:51:52 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Ffirefighter-courses-set-at-chipola-college%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Firefighter courses set at Chipola College | null | null | chipleybugle.com | MARIANNA—Chipola College will offer Firefighting I and Firefighting II day classes beginning in August. Orientation is set for Thursday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m.
Firefighter I runs September 6 through Oct. 20, and meets Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Firefighter II will run Oct. 24 through Nov. 18.
Pre-requisite for both courses is First Responder (EMT or higher certification). A daytime First Responder class will meet Aug. 29 through September 2, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $130.
Cost is approximately $1,600 each for Firefighter I or Firefighter II classes. Firefighter I price includes: 225 hour class, book, Drug and Background Test and (5) T-shirts. Firefighter II price includes: 225 hour class, Forestry S-130/180/L-190, use of SCBA and bunker gear. Some financial aid is available for both classes. Ten $200 scholarships are available to the first 10 qualified applicants.
For information, contact Brian Eddins at (850) 718-2483, (850) 596-4157 e-mail eddinsb@chipola.edu or visit www.chipola.edu. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/27/firefighter-courses-set-at-chipola-college/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/8f7f3ebe7d481972aab4881fd0eea7c1560f4d2e75959e15d254d22bc8c4fe67.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:54 | null | 2016-08-26T14:56:41 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fchipola-appreciation-club-membership-drive%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Chipola Appreciation Club membership drive | null | null | chipleybugle.com | MARIANNA—The Chipola College Appreciation Club kicked off its annual membership drive with a recent meeting at The Oaks.
Chipola Athletic Director Jeff Johnson reported that the club is working toward reaching the goal of 200 members.
Last year, the group also celebrated the addition of 23 corporate sponsors including: Platinum Legacy Sponsors—Chipola Engineering, McCoy’s Outdoors, Hopkins Motors and Trinity Baptist Church, and Gold Legacy Sponsors—A&J Pest Service, Badcock Furniture of Graceville, Road-Mart, Barnes & Noble, Badcock Furniture of Marianna, Capital Truck, Christian Center Church, El Rio, Edward Jones/David Carrel, David Melvin Engineering, Donofro Architects, Walmart, Mercedes Benz of Dothan, Florida Public Utilities, First Federal Bank of Florida, Anderson Columbia, Chipola Ford, Jackson Hospital and Wayne Edenfield.
The Appreciation Club is a tax-deductible organization governed by local supporters. The group helps the college and its students by promoting athletics and underwriting scholarships and functions not supported from public funds.
The standard $250 club membership provides access to Appreciation Club general seating and Hospitality Room for four guests at all Chipola home men’s and women’s basketball games and admission to all Chipola baseball and softball games. Corporate Sponsorships also are available. A portion of membership dues are tax-deductible.
Both Chipola basketball teams open the season in November. Baseball and softball play a pre-conference Fall schedule beginning in September.
For information about the Appreciation Club, call 850-718-2398, or visit www.chipolaathletics.com. Credit card payment is available. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/chipola-appreciation-club-membership-drive/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/f816272d5619709160a9ca46e2d0b5bda2d1095756797e06763fbfac9a23bcc7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:49 | null | 2016-08-25T13:46:39 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fjoyner-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Joyner obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Daryl Lynn Joyner, age 50 of Chipley, FL passed from this life on Monday, August 22, 2016. He was born on April 2, 1966 to Clifford Joyner and Corene (Hicks) Joyner in Chipley, FL.
Daryl is a lifelong resident of Chipley and was a member of the New Vision Methodist Church of Greenhead, FL.
He is preceded in death by his father, Clifford Joyner, one son, Jacob Austin Joyner. Survivors include his mother, Corene Joyner of Chipley, FL, one son, Justin Joyner of Bonifay, FL, two daughters, Jade Joyner of Chipley, FL, McKenzie Joyner of Chipley, FL, two brothers, Donnie Joyner of Chipley, FL and Drexel Joyner and wife Cheryl and their children Madison and Zack of Panama City Beach, FL, Daryl’s girlfriend, Kayla Walsingham.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 26, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at Grace and Glory Church with Reverend Ronnie Gene Hagan and Reverend Stephanie Cox officiating. Family will receive friends one hour before service time for visitation. Interment will follow at Ferguson Cemetery with brown Funeral Home directing.
Family and friends may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/joyner-obit/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/af44d00c43f7b2f6489c98c2b2664e057b6e5007a437dfc617d01fbdc4ef6b0e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:49:52 | null | 2016-08-29T11:59:56 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fgas-price-update-5%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Gas price update | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Average retail gasoline prices in Florida have risen 5.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.22/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 8,237 gas outlets in Florida. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.21/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Florida during the past week, prices yesterday were 8.0 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 14.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 7.4 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 28.0 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on August 29 in Florida have ranged widely over the last five years: $2.30/g in 2015, $3.36/g in 2014, $3.53/g in 2013, $3.77/g in 2012 and $3.56/g in 2011.
“As the summer driving season wraps up, gasoline prices have risen for 14 consecutive days, thanks in large part due to a late-summer rally in oil markets, driven by OPEC threats,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. “While the final note may be a bit sour, the sweetness of what is still the cheapest summer gas in a decade will linger. Motorists shopping around for gas using the free GasBuddy app over the upcoming Labor Day weekend stand to save 5-25 cents per gallon over their counterparts, saving their hard-earned money on a day recognizing their hard work,” he said.
“While some tropical disturbances may lead gas prices to continue rising slightly ahead of Labor Day weekend, relief will be felt across every single state over the next few weeks as gasoline demand drops and cheaper winter gas begins flowing in mid-September.” DeHaan added. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/29/gas-price-update-5/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/38ebc62a3155b971efd943a86e376f57b513f5c1e942d291368b548f5f86abed.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:03 | null | 2016-08-31T08:56:53 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fbay-scallop-season-in-st-joseph-bay-closes-sept-6%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Bay scallop season in St. Joseph Bay closes Sept. 6 | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Bay scallop season will close for harvest in the St. Joseph Bay area Sept. 6, with the last day of harvest being open on Sept. 5, 2016 (Labor Day). This shortened season is for all waters west of St. Vincent Island through to the west bank of Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County. During this shortened season, the daily bag limit will be 40 scallops per person or 200 per vessel, whichever is less.
Restoration efforts are underway in the southeast area of the bay south of Black’s Island. Swimming, boating, fishing or scalloping in the restoration area marked with FWC buoys is prohibited during and after the scallop season.
Regulations and open season dates remain unchanged in all other open bay scallop harvesting areas.
Ongoing research and monitoring results indicate bay scallops in Gulf County were negatively impacted during a 2015 red tide event in the area. There has not been any red tide observed in the bay since January 2016, and areas east of Gulf County do not appear to have been impacted.
The FWC has been working closely with Gulf County in a coordinated and cooperative effort to minimize negative impacts associated with potential low scallop numbers this summer. FWC staff hosted three public meetings in Port St. Joe to share information and to gather public input on bay scallops in the area. The decision to open a shortened season with a lower bag limit was made at the June 2016 Commission meeting in nearby Eastpoint. The FWC will continue monitoring and conducting restoration efforts in the bay.
Learn more about long-term trends in the open and closed scalloping areas by visiting MyFWC.com/Research and clicking on “Saltwater,” “Molluscs,” “Bay Scallops” and “Bay Scallop Season and Abundance Survey.”
For more information, visit MyFWC.com/Fishing and click on “Saltwater Fishing,” “Recreational Regulations” and “Bay Scallops.” | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/31/bay-scallop-season-in-st-joseph-bay-closes-sept-6/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/a23bbfbf99a529b29ad3c1d3a1704cd8666f4255a9e94d45f8dbea57f11718bc.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:47:55 | null | 2016-08-26T14:45:42 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fdate-set-for-chipleys-scarecrow-express%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/scarecrow.jpg | en | null | Date set for Chipley’s Scarecrow Express | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Chipley Garden Club and Washington County Historical Society have announced that a date has been set for Chipley’s Scarecrow Express: 5th Annual Scarecrow Building Contest and History Festival – Saturday, October 15th. The festival will be held on the lawn at the Washington County Historical Society in downtown Chipley from 10AM until 5PM.
Beginning in September the Garden Club’s collection of scarecrows will begin appearing around town and by October 15th the stage will be set for the annual family-friendly festival. The festival’s main event is the scarecrow building contest showcasing life-size scarecrows constructed by locals. This year even more categories have been added to the line-up with winners receiving cash prizes and/or ribbons or certificates.
In addition to the scarecrow contest, Washington County Historical Society’s History Museum which houses a wonderful collection of Washington County’s historical items and the AMTRAX Train Museum which houses train memorabilia and the Creek Indian displays will be open all day. New this year will be the Washington County Market featuring local crafters and vendors offering a variety of items. Visitors will also enjoy live entertainment, refreshments, photo ops, and free crafts for kids. The Farmers Market will also be open.
The public is encouraged to “get on the train” and participate by creating scarecrows to enter in the contest and by visiting our local museums.
If you are a vendor or crafts person and would like to participate in the festival, please contact Museum Director Dorothy Odom at 638-0358.
Scarecrow contest information is available by contacting Chipley Garden Club Secretary Gweneth Collins at 850-260-4049. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/date-set-for-chipleys-scarecrow-express/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/8450bd727b35bc43bcefc33666e547d5d228de2d1564760055132c9289121589.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:48:57 | null | 2016-08-28T15:00:59 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fgrowing-from-seeds-workshop-held-at-ag-center%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_1130.jpg | en | null | Growing from Seeds workshop held at Ag Center | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Shirley Barber, Master Gardener from St. Augustine, Florida, was the expert leading the first of a series of gardening workshops on Thursday evening at the Ag Center in Chipley. Shirley’s knowledge and experience, gained over a 30 year period of gardening, plus her enthusiasm for growing from seed, made the workshop a real plus for the attendees. Shirley and her group of St. Johns County Master Gardeners have donated over the years thousands of plants grown from seed to numerous public gardens, school projects, community assisted agriculture and the St. Johns County Ag Center gardens.
Shirley starts all seeds indoors, highly favors fluorescent lights, watches closely each stage of development, uses the knowledge she has developed over the years to maximize each stage of development. Here are some of her “how-to’s”.
CONTAINERS:
Almost any container will do as long as it is at least 2 to 3 inches deep, with drainage holes. You can buy peat flats, and flats with individual growing cells. When you reuse containers, be sure to wash them with a soap/bleach solution to avoid mold or disease.
GROWING MEDIUM:
To give your seeds optimum growing conditions, start with a soilless growing mix. Shirley recommends a mix of l/3 each vermiculite, perlite and sphagnum moss. Since this has few nutrients, you need to feed seedlings a weak fertilizer solution as soon as they germinate and weekly until you transplant them into the garden. After the seedlings are up and growing, transfer them into small pots and add compost or garden soil to your soilless blend.
LIGHT:
When starting seeds indoors, Shirley favors placing the seeds under a plain shop fluorescent light that is placed close to the tray. She has had great success with fluorescent lights and gave many tips on maximizing their use.
WATER:
Germination requires consistent moisture, so feel the growing medium and keep it moist but not soggy. If your water is chlorinated, fill containers and let sit overnight for the chlorine to dissipate before you use it. Use room-temp water; no ice water.
TRANSPLANTING:
Once the weather is right for you to think about transferring your plants into the garden, allow about a week for “hardening off”. This means gradually exposing your plants to the outside environment. Reduce the amount of water and fertilizer and place your plants on a porch or under the shade of a tree for an hour a day, increasing the time of exposure each day until you plant. If you’re fortunate, you’ll have an overcast or a drizzly day – perfect for getting your little treasures into the ground! If not, plant in the late afternoon and water well.
MORE WORKSHOPS IN THIS SERIES:
Glenda Wilson, President of Washington County Master Gardeners, has announced other workshops for the home gardener in this series. Cost is nominal and the benefits great. All workshops will be 5:30 to 8:30 at the Washington County Ag Center. Consider one or all of these learning opportunities:
September 1 – Fall and Winter Vegetables
September 8 – Ornamentals and Landscaping
September 15 – Fruits
September 22 – Growing and cooking with Herbs
Call the Ag Center at 638-6180 to register with Cynthia. If you want more information on any one of the workshops, call Glenda Wilson at 638-9138. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/28/growing-from-seeds-workshop-held-at-ag-center/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/213007060dc6bc429e3577f8b26d616eb20b6f86cce52bb67c9473c4ba7154d7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:12 | null | 2016-08-25T13:49:32 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Ftipper-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Tipper obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Leonard Earl Tipper, 72 of Cottondale, passed from this life on August 22, 2016 at his residence.
Leonard was born on December 25, 1943 in Defuniak Springs, Florida, to William Earl Tipper and Carlie Vee Michaux. He was a lifelong resident of the panhandle and had farmed the duration of his life. He served in the United States Army.
He was preceded in death by his parents: William and Carlie Tipper; two daughters: Dawn Tipper, Laura Lynn Tipper; nephew: James Earl Tipper.
He is survived by his sister: Angie Dixon of Anococo, Louisiana; niece: Michelle Morris of Anococo, Louisiana; special friends: Roger and Kathy Jackson of Cottondale, Florida, Ronnie Odom of Cottondale, Florida, Linda Shiver of Dothan, Alabama; several great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 2p.m. Friday, August 26, 2016 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Chipley, Florida, with Rev. Danny Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Rock Hill Church Cemetery in Cottondale, Florida. Obert Funeral Home of Chipley, Florida directing.
The family will receive friends for visitation from 6-8p.m. Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Chipley, Florida. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/tipper-obit/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/bae2d155c8aa7e0221942def561bdcbecca7b7e06940ced4f894676a9d29206d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:50:30 | null | 2016-08-30T13:33:55 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fchipley-volleyball-2%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_6128.jpg | en | null | Chipley volleyball | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Chipley’s Lady Tigers defeated the Holmes County Lady Blue Devils in volleyball last night. JV scores were 25-23 and 25-16. Varsity scores were 25-23, 25-10, 25-16.
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[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:37 | null | 2016-08-26T15:03:10 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fbcf-to-hold-4th-annual-olympics%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_9178.jpg | en | null | BCF to hold 4th Annual Olympics | null | null | chipleybugle.com | While others around the world have thoroughly enjoyed watching the Olympics on television, students at The Baptist College of Florida (BCF) in Graceville have been gearing up to participate in the 4th Annual BCF Olympics. This year’s Olympic Games will be held on Tuesday, August 30, at 5:00 p.m.
The annual BCF athletic event will feature a variety of thrilling competitions that will challenge student’s endurance and skills. Teams are made up of combined members from one guys dorm and one ladies dorm, as well as a team consisting of off-campus and married students. Each team will participate in seven events to include a plank race, Tug-of-War, a sack race, a water-bucket relay, the hula-hoop pass, an egg toss, and the final event known as the “BCF Triathlon.” The triathlon consists of three timed events beginning with the seven-person conference bike challenge along a marked course, followed by a “human-powered” boat race around a buoy in Lake Albert, and concludes with a daring game of leap frog.
The competing teams will be awarded points in each event based on their performance ranking. All of the earned points will be totaled in order to determine the overall winner. The Olympics will be followed by an award ceremony in the BCF Wellness Center where the Fourth Annual BCF Olympics champions will be crowned.
“The purpose of the BCF Olympics is to promote fellowship and team work among classmates,” stated BCF Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) Director and Olympics Coordinator Jonah Powers.
“The Olympics are strategically scheduled at the beginning of the semester to lay the groundwork for comradery within the dorms and off campus groups. Each team must work together to prepare for the events and cooperate during the games in their attempt to win the first place trophy. The BCF Olympics are always so much fun and I am looking forward to this year’s events with great anticipation.”
For more information on special campus events, student life, or degree programs at The Baptist College of Florida, please call 800.328.2660 or visit the website at www.baptistcollege.edu. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/bcf-to-hold-4th-annual-olympics/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/cba5bd3b6667ff212de640ca1da96a3a36b138c098a1709f787d3bac6938c4d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:48:18 | null | 2016-08-27T15:56:04 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fuf-professor-receives-key-award-from-international-environmental-toxicology-group%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | UF professor receives key award from international environmental toxicology group | null | null | chipleybugle.com | GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nancy Denslow, Ph.D., a professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Florida, has received a key award from an international professional group for her scientific achievements.
Denslow, who holds a joint appointment in the colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine at UF, has received the Founder’s Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The award is the highest given by the group and is presented annually to an individual with an outstanding career in the environmental sciences.
Denslow, a member of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, is the fourth woman to have received the award since it began being issued in 1980.
Her research has focused on using molecular tools to evaluate the effects of environmental contaminants on fish. She is a pioneer in applying these techniques to the area of environmental toxicology, and has contributed significantly to the understanding of environmental estrogens and other compounds on fish and other wildlife.
She has developed commercial products, including several monoclonal antibodies that are specific for the appearance of egg yolk protein in the blood of fish after exposure to estrogen or to estrogen mimics. These studies have been supported by major extramural grants from the National Institutes of Health as well as other governmental agencies and sources. She was a major contributor to grants that resulted in the founding of two successful biotechnology companies, EcoArray and Banyan Biomarkers Inc., both of which are still in business.
Denslow is also a member of the UF Genetics Institute and the UF Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology.
The award acknowledges the promotion of research, education, communication and training in the environmental sciences and is intended to promote the application of interdisciplinary environmental sciences in managing environmental stressors.
Recipients have also been deemed to have made significant contributions in the area of scientific interpretation and communication of exposure to and effects of environmental stressors, ecological risk assessment and management, and solutions for global environmental problems, according to the group’s website. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/27/uf-professor-receives-key-award-from-international-environmental-toxicology-group/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/b28c7165f2be6bf55fda09f796b6598f611734ad09cda3577ae312509ab3996d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:50:33 | null | 2016-08-30T13:16:12 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fbcf-professor-conducts-assessment-webinar%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_8642.jpg | en | null | BCF professor conducts assessment webinar | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Last year, the Teacher Education Division at The Baptist College of Florida (BCF) in Graceville received full state approval for the Elementary Education program, achieving a major academic milestone. The division continues to sparkle as the BCF Teacher Education Division Chair Susan Wegmann will be leading a webinar entitled, “Designing and Implementing an Assessment System with The Baptist College of Florida,” on Tuesday, September 13.
The webinar will highlight the journey of BCF from developing Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Rubrics for each program and course, to implementation and evaluation using LiveText and Assessment Insight System (AIS) tools. The webinar will last around an hour as Wegmann discusses multiple stages of development and implementation with an expected 100 online participants from around the United States. Most of the online audience are Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) Liaisons tasked with being the “go-between” with regards to SACSCOC and the school.
“The webinar was presented Live [in person by Dr. Wegmann] at the National LiveText Assessment Conference in Chicago, IL this past summer, where LiveText users gathered to learn more about assessment,” stated Wegmann. “We represented The Baptist College of Florida and found a wonderful connection among universities who are similar in educational focus, no matter the size. We are dealing with similar pressures from external sources (accreditation agencies, local and state certification boards, etc.) so it is wonderful to share our successes and struggles in an open forum. Opportunities like this highlight the fact that The Baptist College of Florida is invited to participate in much larger forums and that we are performing as well as, or even better than our peers across the nation.” Following the success of the summer conference, Wegmann was invited to present the webinar again.
