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Head south for a longer life? Eight-year age gap from tip to toe of Vancouver Island
The Stardust screen was still standing in 2000 when Dan Dertien took this photo. The concession building is on the right.
Come back to the drive-in
By Philip Round Echo Staff
Coming-of-age at Stardust and Miracle By Rebecca Michaluk Special to the Echo If you lived in the Comox Valley in the 1970s, you remember the drivein. From Sayward to Union Bay, teenagers old enough to drive and too young for the bar, crammed into cars and made their way to the Stardust in Merville or Miracle Drive-In in Black Creek. “There was more or less a wagon-train of vehicles heading out ... you could always tell who was going to the drive-in ‘cause it was a car full of young people,” says Bill Ostler, who grew up in Campbell River. “It turned out to be a niche in the social fabric of the Comox Valley, for the kids who had no place to go.” Ostler describes a place where kids quickly learned if they were lovers or fighters; a place for rivalry between towns; a place where kids could stay up for all-nighters, away from the prying eyes of parents. A place that really wasn’t about the movies at all. “It was like American Graffiti, but a decade later,” says Ostler. For them, the films were the soundtrack: pivotal ones like Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Monthy Python’s The Meaning of Life, Bladerunner, The Exorcist, Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke. (Continued on page 2)
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Where people are on Vancouver Island appears to have a notable impact on how long they might live, according to details revealed by the medical health officer for the North Island, Dr. Charmaine Enns. In a wide-ranging comparative review of health and wellness issues in the Comox Valley, she told a regional district board meeting the average lifespan in the Valley is currently just under 82 years. And from the southern toe of the island to the northern tip, statistics indicated there was an eight-year difference - with people living in the Victoria area living that much longer than people at the top of the Island. The Comox Valley was right in the middle of the Island and the longevity spectrum. There are just under 67,000 people now living in the Valley, and their current average age is 45, she noted. That’s higher than the rest of the north Island, skewed by the higher-than-average number of retirees in the area and lower-than-average people in their 20s and 30s. The local population is expected to go on increasing over the next 25 years, likely rising by about 29 per cent overall. But the number of people aged 75 or over is projected to rise by 90 per cent, with significant implications for health and caring services down the road. Among other statistics Enns highlighted were: * The median family household income in the Valley is now $68,000 annually - but there are wide differences. 30 per cent of families receive income of $80,000 or more, but 8 per cent have less than $20,000 a year. * Lone parent household income in the Valley averages $35,000 a year, whereas across the Island it is $41,000. * 49 per cent of those who rent their homes here have to spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing costs a notably higher figure than elsewhere on Vancouver Island and across BC generally. * People in the Valley buy an average 125 litres of alcohol each year - more than 20 per cent more than the BC average. (Continued on page 2)
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Come back to the days of drive-ins (Continued from page 1) An overwhelming number of B-Movies littered the bills: Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle, Alice in Wonderland: An Adult Musical, Satan’s Cheerleaders, Warlords of Atlantis, Medusa Touch. As the seventies turned to the eighties, it was Splash, Ghostbusters, 48 Hours, and Bruce Lee. Many of these films carried the restricted-to-over-18 black cougar logo, but like seat belts and sneaking people in the trunk, these rules were just considered suggestions. THE DRIVE-IN MEANT FREEDOM For families too, the drive-in was a kind of freedom. Kids wore pyjamas, laid out under the stars wrapped in blankets, eating treats. When it got too late and the movies too wild, parents tucked them to sleep in the back seat. The cost was $3.00 to $4.50 per person. “The cost was nothing. Everyone had money ... life felt simpler”, says Ruby Kennelly, who remembers going to the Miracle as a kid. People drove big domestic cars like the GM Polaris, with windshields perfect for viewing. In the early years, speakers were attached to posts with wires that could be moved into cars; later it became possible to tune in via FM radio. A projectionist manually changed reels of film every twenty minutes. It took about ninety feet of film for one minute of action. Unique to Merville and Black Creek drive-ins, were gravel parking lots and the feeling of being surrounded by forest. Recalls Dan Dertien, who attended both drive-ins between from 1971-1986: “The sky was ablaze with stars and it felt like you were in the middle of nowhere.” DECLINE OF THE DRIVE-IN? The Stardust Drive-In Theatre lasted 20 years; the Miracle Drive-In, 17. The Stardust was owned by two generations of the Bickle family, the Miracle by the Dzini, the Kirk, then finally the Rolinski families.
Stardust snack bar crew in the late 1960s (Dianne Webber photo) Right: Opening ad in the Comox District Free Press, 1967 The valley’s drive-ins were part of a larger cultural phenomenon that reached its zenith in the 1950s and early 1960s, according to the National Post, “with close to 5,000 theatres in the U.S. and Canada combined.” Today there are about 60 drive-ins in Canada. Most of the drive-ins are in Ontario. Currently, BC has only three operating drive-ins in Enderby, Prince George, and Surrey. The cause of the decline of the drive-in are many: the advent of VHS rentals, increased competition from indoor multiplexes operating all-year-long, higher commercial property costs, and the high-priced industry changeover to digital. Gone are any dreams of the family-owned, single-screen drive-ins of summertime. Yet, we are unwilling to let go of the drive-in. Outdoor screenings are “definitely a growing phenomenon” according to FreshAir Cinema’s Corey Beal. The company, created in 2006 out of Regina, specializ-
es in setting up quick, versatile movie screens for events ranging from festivals to private parties. Last year, they booked approximately 440 events across Canada. “Every single year we book more events than the previous year,” says Beal. The Comox Valley hosted five of these outdoor screening events in 2013. NOSTALGIA AND THE NEW GENERATION In the Comox Valley area, nostalgia for the drive-ins still runs deep. In 2008, Dan Dertien started a Facebook group “Miracle and Stardust Drive-Ins” with a membership of 172 so far. On it, Dertien has been documenting the physical decline of the two old drive-in sites in Merville and Black Creek via photographs. “The only thing left at the Stardust is the projection bar and the snack bar - however going back to the year 2000 ... the ticket booth was still standing there and I went in through one of the exit gates ... I was walk-
Eight-year age gap from tip to toe of Vancouver Island (Continued from page 1) * About one in seven moms continue smoking during pregnancy - again, significantly higher than the BC average, where it is one in 12. * There has been a big improvement in school graduation rates at aged 18 years in recent years (now at 80 per cent), but 23 per cent of Grade 4 and 7 students are still performing below standard in writing tests. * There is much less crime here in most reporting categories than elsewhere on the Island or in BC generally. The one notable exception is in the category ‘serious juvenile crime.’
* The proportion of children judged in need of protection in the Comox Valley (5 per 1,000) is less than half the rate on Vancouver Island generally (12 per 1,000). Enns told directors that very many issues determined the health of individuals over the years - including income, social support systems, education, employment, housing, biology and genetics, culture, and the actions of individuals in trying to live healthy and active lifestyles. It was, she argued, inappropriate to blame individuals or groups for poor health - many were dealing with issues outside their control, and that was especially true of youngsters.
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ing and walking and I came in through the alders and the screen was still there, and it was all overgrown and it looked like a place that time forgot.” All that is left of the Miracle is a house renovated from the old snack bar. “If you look closely in the corner of the lot you can still see the pillars of concrete and the steel support.” Group members also submit photos and memories, like this one from Dianne Webber, who worked at the Stardust when she was 16-17-years-old: “My boyfriend had a hot car and he used to come pick me up from work! We’ve been married 38 years in May.” One gets the sense you cannot truly understand the drive-in unless you lived through it. Events like “Bring Back the Drive-In” in Black Creek this August 20, are really an homage to these people’s experiences, and to a time in our local history that was formative for so many. It’s also an opportunity for a younger generation to experience a drive-in. When asked what he thinks of a whole generation missing out on the drive-in, Dertien says, “I think it’s kind of sad in a way. You feel grateful that you got to experience them.”
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Been there, got the T-shirt! Minister gets centenary souvenir in thanks for $93,800 grant to help fund celebrations By Philip Round Echo Staff It was a case of “Been there, got the T-shirt” for the federal government’s minister of state for finance, Kevin Sorenson, when he visited Courtenay on Wednesday afternoon. But it was a T-shirt he - or at least his government - paid handsomely for, as he accompanied Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan in announcing a $93,800 federal grant towards the cost of staging celebratory events for next year’s City centenary. The grant will help pay for a range of events to be staged throughout the year, starting on New Year’s Eve 2014. Details have yet to be unveiled, but are expected to include a theatrical performance, an arts and heritage festival, music and dance performances, heritage displays and presentations, and a celebration of Aboriginal arts and culture. At a brief ceremony in Simms Millennium Park attended by council members and representatives of arts and cultural groups, Duncan said the City of Courtenay had much to be proud of over the past 100 years. It was incorporated on 1 January 1915 soon after the railway link to Nanaimo and Victoria had been completed. “As time has passed, it has continued to maintain a deep sense of community and has become one of Vancouver Island’s best places to live, work and play,” he commented. “I offer my congratulations on 100 years of growth and prosperity.” Sorenson said as minister of
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‘Positive meeting’ raises hopes of Maple Pool solution By Philip Round Echo Staff Steps towards resolving the Maple Pool Campground controversy outside the courts are being taken by Courtenay City Council. Councillors are stressing it will take goodwill and clear commitments from all sides if its high-profile and highly-expensive legal action is to be ended and a compromise reached on the future condition and use of the property, where more than 50 people live in trailers. But in a clear sign there is a desire to move on, especially with municipal elections looming in three months time, the council says it is willing to suspend its litigation to give time for the Friends of Maple Pool - businesspeople and other supporters of campground owners Jin and Dali Lin - to progress their detailed ideas. The council has also revealed it is willing to consider a “unilateral rezoning” of the property - without requiring an expensive rezoning application from the Lins - that would allow for multi-residential affordable housing units, subject to certain conditions. The news of a potential breakthrough followed another ‘in camera’ session of the council on Tuesday
evening, when councillors agreed their detailed response to proposals aimed at breaking the deadlock put forward by the Friends. Previously, senior staff and representatives of the campground’s supporters had met on a “without prejudice” basis to discuss land-use and safety issues at the site. Tuesday’s behind-closed-doors meeting was chaired by acting mayor Coun. Bill Anglin, as Mayor Larry Jangula was absent on a day’s fishing trip. All the other elected officials were present. The following day, Anglin signed a five-page letter setting out the details of the Council’s agreed position to Mike Hamilton as a representative of the Friends. That letter has now been posted in full on the City’s website at www. courtenay.ca And in a separate statement to the media, Anglin commented: “We appreciate the efforts of the Friends of Maple Pool to find workable solutions to the concerns at the site. We felt the meeting was productive and represented a positive step forward towards eventually resolving this issue.” Anglin’s letter to Hamilton includes extensive details of proposed commitments by the City, the Friends, and the campground’s owners
and residents that together could resolve the issues. And in a statement, the City says that while it is required by law to follow provincial and federal regulations and processes in searching for solutions, “there are some areas where compromise is possible.” And it adds: “The City is willing to use its discretion in these instances to make a workable solution more attainable.” Anglin’s letter spells out the process and requirements to bring the Maple Pool Campground into compliance with zoning and other regulations, including, in part: · Council’s willingness to proceed with a unilateral rezoning application and public hearing, which would eliminate any rezoning application costs by the applicant. · A commitment by Council to suspend legal action at least until the new year to allow the Friends of Maple Pool, the property owners, and residents, to pursue their part of the agreement. · A commitment by the Friends of Maple Pool to either meet flood construction and provincial guidelines, or provide a report from a certified engineer “that the land may be used safely for the use intended.”
