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It was a Wednesday like no other Wednesday in Rob-

erts Creek, when over a hun-dred students and sta� as-sembled at the mandala near the shore to perform a dance of acceptance in recognition and support of Anti-bullying Day. � e day was celebrated all across the province, and pink T-shirts, symbolizing de� ance of bullies, were evi-dent everywhere. Principal of the Roberts Creek Com-munity Elementary School, Gloria McBain, told � e Local that one of the par-ents had heard about other schools planning events to

mark the day and suggested Roberts Creek show their support, too.

“� e idea came from a � ash mob last year,” said McBain, “and just grew from there.” Students em-braced the idea and threw themselves into the project. Volunteer dance teachers worked tirelessly to create the choreography and chose the Lady Gaga song, ‘Born � is Way’ for the dance. Other volunteers organized the � lming and sound part of the project while still others put their heads to-gether to organize the mul-

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McBain was over-whelmed by the support for the project and thrilled with the resulting YouTube video. “� ank you to all the Roberts Creek school danc-ers and the project hosts, Churchill and David Lloyd George schools.” She was also touched and grateful

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� e Roberts Creek School also wishes to ac-knowledge the SCRD for permitting the use of the Roberts Creek Park Man-dala space, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Krangle, Ms. Lilyanna, Trudy and the good energy of the many parent volun-teers on � lming day. To see the YouTube video, go to: Roberts Creek Acceptance (Pink Project 2012)

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SCRD Emergency Pro-gram Coordinator, Bill Elsner says, “� e exercise has been carefully planned to test our emergency plan and our ability to respond in the event of an emer-gency.”

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“Exercises like this be-come even more impor-tant when we re� ect on the recent 5.7 earthquake o� the coast of Vancouver Island,” says Garry Nohr, SCRD Board Chair.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Volume 10 • Issue 10

Letters to the Editor

Over the years, the role a teacher plays has certainly changed. It has condensed and almost specialized from what it was seventy years ago, when a teacher’s domain was the front of a classroom that held multiple grades; students in each grade had varying degrees of ability that required varying degrees of attention. Absolute discipline was demanded and students obeyed without question. Punishment for those students who refused to show respect or failed to keep up with their studies was swift and often harsh and sometimes even doubled when the student got home after school.

Teachers of today have vastly di�erent challenges in their careers; while they still head up classrooms they no longer expect – or receive – blind obedience. Most of the crimes once punishable by the strap are now resolved through me-diation and counseling, often involving parents and other sta�. Where once students were kicked out of school for be-havioral problems or inability to keep up with their studies, teachers now provide alternatives to give those kids a second chance. �ey provide guidance and caring, developing the student as a whole person.

All this change has come at a cost to teachers of today. �ey have a set curriculum and teaching goals, but they must use new tools to engage their students and help make learning a positive experience that will enrich their lives. �ey must also ignite their students’ imaginations and in-terest and help them stay ahead of new technologies that change and evolve almost daily. Usually, teachers themselves have to take classes to keep abreast of new technologies and teaching techniques.

Often the teachers who do their jobs best are the most re-spected and loved by students. �ose teachers have the spe-cial gift of being able to connect with their students, of rec-ognizing the potential good in each one. Almost intuitively, they know how to nurture and kindle that potential and help each student �nd their brightest path. In the classroom of a good teacher, no student will see a ceiling on success.

As members of our community, teachers contribute more and often receive less recognition than almost any other group. �ey tend to work in the background with our children and grandchildren, organizing plays and sport-ing events and musicals and doing things to support special days or causes. �ey make our children more aware of our world than we do, helping them to become global thinkers, more socially conscious and responsible. Teachers encour-age our children to reach for a better tomorrow. A good teacher will give them all the tools they’ll need for that un-imaginable journey into the future. To set a value on the people who do all this is impossible; their contribution to our country is priceless.

What is the price of a good teacher?

Advisory Committee mandate to advise, not hire

As a member of the Sech-elt Golf Course Advisory Committee I would like to respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Weidman (�e Local, March 1, 2012), “re: Advisory Committee on Sechelt Golf Course”, wherein Mr. Weidman rais-es questions regarding the selection process and deter-mination of wages for the

position of IOC. It appears that Mr. Weidman, and maybe others, have an inac-curate perception of the role and mandate of the Golf Course Advisory Commit-tee. �e emphasis of our mandate is on advisory! �e committee gives advice only, and has no decision-making authority whatsoever. In the case of the IOC selection, the committee was involved only in discussions, with input from various commit-tee members, regarding the

type of individual and de-sirable credentials, e.g. golf professional, marketing, management and adminis-trative skills.

�e committee members had no knowledge of who the candidates were, and provided no input regard-ing the possible remunera-tion for such a position. �e selection for this posi-tion, and the determina-tion of wages was solely made by the District of Sechelt Council.

I hope that this will help to clarify the role and man-date of the Sechelt Golf Course Advisory Commit-tee for Mr. Weidman and others.Fred Stark, Halfmoon Bay

�e Local received this letter for publication from School District 46.

Teachers allowed to withdraw services

Dear Parents, On Tuesday, February

28, 2012, the Labour Re-lations Board determined that members of the Brit-ish Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) may legally increase their cur-rent job action to a full withdrawal of services. �e BCTF has certain restric-tions to this action: �e school district must be noti�ed two school days before teachers withdraw

service; teachers may not remove services completely for more than three days in the �rst week of the action, and one day per week after that; teachers will not pick-et, block access or egress or otherwise restrict access to schools, including before and after school programs, sports, StrongStart Centres or daycares.

However, we want to en-sure that parents are aware of the labour situation for their planning purposes as we would not be able to of-fer a safe learning environ-ment without our teachers in the schools. Schools will be closed in the event of a withdrawal of services by the BCTF. Please check back to our website: www.sd46.bc.ca for any updates or follow us on twitter (@ss-cschools We will update you as developments occur.Patrick Bocking, Superintendent of Schools

Bill 22 to make teach-er’s rights obsolete

February 28, the BC Lib-eral Government has intro-duced Bill 22, imposing two years of no wage increases and seeking signi�cant con-cession from teachers re-garding learning conditions and professional develop-ment. At the same time, the BC Liberals eliminate teachers’ right to job action. After three terms this tired government has not learned

anything when it comes to respecting workers’ demo-cratic rights.

