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Luxury yacht gets �lawless launch of Portland, Maine,” Rhodes said. “We’re going to put it on a ship later this spring, which will take it to Fort Lauderdale, through the Panama Canal. We’ll unload it in Fort Lauderdale. Then I’ll get on board with the owners and we’ll drive it up to Maine.”

Meanwhile, Rhodes and his staff will make sure everything is ship shape.

“We’ll spend the next couple of months with the owners—who will be coming out a few times—doing some orientation with them, and getting all the bugs out of the boat,” he said.

Rhodes said the boat has some features that were not

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“This has been a special project for us,” Rhodes said.

“It’s got the first enclosed flybridge, or ‘sky lounge,’ as it’s referred to in our industry. It also has an interior elevator that calls upon all three decks to give the owners better accessibility. One of the owners is in a wheelchair, so this will allow her to get throughout 75 per cent of the boat.”

Coastal Craft has a number of vessels under construction, including another 65foot yacht, which is expected in the water late this year.

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The $4.5-million, 65-foot, aluminum-hulled vessel, finished in the signature dark blue of manufacturer Coastal Craft, was eased into the water midday Jan. 7 after an hours-long overnight trip from the company’s assembly plant in upper Gibsons.

Coast Craft President Jeff Rhodes said the boat has a long trip ahead to its new home.

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Editorial Opinion Stand up, speak out Like any year, 2015 had its share of good and bad, tragedy and beauty, hope and despair. It’s difficult not to get discouraged by events like the Syrian war and refugee crisis, violent outbreaks in Beirut, Paris, Burundi, the U.S. and so many other places, and the ongoing climate catastrophe.

But responses to these tragedies and disasters offer hope. It became clear during 2015 that when those who believe in protecting people and the planet, treating each other with fairness, respect and kindness and seeking solutions stand up, speak out and act for what is right and just, we will be heard.

As Syria descended deeper into chaos during 2015, people in many wealthy nations called for blocking refugees. But many more opened their hearts, homes and wallets and showed compassion.

Shootings and the inevitable absurd arguments against gun control continued south of the border, but many people, including the president, rallied for an end to the insanity. And while the U.S. presidential race remains mired in bigotry, ignorance and a dumbfounding rejection of climate science, many U.S. citizens, including political candidates, are speaking out for a positive approach more aligned with America’s professed values. And in 2015, voters here and elsewhere rejected fearbased election campaigns that promoted continued reliance on climate-altering coal, oil and gas.

The fossil fuel industry and its supporters continued to sow doubt and confusion about the overwhelming evidence for human-caused climate change and to rail against solutions, but many more people marched, signed petitions, sent letters, talked to friends and family, demanded action from political, religious and business leaders, and got on with innovating and implementing solutions.

The public appetite for a constructive approach to global warming led Canada to shift course in 2015, taking global warming seriously enough to make positive contributions at the Paris climate conference in December.

If we want to heal this world we have so badly damaged, we must do all we can. Although many necessary and profound changes must come from governments, industry and other institutions, we can all do our part. For the climate, we can conserve energy, eat less meat, drive less, improve energy efficiency in our homes and businesses and continue to stand up and speak out.

Events in 2015 taught us that when those of us who care about humanity and the planet’s future stand up and speak out, we can make this small, blue world and its miraculous life and natural systems a better place for all.

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(Sent to managers at the SCRD, and copied to the Local) Jan. 1, 2016 at the Gibsons Rec Center. My facility pass had expired on Dec. 31. I wanted to purchase a three-month pass, the most economical option available for me to keep fit and stay healthy. I was informed that you must have my credit card on file and debit my chequing account or credit card monthly for that option to be available to me. So as to avoid this cumbersome bookkeeping and insecure ‘option’ I offered to pay in cash, and to pay the full amount up front with credit card, and was declined. I did this as a matter of privacy; my credit card information has already been used by thieves; now I have to worry further about the availability of sensitive information allowing the theft of my identity to be had more easily. Or, I can pay the single drop-in fee which is much more expensive.

Then today I wanted to book a court and was told that even to book the court they needed my credit card information. What if I didn’t have a credit card? I wouldn’t be able to access the facility and play squash or racquetball, sports that require advance booking.

