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Bringing light to Gibsons, volunteer firefighters gave December 29 issue: up their free time to help Deadline for Display andraise Classifi ed advertising needed funds for is Thu the GVFD for 5 the annual Our office will be open through until pm Decembe Festival of Lights. PresOur office will be closed December 26 and 27; ent on January 7 were office hours will resume (L-R as usual from December standing): Firefighter 28 Ron Whitney, Lieutenant Robin Woolmer, Councillor Charlene San Jenko, Firefighter Lani Murphy, Mayor Wayne Rowe, Fire Chief Bob Stevens, Captain Graham Webb, Firefighter Craig Beerling, Firefighter James Ingram. Front row kneeling, (L-R): Firefighter Mike Costa, Firefighter Rick Ruth, Firefighter Greig Soohen.

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The winner of the raffle draw for the LCD television set and Blu-Ray player was Ed Gower (inset) of Gibsons.

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2011 in review – your voice in Ottawa The Positive Story John Weston MP, West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast , Sea to Sky Country

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appy 2012 to you! It is with enthusiasm and gratitude that I greet this brand new year. The enthusiasm springs from a love for new challenges, for meaningful service, and from a recognition of great possibilities for the people of this

constituency. The gratitude is grounded in the deep understanding that election to service is a lending of trust; I am honoured to represent you and to work alongside you as we each contribute to the ongoing success of our community and our country.

Our Government’s Economic Action Plan is working, as it is implemented piece by significant piece across the country. The Act entitled ‘Keeping Canada’s

Economy and Jobs Growing’, will make beneficial measures of the 2011 Budget a reality and take us into the next phase of stability.

This Act increases support for families, businesses small and large, and municipalities looking for long-term support for ongoing projects.

The Harper Government is responding to its mandate from Canadians with bold decisions and firm commitment to its promises.

When I was first elected,

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Hill, and please know that you are being heard every time I write a letter, or meet with a Cabinet Minister, or stand in the House to speak.

Specifically, I want to acknowledge the passion and ability of elected leaders and appointed public officials in our constituency who make countless personal sacrifices for the community they love and serve. Each successful project requires vision, cooperation, determination, open communication and an array of skills found

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it was made clear to me that voters want a representative who will listen to their concerns, set priorities accordingly, and then work with energy and drive to achieve the goals. Together, we’ve kept our eyes focused on sustained economic recovery, service and infrastructure upgrades, fisheries, health & well being, encouraging trade and commerce with the Pacific Rim, and protecting the environment. I have promised to be your voice on Parliament

right here. I appreciate every member of the team that makes it all possible: mayors and councilors, the First Nations leaders, business and community representatives, and tireless volunteers.

Thank you for your support as we move forward, for being forthright in your opinions and for keeping me on track. We may not always agree on policy, however we all want to see this region grow and prosper. Together, we will make 2012 a year of good health and safety, success and stability.

My best wishes to you all for a wonderful season and Happy New Year!

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ou may have heard of a Mystery Guest, or a Mystery Game or even a Mystery Shopper, but on Friday, January 6, Nitestar Jewellers onJan. Cowrie Street 12, 2012 was the site of a Mystery Wedding when two people from Powell River eloped to Sechelt.

Nitestar owner Gloria Law said that she designed and created a beautiful diamond wedding ring for a friend from Powell River who saw it for the first time on Tuesday, January 3. The bride-to-be was so thrilled with the ring she literally could not wait to wear it.

On Wednesday, she phoned and asked permission to have the wedding at the store, to which Law agreed.

By Thursday, they’d tracked down a marriage commissioner on line and on Friday morning, Joanne of Angelic

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the bride went to Claytons Heritage Market, where she bought flowers, then to Fibre Expressions for fabric for the wedding bouquet.

At 2 pm, the ceremony, which Law says must be the shortest one on record, took place and the dazzling ring placed on the bride’s finger. (See the ring in Nitestar’s ad below) The couple Dec prefers to re1, 2011 main anonymous until they break the news to family members.

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What we do for you Coast Watch Garry Nohr Chair Sunshine Coast Regional District and Repesentative for Halfmoon Bay, Area B

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CRD directors and staff are working on programs for 2012 that will benefit the entire Coast, and I will discuss these programs in upcoming articles over the next year. The Local has been tremendous in allowing the board chair to inform people about SCRD functions, but this past election indicated that many of the voting public do not well understand the role of the regional district and its directors.

This year, therefore, I will provide detailed information about initiatives that come under the SCRD mandate. I will further cover constituent concerns that fall outside of regional district functions and are actually the responsibility of either the federal or provincial government. Such issues normally arise from unusual circumstances and are not long-term projects. Anything to be undertaken over the long term requires the provincial government to allow a function to cover the taxation costs. The directors at the regional district do not hesitate to help constituents with any issue they might have with other governments or agencies.

Although such intervention is not part of the formal role of a regional director, it is something

we all do to assist constituents.