�e BC Liberal govern-ment still has the ability to prevent a crisis in our pub-lic education system, with-draw Bill 22, and return to the bargaining table with-out condition and with the help of a professional mediator. �e BC Teach-ers Federation has already called for the appointment of Stephen Kelleher as a mediator in this dispute. �e BC Federation of La-bour supports this call, and encourages the provincial government to accept this request. School trustees have called for mediation, the employer BC PSEA has agreed to mediation, and the public overwhelmingly supports real mediation.

Today’s legislation has nothing to do with im-proving public education; it’s about a provincial gov-ernment, beyond its expiry date, with no new ideas and no commitment to pub-lic education. In fact, Bill 22 will create larger class sizes and o�ers no support for students with special needs. Far from restoring teachers’ rights to bargain their working conditions, class size and composition, Bill 22 plans to make those rights obsolete. Teachers deserve better; most impor-tantly, so do our kids.

�e government’s ac-tions today extend be-

yond teachers and impact all provincial public sec-tor negotiations. Impos-ing a mandate when other public sector workers have only begun bargaining is a serious breach of the principle of free collective bargaining. �is legisla-tive hammer comes from a government that has lost a number of Supreme Court challenges resulting from their trampling of labour rights.

If the BC Liberal govern-ment was truly interested in mediation, they would use the tools at their disposal via the Labour Relations Board and the Labour Code - no other legislation is neces-sary. Mediation involves an impartial third party able to hear the concerns of both parties. Mediation cannot be limited to only the is-sues the BC Liberals choose. Bill 22 is not mediation but is the beginning of an im-posed collective agreement.

BC’s public and private sector unions and our more than 450,000 members stand in solidarity with BC’s teachers and their desire for a fair negotiated deal. La-bour leaders will be meeting to discuss how they contin-ue to support BC teachers.Maria PeraltaExecutive SecretaryFor BC Federation of LabourWebsite: www.bcfed.caE-mail: [email protected]

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‘Saving a single Rose’ goes provincial

We would all like to thank you for your heart-felt article in �e Local (March 1). You and your sta� have done a great job in conveying the frustra-tion that we’ve had since the beginning.

Purely by chance, an editor from the Province newspaper was at his sum-mer place on the weekend and your article must have touched his heart strings because yesterday, out of the blue, we got a call from a couple of di�erent peo-ple from the paper asking for an interview by phone and low and behold, guess who’s on the front freakin’ page of the Province this morning!? O.M.G.!

We’re so surprised, and never thought for a mo-ment it would be in the paper the next day, much less the front page. Not only will this make a huge di�erence for us with the �nancial help of this trip and undoubted fu-ture trips, but it has also given Rose encourage-ment about the future and boosted her spirits.

�ank you for planting the seed and we hope to see you for a fun night at the Bene�t. Gary & Tani & Rose,Roberts Creek

Spring mattress acting as antenna for EMFs?

In response to Rob Her-man’s question regarding increased hydro bills after the installation of a smart

Letters to the Editormeter, there are numerous complaints about this.

Lynda Steele of CTV has commented on this prob-lem on TV (CTV’s Steele on Your Side) and people experiencing unusually high bills are encouraged to contact this address: coordinator1@stopsmart metersbc.ca and steeleony [email protected]

�e Coalition to Stop Smart Meters provides a wealth of knowledge on the health hazards, and even house �res, attributed to the installation of wireless smart meters. I �nd that a great number of people are totally unaware of the harmful e�ects of Electro Magnetic Radiation (which is emitted by wireless smart meters and other wireless devices). With the unparal-leled proliferation of wire-less devices (WiFi, laptops, IPhones, cellphones, etc.), we are being subjected to a 24/7 bombardment of EM radiation. �is has very seri-ous health implications es-pecially for young children, the elderly and those that are sensitive to EMFs.

I recently had readings done at my house and dis-covered that with the recent installation of a cell phone tower on Reservoir Road in Sechelt, my spring �lled mattress had extremely high readings of EM frequencies that exceeded the level that is deemed safe for the hu-man body. I now have no metal in my bed frame and sleep on a foam mattress. I no longer have sleepless nights nor nightmares. Ap-parently the mattress was acting as an antenna and drawing the radiation from

the tower. Also, although I do not have a smart meter nor wireless or a cell phone in my house, the WiFi readings were extremely high due to bombardment from outside sources.

Yet our Government is do-ing nothing to stop this worst, most dangerous experiment in all of mankind! Sounds to me like political suicide.Marshall Mitchell, Sechelt

�is letter to the District of Sechelt was received for publication in �e Local

Is subdividing now an excuse for cash grab?

Well another month has passed us by. �e good news is the days are longer and warmer weather is coming. �e bad news is we are still trying to subdivide half of an acre o� a property that is 1.27 acres.

�is process began July 15, 2010, when we paid a $1,750.00 deposit.

�e original cost for the work the District wanted us to do was over $100K, this for a lot that is listed at $185K.

Most of this cost was for us to provide a sewer con-nection and 300’ of line, which the District could then connect to. �is would solve the sewer drainage problem the District is hav-ing with the new Norvan section of sewer.

�e District has prob-lems! �ey have been col-lecting taxes for sixteen years for sewer and now they have to fund it!

�ey think that as a prop-erty owner we should pay

a big price for the privilege of subdividing, even if it is as simple as drawing a line across a property.

After several meetings with the District we re-ceived a letter of response, dated Sept. 30, 2011, ad-vising us that the District had changed their stance and that the cost would be reduced to between $60 and $65K. In consulting with professionals, I was in-formed that what we were proposing to do should cost no more than $35K.

Now there is the matter of a Hydro pole that sits exactly 62 inches from the property and yet we were instructed to have underground wiring to the lot. �e questions I posed regarding this situa-tion were not addressed for over two months.

I would have liked to keep this property whole but it has become a matter of �nances and we need to subdivide and sell. If I could a�ord to keep the entire property, the District would not be using it and they would still be looking for a downhill access for their sewer.

After building our dream home on the top end of a three-acre property and going over budget, we are trying to recoup some of the losses. �e District sta� seems to think that if you are subdividing you must have lots of money therefore you will pay.Dave & Ann Tyler, Sechelt

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Does your credit or debit card have ‘pay pass’, ‘pay safe’, ‘blink’, or a graphic of three concentric part-circles in the overall shape of a cone inscribed on it? If so, you may be open to identity theft. According to TV Channel 13, cards with these inscriptions have chips containing wireless transmitters. A device avail-able on the Internet can read your ID from these cards, transfer it to other cards with wireless chips, then it can be used to steal your credit or bank ac-count funds. Apparently a wrapping of aluminum foil around the card will prevent the data transmission.Susan Fletcher, Sechelt

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Organizers from the Sea to Sky Branch of the Asso-ciation of Professional En-gineers and Geoscientists (APEG) note that building a bridge out of popsicle sticks and white glue that can support a weight of over 225 pounds is impres-sive – but more so when the designers are in third grade.

