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Charging volunteers for criminal record checks will be a barrier and a deterrent to some who volunteer out of the goodness of their heart, according to the executive director of the city’s volunteer centre. City council is in the midst of considering changes that would increase the fee for criminal record checks to $50 and implement a $25 administration fee for those who require criminal record checks for volunteer work. Currently, volunteers can have a criminal record check done for free at the RCMP station. Louise Howes, executive director at Volunteer Campbell River, said charging volunteers could have negative impacts. “It’s definitely a concern,” Howes said. “I think it would be a barrier and a deterrent. When people think about giving their time for free to

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better an organization and the community, people will look at that and say ‘I have to pay to volunteer?’ For some people it may not be an issue but usually people are volunteering out of the goodness of their hearts and shaping all of the non-profits we have. If they didn’t exist, we would be without a lot of service groups – all the sports groups, youth groups, the church groups, men’s, women’s, and seniors groups.” In some cases, those groups may offer to pick up the tab for its volunteers and pay the criminal record check fee, but Howes said that too could become troublesome. “For some organizations they would have to work out if they can even afford that,” Howes said. “It depends on the organization, but that could have a huge impact on that non-profit and their budget.” Carrie Jacobs, the RCMP municipal manager, and Fern Peterson, police services clerk technician, wrote in a coauthored report to city council that the reasoning behind the suggested volunteer fee is to speed up the criminal record check process. There are currently 139 volunteer applications awaiting completion. “It will resolve the backlog of processing, provide an expedited service to volunteers at a subsidized fee, and assist in funding additional staff time which is imperative to ensure processing time remains reasonable, in order to provide the best service possible,” Jacobs and

Peterson wrote in their report. That report was in front of council at a committee of the whole meeting on July 22. Mayor Andy Adams said council referred the issue until its next committee of the whole meeting, scheduled for Aug. 26, because council wanted more information and more opportunity for discussion. Once it has been endorsed, it will go to a council meeting for approval. Adams, at the July 22 meeting, made a motion to reduce the volunteer fee to $10 after a motion by Coun. Larry Samson to scratch the fee was defeated by council. “I tried to find a middle ground that was more consistent with facilities on the Island,” Adams said. Other municipalities have started charging a fee for volunteer applications as policy changes now require

police agencies to conduct additional database searches when processing criminal record checks. Nanaimo charges $10 while Penticton, Vancouver and Vernon charge a $25 fee. Abbotsford charges $27 while West Vancouver charges $22. Adams also pointed out that a lot of people are unaware that there is an online option which allows volunteers to have a criminal record check done for free. “We advise people to do it online and there’s no fee and quite a quick turnaround,” Adams said. “We get a lot of people going directly into the RCMP building who don’t know about the online option. From my perspective, and I think council’s, it’s still important that we have a no charge option for volunteers. You hate to charge people who are volunteering their time.” Ross Milnthorp, the

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Now that the political backand-forth is over, there are two questions left about the Petronas-led proposal to make the biggest private-sector investment in B.C. history. Will it actually happen? And is it a good deal or a bad one? Premier Christy Clark ducked the first question on the day the project agreement for Pacific Northwest LNG was approved by the B.C. legislature. “After many predictions about the Canucks and the Alberta election, I don’t make predictions any more,” Clark said. “But I can say that this project has gone farther than any of our critics said that it would.” For what it’s worth, my prediction is on record: it will go ahead. The latest evidence is the company’s continued, costly effort to gain federal and local approval for a suspension bridge to Lelu Island to minimize the marine impact. Lax Kw’alaams Band members could not have had details on that change from an underwater pipeline when they voted to oppose the project in May. Is it a good deal? The may-

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ors of Prince Rupert and Port Edward have made their views clear – they see it as a lifeline for an area that has struggled for years with a faded forest and fishing industry. The B.C. NDP is also now c l e a r, h av i n g voted against the project agreement in the brief summer session of the legislature that concluded last week. Whether the project proceeds or not, this will be a key election issue in 2017. NDP leader Jo h n Ho r g a n and other MLAs made much of the lack of job guarantees, pointing to similar projects in Australia. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman issued a statement with excerpts from the state of Western Australia’s agreement for the Gorgon LNG project. The so-called guarantees contain qualifiers like this: “... except in those cases where … it is not reasonable or economically practical to do so, use

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labour available within Western Australia.” Obviously there were no job guarantees, which could only exist in a command economy, in other words a communist dictatorship. Everyone agrees that B.C. tradesspecialized such as welding alloys for low-temperature operation will be brought in. And LNG processing trains will be shipped in prefabricated from places like South Korea, as they have been in Australia and elsewhere. Pacific Northwest LNG is on record with federal regulators that in the latter stages of construction, the use of foreign labour for the project could reach 70 per cent. Does that make it a bad deal? Perhaps B.C. could attempt develop this expertise from the ground up. It seems to me that was tried with aluminum ship fabrication, and it didn’t work out too well.