In addition to presenting webinars, teaching, and serving as the Chair of the Teacher Education Division, Wegmann serves as the Accreditation and Licensure Liaison at The Baptist College of Florida. In that role, she has been hard at work getting ready to submit the 10-year “Compliance Certification” report for reaffirmation of accreditation by SACSCOC for BCF in September 2017. “We are doing a great job with accreditation because the faculty and staff at BCF work hard and do their jobs ‘as unto the Lord,’” stated Wegmann. “I ask for information from numerous people across campus on a weekly basis, and they are always responsive and ready to help. In fact, when I conduct presentations on this topic, I always have to add the disclaimer that I know things aren’t as good everywhere else, as they are here! We get along so well as a faculty and staff, and I know that our common faith and trust in Christ is the underlying reason!”
The education excellence represented by Wegmann and the entire Teacher Education Division continues to champion the college that is “Changing the World Through the Unchanging Word.®” To learn more about the upcoming webinar visit www.livetext.com or to receive information about the education degrees offered at The Baptist College of Florida, please call 800.328.2660 or visit the website at www.baptistcollege.edu. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/bcf-professor-conducts-assessment-webinar/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/aa42eaea0cee45bd03a80e0d09f014301360c1970cce8ec931f2aeca9d1d8d2d.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:50:57 | null | 2016-08-31T07:54:43 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Ffuller-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Fuller obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Sidney Anderson Fuller, age 98 of Bonifay, FL passed from this life peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. She was born on September 17, 1917 in Clark County, AL to the late Benjamin and Bertie (Payne) Anderson.
Sidney has been a resident of Bonifay since 1981 coming from Chipley and she was a member of the Esto Church of Christ Church.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Omar Fuller, one daughter, Alice Fuller, two brothers and four sisters. Survivors include, two sons, Ben Fuller of Andalusia, AL, Barry Fuller and wife Fran of Bonifay, FL, thirteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends for visitation on Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at Brown Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at Brown Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Bonifay City Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing.
Family and friends may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/31/fuller-obit/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/b1e763a6d3ef3c04acb9e2ae64619d798aba20c384f3604a830477ff76a3c419.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:45 | null | 2016-08-25T17:08:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fhands-off-is-best-policy-for-sea-turtle-hatchlings%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | ‘Hands off!’ is best policy for sea turtle hatchlings | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Sea turtle hatchlings are digging out of their nests and clambering toward the ocean in September and October, the last months of Florida’s sea turtle nesting season.
Just remember, “Hands off!” is the best policy for beachgoers encountering sea turtle hatchings.
Well-meaning efforts to rescue a sea turtle hatchling by helping it leave a nest or picking it up and placing it in the ocean are not good ideas, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists.
Worse yet are instances where hatchlings are being handled by people who think it’s OK to get that close, often because they want to take a photo.
“Some Florida beachgoers are unaware that sea turtle hatchings should be watched from a distance and left undisturbed,” said Dr. Robbin Trindell, who leads the FWC’s sea turtle management program. “Even well-meaning attempts to rescue sea turtle hatchlings can do more harm than good. And digging into a sea turtle nest, entering a posted area, or picking up a sea turtle hatchling to take a photo also are against the law.”
Hatchlings must overcome many obstacles to survive. Digging out of their nests may take a few days. Once out, they are vulnerable to predators. And any misdirection on their path to the sea – from artificial lighting to items left on the beach, holes in the sand or people approaching or handling them – may leave them exhausted, lost or dehydrated on the beach in the morning sun.
“So please remember to keep your hands off sea turtle hatchlings and tell others to do the same,” Trindell said. “The best way to help hatchings is to turn off any artificial lighting on the beach at night or at least keep it shielded. If you see hatchlings, watch from a distance and never shoot flash photos.”
Bright lights on houses, motels, condominiums and businesses along the beach can disorient nesting adult females, but are particularly harmful to turtle hatchlings. The hatchlings will head for the bright lights, thinking they are the sparkling sea. They can end up walking landward and are more likely to become prey for animals like coyotes.
People are asked to call the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline, 1-888-404-FWCC (3922) or *FWC or #FWC on a cellphone, to report hatchlings that are stranded, wandering in a road or parking lot, heading away from the water or are dead.
For more on sea turtle nesting and hatchlings, go to MyFWC.com/SeaTurtle. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/hands-off-is-best-policy-for-sea-turtle-hatchlings/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/1408365e38a111666ad97f19fdb3a186b7fb1233aab5ae4199f1bbf4e87ea4cc.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:48:12 | null | 2016-08-26T14:39:36 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Ftolbert-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Tolbert-237x300.jpg | en | null | Tolbert obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Mr. James Tolbert, Sr., 94 of Chipley, FL, a native of DeFuniak Springs, FL, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in the Washington Nursing and Rehab. Center of Chipley, FL.
He was of the Baptist faith and was a faithful member of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs, FL.
Home Going Services will be held 2 P.M. CST, Saturday, August 27, 2016 from the sanctuary of the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs, FL with Elder Walter F. Ales, officiating. Committal Services will follow in the Magnolia Cemetery of DeFuniak Springs, FL with Military Honors performed by the Ft. Rucker Honor Guard.
He leaves to cherish his memories two sons: Robert Tolbert, Jr. ( Joyce) of Ponce de Leon, FL, and Ronald Tolbert, Sr. (Sherry) of Chipley, FL; 13 grandchildren; a host of great-grands, other relatives and friends.
Mr. Tolbert will lie in repose at the church on Saturday from 1 P.M. until time for services at 2 P.M. with the Cooper Funeral Home of Chipley, FL, directing. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/tolbert-obit/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/9c9118c3497fde9c3398fd48774cdafc7074b7d23f76dfea56808445485a7ed2.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:50:39 | null | 2016-08-30T12:55:06 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fconstruction-activities-suspended-for-labor-day-weekend%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Construction activities suspended for Labor Day weekend | null | null | chipleybugle.com | To promote safety and reduce congestion over the Labor Day weekend, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is suspending normal road construction activities on all major roads in Northwest Florida. There will be no lane closures on the state road system from 12 p.m. (noon) Thursday, Sept. 1 through 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6. All major roads will be open to normal traffic.
If an emergency situation occurs during the upcoming holiday weekend requires a lane closure, repairs will continue until that lane is reopened to the traveling public and all safety issues related to the traveling public have been addressed.
FDOT is encouraging drivers to allow extra travel time and to use extra caution in existing work zones along state highways. Drivers are urged to make sure they buckle up, along with their passengers. FDOT and other safety agencies also ask drivers to obey speed limits, get adequate rest before traveling, avoid distractions and never drink and drive.
Drivers also are urged to be prepared for unscheduled highway closures due to accidents, disabled vehicles or other events. Motorists should be alert to changing weather conditions while traveling.
Travelers can access Florida’s 511 service from cell phones, landlines, and online at www.FL511.com to receive updates on travel in the area. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/construction-activities-suspended-for-labor-day-weekend/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/059e0fc1740d0656d9604f87043c1551f55643d9dc0812151bb551c3ed35ddc0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:10 | null | 2016-08-19T12:47:59 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F19%2Fknapp-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Knapp obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | William Melton Knapp, age 72, of Graceville, FL, passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at his residence in Graceville, FL.
William was born April 1, 1944 in Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to Henry Pettus and Netia Mae (Pettis) Knapp. William lived many years there before relocating to Florida to live with his brother, Mickey Knapp, then sharing independent living with housemates who were “his family”. William loved the Lord, music, Alabama football, wrestling, and NASCAR. Bo also missed our mom dearly after she passed away.
William is survived by his older sister, Carol (Knapp) Coker (Leroy) of Crystal River, FL, and younger brother Mickey Knapp (Judith) of Chipley, Florida, and his housemates, Greg Goodson and Robert Tomlin and special personal support staff in the home, Arlester McCalister, Jr. and Jessy Smith.
William was a proud uncle to Michelle (Coker) Phares (Mark) of Jacksonville, NC; Michael Coker (Sandy) of Tallahassee, FL; Melanie (Knapp) Grantham (Jeremy), and Derric Johnson (April) of Chipley . He was great uncle to Jason Phares (Ogden, UT), Jeremy Phares (Montgomery, AL), Zackary Coker (Ocala, FL), Tatum Coker and Gabriel Coker (Tallahassee, FL), Kenna Lee Ellis, Jett Ray Grantham, Aurora Grantham, and Annslee Johnson of Chipley, FL. Also, many cousins and others he loved dearly will miss him.
A Memorial Service will be held Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:00 PM, at First Baptist Church, Chipley, FL, with Pastor Mike Orr officiating. Visitation with the family at the church will be 5:00-7:00 PM prior to the service. Arrangements by Brown Funeral Home Chipley.
A Concluding Memorial Service will be held Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 3:00 PM, at Lockler Memorial Baptist, Mt. Vernon, AL. Visitation with the family at the church will be from 2:00-3:00 PM prior to the service. Arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, Saraland, AL.
William will be laid to final rest at United Methodist Church Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, AL next to his mother and father. We give thanks that he is now in his Heavenly Home with the Lord forever. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/19/knapp-obit/ | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/3739a50996591d725b1913684313362e2b1f27b26d00be6cd7e09f2ca896f451.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:25 | null | 2016-08-25T13:43:55 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fgalbreath-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Galbreath obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Sweet infant baby Chloe Diane Galbreath went home to be with the Lord on August 18, 2016 in the arms of her loving family.
Chloe was born on August 18, 2016 in Panama City, Florida to Justin and Carly (Hartzog) Galbreath.
She is survived by her loving parents, Justin and Carly Galbreath of Chipley, Florida; two sisters: Ava Galbreath and Brooklyn Galbreath of Chipley, Florida; maternal grandparents: Glenna and Scott Padgett of Chipley, Florida, John and Kathy Hartzog of Chipley, Florida; paternal grandparents: Jimmy and Kim Galbreath of, Chipley, Florida; maternal great grandmother: Bertha Padgett of Vernon, Florida; paternal great grandparents: Tom Galbreath and Deloris Kirkland of Chipley, Florida, Linda Galbreath of Panama City, Florida, N.B. and Louise Pettis of Chipley, Florida; several aunts, uncles, and extended family.
Funeral services will be held 10A.M. Friday, August 26, 2016 at Vernon Evangelistic Church in Vernon, Florida with Rev. Keith Mashburn officiating. Interment will follow in the Vernon Evangelistic Church Cemetery. Obert Funeral Home of Chipley, Florida directing. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/galbreath-obit/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/1d477cd4e1667f1c12855cf0d073ea5d1f0f37447956df907bbfca1a2df3f77e.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:50:56 | null | 2016-08-31T06:51:06 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Farrest-report%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Arrest report | null | null | chipleybugle.com | The Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests for July 18 to August 15.
Arrest Report: Click Here | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/31/arrest-report/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/fda26bc0e43ae6caf6f90e1aefbf08699cc7f76812ac77e6fbd61ca214d50c18.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:20 | null | 2016-08-17T06:32:07 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F17%2Fbush-obit-3%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bush-family-018-245x300.jpg | en | null | Bush obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Mr. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Eugene Bush, age 86, of Bonifay, Florida passed away August 14, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born March 23, 1930 in Bonifay, Florida to the late Charles Cletus Bush and Vera Mae Elliott Bush. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bush was preceded in death by five siblings, Vivian Gibson, Serena Adkison, Bunice Bush, M.C. Bush, Whelan Dyson.
Tommy worked 31 years with the State of Florida Forestry Department. Following retirement he then worked 10 years as the maintenance technician at Bonifay Elementary School. He also served in the United States Army.
Mr. Bush is survived by his wife of 64 years, Maxine Hodge Bush of Bonifay, FL; three sons, Donnie Bush and wife Tammy of Bonifay, FL, Dennis Bush and wife Maureen of Panama City Beach, FL, Phillip Bush and wife Sheri of Tibbie, AL; one daughter, Connie McLendon and husband Paul of Quincy, FL; eight grandchildren, Kelly and Joel Patrick, Emily and Ryan Segers, Carrie and Jason Hayford, Clara and Spencer Taylor, Daniel and Ashley Bush, Wesley Bush, Meredith Bush, Nicholas Bush; five great-grandchildren, Braydon Patrick, Egan Segers, Aleena Segers, Cason Hayford, Caleb Bush; two sisters, Ruth Stephens and Imogene Armstrong both of Bonifay, FL.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at First Baptist Church Bonifay with Rev. Bruce Smith, Rev. Josh Hodge and Rev. Shelly Chandler officiating. Interment will follow in the New Effort Church Cemetery with Peel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Family will receive friends from 9:30-11:00 am at First Baptist Church. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/17/bush-obit-3/ | en | 2016-08-17T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/a83da4cf2c18cb1fdf94b2155a6586166e1a7a69cca854cda80338ddaa6155d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:47:47 | null | 2016-08-25T14:24:41 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fchipley-volleyball%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_2903.jpg | en | null | Chipley volleyball | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Chipley’s Lady Tigers hosted Baker in volleyball on Tuesday, August 23. The Chipley JV and varsity teams both lost matches to their guests.
Scores for JV were: Baker 25, Chipley 16; Baker 25, Chipley 23.
Scores for varsity were: Baker 25, Chipley 19; Baker 25, Chipley 19; Baker 25, Chipley 17. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/chipley-volleyball/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/fe7e2fa3ca6f59b815504639b9aa38a07cc65b73ee4da8875e32bc3f0b46895e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:47:36 | null | 2016-08-26T14:15:02 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fjeffery-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Jeffery obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | David Alan Jeffery, age 54 of Bonifay, passed from this life on August 24, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
David was born on March 30, 1962 in Hinsdale, Illinois to Richard and Bernadette (Baierl) Jeffery. He had lived in the Panhandle of Florida since 1978, coming from Wisconsin. He was a hard working man, who loved to hunt and fish, and was known as a friend to everyone he came in contact with. He was an avid sports fan who enjoyed watching Nascar and Football, but he especially loved to watch Alabama Football, as well as the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers. He was of the Catholic faith.
He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Peggy (Ladd) Jeffery of Bonifay, Florida; parents: Richard and Bernadette Jeffery of Panama City, Florida; son: Shane Daniel Kent of Bonifay, Florida; daughter: Kimberly Bailey and husband Jeremy of Bonifay, Florida; brother: Dean Jeffery and wife Carol of Pickett, Wisconsin; sister: Diane Bayorgeon and husband Dennis of Madison, Wisconsin; five grandchildren: Cameron Williams, Alyssa Bailey, Savannah Davis, Mackenzie Davis, Mallory Davis; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 10A.M. Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Obert Funeral Home in Chipley, Florida with Rev. Tim Long officiating. Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery in Chipley, Florida. Obert Funeral Home of Chipley, Florida directing.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 P.M. Friday, August 26, 2016 at Obert Funeral Home. The Rosary service will begin at 7:30 with Father Rick Dawson officiating. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/jeffery-obit/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/21d966bb746dbd94109249b01e9ab2846d08132dcda4e3d0a9e9ce01ef27b951.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T22:48:24 | null | 2016-08-27T21:25:28 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fchipley-football%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_5760.jpg | en | null | Chipley football | null | null | chipleybugle.com | by Cheerleader/Reporter Faith Padgett
Friday night, our Chipley Tigers, lead by head coach Blake Wilson, faced the Marianna Bulldogs. The game ended with the Tigers at 18 and Bulldogs with 39.
Although the score did not come out as we had hoped, we did observe some outstanding plays. Adrian “Mook” Sims started out first quarter with an 11 yard TD run, then had another 11 yd run in the second quarter. Towards the end of the first half, Sims had a 51 yd TD run. With three touchdowns and only one successful two-point conversion, the scoring for Chipley ended. A great game played by our boys, but this week we have seen aspects of the game we need to continue to work on.
This coming Friday, the 2nd, out Tigers will face the Graceville Tigers on their turf at 7. Everyone come out and support the boys! | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/27/chipley-football/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/3999d18378795c76997aa870c1701a119fb63e07b4ae56bb45d2815f7518fd54.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:48:36 | null | 2016-08-27T15:49:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fchipola-artist-series-opens-sept-22-with-two-on-tap%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Two-on-Tap.jpg | en | null | Chipola Artist Series opens Sept. 22 with Two on Tap | null | null | chipleybugle.com | The Chipola Artist Series opens Sept. 22 with Two on Tap. The show brings audiences back in time to an era when Fred and Ginger and Mickey and Judy filled the silver screen with undeniable chemistry, effortless harmony, and precision tap dancing. Gorgeous vocals, exciting choreography, and unique musical arrangements all take center stage in a show that has entertained tens of thousands worldwide. Learn more at www.two-on-tap.com.
Described as “a young Gladys Knight,” Melinda Doolittle is a soul–stirring songstress who will perform on Oct. 8. Doolittle became a household on American Idol in 2007 when she came in third in the voting.
The internationally-acclaimed Cashore Marionettes will present a show for all ages, Feb. 16. Through virtuoso manipulation, music and theatrical illusion, the vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining vision of what it is to be human.
The season rounds out Mar. 28 with Jump, Jive and Wail featuring The Jive Aces. The first ever band to reach the semifinals of Britain’s Got Talent, also performed for Her Majesty The Queen. The Aces are renowned for their high energy Jump Jive music and spectacular stage show.
Season tickets for all four events are on sale for $60. Single event tickets range from $20-$25 for adults, $10 for under 18, and $5 for Chipola students and employees. Individual tickets for Two on Tap are on sale now for $20, and $10 for under 18.
Box Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon. Online tickets may be printed at home, or with an order confirmation, will-call tickets will be available at the box office the night of the show.
For more information, call 718-2420 or visit www.chipola.edu/boxoffice. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/27/chipola-artist-series-opens-sept-22-with-two-on-tap/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/0d422be58c2dfdda5d1a6202d339c92158be0c85ebf69fc7ecf729361e8b09b3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:48:54 | null | 2016-08-26T14:23:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fmathis-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Oretha-Mathis-200x300.jpg | en | null | Mathis obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Mrs. Oretha Mathis, 81, of Dothan, AL, departed this life on August 20, 2016 at her home.
On Wednesday, January 23, 1935, Oretha was born into the union of Lela and Vera Jenkins.
She was raised in a loving Christian home, and accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age, where she joined First Missionary Baptist Church.
Oretha was married to David Mathis on Saturday, August 10, 1963, with whom she shared a loving marriage until his health departed them on Wednesday, October 25, 1995.
Mrs. Mathis was a lifelong resident of Dothan. She worked for the Washington County School System in Chipley, Florida, Roulhac Middle School, for over thirty years and retired. She enjoyed her calling as a teacher/educator. She retired from the State of Florida in 1988 and she still had students that she taught to call and stop in to visit. In prior years she was a Charter member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Les Vingt Socialete Club, Inc. in Dothan, AL.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her parents: Lela and Vera Jenkins; her husband, David Mathis; brothers: Elliott, Leslie and Rufus Jenkins; sisters: Augusta McKissic and Edith Lawson (Raymond).
She leaves fond memories to be cherished by her loving brother, Edward Jenkins (Suzanne) of Detroit, Michigan; loving nieces: Wanda Christiani of Palm Coast, Florida, Felicia Nolan of Detroit, Michigan, Charlotte Jenkins of Detroit, Michigan and Cheryl Jenkins of Detroit, Michigan; loving nephews: Rufus Page Jenkins (Blanche) of Dothan, Alabama, Steve Jenkins of California; great nieces and nephews: Valerie Duncan, Kevin Duncan, Leslie Christiani and Alexia Nolen; loving and devoted cousins: Gloria Page Dunbar of Dothan, Alabama; a special family friend, Willie Johnson; a host of other loving relatives, neighbors and friends.
Visitation will be Friday, August 26, 2016, 4-6 PM, at the Georgette L. Scott’s Memorial Chapel, 814 Headland Avenue, Dothan, AL.
A celebration of life will commence at 11AM, Saturday, August 27, 2016, First Missionary Baptist Church, 370 Chickasaw Street, Dothan, AL. She will be laid to rest in the North Highland Cemetery in Dothan. The family will receive friends immediately following the interment at the Georgette L. Scott’s Fellowship Hall, 814 Headland Avenue, Dothan, AL.