This policy, that your systems are set up like a large corporation for community services and that this system gives your users no options for privacy or choice is unacceptable for a community resource such as recreation.

First of all, you have all our birthdays, and they show up on the screen at check-in to whoever can see the distance from the desk top to the screen; I know, I was alarmed to read it more than once.

This means that all someone who wants to steal anyone's identity has to do is hang around the desk until the screen pops up with all that data. And we have no choice

to opt out, that's the initial crime.

This kind of big-brother, corporate approach to my community facility is offensive and just dead-wrong.

Please change this horrible system to give each of us a choice to participate with our privacy intact. You can do better. Just say NO to technology that is easier for you, perhaps, but definitely not for our community. At least give us a decent choice.

Caitlin Hicks, Roberts Creek

roads of the Sunshine Coast will clearly demonstrate that elk spend most of their time browsing in open areas where an abundance of grasses, plants and bushes exist. Except when the elk are browsing people’s gardens, this habitat is usually found in regenerating clearcuts.

Elk, like many other Sunshine Coast species, flourish where a diversity of habitats and forest age classes exist, from clearcut to old growth.

Tony Greenfield, Halfmoon Bay

‘Awesome generosity’

‘Stop the hunting’

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all who supported my recent Breast Cancer Fundraiser; to Strait Coffee for providing the venue for the shaving event and donation drop off; to Nikki Lloyd of Electric Hair for shaving my head; and for the generous donations of the people of the Sunshine Coast.

Thanks to their support I was able to reach the amount of $1,780.80.

Any who still feel like helping me to reach the hoped-for goal of $2,000 can do so at my special page on the Cancer Foundation website. That can be accessed at http://donate. bccancerfoundation.com/ site/TR/Events/ResponsiveT R?px=1917960&pg=persona l&fr_id=2800 Once again, thank you Sunshine Coast. Your generosity is awesome.

Monica Davis, Sechelt

Forest diversity

(Re “Home to elk”, the Local, Jan. 7) Ross Muirhead’s letter about Roosevelt elk displays the usual selective reading of the facts by Elphinstone Logging Focus to match their own agenda. It does a serious disservice to the elk, which require an abundance of browse to flourish.

A cursory reading of the literature or even better, a few field trips on the logging

(Sent to Premier Christy Clark and copied to the Local) I am hoping that 2016 is going to be a good year for our oceans, forests and wildlife. Regarding the killing of more wolves and bears – it must be a joke. I cannot believe this is true. Since 95 per cent of BC people are against the trophy hunting, you cannot ignore this.

Tourists from all over the world come here to experience our beautiful nature and wildlife. They take pictures.

We had unusually high numbers of orphaned bear cubs last season. Why? Too many mother bears are getting killed on the roads, or shot by hunters, or conservation officers. “Conservation” officers should be trained to conserve and care. You should make changes, like heavy fines, for people who attract them by leaving a garbage container outside. Stop logging the so-important habitat they need for food and protection.

Stop hunting on the Sunshine Coast. We would have a lot fewer cubs who are without their mom.

Stop the trophy hunting altogether.

This is your chance to make history as a premier who really cares for our beautiful environment and wildlife.

Cornelia van Berkel, Sechelt

‘Stop the bombing’

(Addressed to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and copied to the Local) According to the Hill Times Online, "Canadian Armed Forces disclosed in December that CF-18s had dropped a total of 546 so-called ‘smart bombs’—laser guided—since November, 2014.” The article goes on to describe multiple Canadian air strikes since Dec. 1, 2015, three weeks after Mr. Trudeau and his government were sworn in.

When will your government honour its election promise and please cease all illegal bombing of Iraq, that is all bombing which is not explicitly authorized by the UN Security Council? Will your Ministry redirect the millions of dollars in destructive bombs dropped on small countries abroad towards useful programs of social uplift at home?

Do you believe that perhaps our soldiers could set up solar panels on public buildings in Canada? Wouldn’t this contribute in a more useful way to Canadian energy and environmental security?