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For David Keane, president of the B.C. LNG Alliance, the question is how many large LNG projects, pipelines and all, can be managed at the same time as the Site C dam is being built. It was skilled labour shortages, and particularly a shortage of supervisors, that caused Australia to lose some of its proposed projects. Keane said all LNG proponents here want to use as much local labour as they can, because it’s less expensive and it builds local support. And he disagrees that B.C. is a sweet deal for the industry. Among other things, pipelines have to be built across two mountain ranges. Not only that, B.C. producers would pay an LNG income tax, which is a first in the history of the industry. Add to that PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes and federal and provincial corporate income taxes. Add aboriginal revenue sharing, and we have a deal. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Local candidates for federal office in the Oct. 19 election may have been caught by surprise last when Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved parliament to kick off the campaign ahead of schedule. That doesn’t mean they were caught unprepared. “I’ve been knocking on doors since January,” Liberal Party candidate Peter Schwarzhoff said. “And my phone has started ringing with calls from people who had already volunteered to work with the campaign. It just means we can start doing phone calls now.” Campbell River and other North Island residents will have a new MP in the next sitting of parliament, even though Conservative MP John Duncan will be running for re-election. A re-drawing of riding boundaries has split the Comox Valley, leaving one riding for Vancouver Island North-Powell River and another for C ou r t e n ay - A l b e r n i , where Duncan will run this year. In his place, former Duncan staffer Laura Smith steps in as the Conservative Party candidate for the North Island-Powell River. She will be up against Schwarzhoff, NDP candidate Rachel Blaney and Green Party candidate Brenda Sayers. Like S chwarzhoff, NDP candidate Blaney has been out in the community for months, knocking on doors and meeting residents, and said her campaign is ready to roll. “We have a huge amount of volunteers who have signed up and have been banging on the door, waiting to get going,” she said. “I’m excited to start. We’re prepared.” Blaney has lived and worked on Vancouver Island for more than 20 years and is currently executive director of the Immigrant Welcome Centre. Her

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Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s (VIREB) robust spring and summer housing market cooled slightly in July but was still significantly stronger than one year ago. Last month, 515 single-family homes sold on the MLS system compared to 636 in June 2015, a decrease of 19 per cent. However, year-over-year sales rose by 13 per cent from July 2014. Inventory levels continue to decline, with active listings down 14 per cent since last July. BCREA Chief Economist Cameron Muir states that although experts are predicting a “technical recession” for Canada, B.C.’s economy continues to lead the country and shows no signs of slowing down. The province’s gross domestic product (GDP) is holding at between 2.0 and 2.3 per cent. “Low interest rates and high consumer confidence continue to drive housing sales throughout the province,” says Muir. “Waning inventory is also accelerating activity in many markets.” In July 2015, the benchmark price for a single-family home in the VIREB coverage area was $338,700, up approximately five per cent from 2014. Benchmark pricing tracks the value of a typical home in the reported area. The average price of a single-family home was $364,277 compared to $346,811 in July 2014, an increase of five per cent. The July 2015 benchmark price of a single-family home in the Campbell River area was $285,500, an increase of 5.22 per cent from last year. In the Comox Valley, the benchmark price was $335,200, up 1.77 per cent from 2014. Nanaimo’s benchmark price rose 5.88 per cent to $354,700 while the Parksville-Qualicum area saw its benchmark price rise by 5.89 per cent to $375,500.

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City staff are recommending city council implement a $40,000 invasive plant plan to help control and eradicate invasive species such as Scotch broom. The plan would include $15,000 of new funding in the first three years of the five-year implementation plan and $10,000 of additional funding in years four and five. The money would go towards chemical control of knotweed and extra pick up and disposal efforts among other things. The city is also recommending council spend $25,000 on a brand-new, part-time invasive species coordinator position for invasive species management and to help implement the plan. Terri Martin, the city’s environmental coordinator, said while Greenways Land Trust, BroomBusters, and the city have all put for-

ward a tremendous effort to help eliminate invasive plants – particularly Scotch broom – the effort has been disjointed. Martin said an environmental coordinator would help coordinate those efforts by creating an invasive plant inventory that would include treatments and monitoring activities, conduct eduction and outreach to the community, and supervise volunteer groups conducting invasive species management. “Without this position, invasive species management will continue to be ad hoc,” Martin said in a report to council. “Without further resources to coordinate efforts, invasive plant species will continue to spread on private and public lands.” There are four action levels – prevent, eradicate, contain and control – that the city will further develop strategic management actions towards under the inva-

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Pieces like these will be on display at the Campbell River Art Gallery next week when artist Suzo Hickey brings her exhibition to the gallery.