The regional district has four function meetings per month, each scheduled for a particular Thursday. These functions are: Community Services, Infrastructure, Planning, and Corporate and Administrative Services. The public is welcome at any of these meetings and can view agenda items on the SCRD website.

Community Services includes parks and recreation but has other areas of management, which can be checked on the SCRD website. The Infrastructure committee oversees water, solid and liquid waste management, bus transportation, and docks.

The Planning committee reviews building applications, Official Community Plans, and rezoning applications. The Corporate and Administrative committee covers the SCRD budget and ongoing costs to run the organization.

The public can attend the January-to-March budget meetings to understand the cost of running SCRD programs and services and to see how staff and directors make decisions and how these affect taxation for the residents of the Coast. Two small additional committees, Transportation and Policing, meet once a month, affording a great opportunity for different organizations to learn about new initiatives and to give input to the police, highways staff, transit, and, sometimes, ferry management.

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All decisions at the committee level must be passed by the SCRD board, which meets twice a month. This allows a time delay from the committee to the board, so that decisions are not rushed through without due consideration.

Please feel free to contact me either by email or phone on any issue. Cell: 604-741-7729 or glnohr@ dccnet.com. Check my website at www.garrynohr. blogspot.com.

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Editorial Who are those guys?

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hey’re in our paper every week, columnists who share information of interest to our readers. In the first Thursday of each month, we have our MP John Weston writing, with his column ‘The Positive Story’. Along with him, we welcome the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives, with their ‘Back in Time’ column. The second Thursday of each month, we welcome Garry Nohr with ‘Coast Watch’ and Nicholas Simons, with ‘Notes from the Upper Mainland’.

Mayor John Henderson will begin his new column on the third week of each month, with ‘The Mayor’s Message’, joined in our pages by Jules Smith for Capilano University with a new column called ‘On Campus’.

The fourth week is always a busy one: we’ll find Silas White writing ‘Education Matters’, new Gibsons Mayor, Wayne Rowe, writing ‘Talk of the Town’ and the Sunshine Coast Astronomical Society’s ‘Stargazing’ column – always popular! If there’s a fifth week, watch for Vicki Dobbyn’s column ‘A Caring Community’ – always worth catching!

With this issue, we welcome a new weekly columnist, who will bring us information, tips and forecasts on the real estate market on the Sunshine Coast. We welcome Kenan MacKenzie, who promises to keep us up-to-date on what’s happening in the real estate market here.

As this newspaper grows, we’ll be able to bring you so much more – we look forward to a bigger Leisure section, more Arts, more community profiles … not to mention contests, special features and so much more! Thank you for supporting The Local throughout 2011! We look forward to growing in 2012 and continuing to be the newspaper that is your connection to our Sunshine Coast community!

With Canada Post as our distributor, we are committed to providing all Coast residents and business people with the latest news and features you expect from a community newspaper. If, for whatever reason, you don’t receive a copy of The Local in your mailbox, please let your hardworking Postal carrier know and they’ll be happy to ensure delivery of your newspaper, or read our paper online at www.thelocalweekly.ca As always, we welcome letters to the Editor; this is your page, where you get to share pet peeves and voice your opinions on local events. Email your letter to editor@thelocalsunshinecoast.com or mail to: P.O. Box 494, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0

Letters to the Editor

Off leash dogs terrorize wildlife

How do you tell a needless, tragic story about a little doe and make her life count for something? This young doe survived traffic and habitat loss in the Gospel Rock area, finding food and familiar safety visiting the bordering properties of lower Gibsons. She was intelligent and known to us.

How could she anticipate that she would be chased relentlessly, for sport, by two off-leash dogs? The dog owner allowed the dogs to run free to chase and injure a wild animal between Langdale and Gospel Rock.

These dogs arrived at Gospel Rock Dec 23, hunting

behind the chain link fence (ocean-side), which was put up during the Gospel Rock dispute. The little doe became their sport. She was driven into traffic and hit, breaking her back leg. She courageously continued to run for hours on three legs, trying to evade the dogs, which savagely bit her. Every step was excruciating agony for her. She managed to run to our properties seeking sanctuary, but the dogs caught up on Glassford, biting her belly, rump, and back legs. She ran bleating pitifully, until she was too exhausted to run. The scene was heartbreaking. A helpful neighbor, Glen, drove the dogs off. Fallen, but

Letters to the Editor head held high, it was clear the little doe wanted to live.

Sadly, she was too seriously wounded to save. Her courage is emblazoned on our hearts.

Dear dog owners: prevent your dogs from chasing wildlife and running loose.

Drivers along Gower Point Road: reduce your speed – there are many deer and other wildlife in the ditches and verges of the roadway.

Town of Gibsons, please remove the chain link fence along Gospel Rock, which traps wildlife. Make a difference – protect our wildlife so this never happens again.

Rebecca Samras, Gibsons

Oh, Oh, Oh ...where did my memory go?

Here we go again, another panic piece, this time in the Jan. 6 Vancouver Sun, promoting anxiety about purported loss of cognitive capacity. Oh goody, now we have another ‘problem’ people can make a living writing about, giving college courses on, treating and selling us pills for. It seems recent tests show that memory begins to decline around age 40.