All services has been entrusted to the caring staff of Scott’s Chapel Hill Mortuary of Dothan. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/mathis-obit/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/688c5d9df3dd80d3876425490572aab73c75beb2796abd9f840c904ac2d5c6f4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:48:01 | null | 2016-08-26T14:50:21 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fchipola-showcase%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Chipola-Theatre-Showcase.jpg | en | null | Chipola Showcase | null | null | chipleybugle.com | MARIANNA—Charles Sirmon, Chipola College Director of Theatre, announces his 19th season of outstanding student performances.
The Chipola Theatre Showcase, presented by Chipola Theatre majors, is Thursday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. Like Saturday Night Live on a Thursday night, the production contains adult content. Tickets—$10—may be purchased at the CFA Box Office or online at www.chipola.edu/boxoffice.
Auditions for the Fall production, “Southern Fried Funeral,” are Sept. 12-13 at 6 p.m. The show will run Oct. 27-30. Dewey Frye is dead and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces—if they don’t kill each other first. Matriarch Dorothy has to contend with sudden widowhood, the church, Dewey’s snake-in-the-grass brother making a grab for her house, and two grown daughters reliving childhood rivalry. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in families. Tickets—$8 for adults and $6 for ages 18 and under—go on sale Oct. 5.
Auditions for the Spring musical “Hello Dolly” are Nov. 7-8, at 6 p.m. The show runs Feb. 22-26. Chipola’s adaptation of the 1964 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical tells the story of Dolly Levi, a New York City matchmaker who merrily arranges things like furniture and daffodils and lives. A widow, she has found herself in love with a “half-a-millionaire” merchant named Horance Vandergelder. She weaves a web of romantic complications involving him, his two clerks, a pretty milliner and her assistant. Eventually, all is sorted out, and everyone ends up with the right person. Tickets go on sale Feb. 8.
The Children’s Theatre production of “The Magic Schoolbus” is May 11. The show tells the story of an eccentric school teacher who takes her class on wondrous, educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus. Tickets go on sale April 26.
Director Charles Sirmon invites all theatre fans to join the Applauding Chipola Theatre (ACT) Fund to get the best seats for all shows. ACT offers five levels of membership: Sponsor, Patron, Benefactor, Angel and Corporate Angel, with VIP seating at all levels. A portion ACT memberships are tax-deductible. Proceeds directly support the Chipola Theatre department as it seeks to grow, challenge, dazzle, and of course, entertain. Patrons may join online at www.chipola.edu/theatre, or in person at the Box Office.
For information, call the Center for the Arts Box Office at 850-718-2420, call Director Sirmon at 850-718-2420 or email sirmonc@chipola.edu. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/chipola-showcase/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/f08da98b7edb97a7893e3492a0768e228d64c101171f4f5cda8dcbbd023526c7.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:50:41 | null | 2016-08-30T13:10:34 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fgirl-scouts-honor-2016-women-of-distinction-at-awards-gala%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-WOD-PC-Honorees.jpg | en | null | Girl Scouts honor 2016 women of distinction at awards gala | null | null | chipleybugle.com | PANAMA CITY – The Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle honored nine Women of Distinction on August 27 during the Awards Gala at the Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort.
“We are honored to recognize the honorees as women who exemplify the mission of Girl Scouts,” stated Raslean M. Allen, Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle, Inc. chief executive officer. “The recipients are women who have distinguished themselves through leadership and community service demonstrating courage, confidence, and character, while making the world a better place,” she continued.
The Pearl Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Carrie Baker, retired educator of Bay County and past board member of the Girl Scout Council of the Apalachee Bend. The Pearl Award is bestowed upon an adult Girl Scout for her significant contributions to the Girl Scout movement in support of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Given in memory of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, the significance of the pearls symbolize the devotion by Low to the success of the start of Girl Scouting which included selling a strand of pearls to fund the early operations.
Ginger Littleton, Bay County School Board member received the Diamond Award, presented to a woman whose contributions to the community embody the vision of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts. The woman honored displays courage, confidence and character while truly making the world a better place.
Joining Dr. Baker and Mrs. Littleton as Women of Distinction Honorees are:
• Dinah Crayton, Crayton Communications: Category Law
• Claire Sherman, General Manager, Lamar Advertising: Category Media
• Jennifer Wolgamott, Senior Manager, ZHA: Category S.T.E.M
• Renee Willoughby, Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center: Category Youth Services
• Tiffani Hinds, United Way of Northwest Florida: Category Social Services
• Eberle Funches, Battleship CrossFit: Category Health & Fitness
• Karen Smith, Beachy Beach Real Estate: Category Community Impact
A program inspired by Girl Scouts nationally, and hosted locally by the Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle, the Women of Distinction awards honor women who truly demonstrate their commitment to the community. The women selected join the 144 women in the Florida Panhandle who have been honored as Women of Distinction since the program’s inception in 1998.
The Awards Gala began at 6 p.m. with a social hour, silent auction and entertainment by local young artist Sarah Nicole. A variety of silent auction items ranged from themed baskets to a weekend stay donated by the Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort. Additionally, the festivities included a live auction of fine jewelry from local jewelers raising funds to support programs and activities for girls in the community. Exquisite pieces were graciously donated by David Scott Fine Jewelry, Creative Gems, Coin and Bullion and Star Gallery.
The dinner and awards program was hosted by Bryan Taylor, president and CEO of United Way of Northwest Florida and Janice Lucas, director of the LEAD Coalition at Gulf Coast State College. Included on the agenda was a presentation by Kate Mellete, Girl Scout Cadette Troop 449 and Katharine Murphy, Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 161. Miss Murphy was also named the Rising Young Woman of Distinction and received a scholarship from Perry Young.
Also recognized were the women nominated as Women of Distinction nominees, they include:
• Gayle Ahrens – Habitat for Humanity Bay County
• Jasmine Allen – Life Management Center
• Andrea Boutwell-Hess – Scott Ingraham Real Estate
• Jennifer Burke – Central Payment of Panama City
• Teri Cable – Florida Therapy Services
• Terri Davidson – The Wine Dog
• Jeanette Deatherage – Mary Kay
• LaRue Keller – US Army (retired)
• Nancy Luther – Adecco Staffing
• Cynthia McCauley – Chautauqua Charter School
• Ginger Owens – First Baptist Church
• Adrienne Pelletier – Catholic Charities of NWFL
• Pam Perry – Retired
• Jennifer Rader – Mary Kay
• Thelma Rohan – Panama City Orthopedics
• Naomi Sharp – Catholic Charities of NWFL
• Alisa Stone Dennis – Stone Real Estate Group
• Dawn Veit – Veit’s Dairy
• Shonna Young Gay – Fourteenth Judicial Circuit | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/girl-scouts-honor-2016-women-of-distinction-at-awards-gala/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/fb90aab704830a36abc1d3325127aceb5e660d29f5fc544c46f0eeb77dd678a0.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:50:30 | null | 2016-08-30T12:21:53 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Frobling-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Robling obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Shirley Ann Robling, age 78, of Chipley, Florida, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Washington County Rehab And Nursing Center.
She was born June 10, 1931 in Owensboro, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Charles Birk and Addie Mae Freels.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Marie Shelton Holden, Ruth Tucker, and Arnie Mae Sadler, and two brothers; John Thomas Freels and Charles Lee Freels all of Owensboro, Kentucky.
She was of the Baptist faith and a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Chipley, Florida, where she has lived for 37 years.
She is survived by three children Cynthia Ann Johns, Timothy Elwood Robling, and Dale Lee Robling; two grand-daughters; Megan Johns and Kabree Robling; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held 10:00 A.M., August 31, 2016 at Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Orr officiating. Family and friends may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/robling-obit/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/a5a16c4b65fb3817e50d86a9ee2e82518250af01e4ee4e347ecfe3cfed8db454.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:52 | null | 2016-08-24T09:31:06 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2Fbocc-meeting%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | BOCC meeting | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Washington County Board of County Commissioners will meet Thursday, August 25, at 9 a.m. at the Washington County Government Annex.
Agenda: Click Here | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/24/bocc-meeting/ | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/5afb69c3140fb9d3595d92f35dafc813c5184ed8783d1bd0d3ecb2c7d1a9f118.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:42 | null | 2016-08-11T15:25:14 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F11%2Fhomecoming-at-orange-hill-missionary-baptist%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/orangehill.jpg | en | null | Homecoming at Orange Hill Missionary Baptist | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 816 Sunday Road, Chipley
Homecoming 2016
Guest Preacher: Rev. A. D. Bell, Jr., Pastor St. John Missionary Baptist Church Florala, Alabama
Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:00 am
The Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church is the oldest African American Baptist Church in Washington County. It was founded in 1870 when President Ulysses S. Grant was U.S. president and in the year the 15th Amendment, giving blacks the right to vote, was added to the Constitution. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed just 7 years earlier. This historic Church is celebrating 146 years of being a beacon light in the Orange Hill Community on Sunday, August 21st at 11 am. It was established for the worship to our Almighty God and the fellowship of His people set forth in the New Testament. Out of Orange Hill sprung the Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church and from them the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.
In the early years when we didn’t have modern facilities Bro. Samuel Thompson was the lighting man for night services. His duty was to keep kerosene in the lantern. The brothers of the church kept wood for the wood heater. We used hand fans to cool off. Oh it’s blessing now to have our heating and air conditioning system (Thank you Jesus!!) At one time we didn’t do any banking, The church’s finances were kept in chosen member’s homes. Deacon Jefferson Cady was sexton of the church. Later Bro. Alex Wilson became sexton. Sexton was the same as trustee or business manager. Their duty was to keep the church yards, cemetery grounds, church clean. They were to check for repairs and bring water to the church. Whatever was needed the sexton, with the help of the members, saw that it was done. Deacon Jefferson Cady was also the grave manager and bell toner, when someone passed on, he sounded the bell as soon as he got the word, day or night. On the day of the funeral the bell was sounded again as the body arrived at the church. The brethren and teen aged boys use to help dig the grave for burial. Orange Hill had to baptize at one time in community ponds and other church’s baptismal pools before ours was constructed. Rev. Oliver Wilson had a pond on his property that was used.
“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.” (Jeremiah 3:15) The first Pastor of Orange Hill was Rev. James Cady from Jackson County. He was Deacon Jefferson Cady’s father. The following pastors have been. Rev. Webb, Rev. Benjamin, Rev. Green, Rev. Gipson, Rev. Linsay, Rev. B. A. Allen, Rev. Blount, Rev. Woods, Rev. Joseph Young, Rev. Jessie Ward, Rev. Jefferson, Rev. Sam Cherry, Rev. Adolphus McLaughlin, Rev. James Johns (longest serving pastor) and our current pastor Rev. Malcolm O. Nelson. The Associate Pastors have been Rev. Nesby Brown, Rev. Earl Cooke and Rev. George Davis.
“Behold, I will do a new thing…” (Isaiah 43:19) In 2016 Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church established a scholarship. Our first recipient was Sis. Selena Davis. She received a $500 scholarship toward her secondary education. We had our first Women’s Conference: “Christian Women: Embrace Your Beautiful Purpose” chaired by First Lady Katherleen Nelson and co-chaired by Sis. Mechele Kent and Sis Mary Davis. An inspiring revival took place in the fall with Rev. Willie Brown, Pastor of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Argyle as the revivalist and the “Fishers of Men”, “Crossroads: Ellis Brothers”, and “Triple Anointing” providing the music. A church sign was erected with the efforts of Deacon Mathew Kent and is updated by Sis. Tiara Davis. Handicapped Parking has been provided. OHMBC has had a most prestigious past, living a productive present, and looking forward to a most fabulous future. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/11/homecoming-at-orange-hill-missionary-baptist/ | en | 2016-08-11T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/1a34f58bb5b970596b3951339605a4ff01a990e29158ad4e5fbef6336cbbd44a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:48:13 | null | 2016-08-26T15:29:04 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Ffentanyl-related-overdose-deaths-have-increased-rapidly-in-florida-since-2010%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have increased rapidly in Florida since 2010 | null | null | chipleybugle.com | GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has seen a sharp increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths over the past five years, according to UF Health researchers who co-authored a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report out on Thursday.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and it is available via prescription to treat surgical, cancer-related and chronic pain. However, the deaths appear to stem from illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which is manufactured in clandestine laboratories and is often mixed with other drugs, such as heroin, without buyers’ knowledge.
According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Florida is one of eight states of the 27 analyzed that saw substantial increases, especially among people ages 14-34, followed by people ages 35-50, males and whites. From 2010-2012 to 2013-2014, the total number of people in Florida who died from fentanyl-related overdoses increased from 379 to 582, and the number of people ages 14-34 increased from 82 to 200. The first half of 2015 is on track to far surpass the previous four years with 289 deaths statewide from January to June 2015, which is the most recent data available. See the table below for additional details:
Number of Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths (2010-2012)/Number of Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths (2013-2014)/Percentage Increase in Deaths (from 2010-2012 to 2013-2014)*
Statewide Total 379 582 53.6 percent
Age 14-34 82 200 143.9 percent
Age 35-50 147 235 59.9 percent
Males 216 393 81.9 percent
Whites** 359 549 52.9 percent
*Please note the percentage increase is comparing three years of data to two years of data, which underestimates the percent change.
**Information on Hispanic ethnicity was not available; thus, this number includes Hispanics and non-Hispanics.
For a complete demographic breakdown, see the CDC’s full report at cdc.gov/mmwr.
Both fentanyl-related deaths and the number of drug submissions that tested positive for fentanyl followed a similar overall pattern in Florida, with gradual increases from May-November 2014 and a sharp increase during December 2014-February 2015, followed by a return to rates seen between July-November 2014 during March-June 2015. The drug submissions are sent by law enforcement nationwide to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System for testing. Researchers believe the strong correlation between the fentanyl-related deaths and the drug submissions that tested positive for fentanyl indicates that the latter could serve as an early warning system; however, more research is needed to understand the reasons behind the fluctuations from 2014-2015.
Florida prescription rates for fentanyl remained relatively stable at a 5 percent increase during this period, indicating that the deaths are likely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl. The largest impact is on people who use heroin and cocaine, which is being mixed with fentanyl. In fact, fentanyl-related deaths that tested positive for heroin increased from 0 to 19 percent between 2010-2012 and 2013-2014 and those that tested positive for cocaine increased from 17 to 33 percent.
“What this analysis shows us is that the types of people who are dying from fentanyl overdoses are similar to those dying from heroin in the U.S. Many young people dying from these dangerous drug cocktails may not even realize that they are being exposed to this potent opioid,” said Chris Delcher, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of health outcomes and policy in the UF College of Medicine. “A great deal of attention has been placed on reducing medical sources of prescription pain medications. In this case, we noted that increases in fentanyl prescribing could not explain the sharp increases in fentanyl-related deaths. Understanding and detecting illegal manufacturing of fentanyl is key, and public health and law enforcement officials need to work together to deal with this problem.”
The report also recommends enhancing public health support for individuals using heroin, including increased access to both medication-assisted treatment and naloxone, which nullifies the effect of opioid medication and can prevent overdose deaths.
“It is important to note that these numbers are underestimated because not all subjects are tested for fentanyl, and further, laboratories cannot distinguish prescription fentanyl from illicitly manufactured fentanyl,” said Bruce Goldberger, Ph.D., a professor and director of toxicology in the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine in the UF College of Medicine. “We must improve fentanyl death surveillance nationwide in order to make that distinction and alert us more quickly to these serious public health trends.” | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/26/fentanyl-related-overdose-deaths-have-increased-rapidly-in-florida-since-2010/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/cc9340d751407ba1d2712c52e8b38fe80e399d28f8a0c46a6102516154d73102.json |
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[] | 2016-08-27T16:48:32 | null | 2016-08-27T16:01:48 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Flaw-enforcement-to-crackdown-on-drunk-and-unsafe-driving%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Law enforcement to crackdown on drunk and unsafe driving | null | null | chipleybugle.com | 25th Annual Hands Across the Border Campaign Promotes Safe Labor Day Driving
Campbellton, Fla.- Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. This week – leading up to the Labor Day weekend – law enforcement agencies in Florida and Alabama are once again joining forces for “Hands Across the Border,” an annual traffic safety campaign. Law enforcement officers will crack down on unsafe driving through saturation patrols and checkpoints throughout the week.
On Monday, August 29, 2016, officers from the two states will meet and pledge to work together this holiday weekend to ensure drivers are maintaining safe speeds, not drinking and driving and always using their safety belts.
The Hands Across the Border event will take place at:
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
US231 Florida Welcome Center
Campbellton, FL
Law enforcement officers from both states will meet at the Alabama Welcome Center at 9:15am and caravan to the Florida Welcome Center as a sign of mutual support in their efforts to reducing DUI crashes and fatalities during the Labor Day week in both States. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/27/law-enforcement-to-crackdown-on-drunk-and-unsafe-driving/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/e0faf8d39417446724a660feb80882c66aa5175e2196816209ace93506688d9a.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:50:26 | null | 2016-08-30T12:50:44 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fknights-of-columbus-to-hold-fish-fry%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Knights of Columbus to hold fish fry | null | null | chipleybugle.com | The Knights of Columbus Council 10513, a Catholic charitable, fraternal and social organization of Catholic men of St. Joseph church in Chipley, St. Theresa church in Sunny Hills and Blessed Trinity church in Bonifay announce the following:
Fish Fry September 2nd is the next Fish Fry and then the first Friday of each month thereafter at Blessed Trinity Parish Hall 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. The cost to dine in, all you can eat is: Adult $10.00 and Child $5.00 and Carry-out: Adult $7.00 and Child $3.00.
Blessed Trinity Parish Hall is located at North Avenue (CR 177A) one mile west off Highway 79 in Bonifay. EVERYONE is welcome. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/knights-of-columbus-to-hold-fish-fry/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/5b1cd129e073d6f17e59fc863d59afaa033e316039760d84d4c8cd26a7c090b4.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:50:28 | null | 2016-08-30T12:33:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fyongue-obit%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Yongue obit | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Arvie S. Yongue, age 94 of Chipley, FL, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 28, 2016 surrounded by her loving family at the Northwest Florida Community Hospital. She was born on April 27, 1922 to the late George Washington Sapp and Minnie (Creamer) Sapp in Chipley, FL.
At age 13 Arvie became a Christian and joined Macedonia Baptist Church which was close to her home. Arvie and her late husband Hubert moved their membership to First Baptist in 1982. The move has been a great spiritual blessing. She was a stay-at-home mom until 1956 when she was employed by the Washington County Health Department. She began in clerical and secretarial positions and was promoted to Administrative Staff Assistant where she worked until retirement on May 28, 1987.
Arvie is preceded in death by her loving husband, Hubert Yongue and six brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include, two sons, Jerry Yongue and wife Linda of Chipley, FL, Wayne Yongue and wife Faye of Chipley, FL, one daughter, Carol Phillips and husband Bill of Chipley, FL, seven grandchildren, Bryan Yongue, Blake Yongue, Sonya Yongue, Randy Yongue, Kim (Yongue) McCormick and husband Scott, Brice Phillips and wife Brenda, Leanne Bruner and husband Larry, nine great grandchildren, Justin Martin and wife Raquel, Brandon Yongue, Joshua Yongue, Jordan Yongue, Bailey Yongue, Cameron McCormick, Isaac Phillips, Landon Bruner and Lucas Bruner, three great grandchildren, Rylan Martin, Aniston Martin, Waylon Martin, special friends and caregivers, Ruby and Teresa Sheffield.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at First Baptist Church of Chipley with visitation starting at 10:00 A.M. and funeral starting at 11:00 A.M. with Reverend Mike Orr officiating. Interment will follow at the Macedonia Baptist Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing.