Urban artist to set up exhibit The streets of Prince Rupert and East Vancouver are captured in landscape painting by artist Suzo Hickey in one of two new exhibitions opening at the Campbell River Art Gallery next Thursday. Hickey is interested in how human meaning shows in the landscape – even when it’s less than picturesque. In her exhibition, Like the back of my hand, sponsored by Penny and Roger Gosselin, power lines and ordinary houses surround landscapes that might be where we see ourselves

most clearly. Hickey uses layers of light and weather, manipulating paint to create landscapes where buried meaning casts shadows. Learn more Thursday, Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m. when Hickey joins fellow exhibiting artist Terra Poirier for an artist’s talk about their work. Hickey is a painter and multidisciplinary artist. Born in 1959, she graduated from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1994. She has exhibited around B.C. and beyond, showcasing themes of urban landscapes, queer mother-

ing, narrative and death in the family. The Campbell River Art Gallery will also welcome artist Terra Poirier whose exhibition, Are You Sure?, opens in the Discovery Gallery the same day. In Are You Sure?, sponsored by PhotoTech Fotosource, Poirier explores the intersections, overlaps and disconnections between personal memory and others’ versions of events. Poirier is a filmmaker turned photographer currently working in analog and other lowfidelity formats to create

graphic memoir. Her award-winning image/ text work and films have explored themes of trauma, mothering, poverty and home. Her films have screened internationally. Everyone is welcome at the Campbell River Art Gallery Thursday, Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m. for an illustrated artist talk with Suzo Hickey, the opportunity to hear from Terra Poirier, as well as a glass of lemonade and scones from Daves’ Bakery. Admission is free. Both exhibitions will remain at the Gallery until Sept. 25.

Our 4th annual arts festival was truly a bigger, bolder undertaking than in previous years, and next year’s event will be even more spectacular. We would like to thank all who contributed invaluable monetary support, supplies, materials, expertise, tireless effort & boundless enthusiasm. We would like to heartily acknowledge this year’s valuable sponsors: Grieg Seafood - $1,500, as an ongoing commitment for at least the next 3 years Fresh Slice - $1,200 – towards Spirit Square signage, etc. Campbell River Grant-in-Aid - $1,000 Campbell River Downtown BIA - $500 – towards art award, entertainment, etc. Berwick By The Sea - $500 award; event promotion in all their rooms & elevators Tyee Plaza - $500 towards event activities Western Financial Group - $300 for performer, Rainbow the Clown Campbell River Arts Council - Public Choice Award, with $250 Gift Voucher from Impressions; an ongoing sponsorship Pier St. Association - $250 (sponsoring two 20’ x 10’ tents, 2 porta-potties) New Horizons - $200 towards a ‘New Horizons Award’ C & L Supply Rentals - complimentary use of lift truck for hanging outdoor decor Comfort Inn - signage promoting Arts Fest, and opportunity for a winning local artist of note to accept a painting experience in the hotel, with overnight stay & breakfast Fresh Slice - providing a pizza cart with hot pizzas

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Art Gallery offering new program to help connect youth with art Youth from the John Howard Society of North Island will be working with renowned artist Terra Poirier at the Campbell River Art Gallery this month thanks to special funding from the BC Arts Council. The gallery received $11,500 from BCAC for a Youth Engagement Program that will see three exhibiting artists provide learning opportunities for local youth in 2015/2016. The first artist to take part is Terra Poirier, a filmmaker turned photographer, whose exhibition, Are You Sure? opens at the Campbell River Art Gallery Aug. 13. Poirier will present a three-day art workshop with youth from the John Howard Society from Aug. 18-20. Participants will use their own printed photos and text to learn transfer techniques for applying images to a wooden surface. Poirier’s work focuses on graphic memoir, memory slippage and distortion. She currently works in analog and other lowfidelity formats. Her award-winning films have screened internationally, exploring themes of trauma, mothering, poverty and home. Poirier will also be offering a workshop for members of the public while she’s in Campbell River. The public workshop will run August 15 and 16 from 12-4 p.m. each day. The public workshop costs $100 for gallery members, $125 for non-members and $70 for youth aged 14 to 19. Space is limited, so don’t delay in registering.

