A town crier frozen in a permanent pose of greeting is the latest symbol to welcome visitors to Victoria. The friendly image comes in the form of a bronze statue, erected at Ogden Point through the efforts of the Victoria A.M. Association.

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Rowing eights coxswain Brian Price and Paralympics swimmer Stephanie Dixon both returned from Beijing with gold this summer. Yesterday they officially helped unveil the $28-million first phase of the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, from which future Olympians are expected to emerge. Price and Dixon pulled the cover from the $150,000 bronze statue Equilibrium, by local sculptor Armando Barbon, which greets athletes and visitors as they walk into the institute.

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Armando Barbon's soccer sculpture is a family matter: The faces of the two young men chasing after a ball are those of his teenage grandchildren, while their bodies are modelled after his son.

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