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million-dollar post in September — blamed the decreases on rising fuel costs, a slow economy and a BC Ferry Commissioner Gor- strong Canadian dollar. Others don Macatee’s review of the blamed the hike in ferry rates.

Coastal Ferry Act — a 90-plus Key recommendations in Macapage document that among other tee’s review include: things considers affordability and 1. Future price cap increases sustainability of ferries — was should be held to the rate of inflareleased Tuesday. tion.

Minister of Transportation and 2. Capacity utilization of the Infrastructure Blair Lekstrom ferry fleet should be improved; said the key to 3. The comthe report was the missioner should manner in which have more explicinformation was it authority to compiled from hold the operator public input, espeaccountable, and cially from coastal a new authority communities. to conduct perfor“We went down mance audits; this path to have 4. There should a good ferry sysbe more oversight tem,” Lekstrom on capital plans said Tuesday, and acquisitions. noting an appar5. The Province ent gap between should consider an affordability and increase in finansustainability. cial support for The report GORD MACATEE the ferry system contains 24 recand should furommendations stemming from ther consider cushioning at least 40 meetings in 27 communities a portion of fuel price volatility, as involving about 2,000 people. After is done on northern routes. digesting the document, Lekstrom 6. Municipal and regional govwill confer with colleagues and ernments should have the abilMacatee before acting on the rec- ity to play a role in keeping fares ommendations. affordable and An independent increasing riderofficer of the legship.

We went down islature, Macatee 7. BC Ferries was appointed this path to have a should place a commissioner in good ferry system. high priority on May, succeeding upgrading its Blair Lekstrom reservation and Martin Crilly of Comox. point-of-sale sysLast year, BC Ferries announced tems; and plans to cut up to 400 sailings to 8. The commissioner should deal with a $35-million deficit. have additional tools when setCuts were not planned for smaller ting price caps to better consider routes such as the Gulf Islands. the interests of ferry users and Passenger trips had dropped to a taxpayers.

20-year low and vehicle traffic to To view the report, check www. an 11-year low. bcferrycommission.com/reportsFormer BC Ferries CEO David press/whats-new. reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com Hahn — who resigned from his

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Nine criminal counts filed on alleged rioter from Comox Record Staff A 21-year-old Comox resident is charged with nine counts relating to the Stanley Cup riot last June — one of eight people charged Wednesday.

Timothy Lau is charged with taking part in a riot, two counts of break and enter, two counts of mischief and four counts of mischief to property over $5,000.

Five other suspects charged are from the Surrey area, one from Burnaby and another from Chilliwack.

A total of 103 charges have been laid against 38 rioters.

Vancouver police have so far asked Crown to prosecute 100 suspected rioters, and prosecutors are still considering charges against dozens of those suspects.

Police add hundreds more requests for criminal charges could still be made.

Rioters torched police cars and other vehicles and looted stores in downtown Vancouver on June 15 after the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in Game Seven of the Cup final.

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A YOUNG MAN from Courtenay was critically injured in a crash Wednesday morning.

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Driver critically injured in crash Record Staff James Avery, 18, of Courtenay was in critical condition after a single-vehicle collision early Wednesday morning on Highway 19A near Hamm Road at Black Creek.

Around 7:30 a.m., a northbound white 1998 Geo Metro

crossed the centreline and went off the road, said Comox Valley RCMP, adding that the driver was airlifted out of the Comox Valley.

There were no passengers in the vehicle.

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A Courtenay man declared by a judge earlier this month to be not guilty of eight charges of sexual interference of a person younger than 16 will face sentencing in February for breaching bail conditions last year.

Robert Yeo, acting as an agent for Wolfgang Busch’s lawyer Dale Marshall, agreed to a sentencing date of Feb. 9 Thursday morning at provincial court in Courtenay.

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tion are working to determine the cause of the incident.

RCMP thanked the public for their patience as traffic had to be rerouted for most of the morning.

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321.

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Class size issue off to committee Renée Andor

It also says 35 elementary classes have more than three students with special Comox District Teachers’ needs per class, including Association (CDTA) presi- one class with eight. In the dent Steve Stanley is dis- secondary schools, over 240 appointed with the Board classes were over the limit of Education’s decision for students with special surrounding class size in needs, including 71 classes School District 71. with five, 37 with six and A motion was passed 31 with seven. unanimously Tuesday to “The challenges of supsend a CDTA letter about porting the diverse learndistrict class sizes exceed- ing needs of these large ing limits to the board’s numbers of students, at finance comthe same time mittee.

The as teach, committee will assess and We want review it and evaluate progto make sure is expected to ress through that the funds make recomchallenging mendations to academic curthat are allothe board. ricula are dracated by the Stanley said matic and are he wanted taking a toll Ministry of something to on the health Education for happen sooner. and well-being public educa“We were disof many teachappointed with ers,” said Stantion, are spent that because ley’s letter. on public we believe Stanley that will delay noted that a education for the process, or new semesthat year. take longer for ter will start any kids to get Tuesday, and Rick Grinham help,” Stanley he doesn’t told the Record. know what the “Any delays right now would numbers will be like for the slow things down and we second half of the school were hoping for a quicker year. response.”

Trustee Rick Grinham, The letter was sent in who sits on the finance comOctober and the class size mittee, pointed out that the numbers outlined in it are district’s budget surplus is from the end of September. lower than in past years — However, because of the about $.5 million currently November municipal elec- — but the committee plans tions, the board deferred a try to get the budget closer decision until a new board to balanced. was elected.

“We don’t want a deficit Tuesday’s board meeting but we don’t want a surwas the first public meeting plus,” said Grinham. “We where the issue could be want to make sure that the dealt with, as December’s funds that are allocated by meeting was the inaugural the Ministry of Education meeting. for public education, are The letter states that spent on public education dozens of classes exceed for that year. class size limits — defined “I don’t think it’s the in the School Act — and intent of the finance comhundreds of classes exceed mittee of the board to squirthe limit of three students rel away any money.” with special needs in them.

The next board of educaAccording to the letter, tion regular meeting will be 71 classes had more than at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the the limit of 30 students school board office at 607 in junior and senior high Cumberland Rd. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com schools in the district.

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VANIER CSI 11 Student Stefanie Vanderhorst (right) tests a mysterious substance found on a “deceased” guard’s lap as classmate Jessica Fitzgerald watches for the results.

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Vanier Secondary School’s class of ‘who done it’ was a big success, according to students, teachers and School District 71 administration.

Students in Vanier Secondary School’s CSI 11 course just finished watching student-made videos based on the popular television show CSI on Monday.

“It went really well,” said chemistry 11 teacher Crystal Gaudry. “The projects that we got absolutely exceeded our expectations.”

Taught by Gaudry and English 11 teacher Megan Haut, the CSI course is a combination of English and chemistry 11. Students still learn all of the required skills in the regular courses, but the chemistry course centres around forensics

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com and the English course centres around the mystery genre.

Then, for their final project, students pretended to investigate who killed the principal using forensic evidence left at the scene.

“It was a really interesting project,” said Vanier CSI 11 student Jessica Fitzgerald. “It was more fun (than traditional English and chemistry courses) because you work in two classes with the same kids, and the kids in the class were always fun.”

Gaudry said she believes students learned more skills than the traditional two classes, pointing out

that the course was more than how to analyze a crime scene.

“It was can you manage your time, can you split up the jobs, what are you best at, maybe one of your partners is really good at something, so maybe let them take the lead on it, so there’s a lot of other skills that come into play,” said Gaudry.

School District 71 superintendent Sherry Elwood also said the course was a success, and brought it up at Tuesday’s school board meeting as an example of how hands-on learning works well.

“It speaks to learning that happens for students when they’re involved and when it’s hands-on in many ways, or when they understand the relevancy of what they’re learning,” said Elwood. “It is engaging

for them, they are excited about it, they’re having fun.”

She added that the course will be offered again, and said she hopes to implement more courses like this one.

Gaudry said that next time they will probably switch up the storyline a bit, but noted that the course takes more preparation time than the traditional classes she teaches.

Students from this semester’s class will provide feedback to the teachers so they can tweak the course.

Fitzgerald knows what she will suggest.

“Blood analysis would have been quite cool,” she said enthusiastically.

Visit www.comoxvalleyrecord.com to see clips from one of the student videos. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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City’s flood protection funded Renée Andor Record Staff

THE ZELLERS LOCATION in Courtenay will be a Target store by next PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK summer.

Chain targets Courtenay Erin Haluschak Record Staff

Target Corporation confirmed Thursday that Comox Valley shoppers will soon eye the iconic red and white bulls eye, as the company announced this week it will open a store in the Driftwood Mall in 2013.

Spokesperson Lisa Gibson said the company, who purchased the leasehold to the current Zellers location, will begin remodelling the site within six to nine months.

“We will invest between $10 million to $11 million to remodel the facility, with the goal to bring the true U.S. brand experience to Canada,” she explained.

“Canadian customers have told us they want to have the same brand experience in Canada as they do when they shop at Target stores in the United States.”

Gibson added the company has been looking at a variety of locations and sites, and determined factors such as demographics and current marketplace competition made the Comox Valley an ideal spot for the store.

She added the store will not expand in size, but will undergo a thorough remodelling.

Gibson noted the type, assortment and price of merchandise has yet to be determined if it will parallel that in U.S. stores.

“We truly want to bring the Target culture and experience to Canadian shoppers,” she said.

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get store is scheduled to open in summer 2013, and will employ between 150 to 200 team members. Gibson explained current Zellers employees will not be automatically transferred to new positions at Target.

“Because of the company transfer, (the employees) would have

to reapply for jobs,” she said.

Target had previously announced it would open 125 to 135 stores in Canada, the majority of which will open next year.

The Minneapolisbased company operates 1,767 stores across the U.S. photos@comoxvalleyrecord.com

The City of Courtenay has received government funding for a project to improve flood protection.

City manager of engineering Derek Richmond said the $470,000 from federal and provincial governments will be used to evaluate, design and construct new flood protection structures along Lewis Park.

The evaluation and design components will start this year with aerial photography and floodplain mapping studies.

“We need to do the preliminary work before we end up putting concrete in the ground,” said Richmond. “Then we can re-evaluate what the design may look like, then from there move, in 2013, to implement something in terms of real construction work.”

Three flood protection measures are already in place along the lower reaches of the Courtenay basin including the Condensory Dike on the Pun-

tledge River built in 2006, and two structures along the Courtenay River at Lewis Park, built in the ‘70s.

Roads were closed in the immediate vicinity of Lewis Park in early 2010 when the area flooded, and flood warnings for the area are not unusual during winter storms.

The last floodplain mapping study was completed in 1990, and Richmond said the new study will be helpful in the long term, including predicting how climate change may impact the floodplain.

“It’ll help us to be more proactive in terms of potential flooding events; we will be able to actually see what might happen in the Courtenay area, where we need to apply resources, how we can better respond to — in an earlier measure — flood events that might be coming down the road,” said Richmond.

He also said the study will help the City determine what other work needs to happen in the future to protect the area from flooding.

“It will help us look at the bigger picture

for the long-term, and very likely there will be more flood mitigation work that will

be required down the road,” Richmond added. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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Tuition protest planned at every NIC campus Student debt related issue for students’ union Renée Andor Record Staff

The North Island Students’ Union’s (NISU) Comox Valley rally against student debt and tuition fees will be absolutely smashing.

NISU is taking part in the Canadian Federation of Students’ National Day of Action fighting for post-secondary education from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 1 at all North Island College campuses.

While similar rallies will happen nationwide, something a little out of the ordinary is planned in front of the Discovery Hall of the Comox Valley campus — a car will be smashed with a baseball bat.

“We’re very excited that the college has allowed us to do it,”

Junktique scheduled If you have been cleaning out your cupboards and crawl spaces, the Kiwanis Club of Courtenay would be happy to receive any items that are now surplus to your needs.

Any donations (no furniture or clothes please) will be sold at the St. Patrick’s Day Junktique on March 16 and 17 at St. George’s Church Hall. All proceeds go to community projects.

The Kiwanis will pick up — phone 250339-2491.

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Canadian Federation of Students representative at NISU Savannah McKenzie. “It’s extremely representative; it’s going to be representing student fees and tuition fees, just to show that we want to smash tuition fees.

“So that’s what we’re representing, and letting all the students have a go at it.”

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by Comox Valley Auto Recyclers, will have the glass and fluids removed beforehand for safety reasons.

Also, guest speakers will include student staff, college faculty and the community.

McKenzie said everyone is invited because the rising costs of postsecondary education affect the entire community.

“This is something that affects people of all ages; it’s not just college students, it’s

adults trying to return to education (too),” said McKenzie. It’s “something that affects everyone here in the Comox Valley because people go to schools to get jobs.”

She pointed out that the last time there was a National Day of Action for post-secondary education was in 2007, and $300 million was added to the national grant system available for students.

She said she believes this nationwide rally will get the government’s attention again.

For more information visit www.nisu.ca. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

THE NORTH ISLAND STUDENTS’ UNION is preparing for a rally at Courtenay’s North Island College on Feb. 1.

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Regional district requests look at Aeronautics Act Issue first raised about proposed hospital location Scott Stanfield Record Staff

The regional district committee of the whole approved Tuesday a motion from Area B director Jim Gillis to request the Union of B.C. Municipalities, with Transport Canada, to review the Canadian Aeronautics Act to implement airport zoning that would more accurately reflect modern navigation systems.

The motion stems from “two surprises” concerning the proposed regional hospital and nesting trees in the vicinity of the airport, Gillis said.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority originally proposed to construct the hospital on Ryan Road near Crown Isle.

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al Defence said it fell within an area around CFB Comox and the airport that restricts the height of structures to fewer than nine metres.

Transport Canada and DND also maintain a tall stand of trees near the airport need to be removed because they pose a safety hazard to low-flying aircraft. The trees are nesting spots to eagles and blue herons.

Gillis takes issue with the fact that the Canadian Aeronautics Act is more than 30 years old, since which there have been improvements in global positioning systems and aircraft navigation

but no review of airport zoning.

Gillis — noting Penticton also has issues with height restrictions that deem buildings illegal — wants to ensure the airport is fully conducive to bringing people to the Valley.

“It’s absolutely vital we ensure aircraft come into the community,” said Gillis, who feels more information is needed to better serve incoming aircraft in terms of height restrictions, setbacks and other factors.

Courtenay director Jon Ambler calls the airport the “economic heart of the Comox Valley.” He favours peti-

tioning senior levels of government, as long as actions are taken to keep the airport functioning at the highest level necessary. A plane unable to land due to large trees, for example, would be a “total loss of customers.”

The committee recommended submitting Gillis’ resolution to the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities for consideration at its next convention.

••• The committee recommends $1,000 from the recreation grant service be granted to the Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness Society for a winter program dubbed Bowling for the Homeless.

Building on the success of Soccer for the Homeless, the program intends to engage newly and nearly housed individuals.

“Coming in from the cold takes more than just a room and furnishing; it requires socialization and sup-

Free look at military family centre Open house Feb. 1 extends invitation to public The Comox Military Family Resource Centre is hosting an open house to introduce the new Deployment Services Centre to Canadian Forces families and members, community services colleagues and the public.

The new facility brings all deployment services to one location for easier access for clients, and provides a place where those dealing with deployment can come for information, services and support.

“Military life means frequent absences for many families while members are serving overseas, training at other locations in Canada, or on temporary duty,” says deployment services co-ordinator Kassandra Dycke.

“These absences can place significant strains on families and create special challenges for families with children and teens or elderly parents requiring care.”

The Deployment Services Centre offers access to resources such as a deployment-

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the kids.

Video teleconferencing and in-house childcare facilities continue to be available for families.

Everyone is welcome to drop in Feb. 1 during either the morning open house from 10 a.m. to noon or in the evening from 6 to 8 to see the new centre, learn more about the

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No doubt about it; Haley’s got talent

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Local teenager has shot at performing on B.C. telethon Renée Andor Record Staff

The Comox Valley’s 13-year-old Haley Toal is a top-nine finalist in this year’s Variety’s Got Talent competition.

Toal will perform in front of a panel of industry judges at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond next Friday.

“I’m very, very excited and very pleased,” said Toal. “I’m a little nervous but I’m very excited because it’s a very good opportunity for me to be seen by these important people.”

Toal plays guitar and sings acoustic versions of rock and folk with a little bit of country.

The finalists, who are from all over the province, range in age from 13 to 19 making Toal one of the younger contestants. She said she’s a bit nervous that she’s younger, but she has competed before.

She placed third in the Valley Idol competition in 2010. In fact, the video she sent to Variety’s Got Talent is of her acoustic performance of Hands by Jewel.

Although she has competed before, Toal said this performance will be her biggest and she’s looking forward to the chance to be in front of a larger crowd.

“Even if I don’t win, then it’s just overall experience for performing in front of such a large crowd,” Toal explained.

If she does win, she will be on the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon, which airs live on Global BC on Feb. 11 and 12.

Toal said her grandfather is supportive of her talents. He told her and her friend Avery Smith about the competition last year, and while Toal was too young to enter, Smith was in the top 10. Toal said her grandfather reminded her to enter this year. She also said she was inspired by her father.

“I remember when I was little, that my Dad, he always used to play guitar, like while I was going to bed and I would always hear that and think, ‘Wow that is the most beautiful thing ever,’” Toal explained.

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letters@comoxvalleyrecord.com THE COMOX VALLEY’S Hayley Toal is a top-nine finalist in this year’s Variety’s Got Talent competition.

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She also dances, and is trained in tap, musical theatre, bal-

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While Toal said she enjoys music and a career is possible, she’s just going to see how things go.

“I would love to pursue it as a career, but I have my whole life

ahead of me so I’m just going to take it one step at a time,” said Toal. “I just have such a passion for it.”

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For Sale signs up, Sage Hills still needs financing Sustainable community would be near Royston Scott Stanfield Record Staff

The public might be surprised to see For Sale signs at the site of the proposed Sage Hills development, but the project proponent nevertheless hopes financing will be in place next month thanks to an overseas funder.

Liberty Mortgage, a Calgary-based firm that has been providing the mortgage, has a court order to sell the Royston property.

“They’ve listed the property to protect themselves,” Sage Hills Development president David Russell said.

“Ideally we didn’t want

it to happen but it did and we’re just carrying on. We’ll get it done.

We have a financing commitment from an overseas funder. We’re working to get that closed.”

The Victoria-based company plans to build a state-of-the-art, sustainable community at a 2,083-acre parcel at the northwest side of Royston. It would be anchored by a private sports academy and K to 12 school, and would include specialized university programs with ties to North Island College.

A proposed ice sheet would be available to the public at night and selected weekends. The plan also calls for the creation of a regional park where the parcel borders the Trent River.

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Council OK with bus shelter Cumberland council approved a $22,000 expenditure this week to install a ‘Victorianstyle’ bus shelter near the post office and four bear-proof waste receptacles on Dunsmuir Avenue.

Existing garbage cans will be relocated elsewhere. Cost of the shelter is $10,000 and the receptacles are worth $6,500. $3,000 is for public works to install both and $2,500 is for a contingency fund.

••• Council directed staff to draft an agreement with Coal Valley Estates to allow the developer to prepay water development cost charge fees in exchange for water DCC credits.

••• The CVRD is consulting with 14 communities as it updates a solid waste management plan for the Comox Strathcona area. There will be a public meeting from 4 to 8 p.m. March 13

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••• A village hall meeting will be held from 7-9 p.m. Monday in council chambers. Topics include Greenhouse Gas/Action Charter, pot holes, a new transit route and other items forwarded by residents.

Comment sheets are available in advance at the village office and at the meeting.

