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Architect Steve Cohlmeyer said the plan focuses on “making it easier to get there, making it fun and making it a place to enjoy.”

Comox gets chance to see preliminary plans for Marina Park Revitalization By Michael Briones Echo Staff The Town of Comox has a beautiful waterfront along the harbour that it wants to develop to boost downtown vitality. It’s an unexploited asset that could potentially be vital as a community and tourism destination. The town has commissioned Cohlmeyer Architecture and the Algis Corporation to come up with a plan to re-develop Marina Park. The objective is to improve the park and waterfront area, as well as enhance the connections between the park and Comox Avenue. After several months of working with stakeholders, council and staff, a preliminary design of the plans was presented at town council last week as well as at an open house held at d’Esterre Seniors Centre in Comox. Mayor Paul Ives tweeted that the open house had a good turnout and that the design plans received lots of good feedback from the public. Architect Steve Cohlmeyer said the direction they took in from the meetings they’ve

had in the last ten months is that although the waterfront contains a lovely open space and supports many valuable activities and has delightful views, it does not meet its potential as an important community and tourism destination. There is little orientation information along the waterfront and between the park and downtown. As well, the issue of accessibility is also a concern, especially for those with limited mobility. It is difficult to access without a car and there are no public transportation services between downtown and the harbour. It has limited on-site commercial services leaving visitors with few reasons to go there and even fewer reasons to stay. The preliminary designs address these issues. Cohlmeyer said it focuses on “making it easier to get there, making it fun and making it a place to enjoy.” One of the main attractions of the plan is the creation of a village plaza or square, south of the gazebo. It will be the main focus for public events and private functions. It will feature two buildings adjacent to each other capable of catering to 50 to 75

people to provide services for the community, non-profit, recreational and private groups. The buildings will also include substantial roofed areas to facilitate use by small-scale temporary vendors. The design also calls for the relocation of the children’s playground to make it an integral part of the life of the village, the creation of a new treed “central plaza” that will include benches, a fountain, a re-built wood promenade and the totem pole as a focal point. In order to attract pedestrians from the downtown core to the waterfront park, trails and paths are going to be improved. They will include treed areas and a promenade as well as visible signage and public art to indicate what’s in store and also to make the walk to the gazebo more inviting. They will also include softly-sloped trails, rest areas and benches. The project carries a preliminary cost of $1.6 million. Once plans are finalized, the town will fund 25 per cent of project and it will apply for grants from Island Coastal Economic Trust, and Western Economic Diversification Canada to cover 25 per cent and 50 per cent of the project respectively.

Volunteers hit the streets tomorrow to raise money for Raise-a-Reader On Wednesday, September 24th, between 11:30 and 1pm, over 30 community volunteers will be on the streets of Courtenay and Comox handing out a special literacy edition of the Comox Valley Echo in exchange for a donation. Each dollar raised goes to local literacy programs. Last year, through local sponsorship, donations, fundraisers, and the Raise-a-Reader Day exchange of the special edition newspapers for donations, the Comox Valley raised over $20000. The Ministry of Education leveraged these funds by approximately $10000 for a total of $30000. This year the Raise-a-Reader Committee hopes to increase that amount to enhance and expand community-based literacy programs such as 1000x5, the Family Literacy Outreach program, the Essential Skills program for youth, and adult literacy programs. Volunteers will be situated at multiple sites throughout the Comox Valley including: · Walmart Mall · 4th Avenue and England St., Courtenay · 5th Street (Continued on page 2)

Former Cumberland Fire Rescue Chief dies suddenly By Drew A. Penner Echo Staff A longtime Cumberland firefighter who rose through the ranks to become chief died suddenly Saturday, Sept. 20 while at home. Ken McClure was puttering around his Golden, BC yard with his wife Gaetane when he suffered a cardiac arrest, just hours before his 56th birthday. “I’m lost to be honest,” she said in an interview with the Echo. “Totally lost.” As emergency responders tried to revive her husband all she could do was try to focus on his voice in her head walking her through the crisis, just as he would at the 250 calls a year he attended with the Golden Fire Department. “I was visualizing one of the calls he was on,” she said, noting it was hard to go through that experience alone since the two of them have always done everything together. “It’s

Fire Chief Ken McClure what your spouse is there for.” McClure was born in Comox and attended GP Vanier and North Island College.

He joined the Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department in 1985 and took a job working as a paramedic. McClure met his future wife while attending to an elderly resident whom she cared for. Their first date was at the Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa, and from there they never looked back. “That was the first day of the rest of our lives,” she said. “We’ve seen each other every day since.” His wife will always remember the positive impact he would have on people. “He was giving in every way,” she said. “He’s just the type of person who made friends with everybody. He walks into a room and everyone knows Ken.” McClure rose through the ranks of the Cumberland Fire Department and played an important role in elevating the roadside vehicle rescue skills of the service, leading a competitive

automotive extrication (Auto-X) team to international acclaim through the late 90s and into the new millennium. “He just kept excelling in the fire department,” remembers Cumberland’s current fire chief Mike Williamson. “We worked our way up to going to the worlds in competition a few times.” The desire to excel in auto extrications arose out of a deeper desire to keep the community safe, Williamson said. “We didn’t know much about Auto-X and the new highway was coming through,” he said, explaining the importance of developing fire skills within the department was key to the Genesis of their team. “We didn’t care if we won.” It took about three years but the successes began rolling in. “We kept training and training and training,” he said of the Thursday and Sunday nights spent down at the

junkyard and the seminars given by coaches. “We used to call ourselves the junkyard dogs we were down there so much.” McClure captained the team as it went on to win the Western Canadian Championships in 1999. Williamson glances at the trophy as fond memories of the man and their time together surface. “The Village had a big dinner for us because we won the Western Canadian Championships,” he recalls, noting over the next few years the team went on to go to the worlds in Prague. “We were a well known team across Canada and most of the northern United States and Europe.” McClure had taken up a job with the Village and was promoted to fire chief in 2004. In March 2011 he started work with the Town of Golden as fire chief and had been working there ever since. (Continued on page 2)

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Courtenay centennial event planning well underway To say that the Courtenay Centennial Celebration Committee is planning the event of the century is no exaggeration! Preparation for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge 2015 Centennial Celebration is well underway with a series of signature events planned throughout the year that will highlight the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future of the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The committee has been working hard to plan the party of the century and we have some exciting events which everyone will be sure to enjoy,â&#x20AC;? states Chairman Ron Webber. The Centennial Celebration starts right along with the new year at the Night of Nostalgia on December 31st. Plan to bring in 2015 with your friends December 31st at the Filberg Centre for live music, dancing, appies, and comedy. On January 1st come and be part of the official launch with a pancake breakfast, music,

heritage displays, and centennial cake cutting. Watch for more information about ticket sales as well as sponsorship opportunities for local businesses on the City of Courtenay website www.courtenay.ca. Between June 26 - July 5th, Courtenay residents both past and present are invited to celebrate Homecoming Week which includes 10 days of exciting events. This is an open invitation to everyone who has ever called Courtenay home (or who want to) to join in the festivities. The week begins with the Community Tailgate Party and BC Lions Alumni June 26-27th, a great opportunity to meet and reconnect with friends and former associates as well as meet new ones. On July 1st, music legend Red Robinson will be coming home to be the honorary Parade Marshall for the Canada Day parade. As the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homecoming Weekendâ&#x20AC;? arrives,

plan to enjoy various stage shows and an exciting Symphony and Fireworks display July 4th, as well as neighbourhood block parties and outdoor concerts on July 5th. Military Day will honour the men and women in service, both past and present and acknowledge the significance of their contributions to our community. The date for this event and a Finale event in November are still to be determined, and once again will offer opportunities for volunteers and sponsors to get involved. In addition to these Centennial Signature Events are other celebrations planned by partnering community groups including Justice Centre, Sid Williams Theatre, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox Valley Arts Council (Elevate the Arts), WinterJam 100, Courtenay Museum, Courtenay Heritage Committee. The Courtenay Centennial Committee is encouraging all community groups, business-

es, sports groups and neighbourhoods to get creative and to start planning their own events, which will be promoted on the centennial calendar of events. Other Centennial initiatives will take place throughout the year including Citizen of the Century, where hundreds of citizens will be honoured throughout the year for their contribution to Courtenay and the Comox Valley. The Courtenay Volunteer Fire Department will also be planning centennial activities throughout 2015. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, volunteer positions, or to share your ideas, contact the Courtenay Centennial Celebration Committee at 250-334-4441 or email 100years@courtenay.ca. This project has been supported by the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.

Tour de Rock rolls into the Valley tomorrow, Sept. 24 The annual Cops for Cancer/ Tour de Rock fund-raiser rolls into the Comox Valley tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 23. Local riders include: Matthew Pidgeon - CFB Comox, Andrea Folk - Comox Valley RCMP, Colleen Henry - Comox Valley RCMP, Chris Kippel - Comox Valley RCMP. The team is expected to stop first at Miracle Beach Elementary School (8:53 am), followed by stops at Huband Park Elementary, Comox Valley Dodge, Comox Scotiabank, Ecole Robb Road, Ecole Aspen Elementary, Aspen Co-op Bar, Valley View School, Vanier Secondary School, Ecole

Puntledge Park, Old House Village and Spa, then to Boston Pizza for lunch, before returning to the Old House Village. Then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off to the CRI in Cumberland for 5:30 pm, including a head shave scheduled for 6:15 pm, before heading to the Florence Filberg Centre for the red serge dinner. Thursday morning, the riders will attend Thrifty Foods in downtown Courtenay for a pancake breakfast at 8 am. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followed by visits to Cumberland Junior and Elementary schools, Royston school and the Union Bay community hall.

