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Festive * DINING * Snow Closure Volume 62 Number 49 December 11, 2017 Helping BC families become debt free Information for more than 35 years. SNOW STORM? WANT TO BECOME What to do: debt free? newspaper.comnewwssppaapeer.rr..m.com Talk to us today to see if a Consumer Call the Proposal is right for you. MARPAC NEWS CCFBFB EEsquimalt,squimalt, VVictoria,ictoria, BB.C..C Base Closure Line Stop collection calls 778-403-4335 Stop a wage garnishment FREE CONSULTATION 250-363-5000 @LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news Deal with income tax debts smytheinsolvency.com Smythe Insolvency Inc. Licensed Insolvency Trustees Festive * DINING * A holiday tradition played out again this year when the base opened its doors last week and united veterans with Junior Ranks personnel for a festive meal. Part of the tradition included the Base Commander (Capt(N) Jason Boyd) and the most junior member of the day (Private Gabriel Vallee) switching ranks, carving the turkey and making the egg nog. See more photos on page 6. Photo by Leading Seaman Ogle, MARPAC Imaging Services 2 • LOOKOUT December 11, 2017 Christmas comes early for HMCS Calgary and school children Peter Mallett tors during lunch. Staff Writer The party culminated with a visit from ‘Jolly Old’ HERE were presents Saint Nicholas himself. to open, food, carol- Santa’s surprise Ting and plenty of holi- visit came just after day cheer to go around as a lunch; as the chil- group of area school children dren began to sing boarded HMCS Calgary Christmas carols, for the ship’s 32nd annual the jingling of his Children’s Christmas Party. sleigh bells could Approximately 25 deserv- be heard approach- ing the galley. ing students from six area Father Christmas elementary schools, along didn’t arrive at the with teachers and Esquimalt party empty handed. Lions Club volunteers, He brought an over- attended the Dec. 5 party sized sack of presents aboard the Royal Canadian to distribute, much to the Navy (RCN) frigate. delight of the young party Festivities included a tour goers. of warship led by Master The Christmas Party “It was plain to see the Seaman Rene Pittet, a fire- included invitees from party had a positive impact fighting demonstration, Macaulay, View Royal, on the students again this Christmas cookie-decorating Craigflower, George Jay, year,” said Driemel. “When workshop, followed by lunch Tillicum and Vic West the kids left their schools for in the ship’s galley. HMCS Elementary Schools. Retired the bus ride to the ship they Regina’s mascot Gunner even firefighter and Lions Club were quiet and reserved; popped by for a visit with the member Daryl Driemel however, we noticed a big children. helped facilitate this year’s change on the way back Cdr Blair Saltel, Calgary visit and said the goal was to home as they were openly Photos by Peter Mallett, Lookout Commanding Officer, provide a “safe and reward- engaging in conversation, stopped by to extend warm ing” experience aboard a laughing and smiling from Smiles and laughter were in abundance at the 32nd annual HMCS holiday greetings to the visi- RCN ship. ear to ear.” Calgary Christmas Party, Dec. 5. Twenty five deserving students from Victoria area elementary schools boarded the RCN warship for the fes- tive celebration facilitated by the Esquimalt Lions Club. Above: Santa Clause hands out a present to one delighted party goer. Inset: a young visitor proudly displays his present, a Ninjago Lego set. 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With over 130 Open 8 am – 3 pm 7 days a week Dine in or call for take out Staff, General Jonathan fishing saw the Canadian in November for a child submissions, it was indeed 101–1234 Esquimalt Rd 250.590.2412 Vance are happy to military helicopters and from a military family a difficult decision. 1ST CLASS SERVICE Backed With Knowledge NORAD set to track Santa Christmas Eve HALEY LOPEZ make preparations for his flight. cell 250.886.5312 The North American Aerospace Portuguese and Chinese. email [email protected] Defense Command is celebrating the Official NORAD Tracks Santa NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream 62nd anniversary of tracking Santa’s apps are also available in the Apple videos on the website as Santa 752 Douglas Street Victoria B.C. V8W 3M6 yuletide journey. and Google Play stores, so parents makes his way over various locations. The NORAD Tracks Santa web- and children can count down the Then, at 6 a.m. EST, trackers world- site, www.noradsanta.org, has days until Santa’s launch on their wide can speak with a live phone launched. It features Santa’s North smart phones and tablets! Tracking operator to inquire as to Santa’s Pole Village, which includes a holi- opportunities are also offered whereabouts by dialing the toll-free day countdown, games, activities, through social media on Facebook, number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877- and more. The website is available Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. 446-6723) or by sending an email to in eight languages: English, French, Starting at 2:01 a.m. EST on Dec. [email protected]. Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, 24, website visitors can watch Santa Any time on Dec. 24, Amazon Alexa users can ask for Santa’s loca- tion through the NORAD Tracks Santa skill for Amazon Alexa, and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to locate Santa. Bing and Cortana users can also find Santa’s location on Dec. 24. NORAD Tracks Santa is truly a global experience, delighting gen- Speed Skating erations of families everywhere. This is due, in large part, to the efforts for all ages and all levels and services of numerous program contributors. CONTACT US: It all started in 1955 when a local WEB: esquimaltspeedskating.org or media advertisement directed chil- FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/victoriaspeedskating dren to call Santa direct – only EMAIL: [email protected] the number was misprinted. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone rang through to the Crew Commander on duty at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center. Thus began the tradition, which NORAD has carried on since it was created in 1958. Photo by Dennis Carlyle, NORAD The Royal Canadian Air Force’s Major-General Christopher Coates listens intently to a caller during the 2016 NORAD Tracks Santa Event at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. Major-General Coates is director of NORAD Operations at NORAD’s bi-national headquarters at Peterson AFB. 4 • LOOKOUT December 11, 2017 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE WHATmatters SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 Lookout asked: [email protected] People Talk What is your fondest memory of Christmas? STAFF WRITERS Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 [email protected] PRODUCTION Teresa Laird 250-363-8033 [email protected] Bill Cochrane 250-363-8033 [email protected] Shelley Fox 250-363-8033 [email protected] ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS/RECEPTION Mary Lou Climenhaga 250-363-3127 I grew up in Ottawa and every My mother always made our I moved to Canada from Ethiopia When I was 16 my father brought [email protected] year my father would take us deep family Christmas tree and it was in 1951 with my brother and home a tree that was so bad into the woods outside of the city always meticulously decorated like mother. Although we went to we called it the ‘Charlie Brown SALES REPRESENTATIVES to get our own family Christmas a perfectly iced cake. She used church each year to observe Christmas Tree’. I took upon Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 tree. We would take a Coleman lots of tinsel and just wouldn’t Christmas services back in Africa, myself to find a better tree, so I [email protected] stove and have hot chocolate out throw it on any branch. It had to we had never really had a tradi- took the snowmobile out in the Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 in the woods while tree hunting. be precisely placed and always tional Christmas with a tree, pres- back 40 of our property in Elliott [email protected] One year the snow was so deep looked so beautiful. I recently ents or a turkey. We had only seen Lake to get a better one. It was our car got stuck and my dad was saw a Christmas picture that said Christmas celebrations in movies freezing cold outside and it took EDITORIAL ADVISOR forced to hike to the nearest town “don’t get your tinsel in a tangle” and books, but when we came to me a long time to chop it down, James Vassallo 250-363-7060 to get a tow truck, and I’ll never and immediately sent it to her – Canada and celebrated our first but I eventually attached it to the Capt Jenn Jackson 250-363-4006 forget it.
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