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You mean our food comes from farms?
BENCH BOSS BACK
Lindsay Chung Record Staff
By combining cycling routes with farm tours and demonstrations, Saturday’s Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour gave Valley residents a chance to explore the rural countryside and meet the people who produce their food. One hundred and ninety-four cyclists took part in the Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour, a selfguided cycle tour to many local farms, where visitors could take guided tours and sample products. “I talked to quite a few people who finished, and no one had a rotten time,” said tour chair Willy Van Kemenade. “Everyone seemed to really enjoy it. We’re really pleased.” The Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour was organized by the Comox Valley Cycling Coalition, the Comox Valley Farmers’ Market Association, the Comox Valley Farmers’ Institute and Discover Comox Valley. van Kemenade leads weekly cycling trips in the Valley for the Probus group, and one of the people he cycles with went on a farm cycle tour last year and really enjoyed it and asked van Kemenade about doing something similar in the Valley. “I’m a firm believer of the Comox Valley Cycling Coalition and the work they’re doing, which promotes safe cycling in the Valley,” said van Kemenade. “I approached them ... there was enough interest to take it to the next step, which I decided was to
The Comox Valley Glacier Kings have named a new coach. ■ B7
ORIGAMI EXPERTS
BARB MILLEY (left) leads cyclists Betty Lou Rattray and Lyle Trockstad on a tour of Lloydshaven Holsteins Ltd. on Dove Creek Road during the Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour. PHOTO BY LINDSAY CHUNG take it to the Comox Valley Economic Development Society. They were quite keen. I think they saw it possibly as a tourism event.” They quickly put together a group to organize the event, and it grew from there. The Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour included three different loops, ranging in length from 18
kilometres to 41 kilometres or 58 kilometres. The routes featured stops at farms all the way from Black Creek to Fanny Bay, including Innisfree Farm in Royston, Snap Dragon Dairy in Fanny Bay, Berry Best Farm in Courtenay, Coastal Black Estate Winery in Black Creek and Eatmore Sprouts in Courtenay.
“We’re feeling pretty good about it,” said van Kemenade. “We’re not sure where it’s going. The Comox Valley Cycling Coalition and its partners will do a post-mortem and talk about if it’s something we want to do next year ... If we work at it, I’m sure it could be a much bigger event in
... see FARM TOUR ■ A2
Preliminary hearing scheduled for accused thief Record Staff The Comox Valley woman who is charged with theft and fraud over $5,000 for stealing more than $100,000 from a youth football club will make her next appearance in court Sept. 19 for a preliminary inquiry. Gloria May Rickson, who faces two global counts for more than
Accused of bilking youth team 60 charges, was the accounts secretary for Mark Isfeld Secondary School and secretary-treasurer for CUPE Local 439, according to websites for both organizations. Defence lawyer Eric Chesterley told the court Thursday he estimates the preliminary hear-
ing should take about two-and-ahalf hours. According to Comox Valley RCMP, they received a public complaint in June 2010 that Rickson, acting as treasurer for the Comox Valley Raiders Youth Football Club, repeatedly misap-
propriated funds from the organization between June 2005 and February 2009 for personal benefit. The theft was discovered in early 2009 when the club’s new president insisted on a complete accounting of the organization’s records due to their concerns over finances. photos@comoxvalleyrecord.com
Between the Folds chronicles the stories of 10 fine artists, theoretical mathematicians and intrepid scientists who have abandoned conventional jobs and scoffed at hard-earned graduate degrees — all to forge lives as modern-day paperfolders. The Comox Valley Art Gallery presents the last film of the summer series, Films You Want to See!, on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Stan Hagen Theatre in Komoux Hall at North Island College.
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