· A solution to controlling flood currents that meets municipal and provincial requirements. · An affordable housing covenant that restricts rent increases at the campsite to the level of inflation, except under circumstances beyond the property owners’ control. · A covenant that waives the City’s liability in the event of a flood, as well as sufficient insurance by the property owners to cover flood losses, and waivers of liability from each resident. · A commitment by the property owners to ensure residential units meet minimum safety standards, either through the BC Building Code or CSA Standards for residential use. Anglin’s letter concludes: “Should you consider that any of the above legal pre-requisites are not possible for the Friends and owners together to meet, I would appreciate hearing from you as soon as possible.” And the media statement adds: “The City hopes that by spelling out all of the prerequisites in detail, all sides will have a clear understanding of the steps required to move this issue forward.” pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
Two downtown streets short-listed for major makeover By Philip Round Echo Staff Two busy roads in Courtenay have been short-listed as candidates for a major makeover in the City’s pilot ‘complete streets’ program. The idea of complete streets is part of the City’s 25-year vision for encouraging multi-modal transportation, not simply focusing on the needs of motorized vehicles when designing or upgrading roads. The concept seeks to separate motor traffic, cyclists and pedestrians as far as possible, provide parking lanes and better facilities for transit users where appropriate, and add landscaping features like treed boulevards to beautify transport ‘corridors.’ While that would be relatively straightforward when designing and building a new road from scratch - such as in a new subdivision - it presents much more of a problem to demonstrate the potential when dealing with the
existing road network. However, transportation consultants identified 15 possibilities for a pilot project in the municipality - from major arterial routes such as Lerwick Road, to short in-town streets such as a section of 12th Street between Urquhart and Stewart. Analyzing the opportunities, costs and likely impacts, they quickly got the list down to seven and then finally to two - a 225-metre stretch of Fitzgerald Avenue between 5th and 8th Streets, and a 530-metre length of Fifth Street between Fitzgerald and Menzies Avenue. The initial estimated cost of carrying out a complete makeover to test all the benefits would be just over $500,000 for the Fitzgerald stretch and nearly $1 million for the Fifth Street project. But before council commits to one or the other, the City’s senior manager of engineering, Lesley Hatch, advised the financial implications needed to be more fully addressed to be
Regional District stripped of tax concession Comox Valley Regional District is being stripped of the 40 per cent discount it gets on property taxes paid the City of Courtenay for premises it leases for its headquarters and boardroom on Comox Road. The partial permission exemption was introduced two years ago by the City Council in recognition that if the CVRD owned the properties outright, it would be entitled in law to a full 100 per cent exemption for local government buildings. But as it only rented the premises, the Council had the discretion to offer tax concessions if it wished, and at a level it
thought appropriate. The 40 per cent figure was selected because Courtenay taxpayers contribute about 40 per cent of the CVRD’s total operational costs. But on Tuesday, Coun. Starr Winchester suggested the Council should axe the concession, because finance staff had worked out that the bottom line effect actually slightly increased the tax load for City residents while slightly reducing the burden on those elsewhere in the Valley - in Cumberland, Comox and rural Areas A, B and C. The council agreed.
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Weekend Sandwick announces toughest water restrictions yet jail time following liquor theft water situation” and it asked all its customers “to restrict water use to all but essential needs.” In particular, it stated, there should be no watering of lawns or washing of vehicles to help conserve water. Sandwick gets its water mainly from two deep wells, storing it in tank reservoirs such as the one at the edge of Seal Bay Park on Mitchell Road. But at times of maximum use particularly in summer - it also pulls water from the Puntledge River, which it treats before adding it to its supply system. But flows on the Puntledge are deliberately being kept low by BC Hydro as part of a wider conservation effort to save water in Comox Lake for the regional district’s much bigger Comox Valley Water System. And that means Sandwick is having difficulty extracting suffi-
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By Drew A. Penner Echo Staff A Comox Valley man will spend his next few weekends behind bars after he stole from a liquor store and didn’t follow the conditions opposed on him. Judge Rod Sutton heard the circumstances surrounding a variety of charges faced by Ronald Provencher during a sentencing hearing in Courtenay Provincial Court July 31. On Aug. 4, 2013 Provencher took two bottles of Fireball Whiskey from a Powell River liquor store. A manager reviewed company video footage and called police. She recognized the man from a separate occasion when he had come in to grab beer. He failed to report to a bail supervisor and was also supposed to attend court and didn’t. In another incident he was supposed to stay away from someone he was caught seeing. Defence lawyer Eric Chesterley noted his client had entered an early guilty plea and should ideally be able to take advantage of the busy roofing season. Judge Rod Sutton ordered Provencher to pay $48.20 to cover the Fireball and to serve his sentence over consecutive weekends. The intermittent sentence will prevent Provencher from working on weekends, something that is common in the construction industry at this time of year, Chesterley noted. Provencher was given three days as an intermittent sentence for two Powell River fail to report counts. He got seven days for the theft. He also received three days for two Courtenay breech files.
Fiction shoplifter gets chance to mend her ways A 16-year-old girl was given a 15 hours of community work service in Courtenay Provincial Court July 31 for trying to steal a fashionable top from a local merchant. The sentence was in the form of a conditional discharge, which means as long as she abides by the conditions imposed on her she will not receive any sort of criminal record. On June 3 three girls walked down Fifth Street and entered Fiction, a popular boutique clothing shop. A store employee helped a girl with two shirts into a changing room and returned to complete other duties. When she returned to the change area a few moments later she found security tags on the floor along with one shirt. One of the shirts, worth $29.99 was missing. She stopped a teen girl just outside the Main Street store. Inside her bag was the other $29.99 top. Crown prosecutor Megan Dyler noted the teen had taken responsibility for her actions. Defense lawyer Dennis Evans noted his client was on an academic track at high school, set to complete Grade 11 next year with a full course load - including English, math and social studies. She had fallen under the influence of inappropriate friend, he said, noting she had brought written an apology letter to the store of her own volition. In an interesting turn of events, she now works at a retail store that has to deal with loss prevention, such as the type of shoplifting she engaged in. “She’s now seeing the other side of it,” he said. “It has changed her perspective.” Judge Rod Sutton gave the teen 15 hours of community work service to be completed while on probation for 12 months. Sutton invoked an old adage to explain the situation as he saw it to the youth. “If you fly with the crows you’ll get shot with the crows,” he said. “That’s what happened to you, isn’t it?” He also ordered the girl to pay $29.99 in restitution to cover the damaged shirt. “Ironically enough she’s now employed at a retail store,” he said, referring to her ability to pay for the top, since she’s working a few days a week.
The toughest restrictions on water use anywhere in the Comox Valley were introduced by the Sandwick Waterworks District this week, including a total ban on lawn watering and vehicle washing. About 660 mainly residential properties to the north of Courtenay are supplied with potable water by the Sandwick district, which recently had its boundaries extended to take in extra lots in adjoining rural areas. The area it serves lies on either side of the old Island Highway between Dingwall and Grieve Roads, including the Muir, Meadowbrook and Huband areas. In an email to customers on Tuesday, the district announced it was “experiencing an extreme low
cient useable downstream water to serve its customers. Mike Butler of the waterworks district said the problem was Sandwick residents were using more water than was coming in from the wells or river. As a result, water levels in the reservoirs were dropping at a rate that caused concern. He said one of the big uses of water in the Sandwick system was for lawn watering, so there was a permanent year-round restriction that residents should only do this on two named days a week. But with the Puntledge running low and the reservoir levels dropping, people needed to make a real effort to reduce consumption. Gardeners could still water their vegetables and flowers, but cutting out lawn watering and vehicle washing had the potential to make a real impact, he suggested.