Well, here’s a couple of ameliorating factors worth considering before we get all panicky and start checking

our wallets for enough cash for a course of memoryenhancing capsules. (My memory may be atrophying, but my alliterative capacity is apparently doing just fine.)

By age forty we may well be starting to realize, as we do ever more frequently and quickly over time, that much of what we once thought important proved otherwise. Ergo, we no longer grant it the focus that would hard-wire it all that firmly into memory.

Personally I worry not one whit that I can’t remember the itsy-bitsy details of what I did a couple of days ago and precisely when. I chuckle when TV detectives ask suspects where they were at some precise date and time at any substantial remove from their present. Thinking you can or ought to be able to recall that kind of trivia strikes me as a bit stupid.

If it was important enough, it will have registered and be available for recall or be written down somewhere (Oh, now where is that damned note?). The precise time of most passing events is of utterly no consequence in their aftermath and in most cases is not worth remembering.

I think we at least begin, intellectually (and with any luck viscerally), to pick that

up by the time we’ve got four decades of existence under our belts. And we get better at it the longer we stick around.

John Marian, Halfmoon Bay

Polar swim not like it used to be The swim (the January 1st Polar Bear swim at Armours Beach at Gibsons Landing) has been happening annually, longer than the 14 years I have been participating.

John Rainer has the details, as he was the spark plug behind the PIGS RAC team and the swim.

I was wondering what would happen this year as I did not see the usual sign tacked onto the hydro pole above our heritage old Town Hall on Marine Drive, previously rented by and used as a club house that the ‘Oinkers’ and shared as a community meeting space, now vacant and locked.

John had retired a couple or more years ago and a new generation had taken over as sponsors following in his footsteps and doing an excellent job. They provided the organized herding of the participants, the safety precautions and especially the hot pea soup and hot dogs inside the clubhouse, where warm community

camaraderie was generated. Everyone got a prize and the youngest and oldest participants got special recognition.

New Years Day morning I put on my swimming trunks under my jeans and, telling my wife I was just going over to check out what was happening, walked across Marine Drive and was surprised to see how many had turned up, despite no sign and locked public washrooms and clubhouse. There were no friendly RAC members to welcome and herd us Polar Boars and Polar Cubs – predominantly families with kids - who had walked down or arrived on bicycles. Swimmers changed outside and the two young Polar Cubs (pictured on page one last week, standing in their improvised hot tub - with real hot water, I was told) offered to share it after I had my plunge.

Who could refuse, which is why an 80 year old Polar Boar took his 15th consecutive plunge, very obviously the oldest one there. I sure missed the Pigs hot pea soup afterward, but not the community camaraderie and warmth as it was very much present in this jewel of a neighborhood park.

Robert Curry, Gibsons (Letters continued on page 5)

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Looking back at 2011 and looking forward to 2012 Real Estate Tips Kenan MacKenzie

Sunshine Coast Real Estate News

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he market in 2011 was a bit of a swing year with sellers trying to hold their ground and buyers sitting on the sidelines, increasing inventory; declining sales pushed prices down. We saw detached home sales decline by 10 per cent to finish the year with 451 sales and 1187 listings compared to 505 sales and 1269 listings in 2010. At

the height of the market or what many see as the top of our sellers market in 2007, there were 727 detached home sales on the Sunshine Coast. The only area of the market that saw an increase in sales were in apartments, with an increase of 20 per cent in sales over the previous year Other market stats for the Sunshine Coast in 2011 show land at 75 sales and 407 listings, attached homes 41 sales and 92 listings, and apartments 53 sales and 181 listings.

2012 should see sales increase across all areas of the

market with buyers and investors taking advantage of the low interest rates and favorable market conditions.

Market conditions should remain in favor of the buyers through 2012 with the total number of listings on the Coast remaining high.

So is real estate on the Sunshine Coast a good investment? According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver pricing index, the 10-year change was a 123 per cent. Now, if you bought a home as an investment back in 2001 it has, according to the index, increased in value by 123

Two children generously offered to share their tub of warm water with former Gibsons Councillor Bob Curry, following their Polar Bear swim at Armours Beach in Gibsons Landing January 1.

Hats off to Direct Disposal Last Tuesday, garbage day, I had a day with my younger brother (of which there have been very few in forty-something years), and in the bustle forgot an important weekly chore.

Returning home with a sinking feeling I found that Direct Disposal’s Steve, a young man with a mega-watt smile, had ‘gone the extra mile’ (and taken out the garbage).

If his efforts are a consequence of good management, well done!

Peter Killick, Sechelt

Local heroes shine across the Coast This letter is our way of saying a giga thank you to

per cent and every month it would have paid you a dividend in the form of rent.

As long as people wish to move to the Sunshine Coast, property will be a great investment. Ryan Berlin, Director of Urban Futures, predicts the population of the Sunshine Coast will increase by 20 per cent by the year 2031. This means that the Sunshine Coast will increase by an average of 300 people per year.

