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HOLIDAY ISSUE NOW
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The HOLIDAY 2009
print edition of MAPLELINE has been released Nov.4.
Free copies available at SEAPARC, Serious Coffee,
The Reading Room Cafe, The Stick Coffee House, Sooke
Harbour House, Movie Gallery, the Sooke Library,
Sushi on the Sea, and other in-town locations.
Single copies.
Local lamb and pork
produced for local retailers. As published in the holiday edition of MapleLine
Magazine.
OUR HOLIDAY SEASON ISSUE includes
Season's Greetings
from Sooke District
Mayor Janet Evans, Sooke Harbour Chamber of
Commerce President Gwen Fisher, Sooke Historian
Elida Peers, and outgoing Coast Guard Station Leader
George Holmes.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
These and other events are
posted on our 'breaking
news' page. |
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Sat. Dec.5 |
SOOKE
HARBOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Sooke Spirit Fest
An afternoon of outdoor Sooke festivities in town
centre. 2:00 to 5:00 pm.
Includes in-store activities, activity tent for
kids, parade (2:30 pm), tree lighting ceremony (4:30
pm), carollers, and lighted sailpast (5:00 pm).
See
photo story of the day's events. Photos may be submitted to
the Spirit Fest photo
contest up to Dec.23 (sponsored by MapleLine
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Sat. Dec.5 |
SOOKE
PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Christmas concert
Bach Christmas Oratorio performance at Sooke
Community Theatre (EMCS) at 7:30
pm.
Ticket info |
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Mon. Dec.7 |
DISTRICT OF SOOKE
10-Year Anniversary Celebration
Sooke
will celebrate 10 years of municipal incorporation.
7 pm. Sooke Municipal Hall (upstairs Council
chambers). Everyone welcome.
District website. |
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Tues. & Wed. Dec.8 & 9 |
SOOKE
LITERACY SOCIETY
Book Drive
Donations
of books being accepted at CASA, Holy Trinity
Anglican Church, all elementary schools, Journey
Middle School, and Edward Milne Secondary.
Volunteers needed for redistributing the books
around town during Dec.10-15.
Volunteer
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Thurs. Dec.10 |
SOOKE
HARBOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Chamber AGM
The
annual general meeting of the Sooke Harbour Chamber
of Commerce. All members welcome. 4 pm
at Sooke
Ocean Resort, 6669 Horne Rd.
Info.
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Thurs. Dec.10 |
MAPLELINE JOURNALISM
PROGRAM
Monthly writing workshop
Journalism career training workshop. This month's
topic: Reporting on health news. Registration
required. 7:00 to 9:30 pm, at the Reading
Room Cafe. Program Info
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Thurs. Dec.17 |
SERIOUS COFFEE
Coffee house music evening
Singer/songwriter Gord Phillips puts on a show
including "Movin Out West" and "Sooke Hiway". 6:00
to 8:00 pm. Serious Coffee, 104-6661 Sooke Rd. Free attendance. Refreshments on sale.
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Thurs. Dec.17 |
READING ROOM CAFE
Logging Industry discussion
Author Richard Mackie will read from his book
Mountain Timber and discuss the logging
industry. 7 pm. Reading Room Cafe, 1360-6660
Sooke Rd. Free attendance. Refreshments on sale.
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BEYOND SOOKE |
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Bus
shelters removed from Surrey streets
In the cold of
winter, an expired contract for bus shelters saw
riders standing in the cold:
Article in the Vancouver Sun
Ready
for a chuckle?
American late night
talk show host Craig Ferguson pokes fun at
Canadians, Dec.3.
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INSIGHT: Read the
details |
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NEWS from
MapleLine |
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Town
Hall meeting was well attended. The District of Sooke's Nov.30 public presentations
explored financial and planning goals.
Story and photos.
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A new older-worker
employment program
is now taking applications in Sooke for January startup. Story. |
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Eco
fashion show a big hit at Sooke Harbour House,
Nov.27.
Story. |
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 Nutcracker
in a Nutshell ~ Show dates: Sat. Dec. 19
(5 pm) and Sun. Dec.20 (2 pm) At
Sooke Community Theatre (EMCS). Tickets ~ $8/kids $12/adults ~ available at
Sooke Dance Studio. 210-6660 Sooke Rd and Bees Knees
Consignment Store, 6660 Sooke Rd. Info:
www.sookedancestudio.com
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SOOKE IN PICTURES |
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Cows with calves outdoors in winter ~ a BC coastal thing. On a local farm (on Church Road
in Sooke).
Nov.30, 2009.
H1N1 UPDATE - Dec.4 |
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Precautions against H1N1 flu
In BC,
the H1N1 death tally is 45 out of a total
357
deaths in Canada, or 12.6% (during April to
Dec.3/09).
Apparently Week 10 is completed (of an
expected 12-week second wave of H1N1 flu
infection) and visits to doctors by patients
reporting flu-like illnesses have declined
significantly in recent days (according to a
Times Colonist interview with VIHA):
Local flu infection rate falling (Dec.4/09).
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National Flu Surveillance Statistics
(current).
All BC residents are now eligible (effective
Nov.20/09) to receive the H1N1 flu shot.
Vaccinations are still available through
December and into the new year.
Anyone born prior to 1957 may have
some natural immunity, as a similar virus
circulated from 1918 to 1957 but disappeared
likely due to competition from H2N2 in 1957.
Children breastfed by women born before 1957
may also carry some level of natural
immunity to H1N1. The H1N1 strain re-emerged into
general circulation in
1977 (likely due to release from a laboratory
source), but only after 32 years has a
pandemic unfolded (starting in Mexico, in
April 2009).
Read more
about re-emergence of H1N1.
The best action is prevention.
The US Centre for Disease Control offers a
comprehensive list of
prevention and treatment. Among
other tips, note that flu viruses can remain on
everyday surfaces for 2 to 8 hours after
being deposited there -- essentially, that
is everything you might touch as you go
through your day.
Hand washing is the
key recommendation, as well as following
public health advice regarding any
school closures, avoiding crowds and other
social distancing measures. If you get the
flu and need to stay home it will be for
about one week, so it's recommended to have
adequate supplies on hand (food, medicines,
tissues and anything you might need to keep
yourself from leaving your home for a week).
Story from MapleLine's Holiday issue, about
the political decision-making behind vaccine
production and release:
Story.
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LEADERS IN SOOKE
section.
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