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To Sooke Fine Arts Show. This was an easy pick this week. The Sooke Fine Arts Show has been a mainstay in our community for close to 30 years, and grows bigger and better every year. This year the Sooke Fine Arts Society received more than 1,400 submissions for the show. Only 375 were accepted by the judging panel. But the show is so much more than just art work on walls. It has become a bona fide art event that’s anticipated up and down the Island, not to mention by Sooke residents. It’s a community event, but most importantly it’s a family event. Mixing all those ingredients together gives all of Sooke something to be proud of. It paints a beautiful picture.
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To the B.C. Ministry of Transportation. Two weeks ago the ministry refused to upgrade a 100-metre section of road in front of Sooke Centre Mall because the district was insisting that two existing accesses onto Sooke Road remain. It seems the ministry wanted to expand the current bus bay. Within the hours of the issue being reported, the ministry sat down with district staff and reversed its decision. So what changed? Nothing really, the district is getting its two access points and the province has decided to pave all 100-metres of the road. Go figure.