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There is a drop off place at the Halfmoon Bay Store, Take Five Video on North Road in Gibsons and the Local in Sechelt. If you would like us to pick up from your house, please contact Lynda, 604-8869381 or Pat, 604-8859089.

Anyone who would like more information about our local group, please email us at scgandg@ dccnet.com or call Pat or Lynda.

For more information about the Stephen Lewis Foundation, log onto it’s website @ stephenlewisfoundation.org.

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The Sunshine Coast celebrates a brand new year

Letters to the Editor all who have supported the SC Grandmothers and GrandOthers, the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the tens of thousands of grandmothers in Africa raising their orphaned grandchildren. One hundred per cent of the funds Grandmothers’ Groups raise goes to various programs in 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

In these tough economic times and with so many local services out there fundraising, you all still came through and made this a good year. It shows the special kind of people we have here on the Coast.

A special thank you to the Local for a weekly reminder to its readers about our penny drive. The coins dropped off in the office totaled over $500! Our yearly total was $1,691.68

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Bailiffs seize Sechelt Golf and Country Club E

arly Monday morning, January 9, bailiffs attended the Sechelt Golf and Country Club to change the locks on the doors and post notices of lease termination due to a continuing failure to meet overdue lease payments.

In a media briefing later that morning, Mayor John Henderson disclosed that the debts incurred by the SGCC have been mounting over some time and have reached over $190,000.

As a result, the District of Sechelt, who may now use money from a reserve fund to continue operation of the course, has seized land and assets. He said that once the lease is reassigned to a new tenant, those monies would be recuperated.

Golf course employees who learned only this morning of the action, and were somewhat relieved to learn they could keep their jobs after a brief shutdown period while District of

Sechelt staff inventory and evaluate assets. Plans are to maintain the buildings and the greens. “As the greens are the most important asset of the Sechelt Golf and Country Club, it is vital that these be maintained,” said Henderson at the briefing.

While leasehold improvements, such as the restaurant and the pro shop, were constructed by the SGCC leaseholders and remain their property, there is a legal issue involved in taking

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over these improvements, which the District will have to investigate.

“Right now, our plan is to get the staff on side and they seem to be positive about the situation,” said Henderson. “Getting community support is really critical now, and getting the restaurant back into operation and getting people onto the course is also important.”

Henderson told The Local that there have allegedly been two owners of the SGCC who had fallen into dispute. A second party took over the lease in March of 2011, but when terms were not met by November, the first owner resumed the operation.

“We know there are creditors who haven’t been paid,” added Jan. Henderson, 12, 2012 “and some of them are already taking legal action.” He said

3 pm at the District of Sechelt Community Room, where officials will field questions and listen to ‘creative’ solutions. Henderson added that while there are already a few people who have expressed interest in taking over the lease on the SGCC, the District would be interested in hearing from anyone with a viable proposal.

Beware of telemarketers using BC Hydro in a scam B C Hydro is warning its customers to be aware of a potential scam this winter season where telemarketers claim to be calling from BC Hydro to sell energy-saving devices called “Hydro Power Savers.” In some instances, telemarketers also incorrectly claim they are in possession of the customer’s power consumption information.

BC Hydro does not endorse “Hydro Power Savers” and has seen similar potential scams in other provinces, including Alberta. In addition, customers’ power consumption information is strictly confidential and

is not shared with third parties. As part of the calls, the alleged telemarketers are reportedly claiming that the “Hydro Power Savers” can save customers money on their bills.

Customers who have been contacted by telemarketers about “Hydro Power Savers” are encouraged not to enter into any agreement for purchase. The Better Business Bureau has included “power saving scams” as one of the Top Ten Scams for 2012.

Customers who would like to file a complaint can visit the website of the Better Business Bureau serving Mainland British Columbia

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that the SGCC has a solid history of good members, and that 80 members have already prepaid their memberships for 2012. “Those monies have gone to the SGCC leaseholder and that is regrettable. However, we want those members to know that we recognize their support.”

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kitchen and basement doors new in 2011. The home is an open concept with the kitchen, dining and living room. Some of the other features are suite potential (2nd kitchen downstairs), workshop off carport, green house/potting shed. South exposure, large level backyard and 2 street entrances. The home is located within a short walk of parks, seniors center, shopping, new rec center, library, beach and schools.

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were presented with a beautiful gift basket filled with goodies for the new baby, which included: A baby shirt and special balm from The Medicine Shoppe; a luxurious baby blanket from Fibre Expressions; a baby hat and Onesy, courtesy of Monkey Chips; a baby safety gate from Canadian Tire; Peggalish baby facecloths; herbal gentle bath soap for baby from Nature’s Bounty; a snuggly baby warmer courtesy of Reflections Bed & Bath; two decorative hanging dragonflies for baby’s room from Upstage Décor; a lovely flower arrangement

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Last year’s first baby was Keeli Kirkland-Gower, born to Tiffany Kirkland and Darryl Gower of Wilson Creek, also on January 3. A belated happy first birthday, Keeli!