Family and friends may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/30/yongue-obit/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/ccbccfdf0bc3279e244997e388079ee2eadc24126655eacf02df62a8b00b22f1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:22 | null | 2016-08-25T14:19:23 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fchipleybugle.com%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fchurch-celebrates-pastors-anniversary%2F.json | http://chipleybugle.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-new-site-icon.fw_.png | en | null | Church celebrates pastor’s anniversary | null | null | chipleybugle.com | Mt. Ararat First Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate Pastor/Reverend Dr. H.G. McCollough’s 37th anniversary on August 27-28.
Rev. Malcolm Nelson and congregation of Orange Hill Missionary Baptist Church will conduct the service on Saturday, August 27, at 6 p.m.
Sunday School will be held Sunday at 9:30 a.m. with Sister Angeline M. Smith, superintendent. Junior Bishop Willie Potter and congregation of William’s Temple will be in charge of the 11 a.m. service. Elder/Dr. Theodore Powell and congregation of The Church of God by Faith Vernon will be in charge of the 3 p.m. service.
Everyone is invited to worship and be blessed in these services. The church is located at 1233 Old Bonifay Road, Chipley. | http://chipleybugle.com/2016/08/25/church-celebrates-pastors-anniversary/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | chipleybugle.com/fd628f42bd101a886213d612e17ef584ba047ab3194b46920961f2c3147f375e.json |
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[
"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:35 | null | null | Bill Parkes showed his support for the Sheringham Point Lighthouse by raising $3,000 for its restoration. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391093711.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59377sookeBillParkesLighthouse.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Volunteer leads way for lighthouse | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Otter Point resident Bill Parkes has been instrumental to restoring the Sheringham Point Lighthouse.
With historical sites and buildings ever so threatened by extinction, small preservation societies are popping up across Canada, with the hope that piece of history will remain for future generations to enjoy.
That’s certainly the case for the Sheringham Lighthouse in Shirley, whose current existence is largely thanks to the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society.
One of its central supporters is Otter Point resident Bill Parkes, a society board member and Telus retiree whose dedicated volunteer efforts raised $3,000 – all of which will go to restoring the lighthouse.
“It’s a heritage site. I think it’s worth working towards keeping it for a long time,” said Parkes, who’s served on the board for four years.
The contribution was made possible through the Telus’ Charitable Giving program, which supports Telus volunteers and contributors and the organizations they promote through time and donations.
“If you put in 200 volunteer hours, you can donate $200 to a charity of your choice, it’s a great little program,” Parkes said, adding that when he donated $1,500 to the lighthouse, Telus matched that donation.
He’s certainly no stranger to volunteer work.
While living on Bowen Island, Parkes was chair of two water boards, and later, chair of the advisory planning commission. After moving to the Sooke region, he did Speed Watch for 10 years, and was part of the Community Police Consultive Society for a number of years.
Parkes also lent a hand at the Sooke Crisis Centre for seven years.
“I like to contribute to the community where I live,” he said.
The Sheringham Lighthouse is in need of love. The glass at the top facing the water is shattered due to people using it for target practice, as well as several other repairs to the building’s structural integrity.
“It’s an ongoing effort,” Parkes noted, adding that the building is still functional, as it still has operational microphones underwater for monitoring whales.
The Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society has been working since 2003 to save the land, lighthouse and public access to the light station. The site, now owned by the society, has recently been designated a Canadian Heritage Site and is open to the public for the first time in the lighthouse’s 105-year history.
“That’s something to be proud of,” Parkes said. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391093711.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f20b95e9752d5231afc8a04ad8d60569f2a4bcad6221d59e95446aa14b1555bd.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:05 | null | null | Weekly letters to the editor from within the Sooke community. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391766241.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTERS: Gauntlet thrown down to fall fair bread makers | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | In 1984, I won my first ribbon for bread at the Sooke Fall Fair. I continued entering and winning ribbons until 2006 at which time I had a nine-year absence as I was out of the country at the time of the Fair.
Last year I was here and entered four bread categories and received four first prize ribbons.
In ’84 I used to joke that I beat the little old ladies at their game, as at the time I competed with some of the great bread makers of the time, which most have left us now.
Now 32 years later I say I’m a little old man competing with some of the greats like Flo Tickner, Martha Moore and others.
I write this to put out a challenge to you bread makers out there to enter and dethrone me, also if there’s any men out there, let’s see what you can do. Then you can say you beat the best at their game.
Ken Pungente
Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/391766241.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/a5823ed8b10b70d3202ae164607c5cb4ceb5716da5393207a323daa09b3d51d9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:52 | null | null | The toxic tar sands should not be permitted past the B.C. and Alberta border | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F384321661.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Toxic tar sands must be prohibited | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | RE: Juan de Fuca tugs to escort oil tankers to Buoy Juliet (News, June 8)
The toxic tar sands should not be permitted past the B.C. and Alberta border, because there is no world-class equipment to clean-up a spill.
The B.C. legislature must pass a law prohibiting the importation of the tar sands into B.C. A spill from a tar sands tanker down into the Haro Strait will kill all forms of aquatic life.
The tanker corporations do not have any equipment to clean-up a spill.
Keep British Columbia beautiful.
Earl Richards, Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/384321661.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f272147a8bd43455148960cd596298379431f98cfb48c341543df820cf566e1c.json |
[
"Elida Peers"
] | 2016-08-26T13:05:46 | null | null | Many of the All Sooke Days organizers were loggers, and were used to finding solutions, in this case building a temporary bridge. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F390601231.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/15526sookeElida.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | SOOKE HISTORY: Bridge across the river | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Back in the days when All Sooke Day was Sooke’s highlight event, attracting many thousands to the July celebration each year, organizers often found ingenious ways to meet the challenges.
It seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and in 1963 it was parking, like today’s parking issues in Sooke, that caused concern.
In 1963 there were no SEAPARC arena, and no Sooke Region Museum; the areas where they became established in the 1970s, were at that time forested.
While buses brought load after load of visitors out of Victoria for All Sooke Day, and shuttle busing took place locally, there were still a lot of cars to park. Newspaper accounts record 10,000 visitors to the one-day event that year.
Let’s face it, many of the Sooke Community Association organizers were loggers, and generally they are used to finding solutions, creating access roads and bridges, so that’s what they did here.
They approached Fred Milne, owner of the Milne farm, in the 1950s. He agreed they could create a temporary road down the hill from Sooke River Road, and park cars on his fields. The footbridge for visitors to reach the Sooke Flats on the west side of the river was laid on barges at first, and by 1963, it was a pontoon bridge, as in the photo, which was removed after each season.
So vehicles approaching the All Sooke Day celebrations were directed up Sooke River Road. You can barely discern the hundreds of cars in the background of this photo which was shot from the west side of the river.
In the 1960s All Sooke Day hosted the International Roleo Log Birling events, and that year Ardy Wickheim was the birling winner.
Winner of the tree chopping was Alan Woodrow, winner of the bucking was Hugh McKenzie, winner of the square timber chopping was Marshall Smith, and Ron Pappenberger took one of the high rigging prizes. And the winner of the baby contest for Best Sooke Baby that year was our own Elden Smith (the burly guy who runs Crab Shack).
Not only do we hear about parking problems today, but also there are many comments about needing another bridge to cross the Sooke River – one can imagine that today’s power people would be glad if the issue was as simple as it was in the summer of 1963.
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Elida Peers is the historian of Sooke Region Museum. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/390601231.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/91051ae2058f5f9bdac29e356d7b3f30cfac71eba971de214501ece056ae3917.json |
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"Kevin Laird"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:05 | null | null | Sooke Harbour Toastmasters Club member says she's thrilled with result | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391182021.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/1112sookeEHMAN-Tania.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke's Tania Ehman places among Top 20 in World Public Speaking finals | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Sooke resident Tania Ehman placed in the Top 20 in the World Championships of Public Speaking in Washington, D.C. recently.
Talk about a good talker.
Sooke resident Tania Ehman placed in the Top 20 in the World Championship of Public Speaking in Washington, D.C. recent.
After taking her club and regional titles, the affable Ehman won her semifinal grouping at the World Championships of Public Speaking in August, then moved on to place in the Top 20 at the finals, besting a pool of more than 30,000 Toastmasters taking part.
The event saw competitors give a five- to seven-minute motivational or inspirational speech, where they were marked by a panel of 18 judges on everything from speaking style to stage presence to the use of gestures and how well they engaged with the audience.
“This is a pretty big deal to place in an international contest. I’m really thrilled,” said Ehman, 52.
“I didn’t expect to place at my first go at an international stage. Just getting there was a real achievement.”
Going up against speakers from California, Washington, Indonesia and Malaysia in the semifinal – competitors’ names were put in a hat and heats drawn randomly – Ehman used a motivational speech.
“My speeches are rooted in motivation to be a better person,” she told the Sooke News Mirror before the contest.
Ehman, a member of the Sooke Harbour Toastmasters Club, said her goal was to win the speech contest next year when Toastmasters host their annual international convention in Vancouver.
“If I’m going to win I might as well do it in my own backyard. It’s the goal I’ve been working towards.”
Darren Tay, a 27-year-old lawyer from Singapore, won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking this year. More information on the Sooke Harbour Toastmasters Club can be found online at 1472411.toastmastersclubs.org. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391182021.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/0ba1c312b784f475a018267832a5559e495a5d79e13473daa28f47fbe820ad82.json |
[
"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:06:41 | null | null | Haela Gilvert magnifies the things and settings that pass by us on a daily basis. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F388296531.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/30039sookeSookeArtist-Hayla.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke photographer looks for true grit in urban settings | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Just a tease of Hayla Gilvert's collection of street photography, one of which (the shopping cart) was featured in the Sooke Fine Arts Show.
It is said that art is meant to expose something we may not necessarily think about or even see. A message. A warning. A moment of time caught in a capsule.
And, like all art, there are countless avenues of expressing what one sees and experiences.
Sooke artist Haela Gilvert is of a different breed. She’s a street photographer who looks for the grit and the visual mosaics that pass by our usual line of sight on a daily basis.
“I discover beauty in an old oil barrel, I find it really redeeming ... memorializing the unmemorialized, in a way,” she said. “It could be something we’d never notice.”
Her passion for photos began in 2001, when she started taking photography classes at Focal Point in Vancouver. There, she learned the art of street photography, and fell instantly in love with the craft.
Since then, Gilvert has travelled across Canada, passing through more than 23 cities, intimately documenting the artistic grittiness of urban areas, back alleys, scrap yards and everything else in-between.
Before she realized it, the craft became more than just mere experimentation.
“It was a hobby, and now it’s taken over my life, because I have to go shooting every day,” Gilvert said.
For a second time around, Gilvert’s work has been featured at the Sooke Fine Arts Show. Her winning shot is an optical illusion of a shopping cart that appears to be suspended in mid-air. The actual photo is much more deceptive, however.
“There was a massive puddle, which was perfectly still ... there was a reflection of a tree ... and the way it kind of appeared to be floating in the sky background, I thought, perfect,” she said.
It’s all mostly done using a manual camera, as Gilvert feels it’s becoming a lost art in the shadow of digital photography.
“I don’t find [digital] as interactive and as cerebral as a manual camera. That mechanical clicking, adding in your own film, it’s all just part of it,” she said.
Her focus remains on high-contrast, highly-detailed macro photography, as it still remains to be a bit of a niche, particularly street art, and noticing the things many don’t.
“I feel like I’m doing something special and unique, just looking at the world the way others many not. Not a lot of people snoop around junk yards and back alleys for photos,” she laughed.
Gilvert hopes to publish a small coffee table book at some point, illustrating some of her work. To view her work, you can visit the Sooke Fine Arts Show, which runs until Aug. 1 at SEAPARC Leisure Complex. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/388296531.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/2c0cdbcf8f92163ab180d17f1435a8e8296e8415c26f9423ce594f8c17b4ffc6.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:21 | null | null | Notice means delivery could be cancelled as early as Monday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391302051.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/68221BCLN200782072cranbrookdailyCPweb.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Postal union issues strike notice after it says Canada Post refused special mediator | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | The union representing most workers at Canada Post has issued a 72-hour notice of job action as it tries to bargain a collective agreement with the Crown corporation.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the notice spells out what actions it is planning, but stops short of a full-blown walkout.
CUPW national president Mike Palecek says Canada Post forced the labour disruption by refusing to accept a request from the federal labour minister to continue negotiations with the help of a special mediator.
But a spokesman for the agency says that's not the case.
The union's strike mandate was set to expire at midnight.
The two sides have been in negotiations for more than nine months but are far apart on key issues including pay equity for rural carriers and proposed changes to the Canada Post pension plan.
The Canadian Press | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391302051.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/1216e2f76dd81a9812b863fa9dfe9a77e28afdcf147472e0161be51d7a590f14.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:28 | null | null | Game that gets users out in real life with smartphones had required Canadians to find workarounds before Sunday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F387179451.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/29783BCLN2007pokemongo.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Pokemon Go officially launches in Canada, virtual reality game crashes app's servers | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Prospective Pokemon trainers can officially download the mobile gaming sensation Pokemon Go in Canada as of Sunday afternoon.
The augmented-reality game launched in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan earlier this month.
But before Sunday, Canadians had to find workarounds to play the game north of the 49th parallel.
The game sends players into the real world to search for the mythical digital pocket monsters known as Pokemon, who appear onscreen when users hold up their smartphones in various locations at various times of the day.
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On Sunday afternoon, it was announced on the app's Twitter page that the game is available for download in Canada on Android and iOS devices.
But the app's servers overloaded in the hour after the announcement, and wannabe players had to wait a little longer before they could register an account.
The Canadian Press | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/387179451.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/3cdde8dd260476397c123b9a77728d4ce18253282ffd1dd1b6afcd9f32d0d1e2.json |
[
"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:08:22 | null | null | Janet Thorn believes in creative spirit instead of technique | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F387491361.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/32754sookeJanet-Artist-SFS.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Artist lets her imagination flow from the subconscious mind | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Janet Thorn’s work at her studio radiates a variety of artwork, from captivating natural scenery, to the totally abstract.
It is said that art is the discovery and subsequent expression of your subconscious minds, the dark matter that constantly forms who we are.
For Sooke resident and artist Janet Thorn, this approach to art is her mantra and her way of discovering what lies buried deep in her heart and mind.
Her interest in the subconscious goes further then that, however.
“I work as a physiotherapist and as a counsellor, so it’s very congruent with my interest in the subconscious and the very evolution of ourselves,” she said.
“I have a lot of faith in the struggle, in the grit in our lives, and how it transforms us.”
Thorn also raised a peculiar question: can emotion, feeling and thought become art?
“Very much so. I let the brush choose a colour and make a gesture. I continually layer and layer and allow for chaos to happen. I then look for surprise, for the mystery,” she said.
As a professional dealing with the inner workings of the mind, she pursued studying expressive forms of therapy, even during her time as an instructor at University of British Columbia.
“The school was working with their minds, but I wanted something that was going to work with their hearts and help them with the stress,” she said.
Thorn’s method, which is mostly done through oils and watercolour, discards technique and employs the free-flowing river of one’s imagination.
“I’m not pre-thinking anything, it’s just an active imagination,” she said. “My whole process is about expression. I’m not interested in product, the outcome, just the evolution of self.”
One of Thorn’s pieces was done while on a five-day hike to Lost Lake.
This was against the norm of using photographs to paint or create scenery, instead taking a more natural approach.
“Photographs don’t interest me, because I don’t want it to be in my head, I want to be working from sensation, I want to feel the weather, I want to smell the earth, I want to experience the colours, the shift in light, that’s what interests me,” she said.
Thorn is also a volunteer, board member and past committee chair for the Sooke Fine Arts Show for many years.
This year, she’s one of several artists who will be displaying their art pieces at the Sooke Fine Arts Show, which starts Friday (July 22).
As far as painting goes, the love for it doesn’t begin or end with an art show.
“I know I’m in an image I’m enjoying when I start with the chaos, it goes into a struggle, then it works through into some form of resolution.” | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/387491361.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/2ab9584ed16e6da3b295be6d008e35205ac07516645d8561eb681bba4a386d3b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:45 | null | null | Alcohol or drugs have been ruled out as factors, police say | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391346461.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/53945sookeRCMP_badge.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | No injuries in four-vehicle crash | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | RCMP
There were no injuries Thursday afternoon following a four-vehicle crash on Sooke Road at Connie Road.
One vehicle was turning left onto Connie Road when another vehicle collided into it from the rear, causing a chain reaction with two other vehicles heading westbound on Sooke Road, said RCMP Const. Andrew Moore.
Alcohol or drugs have been ruled out as factors.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391346461.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/a7e543f5d0af5a67f568028d1508bad9c4d76efda5c4c034b7a516dd6fdab868.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:13 | null | null | Iconic statue which overlooks parking lot at Horne and Murray roads was damaged last weekend | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391094641.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59700sookeSookeDistrict.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke's Mariner Man to be repaired | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Mariner Man is getting a facelift, sort of.
The Mariner Man statue that stands watch over the public parking lot at Horne and Murray roads was damaged last weekend after the telescope held to its eye was broken off.
The statue will be repaired and return to his post shortly, peering out to sea over the Sooke Marine Boardwalk and Rotary Pier.
Mariner Man was donated to the District of Sooke by the Sooke Regional Historical Society and was installed as public art as a part of the Sooke Spirit Square Project in 2009.
The Spirit Square project created a central outdoor, open space in Ed Macgregor Park that is accessible to the public year-round and links the park by sidewalks and trails to the Sooke Marine boardwalk, Murray Road and West Coast Road.
“Thank you to the concerned citizen who returned a piece of public art to the Municipal Hall this morning,” said Teresa Sullivan, the district’s chief administrative officer. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391094641.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/c3f770fe7fbab0f399d1c397090a389cd9eaf090c15016c346f599eb0b8a1fd5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:26 | null | null | Sooke lost a familiar local person Aug. 4 a few days after her 94th birthday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391086361.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/56325sookeZara_160824.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Zara lived through Russian and Nazi persecution to find a home in Sooke | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Zara Novikoff was a familiar sight in Sooke. She died Aug. 4 at the age of 94.
Shirley Lowe
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Sooke lost a familiar local person Aug. 4 a few days after her 94th birthday.
Zara Novikoff was still shopping and visiting all along the way.
Novikoff grew up in a Russian village near Kursk, famous for iron ore and agriculture.
Early in the Second World War her father, a Christian bishop, was hauled away forever by the Stalin army, leaving Zara, her mother and two sisters to fend for themselves.
The family’s food and animals were confiscated so they lived on a few frozen mushy potatoes left in the fields.
Zara was a teenager when German soldiers swept through the area and rounded up young, healthy people to work in camps. She was taken in a large truck with 32 others for a long trip to Germany.
The group was starving when a large can of Spam appeared. They had only a small jackknife for the difficult challenge of getting it open, then sliced evenly by Zara.
She never saw her family again and only got word to her mother once that she was still alive.
Zara’s destination was a Red Cross building near Munich, which was a layover for German soldiers.
There were American bombs dropping all around and she was put under guard in an upstairs locked room with another girl to peel “thousands” of potatoes.
The Germans were kind to them, but the women were still starving, eating only soup they made from potato peels.
Zara learned to speak German on her own. After the war 19-year-old Zara was connected with a family at a parsonage in London, England as a domestic.
She did not speak a word of English and was expected to cook from an 18th century cookbook. She again taught herself the language with the help of a dictionary. She loved dictionaries the rest of her life.