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In addition to the message to customers whose email contact details they knew, signs would be put up on Mission Hill and at the bottom of Huband Road drawing attention to the restrictions and urging compliance. Meanwhile, the main Comox Valley Water System serving 40,000 people in the Courtenay and Comox municipalities and some neighbouring rural areas remains on Stage 2 restrictions. That level allows lawn watering on two specified days a week for limited times, but bans it on the other five. For those with even numbered addresses, the specified days are Tuesdays and Saturdays; and for those at odd-numbered addresses, they are Wednesdays and Sundays. pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
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19 Wing welcomes a new commander By Michael Briones Echo Staff The Comox Valley welcomed the new commander of 19 Wing Comox, Col. Tom Dunne on Wednesday. The new man at the helm took over from Col. Jim Benninger, who led the Comox base the last three years. A change of command ceremony was held on Wednesday morning attended by local politicians, representatives of K’omok’s First Nations, community representatives, former Wing commanders, leaders of veterans groups, the new head of the RCMP detachment, as well as military top brass led by Major General David Wheeler, the commander of 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD region There was a parade that had almost 300 Canadian Armed Forces members representing all units, squadrons and branches of 19 Wing, which is regarded as one of the busiest wings in the Royal Canadian Air Force. It also included a CP-140 Aurora flyby from 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron. Dunne was born in St. Paul, Minn. He moved to Kent, England and after immigrating to Canada, his family settled in Port Hope, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1987 and attended the Royal Military College of Canada. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Engineering and Management. After completing his multi-engine aircraft course in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Dunne earned his pilot wings in 1992. He has served five operational search and rescue tours, including an exchange posting with the United States Coast Guard in North Carolina and postings with 413 Squadron, Greenwood, Nova Scotia and 424 Squadron, Trenton, Ont. He has over 5,000 flying hours, primarily as a CC-130 Hercules pilot. Dunne commanded 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron from Aug. 2008 to May 2010. He also took command
The new commander of 19 Wing Col. Tom Dunne leads his troops in the March Past ceremony, saluting Major General David Wheeler and out going commander Col. Jim Benninger.
(L to r) Col. Tom Dunne, Major General David Wheeler and out going commander Col. Jim Benninger signs the change of command at 19 Wing.
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Relaxed zoning rules ‘could bring new life to downtown’ By Philip Round Echo Staff Development conditions and land use policies in downtown Courtenay could be relaxed in a bid to bring new life and investment to the city centre. On Tuesday, councillors agreed staff should prepare detailed revisions to the municipality’s zoning bylaw covering a range of issues, and seek the view of the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association on the proposals. Once a package of changes has been worked through, council will be asked to start the formal bylaw amendment process, including a public hearing, with a view to the changes being implemented. Several of the ideas were raised at a downtown workshop held more than two years ago, at which City staff, elected officials, merchants, property owners and others involved in downtown matters got together to brainstorm ways of boosting the area for the wider good. A handful of proposals from those discussions that fell within the City’s control - including changes to the signage bylaw and agreement to the trial relocation of the midweek farmers’ market to England Avenue - have already been implemented. The DCBIA has also stepped up its efforts with, for example, the promotion of more events and the introduction of grants towards building façade improvements. The further changes now being recommended by City staff mainly
affect the ‘commercial 1’ zone, which covers more than just the DCBIA area - but the biggest impact could be felt in the downtown core if they are eventually adopted. Changes proposed include encouraging higher density residential projects, as stand-alone developments as well as part of mixed-use commercial/residential projects; completely removing the requirement for offstreet car parking for new or expanding commercial developments in the C-1 zone and reducing it to one space per unit for residential projects; abolishing the requirement to provide
useable outdoor space on a development site; relaxing some building setback requirements; broadening the range of businesses considered approved uses throughout the zone, to include liquor and wine stores (including group micro-brewing, distilling and wine-making); care facilities; arts and craft studios; cultural facilities; and farmers’ markets. Courtenay’s director of development services, Peter Crawford, reported the proposed zoning changes were only one strand of a series of potential initiatives to stimulate downtown.
By Philip Round Echo Staff Eighty-five single-family homes were sold in the Comox Valley in July - virtually the same number as changed hands in the same month last year, according to new figures from the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board. But the latest totals build on positive figures from earlier in the year, boosting average monthly sales in the Valley since January to 75. And that, according to Marty Douglas of Ocean Pacific Realty, is the best average since the peak year for local real estate in 2007, when the average hit 100. The average price paid for the single-family homes that did sell this July was $352,000. But averages are made up of a wide range of prices, dictated not just by the size and con-
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averages were in Cumberland, not Courtenay, but in recent years the village has been seen as an up-and-coming market, helped by new developments and the restoration of older properties. Over a decade, average prices in Cumberland have more than doubled. “If you bought an average home in Cumberland in 2004 in 2004, you paid $138,695,” Douglas recalls. “Today’s price is $296,374 - up 4% from last year.” In July, he calculates the inventory of all homes available for sale locally totaled 1,518 - identical to last year but the turnover has been such that
nearly 1,400 properties of all types have changed hands over the past 12 months. Single-family homes are the biggest component of the local residential market - 60% of properties currently available fall into that category. Condos, patio homes and townhouses together make up another 31%, with the balance made up by duplexes (6%) and mobile homes (3%). Douglas also notes that there are 158 realtors now registered to work in the Valley - well down on the peak of 240 in 1993. pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
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Letter A neighbour recently told me that she has pulled her three school-aged children out of the public system and enrolled them in a private school in Comox. She said she was tired of the steadily increasing fees she was required to pay for supplies that had previously been provided through public funding. And she was, of course, disturbed by the unsettled atmosphere in the schools caused by continuing labour unrest. Because of a substantial endowment grant given to their new school by a private benefactor and a reduction for families with multiple enrollments, their fees are relatively low: only $550 per month (or $10,500 per year) for all three children. I can only imagine the profound feeling of satisfaction felt by the BC Liberals when they hear stories like this. Their policy of dismantling the public school system and encouraging the private schools to step in and fill the void appears to be working. I am not without sympathy for Christy Clark’s government. They have committed themselves to low tax rates and the costs of a public education are huge. The temptation to off-load much of this cost onto the private sector is irresistible. But where is this policy taking us? It seems we are following a long path downward with an educational and economic vision that is tragically short-sighted. At the end of our path is a gutted public education system that is used only by those with no choice while everyone else sends their children to anything from a poor to an excellent private school depending upon their financial means. Only the very wealthy would be financially ahead sending their children to private schools. Although we would have to pay increased taxes to adequately supply our public schools and pay its employees fair wages, it would still be a bargain compared to the tuitions of even the cheapest of private schools Nor do private schools make economic sense on a social level. My generation benefitted from an outstanding and inclusive school education and there were no financial barriers to anyone with ability who wanted to continue their education beyond high school. But sadly, I have met bright young people today who cannot afford the cost of a university education. This waste of human resources is both an ethical and an economic tragedy for our society. To get an idea of where we are headed one need only look south of the border where many school districts have followed the private education path to its end. A few years ago our daughter taught in the Boston public school system. She was hired to teach physics and chemistry in a senior high school. She had no science lab, no chemical supplies and no textbooks. The school did not have a functioning computer lab so her students could not take any of the standardized tests given by the state of Massachusetts. Her school did however house a well-funded military recruitment centre. Families who could afford it (and some who could not) sent their children to private schools and voted down tax levies for the decimated public system. Although her school was located in a white neighourhood, the student body was composed entirely of poor blacks and hispanics. Some of her students were weak, many were average, some were good and a few were brilliant. But none of them were going on to a college or university. The possibilities they faced were a future of poverty, crime, the military or (for the lucky) a minimum wage job. The social fabric of the community was in tatters. Welcome to our future. Erik Taynen Courtenay
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It’s all about the money Dear parents of British Columbia: Teachers are fighting for better learning and working conditions. They are fighting for our children, to improve class size and increase support for children with special needs. If you’ve been into local classrooms lately, you already know that classes are jampacked to capacity and in many cases over capacity. One special needs child without teacher aide support can totally monopolize a teacher’s time. In some cases, there are as many as five special needs children placed in a classroom! You can see how this would seriously affect the amount of teacher time available for the rest of
the class when there is not enough special needs support. As a former student in a classroom, you probably know how classrooms operate, right? You show up and the teacher teaches. What you may not know is that June is when principals and teachers begin preparations for an orderly start in Sept. As you know, none of this work has been done as teachers were locked out of their classrooms. It is now August when teachers would begin to prepare their classrooms for an organized and exciting start to the new school year. Of course, teachers could give up their
pursuit to maintain high standards and quality education for our children. Children would show up and teachers would continue to teach in bulging classrooms with less and less opportunity to help individuals. Teachers would still get paid, but our children would have a less than ideal learning experience. As parents, we all want our kids to have the best start in life with a quality education. The government and the teachers have set their boundaries. It’s all about the money. Are our children worth it? Julie Johnson Campbell River, B.C