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Tyees Mosquitos net bronze Wyatt Murray doubled and tripled in an extrabase hit parade Sunday as Campbell River’s Mosquito AAA Tyees stormed to a 12-7 win over host Victoria in the bronze-medal final of the provincial baseball championships. Breydan Riecker tripled, Wyatt Dumont, Carter Hall and Owen Lagos each had a pair of doubles, and Ty Ludwikowski, Ethan Vaton and Ian Mills also pounded two-base hits as the Tyees wrapped up a 5-1 effort

while outscoring their opponents 67-36. Tyson Olsen started and picked up the win on the mound and Wyatt Dumont came in for the save as the Mosquitos bounced back from a wwsemifinal loss to Tsawassen earlier Sunday. Dumont was named the team’s game MVP for his combined hitting and pitching performance. The Tye es bre e ze d through round-robin play with a 4-0 record, including an 8-5 win over the

Vancouver Island champion Duncan Rivercats, who had topped the Tyees in the Island title game a week earlier. After opening ceremonies and a skills competition Thursday, the Mosquitos kicked off the tournament Friday afternoon with a 12-1 romp over Abbotsford that was ended early by the mercy rule. Ryder Plecas earned game MVP for both pitching and hitting, including a big RBI hit. Ty Ludwikowski and

Gareth MacDonald shared pitching duties, and Owen Lagos and Ludwikowski also drove in runs with hits. The Mosquitos kept the roll going later in the day with another mercy win, 15-5 over Cloverdale. Breydan Riecker singled, doubled and tripled in the win, and Lagos and Wyatt Murray added RBI triples. Pitching was shared by Tyson Olsen, Wyatt Dumont, Riecker and Ryan Deagle, and catchers Carter Cont. page 21

The Mosquito AAA Tyees gather with their bronze medals following the provincial championships in Victoria Sunday. Bottom Row, from left: Breydan Riecker, Ryder Plecas, Ethan Vaton, Gareth MacDonald, Ty Ludwikowski, Tyson Olsen and coach John Vaton. Middle row,: head coach Clayton Hall, Wyatt Dumont, Ryan Deagle, Wyatt Murray, Owen Lagos, Carter Hall and Ian Mills. Back Row: coaches Andrew Riecker, Mark Lagos and Stewart Dumont.

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The B.C. Motocross Championship brought riders from across the province to Campbell River Motocross Track last weekend for round two of the series. Clockwise, from top left, former Campbell River rider and national champion Dusty Klatt leads the way through a turn; a pair of racers catches some air on a jump; a rider goes wide to avoid a fallen counterpart as he turns toward the final straightaway. ALISTAIR TAYLOR/CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

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A high-energy soccer camp with high-performance expectations will be offered this month by the City of Campbell River Recreation Department. The 22nd annual Intersport Challenger soccer camp will mentor athletes in skill development, teamwork and individual development. Technical and tactical work and small-sided games complete the morning sessions. The afternoons are filled with shooting, shoot outs and World Cup. Head coach John Jepson has decades of experience as a high-end soccer coach. The camp runs Monday to Friday, Aug. 17 to 21 at Willow Point Park. For more details, please check out the City’s Recreation Guide or call the Sportsplex at 250-9237911 or the Community Centre at 250-286-1161. You can also see the guide online at www.campbellriver.ca.

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This week in the golf world, the PGA Tour hosted their lone Canadian stop of the season – where Jason Day came out on top in a thriller of a finish at Glen Abbey in Oakvile, Ont. at the RBC Canadian Open – 20-year-old Lexi Thompson took her fifth win of her still-young career at the Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Mich. and Storey Creek made another list of must-play courses. In 2014, Storey Creek was ranked the No. 1 public golf course in the province by the PGA of BC and it has been previously given a 4.5/5 stars by Golf Digest on their “Places to Play in North America” list. Now it can proudly add “One of Canada’s Top-59 Public Courses, as rated by ScoreGolf,” to it’s list of kudos. The 6696-yard Les Furber design just south of Campbell River came in 43rd spot on the recently-released list, ahead of such gems as the Jack Nicklaus designed Valley Course at Bear Mountain, Graham Cooke’s Shadow Mountain in the Kootenays and Stanley Thompson’s Whirlpool in Niagra Falls. I think what everyone likes about Storey Creek is that it just feels like it belongs there. When you play it, you feel like it was just kind of set into the trees effortlessly. The curves of the fairways and the undulations of the greens just feel natural, as though the Earth itself said, “there should be a golf course here,” and then grew one.

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Congratulations, Storey Creek, for being recognized yet again for what you do. I’ll be seeing you soon. Tip from a borderline-adequate golfer: Storey Creek is, in general, set up for a right to left ball flight. If you can’t hit that shot, gear down, grab a shorter club off the tee, and play strategically. You’ll have longer shots into the greens, but at least you won’t be losing balls into the woods.