The next opportunity was an offer to train as a nurse in London – if suited after a 3 month trial. Zara excelled and most of her marks were “excellent.”
She went on to train as a midwife and travelled by bicycle delivering babies in the suburbs for six months, with little time off.
Once each month, when possible, Zara would meet nurse friends for lunch in London. One day in 1960 they were near the Canadian Embassy when they noticed a billboard advertising for nurses in Canada. They were encouraged to apply.
With no knowledge of Canada they randomly pointed to a spot on the map which was St. Catharines, Ont. Their passage was prepaid to be paid back later.
Zara filled her commitments and later moved to Victoria where she worked till retiring at age 65.
In 1987, Zara proudly bought her first home and settled in Sooke. She enjoyed growing things, lived frugally but was very generous to her many causes.
Zara was very independent and still walked downtown for shopping until the last month of her life. She was grateful for the kindness in Sooke.
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Shirley Lowe is a Sooke resident. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/391086361.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/3b7fa5437df81bbfcf2de16295b0ca081535f7b46abeb71b3b9d54a7a0a5b61d.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:22 | null | null | Our society – read: big politics – needs to get its head around the importance of funding public education. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390351101.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | EDITORIAL: Metal bins and fundraising | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | It was interesting to see how quickly a metal scrap pile at Saseenos Elementary School was cleaned up last week after complaints were received of its unsightliness.
The bin was not permitted on school property, says school district officials.
Last spring the board of education banned metal collection bins from all school district properties due to liability, and that many look at these donation sites as their dumping ground.
But whether the bin should have been on school property clouds a more serious issue at play here: why do schools need to fundraise at all for the basic necessities of education?
It used to be parents would fundraise for ancillary activities, such as a field trip to Vancouver or a day at the museum. Now those schools are forced to fundraise for school supplies and books for the library.
It’s meant goodbye to hotdog sales, hello to metal bin fundraisers.
Unfortunately, the fundraising dilemma has become more of an issue in blue collar communities like Sooke. (We don’t think you would see similar problems in West Vancouver or Oak Bay).
Our society – read: big politics – needs to get its head around the importance of funding public education.
School districts don’t get enough money, so parents, teachers and, yes, students are forced to fundraise.
Governments are terrified of anything that looks like a tax increase, but a small levy of only pennies a day could benefit more than 530,000 public school students across the province. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390351101.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/45ff82e22473480448b97a292d42e68884a6cf65b79d1dfdc93634948e63b3ea.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:34 | null | null | These fish are in great shape and are mostly males, both indicating the start of a good run of fish. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F390322261.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/2490sookeFishing1.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Fish biting well in Sooke waters | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Kieran Wilson, who played this 21-pound spring salmon to the boat, with only a little help from his Dad on Sunday.
By Ron Neitsch
The salmon and halibut fishing in Sooke has come on strong with a great run of powerful, healthy chinook passing through area waters.
These fish are in great shape and are mostly males, both indicating the start of a good run of fish.
On Friday, the spots west of Sooke harbour lit up with more boats getting into larger spring salmon.
The popular bait heads are reported as green, chartreuse, lemon/lime type colours. Bloody Nose and glow heads have also been working well. Gibbs and Coyote spoons have been popular in prism, Bon Chovy, and Irish Cream patterns.
The best salmon fishing still appears to be in the shallows, with our best fish coming from 50 to 70 feet on the downrigger last week.
Halibut fishing has picked up again with some recent good tides, good weather and the absence of the spiny dogfish, which seem to have moved out of the area.
Halibut spots near the harbour entrance and up west have produced larger 30- to 70-pound flatties to those willing to anchor up and spend the day rolling herring, salmon bellies or octopus on the bottom in 80 to 250 feet of water.
Crabbing in the harbour seems to have slowed down a bit, but we are still pulling a couple of good Dungeness males out each trip.
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Ron Neitsch is owner of 2 Reel Fishing Adventures, based in Sooke. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/390322261.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/596382fc183c1daa76153b785cb740b419800c04214bfa3673b737c9b94dffe0.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-29T18:51:28 | null | null | Province has alternatives if Canada Post employees begin strike action | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391636531.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/40679BCLN2007CanadaPostMailboxwikim7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. prepares for possible postal disruption | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | The B.C. government's plan B for income assistance cheques and other time-sensitive documents could be re-activated as the long-running Canada Post labour dispute reaches another deadline.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is in a legal position to strike as of Monday, but postponed threatened rotating strike action after weekend talks with a federal mediator. Its initial action would be an overtime ban rather than a full-scale walkout that would disrupt mail delivery.
Canada Post served lockout notice in July, with the two sides far apart on issues including pension changes for future employees and pay for rural carriers.
Income assistance, rent subsidy and other B.C. government payments are not affected if they are direct deposit. For mailed cheques and information, updates on possible postal strike effects to the Ministry of Social Development will be available as necessary at this website or at 1-866-866-0800.
Phone and online contacts are set up for questions about affected provincial departments:
• Ministry of Advanced Education and StudentAidBC online here.
• Ministry of Children and Family Development 1-877-387-7027
• Medical Services Plan payments online here or 1-877-405-4909
• ICBC inquiries 1-800-663-3051
• Family Maintenance and Enforcement program 604-660-2528
• Public Guardian and Trustee online here or 604-660-4444
• Vital Statistics 1-888-876-1633
• WorkSafe BC online here or 1-888-967-5377 | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391636531.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/8a5823c6bc416908fd4357da3cc41a39c8dff412215e8a7852025e746975350b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T22:51:16 | null | null | Barry Donahue, Benjamin Philip, Sue Sanders and Shayne Gavin among winners | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F391441431.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Paddleboarders earn top spots in Sooke Harbour Festival races | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Paddleboards and kayaks paddled for top spot in the recent Sooke Harbour Festival races held along the waterfront, adjacent to Ed Macgregor Park.
The first race was 7.3-kilometres, which ran from Cooper’s Cove, through the harbour and Billings Spit, to the finish line adjacent to the marine boardwalk.
There were also under-12, one-kilometre and 200-metre sprint races. Kayaks only competed in the 7K race.
The results:
7.3-kilometre men’s: Barry Donahue (SUP board under 12 feet); Benjamin Philip (SUP board over 12 ft)
7.3-kilometre women’s: Sue Sanders
7.3-kilometre kayak: Michael Hamiltion-Wojtas
1-kilometre recreational race: Shauna Thomas (women); Jack Kendal (men)
200-metre sprint: Shayne Gavin (men); Nicole Harris (women). | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/391441431.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/e6a35d90bdc09ea2f1b5bce6f716e58359c7d4ae7d7ae159cae130767d4ac875.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:51:45 | null | null | A special presentation will be held on Monday, Sept. 7 at the Shirley Community Hall. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391769171.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Neighbourhood Watch comes to Shirley | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Sooke RCMP will host a Neighbourhood Watch presentation this Monday (Sept. 7) at Shirley Community Hall, 795 Sheringham Point Rd.
The meeting is open to anyone who would like to volunteer with the program in their neighbourhood, said Const. Sam Haldane.
Neighborhood watch is an organized group of civilians devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within a neighborhood. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391769171.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/93eb3455082a1c5d1a8e2fdadc62bcc7d8d56dd640e5eca551b3f4f8af2a457a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:34 | null | null | Joining Valdy as special guest will be Sooke’s own songstress Katrina Kadoski, who will present songs from her new EP release, Dreamtime. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F386320461.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/86182sookeValdy.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Valdy headlines Sooke concert | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Sooke Harbour House will present one of Canada’s folk music legends, Valdy in concert this Saturday (July 16) at the Pavilion.
Joining Valdy as special guest will be Sooke’s own songstress Katrina Kadoski, who will present songs from her new EP release, Dreamtime.
With 14 albums, 22 singles, four gold records and half a million units sold worldwide, Valdy is one of Canada’s most successful folk artists, also garnering two Juno awards, seven Juno nominations and has been voted Songwriter of the Year.
Valdy has also appeared in a lead dramatic role in Canada’s international TV show The Beachcombers, and in 2005, he was awarded the National Achievement Award by SOCAN at the 2005 SOCAN Awards in Toronto. He was subsequently appointed a member of the Order of Canada in June 2011.
“This is your opportunity to see one of Canada’s folk music icons in an up close and personal setting,” noted event organizer Phil Rossner.
Tickets are $40 and available at Sooke Harbour House, Stick In The Mud Coffee, Sooke Shoppers Drug Mart and online at Eventbrite.ca. Seating is limited to 100.
Doors open at 7:30 with concert starting at 8 p.m.
For more information please contact Phil Rossner at 778-922-3254. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/386320461.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/3d60321a2af1847755eed6702198c90b4d9e3f79066d4a25e6a82305770d3fb8.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:06 | null | null | Few BC Parks bookings going to commercial operators, solution is more campsite spaces, Environment Minister Mary Polak says | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F385640471.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/18489BCLN2007CampingBarriereLakeJasonKoppwiki7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Provincial campsite rush mostly B.C. residents | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Solitude in the wilderness is still available in B.C., between holiday weekends when demand peaks at B.C.'s most popular parks.
Foreign visitors and those on package tours are a small fraction of the demand for B.C. Parks campgrounds around the province, but B.C. resident campers are still using a few tricks to get spaces for high-demand parks.
Some have protested the use of online reservations by motorhome tour operators who sell them as part of a package for tourists.
"Our provincial campsites are not products to be sold, they belong to the people of B.C.," Green Party leader Andrew Weaver said this week.
Environment Minister Mary Polak told Black Press numbers are being tracked for the current year, and the proportions haven't changed much. In 2015, fewer than one per cent of reservable B.C. Parks spaces were booked by tour operators, who also use private camping facilities.
Three quarters of reservations are from within B.C. The second highest share is from Alberta at 14 per cent, the U.S. accounts for 3.6 per cent, the rest of Canada 2.8 per cent, and all European countries combined are 6.6 per cent of the total.
The BC Parks system has 10,700 camping spaces in total, and 5,600 are reservable, to manage demand for the most popular spots.
First-come, first-served sites are kept out of the reservation system in some popular locations to accommodate travellers who drop in along the road. For high-demand periods like the recent Canada Day weekend, savvy campers work the reservation system.
At Golden Ears Provincial Park, one group booked for two weeks as soon as the 90-day eligibility window opened, then dropped the first week, giving them the coveted Canada Day weekend dates before they were generally available.
"Every year we look to change things to keep people from cheating, and every year they find new ways," Polak said. "Really the only answer is going to be finding a way to expand the number of sites that we have available."
It's shaping up as a record year for the Discover Camping reservation service, with 92,000 bookings so far this year.
B.C. Parks has added four new sites for this summer. Reservations can be made for Garibaldi Provincial Park in the Whistler area, Ruckle Provincial Park on Saltspring Island, Okanagan Falls Provincial Park, Inland Lake Provincial Park near Powell River and Dry Gulch Provincial Park near Radium Hot Springs. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/lifestyles/385640471.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/06bab22cec4e00f1cc622ca5cebe533dec330a371ac39d472b5f654885f595f2.json |
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"Staff Writer"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:16 | null | null | In honour of Canada's 149th birthday, we have compiled some Canadian trivia questions. How many can you answer? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F384892721.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/17474summerlandCanadaflag.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | CANADA DAY QUIZ: How well do you know Canadian trivia? | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | null | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/lifestyles/384892721.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/e888c8d8f1908b9d8966e6b48cbbb4235bf4ad3d91716a764e03aa0db2399cac.json |
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"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:02 | null | null | Stan Eakin kept the 1929 vehicle pretty much stock, right up to the wooden roof that he rebuilt himself. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F389920541.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/88531sookeHotCar-Pontiac.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | HOT CAR: 1929 Pontiac Big Six | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Stan Eakin with his 1929 Pontiac Big Six coupe. “It chugs along. I’m pretty happy with it,” he says.
As we idle in our econoboxes, surrounded by crash barriers, air bags, air conditioning and power steering, it’s hard to see what we take for granted when it comes to driving.
To get an idea of just how spoiled we are with standard automotive options today, we took a look at Sooke resident Stan Eakin’s 1929 Pontiac Big Six coupe, a car he’d bought in boxed pieces for $6,000 nearly 20 years ago.
“A friend of mine asked me, do you want to restore an old car? I said, heck, everybody wants to restore an old car!’” Eakin laughed.
Eakin made the Pontiac his personal project: redoing the frame and rebuilding the car from the ground up to the same specs it had when it rolled off the assembly line from General Motors’ plant in Oakland, Calif. more than 80 years ago.
He recalls the day when he got the car back home.
“I brought it home and said to my neighbour, ‘I’ll get it and work on it, but you have to come up and help me if I run into any trouble’,” Eakin said.
Unlike other restorations, where modern components are added such as interior comforts and more powerful and reliable powertrains, Eakin kept his 1929 pretty much stock, right up to the wooden roof that he rebuilt himself.
The same continues under the car’s folding hood, which contains Pontiac’s “Big Six” 6-29 Series, a 3.3-litre (200 cubic-inch) flathead straight-six cylinder engine capable of a modest 60 horsepower.
Putting the power down is also from the era, a three-speed manual transmission with reverse gear. Keep in mind this is pre-synchromesh gears, unlike in modern manual gearboxes, meaning you’d have to be telepathic to know when to shift without grinding each gear into metal filings.
Still, the Pontiac Big Six was far from crude.
It came standard with a starter motor at a time when prospective car owners had their wrists broken by manual handcranking their engines. It was also smart and simple, bearing an odometer, horn, light switch (from very dull to very bright) and a clever “air conditioning” system that funneled cold air from under the car and into the cabin.
And the signal lights?
“There are none, you just had this,” Eakin laughed, stretching out his arm as if signaling a left. Yup, you’d signal like a cyclist, as signal lights were neither mandatory or available in those days. Or seatbelts, for that matter.
Despite its flaws though, Eakin is pleased with the car.
“It chugs along, I’m pretty happy with it,” he said.
The Pontiac is not Eakin’s only toy. He plans to sell it and make way for his next project, a DeSoto sedan of the same era. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/389920541.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/7d68a284a0bef428677a8ac16915d7e13bbb41abc703c6eba684c26cd5282e0a.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T22:50:35 | null | null | Although the choir has limited room for new members, it could still use voices in the tenor and bass sections. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F391097151.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/60520sookeChoir.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke Community Choir prepares for new season | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Singing. The joyful result of using our most accessible musical instrument; our voice.
Singing is intrinsically linked with moments of joy, loss, celebration, activity, culture and patriotism in our lives.
Since 1989 the Sooke Community Choir members have been sharing music with each other and their supportive audiences.
If you have sung at some point in your life and think that now would be a good time to raise your voice again, please come to the Sooke Community Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Sept 7 and meet artistic director Bruce Ruddell and the 50 members of the choir.
After registration,, the choir will begin rehearsing for its next series of concerts titled: A Celtic Christmas.
Although the choir has limited room for new members, it could still use voices in the tenor and bass sections.
For more information, please contact Sally Titchkosky at 250-642-3566 or visit the choir website. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/391097151.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/2aaba6dcbbda730765cb4a63c90c780e1c58aa2de41e24dcaf508bfded0e50b2.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:02:26 | null | null | B.C. stands in the way of Justin Trudeau government's plan to hike Canada Pension Plan contributions, but likely not for long | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F389123291.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/82199BCLN2007Bateman-Jordan13-2.4.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Business pushing back on CPP expansion | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Jordan Bateman, Canadian Taxpayers' Federation
The B.C. government is hearing objections from businesses and individuals faced with increasing Canada Pension Plan contributions in the coming years, and is the last province needed to ratify the increase.
Instead of joining other provinces in meeting the federal government's July deadline to adopt the change, the B.C. government launched a consultation phase expected to run through August. And they are getting push-back on a plan that would increase payroll deductions and employer contributions starting in 2019.
Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation, said he's receiving hundreds of responses to his call to supporters to make their views known to the B.C. government. Most concerned are employers who would pay higher contributions for each of their employees.
Employer and employee contributions are to go up from the current 4.95 per cent of earnings to 5.95 per cent by 2023. For each employee earning $54,900, the employer contribution goes up $7 to $8 per month in each of the first five years of the phase-in.
"Obviously, lots of people are concerned about having to pay more," Bateman said. "But the interesting ones are the small business owners who talk about just how close to the edge they are financially."
B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong joined other provinces in agreeing in principle to the expansion in June. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he is concerned about the decline in workplace pension plans and wants the CPP to move from replacing one quarter of employment income to one third by 2025.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business surveyed its members nation-wide when the CPP plan was announced, and more than 80 per cent wanted consultation and a delay of implementation. Morneau has indicated he plans to table legislation this fall.
B.C.'s refusal to sign on could derail the federal plan, but it shows little intention of doing so.
"British Columbia is committed to engaging with stakeholders in advance of ratifying the agreement in principle," said the statement from de Jong's office announcing the consultation.
The province's consultation website and feedback address can be found here. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/business/389123291.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/8fb4f149b24cc8f5002bd352695f00dd41a063056ea3e5768541c693b3824233.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-31T00:51:47 | null | null | Two sides avert job action that has loomed for months | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391803281.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/18051BCLN2007Canada_Post_TruckWikimediaCommons.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Canada Post, postal union reach tentative deals | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over the talks for months.
In a statement, Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says the agreements were reached "voluntarily," but provides no other details about the deals themselves.
The issue of differences in paycheques for rural mail carriers — most of whom are women — and urban letter carriers had been at the forefront of protracted contract talks between the two sides.
The negotiations were extended twice since the weekend, when a deadline expired on a 72-hour job action notice issued last Thursday by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
The two sides were in talks nearly around the clock at the request of a special mediator appointed Friday by Mihychuk.
Canada Post described the tentative agreements as short-term. It said they are for two years and that four-year contracts were typically negotiated in the past.
"The agreements will avert a work disruption, bringing much-needed certainty in the postal system for our employees and customers," said Canada Post in a statement. "Canadians can now use the postal system with confidence."
The tentative agreements, however, still must be ratified by the members.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is Canada Post's largest union, representing more than 50,000 postal workers
The Canadian Press | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391803281.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/a06ac2b670de6fdf8e31d5a0f2f3efb05b3fb66bd7825123c925b45edf096676.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:43 | null | null | Re: Sooke mom urges regulations on local marijuana dispensaries (News, Aug. 10) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390354871.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Pot dispensaries operating illegally | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Re: Sooke mom urges regulations on local marijuana dispensaries (News, Aug. 10)
After the extended research and sleepless night, the following information was found regarding the legal status of marijuana dispensaries in Canada (facts only):
According to the RCMP:
1. No person shall possess a substance included in Schedule I, II or III of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (SDCA).
2. Cannabis is listed in Schedule II of the SDCA.
According to Health Canada:
1. “Dried marijuana is not an approved drug or medicine in Canada. The Government of Canada does not endorse the use of marijuana, but the courts have required reasonable access to a legal source of marijuana when authorized by a healthcare practitioner.”
2. Steps to access medical marijuana: healthcare practitioner has to fill in medical document; patient must send the original medical document to a licensed producer with a registration form; the licensed producer will fill and ship patient’s order, based on the daily amount of dried marijuana indicated on the medical document.
3. Only licensed producers can produce and sell medical marijuana.
4. There are only eight licensed producers in B.C., none of the Sooke dispensaries are licensed.
5. No storefront can be operated under current MMPR. No compassion clubs can dispense for a licensed producer. Licensed producers must ship dried marijuana directly to the client, to an individual responsible for the client, or to the client’s healthcare practitioner.
Conclusion:
Regardless of municipal regulations, all medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal in Canada. Despite a patient having a medical prescription, these customers could still be charged with illegal possession when buying from one of these dispensaries.
