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Christmas Tree chipping 2024

Times Colonist5 January 2024p. A6JDF SAR era

“Christmas Tree chipping 2024”, Times Colonist, p. A6, 5 January 2024 ref-only

Summary

A community listing for a Christmas tree chipping fundraiser by donation in support of Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue.

Written from the article text only. Where the scan is hard to read, the summary was taken from the page image rather than the OCR.

Details

Headline“Christmas Tree chipping 2024”
PublicationTimes Colonist
Date5 January 2024
PageA6
SectionCommunity listings
EraJDF SAR era
Document typelisting or classified
SourceProQuest Digital Times Colonist via GVPL
no external link recorded
Accessed2026-07-16
Licensingref-only
Record confidenceconfirmed

Archivist's note

One of five Christmas tree-chipping fundraiser notices in the archive spanning 2019 to 2026 (2019-01-04 D5, 2019-01-05 D7, 2020-01-03 A2, 2024-01-05 A6, 2026-01-03 A5). Taken together they are the archive's only continuous record of the team's own fundraising, and they document a long-running relationship with Slegg Lumber. The venue moves from 2901 Sooke Road, Langford to 1210 Childlow Connector between 2020 and 2026.

The clipping

Scan of Times Colonist, page A6, 5 January 2024 — the article “Christmas Tree chipping 2024”
The article as printed. Clipping cut on 2026-07-30 after reading the page. As in 2020, the Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue entry is one item under "Langford" in a region-wide roundup, and the crop shows the whole roundup. It is a single tall column, so it reads best at full size. Verified by re-OCR: 568 words, 6 of 9 distinctive terms present..

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No external link. No stable public link is recorded for this article. It was read from a page scan obtained through a library database. The full page scan is below.

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Archive notes

Listings page. The venue and times were not isolated cleanly in the region read and are not asserted; the 2026-01-03 listing two years later gives Slegg Lumber, 1210 Childlow Connector. OCR quality 0.93.

Record id 2024-01-05-times-colonist-pa6-tree-chipping. Original file in the project archive: 02_articles/2024-01-05_times_colonist_pA6_tree_chipping.pdf.

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