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Âˇ 6th Street Âˇ Washington Park Mall (Superstore) Âˇ Comox Avenue Âˇ Comox Mall Âˇ Crown Isle Mall Âˇ GlacierView Mall (Whitespot) Âˇ Quality Foods, Comox Âˇ Anderton Road and Guthrie Watch for Isfeld Leadership Club students who will be at the Crown Isle Mall with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honk for Literacyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donate Todayâ&#x20AC;? signs. Or catch up with Pharmasave staff who will be in the Quality Foods Comox Mall. Royal Bank staff can be found near Superstore, and members of the Canadian Federation of University Women will be walking along Comox Avenue between Church Street and Comox Mall.

Courtenay councillor Ronna-Rae Leonard will be walking with Kurt McDonald, the Assistant Fire Chief, along 5th Street and asking folks to help â&#x20AC;&#x153;fill the bootâ&#x20AC;? with donations. BC Ambulance Services staff will be collecting donations along 5th Street as well. Volunteers from the Adult Learning Centre and Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Association are throughout town. Raise-a-Reader headquarters is in the parking lot at 5th Street and England. Look for a white tent and many orange shirts between 10am and 1pm and come by to receive the special literacy edition in exchange for a donation! If you cannot make it out on

September 24th but would like to make a donation, you can donate online at www.raiseareader.com/ donate, and click on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Comox Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; under Fund/Designation. To donate by phone, call 1-866-637-READ (7323) or call the Comox Valley Echo at 250-334-4722. You can also mail in or drop off your donation at the Comox Valley Echo (cheques payable to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Comox Valley Echoâ&#x20AC;?). For more information contact the Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Association by email at dhoogland@shaw.ca or by phone at 250-897-2623. For more information go to the www.canada.com/ literacy/raiseareader/ or www. cvlifelonglearning.ca.

McClure was always generous with his time and would spend hours on the phone with anyone who needed assistance, whether that was a fire chief with a different department or a community member. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were calling him for advice,â&#x20AC;? Mrs. McClure said, describing his selflessness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he works for the community he works for the community.â&#x20AC;? In addition to work commitments, McClure enjoyed black powder shooting and historical reenactments of the 1840s fur trade. The McClures would set out on voyages around the province and into the United States to join up with other enthusiasts to stay in canvas tents and role-play different scenarios from the era. Now the McClures will be returning to the Comox Valley, where Ken will be laid to rest in the Courtenay cemetery with his

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Undercover police officer nails distracted drivers By Michael Briones Echo Staff The Comox Valley RCMP are on the lookout for distracted drivers. And they’re being creative when doing it. A police officer in disguise is out there on the streets ready to pull you over and hand you a costly citation. Last week, the local detachment launched a distracted driving operation that was set up at a couple of intersections in Courtenay. People who got caught with their gadgets in hand were shocked by the local RCMP’s innovative approach. A police officer pretended to be a panhandler stationed at one of the busy junctions in the city. When he sees you using your phone, he shows you a sign that indicates “I am a police officer. You’re caught using your cell phone. Ticket ahead.” It has caught many by surprise and there are mixed feelings over it. Some had launched complaints to the local RCMP detachments. Inspector Tim Walton, the officer in charge of the Comox Valley detachment said you can expect

Undercover officer unfolds his panhandling sign to let drivers know they’ve been caught using their cell phones more of these types of enforcement actions.

“In a very short time we were able to catch over 20 drivers using

handheld devices,” Walton said. “Unfortunately this proves that not everyone has adopted the idea to ‘leave the phone alone.’” During the operation, the police handed out: • 21 violation tickets for using an electronic device while driving • 5 violation tickets for failing to wear seatbelts_ • 2 violation tickets for Disobeying a traffic control device_ • 1 violation ticket for Failing to display an “N” • 2 Warnings for vehicle defects_ Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crash fatalities in British Columbia. Police statistics show that about a quarter of all car crash fatalities in B.C. in the last five years - 2009 to 2013 - were related to distracted driving. That’s an average of 88 deaths per year, making distracted driving now the second-leading cause of motor vehicle fatalities in B.C., behind speeding (105) and narrowly ahead of impaired driving (86). The B.C. government banned the use of personal electronic devices (including talking on a hand-held cellphone and text messaging) while

driving as of January 1, 2010. The provincial government and ICBC have launched a campaign to once again remind people about the implications of texting, reading or doing other things behind the wheel other than just driving. The campaign includes TV, radio and theatre advertisements and other public service announcements, and stepped-up police enforcement of distracted driving around the province. This latest distracted driving campaign is clearly needed. A recent Ipsos Reid survey commissioned by ICBC shows that 84 per cent of B.C. drivers who own cellphones agree that texting while driving is risky, yet 25 per cent admit doing it. John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety, says distracted driving is a growing concern. Drivers automatically reach for their phone when they hear a text message or phone call. It’s a bad habit, he said, that needs to be broken. “Getting people to leave their phone alone while driving will go a long way to making our roads safer and in reducing claims costs and insurance rates,” he says.

Man who abused his infant girl given five years in federal prison Judge: “A more sinister breach of trust is inconceivable” By Drew A. Penner Echo Staff A 24-year-old Canadian Forces member who violated his infant daughter physically on five separate occasions was sentenced in BC Supreme Court Sept. 19 to five years of federal penitentiary time. Justice Robin Baird had sifted through a mountain of paperwork trying to figure out why a young man of such apparent good character and upbringing would choose to hurt his daughter so badly it left her with permanent cerebral palsy and epilepsy - but he came up empty. “We have here a very unusual case,” Justice Baird said, noting the offender wasn’t abused as a child himself and excelled in school and extracurricular activities after emigrating to Canada from the Ukraine. “I’ve got questions, but nobody can answer them.” Justice Baird pointed to the “permanent and incalculable” damage caused in early 2013 by the aircraft electronics professional and his “stratospherically high” moral culpability as reasons why he chose the upper end of what he considered to be the range of possible sentences. “The crime committed by this offender was serious in nature,” he said, adding if there was anyone on Earth the baby should have been able to rely on it was her father. “A more sinister breach of trust is inconceivable.” Before the two o’clock bells at St. Paul’s Anglican Church sounded the man who had pled guilty to aggravated assault took his final walk of freedom in the sunshine with his lawyer along an interlocking brick sidewalk beneath hanging flower baskets past jovial businessmen and ardent international students. There was a false start to the decision when construction work next to the Nanaimo courthouse reared its head, as it had during the playback of the man’s confession on the first day of sentencing. The judge wasn’t

about to let this sully his judgment. “We are engaged in a very solemn occasion here today,” he said, instructing a court worker the “do the usual” to make it stop. “I’m not doing it with this racket. We’ll stand down.” It wasn’t until the three o’clock bells that the man in the prisoners box wearing a suit and tie learned his fate. He clenched his fists and his face muscles tightened slightly. “He knew that what he was doing was wrong,” the judge said, noting the man was unable to resist “this inclination to do it again.” Then Justice Baird looked right at the father standing in the prisoners box. “All I can say to you is this behaviour was completely beyond the pale,” the judge said of the excessive force he called both “abhorrent” and “sadistic.” One day, despite her current struggles with blindness and eating, the little girl just might grow up to be able to read. It may be that one day she will read the decision meant to supply some measure of justice to what is left of her broken family, Justice Baird noted. “I want her to know exactly what happened here today,” he told the father. Given the opportunity to speak the man declined through his lawyer, who explained his client feels there’s nothing more he could possibly add. When the judge asked the man directly if this was in fact the case, the man spoke the only three words he uttered throughout the entire three days of proceedings. “Yes, my Lord,” he affirmed. On the second day of sentencing Crown lawyer John Boccabella had pointed to a number of cases he said required the judge to lock up the Canadian Forces private for at least four-and-a-half if not six years. “There’s something about this that’s focused and determined,” Boccabella said. “This is clearly such a serious crime. The injuries to the child are devastating.” Defence lawyer Robert Yeo took great pains to explain his client isn’t trying to minimize the situation in any way. While it is true that the series of

offences took place over a number of weeks and the man failed to come clean (including during a trip to St. Joseph’s General Hospital to assess the damage he’d done), after being confronted with the true picture of the injuries while at BC Children’s Hospital, he went voluntarily and gave a full confession to police and has wanted to accept full responsibility ever since. “This is a terrible, egregious situation,” Yeo said, arguing that two years in prison plus probation would allow for successful rehabilitation. “Nobody wins, regardless of what the sentence is.” This is not a case of a psychopathic individual carrying out senseless crimes, he noted, adding his client is deeply remorseful about how significantly he’s hurt his daughter. “That’s something that haunts him,” he said. “It will haunt him for the rest of his life.” Yeo pointed out that two separate psychological reports came to the same conclusion - that the father engaged in circumstantial and situational violence and should be considered a “low risk” to reoffend. “That’s not an excuse for it,” he said. “That’s not even really an explanation for it.” The man didn’t just snap in a single isolated incident but seems to have chosen to release pent-up tension on his daughter. His life had suddenly become unfamiliar, and this scared the freshly minted military man who had never been deployed to a war zone. The offender’s own biological father had abandoned his family early on. At age 22 the accused met his wife on a trip to Cuba and continued a long distance relationship with her before being posted out west. He had gotten his girlfriend pregnant on one of the first occasions he visited her in Alberta. He didn’t want to be transferred to CFB Comox. He was navigating his first-ever romantic relationship. He didn’t want a daughter, at first. There was stress in the marriage. The shape of the baby’s head didn’t fit into what he considered to be the ideal shape. The attacks increased in severity, culminating in the March 24, 2013 attack where the father broke the