Federal government anticipation of legalizing marijuana doesn’t make it legal. And, regulation is not the same as prohibition.
The least mayor and council can do for Sooke is to mirror Victoria’s new bylaw. If you haven’t signed the petition yet, think about it again.
Lui Burk
Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390354871.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f7d9f336ca49c6779cc7900c8c841b638adc2a4befec33abffee697738c6b00b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:58 | null | null | Sooke's Katrina Kadoski presents one-woman show at Sooke Harbour House pavilion | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F388478661.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/291sookeCougarAnnie.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Cougar Annie makes her way to Sooke | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Sooke actor Katrina Kadoski stars in a one-woman performance on the life of Cougar Annie.
The Island has many legends and tales of pioneers who’ve settled in the wild against all odds, but few are as colourful and as captivating as Cougar Annie.
Now you can live some of her biggest adventures, thanks to the one-woman performance by Sooke musician and artist Katrina Kadoski, who has been touring B.C., telling those stories in vivid detail.
This time, she’ll perform at the Sooke Harbour House on Aug. 6 and 7.
Kadoski spent close to three years at Cougar Annie’s garden, immersing herself in the folklore surrounding the legendary pioneer.
Cougar Annie is California-born Ada Annie Jordan, who settled in the Clayoquot rainforest on Vancouver Island in 1915 with her first husband and three young children.
Jordan managed to carve herself out a two-hectare garden into the wilderness, which provided food and income well into her later life.
She earned her famous moniker by shooting more than 70 cougars, which was also a source of income, as many of her kills were bounties placed on the animals by locals.
The wilderness didn’t seem to bother her much, as she managed to give birth to and raise eight more children in this remote location.
It is said that Jordan rarely left the property, and was only forced out due to old age and blindness to Port Alberni, where she died just shy of 97 in 1985.
Drawing upon many sources, including Jordan’s family, Cougar Annie Tales uses dramatic narrative, images, letters, and original compositions to celebrate the unconventional life of one of B.C.’s most colourful characters.
Cougar Annie Tales takes place on Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 6 and 7) at 7:30 p.m. at the Sooke Harbour House pavilion. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
For more information, please call 250-885-7100 or 250-642-3421. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/388478661.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/03e023f19913e87c1e7e25178366ff8ae2f1dc9ef18bc504d2bf93927aaca506.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T12:58:05 | null | null | Designer of Kicking Horse and Jumbo resorts gets approval to proceed with $175 million project east of Prince George | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F390477731.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66407BCLN2007Oberti-Oberto7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. approves Valemount glacier resort plan | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | The B.C. government has approved a master development plan for a new year-round ski resort in the Cariboo Mountains west of Valemount.
Valemount Glacier Destination Resort is a $175 million project led by Oberto Oberti, who designed the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort near Golden and the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal west of Invermere.
The Valemount plan includes lifts and gondolas that would carry skiers and sight-seers to the summits of Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Mount Arthur Meighen. Its vertical drop of 2,050 metres would be higher than Whistler-Blackcomb and the largest in North America.
"There are very few places in the world, and none in North America, where you go and ride a lift to the very top and the glacier is below you," said Jill Bodkin, a director of the company.
Valemount is a remote community of about 1,000 residents near the Alberta border east of Prince George. The region is west of Jasper National Park, which attracts visitors from around the world.
On the project's website, Oberti says people will travel to Switzerland for this kind of mountain resort experience, so a three-hour drive from Prince George isn't an obstacle to success.
Valemount Mayor Jeanette Townsend called the master plan approval "exciting news." She said the community attracts visitors who stay there to avoid the expensive accommodation in Jasper and the resort will take it to the next level.
Chief Nathan Matthew of the Simpcw First Nation said his community has been involved since the beginning, and he sees the project as an important economic development for the northern part of Simpcw's traditional territory. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/business/390477731.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f45312ab56f9416b579a53bb747f63eb57d79a1ae0def6895c8564340a99a598.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:30 | null | null | The 28-year-old suffered serious injuries after falling backwards off cliff. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391627751.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/37745sookeFiretruck-ladder_stock.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Man rescued from Sooke Potholes | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | A 28-year-old man was rescued from the Sooke Potholes on Saturday afternoon after falling backwards off a cliff.
He was transported to Victoria General Hospital by helicopter after suffering a severe head injury.
The man fell off the cliffs near the resort ruins around 4:45 p.m., said interim Sooke fire chief Russ Cameron, adding the individual was given first aid immediately by nearby CRD park staff until emergency crews arrived.
The man was then rescued by rope and transported to Fred Milne Park, where he was airlifted by a B.C. Ambulance helicopter.
The rescue went fairly well, though it was challenging at first due to lack of available personnel, Cameron noted.
“It was very taxing on resources,” he said. “You need a minimum of eight people just to perform the rope rescue.”
Cameron said that it was thanks to mutual aid that the were able to get enough crew to help with the rope rescue, secure the helicopter landing area and provide a skeleton crew to protect the rest of Sooke.
This was the second major incident in the same area of the Sooke Potholes this month.
On Aug. 15, a 28-year-old woman slipped and fell 12 meters to her death after sitting on a ledge with her husband. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391627751.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/0a1f67138fc6715f21786b200119707b853bdd1c4ebd2382e76a33c9ca78aba6.json |
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"Staff Writer"
] | 2016-08-26T13:04:01 | null | null | Photographers from across the province competed in amateur competition | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391187111.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/2985abbotsfordAmateurphotographjers.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Voting open for People's Choice Amateur Photography Competition | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Cameras were the focus as 70 photographers from across B.C., including Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Kelowna and Nelson, competed in the fourth annual Next Generation BC Amateur Photographer of the Year Contest at the recent Abbotsford International Airshow.
Sponsored by London Drugs and Black Press Media, the contest took place Aug. 12-14, as participants captured their best air, crowd, static, and wildcard shots.
Photographers experienced close-up action at the airshow including Friday's twilight show, and earned the "hot-side" tour at the airshow where they shot exclusive aircraft including the F-35, CF-18, FA-18, Breitling Jet Team, the Snowbirds and more for a chance to win the title of B.C.'s next Amateur Photographer title.
Awarding categories also include The Best in-air photograph ($750 grand prize), The Best ground/static scene photograph ($500 prize),The Best crowd scene photograph ($250 prize ), The Best video submission ($500 prize) all courtesy of London Drugs and honorary acknowledgement for Best Wildcard entry.
For the People's Choice Award Winner, the time has arrived for the public to vote on their favourite photo and be entered for a chance to win BC Lions game tickets.
For voting and contest information, click here. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/391187111.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/e49c0378398a9a1dbbe18afca7797fd5c840c156d9ac504a99897bd1f291c8b7.json |
[
"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:56 | null | null | Kevin Banner always loved telling people a good joke. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F389662221.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/77789sookeKevinBanner.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke comic takes on the funnier, darker side of life | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Kevin Banner
Kevin Banner always loved telling a good joke.
He’d think of something new, then take it to the stage and get some laughs out of it. It was good fun.
Living in Sooke and doing shows all over town and in Victoria, Banner didn’t think it would turn into anything – but it did, and more than six years later, he’s still at it, working part time as a professional comedian.
“It was something I’ve always wanted to do, but never thought I could. I wanted to try it once, just to say that I had done it, but it’s quite addictive,” Banner said, who first started doing comedy shows at Mulligan’s (before it closed) and open mic at 17 Mile Pub.
Like every comedian and artist, Banner’s style is tailored to his own life experiences.
“Mostly, I tell stories of things that have happened in my life, I’m a little bit dark, edgy at times, a little bit silly and goofy,” he said. “I try to think of a funny thing and say it into a microphone, hopefully it works out.”
Three years ago, Banner made a move to Vancouver to further his career, simultaneously launching two separate lifestyles: working in a downtown office by day, comedian by night.
“After the show I go back to being very introverted and awkward. We’re not nearly as exciting when we’re not on stage. There are those guys who are on all the time, but nobody likes them,” he laughed.
Still, it’s not easy to make a living in Canada as a comedian, and trying to make a joke in a more sensitive world has become a little bit tricky, Banner noted, adding that the big issue these days is context.
“People hear a buzz word and they think, oh, he said that, this is how I have to respond’, but without hearing the context,” he said, adding that he’s gotten some sharp responses to certain jokes that run past a more volatile plain.
“I have a joke where I talk about rape. The part I talk about is how there’s a politician in the States, Todd Akin, who made a disturbing statement about rape, that a woman’s body would shut down and she won’t get pregnant. I talk about that and how he’s an idiot.”
Banner said he’s had people come up to him after shows telling him he’s racist, though it’s never a person of colour making the statement, but almost always a white man or woman saying it.
“People like getting offended on behalf of other people. Everyone’s trying to show other people, ‘hey, I’m a really good person.’ It becomes this competitive calling out kind of society that we’ve got right now,” he said.
Using comedy as a vessel to tell stories or even portray the issues of modern society is nothing new or radical, considering the works from comics such as Jerry Seinfeld, the vivid (and hilarious) portrayals by George Carlin, America’s real-time troubles with racism by Dave Chapelle, and the world’s struggles with mental health by the late Robin Williams.
Given the gift of observation, it’s easy to see why comedians click so easy, Banner said.
“Even if you meet a comedian at a party or an event, you can bond over the fact that you are a comedian,” he said.
Banner’s latest move is taking part in Canada’s Top Comic competition – 40 comics in Vancouver and 40 in Toronto, three of which would be selected from both regions. There are 18 left. From that, eight go to Toronto, where the winner will get a $25,000 show at Just for Laughs in Montreal, Northwest Vancouver and JFL 42 in Toronto.
It would be a step forward, which is why Banner hopes Sookies will give him the boost he needs to make it to the very finals of the competition.
Banner was the winner of Bite TV’s 2011 “Stand Up & Bite Me People’s Champ” and has performed with notable comedians like Doug Stanhope, Bill Burr and Norm MacDonald.
To vote for Kevin Banner, go to: topcomic.siriusxm.ca/comic/kevin-banner.
He also recorded his first album last month, Dreamboat. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/389662221.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/1b11f7197e8f4035b3772f2eb29c60f9e2a89ce60eb34a09e167efc31e1f5c12.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:03:39 | null | null | Amy Chwojka made her first blood donation in 1952 and has been there ever since. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F390716631.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66503sookeAmyChwojka.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke resident retires from Canadian Blood Services after more than 60 years of service | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Longtime Sooke resident Amy Chwojka is retiring as a volunteer with Canadian Blood Services after serving for more than 60 years.
The Canadian Blood Services is saying goodbye to one of its longest serving volunteers.
Sooke resident Amy Chwojka is retiring from her volunteer duties at CBS after more than 60 years with the organization, donating countless hours of her time and 114 pints of blood.
Chwojka’s journey with CBS began in 1952 when she was in nursing school at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Victoria. During her second year of training, she became aware of the need for blood products and became a blood donor.
Her career as a nurse took her many places: a post-graduate degree from McGill University in Montreal, public health nursing in Duncan, air rescue into logging camps on the Sunshine Coast, working with the Doukhobors in the Kootenay’s, and Chilliwack, where she was the nurse supervisor for the Fraser Valley.
Chwojka and her family moved to Sooke in 1964 when her husband found work there and she worked in a doctor’s office until she retired 20 years ago.
Retirement did not slow Chwojka down. She devoted herself to her community, volunteering with the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society, Sooke Fall Fair and with Canadian Blood Services. She was also very active in her church and put on the Strawberry Tea for 38 years.
“While Amy is taking a step back from her volunteer work at CBS, her commitment to the cause will live on through her three children, who she’s talked into donating, the countless patient’s lives she has saved through her own donations, and the donors, volunteers and community members whose lives she has touched and inspired,” said Natasha Wakaruk, with CBS.
“Thank you, Amy, for all of the work, time and heart you have given to save patient lives across the country. We wish you much happiness, good health and laughter for all of your journeys to come.” | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/390716631.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/099945ab3a19056fda48398a75e239461ec501346458e57c6f493ec8407ffa82.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:47 | null | null | I am now waiting with bated breath to see what happens with the centre of the roundabout. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F382411801.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Meridian plantings ‘look wonderful’ | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | I was so happy to see the planting has started on the meridians near the roundabout.
Kudos to Jessica Boquist for the design and choice of plants and shrubs. It looks wonderful.
I am now waiting with bated breath to see what happens with the centre of the roundabout.
Liz Kreeft, Saseenos | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/382411801.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/48230111a8208a10bcd75dd1486c89fd952aeccd46e7fd7235fdc61828e9612a.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:01:03 | null | null | Vehicle traffic up 5% with no net fare increase and discounts offered for vehicles pulling boats and travel trailers | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F391094851.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59772BCLN2007ferrySpiritofBC7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | More discounts coming as BC Ferries traffic rises | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | BC Ferries sailings have been busier this year, thanks in part to strong tourist traffic and no net fare increase.
BC Ferries plans to continue its campaign of price promotions this fall and next spring in an effort to maintain increased passenger and vehicle traffic.
First-quarter results for the Crown corporation show passenger traffic up 2.5 per cent and vehicle loads up 5.1 per cent for the three months ended June 30, compared with the same period in 2015.
Buoyed by a strong tourist year for B.C. and no net fare increase, BC Ferries carried 5.3 million passengers and 2.1 million vehicles in April, May and June. The 1.9 per cent average fare hike was erased by a reduced fuel surcharge due to long-term contracts for cheaper diesel fuel.
Helped by reduced operating costs and higher retail sales from terminals and on-board gift shops, net earnings were $27 million for the quarter, up from $18.8 million in the same period last year. Revenues were up 4.9 per cent to $219 million, while costs for the quarter went up 1.5 per cent to $178.6 million.
BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan released the first-quarter results at the corporation's annual meeting in Victoria, where he also announced that unspecified pricing promotions will be offered this fall and next spring. This year BC Ferries has been offering discounts on over-length vehicles pulling boats or travel trailers.
Corrigan also announced he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of the fiscal year next March. He was promoted in 2012 to replace former CEO David Hahn, and presided over a controversial service review that saw sailings reduced on money-losing routes.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone praised Corrigan for reducing operating costs and embracing new technology, including three new medium-sized ferries using liquefied natural gas fuel that have been built in Poland.
LNG retrofits are also scheduled for the Spirit of B.C. and the Spirit of Vancouver Island, the workhorses of the main Tswassen-to-Vancouver Island route.
Corrigan's term also saw the first cable ferry in the BC Ferries fleet, the Baynes Sound Connector to Denman Island. Stone said the cable ferry cut fuel costs by half. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/business/391094851.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/4783d699ddf38bce4d50ddaaf3224e1c408adac86f0b080c406d9e51566d5678.json |
[
"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:06:23 | null | null | The workshop is broken down into a two-day event, as it takes 18 hours to fire and complete a decent-size tray or a plate. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F391090861.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/58252sookeGlassworkshop.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Local workshop teaches lost art of fused glass and natural food | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Susan Isaac and Tom Kral plan to fuse together two long-lost ways of art: glass fusion and natural methods of cooking food.
Sooke is about to get another one-of-a-kind art workshop.
It’s called glass fusion, an art form developed 6,000 years ago, perfected by the Egyptians 4,000 years ago, and then lost for many years since then. It wasn’t until 1984 when it made a comeback, though it remains in practice in small numbers.
Fortunately, one Sookie was keen on not only learning the rare art form, but teaching it to others as well. As such, Susan Isaac has held glass fusing workshops at her own Shard Glass Studio for several years, showing participants how to create just about anything they can think of out of glass.
Now, Isaac is taking it to the next level by teaming up with professional chef Tom Kral to create a workshop that not only allows people to make their own dishware, but also put them to use right away.
Frankly, it was a match made in heaven.
“I’m a foodie, so I always dreamt of students making their plates and trays and working with a chef, adding a cooking class and learning a new art and putting it all together,” Isaac said of the newly proposed workshop, which is expected to start Oct. 1.
“When the chef serves the food, they serve it on the plates the students made the day before.”
The workshop is broken down into a two-day event, as it takes 18 hours to fire and complete a decent-size tray or a plate.
Isaac said she needs time to fire up the students’ pieces in a kiln, then the chef can take over.
The cooking will take place at Isaac’s house not far from the studio, where Kral comes into the picture with an art form that is even older than glass fusing itself.
“I’m very holistic, so staying within our land, with the cooking techniques I use more traditional and natural ways such as salt rocks and hot rocks,” he said, adding that he cooks the food in the earth, as humans was did hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Kral said his more natural approach to cooking is a way to preserve the ways of the past.
“I want to share this ancient wisdom of cooking techniques. We’re used to pushing buttons, but what’s going to happen when we forget the old ways? We can’t afford to lose these techniques.”
In many ways, the workshop is a fusion of two ancient ways of life and art, something that enticed Kral right away to sign up for it.
“It’s about tapping into our ancient beings and instincts... I needed to break free from restaurants and hotels, on my own, no control, just me and nature, cooking on a fire, you can’t do that in a restaurant,” he said. “I love the personal connection, I love people, seeing their reaction, getting them to savour the food, and give them time to enjoy it.”
The workshop starts on a Saturday morning and runs from 9 a.m. to noon. And all people are required to bring is their own thirsty imagination, Isaac said.
“I want to honour this ancient art, so people are going to learn the history, and they’re going to learn this as an art form, not a craft,” she said. “My commitment to fusing is to give enough time so that people slow down, learn this ancient art and see it take shape.”
It takes three hours to learn about the fusing; to actually do it, participants will crush their own glass, after which they use grinders, belt sanders to mold it into shape they desire.
“People come to me with their ideas, and I’m passionate about helping them express who they are, not do a project, so I let them do what they want,” Isaac said.
To learn more about the workshop, go to shardglass.com, email at susan@shardglass.com, or call 250-642-4942. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/391090861.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/1d562e99180072bbc381dc5e6786265910b0a1ca91f96a1dffdeff98cb262ccb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:15 | null | null | Our community is 100 per cent supportive of the guiding principle of our salmon fishery | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F380693501.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Balance sought on salmon fishery | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | The following letter was written to federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo.
•••
I am the regional director for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area and represent many residents that will be devastated by increased restrictions on the recreational fishery in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
It is my understanding from media reports that you are considering a partial or total closure of recreational fishing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca Strait to allow for the safe passage of Chinook returning to the Fraser River .
Our community is 100 per cent supportive of the guiding principle of our salmon fishery allocating stocks in a priority basis towards No. 1 – conservation; No. 2 – First Nation’s fishery for food, social and ceremonial purposes; No. 3 – All other user groups.
We are, however, dependent on you to safeguard our recreational access to the “all other user groups” and in this case access to the surplus Fraser River chinook stocks.
Salmon fishing on southern Vancouver Island is not only vital to the economic sustainability of our region, it provides an essential recreational outlet for the thousands of children and families that make this area their home.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your wisdom finding a balance that will include our continued access to the Fraser River chinook and salmon fishery.
Mike Hicks, regional director, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/380693501.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/0f2f451da9363bcb6ccc0073965999cb168984a89cc84360935e1dd626c36a87.json |
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"Rick Stiebel"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:42 | null | null | Capital Regional District’s Arts Development Service has launched Building our #Arts Future Together | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F388192312.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Survey addresses state of the arts | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | If the arts speak to you, here’s an opportunity to speak to the arts.
The Capital Regional District’s Arts Development Service has launched Building our #Arts Future Together, a public consultation and engagement process to encourage regional community participation in identifying priorities and actions for the CRD Arts Strategy.
An online survey at placespeak.com/CRDArtsFuture will provide arts groups the opportunity to weigh in on the direction of the regional future of arts, said Colin Plant, chair of the CRD arts committee.