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he BC SPCA is excited to announce the launch of an innovative new online pet search site that will help reunite thousands of lost pets with their anxious families. In addition to featuring photos and descriptions of lost animals in care in all BC SPCA shelters, the public will be able to post their own photos and descriptions of lost and found animals directly on the site.

“Each year, the BC SPCA rescues more than 13,000 stray and lost animals,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA. “Sadly, many of these animals do not have any form of identification linking them to their guardians and we are unable to reunite them with their families. Although we do find new loving homes for them, our first choice would

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On the BC SPCA’s new pet search site, every lost animal brought to any BC SPCA shelter in the province is automatically posted for viewing online, saving valuable time for guardians looking for their lost pet, says Chortyk. “With Good Samaritans also posting found animals on the site, the chances of reuniting people with their lost pet

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increases.” On the site, users can post a free listing of a missing or found animal.

The listing becomes part of a searchable database on the site and can be edited or removed at any time. For people who have lost a pet, a “Lost Animal” poster is generated with a photo of the missing pet, the pet’s name and description, the date and location the animal went missing and the guardian’s contact information.

“We know how traumatic it can be to lose a beloved pet, and we believe this exciting new online tool will dramatically increase the number of lost animals who are quickly reunited with their anxious guardians,” says Chortyk. To view lost Jan. 12, 2012 pets or to post information about a found animal, visit bcpetsearch.com

he 21st Pender Harbour Christmas Bird Count, organized locally by the Pender Harbour Wildlife Society, was held on December 17. About 35 participants in seven separate parties, each led by an expert birder, scoured the area from Middlepoint to Earls Cove, Egmont and Storm Bay in search of every bird they could find.

The Christmas Bird Count, organized in Canada by Bird Studies Canada, and in the USA by the Audubon Society, has been running since the year 1900. In that year ornithologist Frank Chapman organized the first count in New England as a response to the traditional “side hunt” where parties of hunters shot everything that moved, with the winners being the party with the biggest pile of dead bodies. Today, thankfully, we count birds instead and the project is one of the biggest citizenscience projects in the world with a huge database detailing the fortunes of bird species over

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the years since 1900.

This year the weather on count day was excellent with clear skies, calm winds and warm temperatures. It is not always so! At the end of the day 11,184 birds of 85 different species had been enumerated. We always hope to find 80+ species, with the highest species totals being 87 in 1993 and 2003. Over the years 132 different species have been recorded. No rare species were found this year, but highlights included a Yellow-billed Loon, a White-throated Sparrow and Common Redpoll.

Bird numbers within species go up and down from year to year for a multitude of reasons, but numbers were generally up over the past few years for most waterbirds, including loons,

grebes, cormorants and alcids. A very high number of Surf Scoters were recorded, 5500, which parallels the high totals of this species on other counts this year, including on the GibsonsSechelt area count. Conversely, Great Blue Heron numbers continued at the low level of recent years (way down from the numbers in the 80s and 90s), presumed to be because of predation of the young by the increasing population of Bald Eagles.

The Countdown was held in the evening at the Iris Griffiths Centre where excellent food was served while the stories and tribulations of the day were recounted.

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irefighters and a fire truck from the Gibsons Volunteer Fire Department descended on Tim Hortons/Wendy’s restaurant on Saturday, January 7 to announce that Gibsons Building Supply was the winner of the Festival of Lights, chosen through ballots purchased at the stores by locals. The tree sponsorships raised $6,000. The GVFD’s contribution to the event was a fire-safe electrical system that stood up to the elements, replacement of incandescent light bulbs with LED lights for lower power loads and their new ‘signature’ display of Santa being pulled in a fire truck by eight tiny Dalmations.

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It was his lucky day: GVFD Fire Chief Bob Stevens presents raffle winner Ed Gower of Sechelt with his new flat-screen television set.

Stevens was in attendance with several volunteer firefighters who joined with staff from Tim Hortons to witness the draw for the raffle, done by Gibsons Mayor Wayne Rowe and Coun-

cillor Charlene San Jenko.

They drew the name of the lucky winner of the large flat-screen LCD television set and Blu-Ray DVD player from all the raffle tickets: the lucky winner was Ed

Gower of Sechelt, who was later presented his win by Stevens and Raffle Coordinator/Training Coordinator, Lte. Robin Woolmer.

The raffle raised $600, and proceeds will go to support training courses and facilities for the volunteer firefighters.

San Jenko and Rowe were thrilled to be supportive of the event, in which the GVFD raised almost $8,000 through the annual event.

Following the draws, firefighters took down decorations to return Tim Horton’s to its pre-Festival of Lights appearance, using the fire truck’s equipment to hoist down the now-familiar sant’as sleigh drawn by eight tiny Dalmations.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Gibsons Volunteer Fire Department; a large poster on the wall at Tim Hortons in which the department listed their ‘Wall of Famers’ also called for new volunteers to join the department. If you’re interested in joining the GVFD and would like to know what’s involved, there

will be a ‘Meet and Greet’ held Friday, January 27 at 7 pm at the GVFD hall for prospective members.