Recognizing that the en-thusiastic participation of elementary students bodes well for the future of science and engineering in Canada, APEG has developed study materials for Grade � ree teachers (downloadable from their website) to sup-port the Structure compo-nent of their curriculum and encourage younger competitors.

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For prizes and informa-tion about the sponsor-ing organization, visit the website at www.apegbc.ca/services/branches/seatosky/popsicle.htmlBy Heather Jeal for � e Local

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future are dancing in your mind. Your sights are set on making some key changes that will bring a fair return. Any area of your life that feels out of balance is under review. Simply speaking, you want a better deal. � is is a good time to invest as well. But, it is not time to fully engage your physical energies, yet.Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

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you want and don’t want and need is in focus. Al-though you want to be kind about it, you can hardly contain your feelings. At best, this is manifesting as a rich and expansive mode of expression. Still, it remains important that you also make every e� ort to listen to what others are saying. Your greatest rewards will come from joining forces.Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

Getting clear on which are your dreams and which are illusions is a current theme. Subconscious thoughts about security are at play. Knowing the di� erence between wants and needs is ever ideal. � e ego ever wants more yet if the spirit’s needs are not met we are impoverished regardless of apparent wealth. Self-actu-alization is a core spiritual achievement; what does it mean to you?Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Stimulations of your higher mind are directing your thoughts and feel-ings. Tuning into and/or cultivating feelings of unity and of communion are implied. Otherwise, tendencies to control peo-ple and situations or to overexert your will are re-vealing the dominance of your lower mind. Don’t let the facts fool you, do what feels good and reveals your personal truth.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)Clearing the old to make

way for the new remains in the spotlight. Taking new leads and strides is implied. Be willing to gain access to and make use of the re-sources of others. Get clear on what you do and do not want. Knowing who � gures into your long-range goals is part of the plot. Invest in new tools, techniques and training, and take calcu-lated risks.Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)Neptune in Pisces is lead-

ing you to realize dreams and realities. � e dreams include new creative expres-sions and involvement with some real power players. � e realities include realiz-ing that certain people and situations are simply not re-liable. Coming to know the di� erence will remain an important theme for some time to come.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)Getting clear on what

constitutes genuinely healthy attitudes and ac-tions is on your mind. Consider that beyond a good diet and enough exer-cise, true health is linked to answering the call of your spirit. Does it want you to stay or go? Scan internally for escapist or avoidance at-titudes and pay attention to what persists.Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

Some dreams are more colourful than others and these are likely now. More importantly, realizing them requires earthy tones and realistic actions. With so many opportunities on the rise in your social life, this is a good time to reach out. Do keep an open mind about how you think things ‘should’ proceed.Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

What once was is steadi-ly dissolving. � is can be a good thing, as long as you are not attached. Estab-lishing new foundations is featured. You can assist the process by getting clear on what you want. � is entire process will become more evident in the light of the Full Moon. Aim to secure your new ground by early September.Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Your imagination has been activated. � is, added to a current fruit-ful creative cycle, could produce some fabulous results. Now is the time to act in this regard. At least consider brainstorming for ideas while the lightning is striking! Staying commit-ted remains important yet don’t let it turn your feel-ings cold. Give praise to the fertile ground!Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

Prior power holds have been dissolving since late 2007 and this process con-tinues. Now it is activating new perceptions and real-izations. � e key is to let go. Avoid allowing common sense to get in the way of good sense tailored to your own deeper needs. True wealth and power is spiri-tual, which in the world ex-presses as compassion, unity and love…what you do.Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

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Brian Mullins addressed about 70 invited guests at a reception at the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club who came to watch the program on the big-screen TV with them. “It’s hard to believe that it wasn’t that long ago we were working out of our house, and now we’ve got a big production plant – and because the demand for our product continues to grow, we’re planning to expand our production warehouse more this year.” Beam-ing with pride at his wife, Corin, he added, “It looks like our sales are going to increase this year to at least $5M.” Corin Mullins later suggested that sales � gure might go as high as $10M. “We’re in markets we never dreamed of,” said Mullins.

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ster Quay opened up as a vendor site, the Forests were asked if they could cover that, too. “It was just too much for us,” said Al-lan Forest, “but we always believed in the product.”

“I’d like to thank all of our great sta� and all of the people on the Sunshine Coast who have supported us throughout the years,” said Mullins, who credits the success of their dream to the community.

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Today, Hapi Foods turns out thousands of tons of product and ships to ex-otic European locations and around the world. � eir sta� continues to grow with them. But as the world shrinks for Hapi Foods, the success of their product continues to grow.

Brian and Corin Mullins, founders of Holy Crap cereal. STAFF PHOTO

10 The Local - Thursday, March 8, 2012 The Local - Thursday, March 8, 2012 11

� e proposed 1,500 ha Mt. Elphinstone Park, a 20 year-old initia-tive, would incorporate some of the last mature and old growth forest bordering the communities of Wilson Creek and Roberts Creek, con-nect the 3 current park parcels, and contain some previously logged areas as well. � e areas gentle rolling hills fall between 200-600m. � e boundaries would run from the Wilson Creek itself in the west, to Clough Creek above Conrad Road in Roberts Creek to the east, and the former CNI lands and the Coast’s largest clearcut to the north.

� ere are currently no sizable, low elevation forests set aside on the lower Sunshine Coast, between Egmont and Port Mellon, that address our needs.

� e large parks we have, the Tetrahedron (6,000 ha), Mt. Rich-ardson (1,001 ha), and Spipiyus (2,979 ha) are wonderful resources, but they are primarily high elevation parks with the majority of the land above 900m and therefore have limitations for year round rec-reational use. � ey also possess a very di� erent sort of ecosystem than the lower slopes. We have no large natural forests set aside that are suitable for year-round hiking, biking, horseback riding, wilder-ness camping, tourism etc., or that insure biological diversity for our future. Mountaintops and steep grades have always been the easiest to secure as parkland as they have low economic value to the forest industry, and why we have thus far been denied a more usable park on the lower Coast.

� e largest low elevation park we have below 600m is the 185ha Smugglers Cove, great for an afternoon walk, but given all the natu-ral forest the lower Coast once possessed, shouldn’t we have better than that? We shouldn’t always have to drive up to a mountaintop to enjoy the expanse of nature that used to be at our backdoors and we are quickly losing the opportunity to set something signi� cant aside as the last remnants of our low elevation natural forests are being logged, fragmented and converted to tree farms.

