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CADETS HELP MARK GRAVES AT MOUNTAINVIEW These air cadets from 744 Cowichan squadron, from left, Flt. Corp Nick Arzoz, Flt. Corp Jordon Finch and Air Cadet Graham Amon, are on a mission to find veterans’ gravesites at Mountainview Cemetery and mark them with white wooden crosses. See our special Remembrance Day section in this edition, starting on page 15. For video and more photos, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www. cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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Supporters from across the Cowichan Valley and well beyond it were expressing surprise and shock Wednesday afternoon at hearing the Duncan Garage Showroom must close by Nov. 30. Longevity John Falkner dropped the bomb on his Facebook page and then the comments began to pour in. He talked to the Citizen soon after.
“I had no idea this morning. I was walking the dogs and I got a notice to come back to the Showroom and there the bailiff had a notice for me: vacate the building by Nov. 30,” he said. Asked if he could think of any reasons for it, Falkner said he was dumbfounded. “Well, there’s some back rent but not enough that can’t be fixed, considering that for 10 years you’ve paid it all along,” he said. “I don’t understand. We’ve been sitting
here trying to figure out where it came from. I’m just not fully aware of what the situation is. All I know is I was given a legal document that said I had to be out of the building by the 30th. That’s 24 days. I haven’t sought counsel yet to find out if that can be altered. If it can’t be, then I have to be out by then. If such is the case, the 22, 23, 24 is going to be one heck of a party at the Showroom.” As an impresario, Falkner has to have acts lined up way ahead and
he agreed that there were entertainers already planning to come to Duncan. “I have people booked into April and May of next year. It’s a tragedy, that’s all.” However, despite receiving dismaying news, Falkner is optimistic about the future. “I’m not looking backwards. It’s been fun. I can’t go thinking backwards. This has just made room for a whole new set of adventures. I’m 63, I’m full of energy and I
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have a lot more knowledge than I had 10 years ago about business. It’s a huge shock to the music community of Canada. This is going to make CBC. This is huge. I have branded my name across the country. We have The 39 Days of July and the city’s behind us doing it again. It can become a fixture. So what is this change making room for?” he asked. Originally, when Falkner opened See On to new • page 13