Roger J. M. Lagassé, Halfmoon Bay

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Dragons deal for Holy Crap Holy Crap wine and beer are a couple of the new product lines that could be in the works thanks to a deal recently signed by the owners of the hugely successful Sunshine Coast organic cereal company.

Founders Corin and Brian Mullins appeared for a second time on CBC’s Dragons’ Den in a program broadcast Jan. 6. It was also the second time the Mullins did a deal with Dragon Jim Treliving, only to see both parties again amicably back out of their initial verbal agreement.

This time, the Mullins quickly signed up with another Dragon, Manjit Minhas, whose Calgary-based family’s conglomerate includes the tenth-largest brewery in North America.

“They are capable of doing Holy Crap organic wine and beers,” Brian Mullins said in an interview with the Local.

“They’ve talked to us about licencing already.”

Minhas has come on as a co-CEO with the Mullins, and has agreed in principle to buy the company later for $3.6 million.

Although the program was taped and the deal was done last fall, the Mullins were sworn to secrecy until the show aired.

“We entered into a threeyear agreement with the Minhas family on October 1st.

We’ve been quietly working with them since then. They have a right of first refusal to buy the company,” Mullins said. “We’re all working together and see how it works out. We’ve got a three-year deal with them right now, regardless of what happens.”

That comes as a great relief to those who watched the CBC broadcast and got the impression that Minhas had bought the company

outright. Actually, the Mullins are still in charge.

“We’re not going anywhere,” he said, having signed a new three-year lease on their factory and warehouse on Hough Rd. in upper Gibsons, and retaining their 13 employees.

Meanwhile, the Minhas family will wield its corporate power and considerably extend the reach of Holy Crap.

“Their marketing force in Western Canada is going to go into all the grocery stores and make personal contact with them that we couldn’t have done or afforded to do before,” Brian Mullins said.

And it doesn’t end there.

“Our agreement with Minhas is just for the U.S. and Canada. We are working with other potential partners, literally around the world,” said Mullins. “We’ll see what happens in China.” Rik Jespersen

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In accepting the appointment, Tim Palmer stated, “It is an honour to have the opportunity to serve council, staff and the community in such a spectacular location. I look forward to contributing to Sechelt’s future success.”

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For the past 26 years, Tim has worked in a number of municipalities in British Columbia. His first assignment as a CAO was in 2007, in Burns Lake. He also served in this capacity in the City of Revelstoke. As a consultant, he has provided CAO services to the communities of Sicamous, Nakusp and Rossland.

His career in local government started in utilities and wastewater services and he later took on assignments as a superintendent of public works and a director of engineering.

Tim holds a Masters of Business Administration degree and trade certification as a millwright and electrician. He has certification in Local Government Administration and training in international business studies and electrical engineering.

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Pull of the Tide Pam GoldsmithJones MP, West Vancouver Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky Country

I am very pleased to be able to meet with the entire set of Sunshine Coast elected representatives this January.

As the government shapes policy on infrastructure investment, environmental reviews, fisheries, oceans and coast guard, housing, seniors, mental health, child care – for example - it is fortuitous to be able to meet before the house resumes sitting on Jan. 25. I am grateful for the flexibility of community governments and agencies, to work within the time I have available.

- Sunshine Coast Intergovernmental Meeting, Sechelt January 19: - Local issues and initiatives, Pender Harbour - Roberts Creek Community School working lunch, Roberts Creek - Gibsons Chamber of Commerce, Gibsons

January 18: - Longhouse welcome, Sechelt Nation, Sechelt - SCRD Chair Garry Nohr and CAO Janette Loveys, Sechelt

Please provide your questions, ideas and constructive criticism to our team directly, anytime. We can be reached at pam.goldsmith-jones@ parl.gc.ca I look forward to summarizing key priorities for the coast and the region in future columns, and solicit your help in shaping the big picture.

I would like to extend my personal condolences to the friends and family of Harry Paul Jr. and my gratitude toward our compassionate community on the coast. Rev. Clarence Li, St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, and volunteers and donors marked Harry’s

It appears that a popular old scam has resurfaced on the coast. Several coast residents have reported receiving "Urgent Notice" postcards advising that they have an unclaimed reward of a $100 gas card and that they have twenty-one days to call the listed number to claim it.