“We’d like to thank all those who took the time to vote, and congratulate the lucky winners,” said GVFD chief Bob Stevens. “With community support for the Festival of Lights every year, we all come out winners.”

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This funding brings annual legal aid funding in BC to $68.6 million.

The Ministry of Attorney General will make this funding available through efficiencies in its administrative resources.

Enhancing the Province’s justice system is a priority for government. This is being done through innovation and reform, as well as adding new resources.

Government remains committed to introducing new initiatives - including the Family Law Act - that take matters out of courtrooms, find efficiencies and increase capacity. To help achieve ef-

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Tip of the Week: As 2012 gains momentum and the Year of the Dragon fast approaches, this offers a window of time to reflect. 2012 has gained a lot of attention the past several years. Of course, particular emphasis has been on Winter Solstice 2012; many predictions ranging from the catastrophic to the fantastic have been presented by people around the world. Th at 5,12/21/2012 Jan. 2012 represents the symbolic beginning of a new Precessional Cycle is according to Classical Mayan Cosmology. That the Mayans today assert their oral records reach all the way back 26,0000 years to the alpha and omega point is interesting. Some have asserted that each new cycle accompanies major cataclysmic activity. Yet, whether this remains an actual periodic cycle suggestive of new episodes of cataclysm is the question running through people’s minds. Assuming that dire events will occur exactly on Winter Solstice versus that being a symbolic date seems, well …

Jan. 12, 2012 convenient. The Year of the Dragon itself only comes around every 12 years, with the last one being in 2000 and is said to bring in a new balance. 2012 should prove interesting, at least.

Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Everyone is feeling pressures that demand commitment and resolve, not least of all you. The need for new strategies is featured. Rebellious reactions certainly won’t help you now. Sometimes the best choice is to surrender to what is, and cooperate. Asking for assistance can be a good idea as well. Expect pressure levels Jan.high 12, 2012 to rise and remain for a while.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) You are on the eve of some real breakthroughs that indicate expansiveness.

Yet, there remain some important lessons before this can fully happen. Realizing the importance of teamwork and collaboration is the central theme here.

Friends are much more helpful that enemies. Make extra efforts to exercise an open mind for best results.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) The aftermath of the holiday season combined with the onset of a New Year brings its own complexities. Patience has been an important theme of late and remains especially ideal now. Accessing new perspectives and tools to stimulate feeling secure is important. Focusing on your own talents will achieve this now, amidst more sobering and perhaps taxing duties.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) A steady process of stripping away old layers continues. Yet, already you have cleared the way for some new strategies and creative possibilities.

There is a rhyme and reason, a time and season, and this truth reminds us to be willing at least as much as willful. As you do so and receive intuitive guidance, you can shift into your power drive again.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) Okay, so some major changes have occurred in your life. The question remains: do you feel like you have accessed your real power potential? This will prove important this year so concentrate on the question and especially the answers. Aim to activate your imagination towards intuitive reception and intellectual innovation. Survival instincts have their place and time, but not here and now.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) You are in a sober mood and your attitude is dry. In certain respects you have had enough.

Some things have and are working but some things are not. You are ready to experience new successes and these may well include a more satisfying home life; more beauty, comfort and joy. Direct your mind focus to weaving a new dream plan.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) Establishing a more reliable rhythm in your daily routine is in the spotlight.

Your willing determination to embark upon a learning curve may be driven by necessity at least as much as inspiration. Critical thinking and careful analysis of your strategy is extra important now. Nurture a vision and design approach that allows you to pour your heart into your work, for a fair return!

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) Thinking creatively for the sake of success implies diversity. You are in a foundation building phase that may well require key investments, time and energy. Accept this and work patiently with the process.

It may take a little longer than you hope for the real returns to roll in, yet if you persevere they will, eventually. Enjoy the creative process and trust.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) A good deal of activity on the home front continues. This stands to be of the more sober type.

Knowing your priorities and having a clear sense of direction is ever ideal and may feel essential now.

Expect this trend to continue. Be willing to give to situations, perhaps more than before, yet differently. Your own health and welfare should be high on the list.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) You are in a pioneering mood. This includes growing desires to take some calculated risks. As is often true, avoid a single strategy. Rather, aim for variety. Your determination to assert your will and push through and beyond any blocks, whether within your own mind or without, is extra likely and ideal now.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) Taking some down time to retreat and rest before the year really gets rolling is the call now. A deep recharge of your batteries is implied. Yet, to truly rest you must avoid worry and to do that the key is to reside in your heart center, literally. Direct your mind this way, like an arrow aimed deliberately to hit the mark. This will bring peace, rest and confidence.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Who are your best friends and allies? It is good to ask such questions periodically. Being your own best friend is the best first answer. At its deepest reach this is a relationship with your spirit. In all respects, a deep intention to cooperate within and without places principles above personalities. This golden key to success will win the support of worldly power players and angels on high

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he sun shone down on Sechelt Tuesday, January 10 in more ways than one: District of Sechelt’s mayor, John Henderson joined with West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country MP, John Weston and Barbara Steele, Councillor and past President of the Union of BC Municipalities to announce that the residents of Sechelt will benefit from the construction of new wastewater treatment facilities thanks to $8 million in funding approved from the Gas Tax Fund.

