A look through the Sooke News Mirror archives...

October 10, 2007

Rallying cry sounded for Jordan River Beach

Fears that the surfing beach at Jordan River will be wiped out when potential developers purchase land put up for sale by Western Forest Products are relatively unfounded. But if the recreational site is to be saved, people need to get on the bandwagon.

The Juan de Fuca Recreation Commission has identified the area in its draft community park plan as suitable for acquisition. At the commission’s regular meeting of October 4, members and Regional Director Erik Lund passed a motion to begin lobbying higher powers to protect the recreational property around Jordan River.

October 5, 2005

Celebrating the best in Sooke youth

Cell phones stopped ringing... Internet chat rooms were empty... Messenger contacts were signed off... X-box gaming consoles were unplugged.

More than 300 Sooke youth relinquished all forms of technology and met at the Sooke Community Hall on Saturday for some old-fashioned, real-time fun and dancing. Moreover, they did it without a fight, booze, or drugs.

At the second annual Youth Appreciation Day – organized by Sooke Lioness-Lions, youth between grades 6 and 12 played games, ate hot dogs and rocked out to live bands.

October 11, 2000

Regional director to call for amalgamation

Local Capital Regional District director Brian Henson said a new CRD committee struck to make land-use decisions in the Juan de Fuca electoral area is better, but is still far from democratic.

“The people who live within the electoral area are still not being represented by people they have voted for,” Henson said.

The province made legislative changes Oct. 3 which will see Henson and seven other neighbouring directors have the final vote on land-use bylaws in the far-flung Juan de Fuca electoral area.

“This is a positive step for resolving land use matters in the area,” Malahat Juan de Fuca MLA Rick Kasper said. “Residents will be dealing with directors who have an interest in, and understanding of, local issues because they are from neighbouring municipalities.

October 11, 1995

Youngsters help put food on Thanksgiving table

For many children, Thanksgiving is little else than a day off from school. For others it’s a day off from school when they get to stuff themselves full of turkey, cranberries, mashed potatoes and all the trimmings.

For two Sooke youngsters, Thanksgiving is a time when they share with those in our community who are less fortunate.

Alisha Wright, 8, and her younger sister Kerissa, 4, are what you might call silent Samaritans.

They weren’t that big on explaining to a nosey reporter why they had wrapped a cardboard box with green construction paper and decorated it with drawings of fruit, vegetables and other food. Nor were they about to spill the beans on why or how they had filled the box to the brim with food.

Luckily, the two girls had mom along for the ride when they were looking for the Sooke Community Food Bank to deposit the food.

October 9, 1991

Sooke’s on the move

Residential construction activity in Sooke continues at a hectic pace, according to the latest statistics on building permit values released by the Capital Regional District.

This information comes hard on the heels of statistics showing that house sales are brisk and the median house price in Sooke has soared 30 per cent in the past year.