Myeloma Education Day offered by North Island support group The North Island Myeloma Support Group is holding our Second Annual Myeloma Education Day for North Island Myeloma patients, families and health care professionals. The event is planned for Saturday October 11,10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM, at the Best Western Westerly Hotel in Courtenay. A light lunch will be provided. A Question and Answer Period will follow each speaker. Topics include: Myeloma 101, Current and Future Treatments, Free Light Chain Assay. No charge for this event which is sponsored by Celgene Canada. Space is limited so please reserve your seat

by contacting: Lena at clle_jenk@ shaw.ca or 250-897-0038 or Tina 250-336-8540. The North Island Myeloma Support Group members are people diagnosed with Myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer, and their Caregivers. We meet from 130-3 pm the third Tuesday of every month in Best Western Westerly Hotel Dining Room, Courtenay. The primary focus of the Group is to provide support and education. This is especially helpful for those recently diagnosed so they have the information needed to understand the disease and treatment options.

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three-month-old girl’s clavicle and bashed her skull with his knee. “He put her back to bed and put it out of his mind,” the judge noted. “He abandoned her in her crib instead of seeking medical assistance.” During the final pronouncement the judge read out a powerful victim impact statement from the mother of the baby, who could not afford to be at the sentencing herself. “I love my precious little girl no matter what,” it read, pointing out the little girl has been sentenced to never living on her own, never dating, and never having a job. “My innocent little baby has been robbed of a normal life, which is so unfair.”

Justice Baird agreed with the psychological reports commissioned by the military and the Crown that indicated the accused had felt overwhelmed and angry about his life circumstances and tragically took this frustration out on the tiny, vulnerable human he loved. “She will have complex and lifelong rehabilitative and medical needs,” he said, adding the stress the punctual and efficient soldier faced is a mind-boggling explanation for why the man gave into the cravings to abuse his daughter. “Why he should have done so is an enduring mystery.”

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2014 Telethon chooses twins to be its poster boys By Michael Briones Echo Staff If a face could launch a thousand ships, how about two faces? As the saying goes, two heads are better than one, or in this case two faces. The organizers of the 2014 Telethon have chosen twins Micah and Rivers Kang to be the poster boys of this year’s fundraising campaign. Last week, the Comox Valley Child Development Association, the main beneficiary of the annual children’s telethon, launched the new posters. The striking, brightly coloured poster captures the young boys as they take in the wonder of a local green space. The twin boys are the child ambassadors of the 2014 Telethon, representing the over 800 local children, youth and families, who annually receive services at the CVCDA, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Telethon is scheduled to take place on Nov. 2 at the Sid Williams Theatre from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Micah and Rivers were born five weeks early. Their parents Sara-Lynn and Daniel have a lot to be thankful for in the assistance they’ve received from the CVCDA, which runs a program dedicated to helping premature children. “It was fantastic connecting with other moms. It was just wonderful to be with people who are going through the same thing we were,” said SaraLynn. The Kangs, and other families, also benefited from the different speakers from the community who came in to talk about a variety of topics that include car seat safety, nutrition for babies, about hearing-speech impedi-

River and Micah Kang take the spotlight during the launching of the posters that bears their picture for the Comox Valley Child Development Association annual Telethon. ment and many others. As a way of giving back to the community, Sara-Lynn and Daniel were

quick to embrace the opportunity to contribute to this treasured tradition in the Comox Valley.

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News Russ Arnott seeking re-election in Comox after 3-year absence Russ Arnott is seeking re-election to Comox Council and is ready to bring his council experience, management skills and positive outlook to serve our Comox residents. Arnott says “It’s time to get back to work and help steer Comox towards the future, to find incentives for businesses to stay, and new ones to come.” He adds, “Our marina area is key to drawing residents to the downtown core and I would like to work with the citizens to finally make Comox look like it truly is Comox by the Sea.” These past three years have taken Arnott from his 25-year career with the Coast Guard as Officer-in-Charge of the communications centre at Cape Lazo to a new role as Manager, Canadian Forces Housing Agency, at CFB Comox. Arnott adds “We can’t always lean on property taxes to keep moving Comox forward. We need to continue to successfully apply for grants and look for alternate sources of funding. To ensure a vibrant Comox we need to invest in our future by improving efficiency and the cost effectiveness of our operations.” When Arnott served his first term on council between 2008 and 2011, he was able to see firsthand the needs of the town and able to begin his vision of a Comox waterfront revitalization. With a second term,

Russ Arnott Arnott can take the skills he acquired and build upon them to serve the residents by mixing a social conscience with today’s fiscal realities. With over 26 years in the public sector Arnott is a proven facilitator, negotiator and manager that will help provide leadership and direction. If you believe in good governance and in protecting and improving our quality of life then please support Russ Arnott for re-election November 15, 2014. For further information visit www. russarnott.com or phone/text 250218-2001

Hugh MacKinnon seeks re-election By Hugh MacKinnon After hearing encouragement from many, and, with the support of my family, I have made the decision and am excited to seek re-election in November to again represent citizens as a Town Councillor for the Town of Comox. I am proud of many of Comox Council’s achievements particularly, keeping taxes affordable, completing an agreement to secure the NorthEast Woods as a park, supporting the initiation of downtown re-vitalization and the initiation of activites such as the Ray Crossley Town of Comox Youth Achievment awards, which I initiated, and ‘Comox Market Days’! I was pleased to see our council support private initiatives like the ‘Little Red Church’ which has provided a much needed cultural venue for our Town. I will continue to be supportive of planned development that welcomes public input particularly earlier in the process. As, well, if re-elected I will continue to consider issues with an open mind and hear and defend when appropriate, the interests of

Hugh MacKinnon neighbours. Furthermore, I believe councillors must be mindful of the future of Comox not just the present in decision making and allocation of resources. We have a responsibility to the next generation of citizens too! I will continue to accept no donations for my campaign so as to be not beholden to any group or individual. I consider being a Town Councillor a community service and my way of giving back to our Town and its people for all our Town has given to the

MacKinnon family. Muncipal politics, in my opinion should work best. We, municipal politicians, live in and serve in our communities and should be available to citizens immediately almost always. We should be accountable to our neighbours and accessible. Unlike federal and provincial politicians we do not have assistants so dealing firsthand with issues should be expected and welcomed. I intend to continue to work hard in this regard hearing concerns and working with our Town staff to address issues. To me, being a Town Councillor in Comox is a full time job and I welcome that. I have been appointed to and represented the Town of Comox on the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre board and the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Library Board, and as an alternate rep to the Town of Comox Business Association and C.V. Economic Development Society. I also serve locally on the Y.A.N.A. (You Are Not Alone) board and the Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Society Board. (Continued on page 6)

SCHOOL TRUSTEE – SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 71 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public notice is given to the electors of School District No. 71 (Comox Valley) that nominations for the offices of: Area

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From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends

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From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014. To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014. Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the chief election officer by 4:30 pm on October 17, 2014

Nomination forms are available during regular office hours at the Comox Valley Regional District office at 600 Comox Road, Courtenay, B.C. from August 25, 2014 to the close of the nomination period.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: t Canadian citizen; t 18 years of age or older on general voting day, November 15, 2014; t resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; t not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by visiting the Comox Valley Regional District elections website at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/vote or by contacting James Warren, chief election officer at 250-334-6000.

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NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public NoƟce is given to the electors of the Village of Cumberland that a general local elecƟon will be held on Saturday November 15, 2014 to elect one Mayor, four Councillors and one School Trustee. Completed nominaƟŽn packages for these posiƟons will be received by the Cumberland Chief ElecƟon Oĸcer, or designate, at the Village Oĸce from: •

9:00am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00pm on Friday, October 10, 2014, excluding weekends and statutory holidays.