Braving the cold MORE THAN 60 army cadets from Vancouver Island braved the cold weather recently to complete their annual winter field training exercise. The Cadets and staff of 2136 RCACC Victoria teamed up with the Comox Valley’s 1826 Canadian Scottish Army Cadet Corp. to snowshoe to their base camp in the mountains.

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Valley covering more than 750 acres.

The AIP offers the K’ómoks First Nation K’ómoks people $17.5 members approved in million and about 5,000 March an agreement- acres of land, including in-principle, the criti- the return of the tip cal fourth stage of the of Goose Spit, which six-stage process in had been a contentreaty negotiations tious stumbling block with senior levels of in negotiations. It also government. includes about 2,000 Little activity has acres at the Royston since occurred because woodlot, and land at the provWi l l i a m s ince and Beach, It’s called an K e l s e y especially C a n a d a incremental treaty Bay, the neededtime on lands. We actu- base of to “run it M o u n t t h r o u g h ally get it before Washingtheir sys- there’s a final ton and tem” before agreement.

Lot BL7 signing the near Union Mark Stevenson Bay. document, KFN chief “ T h e negotiator Mark Ste- lands at Mount Washvenson said this week. ington and Lot BL7, we A formal signing cer- get those as soon as we emony involving Van- sign the AIP,” Stevencouver Island North son said. “It’s called an MLA/Indian Affairs incremental treaty on Minister John Dun- lands. We actually get can, and Aboriginal it before there’s a final Relations and Recon- agreement.” ciliation Minister Mary Stage Five is final Polak has been sched- agreement negotiauled for March 24. tions, which Steven“It’s a big event, but son said will involve it’s purely ceremonial,” fish negotiations, land Stevenson said, noting improvements and the term ‘ratification’ is annual funding formuused specifically for the las. final agreement.

“It’s finalizing the The KFN population agreement,” he said. consists of 277 memStage six is implebers. There are several mentation. reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com KFN reserves in the Record Staff

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School District No. 71 (Comox Valley) will be enrolling kindergarten students (English, French Immersion, Montessori and Aboriginal) in district schools for attendance September 2012. To be eligible for enrolment in September 2012, a student must turn five (5) years of age by December 31, 2012. Your child's birth certificate must be presented at the time of registration. (CareCards will not be accepted as proof of birth but need to be presented at time of registration.) Passport or Landed Immigrant Authorization is suitable documentation in lieu of birth certificates.

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION All of our elementary schools offer full day kindergarten.

Parents are asked to register their children at their current neighbourhood school February 22, 23 & 24, 2012 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon. While most, if not all, students living in a school's local catchment will be accommodated at that school, they cannot be guaranteed placement in the catchment area school and may be required to go to the nearest school having availability. Please contact your neighbourhood school for information on kindergarten orientation.

To determine your English program catchment school, please visit our district website at www.sd71.bc.ca, click on “Schools” and go to “School Locator.”

If you live in an area where busing is provided, you will need to go on SD 71’s website and complete a Bus Transportation Registration Form for your child.

REGISTRATION FOR PROGRAMS OF CHOICE • FRENCH IMMERSION - located at École Puntledge Park and École Robb Road District Parent Information Meeting: Join us for presentations about the French Immersion program. Bring your questions, hear about the program from the perspective of principals, parents and students in the program. The district orientation will be held on the following date: January 25, 2012

École Robb Road Elementary 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

250-339-6864 1909 Robb Avenue, Comox BC Registration for siblings only (of students currently enrolled in French Immersion) is at École Puntledge Park Elementary and École Robb Road Elementary on February 15, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Open registration for French Immersion is at École Puntledge Park Elementary and École Robb Road Elementary on February 16 & 17, 2012 from 7:30 a.m.to 12:00 noon.

Inquiries about this program may be made to the Principal at École Puntledge Park Elementary (250-334-4495) or the Principal at École Robb Road Elementary (250-339-6864).

Late French Immersion – The district is offering late French Immersion for Grade 6. There is an orientation session on the following date: January 26, 2012

École Puntledge Park Elementary 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Child Care Provided 401 Willemar Avenue, Courtenay Registration for siblings only (of students currently enrolled in either Late French Immersion or Early French Immersion) is on February 15, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Open registration for Late French Immersion (Grade 6) at École Puntledge Park is on February 16 & 17, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

• FRENCH IMMERSION - located at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School Students from School District 93 (Conseil scolaire francophone) who want to enroll in School District #71 must apply for a cross boundary transfer by February 29, 2012.

• navigate (NIDES) eCLASS KINDERGARTEN: located at Tsolum School Campus Interested in home schooling your child? Come and join our presentation for families who would prefer one of two delivery models of blended learning, designed and supported by BC certified teachers: a) a full time home school program or, b) one day of face-to-face instruction and social interaction at Tsolum Campus, combined with online and paper based learning at home. Parents and administration will be on hand to answer your questions and help with the registration process.

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Open registration for the eClass Kindergarten at navigate (NIDES) will take place at Tsolum School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 pm on February 16th & 17th, 2012 For information call the school administration (250) 337-5300 or email Alissa.Pratt@sd71.bc.ca

• navigate (NIDES) FINE ARTS eCADEMY - KINDERGARTEN: located at Tsolum School Campus The Fine Arts eCademy is a K-9 district program of choice emphasizing curriculum integration through visual, digital media, music and performing arts based on personalization and 21st Century instructional practices. This unique blended learning environment combines three days of face-to-face instruction at the Tsolum School campus with two days of online and paper based learning at home, designed and supported by navigate teachers. Parents and administration will be on hand to answer your questions and help with the registration process.

February 1, 2012

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2505 Smith Rd. Courtenay Child Care Provided Open registration for the Fine Arts eCademy Kindergarten at navigate (NIDES) will take place at Tsolum School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 pm on February 16th & 17th, 2012 For information call the school administration (250) 337-5300 or email Alissa.Pratt@sd71.bc.ca

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Parent Services Parents Together: for parents of teenagers Parenting Without Power Struggles: for parents of pre-teens

• ABORIGINAL KINDERGARTEN/GRADE 1 - located at École Puntledge Park Aboriginal Parents and Guardians Information Meeting: Please come to learn about the Aboriginal Kindergarten/Grade 1 program. Administrators will be there to answer your questions and help with registration forms.

February 7, 2012

École Puntledge Park Elementary 6:00 p.m.

Child Care Provided 401 Willemar Avenue, Courtenay If your kindergarten child is First Nation, Metis or Inuit we are offering an all-day program based on cultural teachings and ministry learning outcomes. Although preference will be given to Aboriginal children, non-Aboriginal parents may apply.

Registration for siblings only (of students currently enrolled in the Aboriginal Kindergarten/Grade one program) will take place at École Puntledge Park Elementary School on February 15, 2012 from 7:30 am to 12:00 noon.

Open registration for Aboriginal Kindergarten will take place at École Puntledge Park on February 16 &17, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

For information please call Bruce Carlos, District Principal of Aboriginal Education, at 250-331-4040

• MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN - located at Queneesh Elementary District Parent Information Meeting: Join us for presentations about the Montessori Program. Bring your questions, hear about the program from the perspective of the

administrators and have a tour of the classroom.

February 2, 2012

Queneesh Elementary School 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Child Care Provided 2345 Mission Road, Courtenay Registration for siblings only (of students currently enrolled in Montessori) is at Queneesh Elementary School on February 15, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

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Open registration for Montessori is at Queneesh Elementary School on February 16 & 17, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. For information please call Mr. Dan Costain, Principal, Queneesh Elementary at 250-334-4089.

CROSS BOUNDARY TRANSFER REQUESTS Requests for cross boundary transfers for the 2012/2013 school year must be completed online and submitted online no later than February 29, 2012 for consideration.

See the link on our homepage at www.sd71.bc.ca, Cross Boundary Requests. If you do not have access to a computer, there is one available in the foyer of the School Board Office at 607 Cumberland Road, Courtenay.

For further information on any of these programs, please contact Allan Douglas, Director of Elementary Instruction at 250-334-5500

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Christmas campaign donors generous, recipients needy Renée Andor Record Staff

Comox Valley residents gave more – and needed more – during this past holiday season.

The Salvation Army’s two Christmas fundraising programs brought in more money than expected, according to community ministries director Brent Hobden.

“This (year) was substaintially better than last year,” said Hobden.

“It was very exciting.

We were so happy to hear that.”

Hobden said the local Kettle Campaign

Robotics tourney at Vanier Record Staff Vanier will host a student designed robot competition tournament this Saturday.

School District 71 students have been busy working in teams with mentoring by coaches in preparation for the annual Vancouver Island VEX robotics tournament.

The public is invited to come to the Vanier Secondary School’s gym on Jan. 28 to support Comox Valley students in Grades 9 to 12 in the competition. Qualifying matches happen from 9 a.m. to noon, and playoffs happen from 1 to 3 p.m.

“If you haven’t been to a VEX robotics event, you don’t want to miss it,” said Randy Grey, career programs co-ordinator at Sandwick Technical Education Project.

Earlier in the school-year, teams of

HIGHLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL’S robotics team competed at a VEX robotics tournament in Vancouver in December. four students were given a task that a robot must do. They then designed a robot they believed would do the task best.

But, there are four robots on the court at a time during the tournament, which complicates the competition, according to Grey.

“Problem solving is the focus of the activity,” explained Grey.

“There is a lot of strategy to how you play the game. This is where students must work together in alliances.

“The skills these students learn, such

as design, computer programming, problem-solving, building, electronics and math, just seem to be a byproduct of competition.”

Thirty-nine student teams are coming from far and wide for the tournament, including 14 teams from Vancouver Island.

Grey said the tournament is so popular that organizers had to put a cap on the size of it.

On Saturday, Vanier will also have a Lego robotics demonstration for younger, “potential roboteers.”

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goal was $100,000, but over $117,000 came in.

Nationally, the Salvation Army exceeded its goal of $19 million, by raising $20 million.

Also, its annual mail out campaign brought in $157,000 locally when the goal was $150,000.

Requests for Christmas Hampers were down in the Valley, with 655 hampers handed out – about 100 less than in 2010.

Hobden said this is a good thing.

“If we’re down in numbers for Christmas Hampers, that means fewer families or less

individuals in the Valley are needing a Christmas Hamper so we’re quite encouraged by that,” said Hobden.

However, numbers for First Insurance’s Secret Santa program were up, meaning more needy children were signed up for the gift program.

“It was our biggest year ever,” said organizer Pamela Jolin.

“We had 887 children between here and Campbell River. That’s over 100 more than we’ve ever had before.”

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The Comox Valley Food Bank handed out close to 1,000 bags of food during December, which was a “slight increase” from December 2010, according to president Jeff Hampton. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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“I think part of it is people are much more in need this year,” said Jolin.

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MARS woman thanked The Hornby Eagle Group Projects Society (HEGPS) recently honoured MARS (Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society) founder Maj Birch by presenting her with two pieces of wildlife art.

The artwork was donated by wildlife artist Mary Jane Harman.

In addition to the artwork, HEGPS and Friends made a donation to MARS to help it continue its important work of helping B.C. wildlife.

The money was raised by HEGPS through the generosity of its OurNatureZone forum members, online chat room participants, and Facebook friends.

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If 2012 is going to be the year that you get your health on track, you may wish to take in an inspiring seminar from a local doctor.

Naturopathic physician Dr. Deidre Macdonald will present a seminar entitled The Seven Habits of Healthy Living on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Crown Isle clubhouse.

Admission is by donation and all proceeds will be donated to the Comox Valley Transition Society.

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the wonderful work done by Maj and her dedicated volunteers.

When the Hornby eaglet Phoenix succumbed to aspergillosis in July 2010, MARS was there to transport her, examine her, and ensure that a cause of death was found.

Later that summer, HEGPS members on Hornby Island were involved in the rescue of three eaglets in need of MARS’ tender

care. HEART (Hornby Eagle Advanced Response Team) was born!

Hornby eaglets Decker (named for the deck where he was found) and Niner and Brig (named for the nests where they hatched), were rescued and delivered to MARS. HEGPS thanks Maj for all she does for the birds and other wildlife who need a helping hand.

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See dealer for details. ±Optima Competitive Bonus offer in the amount of $1,000 available on the purchase or lease of new 2011 Optima Hybrid models for owners of most current competitive hybrid vehicles with proof of ownership. See dealer or kia.ca for eligibility of competitive vehicles and full program details. Certain restrictions apply. Competitive Bonus amounts will be deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Offers are transferrable within same household (must provide proof of address). Limit of one bonus per Kia vehicle and per eligible competitive vehicle. Offer not combinable with any other loyalty/conquest offers. Offer ends January 31, 2012. 12011 Optima awarded 2012 Auto123.com Midsize Car of the Year. Visit auto123.com/en/awards for more details. ^2012 Kia Forte/2011 Kia Optima/2012 Kia Sorento awarded the Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. >ECO-Credit for 2011 Optima Hybrid is $1,000 and is applicable to the purchase or lease of a new 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid. Available at participating dealers. Certain restrictions apply. See dealer for details. ÈHighway/city fuel consumption of these vehicles may vary. These estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada publication EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program. See dealer for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of print. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia Canada is the offi cial automotive sponsor of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada). KIA and FlexChoice are trademarks of Kia Motors Corporation.

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Monsoon down here – Snowmaggedon up there A series of snowladen weather systems have dumped prolific amounts of snow on Mount Washington this past week.

The first big dump arrived Friday night and the snow has been falling consistently, and sometimes dramatically, since then.

“The weather over the last few days has been very reminiscent of last years Snowmageddon event over Christmas,” says Brent Curtain, spokesperson for the mountain.

“We’ve received over 175 centimetres of new snow in the last five days so the landscape has changed signifi-

ANOTHER MOUNT WASHINGTON road sign fights for its life after the latest blizzard-like dumps of snow that fell at higher elevations while most of us were being lashed by monsoons.

adds. “The conditions in the Outback have never been better with sunshine following 40 centimetre dumps of snow. Its been unbelievable!”

With a mix of more snow and sunshine in the forecast over the next seven days, Mount Washington is offering up near perfect midwinter conditions with

a snow base that’s closing in on a depth of 400 centimetres.

It may not be the Snowmageddon of last winter, but it’s the next best thing!

For more information on the mountain and to check out upcoming events like the Old School GS Race this Saturday, visit mountwashington.ca.

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Another semester starting Started in 1999 as a program of North Island College to honour the United Nations Year of the Older Person, Comox Valley ElderCollege has grown into a dynamic program with nearly 1,000 members.

These members, all 55 or older, come from diverse life experiences and bring their interests and talents together to produce a program of courses and a Saturday morning Lecture Series.

The winter semester begins with the first lecture Feb. 4 with the theme: Canada’s Security and Defence: Making Informed Choices, which will bring to the campus top military commanders and

cantly up here.”

It appears that the La Nina predictions have finally come true for the Island resort.

After receiving below average snowfall at the beginning of December, snowfall has been plentiful and well above average over the last month.

Skiers and boarders who waited patiently for the deep snow the resort is famous for were rewarded handsomely over the last week.

“You could feel the electricity in the lift line at the Boomerang this week,” Curtain

academics with a rich background to share.

In addition to the lecture series, 48 other courses are being offered. Registration opened Jan. 23 and places are filling up quickly.

To become a member ($11.20 per year HST included) and register

for the Lecture Series or other courses, visit www.nic.bc.ca/ec or in person at the administration office in Discovery Hall on Ryan Road.

To see what courses are still available, go to the website and check out the newsletter.

— North Island College

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COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, January 27, 2012

4-H announces its 2011 champions The Comox Valley 4-H Calf Club held its annual awards banquet recently after a busy summer of educational sessions and fall fairs.

The club consisted of approximately 20 members this year with dairy and beef calf projects. The dairy calves are borrowed from local dairy farms for the summer while the beef calves are owned by the member and usually auctioned at the PNE in Vancouver in August.

In May, a number of our beef members attended the Island Select Beef Spring Show in Duncan providing good representation from the club.

The remainder of the members attended the Coombs Fall Fair, the PNE in Vancouver, the Comox Valley Fall Fair and the Alberni District Fall Fair in August and September.

All club members placed well in beef and dairy classes at these fairs.

Here’s a summary of year-end awards: Comox Valley Future Showman – Peter Schmidt; Top 4-H Beef calf – Jenna van Velzen; Top 4-H Member – Megan Gunter; Top 4-H Junior Dairy Lloydshaven Perpetual Trophy – Anthony Brown; Top 4-H Dairy Showman – Jessica Bouwers; Top 4-H Junior Beef - Wyatt Strachan; Top 4-H Senior Beef – Megan Gunter; Top 4-H Junior Judge – Emma Hyatt; Best 4-H Record Book – Amy Brown; Best all-around Comox Valley 4-H

Relay soon Your business, club, church, organization, family, group or gang can get involved this year with the Comox Valley Relay for Life.

The annual fundraiser to fight cancer happens June 23 and 24 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. at the Vanier Track in Courtenay.

Each year it’s an incredible team-building experience as participants celebrate, remember and fight back against cancer.

Check it out at www. relayforlife.com. Earlybird team registration is only $10 until Jan. 31 and double that afterwards.

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COMOX VALLEY 4-H award winners are (back row) Trina Gunter (leader), Steve Schmelz (leader), Anthony Brown, David Bouwers, Blair Schmelz, Jessica Bouwers (president), Hope Lewis.

Front and middle row: Noah Gunter, Amy Brown, Sydney Brown, Sarah Gunter, Kristianna Bouwers, Jenna van Velzen, Wyatt Strachan.

Beef Member – Blair Schmelz.

Part of the task of the members is to pass the “achievement” criteria, which includes participation in club events, showmanship of the 4-H project, good husbandry practices, and completion of a husbandry record book, listing the feed and care activities with the animal.

The following 4-H members achieved those standards:

David and Jessica Bouwers; Anthony, Amy and Sydney Brown; Megan, Sarah and Noah Gunter; Hope and Rhyan Lewis; Jenna van Velzen and Blair Schmelz.

Kubota is a major sponsor of 4-H beef and dairy clubs in B.C. and this year they supplied jackets for the Beef and Dairy Showmanship and Champion Beef and Dairy Heifer classes at the Comox Valley Fall Fair.

Lloydshaven Holsteins sponsored the Dairy Showmanship classes at the Comox Valley Fair and Heart of the Valley Farms provided support through the use of their cattle hauler to transport our calves to the PNE. The club values all of its sponsors and buyers of its 4-H beef animals. It thanks all sponsors for their support in 2011.

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— Comox Valley 4-H Calf Club

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Don’t miss the Island’s largest agricultural Trade Show and Conference with over 60 booths and 20 speakers. Ask the experts about your farm and horticulture concerns.

Pre-registration for all conference sessions is required by January 27.

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Community

CALENDAR Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: This calendar is for special events put on by non-profit groups. We run as many as space permits, but only guarantee a calendar item appears once.

Calendar items can be e-mailed to copy@comoxvalleyrecord.com, faxed to 250-338-5568 or delivered to 765 McPhee Ave. Deadlines: Friday at 5 p.m. for Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper and Tuesday at noon for Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper.

Include date, location, time and a contact phone number that can be published.

Friday, Jan. 27

COMOX VALLEY RETIRED teachers prepare Christmas treats for members over 85.

Retired teachers volunteer A comprehensive survey of more than 1,000 retired teachers across B.C. reveals a deep commitment to volunteerism, which creates an economic benefit equivalent to $110 million, if the retireesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time is calculated at a minimum wage of just $10 per hour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our study shows that retired teachers make a phenomenal contribution to the well-being and sustainability of communities across our province,â&#x20AC;? said JoAnn Lauber, chair of the BC Retired Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association (BCRTA) volunteerism committee.