� e Sunshine Coast Forest District currently has only 3% of its land designated Class A Provincial Park while the rest of the province maintains an average of 13%. Even 13% is not enough to ensure eco-system protection as the science that came out of the Great Bear Rain-forest process and Clayoquot Sound Scienti� c Panel put the percent-age needed at 30%. Logging interests have always carried the most weight provincially to the detriment of other societal and ecological values, we’ve never had a balance. We didn’t get down to 3% remain-ing old growth forest below 600m, in this and most other landscape units in our forest district because we’ve had balance.

� e only reason this proposed park still retains some large in-tact areas today is that in the late 1800’s a � re destroyed much of the forest in the area which has now naturally regenerated. So while most of the surrounding low and mid elevation forests were logged out, this area was left largely untouched, that is until re-cently. It’s intended this area be logged and replanted in continu-ous 60 to 80-year cycles, but no matter what the forest industry tells us, their short rotation tree farms are not a forest, are eco-logically barren compared to a naturally regenerated mature or old growth forest, and anyone who enjoys hiking or loves the outdoors knows the di� erence. It’s akin to comparing a turf farm with a wild meadow. Tourists don’t want to recreate amongst tree farms anymore than our children do. � ere is little of interest, beauty, or diversity of plants and animals within them. � ere are some areas within the park proposal already logged in recent years that will need to be restored and reintegrated with the remaining intact forest but that’s as good as it gets at this point in history, as large

The 3 darker green patches are the pre-existing Mt. Elphinstone Park. Grey patch A87124 is the Traifest Wagon forest, the area Continental Pole Ltd. has won the logging rights to. Grey patch EW002 is the contentious Wilson Cr. forest cutblock, currently on hold as a hydrological assessment is conducted of the damaged Wilson Cr. watershed.

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continuous tracts of intact lower forests are gone on the Coast. According to the BC Chief Foresters o� ce, within the Sun-

shine Coast Forest District, “223,000 ha are suitable for timber harvesting”. � e additional 1,361 ha needed for this enlarged park would only remove 0.61% or roughly a half of one percent of our harvestable area – hardly the forestry job killer some are claiming. And there are economic bene� ts to leaving this area unlogged. A 2002 study commissioned by the province titled Commercial and Public Recreation for the Sunshine Coast Forest District, states that “Historically the communities were resource based with an em-phasis on the forest industry. Tourism and recreation opportuni-ties as well as retirement have begun to shift the dependence from the resource-based sectors. Tourism and recreation in the Sunshine Coast is strongly linked to land use and is directly dependent on back country, � sh, wildlife and other resource values.” � e study acknowledged that tourism has steadily grown here, especially on the upper Coast, and will continue to grow as Vancouver does and with increasing worldwide demand for quality outdoor rec-reational experiences. So while the forest industry has declined on the Coast, tourism and demand for outdoor experiences has increased and is expected to continue too.

Let’s bene� t from that trend.

Last week, Roberts Creek Director Donna Shugar requested that BC Timber Sales and the Ministry of Forests engage in a Land and Resource Use Plan (LRUP) for the lower slopes of Mt. Elphinstone.

There was a land use planning process started in the mid-nineties but the Ministry of Forests pulled the plug on it before it was completed. If we had an LRUP it might go a long way towards ending the constant con� icts around forest lands on the Mt. Elphinstone slopes. Director Shugar is also concerned about safeguarding the water supply for her community. A third of Creekers utilize well and surface waters originating from the watersheds this park would help protect. The expanded park is presently included in the Roberts Creek O� cial Community Plan in draft form, and is supported by the Roberts Creek Community Assoc., Davis Bay, Wilson Cr., Selma Park Comm. Assoc., and the Sunshine Coast Conservation Assoc.

This park is your last chance for a sizable inter-urban greenbelt for habitat, tourism, year-round recreation, for present and future generations on the lower Sunshine Coast, and is crucial to maintaining our good quality of life here. Help us make it happen. Tell our local and provincial government that you support the Mt. Elphinstone Park expansion too and want to see a moratorium on logging within its boundaries.

Write, Email or Call:Hon. Christy Clark, Premier of BC,P.O. Box 9041, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8W 9E1([email protected]) 250-387-1715

Hon. Terry Lake, Minister of Environment,P.O. Box 9047, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8V 1X4([email protected]) 250-387-1187

Or visit www.loggingfocus.org and go to the Take Action page for a sample letter and contact information for government ministries to direct it to.

� e area is already widely used by the community as a de facto park for recreation in part because of its accessibility, close proximity, and its natural wild beauty, but it’s being taken away from us one cutblock at a time. � e study rated current public use of the area as very high, list-ing nature observation, hiking, biking, equestrian, ATV’ing and other activities for the local and regional population with a draw from the lower mainland. It also listed the commercial signi� cance in our pro-posed park area as high, citing the interest in the ecology of the area as the reason. If this area is logged it loses most of the attributes that attract us to it now and its potential for the future.

� e Coast is growing, and development and logging will continue to eat up the last unprotected wild areas we treasure unless we set some-thing aside for our future. � ere are 8 proposed cutblocks currently planned on crown land within the expanded park boundaries to be car-ried out by the SC Community Forest and BC Timber Sales (BCTS), and one more on Island Timberlands private land. We hope to prevent these lest the integrity of this proposed park be further compromised. � e logging rights to one BCTS cutblock, the Trailfest-Wagon forest (cutblock A87124) was auctioned o� Feb. 29,2012 to Continental Pole Ltd. Let’s hope they reconsider, and choose to source their wood from a less contentious area that doesn’t have a such negative impact on the local community and the parks future.

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Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) has reignited a campaign to expand our existing Mt. Elphinstone Park. Currently comprised of 3 small isolated and disconnected parcels totaling only 139 ha, it’s too small to provide recreation, tourism opportunities, or protect biodiversity. This area is the lower Coast’s last chance to set aside a large, accessible, low elevation and natural forest for the bene� t of our communities, and we currently have nothing else like it.


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Thirty-� ve years ago a group of enthusias-

tic community members formed the Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society. Twenty-� ve years ago, in 1987, the Society was incorporated. � is gave SCSES legal stand-ing that allowed it to raise funds and issue tax receipts as a charitable non-pro� t corporation, and to under-take major projects such as the Chapman Creek Fish Hatchery. � e SCSES will be celebrating these anni-versaries at its 15th annual fundraising dinner and auc-tion, Saturday, March 24, to raise operating funds for

the Society and the Hatch-ery. � e event will be held at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, doors open at 6 pm.