One resident did so and

was eventually asked for her credit card and other sensitive information. Fortunately, the resident realized this was suspicious and hung up the phone before giving up too much information.

Police would like to remind the public to beware of any offers that "seem to good to be true," and that demand urgent responses or finan-

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passing with care and with a commitment to help stabilize funding for Sechelt’s homeless shelter. It is good to see the provincial government’s support. A national housing strategy that puts housing at the heart of health is our goal.

Thank you also to the volunteers who responded so quickly to help relocate the dangerous derelict vessel that washed ashore in Gibsons recently, threatening properties near Granthams Landing.

Thank you especially to Dan Crosby. I am reviewing former NDP MP Jean Crowder’s private member’s bill regarding derelict vessels. Researchers in the library of parliament are assisting us, and I look forward to your input as we help bring better legislation to protect our coast, our assets and our safety.

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A few weeks ago, the Town received approval from the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to adopt a bylaw that allows for a strategic investment in the equity of the Gibsons Public Market.

In 2012, a group of Gibsons residents approached Council with a plan to acquire this property with the intention of developing a non-profit community gathering place, which would include a Marine Education Center, a Community Kitchen, a Farmers Market and a variety of other outlets for local producers and artisans.

These residents managed to elicit voluntary donations to the Town of Gibsons in the amount of $275,000. These donations, together with funds provided by some private investors (the Sunshine Coast Community Founda-

Hold the mayo, please On January 9, police attended at a disturbance at a business in the 5700 block of Teredo Street in Sechelt after a customer grew irate with the way his meal was being assembled.

The customer, who felt he was being shortchanged, refused to accept his meal until the perceived shortage

District MEETINGS meetings DISTRICT Council council Meetings meetings 7pm, 20, 7pm,January May 6 & 20 February 3 and 17

Planning & Finance, Culture community &Development Economic Development committee Committee, 1pm, April 22, 1pm, February 10

Public Works, Parks Planning & & environment Community committee, Development 2:30pm, April 22 (or later, depending on Committee the length of the 1pm, January 27 previous meeting)

Public Works, Parks Finance, culture &&Environment economic Committee, Development 2:30pm, January 27

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was rectified, but grew upset when staff helped other clients first. The customer then picked up the food and threw it at one of the staff. Fortunately, the staff member was uninjured but the client was asked to leave and take his concerns up with the business owner at another time.

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Council decided to consider an active use for the Parks Reserve Fund that had been dormant for approximately 25 years, with a balance of $338,000. The staff report indicated that the Town had parks and natural spaces well in excess of the provincial average and that there was no likelihood of any need for further green park acquisition in the foreseeable future. Council unanimously agreed that these funds might be better applied to this project which, in view of the Council, is a form of park use in that this property is being developed as a non-profit community gathering space. With the transfer of these funds, Town equity in the project will be increased and the society will be able to move closer to its goal as well.

Our Council views this project as an important stimulus to our Town. On behalf of Council, I wish to express our sincere thank you to all the volunteers and donors who are making the vision of the Public Market a reality for Gibsons and the Coast.

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Once the property was acquired, the residents that began the initiative formed a non-profit society, the Gibsons Community Building Society (GCBS), in which many other local residents are now participating. The purpose of the society is to raise sufficient funds to do the renovations required to create this new community space. This hard-working group has managed to obtain funding commitments from Telus Corporation of approximately $400,000, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for $100,000, Bank of Montreal for $50,000, other private donors at the amount of $500,000 and the Island Coastal Economic Trust for $400,000.

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Maps to go The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has unveiled an improved online mapping system on the SCRD’s website located at www.scrd.ca/myscrdmaps.

Long-time map users will notice a significant improvement in terms of the speed of loading and navigation and increased functionality. The new system can be used on all web browsers and devices.

“Users can now access a wealth of property-related information on their phone or tablet as well as on their laptop or desktop computer,” says Cheryl Trent, SCRD Geographical Information Systems Administrator.

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The Pender Harbour Legion hosts its 40th Robbie Burns Dinner on Sat., Jan. 23.

Sue McDonald, Secretary for the Legion, described it as a night of everything Scottish.