She said the study found that retired teachers in B.C. devote an average of 31 hours per month to volunteer work â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than double the amount of time contributed by Canadians described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;top volunteersâ&#x20AC;? in a survey done by Statistics Canada in 2007.

With a focus on community organizations,

caregiving, education, arts and culture, and health and hospitals, retired teachers in the Comox Valley provide important social and human services that touch the lives of children, teens, adults, and seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throughout their working lives, teachers are dedicated to the children and youth in their communities, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that their altruistic and compassionate spirit of involvement carries on in retirement,â&#x20AC;? BCTF president Susan Lambert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because teachers tend to have such good people skills, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actively recruited by many organizations and they respond enthusiastically.â&#x20AC;?

Lauber noted that the large sample size (1,036 respondents) makes the findings highly reliable. Respondents also made over 1,200 written comments, including this one: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volunteering is wonderful, keeps us

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young, keeps brain cells dancing, and makes us realize just how many skills have been attained through a teaching career. Volunteering not only fills the hours but provides an opportunity to serve others in a meaningful way, to make community stronger, to give back to society the benefit we get from living in a democratic country.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; BC Retired Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association

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Monday, Jan. 30 C.V. CHRONIC Pain Support Group hosts educational session on Nature of Chronic Pain, C.V. Nursing Centre, Glacier Room, 615â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10th St., 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Free; patients can self-refer. FMI: 250-3318504.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 COMOX Seniors Association offers Nia classes with Ann Marie Lisch every Tuesday, dâ&#x20AC;?Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:15 p.m.

Drop-in $8/members, $10/ guests (during February $8 for all); also monthly rates.

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C.V. CELTIC Club & Comox Senior Association present Rabbie Burns Celebration, dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., Comox, 11:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:30 p.m. Scottish hot lunch, traditional ceremonies, Scottish dancing & entertainment. Tickets $25 available at dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Esterre. FMI: 250-339-5133.

4Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EDUCATION Centre presents 7th annual Cranium Challenge, Florence Filberg Centre (downstairs).

Refreshments for sale & by donation; prizes. FMI/registration: 250-338-4890.

OLD TIME Fiddlers Branch 17 hosts Old Time Dance, Fallen Alders Community Hall, Royston, doors 7:30 pm. Admission $7/adult, $1/child. FMI: Ed 250-339-6297.

KITTY CAT P.A.L. Society Adopt-A-Pal, Woofyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 2400 Cliffe Ave, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m.

FMI: www.kittycatpals.com.

INVESTORS Group Walk for Memories in support of Alzheimer Society of B.C. happens indoors at Campbell River Common, 1 p.m. (registration at noon). Or call 1-800-667-3742 or visit www. walkformemories.com.

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COMOX Seniors Association offers Nia classes with Ann Marie Lisch every Friday, dâ&#x20AC;?Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:15 a.m.

Drop-in $8/members, $10/ guests (during February $8 for all); also monthly rates.

FMI: Arabella 250-941-8885, arabella888@gmail.com.

EVERGREEN Seniors Friday Night Dance with music by Lensmen, Rotary Hall, Florence Filberg Centre, 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. FMI: 250-338-1000, www.evergreenseniors.org.

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C.V. NEWCOMERS Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walking Group (for those living in Comox Valley less than 2 years) meets for Roy Morrison Greenway walk; meet at Puntledge Park, 1st St. & Menzies, 8:50 a.m. FMI: Bev 250-871-2027, Glayne 250-339-0036, Louise 250871-1443, www.Cvnewcomers.net.

COMOX Seniors Association offers Nia classes with Ann Marie Lisch every Friday, dâ&#x20AC;?Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:15 a.m.

Drop-in $8/members, $10/ guests (during February $8 for all); also monthly rates.

FMI: Arabella 250-941-8885, arabella888@gmail.com.

Saturday, Feb. 4 C.V. FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market presents entertainment by Pamela Tessmann, Native Sons Hall, 360 Cliffe Ave., 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;noon. FMI: Vickey 250.218-321, www.comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com.

OCEAN Waves Square Dance Club Valentine Dance with callers Fran & Roger Archambault & cuers Lorna & Carmen Corbet, Florence Filberg Centre, 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m.

FMI: Cathy or Guy 250-3387942.

Sunday, Feb. 5 CORONATION Street Fan Gathering, Best Western Westerly Hotel, registration 2:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:45 p.m., gathering 2:45â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:45 p.m. $3 at door.

FMI: Wendy 250- 897-3697, cvcorriefanclub@shaw.ca.

Monday, Feb. 6 C.V. CHRONIC Pain Support Group hosts educational session Emotional Well-Being, C.V. Nursing Centre, Glacier Room, 615â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10th St., 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m.

Free; patients can self-refer.

FMI: 250-331-8504.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 C.V. SOCIAL Planning Society Brown Bag Lunch meeting, LUSH Valley, 1126 Piercy Ave., noon. Presentation on Transition Town process/ progress. All welcome. Free; pre-registration required.

FMI: Bunny 250-335-2003.

COMOX Seniors Association offers Nia classes with Ann Marie Lisch every Tuesday, dâ&#x20AC;?Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:15 p.m.

Drop-in $8/members, $10/ guests (during February $8 for all); also monthly rates.

FMI: Arabella 250-941-8885, arabella888@gmail.com.

SOS (Support Our Seniors) Comox Valley meets, downstairs, Florence Filberg Centre, 7 p.m. Discussion on palliative care, or improving lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ending quality. FMI: 250-334-2321, 250-338-6265.

COURTENAY & District Museum presents illustrated lecture Exploring a Forgotten Coastline with historian Jeanette Taylor, 7 p.m. Tickets $6 (+HST), advance recommended. FMI: 250-334-0686.

Friday, Feb. 10 C.V. NEWCOMERS Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walking Group (for those living in Comox Valley less than 2 years) meets for Campbell River Seawalk walk; meet at Home Depot recycling area, 8:50 a.m. Carpool $5/passenger. Brunch at Willows Market afterwards (2266 S. Island Hwy.).

FMI: Maureen 250-871-3337, Brenda 250-871-3680, Kate 250-338-9310, www.Cvnewcomers.net.

Saturday, Feb. 11 C.V. FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market presents entertainment by David Stevenson, Native Sons Hall, 360 Cliffe Ave., 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;noon.

FMI: Vickey 250-218-321, www.comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com.

COALWATCH Comox Valley Society fundraiser dinner, Fanny Bay Community Hall, 7793 Old Island Hwy., doors 6:30 p.m. Dinner, cash bar, oyster bar, silent auction.

FMI: John 250-335-2246, www.coalwatch.ca.

Monday, Feb. 13 C.V. CHRONIC Pain Support Group hosts educational session Exercise, C.V. Nursing Centre, Glacier Room, 615â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10th St., 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Free; patients can self-refer. FMI: 250-331-8504.

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Shellfish dinner from CoalWatch The second annual Ocean of Plenty II Shellfish Gala Dinner will be held Feb. 11 at the Fanny Bay Community Hall.

This fundraiser for the CoalWatch Comox Valley Society celebrates our local shellfish industry featuring locally grown shellfish from Baynes Sound.

Ticket prices are $50 and available at the following locations: Courtenay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Laughing Oyster Books, The Freakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Coffee Shop; Comox â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Blue Heron Books; Buckley Bay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fanny Bay Oysters Seafood Shop; Denman Island: Abraxas Books and Gifts.

For more information, contact John Snyder at 250-335-2246 or visit www.coalwatch.ca. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CoalWatch Comox Valley Society

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Members of the local mountain biking community have built many kilometres of bike trails within it, on which athletic races are frequently held.

Preserving this part of the forest has and will continue to attract

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Upcoming Chamber Events

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2011 Annual Community Awards Presentation & Dinner

I have heard an old saying among the sailing community â&#x20AC;&#x153;As the wind changes you must set your sails.â&#x20AC;?

This saying is an important consideration for our business community. While we all need to make plans and develop budgets there will be events or other considerations that will render our original plans obsolete. For your business to succeed you must be willing to adapt and make those changes now, not when it is too late.

Date: Time: Location:

Saturday January 28, 2012 6:00 to 10:00pm Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay

Master of Ceremonies, Tony Parsons of CBC and CHEK TV will be presenting 12 community and business awards. The formal evening includes a champagne reception, appetizers, a four course gourmet meal, and an audio video presentation highlighting past recipients.

Live and silent auctions with 50 percent of the proceeds going to Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charity of choice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Comox Valley Food Bank. FMI call 250-334-3234.

Take the time to follow trends and reports regarding your speciÂżc business. Many of the recent economic forecasts suggest modest but stable growth for most regions of Canada.

But there are so many inĂ&#x20AC;uences outside of Canada in this day and age as events in a country 5,000 miles away can have a trickle down effect on life in the Comox Valley.

Minister Pat Bell visits the Comox Valley Date/Time: Location: Cost:

Consider taking courses on such topics such as time management, how to use social networking in marketing your products, negotiations (with your customers, staff and suppliers), problem solving, people skills and brainstorming.

If you have staff, seek their input as they may have some very worthwhile ideas and this makes them feel important to your business.

Tuesday, January 31, 7:30 to 9:30am The Best Western $20 + HST

Have breakfast with Minister Bell. He will update us on the BC Jobs Plan. There will be a buffet breakfast served.

For more information on the BC Jobs Plan go to: www. bcjobsplan.ca For more information and registration go to www.comoxvalleychamber.com â&#x20AC;&#x201C; News & Events.

Chamber Business Mixer

Understand your Âżnancial situation by keeping your bookkeeping current. You should not wait until four months after your business year end to Âżnd out you have a problem.

Talk to your bookkeeper and your accountant seeking suggestions for cost saving ideas. Have a discussion with your banker. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait until your banker has had to return a dozen cheques on your account as it would probably be too late to save your business at that time.

Hosted by Laser Light & Sound Date: Monday February 13 Time: 5:00 to 6:30pm Location: Laser Light & Sound, 274A 5th St. Meet the staff of the local Laser Light & Sound Aesthetic Contouring. See how they can give you a natural lift!

These mixers are a proven way to make connections in the business community. No charge to attend, however please register at www.comoxvalleychamber.com.

Your Chamber will have some openings in the Board of Directors with new Directors elected for a 2 year term at our March meeting. If you have some time each month to devote to the local business community contact me for more details.

Showcase 2012 Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce Tradeshow Date: Thursday February 23 Time: 1:00 to 6:00pm Location: Crown Isle Resort

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The general public and the business community are invited to attend our tradeshow! There will be 35 vendors showcasing their wares. The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce is calling for sponsors for this well-attended tradeshow. Tradeshow tables are now on sale. For more information go to www.comoxvalleychamber.com

Roy Piper of Home SOULutions Restorations received certiÂżcation in Applied Structural Drying with The Clean Trust (IICRC). This complements his current certiÂżcates in Water Damage Restoration, Applied Microbial Remediation (Mold Removal) and Odour Control.

Union Street Grill just celebrated its 18th anniversary!

Mark and Danielle Duncan opened Union Street Grill in 1994. In the 1880s, 5th Street was called Union Street.

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1st Curbside Recycling is now under new ownership.

Cindy Columbus continues to offer rural residential and commercial curb-side recycling of paper, cardboard, aluminum, tin containers, plastics and glass from Black Creek to Fanny Bay.

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Seed Savers anxiously awaiting another Seedy Saturday While the B.C. government hands out millions of dollars to increase food exports, the Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers Society is one of the core volunteer groups in the Valley supporting residents to grow, reap, eat and save the seeds from our own gardens.

In his annual New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

message, Gov.-Gen. David Johnston says Canadians are already generous with their time, talents and treasure, but notes that a new year is a new opportunity to enrich the country.

CVGSSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual Seedy Saturday event is an opportunity to enrich the local community, marking the start of the growing sea-

son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More than 100 volunteers present this one day event that brings together dozens of vendors, growers, processors, community non-profits and hundreds of attendees,â&#x20AC;? says Catherine Reid, vice-chair of the society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of us are interested in and committed to increasing participation in

growing our own safe, local and nutritious food.â&#x20AC;?

Seed Saver members have always been the core volunteers for society events and they continue to be stalwart and generous with their time and skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think this event offers others in the community a social and fun introduction to the work of the

CVGSS and the food security continuum,â&#x20AC;? says Sue Moen, Seedy Saturday coordinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are reaching out to previous, committed and interested volunteers and hosting a volunteer orientation meeting.â&#x20AC;?

A variety of volunteer opportunities, and volunteer benefits, are available for Seedy Saturday 2012

on March 3 at the Filberg Centre.

If you cannot attend the orientation, visit www. comoxvalleygrowersandseedsavers.ca to download a volunteer application or contact Moen at 250-3375948 or sue_moen@telus. net. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers Society

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Dianne Hawkins January is Annual Awards month at the Chamber ofÂżce and we are pleased to report we are well on our way to a fabulous event on January 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hats Off to Leadershipâ&#x20AC;? is the theme (thanks to InFocus Design for the terriÂżc logo).

This year we are holding silent and live auctions with MC Tony Parsons leading the live auction. The video production has changed this year and all nominees will be recognized at the event. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production is a video compilation of past years recipients, created by Unveil Studios.

The selection process has changed as well this year and immense thanks goes to our panel of judges who chose the 2011 award recipients. These leaders in our community donated time and expertise to carefully select the Âżnal nominee in each category. Thanks to Tom Gray, Inspector, RCMP; Jane Murphy, President & CEO, St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital; Jan Carrie, Acting President & CEO, North Island College; Sherry Elwood, Superintendent of Schools, School District #71 and Shirley de Silva, President & CEO, Comox Valley Airport Commission. Visit our website to see the list of 2011 award nominees.

Grab your hat, grab your coat and help us lift our hats to Leadership in our Community! See you there!

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Visitor Centre News Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FAM tour: A huge thank you to Ralph McCuaig for organizing a tour of the walking/hiking trails on Denman Island. Peter, Alan and Ralph from the Trails and Parks Committee guided our group through forested trails and nature viewing stops and gave a brief history of Denman Island and the early settlers.

The island is rich in wildlife, including eagles, hawks, falcons, herons and pheasants. The highlight of the tour was a visit to Morning Beach Park, a three-acre park with a new stairway, hand carved signage, viewing platform, picnic tables and access to the beach below Komas Bluffs. Pick up a map for the park at the Visitor Centre or download at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca This park is a starting point to access by foot to Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park (Tree Island) at low tide. The park is a rare niche of sand dunes, fragile vegetation, diverse animal species, and a variety of birds.

Denman Island is a gem of hidden beauty. Treat your visitors for a day trip or overnight stay to enjoy the old growth trees, wildlife, bistro, Denman Craft Shop, beach walks, artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studios, festivals and more all year round.

New arrivals 2012 Travel Guides are arriving each day. So far we have received Northern British Columbia Travel Guide, Northwest Territories Explorers Guide, fold out map called 4 Great Driving Adventures North to Alaska, Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Travel Experience Guide, and Vancouver Island Vacation Guide. Let these guides assist you in your travel adventures. On the homefront the much awaited 2012 Comox Valley Community Services Directory, a yearly information and resource guide, is available for $25 cash.

Activities/ Outings Have you been tubing at Mount Washington? Tried the new magic carpet? Watched a local hockey game?

Been storm watching? How about attending the Write Here Readers Series at North Island College, where you can explore writing from the North Island and discover a region rich in stories and storytellers. Check out the series at www.nic.bc.ca. Pick up Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Happening or go to our website for a listing of cultural events, entertainment, festivities, concerts and much more.

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Resolve to clear holiday bills, build wealth Most Canadians suffer with their highest personal debt load in January, when the ‘holiday hit’ arrives and credit card statements let you know just how much you spent on the festive season. It’s especially hard if you already had a burgeoning debt load before the holidays.

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Minister Bell to discuss jobs strategy Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday There is expected to be lively discussion around the breakfast buffet at a special event being hosted Jan. 31 by the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Pat Bell, minister of jobs, tourism and innovation for the Province of British Columbia and MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie, has accepted an invitation from the Chamber to speak about the Canada Starts Here: BC Jobs Plan.

“Our members have expressed ongoing concerns about job creation and the economic climate of B.C. in general and the Comox Valley in particular,” explains Chamber president and CEO Dianne Hawkins.

“It is our responsibility as the Chamber of Commerce to proactively address matters that affect our members and take a leading role in promoting the Comox Valley as a

great place to live, to work and to play.

“We are considering taking on or sharing the lead role in the BC Jobs Plan for the Comox Valley, however, we would prefer to involve more of our membership in making that decision. We are thrilled that Minister Bell has accepted our invitation to come to the Comox Valley to speak for a second time.”

Bell will come to the breakfast meeting armed with information and extensive experience that comes from operating his own businesses and serving the people of British Columbia in various capacities as a member of the provincial government for many years.

Prior to his current appointment Bell served as minister of forests, mines and lands; minister of forests and range; minister for agriculture and lands; and as minister of state for mining.

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Canada Starts Here: The BC Jobs Plan is a program designed to take the province’s strategic and competitive advantages and put them to work. Bell will explain the three “pillars” that have been established to help us deal with today’s economic uncertainty and emerge from it stronger than ever.

This includes: Making the most of our position as Canada’s gateway to the Asia Pacific and expanding markets for B.C. products, particularly in Asia; strengthening our infrastructure to get our goods to mar-

ket; and working with employers and communities to facilitate job creation in the province.

Business owners and Chamber members are encouraged to attend this special breakfast meeting Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Best Western Plus Westerly Hotel at 1590 Cliffe Ave. in Courtenay. Pre-registration is required.

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fast with Minister Pat Bell are $20 + HST each and are available online at www.comoxvalleychamber.com, by phone 250-334-3234, or may be purchased in advance from the Chamber office.

For more information on the Canada Starts Here BC Jobs Plan go to www.bcjobsplan.ca/ canada-starts-here.

— Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Human Capital Strategies (HCS) invites Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce members to participate in a focus group Feb. 7 to provide input on the hiring and integration of the immigrant population into the workplace and to help support a strong labour market in B.C. While immigrants are a key contributor to labour force growth in B.C., evidence suggests they are underutilized in our labour market.

As a result, the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IECB.C.) has engaged HCS to conduct focus groups with employers in key BC communities to collect input that will

inform new or updated federal and provincial government policy and programs.

The consultation aims to: 1. Confirm (real and perceived) barriers to the immigrant hiring process experienced

by B.C. employers and their level of interest in hiring immigrants.

2. Identify employer recruitment, hiring and retention best practices, and provide examples of successful initiatives with the potential for expansion.

3. Determine and describe tools and supports, beyond what is currently available, required by employers to fully engage in the successful implemen-

tation of immigrant hiring initiatives.

4. Obtain specific employer suggestions for changes to existing and proposed new public policies and programs.

HCS is looking for eight to 12 volunteers to participate and will provide a $100 honorarium to participants.

Please join us to share your experiences and

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The HCS focus group will take place from 7:30 – 10 a.m., Feb. 7 at the Best Western Courtenay Convention Centre.

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Capital idea needs some cash An annual clinic by 50 First Nations snowboard team instructors two weekends ago was a great example of why the Vancouver Island Mountain Centre (VIMC) was built.

The clinic has happened at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort for five years, but this was the first time instructors could take advantage of the new VIMC on the mountain.

Thirty coaches stayed at the VIMC during the four-day event and many more used the meeting and office spaces.

It was a valuable test for all aspects of the new building, which opened late last year, said facility manager Andrew Scherck.

Feedback from the users was positive, added Don Sharpe, director of business operations at Mount Washington.