In 1992, twenty years ago, the Society purchased the Hatchery after a suc-cessful fundraising cam-paign that was generously supported by donations from individuals and busi-nesses on the Sunshine Coast and by the Sechelt Indian Band. � e purchase of the Hatchery changed the work of the SCSES in fundamental ways.

With tens of thousands of eggs to incubate, hatch, and raise to releasable size, the SCSES came to rely

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Faces of the Coast is a group of individuals

and organizations coming together to take action and raise awareness about dis-crimination and hate on the Sunshine Coast.

On March 10 at the Heri-tage Play House in Gibsons and on March 17 at the Sechelt Nation Community Hall the group will host a free Diversity Film Festival.

� e festival will show a diverse mix of mostly local short � lms, including “De-� ning Diversity, Creating Community” – a Powell River � lm made by Tony Papa – and “friendship Songs & Dreams” – a � lm by youth of the Sechelt Na-tion. Doors will open at 6.45 and the festival will start at 7.00 pm. � e evening will end after a short dialogue about diversity in our com-munities around 9.30 pm.

At the festival ‘Faces of

the Coast’ will launch three postcards. � e postcards represent three stories about experiences of inclusion from people living on the coast. � e complete stories can be found on the Dis-trict of Sechelt website, one of the project sponsors. � e postcards will be distributed for free along the coast.

If you want to get involved or for more information about ‘Faces of the Coast’, visit http://www.sechelt.ca/Live/CommunityPlanning/FacesoftheCoast.aspx

‘Faces of the Coast’ is funded by the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism, and Innova-tion through the Immigrant Integration Branch, and supported by many com-munity partners, such as the District of Sechelt, the Sun-shine Coast Social Planning Council and Chatelech/Sechelt Elementary Com-munity School.

Raising awareness about discrimination

heavily on a dedicated, hardworking and loyal group of volunteers.

SCSES President Michael Snook said, “A commercial- or government-operated hatchery of the same size as Chapman Creek would probably have four to six employed sta� members. Our community-based hatchery has two. SCSES re-lies on its volunteers to pick up much of the daily work, from feeding � sh to clean-ing tanks, from maintain-ing the hatchery grounds to helping release salmon into our coastal waters.”

“We couldn’t run the hatchery without our vol-unteers. � e numbers vary from year to year, but we of-

ten release a million salmon or more, and we do it eco-nomically – ‘one thin dime = one fat salmon’.”

“We also couldn’t do what we do without the extraordinary support we receive from individuals and businesses in the com-munity. � ey support us � nancially and their con-tributions, whether in cash or in kind, keep us going,” he concluded.

Tickets for the fundrais-ing dinner and auction are now on sale and going fast. � ey can be purchased at the hatchery at 4381 Park-way Drive, just o� Field Rd., by phone at 604-885-4136, or by email at [email protected]

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meeting to be hosted by MLA Nicholas Simons, the Sunshine Coast chapter of Council of Senior Citizens of BC (COSCO-BC) and the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre at 1:30 pm on Fri-day, March 9 at the Centre on Trail Avenue. � e fo-rum will address concerns around the controversial DriveABLE program and its impact on older drivers.

Many seniors equate the loss of their driving license with a loss of personal free-dom and independence. At the United Way Seniors Forum held in Vancouver last year, presenter Andrea Procyk noted that transpor-tation is a priority issue for seniors in this region. Non-drivers are 15 times more likely to miss activities; ac-cess to quality transportation is important to quality of life.

With a high proportion of seniors comprising the demographic of his riding, Simons is sympathetic to their concerns and needs. In a recent blog on his website (www.nicholassimons.ca) the Powell River – Sunshine Coast MLA listed the top 10 reasons seniors are wary of

the DriveABLE program.“I think the whole Drive-

ABLE policy is suspect,” said Simons. He noted that Bonnie Dobbs, who devel-oped the SIMARD screen-ing tool used to determine a driver’s cognitive abilities, also participated in develop-ment of the 2010 guidelines, which required SIMARD’s use in testing. “� ere is a con� ict there that has not been addressed by the Pre-mier and the Attorney Gen-eral,” Simons noted. Simons also expressed concern that the Motor Vehicles Branch’s cognitive tests are not over-seen by a physician. “Cog-nitive testing is one thing, driving is another.”

Tasha Schollen, with the Ministry of Justice’s Com-munication and Public Engagement department, vigorously defends the DriveABLE program. She notes that the Superinten-dent requires only drivers with reported cognitive function concerns to take a DriveABLE assessment, and that the requirement is not age-related. Medical practitioners provide 95 per cent of reports received by the Superintendent of Mo-tor Vehicles, and these may

trigger the call for driver test-ing. “Typically, these doctors have already conducted an in-o� ce assessment,” Schol-len reports. Reports from drivers’ family members or police o� cers who have ob-served driving behaviour that suggests cognitive impair-ment comprise the remain-ing 5 per cent of reports.

“In any given year, relative-ly few BC drivers are required to take a DriveABLE assess-ment,” says Schollen. “Of about 3.1 million BC driv-ers – 484,000 of whom are over age 65 – 130,000 have medical � tness assessments reviewed by the Superinten-dent each year. Less than 2 per cent of those (currently about 1,500 people) are re-ferred to take a DriveABLE assessment and many of these pass the written and driving tests without incident.”

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond stated that without DriveABLE, “the Superin-tendent would be obligated to base driver � tness on a general medical diagnosis of cognitive decline, which means more drivers would be prohibited from driving than are presently.”

� e DriveABLE location

in Sechelt is one of 17 new-ly-expanded sites across the province and is not expected to be busy. A dual control vehicle (similar to those used by driving schools) is provided for the road test for the safety of both the driver and the examiner, and the test follows a desig-nated assessment route.

COSCO-BC and the BCAA Road Safety Founda-tion have partnered to o� er “Live Well, Drive Well” - a program aimed at the aging driver. O� ered by trained vol-unteers, the program explains the body’s physical changes due to aging and how these changes can a� ect reaction times; it also assists in plan-ning for the day when driving may no longer be practicable. COSCO-BC plans to intro-duce the program to the Sun-shine Coast in 2012.

Schollen notes that, al-though the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles did not receive an invitation to this event, they will be sending a “comprehensive package of materials” to Simons “so he has the opportunity to share accurate information at this session.” By Heather Jeal for � e Local

Is BC’s new Driver Fitness testing fair?