“It’s something we grew up with,” she said, referencing the longevity of the event.

“One of those traditions that have always been there.” For those who don’t know, Robert

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Burns was born Jan. 25, 1759 and is regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He died at age 37 of rheumatic fever, but not before writing many beloved songs and poems, including Ode to A Mouse, A Red, Red Rose and Auld Lang Syne, which is played the world over every New Year’s Eve. His friends held a memorial dinner for Burns in 1801, five years after his death, and now Robbie Burns dinners take place annually around the world on or near his birthday.

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Harbour Legion is a mostly traditional affair. At 5:30pm, the festivities get underway with Poet’s Hour. “It’s like happy hour,” says McDonald, but with The Bard of Ayrshire’s poetry thrown in. At 6:30, the Legion’s Pipe Band will pipe in the haggis, and shortly afterward the Selkirk Grace is said and dinner will begin. Haggis is the traditional Scottish dish of sheep’s pluck (heart, liver and lungs) with onions, oatmeal, suet, and spices boiled in the sheep’s stomach. “I eat haggis but I don’t really want to know what’s in it,” says

the RCMP, and they’ve been on it.”

The 2-ft-by-5-ft nylon banners had been stored at the Arts Building on South Fletcher Rd. for the 10 days between the time they were taken down and when Johnston picked them up to prepare them for the silent auction at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery. The auction ended Jan. 10.

Johnston said she has posted an image of the missing Guzeks on a number of different local Facebook pages.

Each shows three small boats drawn in the painter’s distinctive and popular style.

“Usually a Greta banner could be auctioned for at least $200 to $300,” Johnston noted. “A small painting of hers can be $3,000 to $4,000.”

A new batch of banners will be created in March and begin their two-year stint on Gibsons lampposts in April.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of either of the missing banners is asked to contact the Town of Gibsons or the RCMP. Rik Jespersen

McDonald. Last year’s event saw 75 diners give haggis a try. “Not everyone likes it,” admits McDonald. “If they have some, it might just be a spoonful.” Also on the menu is roast loin of beef, bashed neeps (mashed turnips with carrots) and tatties (mashed potatoes). Dessert will be a surprise. Scotch, the national

Guzek banners believed stolen

The bi-annual auction of Gibsons lamppost banners has again raised a few thousand dollars to help fund the town’s banner program. But the total is several hundred dollars short of what it might have been after two banners by renowned local painter Greta Guzek went missing and are now believed to have been stolen.

About 70 banners are created by volunteers every two years. They are taken down temporarily after one year for cleaning and touch-ups before they’re re-mounted in the spring.

Banner program volunteer coordinator Connie Johnston said they noticed after they were taken down in November 2014 that one of the two banners that Guzek painted earlier that year was missing.

“We treated it as just a misplaced banner and put out a public appeal, but heard nothing back and just left it at that,” said Johnston.

But after the banners were taken down again last November, the remaining Guzek banner also was nowhere to be found.

“It went missing sometime between the take-down just after Remembrance Day and the time I picked them up about a week and a half later,” Johnston said.

“I immediately contacted [Gibsons Director of Parks and Community Services] Wendy Gilbertson. She called

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The Coast Fiddlers will be on hand to provide music and while kilts are not part of the dress code, wearing dancing shoes is highly recommended for post-dinner revelry. Tickets to the event, which begins at 5pm, are $35, available at the Pender Harbour Legion or Harbour Insurance in Madeira Park. Everyone is welcome.