This means that Sechelt will receive a state-of-theart wastewater management system that will result in a facility that is not only odorless, but noiseless and environmentally sensitive as well – and set a standard for communities across Canada and even the world.

When asked if the existing wastewater facility would be upgraded or if a new facility would be constructed, Mayor John Henderson replied, “If you’ve ever been inside the Ebbtide facility, you’d know that’s not likely. We may be looking at a decentralized system, rather than having pipes running all across Sechelt.” This will be good news for the current residents in the area of the Ebbtide facility, who have voiced complaints for years about the odors emitting from the facility.

Henderson went on to thank former mayor, Darren Inkster, who attended

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Steele made the announcement that Sechelt will receive $8 million in funding for a new wastewater system.

the announcement, for his work in laying the groundwork for this event. “Without your work and that of your Council, we wouldn’t be in this position today,” he said.

According to Steele, 80 per cent of the infrastructure across Canada is seriously aging, and it will be a huge task to upgrade and improve those systems. With the UBCM now earmarking Gas Tax Fund monies specifically for Sechelt, it will mean that community’s infrastructure will see upgrades to meet growing demands as the population

New strata property regulations introduced ew regulations under the Strata Property Act that improve accountability in strata corporations have been introduced that will support the more than one million strata property owners and residents in the province.

The new rules were developed after extensive consultations with the strata community including strata lot owners, strata associations, legal experts and professionals. The consultation also included an online public survey in February 2011 that attracted over 1,800 participants, many of whom provided additional comments that helped refine the final regulations.

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years have been stratas. Strata properties already make up more than half of the taxable properties in a dozen British Columbia municipalities. The prevalence of stratas will continue to grow as the province’s population expands and urban densification increases.

Members of the public use the Strata Property Act and regulations directly on a regular basis. Regulations with respect to audited financial statements are expected to be introduced next year.

A guide to the new regulations will be published early in 2012 to give strata owners and corporations an opportunity to learn more about the new rules before they are required to comply.

increases and the infrastructure erodes. The UBCM administers the Gas Tax Fund in BC in collaboration with the Governments of Canada and BC. On December 15, the government passed legislation to make the Gas Tax Fund a permanent annual investment of $2 billion, of which Sunshine Coast communities will see a regular annuity for upgrades.

“We put out some feelers last week (for the new

wastewater system) and have already received responses,” said Henderson.

He added that Sechelt will set a standard of excellence in wastewater management that will ‘put Sechelt give generously. onPlease the map’.

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Representatives of RCMP and Fire Department will be available at this meeting on, Tuesday, January 17th at 7 pm, in the Community Meeting Room, 5797 Cowrie Street (first floor).

Further information is available on the District’s website at www.sechelt.ca. Questions and comments may be directed to André Boel, Community Planner, aboel@sechelt.ca or 604-740-8463.

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ToastMasters June 30, 2011 welcome, call 604Issue Date: ____________________ Friday, January 13 886-7263 to reserve a seat.

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Saturday, January 14 can serve you Entertainment Society. For tickets call Your business to us!www.coastjazz.com •2:00pm. SCBGS presents ‘Armchairis important 604-740-5825. travel to Canada’s Far North’ with Sunday, January 22 Glen Paterson. Garden book sale •Coast Recital Society presents to follow. Sparling Pavilion, 5941 Montreal-based Pentaédre Wind Mason Rd., Sechelt.

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Centre, Sechelt. Contact Darren •4:00pm. ‘Love & Hope’ for the Molder at 604-885-8701 to register Philippines. A concert to raise funds or for more details. for the victims of the typhoon. St. Thursday, January 26 Hilda’s Church, Sechelt. Admission •3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Market by donation. For more info call at Roberts Creek Hall (indoors).

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Friday, January 27 Sunday, January 15 •5:30pm. Egmont Movie Night.

•2:00pm. The Sojourners, seriously Kids movie 6:00pm, adult movie spiritual gospel singers perform at 8:00pm. Egmont Community Hall. the School of Music, Madeira Park. Free.

For more information or tickets Saturday, January 28 contact Francine at the Pender •5:30pm. Gibsons Seniors Society Harbour Music Society. host their annual Robert Burns www.penderharbourmusic.ca Night Supper. For tickets call Phyllis Monday, January 16 at 604-886-1378.

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he BC Coroners Service and Office of the Fire Commissioner are urging owners of live-in motor homes (travel trailers), mobile (manufactured) homes and operators of mobile home parks to take special care to prevent fires in the wake of a calamitous New Year’s weekend for fire deaths in British Columbia.