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Associa-

tion once again welcomes nominations for the annual John Hind-Smith Award.

� e award established in 2006, honours environ-mentalist John Hind-Smith. A founding member of the Salmon Enhancement So-ciety, the Tetrahedron Al-liance and a lifetime mem-ber of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society, John Hind-Smith inspired generations of community environmental advocacy on the Sunshine Coast.

� e successful recipient of the John Hind-Smith Award must have demonstrated:

A long and enduring service to the protection of biodiversity within the greater Sunshine Coast region; a high level of personal integrity and a commitment to scienti� c accuracy; the ability to in-spire others to appreciate and protect biodiversity; success in the protection of biodiversity within the greater Sunshine Coast re-gion; the ability to act with grace and respect for all.

Nominees are not re-quired to be members of the Sunshine Coast Con-servation Association. Please ensure that nomi-nations are sent in with appropriate support mate-rial documenting why the nominee should be consid-ered. � is material will be a signi� cant factor in the jury’s selection process.

Submissions must be sent to the Sunshine Coast Con-servation Chair, Jason Herz at [email protected] by April 30, 2012. � e award will be presented at this year’s

Friends of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Asso-ciation function, Tuesday, May 15 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.

� e Sunshine Coast Con-servation Association looks forward to highlighting environmental e� orts on the Sunshine Coast while honouring a man who epitomized the term ‘en-vironmentalist’. For more information on John Hind-Smith and the Sunshine Coast Conservation Associa-tion, please visit the SCCA website at www.thescca.ca

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Roberts Creek Hall saw a steady stream of gardeners Saturday, March 3, looking

for heritage seeds and plants to plant in their gardens. With the message to make Coast residents more self-sustaining by growing food for themselves, the One Straw Society hosted Seedy Saturday, a national movement to save seeds that have been part of the heri-

tage of North America. � e Seedy Saturday event was originally started on the Coast through the One Straw Society by Robin Wheeler, whose memorial event was hosted the following day to a packed hall. Wheeler’s passion was gardening and she passed along her experience and wisdom to young and old alike over the years.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Asso-

ciation (SCCA) is holding a competition for the featured artist for our upcoming 2013 fundraising calendar. If you have a portfolio of environmental images fea-turing the Sunshine Coast, and would like to see your work aligned with a leader in the protection of bio-diversity on the Sunshine Coast, then the SCCA

would like you to apply.Submissions must re� ect

the SCCA’s mandate to pro-tect the natural biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast re-gion. We look forward to sharing the winning pho-tographer’s personal vision of biodiversity on the Sunshine Coast with the public in our 2013 Calendar and during a two week showing at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.

� e SCCA’s 2012 Calen-

Calling all artists for competition

dar was the � rst of what we hope will become an annual fundraising project. � e 2012 Calendar, “Beauty and the Biodiversity” featured the work of accomplished photographer and board member, Tella Sametz. � e deadline for submissions for the 2013 Calendar is April 11, 2012. For more information and to down-load the application form, please visit the Sunshine Coast Conservation web-site at thescca.ca

� e winner will be an-nounced at the annual Friends of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Asso-ciation (FOSCCA) event, Tuesday, May 15 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Cen-tre from 5 – 7:30pm. � e Sunshine Coast Arts Centre will hold an o� cial open-ing for the event the fol-lowing evening, Wednes-day, May 16, doors open at 7pm. � e two-week exhibit at the Sunshine Coast Art’s Centre will also feature this year’s winner of the photographic competition alongside selected works of Tella Sametz.

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1600 LEGAL & PUBLIC NOTICESINVITATION TO TENDER - The Sunshine Coast Lions Housing Society is seeking expressions of interest to provide catering services for our supportive living complex located at Greenecourt, 5810 Medusa Ave. Sechelt. Inter-ested parties may obtain more information by writing to Cater-ing, Greenecourt, PO Box 325, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0. p10

Warehouse Lien Act: Sun-coast Motors Ltd. has posses-sion of a 1998 GMC Suburban, VIN#1GKFK16R7WJ717468, body style: 4 dr Station Wagon belong-ing to Anthony Pemberton for $7436.95 plus any additional cost of storage and sale of vehicle that may accrue. This vehicle will be sold on March 15 at 1:00pm or thereafter, under the provisions of the act. This vehicle can be viewed at and a bid submitted to Suncoast Motors, 1117 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Gibsons, BC. 604-886-8213. f10

1704 HOMES FOR RENTGibsons: Spacious 3 bdrm, 2 bth duplex in lower Gibsons with a harbour view, decks and wood burning FP. $1300/mo, N/S, sm. pet nego. Avail now, call Key Property Management at 604-886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b10

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Gibsons: Furnished waterfront 1 bdrm suite available now to May 31. N/P, N/S. $1200/mo. Call Key Property Management at 604-886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b10

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Roberts Creek: 1 bdrm bsmt suite, $800/mo. + utils. Priv. ent. & yard. W/D incl. N/P, N/S. Avail immed. Email Shirley at [email protected] or 1-604-240-1999. p10

1707 COMMERCIAL FOR RENTSechelt: Available immediately, commercial spaces for rent, one area or both available. For more details view at 5606 Wharf Rd. Sechelt, above South Coast Ford. Call Brad for more info at 604-885-3281. btfn

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1800 EMPLOYMENTFood System Network Coordina-tor - General objectives include the active participation and co-ordination of a variety of food security related initiatives on the lower Sunshine Coast . Primary responsibilities include maintain-ing and enhancing networks, education and capacity building activities across a variety of sec-tors to meet the One Straw Soci-ety mandate of food sovereignty and community capacity. A full job description is available at www.onestraw.ca/node/71 - click on “Job Postings”. This is a year long part-time contract, approxi-mately 8/hrs per week from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. If inter-ested, please submit cover letter and resume to [email protected] no later than March 15, 2012. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those appli-cants who meet the criteria will be contacted for an interview. p10