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Events on the Sunshine Coast January 15 Kate & Rich Duo, klezmur/ folk, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 8pm, $10 January 16 First of two-part workshop in making pine needle baskets, Arts Building, 464 South Fletcher, Gibsons, 1-4pm, $120, pre-register at artsbuilding.org January 16 Opening reception for exhibitions with Donna Balma and Natasha Vukovic, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm January 16 Jim Taylor, Sechelt Legion, 7pm, $10 January 16 Poppa Greg & the Chillin Dylans, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 January 16 Gold Stars are for Suckers, with The Daggers, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $6, guests $12 January 17 Writing group, FUSE Hub, #15-292 Gower Pt. Rd., Gibsons, 1-5pm, free January 17 Artist talk by Natasha Vukovic, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-3pm, free January 19 First of five-session course on climate change, Capilano University, Sechelt, 10amnoon, $45 January 19 NDP meeting about health care with MLAs Judy Darcy and Nicholas Simons, Greencourt Hall, 5583 Ocean Ave., Sechelt, 3pm January 21 Ukulele Jan-Boree Hullabaloo, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7pm, by donation January 22 Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson with Joe Stanton and Simon Paradis, Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay, 7pm, $20 January 23 Snowshoe and yoga adventure, Dakota Ridge, 10am-3pm, $55, or $70 with snowshoe rental, preregister

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Rockwood Centre • 5511 Shorncliffe Avenue Business: To receive reports on 2015 operations and the election of trustees.

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Working closely with, and providing direct support to the Tsain-Ko Group Senior Management, and the Nation’s finance department, the Finance Manager will support the development of the financial and operational objectives of Tsain-Ko, and will develop and maintain the required financial processes and audit support. The Manager will also generate bookkeeping, accounting, and reporting for internal and external use; prepare financial statements, reconciliations, budgets, cash flows, project and other reports; manage the accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll processes, and the related reporting requirements.

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Popois has commenced Legal process “True Bill” against the Detachment members, Const. Spring Coutts and CPL Attlesey to defend His Rights to Travel, operate a vehicle without a License from the Corporation Entity of BRITISH COLUMBIA and defend His Property.

1. Popois is a Private Person - sovereign Indian :nimulh shishalh.

2. The Declared lands of the nimulh shishalh has been in existence since immemorial.

3. Custom and Tradition is the Force of Law in the Community.

4. Fee Simple and Crown land is still Indian Land.

Documentation and True Bill has been given to the Parties enforcing the By-Law of the PROVINCE under an imposed CROWN. Popois requires rescinding of the contracts, return of HIS property and compensation.

Popois is a Registered UCC and PPSA Registered for CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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Search & Rescue Dispatches

Aries (Mar 21–Apr 20) Just when you begin to turn a stride into a run, Mercury turns retrograde causing you to slow down again. Whether it is selfconfidence or hesitancy due to outer complexities, or both, paying closer attention to the details is likely and probably wise. Measure twice, read the fine print and include an internal cheque to decipher if your inner counsel agrees with your strategies to advance.

Taurus (Apr 20–May 21) In the dawning days of 2016, you are awakening to a few questions whirling in your mind. Who am I now? What constitutes my best direction? How should I best make progress in a healthy, balanced and powerful way? The flip side of questions is answers. Ask and anticipate insights and inspirations. These are all reflections of changes brewing within – the deep end of this pool of questioning.

Gemini (May 21–Jun 21) Balancing dreams, wishes and fantasies with reality is probably an old story for you. You were blessed with a more active imagination than most all other signs, but it comes with its own liabilities. Digging deep to direct your commitments realistically according to outer circumstances is likely now.

How easy or hard this is depends on how able you are to balance creative intention with surrender to the flow.

Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22) Making some power plays is now in focus. This includes a weave of diplomatic negotiations which entail speaking your mind yet keeping the peace. With a busy pace and a steady learning curve

highest good of all are the music playing in the background.

Sagittarius (Nov 21–Dec 21) What do you have, want and need? Such are questions floating in your mind.

You are more sober and determined than you have been for some time, years even. You would like to go big somehow, yet also feel the need for some restraint. Call it calculated risk. Seeing the bigger picture that matters to you clearly enough may be at issue. Proceed slowly until you get more facts.

Capricorn (Dec 21–Jan 19) You are feeling the power.

Yet despite the big horsepower engines, you may also sense a leak in your fuel tank. Still, you are determined to break through lines of resistance. You need a plan born of creative intelligence beyond the usual.

This is a call to try something new. The old methods will no longer suffice. Distill your thoughts until the many funnel into the few.

Aquarius (Jan 1–Feb 19) Balancing the urge to retreat or to work behind the scenes with an otherwise strong outer drive continues.