There’s just one Mount Washington-sized problem.

While hard-working visionaries raised $3.3 million to build the VIMC for local and out-of-town users, there’s a shortage of revenue to operate it.

Courtenay council unanimously rejected a request last week by the Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society (VIMSS) for a $50,000 annual grant.

VIMSS called the request urgent, but came away with only a council motion to refer the request to the Comox Valley Regional District. As well as local groups, the centre could definitely help to attract elite groups to train on Mount Washington, but needs some time for the word to spread so more users rent the building.

The VIMSS’ timing is bad in that recent elections in Courtenay and Comox were dominated by talk of reducing taxes. Only 18 per cent of respondents to the Record’s online question of the week said municipal government should subsidize the VIMC. The thought of the VIMC becoming a high-altitude white elephant is terrible to consider, but any extra funding help should be only on a short-term basis to help get the VIMC rolling.

Visit www.vimountaincentre.com or call 250331-9355 if you’re interested in renting the VIMC. editor@comoxvalleyrecord.com

Record Question of the Week This week: Seventeen per cent of respondents felt local government should subsidize the Vancouver Island Mountain Centre. Next week: Would you travel less on BC Ferries if fares climbed higher? Visit www.comoxvalleyrecord.com and vote in the Poll.

Wh local control has been While lost, restoration of a Spitfire aircraft will continue in Comox and the first flight of its second life will be over the Comox Valley.

BC Ferries fares are already high enough to be one major reason why ridership is declining, let alone higher fares being considered.

Inequitable treatment a secret Dear editor, I read with interest Dennis Guelpa’s letter about all Canadians being treated equally.

Those citizens who have an accurate knowledge of the history of the relationship between First Nations people and certain Canadian power structures and the functionaries who populate those power structures know that the inequities are not as Dennis and those with similar perceptions believe them to be.

I take privilege to share here two examples of the many inequities that do not favour First Nations people.

Only First Nations people have had generations of our children taken away and placed in institutions where they were abused and taught that they

are not worthy and our cultural heritage was not valid. Cruel and inhumane methods were used to discourage our children from speaking their own language.

I have long thought that if the Canadian public had known what was being done to children in those institutions masquerading as schools, they would have gone out of existence much sooner than they did.

As we have been taking back control of our lives over the past 40 years we have been blessed with Canadian people willing to learn the truth and in this process a respectful relationship has been developing between us.

People have learned the effects of childhood trauma accumulated across generations and the PTSD that is so often one of the many legacies of this history.

We have achieved a lot of healing and strengthening in the past 40 years with support from many people who as they have learned the facts understand that the inequities were generational in the making and will be generational in being transformed.

History tells us that many people for a long time continued to believe that the Earth is flat despite available evidence to the contrary. I therefor will not be surprised if there will continue to be people holding steadfastly to the perceptions and beliefs seen in Dennis Guelpa’s letter despite available evidence to the contrary.

As our wise ones say, “That is the way things are.”

David (Spirit Eagle) Somerville, Merville

Airport stats create some trepidation Dear editor, I have spent the past 30 years of my career designing and building airports across Canada and have witnessed the work and effort that goes into running these facilities.

It is with some trepidation that I read the latest passenger figures from our airport in Comox. The self-congratulatory tone of the article in the local paper is not warranted considering the present passenger loads are not yet up to the 2007 numbers.

Perhaps the administration at the airport thought to distract the flying public with their recent “rebranding” attempts with the forgettable slogan and the Grade 4 art class graphics.

I also note that the Master Plan for the airport has disappeared from the website. I hope this doesn’t mean that they have given up on the future of our airport.

Lastly, competition is the best consumer price guarantee, so is anyone at the airport working to

get back Air Canada? Everyone knows that WestJet is buying turbo props for their smaller centres. What are our chances of keeping the jet service if there is

no competition?

The Comox Valley deserves better.

Peter Williams, Comox

Reader erupts about letter Dear editor, A letter to the editor by John Butler titled What About Volcanoes? made me want to ask: “What about editing?”

This letter makes John Butler look like a fool and by extension your paper and whoever allowed this into print. Is it really OK to allow a letter into print with basic facts that are just plain wrong? Do you not read or edit these letters?

It took me less than a minute to find several different reputable organizations with actual data on the subject, all of which suggest that all volcanoes on the planet produce roughly (or less than) one per cent of what humans produce yearly in terms of CO2.

It is the dramatic increase over the past 200 years of atmospheric CO2 levels worldwide that is worrying, as it is thought to be linked to the average global atmospheric temperature increase (~1°C).

Because we don’t know when the temperature increase will stop, or how it is linked to future changes in climate, we think it best to try to limit our CO2 output in order to slow down global temperature increase and the climate changes that are likely to result.

If something factual is to be printed, it ought to be relatively correct. Those doing the writing and the printing ought to do Chris Wulff, some research first.

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‘Enough is enough,’ cries one frustrated taxpayer Dear editor, In the Comox Valley it just never ends.

The “it” I am referring to is the endless parade of people with a hobby or a cause who appear in front of our politicians to ask for money.

Just in the past week the Comox Valley Record has documented how the Sid is broke, the art gallery is running in the red and how the Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society, after building a Taj Mahal

of a ski lodge, is now looking for tax dollars to keep the lights on.

It does not seem to matter that all three of these facilities were paid for by taxpayers; these three entities can’t seem to make enough money from their patrons to even cover their operating expenses. All three should be told to raise their rates, replace their management or sell their facilities to the private sector.

Enough is enough.

In the past year

taxpayers narrowly escaped funding an outdoor retail produce business and building artificial turf soccer fields. Most soccer players in Canada would be overjoyed to play on a grass field in January, as is possible here, but local soccer players wanted more and almost got all the rest of us to pay for it.

We did, however, throw money at the Lewis Centre expansion.

Why are all taxpayers asked to pay for

low-cost daycare and gym facilities when both are offered by the private sector? And do we really need adult drumming classes?

Next, the cyclists are going to be looking for tax dollars for their own bridge and I just can’t wait to see for how much money the train buffs are going to be looking for when they roll into town soon.

After the last election several politicians chastised the voters for the low turnout (if

Get your facts straight first Dear editor, A gentleman (Tony P. from Cumberland) is right when he claims that things are not easy for people on minimum wage today.

They were not easy in 1969 either.

However, he should get his facts straight before he uses actual numbers.

Minimum wage in most places in Canada was not $2.25 as he claims but $1.25 (or

less). That is almost half (55 per cent) of his claim and that makes most of his comparisons quite off.

Then he continues with his wrong figures by claiming 2012 minimum wage to be $8 per hour while it is $9.5. Almost 19 per cent more and going up in the middle of this year.

That makes most of his comparisons wrong. Gasoline is

priced differently across Canada but in most places it was in 1969 just under 10c/L. That is again understated by his 7.5c/L by 33 per cent. And yes I agree, gas is more expensive now as compared to 1969.

To sum up: minimum wage went up 7.6 times and most prices (not gas) went up by a almost the same factor. That includes the rents

and most necessities.

Things are not as bad as he claims.

I would add that we did not have the HST, PST, GST and other taxes on taxes, user fees, admin fees, environmental charges, etc.

I remember it well (better). Yes, we need more quality education and mainly smaller government = less taxes, and we would G. Novak, all benefit.

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they were in business then just get smaller. half golf courses that they would probably That steady stream was going to kickstart blame their lousy cusof retirees that came us in this new directomers for not showing from afar to gobble up tion. up!). our real estate and Today, that vision The reason for this expand our tax base is has morphed into a apathy is that collection of big during the box stores and campaign every car dealers.

What’s left of the baby single candiIf our local boomer generation is going to politicians, date pledged in keep working longer and then denial of the that he or she would only sup- just get smaller. That steady facts, continue port the core to act as giddy stream of retirees that came municipal funccheerleadfrom afar to gobble up our tions of “roads, ers and keep real estate and expand our tax spending money water, sewer, recreation and on frivolities base is drying up. culture.” and/or grossly What? No overspend on drying up. kitchen sink on that what might be considPick up a national list? ered legitimate periphnewspaper, ask a local Local politicians eral projects, we will realtor or just check (and we have enough wake up one morning the tax assessment to sink a ship in this with outrageously high you just got in the Valley) should give taxes and sub-stanmail. A dozen years their heads a shake dard basic municipal ago, tourism was going services. and have a good look around. Their source of to replace logging and Both those condirevenue is about to get milling and be our tions will deter new next economic engine. smaller. arrivals and only At the top of Ryan What’s left of the make our problem Road there was going baby boomer generaworse. to be an expanded golf Francois Lepine, tion is going to keep resort with two and a Comox Valley working longer and

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Can leopards change their spots?

Dear editor, Do you think Premier Christy Clark is turning into a Conservative with her hiring of Ken Bossenkool, a top adviser, away from the federal Conservatives of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as

her new chief of staff?

Is Mr. Bossenkool going to try and spin that the Liberal fee increase for B.C. Ferries fees, ICBC, MSP, BC Hydro and every other increase as good Conservative policy?

Just because the

upstart B.C. Tories are rising in the polls and taking support away from the provincial Liberals, does the premier think it’s better to copy the opposition?

Provincial Liberals have a track record

Our kids are really alright Dear editor, Earlier last month I had the opportunity to give a presentation on Dissociative Identity Disorder to a Grade 11 psychology class up at Highland school.

I must admit I was a little concerned as it has been a few years since I have interacted with teenagers. I had no need to worry.

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They asked compassionate, wonderful articulated questions.

By bringing speakers on various mental health issues into the classroom, the teacher is helping take away the fear and misconceptions that surround these conditions.

Suzy Venuta, Comox

of the carbon tax, the new two cents perlitre Lower Mainland gas tax, reduction of judges and prosecutors, health care and HST that affect our daily life.

B.C. Conservatives believe in smaller government, lower taxes, deficit and debt reduction and a strong criminal justice system.

Premier Christy Clark is certainly trying to change her image and appear to be more of a right wing Conservative, but do leopards change their spots?

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Deer adept at swimming, and jumping over fences Last week during our fist substantial snow fall of the winter, I was reminded of the impact this weather causes not only to humans but to wildlife as well.

I spent one snowy day watching helplessly as a young deer paced lethargically in a circular pattern for hours on end in the middle of a local golf course.

Several residents who were also watching called me for any advice I could offer to help her plight.

Unfortunately, although MARS does rescue injured or orphaned fawns we do not have the resources or facilities to look after adult deer, a question we are often asked.

Winter is a vulnerable time for all wildlife but in snow and freezing temperatures herbivores, such as deer, have a tough time finding enough vegetation to forage on. Trees are devoid of leaves, plants, bushes and grass are hidden and frozen under the snow.

Winter is also a time when the deer herd together in larger groups and as a result bacterial diseases are often passed amongst the population through feces or contaminated grass.

Vancouver Island is home to the black tailed deer.

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FAIRFIELD Black tailed deer have two colour phases. In summer their coats are reddish brown from above with white bellies. Late fall sees them grow their thick grey winter coat that camouflages them perfectly against the drab winter vegetation.

As their name suggests, the bottom two-thirds of their tail is black and the underside is white. The tail is flicked to alert other deer to impending danger.

Fawns are unmistakable in the brown and white spotted coats which disappear after the first winter.

Young males grow small antlers in the spring that are shed in mid-winter and replaced each year, the antlers are covered in a velvety coat that is sloughed off and the hanging velvet is often mistaken for a broken antler.

Deer have a wide variety of favourite food including flowers, shrubs, trees and bushes and even bulbs, which they pull up only to spit out if they are not to their liking.

To deer-proof your garden, the only lasting deter-

rent is a fence that is over six feet. These animals are amazingly nimble in their ability not only to jump but they can squeeze themselves through narrow horizontal fencing.

It may surprise you to know that deer are also very accomplished swimmers; I was aboard a ferry that waited for a stag to swim across Departure Bay in Nanaimo before it could set sail.

In many Vancouver Island communities deer are becoming a “nuisance,” often showing aggression to humans or pets. Sadly, humans are causing most of these problems.

Many urban areas are expanding especially in the Comox Valley and Campbell River. In Courtenay, the new development around Crown Isle has removed yet more deer habitat, forcing them into smaller safe areas.

Most of the local golf courses have become sanctuaries, providing shelter and a wonderful smorgasbord of food. However, this also creates a new set of problems for the deer as the herds start to interbreed and deficiencies and diseases, especially intestinal parasites, pass freely amongst them.

This was probably what caused the deer I observed to become weakened from diarrhoea and dehydra-

BLACK TAILED DEER can be found on Vancouver Island. tion. Calls were made to the conservation office and, although they also have a policy of not intervening with a “mobile” deer, they did see that this deer was suffering and it was taken care of later in the evening.

We are always getting calls on what to do with a deceased deer in a backyard or that was hit on a road. Unfortunately if it is on your property the home owner is responsible for its disposal. Roadkill will be

removed by Emcon. Call your local waste management for further advice.

Do not try to approach a deer that is displaying unusual behaviour as they can react with a last rush of adrenaline, lashing out with their hooves.

••• MARS continues to receive more eagles and we thank all those who have contributed to their care.

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hosting a fundraising night for the society this Saturday. You are invited to a fun time.

For more information, visit www.wingtips.org. To report injured wildlife call toll free 1-800-304-9968.

For all other info, phone 250-337-2021.

Sandy Fairfield is the educational co-ordinator for the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS).

The MARS column appears every second Friday.

Bigger fruit and vegetables can mean empty calories So who knew the food we eat is not giving us the nutrition we need?

Seems we are not getting our daily requirements even following Health Canada’s guidelines.

Why? It would appear fruits and vegetables have lost some of their traditional nutrient value through plant breeding and modernized farming methods.

A lot of studies have been conducted over the last 30 or 40 years ... many claiming our new plant introductions are not the most nutritious.

Truthfully, some of the findings can be blamed on what is termed “conventional” farming practices.

The non-organic method utilizing chemical fertilizers with their quick release nitrogen boost. Many fresh foods tested in the studies showed high levels of nitrates ... higher than is really safe for us, some scientists claim.

Reports show high nitrate levels equate to lower levels in some of the essential nutrients we rely on in our diet. Although, in some test cases, levels of Vitamin A and beta-carotene were elevated.

It seems exposing plants to a quick supply of nitro-

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LESLIE COX gen is like putting many of us in front of a no-holdsbarred buffet dinner.

I gravitate towards deepfried prawns and ladle oodles of sauces all over my rice when I am treated to buffet Chinese.

Dutifully, vegetables are included but the portion on my plate speaks volumes to the overall volume of food exposed there. (Good thing I only do it two or three times a year!)

Lower nutrient levels can also be linked to a higher water content in the conventionally grown food. The increase in water content is what gives these monster veggies their size.

This whole nutrient density scenario is where organic wins out over conventional. One report I found gave up interesting results.

Scientists looked at 13 pairs of organic and conventional strawberry agroecosystems in California, all growing the same three varieties.

(Agroecosystem means, in a nutshell, the scientists not only looked at the farm and its human influences but also took into account the surrounding influences that could have an impact on the farm.)

Over a two-year period, they analyzed the fruits for fruit quality, nutritional quality, plant nutrients and organoleptic properties (taste, smell, sight, etc). The strawberry leaves were also analyzed for plant nutrients.

Overall, organically grown strawberries came out on top. Size was smaller and fruit firmness was comparable but they were redder in colour, ascorbic acid content was 9.7 per cent higher and total antioxidant activity was 8.5 per cent greater than the conventional.

Important data since strawberries are one of the most concentrated sources of antioxidant compounds and Vitamin C in our diet.

Turns out, the organic strawberries also had a higher shelf life after picking, as well as fewer incidences of grey mould.

Incredible given the fact multiple applications of fungicide were applied on the conventional fields!

Scientists seem convinced

THE DUCHESS DISCOVERED this frog on a pond, frozen between sheets of ice.

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the organic berries avoided infection through what is called “systemic-acquired resistance,” a buildup of immunity through healthy growing conditions.

Says a lot, doesn’t it?

••• The weather has not promoted many walkabouts in the garden lately. Ours is still largely under a fair amount of snow even with all the rain.

However, brief forays are occasionally undertaken,

even if it is just a trip to the compost pile.

One such trip produced a surprise to beat all surprises. A frog was caught on the pond, frozen between two layers of ice.

It must have crawled out from the rocks but its behaviour stuns me. I would not have thought it near warm enough to warrant frog movement. Although ...

I did hear a frog in the garden on Jan. 4 when the low temperature was a balmy

5C. Perhaps this frog was as fed up with winter as we are and ventured out to stretch its legs in the hopes of snagging a tasty snack. I just wish the temperatures would warm up so the flowers on my Helleborus x ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’ could finish opening.

Leslie Cox co-owns Growing Concern Cottage Garden in Black Creek. Her column appears every second Friday.

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NDP leader weighed in on new hospital

Hurrying up and waiting Occasionally I look at a driver around me in traffic and ask myself, “What can they be thinking?”

Today, I wondered if the driver behind me was thinking at all! Road conditions could be described as typical B.C. winter driving, but this guy was so close that I couldn’t see snow between the rear of my vehicle and the front of his.

I was stuck behind a driver who chose to do 25 km/h in the posted 60 zone. It was a bit slow for my liking but it was slippery and I could not pass safely on the winding road.

There was nothing to do but follow patiently behind.

Two other vehicles approached and the front one ended up about three metres behind me and stuck there.

I was thinking “wonderful, now all

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SCHEWE that we need is a surprise.”

We got one in the form of a fire truck responding to a call.

The slow driver moved to one side and kept going and I would have liked to pull over and stop immediately but couldn’t without risking being hit from behind.

It costs nothing but a bit of consideration to leave an appropriate gap between you and the vehicle that you are following.

For more information on this topic, visit www.drivesmartbc.ca.

Tim Schewe is a retired RCMP constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience.

Every Friday we walkout to protest the feature Valley history Liberal government’s taken from our back imposing a new educaissues. tion contract.

Five years ago Fifteen years ago this week in the this week in the Comox Valley Record: Comox Valley Record: A provincial NDP The body of a 35-yeargovernment would old Cumberland woman revisit the North Island was discovered in the hospital issue with Pidgeon Lake Landfill. proper conJaclynn sultation, A LOOK BACK P a t r i p a r t y cia Patleader Carterson’s ole James remains COTT said. w e r e She was unearthed TANFIELD referring after a to a Vantwo-day couver Island Health search of the site. The Authority process that search was initiated led to a 2006 announce- after Courtenay RCMP ment that a new hospi- received information tal would be built near that Patterson might the Dove Creek Road, have been murdered Island Highway inter- and her body dumped section. in the landfill.

Ten years ago Twenty years ago this week in the this week in the Comox Valley Record: Comox Valley Record: About 60 students A missing man, who at Highland Second- had allegedly faked ary in Comox protested his own drowning at an ongoing teachers’ Kin Beach, surfaced in contract dispute. Some Chilliwack. students waved homeCoast Guard, 442 made posters. One Squadron and RCMP dropped his drawers air and rescue craft behind a cardboard spent more than 12 sign that read, Legis- hours searching for late This!

Corey Babcock, 33, of Teachers across B.C. Chilliwack. prepared to hold a The search was

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robbery of a Chilliwack jewelry store.

Twenty-five years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record: Norman Leung, a

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Sis Boom Bang, MusicFest has booked k.d. lang Mark Allan Record Staff

Announcing the first big name for Vancouver Island Music Festival 2012, Doug Cox described k.d. lang as a superstar.

“She’s a household name,” the VIMF artistic director and executive producer said in an earlier interview before announcing lang this week as a MusicFest headliner.