“Building our #ArtsTogether will provide many opportunities to participate in shaping the CRD Arts Strategy,” Plant said.
The survey is open to arts groups, whether they currently receive CRD grant funding or not.
Pre-consultation sessions in June helped to shape the design of the public consultation and engagement process and outreach to diverse stakeholders, including more than 100 arts groups.
In addition, arts community workshops will be held from Sept. 19 to 24 at various locations throughout the region to provide more opportunities to participate. The workshops will be followed by an Arts Champions Summit, taking place Nov. 3 to 5, with registration expected to open soon.
Community members interested in participating should visit placespeaksFuture.com./CRDArtsFuture.com.
The CRD Arts Development Service is supported by Saanch, Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Metchosin, Highlands, View Royal and Sidney.
The CRD awarded $2,121,240 in operating grants to 31 organizations in 2016.
For more on the CRD Arts Development Service, visit crd.bc.ca/services/arts-funding. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/388192312.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/7ed51bc3b2ea4269e9a8658d0ec7fe3b96cd88d34e95334b00cbdf2059af8df4.json |
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"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-29T16:51:28 | null | null | There have been 42 black bear complaints since April, compared to 102 in the same period last year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391350421.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/71739sookeBlackBear.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Education key to preventing wildlife encounters | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Black bears will likely be making more of an appearance in Sooke this fall.
It’s been a wild summer in Sooke.
A cougar peeping through windows in Sooke recently left some Whiffin Spit residents on edge.
But conservation officers say that while there have been some high-profile animal encounters this summer, there have been fewer complaints.
There have been 42 black bear complaints since April, compared to 102 in the same period last year. Fifteen cougar complaints have been investigated.
“We’re having less problems with wildlife,” said conservation officer Peter Pauwels, adding a major factor for less bear calls this year has been the abundance of natural food sources in the wild, such as berries.
Just because it’s been a good year doesn’t mean it’s going to continue, and people need to watch out in the next couple of weeks as that food supply dries out.
This is why September and October are always the busiest months, Pauwels said, adding that people should start being more vigilant with their fruit and garbage.
“Locking up garbage, getting the fruit off the trees as soon as it’s ripe, or even before, because bears know where those trees are from last year, and they will be back,” he said.
Cougars, unlike bears, are hunters, not scavengers, meaning they’ll prey on unsecured livestock such as sheep, goats, chickens, and as well as pets, such as house cats.
One slips through the cracks every now and then, such as the cougar that lurked around Whiffen Spit last week.
The cougar is believed to be the same animal captured, tagged and relocated from the Florence Lake area last spring.
“There are very few that get ear tagged and released, so there’s only two possibilities which one it is,” Pauwels said.
Still, a cougar sighting is rare and unusual.
Pauwels pointed out a rumour in another Sooke news outlets stating that an ear-tagged cougar has been seen in the Whiffin Spit area for years is “absolutely untrue.”
If captured, the cougar, a two-year-old male, will not be relocated again.
“We’re only allowed to do that once. With the behavior it’s displaying now, it wouldn’t be a candidate anyway because it’s showing unusual behaviour. It’s walking up to houses, looking in windows. It’s not afraid of people,” Pauwels said.
“Relocation can work in certain situations, but if you have an animal that’s habituated to people, that prefers to live around people, if you take it up in the bush, it’s going to come back.”
Pauwels said the cougar seen in Whiffin Spit is not acting aggressively towards people, but that doesn’t make it less of a concern, either.
“It has no fear of people, so it’s going to live amongst us. That makes it a concern because if somebody was to see it and do the wrong thing like run away, it could actually trigger an attack.”
Sooke also had a brief visit from a wolf earlier in the summer, though Pauwels said there’s been no sightings of the animal since. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391350421.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/e81b9a8f955a75f940b4f7bd0ba63895ab52e33a0502d3e92d6810dbc891b5c9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:12 | null | null | If you analyze our road closures, it is nearly 100 per cent motor vehicle accidents | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F382411231.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Four-lane highway might not be answer to traffic woes | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | I might be the only one not wanting a four-lane highway into Sooke.
I have lived here for 13 years and I travel in and out like everyone else. Four lanes certainly sound more efficient, but is it really?
We’re talking about a 9.2-kilometre stretch to Saseenos and the increase in speed would likely change the flow from 70 km/h to 90 km/h.
If you analyze our road closures, it is nearly 100 per cent motor vehicle accidents and from what I witnessed, and likely the data will concur, it is bad driving causing most of the problems.
Any higher speed would just make it worse on those of us who are ensnared with these idiots.
If we use the Malahat as an example, or the existing four-lane section, any motor vehicle accidents usually results in a complete closing of the road. Four lanes will not improve the situation.
With the latest upgrade to extra turning lanes and bus transit pull offs, etc. things are much better now. There are still a few hairpin turns and sections that could be improved.
Now if the proposed highway is a completely separate route parallel to the existing road, that could certainly help in situations where there is a temporary closure, but I assume they are more likely to try and widen the existing road and that means at least a year or more of construction hold ups.
Real accidents do happen but they are rare. What we are witnessing is the actions of a thoughtless few creating all the stress and inconvenience for the rest of us.
Maybe if each one of us were allowed to stop briefly and slap the idiots who cause the problem things might improve with more drivers concentrating on their driving.
Norm Amirault, Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/382411231.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/7e438670f969b27205c190c557e4c8ca8f2c62d1f32e0c4e2bf5b7e4b6f75fc4.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:01:59 | null | null | Asian demand for B.C. wood products peaked in 2013, analyst says China sales on pace for 50 per cent drop | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F391328001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/63096BCLN2007thomsonchinaosb7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Lumber exports shift to U.S. as China sales slump | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Wood products exports from Canada to Asia were down 18 per cent in the first six months of 2016, with the biggest decline being softwood lumber from B.C. to China, according to the Seattle-based Wood Resources International.
Lumber sales to China are on pace to drop by 50 per cent this year compared to 2014, as B.C. lumber producers direct their sales to a healthy U.S. lumber market, according to customs data tracked for the Wood Resources Quarterly (www.woodprices.com).
The latest edition notes that by value, 75 per cent of B.C.'s exports to Asia in 2015 and 2016 are in the form of lumber, while 77 per cent of exports from Washington and Oregon are logs.
Asian demand reached a record high in 2013, with China passing Japan as the largest importer of North American wood products in 2011. The B.C. and federal governments promote wood construction in China and Japan, and B.C.'s forest minister is required to conduct an annual trade mission to China, Japan and other Asian countries.
The shift in demand provides extra urgency for talks to renew the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement that expired last year. B.C. sales are booming without the export cap that both Ottawa and Washington have agreed will be required. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/business/391328001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/1b5dbbbfb15bbb37cee5492e722cda20e07348ca62e19cd46be2cb2783c9ac6f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:26 | null | null | August is here and so are the large spring salmon which migrate through Sooke waters annually. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F389667561.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/80589sookeFish2.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Fishers hook into large salmon | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Martin Grossbach and his kids Nicholas and Anne-Marie, visiting from Germany, out for a day of fishing in Sooke on Aug. 4.
Ron Neitsch
Contributed
August is here and so are the large spring salmon which migrate through Sooke waters annually.
Big springs/chinooks are being landed daily by sports fishers at Sheringham, Otter and Possession points.
The early morning bite has been reported as being the best, many boats are hooking into salmon on the first few passes.
There are, of course, some fish picked up during the day, and then there has been a late afternoon and evening bite.
Many anglers are reporting low numbers of landed fish and less action in general compared with passed years. This is a natural cycle. We have years where the fishing is tougher.
Many of the fish being caught are in 50 to 70 feet of water with the trolling gear right on the bottom.
Popular baits include anchovy, herring, spoons and hootchies trolled behind green or purple flashers.
Some recent outstanding catches include Brian Gibson winning the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Derby with a 29.35 lbs. chinook on July 31 and Ryan Chamberlain topping the leader board at Eagle-Eye Outfitters with a 37.13 spring salmon on August 5th.
Crabbing in the harbour continues to be consistent with steady numbers of legal males being taken.
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Ron Neitsch is the owner-operator of 2 Reel Fishing Adventures, based in Sooke. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/389667561.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f90a6f544aba00e294ea3ba04e0bbcaa42bd752d4c25245f8c383677781de37e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:37 | null | null | Re: Speeding drivers creating havoc in Sunriver area (News, Aug. 10) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390353171.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Cats’ lives in danger if let to roam outside | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Re: Speeding drivers creating havoc in Sunriver area (News, Aug. 10)
Being a cat owner I have complete sympathy for the Crawford family in the loss of their cat. Losing a pet is like losing a member of your family.
However, after been involved in animal welfare for many years, I feel obligated to point out that if you have a cat and allow it to run at large outside you are placing it in danger from a number of things, including being hit by cars.
Neighbours don’t always want your cat in their carefully cultivated gardens and will rent traps to catch them. Sometimes they will turn them over to animal control, sometimes they won’t.
Outside cats fight with each other and your cat will quite often end up at the veterinarian. Sometimes people will put out poison for animals, including cats.
I have three cats that I love very much. When we had our house built in Sunriver, we also included a two-metre fence that contains our cats to our yard.
If a person has been allowing their cat to run at large, it can be difficult to make the change to being an inside cat but it can be done.
I have noticed in my neighbourhood lately, missing cat posters appearing – so something is happening to these cats and unfortunately their owners may never know why their cat suddenly disappeared.
If you ask anyone involved in animal welfare, animal control or a veterinarian, I am sure that they will all tell you that the safest place for your cat to be is inside or contained in your yard.
I hope that some cat owners will think of these risks to their pet before they just open the front door and let them out. They might not make it home.
Lynn West
Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390353171.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/015c1606d879ddcb5a956f40d2c223b3142a20e6309626f2a9658d64fe2afa71.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:19 | null | null | Talks continue, with rotating overtime ban set to begin Monday if no agreement by midnight Sunday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391545211.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/68221BCLN200782072cranbrookdailyCPweb.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Postal workers union give details of job action if no deal is reached Sunday | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | OTTAWA – Contract talks continue between Canada Post and its largest union, but neither side is hinting as to whether any progress has been made.
A federally appointed mediator has been meeting with the two sides since Friday to try to reach a deal.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says if there is no deal by midnight, it would begin job action on Monday by having its members refusing to work overtime on a rotating basis, starting in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
CUPW served 72 hour strike notice Thursday night, accusing Canada Post of forcing a labour disruption by refusing to bargain in good faith.
The two sides have been deadlocked for months on the issues of pay scales for rural letter carriers and proposed changes to pensions for future employees.
A CUPW news release says the initial job action will cause little disruption to Canada Post customers and that its members will still be delivering mail every day.
The Canadian Press | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391545211.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/47ff0f3e3e946d5095bf94e1b6481624220b9ce7a6f95c934ca1b08295cebda3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:06 | null | null | Saltwest Naturals is Canada’s second oldest sea salt harvester. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F384322151.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Saltwest Naturals was here first | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Re: Sooke bath salts spiced up with a West Coast flavour (Business, June 15)
Although it’s great to see more start up business in Sooke, Saltwest Naturals is Canada’s second oldest sea salt harvester.
Started in Sooke six years ago, it actually made the first bath salts from Canadian sea salt.
Saltwest Naturals produces culinary and bath sea salt as well as Canada’s first bottled demineralized water.
Jeff Abel, Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/384322151.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/d017bf0224d497cabae2bc78babebe0e9862fdc70d67d6dc5f6417ea8e0c93e0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:21 | null | null | Sooke Garden clubs discuss outdoors room at its May 25 meeting | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F379537151.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/81361sookeGardenOrginal.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Outdoors rooms: blending purpose and self expression | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | The Sooke Garden Club will discuss garden rooms at its next meet on May 25.
By Loretta Fritz
As the days grow warmer and longer, it is increasingly hard to stay indoors.
What could be nicer than enjoying morning coffee on the deck, afternoon tea (and maybe a nap) in the garden, supper on the patio, evening conversation around the pond?
These are fairly routine activities for many of us.
However, the notion of having outdoor “rooms” designed for these and other specified purposes has only recently come back into vogue, albeit in a big way. Such purposes include cooking and eating, meditating, reading, conversing, entertaining, spotlighting garden features and plants … and the list goes on.
Outdoor rooms work not only at a functional level, by extending indoor living and recreation space, but also at a design level, by tying the home’s interior space to its exterior surroundings.
Many of the great houses of Europe initiated ‘garden room’ style on a grand scale, and we need travel no farther than Butchart Gardens to find splendid examples of this tradition.
Today, however, outdoor (or garden) rooms come in all shapes and sizes and span the range of formality. They may be on a deck or patio, under a tree, in the middle of the garden, or next to an outbuilding or pond.
Larger yards may contain several rooms, each notably different the others. They may incorporate flooring (gravel, flagstone, etc.), furniture (table, chairs, etc.), and special features (fountain, fire pit, plants, etc.). Their potential is limited only by imagination.
So what, precisely, is meant by the term garden room? A room has a sense of spatial enclosure; but it is primarily the identity and intended function of an outdoor space that makes it a garden room.
Creating Outdoor Rooms is the topic of Pam Day’s presentation at this month’s meeting of the Sooke Garden Club.
Using the analogy of the rooms in our more modest homes and their connection to our outdoor living areas, Day will lead us on an exploration of ways to create interesting and defined spaces in our gardens.
She will consider the use of plants, forms, furnishings and such to generate a particular mood or highlight special features, to define the function of the space, and to provide a sense of enclosure or privacy or surprise.
Drawing from her expertise as a florist, Day applies the same design principles to the creation of outdoor rooms.
The goal of a garden room, she says, is to enhance the visual and emotional responses we wish to enjoy in our own outdoor spaces.
Bring your plans and ideas along. There will be time for discussion.
The Sooke Garden Club meets May 25, 7 p.m., at St. Rose of Lima Church on Townsend Road. Also on the agenda: the annual rose trophy competition and the May parlour show. New members welcome. Questions? Go to here or email sookegc@gmail.com. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/lifestyles/379537151.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/99fb0bac001d1439e976679b482bad88e62e070f61df50ef917c67af3bde41fd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:58 | null | null | Learn to Fish program offers instruction and loaner equipment to help children aged 5 to 15 catch a trout | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F381548981.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/69540BCLN2007Rainbowpembertonfishfinder7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Free fishing lessons for kids [with video] | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Courses offer loaner equipment and training in casting and proper fish handling.
Children aged five to 15 can take advantage of fishing instruction sessions being held around the province by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. this summer.
The Learn to Fish program has been running since 2006. It provides loaned fishing gear as well as instruction on how to cast and retrieve, identify different fish species, handle fish properly and fish ethically within the regulations.
Locations and registration information for Learn to Fish courses is available here.
The Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. is financed by revenue from B.C. fishing licence sales.
A sample of the instruction videos available on the society website: | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/lifestyles/381548981.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f7ba2685452f48ac45e8ce7e001583439601d40c95d7357161ccd6cfe084b8c5.json |
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"John Arendt"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:54 | null | null | B.C. Day, on Monday, Aug. 1, is an opportunity to celebrate this spectacular province. See how well you know British Columbia. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F388492001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/60468summerlandimage.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. DAY TRIVIA QUIZ: How much do you know about British Columbia? | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | B.C. Day, on Monday, Aug. 1, is an opportunity to celebrate this spectacular province. See how well you know British Columbia. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/lifestyles/388492001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/9cb43a70b7c14724f6faa00187c0cf2808a775448477f7ca45d4cfd8a3e3d829.json |
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"Octavian Lacatusu"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:12 | null | null | Art in the Park is back, complete with a full repertoire of all the fine arts, from music, to painting, dancing – even balloon art. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F389667851.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/80730sookeLindaGordon-ArtinThePark.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Art in the Park returns this weekend | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | With the Sooke Fine Arts show now behind us, the inner artist in all of us wonders, how will we get our art fix?
You needn’t worry, because Art in the Park is back this weekend, complete with a full repertoire of all the fine arts, from music, to painting, dancing – even balloon art.
It runs all day too, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 13) at Ed MacGregor Park. Art in The Park has been going on for more than 15 years as an annual event. In the past it was a two day event, up until last year.
By this point, it’s a celebration of the arts that has become a yearly tradition in Sooke, said Caryl Wilford, Sooke Community Arts Council president.
More so, it’s an event for everyone of all ages and all walks of life to enjoy and take part in, regardless of whether you’re a local Sookie or come from afar.
“Come out and see local talent, local art, all sorts of varieties, it’s entertainment for children, for any age group,” Wildford said. “It’s in a gorgeous location in Ed MacGregor Park, and from there you can access down to the boardwalk.”
Wilford pointed out that there will also be a shuttle from the SEAPARC Leisure Complex as a way to alleviate some of the parking congestion at Ed MacGregor Park.
This year there will also be a paint-in, where participants work with local artist Linda Gordon to create a still image from scratch and experience the different layers an artist must go through to get to the final product. The paint-in sessions will run at 1 and 3 p.m.
Live music is a big highlight this time around as well, with a long list of musicians and performers, such as the Sooke Harbour Players featuring a ventriloquist at 3:45 p.m., along with the Blue Tattoo blues band and several others.
No doubt, there’s variety; belly dancers are on the list, along with a soothing session of Thai Chi, for those who want to get in a little meditation. At noon, a magician will perform his tricks, and a clown show will take place at 1:45 p.m.
Best of all, it’s free admission, one of the highlights of the event since it started in Sooke more than a decade ago.
And it certainly wouldn’t be possible without the help of an army of volunteers, the District of Sooke and the B.C. government. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/entertainment/389667851.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/8887bc7f663c3f1aa9a0a9a8c5575aeb6484f56d070191b3878fdaceb0d66699.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T12:52:46 | null | null | Gold mine near Prince Rupert shut down last summer for permit violations, owners charged for failing to report spill | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F390008831.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/31694BCLN2007minebanksislandgold7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Banks Island miners face 18 pollution charges | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Two men and a mining company in receivership have been charged with 18 pollution infractions related to their shut-down gold mine on an island near Prince Rupert.
Benjamin Mossman and Dirk Meckert are scheduled to appear in Prince Rupert provincial court Sept. 7. Also charged is Banks Island Gold Ltd., which went into receivership after being shut down last year for provincial permit violations.
The Yellow Giant mine was ordered shut down by the Ministry of Environment in July 2015 after a tailings spill was reported on a tip. There is one charge of failing to report a spill of a polluting substance, and the other 17 charges are for failing to comply with permits.
North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice raised the issue in the legislature this spring, after receiving a letter from the Gitxaala First Nation referring to two separate tailings spills. Rice said the ministry did not inspect the operation for 15 months, until receiving a complaint.
NDP mining critic Norm Macdonald told the legislature a worker at the mine "became fed up, put his job on the line, sent the ministry and me a tip and pictures that documented what was going on there."
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the mine was shut down when the situation was brought to its attention. The mine's 90 employees lost their jobs.
The province has a $420,000 security bond from the mining company, to provide ongoing monitoring. In March the mines ministry and Banks Island Gold removed explosives from the mine site and in May ministry technical staff assessed the hazardous materials on site.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service, which recommended the charges, would not comment on the current condition of the Banks Island site, because it is evidence for the prosecution. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/business/390008831.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/483b0b497928bcdbbc3b1174c8c81b73943682067b78363f492386e72de6ad1d.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:50:48 | null | null | The family of five is now in Lebanon and awaiting its final interview | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391631211.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Refugee family expected to be settled in Sooke spring | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | A Syrian refugee family could be calling Sooke home by March.
The family of five is now in Lebanon and awaiting its final interview in December.
“It’s a big step in the process,” says Sharon Sterling, a spokesperson for Team Sooke/Juan de Fuca Refugee Sponsorship committee.