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Friday, March 16•3:30pm-6:30pm. Opening Reception for ‘Shout Out - Young People’s Exhibition’. Gibsons Public Art Gallery. 604-886-0531.•7:30pm-9:30pm. School of Music Coff ee House. Local entertainment, coff ee and goodies. School of Music, Madeira Park. 604-883-9749.•8:30pm. Astro Cafe. Royal Astronomical Society hosts public telescope viewing. Meet at Pier 17, Davis Bay.Saturday, March 17•11:00am. SC Botanical Society presents Elke Knechtel: Vegetables for our Climate at the Sparling Pavillion, Botanical Garden, 5941 Mason Rd., Sechelt. By donation.•2:00pm. Gibsons Seniors Society St. Patrick’s Day Tea. Harmony Hall, Gibsons. Tickets call Phyllis, 604-886-1378.•6:30pm-10:00pm. Sweet Finales & Celebrity Auction. Fundraiser for WaterCan Communities. Gibsons Rec Centre. 604-886-2362.•7:00pm-9:30pm. Faces of the Coast Diversity Film Festival. A free community event at the Sechelt Nation Community Hall. For more information call April at 604-989-4223.Sunday, March 18•Coast Recital Society presents Pianist André Laplante at Raven’s Cry Theatre. Tickets 604-740-2051 or [email protected], March 19•1:00pm. Gibsons Seniors Society monthly Birthday Lunch. Harmony Hall, Gibsons. Open to all, no charge. www.gibsonsseniors.com•7:30pm. SCFS Film Night. ‘Incendies’. French w/English subtitles. Gibsons Heritage Playhouse. Tickets at the door.Wednesday, March 21•8:00pm, Mar 21-24 & 28, 29 & 31. Coast Community Productions presents Will you Still Love Me in the Morning? A hilarious farce about love, sex and bad plumbing. Gibsons Heritage Playhouse. For tickets and info call 604-809-6206.**2:00pm Matinees Mar 24, 25 & 31. March 21 - ‘pay what you can.’Friday, March 23•6:00pm-9:00pm. Coast Salish Weaving Workshop with Jessica Casey. Sunshine Coast Museum at 716 Winn Rd., Gibsons. To pre-register please call 604-886-8232.•8:00pm. David Zieroth, a Governor General’s award winning poet, will read from his recent work at the SC Arts Centre, Sechelt. Admission is free.

Saturday, March 24•10:00am-4:00pm. Coast Salish Weaving Workshop with Jessica Casey. Sunshine Coast Museum at 716 Winn Rd., Gibsons. To pre-register please call 604-886-8232.•6:00pm. SC Salmonid Enhancement Society’s 15th Annual Salmon Dinner & Auction at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre. Call 604-885-4136.•7:30pm. Community Fundraiser for Rose Schwarz. Entertainment, silent auction, and raffl e. Roberts Creek Hall. Tickets at Gaia’s Fair Trade & Strait Music.Sunday, March 25•10:00am-4:00pm. Coast Salish Weaving Workshop with Jessica Casey. Sunshine Coast Museum at 716 Winn Rd., Gibsons. To pre-register please call 604-886-8232.•2:00pm. Brilliantly gifted pianist Sara Buechner returns to Pender Harbour to dazzle & enchant. School of Music, Madeira Park. Contact the Pender Harbour Music Society for more information and ticket locations.•2:00pm. Michael Lefevre Classical Guitar Concert at St. Hilda’s Anglican Church. For ticket info call 604-886-0031.•7:30pm. Sunshine Coast Guitar Society. Bring your guitar and join them at the Rockwood Centre, Sechelt. 604-740-5938 or 604-886-0031.Tuesday, March 27•7:00pm. Suncoast Woodcrafters meeting with Lars Larson speaking on Industrial Safety. Science Room, Chatelech Highschool, Sechelt. All guests are welcome.Friday, March 30•8:00pm. Artesia Coff ee House - featuring four bands. SC Arts Centre, Sechelt. Tickets at the door. 604-740-5825.

•8:30pm-9:30pm. Turn the Lights Out for Earth Hour! earthhour.orgWednesday, April 4•8:00pm, Apr 4-7. Coast Community Productions presents Will you Still Love Me in the Morning? A hilarious farce about love, sex and bad plumbing. Gibsons Heritage Playhouse. For tickets and info call 604-809-6206.**2:00pm Matinees Apr 1 & 7.Thursday, April 12•1:30pm. St. Mary’s Hospital/Health Care Auxiliary, Sechelt branch meets in the Craft Room at the Seniors Centre, Sechelt.

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Trailfest-Wagon Forest contains a network of established mountain biking, walking and historic trails that would be wiped clean by logging. Not one bu�er is planned around these popular trails. Calling on mountain bikers to come out and see what will be lost

What do the user groups of this public forest receive in return? A barren waste land, with all former values and features erased. A rotational-tree farm will turn this park like area into the ‘working forest’.

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Shout Out with Activist Penny Lalo Singh warned recently that

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources (MoF) o� cials plans to shut down her self-styled ‘Peace Camp’ on Mt. Elphinstone March 7. According to Singh, o� cials warned that if she continues to occupy the site she claims is a des-ignated BC Forests ‘Special Management Zone’ she is liable for charges of trespass carrying a maximum penal-ty of six months in jail and/or � nes up to $20,000.

Singh’s supporters main-tain MoF is attempting to clear the way for a proposed logging cutblock above Cli� Gilker Park, which they claim infringes on the Rob-erts Creek watershed. “Until the Land Claims are settled in this area, I consider this land as belonging to the Na-tives and the Crown having no jurisdiction ordering people from occupying this land in any way,” Singh said in a press release.

MoF Public A� airs Of-� cer Brennan Clarke clari-� ed that Singh’s campsite is located in a small area set aside for tree retention with-in the larger context of the area that’s slated for timber harvesting, possibly within the next thirteen months.

Regardless of the status of the land, Clarke said, “� e occupant has been served with a notice under the Land Act to remove a wooden platform and burnt-out school bus which are consid-ered unauthorized structures under the Land Act.”

A former Occupy Van-couver activist, Singh is us-ing her Facebook page to

rally others to her cause, writing, “I am currently oc-cupying the forest. I stand for Aboriginal rights and for all people to have a place on the earth to live in freedom. Please come…. and we will

Occupy Earth together.”Singh, who has lived at the

forest site o� and on since 2000, claims it is “simply a place I have returned to for peace of mind, to meditate and to enjoy Mother Na-ture.” However, her weblog indicates the ‘Peace Camp’ site is used for gatherings, to teach wilderness lore and spiritual healing. Nor is she the sole user of the site; her blog acknowledges her “guests… are not into deal-ing with their garbage and mess …. It represents nega-tive things. I only see the missing trees and the mess the logging companies left.”

Over the years Singh has occupied the site, others have regularly come in to deal with the garbage and mess, hauling truckloads of debris to the dump. “� ey’ve left stu� behind that was environmentally a concern - it could contami-nate the land. Stu� that was caked in mould, all kinds of garbage,” said volunteer Rob Corlett. He cited the burned-out school bus as

a source of contamination of the ecologically sensitive site, in an area rich in wild mushrooms and wildlife. “� ey claimed that people had no way of getting their garbage out, but how did they get it in there in the � rst place?” He clari� ed, “to be fair, this last cleanup, a lot of the garbage wasn’t Penny’s fault.”