Cox tried unsuccessfully to land lang for the 2011 VIMF. “They actually phoned this year after they saw who we had last year (including Alison Krauss and Union Station, David Crosby and Rodney Crowell) and said she wants to come to it this year.”

Cox said the big-voiced singer originally from small-town Alberta could do just stadiums and concert halls if she wanted to, but she began last year to return to her roots.

“She came from the Canadian folk festival world … and that kind of kicked off her career. As a gift to the festivals, she’s coming back and revisiting her roots.

She played quite a few festivals last year.”

He said her asking price is less than she could command, making her affordable for events such as MusicFest.

That’s not to say she’s restricting herself to festivals, because a tour of almost two months late last year began with 19 U.S. dates, including the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.

The tour concluded with 11 gigs in Australia.

Beside MusicFest, lang’s website (www.kdlang.com) mentions three other confirmed 2012 gigs, including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado.

At MusicFest, lang will be accompanied by her current band Sis Boom Bang composed of young multi-instrumentalist Americans Joe Pisapia, Daniel Clarke, Fred Eltringham, Josh Grange and Lex Price.

“It’s supposed to be a rockin’ show,” Cox said, adding that lang

SIS BOOM BANG surrounds k.d. lang, seen solo below, who will close the 2012 Vancouver Island MusicFest’s opening night. will close this year’s Courtenay festival on the Friday night.

“We normally have had our headliners come second last, but one of the other festival directors I talked to who had her at their festival last year said nobody would want to follow her.”

The headliner is riding positive reviews for her 2011 release Sing It Loud.

Calling it his biggest surprise of 2011, James Reed of the Boston Globe said, “Backed by a lean new band that knew how to frame and complement that big voice of hers, lang returned to form with an album that easily ranks as her most memorable in at least a decade.”

The restless singer, unwilling to stand still musically for long has come a long way in 25 years from the kitsch of her early

alt-country style, evolving steadily through classic country with a Patsy Cline tribute (Shadowland), torch singing (Ingenue), theme albums (Drag) and Hymns of the 49th Parallel as well as other styles that included bossa nova and electronics.

A gifted interpreter, lang has sung songs by composers ranging from Steve Miller, Air Supply, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen.

A dream pairing with the late Roy Orbison resulted in a definitive version of his classic song Crying.

She has also dueted with singers as diverse as Jane Siberry, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John and Tony Bennett.

Her resumé includes three Grammys, eight Junos and the Order of Canada.

Other performers already announced for the festival from July 6 to 8 at the

Comox Valley Exhibition hibition Grounds include Buffy tt Sainte-Marie, Matt Andersen, Sam Baker, the Blackman, wood Two, Girlyman, w Linda McRae, New Country Rehab, Red ark Chamber, Bob Stark et Wailand the 24th Street ers. ther Cox promises other bout announcements about headliners, whom he said excite ang does. him as much as lang “One of them is,, in my mind, eadliner. an equal status headliner.

And another one … I think she’s one of the most interesting artists e’s on the planet. She’s stival never played a festival before.” n For information about MusicFest, visit om. islandmusicfest.com. editor@ tor@ comoxvalleyrecord.com om

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Film Festival entries reflect our society Paula Wild Record Arts

When asked how themes for the World Community Film Festival are selected, founding member Wayne Bradley replies, “We don’t choose themes, they choose us.

“Each film reflects the social conditions of the moment. That’s why they’re always topical and relevant.”

Guaranteed to make you think, laugh and maybe cry, the 21st World Community Film Festival takes place at the Sid Williams Theatre and adjacent venues the night of Feb. 3 and all day and into the evening Saturday.

“Just Do It, the opening film, is really a British version of and precursor to the Occupy Movement in North America,” explains Bradley.

The film follows and documents the environmental direct action movement as various groups blockade factories, attack coal power stations and take over bank trading floors.

“The film is a reflection of what’s going on worldwide,” Bradley adds. “People have had it with the existing power structure in general and are demanding the right to have a say in what’s happening in the world.

“It’s an exciting film with lots of action, yet there is a sardonic humorous tone that is very funny. It’s very balanced in that way.”

Opening night also includes a five-minute clip from a film Velcro Ripper is working on titled Love in Action.

As an added bonus, Ripper, who will be in New York at the time, will join folks at the Sid via Skype.

“We’ve done this before and having someone present like that on a big screen is amazing,” says Bradley.

“There are also some interesting films that look at over consumerism and the environment and the aggressive marketing targeting very young children,” says Janet Fairbanks, who is a festival curator along with Bradley, Gordon Darby and Heather Wilkinson.

Consuming Kids; The Commercialization of Childhood reveals the subtle ways youngsters are primed to become lifelong mega consumers. This multi-million-dollar marketing machine even goes so far as to use psychologists to help them “own the mind” of potential consumers.

“The goal of all this marketing is to make children think that the more stuff they have, the happier they’ll be,” explains Fairbanks.

“It’s very interesting because the festival is also showing films that reveal what truly does

THE OPENING FILM, Just Do It, is a British version of the Occupy Movement in North America. notes Fairbanks. “We’re especially pleased that this festival features numerous films depicting people’s amazing ability to remain positive despite what’s going on around them and in the world.”

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bring happiness and purchasing things has nothing to do with it.”

The only opportunity to view the two happiness films, The Economics of Happiness and Happy, is at the festival as they will not become part of the World Community Film Festival lending library.

“Every year we reject some fabulous films because the bummer factor is just too high,”

Kinshasa Symphony does just that by following members of Central Africa’s only symphony orchestra.

“Even though they get up extremely early and work very hard to earn a meagre living — and sometimes even need to make their own instruments — these people get together to make music for the sheer joy of it,” says Fairbanks.

“And the film is stun-

ning from a visual point of view,” adds Bradley.

“It’s a real example of brilliant cinematography and jaw-dropping creativity.”

But some issues can’t be avoided. White Water Black Gold takes an up close and personal look at the potential impact of development on the environment, including the Enbridge Pipeline Proposal.

“This is very timely, as the Enbridge hearings will come to Courtenay at the end of March,” Bradley says.

This year, for the first time, WCFF will take components of the current and past festival to Highland Secondary for a full day of screening for Highland, Vanier and Mark Isfeld students.

“We’re really excited about this,” Bradley says.

Each festival requires the dedication and work of approxi-

mately 100 volunteers.

And it’s estimated that over the last 20 years, there have been 75,000 film viewings in Courtenay alone.

“That’s the potential for a lot of learning,” says Fairbanks. “And that’s what we always ask ourselves: Did we learn something? Can we remember it? Did the film challenge our assumptions?”

Advance tickets for the film festival range from $10 for Saturday evening to $32 for a full pass and are available at the Sid Williams Theatre. A limited number of lowincome tickets are also available.

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Faust is next at Rialto The next Met opera at the Rialto will be Gounod’s Faust on Feb. 4 at 9:30 a.m.

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the Devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served.

Tony Awardwinning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season.

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Take a few musicians with bluegrass roots, grow them up in Canadian soil, nourish them with influences like the Band, Blue Rodeo and Neil Young, and cultivate their talents in the tree-planting camps of northern B.C. What you get is the Breakmen, an awardwinning West Coast indie-folk outfit and worthy heirs of the Canadiana tradition.

Having already won the Vox Pop Award for Americana Album of the Year at the Independent Music Awards, and having earned two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for their previous album, When You Leave Town, the band is now embarking on Round Three of its tour to support its latest release, Heartwood.

The Breakmen have three gigs planned for the Comox Valley next month — Feb. 8 at Joe’s Garage in Courtenay, Feb. 9 at the Waverley Hotel in Cumberland and Feb. 10 at the Hornby Island Community Hall.

With Heartwood, the band paid tribute

THE VISITING BREAKMEN have three gigs planned for the Comox Valley next month. to its Canadian rootsrock idols and sought to bring its impeccablycrafted songs and tight tight harmonies to a wider audience – with bigger drum sounds and lots of vintage electric guitar. Since taking the album on tour, the band has gradually evolved the rest of its repertoire to match, making for a show that grabs listeners from well beyond the folk and bluegrass milieu.

Heartwood has been praised by the Georgia Straight for the “meticulous craftsmanship of the songwriting,

the strength of the lead vocals, and the tightness of the harmonies,” which it says “distinguish the quartet from other Canadian outfits

mining a similar vein.”

The Breakmen formed in 2005, not long after chief songwriters Archie Pateman and Lee Watson

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To round out the band, Pateman approached Ben Rogalsky, with whom he’d written music for an indie theatre production.

Rogalsky is from a musical family – his brother, Luke, played in the ‘90s rock band Mystery Machine, and his brother, Matt, is a member of the up-andcoming Kingston band the Gertrudes.

He also has a background in music for theatre and is a former member of the Flying Folk Army.

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Plenty of thrills at mountain film fest with pain. While the format is fairly open, this year saw a number of first-person GoPro

ski descent of Strathcona Park’s Mount Colonel Foster.

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The upstairs level of the Riding ❝ Fool Hostel bustled with activity Jan. 12 as viewers and filmmakers grabbed their seats and held on for two full hours of incredible filmmaking.

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viewpoints from bombing down hills on a wheelchair and a longboard (Squamish Bombish), as well as local photographer David Prothero’s hair-raising ode to wild water kayaking (Island Times).

From surfing the windswell of eastern Vancouver Island to standup paddle boarding down the Yukon River, watersports were well represented. The Waters brothers and C-Lyon entertained the enthusiastic audience with the first known

disappoint with powdery descents and overall high-quality jackassery. Some film projects are ongoing, such as FoxandBee’s Week 16 (of 52) which had a clever little twist in a four-minute short called Quiet Desperation.

This film can be found on YouTube, along with MEATSAW’s unique, hilarious, and occasionally frightening tribute to ski bum culture.

While this is only a partial sample of the

ImageFest on the way Camera club presenting second annual show at Sid The Sid Williams Theatre will be where the action is on the evening of March 24.

Presented by the Comox Valley Camera Club, the second annual ImageFest will prove to be a feast for the senses.

Featuring slideshows set to music, all produced by members of the local club, you will be entertained for the duration of the evening.

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“Not only will you view terrific slideshows, you will have the opportunity to view framed prints by club members, which will be on display in the lower lobby of the theatre.”

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many films out there, our professional panel of judges could not arrive at a consensus of the best film.

Ultimately, organizers Genevieve Burdett and Neil Borecky as well as their crack team of volunteers and sponsors were able to raise $2,119 for the Cumberland Community Forest Society.

Special thanks to Blue Toque, the Riding Fool Hostel, fogandswell.com, Island Mountain Rides, Phillips Brewing Company,

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For more information or to send in a film for next year, contact cumberlandmountainfilmfest@gmail.com.

— Cumberland Mountain Film Fest

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WOMANCENTRIC runs from March 1 to 29 celebrating International Women’s Day. Official opening March 8 at 7 p.m. FMI: 250-400-4099.

ELKS HALL in Courtenay offers open mic Wednesdays, 8 p.m. FMI: 250-334-2512.

GATEHOUSE BISTRO AND GALLERY in Cumberland.

FMI: Betty Boyle at 778-4280530 or the Bistro at 250336-8099.

GRIFFIN PUB north of CFB Comox host to Jazztet every Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.

ISLAND PHOENIX CHORUS is a women-only a capella group singing four-part harmony with no instrumental accompaniment. The chorus meets Thursdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Campbell River. Car-pooling available from the Comox Valley.

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KING GEORGE HOTEL Pleasure Craft Theatre presents Star Quest! The legendary live improvised soap opera happens Monday nights from January to May at 7 in Cumberland. All ages.

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MUIR ART GALLERY open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 440 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay.

Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. FMI: www.comoxvalleyarts.org.

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Members’ fundraiser show & sale to Jan. 22. Myshree Tsai Show & Sale from Jan. 24 to Feb. 5 at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI: www.pearlellisgallery.com.

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ZOCALO CAFÉ, bassist Tim Croft plays duets with different musicians in various genres Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Anderson Jazz Syndicate performs on the last Friday of each month.

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Since its inception last year, the annual Cumberland Mountain Film Fest has garnered more interest as the quality (and quantity) of films entered has only elevated.

The upstairs level of the Riding Fool Hostel bustled with activity Jan. 12 as viewers and filmmakers grabbed their seats and held on for two full hours of incredible filmmaking.

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COMOX VALLEY UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP screens film Rumi: Turning Ecstatic, 7 p.m., Comox United Church.

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Saturday, Feb. 4 WORLD COMMUNITY FILM FESTIVAL, various Courtenay locations. Tickets at Sid Williams Theatre box office. Phone 250-338-2430 or order online at www.sidwilliamstheatre.com. FMI: www.worldcommunity.ca.

Sunday, Feb. 5 COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY presents TIFF movie Mr. Lazhar at Rialto Theatre, 5 p.m. Tickets $11 at CVAG shop. FMI: 250-338-6211.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 BREAKMEN at Waverley Hotel in Cumberland.

Thursday, Feb. 9 BREAKMEN at Joe’s Garage in Courtenay.

Friday, Feb. 10 BREAKMEN at Hornby Island Community Hall.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 CV ART GALLERY: ART21 (PBS doc.) short film/discussion. 3:30-4:30pm, free or by donation. FMI 338-6211.

Sunday, Feb. 19 L’ARCHE COMOX VALLEY presents Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, a Norm Foster play, upper Filberg Centre. doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets at L’Arche Outreach Centre (1744 England Ave. in Courtenay), at 250-334-8320, Laughing Oyster Bookhop and Blue Heron Books.

COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY presents TIFF movie A Separation at Rialto Theatre, 5 p.m. Tickets $11 at CVAG gift shop. FMI: 250338-6211.

Friday, Feb. 24 RYAN MCMAHON AND CRAIG CARDIFF live at Joe’s Garage. Kitchen opens at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 8:30 p.m. FMI: ryanmcmahon.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 29 COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY short film/discussion, 3:30-4:30 p.m., free or by donation. FMI: 250-3386211.

Saturday, March 25 COMOX VALLEY CAMERA CLUB holds ImageFest, 7:30 p.m., Sid Williams Theatre.

Tickets at Sid box office, by phone at 250-338-2430, or at www.sidwilliamstheatre. com. FYI: www.comoxvalleycameraclub.org.

April 27 RON JAMES performs at Sid Williams Theatre, 8 p.m.

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Trailer park lets visitors sleep over in the 1950s Peter Neville-Hadley

Few hotel rooms have such built-in coziness, and as the darkness falls outside and with the curtains closed, Best of Mancini on the turntable and a 1955 copy of Life magazine to flick through, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing to disturb the sense of time travel.

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BISBEE, Arizona â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When its copper mine shut down in 1974 much of Bisbeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population left and property prices plummeted. Over the following decades the small town gradually re-invented itself as an artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; colony and tourist destination, repopulated by immigrants from all over the United States.

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Smith found out that the oldest continually operating trailer park in Arizona, an antique in itself, was on the market. Shady Dell had started life in 1929 and had had the same careful owner until the 1950s, after which it changed hands rapidly several times and fell into disrepair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I originally just intended to amass a trailer collection,â&#x20AC;? says Smith. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I was also trying to make the mortgage on the place, and the idea came to me that people would maybe stay in them as lodgings. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it started.â&#x20AC;?

The aim was to create a living museum of the 1950s, offering everything that would have been found in a trailer park of that period.

The business had hardly started when Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone began to ring nonstop. The calls were not only from potential guests, but also from trailer owners looking to sell or give away the onceloved, now superannuated vehicles cluttering their driveways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was given half a dozen trailers at least,â&#x20AC;? says the still slightly astonished Smith. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I kept trading and upgrading until I got whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there right now.

I wanted to get the best and most representative ones.â&#x20AC;?

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Travelling by tram best way to see Hong Kong Peter Neville-Hadley Meridian Writers’ Group

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Kai Tak is the last word in airport modernity and its Airport Express train into town is a model of quiet, speedy efficiency.

The city’s gleaming MTR subway system, with its air-conditioned carriages, is the envy of many another city.

But for the visitor the best way to get around Hong Kong Island is in a less rapid and less technologically advanced manner: by tram. The centuryold system that snakes for 30 kilometres along the island’s north side connects the big-name sights and glossy international shopping of Central to a host of lesser-known street markets and traditional Chinese businesses, and its trams rumble along slowly enough for passengers to take in all Hong Kong’s immense bustle and variety.

The flat fare is HK$2 (about 25 cents), and this two-dollar tour is the best value for money in town.

You board the tram – a battered, doubledeck metal canister with rounded ends – through a turnstile at the rear, and it’s best to make your way up the narrow spiral staircase to the top deck, originally reserved for first-class passengers, for views over the traffic and for eye-level encounters with Hong Kong’s large expanses

THE BUSTLE OF Hong Kong is best discovered from the top deck of one of the city’s trams. The century-old system snakes for 30 kilometres and connects famous Central to a host of lesser-known street markets and unexpected sights.

PHOTO BY PETER NEVILLE-HADLEY/MERIDIAN WRITERS’ GROUP

of bilingual neon signage.

It really doesn’t matter where you get on, or where your tram is headed, or if you spend a whole day riding the system from end to end. But, for example, the No. 5 eastbound from Central will take you past rows of familiar shopping and the dignified buildings of the colonial era, now dwarfed by the towers of global banking concerns.

There’s no air-conditioning, but the windows are all open to let a cooling breeze waft

down the tram as it moves along. There are stops on average every 250 metres, but the trams travel for the most part in their own dedicated lanes and have priority over other traffic when they don’t, so while speed

is modest, progress is more persistent than that of other traffic. If you see something of interest and want to get off, drop your HK$2 in the slot as you alight from the front of the tram.

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Around Causeway Bay there’s a warren of budget-priced backstreet shopping, and pungent smells from the vast copper vats of traditional herbalists waft through the tram’s open windows before it turns off towards Happy Valley with its forest of pencil towers surrounding race course, bowling green, and cricket ground; all so English, and yet so odd when fringed with palms.

So forget the icy haste of the subway, and instead do as the signs at major intersections suggest: “Give way to trams.”

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Talented quintet going to Super Series Five Comox Valley athletes were selected to the Vancouver Island Regional U18 Super Series High Performance Field Hockey team.

Taylor Ruest and Lauren Geneau from Highland Secondary School, Holly Phillips and Marissa Beninsky from Isfeld Secondary School, and Cassandra Sewell from G.P. Vanier Secondary School travelled to Victoria late in November for a two day try-out.

They were told they had made the team after the second day of try-outs.

“It is extraordinary that all five girls made the team as the competition is fierce with most of the other athletes coming from Duncan and Victoria where they practice on artificial turf and have been playing since the age of nine or 10,” said Comox Valley Field Hockey League (CVFHL) spokesperson Moira Ashlee.

All five girls play for their respective high school teams here in the Comox Valley, but they also have played for the CVFHL club (www.comoxvalleyfieldhockey.ca) which has been running since 2006, and starts practices in March.

The girls have each put a number of hours into developing their skills and currently come out on Monday evenings to the Comox Recreation Centre to practise with the Comox Valley Ladies field hockey team.

The practices for this U18 regional high performance team begin in February and will be every Friday and Saturday at the University of Victoria turf field until April where they will participate in the U18 Provincial Regional Championship held on the mainland.

“Having to travel this distance each weekend for these practices shows the intense level of commitment

Participation at ❝ the U18 Provincial Regional Championships could lead to being selected to the BC U18 Provincial Team. Each one of the girls would love to represent their province at a National Championships.

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and dedication that these girls (and their parents) have to this sport,” Ashlee said. “Participation at the U18 Provincial Regional

Championships could lead to being selected to the BC U18 Provincial Team. Each one of the girls would love to represent their province

at a National Championships.”