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Many of us have been through major sufferfests during some sort of ride. Whether you got lost on an adventure and had to keep riding to find your way out, or got in over your head on a group road ride and tried to hang onto the pack the entire way, despite the agony in your legs, or maybe it was just that long race you forgot to train for, but had to finish because your friends were watching. I often think that the limit of suffering we can endure is far beyond what we think, and the human body doesn’t realize how hard it can actually push or how long it can suffer until you completely collapse. For me personally, I have never hit the limit where I couldn’t physically go on. I have suffered far more than I ever thought I could a few times and I am not exactly sure why I bothered to continue on when my body was screaming to stop, but I did, and in the end I was stronger for it. It may have something to do with my level

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by anyone. His swim went perfectly and he achieved his first goal, transitioned quickly and jumped on the bike, normally his strongest discipline. The rain had picked up, the temperature had dropped and the wind was now an issue as well. Needless to say, that uncontrollable shivering and cold headwinds over the next six hours took a toll on John. Sadly, his ride time was slower than he expected and it became apparent midway through that he would not qualify for the Ironman Worlds. At this point many athletes just pulled out and went to find warm clothes, food and comfort. I have to admit that watching this from the comfort of my couch at home, I thought John would finish the ride

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The Comox Valley Exhibition is welcoming families back for the sixth annual Track ‘n Trail Kids Fun Run Saturday, Aug. 29. The event is open to participants in three age groups: Marshmallows (5-under), Chicklets (6-9 years) and Truffles (10-over). Registration and entry into the Exhibition is free for all participants for the day (parents will

need to pay the CVEX entry). Race Day Registration will be held from 9-9:45 a.m., at the Dove Creek Entrance (On Dove Creek Road). A warm-up takes place at 9:45 a.m. at the Horse track start area, with the runs beginning at 10 a.m. For more information visit www. cvex.ca, call 250-338-8177 or e-mail kathy_rung@hotmail.com.

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Hall and Deagle each threw out runners attempting to steal. Murray earned the game MVP nod. Against Duncan, Ludwikowski pitched five strong innings to pick up the win and earn game MVP honours, and Riecker earned the save with a pair of strikeouts in the final inning. Lagos drove in a pair of runs and Hall smashed a double to pace the offencet. The Tyees wrapped

up round-robin play and clinched the top seed in their pool in a 14-10 slugfest win over the North Delta Rays, the dominant team on the Lower Mainland. Vaton, Murray, Riecker, Lagos and Hall all took turns on the mound and kept the Mosquitos in the game as their bats eventually took over. Vaton singled, doubled and tripled while driving in multiple runs. Lagos added a triple, Riecker doubled and Deagle rapped a two-

RBI single. Deagle was named game MVP. That sent the Tyees into the semifinals against Tsawassen, where they battled an inconsistent strike zone in an eventual 8-6 loss to the Athletics. Murray tripled, Vaton, Lagos and Hall each smacked doubles and Ludwikowski drove in a pair with a single to pace the offense. Murray, Vaton, MacDonald and Hall each took a stint on the mound. Hall was selected game MVP.

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I recently had a chance to tag along with Ed Cargill of Campbell River and accompany him to an area known as Prideaux Haven to tow back a pleasure boat that was broken down. The trip was more than two hours out and from Campbell River to Desolation Sound there was a huge amount of fishing and pleasure boat traffic and I found it interesting that water depths was in excess of 1,600 feet in some areas. The majority of fishing action was at the Green Can and the Hump. Chinook salmon have been coming in between 17 and 21 pounds and some fish are close to 30. The free customer appreciation leader at Tyee Marine is Larry Scott of Campbell River with a 37 pounder caught at the Green Can using a Green Hootchie and Green Flasher. I checked out the fish catch at Painters Lodge and as of

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Ethan Shano and Isaac Bergeron with their first ever caught salmon at Kelsey Bay Wharf in the last few days I had better action for catch and release trout on the Campbell using a number 12 Spey fly with a green body and brown pheasant hackle wound in the front. I hooked a few trout and the next time I hit my favourite pool, I will change to a pink fly in hopes of landing the 4 to 5 pound pink in the river.

Some large northern coho have been caught at the Green Can and Browns Bay. I have had reports of those using a buck tail are getting some nice catches. Coho tend to hit the buck tail and the aerial display can be quite something to watch but better if you are at the end of the fishing rod. The Campbell River has seen low numbers of pink salmon coming in and

The pinks are in at the Kelsey Bay Wharf and the catches have really picked

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