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School District 72 will see a projected increase of more than $437,000 for its 2015-16 budget, but the district remains in a structural deficit for the foreseeable future, the Board of Trustees learned during its regular meeting Tuesday night. The district received its preliminary funding grant from the Ministry of Education March 12, of $48,424,337. This represents an increase over the final current-year budget of $47.987 million, but is subject to change when actual enrolment figures are submitted after the school year begins. “This is the preliminary amount based on our forecasted estimate of students,” treasurer Kevin Patrick told the board. “We do a final count in September of the actual number of students, and our funding amount will be revised.” The budget increase next year is due significantly to a $1.3 million increase resulting from the labour settlement following last year’s job action by the BC Teachers’ Federation. That amount was offset by revenue lost to decreased enrolment of 49 students, a reduction in special education funding, the annual Continued on Pg. 3

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Instructor June Cannon teaches a beginner/intermediate class during Fiddle Fest at the old yellow Mereville Hall last Saturday afternoon. The workshop was part of a two-day long festival which included fiddle lessons, a jam session, a performance by the Foggy Hogtown Boys on Friday and a contra dance on Saturday night to wrap up the festival.

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celebrated in 120 countries and 24 time zones across the world. This will be the seventh year that the City of Campbell River has participated in Earth Hour, an event which Mayor Andy Adams proclaimed at Monday’s council meeting.

“It’s a movement that’s achieved a massive environmental impact, including legislative changes by harnessing the will of people to reduce energy consumption,” Adams said. “Whereas Campbell River has a community and energy emissions plan and Campbell River

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Budget: $1.2 million structural deficit Continued from Pg. 1

removal of Ministry holdback dollars, and $295,000 in provincially mandated administrative savings, resulting in the $437,213 net increase. A portion of that increase results from the planned resumption of summer school this year, after 2014’s summer term was scrapped during the the teachers’ job action. Responding to a question from Trustee Daryl Hagen, Patrick said the district maintains a structural deficit of $1.2 million. “That amount is forecasted to increase by about $300,000 next year, and I would suggest (the increase) is con-

sistent with that moving forward each year.” The $300,000 estimated annual deficit is essentially the amount of the administration savings mandated by the province. “We’ll be moving into the budget process right after spring break,” Patrick told the board. “We will have what the deficit is and hopefully work out a plan on how to balance a budget that the board is prepared to pass.” Finally, Patrick also informed the board that SD72 remains in provincial funding protection to the amount of $72,000. The province uses funding protection to limit school districts’ year-over-year budget

reductions to no more than 1.5 per cent, not including labour settlement amounts. Patrick noted that an increase in actual enrolment in September would not result in an increased grant, but a reduction in the funding

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lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. The following year, 35 countries joined in the movement with more than 50 million people participating. The lights went out at landmarks such as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, the Colosseum in Rome and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square. Last year, British Columbians saved 65 megawatt hours of electricity, the equivalent of turning off 1.4 million lights. Campbell River reduced its energy consumption by 2.2 per cent in 2014, which was 22nd in the province and 11th best on the Island. In 2012, Campbell River lowered its consumption by 2.46 per cent and British Columbians as a whole saved 136 megawatt hours of electricity. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Campbell River’s Immigrant Welcome Centre has always sought to make the city a welcoming place for newcomers to Canada. Now, it’s extending its reach to embrace all residents. The North Island Welcoming Community Coalition brings together willing partners across a spectrum of public and private service organizations, businesses and individuals who are all in the business of serving people in Campbell River and the Comox Valley. “We can play with anybody,” said Jorgina Little, coalition coordinator. “Anybody can be a partner, if they want to make the city a more welcoming community.” The coalition was rolled out in Campbell River with a launch and social mixer that drew 20 members or prospective members Wednesday at Harbour grill. That followed a similar social one week earlier in the Comox Valley. The Welcoming Communities Coalition is organized through the Immigrant Welcome Centre, which drafted a proposal and secured funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Little said the North Island chapter has started up with 26 partners in Campbell River and another 20 in the Comox Valley, after estimating 15 partners in its proposal

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Welcoming Communities Coalition coordinator Jorgina Little, standing at left, shows off a plaque given to each coalition member during the organization’s launch and social at Harbour Grill Wednesday.