More Beefs and Bouquets MY HUSBAND AND I like to go out for dinner once a week or so. I have a gluten allergy and am getting tired of staff not paying attention to my order. I always specify gluten free, and half the time it’ll arrive with croutons or bread or some other ingredient that is not gluten free. Just pick it out, is the usual attitude. I’m going to start voting for places with my wallet and won’t be back to restaurants that can’t handle a special order. Read the labels! Gluten makes me sick and uncomfortable for days! There are some great places around here that can handle a special order and we’ll be going back there more often! RETAILER ALERT: At Superstore KarlaDawn was impressing everyone in line with her bright, cheerful attitude. Great experience. My next stop was a dollar store. There, the owner/ cashier wouldn’t even look at me. I don’t know if she didn’t want to be there, or she didn’t want me there. Either way, I won’t be back. Not only are there local alternatives, but if I’m willing to wait 2 weeks, I can get the stuff direct from China. It’s called E-bay and this is the kind of experience that sends me there. BOUQUETS to Cumberland council for seeking more formal input from interested citizens in an Advisory Planning Commission who will advise on all issues impacting Villagers. The Administrators are the well paid professionals, but citizen input on priorities in the “real world”, are great balance. Council could make the best possible decisions with this model. Hopefully the CVRD is paying attention - they have centuries of untapped expertise in their 3 APC’s - at no cost to taxpayers. HUGE BUSH OF THORNS to the man at Puntledge RV & Campground who had the audacity to tell a friend and myself that if we are not native we can’t swim at that beach. He then went on to say that “THIS is native land and you can’t be here. We are in the process of having some signs put up”. Maybe you should re-do the sign at the entrance and have it state you must have a status card to enter. HERE’S A RIDDLE for Comox Valleyites: What’s the difference between the person who approaches the local newspapers asking the public for tens of thousands of dollars to help them through a crisis and the person who stands outside the grocery store asking for loose change? The answer is “absolutely nothing.” Ponder this when asking yourself whether you should open your wallet or trying to decide whether to vote and who to vote for. A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET to Andrew’s Mom who heard the broadcast on the Eagle 97.3 calling for skill and equipment to assist in a local
rescue of a 10-month-old cat stuck in a tree for 6 days, then contacted her son so he could respond. You raised your son right! AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS for Andrew for going above and beyond by volunteering your skills to rescue the distressed cat! ALL AROUND GOOD FORTUNE for the community as a whole when they take action to network and get things done - like they all did last Friday! A BIG BOUQUET OF DEAD FLOWERS to the person who feels two small, artistic signs directing traffic to a rural flower stand were so offensive that they complained to the Regional District. You should visit the stand as you obviously need more color and fragrance in your life! Are you complaining about all the other signs that dot the roadside too? Unlike those other signs, these ones are only up for a short period of time and at least they are tasteful unlike your complaints! HEARTFELT THANKS to Dr. Briggs and the team of Comox Animal Hospital for helping Kittyface pass in such a compassionate and caring manner. I called directly at opening and they immediately had us in, I felt warmth and sadness from each member of the staff. They sure know how to take care of our loved ones! MANY, MANY THANKS to Tim, Bonnie and the wonderful staff of the Medicine Shoppe in Comox. Your support for Tim and all our family over the past weeks and months has been amazing. Thank you so much for you loving help and ongoing service. MD. GENEROSITY is not usually a business trait unless there is financial or advertising gain. However the guys at Valley West Autohaus replaced the alternator on my Smart Car. Then went an extra mile or ten to delve back into a nine year file to reactivate the radio which had not worked for ... ages. No charge! My thanks to businesses like this that do it because they can, not because they gain anything. BOUQUETS to the CVRD Area Directors for hitting the pause button on more Oyster rafts in Baynes Sound. The big money is in development and retirees moving into our area - the best place on earth. Move the sea cucumbers, geoducks and oyster rafts to another less attractive Coastal location - it will still employ people and contribute to the BC Economy. Oyster jobs won’t buy a house here. We need good jobs. FOUND: Pair prescription sunglasses at the horse arena trail head behind fairground two weeks ago. They are Rayban New Wayfarer in prescription Progressive lenses with Brown Polarized lenses in magnification. These are
probably required and they are an expensive pair of glasses. I’D LIKE TO SEND a huge bouquet to ‘Audrey?’ who works at the post office at London Drugs in Driftwood Mall. I was in the other night and she not only interrupted her break to assist me (and the other customers) she did so with a smile. In addition, after purchasing stamps and envelopes, when I not only neglected to put a stamp on the envelope, I also managed to drop them in the store, she not only posted my letter, she also sent me back the stamps. The mail I intended to send was time sensitive and your kindness was more than appreciated. Thanks for going above and beyond!! BEEF to the optical stores closed on holiday Saturday. My glasses broke - instant headache. “Have a nice weekend and see you Tuesday” did not help! Walmart opticians were open, efficient and one-third the price! They have my custom in future. WE WERE RECENTLY in the Cowichan Valley and loved all of the roadside stands selling fresh veggies and flowers. We wished our area of the Comox Valley had similar roadside stands. As usual when someone is having a little fun, the complainers are out in full force complaining about signs leading to a young person’s flower stand. What is wrong with the people in this beautiful valley? Wake up, smell the roses, go for a walk on the beach and stop complaining. I guess I have been lowered to the point of complaining about the complainers, but complaining about a young person selling flowers. Come on! RE THE $200,000 improvement project for Huband Road, Echo, Aug. 1. The Transportation Ministry’s spokesman’s comment, “The community has long advocated to have the gravel section of the road resurfaced” caught my attention. I live in the community and certainly haven’t been advocating for this project. Daily on Huband we see speeding cars, trucks, motorbikes, even trail bikes treating Huband like a race track! Too often drivers ignore the stop sign at Mitchell and just continue on Huband. It’s not uncommon to be overtaken on a solid yellow line by cars, trucks or motorbikes at speeds of 80/90 kms in a 50km zone, and 30 kms in the school zone. Additional signs put up recently have done thing to stop these habitual offenders. With the uncontrolled junction onto Highway 19A, an elementary school, along with a new subdivision expansion, any increase in traffic resulting from this “road improvement” will make an already busy road worse. And unfortunately for those of us at the lower end of Huband it will also bring more of the
motorists for whom “short cut” is a euphemism for “ignore all signs and go as fast as you like because you can get away with it.” If the road is to be upgraded then the law needs to be enforced with respect to the ever-increasing speed violations. Bouquets to the drivers who do observe the signs, and drive carefully through the neighbourhood watching for children, cyclists, walkers, horses and deer. MY BOUQUET goes to Andy’s Auto Center on cousins avenue in Courtenay. I have been a client there for 9 years and ALWAYS had the best service ever. Every time I walk in there to fix my car, they always greet me with a smile and make me feel like I am family. Andy and his team really go out of their way to make sure that their customers are happy. You guys are awesome! - JUNIOR M. A BOUQUET OF SUNSHINE to the Park Steward at Goose Spit, the young man on afternoon-evening shift, for ensuring all park visitors play by the rules (except for the speeders who play catch me if you can). Your visible presence and pleasant demeanour is most welcome. Job well done. FOR ABOUT A WEEK there were 2 old baby carriages left on a sidewalk at a strip mall in Comox. I couldn’t stand it any more so I threw them in the back of my car. I wish to thank Michael, the manager at Quality Foods Comox, who allowed me to get rid of them in their dumpster behind the store. To the local gas station in the area who said they don’t have the authorization to use their dumpster I will be buying gas elsewhere, and to the lovely people who just left the carriages there I certainly hope the children that were in them grow up to be more considerate and respectful than you are. Thanks again Mike, and Quality Foods. BOUQUETS to those people who helped me after my bike crash on Comox Avenue on Sunday noon. To the lady and daughter who helped me at the crash site and to the two cars who assisted me at the hospital crosswalk. Big thank you! It is so nice to find out that the world is still full of kind people willing to help a stranger in need. I do have a broken collarbone and do not need surgery but have one arm immobilized in a sling. Life is good and I will be back on the bike as soon as I get the ‘all clear’. DESPITE WATER METERS and stage 2 restrictions, urban dwellers in Comox used more water this July, than July 2013. They refuse to let their gardens dry and die when there is lots of water in Comox Lake.
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A BIG BOUQUET to the lady who, every day at 7:00 in the morning, cleans up the Puntledge Park beach and waterway, removing garbage left the day before by some of those who have used the park. She finds everything from used diapers, doggy bags, bottles, cans clothing, cardboard, paper, and used drink cups. Thank you from an appreciative user of the park. MANY BOUQUETS to Echo letter writer Louise Salter, who points out the ongoing failure of the Provincial Government to provide compensation guidelines for administrative salaries in BC school districts and local government. Indeed local administrative salaries above the six figures, are outrageous, in term of services received and those lost services that Louise writes about in the class room. Who will change this? Again, the BC opposition parties are asleep on this issue. This would be their job. They are also very well compensated. The trough runs deep. I WAS SAD TO SEE Safeway close as that is where I got my sub sandwiches. However I would like to send a bouquet to my new “executive” sandwich maker at Thrifty’s at the top of Ryan. Connor is great with customers, nice smile even when he has to put up with me. Thanks for the service bud and hope the rest of your summer is a real slice. A BIG BEEF to some of the users of Puntledge Park who bring their creature comforts including drinks, food, beer and diapers, enjoy themselves and then go home forgetting to pick up the resulting wrappings, cans and other refuse which they leave in the bushes or on the beaches. Reminder: Courtenay Parks employees do not pick up after you. WE CAME TO THE VALLEY eight years ago and have been so happily impressed by the caring, friendly and loving people here. It saddened me to read the very rude remarks regarding religion. We will continue to tell visitors to our wonderful valley that these articles come from a minority of unhappy people. Blessings to the Baptist Church and Jacobus Bakker for their responses in the Aug. 1 paper.
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The Comox Valley’s First and Best Readers’ Forum Email to: echo@comoxvalleyecho.com Thank you to the Echo for publishing all articles remitted. THE WORLD-RECORD FOR BIGGEST BOUQUET goes to all the supporters of Operation Iron Markus! After Markus was diagnosed with brain cancer in late September, we had no choice but to leave our jobs and stay by our son’s side. We were ready to live out of a cardboard box if that’s what it took! But, because of many of you, we didn’t have to. Y.A.N.A. was there immediately to provide assistance and accommodations in Vancouver. Other charities like thedashfoundation.org, Help Fill A Dream, Balding for Dollars and Wigz 4 Kidz helped us along the way. People from the Comox Valley, such as Tracy Wilson and Melissa Ryan organized school and community events to help raise donations. Miss Bryn, a lovely young lady in Markus’ Grade 5 class, who cut off her long hair for her classmate. Local businesses like Boston Pizza and Comox Valley Nissan, who also generously donated. Together, everyone held us up, to focus on our goal of kicking cancer’s ass! And kick it we did! As of now, Markus is one month, 100% cancer-free and the dust is slowly settling back down. We can never thank you all enough. What you’ve done (and continue to do!) for us leaves us humbled and eternally grateful. Love, Mark & Yvonne (sorry for leaving anyone out, it would’ve taken up seven pages). TO THE LADY at the Filberg Festival with ‘the Happy Dragon’ on her left calf and the ‘Cheshire Cat’ on her right calf. You’re the BEST. You spread happiness and smiles as you move along! You must be a happy, secure person. I think you rock, and your ‘tats’ are great! WE HAD A FANTASTIC day of racing at the Victor Simonson Dragon Boat Races on Sunday. A huge bouquet and paddles up to Jessie and her Comox Recreation team and all of the volunteers. An extra loud shout out to the Dragon Flies for stepping up and helping the event run so smoothly. The Tillers Challenge was an awesome addition to the program and so much fun. Thank you. WHERE’S THE BEER? Myself, along with every person I spoke to over the long weekend, was ever so disappointed to find that there was no beer garden at Nautical Days this year. I have never seen any sort of trouble or belligerent drunks in all the years I have been coming to Nautical Days. The beer garden, prior to this year, has been a place where old friends catch up over a cold one and all the Dragon boaters, B B & S sailors, vendors and parade participants could enjoy some good music and a beer. Very narrow-minded as well as a colossal fail on behalf of the town and the planning committee. We live in NFC (No Fun Comox)!
