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(for older Notices, check our Notices Archive)
Clinics at Pure Pharmacy
Sign up in the Pharmacy or phone 250-590-6053 for the free BC Hearing Services or the Cardiovascular Health clinics, both in February and if you want to know "all about hormones" there's a free lecture on March 1. Visit the friendly staff in Pure Pharmacy to get details of other free clinics.
Sidewalk construction on Cordova Bay Road
Construction of the new sidewalk on the west side of Cordova Bay Road, between Gloria Place and 5110 Cordova Bay Road, has been completed. The remainder of the project, extending the sidewalk south from Gloria Place to Haliburton Road, will be constructed this year with a start possible in March.
There will be traffic control people on site to assist. Please obey their directions and all traffic signs.
All vehicles including emergency vehicles will have access.
Free monthly blood pressure clinics in Cordova Bay
There's a new program available to Cordova Bay residents. Take the Pressure Down is a blood pressure monitoring program funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Beacon Community Services. Their mandate is to provide blood pressure screening, monitoring and education for all adults in the CRD. For the past two years there's been a booth at the Cordova Bay Day and, recently, free monthly clinics have been held at the Cordova Bay 55 Plus Centre (adjacent to the Elementary School). The clinics are held in conjunction with the Tuesday morning drop-in session at the Centre, but are open to all adult residents of Cordova Bay. Over the next two months, they will be held on: Feb. 21, and March 20, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. For further information, phone: 250 217 8585 or e-mail: cmaceybrown@gmail.com. Website: www.takethepressuredown.ca.
Hali food stand is open
The food stand at Haliburton Farm, 741 Haliburton Road, is open for business from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays only during the winter. On sale are veggies and plants.
Haliburton Farm also supports and supplies the Victoria Downtown Public Market at Market Square during the winter months on the following dates:
February 4th and 18th
March 3rd and 17th
Volunteers are always needed, so if you're interested in helping out on the farm, please leave a message on the Voice mail: 250-658-0758. Board Directors are very urgently required too.
Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society - leases the nine-acre property from Saanich which bought it in 2002 for $400,000 from the Capital Regional District. Saanich council acted in response to lobbying by the Land for Food Coalition (which evolved into HCOFS) and the Cordova Bay Association for Community Affairs to protect the farmland from sale and subdivision.
BC Hydro's Smart Meters - information
Smart Meters are to be placed in every BC home over the next year and a half. For further information, please click here. And for an informative poster, click here.
And to read what BC Hydro says: click here
Breaking & entering and Theft - in Cordova Bay
Residents have brought to our attention there've been a number of house break-ins both on the Ridge and on the downhill slope of Cordova Bay. If you are the victim of a crime - of course you should report it immediately to the Saanich Police Department.
If you are interested/concerned about crime in your neighbourhood, the CBA recommends contacting the Block Watch program run by the Saanich Police Department. There's Block Watch information on the the department's website: please click here.
The frequency of crime in our area is low compared to other areas in Saanich. To keep it that way, the challenge is to make it difficult for criminal activities to take place or succeed. Thieves are opportunists. Deciding to commit a crime on a condo property is a risk-versus-reward exercise for them. A special report has been prepared by: David Conn, Dawn Fyke and Ajit Singh with resources from: John Tomchick, Jawl Development and Cst. Petra Dornblut, Saanich Police Block Watch. To read it, please click here.
Retirees enjoy regular hikes
The Cordova Bay Hikers
meet every Wednesday, September to June. Most members are retirees. Morning hikes and longer lunch hikes are scheduled each week. The two main social events are a Christmas potluck luncheon and a picnic in June. Each year there are overnight hikes, staying in accommodation for one or two nights. If you are interested, just go to the Cordova Bay shopping plaza at 8:45 a.m. on any Wednesday.
Sutcliffe Lodge, Cordova Bay
urgently needs board directors
In the early 80's Sutcliffe Lodge was built to enable a few people to
remain in the area close to friends etc. The Cordova Bay Kiwanis gave
tremendous support in assisting with landscaping, grounds maintenance, and forming part of the governing body of directors.
After many years of helping Scouts, guides,schools,soccer teams, softball teams, Saanich Police and a myriad of other organizations, the Kiwanis, because of a lack of members had to disband. The members did, however, continue to help run the Lodge as Directors. Sadly, age, health and death has overcome many of these staunch volunteers and the Lodge is in need of help from the community.