to CIC. “I’m honestly surprised how willingly people are receiving it,” she said. While the Immigrant Welcome Centre is focussed on assisting Canada’s newcomers with direct, one-on-one services covering everything from navigating the bureaucracy to finding a babysitter, the Welcoming Communities Coalition will allow it to expand into indirect services

through referrals and community partnerships. “This is open to businesses, not-for-profits, anyone with a vested interest in people,” said Little. Among the sectors anticipated for inclusion in the coalition are transit and transport; health, recreation and fitness; First Nations; employers and employment; education; criminal justice; service providers; immigra-

tion and ESL language; social justice; ethnic and religious groups; women’s groups; business sector and tourism; and arts and culture. Participation is voluntary, and can take a variety of forms, from inclusion in a working group or action team to, eventually, a strategic planning council for longrange planning. At the moment, Little said, the coalition is still collect-

ing partners and laying the groundwork for future collaboration. “Our of our membership, we’ll get a steering committee to direct me, so it isn’t a dictatorship,” she said with a laugh. “Then we’ll move forward with the things we identify as manageable.” There are no regular, scheduled meetings at which attendance is required, and even the working groups and

action teams are dissolved when their mandate is completed. “When it’s beneficial to your business or organization, you would come out,” said Little. “When a topic is identified and we start a working group, you would only come and give time if it’s self-serving for your organization.” CIC has funded the program in several provinces for years, but it is just now moving into B.C., said Little. Among the themes researched by existing coalitions elsewhere in the country, that might find an application here, are child care, health, religious and ethnospecific supports, social inclusion, housing, needs assessment, education and population attitudes. “If it makes people more welcome in Campbell River,” it’s part of the coalition,” said Little. “It certainly includes immigrants, but it has to be about making all people welcome in Campbell River.”

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Strong and free On a map, Syria and Iraq are a long way from Campbell River. To those who have family and friends in the Canadian Armed Forces, the conflict there hits much closer to home. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rose in the House of Commons asking MPs to support a 12-month renewal of an international fight against ISIL, including air strikes over Syria. Canada, it should be noted, has contributed $700 million in humanitarian aid to the war-torn region. Yes, we are committing to more CF-18 sorties, but we are not stopping the help we are providing to children and other civilians caught in the conflict. “There is no either/or here between military action and humanitarian aid,” said the prime minister. “The situation desperately needs both and Canada has been vigorously providboth. We do not need We say: Canada ing to choose between fightstill plays a large ing ISIL and helping its We will continue humanitarian role victims. to do both. Canadians in the world did not invent the threat of jihadi terrorism, and we certainly did not invite it. Nor, as this global threat becomes ever more serious, can we protect our country or our communities by choosing to ignore it.” Harper has his haters out there, of that there’s no doubt. Many live in this region, as evidenced by letters to the editor and other methods of public expression. There is much to criticize about this government. All governments that have been in power for a time make mistakes. There are deeper issues with the Conservatives than simple mistakes — a puzzling and apparent distrust of science/research and the cuts to services protecting our coast, to name just a couple. However, we scratch our heads when we hear the exaggerated wailing about how Canada has lost its place in the world, lost respect, how we used to be a helper and peacekeeper but now we’re not. We continue to provide hundreds of millions, no, billions to humanitarian aid, food and medical supplies and education to children who did not choose to be born in war-torn or drought-afflicted areas. Has our role in the world changed? That was inevitable — the world changed. We can no longer send brave members of our Forces into well-defined conflicts wearing baby blue berets. However, like we have always done, we continue to provide aid, and we also see our responsibility, with the use of our Armed Forces, to stop tyranny in its tracks. Make no mistake, what we fight against right now in Syria and Iraq is tyranny. And those tyrants have specifically mentioned Canada and Canadians as targets. With a continued combination of humanitarian aid and armed support, Canada is doing what it has always done. -Black Press

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Making real progress on poverty The B.C. government has made its most significant moves in decades to address the needs of some of the province’s poorest people. The largest financial commitment is for a new program to help single parents escape from the welfare trap. There are 16,000 single parents in B.C. receiving provincial income assistance or disability payments, most of them women. Even if they could find an entry-level job, it wouldn’t pay enough to cover the child care they would need to go to work. Worst of all, the current system requires that if they enrol in training, they lose their income assistance, including dental and extended medical care for themselves and their children. That is the welfare trap, one of the most perverse government policies to have survived into our supposedly enlightened modern era. The new program takes effect in September. It will not only continue income assistance payments when single parents enrol in skills training, it promises to cover their child care