For the past three years, the Comox Valley has had athletes make this region-

al team and the numbers have increased each year.

In 2009-10, Kayleen Vander Ree, who currently plays for the University of Victoria field hockey team, was the first to make this regional team. Last year, Devin Phillips and Taylor Ruest both made the team. This year the Comox Valley has five athletes on this team thus showing the improved development of this sport in the Comox Valley, Ashlee said.

Ruest, who also played for

the U18 Regional Team last year, is a dominant centre mid-fielder who has strong skills at controlling and distributing the ball. Geneau is a speedy forward whose favourite sound is hearing the ball hit the back of the net. Phillips is the most versatile player, having the ability to play both midfield and forward. She has excellent stick skills and is known to be able to pound the ball hard on the penalty corner shot.

Beninsky is the newest player to the game, having played for only two years.

She is a clever mid-fielder with excellent vision for the game. She is also very quick and has excellent defensive skills making it hard for her opponents. Sewell is a very dominant centre forward who has the amazing talent for putting the ball past the keeper. Her speed and strength make it very difficult for opponents to stop her when she is anywhere near the goal.

“It is very impressive to have this many Comox Valley athletes make this high performance team and represent our community so strongly,” said Ashlee.

“Taylor credits her experience with the Comox Valley Field Hockey League club as one of the main reasons for her success in making the regional teams.

She encourages new field hockey players to come out and play for the club.”

“It is a great opportunity to learn a new sport, meet some new friends, and have some fun,” Ruest said.

The CVFHL club is holding their registration night on Thursday, Feb. 2 at Mark Isfeld School at 7 p.m. in Room 300. For more information regarding the CVFHL, visit www.comoxvalleyfieldhockey.ca or contact cvfhl@hotmail.com.

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THE B.C. LIONS celebrated their Grey Cup win on Nov. 27, and on Jan. 31 a few Leos will be in Comox to share the trophy with fans.

This weekend the Comox Valley Curling Club hosts the annual Eric Chayco Memorial Sunday Morning Men’s Hangover Bonspiel.

With 48 teams from up and down the Island as well as the Mainland and even as far away as Calgary, it is guaranteed to be a rocking good time, a spokesperson said.

This event enjoys a dedicated group of followers that return year after year to participate in a bonspiel that caters to the true spirit of the sport. A device set in motion long ago

by Eric Chayco. Yes you will see some great (and not so great) curling, but more important you will see camaraderie, friendly competition and renewed

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Football fans can get up close and personal with the Grey Cup champion B.C. Lions when the CFL’s top prize visits the Comox Recreation Centre on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The cup is scheduled to be at the rec centre from 11 a.m. to noon. Touring across B.C. with their prize are Paul McCallum, Travis Lulay, Geroy Simon and Angus Reid. Which team members will be in Comox has yet to be announced.

The province-wide tour kicks off Jan. 29 and runs to Feb. 4, stopping at two dozen communities throughout B.C. Organizers invite the public to drop by, meet the Lions, and have their picture taken with the cup.

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Lacrosse sign-up The Comox Valley Lacrosse Association is holding their final registration session on Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in the foyer of Sports Centre #1.

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Playing with Veitch were third Kim Jonsson, second Gary Farr and lead Rosie Chrest.

Finishing third was Stu Larson with fourth place going to Marty Duda.

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Doubles champions were Bedard and Barnes and singles champion was once again Maniak.

They represented the Branch in Port Alberni where Bedard and Barnes won the doubles, Maniak emerged victorious in singles, while the team tied for top spot but lost out in the tie-breaker. Maniak and Iddiols were the top point getters in the teams.

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Nature important in children’s lives T

he trouble with hibernating is that I tend to read a lot and just generally sit around and cogitate about the state of the universe, especially as it applies to our outdoor activities.

Now I also check the condition of my tackle and tie flies on occasion, but these types of distractions just add fuel to the cogitating.

My reading has led me to the book The Nature Principle by Richard Louv which is full of enticing ideas about the importance of nature in the lives of children and others.

To this end I offer the following quote from page 252 that was attributed to former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. In his later years, Roosevelt argued that, “Parents had a moral obligation to make sure that their children didn’t suffer from nature deficiency.”

Roosevelt’s emphasis on direct personal experiences in nature was important. Over time this movement led to the great conservation movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries. In the 21st century there tends to be separation in the minds of some people as they see conservationists as hunters and fishers who tend to use natural resources.

Development of the environmentalist philosophy at times seeks to protect nature from people. I respectfully submit that the goals of both groups have much in common and there is too much to do in the coming decades in terms of challenges from climate change to waste energy on minor conflicts of philosophy.

Last week in my column I recounted some of the thoughts of young people as they related to hunting.

During my working life I was involved with the development of an environmental education centre (McQueen Lake Environmental Centre in the Kamloops School District). The handbook states the philosophy of the centre as follows: “Probably one of the great challenges facing us today is survival - survival of the human race on this planet. To this end, the single most important thought underlying the philosophy of the McQueen Lake centre is to teach that - ‘man is only a part of the inter connected life systems of this planet.’

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PHOTO BY RALPH SHAW “All life is connected through various interlinking food chains and energy systems that are both visible and invisible. By exposing children of all ages to various ecosystems, both large and small, we may begin to lay the building blocks of a better understanding of our living systems.

“An important aspect of this philosophy is to teach that we are ourselves a part of this environment, and that there is no way we can escape from this fact. Such a philosophy opens the door

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“We attempt, by teaching in the environment, to create an ethical approach to the environment so that

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They take place in the normal activities of families and groups of people.

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more interested in the little crabs, starfish, little fish under the rocks, old seashells, big shells, driftwood and just about everything but the task at hand of gathering seafood.

Take a child fishing and watch the interest in the worms in the bait bucket as opposed to the uninteresting business of watching a float on the water.

Time spent in nature is important in the developmental process of balanced human beings. Many people would argue it is an essential element to a healthy lifestyle.

The Nature Principle - Human Restoration and End of Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv is available in local book stores $29.95.

••• Note from last week — Justin Streeton is 15 years old.

Ralph Shaw is a master fly fisherman who was awarded the Order of Canada in 1984 for his conservation efforts. In 20 years of writing a column in the Comox Valley Record it has won several awards.

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HOCKEY VANCOUVER ISLAND JUNIOR LEAGUE Standings as of Jan. 21 North Division Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA Comox Valley Glacier Kings 35 18 14 3 39 128 118 Oceanside Generals 34 16 16 2 34 115 140 Campbell River Storm 34 12 21 1 25 109 144 South Division Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA Victoria Cougars 35 29 5 1 59 163 85 Saanich Braves 33 16 13 4 36 140 127 Peninsula Panthers 32 14 15 3 31 122 138 Kerry Park Islanders 33 13 18 2 28 112 137 Jan. 21 Victoria 5 Comox Valley 2 Jan. 27 Comox Valley @ Saanich CVMHA REP REPORT Last Weekend’s Games Saturday, Jan. 21 Happy’s Source for Sports Midget Tier 1 Chiefs vs.Cowichan Valley loss 3-1 Lube-X Fast Oil Change Bantam Tier 1 Chiefs vs. Peninsula win 8-2 Courtenay Mazda Peewee Tier 1 vs. Saanich loss 4-0 Brian Rice Toyota Atom A Chiefs vs. Cowichan Valley loss 5-2 Swift Datoo Atom B Chiefs vs Campbell River loss 8-5 Sunday, Jan. 22 Happy’s Source for Sports Midget Tier 1 Chiefs vs. Saanich win 4-1 Lube-X Fast Oil Change Bantam Tier 1 Chiefs vs. Tri Port win 9-2 Comox Centre Mall Bantam Tier 2 Chiefs vs. Midget A Female win 6-1 Branch #17 Legion Peewee Tier 2 Chiefs vs. Campbell River win 7-1 Brian Rice Toyota Atom A Chiefs vs. Victoria Racquet Club tie 5-5 This Weekend’s Games Saturday, Jan. 28 Glacier Gardens Swift Datoo Atom B vs. Port Alberni 1:15-2:45 p.m.

COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, January 27, 2012

score board Gribble 235 High game hdcp Mike Gribble 271 High series scr Doug Ellis 611 High series hdcp Doug Ellis 686 Ladies: High game scr Norma Killin 196 High game hdcp Norma Killin 252 High series scr Norma Killin 507 High series hdcp Norma Killin 675 High average: Men’s Hogie McCrae 177 Ladies Claire Brown 154 Wednesday Night Ladies Standings as of Jan. 18 Team LW YTD Az-Tec Cougars 37.0 486.0 Lucky Strikes 35.0 502.5 Team 9 31.0 476.0 Eagles Angels 26.0 336.5 Luv Handles** 25.0 503.0 Gutter Girls* 20.0 520.0 Aspareiguess 17.5 396.0 Browns Bay 12.5 447.5 Az-Tec 12.0 436.0 *First quarter winners, ** second quarter winners

Team scores High Scratch Game Lucky Strikes 607 High Handicap Game Az-Tec Cougards 834 High Scratch Series Lucky Strikes 1774 High Handicap Series Az-Tec Cougars 2402 Individual scores High Scratch Game Leona Williams 181 High Handicap Game Carissa Rainaldi 243 High Scratch Series Leona Williams 506 High Handicap Series Rhonda Lambert 641

SOCCER MID-ISLAND WOMEN Second Half Standings as of Jan. 22 Team W L D Pt CVUS Revolution 1 0 0 3 Kickers 1 1 0 3 Nanaimo 1 0 0 3 Oceanside 1 0 0 3

Wheatys 1 1 0 3 C.R. United 0 0 0 0 Shooters 0 0 0 0 Outlaws 0 1 0 0 Bandits 0 1 0 0 Port Alberni 0 1 0 0 Jan. 22 All games cancelled due to field closures.

Jan. 29 CVUSC Revolution vs.

Kickers 12 p.m. Vanier, Shooters vs. Bandits 2 p.m. Vanier, Port Alberni vs. Wheatys 12 p.m. Alberni, Nanaimo vs. Oceanside 12 p.m. Elaine Hamilton, Outlaws vs.

C.R. United 12 p.m. Willow Point VISL DIV. 3B MEN Standings as of Jan. 22 Team P W L T Pt Comox Valley 12 9 0 3 30 Gordon Head 13 8 1 4 28 Vic West 12 9 2 1 28 Vantreights 12 6 5 1 19 Fernwood 14 4 7 3 15 Nanaimo 12 4 5 3 15 Prospect Lake 12 2 6 4 10 Gorge FC 13 2 9 2 8 Juan de Fuca 12 0 9 3 3 Bays United 0 0 0 0 0 (Bays United has folded) Jan. 29 Comox Valley United vs. Prospect Lake 2:15 p.m. @ Courtenay

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CV MEN’S ASSOCIATION Standings as of Jan. 19 Team Pts Courtenay Legion A 261 Elks 247 Courtenay Legion B 210 Comox Legion A 190 Comox Legion B 187 Griffin Pub Flyers 175 Comox Legion C 144 Griffin Pub 122 Top 10 Averages Player Avg. Bill Durant 64.08 Ernie Linden 58.39 Terry Jackson 58.21 Hap Hanson 55.89 Wayne Joy 55.40 Daniel Leaman 55.05 Nick Doubinin 54.29 Clair Stephens 54.20 Ken Hayes 54.16 Art Forbes 53.97 High Checkout Shane Dennis 131 High Score Bud Eglund 177, Hap Hanson 177 180s Art Forbes 3, Terry Hills, Hap Hanson 2, Bill Foottit 2, Jack Ethier, Mike Konschak,

WEDNESDAY NIGHT Standings as of Jan. 18 Team RW GW Chalk-a-Holics 65 188 Sunnydale Sliders 61 159 The Cuefellas 59 164 Sharpshooters 57 183 Sociables 56 163 Are We High?

54 159 Choc-o-Lot 53 156 Classics 45 139 Bridge Patrol 42 150 Odds R 34 113 Chalk ‘n’ Awe 31 122 Cue-Tease 25 95 La Masse 24 119 3 Sticks & A Rack 24 108 Player of Year Standings Player Team Pts Horton Choc-a-Holics 91.8 Shelvey Sharpshooters 90.9 Ferguson Sharpshooters 89.8 Stewart Chalk-a-Holics 85.9 Grenier Bridge Patrol 83.3 Bull Are We High? 81.4 Ward Sunnydale 80.9 Blackwell Chalk-a-Holics 78.7 Brown Sociables 73.8 Robinson Sunnydale 72.5

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INFORMATION

A Birthday Celebration for EDNA GRAVES

CALL FOR ENTRIES 10TH ANNUAL Kitty Coleman Woodland Art & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 19,20, 21 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901

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LEIDA HEINPALU May 30, 1928 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; January 20, 2012 Leida passed away in Comox, B.C., on January 12, 2012. She was predeceased by her son Rein Piper. Leida is survived and will be greatly missed by her son Harry (Marilyn) of Nanaimo, her daughters Reet (Dick) of Vancouver and Heidy of Comox, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren as well as her sister Linda of Ontario.

A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2P.M. from Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation & Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Rd., Courtenay, B.C.

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BURNS Ida Margaret Born Sept 18, 1921 in Comox passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Hospital. Predeceased by her husband Jonathon and many other family members, she is survived an will be lovingly missed by sons Russell (Cheryl), Robert and Corey (Lynn) Weaver. Daughters Ruth Tichenor and Lori (Rick) Gunter, grandchildren; Dominique, Dylan, Danika, Angela, Jordan, Tye, Jessika, Steven, Mikey, Willow, Shae, Lena and Brian; her great grandchildren and other close family members, including Wendy Woodworth.

Ida and Jon were generous Foster Parents who looked after and adopted many children over the years. She was a wonderful mother who will be sadly missed. Her family would like to thank the doctors and staff at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for their excellent care and kindness.

Following cremation, a private family interment will take place at Courtenay Civic Cemetery. Should friends wish, donations in Idaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to a charity of choice would be appreciated.

INFORMATION In Loving Memory of Stephen John Widner June 27, 1979 February 1, 2007 Forever in our hearts Not a day goes by that we do not think about you.

We will never forget you May God bless you and Rest in peace.

All our love Dad and all your loving family and friends

Edna and Family invite you to come and Celebrate her 100th Birthday.

When: Sat Feb 4, 2012 From: 2 to 4 pm St. Georges United Church 505 6th St. Courtenay

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Harry Banham July 31, 1915 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; December 27, 2011 Sadly passed away at the young age of 96 but not ever forgotten.

His daughter Janet Langlands and family, and his son Steve Banham and family will sorely miss their beloved father and granpa, Harry Banham. He was a wonderful father and friend, words can not express how much he will be missed. We are sure he is happy now to be with the love of his life, Mary, his wife who passed away 11 years ago. Say hi to Mom, we love you.

The family would like to thank Doctor Gee and the wonderful staff at St Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital.

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May 4, 1931- January 20, 2012 A lifelong resident of the Comox Valley, Doris Schiller (nee Feely) passed away peacefully on Friday, January 20, 2012 following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Cumberland Lodge, B.C. She was predeceased by her husband, H.J â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dukeâ&#x20AC;? Schiller on August 28, 2000 and by her parents, Tom Feely Sr. and Alice Rose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dollyâ&#x20AC;? (nee Harwood), her brother, Tom Feely (Jean) of Royston, sisters Violet Hudson (Reg) of Union Bay and Gladys Phye (Bob) of Courtenay.

Born in Cumberland B.C, Doris had many happy stories of her early years and had a lifelong love of gardening, pottery, painting, rock hounding, knitting and an accomplished cook as there were always cake and cookies to be enjoyed!

Survived by sons, Blair Schiller and Glenn Schiller (Cindy) and several nieces and nephews. We would like to thank the doctors and wonderful staff at the Cumberland Lodge for their great care and compassion during her stay with them.

A gathering to celebrate Dorisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life will take place at a reception being held in Piercyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glacier Tea Room on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.

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Dr. Olga Lamykina will be taking over care of his patients.

Dr. Bogue wishes to thank all his patients for their trust in the past.

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE www. bcclassiďŹ ed.com Call 310-3535 CARDS OF THANKS

PARDIAC, Christine

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Dr. Bogue will be leaving the Courtenay Medical Clinic on February 29,2012.

January 14, 1928-January 21,2012 Our mother, Christine Pardiac died peacefully at home with her son, Christopher.

The daughter of Kathline and Christopher Murray, was born in Manchester, England. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert W. Pardiac (1928-2007), her sisters Mary and Joan and her brother Leon.

She is survived by her son, Christopher and daughters, Margaret, Donna, Phyllis and Rosemary and grandchildren, Crystal, Leslie, Tina, Liza, Marc, Adam, Angela and Amy. Christine came to Canada as a war bride at the age of 17.

Christine spent most of her life in the food industry. From waitress to hostess at some of the most prestigious restaurants in Toronto. When she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working, she won contests in singing and dancing.

Christine came to the Comox Valley in 1964 to be with her first love, Albert W. Pardiac (2007).

After graduating â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culinary Artsâ&#x20AC;? at Malaspina College in Nanaimo. She continued her career to become a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Master Chef.â&#x20AC;? With a true understanding of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the science of food and nutrition, Christineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abilities in painting, sculpture and dress making was one superseded by her intellect and unconditional love of her family. Every person that met Christine, always left with a little more than they came with.

Special thanks to Dr. M. Woldnik and his staff at the Dunsmuir Medical Clinic in Cumberland, Dr. Mosie and Dr. Dewar. The nurses and staff at Royal Jubilee and Campbell River District Hospital, the wonderful service of Tim and his staff at The Medicine Shoppe. Also, a mention to the support of all the volunteers that helped with the tender care of Christine. A very special mention of the person who gave Christine unconditional love, care and hope, Margaret. Thank you all.

A Celebration of Life with be held on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:00pm at the chapel of Piercyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mt. Washington Funeral Home.

Donations to Y.A.N.A. would be appreciated.

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LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of MARJORIE GAIL ANFIELD, formerly of 2150 E 6th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 7L8, Deceased, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executrix, c/o 2150 E. 6th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 7L8 on or before February 22, 2012, after which date the estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

CARDS OF THANKS

The Pilipino Friendship Society

would like to thank people of the Comox Valley for participating in the winter garage sale fundraiser for the survivors of Typhoon Sendong that devastated the City of Cagagan de Oro in the Philippines.

Many thanks also to those who donated their time and items.

Proceeds have been donated and the event was a great success!

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

LEGALS

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Notice of Disposal of Abandoned Vehicle Attention : Devlin Cel # 250â&#x20AC;&#x201C;702-4471 Notice is hereby given to the owner of the 1992 Mercedes 190E 2.6L, that the vehicle will be disposed of within 30 days to cover costs incurred since August 25, 2011. Vehicle has no registration papers, no licence plate or VIN number. Several attempts have been made to contact the owner. Vehicle repairs exceed value of vehicle. Vehicle is unclaimed and deemed for scrap.

Please contact Andys Auto Centre, 2467 Cousins Road, Courtenay BC, V9N 3N6 Tel# 250-334-4402 or email : andysauto@shaw.ca If unclaimed within 30 days of this notice, vehicle will be sent for disposal.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS DORENE ANNABELLE KRAUSE, deceased, formerly of 525 Nechako Ave, Courtenay, BC, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the executor, Kathryn Joanne Greening, c/o Allen & Company, 480 Tenth Street, Courtenay, BC V9N 1P6, on or before the 2nd day ofMarch, 2012, after which date the estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Catherine L. Miller Barrister & Solicitor 480 Tenth Street, Courtenay, BC, V9N 1P6 (250) 703-2583

NAR-ANON- If a family member or friend is using drugs, how does it affect you? We can help. Call Rene 3342392, Sharon 339-7906 or Jack 334-3485.

ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING

BOOKKEEPER required for the Boston Pizza Courtenay restaurant.

Daily cash balancing, Payroll for 50 employees (experience with Payworks software an asset). Maintain General Ledger and Financial Statements, reconcile accounts, prepare accounting reports.

Some marketing administration.

Requirements: 3 yrs minimum Bookkeeping experience. Must have experience with Excel and Simply Accounting.

Business Vision experience an asset.

Please drop resume off in person at the restaurant (2633 Cliffe Ave.) between the hours 11amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12pm or 2pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4pm or email to:

STILL ARGUING? Personal and business. 250-898-8201 http://symondsmediationassociates.com

LOST AND FOUND FOUND: BLACK and white long haired female cat with tattoo near 711, Ryan Rd. Please call 250-465-8180.

FOUND: Car key with remote door locker attached, near Pt. Augusta St. in Comox.

25o-339-1751

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YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CLASSIFIEDS

Deadline for resumes is February 10, 2012.

We thank you in advance but only those short-listed will be contacted.

Call 310.3535

CELEBRATIONS

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Album FamilyA P 250-338-5811 Ph. features@comoxvalleyrecord.com Deadlines: Tues. 12 noon and Fri. 12 noon

LOST: Missing Sunday, Jan 15th at Crown Isle. Malti-Poo, named Buddy maybe injured and scared call Chuck at 3348965

Be Your Own Boss! Attention Locals! People req. to work from home online. Earn $500$4500+ P/T or F/T. Toll Free 1.877.880.8843 leave mess.

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

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Become a Psychiatric Nurse - train locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery.

Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t funding may be available.

Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet Deluxe waterfront cabin, sleeps 6, BBQ.Storm watchers 2 nights $239 / 3 nights $299.

Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

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Love Steve, Dylan & Dad Quality Foods Cake Winner for Friday, January 27th

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Nanaimo Based Log Scaling Co. is seeking motivated students.

Course to Start in March (5 days/week.)

Government Exam in June.

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HELP WANTED

MEDICAL/DENTAL

NEWSPAPER

LPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & RNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

CARRIERS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

250-338-0725

ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS YOUTH COUNSELLOR required by The John Howard Society of North Island. This is a casual, as needed position.

Please refer to www.jhsni.bc.ca & see employment opportunities for details.

Deadline: 4:30pm on February 6, 2012.

Relief Drivers with mini van or pick-up with Canopy

Carriers Needed COURTENAY RTE#492 Suffolk Cres. & Idiens

MARINE DEALERSHIP/REPAIR Shop is seeking parts person/outside sales. Exp. an asset. Wages D.O.E, medical and dental beneďŹ ts. Fax resume to 250-286-0059.

The Sid Williams Theatre

RTE # 547 Queenish Trailer Park Glacier View, Back Rd. Sasseetla RTE # 600 Balsom, Birch, Cedar, Pritchard, Bryant & Victoria Court RTE # 632 Nootka, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Noel, Mahtmof & Koksilah RTE# 653 Forest, Mason, Slater, Pointer, Coach & Gardener

ADULTS & SENIORS WELCOME

JOB POSTING: PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR Duties Include: Advertising/marketing , media & sponsor relations , website & social media, member publications.

QualiďŹ cations Include: Post Secondary Degree (eg.

Business/Communications/Marketing) & 1 year industry experience, OR 3 years experience in marketing role. Must be computer proďŹ cient (MS word/publisher/excel).

Posting closes FEB 10th, For full posting visit: sidwilliamstheatre.com TUG SKIPPER Full time senior & junior positions available.

Minimum Limited Master & 60GT CertiďŹ cate required. Apply alertbaytowing@cablerocket.com or fax to (250) 9745216

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Comox Valley Record Hours: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:30AM-5:00PM 765 MCPHEE AVENUE COURTENAY OFFICE Assistant, BodyNetix Professional Fitness Training.

The successful candidate will be a punctual, organized, adaptable individual with excellent personal and communication skills. This is a 20 hr/wk position that will include client management using an online system, billing and payment processing & other general ofďŹ ce duties. The successful candidate will be required to start immediately. Email your resume and cover letter to chris@bodynetix.ca.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Kevin Reid

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Prior to making application to the Village of Cumberland to redevelop the old Jaro Nursery site, R.J. Construction would like to invite neighbours and residents of Cumberland to an informal information meeting.

Please come willing to provide input in the design process. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Where: Cumberland Cultural Centre When: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 4:30 to 6:30

On June 19, 2010, at Moray Avenue, Courtenay, B.C., Peace OfďŹ cer(s) of the Comox Valley RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: 1998 Ford F-150, VIN 2FTZX18W0WCA65823, on or about 18:45 Hours.

The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in the commission of an offence under CDSA 5(1) TrafďŹ cking in substance; CDSA 5(2) Possession for Purpose of TrafďŹ cking.

Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO ďŹ le Number: 2012-839, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture

1-866-686-7435 or email pedsvancouver@ bayshore.ca

OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK P/T PAYROLL CLERK Torry & Sons Plumbing and Heating is seeking a part-time Payroll Clerk to join our Finance Department. We are looking for a person who is highly motivated, pays close attention to details, displays great time management abilities, has excellent people skills and enjoys problem solving. As part of a two-person payroll team, (responsible for all payroll functions for 150 employees) this position involves payroll data entry and processing, apprenticeship coordination and reconciling. We value our employees and offer competitive wages, a full beneďŹ t package and an employer RRSP program. Please send your resume along with cover letter to melanie@torryandsons.com or by fax 250-338-8821. All applications will be considered, but only short listed candidates will be contacted.

SALES

REAL ESTATE CAREER INFORMATION SEMINAR. Ever wondered about being a realtor??

Come on down to 350 - 17th Street Courtenay, B.C. Behind PetroCan Thursday Feb. 23rd, 2012 7:00-8:30pm Limited space RSVP 250-898-8790

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Bayshore Home Health Is currently seeking RNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & LPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to provide one on one care for children with complex care needs in the Courtenay area, for day and evening shifts. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children, we would love to hear from you. Pediatric experience is an asset, however, we do offer client speciďŹ c training. Interested individuals are encouraged to fax or email resume to:

COMOX HAIRSTYLIST WANTED full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Courtenay location.

Guaranteed $11/ hour, 25% proďŹ t sharing, paid overtime, beneďŹ ts, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual advanced training and advancement opportunities.

Call 1866-472-4339 today for an interview.

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CAREER SERVICES/ JOB SEARCH

CAREER SERVICES/ JOB SEARCH

INTERVIEW JITTERS? If you are unemployed, register for our Job Interview workshop to improve your skills.

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

PERSONAL SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

TRADES, TECHNICAL

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FRIENDLY FRANK

HOMES WANTED

EXPERIENCED FRAMERS FT required immed for a busy company. r7499@hotmail.com

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

RECLINING COUCH & Loveseat, clean, beige velour, $99.

Call (250)337-8225.

WE BUY HOUSES

WORK WANTED P L U M B E R / H A N DY M A N seeking long and short term projects. Master plumber with extensive exp in construction and reno’s. Ken 250-650-4838

FUEL/FIREWOOD FIREWOOD PERMITS on T.W. Land. Phone 250-6504060.

SMALL ADS, BIG DEALS! www.bcclassified.com

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

For FREE job search help: 250-334-3119.

Visit 103–555 4th St. in Courtenay.

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Registration Assistant Temporary

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

SALES OPPORTUNITY! We are looking for a self motivated person that understands customer service and dedication are key to being successful in the automotive industry. We are the newest and most progressive dealership in the valley offering a great pay and benefit package.

We care about our community and are looking for the best to carry out our mandate.

Comox Valley Campus

Apply in confidence to Neil van Ierland at 4901 N Island Hwy, Courtenay

Please go to http://careers.nic.bc.ca for further criteria, required qualifications and information on how to apply to posting #100321.

Formerly Baxandall Ford Country

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Sales...

Sunwest Auto Centre is seeking a

Are you looking for new career with an unlimited opportunity for advancement?

SERVICE WASH ATTENDANT

Would you like to be recognized as a professional salesperson in one of the country’s leading automobile dealerships? If so, our salespeople earn an excellent income and enjoy the benefits of working with a successful and progressive dealership.

If you’re currently a professional in automobile sales, or if you’re serious about a career change and are looking for the training and guidance that are essential for long term success - we’d like to talk to you.

Call Wayne Grabowski, Sales Manager today to schedule a time to meet:

(250)-334-9993

If you are: • Self-motivated • Have willing “can-do” attitude • A team player • Focused on quality and customer service • Honest, approachable and friendly • Ability to work independently then we want you for our part-service team!

We offer • A professional work environment • Extensive training and support • A strong compensation and benefit package • Advancement opportunities.

If you want to be part of a fun and enthusiastic team who are driven to be the very best, then we want to meet you. Please drop off your resume for your confidential interview to:

www.sunwestvw.ca

Courtenay Kia |

Bring resumes in person to: ISLAND HONDA 1025 Comox Road ISLAND Courtenay HONDA or email to: sales@islandhonda.ca

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

FLORAL PATTERN camel back couch & loveseat. Formal, in good condition, $150 obo. Call 250-334-9696.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

CLEANING SERVICES

VI’S HOT-TUB Covers, made in BC. Professional in home service. 250-897-8037.

SUDSY’S HOUSECLEANING. No time for cleaning your house/office, why not have it done professionally by Sudsy’s. Honest, reliable, experienced. Sudsy’s is now accepting new clients, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly.

Refs upon request. $20/hr. Please call Tanya (250)218-2360.

COMPUTER SERVICES Computer not behaving?

Fast, friendly service in your home.Call Ellen 250-702-7195

ELECTRICAL JRS ELECTRIC: Licns’d, bnded & insr’d. From new builds & renos to service calls.

John, C.R. 250-914-3532 or C.V. 250-650-5773 (cont:98365)

HOME IMPROVEMENTS ANDREW’S CONSTRUCTION Services. Home repairs, renovations, windows, doors, decks, fences, residential, commercial, WBC insured.

Please call 250-897-2073.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED LOOKING FOR a quality Salal source. Phone for details (604)483-9263.

TURN STANDING Timber on your property into money. Free estimate 250-203-5111/250703-1812

KNIGHT INLET LODGE

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Shifts are 14 days in & 7 days out – March and April Shifts are 10 days in & 4 days out – May to October

Required skills: • positive guest relations • ability to work either independently or as part of a team • general construction, plumbing, and electrical proficiency • mechanical aptitude • must have boating skills and either have or be willing to get SVOP certification • fishing experience an asset Resume to: Fax: 250-337-1914 email: info@grizzlytours.com (No phone calls please)

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO

576 England Avenue Courtenay, B.C. 250-338-6900 APARTMENT/CONDOS 2 BDRM, 2 bath, island kitchen, 6 appls. interior storage, newer building, secured parking, N/P, N/S.

LARGE 2 Bedroom apt for rent in Cumberland. $800/mth.

Leave a message at 334-6857

1 BDRM clean, renovated open concept unit - on Cousins Rd - $600

BUSINESSES FOR SALE WELL ESTABLISHED Optical store for sale in downtown Courtenay. Turn-key operation with loyal clientele. For more info email tmharper@telus.net.

Serious enquiries only.

HOUSES FOR SALE

GORGE VIEW APT 258 Gorge Road East Stes avail. - Some Immed.

1 Bdrm $860; 2 Bdrms $1120; 2 Bdrm & den $1125.

Amenities incl’s indoor pool, fitness facilities, above grnd and parkade pkg, on site laundry. Onsite staff avail.

Please call Sue or Elena 250-380-6566 Email: gvapts@shaw.ca PARK WEST APTS 55 Bay Street Stes avail. - some immed. 1 Bdrms from $875; 2 bdrms from $1125. Close to Victoria downtown, Save-On, Starbucks & transportation.

Please Call Wendy 250-590-7505 Email: pw@ramco.ca WETHERBY APTS FOR SENIORS ONLY 55+ Spacious stes Avail. - some immed. Bach $750; 1 bdrm $890; 2 bdrms $1075 & up.

Close to buses, Hillside Mall, doctors, dentists all within walking distance. Seniors lifestyle of convenience & comfort. On site laundry, social room. Staff available.

Please call Bonny 250-598-1650 Email: weth@ramco.ca

PETS

HANDYMAN / DOCK HAND / FISHING GUIDE

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

APARTMENT/CONDOS

A.C.L. YARD WORKS. Offering Landscaping, Yard CleanUp, Lawn Mowing, Hedge Trimming, Gutters, Decks and Paving Stones, Retaining Walls and any odd jobs. Call Pat 250-218-4597.

GOOD HORSE hay for sale $5.50 per bale. Free delivery for 50 or more. 250-338-5503

MORTGAGES

2 BDRM. renovated unit at Maplewood Manor.

Paint, laminate flooring, lighting, plumbing, all upgraded. In suite storage - Adult building - N/P, N/S - $725.00

REAL ESTATE

CERTIFIED CARPENTER. Kitchen, bathrooms, decks, etc. All your renovation needs.

Emery, 250-218-0734.

Upscale, wilderness eco-tourism lodge has 1 fulltime seasonal (8 month) position available for this season – March to October. The opportunity to join the highly professional, dynamic team at our beautiful fly-in resort will be offered to the candidate with skills that meet job requirements and is prepared to commit to a full season.

Employees fly in and out of Campbell River, experience excellent working conditions and are provided with complementary full room and board.

Call: 1-250-616-9053 www.webuyhomesbc.com

northisland@themattressguy.ca

LANDSCAPING

150 mansfield drive 1-877-390-6545 www.courtenaykia.com

Island Honda is a well established dealership that has been selling and servicing its customers in the Comox Valley for over 25 years. This new state of the art facility carries an extensive range of both new and used vehicles. Our brand new service bays and convenient drive thru service, commits us to be number 1 in customer satisfaction.

Sales experience is a definite asset, although automotive is not, as we provide initial and on going training.

• Exciting fast paced position • On-going training • Full management support • Full benefit package

LEGAL SERVICES

BRAND NEW LUXURY Queen size pillow top Mattress set in original pkg. leftover from large hotel order, 800 coils. Compare at $1199 - Liquidation $447. + tax. Eleven available.

King Sets $705.

Delivery available. Text or call 1(250)334-7527 to reserve set or email:

Sunwest Auto Centre | 401 Ryan Rd., Courtenay

Courtenay Kia - An Equal Opportunity Employer!

AUTO SALESPERSON NEEDED

FURNITURE

Damaged House?

Pretty House? Moving?

Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private.

Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell?

Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!

FEED & HAY

QUALITY TIMOTHY Kentucky Blue hay for sale. $6/bale. Call 250-338-6314.

SEAGATE APTS 707 Esquimalt Road Stes avail. - some immed. 1 bdrm $875 & up; 2 bdrms $1010 & up. Indoor pool, exercise rm and many other fitness amenities. Full view of Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Please call Sylvia 250-383-1731 Email: sea@ramco.ca

SHIHTZU/MALTESE X 2-F, 2-M. Beautiful Disposition.

Available now! 250-334-4532

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE AUCTIONS AUCTION TONIGHT! 6:30pm 239 Puntledge Rd. or bid online! w w w. Au c t i o n H o u s e V i . c o m Near new Burgundy rockers, large antique stained glass, Rosenthal dishes, solid wood dressers, dining sets, antiques, collectibles, Old Colony flatware, coins, silver, gold, jewelry....lots more. Facebook, Twitter.

COMOX 1 & 2 BDRM Apartments, next to St. Josephs.

Basic cable & hot water included. Two rental references.

Sorry no pets! 250-339-0131.

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING www.bcclassified.com

GREAT LANDLORD seeks great tenant. Spotless 1 bdrm, reno’d, storage. Quiet, secure.

Lndry. Central. 250-335-1599.

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

OFFICE/RETAIL

HOMES FOR RENT

COMOX- (Avail Feb or Mar 1) 1 bdrm, W/D, new floors, clean, bright, quiet, sm pet ok.

Aspen Court. $800. Call (250)339-5772.

COURTENAY- (Mission Hill area) bright 1 bdrm ground level, 4 appls, all utils except phone. NS/NP. Avail now. $660. Call (250)897-1487.

EXECUTIVE SUITE, Great ocean views, ldry/utl/cabl incl.

Looking for long-term tenant.

Ready NOW! $850/mo.

250-898-8702

MOUNTAIN VIEW Manor, 125 Centennial Dr, Courtenay. 1 & 2 bdrms, secure entrance, ELEVATOR. 250-334-2800.

OFFICE SPACE to share with a healthcare professional in highly visible Naturopathic Clinic. Call Erika 250-3340655. www.braidwoodnaturopathic.com

220SQFT RETAIL/OFFICE 1787 Comox Ave. Prime downtown location. 339-0172

HOMES FOR RENT

HOMES FOR RENT

HOMES FOR RENT

Royal LePage in the Comox Valley (Property Mgmt Division) #121 - 750 Comox Road Courtenay, BC V9N 3P6 Phone (250) 897-1300 Fax (250) 897-1330 Interior viewings for the following vacancies are by approved application and appointment only.

MEICOR REALTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.

“YOUR Apartment, Condo and Townhouse Rental Experts” APARTMENTS

PARK PLACE

BLUE JAY APARTMENTS

1970 Fitzgerald Ave, Courtenay

450-19th Street, Courtenay

2 and 3 bedroom available. Quiet complex with on-site management. Reasonable rates. Some completely renovated units with new appliances. Sorry no pets. Security deposit and 2 rental references required.

1 & 2 bedroom available, in quiet secure building, close to Driftwood Mall and bus route. Seniors Welcome. Adult oriented and no pets please. Includes heat, hot water and basic cable. Low hydro. 2 Rental References required.

250-334-3078

Call Pat at 250-703-6965

RUTHERFORD MANOR

ANDERTON ARMS

1075 Edgett Road, Courtenay

426 Anderton Ave, Courtenay

Reasonable rent includes basic cable, stove, fridge, dishwasher, carpet, blinds and storage room in suite. N/P, security deposit and 2 rental references req’d.

Cozy 1 Bdrm in a great location!

Overlooks Puntledge River and Lewis Park. Short walk to downtown and shopping. Includes basic cable. 2 references required.

For viewing call Donna 250-334-9667

Call 250-334-9717

WILLOW ARMS APARTMENT

1252-9th St, Courtenay 2 & 3 bedroom suite in quiet family oriented building with secure entry and manager on site. Walking distance to schools, bus stops and downtown. Reasonable rent include heat, hot water, basic cable, stove, fridge, carpet and drapes. Extra storage upon request. No pets. Two rental references and security deposit required.

For viewing please call Donna 250-334-9667

ARRAN HOUSE APARTMENTS 1015 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay TWO BEDROOM SUITE available in wellmanaged building. Excellent location close to downtown, ideal for seniors with bus stop out front. Well maintained units offer in-suite storage room. House cat accepted with pet deposit.

Contact On-Site Managers for viewing. 250-334-9717

HOLLYRIDGE MANOR 200 Back Road, Courtenay 1 and 2 Bedroom suites available. One of the best values in Courtenay. Unique floor plans. California kitchens. These bright, modern suites are available in quiet, secure building.

Call Sharon 250-338-7449

CONDOS

PACIFIC COURT

VANRIDGE MANOR

1520/1540 Piercy Ave., Courtenay

123 Back Road, Courtenay

2 bedroom available immediately, in clean, quiet building with on-site manager, close to town, schools, and bus. Stove, fridge, blinds and carpet.