From December 29, 2011 to January 2, 2012, seven British Columbians lost their lives in five separate fires. Three of those fires and five of the deaths occurred in mobile homes or travel trailers being used as living accommodation. The BC Coroners Service and the Office of the Fire Commissioner are continuing to investigate these fires; specific causes of

the fires are not yet available.

While mobile homes provide a source of housing for many British Columbians, studies show that fires in such housing, especially in older units, tend to be more devastating than those in other forms of residence.

Escape from mobile home fires is more difficult for a number of reasons:

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The space is smaller, which puts the occupant closer to the products of combustion; they do not ventilate as readily as other homes, and chances of survival decrease; a second exit is not always accessible, and they are sometimes made of more flammable materials.

Specific steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of all home fires include havSC Dragon Boats 952 ing furnaces inspected at least once a year, cleaning the blower and filters often to prevent overheating; ensuring electrical wiring and appliances are in good working order; watching for any signs of wiring trouble, including flickering lights for no apparent reason or warm, inoperable, strange-smelling Dec. 29, 2011 or discoloured switch plates

or outlets; sparking or electrical arcing or a blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker.

It is the law for all homes to be equipped with smoke detectors and highly recommended that all homes have a fire extinguisher. Consider replacing wood-based combustible wall coverings with gypsum board products, which slow down the progression of fire.

Developing and practicing home evacuation plans can help people prepare for any emergency. Most home fires occur at night, when people are the least prepared. A home fire can become a disaster if you and your family are not familiar with the fastest escape route and do not have an emergency plan in place.

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With every purchase you make until February 14th, you will be entered to win one of our Canuck prizes!

eginning in 2012, cataract patients in BC who wish to purchase foldable intraocular lenses will be able to do so directly from their health authority at standardized pricing that will reflect provincial buying power with savings passed on to patients.

In BC, rigid lenses are the insured implant and provided to patients free of charge, while patients who opt instead for foldable lenses are charged the difference. Current evidence does not show that foldable lenses have an advantage over rigid lenses when it comes to patient safety.

Previously, patients purchased comparable foldable lenses directly from their surgeons at a wide range of prices from about $250 to $1,900. Health authorities will sell lenses on a cost-recovery basis, with no mark-up or profit’ the cost to the patient will depend on the model of lens purchased.

Health authorities will now manage the supply of both insured and noninsured lenses through Health Shared Services BC. This change will standardize lens prices

throughout the province, save patients money, and will improve patient safety by ensuring that health authorities can consistently track all the lenses, so that patients can be notified if there is a problem with the lens in the future.

Patients needing cataract surgery do not need to pay any out-of-pocket expenses for their care.

Standard lenses are covered 100 per cent by the public health-care system - patients will only pay if they choose to purchase non-medically necessary lenses.

“We are addressing inequalities in the system by standardizing the cost of foldable lens for cataract patients, regardless of where they live or where they had their surgery,” said Minister of Health, Michael de Jong. “This approach benefits patients as it will reduce the cost of lenses.”

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BC Assessment estimates the value of all homes based on their market value on July 1 each year. The Province then reviews the information and adjusts the threshold of the homeowner grant to make sure at least 95.5 per cent of eligible homeowners receive the full amount. Those with homes valued above the threshold may still be eligible for a partial grant.

The homeowner grant provides a maximum reduction in residential property taxes on principal residences of $570 in the Capital, Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley regional districts and $770 elsewhere in the province.

An additional grant of $275 is available to those who are age 65 or over, permanently disabled or a veteran of certain wars.

The government also announced last November their plans to create a further grant of up to $275 for low-income Canadian Forces veterans with more recent service, in the event they do not already qualify as seniors or persons with disabilities. These details will be announced shortly.

In Budget 2007, the

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The deferment programs are low-interest loan programs that allow qualifying residents to defer all or part of their property taxes until they sell or transfer ownership of their home, or it becomes part of an estate. Application forms are available when property tax notices are issued in spring.

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Contract Term: Immediately to December 31, 2012 Local KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: The

5758 Cowrie• ToSt., Sechelt provide weekly roadside residential recycling pick up and disposal services to all residences on SBL 1 and 2.

2 x 3.5 • To provide weekly recycling pick up and disposal services to SIB Administration Building, Education Building, Social Development Building and Community Hall.

• Supply all labour and equipment to complete the scope of work.

EXPERIENCE & GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS: • Reliable, insured vehicle suitable for hauling recycling.

• Comprehensive general liability insurance.

• Worksafe BC coverage.

• Driver’s license abstract for all vehicle operators.

If interested, please submit your bid, including proof of insurance coverage, Worksafe BC coverage and driver’s license abstract(s), by 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2011. A more detailed scope of work is available at the Band office. If any information is required, please do not hesitate to contact Debra Potter, SIGD/Lands Administrator at (604) 885-2273.

The SIGD is not obligated to accept the lowest or any bid and may reject all bids.

16 The Local - Thursday, January 12, 2012