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and transportation costs for an decision to end the claw-back approved training program of of parental child support payup to one year. ments from income assistance Medical and child care costs payments. will then be covered for up to The province has for many a year after training, to allow a years run a costly child maintransition to employment. tenance enforcement program Approved training means to track down (mostly) deadtraining for jobs beat dads and force that are identithem to pay at least a fied as in demand, token amount to suprequiring high port their children. school and occuNow when they pay pation-specific child support to a sintraining that can gle parent on income be completed in a assistance, they will year or less. They at least have the sati n c lu d e re t ai l isfaction of knowing Tom Fletcher s a l e s , ge n e r a l the children actually B.C. Views office work and receive the extra benassistance jobs in efit. health services. These harsh, historic policies Another overdue policy were built around a philosophy change is to double the allow- that welfare is a temporary last able earnings for all income resort, to be withdrawn as soon assistance recipients from $200 as some other source of income to $400 a month. This gives is identified. That is a valid if people a chance to improve unfashionable position to take their circumstances by taking on behalf of working taxpaywhatever part-time or casual ers who pay for all this, but it work they can manage, with- only makes sense if the income out having that little income assistance recipient has a realcut from their already meagre istic option. welfare cheques. For those who are already And then there was the recent in the entry-level job market,

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the minimum wage goes up 20 cents an hour in September, from $10.25 to $10.45. This is the beginning of an annual review that will tie the wage to the consumer price index. A paltry sum, to be sure, but anyone who still thinks jacking the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is a magic solution that won’t cost some entry-level jobs is clinging to a socialist dream world. n I have been contacted by several low-income seniors who read my recent column on B.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate. They were asking where to find out if they are eligible for support programs such as the SAFER rent subsidy, assistance for Medical Services Plan premiums, property tax deferment and grants to help with home modifications for disabilities. I apologize for this oversight. One place to start is the Seniors’ Advocate toll-free information line, 1-877-952-3181, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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The city will go ahead with rene wing the Downtown Business Improvement Association (BIA) after receiving confirmation that all businesses are on board. Council gave first and second reading to a bylaw re-establishing the Heart of the City BIA at its Monday night meeting. As part of the agreement, downtown businesses included in the association will be charged a local service property tax that will increase in each of the next five years. They will pay $42,586 in 2015, $44,715 in 2016, $46,951 in 2017, $49,299 in 2018 and $51,764 in 2019. The tax is collected by the city from downtown properties that lie within the BIA boundaries. The funds collected through the tax have helped promote the downtown core

through marketing and beautification projects. The Heart of the City BIA is responsible for events like Starlight Shopping, the Big Truck Parade, and the Easter event in Spirit Square. In December, the group requested the city renew its bylaw to continue on with such initiatives. The city complied and served notice in January that it intended to establish another five year term for the BIA unless at least 50 per cent of the affected business owners signed a petition in opposition. The deadline to do so passed on March 4, with no one coming forward. “ There were no re sp ons e s re c e ive d against the initiative,” said City Clerk Peter Wipper. “Therefore I hereby certify that council may now proceed with bylaw 3574 to reestablish the Heart of the City Business Improvement Area for a five year

term ending December 31, 2019.” As part of the agreement, the BIA will pay the city a one-time setup fee of $5 per parcel for each of the 39 business properties involved and an annual administration fee of two per cent of the amount granted, which is $356.80. The BIA will also be tasked with providing an annual budget to the city as well as financial statements, achievements over the past year and a work plan for the following year. The Heart of the City BIA typically helps maintain the downtown core by improving, beautifying or maintaining streets, sidewalks, and downtown buildings. The BIA has also provided financial support for Canada Day, River City Arts Fest, the Angel Tree at Christmastime, and the Tuesday lunch entertainment in Spirit Square during the summer.

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approximately 45 gigajoules. Fortis says the decrease, which is effective April 1 for all natural gas and propane customers, will result in the cheapest commodity rate in 10 years. “Compared to a year ago, natural gas prices are lower coming out of this past winter due to reduced overall demand

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Leonard Cohen tunes)… Something singular is happening here, you bet” reviewed Brad Wheeler in the Globe and Mail. Currently on a crossCanada tour, The Once perform during a onenight stop on Quadra. Show and a two-course dinner are $79/pp. Also available are show-only seats for $59.