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I’M OLD, DEAF and have a hard time getting around but I still have a great time at Doggydo kennel! Yeah, I’m a dog. I’ve been going to Doggydo for eight years and they’re great. Now that I’m in the old boys club, I get to hang out with the guys in the wading pool when it’s hot and get lots of pets, as well as my medicine. It’s my home away from home. So thanks to Bev, Melissa and everyone else who makes it so much fun! HOT AND DRY. Climate change is here. BC Hydro needs to invest in the Puntledge River Generating station to take advantage of predicted higher Winter and Fall inflows, and shut down generation during summer low inflows, to retain water for people and fish. Comox Lake is a shared public resource. BC Hydro controls Comox Lake levels. BEEF TO THE WRITER who stated that Albert Einstein believed there is a God. This old myth has been around for decades and gets trotted out by religious groups and coffee shop philosophers on a constant basis. Einstein spoke often and clearly that he did not believe in a personal God; he often described the belief in a deity as “naive” and “childlike.” In fact, he came to some of these views early in life. In his autobiography he writes “I came - though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true.” The myth that he believed in God was also a source of great frustration to him. On 22 March 1954 Einstein received a letter from Joseph Dispentiere, an Italian immigrant who had worked as an experimental machinist in New Jersey. Dispentiere had declared himself an atheist and was disappointed by a news report which had cast Einstein as conventionally religious. Einstein replied on 24 March 1954: “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.” In a letter to Beatrice Frohlich, 17 December 1952 Einstein stated, “The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive.” One part in this bears repeating: “I do not believe in a personal God.” The words of the great man seem in stark contrast to the words of the writer who stated “As I agree with Albert Einstein that there is a God.” IT WILL BE A BOUQUET if the BCTF and BC Liberals can negotiate a deal by September. Class size doesn’t matter if students are not in class. The reality of BC debt has to be a factor, although this does not apply to the highly paid executive positions, with bonuses, in Crown Corporations - even money losing services such as BC Ferries. BC has had the highest student/teacher ratio
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for 28 years - is this a problem? BC teachers have seen a relative drop in income from 3rd to 4th, or 6th to 7th, but is this a problem? There are more teachers than jobs. Both sides need to compromise, and end this ongoing nonsense . I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY OPINION of Nautical Days 2014, it sucked. Everybody I spoke to and told there was no Elvis, said what? ... Yeah right, you couldn’t come to an agreement with him. Steve Elliott does charities and all kinds of venues in the valley, he’s a nice guy. No beer gardens ... since when did we have a Nautical Days without one. You say you couldn’t get any volunteers; in this valley you have to line up to be one. To that statement I say bull. I think we should fire the power mongers on the nautical days committee that think they know better and give us back our Elvis and our beer gardens. I’m surprised we still get the fireworks, ooh are they not dangerous. WONDERING IF the BC Liberal Government and Federal Conservative Government will approve staffing of the New North Island “P3”, privately “owned”, Hospitals with Temporary Foreign Workers for the next 30 years? Just wondering.
MANY DOZENS OF RED ROSES to all the staff at Cumberland Lodge for the most excellent care that was given to my sister Pat Wright during her time with you. Thank you so much to all the superb staff who work in every department and continuously deliver the highest standard of care, our family is truly grateful to you all. - John & Lily Haughton. THE CHAIRMAN of the CVRD is a great Community supporter and a fine person. However, he has been in the Area C Director job for 6 years and is thinking like a well paid employee of the CVRD. How could the landfill liability go from $4 million to $49 million, in 6 years? Who can afford, or needs a state of the art landfill? It is time for new CVRD directors, with new ideas. Their income should be capped at the salaries of 30% of Comox Valley income earners who make less than $30,000 per year then, perhaps directors would get a grip on reality. A BIG BEEF to the 2 idiot cyclists that on Tuesday morning were exiting Crown Isle Drive onto Ryan Road. Under the Motor Vehicle Act (Section 183) “a person operating a bicycle has the same rights and responsibilities as a driver of a vehicle. In addition, they must NOT ride abreast of another cyclist”. I would suggest that you remember this before you choose to throw profanities! HEARTFELT THANKS to Sheila and Terry, the ambulance service paramedics who attended to my wife last night at 02.00. You are the greatest.
THANK YOU to the young lady at the corner of 17th and Piercy on Friday afternoon for her excellent driving skills. You were in my blind spot when I first checked and I entered the intersection without checking again. You have taught me a lesson. Thank You. A BIG BAG of doggie do to the people who let their dogs out at 9 o’clock at night and let them bark until 11 or after even with people hollering at you to shut them up. Have some consideration for your neighbors. This happens on 1900 block of Cousins Road and you know who you are. Also there is a little Jack Russell dog on 20th Street whose owners put the dog out at as early as 4:30 in the morning and they must go back to bed because it barks for hours and then all day sometimes. Like I say take some consideration for your neighbors. We are getting fed up with it and if it doesn’t stop I am going to go to the by-law officer and see what he can do. Thank You. SO, THE CITY of Courtenay annexed the Maple Pool Campground property in 2002 and imposed city bylaws, on former rural property. Rural property owners within the CVRD have no say in annexation this could happen to you! TO THE PERSON who tried to dump off dirty furniture at a local thrift store: you have no right to abuse and threaten the volunteers and employees who work here. We run a charity, which collects items for resale. We have standards that we have to adhere to: if the items are
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City refuses to be drawn on pipelines and tankers controversy By Philip Round Echo Staff Courtenay City Council is refusing to be drawn on the issues of cross-province oil pipelines and increased tanker traffic along the BC coast, so will not be adding its name to the growing list of local governments registering opposition. A bid by Coun. Doug Hillian to get his colleagues to take a stand against the proposals failed by 4 votes to 2 on Tuesday night, with only Coun Ronna-Rae Leonard supporting his detailed motion. Two weeks ago the council had voted not to
hear about the issues from a delegation of opponents. But Hillian ensured the wider issue was kept alive by giving staff advance notice of his own motion on the subject, so ensuring it had to be discussed as long as he secured a seconder. This week he asked the council to urge the provincial and federal governments to use whatever means “to stop the expansion of crude oil tanker traffic on our coast, encourage them to develop the oil sands for domestic benefit, (and) encourage them to refine this natural resource in Canada to enhance job creation and tax revenue.” He said bitumen export pipelines presented
unacceptable risks to the maritime-based economy of BC, to its unique ecosystems, and to sustainable jobs in aquaculture, fisheries, tourism and recreation. And exporting such raw natural resources reduced the total number of jobs available to Comox Valley people who chose to work in the oilfields. Hillian said it was clear that many citizens of Courtenay wanted their Council to take a stand on the issue, just as it had done on other wider issues, such as coastal tourism, in the past. It was important Courtenay’s voice was added to the growing number of local governments and others in the province who were
deeply concerned about the issue, he added. There was virtually no discussion on the issue, but four councillors opposed the motion when it came to a vote - acting mayor Bill Anglin, Jon Ambler, Manno Theos and Starr Winchester. In favour were Hillian and Leonard. Mayor Larry Jangula was absent. In contrast to Courtenay, Cumberland Village Council has unanimously agreed to add its name to the list of local government objectors. Comox Town Council has so far avoided a direct debate on the issue, but it has rejected a request to hear a delegation of opponents on the subject, arguing the topic is outside its jurisdiction. pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
Controversial tri-plex plan thrown out By Philip Round Echo Staff Plans for a heritage-style tri-plex residential building at the junction of Fifth and Menzies in Courtenay bit the dust on Tuesday night. Not one councillor voted in favour of the plan following a public hearing two weeks ago at which nearby residents had been vociferous in opposing applications for rezoning and official community plan changes to pave the way for the project. Noel Chaboteaux of Ocean View Enterprises had been seeking approval for the project on a small parcel of land once occupied by a warehouse that was damaged in a fire six years ago. The property’s existing zoning already allows for a duplex, but because the applicant wanted to add a third, small residential unit to the development, it needed both zoning and OCP amendments to progress. Neighbours had argued the site was too small for such an intense development, and lacked sufficient parking provision. They also expressed strong views that the properties could be rented out, which they opposed, although Chaboteaux insisted all would be for sale. When two motions - the first for approval of the rezoning and the second for the OCP change - were presented to Council this week, the first received no support at all, so the second fell by the wayside. If it wishes, Ocean View Enterprises could redesign its project as a duplex or single-family home without the need for a further rezoning process, but cannot now proceed with a more intense development. pround@comoxvalleyecho.com
Ladybugs will showcase alternative to pesticides Hundreds of ladybugs are to be released at a public event in Courtenay to showcase how such friendly insects can help gardens grow without resorting to the use of pesticides. Comox Valley Regional District’s ‘Nature Works’ program is organizing the free event in partnership with Lake Trail Neighbourhood Connections. It will take place at the Lake Trail community demonstration garden beside Lake Trail Middle School on Monday (August 11). The garden will be open from 5-7 p.m., with the ladybug activities starting at 6 p.m. Nature Works is an education and awareness program that encourages the use of pesticide alternatives by people living in municipalities with pesticide bylaws, and by others who simply want to know more about creating pesticide-free lawns and gardens. “Many gardeners enjoy releasing purchased ladybugs in their garden or on their patio containers,” said Shannon Pickering, the regional district’s Nature Works educator. “A single ladybug can eat as many as 50 aphids each day.” Those attending the ladybug release will discover how they can use these creatures and other beneficial insects to get rid of common pests. “With a little help from good bugs, including worms, birds and bats, your garden can stay healthy all season long,” Pickering added. “You may never need to use a pesticide again.” A CVRD Nature Works display will also be set up this summer at the Comox Valley Exhibition (August 22-24) and at the Black Creek Fall Fair (September 13) to spread the message. For more information on pesticide alternatives, visit www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/pesticidealternatives
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Community coalesces around Atmosphere gathering By Drew A. Penner Echo Staff
Science Camp fun at Black Creek Still want to enroll your kids in a Science Camp? Space is available for 6-13 year-old kids in Earth & Oceans, Past & Present (August 12, 13 & 14, 12 - 4 p.m.), $100 per child. This three-day program is guaranteed to interest your budding biologist. With a focus on the Marine Biology and Geology of Vancouver Island, observe amazing live ocean creatures and fossil specimens and learn how to identify them through hands-on discovery. Create a fossil mold and cast to take home. Bring a lunch, drink and outdoor play-clothes. Call the Black Creek Community Centre at 250-337-5190 for some fun summer learning! For more information visit bccaonline.ca.