A number of directors, men or women, are urgently needed to help the Lodge remain as part of the Cordova Bay local administration rather than being taken over by BC Housing and another unknown society. Directors' meetings are not long and are held approximately four times a year.
A telephone call to the Secretary at 250-658-1768 would be gratefully
received, and any questions clarified if you would be prepared to
serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
(Edwin Hipsey, Cordova Bay resident)
Please help by watching our parks
Saanich Parks Department would like all park users to be vigilant. If you see any illegal dumping, maintenace needs, a tree that has come down, refuse bins overflowing, call 250-475-5522 or e-mail:
parks@saanich.ca. They would like to hear from you, however trivial you think the issue is.
What to do if you see graffiti on poles
in Cordova Bay
It is recommended that, if you see offensive graffiti painted on to Hydro equipment (i.e. Hydro boxes and poles), you call Hydro customer service direct: 1-800-224-9376. Report the incident and you will be directed to the correct department to give details of the location. If there is a number on the pole or box, it would be helpful to make a note of it and pass it on to Hydro.
The police should be phoned only if the graffiti is on anything apart from Hydro equipment.
A useful web page from Saanich is: http://www.saanich.ca/services/graffiti.html where there is a list of contact numbers to enable you to contact the correct jurisdiction so that the graffiti can be removed.
"Letters to the editor"
You are most welcome to write to the CBA board of directors if you have a question or comment relevant to Cordova Bay. One of the directors will be pleased to respond. Please contact us by e-mail: letter-to-editor@cbasn.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Volunteers needed for Outerbridge Park
on Royal Oak Drive
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (Glendale Gardens & Woodlands), in partnership with Saanich Parks, has agreed to operate, maintain and manage the lands known as Outerbridge Park. The primary activities of the volunteers will be to: restore the gardens; remove invasive plants; maintain the trails and lands as a park and nature sanctuary.
Volunteers will work Thursday mornings from 9:00 to 12:00 noon under the guidance of Dave de Shane, former Saanich Parks Manager and Niagara Falls Horticultural School and volunteer with Glendale Gardens. Dave is a highly skilled horticulturalist and anyone interested in learning more about plants and garden maintenance will find that working with Dave is a constant and rewarding learning opportunity. If you are interested, please contact the Co-ordinator of Volunteers at: volunteers@hcp.bc.ca or if you don't have e-mail, phone Glendale Gardens at 250-479-6162 and the Co-ordinator of volunteers will contact you.
What the Cordova Bay Association for Community Affairs does for you
EXAMINES all proposals for development, subdivision and zoning changes in the community, to make sure they meet the requirements of the Cordova Bay Local Area Plan.
ATTENDS council and other relevant municipal meetings to monitor issues of concern to the community, and to put the community position to the Mayor and Council when required.
PROVIDES information and assistance to community residents with problems or questions about changes in local planning.
PROVIDES and maintains the community notice board in Cordova Bay Plaza.
PUBLISHES The Cordovan newsletter four times a year.
MAINTAINS a website www.cbasn.com
with news and information of relevance to Cordova Bay.
THIS WORK IS ALL DONE BY VOLUNTEERS
Please be part of the Cordova Bay Association for Community Affairs by becoming a member. Write to the Membership Chair: Randy Otto or Alternate Membership Chair: Sylvia Burkhardt at cba-membership@cbasn.com.
Your e-mail address is important to us
The CBA would be especially grateful if new and renewing members of the association would include their e-mail addresses. This will assist us in communicating with you efficiently if and when needed - and cheaply, avoiding postage when sending a receipt. Many thanks.
Cordova Bay community notice board
The Cordova Bay Association for Community Affairs provides and maintains the Notice Board outside the Super Duper Store (Dollar Store) in the Cordova Bay Plaza. This board is provided for use by residents of Cordova Bay subject to the following rules:
- One notice per person.
- All notices must be mounted with thumb tacks or pushpins. NO staples, nails or screws are allowed.
- All notices must be dated and removed after thirty (30) days. Undated notices will be removed.
- No commercial notices, please.
- Notices covering existing notices will be removed. Please be considerate.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
Old Shed at Haliburton Farm
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