For the past nine years, Jo-Anne Preston has been the guiding force and dedicated director of Island Voices Chamber Choir. Now, Island Voices will honour her work by providing a bursary to a local singer. Preston’s contribution to the musical life of Campbell River goes back decades. In her first years in town she taught high school music and served as the conductor of Campbell River Singers from 1979 to 1984, when she passed the baton to her good friend, Frances Keen. When, in 1997, Keen founded the Island Voices Chamber Choir with singers from Denman, Quadra and the big Island in between, Preston was an eager founding member of the soprano section. During Keen’s strug-

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gle with cancer, Preston increasingly shared the conducting duties and with Keen’s passing in 2006, Preston stepped forward to lead the choir. Under her guidance, Island Voices has recorded a CD of Christmas choral music, competed at the Choral Kathaumixw in Powell River and entertained audiences up and down the island.

Say ‘cello’ to Honduras Local musicians share their music to help raise money for Rotary water projects in Honduras with a Cello & Friends for Honduras concert tonight. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Church (34 S. Alder St.) and promises a wide range of classical

favourites. Helena Jung will play the Preludes from the Bach Suites for solo cello. Helena will also join vocalists Oliver Clarke, Danielle Shepherd and Michael Tran, with Maureen Bedford accompanying on the organ.

“We’re thrilled to help such a worthy cause and support the Rotary Club of Comox in providing accessible safe water for eight villages in Honduras,” said Jung. The concert is free but a donation of $10–$20 would Cello & Friends perform a benefit conbe greatly appreciated. cert tonight at St. Patrick Church.

Island Voices has a new director in Jenn Forsland, well-known to audiences in the Comox Valley as a singer and conductor, and Preston has resumed her role as a pillar of the soprano section. To recognize the huge contribution that Preston has made to the development of the choir, Island Voices has announced a bursary in her name. Intended to assist a young singer in his or her musical studies, the Jo-Anne Preston Bursary will be awarded each year to a promising young musician. For more information about Island Voices, including upcoming concerts on Saturday, April 18, in Campbell River and on Sunday, April 19 in Comox visit www.islandvoiceschamberchoir.bc.ca.

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summer programs, nature walks and hikes. The ten short films chosen by SWI for the Tour evening include North American Premieres and Festival Favourites. Doors open at 6:30, films start at 7 p.m. Admission is $17 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. To streamline entry at the door, get tickets in advance, online at www. strathconapark.org or at Outdoor Addictions in Campbell River (exact cash only).

A diverse seletion of short films from around the world will be on display in the Best of the Fest screening tonight at Timberline Secondary Theatre.

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Campbell River’s no-charge troubadours are back with another free folk concert Saturday evening at the Community Centre. David Freeman and Sussana Hill, who perform as Freeman and Hill, will play in the second-floor lounge at 7 p.m. The duo plays “for the love of the music,” according to Freeman, and never charges admission. Having played together for nearly seven years, Freeman and Hill have taken their free folk act to venues throughout the community, south to the Comox Valley and north to Port McNeill. Grab a friend, leave your wallet and enjoy an evening of entertainment.

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It’s not the kind of thing you’re likely to find in the funny pages, but some of Canada’s top improvisational comedians appears tomorrow at the Tidemark Theatre in the Comic Strippers, an improv parody of a male stripper troupe. Saturday’s show begins at 7:30 p.m. These guys try to be sexy … it just comes out funny. Constantly grooving and gyrating between scenes, they banter with the crowd and perform their hilarious twist on improv sketches. They sing, they “dance”. These guys are oiled up and ready to

make you laugh at them. Fresh off sold out shows in Vegas, Australia and now Canada! Just in time for stagette season and, gentleman, not to worry — some of the performers have what are know as ‘Comedy Bodies’ and will make you look good by comparison. There is no extreme nudity, just extreme hilarity. The show is for all genders but not all ages — 19+ only, please. Tickets are $35 each, or $30 each for groups of six or more (plus applicable service charges). Tix are available online at tickets.tidemarktheatre.com or call 250-287-7465.