Texada Island artists open their studios Some creative, talented Texada Islanders are poised to show off the artistic side of their industrial island. The second biennial Texada Artists Studio Tour takes place Aug. 9 and 10, with 19 artists exhibiting in working studios and central locations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and tour guides with maps are available at www. texadaart.com. Driver escorts are available for visitors who wish to leave their cars at home, but visitors must preregister for the service by visiting the website to ensure seating availability. Texada is a 35-minute ferry ride from Westview Terminal in Powell River. For more information, please contact tour director Sandy McCormick at (604) 223-0171 or (604) 315-1708.
Garage sale Sunday at Tibetan Buddhist Centre Sherab Chamma Ling, Tibetan Bön Buddhist Centre in Courtenay, are inviting the public to their fund raising event - Garage Sale, Sunday 10th August, 8 am to 4 pm. Location: parking lot located at 5th St. at England. (in front of old Zen Zero bldg.) In addition to the Garage Sale, our handmade Tibetan Prayer Flags will be for sale and some music provided by our volunteers. Interested public who have never visited a Buddhist centre, are invited to drop in for a brief tour, meet our Resident Tibetan Lama Geshe YongDong and/or take part in a short (approx. 15 mins) guided meditation that is suitable for all ages and open to anyone. Meditation times - 11 am and 1 pm.
Artistic souls from the Comox Valley and beyond have been putting in long hours and working overtime over the past few weeks as the unique fabric of the Atmosphere Gathering, to be held Aug. 15-17, slowly begins to take shape. In the past few weeks the official lineup for the intimate electronic music festival was released, a big top tent with a storied past arrived on Vancouver Island not long before that, and volunteers have met for evening meetings to make sure all the details of this ambitious festival remain on track. “People are lending their creative touch,” said Vig Schulman of Cumberland Village Works. “It’s a real melding of the major artistic movers and shakers in the Valley.” The Cumberland Community Forest Society will erect a domelike area complete with a wishing tree, in order to inspire attendees to support the very ecosystem in which the festival will take place. Elevate the Arts members are on board and festival organizers are encouraging people to engage with the United Riders of Cumberland to use their bike lock-up. Event planners have already got more volunteers than they need to put the final puzzle pieces in place. “It’s not a large festival,” Schulman said. “Because of its size, tone and shape we’re seeing it more as a gathering.” Elements of the festival have been tailored to build on this theme. As an important part of this plan Gourmet Girls will be serving meals in a community format to hungry revelers. The menu ranges from Middle Eastern-style tapas made of flatbreads, savory dips and natural cheeses Friday to herbed cheese and vegetable pastry pie with Lebanese rice and lentils Saturday for lunch to huevos rancheros Sunday for brunch. Two main stages will host the majority of the big name talent in Village Park, but a variety of activities will take place in the surrounding forest area, including a turntable adventure zone and an art gallery. Each station is meant to have its own unique vibe and serve a separate purpose. One of the touchstone pieces of the festival is the giant tent that has been making its way from England to Cumberland for Atmosphere. The Italian-made tent has seen quite a bit of action in its past lives, but perhaps most notably during a recent stop at Michael Eavis’s Somerset farm in Pilton, England. While there the big top took over a location that is usually home to 400 cows, but instead featured upwards of 200,000 people for an event called Glastonbury - one of the most important music festivals of the year. Aussie signer Kim Churchill had been at Glastonbury this year playing Vancouver Island-inspired tunes from his 2014 Silence/Win release. As a former Big Time Out artist he was thrilled to learn that one of the tents from that music
Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer, recently made the shortlist for the 2014 Polaris Prize.
A big top which was recently used at Glastonbury will be one of the touchstone pieces of Atmosphere.
festival was on its way to Cumberland for Atmosphere. An independent crowd-funding campaign to bring the tent to the community and start an Island-based artist network has raised $12,765 so far with 112 backers signing up for a variety of “perks.” The tent will no longer call Liverpool, England its home. It will rise for West Coast glory, as Atmosphere organizers fly in a tent master to train and certify a production crew, which can then use the circus infra-
structure for a variety of events. But its debut on the Island will be a big one. With accomplished headliner Chali 2na crafting a progressive hip-hop headspace and Tanya Tagaq, who just scored a 2014 Polaris Prize shortlist spot, sending out throaty vocals in a distinct style that attracted collaborations with Bjork, the event promises memorable experiences. (Continued on page B2)
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Banquet, auction to save heritage house As well, we have an autographed book by 2013 Nobel Prize winner, Alice Munro, donated by her daughter Sheila. Betty Brooks, daughter-in-law of the internationally known naturalist and artist Allan Brooks, has donated several prints and books that belonged to him. Other items include original art from local artists, various gift baskets, certificates, and much more. A list of auction items is posted on our Society’s web page. During the evening, participants of the event will hear selected readings from Munro’s work and Mack Laing’s unpublished manuscript “Baybrook: Life’s Great Adventure” and have a chance to chat with people who knew Mack Laing. The Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley was established to save and preserve a heritage home sitting on an idyllic public property at the end of Baybrook Drive, Comox.
We invite you to join us for a special heritage fundraising banquet and auction on August 16, at the Tee Box restaurant, located at the Comox Golf Club. The evening will feature a gourmet meal by Tee Box owner and Chef Adrian. Menu details are available on the Society’s website (macklaingsociety.ca). Doors open at 6:15 pm, and will feature selections from 40 Knots Winery available by the glass for purchase. Enjoy complimentary cheese from Natural Pastures Cheese Company with your wine as you view the many unique items for auction donated by local individuals and businesses. The silent/live auction will include over 65 items, some with historical significance. Among our special items for auction we have a print donated by Robert Bateman, Canadian naturalist, educator, and painter.
Liz Stubbs holds an autographed copy of 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro’s most recent book. Munro spent 2 summers writing at Baybrook, the home the Society is trying to preserve.
Located on the K’ómoks Estuary facing the Beaufort Range, Baybrook is Mack Laing’s first house in Comox. The Society’s goals are: to fulfill Mack’s wishes “to create a natural history museum (interpretive & centre) in his home”; to establish a focus for conservation tourism in the Comox Valley and to inform and educate young and old about the rich natural history of the Comox Valley. The late Hamilton Mack Laing is without question, one of the best internationally known residents of Vancouver Island. Come join us for this special evening, open your pocketbooks, find some new treasures, and help us preserve this Comox Valley heritage home. Tickets cost $45 and are available at the Blue Heron bookstore in Comox, the Laughing Oyster bookstore in Courtenay, or by email to home@shaw.ca.
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Helen Austin and Cincinnati’s Paul Otten - they perform together as Big Little Lions
First chance to see Big Little Lions perform Big Little Lions is the duo of the Comox Valley’s JUNO award winning Helen Austin and Cincinnati’s Paul Otten. They have only met once while on a member success panel at a music conference but have been writing and recording together over the wonders of the internet for close to 2 years. In that time they have released their debut EP, Paper Cage which received much attention from radio stations and blogs including Ryan Seacrest’s website. Individually Helen And Paul ‘s music has had hundreds of placements on TV shows, ads and movies and now their collaborative
Park and Lodge on the new Comox Rotary stage on Sunday August 24th from 4pm - 6 pm as an extra add-on to the concert series. Tickets are $15 and are available from Blue Heron Books, Laughing Oyster Books and Long & McQuade, as well as at the gate on the day. FMI please visit www.biglittlelions.com, email info@biglittlelions.com or call 250 338 5859. Their last show in BC will be a Denman Island House concert on Monday 25th August at 7 pm, before all heading out to Ohio to play some festivals. FMI on that please contact Michael on 335-1775.