NominaƟon documents are available at the Village oĸce. Completed nominaƟŽn documents will be available for viewing as they are received, at the Village oĸce during normal business hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualiĮed to be nominated, elected, and to hold oĸce as a member of local government if they meet the following qualiĮcaƟons: • 18 years of age or older; and • Canadian ciƟzen; and • resident of BriƟsh Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nominaƟon papers are Įled; and • not disqualiĮĞd by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voƟng in an elecƟon in BriƟƐh Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding oĸce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please check out the Village website at cumberland.ca or contact: Rachel Parker, Chief ElecƟon Oĸcer: rparker@cumberland.ca Sundance Topham, Deputy Chief ElecƟon Oĸcer: stopham@cumberland.ca PO Box 340, 2673 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland, BC V0R 1S0 Telephone: 250 336-2291 • Fax: 250 336-2321

NOTICE OF NOMINATION PERIOD Public Notice is given to the electors of the Town of Comox that a General Local Election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect one Mayor, six Councillors and one School Trustee. Nominations for qualified candidates will be received as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service to: Comox Town Hall 1809 Beaufort Avenue Comox BC V9M 1R9 By fax to: 250 339-7110 or

From 9:00 a.m., September 30, 2014 To 4:00 p.m., October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends From 9:00 a.m., September 30, 2014 To 4:00 p.m., October 10, 2014

By email to: town@comox.ca

Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday October 17, 2014 Nomination documents are available at Comox Town Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Documents may also be downloaded from the Town of Comox website, at http://comox.ca. NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 4:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2014 Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday October 17, 2014. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: • • •

they are a Canadian citizen; they are 18 years of age or older on November 15, 2014; they have been a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before they file nomination papers; and • they are not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. ____________________________________ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact the Chief or Deputy Chief Election Officer at phone 250 339-2202 or email town@comox.ca. Shelly Russwurm, Chief Election Officer

COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

LOCAL TRUSTEE – ISLANDS TRUST 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public notice is given to the electors of the Comox Valley Regional District that nominations for the offices of: Area Office Electoral Area ‘A’, Baynes Sound – Denman/Hornby Islands Director Electoral Area ‘B’, Lazo North Director Electoral Area ‘C’, Puntledge-Black Creek Director will be received by the chief election officer or a designated person, as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service: Comox Valley Regional District 600 Comox Road Courtenay, B.C. V9N 3P6 By fax to: 250-334-4358

From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014

By email to: administration@ comoxvalleyrd.ca

Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the chief election officer by 4:30 pm on October 17, 2014

Nomination forms are available during regular office hours at the Comox Valley Regional District office at 600 Comox Road, Courtenay, B.C. from August 25, 2014 to the close of the nomination period. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: x Canadian citizen; x 18 years of age or older on general voting day, November 15, 2014; x resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; x not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by visiting the Comox Valley Regional District elections website at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/vote or by contacting James Warren, chief election officer at 250-334-6000.

NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public notice is given to the electors of Denman Island and Hornby Island Local Trust Areas that nominations for the offices of: Area Office Denman Island Local Trust Area includes: Local Trustee Denman Island, Chrome and Sandy Islands, (Two to be elected) Seal Islets and Lot 127 Lambert Channel Hornby Island Local Trust Area includes: Local Trustee Hornby Island and Toby Island, Flora Islet and Norris Rocks (Two to be elected) will be received by the chief election officer or a designated person, as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service: Comox Valley Regional District 600 Comox Road Courtenay, B.C. V9N 3P6 By fax to: 250-334-4358

From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends From 9:00 am, September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014

By email to: administration@ comoxvalleyrd.ca

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A6 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, September 23, 2014

News

Help build a needed health clinic for Kikagate, Uganda When local quilter Pippa Moore decided to teach widows and women living with HIV/AIDS how to sew, she had no idea how far-reaching the consequences would be. Moore’s project was motivated by the needs she saw when she was accompanying her husband David on one of his regular jaunts to Uganda with ACTS, a water-development project. She saw the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS as she visited villages where widows and grandmothers were often the only support for orphaned children. Most of these women survived by farming a small plot of land and were often reduced to begging from neighbours to feed their children. As an accomplished quiltmaker and teacher, she wondered whether teaching these women to sew might give them a source of income, as well as hope for the future. And so the Bitengye Sewing Project was born. In 2009 the first workshop was held by Pippa and other volunteers, and the women learned how to operate treadle sewing machines and produce quilts, shoulder bags, place mats and other marketable items which were sold back in Canada and provided them with an income with which to provide for their families. Recheal Bugumba was one of those women. She was a 32-year-old widow who is HIV positive and has 5 children, living in Kikagate (chicka-gat-ee) in the southern part of the country, where it borders Tanzania. When she learned to sew through the Bitengye Sewing Project, she was able to look after her family, and spent her first earnings on a door and windows for her house, and for school fees for her children. That was not the end of the story

Recheal learned to sew through the Bitengye Sewing Project, initiated by Pippa Moore in Uganda. Now she hopes to build a health clinic to benefit others.

however. With renewed hope for her own life and that of her children, she wanted to share with others. So she founded and now leads a “Living Positively with AIDS” group in her area, and is a HIV/AIDS Counsellor. Last year, with sponsorship from Canadians, she completed her nurses’ training. Now Recheal has a new dream: to use this training to provide medical care to her community and support to those, especially orphans, with HIV/AIDS. She envisions a clinic where people can go for diagnosis, procurement of basic medications, and for treatment of minor ills. In faith, she used her own money to purchase a piece of land for this clinic, and has asked for help to build it. She’s been using her sewing skills to make luggage tags out of African fabrics, and selling

them for $5 a piece, all profits going to the clinic, as well as continuing with her other sewing responsibilities. Now Moore is stepping up to the plate again. She and several other volunteers are organizing a fundraiser for Recheal’s Dream on Friday September 26, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Anglican Church Hall, 218 Church St., Comox. Tickets are $10. The evening will feature a photo presentation by Moore, a guest appearance by the Panache Singers of Nanaimo, a silent auction and door prizes, refreshments and opportunities to purchase Recheal’s luggage tags. All proceeds from this fundraiser will help raise the roof on Recheal’s dream. Tickets may be obtained at the St. Peter’s Church Office or from Pippa (250-339-3845). Or they can be purchased at the door on Friday September 26.

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FORMER MAYOR WON’T RUN Former Courtenay Mayor Greg Phelps has announced that he is pursuing other endeavours and will not be running in November’s civic elections. Phelps says other than his wife and children, being Mayor of the City of Courtenay was one of the proudest achievements of his life. He says he hopes there will be a full slate of candidates for the upcoming elections.

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The Steadies in Cumberland The Steadies perform Friday, September 26, at The Waverley Hotel. Going to be a StarCity Shakedown night of rocksteady roots. $12 advance $15 door. Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel, by phone (250) 336-8322 or online at cumberlandvillageworks.com. Doors at 9:30pm. The Steadies take the explosively popular Top 40 sound and mix it with rocksteady and reggae influences, creating what they’ve dubbed, “island rock.” No matter your mood, The Steadies pick you up and carry you to the beach in your mind, the club in your dreams, the place you go to clear your head and dance. It’s a scene where rumbling fault lines rip open the dance floor, and the only thing that keeps you from falling over is the gravitational pull of the steady beat. http://www.thesteadies.ca

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Checo Tohomaso & the Victoria Soul Gospel Choir bring the Motown sound to the Valley He’s toured with such greats as Marvin Gaye, The Commodores, and Lionel Ritchie, and now Checo Tohomaso’s bringing the Victoria Soul Gospel Choir with him for a live show at the Sid Williams Theatre on Saturday September 27, as part of the theatre society’s Blue Circle Series. The Victoria Soul Gospel Choir and Checo Tohomaso, a professional musician and the choir’s enthusiastic director, blend Motown, R&B, and Afro-American gospel in fivepart harmony with choreography. Their live show features a dynamic energy that is infectious. Soul gospel has its roots in the early 20th century Black community of the United States, and as it gained popularity inspired many other music styles such as current pop music and funk. Checo Tohomaso was born in Florida and raised in Hawaii and Japan. Tohomaso’s musical journey began in early childhood where his first performances were as a member of a church choir. The son of an African-American Christian mother and Peruvian/ African-American Jewish father, he grew up surrounded by different styles of ethnic music. When asked how his passion for Gospel music began, Tohomaso points out “ninety per cent of American Soul, R&B, and Jazz singers have their musical foundation singing Gospel music in the church and I was heavily influenced by those artists at a very early age”. Tohomaso has entertained with many notable performers throughout his career. He was honored to play keyboards, percussion and sing background vocals for the last European tour of Motown legend Marvin Gaye. As a keyboard player and background vocalist for the Green Machine, the band providing

the sound for The Commodores and Lionel Ritchie, and he continued to tour the world extensively until Expo ‘86 brought Tohomaso to Vancouver. Following Expo ‘86, Tohomaso toured the Canadian school system exposing youth to ethnic and soul music. In addition, he worked extensively with the First Nations population to provide positive motivation, from the perspective of a person of colour, and deliver messages of staying in school, staying off drugs, and racial tolerance. Tohomaso’s current focus is to communicate the positive, healing qualities of soul music to as many people as possible. In order to achieve his goal of “bringing soul to the city”, Tohomaso also coaches soul, R&B, gospel and light jazz-style vocals, and teaches both keyboards and bass to students from across the lower mainland. As part of his work with the Victoria Soul Gospel Choir, he travels to Victoria from Vancouver every other Tuesday for rehearsals. Tickets for this Blue Circle Series performance are $23 for members, $28 for general public, $18 for students and groups of 10 or more. Members can add this show to a 4 or more pack for just $18. Purchase in person at the Ticket Centre Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm, by phone 250.338.2430, or online at sidwilliamstheatre.com.

Textile artist Jo Swallow, whose exhibit “The Blues Project” will be on display in the CVAG community gallery. Swallow will provide weaving demonstrations every Friday and Saturday, starting from noon to 1 p.m. during the exhibit.