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Weave fun into a weekend at Fibre Fest Love textiles? Want more weaving, knitting, quilting or spinning? Vancouver Island Fibre Fest is for you! Vancouver Island Fibre Fest 2015 is May 1-3 at the Campbell River Community Centre. Registration for workshops has begun, with opportunities in knitting, weaving, quilting, fabric dye, appliqué, felting and Viking knitting.

“This will be a fun and jam packed weekend you won’t want to miss!” says recreation programmer Judy Ridgway. “The workshops lined up are amazing, and we’re expecting another fabulous marketplace that promises great shopping.” The Fibre Marketplace will feature vendors from all over Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Gulf Islands.

The popular Kids’ Corner is back as well to teach children skills for a lifetime. Admission to the Fibre Fest is by donation, with all proceeds supporting the City of Campbell River Recreation & Culture Department’s Specialized Recreation Programs. The following businesses and organizations support of Fibre Fest 2015: Coast Discovery Inn, The Travelodge,

Hidden Harbour B&B, Driftwood by the Sea Inn & RV Park, The Needle & Arts Centre, the Campbell River Mirror, The Eagle and the Midnight Shuttles! For workshop registration, instructor information and more, call the Community Centre at 250-286-1161 or check out the Vancouver Island Fibre Fest website at shelmack.wix.com/vancouverislandfibre.

Vancouver Island Fibre Fest is a jam-packed weekend of fun for craftspeople May 1-3.

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he Clothesline Project’s message is clear: every woman living in Campbell River has the right to live without violence. Prevention of Violence Against Women Week, April 12-18, is a time for the people of Campbell River to step forward and change social attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that allow violence to continue. The North Island

Transition Society, Community Based Victim Services, Stopping the Violence Outreach Program along with the Campbell River Women’s Centre will be hosting the Clothesline Project at Spirit Square on Tuesday, April 14 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. They invite everyone to come on down to view this powerful display. Join them for refreshments and food, decorate your own T-shirt to

hang on the clothesline and other crafts as well. Andreas Eggenberger will also be performing live music between 12-1 p.m. The Clothesline Project is a display of T-shirts that have been personally done by people affected by abuse. The message may be a statement against any kind of violence or a statement of hope for the future. Blue and red T-shirts represent

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The Clothesline Project is a display of t-shirts that have been done by people affected by violence and abuse.

sexual abuse, yellow or beige T-shirts represent abuse by a partner, a white T-shirt represents murder, purple represents assault because of sexual orientation and a green T-shirt represents children who have been affected by violence. Campbell River also displays the white sheet with “These Hands Don’t Hurt” on it for non-abusive males to trace their hands on in support of this cause, which will also be displayed. Every day, women in this community are assaulted, abused, intimidated, harassed and stalked-often by someone they know. Living violence-free is every woman’s right. Prevention of Violence Against Women Week presents the opportunity to do your part to help build a violence free future for all people of

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Campbell River Army Cadet Skyler Kaplanchuk spent a week at Vernon Cadet Training Centre March 14-21 testing himself against 15 other cadets in an attempt to earn one of five positions on the prestigious Army Cadet Parachute Course held each summer in Trenton, Ontario. Under the watchful eye of Major Ken Prince, who wears the jump

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wings on his uniform, the cadets endured long days of push ups, route marches with full packs, log carries and leadership tests to determine who would attend the course. Cadet Kaplanchuk is a member of 2943 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, Campbell River. The Cadet Program is a national program for young Canadians aged

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Moms mentoring Moms program is looking for participants

The Campbell River and North Island Transition Society (CRNITS) is pleased be able to begin training again for the Mom’s Mentoring Mom’s Program in Campbell River. If you are a mom and have three hours a week you can devote to another mom who would like a mentor, this may be a program for you. The training for this program is planned for one night a week for five weeks. Mentors are screened and trained prior to being matched with a mom. The mentors are community volunteers and are trained and supervised by the volunteer coordinator. They must commit to being available for at least three hours a week to support and empower a mom who may not otherwise be able to access some of the services in our community. It is between the mentor and her mentee what they decide to do together. If you are a mom who has been impacted by addiction in your life and would like to be able to get out and enjoy the company of another mom and do some fun things with or without your children, then this may be a program for you too. You will meet with the Volunteer coordinator one on one and talk about what it is you need and how we can support you. CRNITS will take your application and once the training is completed they will match you with a mom who they feel has something in common with you. The two of you will decide how to spend the three hours a week taking into consideration your interests and needs. For those of you in the community who support young moms, tell women about the program and refer them to: Bonnie McGill, Volunteer Coordinator volunteer@annelmorehouse.ca or phone 250287-7384 and leave a message.