Whether it is ambition or circumstance pushing you to perform, you are seeking a balance. Between work and home is play with friends and you are in the mood for it too. It comes down to time management. As long as you weave in enough retreat time too, all will be well.

Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20) A steady expansion of your social and professional horizons is underway. While you are reaching out, others are looking for you. Whether or not you are connecting depends on your genuine desire to engage. Stepping back to see the bigger picture with the future in your scope, you may feel the force of necessity, or at least the lure of sweet satisfaction to increase your network.

Alan Skelley Coxswain RCMSAR Station 12

For many of us, the recent holidays brought enjoyable times with family and friends and inevitably, perhaps, expanded waistlines and optimistic New Year's resolutions.

Over the festive season all Sunshine Coast volunteer Search and Rescue units remained on call and in a state of readiness. Traditionally a time when the services of Ground SAR and Marine SAR personnel are less frequently called upon, late December nevertheless saw Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Stn 14 (Gibsons) deal with an unmanned sunken vessel on Dec. 20 and a few days later on the 29th an

unmanned vessel adrift in Collingwood Channel. On New Year's eve, a crew was called to investigate what was thought to be an emergency flare sighting on the southern tip of Keats Island, but which thankfully turned out to be innocent fireworks.

In what might have been a serious incident on land, Sunshine Coast Ground Search and Rescue were called just before New Year's to locate an individual reported missing in the back country, and were able to find and assist the return of the wayward outdoorsman.

2016 got off to a chilly but joyous start with two Polar Bear Swims on New Year's Day. RCMSR Stn 12 (Halfmoon Bay) were on hand assisting in Davis Bay with the fast response vessel the Ken Moore, finding time in the process to conduct

RCMSAR Stn 12 assisting with the Polar Bear Swim in Davis Bay. JANIS FRANKLIN PHOTO

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some vessel safety surveys, and with volunteer crew on shore to serve hot soup to chilly bathers. RCMSAR Stn 14 (Gibsons) participated in like manner at Armours Beach where a large crowd of participants enjoyed the hospitality and the back-up support.

Volunteer SAR, both Ground and Marine, embodies the principal of community service, and the enthusiasm members bring to the task is infectious. Just as apparent is the popularity SAR volunteers enjoy in our community and without this great relationship, little would be possible.

RCMSAR Station 14 (Gibsons) are sponsoring a Float The Boat beer and burger raffle and fund raiser at Gramma's Pub in Gibsons on Feb. 13. A raffle of hockey tickets and two nights stay in Vancouver's Sutton Place Hotel in is on offer. Raffle tickets and tickets for the fundraiser event are available at Gramma’s, Sunshine Kayaking, Park Road Automotive and other fine businesses in Gibsons.

Ground and Marine SAR members invite everyone interested to look into volunteering and the challenging yet rewarding experiences it offers. For more information about Search and Rescue on the Sunshine Coast, please visit sunshinecoastsar.ca

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in the mix, boredom is hardly the issue. Bringing some of your cherished dreams and/or higher ideals into your daily reality is where the learning is greatest.

Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23) Sometimes Mercury Retrograde can actually offer us an extra advantage. The edge you are getting involves a clearer understanding of things. Your powers of analysis are running high.

You are also being afforded the opportunity to go deep somehow. This can include psychological and spiritual breakthroughs. Use this power to see through the January blues.

Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22) Dreams of possibility are in reverse and thereby may become actions in reality.

Beyond the usual routine, something else calls, something special. Yet, there may be lingering fears blocking you. The key to overcoming these is to have a plan of action. Call it a strategy or a formula, whatever it takes to lead you to take that first important step.

Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22) Some major shifts and shakes close to home should be keeping you busy now.

These are linked to changes in your income levels. Having faith in it all may be a challenge. You have to dig a little deeper to succeed, especially in terms of feeling at peace about it all. Cultural distractions could prove extra helpful. Find reason to see the light in the tunnel.

Scorpio (Oct 22–Nov 21) Things are accelerating. Fortunately you mind is sharp and alert. This is not the time for frivolous thoughts or activity. The time has come to push through. Returns are coming in yet you have to play your part to receive them.

These are all features of a larger backdrop of a steady flow of change in your overall lifestyle. Prayers for the

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