The paperwork so far has taken a lot of hard work and patience on behalf of all the volunteers, and it’s still possible something could go wrong in the interview, but Sterling noted the latest update is “very good news” for everyone.
“This process of sponsorship has proven to be both demanding and at times nerve-wracking, but the family inspires us by their resilience and determination to make a better life for themselves,” said Sid Jorna, chair of the Team Sooke/Juan de Fuca Refugee Sponsorship.
Details of where the family will stay in Sooke hasn’t been determined, and the sponsorship group won’t look for housing until the family has passed its interview and know for sure its about to be booked on a plane, Sterling said.
Despite the painfully-slow process, Sterling pointed out the family has been patient and grateful for the efforts being made to bring it here.
“The [family] is really understanding and so grateful, every time we talk to them we are impressed by their resilience and even their sense of humour,” she said.
The sponsorship’s fundraising efforts have paid off as well, as the committee is just $3,000 away from meeting its $50,000 goal, a chunk of which was donated by the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.
Sterling said after they put out a wish list of needed items, Sooke and Juan de Fuca residents “responded tremendously” with handfuls of stuff. One resident even offered to match donations of up to $1,000.
Those willing to show their support can visit Team Sooke/Juan de Fuca Refugee Sponsorship’s table at the Sooke Fall Fair, which will include Middle Eastern recipes inspired by the Syrian family itself.
For more info, please go online to teamjuandefuca.ca, or email teamsookejuandefuca@gmail.com. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/391631211.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/350f7dabe52c676283c3a79088fa2c8b3f69b5839acdba39320160d750ebb778.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:08 | null | null | In this day of computers, it is wonderful to see teachers taking the trouble to give such a joyful hands-on experience. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F382412921.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66170sookeJourney.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Journey students dig into history | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | I am a member of the Victoria Old Cemeteries Society and you can imagine my surprise when I found 25 children from Sooke’s Journey Middle School gathered around the gravesite of Nellie Cashman, “The Miners Angel,” at Ross Bay Cemetery on May 27.
Teachers had organized a visit to a number of prominent gravesites in the cemetery and two children were selected to give a presentation to the rest of the class regarding each grave visited.
I listened to a very informed presentation on Nellie Cashman, the lady who rescued a large number of miners who were trapped in winter snows near Dease Lake in 1875.
I visited a number of other gravesites with the children, including Billy Barker and Peter Leech, the man who found the gold that led to Leechtown.
I would like to take this opportunity to give credit and applause to the two teachers who took the time to organize the tour and who helped to motivate the students to write such good reports on each individual gravesite.
Nellie Cashman is the subject of 10 books and is on an American postage stamp called Legend of the West. She has also been selected to be placed on a prominent area of the Ireland Canada Monument that is planned for Vancouver.
Congratulations to the school teachers who arranged this tour: Michelle Kiefert and Cherise Bouvier.
In this day of computers and smartphones it is wonderful to see teachers taking the trouble to give such a joyful hands-on experience.
Kudos to Journey Middle School.
Patrick Perry Lydon, Victoria | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/382412921.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/d1ee3c488cad03e2e119c8b8e4f514b77a142c3c3ebcd8e6fead55175188b3bb.json |
[
"Kevin Laird"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:21 | null | null | The contest is set for SEAPARC arena in Sooke on Sept. 3 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F390324761.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/3254sookeGrizzlies.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Grizzlies, Clippers to play exhibition game in Sooke | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Former Victoria Grizzlies forward Jay Mackie grapples with a pair of Nanaimo Clippers players in B.C. Hockey League action at The Q Centre in Langford. The teams play an exhibition game at the SEAPARC Arena in Sooke on Sept. 3.
Sooke hockey fans will have to decide whether to wear orange and white or yellow and black for a BCHL exhibition game coming to SEAPARC arena next month.
The Nanaimo Clippers and Victoria Grizzlies will play a preseason matchup between the two Island rivals, set for Sept. 3 at SEAPARC arena.
The Sooke date marks the last game for both B.C. Hockey League franchise’s preseason schedule, with the Clippers set to play five games and the Grizzlies hitting the ice for six games across the Island prior to the puck drop on the regular season.
“The intention is to bring some good, quality hockey to the community,” said Neil Flynn, who is organizing the event for the Sooke Rotary Club.
“To reach a sellout would be good and would certainly put some money towards our community.”
Flynn says money raised from the game will benefit Sooke youth as Rotary scholarships and programs.
The Grizzlies did not play a preseason game in Sooke last year, but have in previous years.
The Clippers placed first place in the Island division last year with 78 points, while the Grizzlies finished in last place, more than 20 points behind Nanaimo.
Game time for the Sept. 3 contest is 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at SEAPARC arena. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/390324761.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/cb4de4583e1a430eb288f2551797b9fe270c622ffd44c9854845cb3049ecad7a.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T16:50:13 | null | null | Officials don't say how they captured the snake, which will be turned over to animal control. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391408121.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/5603BCLN2007SnakeCityofVictoriaTwitter.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Elusive snake finally coaxed out of drain pipe under Victoria street | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | This photo was posted to the City of Victoria's Twitter feed Thursday night around 8:30 p.m.
A reclusive reptile that has been living in a storm drain below the streets of Victoria now has a new home.
A tweet posted Thursday night by the City of Victoria shows a city worker holding the snake.
Officials haven't said how it was coaxed out of the drain, but the tweet said it would be turned over to animal control officers.
When it was spotted in the drain during routine maintenance last week, experts said it appeared to be a nearly two-metre long harmless corn snake, but a closer look at the photo released Thursday night shows it may be a boa constrictor.
It originally rebuffed all efforts at capture, including a heated tube and offerings of dead mice, because it was shedding its skin.
Officials didn't want to harm it or tear up the street, so the pipe was sealed until the moulting was complete and the snake was more co-operative.
(CFAX)
The Canadian Press | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391408121.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/c203ebe979c7cd3ef2f8c1e267a4755599e7d293401922ee34868924e905626b.json |
[
"Joel Tansey"
] | 2016-08-26T13:03:17 | null | null | Future UVic student earns Airborne associations' educational honour | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F390604151.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/16762goldstreamGNG-scholarship-jt.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Aspiring doctor from Metchosin duplicates mom's scholarship feat | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Shaelyn Littlejohn accepts a $2,000 scholarship from the Canadian Airborne Forces Association and the Airborne Regiment Association of Canada. The Metchosin resident will attend the University of Victoria this fall and hopes to pursue a career in medicine.
Like mother, like daughter.
Following in the footsteps of her mom, Metchosin’s Shaelyn Littlejohn has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the Canadian Airborne Forces Association and the Airborne Regiment Association of Canada.
Littlejohn, who received the award in a ceremony on Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 292 in Victoria, is a recent graduate of Pacific Christian School and is enrolled in the chemistry program at the University of Victoria this fall.
There, she’ll begin to pursue her dream of becoming a pediatric surgeon, an ambition that grew out of personal experience.
Littlejohn was born prematurely and with two congenital heart defects, leading to a childhood spent in and out of the hospital for various surgeries and appointments.
“I feel like I’ll be able to relate not only with what the child is going through, but I can relate to what the parents are going through,” she said. “As my parent’s first child, it was really scary … with all of these issues and they didn’t know what was happening.”
She added, “I like working with children; they’re so resilient and even though they are in the hospital and they are sick, they find joy in the little things.”
And Littlejohn knows all about resiliency, having had to battle throughout her childhood.
“She’s always just pushed through it … she never used it as an excuse,” said her mother, Paula.
The scholarship is given to prospective students in the Armed Forces or to one of their descendants. Shaelyn’s grandfather, William Willbond, was a sergeant in the airborne regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. “It’s even more special because he really encouraged all of us to go to school,” Paula said of her late father. “School was really important to him.”
Paula, a nurse, received a sum of $300 when she earned the very same scholarship in 1989. “She was excited … that it was [now] $2,000,” she said with a laugh about her daughter’s reaction.
Shaelyn Littlejohn was given the honour for her wide range of achievements in high school, which included being on the honour roll, participating in extra-curricular sports and music, and for her personal merit and potential. She was unanimously selected for the honour by the voting committee.
joel.tansey@goldstreamgazette.com | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/390604151.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/60ba48ba089916cf5b2ce418d4c726f66fd2d2662f4293f513974a14050c1251.json |
[
"Don Denton"
] | 2016-08-29T22:51:57 | null | null | The Victoria Royals held the first day of their main training camp for the 2016-17 Western Hockey League season | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F391660721.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/48795vicnewsVN-VictoriaRoyalsCamp20161online.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Victoria Royals back on the ice for training camp | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | It may be sunny and hot outside but the ice is in and hockey is back.
The Victoria Royals held the first day of their main training camp for the 2016-17 season this morning at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre.
Head coach Dave Lowry and his staff were running drills on the ice through the morning. Familiar faces on the ice for the first session included goalie Griffen Outhouse and Jack Walker.
The Royals' first pre-season game will be September 2 in Kamloops against the Blazers with their first home pre-season game September 10 against the Vancouver Giants.
They kick off their season at home Friday, September 23 against the Prince George Cougars. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/391660721.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/eced78782fdfa8cd769b0863527773d349975b4a315d1216d85bdeb46e3f3271.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:27 | null | null | Is anyone else sick of seeing people begging for money at intersections? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390354561.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: ‘What on earth is the world coming to?’ | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Is anyone else sick of seeing people begging for money at intersections?
We are lucky to not see this yet in Sooke, but in other areas of Victoria it is common.
I personally am getting a little angry as I am a 30-year-old women, mother of three, and work really hard for my money.
I’ve been working since I was 12 and have never stopped.
I am frustrated hearing on the news everyday all this talk about the tent city. How is this allowed in the first place?
I have been hearing on the news about the billions of dollars our government is paying to build and house homeless people.
I suggest the government needs to educate and detox the homeless. The government needs to teach these people how to work.
How are we supposed to house them all and make their life so comfortable when our lives are so chaotic and stressful working full-time paying taxes and sweating? Does anyone else agree?
And one more thing: I am so embarrassed that Sooke now has three cannabis stores to buy marijuana.
What on earth is this world coming to?
Instead of the government putting billions of dollars into housing the homeless, why doesn’t it help young companies get afloat? Or help middle-class people who are struggling?
Come on, Canada, let’s get it together a bit. OK?
Tina Delgado
East Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390354561.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/1e46bf536f887576eff3b9d2551b535ff884774095253d324688d31118dbc820.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:07 | null | null | Young soccer players can now hone their skills and learn from a professional coach through Sooke Soccer Club’s new development programs. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fsports%2F389659331.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Soccer club offers new development programs | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Aspiring young soccer players can now hone their skills and learn from a professional coach through Sooke Soccer Club’s new development programs.
Open to youth from nine to 19, the new soccer academy will begin in September aimed at players that want to go the extra step to improve their soccer skill and knowledge.
The soccer academy is separate from regular club programs.
Participants will come under the direction of new technical coach Joe Bratanovic.
Bratanovic, a native of Croatia, has held a variety of coaching positions in Europe and North America since 2000, including working with several teams and leagues on the Lower Island.
“Soccer is a big part of my life,” he said.
The soccer academy will have both a fall and spring program and run for 10 weeks.
In addition, Bratanovic will host development nights, which will focus on improving players and teams with an emphasis on technical and tactical aspects of the game.
SIDELINES … Late registration for the 2016-17 season will be held tomorrow (Aug. 11) and Sept. 7 at the Sooke Soccer Clubhouse from 6 to 7:30 p.m. … Sooke Soccer Club’s Kick Off Jamboree is Sept. 7 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Fred Milne Park. All players and coaches are welcome … the soccer club still has two co-ordinator jobs available for volunteers and fundraising.
Please email Laura Lockhart at lockhart@shaw.ca, if you are interested. | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/389659331.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/77be39b68268bf5ae42ab6faeab2bb828a9a3a847a4d4689b11d40a5462c2a91.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:51:44 | null | null | Two groups of children were approached by a man offering candy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fnews%2F391774681.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/2914sookeRCMP_badge.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sooke RCMP seek candy man | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | RCMP
Sooke RCMP are looking for information regarding a man who offered candy to children on Saturday in a Sooke neighbourhood.
The alleged incident happened on Steeplechase Road sometime between 1:15 and 1:45 p.m., when a man in a white Ford pickup truck approached two groups of children and given red licorice, said Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur.
The man is described as approximately 40 to 60 years old, with a bald head, and grey stubble from the ears down. He was clean shaven, had “bad teeth” and two very distinctive tattoos on his right arm. The right forearm had a snake that was either all red or a tongue that was red, while the right bicep had a crisscross design that went all around the bicep.
If anyone has information, please call the Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. (8477) | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/391774681.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/b1c80b163643e3883ba2ebf517e3d7ca7d115deffec81780ea9988e12f569f5b.json |
[
"Joel Tansey"
] | 2016-08-26T13:02:51 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F390377471.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/24629goldstreamGNG-janeeceplace-jt.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Former patients reunited with Victoria General Hospital NICU staff | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Erin Sunderland (right) poses with her two children, Jaxson and Maddix, and her mother, Beth, outside Janeece Place. The twin brothers spent weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Victoria General Hospital following their birth. On Aug. 11, former patients were reunited with the nurses, physicians and staff that took care of them during their stay, in what has become an annual event.
The mood was decidedly celebratory outside Jeneece Place on Aug. 11.
Dozens of young children – many of them “graduates” of Victoria General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – played, laughed, ate and met up with some old friends and caregivers as the facility hosted its 32nd annual reunion party, which reunites nurses, physicians and staff with former patients and parents.
The event, which also sees families connect with others in similar situations, has become an important event for many.
Saanich resident Kerri Roberts says the nursing staff at the NICU is like family after what she and her daughter went through. Roberts gave birth to twin girls, Abbygail and Claire, just over 24 weeks into her pregnancy. The premature birth was the result of an infection that Keri contracted.
Despite some early positive signs – the babies were surprisingly both crying immediately after their birth – complications soon arose. Claire, the slightly younger twin, was born feet first and a lot sicker than her sister.
“[She] had a lot of bruising and things like that. She was a lot sicker with the infection so she was only able to survive for eight days,” Roberts said.
Abbygail, now five, spent 155 days in the NICU before being released. She struggled with her breathing and required a ventilator for two months. In turn, this caused her retinas to detach.
After numerous surgeries, Abbygail now has light and dark vision in her left eye and central vision in her right.
“Now she’s healthy, we don’t see the respiratory therapists anymore and she’s heading into kindergarten,” said Roberts, who makes it a priority to bring her daughter to the reunion every year. “I can’t not come, because it’s the only time I get to see everybody every year and thank them that we got to bring her home.”
Langford resident Erin Sutherland also endured pregnancy complications, giving birth to twins Jaxson and Maddix after 32 weeks. An emergency C-section was needed because of an ailment in Erin’s kidneys.
The twins, who celebrated their first birthday earlier this month, had a rare condition called twin-twin transfusion syndrome. In simple terms, Jaxson was taking more than his share of the nutrients in their mother’s womb.
He would need two weeks in the NICU because of a heart valve issue, while his brother, just three pounds and 11 ounces at birth, was there for three weeks before he could be released.
“It was nerve-wracking, because the whole time they were worried about Maddix because he was so small,” Sutherland said.
With her babies now happy and healthy, she also anticipates attending the reunion on an annual basis. “The [nurses and doctors] were amazing. It was a very stressful time and they helped me feel comfortable,” she said.
The day is not only special for parents, who are grateful to have seen their kids graduate from the NICU, but also the hospital staff, who get to see the children grow up from year to year.
Nurse Lisa Roe has spent the last decade working in the unit and said the annual event at Jeneece Place is her favourite day of the year.
“These kids, they’re so incredible. They’re such fighters,” she said.
“They battle through the odds to come through and then to see them come back and to have done so well … it’s the best.”
For Roberts and daughter Abbygail, Aug. 11 was extra special as it marked five years since the youngster’s release from the NICU.
“Every year we tell her that we go to this party because we celebrate when you got to come home from the hospital,” Roberts said.
joel.tansey@goldstreamgazette.com | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/390377471.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/ac0ca8994cf2cdaf1913b573be2c24dbce89469671039035e2d748262ee90f33.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:32 | null | null | Re: Site C offers solution to future power needs (Letters, Aug. 3) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390351701.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Site C dam will create an environmental mess | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Re: Site C offers solution to future power needs (Letters, Aug. 3)
We will we lose thousands of acres of farm land, some of the best in B.C. with construction of the Site C dam.
I guess the letter-writer never heard of geothermal power. It’s free heat. Lots of country’s use it, even Iceland. Natural gas is so cheap B.C. can’t even sell it at a loss. It can be used to make electricity.
And what about the mess the Site C dam will create?
The mess from the Williston Lake dam is still being cleaned up after 45 years. The same for the Alcan dam near Kitimat.
The shoreline is so full of floating debris from logging, you can’t even get to the shore. I know: I hunted it and lived near there for 35 years.
When they were clearing the land at Williston Lake in 1965 with two big steel balls to smash all the bush, etc., the debris floated up once the lake was formed. Thousands of moose died at the Lake for all the mess on the shoreline
So, now you’ve heard it from the horse’s mouth
Gordon Stewart
Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390351701.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/e42b7ed5f3745d7cc2fae633bf1bb6ed53c75aec41ae3b6274d5ed7834244240.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:10 | null | null | Re: Speeding drivers creating havoc in Sunriver area (News, Aug. 10) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390355461.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Solutions to end speeding at Sunriver | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | Re: Speeding drivers creating havoc in Sunriver area (News, Aug. 10)
Acting mayor Ebony Logins comments that adding electronic signs may work to deter or at least make drivers aware of the speed limits, however, this has been done in this area.
Posted before the playground on Sunriver Way the warning flashes were effective for causing drivers to slow down, only to speed once they past the sign.
The lasting effects of the signage has not been long term.
I would like to add to the possible solutions that were mentioned, a program called Neighbourhood Speed Watch where residents use speed radar trailers, identify the speeders to police, who then address the offenders directly.
Another traffic calming technique may be using the chalk hopscotches, the basketball hoops and hockey goals that the neighbourhood speeders children get to enjoy on Sunriver Estates other roads without the possibility of being killed.
The street is a living environment simultaneously used for cars, socializing and civic activities it is part of a neighbourhood. Be willing to stop the chaos you are creating by speeding up or down the street, and learn to enjoy those few moments of a slow pace before you are heading out to or returning from the real 60 km/h Sooke Road.
Karen Rainer
Sooke | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/390355461.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/f70cc572d8ea814a638de013f0102afcb369d6e420b8228e8389133a9a14125c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:00 | null | null | We are not asking for any big favors, but only what we should be entitled to. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F382411481.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Seniors want permanent home | null | null | www.sookenewsmirror.com | I am writing once again for the seniors of Sooke who have raised families, paid taxes and shopped locally for many years and who are still waiting for a facility of their own.
Our numbers are dwindling as we do not have a place five days a week where seniors can come and interact with each other, play cards or just socialize.
There seems to be money for other things – artificial turf fields and bike trails – but no money for us.
It’s time for the seniors of Sooke to speak up and ask why are we “low man on the totem pole.”
What do we have to do to convince council that we do need our own place, where we can come and go as we please and not be told that we can only get together for a few hours twice a week.
Many of our seniors have made Sooke what it is today. We are not asking for any big favors, but only what we should be entitled to.
Irene Healey, Sooke Seniors Drop in Center | http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letters/382411481.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.sookenewsmirror.com/9020dcdef7712eb865175f38d11801071fd547676e9c77e0bfb1d4a084c7f721.json |
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