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Donation hits right note The Campbell River Arts Council gave a big thanks to the Bank of Montreal for a $1,500 grant in support of the council’s Music Therapy Program. This program is part of the overall Arts Council’s Art in Health Initiative. Local musician Jim Chisholm provides the service for a number of

area senior homes as well as the local hospital. Ken Blackburn, the Arts Council’s Executive Director says, “Music Therapy is an emerging profession within the health care of patients, notably amongst seniors. The ability of music to bring people together, to make them feel included within a group, to allow

space for participation and ‘to just have fun’, contributes to the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of seniors. We are honoured to join with the Bank of Montreal in making this Program available to our local seniors.” The grant is partially funded through the Bank of Montreal Vol-

unteer Grant on behalf of the Arts Council’s board member (and BMO Courtenay Branch Manager) Chelsie Stubbs. For more information, contact the Arts Council at arts.council@ crarts.ca or call 250-9230213. Donations to the program can be made through the website www.crarts.ca.

Music Therapist Jim Chisholm plays the melodic alongside Ted Dillistone on drums.

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If you would like to plug in an all-electric Nissan LEAF at your home, this weekend is the last chance you will have to get one for nothing! British Columbia’s SCRAP-IT Program kindly supplied us with one of the eco-friendly sedans as a prize in our Plug-In to Win Contest, which closes at midnight on Sunday (see below for entry details). The winner will be announced online next week and Driveway will feature an interview with the lucky winner in an upcoming edition. SCRAP-IT announced its new incentive program here last week, which offers a $3,000 rebate for electric car purchasers if they scrap a 2000 or older vehicle. This is in addition to the newly announced provincial government program detailed in our main story today. The LEAF will be on display at the SCRAP-IT booth throughout this weekend at the Vancouver International Auto Show, in the Vancouver Convention Centre West. Qualifying electric vehicles for the organization’s incentive are listed on the SCRAP-IT.ca website. Take a look because some of them, plus vehicles qualifying under the additional government program will be at the show to view and some made available there for test drives outside.

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Rookie Hurricanes show skill at tournament The Campbell River Novice Hurricanes had a great showing at the Richmond Ice Classic Female Hockey Tournament last weekend. The team, comprised of 5-to-9 year-old girls, worked hard in every game against some big city opposition. The Hurricanes were full of excitement Friday

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clock and 4-3 would be the final tally. Saturday morning the determined Hurricanes came to play against the Vancouver Angels. Smits again opened the scoring with another end-to-end rush before raising the puck over the goalie’s pads. The Angels soon came back to tie it up. Smits then scored her second with a wrap-around goal after collecting her own rebound. Raeya Mackie made some terrific defensive plays to keep the Hurricanes ahead. Vancouver again tied it up but Akira Isaac soon sprung Whalen on a break-away and she most certainly had the finish and the score was 3-2 after the first frame. Harris made a tremen-

dous glove save that had the crowd talking at the beginning of the second period. Madison “Mad Dog” Batch made several good defensive plays at the blue line and Mackie fed Smits with a pass that would end in another goal and the hat trick. The final score was 5-4 Hurricanes. In Saturday afternoon’s game versus the North Shore Avalanche, Batch came out with some good defensive plays in front of the net before the puck ended up in the North Shore zone and a scramble in front of the net resulted in a game opening goal by Smits. Harris made another fantastic break-away save. Kaylie Riecker hustled for the puck and sent a beautiful pass up

the ice to Smits for a break-away and five-hole goal to make it 2-0 after the first. The Avalanche would get one back early in the second. Mackie, one of the youngest Hurricane members did not show it by putting the puck in the net after a scramble in front and then soon doing the same again after deking out an opposing player. The score was 4-1 after two periods. Olivia Laidlaw, determined to keep the lead, stripped the puck off a couple of Avalanche players and soon after, Speck fed Whalen the puck as she broke free to make the tally 5-1. Harris came up with another big save with 3:15 remaining and 5-1 in favor of the Hurricanes would be the final.