In-suite storage with washer and dryer. Small pets welcome.

Features 5 appliances, wall-to-wall carpet, blinds, gas fireplaces - gas included in rent.

Low hydro. Children welcome. Quiet, wellmaintained 2 bedroom condos. Ideal location, walking distance to Superstore and North Island College. No pets.

To View, Call 250-334-4483

Call 250-703-2570

BEECHER MANOR 1045 Cumberland Road, Courtenay BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS 1 & 2 bedroom condos available close to downtown - 2 bedroom units feature 1.5 baths. This quiet, well maintained building suits mature adults. Bus stop is conveniently located out front. Small dogs accepted with pet deposit.

Call 250-334-9717 to view TOWNHOUSES

TORRY PINES 1560-13th Street, Courtenay ATTRACTIVE 2 bedroom townhouses have been completely renovated - enjoy new appliances, flooring and bathroom fittings in these spacious units. Friendly and quiet atmosphere make it ideal for family or working couple. Large, private patio area allows great access for your pet. Small dogs accepted with pet deposit.

Call 250-334-9717

Apartments•Condos•Suites 205-130 Back Road 2 bed, 1 bath, N/S N/P 5 appls., $775 Mth Avail. Feb. 1st 115-2300 Mansfield 1 bed, 2 bath 4 appls., N/S N/P $875/Mth Avail. Feb. 1st 203-555 4th St. 2 bed, 2 bath, N/P N/S 5 appls., $950/mth Avail. Mar 1st

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES COMOX 3 BDRM Duplex, includes F/S, D/W, lawn maintenance. Avail Feb. 1st. N/S, pet upon approval. $865/mo. Call 250-339-9805, 9am-6pm.

COURTENAY DUPLEX newly painted, 2 bdrm, office, hardwood floors, elec. fireplace, carport, 4 appls. N/S, cat ok. $825 mo 250-702-1377

WANTED TO RENT COMOX: WANTED by a single, quiet senior male. 1 bdrm, furnished house, condo or Apt from April. 15th - Sept. 30th.

Must be clean with a private entrance. Call 250-339-2991.

301-4685 Aldeerwood Pl. 3 bed, 2 bath, 5 appls., N/S Pet with deposit $1050/month Avail. Mar 1st

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APARTMENT/CONDO

PRIME OFFICE space for rent 2412A Rosewall Cres. (Tin Town). Suitable for Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant, Notary etc. 2 offices, lunch room, washroom and reception area.

1000 sq ft. completely finished 250-338-8091 / 250-792-2063

910 Fitzgerald Avenue Corner Fitzgerald & Eighth Prime office space available 1,500 to 3,900 sq. ft. available now.

Excellent downtown location near Court House. On a highly visible site. Modern, well maintained professional building. Security elevator.

Air conditioned. Ample parking. Many tenant improvements in place. One of the finest office buildings in the Comox Valley.

For details phone 339-1222 or 339-0490

ROOMS FOR RENT CUMBERLAND- $350+ hydro Must be quiet person, no pets.

Call (250)400-1149.

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING ABBEYFIELD HOUSE offers affordable, supportive seniors accommodation in a home-like setting. All meals provided.

Call 250-338-6311 for tour.

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250-338-2472

APARTMENT/CONDO

250-897-1611 Licensed Professionals www.pennylane.bc.ca SPECIOUS FAMILY HOME 5 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, 5 appls, mostly fenced yrd, RV pkg, N/S, cat or small dog neg.

Avail. Feb. 1 - $1200/mth NEWER CTNY HOME 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appls, gas F/P, garage, N/S, No pets.

Avail. Feb. 1 - $1,200/mth 2BDRM HOUSE in Courtenay Private setting. $850/mth + utilities N/S N/P 250-338-6490 ARCHITECTURAL CONDO downtown Courtenay. 2 bdrm, hardwood, landscaped yard. available now. chooglan@uwo.ca.

COURTENAY: 2 bdrm mobile home, clean, NP/NS. Refs req. $700. (250)339-7566.

ROYSTON, 1 bdrm cottage, semi waterfront, covered deck & pleasant yard. Ref’s req’d, N/S, N/P, avail Feb. 1, $750 mo, call 250-338-9913.

ROYSTON, 4 bdrm house, $1000 mo + hydro, fireplace, sundeck, on bus route, avail Feb. 1. Call 250-336-2339.

APARTMENT/CONDO

APARTMENTS / CONDOS SOUTHVIEW MANOR

2 bdrm main level unit located in secured entrance building; close to all amenities; nicely maintained suite; laundry facilities located on each floor of building; n/s; n/p; $750/month; avail Jan 1.

DRIFTWOOD CONDOS

1 & 2 bdrm condos in conveniently located complex offer ground or upper level entry, 2 appl & on site coin-op laundry; located within walking distance to all amenities; N/S; immediate possession; rents from $625/month

LAKE TRAIL APARTMENTS

Spacious 2 bdrm corner suites, located in secured entrance building, have recent/new renovations & include updated decks & windows, 2 appl, & on site coin-op laundry; located near schools & on bus routes; N/S; N/P; rents from $700/month; includes FREE heat and hot water; immediate possession

SUITES KENDAL AVENUE SUITES

Beautiful suites in new Cumberland subdivision feature 1 bdrm, 1 bath, 4 appl, beautiful kitchen cabinetry & other amazing finishings; like new; ideal for single person or couple; $650/month; immediate and Feb 1 possession

DUPLEXES ROBERT LANG DUPLEX

Upper duplex features 3 bdrms, 1 bath; 4 appl & large deck; near trails & river for walks/hiking; avail Nov 1; S/S; pet may be permitted w/deposit; immediate possession.

URQUHART DUPLEX

Beautifully renovated Courtenay duplex features new kitchen, inc. appliances, new paint & new flooring throughout, in addition to other improvements; 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, 3 appl, plus shared laundry; fenced, easy to maintain yard; $1100/ mo.; avail Feb 1

HOMES KYE BAY EXECUTIVE HOME

Perfect beach getaway! Brand new 4 bdrm, 3 bath home w/ ocean views incl. high quality finishing from top to bottom –granite, hardwood, stone accents, heat pump, hardiplank, stainless kitchen appliances, plus 2 car garage & 2 decks.

Low maintenance property is designed for pure enjoyment!

Immediate possession

URQUHART PLACE HOME

Fully renovated 3 bdrm, 2 bath home w/beautiful solarium features, 5 appl., garage, & tiered backyard for the gardening enthusiast; walking distance to schools and Puntledge Park; avail. Dec 15; $1100/month

5TH STREET E. RANCHER

Situated in fantastic neighbourhood near shopping, College, Aquatic Centre, & Crown Isle Golf, this 2 bdrm, 1 bath rancher features 4 appl, oak cabinets, vaulted ceilings, skylights, carport, fully fenced yard & 10 X 16 shop; security system is installed & can be hooked up; small pet may be considered w/ deposit; avail Feb 1; $1100/month

KENDAL AVENUE HOMES

Enjoy 9 foot ceilings, natural gas fireplace, beautiful finishings, & deck areas; Features 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 5 appl, laminate & carpet flooring mix, beautiful kitchen cabinetry & pantry. $1300/month; avail Feb 1

TOWNHOMES PINE PLACE

Spacious 2 bdrm townhome features 4 appl., new renovations, patio area & storage; ideally located near schools & all amenities; N/P; N/S; $825/mo; immediate possession.

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DO YOU CARE about where you live? Do high standards of maintenance, service and cleanliness matter to you? Do you prefer quiet, mature neighbours?

If yes, please give us a call and discover how the quality of ownership and management makes all the difference. We have the best managed, finest apartments in the most convenient locations in the Comox Valley. Locally owned - we own and manage our own buildings only. Check the difference. Please refer to available apartments listed below.

TELEPHONE 250-703-2264 | 250-338-0267 | 250-339-1222

GREENBRIER 750 Eighth Street TWO BEDROOM suite. Very bright and spacious unique floor plan. 1,100 sq. ft. Recently redecorated.

Large, private deck. Full sized appliances with dishwasher and in suite washer/dryer. Two full baths.

Very quiet mature adult neighbours. Three blocks from downtown. Security entry. A very attractive suite. Call David @ 250-338-0267 or John @ 250703-2264.

OAKCREST 1155 Stewart Ave. TWO BEDROOM CORNER suite. Very bright spacious and nicely renovated. Excellent location in central Courtenay. Security entry. Private storage room. Full sized appliances. Quiet, mature adult neighbours. Well managed and maintained. No pets.

Call John @ 250-703-2264.

SANDPIPER VILLAGE 1650 Comox Ave. TWO BEDROOM Unique, through floor plan. Bright with southern exposure. Spacious and nicely renovated suite in a quiet, adult building just two blocks from Comox Mall and one block from Filberg Park. Large, private deck overlooking garden area.

Nicely renovated. Call Greg @ 250-339-1222.

CAPRI 1081 Stewart Ave. TWO BEDROOM nicely renovated suite. Very spacious - large end unit with extra windows. Quiet, mature adult building in central Courtenay. Very large bedrooms. Well maintained and well managed building. Security entry, Call John @ 250-703-2264 or David @ 250-338-0267.

GLENSHEE 1800 Comox Ave. ONE BEDROOM nicely renovated, spacious suite.

Quiet, mature adult neighbours. Excellent location in heart of Comox - walking distance to everything.

Rent includes heat and hot water. Security entry and elevator. Call Greg @ 250-339-1222.

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8-1720 13th Street 2 bdrms, 1 bath, 5 appls.,N/S, Pets upon appr. $800/mth Available Immed.

21-375 21 st Street 2 bed, 1 Bath, 2 Appls, N/S N/P, $650/mth Available Feb 1st 289A Nim Nim Pl 4 beds, 2 bath, 5 appls., single garage, N/S, pets upon appr. $1150/mth Available Feb 1st 2215B Urquhart Ave 3+1 bed, 2.5 bath, 5 appls., Nanny suite, N/S, pets upon appr. $1350/mth Available Mar 1st 339 A Nim Nim Pl 3 beds, 2 baths 5 appls., single garage, N/S, Cat only. $875/mth Available Mar 1st 7749 Tozer Rd 2+2 Bed, 2 Bath N/S, 6 appls. $1300/mth Available Feb. 1 625 22nd Street 4 Bed 1.5 Bath 5 appls. N/S N/P $1050/Mth Available Immed.

1401 22nd Street 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath N/P N/S, 5 appls. dbl. garage $1400/mth Available Feb 1st 5797N. Island Hwy 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 appls, N/S N/P $1150/mth Available Mar 1st

SUITES, LOWER COMOX- newly reno’d, 700sq ft 1 bdrm bsmt suite. All utils incld. Priv. entr., shared laundry. NS/NP. Refs req. Avail now. $700 mo. (250)339-4841.

CUMBERLAND, BRIGHT, clean bachelor suite, $600 mo + dam/dep, includes covered prkg & utils, laundry neg, avail Feb. 1 Call 250-336-8902.

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Houses & Suites 7-1720 13th Street 2 bdrms, 1 bath, 2 appls.

N/S, N/P $725/mth Available Immed.

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FOUR nearly new, Hankook 175/70R13 82T winter TIRES (rims included); only driven approx. 200 km. Original receipt and warranty provided. Ph: 250-897-0218

Royal LePage in the Comox Valley (Property Mgmt Division) #121 - 750 Comox Road Courtenay, BC V9N 3P6 Phone (250) 897-1300 Fax (250) 897-1330 Interior viewings for the following vacancies are by approved application and appointment only.

250-897-1611 Licensed Professionals www.pennylane.bc.ca TRUMPETER’S LANDING modern newer condos bordering the airpark. Avail. units include 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appls, custom finishing, balconies/patios, underground pkg, storage units, some with wonderful ocean views. N/S, No pets. Avail.

Immed.

Rents from $1,100/mth.

WALK TO DOWN TOWN CTNY new, modern 2 bdrm, 1 bath townhouse, 5 appls, elect. F/P, res. pkg. N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed $935 ARGO COURT 2 bdrm, 1 bath, F&S, coin laundry, basic cable & hot water incl., N/S, No pets, cat neg. w/ref.

Avail Immed. - $700/mth. $250 moving allowance. Res mgr. 334-8602 CLOSE TO COLLEGE 3 bdrm, 2 bath townhouse, 5 appls, gas F/P, balcony, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed. $850/mth SPACIOUS COURTENAY DUPLEX, 4 bdrms, 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls, Gas F/P, garage, fenced yard, 1,740 sq ft, two years old, N/S, No pets, Avail Jan 1/12 $1,200/mth SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME 5 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, 5 appls, mostly fenced yrd, RV pkg, N/S, cat or small dog neg.

Avail Feb. 1- $1200/mth NEWER WEST CTNY TOWNHOUSE 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, 5 appls, gas F/P, garage, N/S, No pets. Avail.

Feb. 1 - $950/mth HERON’S LANDING 2 bdrm, 2 bath waterfront townhouse, 5 appls, garage, gas F/P, small balcony, patio, N/S, No pets, mth to mth tenancy. Avail. Mar. 1 $1,000/mth COLDWELL BANKER ISLAND COASTAL (Property Management Division) 2-3 Bdrm, 3 bath townhouse on Mansfield Dr. Beautifully furnished; fridge, stove, washer & dryer. No smoking, no pets. $1700 per mth.

Close to all amenities.

Contact: Ryan Liebert 250-703-3672

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White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

MOTORCYCLES

1986 Yamaha FZ600, 24,000 kms on odometer, new clutch pack, new battery, new fork oil and seals, brakes work perfect, tires are good, carbs are synchronized, runs great! $1200.00. Call 250335-2262.

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Comox Valley Worship Directory Church of Our Lord Sunday Services 9:30 am at Berwick, 1700 Comox Ave. Comox, BC

All Welcome www.coolcomox.ca www.namsnetwork.com

BAHÁ’Í FAITH Children’s classes – prayers and activities focused on the development of spiritual qualities, for children 3 to 10 years. All are welcome. ~~~ “O God! These children are pearls, cause them to be nurtured within the shell of Thy lovingkindness.”

‘Abdu’l-Bahá www.bahaisofcomox.org 250.702.3041gh250.702.0574 www.bci.org/courtenaybahais

Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship Services 1st & 3rd Sundays at 4pm

Sundays 10:30 at the Lion’s Den Nordin St., Comox January 22nd

Young People’s Program, Weddings, Memorials, Spiritual Exploration

William Munns

Nourish Your Spirit. Heal the World.

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250 Beach Drive, Comox (at Comox United Church)

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

250 BEACH AVENUE

Sunday Service, Church School & Youth Group 10 am Saturday Services Sept - May 5pm

Rev. Maggie Enwright 250-339-3966

Full Wheelchair Access

@ 10:30 am

Meeting Each Week: Stan Hagen Theatre, N.I. College 2300 Ryan Road

Hearing Assistance

www.centralefc.com

Pastor Dave Koleba Associate Pastor Jake Hron

www.comoxunitedchurch.com

Lil 250-338-7727 (office)

St. George’s

LUTHERAN

6th & Fitzgerald Ave.

Courtenay

“The church with a heart in the heart of the city” Sunday Services: 10:30 am Minister: The Rev. Dr. Wally Fry Nursery-Gr.6 Sunday School sgucc.com stgeorgeuc@shaw.ca 250-334-4961

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH

“Sounding forth the Supremacy of Christ in all things”

Sunday Worship & Children’s Program

1st Street & Penrith

at 11 am Followed by a Potluck Lunch Choir Practice Wed. 7:15 pm Eve Mark, Choir Director 250-338-4785

Rev. Julianne Kasmer, Minister

250-400-7800

(ELCIC)

“A place for you: John 14:2 2182 Comox Avenue, Comox

Sunday Worship

10 AM

Congregational Christian Churches of Canada

Faith Family

Sundays 10 am Nursery - Kid Jam - Youth Group Little Lambs Christian Daycare 1105 Pritchard Rd., Comox www.baychurch.net/339-7527 Little Lambs 339-1834

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Independent - Fundamental 467 - 4th Street (just east of Fitzgerald)

725 Aspen Rd., Comox

Sunday Morning Service - 10:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Study - 11:30 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School - 11:30 a.m.

Evening Service - 6:30 p.m.

Service 10:30am Guest Speaker:

Tel/Fax 250-339-2882 Full Wheelchair e-mail:cvpc@shaw.ca Access comoxvalleypresbyterian.ca

Friends

Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Rev. Paul Johnson, Pastor

250-338-8454

Hearing Assistance

LIVING A VISION FOR CHRIST AND COMMUNITY

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Comox Community Baptist Church Canadian Baptists of Western Canada

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:30 A.M.

2946 Kilpatrick Ave. Church Phone: 250-338-1312 ‘Jesus is Lord’ Sunday Services 11 am & 7 pm

Pastor Rev. Bill Hall

Come, where every service is a healing service. Come and receive hope and encouragement. Jesus loves you, died for you and wants to live in your heart.

Everyone Welcome.

1250 Anderton Road, Comox

250-339-0224

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sunday Celebration 10:30 am

1599 Tunner Drive, COURTENAY • 250-334-4716

WEEKEND LITURGIES Sat: 5 pm Mass Sunday 8:30 am & 10:30 am Mass

CONFESSION:

Sat: 4 - 4:30 pm & before all masses Children’s Liturgy of the Word & Youth Group; Sept-May Pastor: Father Marek Paczka, SDS

2201 Robert Lang Drive (Old Fish and Game Building)

1580 Fitzgerald Ave. Courtenay 250-338-8221 www.cvsalarmy.ca church@cvsalarmy.ca

Charles Scott

RIVER HEIGHTS CHURCH

Hosts of “Comox Valley School of Supernatural Ministry” (Bethel Church DVD Series) First time registrants - Semester 1 begins Jan 22nd, 2012, (pre-registration is required by Jan 8th, 2012.

FMI contact Drew or Laurie Thomson 250-337-8011

Pastors Darryl & Kim Burry

COMOX VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

web: web.mac.com/shepherdcomox email: shepherdcomox@mac.com

CUMBERLAND UNITED CHURCH

~ A Place to Discover Your Life Purpose ~

PRESBYTERIAN

Pastor A. Ronald Sedo 250-339-3933

RESONATE BAPTIST CHURCH

www.resonatechurch.ca

Join us this Sunday

Combined Services at 10:30 AM

COMOX UNITED

Bay Community Church

Community Church

WELCOMES YOU TO SERVICES AT:

250-890-9262

10:00AM at Cape Lazo Middle School Everyone Welcome

Comox Valley

Full Wheelchair Access

COURTENAY FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

JOIN US IN WORSHIP 9:15 am Contemporary Service 11:00 am Traditional Service Nursery Care & Jr. Church @ 9:15 am Sunday School, all ages @ 11:00 am

PASTORS: Peter Rabey & Randy Dyck 2963 Lake Trail Road, Courtenay (across from Arden Elementary) 250-334-3432 www.courtenaybaptist.com

www.ctkparish.ca email: ctkparish@shaw.ca

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ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA Comox Valley Parishes Welcome You!

St. Peter

Jim Lyster, Rector 218 Church St., Comox • 250-339-2925 SATURDAY 5:40 Express Contemporary Worship SUNDAY 8am & 10am Worship www.stpeterscomox.ca

St. John the Divine

The Rev. Rodney Ives, Priest in charge 579 - 5th Street, Courtenay

Sunday Worship • 8AM & 10AM Book of Common Prayer (Canada, 1962)

CHURCH SCHOOL 10AM

Wednesday Holy Eucharist 10 am

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