Members’ show at CV Art Gallery AG features more than 100 artworks The Comox Valley Art Gallery will be abuzz Friday evening to celebrate the opening of two new exhibits including a members show that attracted more than 100 submissions — and an ongoing participatory make-art project. The opening reception will start at 7 p.m., but members of the public are invited to arrive earlier starting at 6 p.m. to participate in all-ages art making that responds to the theme “(hanging) by a thread.” “By a Thread” is the title and theme of the members show that will open that evening. This group exhibit for members of the Comox Valley Community Arts Council and the Comox Valley Art Gallery will feature

more than 100 artworks in a variety of disciplines. The reception will also celebrate the opening of “The Blues Project”, an exhibit of work by textile artist Jo Swallow. Both exhibits and the participatory art project will run from Sept. 27 until Nov. 1, and there will be numerous opportunities for public engagement and participation. Swallow, known for her expertise as a cloth designer, master weaver and teacher, will provide weaving demonstrations every Friday and Saturday from noon to 1 p.m., starting Saturday, for the duration of the exhibit. Interdisciplinary artist Medwyn

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McConachy will also be on site from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays, when she will conduct a performance piece called “Disentangling.” Throughout the exhibit the public is invited to participate in a collaborative make-art project. Art-making materials will be provided in the George Sawchuk gallery, and people are invited to respond to the theme “(hanging) by a thread”. Artists Sarah Bergeron, Fiona Thomson and Lukas Roy have seeded the project with their own experiments, and will periodically install the public contributions in CVAG’s George Sawchuk gallery. CVAG curator Angela Somerset says response to the call for submissions to the members show has been overwhelming. “At more than 100 submissions by local artists, this is the largest response we’ve experienced,” she said. “We’re very excited by this level of participation.” The make-art project and the exhibits will be open during gallery hours, Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery exhibition spaces are closed this week for installation, but the CVAG gift shop continues to be open during its regular hours, Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more details about the gallery or the exhibits, call (250) 338-6211 or visit www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com

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Letters

The facts on ‘treeschool’ plan I thank the local newspapers for publishing letters of support and opposition for the Mack Laing Nature ‘Tree’School. This topic is a sensitive issue and I value public concerns. My intention here is to clarify some points and deliver the facts of the proposed program. “Why does this [pre school] have to take place on the Mack Laing property” instead of the Filberg Park? A nature preschool involves outdoor education where children are encouraged to play, explore and learn in a forest or natural environment. This is the Forest School Model, and the Mack Laing Park meets this standard. The Filberg Park is merely a “garden” and does not meet the qualifications. Please don’t get me wrong, the Filberg Park is a beautiful place...I mean after all, it is where my wife and I got married ... but it is just not the place for a nature preschool. Regarding accessibility to the Baybrook House, there is no parking or driving to Baybrook. Subscribing parents will instead park their cars at the outskirts of the park and walk-in with their child. Access to the Baybrook House is walk-in only. Any parking is short and limited to currently used parking around Filberg Park and existing practices on Comox and Balmoral Avenues and will be a low-impact on the neighborhood. There are seven surrounding parking locations with 31 designated parking spaces and approximately 40 more adjacent parking spaces up and down the streets, thus resulting in no need for yellow buses. With no more than a five-minute walk from the furthest parking spot to the Baybrook House, the added beauty here is that parents and children have an opportunity to spend that time together walking in nature! Finally, with two certified and experienced early childhood educators (ECE), the preschoolers will be guided through the forest in an orderly manner. We aim to facilitate our program through personal and interpersonal growth, which involves effective communication, trust-building and cooperation. In doing so, we will move about the park in a calm and peaceful way. Jarrett Krentzel Founder; Mack Laing Nature ‘Tree’School

TERRY FOX’S DREAM IN GOOD HANDS We very much enjoyed the annual Terry Fox Run hosted by the local Recreation Departments led by co-ordinator Dawn Stevens. The volunteers, musicians and the participants should all be commended for continuing Terry’s wonderful legacy, particularly the many young families who participated! However, one young girl, just turned 8-years old Quinn Smits (Cagna), was particularly inspirational and touched many of our hearts that day. She alone fundraised $636. for cancer research. Your dream is still alive and in good hands Terry Fox! Hugh MacKinnon Comox

THANK YOU, CITY OF COURTENAY With schools closed this September, balancing child-care and work has been a real challenge for many Courtenay families. I would like to thank the City of Courtenay and its staff for working hard to fill the gap by providing families with affordable, quality options for children and youth. From Parent Saver child-care for $125 per week at the Lewis Centre, to the LINC Youth Centre’s “Try it For Free Week”, the city is ensuring that families have the support they need to make it through the school closure. I know friends and neighbours who have taken advantage of these programs and found them to be high quality, well organized and, according to their kids, really fun. As a candidate for Courtenay council, my vision for Courtenay is one where the City is always playing an active role supporting families and children. I would like to thank all those responsible for ensuring that the city was there for families in a time of need. David Frisch Courtenay

HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR ORCHID To those of you that purchased Orchids from Wal-Mart on their anniversary sale, and are not familiar with their health requirements, please read this guidance tip: The basics, of maintaining a healthy Orchid: Your Orchid needs to breathe NOT drink! Your Orchid came in TWO pots. The reason for this is that any water in the first pot, will drain away in the second pot. Choose one convenient day of the week to tend your Orchid. (We chose Sunday). Sit your flower in a pan of water (we prefer rain water) to soak for about ten or fifteen minutes. Remove from the pan and stand in the sink for fifteen minutes to drain all the excess water. Place into the second container (dry) and find a spot in your room that is bright, but not in the direct sun light, as the leaves don’t like the direct sun. Over a short span of time, the roots will grow out of the soil, (a greyish color). These are the Orchids ‘noses’ and must be permitted to breathe. Never cut them off! Enjoy your flower until next Sunday and repeat the process. Good luck with your new hobby. Roy Tarr Courtenay

Letters to the Editor

Think we have one-tier care? I chuckled when I read Tom Pater’s observations on my choices of heroes. I have never felt that those who are willing to explore other than the status quo and actually speak up when they feel things “just aren’t right” to necessarily be odd heroes.... just rare ones. I find the statistics quoted by Tom Pater to be interesting. Dr Day’s clinic has 68 physicians. The BC government audit of the private hospital in Vancouver that Mr. Pater refers to in his letter covers August 2004 to June 2011. They found $66,000 in “overlapping claims”. This works out to less than $1000 per physician over almost seven years (approximately $140 per year)! Pretty scandalous I suppose.... those greedy sons of guns! I am retired and collecting a pension. I also work when shortages of nursing staff have the hospital asking me to work to allow for surgeries not to be cancelled. So are many of my nursing colleagues. Double-dipping it’s called. Shame on us, according to Mr. Pater. I challenge Mr. Pater and anyone else who thinks we have a “one tier system” to visit the BC Ministry of Health website and see who is truly “profiting” from

our current multi-tiered health care system. One simple example (and there are many) is that until two years ago, every patient (mostly elderly) having cataract surgery had to pay personally for the lens that was inserted. NOT an upgrade .... simply the basic standard acceptable foldable lens. For certain lenses many patients (20%) STILL have to pay out of pocket. If you have a hip replacement, do you PAY for the prosthesis? How many millions of dollars did the government save/make (and continues) to save here? Is the government going to pay back those who were and are being “unlawfully billed”? The BC MSP Health website states patients can pay for things like crutches, canes and “extensive dressings and special bandages, such as a dressing for a major burn”. Nice. I find no heroes here. If $491,654 was “unlawfully billed in 30 days” for the clinic, and no one was arrested, I can only assume that the government is quite happy that a significant number of patients were cared for that are now no longer on the “wait list” of the public system, (making their numbers look better). How does this lead to

longer wait times and poorer health for Canadians? This argument just simply makes NO sense to me. If patients agree to pay more than what BC medical would pay, OBVIOUSLY they feel it is worth it! They are still paying their premiums for those like Mr. Pater who can choose to wait in the public system. I can purchase a car and pay more than the next guy for a hybrid car to help the environment, if I feel it can afford it, want it (or need it). No one blinks an eye. I have that choice! Those who choose to pay for private care are not “the rich” as commonly stated. They are simply middle class, hard working people who are willing to trade one winter holiday for health care now rather than miss two holidays in ill health waiting for surgery or assessment. It is their CHOICE! I repeat. You go Dr. Day. And give them hell. Let’s make OUR system better than anywhere else in the world. Barbara Mellin, R.N. Comox