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AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOPS WITH MASTER DRUMMER On Sunday, August 17th take advantage of a great opportunity to learn African drum and dance from master djembefola and griot, Kocassale Dioubate and his partner Sasha Belle. Kocassale Dioubate, from the Mandingo (or Malinke) tribe of Guinea, West Africa, is a descendant of his tribe’s ‘ djeliba’ (also known as griots) - traditional story-tellers, entertainers, musicians, praise singers, counselors, and mediators: those who keep and preserve the tribe’s oral history and tradition, known to have deep connections to the spiritual, social, and political powers. Koca and Sasha will be offering 4 exciting workshops in West African drum and dance during the afternoon and evening of August 17th at the Royston Hall. Koca will be teaching djembe and doundoun (bass drum) workshops, and both Koca and Sasha will facilitate workshops in African
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The event will see wavemakers who have visited Cumberland over the past year return, such as A Tribe Called Red and Deaga Sound. Last year A Tribe Called Red also was honoured with the shortlist nod for this prestigious Canadian award, akin to the UK’s Mercury prize. Blackalicious, a seminal hip-hop group, will make the trek to Atmosphere Gathering to throw down on Sunday at the Tent Stage. Erica Dee will play the same night on the Atmosphere Stage. But even the less known names are powerful beat churners in their own right. Desert Dwellers played a transformational set at Lightening in a Bottle in California recently. Gaudi, an Italian who comes to the Pacific Northwest infrequently, gave an impressive performance and made a lasting mark on Unity Fest’s participants. Performers are arriving from far and wide. Oka, for example, hails from New Zealand, while the Funk Hunters will bring their seven-piece band to blend with DJ expertise from their West Coast home base. The event focuses on electronic delivery of a vast range of influences. Folk and roots elements are more than a passing portion of acts like Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, Shine and the Tailor. The dance event is set to provide a stark contrast from the straight ahead electro, trance and trap-fuelled bashes many attendees may have been subjected to earlier in the year. The event has been attracting a lot of attention to the Comox Valley, as organizers have been asked about their vision on programs ranging from CBC’s All Points West to being promoted as a featured festival in Canada-wide music magazine Exclaim! Ben Howells of Little Island Productions recently described the vision for the event on CHLY 101.7 FM. “We’re positioned in such a geographically beautiful location,” he said. “We wanted to kind of be a little more beat driven. We were pretty focused on having a dance festival.” Over the years the Island has become more infused with electronic elements, despite having a solid background in more of a folk element, he noted, something reflected by the electronic music scene itself. “A lot of the music has become more diverse with a lot more instrumentation,” he said. “So it’s sort of a sign of the times with the Village being so open to us having a big dance party downtown.” Meanwhile the ethos of the festival is building on an environmental-friendly intent. “We’re very fixed on natural productions,” he said. “Our creative group that’s been working on all sorts of installations and things has been working really hard at taking previously used materials to create the atmosphere of Atmosphere.” That’s something that extends right down to the meals served on site. “We’re trying to really discourage cups and plastic plates and paper plates,” Schulman said. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own plates and utensils. For those who don’t a toonie will be all it takes to get these items. As of press time weekend passes and day passes are available at atmospheregathering.com and at Bop City, Courtenay and at the Waverley Hotel in Cumberland.
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THE PURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE UNTAMED ARTIST Lisa Kirk presents a Garden Art Show at her Courtenay home Saturday Come and wander the wild garden on Saturday, Aug 9th, 11-5pm, and discover the colourful and lively mixed media paintings of untamed artist, Lisa Kirk. Lisa is a well known artist and creative process facilitator in the Comox Valley. She will be opening up her tangled garden and home studio to share her artwork. Lisa’s last garden art show, in 2010, was well received. This show sees some of her newer work as well as some of her older works. Lisa is an intuitive artist, who follows her instinct and what calls to her as she works. Working with music as an impetus to creation, Lisa does not plan her work, but allows it to reveal itself by trusting the process and allowing her to be taken to unexpected places. The mystery and never-ending potential of the creative process continues to provide fertile ground for Lisa’s explorations.. There is a very strong calling to colour, line and shape for her and that is clear in this body of work. At times, Lisa finds herself working in a series. Portals of Possibilities is a new series of acrylic paintings that have unfolded for Lisa over the last 6 months. Here she finds herself revisiting forms from an earlier series, In the Realm of Possibilities which began as egg shapes and then evolved into circles. In the new series, these circle shapes evoke planetary and cellular themes; there is this connection to the outer and inner worlds that we have, as well as the connections to each other. The idea that we can
full of joy and energy. She loves paint because she can immediately get a rush of colour. However in the last few years, Lisa has also been absorbed in collaging, often underpainting first, then collaging into the painted surface. At times she will paint into the collage, and at other times allow the simplicity and beauty of the handmade paper to stand on its own. Lisa pulls from her extensive collection of collage papers; working with Japanese chiyogami and shoji papers, and other interesting papers that cross her path. Sometimes she will use her collection of wood stamps to handprint the papers. There will be pieces from her popular Red and White Dress Series as well as many other individual pieces. Her series of colourful mixed media paintings and collages that were created for the show, A Soul’s Journey, at The Old Schoolhouse Gallery in Qualicum with artist Kira Neumann in Jan-Feb, 2014 will also be on show. She also has a new series of funky portraits on paper (unframed) that are playful and sure to bring a smile to your face. There is sure to be something for everyone— from tiny works of art, to much larger ones on canvas, wood panel and paper. There will also be notebooks and cards with Lisa’s art on them available for purchase. Lisa invites all to join her for a memorable show Sat Aug 9th, 11-am-5 pm, 1986 Cumberland Rd., Courtenay (5 minutes from downtown Courtenay, not far past the roundabout). If you are unable to attend, feel free to set up an appointment to visit Lisa in her studio to view her art. For more info please call 250-334-2567 email info@ LisaKirk.ca or go to LisaKirk.ca
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many other great musicians. During the late eighties and nineties he performed/recorded as sideman and bandleader with some of Canada’s most adventurous musicians as well as with US, European and Japanese artists, including Marilyn Crispell, Glenn Spearman, Walter Wierbos, Dr. Umezu and Lisle Ellis. His melodic style of drumming brings a fresh vision to the instrument. Miles Black’s playing has been compared to the likes of piano greats, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau. His performance is melodic, creative and spellbinding. The list of jazz greats he has played or recorded with is too long to list in entirety but includes Maynard Ferguson, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Slide Hampton, Dee Daniels, Oliver Gannon, The Paul Horn Band, Chuck Israels, Max Roach, Lew Tabackin, and Houston Person. This is a rare opportunity to see Miles play in an environment where his creativity and musicality shine in a completely new light.
Now living in Berlin, Scott White left Canada to become the Musical Director, bandleader and bass player for Berlin’s Cirque du Soleil. A gifted bassist, he now tours around Europe and North America collaborating with many renowned musicians in styles ranging from Russian Folk and Gypsy Swing to Free Jazz.. Scott is a very entertaining player to hear and watch. His sound palette encompasses many unorthodox percussive and melodic effects. He is a virtuoso with an unmatched playing style. Scott’s improvisational talents and virtuosity on the bass shine in the context of the BBW Trio. Come out for this ongoing musical odyssey! You will enjoy the life affirming spontaneity of these musicians, who let the muse play them. Seating is limited so get your advance tickets ($12) at Bop City Records, Courtenay and Riders Pizza, Cumberland. Admission at the door is $15.
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Local runner wins Nautical Days 4 Mile Foot Race Close to 100 runners, young and not so very young, took part in the 45th Annual Comox Nautical Days 4 Mile Road Race. Local runner Derek Vinge was the first to cross the finish line in a time of 20 minutes 49 seconds. This is the first time for the Courtenay chiropractor to take part in this race. He breezed past the defending champion of the event for two years running, Craig Odermatt, who finished in second place at 21:06 followed by local barefoot runner Robin Poirer in a time of 22. The first female, who also placed 4th overall, was Maria Zambranu in a time of 23.04. Zambranu, who is originally from Colombia and now lives in Calgary, also ran the event for the first time. Coming in second was Colleen Schmidt in 27.30 and third was Cathy Rung in 27.59. Rung is the coach for Comox Valley Road Runners, who were the organizers of the event. The road race held on Monday was part of the Comox Nautical Days celebrations. “It was a superb event, held in ideal weather conditions for both runners and spectators and everyone appeared to be having a great time,” said the event’s main sponsor, Jim Smiley of RE/MAX Ocean Pacific Realty. “It was great to see many family members sharing the experience by running together also.” Full age category winners are: Ben Prager (M12 & under); Sofia Cecic (F12 & under); Daniel Luckenchuk (M13-19); Madisson Naswell (F1319); Robin Poirier (M20-29); Kayla Souter (F20-29); Derek Vinge (M3039); Colleen Schmidt (F30-39); Craig Odermatt (M40-49); Maria
The top male and female runners of the Nautical 4 Mile Race Derek Vinge and Maria Zambranu receive their medals and awards.
Zambranu (F40-49); Wayne Crowe (M50-59); Mylissa Evans (F50-59); Barney Feenstra (M60-69); Roz Smith (F60-69);George Brose (M70 & over); Louise Reed (F70 & over). The ages of the participants varied and ranged from 9 years old to 79 years old. Three members of the Prager family took part Andrea, Ella and Ben. There were seven other families that had two runners. Comox Valley Road Runners use funds raised from this event, and other races, to donate to local charities and support local youths in their sporting goals. They are grateful to local businesses for supporting the event. (Quality Foods, Tim Hortons, Water Pure & Simple, Canadian Tire, Medicine Shoppe, Extreme Runners,
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The Nautical 4 Mile Race attracted runners of all ages. This young man dashed to the finish line leaving his mom behind. Left: The popular Nautical 4 Mile Race is an event for families to enjoy.