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In the Hurricanes’ final game, they faced the Seattle Ice Hawks, who out-sized the Hurricanes by an obvious amount. Seattle scored 30 seconds in and not too long after buried another one. However, speedy Isaac broke away from the pack and scored after an assist from Riecker. Soon after, Pollitt sent Smits on a break-away to tie the game at two. Unfortunately, Seattle answered back. Harris made an incredible pad save near the end of the first and the score was 3-2 Ice Hawks at the buzzer. Seattle kept on firing the puck in the second period and the score was 6-2. However, Smits scored another beauty on a break-away and Whalen banged in a loose puck soon after to close the gap to 6-4. Seattle answered back one more time in the second period to end it at 7-4. Speck and Laidlaw continued to work hard to try and clear the puck out of the Hurricanes’ zone, but Seattle scored a couple more before Smits was able to break-away one last time to make the score 9-5. Seattle would put one more in before the buzzer and the final tally was 10-5. The Hurricanes thank their coaches Dennis Bellevance, Cory Batch and Andrew Riecker; their managers Jami Harris and Heather Shiells and the Midget Hurricanes that helped out throughout the year. The team had a fantastic season and would like to encourage other girls to get involved in the fantastic sport of hockey.

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Judo Club hauls home medals

The Campbell River Judo Club has been busy this month, first at the Richmond oval (March 7 and 8) and then at the West Edmonton Mall (March 13, 14, 15). The Pacific International tournament provided the first haul of medals,. The team of Sensei’s Yule and Petersen started out the harvest with a gold and silver in two kata forms. A first place was achieved by Anthony Henry and a silver medal went to Kelsey Painter. Bronze medals were won by Haley Henry and by Wyatt Huggins.

Junior members were to travel on Saturday morning, to fight on Sunday, with coach Volker Pfeifer. It was with deep sadness that the team did not arrive as Coach Pfeifer passed away unexpectedly early Saturday before the team’s departure. The Campbell River Judo Club greatly misses Sensei Pfeifer. The following weekend, the club travelled to the Edmonton International Tournament. Once again Senseis Yule and Petersen lead off the medal haul by winning a silver in Katameno-kata. U10 and U12

team members Ethan Crowhurst, Abby Sheehan, Marcus Petersen, Lane Huggins, Olivia Sheehan, and Linden Hicks all received gold medals for participation. Jamaliya Wellard and Haley Henry both won their two matches and achieved gold. Jordann Warner was a bronze medal winner. Tommy Pfeifer lost only one of his five matches, but had to settle for a bronze medal. Painter was second in her division. Quinn Golobar was golden in winning all three of his matches. His semi-final match he won literally with only

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Campbell River Athletics’ youngest players, ages 6-11, were in Nanaimo Sunday to play a series of shortened games as part of the Vancouver Island Rugby Union’s Mini Rugby Jamboree Series. They faced teams from Victoria, Duncan, Nanaimo and Comox. Above, Caelan Tuck leads the charge for the Campbell River Athletics with Zachary Penhall and Jake Atwood in close support in their match again the Cowichan Piggies on Sunday.

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one second left. The last medal of the day, a gold, went to Sensei Bruce Henry. Daniel Henry, Chris Petersen, David Crowhurst, Bob Symthe, Jason Wellard, Wyatt Huggins, Misky, Jacob Hicks, Kylie Huggins and Owen Wellard all put forth great efforts in their matches but didn’t place in the medals. On the second day the Campbell River club had three competitors on the mats. Painter continued her winning ways via a gold medal and Tyson Hicks and Anthony Henry also competed on Sunday but came short of the medals.

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Fishing Corner In the Campbell River area alone there are many trails that lead to fishing spots on the Quinsam River and while the weather is mild, the winter has taken its toll on many trees located along trails that are used by fishermen and hikers. Last Sunday I was headed towards my favourite fishing hole and while walking I heard a crash and down came a tree a few feet away. I had met a few anglers who were fishing for catch and release trout and the wooden bridge that was located a head of me was broken loose from its location. Each year trails can be washed away and the cleanup begins. At times trails can be closed and signs are posted along the way. Water levels are low to normal and with the recent rain are expected to rise a

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