Lasting legacy or lost opportunity? I am writing to express my support for the establishment of the Nature Centre at Baybrook House in Comox. I have some experience in the various factors involved as I have degrees in Environmental Studies & in Architecture from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, where I worked for a prominent restoration architect before moving to BC many years ago. I have also worked at the Comox Archives & Museum and am very familiar with the life & work of Hamilton Mack Laing. Comox has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a lasting historic legacy with the preservation of Mack Laing’s first house ‘Baybrook’ as a Nature Centre. The actual house structure itself has a fascinating story, as it was assembled by hand from a mail-order kit by Mack Laing himself on that site. To convey an accurate representation of history we need to preserve modest wood structures as well as the stone or timber structures of the wealthy. The physical location of Baybrook House at the mouth of Brooklyn Creek is of utmost importance as it looks out onto a bay abundant with birds & wildlife, that inspired Mack Laing and many other writers and naturalists. In heritage building restoration terms, the physical site is as important as the structure, as without the site context, a great deal of the meaning of the structure is lost. As is well-known, Mack Laing’s will specified that his property ‘Shakesides’, where he lived at his death, be left to the Town of Comox for a natural history museum and he left an amount of money to the Town towards that end. Only part of that stipulation was fulfilled with the establishment of Mack Laing Nature Park. Now there is a proposal for nature programming at his first house Baybrook that would tie all these threads together with a unique facility supported by a great portion

of the Comox Valley. I urge the Town of Comox to have the vision to fully support the proposed Baybrook House Nature Centre . We have lost so much history in the Valley due to neglect, fire, vandalism and development that when the opportunity arises for preservation it should be embraced. It is hard to understand how anyone who values the natural history or human history of the Valley would not be in favour of this proposal. The Report on the Mack Laing House available on the CV Nature website spells out the economic case for this project . A professional engineer & architect have reported that the home is structurally sound and able to be renovated at a modest cost for the purposes of a Nature Centre. Broadbased support has already been demonstrated both in-kind and by direct donations. All that is needed is for the Town of Comox to fully support this project. History will record either a lasting legacy or an irreplaceable lost opportunity. Krista Kaptein Courtenay

WHAT A SHAME What a shame all that fill being taken away from the new hospital site couldn’t have been used to raise the flood plain of Maple Pool. That would have just made too much sense. Brent Cunliffe Courtenay

WILL THEY CUT POWER OFF? I am a low-income senior living in a trailer, on a rural Comox Valley property, and I’m trying to live a healthy sustainable lifestyle. On Saturday, Sept 5. I got a phone message from BC Hydro telling me they were

going to disconnect my power in 24 hours if I didn’t pay what I consider to be a “penalty fee” for keeping my old analogue meter. Yes, I am one of probably thousands of BC residents who don’t want to be forced to have a “smart” (dumb) meter. I have health and safety and privacy reasons for not wanting a “smart” meter. And I can’t afford their so called “legacy meter charge “ of $32 each month. This has been added to my bill since Dec 2013, when we were all offered the “choice “ of having a smart meter, or paying this exorbitant fee. I have always paid on time, for my electricity usage, and continue to do so. The penalty has now added up to over $200, and for this amount, BC Hydro is threatening to cut off my power. On July 31, 2014, the National Post newspaper reported “The Sask. provincial government has instructed Sask Power to remove all smart meters due to safety concerns.” This was due to 8 reported fire incidents. The article goes on to say “...at a cost of $15 million to replace 105,000 smart meters.” The next day the costs were revised to $47 million. 111 Quebec municipalities have recently stated their opposition to smart meters. And on Aug 27, 2014, CHEK TV showed spectacular footage of a residential hydro meter fire in Langford. I feel that BC Hydro is threatening and bullying people into taking a smart meter. I may be older, and poorer than some, but I still have enough integrity to stand up to BC Hydro. I have stored buckets with water for household use, and filled my freezer with frozen water bottles to preserve my frozen garden produce as long as possible. Is BC Hydro actually going to cut off my power as they have threatened?? Susan Holvenstot Courtenay

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Sessions to help you ‘Navigate Canada’

Are you a landed Immigrant or newcomer to Canada? The Immigrant Welcome Centre can help you gain knowledge and resources about life in Canada all in one place: “Navigating Canada” on Tuesday, September 23. Workshops are open to everyone and will be from 6:00-8:30pm in Village K at North Island College, 2300 Ryan Road, Courtenay. Topics covered include: important documents, rights and responsibilities of permanent residents, citizenship, employment, finances housing and health care. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. An electronic resource guide is included and can be made available in multiple languages. To register or for additional information about the upcoming workshops or the Immigrant Welcome Centre’s specialized services and programs, email admin@ ImmigrantWelcome.ca, phone 2503386359 or toll free 1-855-8050171.

Get up and go for a hike to Croteau Lake Join Courtenay Recreation for a beautiful hike to Crouteau Lake and Meadows on Saturday October 4th from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Hopefully by then early frosts will have painted some good colours on meadows foliage. The hike is on good trails with some up hill plodding and is rated as moderate to moderately hard, depending on your conditioning. Participants should have hiked with us before or have had some mountain hiking experience and must have good hiking boots and rain gear. Participants will meet at the Lewis Centre parking lot for carpooling and don’t forget lots of water and a hearty lunch! Minimum age is 8 and we will take a maximum of 15 hikers, so register early! The fee for this hike is $ 10 per person or $ 25 for a family of 3 Register for this hike by calling Courtenay Recreation at 250-3381000 or 250-338-5371.

Rent a sales table at Trash & Treasures Interested in an opportunity to showcase your wares? Why not book a table at the Trash & Treasures Sale hosted by The Evergreen Club. This huge sale will take place Sunday, October 19th from 9 am to 2 pm at Courtenay Recreation’s Florence Filberg Centre in Downtown Courtenay. Tables are just $25 per table (in fairness to all, an additional $5 per rack if it extends beyond your allotted space). Earn a few coins to help pay gear up for the holiday bills that you know are just around the corner! Why not get a head start on your own holiday shopping as well? The location is perfect, all under one roof, with vendors in both the Conference and Rotary Halls. Food services will be open in the Evergreen Lounge to serve lunch and nibbles. This is your opportunity to sell anything you like: collectibles, antiques, jewellery, toys, electronics, clothes, crafts, preserves, and the list goes on. It is suggested that all items be clean and in good working order. We encourage individuals, businesses, organizations, clubs, non-profit groups, and families to obtain your tables at your earliest opportunity before they sell out. The $25 deal for per table and can be rented through the Courtenay Recreation’s Filberg office at 250338-1000.

SPECIAL LUNCH HOUR POETRY READING FRIDAY AT COURTENAY LIBRARY The Comox Valley Writers Society and Courtenay Library invite the public to a special poetry reading by Bernice Friesen and to a reading of poems by local poets to be held in the Courtenay Library Events Room on Friday, September 26 from 12:00 noon until 1:30 PM.

Mrs. Friesen is a valley poet and novelist with published works and national reviews. A good chance to hear an excellent local writer. The public and student poets are welcome. There is no admission charge which means THE EVENT IS FREE!

This event is a follow on from the successful reading sessions given by local poets. Come, relax, and enjoy your noon break while listening to talented local poets reading from their published and unpublished work. You will enjoy the session.

Sounds of New Orleans at jazz club night The Georgia Straight Jazz Society is on a roll this fall - the season’s opener was a highly successful tribute to Len Wilkie, followed a week later by the instrumental wizardry of the John Lee Trio. This Thursday, Sept. 25th, the Society is featuring a tenpiece band dedicated to the music of New Orleans and traditional jazz - Andrew Homzy’s N.O.L.A. NightHawks. Ranging from the traditional jazz repertoire to contemporary and popular New Orleans styles, Homzy’s NightHawks present familiar and new material in an exciting and fresh way through creative, interesting arrangements and a unique instrumentation of 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, clarinet, baritone sax and a 4-piece rhythm section. For instance, Homzy’s arrangement of Saint James Infirmary begins with a Bach Chorale and moves into a powerful lament which acknowledges the history of the song in the jazz context. Popular and contemporary New Orleans pieces such as The Meter’s “Cissy Strut” and Randy Newman songs are yanked-in to the jazz world, while a piece by Lillian Hardin Armstrong - yes, Louis’ wife - is transformed into an engaging rhumba replete with collective improvisation. Classic jazz pieces associated with Bix Beiderbecke and Hoagy Carmichael sit alongside those of Wynton Marsalis and Thelonious Monk. A Nanaimo citizen since 2009, Andrew Homzy was a moving force on the Montreal jazz scene for more than 40 years.The Andrew Homzy Jazz Orchestra was featured many times at the Montréal Jazz Festival and many of their concerts were broadcast over Radio-Canada. In 1999, Homzy was commissioned to direct a special concert/broadcast celebrating Duke Ellington’s 100th birthday. The orchestra assembled for that event comprised musicians from 15 countries. During a 1984 visit to New York, Homzy, who has studied the work of Charles Mingus for years, called Mingus’ widow, Sue, and asked if she had any copies of her late husband’s music around. A visit to her apartment revealed a treasure trove of musical exercises, sketches, themes and fragments of unfinished and unnamed pieces amongst the manuscripts. While sorting through and cataloguing this mountain of material, Homzy stumbled upon a complete melody with chord symbols and a few measures of counterpoint. He made copies and took them to Montreal, where they disappeared until his move to

Andrew Homzy’s N.O.L.A. NightHawks Nanaimo. Discovering the melody once more, Homzy managed, using music notation software, to piece the parts of music together, and made a digital recording of the melody for Sue, who named the piece Noonlight. Homzy’s extensive knowledge of the works of Charles Mingus has garnered him a Grammy Nomination for writing comprehensive notes in the book and co-producing the 6 CD set, Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 performed by Charles Mingus. Homzy and his NightHawks bring all the music associated with and inspired by New Orleans to one place - without the restriction of categories. The NightHawks are: Greg Bush, also originally from Montreal, and Dean Boland, formerly from Newfoundland and Labrador on trumpets; Darren Nilsson and Craig Burnett on trombones; Larry Miller, an active performer and teacher, on baritone sax; Conner Stewart on clarinet; Sean Robson on bass; Andrew Janusson on guitar; James McRae, another passionate music teacher, on drums; and finally Andrew Homzy on piano and arrangements. To list the incredible mentors these musicians have had, and to list the fine jazz musicians they have played with, would fill pages. Suffice it to say, these

band members have such a wealth of talent, experience, expertise and jazz passion that the evening will be nothing less than outstanding something the Georgia Straight Jazz Society audiences have come to expect. Treat yourself to an evening of fabulous music, great food, good company - and spirited drinks, all in the warm, club-like atmosphere of the Avalanche Bar

and Grill on 8th in Courtenay. Cover charge is $10.00 for members and $12.00 for non-members. As these events are becoming more and more popular it is wise to come early if you wish a good seat. The music starts at 7:30. For more information about what’s upcoming in 2014-15, please go to our website at www.georgiastraightjazz.com or join us on Facebook.