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Sports and Recreation GOLF NEWS CROWN ISLE PENGUINS IN AUGUST? Yes you heard correctly! The LADIES NINE AND WINE will be showcased with lots of penguins! Enjoy nine holes of golf, appys, wine and prizes. Wear black and white and bring your best penguin walk and penguin joke for the Aug. 27th shotgun at 5:30. Register your team or individually by calling the proshop at 250 7035031. Congratulations to Laurie Appleyard and her Comox team who won last month’s scramble. What a fun day the ladies club had on Tuesday playing Irish 4 Ball-a team of 4 plays holes 1-4 with 1 low net lady, holes 5-9 with 2 low net ladies, holes 10-14 with 3 low net ladies and holes 15-18 with all 4 low net ladies. AND THE WINNERS ARE: 1st low net 155 Jean McCrea, Raelene Robertson, Linda Stickney and Shirley Podovosky; 2nd low net 157 Katy Macaulay, Joanne Meyers, Audrey Clark and Donna Cunliffe (that would be moi!) The hot weather brought out lots of birdie winners for the birdie pot and lots of par 5s winners for the 25 plus handicappers! Can you hear the applause? Kudos to our very own Val Dingwall who won the Quality Foods 26th Ladies’ Senior Amateur Tournament at Qualicum Beach! Congratulations to Val, Dee Horie, Judy Pouilot and Katy Macaulay. They did Crown Isle proud! Welcome to Sue Spate, our newest member of the Crown Isle Ladies Club! CROWN ISLE NEWS ALERT! Bert will be running a 2-day camp at Crown Isle for boys and girls aged 11-15 on Aug. 11th and 12th 9 til noon. The first 8 to register will be treated to some amazing golf instruction and light lunch for only $45. Zone 6 and BC golf will help cover some of the extra costs. Call Bert at 250-703-5001 to register. Thanks to Dee Horie for all of her hard work with junior golf. - Submitted by Donna Cunliffe
KP Prizes: 10 2nd shot 0-16 Kevin Loga Bowlzy Brkfst Comox Pacific Express 11 3rd shot 0-16 Gary Usher Men’s Club 12 Long Drive 0-16 Jon Huisman Westview Ford Sales 13 2nd shot All Jon Huisman BlackFin Pub 5 All Terry Farrell Men’s Club 14 All Brian Hegg Men’s Club 15 2nd shot 17+ Dick Stuart Bowlzy Brkfst Comox Pacific Express 16 Long Drive17+ Brian Hegg Westview Ford sales 17 2nd shot 17+ Keith `Horton`Welch Men`s Club 9 All Randy Walker Men’s Club 18 All Marty Petersen Men’s Club Thanks to Flo, Pro shop, for her help. See you on the greens 10th August, 8.30 start - Submitted by Vic Crisp
CHOCOLATE DAY AT GLACIER GREENS International Chocolate Tuesday with 9 hidden holes to count minus half the handicap (for net) was the game of the day at Glacier Greens. Some holes proved to be too daunt-
ing for a few, which led them to to fall into the hands of the dreaded DQ. More chocolate for the rest as they soldiered on, with Brenda Livingstone surging ahead with a low gross of 39 and a KP on #4. Ann Johnston followed behind with a 45 and Liz van Boeschoten posted a 47 and with a KP on #15. On the net side Wendy Dowe was 30, Janet Edwards 34.5 and Rikki Farrell 35.0 Low putts were Janet Edwards with 30 and Judy Brown 31. At the ready to take on the field at Eaglecrest next Monday for the 4 ball best ball tournament is the team of Glenda Kinney and Lynn Pringle. Go get ‘em girls!! - Submitted by Lori Cameron
COOLNESS AT SUNNYDALE ENJOYED The morning started off at Sunnydale with a coolness that we really enjoyed. Our Tillicum Golf Tournament is coming up this Saturday, so we were trying our best to improve our game. Here’s the stats: First low gross: Carolyn Walker 89 First low net: Sally Sloat 67
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Second low gross: Kathie Reid 92 Second low net: Charlene Ceybryk 69 Third low gross: Jane Grant 93 Third low net: Frankie McCaffery 70 Fourth low gross: Joan Brown 93 Fourth low net: Maggie Miller 71 Fifth low gross: Lys McCrone 94 Fifth low net: Rona Lawson 72 Sixth low gross: Sandra Galloway 94 Sandra Galloway won the lowest number of putts with 25. WOW. Longest Putt on #9 was Rita Dalby Charlene Ceybryk won the KP on #10 which is sponsored by Rob Speer Pro Shop KP on #15 Jane Grant KP on #5 2nd shot 0-24 Hdcp was Carolyn Walker 25 and over was Frankie McCaffery KP on #17 2nd shot 25 and over Hdcp: Sally Sloat Kathie Reid and Rona Lawson both had birdies today. Good luck everyone at the Tillicum this weekend. We will have a full report for a future issue. Stay tuned. - Submitted by Pat Costello
BRIDGE CLUB D’Esterre Duplicate Bridge Results for Tuesday, July 29 (27 pairs): N/S - 1. Maureen Olafson and Philip Sanford; 2. Harvey Piercy and Jean Tait; 3. Betty and Tom Thomsen; 4. Barb McCrindle and Denise Holst; 5. Judy and Ron Morrison; 6. Bernice Blonarwitz and Darlene Allen. E/W - 1. Carole and Jack Bradshaw; 2. Dorothy Branch and Doug Poole; 3. Irene Smith and Cynthia Tree; 4. Trish and George Kirkwood; 5. Sharon Feduniak and Howard Cohen; 6. Trish Heyland and Irene Pearl. Results for Saturday, Aug. 2 (13 pairs): 1. Paula San and S Brook; 2. Lynne and John Godfrey; 3. Jean Tait and Harvey Piercy; 4. Evelyn and Keith Ware; 5. Glenda and Peter McGrath.
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PERFECT DAY FOR LOW PUTT CONTEST Comox Ladies Tuesday, July 29th. and Thursday, July 31st: The day was perfect and the greens were true for the Low Putt competition that saw Patti Harris and Peg Runquist tied with 30 putts to win the game of the day. Louise Luster was second with 31. Tied for third with 32 putts were Grace Coulter, Joyce Land, Phyllis Taylor and Nancy Riva. Sue Leakey, Lorelei Banford, Linda Diamond and Nancy Newton were at a tie with 33. Linda Broadbent and Pat Schmidt filled out the prizes with 34 putts. Winners of the skill prizes were: Closest to the bucket- Joyce Land; KP 4th shot #4and 13- Mary Ann Aikman; KP #5 and 14- Linda Verdenhalven; KP 3rd shot #7and 16; KP- #9 and 18- Louise Luster. Longest putt went to Edith Albrecht. On a hot and humid Thursday night, July 31st, Karen Vanetta shot a 40 to capture the Low Gross prize. Grace Coulter had a sizzling 33 net to win Low Net for the night. Second low gross was Lorelie Banford with a 43. Second low net with a 36 was a tie with Linda Calender and Nancy Riva. Karen Vanetta and Linda Callender won low putts with 14. Winners of the skill prizes were: Longest putts were Diane Hing and Suzy Venuta. Closest to the bucketKathy Branch; Longest drive (0-23)Sue Leakey; Longest drive (24+)Marg Siddall; KP#14 (24+)- Jean Kirby; KP #18 (0-23) Janice Nicklin; 3rd shot for all #13 was Kathy Branch; Closest to the 150 yard marker- Diane Hing. The special draw of the night went to Rena Townsend. Pat Schmidt had a chip in and her group was rewarded with chocolates. The green fees for non members was won by Dian Hing. Remember to sign up in the pro shop 250-339-4444 or in the locker room. Tuesday mornings are a shotgun start at 8:30 am. You must be there by 8. Thursday evenings the shotgun is at 6pm but sign in by 5:30pm. The ladies club would like to thank all their generous sponsors: Signature Wines, Arizona Gifts, Thrifty’s, Gibby’s Pro Shop, The Tee Box Restaurant, Kathy Branch Hairstyling, Chinook Forest Products, Mid Island Gifts, Panago Pizza, Looneyrama (Comox Mall) and Playtime Gaming and the Bulk Barn. - Submitted by Nancy Riva
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GOLFERS PARADISE AT COMOX 55 golfers played in glorious sunshine on Sunday morning at Comox. 0-16 low gross Tracy Branch 73, Rick Adams 73 17 + low gross Mike Naso 77, Tony Venuta 83 Low Nets Pat Riva 61, Ken Tait 63, Stan Potter 64, Marc Smith 65, Butch Wiliams 65, Marty Petersen 66.
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Close race at this year’s wacky nautical boat challenge ming incidents as well as intentional blocking. The Pirates stole the gold with their scallywag tactic, edging the HMFS by the hair of their chinny chin chin. The Buoy Toy was not far behind and kept the HMFS when one of its crew held the stern just as they were near the finish line. The Pirates ended up in first place followed by HMFS and The Buoys took third. The emcee remarked that this was the “most competitive race� of this event ever but also added that it was also the “dirtiest.� But all was done in good fun. In the regular build class, Scott and Brigette Park in their Very Good Ferry Boat won again for the second year in a row. Coming in second was the Pandron crewed by Mathew Titler and Anna McCarthy, and the Minnow of Allan Gilders and Jackson took third. This is the 27th annual staging of the event that is sponsored and organized by Home Hardware/ Central Builders of Courtenay every year. More photos at www.comoxvalleyecho.com.
By Michael Briones Echo Staff Competitors at this year’s annual Build, Bail & Swim were crafty with their boat designs that were buoyed by lofty ambitions. It took them over three hours to mould, nail and tape together their respective seacrafts which came in different sizes, unusual forms and shapes that included a catamaran, a raft, a sailboat of some sort, canoe and floating boxes. People who came out to watch the unusual nautical challenge, which is one of the most popular events during Nautical Days, had the chance to stop and look at the building process. Some of the creations drew a few skeptical remarks. Will they sink or sail, that is the question? But as they saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. While most of the boats looked weird, flimsy and were far from being seaworthy, much to everyone’s delight, there was only a couple that sank right from start. Surprisingly, most of them sailed on. The team that got to bear that sinking feeling was the Pride of Kitimat of Jim Wright and Sean Barner, making a splash as their boat went down. They got to bring home the prize for the first to sink title. Some crews spiced up the event donning striking costumes. Aside from the usual pirate outfits that are seen every year, there were those that came as gladiators, Gilligan and the Skipper, and the Blues Brothers. The best costume of the race went to gladiators Alfredo and Armando, with a 300 movie theme. Unfortunately their catamaran-designed boat didn’t go far as it capsized near the launch area. The final race in the Kamikaze class was a closely contested affair. The three finalists were The Pirates boat of Harry Campbell and Brian, the HMFS paddled by Melissa Rollin and Lucky, and the Blues Brothers Buoy Toy of Mike Russell and James Thomas. The lead changed from start to finish as competitors jostled for position. There were some ram-
The Pirates and the HMFS paddle fiercely as they race to the finish line. The Pirates took home the gold.
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