According to Clarke, MoF workers identi� ed the site as abandoned last fall and slated a cleanup by the Ministry. When Singh re-turned to the site, workers advised that her structures were noncompliant and ad-vised her to clean it up.

Singh’s proposed ‘Gath-ering’ announced on her web blog and scheduled for April 1 at the site to discuss Intentional Community and Eco-Villages may be impacted by the Ministry of Forests action. “It appears now that what began 12 years ago is coming around again,” Singh says.

Clarke indicated that, pro-vided Singh removes the of-fending structures, she may continue to camp there, but emphasized the Land Act re-quires that the invasive struc-tures must be removed.By Heather Jeal for � e Local

Activist contests removal of Peace Camp structures

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Kenan MacKenzieSunshine Coast Real Estate News

Detached listings: � ere are 507 current detached listings and 50 sales year-to-date. � e current mar-ket’s hot price range is from $280,000 to $380,000, with the majority of the sales occurring in this price range. With the current pace of sales, this represents a 20-month supply of listings. Comparing the previous year’s detached sales, in 2011 for the same time period we had 69 sales. � e detached listing inventory climbed over January and market supply increased, sales in

February were also down.Attached Listings: � ere

are 139 current attached listings and 11 sales year-to-date. With the current pace of sales this represents a 25-month supply of list-ings. Attached listings repre-sent strata unit apartments, condos and townhouses. Attached listings declined over January with the mar-ket supply decreased and the sales were up.

Land listing: � ere are 368 bare land listing and 4 sales year-to-date. With the current pace of sales this represents a 184-month supply. Comparing the pre-vious year’s bare land sales, in 2011 for the same time period we had 22 sales.

What can we say about the market? Most of the

sale prices were within a few thousand dollars of the current listing price and the volume of sales was well o� in the 2011 time period. When buyers see the value in the home they will pay close to the listing price or more. One home over the past month sold for above the listing price. In most cases the sellers have been on the market for an ex-tended period of time and followed the market down quite often below the mar-ket value of when they list-ed. Often we feel our home is the best and should get higher than others but we need to remind ourselves that this has consequences. It is important to look ob-jectively at what has sold and set your price carefully!

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Students take up signs in support of teachers

Students dotted intersections in Sechelt Friday, March 2 in support of teachers’ bid for a rati� ed agreement. Passing motorists honked their support. Even as the govern-ment issued a statement saying that they had received no o� cial noti� cation that teachers would strike, an o� cial noti� cation by the BCTF had been issued and teach-ers announced they would walk out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Student’s signs read, “Smaller Class Sizes, We are the Future Teachers, It’s NOT Just Teachers, Honk 4 Education and Our Education is at Risk,” among others. STAFF PHOTO

Skywatchers this month will have plenty to keep

them busy with several planetary alignments tak-ing center stage. � e grand-daddy of them all takes place up until the 12th of the month when skywatch-ers can see all � ve naked eye planets in one night.

Look low to the west af-ter sunset to � nd the faint planet Mercury bathed in the glow of twilight. High above Mercury sits the bril-liant Venus and not quite so brilliant planet Jupiter. About the same height as Ju-piter and Venus, but farther to the east, sits the planet Mars. Mars can be identi� ed as the reddish looking star, in the constellation Leo, an area otherwise devoid of bright stars. Look in the same area of sky a couple of hours later to � nd the ringed planet Sat-urn conveniently placed just left of the star Spica. Spica is the brightest star in the

northern hemisphere so it’s hard to miss.

Other noteworthy align-ments in March are Venus and Jupiter less than three degrees apart from the 12th to the 14th of the month. On March 25 a crescent moon sits just 1.5 degrees above Jupiter and on the 26th the moon, the Planet Venus and the star cluster ‘� e Pleiades’ all share the same area of the sky. � is would be a spectacular sight either with the naked eye or through binoculars.

Don’t forget to set your sundials on the 21st, as this is the spring equinox. � is is the day when the earth’s

equator is neither tilted north or south of the sun. It’s also the date that night and day are equal in length. Get your telescopes out now because the nights are getting shorter and “you do have a sundial... don’t you?”

Join the Sunshine Coast Chapter of the Royal Astro-nomical Society of Canada for a presentation on ‘Ara-bic contributions to As-tronomy’ on Friday, March 9. Doors open at 7:30 pm with the talk by member Mike Bradley beginning at 8 pm at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. Admission is free to the public.

� e club also meets the 3rd Friday of every month at 8:30 pm for co� ee and casual astro chat at Pier 17 Market in Davis Bay, fol-lowed by setting up tele-scopes along the sea wall...weather permitting. All are welcome to attend and view through the scopes.

Sechelt Councillor Doug Hockley stirred up a

controversy at last week’s Committee of the Whole meeting with a motion to revisit the recently-rede-signed District logo and tagline. Hockley aims to have the logo redesigned through a contest open to the community, with cash awards totaling less than $2,000 for a winning de-sign chosen by a team of Sechelt graphic designers.

Council requested sta� to provide a report on the costs, with background on the selection process for the current logo and tagline, prior to voting on Hockley’s motion. “� is is not a done deal by any means, no way!” Hockley explained. He not-ed “I have been clear from the moment I entered the election race last year that I was going to get rid of that logo and put the identity of

Sechelt back in the hands of its residents where it should have been placed by the last Council.”

A member of former Mayor Darren Inkster’s Task Force for Economic Development, Hockley says he � rst heard of the logo in September 2011 “and it was like gee, done deal.” He is looking forward to reading the sta� report on the “his-tory of how it came about.”

Hockley “fell into” graph-ics during his tenure with BC Tel, where he designed brochures, decals, and dis-plays for stores and trade shows. “� e colour (yellow) chosen for the logo does not stand out against the Dis-trict’s white vehicles and in

publications it blurs regard-less of whether it is printed in yellow or black,” he said, adding that the copyright on the logo’s “Naturally Spirited” tagline designed to “brand” the community is held by a New Zealand bev-erage company and conse-quently should not be used.

� e logo design and $20,000 price tag (both approved by the previ-ous council) “should never have been done without the community being totally involved from beginning to end,” Hockley said. “It is important that the Sechelt identity be a community developed image.”By Heather Jeal for � e Local

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The Local, March 8, 2012

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