Anderson Jazz returns Friday After a long summer break, the Anderson Jazz Syndicate will return to the Zocalo Cafe on Friday September the 26th. Featuring Doug Anderson on guitar, John Hyde on bass and Aaron Amar on drums, this jazz trio will bring their swinging style to both standards and original tunes creating

a great jazz club vibe. This trio is known for their energetic and interactive approach to the music, in which each member plays an important role in the sound they create. Come on out for an evening of fine jazz and great food. The music starts at 7:00pm.

Comox Valley Hospice Society 2013 Annual General Meeting Wednesday, October 15, 2014—7:00pm Old House Spa and Resort 1730 Riverside Lane, Courtenay The 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Comox Valley Hospice Society will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at the time and location indicated above. We would encourage all members, volunteers and individuals interested in hospice palliative care in the Comox Valley to attend. This meeting offers the forum for election of new directors of the Society, presentation of the 2013 annual report and financials, and updates on the accomplishments and future of hospice palliative care in the Comox Valley. In addition, it is a great opportunity for you to discuss your thoughts and ideas regarding hospice palliative care with members of the Board of Directors and to catch up with many of the other fantastic CVHS volunteers! Immediately following the business meeting, there will be a presentation on the new residential hospice for the Comox Valley including the actual plans for the renovation and additional space. Thanks to the tireless efforts of our community and the innovative partnership between Comox Valley Hospice Society, St. Joseph’s General Hospital, the SJGH Foundation, The Views and Island Health we are the first community to receive operational funding for a residential hospice from the health authority on Vancouver Island. The opening is scheduled for April 1st, 2015!

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Please make every effort to attend this very important meeting and feel free to bring your colleagues, friends and family—anyone who is interested in enhancing the quality of hospice palliative care in our community.

Courtenay Legion Br. #17 is holding their General Meeting in the upper hall at 7 p.m. on Sept 23. Please join us to hear what recommendation have come from the Special Meeting held on 29 July.

Please remember, voting at the AGM requires that your 2014 annual dues of $20.00 are current. If possible, please let us know if you will be attending by calling the office at 250-339-5533 or email to admin@comoxhospice.com.

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Kymme Patrick will present her one-woman show, ‘Laughing Matters’, Sept. 26 and 27

A sense of humour to deal with a serious experience Kymme Patrick, of TheatreWorks Centre for Performing Arts, is excited to be premiering her one-woman show, Laughing Matters, at the Stan Hagen Theatre on September 26th and 27th. Laughing Matters is an informative, insightful and courageous play, entertaining but also carrying a passionate message hoping to raise public awareness of oral health and its connection with cancer. Kymme’s fight against oral cancer is both an intensely personal journey and a public document as it was thoroughly reported in the local media. Exuding unflagging spirit and determination, Kymme presents her story with humour and style, using the theatre medium to spread the word. Her trunks-up attitude and this show is her way of giving back to the community that rallied and supported her throughout the ordeal. TheatreWorks Centre for Performing Arts, with Kymme Patrick at the helm, is a well-known local theatre company that has worked with hundreds of

youth and adults over the past 20 years. Kymme is a writer, director, actress, producer, teacher and business owner, and numerous theatre awards adorn her walls. Laughing Matters will be funny, thought-provoking, emotional and triumphant - theatre at its best and not to be missed. Following the opening night performance (Friday, Sept. 26 7:30 pm sponsored by Pateman, Cloutier, and Matthews Chartered Accountants), will be a public forum with a panel to include oral health care specialists who will engage Laughing Matters’ first audience in a discussion of issues raised in this production. Saturday’s show will be a matinee (sponsored by Peter and Geraldine Shostak) starting at 2:00 pm. Tickets for either show are $20 and available at Laughing Oyster Bookstore on 5th Street in Courtenay, the Red Carpet Boutique on Anderton in Comox or at the door. For more information, contact theatreworks@shaw.ca.

Round out your active lifestyle by learning to hula hoop! It’s easier than you think, and with our experienced instructor and specially sized hoops, you’ll soon learn how to use a hula hoop for fun and fitness. Courtenay Recreation is offering a short series of multi-level Adult introductory classes in the art of hula hooping. “Hula Hooping 101” runs Wednesday nights, 5:30-6:30 from September 24-October 15. The series in designed to gently guide you into a smooth flow and show you how to use a hula hoop to enhance your healthy lifestyle. This popular circular toy offers many ways to be active: you can spin the hoop on your core for an intense calorie burn, use the hoop as your dance partner, or use it as a prop for a relaxing full body stretch. If you’ve tried hooping as a kid, or tried giving a toy hoop a spin, you need to try “Hula Hooping 101”. The class is supplied with custom made, adult-sized hoops that make learning to hula hoop a breeze. The hoops are larger and sturdier than toy hoops, and they rotate slower, making it easy to get in the groove. Pair this with a patient instructor who has 13 years experience in the hoop, and you’ll be surprised how easy hula hooping can be. For those with more experience, Courtenay Recreation is offering a more advanced series, “Intermediate Hooping”. Learn many circus-style tricks with one and multiple hoops. Create beautiful dance sequences and try hooping with smaller handheld mini hoops. We’ll learn the many grips and surface switches that lead to grace in performing more advanced hoop

manipulations. There will be time to work on your desired skills, too. “Intermediate Hooping” runs for one and a half hours, 6:45-8:15 p.m., every Wednesday evening from September 24-October 15 , giving us plenty of time to go in-depth and really expand your hoop skills. Try signing up with a friend, or as a Mother/Daughter night out! The introductory series costs just $40 and the 6 hour, 4 week intermediate series is $60. To register call Courtenay Recreation’s Lewis Center (250)338-5371. www.islandhulahoopla.blogspot. com

Sell your loot from your car boot at the Filberg Park this weekend Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association (FHLPA) is hosting a Car Boot Sale on September 27 from 11 to 2 PM in the upper meadow of Filberg Park. What is a boot sale you ask? Car boot sales are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods out of the trunk of their cars. They are popular in the United Kingdom, where they are often referred to simply as ‘car boots’. The Filberg Gift Shop is also having a sale in conjunction with the Car Boot sale. Look for the tables on the Driveway lawn for great deals on Gift Shop trea-

sures. Sell your loot from your car boot! Bring your car, truck, or van and a table or blanket for your wares. The cost is $20 per vehicle. Space is limited so please pre-register with the Lodge Office by calling 250-339-2715 or email info@filberg.com. Gates for vendors opens at 9:30 AM on September 27. Sale starts at 11 AM. Wander down to the Filberg Lodge and take in the Apple Press Party from 11 to 2 PM with fresh-pressed apple juice, everything apple bake sale and much more. FMI and to pre-register contact The Filberg Lodge at info@filberg.com or call 250-339-2715.

Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane to read at Fanny Bay Hall

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Fat Oyster Reading Series resumes on Wednesday, Sept 24th at 7:00 pm with two of Canada’s most celebrated and beloved writers on one bill. In 2012, the Globe and Mail referred to Crozier and Lane as “BC’s Poetry Power Couple,” and the title is still apt given the consistent quality of their prolific output. Partners for thirty-six years, they are both known best for their poetry, but have also published in fiction and non-fiction. Both are officers of the Order of Canada and have received numerous other honours for their work. Author Margaret Laurence called Lorna Crozier “a poet to be grateful for.” Books in Canada claimed “she is one of the most original poets writing in English today.” The Ottawa Citizen described her as “One of Canada’s most read and most honoured poets.” In May 2014 she received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement. Her 15 books of poetry have received many accolades and her honours are many. Lorna Crozier received two Pat Lowther Awards, has three Honourary Doctorates from Canadian Universities and the Governor General’s Award. She has been inducted into the Royal Society

Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier

He has won numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, the Canadian Authors Association Award, the

of Canada and in 2011 she received Saskatchewan’s Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. Her first children’s book, Lots of Kisses, was published by Orca this fall. The Wrong Cat, a book of poetry will be released in the spring of 2015 and in that fall, The Wild in You, a celebration of the Great Bear Rainforest with photographer Ian McAllister. Crozier’s partner Patrick Lane has been described as “our most essential poet: tough, tender, fearless and beautifully dangerous. For decades he has been our guide to darkness and our provider of unexpected brilliant, almost blinding light...Lane is a true master,” says author Jane Urqurhart.

Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence and three National Magazine Awards. His distinguished career spans fifty years and twenty-five volumes of poetry as well as award-winning books of fiction and non-fiction. In 2013 he received an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia. His most recent collection of poetry, “Washita,” will be coming out in November, 2014. Listening to these two pre-eminent

talents read is an engaging experience rich with their humour and warmth. Hearing them together is an opportunity not to be missed. Fat Oyster Reading Series, Wednesday, September 24th, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. $5.00 at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Fanny Bay Hall, 7793 Island Highway. Refreshments available. For more information: http://fannybaycommunity.com/fat-oyster-reading-series/

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Sports and Recreation

Tennis Club tourney ends on a high note

Suzy Venuta, left, won low net plaque presented by Patti Harris.

Janice Nicklin, left, preseted low gross prize by Patti Harris

GOLF NEWS FINAL THURSDAY LADIES NIGHT AT COMOX On Thursday Sept. 11th, 39 ladies came out to golf in the final Thursday evening event of which 26 were members and 13 were green fee players. Signature Wines sponsored the Low Gross and Low Net all year and Barb Tribe had Low Gross with a 39 and Suzy Venuta was the Low Net winner with 34. Second Low Gross was won by Janice Nicklin 40, and Pat Ailles with 35 won second Low Net. Pat Ailles and Pat Belanger won the long putts on holes #11 and 17. Chinook Forest Products and The Tee Box Restaurant sponsored the long drives for 0-23, won by Sue Leakey and 24+ was won by Deb McLean. KP on # 14 was won by Sue Leakey and was sponsored by Thrifty’s. Marg Walker won closest to the hole on #18 in 2 (Arizona Gift Shop). The closest to the hole on # 13 in 3 shots was Suzy Venuta (Gibby’s Pro Shop). Mid Isle Gifts sponsored the prize on #10 (won by Barb Tribe) and #15 (won by Jean Kirby). The most honest golfers went to Joanne Strang and Margo Hope with a prize donated by Kathy Branch Hairstyling. Chip-ins were made by Fran Robinson(#11), Linda Callender (#15) and Sue Leakey(#17). As this was a final year end tournament, members were playing for Club Trophies. Janice Nicklin won the Low Gross Trophy with a score of 40. Suzy Venuta won the Low Net Trophy with 34 and Patti Harris won the Willa Lamb Putting Trophy with 12 putts .The gross scores were as follows: 3rd Jan Dafoe 41, Laurie Appleyard 45, Louise Luster 45, Sue Leakey 46 and Lorelei Banford 46. The net scores were as follows: 2nd Pat Ailles 35, Patti Harris 36, Marg Kelly 36, Mary Buchanan 36.5, Kathy Branch 37 and Louella Dooe 37. Everyone left with a prize. Thanks to all our sponsors and all the golfers who come out every week. Remember you do not need to be a member, we welcome green fee players also. A big thank you goes out to Patti Harris and her committee for their outstanding commitment to the Thursday Ladies League. We hope to see everyone again next year. If anyone is interested in more information on our Golf Club, call the Pro Shop 250-339-4444. We will always welcome new members. - Submitted by Nancy Riva

The Comox Valley Tennis Club (CVTC) completed its season end club tournament under bright sunny skies on Sunday September 7, 2013 in a well attended mixed doubles event played on Comox’s Anderton Park courts. Eighteen teams competed in A and B events. The club event was played a week earlier this year in order to accommodate club members entered in the BC Senior Games being played in Langley. In the eight team A division the team of Susan South and Dennis Kostyk came out on top. They were followed by Kim Lessard and Mike Dewynter in second. Marilyn IslerChurchill and Real Labbe then defeated Annette Mayo and Joe Yelder in the third and fourth playoff. Coming out on top of the two B Division Robin Robin events were Susan Bosveld-Bowyer and Peter Hagberg in B1 and Sheila Precious

and Tony Wong winning in B2. During the weekend events the

16 Long Drive 17+ Rod Nichol, (Scott Fraser, Royal Lepage) 17 2nd shot 17+, Rod Nichol Men’s Club 18 All Marty Petersen, (Shilo Painting/ Glacier Gutters ) Skins for Vern (Man Utd) Dean, Dane Petersen, Keith (Horton) Welch, Dave Wood. Please note Wednesday 24th is our last, 4.30 for 5 pm sharp. - Submitted by Vic Crisp

Reckhard, #16 Jim Clark Next week it’s white tees with tee times and 9:30 reverse shotgun. Jim Livingstone was winner of the clubhouse improvement draw. Remember the Devils Scramble in 2 weeks so get your entry in; also good luck to our pairs reps next week at Crown Isle, Len Doyle and Wayne Wood. Till next week see ya. - Submitted by Ron Carter

FOG CLEARED AT GLACIER GREENS

SUPERB GOLF AT COMOX

Saturday Sept. 20th 89 players came out to play the white tees at Glacier Greens, and to start, the weather was foggy, then it cleared to be a great day with the course in good shape and the greens much better after they had been punched and sanded. Some good scores for some and not so good for others. Here are the results: HCP 0-12 1st Low Gross Darrell Fieber 72, 2nd Stan Mills 74 c/b, 3rd Terran Berger 74 1st Low Net Karl Cameron 64, 2nd Ron Morrison 66 c/b, 3rd Ken Grant 66 Snips Hole #6 Barry Norris, #9 Randy Doan, #10 (EAGLE) Terran Berger, #11 Blair Peacock, #15 Darrell Fieber, #17 Burt Graham HCP 13- 17 1st Low Gross Ferg Webster 79, 2nd Mike Pollock 81, 3rd John Pringle 83 1st Low Net Al Waddell 64, 2nd Norm Fellbaum 66, Leo Lamothe 68 Snips Hole #2 & #15 Leo Lamothe, #3 Gabe Tremblay, #8 Paul Schroeder, #10 & 16 Mike Pollock, #17 Rudge Wilson HCP 18+ 1st Low Gross Armand Reckhard 85, 2nd Peter Leskovich 86, 3rd Andy Clark 87 c/b 1st Low Net Greg Conway 65, 2nd Tim Hautzinger 66 c/b. 3rd Gary Wood 66 Snips Hole #1 Wayne Hay, #3 Greg Conway, #11 Art Trto, #15 Armand

Forty-nine golfers played on a sunny Sunday morning with the following results: 0-16 low gross Nick Usher 66, Lawry Willis 69 17 + low gross Ken Simmons 84, Vic Crisp 88 cb Low Nets Kaj Petersen 64, Marty Petersen 64, Billy Wheeldon 64, Pat Riva 64. Rod Nichol 64. KP Prizes 10 2nd shot 0-16 Lawry Willis, (Bowlzy Brkfst Comox Pacific Express) 11 3rd shot 17+ Dave (Woody) Wood, (Men’s Club) 12 Long Drive 17+ Rod Nichol, (Westview Ford Sales) 13 2nd shot 0-16 Mike Naso, (Men’s Club) 14 All Dan Buss, (Men’s Club) 15 2nd shot 17+ Dan Buss, (Bowlzy Brkfst Comox Pacific Express) 16 Long Drive 0-16 Scott McLeod, (Westview Ford sales) 17 2nd shot All Scott McLeod, (Men’s Club) 18 All Scott Fraser, (Men’s Club )

CVTC members who visited the Powell River Tennis Club in August.

Deuces scored by Nick Usher x 2, Lawry Willis, Vic Crisp, Dan Buss and Stu Holland. 13 Birdies recorded, and a great Eagle by Stu Holland #8. Thanks to Flo “on the go” (pro shop) and TeeBox Restaurant for excellent service.

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DAVE ‘WOODY’ WOOD HAS CONSECUTIVE WINS AT COMOX Thirty-one golfers played back nine Stableford Wednesday night with the following results: Dave “Woody” Wood 26 pts, Mike Naso 22, Marty Petersen 21, Captain Terry Christie 21, Gordo Harris 20 pts. Petersen family sweep 4 KP prizes. KP Prizes 11 3rd shot shot 0-16 Dane Petersen, Men’s Club 12 Long Drive 0-16 Jon Huisman Men’s Club 13 2nd shot 0-16 Kaj Petersen, (Little Caesars Pizza) 14 All Kaj Petersen, Men’s Club

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Comox Valley Tennis Club conducted its Annual Meeting and election of Executive Members for next season. Don Axtell is returning as President along with Vice President Pat McGrath and Erick Epp as treasurer. Joining the executive committee are Tony Wong as second Vice President, Danielle Caldwell as Secretary . Other committee members are Cathy Curry, Susan Bosveld-Bowyer, David McLeod, Francine van der Shoot, Susie Fraser and Deb Berg. During the season groups from the Club attended mixers in Powell River and Campbell River. Individual members competed in Regional, Provincial and National events. A highlight of the season was the very active Junior Program run by Brenda Dean who has done so much to introduce tennis to new players of all ages in the Comox Valley. The CVTCs evening leagues were particularly well attended this year as were the popular Friday TGIF tennis and socials.

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